Breaking news: I've found a way to let a faction absorb another. SO in the next version, Siberians will absorb Southern Whites if they meet the minimal conditions I've defined. There's one caveat, as 3 stars of the aborbed faction can't form army or corps, but I'm going to replace them with thses same leaders as Siberians/ so It will just need to replace them with a stack to form an army.
I don't think so. I would need the reverse command, that doesn't seem to exist. And it would be prone to gamey tactics: I ally with Ukrainians, I let them without supplies and in a few turns, I've one less opponent.
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New rule:
Siberian faction will now lose at least 1 NM per turn. On the contrary, they will get not only the NM given by capture of strategic objectives, but supplementary NM when:
- controlling Arkhangelsk/Perm axis (10 NM),
- controlling Tzaritsyn for 5 turns (10 NM)
- controlling after January 19 some cities beyond Simbirsk/Syzran/ Saratov (5 NM each for Penza, Kunetsk, Cheboksary, Arzamas and Sysran)
- controlling Perm (2 NM), Kazan (4 NM)
- controlling Samara after January 19 (2 NM).
Last, when Siberian faction will have conquered all these objectives, Siberian will become the Official Russian Government for Western Allies. Among the advantages, better help, some Allied units, and the end of NM losses, and MAINLY, if Tzaritsyn is controlled:
The Southern White faction becomes controlled by you. You will be able to move the WHI units, get part of WHI options…..
Notes: Siberian Side has now a real interest to be played, and in PBEM with 3 players, this rule has for primary effect to create frictions beween the 2 White players, unless Southern is willing to leave the game of course
Wow, I thought all "recruited" generals were below average, but now I now got M.G. Babiev (5-3-2) who is both charismatic and brave!
...and handsome! [:D]
Yes, that's one good idea of the official version: random generals are sometimes exceptional.
For the bug? I'm investigating but it seems to be isolated incident. New features ( and the Siberian new events has forced me to duplicate hundreds of events) seem to work well.