I'm not sure about this. If you lose connection temporarily I don't want the game to pause and cause a loss of immersion. I already have a problem with EA's system on Dragon Age Origins where everytime my connection has a temporary blip a message comes up saying it can't connect to the server. Completely ruins immersion, is just plain frustrating and at one point actually caused my game to crash.
I much prefer Steam's checking system which only has you ensuring you account is valid every so often. Not all the bloody time as a lot of service providers in the UK actively throttle bandwidth at set times.