Just making an obvious statement that of CA or any other developers finally decide to provide a decent MP solution for the wargaming market then it really has to be PBEM.
One can get away with real time battles provided they are relatively small scale, short and with a limited player population. But even here Sid Meiers Gettysberg soon deminstrated the limitations of real time when refighting a major battle with six or more players involved.
Its time developers faced the facts and stopped trying to deliver a solution that just won't work. A PBEM option has to be built into every serious strategy game.
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