With the latest DD, it seems that Romania will be getting fleshed out in greater detail. One big potential game changer is the cordon sanitaire alliance which Poland and Romania had signed since the early 1920s. This defensive alliance was aimed at containing the Soviet Union. In 1927, this treaty was expanded to include any potential aggressor.
One of the things not clear from the DD and from the follow-up responses in the thread is how this is represented exactly. Seeing the new focus tree in the dev diary has me worried that Poland and Romania start completely neutral to each other and only form some pact optionally through focuses.
The way I hope its represented from both a balance and a historical standpoint: is that Poland and Romania start the game with guarantees on each other that can't be broken until a certain date (1938 would be very historical, ties were affirmed then) or until a regime change happens in either country. Historically it functions the same as a defensive alliance would. From a balance perspective it solves the issues of the soviet union doing a "day 1" justification and declaring war on Romania in 1936 and Germany declaring war on Poland in 1936 as well. Some military buildup is required by either major power to take on Romania or Poland at the same time. Doing such prevents the game from being too easy.
Some clarification on how it works would be nice.
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P.S. I do hope we see more interweaving of focus trees. For example Poland should have a focus to invite Romania to the Intermarium/Medzmorze but ONLY IF Romania agreed to renew the Polish-Romanian alliance. Another example would be to allow Poland to invite Hungary via focus ONLY IF Romania is already in AND Romania has chosen to mend ties with Hungary--renaming the faction to "third europe" (historically this was attempted but Hungary and Romania wouldn't agree to be in the same alliance with each other). The same could be said about interweaving focuses between Romania and France and between Romania and Germany. Doing such makes geopolitics more interesting in-game.
One of the things not clear from the DD and from the follow-up responses in the thread is how this is represented exactly. Seeing the new focus tree in the dev diary has me worried that Poland and Romania start completely neutral to each other and only form some pact optionally through focuses.
The way I hope its represented from both a balance and a historical standpoint: is that Poland and Romania start the game with guarantees on each other that can't be broken until a certain date (1938 would be very historical, ties were affirmed then) or until a regime change happens in either country. Historically it functions the same as a defensive alliance would. From a balance perspective it solves the issues of the soviet union doing a "day 1" justification and declaring war on Romania in 1936 and Germany declaring war on Poland in 1936 as well. Some military buildup is required by either major power to take on Romania or Poland at the same time. Doing such prevents the game from being too easy.
Some clarification on how it works would be nice.
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P.S. I do hope we see more interweaving of focus trees. For example Poland should have a focus to invite Romania to the Intermarium/Medzmorze but ONLY IF Romania agreed to renew the Polish-Romanian alliance. Another example would be to allow Poland to invite Hungary via focus ONLY IF Romania is already in AND Romania has chosen to mend ties with Hungary--renaming the faction to "third europe" (historically this was attempted but Hungary and Romania wouldn't agree to be in the same alliance with each other). The same could be said about interweaving focuses between Romania and France and between Romania and Germany. Doing such makes geopolitics more interesting in-game.
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