I have one more point to make. If you give 500 MP to GER upon the Anschluss because of reasoning related to anything other than Austria itself then if the player does not decide to annex Austria he does not get the MP boost for those ulterior reasons. My example of the ulterior reasons being the expiry of Versailles, which would also alleviated some fear of allied intervention upon re-building the military and as you said they should not be able to build many units before its expiry.happyman40 said:Germany needs to be able to field a significant force of troops after Anchluss - prior to this and the Rhineland events Germany was fearful of Allied intervention that would have been incited by a growing German Military - makes perfect sense that the player then gets 500 more MP to then build units that previously, for game play reasons shouldn't have been allowed.
It does make sense, as you say, that the Nazis were emboldened by Appeasement. I think that should not be the only way to get the MP boost related to all of the social factors. Appeasement does, however justify the MP from the Anschluss being higher than the available MP from Austria indicates. I hope that everyone can agree to that part.
I would like to see a way for a player that does not violate Versailles to still obtain a manpower growth rate bonus upon the expiry that will enable Germany to fight the war. That should be the patriotic spirit at work. The manpower absorbed from Austria and the Rhineland should be the amount of the military power in Austria, plus extra for the emboldened new Nazi laws grabbing more of the free men in that region.
In short, I think what I am saying is that the new Nazi laws for all of Germany (be it enacted upon anschluss or upon expiry of versailles) should be represented by a growth rate bonus instead of a chunk of men related to only Austria. If anything to simulate the recruitment of paramilitary troops to circumvent the Versailles treaty and hide troop numbers, thus making the manpower much more available for usage in the SS or Wehrmacht it self.
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