Industrial Helix wrote:It_oddball - The Iron Crosses and Shields are put in to show the important places during each war of unification. In the case of Italy, all the important places were in what is now Italy. In the case of Germany, all the important battles were outside of Germany. Prussia and Austria waged war with Denmark for Schleswig Holstein and won the battle of Dybbol. Prussia then warred with Austria-Hungary and defeated them in Konigsgratz which lead to the annexation of several of the German territories under the protection of Austria. The expanded Prussia and ally Bavaria then warred with France, defeated them at Sedan and captured Paris in 1870-1. Bavaria and Prussia agreed to unite and The German Empire was declared at Versailles with Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, as Kaiser of Germany. So the historical fact was that Germany waged its wars of unification outside of Germany, rather than in and this map reflects this. I chose Prussian signs because they were Prussian military victories, rather than French or Danish or Austrian, and they were battles instrumental in the formation of the German Empire.
I'm not trying to reinforce the perception that Germany was an aggressive state any more than it was during the admin of Bismarck and Wilhelm I, I see what you mean about sending wrong signals but I think these are historical fact and there is no embellishing involved. For what its worth, Denmark broke the London protocol which resulted in its battleground defeat and France declared war on Germany, not the other way around. Sure Bismarck goaded the French government, but that's a minor detail.
I know of the battles outside the borders (well admittedly, only the French one, declaration of unification in Versailles and taking of Elzass
) ...but then the game implementation would have to be something like "conquer (at least ? of the following) Paris , Dybbol, Königsgrad, München and you get bonus of +? instead of the autodeploy +1 for each of these places you control .
Autodeploy +1 is something for "troop generating centers" ; Big cities with barracks, war Industry, food generation centers, invasion entry points, spawn points, etc.. and that is not the case here.
(It would be if it was meant as troop generation centers for the French in Paris, or the danes in Kopenhagen, or the Habsburgs in Vienna to put in their weight at these corners of the map).
So the iron crosses stay, but the request is to change the bonus benefit.