Acquiring cores!

[Revshawn]

How does one take cores in this game? I've been having trouble building my IC as Guatemala after I unite the former territories of the United States of Central America. Do you have to occupy the land for a good bit before you're able to get cores, or are you stuck with the cores you have until the end of the game?

 

[unmerged(105989)]

YOu only get the cores you have at the beginning of the game. That said, some nations have cores occupied by others at the start. I "think" Guatamala has a core on one of its neighbors. Otherwise, you're stuck with a modding solution.

If you are playing armageddon, you can simply turn on full IC takeover to increase your IC from captured lands.

 

[Revshawn]

Alright! Sounds good! By the way, while I'm playing as Communist China this game seems to like to randomly annex Xibei Xa Mai to Nationalist China because apparently that is the cool thing to do when Communist China is kicking their butt. Know how to fix that?

 

[unmerged(105989)]

That is a feature, not a bug (at least in the sense that it's deliberate - personally, it annoys the heck out of me). Nat. China will annex any warlord nation that is about ready to lose to either the commies or Japan.

The only way to do this is to seize XXM's VPs nearly simultaneously and before midnight (when the check happens, I believe). I've seen it done in a couple AARs, but it is very hard to pull off.

 

[Revshawn]

I think it only does it to the puppet nations though. Personally I was able to annex another warlord nation that wasn't their puppet and all went well. As Xibei is the only puppet nation, I assume it only happens with them.