I think it would be really nice if Bulgaria were fleshed out more in this mod.
The Macedonian front in WW1 was very important, and Falkenhayn ranked the German/Bulgarian failure there as the second worst event of the war behind the failure of Germany in France. Secondly, Bulgaria had a revolution and other fun things after the war due to discontent over Bulgaria's large investment in the war, which only led to poverty and German exploitation of the country's resources. Thirdly, the Entente attempted to lure Bulgaria into their alliance by offering Macedonia to them despite its being owned by Serbia.
Bulgaria has no reason to join the Entente in this mod, which does not reflect reality. If you win in the Entente as Bulgaria, you gain nothing. You don't even get your claims on the Ottomans. I find it absurd to believe that the Wilsonian principles would not have realigned in Bulgaria's favor had it been in the Entente. An Entente Bulgaria would surely gain Macedonia and possibly Adrianople. Perhaps it could even pursue ownership of Istanbul? I don't know. I just wish Bulgaria were worth playing. Every other Balkan nation is aside from maybe Albania. I know alt-history isn't something AAR focuses on, but it would be good if reality could be reflected, and, at the very least, leadership changes could be reflected in more dynamic ways. Bulgaria could have easily fallen to Bolshevik revolution in the time of the revolts in 1918, which would be interesting, yes?
The Macedonian front in WW1 was very important, and Falkenhayn ranked the German/Bulgarian failure there as the second worst event of the war behind the failure of Germany in France. Secondly, Bulgaria had a revolution and other fun things after the war due to discontent over Bulgaria's large investment in the war, which only led to poverty and German exploitation of the country's resources. Thirdly, the Entente attempted to lure Bulgaria into their alliance by offering Macedonia to them despite its being owned by Serbia.
Bulgaria has no reason to join the Entente in this mod, which does not reflect reality. If you win in the Entente as Bulgaria, you gain nothing. You don't even get your claims on the Ottomans. I find it absurd to believe that the Wilsonian principles would not have realigned in Bulgaria's favor had it been in the Entente. An Entente Bulgaria would surely gain Macedonia and possibly Adrianople. Perhaps it could even pursue ownership of Istanbul? I don't know. I just wish Bulgaria were worth playing. Every other Balkan nation is aside from maybe Albania. I know alt-history isn't something AAR focuses on, but it would be good if reality could be reflected, and, at the very least, leadership changes could be reflected in more dynamic ways. Bulgaria could have easily fallen to Bolshevik revolution in the time of the revolts in 1918, which would be interesting, yes?