Germany Surrenders (as SU)

[bovinespy]

Hi all. I'm about halfway in to my first game as the SU and just triggered the "Germany Surrenders" event. At the time, Germany's only province was Essen; I held all of mainland Europe except for Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Sweden. After the event (and other associated events immediately following), I'm left with only the DDR as a puppet (except for Finalnd and Bulgaria, through events), and the SU owns Netherlands, Belgium, and N and W France.

2 questions:

1. Is this how this event is supposed to work, or is my game bugged? (Playing Arma 1.3 w/ latest beta, no mods.)

2. Assuming all is WAD, am I better off just releasing as many as puppets as possible before the event triggers? Is this a popular strategy? How bad would the dissent hit be for my near-total pan-European holdings?

EDIT: In case it makes a difference, Japan is at war with Allies (incl. US). SU is at peace right now (planning to take Japan/Nat. China).

 

[blue emu]

1. Is this how this event is supposed to work...

Yes.

... or is my game bugged?

Yes... just like everyone else's.

2. Assuming all is WAD, am I better off just releasing as many as puppets as possible before the event triggers?

Yes.

Is this a popular strategy?

Yes.

How bad would the dissent hit be for my near-total pan-European holdings?

Bad. 5% per country.

 

[bovinespy]

blue emu, you're the best! Thanks.

Back to my last save-game for some strategizing...

 

[dekko]

I've just had the same problem, is there any way to give mainland France back to the French, or set up a Soviet puppet etc?

 

[midget_roxx]

Annex france then puppet them . Thats pretty much your options

 

[Cohacq]

I modified so i could release Vichy as stalinist, and then split Belium and the Netherlands between them and the DDR, as I didn't have New nations back then for benelux

 

[unmerged(3221)]

As the USSR, you do not need lots of puppets because you usually have lots of manpower to build garrison divisions. One "new nation" puppet such as Scandanavia [15%] or Flanders [5% dissent] will help you with research on infanry related techs. If you like puppets or want to role play being a puppet master, go ahead, but the USSR can grab and hold everything without much help from puppets.

 

[Jolt]

If you like puppets or want to role play being a puppet master, go ahead, but the USSR can grab and hold everything without much help from puppets.

Go for what Marx defended.