latest-updates

[outer whale]

When u get some sizable german lands

[brazen ferry]

I could see her as a regent

[outer whale]

And establish hohenzollern

[solid gyro]

It would be really cool to see her as an option, specially if we consider that she was the sister of Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, therefore she could have some interactions with Spain and Italy

My only Criticism

Is that it seems Austria can't form Germany

[brazen ferry]

The focus 'The Better German State' allows you to choose from several tags

[errant forge]

not Germany... but maybe a better German state

[brazen ferry]

One might be Germany

[brazen ferry]

'Better Germany' would be a nice little joke cosmetic tag

[solid gyro]

Ohh, I thought that was just a name did it say you coukd form tags?

[brazen ferry]

It says so in the DD

[solid gyro]

I have to remember what ik reading 😭

[brazen ferry]

It's not in the DD per se, Nattmaran replied to a comment

[solid gyro]

Ohhh

Makes sense

[visual wraith]

so one of them is the south german confederation prob

and the other isnt the hre

[solid gyro]

Wondering if they'll see my comment because it's a bit late

[visual wraith]

what could the second one possibly be

east francia?

[brazen ferry]

Netterman was talking in this chat a few minutes ago, you can just ask here ig

[solid gyro]

Aleight

I did, no response:(

[brazen ferry]

Already responded it seems

South German Federation confirmed

[visual wraith]

ye but what could the other option be

[cyan juniper]

check end of fascist path

[mortal thunder]

@pseudo wing can u guys give early acess to modders like r56 and blackice of the new update

[pseudo wing]

no

I do not give out early access to people, it is not my decision

[solid gyro]

ISP has it so I'm sure they do

[mortal thunder]

i hope they add lebensraum as a imperial federation

i hope they expand some puppet interaction with vichy

[cyan juniper]

most big mod devs already has that

[solid gyro]

Can you force the Dev team to make choosing between Kurt and Otto a decision rather than waiting for Hungary?

[mortal thunder]

last time it took like 2 years to update black ice to current build

[solid gyro]

Also

We need an Acheivement called 'Totalen Krieg' where Mustached Man's Germany is at war with everyone in the World

Because funny

[visual wraith]

no pls

[mortal thunder]

thats pointless as it always happen

[pseudo wing]

I cannot force them to do anything other than maybe give me assets so I can make other great assets, though you can let them know your opinion both in here and on the forum.

If enough people think it should be that way perhaps it will change (this is in general)

[brazen ferry]

It'd be cool if fascist Greater Austria was called something like Großösterreich. It was a concept during the Austro-Hungarian times and I think it fits better to a non-monarchist fascist Austria. Plus, it's a parallel with Germany's formable 'Großdeutschesland'.

[mortal thunder]

i want you to change how entrenchment work from a division to a province level. its so dumb u lose 40% entrenchment just test attacking

if u take a province from an enemy doesnt just delete dug trenches u should steal their 40% but like 20%

[cyan juniper]

Probing Attack exists

[mortal thunder]

i know ur working on hoi5 just please kill vic3 warfare system do not do that dumb stuff

[mortal thunder]

needing to click a button every time is annoying also cost cp, i dont wanna have to savescum every time i forget doing it

[cyan juniper]

i think entrenchment in ww2 is cringe enough

it is just fine as it is

there is many more unbalanced combat mechanics

[mortal thunder]

you guys should change how command works so bonuses scale higher with smaller groups. add OOB like hoi3.
u always end up with 24filled generals instead of having lots of small groupings

[outer whale]

Can u also suggest them to refresh otto von Habsburg portrait

When you look at schussnig and otto
You pretty much feel like otto has hell of a outdated portrait

[brazen ferry]

I prefer the Otto-style portraits tbh

I don't know why they decided to go with that new style

[cyan juniper]

^

[outer whale]

They look far better to my eye

Could be different from urs

[jovial furnace]

1 question about hungary in this dlc: since hungary gained its slovenian territory back (the most eastern tile in slovenia) alongside vojvodina in irl, will that be represented in this dlc instead of only gaining vojvodina?

[brazen ferry]

You mean Carpathian Ruthenia?

[pseudo wing]

you'll get info on hungary soon, until then I cannot say anything

[brazen ferry]

They already get that

[jovial furnace]

no, slovenia and not slovakia

im talking about the land near river mura

[brazen ferry]

Ah

[jovial furnace]

this bit

[harsh hull]

The roundest Hungary

[jovial furnace]

yup

[jovial furnace]

was asking this cuz i saw it in the austrian video that austria was retiled including burdenland, so i thought similar retiles happen in / near hungary aswell

[harsh hull]

The Hungarian diary is next week, mate

[jovial furnace]

kk

[chilly drum]

Feels great to not care about historical stuff, I just want cool mechanics

[outer whale]

Like look at this style

Reforming portraits aren't always about changing the style

But ye I prefer the new style

[brazen ferry]

That's literally the regular Otto head pasted on a more imperial-looking suit

But I get what you mean

For my mod I've also done more imperial-looking portraits

With regal attire and stuff like that

It's cool to have a portrait change to soolidify the sense of progression during a campaign

[solid gyro]

Tbh the new mustache man portrait which we saw in the video looks better in my view

[obtuse ingot]

thoughts on Q3 2025 being related to French Overseas territories?

[brazen ferry]

Anything looks better than the old H-man portrait

But there are some very good portraits in the old style that I still prefer

[cyan juniper]

did 'via danube to europe' focus on steam got removed or is dev diary outdated?

[solid gyro]

Yeah the old stalin or churchill portraits are still good to be keeped in game

[obtuse ingot]

Get a little bit of Africa, little bit of Middle East and French Indochina, which involves Japan

[brazen ferry]

Probably part of the joint focus tree

[brazen ferry]

Nah they should be reworked too

[errant forge]

DD was written some time ago, so DD outdated, that focus was added later!

[solid gyro]

Yeah also true they could add some details like they did with the H-man in the dlc

[brazen ferry]

Otto's dream confirmed

[cyan juniper]

thanks

[dusk leaf]

yo i want to ask the Götterdämmerung DLC is going to be in the 1 month subscription thing right? cuz its already in a pack just asking

[outer whale]

Wait

[obtuse ingot]

What do you other guys think of France overseas focus for major DLC

[cyan juniper]

all expansions are included in subscription

[outer whale]

Ignore bittersteel there
Why is the date next election date is 1934

[dusk leaf]

tysm ❤️

[obtuse ingot]

❤️ Season concept btw

[outer whale]

And it's not just for kurt

For other politicians there as well

[cyan juniper]

1930 start date obviously

[outer whale]

The election date shows 1934

[outer whale]

Wait fr?

[brazen ferry]

Well the former chancellor getting assasinated and another one stepping up is obviously counted as an election

[brazen ferry]

No

[outer whale]

Lmao

Probably a bug or smth

[solid gyro]

All i am hoping is that we get a new monarchist germany flag

[outer whale]

That'd be sweet

[solid gyro]

Cause as we saw they gave us austrians the old monarch flag aswell also the black-golden one

[errant forge]

this looks like a bug yes, hot code y'all, hot code!

[outer whale]

Sir sir

Pls refresh otto von habsburg portrait

Into something epic

Like this
Or try the new style of portrait

Like give it some imperial vibes lol

[cyan juniper]

play kr or what visual novel mod this is from

[drifting knoll]

make more update pls

i love spending money on hoi4 dlc

[solid gyro]

I need to give them my moneh

[outer whale]

Average paradoxian respond
When you give a suggestion
" Play this "

Already played kr lol

[brazen ferry]

Terrible, horrid response

I second that Otto should get an imperial-looking portrait whenever the Austrian Empire is restored

[outer whale]

In this sense I can respond it as
"Why make austria tree
Play Austria Redone mod "

[solid gyro]

They should really add the danube federation for austria just for the border gore which it will create

[solid gyro]

Yeah i dont understand on why so many people say to play mods some people (like myself) love to play vanilla with no mods

[outer whale]

It's a easy way to repress the ideas

"Why do we need german rework, go play rt56 germany "

[cyan juniper]

people's revolutionary portrait front

[outer whale]

That's not limited to portrait only lol

Pretty much everything people suggest

[worn depot]

Louis is talking about the German Empire borders, they had Eupen until Belgium got it when WWI ended

[solid gyro]

rt56 is garbage for me it doesnt make any fun at all thats why i stick to vanilla most of the time

[outer whale]

I understand ur way of perspective

[solid gyro]

Like i understand if so many people like to play with mods, thats fine they can play whatever they want its just that mods in general isnt something for me at all

[outer whale]

That's understandable

[dense veldt]

If Austria can get Otto, and Hungary can get Otto, what happens when they pursue him at the same time? Does he split into two Ottos?

[outer whale]

If hungary gets otto first

We'll choose a different habsburg monarch

[solid gyro]

I think either they will remove otto from the hungarian tree or they will make some changes in it

[dense veldt]

Weird how they almost never mentioned the german puppet collab path a fascist austria might undergo.

[worn depot]

And honestly I was quite surprised Eupen-Malmedy wasn’t given it’s own state, and Germany even reintegrated it when they occupied Belgium

[dense veldt]

ngl it would be fun if there was a secret Luxembourg and Lichtenstein tree like in ToA

[solid gyro]

Prob will be, i mean they did it with iceland aswell

[stable tusk]

My question is, where did the focus with the EU flag go in the dev diary?
It's on the store page

[sharp mantle]

no hre?

[cyan juniper]

.

[stable tusk]

Ah, ok

[spiral laurel]

has the austrian focus came out yet?

[dense veldt]

If they don't add lich, then they'll probably add a slovak tree instead

[stable tusk]

Dev Diary has, you can read about it here #hearts-of-iron-news message
DLC comes out Nov 14 if that's what you're asking

[spiral laurel]

Oh okay thanks

[solid gyro]

Yeah

[outer whale]

@errant forge
If italy gets in civil war, any chances us intervening it at unhistorical?

And reclaiming the south tryol and trento

Maybe depending our army strength seizing the ports at venice?

[sharp mantle]

they're adding lichtenstein?

[mortal thunder]

can u go unhistorical and prevent mustashe man from spiraling out as a junkie on pervitin

[stable tusk]

Mayhaps

[stable tusk]

Hitler on meth is a canon event

[mortal thunder]

i know thats why i said althistory

[stable tusk]

Can't change a canon event

[mortal thunder]

i hope he starts with more positive modifier than stalin but gets progressively worse from stress and prolonged war

would be funny to have a meth button for more pp and cp but hitler keeps getting worse traits as a junkie

[glad whale]

and everytime something major happens he gets a morale boost which boosts his modifier

[jaunty yacht]

He should also be getting worse portraits like the Norwegian facist

[mortal thunder]

meth as a military prototype research for 50% breakthrough and nightfighting but also makes ur leader tweak out

i want him as a gif of just rocking back n fort at the final stage

[mortal thunder]

will be sad for actual germans as its just 50 different shades of gray

yall know if other prominent leaders in the party were meth addicts?

[stable tusk]

Goering definitely was

Himmler, maybe

[fossil torrent]

They could do Mussolini like missions and every time Hitler fails he takes a “debuff” or pay a cost in cp/pp

[mortal thunder]

i hope u can get a special edition with the expansion pass so u get pervitin tablets to pop as u play

methed up feebackstream 48hours nonstop vs devs is what i crave

i hope they add SS focues like italian colonial forces but to supress resistance groups.
i hope they buff the resistance espionage minigame between allies.
its far to easy to pacify france poland rn

[stable tusk]

They are adding some SS focuses under Himmler's tree in the Inner Circle stuff

[fossil torrent]

Anyone know the other inner circle characters ?

[wheat fulcrum]

⚡ ⚡

[stable tusk]

This is on the steam page for Götterdammerung

[obtuse ingot]

I want more IC characters like Canaris, Stauffenberg, etc.

[fossil torrent]

Omg that looks awesome. Hopefully rudolf hess can be stopped from flying away lol

[jaunty yacht]

Or liberated if you manage to take the UK

[kindred beacon]

I like Hitler's new portrait. But I do think they made him look a little young. He was 46 at the game start

[kindred beacon]

There should be some kind of event chain/mechanic about Canaris

Since he was an allied spy

Britain gets intel leaks, but every time they use him Hitler's suspicion of the abwehr goes up (could be a cooldown)

Doing focuses that strengthen the SD/Gestapo or putting Himmler in power would make it more likely he gets caught and executed

[mortal thunder]

i really hope they fix all current event getting an awful template u cant use and some 1000 manpower is a joke.

[mortal thunder]

all of these better be 15 days focuses.

[stable tusk]

Also, I wonder how many RKs they're adding to Germany, they said they're adding a bunch more

[polar jasper]

Imagine doing the Hess focuses and you get epic buffs, and then he decides he wants a permanent vacation to Scotland

[mortal thunder]

i hope they add soviet style propaganda under goebbles

[stable tusk]

Idk why they make him take his vacation right after France surrenders, didn't he leave in 1941?

[cyan juniper]

new portraits make them look so pastel

[kindred beacon]

Yeah they look too smooth

I like the art they did for NSB

(USSR and Poland)

[polar jasper]

No, the game has it right. He tried to conduct a peace deal or something right after France fell

[cyan juniper]

i dont know the correct word but classic portraits are sharper and more charismatic

[mortal thunder]

they really should rebuild the espionage system to have interdependent branches fighting against allies, soviet, domestic instead of having 3 guys doing boring clicks

[stable tusk]

He flew May 10th 1941, France surrendered June of 1940
So he went almost a year afterwards

[polar jasper]

Huh, odd

You're right

[mortal thunder]

yea nazist sent like 20 peacedeals which were denied. so hess got and order to fly there personally as they assumed someone was intercepting the peacedeals to keep the war going.
they were right

[brazen ferry]

Didn't he go without asking his superiors?

Hess' flight was, in fact, secret and happened in 1941

[cyan juniper]

ye

[harsh hull]

It's a hell of a way to get out of fighting a war

[kindred beacon]

He was officially declared a traitor by Hitler

So yeah it was unauthorized

[brazen ferry]

It's a hell of a way to get out of being hanged at Nüremberg

[kindred beacon]

Bormann took his place afterwards as the official second in command though Goering remained his designated successor

[mortal thunder]

real question is will we be able to play as tom cruise by winning operation valkyrie

[kindred beacon]

He avoided being hanged because he basically did nothing

After the regime actually took over

His position was just a thank you for being a personal friend. He never had much power

[outer whale]

Oppose hitball is probs one the way still

[mortal thunder]

tfw hitler had more friends than me

[outer whale]

But I guess it will be more detailed

[brazen ferry]

I'd have to fact-check this

[kindred beacon]

The only reason he was kept in prison for life was because they were afraid he would lead a neo nazi movement

[outer whale]

Similiar to Spanish civil war

[brazen ferry]

Hitball*

[outer whale]

Influence the garrisons

[kindred beacon]

Since he never stopped believing in the regimes ideals and was a sort of living martyr

For them

[outer whale]

Yea

Hitball

[kindred beacon]

After his death they demolished spandau prison and scattered his ashes

For the same reason

[outer whale]

Or

Assaination attempt

And then takeover regarding neutrality support there could be a civil war

Everyone forming their own factions

Bavaria
Himmler's influence

Parts of west Germany under our control

Also east prussia

The rest would be under the goering

[undone kelp]

With Belgium getting content and a Germany rework underway, I give it 50/50 odds that there’s an Ordenstaat Burgund path slipped into the DLC, or at least a formable.

[outer whale]

You mean like SS Path?

[solid gyro]

Wait so if you can decide a successor for germany does that mean that the H-man can die now in game without the berlin event?

[outer whale]

Probably due to assassination

[undone kelp]

Either as that or as a decision.

[solid gyro]

Yeah

[mortal thunder]

we are like 1 dlc away from just being TNO mod

[polar jasper]

I hope Operation Valkyrie has its own achievement. That way Romania isn't alone in switching sides during a war lol

[outer whale]

Tbh I am curious if we can appoint more chancellors for demonstratic germany more than 1

Austria can appoint 3 different chancellors

Which gives hope that we can do the same with germany

[polar jasper]

It would be cool

[outer whale]

My Chancellor ideas
Kondrad Adenaur
Paul von Lettow-vorbeck
(Dunno)

[polar jasper]

But the democratic tree is still going to be ganging up on the Soviets

[undone kelp]

Not just yet.

We don’t have an Early Cold War DLC yet.

[outer whale]

We have NATO mechanics

[mortal thunder]

tbh im curious if they will port the inner circle function to all other countries so u can build a cabinet in usa, uk, france, soviet

[polar jasper]

What did the SPD think of the Soviets

[undone kelp]

They haven’t ported Congress to the UK for Parliament, though they probably should.

[outer whale]

The democract part isn't limited with SPD

[thick edge]

If there is no Luxembourg tree

[outer whale]

There are like other conservative parties

[polar jasper]

Oh

[mortal thunder]

i hope they just rework the 3 political slots u have into like 12 cabinet positions for everyone

[outer whale]

Like paul von lettow-vorbeck's party

It was conservative

[polar jasper]

Which party was Pappen part of

Or whatever his name was

[obtuse ingot]

Me want

[polar jasper]

I know it was a conservative one

[polar jasper]

It is called your 3 political advisors

[mortal thunder]

not enough switzerland has like 40

[undone kelp]

Inner Circle makes sense for Germany, Japan, and maybe the USSR.

US, France, and UK should have expanded Congress/Parliament mechanics.

[outer whale]

German National People's Party
Conservative people's party @polar jasper

He served at both

[obtuse ingot]

Oscar Schindler, German Chancellor

[polar jasper]

Oh, von Papen was also Zentrum

[outer whale]

And there's Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal

[mortal thunder]

is zaibatzu some kind of inner circle idk how the lords and nobles worked with shogun

[outer whale]

He was a military officer

Hanged by nutzis

[polar jasper]

Ah, knew he was in another

[outer whale]

He was like 37

[polar jasper]

I guess after 1936?

[outer whale]

1944

Check his life

Man's life was totally about killing hitball lol

[obtuse ingot]

Canaris was head of the Abwehr and could be a part of some inner circle

[outer whale]

There's also Der Stahlhelm as party @polar jasper

[undone kelp]

Inner Circle for Japan would be the War Council.

Though if there was a corporate path the Zaibatsu could absolutely slide into that roll.

[outer whale]

I hope paradox would fix that japan wasn't facist in same sense as italy and germany

It was a authoratian regime

[undone kelp]

Eh, it was but was moreso a military junta.

[outer whale]

Ye

Also japan could have different occupation policy

[fresh cedar]

Kinda the issue with having 4 ideologies represented in game

[outer whale]

Like after ww1 japan basically ( the islands they have captured from germans )

They basically told the natives that they freed them from colonialists

And it actually worked

[undone kelp]

Though the idea of a Democratic Prosperity Sphere will never not be funny to me.

[barren tusk]

guys one question the expansion pass will be unpurchasable after november 14?

any mod to confirm it?

[undone kelp]

Or a corporate Prosperity Sphere with Japan functionally governed by your choice of Zaibatsu

[thick edge]

When is the election again?

1934?

[outer whale]

its a bug

they told it

[thick edge]

That’s what they all say

[outer whale]

bro if it was

1933 start

the dlc would be minimum 60 bucks

because it means

remaking the population

adding more focuses for all countries

new tech tree

[obtuse wren]

Hi! Does anyone know if it will be possible to release different German states, such as Bavaria, Saxony, and so on?

[outer whale]

napeolonic france

and then theres a focus named

disunite germany

[obtuse wren]

Will there be an opportunity in the new DLC in a different way?

[outer whale]

i have no idea

[obtuse wren]

Oh, okay

[outer whale]

those german states are invisible

like they pop up through focus

[polar jasper]

Gotta integer overflow in years to get back to the next election lol

[thick edge]

They still thinking

[obtuse wren]

Anyway, thanks for the reply

[outer whale]

np

[mortal thunder]

isnt it a monarchy?

[outer whale]

ye

[swift mortar]

Italy and Germany were also different fascist

[outer whale]

ye

[marsh sparrow]

Time to larp Metternich guys

[bold crow]

Ah makes sense. I thought it might be to force the British to defend the home islands

[tardy flame]

will there be a new start date?

because some austrian democratic leaders have "next election in 1934"

[cyan juniper]

#latest-updates message

[tardy flame]

oh my bad

[hollow olive]

Update seems good but I hope they change the puppet names, pls no Austrian Czechoslovakia and Austrian Hungary 😭

[unreal beacon]

No hahahahah, 1939 start has same population as 1936 start

[outer whale]

ik

[unreal beacon]

probably the mod started in like 1933 so they forgot to change it

[hallow pivot]

Is Austria already released?

[stable tusk]

The Dev Diary was today
DLC releases Nov 14

[crude garnet]

Coloured puppets?

[muted stump]

After this it had to be Southeast Asia dlc and after that it has to be finished

[misty totem]

albania dlc

[polar jasper]

Colored puppets are somewhat in the game

[hollow olive]

Idk why but I feel like Ireland and Albania dlcs would be good from a content creator pack

[mortal thunder]

turn them into fuel?

[misty totem]

HUH?

[dark galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/albania-albanian-gif-24103016

[fallen kite]

Nah here me out

Connect Albania DLC with Yugoslavia Update

And Communist China rework

Style it as Communist Partisans update

Maybe throw in some Bulgaria and Poland stuff as well

[tardy flame]

what is even this so called weekly surprise

[thick edge]

Idk

Wait

LUXEMBOURG TREE

LETS GOOO

[tardy flame]

what

?

no way

[thick edge]

Better be Luxembourg

[tardy flame]

[solid gyro]

Nah USA Dlc

[tacit sequoia]

USA - Japan DLC

[solid gyro]

They'd be different

We'll get atleast one more South America Nations pack

[trim quartz]

After this Middle East (it’s confirmed you can buy the dlc) then Asia (don’t know which region) then it’ll be USA Britain and France, then the rest of Europe, colonies, and that’ll probably be it

[muted stump]

so pretty much they're really copying the TNO team

reworking the reworks that were supposed to rework the game into something the rework wanted it to be in the first place

[obtuse ingot]

French Overseas Territories would cover many areas

North Africa, Middle East, SEA

Could easily tie in something like navy rework or etc

French Morocco, Madagascar, French Levant, French Indochina (Japan)

Now what theme fits all these regions?

[tacit sequoia]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Remnants of the Napoleonic Wars?

[obtuse stratus]

navy doesnt need a rework

[tulip wigeon]

Take a look at calais

And dover

[tacit sequoia]

how did you get that

[tulip wigeon]

Austria dev video on youtube

[dark galleon]

surely they add lichtenstein in gotterdamung

erung

götterdämmerung

[trim quartz]

They won’t

They’ll do something with Luxembourg like they did with Iceland

[stable tusk]

They're all French, that's what they have in common

[stable tusk]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

It's a surprise for a reason

[polar jasper]

Imagine luxembourg focus tree is just the default focus tree crammed into 1 focus and that is it

Now that would be a funny surprise

[unreal abyss]

no way they added the channel tunnel

[stable tusk]

#latest-updates message

[karmic oar]

Is it a place where we can submit ideas for the devs ?

Do you think for the upcoming country pack Graveyard of Empires there will be a state rework adding the few Frengh and Portuguese trading harbors in india more than just Pondichéry and Goa or would it just je a national spirit or something like that for India or France and Portugal ?

It would be fun and more accurate to have a bunch of little harbor towns to reclaim in different possible ways on your coasts as you play India and when you wanna invade it as France or Portugal

[stable tusk]

Paradox forums I think

[obtuse ingot]

Devs could probably do a navy thing…. Maybe some kind of occupation mechanics

Indochina was occupied by Japanese. Morocco was famous for it too. Palestine/Syria area had resistance groups

[barren tusk]

The expansion pass will be unpurchased after November 14?

[outer whale]

Yee

[karmic oar]

not at all , just second french colonial empire , after Napoleon he had almost nothing colonial left and 20 years after this under another french monarchy , generals invaded the harbour of Algier and that was the start of the second french colonial empire under a king at first , the Second french Empire under Napoleon the Third later and after the franco-prussian war the empire continued to grow under the third republic

[signal cargo]

Why didnt napoleon just open the console and type “annex all”, works well for me every time

[solid gyro]

i think at this point hoi4 might just be

new focuses and then reworks

until every nation gets a tree

then it will be the end of hoi4

[brazen ferry]

If they do a major focus rework per year the game still has a lot of time left

[silent prism]

Where did you get that info?

[trim quartz]

Predictions

[silent prism]

Oh

Okay

[floral scaffold]

Well you only really have to look at the countries without a focus tree

Or had it integrated in the three dlcs

Japan direly needs a rework whilst commonwealth can wait a bit

[thick edge]

Lag

Not great computers back then

[signal cargo]

Ohhhh

[signal cargo]

That makes a lot of sense

Poor napoleon

[thick edge]

Yeah

And he was too short to reach the keyboard

[signal cargo]

Pffffft

Couldnt reach the ~ to open the console

[thick edge]

Yeah

[broken needle]

source for the romania change? Do we know what the addon is?

[mortal thunder]

pdx cant afford to move past hoi4 as its bleeding money we will get 20 more dlcs

[drifting knoll]

after the graveyard of empire dlc they should add east asia dlc, like dutch east india can become the VOC

[hollow coral]

Probably some state changes and a a rework to political tree

[solid gyro]

they should totally add liechtenstein to the map with the new dlc ngl

would be a nice touch

maybe like a small little easter egg

[unreal abyss]

maybe they added hungary vps

[royal marten]

Not sure I like this idea

[hollow coral]

Hope accurate greater hungary borders

Like croatia fixes

And add burgenland

[wild crest]

hi

[terse slate]

We should be able to get more customizable borders fr

[hollow coral]

Fr

[terse slate]

I want nicer borders

Like every province should be able to define borders

Instead of states

[hearty blade]

Im gonna miss pecs and budapest being enough to cap hungary

[hearty blade]

Thatd be too tedious to select every single tile

Cool borders but too tedious

[terse slate]

That’s why paradox has millions of dollars and a dev team to figure it out

[hearty blade]

Too tedious for the player

I dont have millions of dollars and a dev team to help me press every single tile i want

[terse slate]

I meant that they would have to figure out a way to make it easier for us

Im sure they can find a way

Because rn theres a lot of border gore

Even with PLPC

[hearty blade]

Probably idk if they will

[terse slate]

They wont xd

[hearty blade]

Itd be cool tho

[terse slate]

Too busy doing other focus trees

[hearty blade]

I agree with ur points

[hearty blade]

Yup probs more important anyways

[terse slate]

Graveyard of empires sounds like a cool dlc anyways

[hearty blade]

The bordergore omly really important for rp

[terse slate]

Yeah

That’s what mods and the community modders are for

[hearty blade]

Trye

True*

I got class buh bye

[solar inlet]

where is dolfuss?

in the new dev diary no one talks about him

: (

[brazen ferry]

Dead and buried

I think he's mentioned once or twice

Where's our weekly surprise Paradox?

[errant forge]

Burgenland has been added! If you want to see what little state changes have been made to Austria a state map has been posted on page 12 🙂

[terse slate]

Crazy

Bro got a vip answer

[errant forge]

From time to time we might answer questions here, nothing too big about it 🙂

[obtuse ingot]

Do you have an idea what the next DLC is (Q3 2025), is it even in the works yet?

[obtuse wren]

Have you considered in the upcoming dlc the possibility of highlighting various German countries (for example, Saxony, Bavaria)?

[wary maple]

Buddy...

A dev is not going to spill the beans

[obtuse wren]

Oh, okay

[obtuse ingot]

I’m not asking what it is… more … if they’ve had a chance to plan it yet

((My guess is next dlc season will feature French colonial empire (with a bit of Japan/SEA)… that gets us Morocco, Madagascar, Syria, Indochina))

[thick edge]

Who would play Madagascar

[obtuse ingot]

Depend on what happened there

[thick edge]

Like

What happened there

Tell me

[obtuse ingot]

And megacampaigners too

[thick edge]

What happened there

Spill

[wary maple]

Um that second bit can't go in the DLC

[obtuse ingot]

Battle of Madagascar seems interesting for navy players

The keywords for season: Navy, Resistance & Occupation

[thick edge]

Yeah

Not enough for content

[brazen ferry]

When will the 'Weekly Surpire' be revealed?

[wary maple]

The surprise is that there is no surprise :^)

[brazen ferry]

I can't seem to find it in the DD

[brazen ferry]

That would be surprising

[wary maple]

It's one of the latest dev responses I think

[brazen ferry]

Ah let me check

[wary maple]

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/developer-diary-austria.1706600/post-29926116

[polar jasper]

I watched the austria video and I am a bit saddened.

Rhineland states don't follow the river, no clean borders still

[outer whale]

Why do we have a heimwehr member king

Instead of otto's brothers

Like wouldn't this dude be more legitimate than ernst

[thick edge]

Luxembourg focus tree

(Intrusive thoughts)

Do it devs…

[outer whale]

Like otto has plenty of brothers

[errant forge]

Because he was also a prominent member of the political elite, he was rather power hungry, and Austria, in the event that Otto wasn't there would likely be a bit dumbstruck trying to find a replacement. It would be far from impossible that a prominent noble stepped up to claim the crown.

That doesn't mean you have seen all the Habsburgs yet, though... there might be more... elsewhere 😉

[outer whale]

Ik we can put habsburgs at our puppets but

You know there was just more legitimate members

Than Ernst

[polar jasper]

Habsburgs. Habsburgs everywhere

[terse slate]

Is there gonna be anything for mexico 🇲🇽 and the habsburgs? There is the imperial mexican flag in files but no way to get it in game (without commands)

[thick edge]

Does that hint to a Barack Obama leader?

[outer whale]

Why can't we crown Ludwig or rudolf or Felix as well?

[terse slate]

I want my monarchist mexican path 😭

[outer whale]

You could just make a heimwehr tree and still having rudolf, Felix or Carl?

As alternative to otto

But I think you guys needed to add him at somewhere and it's here
Because I couldn't see anything regarding heimwehr than ernst being leader

Why can't you expand the event decision into one more section and porting Carl Habsburg as alternative leader?

Making all sides pleased

most importantly they have somewhere an actual claim on the throne
And stargmeberg own influence in 1936 wasn't really that large tho

[jolly bluff]

So I was looking at the dev diary for Austria. It seems that rushing the Anschluss as Germany won’t be as easy anymore.

[outer whale]

Like if we tike traveled to 1936 austria and going to a random town who would they prefer between those two
They'd %90 say habsburg

[jolly bluff]

Now you’ll need a certain amount of fully equipped manpower, not just men sitting on horses with no equipment.

[daring forge]

Or you could do that, modding is always an option :)

[hearty blade]

Habsburg mexico would be fun

[daring forge]

Like I doubt they’ll do such large changes like making a new path this close to release

[terse slate]

There’s already the name AND flag in the vanilla game files

We just can’t get it without the use of commands

[outer whale]

Nice another average paradoxian respond

When suggest something:

Go make it yourself !! ( even tho I am a modder )

or

Go use mods

We try suggest to make the base game expreince better

[outer whale]

Bro

Adding a 3rd decision to the event and porting the already existing character to the austria ( Carl is probably added at our puppet nations file ) isn't that hard

His portrait is ready
His character file is also ready at Czechs or hungarian file

You just gonna make a new localisation for him and for the event option

Giving him the trait role of austria role that otto has

Done

UNLESS

If they don't have mechanics for habsburg vs habsburg

Or if paradox would charge us for that difference if something like that would be added lmao

[outer whale]

Still this is the important one
You can just make a 3rd option which consists the other habsburg claimant other than otto and then being done

In that way people who wish to keep erns can do it

People who wants to play habsburg if otto is taken by hungary can also choose carl

[tranquil hornet]

damn why monday release and not on friday where everbody has time =(

[daring forge]

Probably because they want to be available at work to fix stuff that could pop up with release instead of being on weekend I’d guess

[tranquil hornet]

ahh yea that makes sense

has this been the biggest dlc/update yet?

it seems so fully packed and so thought through

(also does anybody know if they fixed performance?)

[solar inlet]

funny i thought he died in 38

why is he still alive in KX then?

[brazen ferry]

Kaiserreich is an alternative history mod

[outer whale]

He was killed by nutzis

At KR nutzis doesn't exist

[brazen ferry]

Huey Long died in '35 and he's also alive in KR

[jaunty yacht]

You can get it with the Sombra de Calles advisor and if you go a cristero route and then turn back to non-alligned, but I think Plutarco is still the leader

[solid gyro]

I've realized that Paradox had perfected live Service with hou4

Devs will die producing hoi4 and their sons will take on their place

The cycle will continue

All they have to do is keep doing bigger and bigger reworks

Soon hoi4 will be the most in-depth strategy game

Hoi4 is Eternal

[brazen ferry]

Where's our weekly surprise Paradox?

[barren tusk]

already purchased

[barren tusk]

and because does not have an actual competitor

[solid gyro]

Hoi4 is like the only game that is continuing to rise in average player count

Which either means everyone is dumb and don't think to make a competitor

Or my beleif

Hoi4 is just too damn good

Because any compettitor doesn't only have to compete with Paradox, but with the devil of every single hoi4 mod

[thick edge]

You can’t leave hoi4

Hoi4 leaves you

[outer whale]

@errant forge whatcha think

[silent prism]

@plain elm

I am very sorry for the DM
I want to ask about your post from 28th of August

It is said that we should've got something interestin today

Or it is not actual anymore?

[plain elm]

It got delayed, next week we should have something tho!

[silent prism]

Thanks for the answer

[crude jolt]

https://www.vxtwitter.com/mises/status/1843685536080507159
lmao the Mises Institute replied to the hoi4 update

[karmic oar]

I'm sad what happened to the Austrian European focus that diseappered from the steam screenshots to the Austrian Dev Diary ? ;-;

Also the interesting "seek papale support" in an economic domain vanished between the dev diary video and the dev diary screenshots sadly

[fringe rose]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/761783031782309928/1016081543476826152/captionTwo.gif

[stable tusk]

The Dev Diary is outdated

[fresh cedar]

Always wanted the EU formable to get reworked. Should at the very least get cores on most of Europe.

If done so like how South America cores

[karmic oar]

I know how to do it with hitler germany easily and in historic ironman XD but maybe soon that will be harder

[cobalt imp]

Question for any developers that see this but I was wondering if there has been any consideration to the addition of helicopters with the upcoming
DLC, I believe they could be used as versions of different support companies or other uses that you could think of, I know Germany used helicopters to transport supplies in a limited capacity and i know the USA used them as a form of medevac/rescue , I know there aren't a lot of times they were used during WW2 but I believe it'd be a nice addition with the other Wunderwaffe

[trim quartz]

What’s this special projects thing about

Next dev diary

[stable tusk]

Maybe how research for the new projects are gonna work
(Nukes, P-1000 Ratte, Amerikabomber maybe)

[vivid rose]

It’ll be a new system for getting endgame stuff like Canada said

Most likely nukes and maybe even the rockets are gonna get removed from the tech tree and added as these special projects, aswell as a few new things

[tulip wigeon]

There is a 4th Belgian state for next update

[royal lantern]

hopefully

[tulip wigeon]

Not hopefully, there is

It was hidden well

[royal lantern]

OHHHH

[tulip wigeon]

It goes along the river

[royal lantern]

i thought you were asking if there is one...

[tulip wigeon]

Nope

[royal lantern]

that is good though, i think hoi4 needs more states in general.

it alows for making cooler maps in game :D

[tulip wigeon]

Tho I do wish they add Eupen-Malmedy

[royal lantern]

same, then we can make Germany extra cool

but because we are Belgum in this DLC, i dont think we will get that state for a while.

[trim quartz]

There is?

Is it that one German province?

[royal lantern]

yes

[outer whale]

Eupen

[solar inlet]

why is my hitler censored?

[jaunty yacht]

You are German

[tacit sequoia]

or european

[jaunty yacht]

Or you didn't activate the historical portrait pack

[solar inlet]

no

[solar inlet]

yes

[solar inlet]

i don't have it

[jaunty yacht]

Polish, Austrian, Czech... maybe

[manic saffron]

Is there gonna be any additional romania content?

If they add to hungary i feel like its national duty to ask for some additional romania flavour too

...The iron guard...the batshit crazy communists from 1924

Antonescu's 1935 armour reform that was barely implemented but what stops us from making Romanian tank armata

[trim quartz]

Is there a photo?

[hearty blade]

i dont think so

i think its just hungary austria germany belgium congo

[manic saffron]

😭

[terse slate]

Banned in europe

[manic saffron]

Forgotten by the germans despite our help and beteayed

Forgotten by paradox for the same reasons

[terse slate]

Same reason they use the cross instead of the swastika

[terse slate]

There’s also a new austrian states added

[hearty blade]

theyd have to rework balkans generally to rework romania

or if they sneak it in during generally axis rework

[errant forge]

The screencaps on steam are newer, these were not cut, they were added post-Dev Diary writing! 😄

[terse slate]

What would i need to learn to make hoi4 mods

Im studying comp sci

[outer whale]

Yo yo

Did u check my suggestion yesterday

🙏

[errant forge]

We have modding tutorials up on our youtube! Happy modding 🙂

[terse slate]

Thank youu

[outer whale]

Have u checked the suggestion about 3rd option to the event if otto was taken by hungary we getting one of his brothers (carl, felix rudolf, Robert = eldest brother after otto)

U can simply leave that heimwehr king as alternative but adding one more candidate to austria if otto was taken would be epic

Because they had actual claim on Thorne

That's why Carl and Rudolf was banned to enter austria

Even otto denounced his claims

Carl and rudolf didn't

And so their ban was appealed on them still

[errant forge]

I have seen it. Thank you for your suggestion.

[outer whale]

Idk if you coded the candidates election as events like choosing chancellors

[karmic oar]

Omg due to the publication order of the steam page and the dev diary I tought the contrary thank you for the explanarion . That mean you are still cooking great content
Since two years I love almost every new nations you release 🧡

[outer whale]

But or is it a action event

[karmic oar]

*explanation

[outer whale]

Yee content is fire

The thing that considers me is

Navy

I wonder if we can build a good armada

Expect stealing italian navy

[errant forge]

Minor things might be added or removed, all things in a DD is still subject to change 🙂 in this case we spotted some opportunities and added these focuses just

[outer whale]

Sir sir
If italy gets in civil war is there's a event like us getting south tyrol back

At unhistorical

Simply intervening the Italian civil war

And getting tyrol and trento back

[karmic oar]

Cant wait for the dev diary of Belgium and Congo (and I wish so much you keep put hidden leaders and focus trees in such big expensions like this like Anastasia Romanov, Senor Hilter and Kaiserine Victoria <3)

[outer whale]

I want to get a achievement when we maximise the infrastructure for belguim

[karmic oar]

Similar to one already existing where u need 50 civilian factories

[karmic oar]

I was really curious about this European Union themed focus so I got a bit sad when I tought you removed it

[karmic oar]

One would be very funny is "Germanshluss" as Austria beat and annex germany with an horrible hard condition like "beginning the war with your starting borders"

Also a simple question but I'm almost sure to have already seen a fast overview of an austro hungarian joined focus tree that I cannot find anymore online , I dreamed maybe or did Paradox really showed something like this in a post or a video clip maybe ?

[errant forge]

youtube is your friend 😉

[karmic oar]

I'm gonna rewatch all searching for that joined focus tree I'm pretty sure I've seen then 👀

[wise oxide]

projects today omg🤯

[manic saffron]

Will there be any changes to the Romania focus tree or is there any plans to revamp it in the future?

[tacit sequoia]

Or even Czechoslovakia also

[obtuse ingot]

“Rhineschluss” sounds better

[hearty blade]

Why rhine

[obtuse ingot]

Rhineland

[karmic oar]

Plz save Czecoslovakia from the old outdated focus . Romania is slighty better than just the "generic focus tree extended"

[hearty blade]

Not all of germany is near the rhine

[obtuse ingot]

the two syllable structure is unpleasant compared to single syllable

[karmic oar]

Cant wait and yapping to all my friends about how Paradox rehyped me on gotterdamerung all days until the release

[terse slate]

Do you have friends

Must be nice

[obtuse ingot]

Technically it would still be Anschluss

[hearty blade]

Anschluss just means annexation technically usa could anshluss germany too

Im interested in the new achievements tho

[obtuse ingot]

Duutschluss

(Low German/Low Saxon: Düütschland/Duutslaand)

[thick edge]

Even I sorrow productions thinks we will get a Luxembourg tree

A smaller one

But

A tree

[hexed mango]

Today...

[terse slate]

Maybe like one of those generic but not totally generic focus trees xd

[thick edge]

Yeah

[outer whale]

Didn't know franco offered Thorne of spain to otto von habsburg

I think if hoi4 had a adventure book
Top chars would be
Wilhelm 2
Otto von Habsburg

[manic saffron]

Slightly better is not much in this case

[odd umbra]

what time does the dev diary come out

or is it next Wednesday

[floral scaffold]

Much like how the Soviets have strong NKVD counter intelligence buffs, I want German enigma secret project as well as its british counterpart the Bletchely park secret project to come

[wary maple]

@odd umbra In about an hour

[fresh cedar]

I mean coring states that aren’t Germany, Italy, Italy.

[floral scaffold]

Depictions of suicide isn't allowed here

[fresh cedar]

They released a whole plan yet you still ask. 😂

[odd umbra]

my apologies bossman

did not see it in the rules so thought it was allowed 🙏

[chilly drum]

I mean, me posting my colonoscopy footage is not in the rules too

Its just a common sense

[fresh cedar]

Diaries tend to release between 9am est to 12 pm EST

[fresh cedar]

Show me the car facts

[thick edge]

https://tenor.com/view/earthquake-meme-girl-earthquake-meme-ali-j-girl-makeup-earthquake-bizarremakeuptutorialearthquake-gif-23583134

[odd umbra]

it wasn’t like a gif of an actual living person committing suicide it was the little discord wumpus thing

[fresh cedar]

Constitutes “depictions”

[odd umbra]

I see the reasoning tho

[thick edge]

Is that a German leader reference?

Bad stuff though

[chilly drum]

This conversation is wild

[thick edge]

Yes

I don’t think it’s hoi4 related anymore

[hushed trench]

For special weapons is it for Germany or several countries having their own special weapons ?

[fresh cedar]

I imagine every country would have access

Doesn’t make sense for a single one to get them

[paper lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=butyFhkOIGY

[dapper fjord]

yyyoo..

[austere pelican]

I strive to read dev post and make a video in a minute

[cobalt jay]

I love how the super heavy railway gun is already useless

[feral orbit]

is annex ratio a new stat

i dont recognise it

[cobalt jay]

Is this a typo or can we improve special projects?

[cosmic falcon]

Albania got a name change

[cobalt jay]

Why is the super-heavy railway gun a 100% increase in resource and production cost for only a 60% increase in bombardment?

[feral orbit]

best part of the update thank you paradox 🙏

[feral orbit]

this might need a rebalance

[vale rover]

What did they change it into

[nimble torrent]

eh, i feel like you should get diminishing returns on it at some point tbh

[dull minnow]

can someone explain to me what this means?

Parasites-Mothership Aircraft

it is said on the dev diary and I have a suspicion, but i'm not very sure im right

[nimble torrent]

you know how aircraft carriers are ships that base planes for operations?
that
but instead of a ship carrying planes it's a plane basing smaller planes basically
not sure the planes land back on it like a carrier tho

[dull minnow]

so basically a drone mothership?

[cyan ice]

why is the french border also demilitarzied

[nimble torrent]

i guess?
but i think the planes are still manually controlled

[dull minnow]

yeah, doubt they'd be able to invent drone technology on the 1940s-50s

[pseudo wing]

can't have swastika's, my guy

[nimble torrent]

sorry

[pseudo wing]

gotta censor em' if you post images containing them, is all good

[nimble torrent]

took it from wikipedia

[pseudo wing]

is fair, just letting ya know is all

[pseudo wing]

you take that back, he's doing his best

😢

[nimble torrent]

only fair, will fix the image soon

could also look more like this
(this image's ok right?)

[cobalt jay]

It's just that I can make two regular railway guns in the same time it takes me to make a super heavy railway gun and the two guns combined have a 25% damage increase over a single super heavy

[nimble torrent]

Didn't know they stacked their bonuses

[cobalt jay]

So what is the point in making super heavies

[austere pelican]

They dont

[royal marten]

Yeah they eon’t

Don’t

[nimble torrent]

Seems like the point's maximizing bonus but at a price i'd wager

[dull minnow]

the same one as the historical goal, big gun, they were barely useful in real life as well, just like the maus

[austere pelican]

Ja hans

[cobalt jay]

They don't stack, but you get more coverage out of two regular guns I'm pretty sure

[royal marten]

It would be funny if divisions with super heavy support couldn’t cross rivers at all

[nimble torrent]

but did you consider
covering the entire soviet german front with superheavy guns lmao?

[royal marten]

I worry that the special projects will end up like the spy agency

Only used for a few things and the rest is useless

[nimble torrent]

same tbh
i hope there's more "small" things
like night vision or whatever to give passive bonuses
otherwise yeah the "meta" will be discovered asap and everyone will do like, 3 projects depending on the country
and it would be quite a shame

[dull minnow]

if you only play the meta then sure, that's going to happen, but this give people a way to build their own nation in the way they prefer

[cosmic falcon]

I wonder if Albania will get a mini focues tree like Iceland.

[royal marten]

I get that point but even when building your ideal country or whatever when have you ever stolen blueprints for an example?

Like completely useless features

[cobalt jay]

I mean its going to end up like that anyway

[dull minnow]

true, but they might change that, this a amazing oportunity to make this mission actually worth it by stealing special projects research

[royal marten]

Actually good idea

[dull minnow]

and besides, while it's true some might be completely useless, i'm sure most will at least have 1 or 2 niche uses where they actually are quite good

[cobalt jay]

Sometimes as a minor

[royal marten]

This is a good chance to make spying more useful but knowing paradox they can’t work two dlc features together to save their life

[dull minnow]

they did rework some pre-arms against tyranny focuses to work with the international market and subsidies so maybe there's still hope

[royal marten]

They didn’t mention apy agencies in the video they made explaining the dlc though

Idk

[cobalt jay]

The problem I see is that unless any of these change the meta then the entire thing is useless

[dapper fjord]

dank.. looks promising, also regarding the Navy Project, are we also getting like Super Warships (prob part of "Modern" warships option), Hybrid Warships (combined carrier and gun ship element for Cruisers and BB's) and Hybrid Submarines project??

[dull minnow]

I doubt it'll change the early game meta but post 1942 things will most likely change a lot

[royal marten]

If you play singleplayer meta then you’re not having fun

It gets boring stomping the ai for the 100th time

[cobalt jay]

It definitely will affect early game

[royal marten]

But they did promise ai changes as well

Hopefully it’s meaningful enough

[cobalt jay]

Just looking at this is enough to tell that these projects will be affecting stuff from game start

[hearty blade]

will we get actual like crazy stuff like die glocke

or just like silly tanks and silly planes and stuff

[cobalt jay]

While I want Die Glocke for the memes, what in gods name would be the use for it

[solid gyro]

I want ufo's as a war plane just for memes aswell

[dull minnow]

people who only play germany

[hearty blade]

im not sure but like

[dark galleon]

i really hope so

[solid gyro]

More likely Luxembourg

[dark galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/albania-albanian-gif-24103016

[cobalt jay]

I would rather get an option for a moon base or a base in Antarctica than Die Glocke

[dull minnow]

that assumes that Antartica exists in the Paradox grand strategy earth

[solid gyro]

I dont think Die Glocke is being addrd

If it is idk how it's being implemented

[dapper fjord]

ohh the Haunebu thingi(?) :v

[solid gyro]

Does anyone else thing

[solid gyro]

Yeah

That we night be able to shoot nuclear icbms at each other?

[rugged plank]

id rather get post ww2 deinsdutrialisation of germany than any of those things 💀

[tired bloom]

all i wanna know now is if nukes are gonna be more powerful now

[dull minnow]

seems like the cold war will finally be a thing instead of just using nukes to obliterate ai deathstacks

[rugged plank]

my guess is they will be less strong

[tired bloom]

nukes barely do anything now

[dull minnow]

maybe less strong in tactical terms but in political terms they are for sure buffing them to be war-enders/preventers

[rugged plank]

maybe

[cobalt jay]

They are quite useful late game

If you have a good fighter design and nukes, you can destroy an AI major's air force in a few months

Even late game

[fallen kite]

Stronghold network confirmed

First thing as soon as we get the update I’m modding in Hoxha’s wild bunker ride

[vapid osprey]

Ballistic missiles on the current game are affected by anti air? I never even bothered using them before

[fallen kite]

Yeah

Yooo special projects are being added to the base game

[solid gyro]

Late game is going to be wild

[dull minnow]

hey guys is it just me or have they changed luxembourg's name on the special projects video?

[solid gyro]

It's probably just because it's small font

Seems the same

Slovakia colored puppet is nicr

[rapid lantern]

also idk if paradox did an oopsie but you can already see some parts of the german focus tree and hungarian one 😭

[pseudo wing]

its intended

is not an oopsie at all

[royal marten]

Me when teaser teases the focus tree:

[solid gyro]

Will missiles/ICBMs be able to have nuclear warheads?

[fallen kite]

Albania got a large name too

Secret Albania update?

[pseudo wing]

I dunno, will have to wait and see if so

[fickle sedge]

No, just a name change (tho I guess technically since they will have access to special projects etc, if you count that 🫡 )

[fallen kite]

Yay

[solid gyro]

I dunno

Nvm they gotta go and fix France they'll be back in Europe

[dark galleon]

albania meeds more cores

[terse slate]

Is mexico gonna have any chance of update with the habsburgs coming into play? (Mexican imperial flag and name are in vanilla game but not accessible anyways)

Like just being able to establish the habsburg empire over there

Idk 🤷‍♂️

[vapid osprey]

Are ICBMs in the current game affected by anti air? I've never tried them

[kindred beacon]

They are

[karmic helm]

https://tenor.com/view/cerealguy-gif-9862288396296924405

[kindred beacon]

Hot take not against this

If they rework the british AI to defend ports

Because hoi4 map is not exactly to scale and in real life there is only a 6 mile gap there

[daring forge]

this will not be a thing

[kindred beacon]

Also since a competent UK player should always have ships in the channel

[karmic helm]

then why is it in official hoi4 video

[daring forge]

Arheo already commented several times on it

[kindred beacon]

Sealioning through hull will probably still be easier unless they change how large naval invasions work

[kindred beacon]

Is it just for testing?

[daring forge]

either the person filming had a mod on or it's some sort of viusal error

[daring forge]

could be idk

[karmic helm]

no its a thing

[vapid osprey]

@kindred beacon so I'm guessing they are also affected by air superiority as well

[daring forge]

but there won't be a crossing at least

[kindred beacon]

In the next update ballistic missiles will not be affected by red air

Or AA

During ww2 there was no effective defense against rockets.

[vapid osprey]

Right

[fallen kite]

I wonder

Some countries have dam- related ideas

Like Finland and Portugal

[vapid osprey]

Daaaang this is really going to make late game more fun I think

[fallen kite]

Does Dam busting remove them or negate their effects (locally)

[nimble torrent]

I'd assume dam busting adds a negative effect to the province because it's flooded maybe?

[fallen kite]

Yeah just a construction debuff would probably be enough to undo most of their effects

Maybe some small consumer goods factor too

[hollow lion]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/384165254537543691/1291443426289647696/Hearts_of_Iron_4_-_Release_trailer.mp4?ex=67075e2a&is=67060caa&hm=b937a40de3a8353cbf3ad5de16c54f80bb6e7fc38d33940e45f6d20e14bae698&

[tired acorn]

New icon, looks like a christmass tree (1:40) in the video. Hopefully some forest units or idk

[thick edge]

Call me crazy

That looks like a laurel

[zenith cargo]

It's not

[terse slate]

Oooo

[barren tusk]

guys where i can suggest a multiplayer game?

[terse slate]

#historical-multiplayer #alt-history-multiplayer #1239926537512292362

[barren tusk]

gracias

[bright plume]

Saw this in the YT video. Hopefully this means fixes in the free update for how Paratroopers/Marines are given orders, since it's very clunky, and at times confusing for new players.

[worn depot]

For some reason this video was privated

[tired quarry]

yeah what happened

[bright plume]

Probably mentioned something the devs haven't talked about yet by accident.

[tired quarry]

lmao

[bright plume]

I think Bittersteel did that once before many years ago

[worn depot]

Idk what that’d be though, the video and the dev diary basically talked about the same stuff

[solid gyro]

One ping for every addition 🔥

[pseudo wing]

nah, there was an issue with the video, we're gonna reupload it at a later date

we noticed it after release is all, is a tiny oopsie

[cobalt jay]

RIP Allies

[tough grotto]

wh

[split tartan]

I have a felling that this dlc is starting to get almost and maybe as good as no step back

[dim mirage]

They are twins sister

[loud fog]

If I can’t do operation Valkyrie in the dlc I will riot

[stable tusk]

Valkyrie is overrated, Oster plan is where it's at

[thick edge]

Luxembourg

[undone kelp]

So submarine launched ballistic missiles were confirmed

As were ship launched

[fresh cedar]

Yup, so maybe will have Subs with Nukes

[undone kelp]

Oh no that’s already confirmed verbatim

[outer whale]

caatt

[undone kelp]

Which implies that, with missiles now having to be manufactured via mils, they’re probably using an adaptation of the airfield system but for missiles.

Which if they have that working that working then I assume battlecarrier conversions like Ise are also in

[polar jasper]

This is the research facilities I believe

[tired bloom]

The fact not even 50% of content coming with this expansion and patch has been shown yet and there's already so much stuff is crazy

So hyped

[quartz anvil]

Have you seen the 3 different Transport Planes, shown in today's Dev Diary video?

[fringe quartz]

I didn't get a chance to watch the Dev Diary video does anyone know if there's a way I can still watch it or do I have to wait for a re-upload 😭

[fallen kite]

Albanian Kingdom

Thinking about it it’s be better if Luxembourg gets the mini-focus tree treatment

[quartz anvil]

I've found it as a part of dev dairy review video by one of bloggers:
https://youtu.be/pqK9SPv73so?si=9NFS4I_zokUKIc2q

[vague oasis]

Wdym?

[barren tusk]

Sum up?? Please

[barren tusk]

Imagine Luxembourg having more focus tree decisions than check Slovakia

[fringe quartz]

Tysm

[tired bloom]

wow

thats another thing thats new to me even after reading all the dev diaries and forums

cant wait until to see the germany dev diaries to find out most if not all new things coming to germany with the expansion/patch

[fallen kite]

Holy shit transport plane update

[undone kelp]

I’m curious to see if the Ise battlecarriers or the U-Destroyer concept made it in.

[jolly mountain]

I really hope they make some balancing tweaks like boosting line arty and AT and nerfing tanks

Didnt they say a while ago they were going to make an armored car and mechanized designer?

[cloud snow]

Guys, there’s a new dlc coming out soon!

[plucky crag]

we know

[plucky crag]

idk but with the new dlc ballistic missiles cannot be intercepted, only the V1 which is like a cruise missile

If the V2 costs "only" then I suppose spamming them would be great

Do you guys know if I can make rockets nuclear?

that would be the peak

[undone kelp]

You can

[plucky crag]

YEEEESSSS. Now I know what to do as any country when I'll get the dlc hahaha

research nukes and rockets and then...

[jolly mountain]

Thats good i hope they let us load in non-paratrooper units into transport planes and we can fly them places within range or something

[jaunty yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/wargames-nuclear-war-gif-gif-25109263

[trim quartz]

I am going to bomb LA in game

[obtuse ingot]

https://ww31987.wordpress.com/2022/03/05/wargames-joshuas-nuclear-war-scenarios-1-59/

[polar jasper]

I hope that there can be carrier submarines like the Japanese built.

Holds 10 planes (7 more than irl, but idc) and no health, but top sneaky

If that isn't in the naval special research tab, I will be quite upset

[solid gyro]

New German Models

Im wondering if they will ad SS models

But a part if me is saying no because that'd probably be controversial

Yet they did add the other Fascist militias

[solid gyro]

Also

I love how hoi4 devs are adding more wacky paths in as TNO and KR are removing theirs

[polar jasper]

They might, just no symbols

[solid gyro]

That'd be cool

I like having multiple different unit models

[hollow coral]

Hope they add the picklehaube to german empire

[solid gyro]

They already did

[solid gyro]

now we just theed the poopenfarten and its gg

Whaa

[outer whale]

In the new models?

Ik the already existing ones has it

[solid gyro]

For the existing, I think they're revamping the base model

[hollow coral]

Where?

[solid gyro]

Restore Kaiser in base game and I vote him back, the germans should get the picklehaube

[hollow coral]

Rlly? Cuz when i played the models were just default germany

[outer whale]

You need wilhelm 2 being brought back

[hollow coral]

Someone show me a photo because im too lazy to get on rn

[solid gyro]

I get the model already in the civil war

For the units which spawn in

[fresh cedar]

I like how vanilla is generally completely normal though. So the wackiness is optional

Wish there were weighted scenarios though which changed other countries in patterns rather than just random.

I know you can set that

[trim quartz]

I don’t think the models change automatically, but you can change them to Pickelhaube in the infantry design tab

[hollow coral]

Yeh i figured it out a bit ago

[teal ingot]

Add more cities and provinces and states to africa