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[scarlet owl]

Question by @merry narwhal!

Question

I have seen an Assault Gun designer in the game will there now be difference between Self propelled artillery and assaultguns?

Answer

The new Self-Propelled Super-Heavy Howitzers are not considered armor in any way, and are not part of the Tank Designer. They utilize the new extra_collateral_damage stat that allows them to cause extra damage to fortifications, so that might be an interesting addition to your assault guns!

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@glad sable

Question by @jolly ferry!

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Besides the example showcased in yesteday's dev diary with the Reichkommisariats, is the "contested ownership" system use elsewhere in vanilla Hoi4?

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No for now it will not

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@timber wind

Question by @open swan!

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Will hungary able to change sides in a war, like romania?

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No they will not be able to

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@timber wind

Question by @violet crescent!

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will there be new nuke tehnologies?

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Nuke techs are now mainly Special Projects. But yes, there are a few more than there used to be techs

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@icy bolt

Question by @frosty quiver!

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will the landkreuzer be any better than regular tanks? Because right now it doesn't seem rewarding to spend time researching it
Or maybe it will have some niche use?

Answer

It might not be super reliable at first, but there are plenty of modules that get unlocked via tech and other projects, and technologies unlocked by the project that will make them better. So Land Cruisers can become formidable beasts over time!

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@glad sable

Question by @sharp narwhal!

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will there be any new naval technology from this update?

Answer

Yes! There are special technologies related to unlocked Special Projects

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@fleet gorge

Question by @jovial bone!

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Will we be able to mod in our own special projects?

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Yes, modders will be able to create Special Projects

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@fleet gorge

Question by @oblique furnace!

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Will Germany be able to coup Horthy government and replace it with Szalasi one?

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There is an event chain for it yes

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@timber wind

Question by @elder garden!

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Can we expect some bonuses to assault guns and self propelled artillery, which germany mostly used in later years of the war?

Answer

There are bonuses in the MIO for Assault guns, but nothing else besides that. You do however get some nice templates ^^

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@polar citrus

Question by @boreal bough!

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How is decided what alternative paths are made?

Answer

Usually we decide for the alt history branches based on what seems fun to play and what seems plausible. There is also an element on what can we actually find information on at play as well

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@still niche

Question by @boreal bough!

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i saw in the dev diary yesterday that some of the RK's got some new flags example ukraine will it be for the others aswell?

Answer

all RKs have their own flag so that you can tell them apart from eachother in lists etc

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@timber wind

Question by @runic cypress!

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Will the AI Revamp help make the peace deals better?

Answer

No, the AI Force Concentration only concerns the tactical AI (moving units on the map), not the peace conferences.

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@acoustic cape

Question by @red hollow!

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Can you tell us more about new collateral damage stat?.

Answer

Some artillery (for example Heavy Howitzers) can now spread additional damage to fortifications in that province during combat. So Heavy Howitzers are a good way to smash forts, especially with the Fortress Buster commander ability.

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@fleet gorge

Question by @jagged pawn!

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What has been the most challenging part of this DLC to develop

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all DLC has its own challenges, but one thing is the sheer scope of this DLC; we're adding quite a lot (imo). Secondly, getting Germany just right is a challenge as well, and something we're working on daily to tweak and get the balance right

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@polar citrus

Question by @oblique hearth!

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what’s your favorite country rebalance in the upcoming DLC(s)?

Answer

Liechtenstein 😉 (it isn't in at game start, but you can get it somehow)

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@still niche

Question by @oak ice!

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Will there be changes to nukes and if, what will be new?

Answer

We've changed how to drop them, and they also have a lingering effect on the state they are dropped on

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@icy bolt

Question by @west rover!

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What are the new states outside of the European continent? (to Jonathan, has Arabia been reworked into a tiered formable? xo Krasna Merah)

Answer

States such as Barotseland and Kaiser Wilhelms Land have been added. Arabia has not been reworked now but there happens to be a future dlc where it would make a lot of sense to do 🙂

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@timber wind

Question by @livid edge!

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Can we have a small Belgium Focus Tree sneak peek ?

Answer

I'd love to, but can't do images in the Q+A but I've provided the community team with a picture to post!

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@fleet gorge

[soft parrot]

(posting for mordred)

[scarlet owl]

Question by @devout raptor!

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how long would it roughly take the average player to get rid off the economic debuffs from the prioritise economic growth focus?

Answer

that's a tough question to answer! I think you can rush it and have it done in roughly around 1938 - but that also leaves you doing SOME other focuses. It'll leave you with slightly less factories compared to the 4YP in the same time frame, but you'll be pumping out more stuff soon enough. I'd say that for a normal player you'll complete most of the branch in 1939

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@polar citrus

Question by @haughty crane!

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how did yiu get all thesecret informations about Germany to make a replica of a tank prototype?

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We had excellent spies and a fully developed spy network!

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@fleet gorge

Question by @vast plinth!

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Are we getting eastern-western rhineland borders and Eupen-Malmedy? If not, why?

Answer

No we aren't adding any mini states.

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@icy bolt

Question by @open lion!

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will there be any minor reworks to german states other than baden

Answer

no, there won't be any other German state changes - UNLESS you count Kaiser Wihlemsland as German 😉

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@polar citrus

Question by @novel jackal!

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why with Austria we cannot puppet Liechtenstein. Any reasons? Also can we divide the current Germany as in the past before de unification? Thanks

Answer

Austria cannot puppet Liechtenstein... but they might be able to otherwise interact with it (we want to keep how a surprise for you!)

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@still niche

Question by @violet crescent!

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Will Burgundy be in the list of reichkommessariats?

Answer

There is at least one way of creating Burgundy

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@fleet gorge

Question by @oblique furnace!

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In the Götterdämmerung Pass reveal video you said that we will be able to customize RKs territory, how it will work?

Answer

Though the RKs have starting territory you have to control to create them, a lot of them have attached decisions that appear after they have been created that can give them more territory, deciding for example hwat RK should own the South Ural area or the American West Coast for example.

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@timber wind

Question by @whole jackal!

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Will there be new formables for Germany?

Answer

there's a whole slew of new German formables! For one, you can Balkanize Germany and then work to unify it once again. Other than that, you have a bunch of new names and stuff for different German state configurations (more on that next week in the German alt-history DD)

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@polar citrus

Question by @thin jewel!

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will helicopters act as planes or will they be part of normal divisions?

Answer

They are support companies in regular divisions, including Med-Evac (there are more!)

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@fleet gorge

Question by @vale yoke!

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Have there been any modifications to the late game experience as a whole, seeing that a lot of content was added? This could be in terms of adding new things to research, improving late game performance, etc.

Answer

In terms of new content, there are several Special Projects and technologies unlocked by Special Projects that are meant for the late game (1944-45+), which will hopefully add more things to do and ways to progress and develop your warmachine in the later stages of the game.
In terms of performance, our code team managed to preserve performance after all the new mechanics and content introduced with the DLC

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@glad sable

Question by @tribal willow!

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Will the RK's have some unique content or will they have a generic focus tree?

Answer

They have the generic focus trees

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@timber wind

Question by @dusty spruce!

Question

How will you keep the new minor trees that get historically defeated/annexed like Austria and Belgium interesting to play as a player without being too challenging to play against?

Answer

This posed a very interesting challenge for making Austria. In Austria's case it even goes as far as proper wiped off the map, not even exiled, so as for that I made sure to make the buildup interesting. We also make sure that whilst the ai might fold, or fail, it should be possible for you as a player to hold, at least for a while!

For Belgium (which I didn't design, that was made by my fantastic colleague @fleet gorge ) he made sure to actually keep how to make Belgium post-capitulation as a design pillar to guide how he designed the tree

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@still niche

Question by @desert anchor!

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what new formable nations are coming with this DLC?

Answer

I can of course only speak for Germany, But you have the Socialist Volksunion and the Greater Proletarian State

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@polar citrus

Question by @weary kiln!

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if Austria refuses anschluss, will Germany still get cores on them and how

Answer

There are ways for Germany to gain the cores even if Austria refuses

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@timber wind

Question by @boreal bough!

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will austria Be able to form the danubian federation through a focus or decision?

Answer

Austria forms the Danubian Federation via their focus "The Danubian Federation", not via a decision.

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@still niche

Question by @boreal bough!

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Will the new Habsburgs be used in pre-existing trees? Some like Karl Pius could be included in the Carlist Path or the Mexican one in Mexico Focus tree

Answer

For now, that has not been implemented.

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@still niche

Question by @vast plinth!

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IS germany getting new cores? which ones?

Answer

well, they start with ONE more core now ^^ And there are several different formables they can create and get cores from. Which ones? Weeeeeeell, I recommend you to play the game in a few weeks time 😉 But honestly, there's a variaty of new cores they can get

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@polar citrus

Question by @patent river!

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Will it be possible to occupy/puppet your allies like how Germany did to Hungary and Italy historically?

Answer

There are a few different ways/things to do this with yes. An event chain regarding Hungary, and a decision category regarding Italy's fomer puppets in Europe after they fall into a civil war

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@timber wind

Question by @digital forge!

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will the raid system replace or override some intelligence agency mechanics introduced in La Résistance (specifically coordinated strike/sabotage industry) or will it work along side it?

Answer

It will not replace spy operations. Think of it generally as Operations being done by mainly by spies/agents, while Raids are done by military units.

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@icy bolt

Question by @tropic haven!

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How will be impacted the italian focus path of the Pact of Steel? And in general will focus of other nations have micro rework about interactions with germany or Hungary?

Answer

A few small things have changed, but nothing major.

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@timber wind

Question by @jade inlet!

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is the funny moustache man still censored in the German version of the game?

Answer

I've spoken with the game director and we're NOT using any shadowy figures any more (I mean this will obvisouly depend on any potential future German laws etc)

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@polar citrus

Question by @surreal crypt!

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How many countries will receive landmarks? For example, will Ottawa get Parliament Hill? Will Beijing get the Forbidden City? Will the Raj get the Taj Mahal and/or the Red Fort of Dehli?

Answer

Most Majors will start with one, such as the Reichstag or the Kremlin, and Brazil has the Cristo Rendentor. More may be added alongside future dlcs however

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@timber wind

Question by @golden birch!

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Will any other nations other than the main ones in the dlc be getting minor updates aka small focus tree adjustments, new decisions/ formables etc?

Answer

We're always updating older content, so while no there's no real new paths or branches, we do tweak them here and there. For example, we've made Special Projects compatible with the existing nations.

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@fleet gorge

Question by @eternal sedge!

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Will Slovakia get a focus tree this DLC or when Czechoslovakia does?

Answer

Slovakia is not getting a FT now, no.

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@icy bolt

Question by @whole jackal!

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when replacing the fuhrer using the inner circle, does it cause a civil war?

Answer

No civil war, there will be a hit to stability. Replacing Hitler requires three Reichsleiters from the inner circle rising in influence to a point where they can oust him without catastrophical consequences

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@glad sable

Question by @sand valley!

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What's the difference between the 'expected number of factories put on consumer goods' and 'consumer goods factories factor' modifiers?

Answer

That's a rather complex question (but the mechanic is fairly straight forward). EXPECTED Consumer Goods is like the the lower limit of the amount of factories that will be put on Consumer Goods no matter what. Consumer Goods FACTORIES FACTOR is additional factories that will be put on making Consumer Goods, and that number is based on EXPECTED CG. So with War Economy your ECG will be on 20%, and having Consumer goods Factories Factor on 100% means that you'll have 40% Civilian Factories (so twice the percent of your War Economy's 20% factories) on making consumer goods. That's ROUGHLT how it works and I might have explained it badly 😛

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@polar citrus

Question by @tribal willow!

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Will countries like Czechoslovakia also be able to form the Danubian Federation or is it restricted to the nations reworked in this DLC?

Answer

The Danubian federation is an Austria and Hungary only thing for now

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@still niche

Question by @smoky glacier!

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Will Hungary be able to core Carpathia and the southern most state in the transylvania region in this update/dlc? (in non-AHE paths)

Answer

Hungary will be able to core every pre-Trianon treaty states they possessed. Including for examle South Transylvania.

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@timber wind

[soft parrot]

question bugged out so replying manually with this one:

'Will there be any other scientists added to other countries'

Mordred answered with: "We're adding a number of famous scientists to other nations who are not the focus of this DLC, plus you can of course recruit generic ones too as any nation."

[scarlet owl]

Question by @wispy bison!

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Will the Habbakukk be a mobile airbase or will it act like a floating harbour that's unsinkable?

Answer

Habakkuk is a mobile airbase, allowing you to strengthen your fleets with regular (aka non-carrier) version of the planes

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@runic vigil

Question by @burnt halo!

Question

Will there be a reversed Anschluss achievement where Austria annexes Germany instead of the other way around?

Answer

You'll find out in a few weeks once we announce the achievements! No matter, please do try it show those Germans who's boss!

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@still niche

Question by @smoky glacier!

Question

Will the Hungarian Soviet republic have a decently sized focus tree? as in, similar to the other alt-hist paths

Answer

As can be seen in the dev diary, it has a decently sized branch yes

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@timber wind

Question by @visual skiff!

Question

any info on how mothership/parasite aircrafts work?

Answer

Motherships are basically ultra long-range fighters with decent combat stats for airpower projection (they're great for protecting Intercontinental Bombers!)

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@fleet gorge

Question by @dusty spruce!

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Regarding Reichkommersets will there be an actual incentive to form them if we go Prioritize Economic Growth instead of going Four Year Plan?

Answer

While there might not be an economic incentive to create a RK as there is if you keep the MEFO Bills around, they might still be useful for other things

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@polar citrus

Question by @quartz pond!

Question

What has, in your opinion, been hardest to implement with this DLC?

Answer

This will vary from person to person, obviosly, but getting the balance of this new and dynamic Anschluss was an interesting challenge. It feels like an improvement now that it is done however! It's a bit more representative of the diplomatic conflict that Anschluss actually was now

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@still niche

Question by @deep holly!

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will every nation have the possibilty to research super heavy tanks such as the ratte or does this only count for germany?

Answer

In theory every country can do it, but as you can't complete every Special Project in a game, you will have to decide what to focus on. Oh, and only Germany will call it the Ratte 🙂

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@icy bolt

Question by @cunning notch!

Question

what will the Special Projekt „ stronghold Network „ do?

Answer

It increases the Max level and building speed of Forts (and coastal forts), it also increases local supplies and causes the nemy to suffer additional attrition, all on the state level

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@glad sable

Question by @smoky glacier!

Question

Will Austria be able to core Germany? Also will there be any unique interactions between Austria and Italy? historically they had very close relations

Answer

There will be potential interactions, both friendly and and hostile between Austria and Italy.

As for Germany, there are absolutely ways for Austria to get cores on them. As it should be!

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@still niche

Question by @boreal bough!

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Will Spain get any scientist?

Answer

All the major countries (and the countries that are either being added or reworked with Götterdämmerung) will get unique scientists, while everyone else will get generic ones (UNLESS they had an advisor or theorist since earlier that's being reworked into a scientists, such as Niels Bohr in Denmark)

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@polar citrus

Question by @smoky glacier!

Question

can germany choose to take South Tyrol from italy? historically this was a real fear in italian leadership prior to the pact of steel, it would be interesting if there was a path where you could act on that.

Answer

Well, there is a focus for you to actually go to war with Italy in the Historical branch, so yes I guess? 😛

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@polar citrus

Question by @tribal willow!

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What's the difference between the usual fate of czechoslovakia and the new integrate czechoslovakia focus that's under neurath's branch?

Answer

The difference is that it's safer in the sense that Britain and France can't tell you "no"; you increase Fascism support in their country, and once they flip fascist you can peacefully integrate/coerce them

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@polar citrus

Question by @boreal bough!

Question

will the maus be replaced by the ratte in the tech tree or will it be the same as before and you need to research it in the special projects tab?

Answer

Maus (and by extension current Super Heavy Tanks) will remain as they were - Super Heavy Tanks in the tech tree. Ratte is a special project.

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@runic vigil

Question by @worn mason!

Question

is heydrich going to be in charge of Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia?

Answer

The possible German leaders for RK Bohemia are von Neutrath and Johannes Blaskowitz depending a bit on previous choices

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@timber wind

Question by @shrewd dawn!

Question

can we get a small sneek peek of the congo focus tree?

Answer

Absolutely! Take a look 😉

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@fleet gorge

[soft parrot]

posted for mordred for the above

[scarlet owl]

Question by @dusty spruce!

Question

Will the Congo be able to form United Africa?

Answer

There may indeed be the ability to do that yes

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@timber wind

Question by @opaque gust!

Question

will we be able to replace people in the inner circle with others?

Answer

Yes, you'll be able to switch between which of the Reichsleiters you want working for you/on their own focuses. You can only have 3 of them toiling away at the same time, but you can decide to switch out Todt for SPeer or Himmler when you want to.

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@polar citrus

Question by @sour quarry!

Question

Can Austria form the HRE? Any secret paths or formables you can't tell us about yet?

Answer

If I told you. they wouldn't be secret ^^´ But for HRE, I can confirm that yes, Austria will be able to for the HRE, but only on certain branches

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@still niche

Question by @weak field!

Question

[Why is Seyß-Inquart not leader of the Reichskommisariat Niederlande?]

Answer

As can be seen in a previous DD comment, he is a potential leader for RK Niederlande.

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@timber wind

Question by @vale trellis!

Question

on a post i saw that there will be buildings that represent landmarks is this going to be on all main (interesting) countries and if a nuke destroys one of the landmarks will the landmark be destroyed

Answer

Yes there are several landmarks in the game, but mostly only for major countries. And if you dropped a nuke on any of them I would imagine there would only be a smoking pile of rubble left 😉

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@polar citrus