So, I've been playing as the British Raj (I'm weird I know), and I've noticed a couple of odd things. Don't know if they've already been reported, but might as well.
Firstly, the AI has parked a huge stack of over 60 divisions in Hong Kong!
About 40 of those divisions are British. Perhaps the AI positioned them all there out of fear of an attack by China-Nanjing, however they're all there for nothing since the border between Lufeng and Hong Kong is impassable. And that's way more divisions than you'd ever need to stop a Japanese amphibious attack.
Is there a way to stop the AI from doing this? I wonder if the amount of divisions occupied here is what's stopping England from making any naval invasions of mainland Europe.
Second thing: British Raj manpower. Reading through the event files, it seems that getting their volunteers requires Japan having a certain amount of divisions that aren't HQs or Garrisons. 150 for 1943, 180 for 1944, and 210 for 1945. Problem is that in my experience Japan rarely reaches the 150 divisions required for 1943 volunteers and never reaches the higher thresholds for later years, meaning the Raj has a severe shortage of manpower.
Beyond that, IMO basing the volunteer events on Japan's division counts is also questionable design because it rather counterintuitively penalizes the player for successfully destroying Japanese divisions in full (which often happens in this island warfare, especially if you try to retake Indonesia); if you don't allow Japan to build up their army unchecked you miss out on a lot of manpower.
Firstly, the AI has parked a huge stack of over 60 divisions in Hong Kong!
About 40 of those divisions are British. Perhaps the AI positioned them all there out of fear of an attack by China-Nanjing, however they're all there for nothing since the border between Lufeng and Hong Kong is impassable. And that's way more divisions than you'd ever need to stop a Japanese amphibious attack.
Is there a way to stop the AI from doing this? I wonder if the amount of divisions occupied here is what's stopping England from making any naval invasions of mainland Europe.
Second thing: British Raj manpower. Reading through the event files, it seems that getting their volunteers requires Japan having a certain amount of divisions that aren't HQs or Garrisons. 150 for 1943, 180 for 1944, and 210 for 1945. Problem is that in my experience Japan rarely reaches the 150 divisions required for 1943 volunteers and never reaches the higher thresholds for later years, meaning the Raj has a severe shortage of manpower.
Beyond that, IMO basing the volunteer events on Japan's division counts is also questionable design because it rather counterintuitively penalizes the player for successfully destroying Japanese divisions in full (which often happens in this island warfare, especially if you try to retake Indonesia); if you don't allow Japan to build up their army unchecked you miss out on a lot of manpower.