latest-updates

[hollow lion]

More info will come

[safe trail]

when ahhahaha in 8 days relase

[hollow lion]

Before the release 😛

[median bronze]

we need the colour changed fast

lol

[safe trail]

do we get atleast more the one monarchist paths

[median bronze]

sorry but that really dark black colour is not good for it

[edgy walrus]

Are they going to release Peace for our Time without showing any dev diary???

[safe trail]

please at least 3-4 monarchist paths

[hollow lion]

There will be dev diaries (Chak said that in the other channel so thats not a spoiler )

[median bronze]

im telling chak 🗣️

[edgy walrus]

When? Time is running out

[median bronze]

Democratic National Focus Path: Surrounded by non-democratic nations, safeguard Czechoslovakia’s freedom by forging your own faction, leading a government in exile or pursuing independence.

Communist National Focus Path: Spark a socialist revolution to replace the failed middle path, joining the Comintern or uniting the region under your own federation; whether through radical struggle or moderate reform.

Monarchist and Fascist National Focus Paths: Rally nationalist forces to establish a new kingdom of Bohemia or embrace military dictatorship, expand your influence through allies or subjects, and decide whether to entrench authoritarianism or return to democracy once the crisis has passed.

Manage your arms industry, become an industrial powerhouse, and shape conflicts across the globe by exporting weapons abroad.

Engage with the Divided Nation mechanic to solve the challenges of governing a divided democracy.

Army Readiness Balance of Power forces you to ensure you have the support of the military.

New Art and Music, including two new music tracks, 3D depictions of the historical Prague Castle and Bojnice Castle, new equipment graphics and new focus icons and character portraits.

the military government seems interesting

[hollow lion]

Notably the music part is updated, that was missing from the page

Really cool tracks :)

[safe trail]

please more then just 4 paths

[hollow lion]

Some paths will have variants, not gonna say more than that

[safe trail]

ok gooooddd we need a ton of monarchist canidates

[median bronze]

mm forts

[safe trail]

and please sudeten germans my grandma was one

[median bronze]

I wonder if they'll get some new fortification special projects

[hollow lion]

We definitely didnt forget about them

[safe trail]

good

[median bronze]

I hope the integrate sudetenland focuses are not just bleak

[safe trail]

sudetengermans are important

[median bronze]

Something where after completing the focus decisions you gotta bargain influences in the sudetenland and east slovakia would be better

[safe trail]

70% germans 29% chech

[median bronze]

if its just a 70 day core focus

then ngl its kinda meh

[safe trail]

in 1935

[burnt sail]

Where

[safe trail]

sudetenland

[median bronze]

Yeah I am really hoping Marjin put work into the focuses specifically so its not some 70 day core focus and you actually have to use decisions to gain the core on sudetenland

[hollow lion]

280 day focus that adds cores /joke

[safe trail]

sudetenland it own tag

[median bronze]

no timer item?

oh

[safe trail]

please

[median bronze]

he joked

[safe trail]

hahahha

[median bronze]

phew

gonna say after the philipine timer stuff wouldn't be surprised 💀

[hollow lion]

What timer stuff?

Oh the really long military focus I assume you mean

[median bronze]

that lowers focuses

yeah

But knowing you I got faith these aren't just some 70 day core focuses but ones that like open decisions where you gotta bargain political powers for cores in the reigon against germany yk

it probably is more advanced knowing how paradox is moving focuses for just cores is a bit outdated

[cosmic falcon]

Didn't expect PFOT to come out this early.

[median bronze]

So you know how I mentioned some forts special project or something..

[brisk patrol]

What is that?

[median bronze]

probably something thats related to forts?

[crimson tartan]

munchen

[median bronze]

either a special project thing or its gonna be some strategic reigon thing idk

[brisk patrol]

Looks like the faction assigned fighting area or whatever it is

[median bronze]

no its a fort

[hollow lion]

Thats the faction icon yeh

[median bronze]

It is?

[hollow lion]

Mhm

[median bronze]

Meh

[hollow lion]

Its in the top left as well

[median bronze]

Wonder when Arheo will listen to my suggestions and add air to faction theatres and dynamic air bases 💔

[brittle venture]

he cannot tell you anything you dont know

NDA and all

[hollow coral]

Amazing very excited for this

Slovak content and carpatho ukraine

[pseudo wing]

SPOILERS 🚨

what the heck

[fresh cedar]

New target to nuke 🙂

[hollow lion]

[median bronze]

aw man

[fresh cedar]

Next Wednesday let’s goooo

[hollow coral]

Confirmed??

[cosmic stag]

can someone tell me

[fresh cedar]

What

[cosmic stag]

what does arms exporting do exactly in this new thing?

like how will it work

@fresh cedar

[hollow coral]

how should we know

[fresh cedar]

I’m not quite sure

[hollow coral]

could mean a dev diary every day or so

[quaint wren]

where did they announce the thunder at our gates dlc

[hollow coral]

or if they want to do historical, alt his, industry etc

[fresh cedar]

It’s the one thing they didn’t really show actually

They showed political trees but not really economic

[cosmic stag]

OH alr

[fresh cedar]

Looks like the economic may be similar to the Phillipines though

[cosmic stag]

alr

[cosmic stag]

cant wait to export arms as USA

[mild lynx]

you already can with dlc btw

[cosmic stag]

which dlc

[mild lynx]

aat

slovakia should get some content

[hollow coral]

yeah it seems convoluted to have a arms exporting system even though theres already one

[cosmic stag]

alr

[fresh cedar]

Albeit lend lease is a pretty weak system

It works though

[fresh cedar]

Wonder if there’ll be any hidden trees for Slovakia or even Ukraine

[mild lynx]

yeah but like some events and decisions or maybe a mini focus tree for historical

[hollow coral]

definitely for slovakia

seems they already hinted it

before this update to the store page it says pursueing independence as slovakia

[sharp spade]

Wonder what Hussite legacy gets you

[hollow coral]

seems like they deleted that part

Democratic National Focus Path: Surrounded by non-democratic nations, safeguard Czechoslovakia’s freedom by forging your own faction, leading a government in exile or pursuing independence.

[mild lynx]

:(

[hollow coral]

last part doesnt sound right so i assume they deleted slovakia

[hollow coral]

on accident

[hollow coral]

i want to say probably a spirit

[coral drift]

Bruh if true

[hollow coral]

it said originally "Pursueing independence as Slovakia"

can someone confirm this?

[charred hare]

Will the newest update feature a focus tree for the nation of Mengkukuo?

[compact fractal]

in the DLC, it appears a new carpathia-ruthenia tag will be added

[fresh cedar]

No, the new DLC is for Czechoslovakia

[hollow coral]

yeah its the hidden nation

[charred hare]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1467276752786034905/1469809618182996100/giphy.gif

[hollow coral]

mengjiang famously has routes in slovakia

[fresh cedar]

Carribean Pirate DLC when

[hollow coral]

when they run out of ideas

[charred hare]

That will happen before Mengkukuo focus probably

[compact fractal]

There is a balance of power in the new DLC

with the army it appears

I don't know if its the regular mechanic

[hollow coral]

yes that is what the store page says

[compact fractal]

but thats just what is says

[hollow coral]

no doubt

[charred hare]

https://tenor.com/view/mengjiang-mengkukuo-flag-mongolia-japan-gif-13613002530988360377

[compact fractal]

Engage with the Divided Nation mechanic to solve the challenges of governing a divided democracy.
Army Readiness Balance of Power forces you to ensure you have the support of the military.

these two

[fresh cedar]

Hoping this DLC is successful. Could probably see a Mongolia or Egyptian DLC follow if it is

[vestal bridge]

what about romania and yugoslavia

[steep nest]

Just Czechoslovakia

[vale plover]

the real crime is not adding a lusatia state to the map

[vestal bridge]

dang

[fresh cedar]

It’s literally just for Czechoslovakia 😭

[steep nest]

Its a country pack

[compact fractal]

what about slovakia

[fresh cedar]

Played CZE last night and it is very barebones

[fresh cedar]

Won’t know till I play or they discuss it tbh

[hollow coral]

look at the pictures guys

[fresh cedar]

It’s coming out next Wednesday we’ll see

[compact fractal]

is anyone else seeing there is a secret 3rd nation that is updated

I mean in the DLC release

[vale plover]

i am advocating for the devs to add a Sorbian/Lusatian releaseable

[hollow coral]

we all see yes

[fresh cedar]

Czech Republic, Slovakia will most likely have trees. Idk about anything else

[hollow coral]

i have to send it a third time

[compact fractal]

yes but also carpathia ruthenia

[hollow coral]

did they change the base colour of czechoslovakia?

[fresh cedar]

Ukraine would be the most likely 3rd but doubt it with the Ukraine war ongoing

[charred hare]

Balkan federation

[hollow coral]

or is this a new cosmetic tag

[fresh cedar]

They’d probably want to avoid drama like the Silk Road empire

[vale plover]

in a country that was never part of the balkans

[fresh cedar]

Bc ain’t no way a Ukraine tree ain’t having a “gobble up Russia” path

[vale plover]

again, the real crime is not having SORBIA

where is it paradox ?

[charred hare]

This surely is a nod to the fact that Mengkukuo had ambitions to expand into the Balkan state and establish a colony there

[hollow coral]

i feel like central european federation is less enticing

[vale plover]

fair enough

[vale plover]

maybe like something west slavic ?

[charred hare]

I am unhinged

[vale plover]

also if it has an austria hungary path

it should include expanding towards older historical regions like silesia and bavaria

[compact fractal]

I think there is one

[vale plover]

instead of the regular old eastern one

[vale plover]

yeah i hope its different for once

the austrian and hungarian ones are fine but this one should be refocused

[fresh cedar]

This is basically and Austro Hungary path

[hollow coral]

wouldnt that fit under silesia

[fresh cedar]

Most likely under a diff name

[compact fractal]

yes

[vale plover]

sorbia is different

[compact fractal]

wait just a minute there

[fresh cedar]

Though I will say Czechs are very strong and can probably form it the easiest

[hollow coral]

austria lite

[compact fractal]

why is yugoslavia called that

[vale plover]

they got lost territories

[compact fractal]

why is yugoslavia called the yugoslavian league

isn't it the yugoslavian confederation if they're democratic

[hollow coral]

thats interesting

[compact fractal]

I am talking about the focus "demand ownership of the yugoslavian league"

[hollow coral]

we know

i just want to see the portraits honestly

[vale plover]

tbh it should look more like this austria instead of the others to make up for the more powerful country that can form it

[hollow coral]

i just hope that a zapadoslavia isnt included

[vale plover]

i dont see a seperate Lusatian state

so its unlikely

[fresh cedar]

CZE guaranteed while AUS and HUN aren’t. CZE literally can eat the other two without consequences 😭

Gonna be cracked

[hollow coral]

i feel like im being treated as a child

[compact fractal]

what

why

[vale plover]

Where is it paradox ?

[fresh cedar]

Dude on left is cool. Guy on right looks like a 1990’s nerdy kid

[fresh cedar]

This is truly game breaking. They need to scrap the whole game ASAP

[vale plover]

tbh i never liked the HOI4 States there are so many missing for both historical borders or simply those that would just make sense
same for releaseables

Where is my releasable TEXAS ?

[fresh cedar]

I’d rather the USA get a huge states rework than Europe atp

[compact fractal]

not so much gamebreaking, but this is also in the DLC release if anyone hasn't seen it

[dark eagle]

are they making another dlc

[compact fractal]

yes

[fresh cedar]

Is Paradox making another DLC? 😭

[compact fractal]

for czechoslovakia

[vale plover]

definitely
baseing the states on entirely their current borders is SO STUPID

[fresh cedar]

That’s like asking if Sims has DLC

[hollow coral]

is the grass green

[vale plover]

where is

we need it

historically accurate texas

[hollow coral]

yes where is the releasable texas in the czechoslovakia dlc

[vale plover]

plus a plenty of more releaseable

[hollow coral]

stay on topic

[dark eagle]

texas update

[vale plover]

I mean later in hoi4s development cycle fam

[fresh cedar]

Texas and Cali should be broken into multiple state. New England needs to be broken up and NY as well. RT56 has a good map imo

[mental storm]

Who even cares about Czechoslovakia

[dark eagle]

america stillhas its 20 focuses

[hollow coral]

I DO

ME

[dark eagle]

texas has more than 50+ now

[mental storm]

We need greater Texas

[fresh cedar]

I really wish you could release US states

With mini formables for regions

[vale plover]

yes but even in RT56 you cant achieve historical texas borders
also it needs a california, vermont and new england releaseable

[hollow coral]

this part intrigues me though it seems very basic

[vale plover]

and maybe

there can be like

[steep nest]

If I can recall, Peace in our Time is made by community modders. The remaining bulk of the development is going towards Thunder at Our Gates

[fresh cedar]

Preaching to the choir

[compact fractal]

We had to make the tough decision early in development to focus all of our content efforts on Czechoslovakia.

With that said, they do have some new leaders and general portraits, and a 3D unit model, along with a few other bits of small flavor I was able to sneak in. You'll also have the ability to release yourself as Slovakia on game start if you wish to play as them now (though if you play a few days before trying to release this option will become locked again)*, also an opportunity to tag switch to them during an event chain I'm not going to spoil right now.

from spicyalfredo

[fresh cedar]

People have wanted US states rework for like a decade

[vale plover]

ALLOW US TO BALKANIZE THE US

[stable tusk]

Hey Carpatho Ukraine is there, nice

[vale plover]

also oklahoma can have like a native releasable

they had a lot of them there

[hollow coral]

idk about that

not every state needs to be a releasable

just the ones with a lot of state pride

[vale plover]

not every
but everyone that had historical ties to independance or other groups

[hollow coral]

texas and california ofc

[fresh cedar]

Nah if Russia and Germany can, US should too

[vale plover]

like the south can have a confederate releasable like in Road to 56

[hollow coral]

new england can be bunched up

[vale plover]

maybe a vermont and a new england releaseable

[dark eagle]

WHAT

[vale plover]

and oklahoma due to its large native pop

[fresh cedar]

Ah yes, horses V ford

[hollow coral]

isnt germanies case just the kingdoms and not the whatever they called em

[vale plover]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Republic

when can vermont form a greater US ?

[fresh cedar]

Still can be broken up

[hollow coral]

nost every oblast is releasable either

just the ones with different ethnicities

[vale plover]

maybe this part of washington should be seperated so canada can get a core on it later

[fresh cedar]

Dude China, Soviets, Germany, even UK can fracture

[stable tusk]

Yk I'm surprised we didn't get like a dev diary or whatever going over all the content, I know this was made by modders but it's a bit of a surprise

[stable tusk]

TRUE

[fresh cedar]

They said we will

Just gotta be patient Brotato

[lyric coyote]

Hoping for zapadoslavia content 🙏

[stable tusk]

Well that's good, I hope the content for the Democratic path is good since that's the historical stuff

[compact fractal]

another quote from spicyalfredo:

If the concern stems from this content seeming like it was rushed because of the short notice, it was most certainly not. I can assure you that.

[fresh cedar]

Haven’t even seen the economic or trading aspects yet

[compact fractal]

he appears to be the one giving us stuff so far

[fresh cedar]

I imagine we’ll learn more this week

[coral drift]

At least the buyers can have a historical playthrough as Czechoslovakia until 1939, then continuing either as Bohmen-Mahren or Slovakia onwards

You know, historical....

[brisk patrol]

has reichsprotectorate bohem und mohren and german slovakia content been confirmed?

[compact fractal]

if slovakia has content for fascism then it might be the same

[stable tusk]

Czechoslovak legion seems interesting
I do wonder if the Soviet Civil War focus isn't the only way to get to the demands on Poland and Ukraine stuff

[fresh cedar]

Not really

Though I imagine it has content

[hollow coral]

i hope its something akin to denmark

[karmic badger]

this mechanic is the least fun shit ever why do they keep using it

[coral drift]

Slovakian contents was part of the description in the Steam storepage

Yes, "was"

[hollow coral]

would make playing czechoslovakia more enjoyable instead of just dying

[stable tusk]

Balkan Federation is funny tho
I don't think many people consider Czechia to be Balkan

[hollow coral]

i feel like its a mistake on their part

[fresh cedar]

I only like balance of power if both sides have buffs

[compact fractal]

this update was actually done by modders

[vale plover]

balance of power is the most mid mechanic ever

[compact fractal]

by road to 56 and others I think

[coral drift]

Why not?
If done correctly, it can be fun

[karmic badger]

i know that, why do they keep using it it is not fun at all

[fresh cedar]

I like it for the papacy tbh

Missionlinis are god awful though

[vale plover]

road to 56 focus trees are either REALLY good or abismal no inbetween

[compact fractal]

the balance of power one I like the most is probably the italian one

[fresh cedar]

Fr

[coral drift]

Like, i can imagine several uses in the Indies/Indonesian content alone

[stable tusk]

Might be like Denmark's Welfare vs Warfare BoP where one side gives you civilian buffs while the other gives you military buffs

[fresh cedar]

Surprised the US doesn’t have balance of power for Democrat/Republican

[coral drift]

(only "imagine" because i'm lacking a proper laptop to realize it)

[vale plover]

the australian one is really really good for example
while the turkish one is unironically WORSE then the base game

[compact fractal]

what about the congress mechanic

[hollow coral]

idea wasnt conceived yet

[fresh cedar]

Isn’t ideologically aligned though?

[hollow coral]

and i would prefer a better system

[crimson tartan]

ayo

[stable tusk]

I would like for future America focus trees that they either use the election mechanic from Australia or make a new Electoral College system

[crimson tartan]

whaaaat

[karmic badger]

its always such a major pain, i mightve had a bad first impression but im not gonna spend $20 per dlc for a mechanic that didnt hook me

[hollow coral]

wow

[fresh cedar]

Yall think it’ll have a hidden HRE path?

[crimson tartan]

yugoslavia focus tree update

or what

[stable tusk]

"Defeat Austrian Defeatists"
Didn't notice that before, that's funny

[hollow coral]

maybe?

[cosmic stag]

should i export arms

[hollow coral]

maybe the different monarchs get different focuses

potentially

[coral drift]

You do you, but i'm agree that the existing mechanics should be used more in a good way instead of creating more

[compact fractal]

if anyone has not noticed there is a little entente path shown here, and a little bit of the probably fascist or concessionist path

[compact fractal]

and here, there is the czechslovak legion path

[crimson tartan]

united balkan federation
looks inside
czechia with puppets

[compact fractal]

anyone else seeing the netherlands is gone

[fresh cedar]

More like balkanized Balkan anti-federation

[stable tusk]

Wow he is not a popular man

[compact fractal]

and lithuania is going monarchist

it appears

[vale plover]

where is the funny socialism with a human face ?

[coral drift]

I mean, if the devs can outdone my contents in both Road to 56 and East Indies Reworked, i would be more than happy to give them kudos
So much ambitions, so much time, but i lacked means

[fresh cedar]

Why did they shatter it lol

[hollow coral]

might be reading too much into it

seems like they played the path in unhistorical

[crimson tartan]

screenshot taken!

🙂

[vale plover]

the worst focus trees in hoi4 are those expecting you to take on the world with nouthing
an indonesian focus tree could not be that bad considering that the whole country has a large population and resources
i mean it can still be bad but alone that will mean you won't have NOUTHING

[compact fractal]

some of the new generals

[coral drift]

I mean, if they read enough books, they can make good contents without resorting to world conquests, hehe

[burnt sail]

Maybe the dlc will finally have the Heydrich assassination agency operation for Czech government in exile

[crimson tartan]

:(

[vale plover]

true that but sometimes you just wanna finish the game in a measured timeframe

[cosmic stag]

hello

[vale plover]

oh and naval buffs

if your focus tree doesn't have naval buffs

[cosmic stag]

im gonna export a LOT of arms as usa

[vale plover]

its mid

[fresh cedar]

No Slovakia content is bold 😂

[coral drift]

Well, to be realistic, we still have much to catch up

[cosmic stag]

who here thinks this is good?

[vale plover]

5-35 day focuses to get 5 battleships and 3 carriers
any less and the focus tree is bad

[crimson tartan]

probably that's because they swapped pfot and toag

😔

[median thicket]

Hopefully no more Tesařík who is not even captain in 1936

[cosmic stag]

who here thinks me exporting arms as USA is a good idea?

[hollow coral]

🤷‍♂️

[burnt sail]

Just go ahead and do it bruv

[coral drift]

Broooo, not even Sukarno's wildest dreams have that

[burnt sail]

Arms market already in the game

[compact fractal]

so adding together some of the info we've seen so far:

communist branch with soviet protection
fascist branch
monarchist branch
democratic branch
balkan federation
slovakia focus tree?
new carpathia ruthenian tag
new generals
new building
czechslovak legion path
west slavia path?
new achievements

[cosmic stag]

yes ik

[coral drift]

"Making Tesařìk general" event if Czechoslovakia hold long enough would be good

At least his portrait would not be wasted

[cosmic stag]

most of my arms i sell and give away will go to cover the material cost of ww2

[crimson tartan]

let's just say that this art goes hard 🔥

[cosmic stag]

just like IRL in ww2

[hollow coral]

through one ear and out the other

[cosmic stag]

ill still get involved In ww2 as usa

and sell give licenses and lend lease

to ALLIES

[crimson tartan]

hmmm yeah

[median thicket]

Yeah I guess though he only became general in the 1950s but it would be hardly the most insane thing this game has done

[crimson tartan]

how to get likes
say something bad about company
???
profit!

even if it is not true who cares?

🙂

[hollow coral]

paradox players hate paradox

[crimson tartan]

but still playing their games

[glossy inlet]

Paradox players trying not to be the most unnecessarily cynical people challenge (impossible)

[coral drift]

50k Rupiah for Czech only would be insane

(yeah, sorry for being Indonesian)

[thick edge]

I didn’t read the last 500 messages

But I guess people complain about more DLC?

[cosmic falcon]

I hope Czechoslovakia has a LOT more political advisors.

[coral drift]

No, the execution is all over the place

They promised a proper Slovakian focus tree

[thick edge]

Is that good or bad?

[meager rose]

👀

[coral drift]

Meh, but please prove me wrong

[glossy inlet]

Not too many though it gets all cluttered with ones that are either worthless or redundant like prc or japan

[coral drift]

The price would be still too high for i can afford anyway

I would still heed Gaben's words

[meager rose]

🤔

[gaunt sleet]

I’m just disappointed in the lack of formables. I’m gonna be honestly this doesn’t feel like road to 56 though even though it’s being made by modders

Czechia Suggestions:
Zapidoslavia (all ideologies)
New Austria Hungary (distinct from other Austria Hungary formable) (mon, com)
Pan Slavism/pan Slavic state mon, dem, fasc
Miezomorze (dem or neutrality not mon)
European Union (dem, anarch)

Slovakia suggestions:
Great Moravia (all ideologies, makes sense being uniquely Slovakian)
German aligned Zapidoslavia (fasc, auth)
Hungarian Federation (fasc, dem,)

Carpathia/west Ukraine suggestions:
Ukraine (all idealogies)
Kievan Rus (dem, monarch, fasc)
Ukraine-Belarus SSR (com)

Sudetenland suggestions:
New Germany (fasc, dem)
Standard Aus Hungary (mon)

Bohem-Mohren suggestions:
Bohem-Silesia (fasc)
Recore land (fasc)
“Reichskommisariat Zapidoslavia” (fasc)
Czechoslovakia-Silesia (dem, com, resistance path)

[hollow coral]

how can one be dissapointed in the lack of formables if we dont even know how many formables their are

[gaunt sleet]

we saw the communist and monarchist branches which tend to have the most content and it’s looking a bit bleak

[hollow coral]

i dont believe formables should be the main goal honestly

something to work up to sure

[gaunt sleet]

Well it just… doesn’t look like much content for the branches themselves either, just conquer stuff…

[wise oxide]

why are people mad this is good extra content

and only a week

[coral drift]

Eh, others has their own concerns, but for myself i'm concerned about Slovakia

[wise oxide]

why?

[coral drift]

No focus tree bar some flavor contents despite present in the 1939 game start

[wise oxide]

its the road to 56 team i bet they have a simple slovakia tree bc they are not lazy and have one in their mod already

[coral drift]

I hope your wishes come true

[wise oxide]

im playing road to 56 anyway so i dont really care

ofc it would be nice

TaoG is only max 2.5 months left but i dont think we will have to wait untill the last day

[hollow lion]

As Logan said on the forums, to make sure Czechoslovakia is as polished as possible we made the tough decision to not have major content on Slovakia.

Logan did add some bonus content like new country leaders, new generals, a 3D unit model and some decisions/events. There will also be content on Czechoslovakia to allow you to switch to Slovakia at various points and it will get a landmark.

[gaunt sleet]

Are there new formables for Czechia outside of aus hungary and Balkan (please Zapidoslavia)

[thick edge]

U can form Somalia

[hollow lion]

Yes

[gaunt sleet]

Thank you

[glossy inlet]

What commie paths have you been playing lmao

[gaunt sleet]

They have more content than the democratic paths anyways

But Brazil, Germany, Japan, Argentina

[glossy inlet]

Brazil’s sucks ass compared to the fascist path

Brazil empire path is cool but mainly just because Portugal

[glossy inlet]

Not the fascist paths though and funnily enough every country in the game that has a focus tree has a fascist path that is the only ideology in the game that is consistently in every focus tree lol

[compact fractal]

I have been reading into it more

and we can expect new achievements

also, forming west slavia may be possible considering the fact there there is a focus for forming a confederation

[coral drift]

That's good, not bad
But please consider this:
Slovak National Uprising

[compact fractal]

it already has been mentioned

I don't know if its actually there

for anyone wondering, there is a path for soviet protection

[coral drift]

The historical one should be there, against Germany

[coral drift]

In the Beneš path?

[compact fractal]

in the soviet protection path, you may be able to go to war with poland with them

[compact fractal]

I do not know much

[hollow lion]

Itll be in the dev diaries that will appear before release

[compact fractal]

is everything I said correct?

[hollow lion]

Think so

[coral drift]

Batya just said in the forums that you can get it as Beneš, so that's good

Back to my original concern then 😂

[proud basin]

anyone else disapointed with how small the trees look on the store page?

[fresh cedar]

Nah, we haven’t seen the entirety of it yet. Besides it’s Czechoslovakia, not like Germany or Japan

I think it may have a big industry tree

[proud basin]

thats true but like austria has a sick tree, prolly still buying it but hopefully its like the congo secret trees where theres a bit off the bottom that expands it a wee bit

[fresh cedar]

I’m hoping so too, but the tree looks pretty fun as it currently is

Unlike Austria or Hungary, Czech starts pretty strong militarily and doesn’t have to worry about guarantees for gobbling the other two

So already should be in a stronger starting position whereas the others have to rely moreso off their buffs

[keen totem]

Polish-Czechoslovak federation was also considered irl, although the Poles pursued it more then the Czechs

[mild ledge]

But how will it effect countries besides them

For example austria

or germany, will they have a stupid gov in exile minigame once u do fate of czech

[brittle venture]

i dont like country specific buffs

so much bloat

so much to learn per nation and usually locked into 1 path at a time is like

less sandboxy

i no like

[meager rose]

I'll confirm now that there will not be anything like the Italy-Ethiopia exile mechanic.

[brittle venture]

depressing.......

[hollow lion]

Casey ragebait?

[meager rose]

Im going to take the comment on good faith and say the forever war mechanic needed to keep a country in exile without a formal war post capitulation is to much of a pain point to work with when the tag involved was Germany.

[brittle venture]

ok thats fair, any czech exile content wouldve been cool tho

[meager rose]

DD soon

[brittle venture]

they were some of the best pilots defending the british skies and also participated in D-Day

ofc im not asking for leaks

im just mentioning it

[compact fractal]

you are a game developer and/or mod developer right?

because I saw you speaking on the update in the dev diary

[compact fractal]

hey you fellow

[keen totem]

new tag for carpatho-ukraine??? 👀👀👀👀

[mild ledge]

Carpatho Ukraine dlc CONFIRMED

[keen totem]

carpatho ukraine focus tree next

[ruby wind]

what did you do br

[coral drift]

From PfoT's storepage

[stable mica]

We get today a Dev Diary to PfoT?

[hollow lion]

Yup

[charred flame]

Was price announced yet? I bet 7,50€

[hollow lion]

€6

[charred flame]

Ok, thx...

[burnt sail]

DD today?🤞🏻

[safe trail]

Yes

[gray osprey]

omg I expected more tbh, seems quite worth then especially to support you modders

[safe trail]

They said it yesterday

[gray osprey]

granted I bought the pass thing thing so I get it anyways

[compact fractal]

has anyone seen the new update for the DLC

[solid gyro]

https://klipy.com/gifs/king-of-the-castle-borat

Benes be like:

[hollow coral]

i feel like benes should stay as leader

but either hodza or benes works

[brittle venture]

i liked that i think isorrow vid where they had to take a shot each time they said benes

[hollow coral]

i like saying benes

who doesnt

[brisk patrol]

W focus tree

[burnt sail]

He should be a national spirit imo

[brisk patrol]

and also reichsprotectorate content ❤️

[hollow coral]

we might see that in the fascist dd

not part of the fascist branch persay

maybe like denmark

[keen totem]

focus tree looks great so far

[brisk patrol]

we already saw some

some off to the left...

[hollow coral]

yeah i just realised that

[cosmic stag]

i still DONT understand what the quack is the exporting arms thing

[hollow coral]

i wonder if thats the historical branch

[hollow coral]

just be patient

[cosmic stag]

im just curious and wondering

[brisk patrol]

it is

[hollow coral]

i mean the cap part..

[hollow coral]

are they hiding the prague uprising path

[brisk patrol]

Im abit rough around the fine details but maybe

[keen totem]

wonder if benes got a new portrait

[cosmic stag]

@hollow coral

[brisk patrol]

I dont imagine the historical branch would have them end up being fascist permamently

[hollow coral]

if its not broke dont fix it

[brisk patrol]

though remember they mentioned temporarily being fascist then switching back?

[cosmic stag]

i hope hoi5 has even BETTER dlcs and expansions and MORE GOOD vanilla base game features and mechanics

[green nest]

ok this is actually goated

[hollow coral]

Thats funny

[cosmic stag]

wdym

[keen totem]

they mentioned something about staying fascist or a dictatorship then switching back

i wonder how that'll work

[hollow coral]

i think its like weathering the storm type stuff

maybe like waiting for germany to collapse while being allied to them and acquiring land

[fresh cedar]

Paradox always releases extremely barebones games and it takes them like 2-5 years to become playable. So you’re hoping for something that genuinely wouldn’t happen

[cosmic falcon]

The new Czech focus tree is looking good.

[brisk patrol]

EU5 was a very good drop despite its lack of, flavour content?

Marijn is here! The tree looks amazing man thank you!

[hollow lion]

It differs by Paradox game how much of a lack of content is actually an issue imo
CK3 I really dont mind without any DLC while on HOI the extra content helps a lot

[hollow lion]

🩵

[fresh cedar]

Yeah if you only play for like 50-100 years in game

[brisk patrol]

When it comes to hoi4 dlc, I'm more so excited for content that treads close to what could've been rather than wacky scenarios.

[brisk patrol]

I feel like from 1400's-1550's is very fun

actually ill extend it to 1600s

[hollow coral]

are we expecting a dd every day or every other day?

[compact fractal]

also, the developers hinted at some other stuff I think that is not listed in the Dev diary

while talking in the dev diary announcement forums

[lyric coyote]

When I saw focuses with numbers next to them i thought we were getting focus queueing 🙁

[fresh cedar]

We must not be playing the same game 😭

[keen totem]

wondering if the hungarian invasion of carpatho-ukraine will be represented now

or the hungarian-slovak war

[thick edge]

It should be a border war

Instead of a full out war

I know full well some unintended consequences will come of it

[compact fractal]

won't the austrian and hungarian focus trees be a bit messed up after this DLC?

the new and old hungarian one both maybe

[thick edge]

@hollow lion will there be any new provinces/states with the country pack

Or is that info for later

[compact fractal]

they might have to change the hungarian focus tree, since if carpathia ruthenia can become autonomous, then how will hungary annex then?

[hollow lion]

No, thatd be mutually exclusive with keeping saves somewhat operating

[compact fractal]

what do you want added?

[thick edge]

Nothing, I’m just wondering though

[sage kayak]

When is the next planned update for fixing the ai navy?

[fresh cedar]

Have you played the beta?

[compact fractal]

the new DLC, except czech formed the holy roman empire, carpatho-ukraine formed a ruthenian union, and slovakia formed greater hungary

[cursive wind]

Can anyone show me the new focus trees and stuff and possible new stuff you can do as the nations?

Please I'm really interested

And my friends don't have discord but love hoi4

And tell me the new mechanics if there are new mechanics

Anyone,please?

[brittle venture]

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/peace-for-our-time-democratic-shared-branches.1916812/

[compact fractal]

here is a list of features that are guaranteed, or if they have question marks, might be added

communist branch. with soviet protection and war against poland?
fascist branch
monarchist branch
democratic branch
balkan federation
new carpathia ruthenian tag
new generals
new building
czechslovak legion path
Confederation with poland. West slavia path?
new achievements

[stable mica]

We get some new stuff for poland in PfoT?

[compact fractal]

yes, but its in the czech focus tree

theres a focus I saw that was for a confederation, and it had the polish flag

[meager rose]

There is not a Slovakia Focus Tree

[compact fractal]

oh I removed the question mark there

that was supposed to be a guess

[compact fractal]

it was supposed to say "slovakia focus tree?"

[meager rose]

Gotcha

[whole gate]

Guys, do you know if there is going to be focus tree for a Slovak State and an option to trigger Slovak National Uprising?

[keen totem]

yes absolutely

[gaunt sleet]

@hollow lion dreams of confederation Zapidoslavia content?

[keen totem]

zapadoslavia please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[green scaffold]

will the dlc include any focus tree or mechanics for Slovakia if spawned by the fate of Czechoslovakia focus of Germany

[gaunt sleet]

Don’t believe so though supposedly they’res some small amount of flavor

[hollow lion]

#latest-updates message

[crimson tartan]

not at this moment considering how border war works

you can't affect border war in any way

6 divs vs 6 divs ok
remember that carpathian ruthenia is mostly mountain state

and this will give advantage do the defenders and so on

[green scaffold]

i see, thanks

[cosmic falcon]

Was there plans to give Slovakia a focus tree before sccrapping the idea?

[torn dawn]

According to the original steam page there was, but they backtracked on it

[cosmic falcon]

That's a shame.

[torn dawn]

Based off how GOE, NCNS and some of GTD went for dlcs it probably wouldn’t have been good

[fresh cedar]

They Poo Poo’d the idea of the Slovak tree

[marsh mica]

Is EP2 worth it

[small vessel]

As from what I read it focuses more on czech non aligned path as a new concept

so probably nah

[sharp spade]

I dunno I know I didn’t expect a huge focus tree but it still looks small and the paths just seem like basic nothing burgers to me

[mild ledge]

It seems amazing for czechoslovakia

The country annexed in 1938 or 9

The only thing is

Literally every focus has to be 35 days

if there is a single 70 day focus czech will be unplayable

[verbal urchin]

Has the Axis (German) AI just gotten really dumb, or has Allied/Sov AI been jacked?

[carmine bough]

MORE FLUFF!!!!!!!

[sage kayak]

Have not yet. Noticeable difference in naval behavior?

[fair ridge]

I think it's the German ai because recently I've seen them do stuff like invade the soviets way too early without capping france and collapsing the axis in like 42

[verbal urchin]

I did an Italy, Japan and Brazil beta playthrough, and noticed no real difference in Naval.

[gaunt sleet]

That’s what I thought initially but apparently more of the content is in events and decisions

[sage kayak]

Thanks!

[charred hare]

Has Mengkukuo rightfully been given a focus tree yet by popular demand?

[hollow coral]

https://tenor.com/view/mengjiang-mengkukuo-flag-mongolia-japan-gif-13613002530988360377

[charred hare]

As WE ALL know Mengkukuo is in desperate need of a tree

[fresh cedar]

Yes, AI uses large fleets again. Isn’t as concentrated as it was before but I’d say it’s 80% back to the sizes of old. So like 60-100 stacks exist again

Plus ships are cheaper now bc guns don’t increase price

[sage kayak]

Thanks. Well at least that is an improvement. I'll probably wait a little longer to see if they can get it somewhat more reasonable level regarding fleet sizes.

[brisk patrol]

My cousin has been removed from family sharing on hoi4, he cannot use any of the dlcs I own, whats happened?

[harsh hull]

I don't even know what Mengukuo's internal politics were like, or how they'd translate to HOI4

I just really want to form the Repubic of Inner Mongolia

(Not to be confused with the Republic of Mongolia - completely different nation)

[silent musk]

I can't play multiplayer

[hollow coral]

something something demchugdongrub wanted big mongolia

[coral drift]

Steam problem i guess
Redo the family sharing connection

[hoary hearth]

Family sharing is for same household I believe? So different ips probably got picked up.
Tell your cousin to invest in the game. It's clearly good enough and worth it

[fresh cedar]

The max fleet size is basically 100, it’s already reaching that

[sage kayak]

Thanks, but for me 60-100 is too out of whack with history. It also seems to handicap Japan ai invasions.

[fresh cedar]

Japanese fleet at Midway had about 80 ships

Most fleets generally had less

[fresh cedar]

The average US heavy battle group in WW2 had about 30 ships

What HOI4 gets wrong is not the size of individual fleets but the overall global scale of fleets

[sage kayak]

Agreed. Does the new ai break up the fleets when needed for invasion support, etc.?

[fresh cedar]

From what I see it does yeah. Besides, naval invasions have a cap on ships contributing to shore bombardment

[safe trail]

today dev diary alt history?

[sage kayak]

Thank maybgive it a try. My observations have been the ai just doesn't perform invasions because there is not enough seazone control to allow them. But will give a couple of test runs to see.

[fresh cedar]

The AI has always invaded me like weekly if not daily. 😭

Maybe it’s a DLC thing? Idk

[cosmic stag]

wat

[fresh cedar]

US, Brazil, Japan and UK naval invade super often

[cosmic stag]

Oh god

[fresh cedar]

?

[cosmic stag]

im replying to this

[hollow coral]

ig bro

[fresh cedar]

What about it tho

[glass dome]

is the new dlc only gonnna be czechoslovakia?

[ashen pollen]

Will the new DLC change or add a mechanic or just add content?

I haven't been paying attention

[safe trail]

WOW this dlc is underwelming i stick to the mod

10 times better

and free

and no monarchist option only schwarzenberg or what

last time i bought the expansion pack

[hollow coral]

I assume the lobcowicz and another one will be an option

[safe trail]

dont know dev diary was worthess they showed 10%

[coral drift]

Historical Czechoslovakian contents until 1939, then others

[glass dome]

ah ty

[hollow coral]

Better than nothing

[coral drift]

But tbh I got my hopes too high

[safe trail]

Wow 😂

No slovakia and then sutch a alt history paths wow

[hollow coral]

start praying for taog😂

[stable mica]

Can now somebody show the complete focus tree😂

[coral drift]

Already

[safe trail]

Prepar for mixed reviews

[coral drift]

Althistory paths are acceptable
But they clearly missed the shot with not adding more historical contents post-1939

[hollow coral]

It seems fine

I have no gripes

[safe trail]

Mod is 10 times better

I never bought again a seson pass

[hollow coral]

Mods dont have restrictions and have infinite time to do anything

[safe trail]

Thank you paradox

For nothing

[coral drift]

Not always
Would be happy if the devs managed to outdone East Indies Reworked

[hollow coral]

paradox players hate paradox

[coral drift]

I have technical restrictions

My lappy broke

[safe trail]

I hope the Extra time is worth it

[coral drift]

Else I would've done Acehnese contents by now since all Indonesian contents would be done by February if all goes as planned

[coral drift]

Praying for that

[coral drift]

Well, not exactly hate
But really, they can do better
Historical first

[topaz haven]

Why there are no new cities shown in the new DLC? there was many more important cities in Czechia

[hollow coral]

Us that really the biggest concern

[safe trail]

yeah iam dissepointet

[meager rose]

While there are many important cities in Czechia not on the map as VP's, iirc I did add one new VP. My design philosophy was not to "chicken pox" the tag since in the case you're defending against Germany you'll be zoomed in a tad micro managing your frontlines and the increase amount of VP's when added caused to much visual noise for my liking during gameplay.

[wise oxide]

tell me poland and romania will have an event of soviets asking for military acces to help czechs

would be a cool way for a early eastern war or even world war or just to save the czechs

[austere herald]

based slovakia

[hollow lion]

||they do||

[compact fractal]

indeed

they became even larger then hungary before

[safe trail]

I sincerely hope that there will be no possibility of forming Austria-Hungary as Bohemia, because the Czechs do not like it and if there is, I hope it will be repainted like the Danube Kingdom or the Danube Monarchy or Austria-Hungary-Bohemia, but if there is a possibility of forming the Czech Kingdom only with name Austria-Hungary, that is complete nonsense.

[fallen rivet]

Idk if u said it in this chat yet but can i ask why monarchist czechoslovakia can core gdansk poznan and gdynia? Does it have historical lore or its just a meme or something?

[hollow lion]

There is historical lore

[fallen rivet]

Okay thanks. Also i know there wont be slovakia focus tree but is there a chance that it will be added later on or in another dlc

[hollow lion]

We dont know PDX plans, but I dont see why not

[brittle venture]

i know PDX plans

[drifting star]

Are there any secret focuses / events

Like hidden paths and or hitlers

[bitter mauve]

Tell us please

[brittle venture]

no im evil

[bitter mauve]

Please

CHAK IS WRITING

[pseudo wing]

Chak was copying an ID

[warm shore]

Too late chak

[pseudo wing]

I see that

[bitter mauve]

Did you come only because I ping discord moderation?

[glossy inlet]

Can we get a picture of the full focus tree? We usually get one by now

[bitter mauve]

Why that?

[warm shore]

He isnt even a Moderator

[bitter mauve]

Oh

I didn't know

[pseudo wing]

I don't get pinged when moderation is pinged, I am just always around

and I copy ID's to use them for actioning

[bitter mauve]

Good, I know moderatiors are tired of being pinged

[warm shore]

Chak would get mad bc of the 10000 pings

Per day

[pseudo wing]

I have pings generally muted

as I very much dislike them

[bitter mauve]

How are you Chak ?

[pseudo wing]

I am alive, best I can answer lmao

[warm shore]

https://tenor.com/view/grinch-christmas-evil-smile-grin-gif-5534744

[pseudo wing]

I finally got some more marshmallows though so I am content

[pseudo wing]

https://tenor.com/view/michael-scott-annoyed-angry-i-will-end-you-gif-11895530

[warm shore]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-nevermind-toons-cartoons-animation-gif-16526249

[bitter mauve]

Nice

Is it still cold in Canada?

[pseudo wing]

somewhat

depends on the day

wont be warmish until next month

[warm shore]

Lucky

It is like 20°c in germany

[keen totem]

iirc it's because a bohemian was briefly crowned as king of poland right before the teutons seized the region

[winter tartan]

What do you guys think about the new Czechoslovakian update? I may have gotten too used to Kaiserreich, but it felt underwhelming for me

[bitter mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/this-is-fine-gif-24177057

Hehehe
42°C where I live

[winter tartan]

Some barebones democratic flavour, unhinged borders stuff, the funny le monarchist path and that's about it

[keen totem]

yikes

[pseudo wing]

only 13c here right now, pretty much just shorts weather

[bitter mauve]

Wait until August

[keen totem]

it's about 20 C here

[warm shore]

My weather app says you are lying

[bitter mauve]

😭
Let me into your basement
It's too hot here

[bitter mauve]

Do you think I said the time right now?

Now it's 20

And fortunately a cold air mass came 2 days ago

So it's not that hot right now

[brittle venture]

SHORTS???

[pseudo wing]

im from canada

[brittle venture]

man is freezing to death and wants to wear shorts

[pseudo wing]

I literally wear shorts at -10

lol

[brittle venture]

sorry chak youre going to prison for this, and they celebrate holidays in prisons!!

[pseudo wing]

you're already in my prison

[brittle venture]

in big communal rooms with lots of people!!

[brittle venture]

uhm akshually thats against rule 3

[bitter mauve]

WHAT??

[pseudo wing]

nuh uh, its not disrespectful, its the terms of our bargain

I own ur souls

[bitter mauve]

True

[pseudo wing]

and yes I wear shorts at minus 10c, the weather here can range from -40 to +40

[bitter mauve]

May Chak bless you all

[bitter mauve]

Canada being Canada

[compact fractal]

I think there is a thing where once you get cold enough you stop noticing it

and I was standing out in the cold, but all of a sudden it stopped feeling so bad

[bitter mauve]

Your nerves die 😂

[pseudo wing]

I mean, I was born in the middle of a snowstorm its kinda in my blood to be cold lmao

[bitter mauve]

Is it you Chak?

Sorry but I had to

[stoic moat]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1356061197052674178/1493336636388278282/giphy_2.gif

[thick edge]

And I was sweating while I was sleeping last night 😭

[dusk mist]

excellent beta update looks like to me

[crimson tartan]

soooooooooooooo

thoughts? opinions?

[silent lion]

Is that just the political tree?

[hollow lion]

Yes, excluding some of the diplomacy

[silent lion]

No opinions then. Just hope it doesn’t turn into one of those trees where it’s “You have time to either do your politics, or your industry, but no where near enough to fix both”

[burnt sail]

It seems to me that theres not much to do after 1939, idk if this is the entire political tree tho

[silent lion]

Tbf. Getting the Czechs TO 1939 as anything but a Getman puppet. is already surviving beyond the norm.

There is a couple redacted political focuses though, you can see the leads to em

[thick edge]

Reichskommissariat gameplay

[eternal arch]

oh my lord the allied ai is braindead

also the new doctrine system sucks

[polar jasper]

How so?

[gray osprey]

Idk what to play anyone have any fun ideas?

[polar jasper]

Turn off DLC and play Trotsky and coup the world

Be careful to not get negative coup days as then coups can't happen

[gray osprey]

oh turn off la resistance?

for the old coups

or what

[polar jasper]

Yes

Turn off all the DLCs for extra memery

[gray osprey]

they were so busted I remember lol

[polar jasper]

Maybe keep Poland United and Ready

that's the free one

[gray osprey]

I started playing juuuust after la resistance released, but had no dlc for a while ofc

[polar jasper]

Now just wait until you experience the joy of 15 day coups

[gray osprey]

WHAT

[polar jasper]

It is Trotsky

[gray osprey]

ooh yea

[polar jasper]

He does that sort of thing

If you hire too many advisors though, it goes negative and the game breaks

[gray osprey]

he gets like the submersive activity Idk what it's called thing thing reduction?

[polar jasper]

Had to fire a guy because he was too good

[gray osprey]

does that include coups

[polar jasper]

Subversive activities, yeah

Then you also have the boost popularity button as well

[gray osprey]

oh yea

[polar jasper]

It is so stupid

[gray osprey]

thankies for idea

[polar jasper]

Glad they changed it with the LaR DLC

Get your memery in before they probably integrate it

[gray osprey]

yea even though I don't use spies that much the new system is so much better tbh

[gray osprey]

oh true

man the guns is latest included one right?

btw saw your profile, you're not alone I use light mode too

based

[eternal arch]

the ui is way more annoying and i like having less choices

[silent lion]

I kinda agree with the Doctrine man, I feel like the 4 Grand Doctrines have no significance anymore. Used to be that Mobile Warfare made your tanks busted, but your Inf was horrible as anything but line holders. Or you’d take Mass Mob for the dedicated Inf build. Now you just pick whatever doctrine you have the Advisor for, simply so you can get the benefits faster, because the Grand Doctrines choice is meaningless, with the sub doctrines actually determining what the build is

[polar jasper]

4 doctrines, 4 subdoctrines with at least 5 per

and everything works in SP

[polar jasper]

The Grand Doctrines do provide some unique buffs, but i do admit they aren't the best

[fresh cedar]

Way better than what was before imo

What mod removed our conversation about the tilted GPU in pets. 😂 Dude literally says “rate setup”

[polar jasper]

People when they cant as easily have max doctrine pre-war

[stoic moat]

back in the day when you had to keep one research slot on doctrines

[crimson tartan]

good old days...

[fresh cedar]

It genuinely works fine.

Almost wish there were more stages to them or options.

Idk how people play with mechanized though. They’re pretty bad

[polar jasper]

I got 21 km/h mechanized with doctrines

It was peak

[fresh cedar]

IC cost is nuts 😭

[polar jasper]

They were only .5 km/h slower than my armored cars

[fresh cedar]

For like triple the price

[polar jasper]

The HP was nice and I could overrun the frontline easily

[fresh cedar]

How do you run them though, like what combat width/template

[polar jasper]

18 width

36 width for the ac divisions

[fresh cedar]

How many divisions?

If you do like 24 divisions it’s like 10k+ Mechanized 😭

[polar jasper]

It was 45 and I had 2 armies with motorized, I think 1 army with mech, and 20 some divs of armored cars

[fresh cedar]

In theory I’d love to do that. But the infantry main in me just prefers infantry

Like yeah slower but WAYYY cheaper

[polar jasper]

I had like 40k armored cars in stockpile and after I ramped up more production, I had a few thousand mech in stockpile

Though early war I was in debt

[fresh cedar]

Mechanized legit just debt simulator

[polar jasper]

Since I was limited conscription UK

[fresh cedar]

I wonder if Czechs will get Mech prod buffs

[fresh cedar]

Mech UK is rough

Tbh US should get mega Motorized/Mech prod buffs

[polar jasper]

I invested 0 in tanks when I realized they slow my divisions down

I couldn't invest in helicopters because they slowed my armored cars and mech down

[fresh cedar]

I just genuinely never do Tanks or Mech.

Sometimes Amphib Marines though

[fresh cedar]

Nasty 😂

[polar jasper]

I think Germany can get faster mech

But UK has Alan Brooke

He gives +15% division speed

[fresh cedar]

Kinda wish there were heli classes. Or atleast a gunship version. Kind of like Rocket Motorized

[fresh cedar]

Cracked

[polar jasper]

Mobile Warfare is think gives an additional 10

Mobile Infantry gives an additional 5

Armored Cavalry gives more too I believe

[fresh cedar]

And troop transports too right?

[polar jasper]

And it is either deep battle or the german one that gives even more

[fresh cedar]

Heli Troop Transports

[polar jasper]

Once again

Helicopters slow things down

I accidentally picked the armor instead of speed upgrade

[fresh cedar]

Oh 😂

[polar jasper]

But I think the speed upgrade only makes it 15

So useless

I had my Aston Martin's flying down the fields of Ukraine and it was peak

[fresh cedar]

Yeah it’s broken in fields

[polar jasper]

They even did okay in mountains

But Holy crap deep snow sucks

[fresh cedar]

Bad terrain is kinda why I never use em

I like normalization

[polar jasper]

I hate deep snow after specing into a speed build

[polar jasper]

I capitulated Iran in 6 days

From the Iraqi border

Mountains are not an issue

Snow is

[fresh cedar]

You think Czechs/Slovakia will buff German Mechanized in historical?

[polar jasper]

Hopefully

Didn't skoda make decent vehicles

They have access to the coal powered vehicle lol

Honestly, one of my first games is to play government in exile czechs lol

[fresh cedar]

Most Czech companies made OP things

[polar jasper]

Czechs being the number 1 arms dealers before they vanished

[fresh cedar]

I’m gonna have to try an expansionist one

Tragic it’s release is in the middle of the week and not on the weekend

[polar jasper]

Probably should do a livestream of a czech path on the weekend actually

[fresh cedar]

I’d be surprised if streamers won’t tbh

Really hope this DLC is a success so future countries can be released

[polar jasper]

Isnt it 6 or 7 dollars for the dlc though

I personally think it should be 5 at most if it is just 1 focus tree, but I got it for free in the expansion pass

[thick edge]

I need it Ingame

[polar jasper]

Prototype vehicles dlc gives you the model

[keen totem]

most releases are in the middle of the week tho

which is a bit unfortunate

but what can ya do

[keen totem]

i think it'd be a bit more reasonable if slovakia got a tree asw

[brittle venture]

which day?

[keen totem]

tuesday

iirc

[keen totem]

agreed

[eternal arch]

can the next update make ai not braindead

as in like whenever i play soviet union england ai turns itself off pretty much and loses africa and india

or i play czechoslovakia and then germany declares on me and then a year later declared on poland and the poland ai decides to send the half of its army that was covering east prussia to sudetenland where i already have 3 full armies and level 7 forts and ends up losing even faster than poland irl

[mild ledge]

Looking trash\

[eternal arch]

i feel like if germany is actively losing or losing hundreds of thousands of men and not taking any ground then countries wouldn’t wanna join the axis

like if you were the dictator of some country and you read “hitler loses 600k in encirclement in wilno bringing total casualties up to 3m, hasn’t taken any soviet territory in 6 months and has suffered a 50-1 death ratio” would you really want to join the war if hitler asked???

especially if your industry and army is at best like 15% of theirs

[hollow coral]

im sorry but this isnt that bad😅

[polar jasper]

Define what is not trash

[subtle spear]

Its obviously a burner account I wouldn't expect much of a practical response from it.

[static rampart]

looks pretty nice especially considering the czech tree we have now

[coral drift]

Mhm
Why the devs has not integrate it yet to the base game the way like the first four expansions anyway?

[coral drift]

Well, it does have really good and solid Czech contents ||if you know what I mean||

[silent lion]

Because it’s free. The other ones were integrated because they wanted to iterate on systems dependent on the DLC(s). Instead of just making the new systems, and basically requiring you to buy multiple DLCs to make a single new one work, they just made them default, and went from there. The Poland DLC was a free one they gave out for something’s anniversary iirc, so integrating isn’t necessary.

[coral drift]

NSB is paid but UaR is not integrated yet

(both has Polish contents)

[silent lion]

You DO NOT need to pay for UaR. So NSB iterating on it is a non-issue

[coral drift]

Ok

[silent lion]

All the integrated DLCs were old paid ones.

[safe trail]

For people who bought the season pass they expect all promised content, at the time of purchase, to be delivered. I am pretty sure you cannot charge us and then remove a few lines in the DLC description assuming what other posters said are correct. If the Slovak content was promised then you have to deliver. Usually businesses would just take the loss and still deliver, maybe begrudgingly, because it's not the customers' faults that the sellers do not have enough resource/time. I fully expect that would be the case for Slovakia, perhaps as a post-release update. I see the passion of the devs and do appreciate it. However, that is not how business should work.

or just deley the dlc one or two months

[crimson tartan]

no one ever said there will be slovakian focus tree bro

😭stop yapping yall 🥀

[hollow coral]

they did

[crimson tartan]

nah

[hollow coral]

your sure?

[crimson tartan]

this is not "we will add focus tree ofr slovakia"

[hollow coral]

semantics

[crimson tartan]

you can pursue independence of slovakia while playing czechoslovakia

ok there is "as slovakia"

you can pursue independence via decisions or in-game puppet mechanic

no "focus tree for slovakia"

[hollow coral]

they were definitely planning to for one

[crimson tartan]

they can plan whatever they want

they did not promise it

[brittle venture]

marijn said earlier it was too much work for their team

updating game is def harder than making mod

[lament quail]

PDX could make the best received Hoi4 update ever by just taking a DLC cycle to fix QoL degradation

[brittle venture]

probably yes

[lament quail]

It's annoying particularly because many things would be relatively easy to fix if not for the fact they are hardcoded

[crimson tartan]

you can't say something is easy to fix without ever looking at it 🙂

[lament quail]

Depending on the topic, yes I can

[brittle venture]

well their issue is a year of no "guaranteed profits" or a big drop

[crimson tartan]

we're talking about software aren't we

[brittle venture]

but it would be good imo

[lament quail]

Very stupid example: selector to set quantity to max when you add equipment to the international market (or to set all quantity to max for equipment you added, like you can do for price)

Another example for the market: a selector that allows adding all equipment of a certain type (i.e. infantry equipment 2) regardless of nation or pattern (based on chassis for tanks/planes)

[fresh cedar]

Though wouldn’t they have slightly different costs because MIO’s/IC?

[lament quail]

That would be only a shorthand, clicking it would list all of them individually on the market, essentially a "group by equipment / chassis type"

There are literally dozens of little things things like this that would take relatively little effort to implement (at least individually) but would make the game more enjoyable

[fresh cedar]

100%

[green scaffold]

this dlc is basically a mod

its a mod that is ironman compatible that's all

it is made by modders, it doesn't include new mechanics, its a single nation rework

[compact fractal]

doesn't it have some new army thing

[compact fractal]

this one

[green scaffold]

it can't be that hard to not have every ai nation call you to war, offer non aggression pacts, ask for military access, etc. over and over again
it can't be that hard to not have a pop up that "x nation joined the war" when said nation was already in the war
it can't be that hard to let choose if you want a pop up when a puppet makesa division
it can't be that hard

[burnt sail]

new special project

[compact fractal]

I don't think that top one might be too hard

[green scaffold]

this is not really a new mechanic just something specific to their focus tree with its main goal being to make the game feel bad

[frozen moat]

whaaat

is this is from mod ?

[burnt sail]

no its from the dev stream

[frozen moat]

dev stream you say ...

[burnt sail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fj9V3iziCE

[frozen moat]

thank you for information

[frozen moat]

thats actually dissapointing that there is only 1 special project added

bruv this dlc seems ass

is there any new feature in it ?

[burnt sail]

its a focus pack

no new features i believe

[frozen moat]

damn

i thought the thing with selecting type of industry will be a new feature

it would be so cool

maybe some new revelant special projets

maybe bug fix for breakthrough gain

but there is nothing

[burnt sail]

yeah thats still coming i think

[frozen moat]

yeah i mean

there will be a dlc with trade and industry rework 100%

but when

there will be something propably with manually selecting price of resources

that would be nice too

and there will be a rework of industry tech

100% but when

[burnt sail]

doubt it

maybe new system with hoi5

[frozen moat]

but maaaaaaaaaan

i hope they repair the breakthrough gain

[burnt sail]

wait whats wrong with it

[frozen moat]

you get rewarded for having slower research speed and penalized when having high research speed

high research speed ---> less time on research = less breakthrought points

[lavish kraken]

It makes sense. Slower research means more complex. Fast research means more simple

[frozen moat]

slow research means underdevelopment

[frozen moat]

iam talking about research speed bonus

[lavish kraken]

If u start to research the nuclear energy in 1936 as Germany u are not underdeveloped, all the other way, that means that the nuclear energy is very complx

That's why slow research gives more points than fast

[frozen moat]

we are not talking about the same thing

[mild ledge]

Its something you play once and make a youtbue video then never touch it again