Are you playing with the beta patch?
Yes, from the get go.
Update:
The French finally took Makran, after 2 years into the war.
About what Sovetskysoyuz had written, I had also observed that the AIs disbands their navies, and I actually see this as a danger sign, because they are ditching their outdated ironclad & CR and replacing them with battleship and cruiser. The problem is, they don't know how to do it by stages.
As Germany, I had been allied with the Brit whole game long. Around 1890s, I observed that they disbanded the whole Royal Navy IN ONE GO, presumably upgrading them, leaving the home isles totally defenseless, which gave me a window of opportunity to get my little Helgoland Island back.
I think the issue is the big jump of supply weight of cruiser and battleship. Pre-cruiser and battleship, all ships have maximum supply weight of 3. The AIs can just add on to their pre-exist fleet. Once cruiser and battleship is activated, there is simple no way to add on without ditching some old war ships.
But still, they ought to be doing it in a smart way why?
Another related rant:
Question:
How to move your Indian armies to England, without using transport?
Answer:
Declare war on Panjab, after the war is finished, simply march the armies occupying Panjab all the way to England, eta 2 years later. But hey, transports not needed! Also very counter intuitively, gotta make sure that you have no military accesses or alliances with those countries that you pass through, otherwise you will be stuck in friendly territories!
This is another phenomenon that I had observed, after the channel strait is added in 3.02. The first time I see it, it kinda make sense to me, since I had demolished their home isles armies. But the second time was accidental; the Brit declared war on Panjab and asked me to join in, I joined in and became war leader. To screw the Brit, I white peace out. And the march began. Before I knew it, the whole of India has no army and was occupied by rebels.
This strait thing is bringing on a lot of unintended ramifications.
