How about pre-loading the animations?

[Malcador]

So, even after patch 1.03 I (and many others) still experience terrible lag whenever a unit opens fire for the first time.

It looks terrible and it's a pity because it breaks immersion and ruins the animations which are really pretty.

How about adding a few seconds of loading time to fix this?

[GenNikolaj]

Strange, I've experienced the issue only once and reloding the game solved everything.

[Shrike]

The issue is present every first battle animation after starting up the game (sound + animation), so if you reload without quitting the game entirely you won't get it again.

[Dragoon.]

I would like to see the implementation of per-caching of animations too. Both my PC & iOS device have enough RAM to afford the ~150mb worth of animations

[Malcador]

I think anyone's computer can.

It's very annoying, as it targets the only thing that makes the game feel alive and not a screenshot slideshow.