Does the Soviet opposition always choose Central Asia?

[Idle America]

Every time I've seen the Left or Right oppositions rise against Stalin, they've chosen Central Asia for their main base. This inevitably results in the entire rebel army starving to death because the AI never builds a decent supply network.

Has anyone ever seen the AI choose a different place, or win for that matter? The Whites have always won in my games, but never the Red oppositions, who seem like the more likely candidates to overthrow Stalin.

 

[PurpulaPhoenixum53]

Yep. When it Trotsky, I've always pick to start in Odessa; while with the Right I've seen them start in either Arkhangelsk, Siberia, or Central Asia. When they do start in Central Asia, I will agree that they always fail, I've yet to have a game where the anti-Stalinists start in Central Asia and win. From my observations, Trotsky always wins, while the right wins majority of the time, provided they don't start in Central Asia. The Whites on the other hand are terrible. When they win, its because tension shaningins allowed them to join a faction and their allies won the war for them.

 

[pro.gamer.69]

I've seen left choose Odessa in 3 out of 3 of the games I've seen them pop up, and right chose Archangelsk 2 out of 2.

 

[pheonicia]

The ai should be restricted from selecting central Asia since it's basically a death sentence.

 

[Idle America]

The ai should be restricted from selecting central Asia since it's basically a death sentence.

Or the AI should be made to build a decent supply network if they pick it, especially since the description straight-up tells the player they'll need to do exactly that.