hey, so I'm in early 1941 now, fighting England, in Africa and preparing for USSR. Here are my observations:
-the AI cheats A LOT. I sunk ~40 transports carrying troops in Alexandria so ~20 divs died (i did it with the french italian navies and GER airforce). My intelligence still shows ~50 TRPs (they had ~60 3 moths ago) and 140 divs, and 3000 MP. This makes my efforts seems somewhat futile, as UK lost ~1.000.000 men since the beginning of WW2 and they don't seem to let up. also their IC is going up ~200 IC.
-USSR is demobilised but they have 3000 IC to spare, that seems kinda extreme, building troops at a huge pace. With 550 IC (compared to 450 of mine)
I know the AI needs help, but I'm just worried that the feeling of the game for most players my be spoiled given this.
-Republican Spain won the civil war, this is cool and stuff, but there are no events dealing with this outcome, I just DOWed them and they joined the allies, no English hels whatsoever, so I 2 moths I was in Seville. This was a lackluster campaign, maybe we can come up with some things to make this possibility more interesting:
-At the end of the civil war, SPA will chose to become Social Democrat or Leninist, getting close to either England or USSR getting guaranties (maybe a R-M treaty that deals with Spain also).
-Nationalist uprising if GER invades to a new civil war starts with the Nationalists joining the Axis
-English Expeditionary forces
-Gibraltar is impossible to dislodge, and UK keeps on pouring in troops, it's simply unrealistic for Gibraltar to dominate the straights if GER has the surrounding area. Maybe have the AI never reinforce GIB if possible. If the garrisom manages to hopld then ok, it is quite an impregnable fortress, otherwise it is useless as a beachhead.