#latest-updates

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neat jolt
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It was supposed to release today

visual willow
dull tundra
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i was so excited for today!

misty zephyr
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wating

oak nest
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waiting

prisma wing
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waiting

visual willow
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next update is stacked

smoky hinge
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Biiiiig update

visual willow
solid gyro
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we need a update to the division designer: we need more unit types and templates

smoky hinge
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Like what

solid gyro
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well like a flamethrower section and howitzers

visual willow
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i would love having 700 new battalions which wont matter because they will inevitably be completely outmatched by something similar!!!

visual willow
solid gyro
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alr

smoky hinge
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Also flame tanks exist

visual willow
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and inf flamethrowers would be ok ig

solid gyro
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i would like to see new support companies like snipers and mortars

visual willow
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what would they do

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except "plus 2 soft attack"

smoky hinge
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Those things exist, they just are a part of the inf division itself

solid gyro
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snipers would give a small boost to attack

visual willow
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ok so nothing interesting then

solid gyro
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alr

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how about a new infantry type battalions like Volunteers and conscripts

visual willow
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why would volunteers need to be their own battalion

solid gyro
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easy to equip and being able to be MASS trained

solid gyro
visual willow
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normal inf already is arguably

smoky hinge
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Eh

solid gyro
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alr

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how about Concsripts

visual willow
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again

smoky hinge
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Manpower law = conscripts

solid gyro
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Alr

visual willow
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what would they do that is big enough to warrent an entire new battalion

smoky hinge
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Literally in the name

solid gyro
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alr alr

solid gyro
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with minimal equipment

visual willow
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ok so

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it's just infantry

solid gyro
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theyre basically cannon fodder

visual willow
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but they cost nothing but manpower

solid gyro
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No

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its not just inf

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its CHEAP inf

visual willow
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what i said

solid gyro
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alr

smoky hinge
solid gyro
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how about

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this: a mortar squad

visual willow
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how would it be more unique to arty or rocket arty

solid gyro
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or atleast some kind of RL units and templates

visual willow
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you can gladly watch a documentory if you want to interact with those things

smoky hinge
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It's a video game

solid gyro
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well BICE does have a lot of new units and templates

visual willow
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or maybe make a mod which adds multiple skins for arty and stuff to have those things

smoky hinge
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Bice is the definition of bloat

visual willow
solid gyro
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what is bloat

visual willow
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if you can remove something without it subtracting from the game, like having something that is practically the same that's bloat

solid gyro
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alr

visual willow
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an "mortar" company which acts identically to an arty company would be bloat

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because what's the point of the mortar?

solid gyro
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then ill make a mod

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which adds ALL of my unit and template ideas

smoky hinge
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Have fun teaching the AI to use all that stuff

solid gyro
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alr

visual willow
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KEKW they would be identical to 90% of things ingame

smoky hinge
solid gyro
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Really man?

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thats not FUNNY

hushed zodiac
hollow lion
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Im so bad at these even though the audio is perfect

visual willow
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that's why we use the power of online tools to translate it for us

mild sigil
visual willow
mild sigil
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that what it translate to

visual willow
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yupp

hollow lion
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that was fast

hollow lion
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the audio is so good as well that you can read the signal

visual willow
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i have no clue how i can do that

hollow lion
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Any audio/video editing software will show this

visual willow
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gigachad i have no idea how to use any of those

hexed glacier
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I can't wait for Mass Assault to be completely unpushable with the support company changes

weak cape
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Speaking of dev diaries, we will call you to arms next week for something special… stay tuned, and save the date!

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is this dlc announcement?

hexed glacier
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I mean it's that time of year so probably

weak cape
hexed glacier
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Next DLC is gonna be stacked if PDX does it correctly

visual willow
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Wait

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A ship has been picked up by radar

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Is that on referal to the bismarck

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Holy

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Sweden confirmed you heard it here first folks

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It lines up wayyy too much to be false

hexed glacier
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Oh and all use of Bofors in the DDs didn't make it obvious lmao

visual willow
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nicebro the hell is a bofor

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swedish weaponmaker

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yeah fair

dull tundra
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one week till dlc release?

visual willow
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ha

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no

dull tundra
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why not?

visual willow
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this is just the start of the devdairies

dull tundra
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it's the anniversary!

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oops

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meant announcement!

sinful solar
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just an idea 😄

lusty rampart
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New carribean mechanics

lunar folio
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Not as much as I would hope...
Not as much content at all as I would hope

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Like c'mon give me something

visual willow
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Well true but stating no content at all is just bs

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Imo most minor features and all historical trees for participating countries hould be free

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But like designers, spies, probably the expanded designers are extra features

lunar folio
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I think stuff like the Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler romance event chain should also be DLC and not free

visual willow
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Yeah like i said

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Historical trees should be free

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Idk why it's so hidden within dlcs

hexed glacier
visual willow
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They arent

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Only for the majors

lament abyss
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JUNE 7TH

visual willow
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No way that we are actually getting something useful this early

solid gyro
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God Zamn

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I’m ready for the dlc

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i wanna see a dlc set in the north african front theater

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ATTUD TBTH

true jasper
visual willow
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Ah yes, june 7th is right after june 1st

true jasper
solid gyro
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Nahhh it looks like something in the North Sea

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Through a dark winter ig?

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Or a storm

visual willow
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Nordics are already practically confirmed

solid gyro
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Waiting for Germany

visual willow
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Already released

spice oyster
visual willow
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Waking the tiger

spice oyster
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You consider Waking the tiger addition of civil war tree as a proper deserved upgrade?

visual willow
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I mean for the time it practically was

golden mist
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the whole vid reminds me of the sinking of blucher from king's choice with the boy and the ship, i dont know if this is just me or do others see what i mean?

visual willow
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The japan tree nowadays is also laughable yet wtt still upgraded it

spice oyster
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Yes but I feel like Germany and Japan deserves proper rework.

visual willow
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Nearly every pre NSB country does

spice oyster
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Yep

visual willow
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Barring like, the netherlands and bulgaria and a bit

spice oyster
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I feel like we will get Scandinavia and Germany this time

visual willow
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I doubt they will juat randonly throw germany in it

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Plus unless they go the baltics route and share most of the demo/commie/other trees i don't think they will have time to add a wholly new germany either

spice oyster
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let's be surprised what will PDX come with

lapis lichen
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omg scandinavia update confirmed possibly

spice oyster
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But if they would throw Germany there as you say, it would make sense to me

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Those countries can be thematicly connected

visual willow
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Just as much as britain, the USSR, the baltics

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Britain rework confirmed

lapis lichen
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even if they don't do that I feel like outlier countries like those could possibly get updates like those commonwealth focus tree updates they did recently with those "operation something" roadmap thing

spice oyster
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Germanic countries, Germany invaded Norway and Dennmark, Germany had trade with Sweeden, Finnland joined Operation Barbarossa

visual willow
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"They traded" is one of the weaker reasons you can come up with

spice oyster
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Well, it wasn't just an ordinary trade

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They invaded Norway to secure route for trade with Sweden

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They traded steel

visual willow
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Wow

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They traded a basic metal resource

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I think it might be a netherlands rework

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Think about it

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Germanic countries

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They definitely traded

spice oyster
visual willow
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Germany invaded them both.... halfly

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And they definitely traded

odd sedge
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In the trailer it gave the date 9th of April 1940

spice oyster
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My god, you don't need to agree. I was just saying that it would make sense for me because of reasons that I written

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And you just picked one reason which didn't make much sense for you and you strarted arguing

visual willow
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And i am saying that it's either too big of a stretch or can easily apply to other countries

cunning ridge
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Bets on which country gonna get focus tree?

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All of Nordics or select ones!

torn umbra
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finland i hope

rugged shore
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ayoooo we got a arg on our hands

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THERE ARE MORE HIDDEN MESSAGES the pinned comment

cunning ridge
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Damn the dev is team is probably watching us debate and toying with us

torn umbra
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I am trying to decipher the video description, any clues?

rugged shore
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soo probably has something to do with scandinavia + new german tech tree

cunning ridge
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The date Unternehmen Weserubung began.

rugged shore
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anyone tried playing with the luminosity to look for hidden messages?

torn umbra
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09 04 40 can also be the key to decrypt the cipher from the description

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but which one?

cunning ridge
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Maybe new naval coordination stuff?

cunning ridge
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Alright Bois we need to fuse our brain cells togethor

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Despite us not having many due to our overexposure to hoi4

cunning ridge
rugged shore
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what was norway s encrypting method in ww2?

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or denmarks

torn umbra
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germans used enigma

rugged shore
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the description is not enigma

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def

cunning ridge
rugged shore
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too little info to be enigma I think

cunning ridge
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Denmark and Norway didn’t have time to develop encryption methods

cunning ridge
torn umbra
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im trying

cunning ridge
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Cause the DLC can’t just be Norway and Denmark

golden mist
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i hope finland is in it too

spice oyster
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Would be cool to see continuation war and lapland war

cunning ridge
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That gives me an idea

cunning ridge
golden mist
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sure i will see what i can do

mental nacelle
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Finland focus tree? Would be really nice

cunning ridge
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We’ve tried the messages through several encryption methods

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Most came blank

spice oyster
cunning ridge
spice oyster
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I wasn't never really into decryptions 😄

cunning ridge
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Any ideas?

mental nacelle
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Surely norway coasts

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So Norway and probably Denmark will have focus trees

cunning ridge
mental nacelle
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Sweden is probably gonna have one, but Finland? I hope they don't forget it

cunning ridge
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Are the numbers 090440 significant in any other way than Weserubung?

mental nacelle
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So 4 focus trees? That would be really nice ^^

golden mist
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not good quality sorry but it looks like the front of a ship

torn umbra
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more info June 7th? see what happened on June 7, 1940

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I don't know what this brings to the search, but there is additional information

golden mist
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and a year later japan attacked pearl harbour

cunning ridge
golden mist
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so june 7 is very important

cunning ridge
torn umbra
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Finally! i hate this current one

cunning ridge
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Also the cling cling cling

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Helps with the ship theory

torn umbra
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But as for the description, it's an enigma and it says THEREAREMOREHIDDENMESSAGES and
CODEDDATEINCLOSEDGOODLUCKGENERAL

cunning ridge
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This is the first time paradox has released something in morse

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May be an encryption update too!

torn umbra
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i don't think so

spice oyster
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We can theorize

cunning ridge
torn umbra
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governments in exile update, encryption update, too many things in one dlc

golden mist
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no wait your right sorry im half asleep it late where i am in the world, so im gonna leave this with u guys have fun

torn umbra
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  • some things in dev corner
cunning ridge
cunning ridge
dapper tinsel
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Sweden also declared neutrality the same day

cunning ridge
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Takin one or two ideas from a friend here

dapper tinsel
cunning ridge
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So…. What do we have

torn umbra
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Okay, so we 100% know that the next DLC will be centered around Operation Weserübung

cunning ridge
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Probably Scandinavia and the wider Nordic region

torn umbra
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xD

trail pond
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what settings you set for decoder?

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oh, ok

twilit mantle
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same

torn umbra
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More hidden messages...

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bells in background maybe?

twilit mantle
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wait in their instagram posts they got three pictures of morse code and its ,-- ..- -. ./ --.... - .... (sorry if there are spaces where they need to be its hard to to when its split up)

torn umbra
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it says june 7th

idle drum
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related to june 7th

idle drum
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yes

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ooo

visual willow
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it's harder to find a date that is not linked with anything

torn umbra
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and battle on midway ends in june 7th 1942

spice oyster
umbral delta
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its hoi3 dlc guys

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they're bringing it back

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oh god more achievements

torn umbra
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it's buoy

dapper tinsel
umbral delta
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Aland dlc

dull tundra
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it's the date of the german invasion of Norway

torn umbra
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maybe it is a rescue buoy

visual willow
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devdairies where the hints, yesterday the heavy hinting, and today practically the confirmation

dull tundra
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hmmm

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wow

twilit mantle
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Would they put any in the game files?

visual willow
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as far as i've seen they are all just more confirmations

nocturne loom
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June 7th last year was when By Blood Alone was announced

torn umbra
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the thumbnail! Maybe there's something hidden in the thumbnail?

visual willow
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it's also 1 day after HOI4s release

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so practically the release day

torn umbra
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oh

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I don't have any more ideas

dull tundra
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hoi4 anniversary

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have you found four hidden messages?

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the comment

weak cape
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so dlc announcement

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i called it

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we all know its nordic dlc

nocturne loom
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finally

sinful solar
weak cape
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next we need th minors in europe to get focuses

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its the rework for germany

sinful solar
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finally

weak cape
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look at kiel

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its different

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in my opinion yes

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in their roadmap they said this

visual willow
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the kiel channel is now in the correct spot

sinful solar
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finally

visual willow
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and considering denmark will have focuses for schleshwieg-holstein it makes sense to update that state

dull tundra
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great!

sinful solar
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hope this comes with an IFV designer

weak cape
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its a new one

visual willow
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in that devdairy screenshot

weak cape
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this is in game

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see the difference

visual willow
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kiel is worth more aswell

sinful solar
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hopefully they'll add a north schleswieg province

visual willow
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i still go by my last point

solid gyro
dull tundra
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really?

sinful solar
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yea

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that'd be nice

solid gyro
visual willow
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considering the zone is updated it likely is

dull tundra
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austria focus as well?

solid gyro
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but that would be nice

visual willow
solid gyro
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but that would be a huge ass dlc

weak cape
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anyone remember that pink roadmap

visual willow
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considering they update places in regions

dull tundra
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yea

weak cape
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that they made

visual willow
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or tied together countries

weak cape
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in 2020

solid gyro
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Nordics + Germany + austria????

visual willow
sinful solar
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yea i'd like a nordic one

dull tundra
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they said much much more once

solid gyro
sinful solar
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nordic countries suck

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they always sit there

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and do nothing

sinful solar
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sometimes finland messes up your game too by dragging your allies into a war with the russians before ur ready

solid gyro
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xD

sinful solar
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and if u dont join u lose ur allies

dull tundra
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they said much much more on a dev dairy a while ago

twilit mantle
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Will we be getting the actual dlc on the 7th or just more news?

visual willow
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i find it highly unlikely to be the whole dlc considering the devdairies

weak cape
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bruh

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not the whole dlc

weak cape
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they gon publish a trailer for it

dull tundra
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still wip an dev dairy's

solid gyro
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very WIP

sinful solar
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i wish they would do more with cores

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its a key flaw in the game design

solid gyro
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would be nice to be able to core states

sinful solar
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theres no real point to annexing your neighbors cause you won't get cores on them ever

solid gyro
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trough decisions

sinful solar
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well i disagree

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but i think

dull tundra
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late game pol power is too much

sinful solar
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if compliance reaches 90%

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you should be allowed to core them for like 500 pp

visual willow
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but free coring whatever state would just be dumb

sinful solar
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and their population would be reduced as well

sinful solar
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because if you're "coring" a province

dull tundra
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late game pol use tho

visual willow
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there is no way london would 100% support a fascist indonesian empire that wants to kill them all

sinful solar
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you're kinda gonna be

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genociding them or kicking them out

solid gyro
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xD

sinful solar
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well if you kill all the anglos

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and take the women

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the next generation will be indonesian

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and they will support you

solid gyro
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if germany is getting a rework i hope they will ad more reichkommisariats

sinful solar
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and so compliance goes up

visual willow
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timescale is unrealistic within hoi4 and even then you wont get to core everything because you simply run out of manpower eventually

weak cape
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guy

sinful solar
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stop giving your bad opinions

weak cape
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does anyone remember that roadmap they put out in 2020 in a conference?

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it had a pink background

solid gyro
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nah

weak cape
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i cant find it

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it included what was coming next

dull tundra
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what about generic hasburg branch

visual willow
solid gyro
# weak cape does anyone remember that roadmap they put out in 2020 in a conference?
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this?

sinful solar
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but regardless

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it needs to be implemented

visual willow
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it really does not need to be

sinful solar
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if you don't think so you're just not understanding HOI4

dull tundra
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was the generic hasburg branch a thing?

sinful solar
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theres no reason to annex anyone unless you'll get cores on them

visual willow
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maybe incentivizing your players not to just annex everything is also a good thing

sinful solar
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there is no incentive to do that

visual willow
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oh no!
anyways

sinful solar
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yea its clear that cores need to be reworked

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compliance should be reworked as well

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so its harder to get compliance

dull tundra
sinful solar
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players dont really feel any struggle at all with the garrison system and compliance system

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that should be a challenging aspect

dull tundra
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i do

sinful solar
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..

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how?

weak cape
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found it

visual willow
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why, apart from "i want to", should cores be given for free instantly within an extremely unbrealistic timeframe anyways

dull tundra
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i'm bad this game what can i say?

weak cape
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so basically something within this

visual willow
sinful solar
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they definetly shouldn't be free or instant

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once compliance in a state reaches 90% you should be able to core it for a significant amount of pp

weak cape
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FOUND IT

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so this is it

solid gyro
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hmm

visual willow
dull tundra
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sand country pack with free patch

visual willow
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aka manpower

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manpower is practically free in hoi4

weak cape
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since we know italy rework and peace is alr done

dull tundra
weak cape
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its scandinavia

sinful solar
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not only does that reduce manpower, it also reduces how many factories you can have in that state

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and manpower is not free

visual willow
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in hoi4 it is

sinful solar
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for most countries manpower is a problem at some point

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unless you're only playing majors

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in which case you suck

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and you should quit

visual willow
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unless you are in a massive cope war and never are gonna have any peacedeal untill the end of all the wars, manpower is not a problem

sinful solar
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so yes this idea of compliant cores would be a cool system

visual willow
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you can use your puppets manpower extremely easily

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wait nvm

sinful solar
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sorry everything you say is just so not fax

visual willow
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you're a annex all addict

sinful solar
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just log off

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im literally explaining why i don't annex and ur brain is imploding trying to figure out how game mechanics work

visual willow
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i dont think you are trying to understand yourself so eh

solid gyro
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scew this guys

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lets just move on

sinful solar
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so true

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cool idea

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necessary mechanic

solid gyro
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🙂

sinful solar
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but wont be implemented

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bc too many idiots would complain

visual willow
solid gyro
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oh god. please stop

sinful solar
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yea necessary cuz it'd make singleplayer fun

solid gyro
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the both of you

sinful solar
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and pointful

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(it is neither)

dull tundra
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stop!!

visual willow
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cause if it is "to core stuff" that's an even weaker reason to play it

sinful solar
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ad hominem ad hominem

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understand what im saying please

visual willow
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it's hard to understand delusion

sinful solar
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brah

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check yo profile cuh

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u clearly disconnected from reality

visual willow
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and considering you like to unnecessary bash me for my pfp, i'm probably more right because i dont use those weak argument

sinful solar
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its not unecessary

visual willow
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good to know mr troll, laters

sinful solar
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it ruins your credibility

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because it makes you look like an idiot

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and your credibility is further ruined by your inability to make any valid points that aren't simple ad hominems

weak cape
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so uh

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chat gpt

visual willow
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anyways, wondering if the commie and demo trees would be either boring af or have.... actual content

weak cape
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yall think its right?

dull tundra
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let us investigate the mystery

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hmm

weak cape
visual willow
weak cape
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especially when you "investigate" the crypted message

dull tundra
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i wish i could

weak cape
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but maybe germany rework too I hope

dull tundra
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pls pls pls germany

visual willow
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hopefully there will be a britain rework

weak cape
visual willow
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seems to be equally likely with these sought out "clues"

weak cape
visual willow
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how would germany make sense tho?

dull tundra
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it's one of the most played countries

visual willow
red meadow
# weak cape

its enigma, the first line decodes to "THEREAREMOREHIDDENMESSAGES"
and the second decodes to "CODEDDATEINCLOSEDGOODLUCKGENERAL"

dull tundra
weak cape
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what are the more hidden messages tho?

weak cape
red meadow
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i think it means that more will be released as we approach jun 7

weak cape
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this is literally the invasion of denamrk and norway

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the start

red meadow
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finally making denmark surrender after 6 hours instead of fighting

dull tundra
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wouldn't be cool if you had six in game hours to do stuff?

visual willow
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"guys i think the next dlc might be the middle east"

spice oyster
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heavy water in Norway would also make sense for Germany to be choosen

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Which would be connected to wunderwaffe rework

visual willow
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dont think the wunderwaffe rework will come this update

solid gyro
solid gyro
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xD

visual willow
dull tundra
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could they be deceiving us?

solid gyro
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i dont think so

visual willow
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wunderwaffes is probbaly a mechanic too much

solid gyro
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then all these teasers would be all for nothing

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aight guys

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ima head out

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ima be back later

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keep searching for hints!

visual willow
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pdx isnt one to just randomly drops clues, no, confirmations about a region then just randomly pick another

velvet shuttle
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@fallen zenith basically

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Support co scale with div amount

fallen zenith
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I rly like the changes tbh

velvet shuttle
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And they buff depending on unit amount

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Recon is nice to have it's use

fallen zenith
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Also reduces how effective 10w are

velvet shuttle
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I like it as it's a nerf to org wall/bricks

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Yes exactly

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It's a much needed buff to offensive units

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The game will be healthier with offensive divs being the best defense

fallen zenith
#

Yep. Curious how the meta will develop

velvet shuttle
#

Incentives micro

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Roach will always exist

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It's not potent enough

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To change it

fallen zenith
#

Also they made MP useful

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Especially for defensive units

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@velvet shuttle did you see that?

velvet shuttle
#

Sorry got 2 convos going on*

fallen zenith
#

Lol np

velvet shuttle
#

But yeah

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Some of the defensive buffs are nutty

polar jasper
#

Well darn, the video basically says my idea for a Southeast Asia DLC is gone

velvet shuttle
#

So it's oof imo

fallen zenith
#

Oof? Good or bad?

velvet shuttle
#

I really wish tanks were a little stronger

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Or offensives in general

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I miss microing to defend

visual willow
#

recon now gives tanks more hard attack iirc soo

fallen zenith
velvet shuttle
#

Instead of WW1 crap

polar jasper
velvet shuttle
visual willow
#

ethipia in mp NotStonks

velvet shuttle
#

In mp

polar jasper
#

Oh, in MP

fallen zenith
polar jasper
#

Missed the 1st half of the conversation

fallen zenith
#

Not just in MP tho. These are gonna be interesting in general

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Anyways gtg

polar jasper
#

Wait, armored recon provides flat stats and not really effected by the stats of the tank right? Is the new hard attack a flat stat or a modifier?

velvet shuttle
#

Read dev thing*

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It's basically 10% to all tank battalions

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Which translates to like

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6-7% I suppose

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As you will have mech mixed in

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Well Im oversimplifying

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But you get the idea

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The mech isn't effected

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Although the stats don't really come from the mech

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So probably is closer to 9-10% increase

dull tundra
#

any more clues disscoverd?

solid gyro
#

nah

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anyone else?

lyric falcon
#

I thought maybe it might lead to the nordics. since it is very close to the end of operation Weserübung in june 10 1940

solid gyro
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xD

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everyone knows its gonna be nordic dlc + german rework

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or something like that

lyric falcon
#

oh

solid gyro
#

but in the description of the video paradox wrote "THERE ARE MORE CLUES"

lyric falcon
#

ive been waitng for german rework for so long now

solid gyro
#

yeah

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its probably gonna come now

lyric falcon
#

honestly after that japan needs a rework

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more work in asia would be nice

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since japan hasnt gotten its own dlc i dont think

solid gyro
#

yeah

solemn vapor
#

If the update is gonna be about the Nordics. We need an achievement about the Finno-Korean Hyper War meme

dull tundra
#

how about a Belgian focus

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title/des./comment/buoy

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what about the lighthouse?

solemn vapor
#

The buoy has the date 09/04/40 on it. Or the date that Germany launched Operation Weserübung (Aka attacked Denmark/Norway)

solemn vapor
#

👍

dull tundra
#

what about the lighthouse?

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EVERYONE!

solemn vapor
#

well Norway is somewhat known for their lighthouse but idk

dull tundra
#

they said three more hidden after being edited

odd sedge
#

At least to me

worthy warren
#

my money's on that its a nordic update

odd sedge
#

I think everyone’s money is on that

dull tundra
#

instant pre-order

worthy warren
#

when the nordic update comes what countries are left? (that deserve a focus tree)

dull tundra
#

middle east

crystal haven
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Iran

dull tundra
#

south america

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central america

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asia

lilac terrace
strange sparrow
#

nepal

solid gyro
#

xD

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Counties / areas that need foucstrees : 1. All european nations that dont already got one. 2. middle east.

dull tundra
#

how about malta?

visual willow
#

occupied at game start so those are neglected
albania and luxembourg dont really need them though

untold vine
#

after scandinavia, I feel it's better to rework some focus trees instead of making more for countries like saudi arabia etc

dull tundra
#

what about hoi5?

stark sandal
#

Has anyone figured out what the cipher on the YT video is? (CVKCXCUGBRALSBMBMHOYCCCKXA
TBFBZFWBPUZBOCBILAMNWZEWADZBRJRK)

solid gyro
#

cuz of operation weserubung

solemn vapor
#

Wouldn’t be surprised

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Germany 3.0

solid gyro
#

nahhhh

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wati

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maybe

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cuz it only got reworked in waking of tiger, plus it needs a major rework like italy had lol

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plus its one of the main causes of WW2, so i think it'll get something inbetween the size of italy & ussr

solid gyro
untold vine
dull tundra
solid gyro
#

though it better include trees for spartacist uprising, democratic germany (with chances of expansion to get lands back as a "Greater Bund"), german confederation or HRE, and the kaiserreich with different states lol

dull tundra
#

maybe a Rhineland state rework

solid gyro
#

possibly

dull tundra
#

so it actually covers france

solid gyro
#

actually wait

stark sandal
solid gyro
#

if germany gets communist path

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would it also have to include all communist factions?

dull tundra
#

yes?

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what about it spliting

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you know west and east germnay?

solid gyro
#

no no not like that

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the communist socialist party splits

dull tundra
#

huh?

solid gyro
solid gyro
dull tundra
#

one with ussr one not?

stark sandal
solid gyro
dull tundra
#

i can't wait for june 7th

solid gyro
#

the specific leaders and what they supported

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keep that as an idea

lilac terrace
#

we dont need a deep ireland, luxembourg, or andorra tree

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after the nordic update europe is pretty much fully fleshed out

lilac terrace
visual willow
#

Not like that matters, europe is the main theater after all

lilac terrace
#

just because most thing happens in europe or china, doesnt mean everywhere else should be devoid of content

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its not like the devs cant do it anyway, the game is currently the most successful pdx gs game rn im pretty sure

visual willow
#

Didn't mean it like that, i read it more as "enough countries have trees in europe, no need for more"

solemn vapor
#

I put in September and was confused then I realized

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European moment

lilac terrace
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*to my knowledge

stark sandal
#

what would you like, next South America or Middle East?

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Prolly SA for me

lilac terrace
astral scarab
#

I think middle east

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It closer to europe

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And the africa war

stark sandal
#

middle east might be fun for Oil related stuff

lilac terrace
#

but middle east would def have more content

astral scarab
#

SA kinda far away from everything

stark sandal
#

like they could do a netherlands type deal where you could give more oil to axis or allies

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yea honestly middle east would be better now that I think abt it

lilac terrace
stark sandal
#

Can't wait to have the byzantines join the Allies

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wait no

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not byzantines

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ah babylon

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thats what I was thinking of

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or persia

lilac terrace
#

Akkadian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Persian Empire

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could even add the hittites if you wanted to

stark sandal
#

who are the Akkadians?

lilac terrace
stark sandal
#

oh alr

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Here is the image I was thinking of:

lean comet
stark sandal
#

yea, there were a lot of Brazilian foreign legions right?

lean comet
#

That fought in Italy

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And Brazil first was going to join AXIS

stark sandal
#

was there any significant economic contributions?

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like resources

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or was it just volunteers

lean comet
#

I could say Brazil yes, not just that but medics too, and stratetic points to help USA going to the african continent

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Plus Brazil got a lot to join Allies

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USA was afraid Brazil would join AXIS

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And bring it to the american continent

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And the air force helped too

stark sandal
#

was there any reason for that fear? like was there any signs that brazil would join or was it just preventative?

lean comet
#

I just hope the next DLC brings Brazil a focus tree

stark sandal
#

I think Venezuela would be neat as well.

umbral delta
# lilac terrace update map

man paradox has max 4 more dlcs then all of these countries have focus trees but besides the nordic countries everything else I feel is going to be a hard sell considering the less of a presence they had in the war, but that does open possibilities of rereworks but I don't know if paradox would want to do that since we are already going to be very close to a new game if we saw another 2-4 dlcs.

keen chasm
#

But nah 100% gonna be a nordics + germany dlc

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And honestly that's for the best because Germany is probably the most important country of Hoi4

lilac terrace
umbral delta
lilac terrace
#

hoi5 will need be MASSIVE if they want it to succeed, i dont really see a clean slate like the hoi3-hoi4 transition

umbral delta
#

so it does fit well

sour socket
#

If anyone is to lazy to decode paradox's message

umbral delta
#

hoi5 gonna flop if they just dont carry over the progress

sour socket
#

It was: June 7#

umbral delta
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i hate to see hoi4 dlc go to waste man

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though a lot of quality of life would be great to see

lilac terrace
#

most recent paradox games have been flops im pretty sure

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ck3 sucks, and is mediocore with over 100$ of dlc, and we all know how bad victoria 3 is

umbral delta
#

going from hoi3 to hoi4 is jarring, and so is release day hoi4 to today

#

they could pull it off I just don't know what they would do since theres so much dlc now

#

perhaps they could expand the games time from like 1933 to 1953 or something, and really make the game much less of a sluggish late game issue

lilac terrace
lilac terrace
#

for the game to go from 1910-1948

umbral delta
#

that would be nice but that is definietely gonna make the game much more economic because for 10 years you can rely on a focus tree, but 38 I don't know

lilac terrace
#

but i dont see a hoi game lasting that long at all, unless they add different timelines like 1910-1928, 1928-1936, 36-48

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or they could do something that isnt ww2, but rather cold war or modern day, which i wouldnt mind

lilac terrace
#

but if they do ww2 again i probably wont buy it for awhile, id rather see hoi go to something different

umbral delta
#

yeah man it's gonna be difficult like Wii to Wii U

paper estuary
#

Yo we into the South America debate again? Noice

#

SA could play nicely with new International Market update (tho still a bit unclear and in development)
I can imagine SA Focus Trees where you either get bonus trade with Allies and promote democracy, or similar with Axis, or you promote national industry in a hurry at the cost of stability

hollow lion
#

Yeh SA seems the perfect place to buy leftover guns or make that themselves but buy specialist equipment from other countries

paper estuary
jolly lily
#

I feel like this update will have something to do with the D-day invasion or The Battle of Midway

sly condor
#

Prolly about Scandinavia

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In the video, there is a date on the buoy : 9 April 1940. This is the date of operation Weserübung (the invasion of Denmark by Germany)

jolly lily
#

well I used a Vigenère cipher and found the message in the description has many meaning depending on the key that is used. after looking up the date that is shown in morse code I found that there were two famous battels that changed the course of the war the first being the Battle of Midway, and the invasion of Normandy or more commonly known as D-day

lunar folio
#

At the least, what could they make that is so specific the main theme is D-Day or Midway

paper estuary
#

Germany and Japan national trees rework? 👀

#

Besides the pretty obvious Scandinavia theme ofc

jolly lily
lunar folio
#

I can almost guarantee navy will not get another total rework, and they've basically added about as much flavour to naval invasions as they can

jolly lily
#

yeah, tbh it wouldn't be a bad idea to offer a simplified navy

solid gyro
#

Navy is fine

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It’s just you have to research too much

solid gyro
lilac terrace
#

most naval research doesnt take long, apart from brand new hulls

brazen marlin
#

the morse code is JUNE 7TH

lunar tangle
#

whats the type of code at description of morse video?

quick barn
woeful anchor
#

So what dose the morse code say?

green shell
#

June 7th something?

solid gyro
#

Today or other day, I forgor

frozen anchor
#

Paradox better add Christian Frrederik von Schalburg to the scandinavia dlc for denmark

sinful solar
#

idk how nobody gets it

lilac quartz
#

2

jaunty nymph
lilac quartz
hollow plover
#

Guys new dlc gonna add a new scenario: 13 March 1938 when anchluss occurs! Also added focuses to historical german path. In addition revamp to british and french focuses with historical and liechstien/andorra, vatican, monaco and san marino gonna be added

visual willow
#

as representative of the netherlands i would love to know what you're smoking because we have nothing like that here

sharp laurel
#

Bro you are not the latest update stop playing 🫵 😡 🔥

spice oyster
#

You know, NSDAP has 90 years anniversary this year so it would make sense to rework Germany this year 😄
I know, this one was harsh

forest flicker
#

Und

solid gyro
#

NEXT DLC ???? INDIA - ISREAL???

hollow lion
#

@solid gyroNo Politics stuff

solid gyro
#

._.

fossil lantern
#

I think

#

India was already in incorporated in a DLC

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long long time ago

hollow lion
#

Together for Victory adds an ancient tree for it yeh

visual willow
#

Which is so bad they should really give it a brand new one

solid gyro
tulip bolt
#

It's definitely a Nordic dlc

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Date on the thing is the operation date for invasion of Norway, the cold harbor probably a reference to Narvik.

Lastly, 7th of June is the date where Norway left the Swedish union.

lunar folio
#

Are you sure? Since it’s June 7th it could just as likely be a DLC commemorating the deaths of 6000 Canadians due to a Cholera outbreak in Quebec in 1832

visual willow
#

true

tulip bolt
#

Not really, the 7th of June isn't the primary evidence, it's just something that adds a layer.

lunar folio
#

Quebec is a cold harbour city

visual willow
#

hoi4's anniversary is like, within the same week

tulip bolt
#

Look at the date, it's the launch day of Operation Weserubung, the invasion of Denmark and Norway.

lunar folio
#

And we all know which of these is more important to WW2

tulip bolt
#

Norway definitely. Canada was just a colony.

spice oyster
#

why would they update Canada in their war effort initiative then

lunar folio
#

Clearly the devs are still grieving over the deaths of those 6000 people, and are planning to make a tribute DLC

spice oyster
#

It doesnt make much sense to update focus tree and then completely rework it

tulip bolt
#

I assume he's just troll.

lunar folio
#

Of course I am

spice oyster
lunar folio
#

I literally said that the 6000 people that died was in 1832

tulip bolt
#

Speaking from fairytale perspective

#

Honestly, just excited been hoping for Nordic focus tree. Hopefully makes playing a bit more fun.

Would be fun too if there was also some unification stuff.

spice oyster
#

I just personaly hope that they will do Finnish focus properly

#

I see lot of oportunities there

valid harbor
#

hello everyone<3

spice oyster
#

hi

visual willow
solid gyro
#

Hey, each time i load a auto-save game in mp the hud disappears, what can i do?

sinful solar
spice oyster
#

Totally stealthy

paper estuary
#

Sneaky PDX

steady charm
#

rather a hospital or something

dull tundra
visual willow
#

it already was

solid gyro
#

im so fricking hyped

#

ngl

dull tundra
#

me too!

paper estuary
#

I wonder what unique mechanic will be added exclusively with this DLC

spice oyster
#

capitulation in 6 hours 😄

solid gyro
#

Or more accurately, coastal defenses system.

sand tapir
#

since i used to have a mod on nordic countries and before the first battles even occured between germany and denmark, denmark had already declared itself to be a german puppet 💀

solid gyro
#

Ngl

#

They should add the bridge from Schleswig Holestein to Copenhagen like RT55

spice oyster
#

I always thought that they were occupied and that Germany didn't annexed any of their territory because of their colaboration

keen chasm
#

In historical Germany will simply annex Czechoslovakia in a event to simulate their invasion

#

Maybe they will do the same to Denmark?

#

they probably did this because Czechoslovakia is pretty strong alone but idk

spice oyster
#

similary to Austria

#

but the game doesn't know how to simulate those kind of fast invassions without declaration of war

#

maybe they will do it as an event or Germany will declare war on them just like in the current version but Dennmark will get a decision to instantly capitulate

dull tundra
#

anyone pumped for Wednesday?

visual willow
#

not really

#

i'm expecting just a devdairy

dull tundra
#

oh

ebon moat
#

What is the new video by the HOI4 channel about

#

The number of the buey must mean something

dull tundra
#

bouy is the date of the german invasion of norway

umbral delta
#

3 days before the annoucement Tianimen Square happened, this must be a link to the new DLC meanining a rework of China, and Japan (they really need to rework japan bruh)

tawny wing
#

does anyone know what the cipher for the new vid is?

#

there is some text in the description and I cant tell what cipher it is

spice oyster
#

scroll up man

spice oyster
#

literally there was whole brainstorming conversation when that video came up

dull tundra
#

true

umbral delta
#

I just hope the dlcs don't end up bloated like Turkey, Greece (kinda) and Bulgaria (kinda too)

crisp phoenix
#

I knew they would add Denmark, Norway, Sweden, & Finland in HOI4

#

And the Morse code is coming June 7th

carmine karma
#

I am just waiting to see the new monarchist trees myself

#

already have a theory what some of their more radical ideolodies may have in store

livid mirage
#

FINLAND FOCUS TREE FINLAND FOCUS TREEEEE

visual willow
solid gyro
#

i guess the name of the dlc will be Operation Weserbung so that means a rework for germany

visual willow
#

I think it will be called plan R 4 so that meane a rework for britain

solid gyro
#

im placing my bets on something like "Northern winds" or "Echoes of the north"

#

or something like that

solid gyro
#

but the only thing that i still believe is that they will make an germany rework

solid gyro
#

i belive so aswell

#

hype!

#

just 2 days left until announcement

#

and one day until I no longer have a cast on my leg

#

oo damn

#

(sorry for my bad english)

#

what happend bro

#

football

#

ah

#

hope your doing well brother!

#

im never playing football in my life

#

Thanks

solid gyro
still tendon
#

hope its scandinavia dude

#

norway denmark and sweden tree will be so lit

iron sierra
#

I think it will be a scandinavian DLC for sure

visual willow
#

nahhh it's definitely canada

visual willow
#

I doubt it tbf

#

There is no basis for but that the teasers also had to do with germany.... which yeah that's because they invaded 2 and kinda allied another

solid gyro
visual willow
solid gyro
#

true

visual willow
#

just ignore the years the nordics had control over that region

#

i hope hinterpommen also gets cut in 2 or something

keen chasm
#

And they did show us the Kiel canal too

visual willow
#

refer to previous comments

pure valve
#

Northern schweslig?

keen chasm
#

So .. why would they showcase that, i am expecting something like Nordic shared tree (perhaps the democratic path) and full reworked Germany

visual willow
pure valve
#

It said 9/4/40 on the buoy in the background

#

Which is April 9th 1940

keen chasm
#

Oh yeah and the shorts video was about the sinking of german boat.. and Germany may have a lot to do with MIOs.. OK I AM CONFUSED Pdx :')

visual willow
#

What would be more recognised, this or a reference to the winterwar
Theres nothing else really

visual willow
dull tundra
#

really?

visual willow
#

Swedish intelligence gave most of the info

#

All in all a germany tree would be nice, but expecting it is really just setting your expectations up to be broken

hollow idol
quick barn
glossy jungle
#

The Kiel canal is a very minor change so I doubt it will focus on germany, maybe they get a rework though

quick barn
glossy jungle
#

I just saw a strait in one of the dev diaries and can't remember where it was

#

But overall I think all the teaser stuff they've been doing is leaning way more towards the nordics but that may also change germany and the way they interact with them (continuation war, Denmark's defenseless neutrality, Swedish neutrality, etc

#

I'd be most looking forward to Finland as well as alt history sweden

polar jasper
glossy jungle
#

Hoping that we get an interventionist democratic sweden as an option

gray dragon
#

there will definitely be a slight germany tweak

#

you cant make content for denmark & norway without slight changes to germany

carmine karma
#

Germany will probably get a slight tweak, the nordic countries will probably share a path or two in their trees, but should have mostly unique content, especially Finland, with the winter and continuation wars

visual willow
umbral delta
#

they should add a communist german path as well as more base german stuff

dull tundra
dull tundra
#

anyone found more information?

lunar folio
solid gyro
#

Denmark needs a North Sea Empire decision path lol

#

Since it is their fascist name, might as well implement that

keen chasm
#

Yeah PDX please keep the badass names

wraith thunder
#

we are getting iraqq tree real no fake

quick barn
glossy jungle
glossy jungle
#

Yeah

dull tundra
#

7th anniversary!

dull tundra
#

dlc announcement tomorrow?

umbral delta
#

yes

solid gyro
#

What time tomorrow tho

hybrid valve
#

If they update Scandinavia, would they change Britain too?

#

The defense of Norway and such

hybrid valve
#

I think it’s a great opportunity to give Britain a face lift

umbral delta
#

imo germany needs it m0re

gray dragon
#

dont think there will be a complete germany rework but maybe in the next one

#

but i think there will be additions to how britian and germany interact with norway

spice oyster
#

All we need to do is wait until tomorow

#

Then we will see

gray dragon
#

hopefully

#

would be nice if there was more additions to the monarchist and other paths

visual willow
#

🤯 pre NSB nation needs a rework??? wild

spice oyster
odd sedge
dull tundra