Originally posted by someone special
(sigh. I'd better preface, this is satire)
Dear God,
In reviewing my WW2 history books, I've come across a number of obvious bugs and design issues.
-Overt German militarism, rearmament, and aggression continues from 1933 on without a democratic response from the AI until well past the point any human would recognize its intentions.
-Similarly, the USA, with vast potential power sits twiddling its thumbs in depression and actually CUTS its military production until well after the agression has begun. I hope you can introduce a patch that at least tells the US not to CUT military production during the 1930's.
-There is a very cheap exploit available where the German player, with a smaller army and inferior equipment in almost all categories, can use the "Ardennes Bug" to encircle and eliminate the cream of French land forces.
-Even though an invasion of the USSR is hard coded into the German AI (Mein Kampf), the USSR still signs a non-agression pact with Germany and fulfills it right up to the day of invasion!
-Even after the UK has lost all allies and has essentially no heavy equipment left to defend itself, the AI refuses to sign generous peace terms offered by Germany including retention of its navy and empire.
-The German AI on the other hand is way too aggressive, and even while at war with the UK and USSR spontaneously declares war on the USA also after Japan attacks the US.
-Speaking of which, Japan clearly has no chance at all against the US, can the next patch just tell countries that are outmatched in manpower, resources, technology and production by multiple factors to not attack them?
Of course I know I am oversimplifying. Here's hoping that Paradox patches the glaring issues and removes the ridiculous while still leaving the irrational. 
I'd make a few responses, in real life Germany did quite as they pleased with absolutely no democratic response until the attack on Poland. All the democratics thought Hitler would stop once he had re-established the German commonwealth. I think the game represents that well. However, sometimes its been observed that the allies enter too soon.
The US had no military because they were in the midst of a vase depression, Germany got out of its similar depression by aquiring the countries around them, as they were close to actually going bankrupt in 38 had they not aquired Chekslovakia. The US actually enters the war too soon, and with what seems like way too many bombers for 1939. They are almost instantly at Germanies doorstep when war is declared in the Game.
Yes, of course the German equipment was inferior. What are you talking about? It's always consistently better in the 39 scenario. Anyway, Germany has the land doctrine advantage and they won simply because of blitzkrieg (Against France).
Yes, it seems Germany is hardcoded to attack Russia. My thing is Russia always seems to get creamed by the Germans. I think maybe this should be played by percentages instead. The Germans may or may not attack Russia. But in real life, they always were going to. Because of Hitler.
I've never seen the US wait that long. In most games they always attack Germany before Germany declears war on them. Sometimes Italy doesn't even ally with Germany either.
Japan had no choice in real life. So they will almost always attack in the game. The needed the resources, because the US had cut them off completely they needed resources from elsewhere. I'm betting a human player could win against the US with Japan. I've seen games where the human player was Germany and Japan managed to win with them.
