Britain going King Edward makes axis too OP

[Spelaren]

There should be a counterreaction somehow, like how when germany goes kaiser then france goes communist.

 

[Mackus]

Well, USA immediately joining what's left of Allies would make sense. Canadians would fall into US sphere automatically, while Australia would badly want protection from Japanese. US would fill UK's role, as it did OTL after WWII.

 

[kettyo]

Yes, USA should act aggressively in this case. Allying with France would be pivotal so that USAF could somewhat counterbalance the combined power of Luftwaffe and RAF. Also USN could hold the RN busy.

And as said over me the rest of the Commonwealth should also join the American-French alliance.

 

[KubiG37]

Or: It's ahistorical scenario anyway and you will always find scenarios that aren't 'balanced' ?

 

[Spelaren]

Or: It's ahistorical scenario anyway and you will always find scenarios that aren't 'balanced' ?

Not an excuse.

 

[KubiG37]

I mean I understand your point, but that's how ahistorical games work. Sometimes I want a challenging game as France, and everyone, including Germany just turns democratic and not really do anything to me. Wasted time.

Then I play Germany and everyone including Japan and Italy forms something aimed against me. And I'm fine with that. If I want semi-balanced presets I'd set them right from game startup screen.

 

[kettyo]

I mean I understand your point, but that's how ahistorical games work. Sometimes I want a challenging game as France, and everyone, including Germany just turns democratic and not really do anything to me. Wasted time.

Then I play Germany and everyone including Japan and Italy forms something aimed against me. And I'm fine with that. If I want semi-balanced presets I'd set them right from game startup screen.

The AI strategy concept was developed in a large part for game balancing reasons so there's nothing against using it for the intended effect i think

 

[Iskulya]

There's nothing wrong with it being OP.

One of the best singleplayer games I've ever had in vanilla was when Britain went non-aligned and the Axis consisted of Germany, Britain, and Italy. This was back before they fixed the issue where Germany wouldn't kick Italy out of the Axis if Britain was non-aligned. In fact, I wish Paradox would allow us to set the Unholy Alliance to happen under the custom game rules. Would be a really fun and challenging campaign playing against it.

Agreed with Kettyo. The AI Strategy plans need a bit of work. I've noticed in a lot of alt-history games that the US is strangely passive. If the Allies ceases to exist for one reason or another, or if Britain isn't Democratic, the US tends to spend the entire game not doing anything at all.