PBEM QB question

[Kelen]

I've only so far played QB's by PBEM in CMBO so I don't know if it differs for CMBB and CMAK, but I haven't noticed anything during force selection that would give you an indication of either the weather, the terrain, or the time of day, (all of which can have a drastic effect on your selection.

If you are the player who sets it up then fine, you'll know all that, but the other player is pretty much in the dark.

For that reason, unless I've agreed beforehand with my opponent the set-up, I always include full details of the conditions when I send him the 1st file. (Common curtesy really). Most of my opponents opt for playing in dry conditions and in day, but I have had a nasty shock on a couple of occassions where I've gotten to deployment only to find it was either at night or with deep snow! (both of which REALLy screwed with my force selection!

The other alternative is to play random which forces you to choose a rounded selection which caters, (as far as you can), for all eventualities. Of course you could always still opt for picking your favorite selection and hope everything turns out ok.