Thoughts/plans for various parts of the world

[mechu1205]

Russia

Russia offers diverse choices and rich domestic/foreign policy event chains, and I see no urgent reason to change that. However I see two problems:

1. It can get riciulously overpowered very quickly
   • Way too much IC
     • 190 IC with 1914 borders restored and sabotages done, 200+ with the Baltic region incorporated
     • numbers quoted from reports made by a dev in 24 OCT 2016
   • Reoccuring Young Volunteers (extra MP) and Orthodox Church (lowered dissent) events
2. the AI is way too passive and would often refuse to be part of any large-scale war outside of its core territories.
   • SIB must not exist for RUS to choose their foreign policy (event 750034) or RUS/SOV to join WK2 (event 750034, 901938)
   • Once the Siberian Assembly (event 751028~751030) occurs, the chances of AI RUS going to war against SIB are:
     • 47.7% if democratic
     • 75.9% if fascist
     • 59.8% if communist
   • Even if RUS DoWs SIB, SIB has 30% chance of turning to JAP for aid, JAP has 60% chance of accepting, and RUS has 90% chance of backing down if JAP accepts (event 751034~751037)
   • If SOV defeats RUS, the AI chance of SOV going to war against SOV is 60% (event 757010)

So I'd like to

1. Nerf Russian IC down to a reasonable level
   • Starting IC 94 -> 60, entire Russian region 190 ->150 (after sabotage)
   • Suggestions from the same dev quoted above

pls, we're trying to discuss DHKR
this is the country that entered WW1 in 1914 and economically collapsed in 1915
many officers were not literate
soviet union was industrialised by blood and iron, also US and German industrial expertise through the 20's and 30's
I'm sure Russia has been discussed in the last 10 years of the mod, but I still don't like how effortlessly powerful it is
I would reduce the starting IC of RUS
from 94 to.. I dunno, 60 perhaps
and make stronger sabotage events for when they reconquer stuff
I would aim for 150 IC for All of the Russias
lower than GER (189), higher than ENG and FRA (130)

2. Increase aggresiveness of AI RUS/SOV, both in domestic/foreign affairs.

   • Add decision/event chains of RUS attempts to re-incorporate SIB after war with SOV (either by diplomacy or force)
   • If RUS/SOV recognizes SIB, they should no longer be blocked from partcipating in world affairs
   • Possibly increase chances of RUS going to war against GER if the latter tries to stop the former in the Caucasus

3. Cap the number of times the free MP/dissent events can occur

Additional changes I'd like to bring include:

• Infra reallocation in Siberia, so that the provinces with the Trans-Siberian Railroad get more infra, and other provinces get less.

[mechu1205]

Commune of France

The biggest issue with France is that it rarely wins against Germany, and after FRA is defeated the Internationale is little more than UoB with some minor~regional powers scattered here and there.

• Personal experience: among the most recent 5 games I've played DHKR (without directly participating in WK2), I have only seen CoF win once. And that was mostly because Ukraine joined the 3Int, and the German AI didn't defend its eastern borders.

I see the following reasons behind/regarding this issue:

1. Germany has too many troops

I need to back this up with exact numbers, but I feel that their military should be smaller, especially with the Black Monday and all. Maybe there should be events about reducing the army after the BM to save spendings, which offers a trade-off between fast recovery from the BM and military size.

2. Calling the Central Powers to Arms

Germany can call BUL, OTT, and AUS/U24/U25 for help if they are losing against FRA. The AI has 45% chance of calling all 3, and 45% chance of calling only AUS/U24/U25.
Currently, the chances of the countries called-to-arms accepting is only lowered by them being at war with Balkan countries or RUS. (+ ITA in the case of AUS/U24/U25) These chances should be influenced greatly by whether the Germans backed them up in/at

• the Crisis in the Danube
  • event 901033 in Mitteleuropa/AUSGLEICH.txt
  • AI chance to support AUS: 35%
• the Belgrade Pact argues for New Order in the Balkans
  • event 82005 in Balkans/Belgrade Pact.txt
  • AI chance to support BUL: 65%
• the Reports from the Middle East
  • event 22 in The Middle East/Egypt.txt
  • AI chance to support OTT: 15%

Also the options to support AUS/BUL/OTT should come at a higher cost, so that it is not just a "be smart VS shoot your own foot" choice for Germany.
German policy towards the Danube Crisis especially should have a bigger impact on German politics, as Austria is much more closer to Germany both ethnically and geographically.

3. French is alone in the war

This does NOT mean that France does not have any powerful allies. Socialist Italy and UoB are both guaranteed to join WK2. But the lack of land connections to France makes it difficult for the AI to send help. The fact that most of UoB's land forces in 1936 are garrison units does not help either. Maybe the RSI AI, at least, could be tweaked to be more eager to ship units over to France, as long as it is not at war against ITA.
In the New World, I have noticed that CSA has quite a high chance of winning the ACW. From my observations, they seem to win about 50% of the time, and the other 50% the USA will win. However, even if CSA (and potentially Mexico as well) joins the 3Int, it is too busy steamrolling Canada that it is unable to send troops quickly enough to save CoF. Now I'm not saying Canada should be nerfed (Entente is already the weakest faction among the three), but that the CSA actively participating in the war in Europe could make a big difference, and it would be nice to encourage the AI to do so.

4. Russia/Soviets not participating

While RUS/SOV has the potential to DoW Germany and turn the tide of the war, they usually stay passive throughout the WK2.
See above comments on Russia.