You decide for me what to play next!

[Gormytorysh]

Hi all,

I really need a challenge and I've got Mr. Capiatlist's approval for a vote by forum members running for 3 days. I limited the choice because I want to play a country I have never played before, it has to be in Europe and not played this year. So you can choose between:

4x - Finland
2x - Greece
2x - Switzerland
1x - Denmark

I know there has been 1 attempt (as far as I could see) to play Finland, but that went down after the first update, so I consider it not a real attempt (no offense meant to the creator btw). Let's hear it .

 

[serutan]

I vote Greece.

 

[blklizard]

I vote for Denmark.

 

[Archam]

Switzerland

 

[sebas379]

On the fence between Finland and Greece. Both in tough spots, yet quite defensible.
Nah I think Greece stands a better chance so I vote for Finland, muhahahaha. I just love the Winter War.

 

[Gormytorysh]

It's a tie after 19 hours, 53 hours to go .

 

[Carthage]

I (of course) vote for Finland. To the Urals!

 

[thenerdwriter]

My vote goes to Finland.

 

[Warlord Skorr]

Finland. I want to see if you can measure up to the historical Winter War.

 

[Gormytorysh]

Updated and Finland takes the lead .

 

[Skywalker_T-65]

I'll buck the trend and vote Greece. I like the Greeks, probably one of my favorite minors to play as.

And of course there isn't a Sweden option

 

[Ikarases]

I vote for Switzerland.

 

[Gormytorysh]

And of course there isn't a Sweden option

Too many Swedish AARs this year .

Updated again and with little over 14 hours to go, it looks like I can prepare myself for a Finnish Winter War...... unless.....

 

[Big Blue Blob]

Since Albania, Ethiopia and El Salvador are not listed, I shall keep quiet.

 

[Gormytorysh]

Since Albania, Ethiopia and El Salvador are not listed, I shall keep quiet.

Sorry, had to draw the line .

About 2 hours to go and I think I can prepare myself for Finland..... oh the agony!

 

[Gormytorysh]

Allright, Finland it is then...... oh dear God!

 

[blklizard]

Allright, Finland it is then...... oh dear God!

I think you should throw in a few handicaps too (I don't mean just increasing the difficulty). The AI just aren't giving you any hard time in your last two AARs.

 

[Gormytorysh]

I think you should throw in a few handicaps too (I don't mean just increasing the difficulty). The AI just aren't giving you any hard time in your last two AARs.

Ok, what do you suggest. Finland in itself seems hard to play, more dificult than the Netherlands and Nationalist China which are regional powers. Finland is a small power and playing at hard level will not make the AI smarter....

 

[Big Blue Blob]

I have seen Finland world conquest done before, so adding difficulty could make an even greater achievement. If you do not want the AI to cheat more than usual, that is fine.

Feel free to use those strategies which are called "exploits" by some. HOI3 is so poorly designed that much of the game could be considered exploiting (my Hungarian conquest of Germany while Germany had its whole army in the USSR probably tops the list for me).

 

[blklizard]

Ok, what do you suggest. Finland in itself seems hard to play, more dificult than the Netherlands and Nationalist China which are regional powers. Finland is a small power and playing at hard level will not make the AI smarter....

You could limit your expansion until a certain year (maybe after fighting the Soviet Union) or remain independent but you have the final decision. The reason I'm suggesting this is that, like you said, the AI isn't that smart and sometimes exploiting the game early would see you grow too powerful too quickly making late game less interesting. Not saying I want you to fail but I find AARs where nations become blobby and unstoppable quickly get boring after a while.