GOA bug or working as intended?

[ulver]

Me and the (EU) Banana playing a PBM game, AAR to be found at
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Could really use a clarification on how you intend a rule to work. Basically my understanding about the limitation of British sea transport of Land combat units was that Britain could not move her units by sea until either the Central Powers declared war on Belgium or the Netherlands, or the Ottoman empire joined the Central Powers.

As a stratagem I declared war on the Ottoman Empire with the Central Powers in order to keep all but the Middle Eastern British land forces out of the war.

It seem to be an elegant and balanced way to simulate a limited British involvement in the Great War in a situation where British interests were not threatened and her treaty obligations were not invoked. It had the added advantage of not chancing the balance between the sides.

My opponent reports that he can now move British land forces by sea with the Ottoman Empire in the war on the Entente side and that; furthermore he has some difficulty accessing the Ottomans in the Strategic phase (He’s found a workaround)

He has graciously offered introducing a house rule to reflect the limited British involvement in the war but before continuing that game I would like to know the intention behind the limited British sealift rule. Is British forces supposed to be allowed to move by sea with the Ottoman Empire on the Entente side?

If that matter is one you have never considered could we persuade you to do so now? We both agree that the rule as stated makes for an interesting alternative game but I would not be interested in pursuing the game if you fixed a bug. All I can say is that I genuinely thought it was a deliberate what-if option. If it was not intended as such would you consider introducing it?