Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:33 pm
actually some improvements to some events are planned, to reflect more a choice of player
basically they are based on play of options (give the player a limited choice of "yes " or "no" to choice the path)
remains to see how many will be implementyed, as they rest on shopulders of a few volunteers (not full time) but they are identified and planned
given the impressive cost of totally redrawing a diplomatic AI (months, years of full time programmer activity) they will certainly remain based on script of options, happening/not happening according to circumstances (test planned), but generally foloowing historical lines, leaving little place for alternative strategies (that would need a very refined AI geostrategic analysis for that - none of the sort presently has been develioped anywhere (alas) )
so, if this development takes place, you'll be offered option to sign triplice or not, given a normal progress of game alon,g ghistorical lines, but not a british, french or russian proposal.
for the present inconvenience, you are legitimate to privilege paramount irredentist anti austrian natural Italian aspirations, though, anticipation of 14-18 or remainder of Risorgimento should not mask the political rationales factored in the game and somehow "rigid" events :
in 1880 and around, (legitimate) anti Austrian policy was a dead end for Italy :
- Italy could in no circumstance had won a 1 to 1 duel with Austria
- with not border with Austria, smashed by Prussia, France had others problems to care of (namely, colonialism, then in due time and circumstances, revenge)
- Austria was a useful and necessary counterweight for Britain and germany (playing a subtle doule cross game) for balancing Russia in Balkans - and for Italy annoying Britain was pure suicide
- A direct rush on Austria wasn't considered by Russia, first because Ottoman were not ousted from Balkans then, and tensuions were lower, second because it wouldn't have helped them breaking Britain and Austria consensus + german reaction (rather more important than far and weak Italy)
so nobody would have found such policy helpful and nobody would have helped THEN
conversely, confronted to French (especially) and British colonial competition, Italy needed help or at least neutral benevolence, here was germany and her Austrian ally .... after, with British- French and Russian closing, conditions would change ... long after
[color="#FF0000"]- (ordnance) Your Lordship, sorry to awake you, but The french are at our door !
- Alarm, alarm, how did you let this happen and not awake me ! repel them, counterattack at once !
- err, your Lordship, ahem... French are our allies, Marshal de St Arnaud is expected to attend to a conference with you !
- ahem, well, .... very well ..let them in !
(charge of the light brigade movie)[/color]