wargamer123
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I think two very very important painful factors of GOA are hex control and what happens when a nation surrenders. I have noticed that most of the time, if not all the time every tile within a surrendered nation remains to the other side. Accept in a few instances, i.e. Italy, I got Milan and Turin under my AH banner once when I invaded but the rest of the nation besides a little tiny Portion that was absorbed into the AH remained TE. This is annoying... Plus when the AH surrenders, the Russians only get the Galician Forts and a little other crappy real estate, mostly plundered due to years of conflict! When any other minor is taken the remaining TE or CP Hexes can be annoying to cope with require you exhaust time and energy sucking up anything of value in the Surrendering Nation... This may SLIGHTLY reflect reality if both sides were able to grab up neutral territory for a bid for control, though more often than not, forces get removed from the front when a surrender happens and throw back to their border. More over creating difficulties with the way that Surrender works... Making it not too valuable to conquest certain nations, but easier to just let them be... I.E. Russia is not appealing for Germany to conquor, only to remove the threat, but most of her resources if the Russians put up a good fight will never get taken and the surrendering border yields very little for Germany Furthermore I do not like how the AH gets Serbia or Romania or Italy or how borders get drawn if Bulgaria enters and Serbia surrenders. Historical perhaps but annoying. I guess one cannot entirely argue this, but wouldn't it reflect more history if say for instance, you have a certain level conquest of a certain nation it might yield more crop for your Investment in Offensive Investment? Especially for the CP this rings true and since the CP is the Poor boy it would definitely level the playing field if the Surrendering wasn't hardcoded to Jip her off any valuable resources! It would also prove valuable for Russia and Italy if AH or OE throwns in the towel... As it stands I would almost give up AH if it meant Russia runs dry of blood and materials! As Russia your strategic options are semi-limited.... OE is not attractive, and AH's surrender won't neccesarily give you what you need! I am just putting forth and asking for suggestions and ideas about the current system and if it could be improved upon, any takers?
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