Don’t get me wrong YG, I wasn’t suggesting you change your proposal to limit what a “mid major” could produce, or to reduce further what could be built at a minor (although you have done the later). It was more of a reflection of something that could be done strictly as a house-rule tweak to Halifax (sorry for the confusion). BTW I too thought it was pretty cool when Krieghund chimed in, and the 10 IPCs cut off makes a lot of sense to me as well. Hope to see him again, his feed back holds a lot of weight. I would probably steer away from calling it Alpha+4 though if you want a Krieg (or Larry) endorsement. No way they open that up again for G40 lol
Like I said the cruiser in my mind could have gone either way. The Commonwealth didn’t have the shipyards to produce the larger ships, but acquired a few from other means (mostly from UK).
I like the fact that your proposal allows this new CAnzac power to upgrade their starting minor production centers to a mid major for 10 IPCs so they can produce the higher end units. This is somewhat of a testament of what they had at the start of the war, how their own production abilities grew as the war progressed, and what the UK commissioned to them along the way (or could have). Yeah, they may not have been able to build a heavy cruiser or even an escort carrier, but many of the battle groups were formed by multiple nations. The game doesn’t allow for multiple nations to attack together, so allowing the CAnzac power to have them if they invest is a good compromise.
Canada built a lot of aircraft (including bmrs), and ended up with the 4th largest navy in the world at wars end although it was comprised of mostly of smaller vessels, and escort ships. This mechanism allows for this.
PS YG just a clarification.
When you describe the individual production centers the last line for a major is a bit confusing.
“May not be purchased, or upgraded”
I know you can’t upgrade a Major to a full fledged IC.
I also know that you can upgrade a minor to a major as long as it is a home territory, and is worth 2 IPCs (like Quebec, Sidney, or S Africa). I assume if UK builds a minor on say Egypt, or Persia, they could also upgrade that minor to a major as well because it is a 2 IPC territory (same for Germany on Romania/Norway or Japan on Korea etc…).
Is the intent of “May not be purchased” under major to force a 2 stage build-up, or was it simply an oversight? Maybe you don’t want a power to drop 22 IPCs in one turn to build a major (which would be pretty cool BTW if they couldn’t)