Battle lines, which side?

[Dion]

Can any of you Steel Panther experts out there tell me if there is any way to tell what side of the map your forces start on in a random battle before the deployment phase? From what I can tell is that it's not based on player number but country. I would think player one in every battle would always be on one side and player two would always on the other side. This really screws up the ability of the players to setup the objective locations before a battle.

[Kaki]

Ramdomize v-hex locations when setting up the battle. When they are dispersed, both sides own the v-hexes that are on their deployment zone. If you want them as clusters, just randomize some more until your happy.

[Dion]

Ramdomize v-hex locations when setting up the battle. When they are dispersed, both sides own the v-hexes that are on their deployment zone. If you want them as clusters, just randomize some more until your happy.

I see, by randomizing and looking at the placement of the objectives before the deployment phase you can tell which side you start on right? By randomizing you mean by setting the Shotgun V-Hex% in the Misc. Game Options right?

I figured an alternate way to do it. The way I do it now is I move 1/2 of my objectives to one side of the map and place the other half on other side. That way no matter what side I start on 1/2 the objectives will be close to me and half will be a long way away. A person may think that this method is a waist of time if the computer will do it for me. But I like to set my objectives myself. It makes me feel like I'm a higher level commander, and it makes me feel like I have more control of the battle. But really I don't think it makes any difference, I just enjoy random battles more that way (and hopfully it makes me a better planner).