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[hearty blade]

Egyptian king is albanian

And idk yugoslav king is probs german too

[long ibex]

Interesting!

[fresh cedar]

Could just see there being a Balkan Rework and a North African one. They tend to group by region

[hearty blade]

Id much rather have albania rather than switzerland

[long ibex]

Sounds good!

[fresh cedar]

Would be nice for North Africa to get content first though considering it was a big part of the war

[hearty blade]

True im afraid its not near

[fresh cedar]

Well next expansion is Japan, China and Southeast Asia. So would be the one after most likely

[hearty blade]

I think balkans need it more

[fresh cedar]

More than what

[hearty blade]

North afric

[fresh cedar]

I mean Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece do have content

[hearty blade]

True

[fresh cedar]

Yugo and Romania were updated in another I believe

[long ibex]

Talking about countries...

My bet for the Expansion Pass 2:

Country pack DLC

• Indochina
• Ducth east
• British Malaia
• Siam

Expansion DLC

• Japan
• China
• Mongolia
• Korea
• Tibet

[mossy hull]

right

[fresh cedar]

Don’t forget the phillipines

[cold gale]

You forgot the Philippines alongside Burma…

(If they added burma to the game, they’re probably making a tree of it soon…)

[prisma wing]

Where is Tannu Tuva ?

🤨

[long ibex]

PHI is possible, but it is also possible that they will do as with Finland and they will keep them. The Expansion Pass 3 will go over the allies, updating USA, and they could put them there...

[long ibex]

Secret little focus tree?

[hollow pulsar]

do you think they will ever add content for ireland

[hearty blade]

If they do usa rework philiphines is natural

[hearty blade]

Im afraid not

[jaunty nymph]

anothere day, another time dreading coal mirco and having to open that forsaken menu to constantly trade for coal

[icy nimbus]

South and Central america need more.

South america DLC isnt good

[hexed valley]

I would like an egypt palestine and syria dlc

[icy nimbus]

africa needs a dlc asap

[hexed valley]

fr

like turn west africa into a “french west africa” puppet maybe

with tunisia and morocco being puppets aswell

[harsh hull]

If La Resistance ever gets integrated, the inevitable "France and French territories" DLC is going to go hard

[polar jasper]

Well, I have to constantly trade for aluminum and steel as the US as I made a bazillion factories. What's the difference when I have to also do coal as well

[jaunty nymph]

you have to do it even more

[polar jasper]

Eh, I think it will be like oil

It shouldn't take like 800 coal to power things

[fading walrus]

it should be over 1006 or over 9000

[polar jasper]

Probably be like 15 factories trading to coal to power a 1939 German level industry

If not less

It better be that or less

[fresh cedar]

Tbh I think the Philippines is pretty likely.

Before an allies update

[fresh cedar]

Back to the coal mines 😍

Aka HOI4

They call the next expansion HOI: Rising Sun bc it’s gonna make Shyy very heated 😆

[subtle gorge]

https://tenor.com/view/jack-black-minecraft-minecraft-movie-the-minecraft-movie-steve-gif-3787334943806052131

We're all yearning for them mines 🔥

Will we get a new propaganda poster in the Agitprop as the Soviets?

More C O A L for the Motherland

[jaunty nymph]

truth

angry

[fresh cedar]

Atleast the US should get propaganda. Ngl id buy a whole DLC that just gives majors the Soviet propaganda system

[fresh cedar]

What’s wild is they answered questions day 1 of the diary and never again 😭

[jaunty nymph]

i hate having to fuel my factories

im playing hoi

not vic

:(

[fresh cedar]

Nom nom coal

I fixed strasser to look less weird and changed Iraq Hashemite leader Abd al Ilah’s portrait to look more like a Hashemite Caliph

[stable tusk]

New Strasser kinda looks like a frog who's holding in a fart
Maybe consider changing that again...
Like in the original picture he actually is smiling like that but since you took the same photo and kinda closed his mouth it looks strange

[fresh cedar]

I mean the source image is terrible and he looks like a cartoon rat looking for cheese. So will probably use a different image altogether 😂

[stable tusk]

Yeah prob for the best lol

[brittle venture]

Finally someone you can call a rat and its just accurate

[cursive sparrow]

Energy mechanics 💀

God forbid

I already have to deal with Army, Navy, Air, Special projects, Spies, Consumer goods and Resources

More mechanics? Really?

I'll just go and play Vic3 instead

[long ibex]

Stop saying every day the same please....

Vicky have a lot of goods. HoI doesn't have horses, food... It's extremely simple in this aspect.

Study about war and you will underestand how important resources and logistics are. War is economy.

[jaunty nymph]

adding even more to micro isn’t good

never will be when the game already is very micro intensive

[long ibex]

Anything that makes the map more interesting will make military operations more interesting.

Why Operation Fall Blau? Why Operation Chastise? Why did Japan invade Indochina? War is economy.

[jaunty nymph]

they already struggle with their eco, causing people to open that horrible menu and do trade, it’s already fine. i do not want to micro economics in my war sim. no matter “War is economy”. hoi needs to stick to its thing, not redoing industry

[long ibex]

You can play 'War of tanks', always full of fuel.

[jaunty nymph]

thats the thing, fuel for ur war machine, not the industry

we have fuel for war machine, germany should struggle more and theyre adding that

japan struggles immensely

adding “industry fuel” is just insanely unnecessary other than the soft cap on scaling

which can be implemented in a way better way

than adding even more trade

if i wanted even more bs trade in a very very bs trade system, id go play bice with their insanely unnecessary trade, resource, and economy system

[long ibex]

Trade, extract or conquer new coal-rich lands 😉

[long ibex]

Energy is war machine, too. USA wins because the industry

[jaunty nymph]

so the whole game itself should revolve around coal bc make building go brr

[jaunty nymph]

yeah, they can nerf industry in many other ways other than adding another resource that directly effects buildings

the amount if balancing for each nation for it will be a lot

many minor nations would need even more civs just to keep up

meaning less army even later

resource energy isnt the way to nerf eco in hoi

hoi isnt a real life sim, it doesnt need to be 100% similar to actuality

[long ibex]

Ok, you hate energy as a need for production. I like it.

Life goes on. This Thursday a new Dev Corner. Enjoy the life.

[jaunty nymph]

i will just simply move on to vic

bc atleast the economics in that game

isnt tedious and it isnt getting progressively more tedious

[jolly wasp]

Ya reckon Mongolia will get a unique focus tree in the upcoming Asia dlc?

[brittle venture]

Hopefully

Mengkukuo is a collaborator state in order to claim mongolia after all, too

And mongolia was a part of pre warlord china

Bhutan, nepal and tibet too

It would make sense for paths to exist to re integrate them

[jolly wasp]

Unfortunately it seems we all want a mega Asia dlc with new focus trees for 20+ different countries which we know as in fact Paradox won’t do due to profit margins and stuff

[brittle venture]

Eh

Not particularly

Statbloat on most new countries sucks i think

I think content would be cool tho

I dont care if its extensive

Hot take but i think iraq in GoE is really good for a minor power

Bloat and size wise in content

[hollow coral]

Doubt warlords will get as much content as other countries maybe just a small althist tree though not much you can do with them

Reckon probably japan, china, manchukuo, mengjiang, and prc (and warlords dlc in first half and a southeast asia countypack in the second half

[sweet anchor]

When WAS the latest update anyway

[hollow coral]

15 days ago

[sweet anchor]

alright

[fresh cedar]

Again, people also lost their minds about the MTG fuel rework. And it was fine. Let’s wait for future diaries. 🙂

[fresh cedar]

Bet Manchuko, People’s Republic, and Republican of China will get the main content, then warlords will get Paraguay/uruguay treatment

[fresh cedar]

Think China and Japan will be updated and Southeast Asia will be a country pack

Or China will be its own country pack

[hollow coral]

i do believe that only manchukuo should have a monarchist path in china

mengjiang doesnt count

but technically this guy could be considered legitimate to the ming throne

this guy could also be a candidate for the empire of china since he was yuan shikais son

[fresh cedar]

Like another apart from the Qing or just other claimants

Watch them add a Ming and Yuan dynasty route 😂

[long ibex]

I make same bet (considering Tibet at the level of warlords, too)

And Korea? Similar to Belgium Congo. Crazy idea?

[fresh cedar]

Would be neat if Korea got content

[hollow coral]

I mean the ming guy was close friends with puyi

[fresh cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/bingchilling-gif-10067072887923246131

[hollow coral]

And yuan keding(yuan shikais son) was very close friends with wang jingwei which they could do smthn with

[subtle gorge]

Zhong Xina is the secret path

[hollow coral]

Very bing chilling

[hollow coral]

Would be cool but doubt. Adding some portraits is probably enough imo

[fresh cedar]

Kinda like Israel/Sokoto ig

I think Korea should atleast get a civil war with the proper portraits

But the game ends at 1948 so idk

[hollow coral]

on another note i think africa needs more portraits

For the kingdoms and stuff

Portraits are cool

[fresh cedar]

100%

Portraits add so much tbh

But paradox takes a while to make them. I think it takes them like 3-5 hours per portrait bc they do them

[hollow coral]

I would definitely pay for a portrait pack for original characters

[long ibex]

Devs are talking about late game more since Gottendammerung

[hollow coral]

Post war content for majors would be an easy first step

[fresh cedar]

Ik but how far would that post war content extend

[hollow coral]

Italy kinda has it with the civil war tree

[fresh cedar]

If they added models for the F-86 Sabre I’d be hyped

[fresh cedar]

And new transition from Allies to NATO

[hollow coral]

Definitely

[fresh cedar]

Special Projects are a huge step into post war content imo

Would be neat if they had a post war scenario for if the axis won. Like a Cold War between Japan and Germany

[hollow coral]

man in the high c-

But it does make sense

Since they were merely allies of convenience

I dont see the axis lasting oast german victory though

They were a band of warmonger’s and had conflicting territorial goals

[fresh cedar]

Same, feel like they’d potentially even fall apart before invading the US

If they signed a WP with US

[long ibex]

👏🏻

With new factions dynamics they open a door to make diplomacy better

First at all, hopefully peace deals. With minors and regionals conflicts, it is necessary. Not all wars are extermination wars

[hollow coral]

Hopefully guarantees get a rework so uk wont be slapping it around to countries halfway across the world

[fading walrus]

Nice pfp

Love the 501st clone troopers

[fresh cedar]

I think they want more limited wars or at the very least have some minor powers stay fighting minor powers

[fresh cedar]

This one is slightly less aids

He kinda wore those hats a lot

[long ibex]

New focus trees of minors goes in opossite direction of that 😅 There are more regional conflicts now. And another WW2 scenarios that demand more flexibily in peace deals

[stable tusk]

Much better

[long ibex]

Can you upload it as a mod?

[brittle venture]

Not funny rat guy

[fresh cedar]

Working on it! First mod I’ve made

[long ibex]

If you need help, I have some experience with my mod about a commie USA: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2985220962

[fresh cedar]

Oh I mean it’s created, I’m just adding stuff before an official public launch

I appreciate it!

[long ibex]

Ok! Nice!

[manic saffron]

Day 4 of asking for romania to get decent coal and a rework (missed a day, forgive me :pray: )

[cold gale]

It’s Japan and China, try next year.

[manic saffron]

As long as oltenia gets like, at least 30 coal im satisfied until next update

We already dont got much steel if we get like 8 coal romania gets screwed

Its not even unrealistic, Oltenia has, and historically had large reserves of Huilă (idk the english name, but its 80-85% carbon content coal), and even a mine of Anthracite that functioned at the time

The coal there was used to supply most of the romanian industrial aparathus, including the steel mills in the Reșiţa-Haţeg area (part of Southern Transilvania in game) which were supplied with iron from the Poiana Ruscă Mountains (ex. Roșia Montană mine)

[long ibex]

Keep calm, they are working on map resources. It's a good moment to balance and make world more accurate and challenger.

[solid gyro]

Btw, unless they fix Graveyard of Empires, I’d consider it in my lowest of priorities but only play it for no other reason so I can be Persia

[cold gale]

im waiting for the final european dlc that'll update the following:

czechoslovakia reworked, romania reworked, yugoslavia reworked, greece reworked, france reworked, with albania as a new focus tree.

[hollow coral]

they will probably do some more with europe other than this

[long ibex]

Greece is in BftB and I guess this DLC will remain as a country pack for ever.

But is not a crazy idea to integrate La Resistance to the base game in 2027-28 and make a final european DLC yes

[cold gale]

the political tree of greece desperately needs an upgrade, despite BftB, the industry tree and military tree are good, but the political part is just downright bad compared to india and other trees now...

[hollow coral]

yeah greece pretty much got the short end of the stick for bftb

everything before nsb should just be integrated honestly

[cold gale]

true

[hollow coral]

i could see uk also getting a rework at some point

[cold gale]

i think that maybe next DLC in 2026 alongside USA Canada and Dominions.

[hollow coral]

the tree is good but its just doenst hold up to the rest

[hollow coral]

if the integrate mtg i could see them doing uk, dominion and ireland or usa

[long ibex]

Totally. New democracy and politics/ideologies mechanics, content for allies...

But maybe 2027, not 26

[hollow coral]

politics are the least of my concerns

[cold gale]

it maybe USA UK Ireland and Canada if they're doing a MTG integration, due to all of them technically being around the same area. African Rework maybe South Africa and african territories being released, or just North Africa being reworked with independent northern colonies, not sure though since HOI4 did release puppets of the middle east.

[hollow coral]

the ideologies work just fine rn

[hollow coral]

arabia dlc of morocco, tunisia, egypt, saudi, oman and yemen

[cold gale]

i would wanna see ideology rework similar to TNO, Kaiserreich/Kaiserredux, and Great War Redux

[hollow coral]

too complicated icl the game should just stick with warfare

current ones work as they represent the core concepts

[long ibex]

There are in roadmap. Normal...

Spanish anarquists and Russian monarchist are same ideology in game 😂

Geopolitics, alliances, factions... they are working on improve it.

[hollow coral]

i dont need 5 different ideogogies that work exactly the same

[cold gale]

though i also wonder when the game engine is getting an overhaul (if it means hoi5 i'd pay for it, cuz it does not handle my pc well. 💀 [ryzen 5 5600g, 32gb ram, rtx 3060])

[long ibex]

Agree. They need a new vision

[fresh cedar]

Considering making a mod that changes the leader image upon achieving a formable nation. Think it would be cool if their graphics changed depending on that.

Would make non Ironman tho

[polar jasper]

What's wrong with the current alignment system

[cold gale]

needs sub colors instead of the blue gray brown red, plus smth to show anarchist spain not being "authoritarian regime."

like, (im just posting this as example, don't mind me.)

this just makes complete sense showing from lesser extremes to full extremes.

was gonna post TNO color code but i realized it wasn't going to work due to server rules but

[cold gale]

needs more diversity in what ideology the nation is, like USA coud be democratic but what kind of democratic?

[polar jasper]

There is no need for sub colors

There are 4 allignments

Democratic, Fascist, Communist, and Non aligned

[cold gale]

even if non-aligned means anarchists are considered authoritarian?

[polar jasper]

You are either aligned with the democratic powers, fascist powers, communist powers, or none of them

[polar jasper]

Where does it day non aligned is authoritarian

It literally means not aligned with the other 3 big ideologies

[cold gale]

anarchist spain on the political part.

[polar jasper]

Centrism is a democratic ideology that is in non alligned

Because they didn't ally themselves with the democratic powers

[polar jasper]

cough cough Finland, cough cough

[cold gale]

and baltics, don't forget them

[polar jasper]

Government type isn't ideology

The Baltics are oligarichy

I think

[brittle venture]

yes

[cold gale]

i think so also

[brittle venture]

and then raj is neutral

different subtype

[cold gale]

sorry if small image, copy pasted from reddit 💀

[brittle venture]

i forgot from memory

[polar jasper]

Nationalist Spain is Despotism

When they are non alligned

Turkey is Oligarchy

[cold gale]

cuz they're led by franco, which transitions to fascism

[polar jasper]

Not always

I've seen games where they remain non alligned

[cold gale]

kinda weird tbh

but yk, can't judge it

[polar jasper]

But either way, no need to complicate the alignment system

[cold gale]

estonia = despotic

[polar jasper]

+20, +10, or -10 opinion is fine for all that matters aside from rules

[polar jasper]

Interesting

[cold gale]

it is, didn't expect it to be that way but yk, expect the unexpected

[polar jasper]

I would say that Kaiserreich's is better

[cold gale]

it was the "calm before the storms" variant, but i do agree that kaiserreich's is better.

[torpid sleet]

peci zorno

[long ibex]

Ideologies in the game are too tied to foreign action.
In reality, geopolitics is more complex and everything is driven by particular interests.

Maybe with factions dynamics rework we have a better diplomatic tools and scenario

[hearty blade]

I dont really want diplomacy i just kinda want hoi4 to stay a war sim

[fresh cedar]

Could use more complexity imo

[brittle venture]

Stellaris level diplomacy wouldnt be that bad

Maybe with less restricting wargoals

[hearty blade]

I dont agree

[icy nimbus]

whats unique abt kaiserreich?

[polar jasper]

It splits its ideologies from alignments to actual ideologies like social conservative, national populist, etc.

So each subideology is an ideology

[fresh cedar]

4 ideologies just seems a bit too simple. But it does get the job done

It’s funny that a military junta, anarchism, and monarchies are the same

[polar jasper]

And centrism

[winter geode]

I agree it’s probably good enough, genuinely get lost every time a mod has 500 different ideologies that would be in reality all apart of the same party

[fresh cedar]

Defintely don’t like having too many. But maybe 5-6 would be okay? 8+ is overwhelming

Though I think the game is intended to have 4 bc they serve base functions

[fresh cedar]

Should be uploaded now as Logical Portraits

[brittle venture]

Thats raj

And i think non aligned like mariana islands or something

And idk who else

[manic saffron]

Day 5 of asking for romania to get decent coal and a rework

[polar jasper]

Finland

[wooden wyvern]

i think adding ways to end wars without capitulating every major is more important then ideology rework

but i wouldnt mind that either

they add a lot thematically

[long ibex]

Both! Sadly Arheo said that there will not be peace deals like EU4, but he knows the problem and they are finding new ways

By the way...
❗ "Wake up, honey! New Dev Corner today!" ❗
More faction dynamics. Will we see more diplomatic options?

[edgy sorrel]

when part 2 of the dev diary coming its alr 3rd of july

[brittle venture]

Later today

[thick edge]

The fatass tank is in the way

[fresh cedar]

Hey guys, which do you prefer #1 or #2? #1 Abdililah is wearing traditional Hashemite robes which would be historical while #2 is a more modern take.

[hollow coral]

definitely the second one

[thick edge]

2

[fresh cedar]

Thanks guys

[long ibex]

You're an artist!

[cosmic falcon]

I wonder when the roadmap will update.

[lethal pelican]

they posted the new faction stuff on yt

[prisma wing]

And Twitter

[thick edge]

Oh

lol

[golden mist]

Korea

[broken horizon]

Will u be able to make your own factio ect with the default tech tree or will they remove it?

[thick edge]

Chonqoung?

However u spell that Chinese city

[cosmic falcon]

Governor-General of Chōsen?

[thick edge]

Maybe

[cosmic falcon]

I wonder what will be next Dev Corner.

Maybe new DLC announcement and release date?

What are your predictions?

[sharp spade]

Probably between late October, November or early December depending on how big they make the dlc

[hexed valley]

next dlc gonna be peak

[sharp spade]

I do enjoy playing in Asia

[flat rover]

which countries will it have

[hexed valley]

East asia and maybe south east asia

[flat rover]

finaly japan

[hexed valley]

Like I wont be surprised if dutch east indies and british malaysia get a tree

out of it

[sharp spade]

I thought Southeast Asia would be the minor dlc

I’m curious what the focus tree for the warlords will be

[glossy finch]

I wonder, will alt-history factions such as central powers and stuff get their own pre-deteremined thing and how custom factions will work, also if britain switches ideo how their factions will work

[long ibex]

Good feelings with the Dev Corner!! 🥰 No?

[cold gale]

i seen potential korea, we need kim fatty the first path if that's so...

[kindred beacon]

Korea content confirmed!

"Government of Chosen" - Japanese name for Korea

[cold gale]

wait

just realized smth

[hollow coral]

Probably wont be that expansive maybe for the interesting warlords like xinjiang, ma and guangxi would have something

[cold gale]

we may get japanese ancom path... 🤔

or japanese anarchist path

[hollow coral]

That would be neat

[sharp spade]

Personally I want to see a rework for Manchuko

[hollow coral]

Definitely happening

Basically confirmed with them focusing on japan and china

[sharp spade]

Either under Japan you get a “greater” Manchuria or as the Qing it’s just more fleshed out

[cold gale]

not gonna look into hoi4 but this is why we may get anarchist path

[sharp spade]

That’d be interesting

[hollow coral]

Dont remind me of the etthiopian communist path

[brittle venture]

Whats wrong with it

If you end the war through normal whitepeace war escalation you dont become a puppet

But you can still steal the soviet generals

[hollow coral]

I was playing independant path

It was alright

I just got lucky in my run since uk turned communist

I just dont like playing ethiopia

[hollow coral]

Mengjiang not mentioned not very demchugdrongrub of paradox

[quasi harbor]

We are getting Korea!?

[kindred beacon]

Prince dong rub

Naval bomber

[hollow coral]

Hopefully mongolia will get atleast some portraits

[quasi harbor]

This update is looking Hella promising, one of the biggest vanilla Hoi4 problems has always been faction inconsistency

[hollow coral]

9th bogd khan

[subtle gorge]

When we getting Guangdong 🔥

With all the 4 companies fighting for power 🔥

[kindred beacon]

Battle of the dongs

Prince Dong Rub of Mengjiang vs Li Zongren in Guangdong (part of GXC) vs Bao Dai of Vietnam (currency is called dong)

[floral anvil]

Am I the only one who feel like these faction dev corners doesn’t seem that well thought out 🙄

[cold reef]

would Chosen(Korea) have its own focuses and events is a TBA though

PDX did makee Syria and Jordan and other countries without any focuses (for a future DLC?)

[subtle gorge]

I thought Korea was directly annexed and part of Japan when they invaded it?

Or is my math wrong

Did they have any government or Tokyo was the only authority?

[polar jasper]

Just call it an integrated puppet or whatever the Japanese puppet system has and you win

[subtle gorge]

A playable Korea would be neat tho

Gonna recreate the Finno-Korean Hyperwar 🔥🔥

[polar jasper]

Would 100% be an achievement

As Korea, fight and capitulate a major power Finland

[subtle gorge]

That would be so awesome lol

[long ibex]

My bet is Expansion Pass 2 starting with the Country Pack (Indochina, etc) along patch adding energy, and big DLC in 2026 (with new diplo-factions tab, Japan, China, etc)

[polar jasper]

The problem is how the heck do you get Finland as a major aside from it making a faction leader

You would have to play non historical for a chance to get it

[thick edge]

chance

[subtle gorge]

Good question

It would make it such a rare achievement to get lol

Only the Chosen ones can get it

[polar jasper]

Ba dum psh

[subtle gorge]

Why do I have a feel that's also gonna be an achievement lol

As Korea puppet Japan

[cold reef]

Congo has that one too, why not

Congo does deserve more achievements

[rain thunder]

japan got the right flag POG

[drifting star]

Based

[wooden wyvern]

they dont have that

its just like

imperial associate and imperial subject

iirc

but either way korea and taiwan were more like okinawa or iwo jima

part of japan but like outer parts that werent really treated with the same regard

korea in particular was governed by the army, unlike taiwan which was governed by the civilian government and so korea today harbors the similar kind of post colonial hatred that say, india does for the uk, or vietnam for france

[sharp spade]

Do you think Japan will have its own version of Reichskommissariats? For Asia and Oceania?

[brittle venture]

Japan used collaborators in real life to create legitimate governments; usually these were already anti colonial figures

Unlike the germans, their collaborators were more often than not not japanese

So possibly theyll get some events of/with collaborators but i doubt theyll have rks

[wooden wyvern]

^^^
japan, at least on the surface, was utilizing anti imperialist ideas to push western colonial empires out of east asia

the original point was for asia to be ruled by asians, but obviously the only way they could figure out how to be that strong was to become an empire themselves

altho the way they handled their empire seems unique to them, at least out of the big ones and certainly very different from the germans

[hearty blade]

They already have their own puppet system id like to see it implemented in a better way

[spice ore]

Yippee

Aussie and NZ rework when?????

[brittle venture]

:(

[novel panther]

“It first made Korea a protectorate with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905, and then ruled the country indirectly through the Japanese resident-general of Korea. After forcing Emperor Gojong to abdicate in 1907, Japan then formally colonized Korea with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910. The territory was then administered by the governor-general of Chōsen, based in Keijō (Seoul), until the end of the colonial period.”

“However, the position was unique in among Japan's external possessions, as the governor-general had sweeping plenipotentiary powers, and the position also entailed judicial oversight and some legislative powers. As of 1944, the governor-general did not command the Imperial Japanese Army or Imperial Japanese Navy units stationed in Chōsen.”

There is already an occupation law called "military governor", there are also others they could have used such as "martial law", or "brutal oppression", heck they recently added a new occupation law to Belgium called "secretaries general", my main issue with this Government general Chosen is that this will cause lag and it could have been dealt with much easier, just make it so only democratic Japan or something can change the occupation law

[novel panther]

It was

[novel fern]

doed anyone know when the new factioin dynamics come out

[polar jasper]

Probably fall or winter

[manic saffron]

Day 6 of asking for romania to get decent coal and a rework

Feels like ive missed some days

[subtle gorge]

A nice achievement could be to own every coal province as any Nordic country and have it referring to Santa

[hollow coral]

Nah it should be for turkey because saint nicholas was a turk🔥 🔥 🤜 💪 🇹🇷

Or maybe for denmark because there leader is basically santa

[subtle gorge]

Oh yeah even better 🔥

As Denmark own all of your neighbors coal or smth

[hollow coral]

dont they have another achievement with like a lego santa or smthn

nah its just mr thorvald stauning

[subtle gorge]

"You're on the naughty list"

Denmark world conquest sounds like pain 🔥

Or "You've been very naughty"

[brittle venture]

@vestal scaffold mod idea post update :3

[silent flame]

any idea when the next dev diary is?

doesn't say on the dev corners image

[vocal charm]

who wanna play with us

[long ibex]

Doctrines rework?

[fresh cedar]

It says New Strategies. Who knows if that relates to coal and how AI will change to match that. Or if it’s naval/island reworks.

Because can be either of those or new faction goals. Or all three

[fresh cedar]

Also July 10th 🙂

[thick edge]

so far away

[fresh cedar]

Right?

[manic saffron]

Day 7 of asking for romania to get decent coal and a rework

[stable tusk]

Is it just me or was more stuff blacked out

Yeah more stuff was blacked out what the hell

[drifting star]

Wonder what is coming in August ?

[brittle venture]

No

The post got longer

Lol

[polar jasper]

Imagine if one of the new strategies is the AI being able to paradrop

[brittle venture]

Need

[polar jasper]

That would be technically impressive and peak comedy

[brittle venture]

Since lsst update ai germany does make paras

[polar jasper]

They use it to get river crossing bonus on Belgium

[brittle venture]

Youd use marines for that not paras

[polar jasper]

No, it is to paradrop that fort

That raid requires paratroopers

When successful, it gives the Germans less river penalty

Like 35% or something

So if you had marines you'd probably be stronger attacking over a river

[brittle venture]

Larp

[polar jasper]

Swore it gave river crossing bonus

No entrenchment for Belgium

[brittle venture]

oh prob but its still larp

[stable tusk]

No like some of the words were actually blacked out, compare the last 4

[brittle venture]

and some revealed

it isnt a big change

[polar jasper]

But it is useful

You get to win faster

[brittle venture]

literally no

[polar jasper]

But yes

[brittle venture]

youre attacking from the wrong side

so youll be slower

also paratroopers suck damn

[polar jasper]

It is ALL of Belgium

All of Belgium loses entrenchment

I am certain it is

[brittle venture]

just did a bahamas game where i tried to use paras instead of marines and theyre awful

[polar jasper]

I think Brussels gets effected by it at least

[polar jasper]

The paratroopers don't even drop on the tile

They stay at the air base and give bonuses after the raid is done

Also they have other raids they can do

Look at the numbers

[brittle venture]

Everything besides oil raid is larp 👀

[polar jasper]

Look at that usefulness

What's wrong with blowing up steel mines

[brittle venture]

Useless

Enough steel elsewhere lol

[polar jasper]

You want to see pure larp?

[brittle venture]

Nah i think its cool but not worth focusing on

Besides rp

[polar jasper]

This is a UK raid

Me and the boys blowing up a prison to strengthen the French Resistance

I originally thought it was the time a Mosquito dropped a French flag in Paris to boost morale

But nah, this was an actual military operation

[jolly wasp]

I am really angry regarding Greek achievements for Byzantine empire, as

A. Romania guarantees Turkey and then eventually joins the allies

B. Romania guarantees turkey, flips fascist then joins the axis

C. I wait until the Romanian guarantee goes away and then which Turkey is guaranteed by both Germany and the allies.

Just like the last time I had a rant regarding guarantees, can someone please explain in the why Romania would care about Turkey in ww2?

[burnt sail]

Just play non historical

[silver wren]

Balkan Pact

romania, yugo, greece, turkiyë

[polar jasper]

When I've done this, I've never had issues taking out Romania as Greece

Once you take out Turkey, you quickly naval invade Romania

[silver wren]

usually enough of them leave the pact

and if yugoslavia goes down either path it either dissolves/loses land or cancels the guarantees

romania will do that eventually

and if youre playing as greece you can manually un-guarantee

[polar jasper]

What's the point of unguaranteeing a country

You can just go to war even if you have a guarantee on them

Pretty sure at least

[silver wren]

i think you can but then you lose stability and war support and increase tension more

maybe thats EU4

[fresh cedar]

Way more stuff was yeah

[terse viper]

I got a theory

you see the final 2 things

so my theory is that where it says next it's something like "What's next?"

and maybe the thing under is Hearts of Iron V Announcement??'

[covert mist]

but... EU5 is announcement in may

[terse viper]

but there are different teams for each games I think

[wooden wyvern]

itd be kinda strange if they announced hoi5 while making new content for hoi4 no?

[cobalt sage]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/217906218637852672/1385005635317403699/ShitpostGate_-_1935360717504332171.gif

[fresh cedar]

I genuinely believe HOI4 has a few more years of development lol.

[silent prism]

Where did you get this?

[long ibex]

Yes, Expansion Pass 2 in 2025/26, Expansion Pass 3 (allies, democracy, etc) in 2026/27. Then probably country packs finishing HoI4 era.

[broken horizon]

i would perfer if they added like cold war in hoi4 like 1936 and 1989 scenarios 1950(cold war) scenarios

[wooden wyvern]

Dont think hoi4 would be good for that

Youd need significantly more complex management and diplomacy elements for a cold war game

Hoi4 simplifies a lot of those in favor of combat

[hearty blade]

Hoi4 (and hoi in general) is just meant to be ww2 spreadsheet combat game and not really too economic or diplomatic so cold war really wouldnt work

Sounds hard to put cold war into a game since it sounds kind of boring tbh

[fresh cedar]

They did say they wanted to add later content

Would be kinda nice to have focuses locked behind years so some would activate in the 50’s

Like Cold War content opens up around 1948 and goes to 1958 or something

[broken horizon]

Yea like that would love it

[fresh cedar]

Logically could make it happen especially with new faction content. Maybe content direction shifts around 1948

[hollow coral]

Hoi5 is coming out when hoi4 dies

[wooden wyvern]

i think it would be cool if ww3 was possible

like idk add trees for germany where they just keep trying or something lmfao

[fresh cedar]

Updated a couple of the French monarchs for my mod so that they match their roles better

Napoleons is a mix of these two along with a Kepi/Turtleneck to make it more modern 🙂

[fading walrus]

nice update the French Empire flag too

[fresh cedar]

Tbh thats just a map mod I downloaded overwriting it

[fading walrus]

ah didn't know

[fresh cedar]

Yeah my bad

[fresh cedar]

Idk if I’d do a flag mod but there are some good ones out there

[icy nimbus]

New game annoucement maybe?

[stable tusk]

Prob new DLC announcement
Like a Japan DLC maybe

[hollow coral]

Hoi5 isnt coming in another 5 years guys

[hollow coral]

is it just me or does communist britain just go to civil war in most games now?

[long ibex]

Noo!

• Dev Corners (we are here)
• Announcement EP2
• Dev diaries first DLC of EP2

[icy nimbus]

https://tenor.com/view/leon-leon-kennedy-resident-evil-resident-evil4-gif-26066563

we need HOI5

[brittle venture]

Why tho

[icy nimbus]

uhmmm

ig cold war tech?

[brittle venture]

But that wont happen

Its a ww2 series

Hoi5 would be ww2

[icy nimbus]

we actually need a update or DLC to remake old focus trees

anyways

i wonder what the asian dlc will add

[long ibex]

HoI5 will be a great oportunity to build some systems fine from the cements.

But, repeat, we're not at this moment.

[icy nimbus]

besdies the focus tree

[brittle venture]

Yes exactly how i feel

Its great for restarting but everyone seems to be like 'we NEED hoi5 for the COLD WAR and NOW'

Which is like just not how it works

[hollow coral]

Hoi5 brainrot

[robust grail]

About cold war, I don't really like the idea of extended WWII to cold war, think about it:
-1: We need to somehow give winners of WWII a reason to not overrun other side in 1 month, this will lead us to something like Sino-Japanese war debuff, and it is not a great design.
-2: Rescale economy growth overtime, so that to win WWII in certain time, you need more contribution from more countries and distributing spoils equally, bring after war status to a more stable and balance conditions.

[broken horizon]

Well there could be a final focus called cold war locked behond until the X year starts where and after that focus is activate all ww2 focus disapear making way for cold war focuses with new debuffs getting added to countrys ect

[trim quartz]

Pillars of fortune

[brittle venture]

This ONLY makes sense if everyone plays near perfectly historically

Which doesnt happen

Regardless its a ww2 series of games

[broken horizon]

Hmm true

[fluid shadow]

Kinda out of the loop, why did they make this change?

[pseudo wing]

In the past, we haven't been able to take recordings for rule breaking content, which made moderation more difficult because its a bit harder to take action off things we aren't allowed to

That message is to notify everyone that we have changed this ruling and to give everyone a heads up regarding it to ensure that they are aware it may happen

This is so that you know your rights, and that we can take action on rule-breaks more effectively

[fluid shadow]

Ahh, thanks for the answer

[fresh cedar]

Hey Chak is this for workshop mods, this discord, or what?

[pseudo wing]

this is for the server specifically

we already regulate the workshop mods as best we can and there is an EULA you have to abide by for them, but the server never had the legal statement before, so we've implemented it

[feral briar]

Useless crap

[feral briar]

Doesn't apply to other websites no?

I bought the game i mod the game 😎

[pseudo wing]

You are free to mod the game however you like, but if you are publishing your mod there are legal ramifications if you break the EULA of the game, but I don't enforce that part, it'd be someone way higher than me

[feral briar]

Yeah but that's apart of the EULA on steam no?

[pseudo wing]

there is a Steam EULA, and a PDX EULA

they are very similar though

[feral briar]

Yes but I'm wondering how it works with other websites

There are websites that allow anonymous postings of mods that cannot be removed

[brittle venture]

If its published it falls under PDX EULA?

I assume*

[pseudo wing]

yes/no, PDX as a company can issue a takedown if they do not want it

[feral briar]

According to who? Who's enforcing it on a site outside of their jurisdiction

[pseudo wing]

because its still their IP

[feral briar]

The website isn't possible to take down

Because it operates without any direct contact

You post on there and its there forever

[pseudo wing]

if you are distributing it to other people then yes its going to fall under the PDX EULA regardless of platform

[feral briar]

I know that but I'm asking how is it enforced

[pseudo wing]

there are ways to take things like that down but again, I'm not the legal team

If pdx doesnt want it though and are in the process of taking something down or cannot just yet, then we can limit their usage here in their spaces

[feral briar]

Well the website cant be taken down and the contents cant either

The website has 100s of mods for tons of games that get taken down or removed

I only make mods for myself so I'm just wondering how it works

[brittle venture]

from what i understand (chak has more knowledge) the website is given a warning to take down the content/creator and if they dont do so, then the website could be sued/taken down

Could be wrong*

[pseudo wing]

that is a very simplified way of breaking it down, but not incorrect

[feral briar]

Yes but the website literally can't act on that notice and nothing could be done if they didnt

[pseudo wing]

a website is run by people, the people can be sued/issued a notice

if that fails, the website could be banned from PDX spaces for failing to adhere to said notice

[feral briar]

Pretty sure the website is hosted in a country that doesn't give a crap about western legal agreements anyway

[pseudo wing]

but that is like, the least legal way I can explain it because I am not our legal team aha

[drifting star]

Hey chak quick question is ippi’s path under golden emir path supposed to have elections ?

Afghanistan

[feral briar]

I doubt vladislav from dagestan will comply

[pseudo wing]

uhhhh I forget, is that the fascist or commie path

[drifting star]

It’s fascist part that was added recently

[pseudo wing]

if its either of them, and is stil ltrying to do elections I'd think a bug report would be in order

[feral briar]

Send him dagestan 2 3 year forget

[pseudo wing]

most likely a bug, make sure to report it

if its indeed fascist, but I haven't read each focus individually so cannot be fully sure

[drifting star]

Awesome, will do. Also if you could please ask the design team to add a way to integrate your Islamic faction members for caliphate path. Sort of like the EU for Europe as logically and historically it would make more sense

*peacefully

[fresh cedar]

How has the paradox life been Chak? Feel like you’ve been super busy lately with all the posts

[pseudo wing]

I'm doing more of the front-facing stuff at the moment, hence why you see it a lot more.

Typing up all the dev corners and formatting them so they look good takes a bit of time but its not that difficult for me. Outside of that I just been busy with other work stuff so been mostly away, ontop of IRL stuff too

PDX life is doing just fine

[fresh cedar]

That’s good, figured it would be like that! Hope they let you out of the salt mine occasionally to enjoy the nice weather 😂

[pseudo wing]

nice weather? its 30 degrees and pouring rain here

I'm good not having that weather anywhere near me lmao

[fresh cedar]

Oof 😔

Salt mines probably preferable then

[manic saffron]

Day 9 of asking for romania to get decent coal and a rework (i went to sleep early tmr and i forgot, i hadnt slept the night before)

(Forgive me brothers)

[wind peak]

romania is not the priority

[manic saffron]

Ik

But

Small nation

Easy to work on

And im doing this for fun lol

[hollow coral]

Question: what would you like to see in a romania rework

For me is definitely more generals and the ability to core parts of ukraine like they gained historically

[sour crow]

Bird

[manic saffron]

Oh where do i start

I have an entire focus tree meticulously planned in mind that is based upon ths intriguing history of modern romania

Ive been thinking of genuenly beggining to mod to make it into smth

But as to what I would want to see:

• a revamped monarchist path, the one rn is just so painfully innacurate it cringes me out when I play. We could even have multiple monarchist paths, one where we focus on the actual royal family and some others where we empower local noble families

[brittle venture]

Imagine you could have 1 focus changed what would it be

[manic saffron]

Just 1 focus?

[brittle venture]

1 focus

[manic saffron]

Considering the state of the romanian focus tree right now...

At the end of the monarchist tree, a focus called something like

"Reinstating the Ententes Promises"

Which grants cores on West Banat ( Pancevo could be renamed to Panciova)c, Tisza (could be renamed to Tisa, Debrecen could be renamed to Debreţin)

This is the most historically accurate option for a coring focus as its based on the ententes promises following the Treaty of Bucharest in august 1916

[plucky pike]

Broski was waiting his entire life for someone to ask him this question

[manic saffron]

It could also be a more nationalistic idea oriented focus like "Reclaiming the Old Provinces" where alongside the mentioned cores we could add in Ruthenia (which could be renamed into North Maramureş/ Maramureş, and for Mucacevo to be renamed to Muncaci, and Užhorod be renamed to Ujhorod) and maybe even the Transnistrian Provinces in Ukraine (Odessa becomes Odesa, Balta-Tiraspol becomes, well, remains same ig, and Vinnytsia also remains same cause IRL we stopped halfway through it)

[manic saffron]

Literally

[hollow coral]

Well it is like 4 focuses rn so definitely

You think they would to a romania hungary union

That was proposed and to be ruled by the hohenzollern sigmaren house

[manic saffron]

As much as it is an intresting concept it was purely theoretical, and any hopes of it shattered when the Romanian-Hungarian war started right after the Treaty of Versailles

But

I could see it added

If i really were to want smth monarchist

Id love a secret path where we put the Cantacuzino as monarchs, these people claim Byzantine heritagr

[hollow coral]

Romania should be able to core some of ukraine like they got historically

[manic saffron]

Romanian-Centered byzantium sounds like a weed trip ngl

[hollow coral]

Is this the schizo fourth rome path?

Wheres schizo dacian path

[manic saffron]

Could be one of them

[manic saffron]

hm

[hollow coral]

Didnt the last communist romanian leader guy claim dacian hertiage or smthn

[manic saffron]

Maybe a fascist guy for that one

[manic saffron]

It was claimed long before by nationalists

Hell one of our patriotic songs mentions it in the 1880s

The fascist romanian anthem even mentions dacian blood

Honestly, we could have a path where we prevent Codreanu's execution

[hollow coral]

Schizo dacian path

[manic saffron]

Its already possible in game if you become fascist before the event

And it leads into schitzo dacian path

[hollow coral]

He was mogging icl

[manic saffron]

Nah, romanian reichskommisariat path.

Radu Korne as leader

Trust.

I bet 99% of yall dont know who he was

[hollow coral]

Some army guy

[manic saffron]

1st photo has drip

[manic saffron]

He served in both the romanian army and the SS

[hollow coral]

Did he switch after romania switched sides

[manic saffron]

He did earlier i believe

When Horia Sima and Ion Antonescu had a conflict and Horia Sima attempted to overthrow the Marshalls government

And then they fled to nazi germany to gather support

[hollow coral]

Cant mike become leader of democratic romania?

[manic saffron]

who?

Micheal I?

[hollow coral]

Yeh

[manic saffron]

Ehhh?

[hollow coral]

Democratic kings are kinda weird

[manic saffron]

Id rather Iuliu Maniu become an option

[hollow coral]

Italy and yugoslavia can do it im oretty sure

[manic saffron]

He was actually important

[hollow coral]

Its kinda weird though

[manic saffron]

Mf has some crazy lore outside ww2 too

[hollow coral]

Democratic kings dont make much sense

[manic saffron]

Yeah ik

[hollow coral]

Something to do with transylvania

[manic saffron]

I think you can even have Micheal I as the communist leader using the switch sides optiond

[hollow coral]

The switch sides thing should just be its own tree not connected to political

[manic saffron]

He was the president of the provisional transilvanian republic, had his family kidnapped by hungarians during the Hungarian-Romanian war, founded the National Peasants Party

Which was like, a big contender to the PNL

[hollow coral]

Crazy lore

[manic saffron]

Before the fascist coup he was an integral opposer of Carol II

[hollow coral]

They should also change the flag of non aligned romania

[manic saffron]

He asked parliament for his deposition, however the parliament felt it wouldve caused massive scandal and mightve enpowered the fascists

[manic saffron]

Isnt it the monarchist flag?

[hollow coral]

just romania with the coat of arms

I mean symbol for hohenzollern sigmaringen

[manic saffron]

Makes sense considering in game the Non-Aligned path is led by Carol II 99% of the time

[manic saffron]

Hm

I havent played much on the newest version

Didnt notice

I am sure the old one is just the royal flag

Idk if they changed it

But yeah that doesnt make much sense

Even the communist path could be done great

There are a multitude of reasons for which romania adopted an incredibly anti-communist stance in the interwar

[hollow coral]

So what would be your idea for communist tree

[manic saffron]

2 paths, the normal one where you like, side with the ussr and maybe become an independent SSR.

Another one where you rely on the exiled communists, which are Trotskyists

The 2nd one could have Gheorghe Cristescu as the leader

"The man with the red neck-tie"

[hollow coral]

Union of romanian russian soviet spcialist republics

[manic saffron]

A fun fact about christescu is he predicted mans arrival on the moon in 1905

However he also claimed the global victory of socialism

Intresting guy ngl

Outside of his communist circle he was called "Plăpumarul" tho, which i dont even know what meaning it has

Cause translated into english its smth like

"The Blanketer"

Plăpumarul sounds funny tho

[hollow coral]

funneh

How about a democratic path

Probably something with the little entente or balkan pact

[manic saffron]

Iuliu Maniu would be the obvious democratic path choice

[hollow coral]

I believe the little entente should be a starting alliance and dissolve in 1938

[manic saffron]

As for alleigence...

Im not very well informed on who he supported much

[manic saffron]

Who would be leader?

Its complicated

Its not as much of an alliance as a list of treaties and guarantees

At least not in the Hoi4 faction sense

[hollow coral]

hm

[manic saffron]

Its fine how it is rn, through focuses it can be formalised into a faction

[hollow coral]

Little entente shared tree

Would be neat

[manic saffron]

Romania can do it too, but its called "Cordon Sanitaire" which was the romanian version of the Intermarium idea

[hollow coral]

Intermarium was such an interesting idea

[manic saffron]

Too bad the intermarium tree for poland is like

Separate

You just need to get the lands to make it

Somehow

Im thinking of possible alternate democratic paths

But tbh

There isnt much room for expansion

Iuliu Maniu is the clear candidate

The fascist one tho?

Oh boy

People forget the Iron Guard was a coalition of Multiple fascist parties

To dumb it down

[hollow coral]

National christian party or smthn

[manic saffron]

The parties which were in it were:

Legiunea Arhanghelului Mihail (Archangel Micheals Legion) - led by Nicolae Pausescu, then Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (The captain), then his Father

Partidul Național Creştin (founded 1935) by merge between Liga Apărării Naționale Creştine (leage of national christian defense) led by A.C Cuza (in game advisor) and Partidul Național Agrar (National Agrarian Party) - led by Octavian Goga

And some more i forgot

A.C Cuza could be such a cool alt-monarchy path

Hes related to A.I Cuza, the guy who united the principalities in 1859

Best candidate for a local romanian royal house

Nvm the Iron Guard was a party coalition, but only one party joined it (AML)

(Archangel Micheals legion)

And then the Iron Guard formed a secondary party (Totul pentru Ţară - All for the Nation) under Gheorghe "Zizi" Cantacuzino

(The guy with the byzantine descent)

[hollow coral]

Wasnt his family also princes of wallachia?

[manic saffron]

At some point yes

[hollow coral]

Schizo wallachia path to become ottomans

[manic saffron]

Bad news is he dies in 1937

I forgot that part

[hollow coral]

☹️

[manic saffron]

Nvm good news

We also have Alexandru Cantacuzino

Which was born in 1901 and was executed in 1939

Leading member of the Iron Guard

[hollow coral]

😃

[manic saffron]

Gheorghe wouldve been much more fun to develop tho

[hollow coral]

Wallachia is revived

[manic saffron]

General Berthelot stated "He is a man to be arrested in peace and be let free in war"

Romanian-Byzantine-Ottoman world conquest potential

In 1918 following the treaty, he literally resigned saying "The treaty is incompatible with the honour of a soldier"

And was granted General rank in Reserves

Alexander Cantacuzino is also intresting

He was commander of the "Moţa-Marin corps"

The group of volunteers that helped the nationalists in the Spanish Civil war

[hollow coral]

A romanian spanish alliance seems sorta plausible

[manic saffron]

Half the legionary propaganda is based on the death of Moţa and Marin at Majadahonda

Anyways enough history autism for the day on my part

I will return tommorow.

[hollow coral]

Alr

[fresh cedar]

Ngl I’d probably rather see France, Ireland, or North Africa get a rework before Romania

[glossy finch]

Do we know if the new dlc will affect factions from former dlcs?

[hollow coral]

I dont mind either one

I do believe there should be a uk rework with commonwealth and ireland

[hollow coral]

I dont understand the question

[glossy finch]

Will for example, the norden league, the central powers or the EU have a predetermined faction task stuff

[brittle venture]

Some features will be free and that is likely to be free

[wooden wyvern]

usually the really influental features are free

like the supply rework from no step back

[stable mural]

Do you guys think the new naval update would make Man the guns an integrated DLC? Is it worth to buy now?

[ornate trout]

I dont think mtg will get integrated, the naval update, at least the one from the dev corner, just adds a home port and changes supremacy and the airbase thing

[stable mural]

Well I hope so

[trim quartz]

Hashemite's my beloved ❤️

[maiden tusk]

Wow

[hollow coral]

Too bad no one in iraq liked the guy

[fresh cedar]

The better Hashemite leader

[fresh cedar]

Does anyone in Iraq like anyone tho 😂

[manic saffron]

Day 10 of asking for romania to get decent coal and a rework

[hollow coral]

🤷‍♂️

[fresh cedar]

We don’t really know what the coal stats will be yet. I’d guess a decent idea would be referring to HOI2’s coal charts though

[trim quartz]

Oh damn I thought this was general chat mb

[manic saffron]

I want it to be enough to sustain like

25 civ factories

Thats it

After that i guess we can supplement with oil

[fresh cedar]

Do we know yet if oil can supplement? They didn’t really answer that in the first dev diary about coal

Come to think of it, they didn’t answer anything on the last dev corner either. The dev said they unavailable for the first day but then just never replied. 😔

[long ibex]

Exactly, I did questions in this Dev Corner

[icy nimbus]

so how will the factions work after the changes?

[long ibex]

We have to wait until 29th July

[long ibex]

#latest-updates message
Doctrines rework was my bet and matches with the letters visible on July 29

[subtle gorge]

First 2 of June 18th sounds like what I had to study for physics in high school 🙏

[drifting star]

Or it’s the reveal ?

[hollow coral]

read the dev corner

[fresh cedar]

Where did you get this image

[icy nimbus]

send link

[hollow coral]

its in the hoi news channel

[tawny jungle]

When was coal added Into the game ?

[hot helm]

In some dev version, it's not yet accessible to players, will be coming next major update/dlc

[long ibex]

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/all-2025-developer-corners.1784328/

[fresh cedar]

Thanks!

Wonder if they will answer this thread? 😔

[polar jasper]

Is this the latest faction one?

[silver crystal]

The current dev corner vlogs are a update for the factories from what i saw right?

[fresh cedar]

Yes

Updated Karl Pius von Habsburg for my mod Logical Portraits. Changed him out of the church robes into something more militaristic

[stable tusk]

Hopefully before the next one comes out of the 29th

[gusty tulip]

No uptade today?

in #hearts-of-iron-news

[fresh cedar]

I have a feeling that’s not the case

[fresh cedar]

Changed from the 10th to the 29th

I’m guessing they want to smooth things out before they show the community stuff since they didn’t have many answers to the other posts and probably want to avoid confusion

[hollow coral]

Ig it works

Next you should change xaviers portrait

[brittle venture]

Where do you read this?

[ivory vault]

Why did they kill him so brutally man.

Day 1 of asking for democratic Russia.

[long ibex]

July hollidays

[drifting star]

Wonder how big the announcement will be

[digital pumice]

tannu tuva dlc

[fresh cedar]

Think it’ll just be faction dynamics again

[brittle venture]

possible

it was a split off state from china just like mongolia

[harsh hull]

Esoteric Tannu Tuva path

Cores all of Siberia east of the Urals

Calls the nation "China 2"

Nobody understands any of it

[wraith thunder]

its most likely just going to be japan china and siam tbh

we and i mean WE would love french indochina philippines and dutch east indies content but it seems very unlikely atp

[manic saffron]

day 11 of asking for romania to get decent coal and a rework (ive missed too many)

(God help me)

[half canopy]

developers give me the ability to see my claims & cores in this tab and my wallet is yours

[molten vault]

bhutan focus tree

[stray nova]

The thunder dragon empire shall rise

And reclaim its title

[ivory vault]

Day 2 of asking for democratic Russia.

[stray nova]

“Democratic”

[thick edge]

Press the compliance or resistance button for cores

[hollow coral]

Just play supreme soviet at that point

[stoic moat]

i think he means on the entire world so if you need cores for an achievement you can see which states you need directly

[dreamy vigil]

Most tame road to 56 rp experience

The Germans couldn’t take Kiev for literally 4 years so they got the British to join

Then they started a line nuking program

[half canopy]

oh shoot really?

[thick edge]

I have always done that

[heady magnet]

its not the same as the mapmode of mods such as kaiserredux, that show very clearly also claims, on top of cores. The compliance and resistance mapmodes are innacurate when you core a land that was previously occupied. there remains technically resistance for a while, even if you can use all manpower and factories

[thick edge]

I mean it’s better than nothing, and god, I love the kx claim/cores map

[heady magnet]

same here, its just perfect

[wispy granite]

How can I turn facist Italy democratic without a civial war?

[brittle coral]

Use the far right path where you restore the absolute monarchy but do the focus "revoke the Acerbo laws"

[wispy granite]

can you send a pic or describe where i can find this more? it is in Focus tree correct?

[stable tusk]

Either do the Democratic King focus or the Christian Democracy focus

[wispy granite]

is it a DLC?

[brittle coral]

yes by blood alone

[wispy granite]

i dont own it

Is there another way?

[brittle coral]

i dont play without dlcs so i wouldnt know sorry

[brittle coral]

ok i played a little with no dlcs and it is possible. when you get the democratic reformer you get new decisions in the "Democracy on the Rise" in here you can boost democracy support and get a referendum once democracy is over 50% but DO NOT do the decision "Prepare for civil war" and eventually you'll turn democratic without a civil war.

[wispy granite]

ok thank you

[polar jasper]

Absolute Monarchy is Power to the King

Democratic King keeps the King as leader

Revoke Aercbo Law makes King a national spirit

[brittle coral]

i know but i used it as the place to look next to and get the connotational monarchy instead

[brittle venture]

i encountered a bug

idk how it happened

i got tired of clicking i couldve done like a few hundred more prob

theres only 3 missile sites in the state

[ivory vault]

Day 3 of asking for democratic Russia

[fading walrus]

Should have done that 4 years ago

because thats when NSB was being developed

[lunar parcel]

Are there any source that proves a Japan update?

[hollow coral]

the dev corners?

they state they are focusing on japan and china

[stable tusk]

Dev corners, one of them literally says something like
Its no secret that the next major DLC will focus on Japan China and Southeast Asia
Paraphrasing ofc because I cant be bothered to open the corner and get the actual quote

[hearty blade]

Where r the mods when u need them most

[brittle venture]

<@&846894118219022336>

[brittle venture]

Ping them

[hearty blade]

Others already pinged my ping isnt gonna do anything

[long ibex]

I'm thinking... If they integrate (maybe next year) Man the Guns into the base game, HoI 4 without DLCs would have a lot of content of a fantasious Second American Civil War but no content of real Spanish Civil War 🤣

[polar jasper]

I would say that base game SCW is nicer than LaR for one reason

Unplanned Offensive doesn't exist without DLC

[brittle venture]

only for spain

[fresh cedar]

Would like a new SCW

[fresh cedar]

Get the mod that turns every state in the world into that

[hearty blade]

Drop hoi5 atp

[ivory vault]

Day 5 of asking for democratic Russia.

[cold gale]

ngl if soviet states get a rework, i got a gut feeling HOI4 may add a shared focus tree for each soviet republic 🤔

[hollow coral]

Hoi5 my ass

[hollow lion]

Cut content update would be 😱

[hollow coral]

Honestly what would democratic russia even be

[hollow lion]

Road to 56 makes you release Ukraine/Belarus as puppets

Honestly Id not be surprised if they would come to a similar idea of releasing some regions

[hollow coral]

Supreme soviet is already a pseudo democracy

And you can do that in the alt communist path

So i dont see the need for a democratic russia unless they want to revisit nsb

[solid gyro]

boring

[night dune]

if I join Allies will my subjects get called into war?

cuz im currently using them as shield

and would be pretty bad if they get called in

however I need help with crushing the germans when i get attack by soviet

[broken horizon]

No only u can call em into war

[fresh cedar]

Could be interesting if it focused on creating another democratic block with Middleastern/Asian powers with expansionism into eastern Europe. Maybe to contain fascism so would still fight Germany and Japan. But ultimately be separate than the Allies and eventually fight them

[tall tree]

<@&846894118219022336>

[wanton hinge]

what in the belgium

[silent prism]

Won't be. Democracy in russia is impossible

[hollow coral]

Russias almost never had a democratic government before

Maybe at like a few points in time but it never lasted long

[fading walrus]

Day one of asking for more generals for the beaten but not defeated path

[hearty blade]

Who pinged me

[fading walrus]

Accident sorry

I didn’t realize I was replying to you

[hearty blade]

Is ok

[hollow coral]

https://tenor.com/view/hoi4-hearts-of-iron-4-looksmax-sigma-sigma-face-gif-232308269668432623

especially admirals

mikhail kedrov can definitely be a candidate as he lived til 45

Dmitry Verderevsky who died in 47

although he wasnt involved in te white movement

Mikhail Ivanovich Smirnov died in 1940

Georgy Karlovich Stark died in 1950

i should probably post these on forums if it even does anything

Nikolai Ivanovich Chernilovsky-Sokol died in 1936 so possible candidate

Vasily Aleksandrovich Merkushov died in 1949

sergei Vladimirovich Evdokimov died in 1960 nyc at 88 years old

anyways add white russian admirals autism search over

honestly i would love to see just a soviet portrait pack

[fading walrus]

same

[mental oak]

It's possible. Sweden, a country that has a history of aggression, has also become a successful democratic country. Similarly, Germany, which was a militant country in the past, has also become a successful democracy. Therefore, if Russia removes its current leadership, it can also become a democratic country.

[silent prism]

I won't start a political discussion here. I understand your reasoning, but I have reasons not to agree

[dusk mist]

Reasoning for "Russian democracy is impossible" is generally limited to anti-Russian racism in my experience

[dusk mist]

"a commercially successful nuclear fusion reactor has never been made so it's not possible"

There is some flawed logic here

[hollow coral]

We might see a democratic russia at some point vut the fact is that democracy in russia has never lasted that long

[dusk mist]

Yes, that is a fact

[hollow coral]

Im not trying to support the claim that democracy in russia is impossible im just stating the facts

[ivory vault]

And a democratic path 😜

[ivory vault]

Historically it was emerging before WW1 and Kaiserreich does a good job portraying its potential so why not

[polar jasper]

1992-2000 was an attempt at democracy

Also Kaiserreich Russia I swear almost always goes to Savinkov

There just aren't any strong democratic institutions in Russia and those take a long time to develop, but very easy to weaken

[harsh hull]

If Kaiserreich had a historical mode, Savinkov would likely be the historical path, yes - HOI4 needs countries that do things to start a big conflict, and he's the guy for it

But I agree, Democratic Russia would be funny, even if it wouldn't change much about the conflict on historical

[silent prism]

It is true that democracy never lasted long there. This is the reason why I say it is "impossible". Just because I don't have time to make a long explanation

[silent prism]

IMO, russian democracy ended right in 1993, with shooting on White House in Moscow

[hollow coral]

its very evident that democracy in russia is hard to be obtained from past attempts

[silent prism]

That is true

[hollow coral]

honestly it makes sense

[silent prism]

It is really hard to "stand up" for it

[hollow coral]

for such a big country you would need more authoritarian styles of government just to be able to countrol it

[silent prism]

Or, you need a meritocratic government

But it is not possible

[dusk mist]

So this is just racism then

Lots of judgements on how Russians are inferior and less developed etc

[dusk mist]

USA:

Canada:

USA has triple the population and also a huge landmass yet has democracy

[hollow coral]

what is the point of this

[brittle venture]

Yeah

[hollow lion]

On it

[dusk mist]

I can imagine a British official in the 19th century saying similar things about Africa tbh

[hollow lion]

This server does not use 19th century as the standard

@hollow coral@dusk mist@polar jasper Please avoid partaking in politics even if others start it