[Fyron]

100% as you do it in SE4. You do not have any control over the explicit execution of combat in PBEM mode, so it does not matter at all how the combat is executed (from the playing perspective, not balance, realism, logic, etc.). It is only an issue for single player mode, where the AI won't yell at you for pausing to much, and possibly hotseat or TCP/IP multiplayer, depending on how that is going to be handled... At worst, each player would just have to agree to a set amount of time between auto pausing. Of course, if TCP/IP in SE5 is handled like it is in SE4, the game will play 100% identical to a PBEM mode and it will only be an issue for hotseat...