Game freezes for about 5s at start of battle

Hi. I’m playing with native Linux client. Game was working flawless, untill 2-3 big patches ago. Since then game freezes for about 5s at start of every battle. After that I can play without any problems. Game “remember” last input from keyboard and mouse so I’m driving often I to walls etc. That’s pain in the ass. It does happen on my old and brand new pc so it’s not pc fault. Also both pc are running different distro. Any advice would be appreciated.

I have a similar issue but it’s more like 1 second or less.

happens to me as well, also on Linux (mint w XFCE)