HOI4 Dev Diary - Back from summer!

[kimidf]

I really hope Italys rework is NOT a civil war. We really dont need Italy to be even WORSE than they are now. They are already a really shitty country to play or with AI((Ai is decent but not that good)) and a Civil war will just cripple their ability to do anything, unless their focus's DRASTICALLY return them.

They need a better Italy first option as well as an African focus tree. Civil wars are just obnoxious and only cripple nations ability to do anything. I rather my Italy not be turned into more of a joke than it is now.

it is clear that Italy must have new malus when it comes to fighting in some areas or certain countries as it really happened and it is clear there must be options that there is a civil war as it happened historically

 

[TalyonUngol]

it is clear that Italy must have new malus when it comes to fighting in some areas or certain countries as it really happened and it is clear there must be options that there is a civil war as it happened historically

Italy needs a better alt history path since every other nation got theirs, so obviously italy first should get a major rework, since its lacking and it also needs an African campaign. Theres no NEED to put in a civil war which would only make the crappy nation even worse, unless you force the civil war to happen down the German path instead of happening period.

I'm fine with the Axis path having the civil war, but since I play alot of Alt-history I rather not my favorite country be neutered more than it already is. ((Its neutering is only cause of its focus tree.)) but forcing it to have a civil war would just make it unplayable unless you put in focuses that would heavily revert the damage

 

[Meglok]

Dang, PDS hasn't even confirmed that the SCW is in the next patch and the thread is getting "salty hot".

Just a game guys, chill. No one has their life at stake on whether they win the argument. Otherwise the mods are going to start thumping heads.

 

[SanguiniusStyle]

I don't know what will happen with this expansion but if Italy is reworked I need THIS.

 

[Secret Master]

We aren't discussing concentration camps on this forum. It is against forum rules.

Posts deleted.

 

[DebbieElla]

Stop insulting each other and stay on topic of the actual DD.

 

[aono]

This expansion will not be USSR. Soviet deserves a expansion pretty much for itself and fits better with some mechanic stuff I got planned for the future rather than now. I felt it was good to get this out of the way early because I know a lot of people wanna see Soviet stuff.

Hell, why can't I use "Helpful" and "Respectfully Disagree" at once?

Like you can probably imagine, the bottom line is that it is a really hard dlc to do, and you can not skimp on it. As you said it is a massively important theater and a popular nation. It takes more time and resources to do than we got right now without massive delays and waiting time for you guys. It is also design wise a tough nut to crack which in turn needs proper time to ripen. In short its the wrong time to do it right now. It doesnt mean we wont touch the theater or work on AI. We always do that, which I think you know looking back.

I'm ready for massive delay and waiting time. If that's for me.

 

[Galleblære]

Upon getting into the plant, they dressed into British uniform and then left a British sub-machine gun on leaving, so as to give a hint and no locals would get accused. I don't deny the Norwegians also took part, though

Maybe its the language barrier, but again, those were Norwegian commandos that did the mission. They were equipped and trained by the British SOE though.

 

[Jopa79]

Hmm...the picture makes me think and wonder, what did I write?

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...uclear-weapons-program.1161492/#post-25273243

 

[Jellico]

It's understandable that it's a hard DLC to do, but I personally still think that it would have been much better to focus on the USSR and the Eastern Front for the next DLC/major patch even if it meant delaying its release considerably to give it proper time to ripen. That is, in my opinion, it should be the number one priority right now, worthy putting all development resources into it and as much time as needed, with other unrelated stuff being pushed to subsequent DLCs. Well, tough luck, I guess...

The powers that be are too busy putting all of their resources into saving the titantic... I mean imperator rome... Patch after patch after patch for a game that no one cares about. Why bother developing content for your most popular game? Don't get me wrong because I think the HOI4 dev team does a fine job. I've just always had a suspicion that they were severely undermanned compared to the teams for other games.

 

[Mr.Grizzly]

I'm really curious into what the French rework will include, considering how Vichy France is portrayed at the moment where France breaks out into civil war and Vichy France has a generic focus tree it could be interesting to expand upon them. I don't know if it's possible but Vichy France having a focus tree similar to Manchuko could be really interesting, choosing between staying under the German boot but regaining some dignity and territory back with the possibility of asking for the Germans to return northern France, or breaking free and choosing a different path of independence but fascism or switching back to democracy. Of course this would probably be a lot of work so I don't expect Vichy France to get a full makeover but it's a cool idea. Obviously France will get a focus tree update too with multiple democratic paths, monarchist, fascist and communist trees too, but the gameplay changes I'm most excited for since it could be a wide array of topics now that land, sea and air have all had some major rework/update. For combat changes I'd bet more on land or air changes since we just had the huge changes to naval warfare.

 

[Mr.Grizzly]

I've just always had a suspicion that they were severely undermanned compared to the teams for other games.

I mean no offence to any member of any development team, but there was a sudden drop in quality for many DLCs and updates as Imperator was developed since they had to take members from other team and wanted the more experienced developers. EU IV got hit pretty bad, but this is a discussion for another place.

 

[Kazakk]

This expansion will not be USSR. Soviet deserves a expansion pretty much for itself and fits better with some mechanic stuff I got planned for the future rather than now. I felt it was good to get this out of the way early because I know a lot of people wanna see Soviet stuff.

Nooo , that means my 120 red army choir songs will have to wait another year.

 

[Captured Joe]

Nooo , that means my 120 red army choir songs will have to wait another year.

Thinking of making a music mod?

 

[Duke_Dave]

Well I hope Spanish civil war, France+Italy rework.
Or Middle East.

 

[uncle sia]

Its really time to put some work on middleeast countries

 

[Duke_Dave]

It will be interesting what new mechanics are hinted at in the Frrnch focus tree. Will be a good indicator of what the minor countries in the DLC will be.
Sub-ideologies = Spain (maybe Portugal)
Partisan warfare = Asian colonies
Advanced diplomacy and influence = Middle East

 

[piki]

It will be interesting what new mechanics are hinted at in the Frrnch focus tree. Will be a good indicator of what the minor countries in the DLC will be.
Sub-ideologies = Spain (maybe Portugal)
Partisan warfare = Asian colonies
Advanced diplomacy and influence = Middle East

You think, there will be air warfare rework or it will be later?

 

[SanguiniusStyle]

I really hope Italys rework is NOT a civil war. We really dont need Italy to be even WORSE than they are now. They are already a really shitty country to play or with AI((Ai is decent but not that good)) and a Civil war will just cripple their ability to do anything, unless their focus's DRASTICALLY return them.

They need a better Italy first option as well as an African focus tree. Civil wars are just obnoxious and only cripple nations ability to do anything. I rather my Italy not be turned into more of a joke than it is now.

I think best option would be like Russian Empire in TGW mod: you need to lose x important victory points in italic peninsula and then it triggers.

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One problem I see with a teorical Italian Alt path is that you start with Ethiopian War already started, don't know what will happen and if it will be reworked.

 

[SanguiniusStyle]

You think, there will be air warfare rework or it will be later?

If I were them, I would wait till a hipotetical wunderfaffen (my German is horrible) expansion to gather airwarfare and new jets...

I expect this time a rework of defensive warfare: they said they wanted to make it more funny. France would be really benefited

But Idk...