The Protectors of Etheria is a stand-alone mod of the game Warlords Battlecry 3 (i.e. it can be run without having the original game installed - 100% free full game). It is an improved RTS/RPG game with new campaigns, quests, terrain, units, items, heroes, modding features and more. Beta versions available for download!
coming in 0.9
As i recall, day and night have buffs for light and dark factions in original wbc3. Maybe it was already mentioned somewhere and i didn't notice, but what's the point of morning and noon?
They are time periods closer to midday and midnight. The colour palette changes slightly. The sun dial at the top of the screen should help predict what "time" it is and how long till day/night. This is already present in released version.
As from a gameplay perspective, I for example like starting at noon when I play as undead, so that I have a few minutes to build up a base and army and exactly when night comes I am ready to invade!
If you start the game at night, then you don't use that period of time to the maximum because you waste it on building and not on combat. It's just my personal strategy and how to use the time of day, I'm sure there are other out there.
Start at day/night if i have enough army points, and at morning/noon if not. Looks good to me, like everything else i saw here before.