Yet, they are allowed to attack seazones with:
1. Mexican ships
2. Panamanian ships
3. Brazilian ships and air
4. US ships and air
5. CW ships carrying US air or land units.
6. Intercept any nations ships carrying US units anywhere in the world.
7. There is no way to place the Vichy ships out of supply. No matter where they are based in the world.
8. They can freely pass the Suez and Gibraltar.
All of this without lifting a finger. Vichy need not even be Hostile just neutral. Wait for the US to choose options 32 & 50.
Its made possible because of US entry options. Which the US has no option but to accept when it goes to war with Germany/Italy.
Why are we not given a choice to not implement US entry options? What is the reason for forcing them all on the US player?
What historical reason is given for this fubar rules circus with Vichy? What is served by allowing Vichy France all this power?
Do the current crop of players see nothing wrong with this and i'm in the minority?
Is this what WiF has become. Never played this way before and it makes me sad to see how this is how MWiF is implemented.
options below
32. U.S. Refutes Naval War Zones – The U.S.A. may use its own convoy points to ship any resources and/or builds points that the U.S.A. is lend-leasing to any allied major power. These convoy points may be attacked by Axis units even if they are not at war with the USA. Clarification: Since the quantity of resources and build points being lend-leased is known from the Lending Stage of each turn, that number is the upper limit that the Axis can destroy during the turn in each sea area through which the lend-leased resources and/or build points could be shipped
50. Unrestricted Naval Warfare – U.S. naval and aircraft units at sea can freely attack, and be attacked by, any Axis naval and aircraft units. You still can’t port attack, shore bombard, ground strike, strategically bombard, carpet bomb, or fly ground support. You can escort Allied convoys in any sea area with any number of SCS or CVs. You can now move any number of ships together as 1 naval move, instead of counting each ship as a naval move. You can only choose this entry option if you have already chosen entry option 38.