I think this needs to be fixed within the German Empire tree.

[TalyonUngol]

Playing unhistorical cause its the best mode obviously, and UK went decolonization. Ok fine, I can understand that this would be OP of a focus for claims if they decolonized, but at least let me bypass it if they do. As it is, I can't get to the rest of my tree, locking me out of my Cores with Reinstate imperial possessions, locking me out of more wargoals AND more dockyards with crossing the atlantic. This completely just halted my game and I wasted my time. Could you please at the very least allow me to bypass the focus?

 

[squid_hills]

I never understood why Decolonization blocks this focus completely. I mean, look at it. You get wargoals on the UK, Belgium, and France. If the UK were to decolonize, Germany could still go to war with France and Belgium. There is no reason for this focus to be completely blocked, when 2/3 of the war goals are still viable. And worse, Decolonization isn't tied to the UK going communist or monarchist. A smart UK player, who is planning to go fascist but doesn't want to deal with the Kaiser attacking them while they are trying to conquer the Dominions can rush decolonization before flipping ideologies and prevent Germany from starting a war. Then the UK can flip to fascist, conquer France (to make up for not having their empire anymore) then take on the Dominions and the US, before re-conquering the rest of their empire. All the while, poor Germany is stuck sitting on its hands.