I won't ramble on about how the new focus tree seems to be a big mess, it definitely needs some improvements, but at least it's interesting.
The problem I'm having right now is trying to decide which focuses to take and whether I should go right or left opposition. I personally prefer Bukharin's tree.
I have a lot of issues, some of which you can read further on or ignore, but I really just want to know if someone played left/right opposition and figured out a way not to end up with 2 old guard generals and no advisors? Should I rush the civil war? Wait a bit? Focuses to choose/ignore?
1. I want to kill Stalin using his "Plan for the coup" decision. The thing is, I can't figure out how it works! I've saved the game and loaded it more than 15 times. I also tried the same with the NKVD focus, which is supposed to up the success percentage to 80. Didn't work either, Stalin always survives. At which point does the game decide if Stalin survives or not? Because what's written in the tooltip (50 or 80% success) is definitely not the case. At the same time, if I start a new game and just go over the tree using cheats, never even taking the NKVD decision, he always dies. Like wtf. It seems to decide it right at the start of the game somehow?
2. The central "get support from party members" decision doesn't actually give you any opposing side advisors after the coup. I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, they just remain in exile. So, here's a debuff, but you won't get anything for it.
3. Couldn't kill Stalin, so civil war it is. My Bukharin seems to somehow die before it even begins, even though Stalin doesn't get to "The bloc of rights and Trotskyites" decision. I have no idea how this happens. I did "Align the Zynovievites", so he becomes the new leader instead of Bukharin. Except here's the thing - I can't do the later focuses because it requires Bukharin to be the leader. Shrug.
4. Supporting Spain is just... If you take it, when they do their uprising your volunteers get sent back but you can't give them to a faction which is not the main one (either Republican or Fascist). The minor is defeated in about 5 seconds and I'm left at a loss just how I should've helped them without giving them any volunteers, the decision themselves take a lot of cp and pp and take time.
5. Alright then, this Bukharin seems to be bugged or something. Could we maybe go Trotsky and try to save everyone sending them into exile? Tough luck, you never have the needed pp because your stability is 0% and you have to time everything perfectly and know in advance which advisors papa Stalin is going to send to his new spa center. Next, when the war breaks out, you just don't get any generals. All of them remain on Stalin's side, taking a 50pp decision for a single random general is absurd. You never get them back after the war ends.
6. Why are there focuses to enable certain advisors in the left opposition tree if the same advisors are going to get purged a week later by Stalin's tree focuses?
7. The industry tree looks badly designed to me, mildly saying, Low stability, not enough pp even to get war economy and you give me another 10-15% debuff to consumer factories? Should I just skip this one or what.
The problem I'm having right now is trying to decide which focuses to take and whether I should go right or left opposition. I personally prefer Bukharin's tree.
I have a lot of issues, some of which you can read further on or ignore, but I really just want to know if someone played left/right opposition and figured out a way not to end up with 2 old guard generals and no advisors? Should I rush the civil war? Wait a bit? Focuses to choose/ignore?
1. I want to kill Stalin using his "Plan for the coup" decision. The thing is, I can't figure out how it works! I've saved the game and loaded it more than 15 times. I also tried the same with the NKVD focus, which is supposed to up the success percentage to 80. Didn't work either, Stalin always survives. At which point does the game decide if Stalin survives or not? Because what's written in the tooltip (50 or 80% success) is definitely not the case. At the same time, if I start a new game and just go over the tree using cheats, never even taking the NKVD decision, he always dies. Like wtf. It seems to decide it right at the start of the game somehow?
2. The central "get support from party members" decision doesn't actually give you any opposing side advisors after the coup. I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, they just remain in exile. So, here's a debuff, but you won't get anything for it.
3. Couldn't kill Stalin, so civil war it is. My Bukharin seems to somehow die before it even begins, even though Stalin doesn't get to "The bloc of rights and Trotskyites" decision. I have no idea how this happens. I did "Align the Zynovievites", so he becomes the new leader instead of Bukharin. Except here's the thing - I can't do the later focuses because it requires Bukharin to be the leader. Shrug.
4. Supporting Spain is just... If you take it, when they do their uprising your volunteers get sent back but you can't give them to a faction which is not the main one (either Republican or Fascist). The minor is defeated in about 5 seconds and I'm left at a loss just how I should've helped them without giving them any volunteers, the decision themselves take a lot of cp and pp and take time.
5. Alright then, this Bukharin seems to be bugged or something. Could we maybe go Trotsky and try to save everyone sending them into exile? Tough luck, you never have the needed pp because your stability is 0% and you have to time everything perfectly and know in advance which advisors papa Stalin is going to send to his new spa center. Next, when the war breaks out, you just don't get any generals. All of them remain on Stalin's side, taking a 50pp decision for a single random general is absurd. You never get them back after the war ends.
6. Why are there focuses to enable certain advisors in the left opposition tree if the same advisors are going to get purged a week later by Stalin's tree focuses?
7. The industry tree looks badly designed to me, mildly saying, Low stability, not enough pp even to get war economy and you give me another 10-15% debuff to consumer factories? Should I just skip this one or what.
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