#latest-updates
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they already have
bro im a bit rookie on hoi iv but I've checked the updates and they're gonna add more stuff on them
calvary divisions exist
yes typo
quick question: where you really in the 101st
because my great uncle was in Vietnam
and my grandfather was in the 82nd in the Dominican
They do have Calvary but tbh should add a Calvary logistics company too
Idk why countries like Germany wouldn’t have a Calvary logistics company lol
Yeah they lit used a lot of horses
This is for Mongolia
Mongol empire is back
We ride at dawn
Long live the great khan
lit people think horses weren't used during WW2
Conquers of Asia and Europe
my grandpa was
Gods punishment for sin
🤝
lit best division
first Call of duty campaign (2003) was about them
I was officer in one milsim server on airborne 101st cause I loved it
wow
you have to pick up medkits
Most of the German army in ww2 was horse drawn lol
Just Moreso as support. Not saying Calvary charges didn’t exist and didn’t have success though
due to low petrol
yeah
I didn't mean that
just logistics, transport and so more
Surprised it’s not in the game tbh
Void
when man the guns become free
Future
When come the next? 25.9.?
you think they're merging man the guns into the game just to make room for more dlc?
yes
also we get no compensation for buying it
i bought it as part of the hoi4 starter editon on steam anyways so i dont expect a refund
cant wait
Is Paradox gonna give people who already purchased Man the Guns something extra or something
As far as I know, no.
No
Hebei–Chahar Political Council
Wait that is meijang that
Is that Meijing ?
No that is not Mengjiang
Again it isnt Mengjiang
It is a new warlord
The Hebei–Chahar Political Council
They did administer that region before the creation of Mengjiang yes
But it is not Mengjiang in itself
Thats the map at its creation in 1935
In 1936 japan created the mongol autonomous government
In the dev corner they said that it was a highly requested portrait update
Any thoughtS?
Thick eyebrows and a small slit
Looks like he is squinting
eye got no clue ngl
Hoping mega border gore China is fun
(laugh please)
best clue is that its highly requested to be updated
so im trying to look through the files
Hopefully that’s fun gameplay
id imagine it would be a puppet of nanjing
All I can tell is he looks Asian. 😭
i concur
mhm
lowkey you just gotta find a guy with a scar on his eyebrow
light work
thick eyebrows with a slit
Idk about him
ITS THE REGENT OF TIBET
Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen
holy shit your right
but i never thought that his portrait should be updated
I was thinking him too but it didn’t make sense
never heard shit about people wanting it updated
honestly now that he is getting an update
I guess their border is different
id imagine a mini tree would be given
He had a pretty nice portrait tbh 😭
he still gets to keep his big ass hat
Was a decent pic
its the same picture
yeah, it was actually decent
cant wait for mao to free tibet
free for mao to take
its probably just one historical path a minor expansionist path industry and army buffs
funny that the dalai llama can be considered a military commander
I could only assume it to be just that
Like rejoining the crown or smth like that
Wonder what that would mean exactly
Spain isn’t the strongest ally 😭
but could lead into a carlist philippines if they want to be funny
Probably
franco x philippines
I suppose it could be a way of pulling Europe into the pacific war
that leaves the question...
tibet has always been in the game
Probably not much. Watch it be like Denmark or Switzerland
the last time chinese players complained about tibet was because india could core it and neither chinas could
who is this for?
i think me and joe p discussed this yesterday
Just bc they update a portrait doesn’t guarantee content
Prob one of japans puppets
oh
Yup
was just about to say Mengkukuo
If we could get a Japan puppet mongols that would be insane
Hispanidad Filipino is interesting though.
Would make total sense
Or somehow puppets Siberia and installs White Russians
Via border wars
Idk
if or when they decide to make a mongolia tree the fascist branch would definitely have to be aligning with japan then installing demchugodngrub as khan
Probably. Would be out there though, kinda like Afghanistans tree
kaiserredux ahh content
And then forming yuan
As a secret path ofc
i dont speak spanish but hispanidad philippines probably means something like connecting with spanish in the philippines
I would love a philipeno conquistador path
Effectively is Spanish Phillipines
greater mongolia is more likely
Pirate path 😔
blackbeard necrocracy
Dutch East Indies would be awesome as well
Counter the East India company with Spanish Phillipine pirates
The Sulu and Celebes Seas, a semi-enclosed sea area and porous region that covers an area of space around 1 million square kilometres, have been subject to illegal maritime activities since the pre-colonial era and continue to pose a maritime security threat to bordering nations up to this day. While piracy has long been identified as an ubiquit...
Wonder if they’ll add any special projects
A true pariah state technically always at war not recognized by anyone
Yes super nukes
isnt that just a pseudo anarchist state
And super duper nukes
Pervitin
I was thinking like a Sub Aircraft carrier
havent used nukes since gotterdamurung
Same, they’re useful tho
Get nuke to submit and 1960 tech tree makes it fun
I only research radar, flame tanks, and sometimes helis
human piloted torpedos as special projects
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
MK ultra
Fu-Go (ふ号[兵器], fugō [heiki]; lit. "Code 'Fu' [Weapon]") was an incendiary balloon weapon (風船爆弾, fūsen bakudan; lit. "balloon bomb") deployed by Japan against the United States during World War II. It consisted of a hydrogen-filled paper balloon 33 feet (10 m) in diameter, with a payload of four 11-pound (5.0 kg) incendiary devi...
Add this Paradox
Too much wtf
What about that wood plane
not enough wtf
its like adding the holo cast
Profile checks out
We here do not support war crimes
Anime
im literally chinese
Would be such a cool special project
XD
If you want to larp, just do brutal oppression
Yea this isn’t stellaris
why are we advocating for war crimes
Do you guys think they’ll add fire bombing special project or naw
He’s a stellaris fan prolly
they might
Nah that’s crazy
Lowkey wish HOI4 had like Strategic V Area Bombing 😭
will usa get decisions to nuke nagasaki and hiroshima
they currently do but idk if they work
Already get events from it
I would new kinds of weapons and experimental guns / equipment
Like 5-6 Japanese cities have unique nuke events currently
Stellaris: can we get war crime mechanics? PDX: YES, have 10 more!
Hoi4: can we ha- PDX: Shut up, war crimes bad
It does
1944-1945 special project assault rifles tho 😳
No one doesn't complete all the requirements though
stellaris is different because it isnt replicating real events
What about internet comms
so id let it slide
I know
type hei automatic rifle
Yeah plus human rights only apply to let me check my notes humans who were created in gods image not them
Aliens are our natural enemy we were born to inherit the stars
Fanatic Xenophobe
The stars are our birth right the universe is our canvas and we are its brush
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Just remember that Stellaris pre-FTLs always die to nuclear war if aliens dont intervene
Special Projects I’d add:
- Incendiary Bombs
- Carrier Subs
- Assault Rifles
- Balloon Bombs
What if paradox is a deep state op to prepare us for a humanity vs alien war like Enders game
Interesting shield
I always play UNE basically
Assault Rifles are simply 1945 tech
i dont play stellaris so i wouldnt know
Me neither
same
Which doesn’t exist
Tech ends at 1942
If only
1945 tech would fit perfectly for FN FAL basically
There should be a 5th that is a special project
Since it is closer to the 1950s
We should add different civ factory types
i love how the dates at the top mean nothing
Thank god they listened to my critique of giving it a wood stock. 😭
And power line management
Coal is already enough
Internet should be a special project
I dont need more industry micro
You need each cable
thats a load of rubbish
To be mapped from city to nation
Remember kids, the 1939 gun tech for the US, the Thompson, was created in the 1920s
The electrical grid
netherlands has the johnson 1941 at game start
Thompson had like 20 models though
Based
Anime as a specal project
Should be an event like my hero academia
Who is this Annie May
Is she from Japan or something
yes
The M1 Thompson wasn’t really standardized till 1941-42
Universities building to increase research speed
I think a research rework would be more apt with an allies expansion
like seperate slots for each catergory?
At this time the extent of it was “Will this kid die of plague”
No new types of buildings to enhance research
Fair
Yea the one who got a B in math
Meh, would be cool to assign a scientist to research slots. And you could level them to research specific fields better
average unit 731 researcher
your still on about that
it was inviting me to make that statement
Also what about requiring resources for certain kinds of research I hate how a country lacking practical resources can research things like nuclear reactors or certain kinds of planes
Not just special projects
Wym it 😂
He might have worked there
my undiagnosed schizophrenia
Would be cool on paper but maybe a bit too intense micro
i feel like it would put countries at an unecessary disadvantage
I want an Undiagnosed pizza rn
needing to import resources just to research something
USA would just outpace everyone lol
It would be better for RP , and yes like most nations importing resources would be needed
That’s the point since that’s what happened irl
its about balancing
Doesn’t necessarily make a fun game
not everything needs to be realistic
I think coal will be a large enough buff for the US
we might as well start the tech tree from 400AD
some aspcts like focus tree can be made more realistic as it doesnt affect how strong a country can get
Too late Bronze Age
Is more realistic
Neolithic period
Animal pulled plow unlocked -3% consumer goods 😍
Exactly, realism can lowkey bog the game down. Like the China border gore will either slap or be complete annoying trash
bruh XD
It’s about the challenge
Millenium Dawn attempted challenge and became an insufferable lag fest where war isn’t even secondary but some far away aspect
Imagine how rewarding taking a state that has no real science or engineering ability subsisting on a foreign advancement and making it a power house.
fun over realism
That’s cuz they added so many techs
Unneeded systems
Replace "Millenium Dawn" with "Victoria 3"
Not even tech, the economy in that is garbage
Except lag fest
Bro if you stockpile weapons it costs you money
Like YESS my 5000 mosin nagants dipped in cosmoline WOULD cost be 1 trillion GDP a year
Terrible mod, they ruined it. Was fun within the first 3 years of HOI4 then became unbearable
What if you store them in the international market
Do you win
No one wins 😭
except the market
well a resource distribution rework would need to happen
africa has literally nothing in it
while the usa has like 99% of the oil in the game for whatever reason
in general resources are heavily skewed towards majors
As they should be
I disagree. I think sometimes it would be nice to have them in other locations too so they are forced to fight over them
hello
Howdy
removes literally the entire point of resources but ok
and also just removes like half the depth that geopolitics, military strategy, and political alignment all had during ww2 historically
slop
Agreed
tomorrow is the day
I cant wait the epic trailer for announcement
Can we bring it back to the name of the next dlc and potentially the country pack
My best bet is “War or Resistance”
Most used nickname of the second sino japanese war
And just rolls off the tongue
Ur right
if it will be a teaser trailer with sand and 1 crab i will cry
Im sure annoucement is a trailer
i hope the new DLC adds more units and templates
They did show some sort of forest unit in a dev diary
whens announcment
brainstorming about names?
Where can i see it like on the offical site or???
Wdym?
Like how did u acces the road map
Stole this one from someone on the server, however this is on the paradox website
Ok
Very top of the forums in the dev corner(s) blog 😭
Yes it stupid you always have -
i feel a bit stupid since i got a playtest, and i account locked myself 💀
Maybe usa reaveal?
Usa reveal for what?
It most certainly won't be in this dlc, nor the country pack afterwards
True i still have hope thou
hell naw they will end with axis faction
major countries
Ngl what could u even do as mongolia
afterwards yes we have allies rework
genghis khan land
Hopefully france is included
hmmm
Czechoslovakia needs an update
they might go to the man of guns countris rework
which are MEXICO USA NETHERLANDS
and UK
my thoughts are USA will be the biggest change of the DLC adding a new system for the parliament
Nethelands does not need a rework in my opinion
Usa will finally go any other path other than historical
the thing is reworks are linked with the DLC they released. for example the next DLC are china and japan because both were the same DLC "walking of the tiger" (i believe). so next year is man of guns
France is way need of an rework
i'm curious which will be the country pack
last year the german rework was with hungary as well. both same DLC
there is a pattern
Southeast asia most likely
The reworks are the majors and the countrys that compliment them
Italy had ethiopia and seitzerland
Ussr had poland and baltics
Japan had china
Ok those were new
But right now they are reworking big nations that in the past they had focus tree
Germany has austria hungary and belgium
Future rrwork like for example uk would probably have the commonwealth and ireland
- addition for countries with no focus tree
Mongolia will be there
Ah yes pretty sure
But man of guns will be usa and mexico rework
Potentially in the next dlc they could get a tree
But more or less just skeleton content
Portraits and decisions
I think they will get one on the same as japan
Thats the outlier
We still have one more focus tree addition
Doubt
There isnt any hint that anymore countries will be revealed
So far the roster is japan prc roc philippines and a manchukuo update
Probably mengjiang content too
Mongol content is possible
Otherwise they would be too isolated and not worth to rework even in a country pack
That's why i think of mongolia
I think mengjiang will have one like iceland
Much smaller but a little something
I heard it could be Tibet as well
This hint also the mystery leader is the tibetan leader
I dont think i heard anything about wanting to update the guys portrait
This could mean a tibet tree
So tomorrow the announcement is all the content in a dev corner NOT a premier video?
Ir skeleton content
Its announcing the dlc and potentially the country pack
There might be a video
But in a video as well?
Ahh
Yeah they usually show the dlc teaser trailer
Huge so the drop of the japanese focus tree will be on November?
I wonder since they are adding the updated historical tree to people without the dlc they will update the alt his to be less lacking
It was november if i remember correctly
November 16
A Thursday
I think
Might we expect tomorrow announcement at the same hour as they generally published dev corners?
Do you think they will propose something like a second expension pass?
So currently we know for sure that japan roc prc manchukuo and h
Philippines will be reworked a mengjiang or mongol or both will be getting content and tibet will be getting content
Probably
Expansion pass 2 is very likely
Love all the people upset that the dlc is being merged with base game
So they could publish a third mini content addition?
There was one guy here pouting about it last night
Like the prototype pact
What a idiot
I hope its either music pack or portrait pack
Just for flavour
How about just more features
Just make the pass have 2 expansions
No country pack
Better that then hoping to get more special project
That will prolly come with every update
You just want the usa rework dont you
So they need to start coding right away after they release the dlc?
USA and UK also Canada
More like yesterday
You do know that an expension pass is just a combination not a dlc on its own
I meant two dlc level updates
Instead of one dlc and one pack , two dlcs
Honestly i hope the b team for the countrypack gets there game together and they learned from their mistakes
One for countrypacks and one for major dlcs
The packs always suck
They both take like a year to make
Then dont buy them
If they rework turkey I’ll think about it
Lets see first before you judge
Fair
Things can change
Actually I like South America
Trial of allegiance isnt that bad
Just not that awful awful graveyard of empires
Atleast the paths are fun
Loved 4th reich path
And monarchist arucania path
What would be nice is a rework of Turkey and Greece
The substance of the turkish tree isnt actually bad
But greece i feel like got the short end of the stick in that countrypack
OH, now i recognize it
Ottoman path sucks overall and it takes too long to do without enough buffs to compete against regional powers
Honestly the way you even get to it is very convoluted that you probably would need to search it up just to get to it
What's his name
its the generic tibet leader
Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen
i feel like paradox spies gonna yeet me now after saying that, just figuring it out due to eye shape 💀
Good hint
I dont think a lot of people were asking for his portrait to be updated
tibet’s is slightly thinner and mongolia’s is slightly thicker
So they mustve done it for a reason
same eyeshape though...
It is the same guy
exactly
I will be offended but I will take it
So looks like tibet content
I prefer Mongolia focus tree
Mongolia isnt not possible
paradox is so smart for adding coal its the best thing they did since the ai improvements in germany dlc
just gonna post this part
i made the portrait higher res so it's able to be seen, but that's how i figured it out
Already hate it and its not even out yet
But we will see how it actually works ingame
why? its balance + realism + fun
its probably gonna be with the dlc as a mini part similar to paraguay and uraguay in ToA
Making something more realistic doesnt make it always fun
its kinda like oil for industry
thought graveyard of empires but realized there wasnt smth like that
balance is fun
Its just another way to screw minors and strengthen majors
Coal is a huge buff for Europe a kerf for america
i dont think so some minors might gain trade factories from the coal they dont use
germany will be a powerhouse i hope they balance it well
Industry was never the focus of the game sure you run off industry but the point wasnt to manage the industry
What's next uranium for nuclear bomb?
that should've been there in gotterdammerung
so you love how current usa works? running out of buildingslots and stopping to care bc you have infinite industry
since man the guns is getting integrated, usa should be reworked 🤷♂️
I dont play usa like at all
then you dont know how bad it is
Thank you my friend told me to use it
I can tell its very broken but they couldve added something else to limit this other than adding a whole new resource
coal is love
Will coal have several impacts on trains?
Do u mean severe?
do trains use fuel even?
I hope not though
Thank you
I really hope that the china dlc's background art thingy is an alternate view of this, this time from the japanese perspective
how broken will china and japan be late game yall think?
Yes japanese charging in to commit warcrimes
rn china has a focus for 15% core defence
I’m to lazy to switch the server pfp to the gigachad pfp
that's not much
-100 of aura
for 1 focus its alot
Btw chat did they mention if we will have squad 741 political decisions?
Or something?
and it's useless outside of china though most of your fighting will be on cores I guess
No what
Thats like adding holocast decisions
Brodie thinks this is stellaris
To add more realism
Bro
lmao are you serious?
Finland's tree gives some pretty awesome army buffs in only a few focuses
Are we deadass
Yo yo yo, calm down
If u wanted realism add a budget
Why not just add the holocast too with that
Actual warcrimes
Treaties
women in the workforce 😟
Bi lateral agreements
I mean sounds crazy yeah but remember we have in USSR decisions to kill our traitors
Let’s not get to liberal calm down next thing you’ll say is they should vote
Even chak has to come in here
*re educate
Never going to be a thing, has already been stated before.
Please do not ask again.
oop, wrong reply apologies
paradox wont do much war crime stuff
Hi chak
All good
Will the reveal be live ?
people sent their messages and I clicked the wrong reply smh lmao
Or just a post ?
but they allow women in the workforce? and free elections? foul.
Thats kinda different since they are political events aimed at politicians and generals
what is the most evil thing in hoi 4?
germany needs debuffs
nuking highly populated cities millions of times for no reason?
Can we get Ammin Al Husseini for Palestine ?
then ai germany will be too weak
He’s already an advisor for Iraq
The populations dont even go down so did the nukes really happen?
they could rework the ai like they did with the UK
Actually his portrait is in the files
Yea but it’s not as the leader it shows a generic 💀
fr nobody dies in hoi 4 exept for chileans during a natural disaster
Before the few reworks to goe he was set as the leader of fascist palestine but he was using a generic portrait for some reason
Nukes are used to destroy supply hubs and hurting factories
any other events where population decreases?
Damaging*
I actually flagged this to the paradox forums and they said they would fix it
Yet to see it being fixed
Maybe they were gunna have some paly content and then pr called them
give me a link to the report
Because now its just a randomly generated guy
I'll flag it again
the ol' paradox classic is add slop nations with no content to generate lag, and palestine is one of those
Thread 'Portraits not showing for palestine and madras princely state' https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/portraits-not-showing-for-palestine-and-madras-princely-state.1733684/
Madras state was fixed if i remember
Question are there any plans to add the Iraqi Shia monarchy and Bahai global revolution path (Afghanistan ) that’s in the game files ? Hope ur having a good day
If they decide the revisit them in future war efforts maybe
Theres actually a lot of stuff in the files that show they were planning more
I love when they add history I have never heard of
But ig they had to meet deadlines
When is the update releasing
Hasn't been announced yet, however it i presumably late November / December
Damn they started teasing it really early
Yeah we figured it out last night
This is my fear. I’m getting flashbacks to waking the tiger where they started teasing it then dragged it out over months
Should be announced tomorrow. I’d bet December but if it was earlier that would be a welcome surprise
damn
I’m not sure if it’s just a new picture or content
Bc presumably Korea was going to get pictures and no content
probably some kinda content like iceland
Idk, Korea was going to get added and have zero content. And I’d argue Korea is more integral to this DLC than Tibet
Who knows though
The dlc might be called the rising sun or smth like that
That would be fire
Flame of tradition
@pseudo wing Submarine Carrier special project when
That’s an actual thing
Japan wanted to make it
Well they made 3
It’s not much of a carrier bc could only carry 3 aircraft. But could be a cool addition
Would basically be a carrier for sub fleets
Would be an awesome special project and focus in the Japan tree
Could really benefit Germany too tbh
Yeah Atlanta sub carrier patrols!
do you think guys this update will be this year or next?
Probably this year
In game thatd be busted
Very busted
3 planes per carrier, 4 carriers per fleet, so 12 planes a fleet
Idk about busted
You get full wing efficiency at a wing of 3
And planes insta reinforce
So it is very busted in game
Just not irl
But would have less stealth and speed. So would nerf the fleet, have to disagree
Just
Make a fleet
4 subs
Dont need more
but what kind of ship class would it be? Just a special model of carrier with more speed or smth or would it be a submarine with air support?
I think its cool but it'd be hard to implement in general
Carrier basically but with stealth closer to subs
Has way less “deck space”
what of the balance implications, though? Of course it's cool but idk how it'd fare with the other carriers because I can see it working but not sure how much deck space you remove to ensure it's 'balanced'
You already have the midget submarine for stealth
As someone who plays with good players itd be abused SO hard
Even if its 3 planes it doesnt matter
You just make more
Wait till you hear about nukes 😂
Theyre super late game
Theyre like the ultimate tiebreaker
Midget subs play a diff role though
They can sink stuff
Less so for carrier on carrier warfare and Moreso assisting other sub missions
Idk about OP but they can be effective
U can even sink battleship with midget sub squads
Right, but a carrier sub wouldn’t be about the torpedos it launches but more about spotting and entangling fleets with some air to assist sub task forces
Carrier sub would not be stealthy enough and would probably had almost no anti air
Basically it would be a late game tech to help subs a bit in the late game by extending range, spotting, and negate enemy air slightly. Would still get shredded by actual carriers so would be more of a niche thing in the Atlantic/Pacific
They had decent anti air
I think many of the arguments can be applied to special projects in the game currently.
im the only one who wish update as possiblity to play non historical or historical cold war?
I seriously doubt cold war content will come to hoi4
If you had to cover the entire cold war with 70 day focuses youd have to make every political path like 100 focuses at least 💀
It would make for such a cool mod tho
You sorta need to change the tick rate to something like once per 6 hours or itd take like 10 hours per savegame on a slow PC+you dont have that much happening
I mean if after the major wars you force the armies to drop in size and reset the focus trees to a special post war tree that would help no ?
Even with performance optimizations, theres still 40 years+ of cold war
Fair enough
And that time is not as eventful as WW2, imagine having a 1936-1939 period of like 10-15 years as some countries, thatd suck
We NEED to bring back 210 day focuses
Its what the people want and ask for
Theres at least 2 in the game rn
For netherlands and portugal
Actually those are 140 iirc
I might be dumb
Mexico also has a long one
And turkey i think?
A long one that loses stab
I assume great purge/stalin constitution also used to take long? Before NSB
I believe the Zuidersee is indeed 210
Cant recall
Im not in game so idk
It is
Even better. 210 day focusses that stop if you don't meet their requirements. And with very specific requirements
Uncancellable manually too
Oh yea of course
Also lock it by date and world tension
No no. Require a tech and a specific leader in charge
We're being too evil. Good thing Chak isn't here to forward it to the devs
Im just saying things that already exist...
I think tension locking the army tree like finland is fine tbh
But if its the entire eco tree like canada or australia that sucks
Makes sense to some extent
Mod chat
Democracies should all be tension army locked
Yeah thatd be fine/cool
Democracies should have less restrictions
In that case a specific decision that 2 countries can take to increase their influence over your country and that influence needs to be at max 10 different for you to be able to do the focus
You know you can turn them off in game settings right
I mean if you want to
Cuz you know, if a guy starts wasting the entire economy on military when the world is perfectly peaceful he gonna get the boot
They have restrictions for ironman/hist stuff
Yeah however I also do want achievements
You get one of the other. Not both sadly enough
Vicky and stellaris don't require ironman for achievements anymore tho
Yeah, democracies for some reason have these restrictions that have no real reason to exist other than to make the game less fun
I get why they exist. It wouldn't make sense for a democratic country to just declare war on everyone. But hoi is a war game. So it makes sense people lean towards the sides that can actually declare war
Doesnt really make sense tho
Japan had democratic systems irl
And historically democratic countries have started plenty of wars unprovoked
Those democratic systems weren't enough to stop the IJA and IJN
They werent but it was due to constitutional flaws
Their democracy was modeled after the uk iirc
To the point where its not really truthful to say japan was a fascist state or anything like how it is in game
Also the army wanted an absolute monarchy and the army controlled the media
Japan at the time was so radically different from any modern state that currently exists
The military kept killing prime ministers until the military got control of the government
Chak taking notes on how to be more evil
its sorta my favourite pass time, yes
Past time?
What about the past tim
True
Ah
the past tim was an error and he was struck down with a
Lol

Can we have a democratic Russia please 🙏
So true
Or just have focuses that unlock by year
I just want Monarchy and Anarchism to be their own ideologies
for sure
its definitely not something thats happened a lot historically
yea but militarism isnt fascism
japan didnt have a hitler
or a mussolini
closest thing wouldve been tojo but he was even considered to be a fallman when the surrender came, and he wasnt even pm when the war of resistance began
True, but to be honest, hoi's 4-ideology system really isn't enough to represent the breath of real life politics and ideologies
Really the only other option for Japan is "non aligned"
i get that
i think it would make more sense if in the next update they change japan's flag to the official one
instead of keeping the war/navy banner
it's more historically accurate
but like if that was the case the restrictions on democratic countries shouldnt exist
but they do
I agree that making democracies the worst government is just really annoying
Giving them things like better compliance gain would help balance things out
i mean the military was running the government past a certain point
maybe the focus that consolidates all the political parties into one should change the flag from that into the rising sun
that flag is too iconic to just get rid of
dont they have that already
i mean i kind of get that...
ive literally never seen any resistance in any of their colonies
i do agree
India and the uk
cough cough
That's normal because compliance is high at game start
thats under the raj tho and if im not mistaken they have cores everywhere
the starting game should feature the official flag, and even in the tripartite event but the player could choose to change it probably
it probably should start with the offical one yea
I checked, only thing they have is different occupation law which I'm pretty sure isn't that good
Fascist and communist also get unique occupation laws
iirc in our timeline they had something akin to a war measures act that basically just got rid of all the parties and such
Which are better
and that would probably where the military had absolute control
especially if they're gonna make japan non-aligned supposedly
i think maybe
not sure
i mean i never bother with that stuff
i just turn everything on police force and calvalry and then never touch it again
so ill take your word for it
Well they already teased a lot
Yea but the puzzle pieces with the date was always so much fun
They have access to Local Autonomy which is unironically the best occupation law
Ah well that's pretty good then
It seemed good once you've already got a compliance base
Since it adds 10% to resistance target
Also notice how the Korea thing said “in this release” implying that there was further release
... No kidding
Yes there will be more dlcs
French djabuti confirmed
Or a goa dlc
Maybe a tree for the Cayman Islands
At what time is the announcement?
Idk but if I had to guess, same time as they post the dev corners
Thank you
Np
I wonder what will the next dlc be after the Japan one will be?
what is this and where?
on twitter
link please❤️🩹
Okay
Will an empire rise in the East, or will an unbreakable coalition push back against invading forces? History is yours to shape in Hearts of Iron IV: Expansion Pass 2!
Will an empire rise in the East, or will an unbreakable coalition push back against invading forces? History is yours to shape in Hearts of Iron IV: Expansion Pass 2!
this one is more clear
so they just leaked the dlc name?
They accidentally leaked I think the whole plan
Ok Chat, what do we think these are about? 1. Is def the China/Japan stuff, last one is Balkan rework (or at least Czechoslovakia) idk about 3 tho
the focus pack looks like something uk & fance related
''peace for our time'' qoute by chamerlain & the free french symbol inside of the lion
No, I think that's gotta be Czechoslovakia because of the Slovak cross and Czech lion
Besides it looks like the Czechoslovak national emblem
Also La Resistance is prob not gonna be integrated by then so no point of a France rework
youre right
Maybe
peace in our time was the qoute chamerlain made after the munich conference
But thats prob next year imo
Uk rework maybe with us
But thats a big scope
They might want to make that an expansion if they ever do that
But the thing I'm asking: What is "Thunder at our Gates"?
SEA
Wonder what the ''theather pack'' is going to be tho
Probably
Ig that makes sense, unless some famous person said "there's thunder at our gates" irl
Wait
Thunder
Thunder Dragon Empire
Bhutan DLC confirmed
War thunder
Imagine
I'm curious I wonder if it would be for certain areas. Like central America, or north Africa, or south east Asia
A dlc thats bhutan, nepal, tibet, mongolia AND tannu tuva
Thatd get big sales fr
Love when the interns accidentally post the tweet about 10 hours early
I don't know what "Focus pack" means or what makes it different from a Country pack
Maybe they're trying to distance themselves from the GoY debacle?
But anyhoo, hopefully Peace for our Time includes all of the Little Entente (Romania + Yugoslavia)
aw, still two months? boo
noice nice
3 dlc with focuses?
well we dont know what the 3rd one means
this may be a bit weird and not make sense but maybe a flavor pack involving North Africa it seems like?
imagine its usa
and siam and the rest of SEA
paradox cooking instead of delaying content for no reason
very hyped for mancu and the next 2 dlc
Yeah paradoxing is cooking well like what they did with season 9 for stellaris
i remember the devs said they want to experiment with dlcs
or
maybe just mechanic dlc with no focuses
I get leaking stuff happens, but why the blurb pretending to be on the dev team?
Lol
I mean, it’s kind of obvious isn’t it? One is a cosmetic pack for warships of the Pacific meaning will get new worship models and peace in our time is probably a Britain rework.
someone's gonna get F I R E D🔥
plot twist: this guy was actually a dev, but he got fired just after he posted this and when arheo saw that post he already was not part of the team
really curious about what "Thunder at our gates" is
We've had Country packs, like ToA or BftB
A Focus pack is probably just 1 country (i'd guess Czechoslovakia)
A Theater pack tho seems to be new
And the image makes me think of africa or something? The savanna maybe?
are they gonna make africa actually worth fighting for?
So true
Ping arheo to confirm it fr
What is a Theater Pack? 🤔
Cooking to fast for my liking
December 7th is 2 weeks away from the current date
Rip to the intern ( it will be fine )
what is december 7th?
Pearl Harbour Attack
Just got told by Zwirbaum that it's Sunday, lel.
11th or 4th would do too
honestly im all for country packs focusing on a couple on countries
most likely this pack will be about czechoslovakia and slovakia
i wouldnt be surprised if in the future they do one for mongolia
thunder at the gates is interesting
the japanese invasion of southeast asia can be referred to as the japanese blitzkrieg
They've said on Reddit that the focus pack will give content only to Czechoslovakia (maybe with a focus tree for Slovakia as well). Idk what a Theater Pack is tho, maybe a country pack that adds some unique mechanic?
theatre pack could just be a rebrand of the country packs
theatre refers to a region where the war was fought
is this official?
someone at paradox accidentally leaked it
Yeah could be
Graveyard of Empires has tainted the name of 'Country Packs'
so they ARE making a second expansion pass
i saw a post on the subreddit saying not to preorder it
Idk if people will pay for an expansion that will only add a focus tree for a single country tho (referring to the CZE DLC)
still going to preorder it
but will the japan dlc be on the same Expansion pass?
its pretty much an optional choice and unless they dont make it horrible to play as czechoslovakia i would consider it a win
is the grass green?
Czechoslovakia is pretty fun to play as as is, so it's hard to mess this one up
unless they make the focus pack horrible i doubt they will be any backlash
It all hinges on the amount of time the devs are given to polish the final product
its like 1.5 countries
if they consider adding in slovakia
what other countries would be in the theatre pack other than southeast asia
I would prefer if the whole expansion pack focused on the immediate regions.
Like, Czechoslovakia is one-third of globe away from Batavia
I would be if the 3rd DLC is about ANZAC or Mongolia-Tuva
just apply to be a dev already
Wait is france getting one too?
What is a Theater Pack? 🤔
its probably just focusing on czechoslovakia
I'm already one in my mod. Would be good if the Indies DLC makes mine obsolete.
But if not, more reason to polish it further
peace in our time mostly just refers to when chamberlain came back from the munich agreement
im just guessing its a rebrand of the country pack
Did they realse the annoucment
an employee acidentally sent it early in
thats why there is the screenshots
Hopefully france gets redone in the next dlc
Accidental leak
The real announcement would be 6PM Stockholm Time (11PM Jakarta Time, 1AM Tokyo Time)
They did damn that Is unlucky for them
Ahhh ok
Can someone send the screen?
just scroll up
Here's a trailer from yesterday
https://x.com/HOI_Game/status/1970810658934722814
Will an empire rise in the East, or will an unbreakable coalition push back against invading forces? History is yours to shape in Hearts of Iron IV: Expansion Pass 2!
Last One is czechia or Bulgaria for sure
i cant believe france is the unrevealed major for the japan dlc
Like a rework for either
czechia for sure idk about bulgaria
More likely a little entente focus tree pack. Maybe France can get a few tweaks too.
This Is?
Hopefully
bulgaria top czech bottom
Yea czech rework or whole Little entente