latest-updates

[mild ledge]

Like the 3 communist paths

[polar jasper]

I would say a trash path is one you cannot finish

For example, I would say that Horthy Dynasty Hungary is a bad path because you can't really do anything without getting the whole world against you

[crimson tartan]

new czechoslovakian focus tree yeaaah
hmm i think i've seen this before

maybe in every single focus tree in hoi4 😭

[polar jasper]

Except Japan

Japan I believe is both agaisnt the Soviets

[crimson tartan]

nah must've been the wind

[compact fractal]

what do you mean by that isn't it new

[green scaffold]

i didn't say it isn't new
i said it isn't a mechanic

its extremely minor and irrelevant

new mechanic would be something like intelligence agency, international market, special projects, etc.

[lament quail]

Intantry designer when?
😛

[polar jasper]

It's called doctrines

[compact fractal]

why doesn't paradox update the default focus tree

probably not a massive expansion

but add new features like a spy tree

[verbal wave]

there are enough mods for that and who plays countries with the generic tree either way

[mild ledge]

The only countries with all dlcs left is albania, himilayas, minor american countries, and releasables

All of which dont need any new content

And paradox actively supports modding

[keen totem]

i mean it'd be nice if they did get stuff eventually

but yeah it's not a priority

america, france and the UK should get reworks before they even touch something like

oh idk

nepal

[brittle venture]

nepal has the strongest special forces buff in the game

well in terms of like cap

in terms of stats fascist iceland is better

its pretty neat is all

[keen totem]

i remember they have some unique national spirit

iirc

[compact fractal]

albania definitely needs at least a small focus tree

well not needs

but it would improve the game

since they are a nation who was involved in ww2

[dusky gust]

Hello everyone! Is there anyone from Russia, or Russian-speaking?

[compact fractal]

isn't it anhui

or does the text mean something else

[charred hare]

Anfu is the executive wing of the Anhui Clique

Anfu means peace and happiness, or so they say

Mengkukuo will be getting a focus tree soon I hope

[hollow coral]

Not really

安 means to inplement or install or can mean stability

福 can mean blessing or fortune

Its like implementing fortune

But the name is based on where there headquarters were

[wooden pumice]

How would someone get back into this game?? The add-ons/expansions are so expensive

[polar jasper]

Look up what the new features do and theb play the game normally

While somethings have changed, most things have not

Depending on when you stopped playing

[wooden pumice]

Yeah, but if I dont buy the expansions, then stuff isnt updated right?

[steep nest]

The game and its DLCs regularly go on sale if I recall

For multiplayer, if the host has all the DLCs, all players will share the same DLCs as the host regardless of if they do or don't have a specific DLCs

[crimson tartan]

30$ purchase in a year

it's not that expensive

[fresh cedar]

Some people don’t have jobs

[fresh cedar]

Yes, but it is an English only server sadly.

[fresh cedar]

I’d be inclined to agree but if the did a similar single focus tree like the Czech one before, I wouldn’t be opposed

[crimson tartan]

me for example

the last dlc i bought it was by blood alone

and when i will have enough money to buy the next dlc i will do it
that doens't mean i can't play the game right now

🙂

[fresh cedar]

Yeah that’s rough. Used to be me but I liked gaming too much so started working 😂

It can be an expensive hobby

[wooden pumice]

I don’t have all of them lol

[wispy forum]

i didnt buy the india dlc

im sorry paradox but we get scammed their

https://tenor.com/view/scammer-scam-redeeming-whyareyouredeeming-kitboga-gif-19964723

[crimson tartan]

i guess you don't need them all

[steep nest]

[keen totem]

focus packs would be nice for certain countries i do agree

[compact fractal]

what DLC would you prefer the most:

1. islamic DLC - all islamic nations on start date including albania

2. Mongol DLC - a less expensive DLC, for mongolia, mengjiang, and the kumul khanate

3. south-east asian DLC - the DLC we will get soon

4. caribbean DLC - a less expensive DLC, for all the caribbean nations

5. Allied powers fixup DLC - new focus trees for U.K, france, and U.S

this is a question for everyone if you were wondering

[lament quail]

5. None of the above

[eternal arch]

no paradox needs to stop with country dlc’s and fix the late game performance and all the bugs in the slop they’ve already released

no new content

[green scaffold]

a Caribbean dlc that gives cuba a focus that they can do on 1936 that instantly annex all of latin america and works 100% of the time to reduce game lag

[crimson tartan]

paradox needs to stop with hoi4 and move to hoi5

🙂

[lament quail]

TBH there's still 1-2 years of content in HOI4

USA needs a rework BADLY

and a couple other majors could use a touch-up, even if not a full rework (France, sPAIN)

[keen totem]

personally i disagree

[crimson tartan]

ain't people gonna cry about pdx selling them stuff they bougt a few years ago

❓

[keen totem]

i have a feeling LaR will integrated next

[crimson tartan]

hoi4 is 10 years old

it's already physically difficult to add new mechanics and rework the old ones

[keen totem]

there's still countries that could use a rework

if all the majors had content like germany maybe id agree more

but even then some features are neglected

[crimson tartan]

we can add as many countries as we want and we can add so many new focus trees

but the focuses for everyone is not the goal

[keen totem]

suppose so but there's majors and other countries that do have content that hasnt even been touched in years

id say at least rework it

instead of just abandoning it

[eternal arch]

and the engine is almost 20 years old

[brittle venture]

its updated for every game

just not changed in name since its not available to other game devs or publishers anyway

[eternal arch]

still the tech debt must be absolutely insane

and it still lags like shit late game

[gritty lava]

I pick all

[mild ledge]

3 lmao

nobody is seriously choosing anytthing else

but out of the other 3, probaly mongilia

[compact fractal]

I like all 4

[whole arch]

Islamic dlc... That sounds familiar... Like... a graveyard of empires if you will

[polar jasper]

The kumal khanate has a focus tree already

[glossy inlet]

Tree part is generous

[compact fractal]

but czech has one also

[polar jasper]

Does the tiny breakaway nation really need that large of a tree

When the standard warlord tree works

[stable tusk]

all islamic nations on start date including albania
So... Graveyard of Empires 2 Electric Boogaloo?

[polar jasper]

The first one went well, time for another one

[keen totem]

absolutely not

you could somewhat justify mongolia and mengjiang

[polar jasper]

Exactly

[keen totem]

but kumul is just beyond stupid

[polar jasper]

People when they say Aussa has a unique tree: sir, it is the generic in the region

[keen totem]

i mean tbf no one plays any other country in that region except for aussa rarely

i highly doubt more then like 10% of the playerbase has played an aussa campaign past like 1940

[polar jasper]

Ive never played an Ethiopia game past the italian war

[keen totem]

neither have i

let alone aussa

i played it once as a joke and won the war cause italy went into civil war

[gritty horizon]

Celtic dlc, let me play as guerilla ireland

[gritty lava]

<@&846894118219022336>

[keen totem]

two in a row

thats a new record

[static rampart]

Not like there really is anything to do beyond the Italo-Ethiopia war anyways

[hoary hearth]

"Bbbbbbbbbut we gotta eat" they got shareholders my boy.

[thick edge]

True

I don’t think we want a DLC for every country though

Like who will play countries like Lebanon, Yemen, or even Bhutan

[hollow coral]

depends on how they would make them

i for one would definitely play yemen or lebanon if they had a decent tree

[fresh cedar]

Yemen could actually be cool

Though I’d prefer Oman

[brittle venture]

strait of hormuz/the neighbouring sea (contested name) dlc

and the strait of uhhh the one next to yemen

strait dlc fr

[fresh cedar]

Moreso bc it has British guarantees

[brittle venture]

yemen also had an agreement with the uk in 1934

[fresh cedar]

Not in game tho

[brittle venture]

afaik its when they ceded najran to saudi arabia

[fresh cedar]

Can technically core Africa but takes until 1980 and like 20,000 political power

[coral drift]

Tbh, i prefer tech extension

[fresh cedar]

Wish the African Union was done better

[burnt sail]

This achievement will be crazy hard

[meager rose]

We didn't want to fill the achievement pool with all super difficult achievements this time out, though we did want to add one really tough one.

It's hard, but there will probably be some strats that will be discover post release that will make this more manageable. But I won't spoil the ones I found in my own play testing.

[burnt sail]

Yeah i was about say there isnt any stupid world conquest achievement

Gj on that

The achievements look very nice overall

[charred flame]

There is typo in that Achievement. It's clearly reference for popular czech series "Pat and Mat", but the word you are looking for is "Kutil", plural "Kutilové", which is translated to english as Handyman. Kuťáci is not a czech word at all, sounds like bad LLM translation 😉

[burnt sail]

It's not a typo. Kuťáci is the name of the short in which Pat and Mat first appeared.

[topaz haven]

Is there a fall of Prague event? Or Czechs entering berlin or other nation?

[fresh cedar]

Grand Battleplan with trench focus 😌

[fresh cedar]

Berlin one would be cool

[topaz haven]

Yep or Moscow one

[fresh cedar]

SABOT rounds let’s goooo

[crimson tartan]

isn't it too op or somethin

[fresh cedar]

You just copied me broski

[fresh cedar]

SABOT was kinda OP irl tho 😂

[crimson tartan]

I started writing before you did 😭

[fresh cedar]

I don’t mind it since it’s behind a special project tbh

Train MIO is really cool too. So hyped for this. Still wish we had a train designer 😂

[crimson tartan]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-iliketrains-trains-gif-4905803

[thick edge]

They can colonize Africa

(I only know this because of vic3)

[meager rose]

It's been slightly adjusted which will be seen in a fellow up patch. Mostly removing the fort damage from combat since that is a dead modifier in this context, and the mistake of Artillery being listed twice which was an oversight I only caught recently. It's wasn't my intention to make something OP or something that is a must do Special Project for this. So of course we'll keep a close eye on this and adjust accordingly if it proves to be problematic.

Though I don't want to have a change interrupted as 'they release something OP and then nerf it 😡' of course that is not our intention. Just want to say we do care about the balance implications of a new Special Project and will react accordingly since that's just good practice full stop.

[fresh cedar]

Isn’t the whole point of Special Projects to be impactful?

[meager rose]

Correct. With that said the MP community (rightfully so) are very passionate about things that can affect builds and META. So I think it's always good to keep a healthy amount of their feedback and opinions in the back of the head.

[fresh cedar]

Can specific special projects be turned off for MP?

IMO game should be designed for singleplayer in mind, not MP

[meager rose]

Not without a mod

[meager rose]

It's very much designed with SP in mind.

[fresh cedar]

If special projects are too OP for MP, then they can easily mod it away

[meager rose]

Yeah

[fresh cedar]

Think the addition of sabot is great tbh

Hopefully one day Cold War infantry equipment becomes a special project

[pine lake]

Hello, how do I get to the rocket vehicles like the Soviet Katusha?

[coral drift]

Do Artillery tech -> Rocket artillery tech -> Motorized artillery tech

[eternal arch]

i did not know paradox was a publicly traded company but their shareholders must not be too happy that their stock price is at the same place it was in 2019

maybe they could fix that by not releasing straight up slop for every dlc

[crimson tartan]

define slop

[subtle spear]

The wet-mash leftovers the piggies like to suck up and enjoy like a 5 star meal

[keen totem]

hell yeah

[drowsy umbra]

I’m ngl those buffs seem 90% useless

[stable tusk]

Hope the Hungarian invasion of Carpatho Ukraine is added

[green scaffold]

@hollow lion would Poland be getting similar bonuses, to the new Germany focus of integrating Czech industry, if they go on Habsburg path and unite with Czechoslovakia
they have a focus "join Czech industry/military" which just give some mills/civs now, would be cool if it also gave mios and some other bonuses, as what would happen in the alt history scenario of them uniting

[meager rose]

Hmm, at the very least access to MIO/concerns wouldn't be too hard to implement... I'll look into it. No promises of course. Don't get your hopes up.

[green scaffold]

alright

[keen totem]

it should be

even if its just an event

[meager rose]

[stable tusk]

[meager rose]

If things are historical up until that point I don't see why it couldn't happen

[hazy gulch]

what is the state of the game with the latest update

has it stabilized?

[keen totem]

will there be an event for it maybe? 👀👀

[meager rose]

Content like that if it exists tends to be done through an event wouldn't you say?

But maybe an event to declare war on a tag?

[stable tusk]

Can't wait for the Carpatho Ukraine world conquests

[gritty lava]

Kinda surprised that there isn't an achievement for uniting Ukraine as Carpatho-Ukraine

[green scaffold]

probably should be like the kumul khanate event?

a rebellion that spawns troops

[meager rose]

I think I'd get hate mail for that

[keen totem]

i wonder if they'll start with claims or cores on the rest of ukraine

[wise oxide]

true is it a new country with a new id?

[mild ledge]

line artillery piercing

is useless

[brittle venture]

@hollow lion btw this doesnt apply to AT

AT is classed as infantry for buffs afaik

[charred hare]

Will there be a focus tree incoming for Mengkukuo soon?

[gritty lava]

Don't get your hopes up about it

[brittle heron]

Probably will come with any future Mongolia or Manchuria DLC

[outer whale]

Isn't it suppose to be Czechoslovak

because it's the correct adjective

[crimson tartan]

Both "Czechoslovak" and "Czechoslovakian" are acceptable adjectives or nouns referring to the former state of Czechoslovakia (1918–1992) or its citizens. "Czechoslovak" is generally considered more formal or preferred in scholarly contexts, while "Czechoslovakian" is a common variant.

🙂 👍

[outer whale]

both the demonym and the language are slovak so why would the adjective suddenly be slovakian? same thing for czechs not being czechian

lol

the term slovakian mainy adapted from american english afaik while slovak was used by the british

[crimson tartan]

it is czechoslovakian not slovakian mate

[outer whale]

??
In Czech and Slovak language, neither of them called themselves as "Czechian" or "Slovakian"

this is mainly a affect of linguistic convention for south slavs that gets carried over to Czechs and Slovaks

[crimson tartan]

the game is on english

[outer whale]

Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian etc
but that does apply to south slavs not to Slovaks or Czechs

[crimson tartan]

not chech or slovak

[outer whale]

British never called them as slovakian nor czechian either?

[crimson tartan]

but called them czechoslovakian

[outer whale]

that was adapted from american english

not the british english

as I said this noun was used for south slavs

[crimson tartan]

the game uses both american and british english interchangeably

[outer whale]

which is a noun convention to be used for south slavs

which does not include czechs and slovaks

[crimson tartan]

well english is not even my native language so why am i even talking about it 🙂

you are probably right

[grand nacelle]

czechoslovak republic

both are right anyway though (czechoslovak and czechoslovakian)

[compact fractal]

I think what he was trying to say is since the word is czechslovakia, and since its an added form of "czech" and "slovak" that it should be called "czechoslovak" not "czechoslovakian"

[wise oxide]

mega good ai improvements super exited

the update is peak

[carmine elm]

When a new rework of France ?

[burnt sail]

Prolly about this time next year or when HOI5 releases

[carmine elm]

Yeah, because when u have no industry, with the best run, just always defend front the german or italy, or the others country have non historics runs, and france just have 3 focus for monarchy... Franchs want more possibility for have fun and play France (I don't talk about some historics fact about france and no disposed in the game)

[lyric coyote]

speedbump nation doesnt need a rework

[hollow coral]

At this point its in league with the usa and uk

Which do somewhat need to a rework to match the other majors

[lyric coyote]

feels bad when the RAJ loyalty path has more interesting empire defence focuses than the UK

[hollow coral]

raj has the most focuses in the game actually

Something like 400

[carmine elm]

Historical France is largely better than in the game

[lyric coyote]

commie india with reduced infantry combat width+doctrine for the same thing is fun to do

[lyric coyote]

The game doesnt really function if ai france can withstand ai germany

[carmine elm]

when u have new Czechoslovak tree, u can rework france

[hollow coral]

I recently did an akhand bharat gameplay and honestly the coring system felt smooth

france is just not that replayablr

[lyric coyote]

kind of like russia

[hollow coral]

What drives me away from russia is that you have to do a civil war for alt his

I havent even played the alt communist paths

[lyric coyote]

Next thing i'd like to see is a shared focus tree for commonwealth or joint chiefs of staff for allies

[carmine elm]

I've not the same vision, France can have better

[hollow coral]

commonwealth shared tree is a too wishlist

[carmine elm]

more 3 non historical focus for exemple

3 possibilities of non historical, in one image...

[lyric coyote]

Whats the next dlc after Czechoslovakia? Siam-Dutch East Indies - Aussie?

[carmine elm]

compare with germany

[lyric coyote]

thats 3 monarchist paths. Only country with more is Poland

[hollow coral]

The only viable one is napoleon

And that one is only playable once or twice

france needs a major expansion like germany

probably after us and uk rework though

[carmine elm]

no more possibilities I said, hisory is better

[carmine elm]

yeah

[carmine elm]

uk is same

need more options

for france, aviation is zero

[lyric coyote]

The political paths are fine for France

[carmine elm]

but, history said other fact

[carmine elm]

no

[hollow coral]

every try ing is just boring honestly

[carmine elm]

France diserve beter

[hollow coral]

the french guy larping as the chilean king has more flavour

[carmine elm]

same for uk

[lyric coyote]

S tier path

[hollow coral]

Genuinely

[hollow coral]

Definitely

[carmine elm]

hear the french comunity, all talk about the unplayable france

[lyric coyote]

If you really want a better France experience there are good mods out there

[hollow coral]

Tbh i only ever play vanilla

[carmine elm]

So Asian countries that are really in the background deserve a better focus tree and DLCs, but France which is still a major power doesn’t get that right? That’s messed up. We’re supposed to just rely on mods lol? Like we’re not even allowed a REAL DLC.

For example, you can see panels for managing Adolf Hitler’s inner circle; given France’s situation and its high command, we could have something similar that’s just one example among many. We French have ideas. You just have to ask, right? We deserve better…

Considering a major country like France as just a buffer that merely slows down Germany (and even then lol, you basically get crushed in less than a day with all the bonuses Germany has) isn’t reasonable at all.

You mentioned mods, mods are a good example of what France can be worth in the game without “de-historicizing” things in a historical playthrough… You’re going to tell me “well just play with mods instead of bothering us,” and my response is that it’s about representation. The in-game France has been neglected, and the French community that wants to play it feels the same way. I’m speaking for them…

[green scaffold]

the issue from france is not that it's weak but that its tree is kinda pointless

france is pretty strong

you can beat Germany easily

but all of the monarchist paths not giving you cores is so ass

communist path doesn't really do anything nor does fascist

[carmine elm]

That's why I talk here...

[green scaffold]

why does italy gets to core Rome but france doesn't get to core french empire

but anyways

there are countries that need it way more than france

france is fine

meanwhile stuff like the US, commonwealth nations, Yugoslavia, Romania can barely count as playable nations

[carmine elm]

I can agree with you, but when I see that with the latest DLC the Asian countries got almost a complete rework, and now Czechoslovakia has branches for every ideology same for Austria… France, with its focus tree, its generals, ministers, admirals, high command and everything else, really pales in comparison… But hey, we’re supposed to just stick to mods lol…

[lavish verge]

so new update is gonna make subs not shit?

also seems to buff the ai a bit, ig thats good

[wise oxide]

old hoi 4 trees be like

[carmine elm]

We deserve more than a dozen generals, five admirals, 2–3 aircraft types, and 130 warships. Generals like Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Charles de Gaulle, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and François Darlan all deserve better starting stats. When you compare their bonuses to those of Germany, Japan, or the U.S., there’s a pretty big gap.

Same goes for French aviation, sure, historically there was a delay, but it was much smaller than what the game shows. The French Navy was closely matching the German navy, and French fighters were nearly as numerous as the German ones.

[hollow coral]

its funny because not even all the generals got portraits

[carmine elm]

similary

[hollow coral]

france essentially has a default tree but they have flavour

industrial tree is useless

i dont even know what the army tree does

aviation and navy are basic

the political tree is outdated not bad

[carmine elm]

French navy is that ? Really ? Where u gonna take hisrical facts...

[brittle venture]

hi cat

[hollow coral]

ig we will get the french dlc in 2028

[carmine elm]

they are nepal tree before

[hollow coral]

i would definitely play nepal tree ngl

if i really wanted to learn how to mod a nepal tree would be the first thing

[carmine elm]

Paradox, please rework france

before maroc, central africa

Even Belgium has a better focus tree

[hollow coral]

the french dlc ideally would have morocco tunisia lebanon syria and vietnam

thats what i would like

[compact fractal]

indochina should become a colonial puppet

tunisia and morocco into protectorates if im correct

[hollow coral]

yes

[compact fractal]

this is off topic, but if they changed the U.S, I would actually like more moderate paths

remove the fascist and communist paths

and add more internal paths, such as giving states autonomy

or centralization

[hollow coral]

not remove but a massive rework

especially reworking or even removing the confederates

[brittle venture]

https://tenor.com/view/hi-gif-25925938

[brittle venture]

never actually

[compact fractal]

because the game sort of seems to ignore factions within parties

[brittle venture]

the world hates france

[compact fractal]

such as, the democrats versus republicans don't matter that much in the U.S

well they do include it sometimes

but for switching ideologies no barely

I realize im not making much sense

[carmine elm]

Dear Paradox Interactive team,

In Hearts of Iron IV, France currently feels like it belongs to an older design standard compared to more recently updated nations.

The issue is not specific missing elements, but that the country as a whole no longer matches the level of depth and system design seen in modern content.

France would benefit from a complete rework from the ground up, bringing it in line with current HOI4 standards.

This would include a full redesign of how France functions politically, militarily, and internally, so that its gameplay better reflects:

its complex 1936 starting situation
its political instability and ideological tensions
its colonial empire and global responsibilities
its military structure and command challenges
and its multiple plausible alternate-history trajectories

Right now, France does not feel fully rebuilt to match the depth of newer nation designs, and instead feels closer to legacy content.

A full rework would allow France to become a properly modern major nation in both historical and alternate-history gameplay, rather than a transitional or underdeveloped experience.

[wise oxide]

usa is even worse

[carmine elm]

objectivement ils peuvent se battre...

Comparé à la France mdr

[crimson tartan]

wha

it's english server my brother 😔

[brittle venture]

'objectively its better compared to france' i think they mean

[crimson tartan]

yeah it's not so hard for me to undertstand some of the other languages

but

😔

english motherlover do you speak it

[carmine elm]

usa can fight comparate to france

se battre = fighting

[green scaffold]

no it is very much not

[lofty creek]

what happened with putting capital letters in the patch notes?

[green scaffold]

the industry tree is quite strong, just takes time

[green scaffold]

its really not lol

the usa focus tree is like

useless

there's nothing in it

[carmine elm]

like france

[green scaffold]

no its way worse

france get industry, cores, huge research bonuses

[carmine elm]

usa is alone since 1941

[green scaffold]

wdym

usa has like the worst production capabilities per factory

[carmine elm]

usa have industry

[green scaffold]

from all majors

usa has way less industry than it should have historically or even compared to other majors

it starts with a lot of civs and that's it

but then for 3 years it can barely build anything

has no production buffs like cap increase

mid mios

and no expansion paths

[carmine elm]

i play better with usa than france lol

[green scaffold]

i mean, usa is definitely more forgiving because nobody can invade you

[thick edge]

Massive navy too

Massive starting core pop

And resources

[thick edge]

All they get is -10% cost on planes/ships

[crimson tartan]

it's still better than everyone in the game bruh

[thick edge]

They could still have a WAY better everything

[crimson tartan]

you want usa to be not OP but OOOOOOOOP?

[carmine elm]

france don't have oil, but guyane have irl

[green scaffold]

its really not lol

[carmine elm]

france need defend in 1940 front boosted gererals with 30 percent attack witch focus and other

[compact fractal]

the game has a problem with overestimating german power and underestimating allied power

[carmine elm]

usa have navy, aviation focus

[green scaffold]

soviets, uk, germany, and italy are all way better than the USA

[carmine elm]

france have nothing

for navy, aviation

no focus

[green scaffold]

they can have half the world cored before usa can even move

uk can have the usa cored in 1938

[crimson tartan]

how so

[carmine elm]

if we have 10 percent for attack or defend it's max

[green scaffold]

the usa can never core anything other than Hawaii and Alaska

[carmine elm]

algeria have iron and it's all

not really balanced

[crimson tartan]

does it make less powerful than any other country in the world

[carmine elm]

wea have 40 percent of entire africa but no ressources on them

gg

[thick edge]

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

[carmine elm]

france have 11 naval product

for the french navy

[green scaffold]

playing historically, Germany is way stronger than the USA. playing any path but historical? many many nations

[carmine elm]

french navy, one of most powerfull

uk have 17

8 military

15 civil

dude it's not france

it's png

one of most giant army yes, historic fact

but all is a 50 percent armed

lol

always bad bonus

[crimson tartan]

usa as of 1936 has as much civs as all of the other great powers in the game

biggest steel, fuel, coal reserves

[green scaffold]

doesn't mean anything

[crimson tartan]

ow really

[green scaffold]

they can't do anything with most of their factories for 3 years

[crimson tartan]

you can mobilize earlier

[green scaffold]

me when undisturbed isolation and no mobilization

and even after building

use factories are just worth less per factory

[crimson tartan]

and what country can actually do something for the first 3 years of the game

[thick edge]

Japan

Spain

Ethiopia

[green scaffold]

literally every country that is not the usa?

[thick edge]

China

[crimson tartan]

yeah those are great powers

🙂

[thick edge]

Ww2 literally starts in 3 years

[green scaffold]

having the default focus tree for the usa

would unironically be stronger

like

much stronger

you would be having gun 3

you would be able to switch ideologies

you would be able to go to war

going fascist as the usa takes 3 years

[crimson tartan]

you have infinite resources, manpower and industry
you have big аss fleet that can prevent any enemy from invading you
just sit for 3 years and build up your industry
than 1 year to mobilize and voila tanks go brrrrrr

no one can ever attack you from any side

[green scaffold]

im nor worried about anyone ever attacking me

[green scaffold]

i can have bigger core pop and bigger industry by that time as most other majors

the uk can have the usa cored by that time so like

just strictly better

[thick edge]

This humble thing called the funny empire

[brittle venture]

yo

[green scaffold]

italy can have rome

[brittle venture]

chris

[green scaffold]

japan can core china

[brittle venture]

haafy

chris

[green scaffold]

by 1938

hi casey

[brittle venture]

is this about germany nerf

[green scaffold]

no its about usa buff

[brittle venture]

i sleep

[green scaffold]

why is usa the weakest major

[brittle venture]

based??

[thick edge]

Yes

Not to that

[thick edge]

Yes

🦅 🦅

[green scaffold]

it is but also

boring

[coral drift]

Ppl in 2019 were grateful getting La Resistance

[fresh cedar]

Yeah it was super fun when it came out and seemed substantial back then

Though now you can tell its age just as newer DLC’s have innovated

[coral drift]

Yeah. Deeming it as trash is laughable
2016 French tree is just sad

But i agree in that more historical contents can be added in general

[fresh cedar]

IMO it can be fun. Communist is pretty beefy, and the 3 monarchists are fun though the Franco-Spanish union takes too much RNG

But Napoleon and Orlean are solid

+1 weekly stability with orlean is cracked

[coral drift]

Mhm
Indochina needs more content than France

[carmine elm]

France dlc

super

[compact fractal]

does anyone know if the new DLC gives indochina autonomy

the south east asia DLC

[fresh cedar]

This is literally the best part of the tree. 😂 Left tree has unlimited stability. Middle can unite with Span. Right can conquer Europe before Germany.

[coral drift]

Yes
In 2018 you yearned for that

[fresh cedar]

That was an insanely fun dlc when it came out. I know because I was there

[coral drift]

Not confirmed, but i really hope that would be the case

[fresh cedar]

Doubt

Focus tree length doesn’t equate to enjoyment or replay-ability

[carmine elm]

bwahahaha best part when you germany tree, belgium, usa

[fresh cedar]

How are any of these relevant to the discussion?

Sorry Paradox doesn’t have an insanely long tree for France even though it historically got curbstomped by 1940

[thick edge]

Unrelated but could we a queue for spy upgrades

[fresh cedar]

With templates we can just click once and have it do it for us

[coral drift]

Tbh if you ask me, with the current advancement of focus tree, the Free/Vichy tree can be hidden in the French focus tree

Just like Italy's RDS/RSI branches in its focus tree

[fresh cedar]

Yeah though Free France would get muddled

[coral drift]

Then you can add "has_capitulated = no" checks on some focus

[fresh cedar]

I just don’t understand his point. He was saying France is bad because Belgium and Germany have newer trees?

I often find myself playing French monarchies again and again on ahistorical bc it’s fun

[thick edge]

I can’t understand his grammar at all

[fresh cedar]

I think he’s French

[compact fractal]

i think best tree in hoi4 is the red wood tree

[fresh cedar]

But not a cool Quebecois French like Chak

[compact fractal]

why is vichy france not have its own tag

[fresh cedar]

Tree was pretty old that’s why

[compact fractal]

why does spanish civil war

[fresh cedar]

It was designed around it, France was not

[carmine elm]

Germany, Austria, Japan ideology tree

vs France tree

[fresh cedar]

Yeah they’re legit like 5-7 years newer

[fresh cedar]

This isn’t the complete French Ideology tree. You’re missing Democratic, communist, and fascist

[carmine elm]

monarchy or empire trees

[fresh cedar]

No, the German one is their entire ideology tree 😂

Same with Austria

Same with Japan

[carmine elm]

plane german tree, I don't talk about bonus

france plane tree

bonus research speed only

[fresh cedar]

Tbh I’d rather see USA get a rework before France

France is Atleast fun to play

[thick edge]

Is it just me or are they just going east with DLC

Germany
Middle East
Japan
Czech (outlier)
The south east Asia one

[carmine elm]

That’s what I’ve been saying from the start: I feel justified, and so does the HOI4 French community, in asking for France to be reworked and not just a little. Instead of treating me like I’m an idiot

USA is same yes

[coral drift]

It has a tag alias, same as the Spanish Civil War sides

They kinda broke that rule with RGC (Wang Jingwei Regime) and PSR (Jose Laurel's Republic) tags for Musketeer

[compact fractal]

morocco and tunisia and indochina

[fresh cedar]

Who treated you like an idiot?

[fresh cedar]

That would be nice

[compact fractal]

does anyone know what the offical name for french indochina was

or was it just french indochina

[carmine elm]

indochina is good, nothing to tell about, french africa = no ressources (exept algeria), england have all

[carmine elm]

you

[fresh cedar]

Quote me where. 🙂

[coral drift]

What mod?

[fresh cedar]

Africa in general lacks resources. It’s been a longstanding community request for it to become richer

[compact fractal]

I make just now

[carmine elm]

no oil in Guyane

[coral drift]

Ahh

[coral drift]

Lategame construction-excavations tech and resource prospecting decisions would be much welcomed

Morowali nickels, here i comee

[compact fractal]

oh offical name for indochina was indochinese union

[fresh cedar]

Tbh I’d rather France get a dlc like Czech is with its entire focus on just France. Then an allies DLC with USA and UK

[carmine elm]

I agree with you

[crimson tartan]

i don't think this will ever happen

😔

[fresh cedar]

Almost wish there was a French Equivalent of Together for Victory

[carmine elm]

None of this is a provocation towards Paradox; it's just that France is unbalanced today.

even less so with the new trees from countries like Germany or Japan

[fresh cedar]

Idk, if you play as France it’s quite strong. But the AI is pretty weak, ig to allow what historically happened to happen

25% planning is pretty cracked

[carmine elm]

The USA remained peaceful until 1941 and had the best industry in the world; it doesn't yet fit into the picture, in my opinion.

[compact fractal]

why don't they add path for kaiser wilhelm in netherlands

[carmine elm]

i agree, but player vs player, france as n change

[fresh cedar]

USA should have double the industry as it does

At the very least

[carmine elm]

yeah but he can fight

same for france ?

in multiplayer ?

[carmine elm]

in 1940 ?

[compact fractal]

what a bout this

[green scaffold]

they're really not

they need cores

[thick edge]

I don’t get what you mean

[green scaffold]

like they're playable

[compact fractal]

what about image for french rework

expand indochina

image I sent

[carmine elm]

French rework ?

[fresh cedar]

Relearn has unlimited stability when every other French tree struggles with it and Napoleon can Conquer Germany, UK, USA, and Soviets very early

Plus De Luge focus buffs

[carmine elm]

witch rework ?

[green scaffold]

its funnier when you can do the democratic path, then become free france, then go monarchist tho

[crimson tartan]

ayoooo

[carmine elm]

monarchist tree is cool, for stability lol

[thick edge]

Yellow button at top

[carmine elm]

can't have focus for recup louisiana or quebec

[crimson tartan]

why

[carmine elm]

for exemple

[thick edge]

It undo’s it if u want to

[compact fractal]

or what about if french indochina claims the mantle of real china

[thick edge]

Would there be a reason for this

[fresh cedar]

Stability dictates factory output and many other factors so yeah 100% stability even when getting bombed is really strong

[compact fractal]

for a path for frennch rwork

rework

[green scaffold]

unlimited stab is really like. useless at the end lol

[carmine elm]

so is the only finality of french monarchy ? stability ?

very cool

[thick edge]

Why would indochina get cores on that though

[green scaffold]

Napoleon path doesn't give yoi anything

[fresh cedar]

Its finality is that its way more stable than other other French tree so you are free to conquer whatever you want

[carmine elm]

pretty fun

[compact fractal]

because indochina mean south china

[green scaffold]

you could go communist and conquer everything just as much

[compact fractal]

or something like that

[fresh cedar]

These trees might not get wargoals really but you as a player can still invade whomever you wish

[green scaffold]

Napoleon is just flavor

wow it gives wargoals

[fresh cedar]

It takes a shred of critical thinking to enjoy the French monarchy trees

[green scaffold]

(wargoals are useless)

[thick edge]

So because of a name that u think the names means they get cores on all of southern china

[carmine elm]

napoléon tree give you possibility for declare war, SUPER

[compact fractal]

no

I mean it could be path for french

to expand into chin

[thick edge]

That’s literally what you said

[fresh cedar]

And extra recruitable 25% pop plus 3% recruitable percent

[compact fractal]

yes but it would be focus

[carmine elm]

Bourbon tree, declare war to spain, SUPER

[compact fractal]

not on start

it be like franco-spain union

[fresh cedar]

French Empire recruitable buffs are the equivalent of going up an entire conscription law for free

[green scaffold]

france doesn't really struggle with manpower if you play properly

it has decent core pop

[carmine elm]

Wow truc de ouf, tu as lu le mode d'emploi ?

[fresh cedar]

And you can also annex Congo/Indonesia by conquering lowlands

Meaning resources

[green scaffold]

again you can do that anyways

[fresh cedar]

It kinda does mid game until you take out a few enemies

[green scaffold]

nothing stops you from justifying

[fresh cedar]

Yeah and the UK can go to war with you by justifying. The 3 war goals plus the 2 puppets gives you 5 countries to annex from 1 focus

[carmine elm]

in same time u defend france against germans, italians ? with witch military industry you will equip your army ? give me tutorials pls

[burnt sail]

Just join the axis

[fresh cedar]

French Empire can take all of these before they war with you. And if you do it quickly you can kill Germany before Italy joins them

[compact fractal]

why don't they add new path to put napoleons coffen as french empreror

r

[carmine elm]

u don't have the focus before 1939

germany have bonus and better army

[compact fractal]

use cheat ironman

[fresh cedar]

Pretty sure you can take lowlands by 1938

[carmine elm]

not sure

70 days for all focus

[green scaffold]

again, "5 countries to annex from one focus" mean useless focus

[fresh cedar]

I mean my bad you have to play competently and respect the dates rather than conquer and core all of Europe by 1936 😂

[fresh cedar]

Absolutely isn’t, this is ragebait

[carmine elm]

365day for constitution reviexw

[green scaffold]

? you can literally justify warsgoals in this game ypu know

[fresh cedar]

Rush Const, then Full employment, then French empire

[compact fractal]

wargoal to long

[green scaffold]

you don't get cores on anything with Napoleon

which is really unclear why

[compact fractal]

what about france

[fresh cedar]

Yeah so 1 70 day focus for 5 countries is better than taking like 500+ days justifying against each

Braindead argument

[burnt sail]

Yall doing too much the french focus tree is okay, the USA’s one is much worse

[fresh cedar]

Diminishing returns with subsequent justifications. The focus not only avoids guarantees but is also 5x quick than justifying individually

[compact fractal]

what if they give france and U.S the german focus tree

then it is big

[fresh cedar]

I’m not disagreeing that France needs a rework. But saying it’s a bad tree is objectively false

[burnt sail]

I believe they will both get reworked together with the UK at some point

[carmine elm]

It's not balanced compared to other countries + the new trees, you can explain it to me in simple terms, it's obvious

[fresh cedar]

Whenever I play it I end up doing a WC idk 😭

[green scaffold]

by the time you get to this focus, you could've gotten wargoals done already lol with any fascist/communist nation

[fresh cedar]

And be at war with the Alliess

[green scaffold]

italy has a focus that gives it wargoals against all of Europe

[green scaffold]

"the allies" being the uk which you invade and cap and get half the world for free

like be fr

[fresh cedar]

Though France Geographically is in a much better position to capitalize on European wargoals. Could easily eat the lowlands and Iberia for free. Italy can’t really expand apart from the Balkans easily

[coral drift]

The region between India and China
Thailand and Myanmar are Indochinese too

[green scaffold]

italy can kill france easily and go from there

[fresh cedar]

Genuinely isn’t as easy as it used to be

[fresh cedar]

It’s not easy stfu 😂

[coral drift]

Only on Yunnan and Liangguang (the two Guangs), no further

[green scaffold]

france has the disjointed government

which makes it super free

like even if we ignore paratroopers cheese

its still free

you naval invade

and kill them

[fresh cedar]

Yeah majority of players would benefit from French expansion over Italian. To succeed as Italy you atleast need to be competent

[green scaffold]

that is also true for france

[fresh cedar]

France steamrolling everyone especially weaker neighbors would be too easy

[green scaffold]

most players would die to Germany regardless

as france

[fresh cedar]

It has direct land borders with Iberia and Benelux

[fresh cedar]

Even moreso as Italy bc they’d try using their defunct militias

[green scaffold]

getting Benelux and spain early doesn't give you all that much

you don't get cores and don't have time to do collabs

so like

[fresh cedar]

Apart from Southeast Asia, like 60+ ships and the Congo 💀

[green scaffold]

yeah uts not much

like

[shy lake]

anyone balkan wanna start a new save?

[green scaffold]

if ur doing planes

its nice

but outside of that

[fresh cedar]

Enough to then gobble UK, Germany and USA

[green scaffold]

meh

[green scaffold]

again you can do that without anything

that's not an argument

[fresh cedar]

Yeah it’s way harder without the resources and ships

[green scaffold]

I'd rather play democratic france

and do the EU

[shy lake]

homo

[green scaffold]

way better

[shy lake]

france shit

[fresh cedar]

Just do UK order 66, the empire then form Europe

[shy lake]

yugoslavia best country

[carmine elm]

Je t'ai pas demandé ton avis, crache ta francophobie ailleurs

[shy lake]

ok

[fresh cedar]

Frenchie said he agrees

Realistically though, if France got as substantial of content as Germany or Japan. It would probably get huge debuffs till like 1941

[shy lake]

its got potential

[green scaffold]

... it literally has huge debuffs?

like

[fresh cedar]

I mean militarily kinda how Germany has Land/Air/Sea debuffs at start

[shy lake]

it just has a lot of enemies around it

[fresh cedar]

Not just manpower and doctrine

[green scaffold]

the French industry tree is pretty good

one of the best

im only complaining about political paths

the political paths are the issue

both for historical and non hist

why does the france historical path end with joining the allies

in a game that is all about alt history

why does the game assume you lose

[carmine elm]

that's i'm talking about the start

[green scaffold]

the only thing i want for france military tree wise, is to have a focus that gives infantry weapons research bonuses

that's it, that would make it perfect

[fresh cedar]

Yeah no way the industry wouldn’t be nerfed hard at the start. Not just with factory output but more

Reworks are never just one part of a tree

I already know France will start crippled and you have to crawl out of it. Deciding to have a strong military or stronger industry by the time Germany invades

Hopefully not with a balance of power between Infantry/Forts and Mechanized/Tanks

[glossy inlet]

If no scratch that when France gets another dlc and rework id like if they took the time to revitalise Yugoslavia and Romania they’re showing their age that war efforts alone can’t really fix

[fresh cedar]

Yeah they’re pretty rough

[thick edge]

What

French anchluss?

American anchluss?

American MEFO?

[gray osprey]

18 hours lefttttttttttt

till dlc

roughly

I'm excited

[compact fractal]

MEFO, NATO, close enough spelling

[brittle venture]

canada

[brittle venture]

algeria

[brittle venture]

petrodollar

[compact fractal]

what about belgium

[brittle venture]

no

rhine would be fine tho

[bitter mauve]

Historically northern Catalonia

Pyrenees treaty gave France the County of Roussillon

[green scaffold]

rhine is not french speaking thi

french with Germany focus tree would be annexing all french speaking places

[brittle venture]

they wanted to annex it tho

[bitter mauve]

Saarland maybe?

[brittle venture]

like the whole place no, thats why they wanted like all the output from it

[mild ledge]

French focus tree is trash with literally no content

It ends in like 1940, all the non political focuses are outdated doctrine bonuses and research bonuses which is on par for old forus tree

The politcal focuses are super boring espescially for a nation like france which could be so cool especially like communist france, for example orleanist france with focuses such as clear the slums and thats it

[compact fractal]

what if the map in africa had more colonial puppets

turkey is red but thats besides the point

[mild ledge]

tunis is not needed

but besides that

i dont see a point if they dont add content to them

look at transjordan for example

[compact fractal]

why is tunis not needed

wasn't it a protectorate

[mild ledge]

not everythign needs to be ingame

morroco and egypt are intresting

tunis isnt

[compact fractal]

also I agree with that also

but its a world war two game isn't it

[wise oxide]

atleast a lazy shared tree would be good

[mild ledge]

the only thing tunis could have is like a mapuche chile carthage scizo path that youtubers would make a video on

[wise oxide]

but its paraslop so we wont even get that

[compact fractal]

I don't think any colonial puppet with the exception of egypt, a potential indochina, and palestine? should get focus trees

and maybe only egypt

but, I think it would be more fun for a colonial focus tree for the overlord

such as expanding or annexing puppets

[compact fractal]

I agree

[harsh hull]

Egypt and Indochina yes, but if we want to have another British colonial tag, I would think Burma rather than Palestine

[keen totem]

palestine could be interesting if they did something like Rt56

but given how much controversy that area brings in media i wouldnt be surprised if paradox doesnt ever bother to touch it

[coral drift]

If you count the Free French focuses, it ends in 1942

Which is not bad, but can be extended to 1948 with filler military/industrial focuses at least to be honest

At least the historical branch should have it

[coral drift]

<@&846894118219022336>

[lusty rampart]

thanks

cursed pfp btw, keep going.

[coral drift]

Old joke from 2014

[lusty rampart]

2014... old joke indeed

what a good year that was.

[coral drift]

Btw, just asked a few Vietnamese acquaintance of mine about a good Vietnam/Indochina vanilla mod outside of Road to 56
Apparently there are none

[harsh hull]

Indochina/Burma/Malaysia/New Zealand rework DLC next please

[stable mica]

What time will the DLC be released?

[harsh hull]

NCNS released around at [whatever your local time is + 10 hours] last time

So I assume something like 10 hours from this message would be a good starting point

[charred flame]

I am expecting 4 PM CEST (GMT+2).

[wise oxide]

how many hours?

[crimson tartan]

are people really that dumb to ask question that have been anwered a few times already every single day just to annoy devs?

😟

so glad I quit HOI4 last year
proceeds to visit game community months later

daaaamn reddut is such a nice place
you can be ver annoying and toxic person and get so many upvotes

[safe trail]

his dlc will get downvoted into oblivion my guess is 20%

this

[wise oxide]

4 hours

[safe trail]

4 hours and gates of hell will open

[brittle venture]

4 hours?

[wise oxide]

heaven

update is better than the dlc

hoi players when extra content= 😭 🥺 🤬 👹

[coral drift]

I mean, if you ask me, PfoT continuing Czech or Slovak contents in DoD would be nice
But well, it is what it is

[green scaffold]

<@&846894118219022336>

[static rampart]

It's disappointing that we aren't getting Slovakia content, but honestly it is a bit counterproductive to complain about not getting something that wasn't promised in the first place

It being so geographically similar to Czechia, and not even being a starting country in 1936 ultimately means even if it did get a tree it probably wouldn't be fun or worth it, just a weaker Czechia

[brittle venture]

it might still have content

like bolivia has content but no tree

generic tree is strong anyway

[charred flame]

Well... it was more complicated.

In 1919, Czechoslovakia was intended to be a state of two equal nations - Czechs and Slovaks. Sadly, there was one minority larger than the Slovaks: the Germans. And the Germans were not very loyal to this new state.

As a politician, you simply could not explain why the third-largest group should receive autonomy while the second-largest should not.

So Prague decided to promote the idea of one "Czechoslovak nation" with two branches - Czech and Slovak. It solved the problem of how to refuse autonomy to the Germans in the Sudetenland, but it also created tensions with Slovaks, who felt betrayed. That was the initial situation in 1936.

Apart from that, there was nothing particularly important about the Slovak puppet state. It was created in March 1939, there was a 2–3 month uprising in 1944, and that was all.

Even nowadays, Slovakia does not consider itself the successor of this wartime state, but rather the successor of pre-Munich Czechoslovakia.

[static rampart]

That has nothing to do with how Slovak content would function in game though which was what I pointed out

[brittle venture]

except some of their nationalists dont

[charred flame]

What I found outrageous in the original DoD DLC was how much potential of the Czechoslovak Legion was wasted. Czechoslovakia had many former Legion veterans with valuable experience, yet in the original focus tree they were reduced to a single focus that gave a Volunteer Force modifier. Nothing else...

[charred flame]

Our nationalists (yes, I’m from Slovakia) are honestly laughable. They praise the wartime Slovak state, consider Jozef Tiso our first president, and claim he was merely a victim of a communist show trial. At the same time, they constantly shout about sovereignty.

But whenever Viktor Orbán refers to all of Slovakia as Felvidék, or appears with a map of Greater Hungary, they remain silent.

Just a pathetic bunch of clowns... 🤡

[topaz haven]

I would much rather get luxembourg focus tree

[wet stag]

Just a heads-up that we're doing a livestream on Peace for our Time right now, if folks are interested! https://www.youtube.com/live/NpfpK98DJC0

[static rampart]

Luxembourg should of got something similar to Iceland when Götterdämmerung, but that’s long out so the time has unfortunately passed

[nimble torrent]

Just to be sure
The division designer changes are NOT coming with this dlc, are they?

[crimson tartan]

i wonder if there is anything about soviet-france-czechoslovak relations

except this one event with czechoslovakia asking france to help and then hearing loud NO in response 🙂

[red gust]

are there any mp games going on?

[green scaffold]

is the dlc live yet

[green scaffold]

no

its with TaoG

[burnt sail]

in about 20 mins

[wise oxide]

7min

frikin hyped lowkey

love the ai changes keep it coming paradox

[crimson tartan]

[wise oxide]

because smart ai means more challenging and balanced game

[crimson tartan]

the last dlc i bought it was by blood alone ppbly

[wise oxide]

because ai is dumb has bad designs and bad planing and bad builds and decisions while even noob players can pick better choises and stuff

like ai picks advisors for stuff they never use sometimes instead of the best ones

[opaque grove]

How much is it gona cost?

[west lake]

your soul

[opaque grove]

I have no soul i sold it

[west lake]

oh

[opaque grove]

I sold it for all hoi4 dlc exepct graveyards of empirers

[brisk patrol]

where is the dlc paradox...

[safe plover]

6 dollars most likely

[opaque grove]

K

[west lake]

yep

[safe plover]

Which is insane tbh

[opaque grove]

Is it out?

Nah

[safe plover]

Yea

[opaque grove]

6 dolars is not that much

[safe plover]

Well for smth that doesnt add any mechanics plus we alr have a ton of czechia mods

[solid gyro]

https://klipy.com/gifs/ratafak-plachta

[safe plover]

bavaria mentioend

[solid gyro]

me when I think of Czechoslovakia

[safe plover]

[ebon mauve]

Why am I not getting the latest DLC with my subscription

[cosmic falcon]

And now we wait for Thunder at out Gates.

[limpid sparrow]

when i start hoi4 although i have the dlc, it isnt loaded, why?

[safe plover]

[ebon mauve]

bugs at our gates

[drifting star]

Any secret paths ?

[north hamlet]

The dlc JUST came out man

[compact fractal]

shhh its a secret

[drifting star]

So yes

[compact fractal]

maybe

[rugged zodiac]

how many focuses is there?

[compact fractal]

don't know

[ebon mauve]

Okay I get it now

[compact fractal]

at least 10

[ebon mauve]

tried relaunch steam?

[compact fractal]

actually it might be around 50-100 in a guess

[rugged zodiac]

oh yeah really? i tought 5

[limpid sparrow]

im currently verifing files, but ill try, thanks

[jovial flower]

Does Slovakia has any content? I heard a guy got banned ln forums for asking this question so I'm interested

[north hamlet]

Mods ban this guy

[limpid sparrow]

verify and relaunch worked

[safe plover]

new option for germany

[safe plover]

3 positive national ideas

[kindred beacon]

And the Slovak National Uprising in 1944 was loyal to the legitimate Czechoslovak government

[jovial flower]

Take it or leave it

[charred flame]

just check specific Focus file in Localization, it should be in your PC even if you don't have this DLC...

[kindred beacon]

What's the difference between this and setting up Bohemia Moravia later through the Reich Commissariat decisions?

[safe plover]

nothing

[jovial flower]

I'm on a polish-belarusian border kilometers away from my PC

[pseudo wing]

I've seen no such thing on my end in terms of people being banned, odd

[jovial flower]

So I cannot

[kindred beacon]

What are you doing at the Polish Belarussian border

[charred flame]

Trying to get to the EU 😄

[jovial flower]

Protecting it as my duty of a polish soldier

[kindred beacon]

Based

(so if ww3 starts you're screwed)

[safe plover]

actuall the puppet gets more compliance but thats it

[cosmic stag]

cant wait for the 2 other Dlcs for hoi4

the seaplane tenders and TAOG

[charred flame]

2? I am sure only 1 remain...

[kindred beacon]

How does the Czechoslovak exile mechanic work?

Is it like Ethiopia?

[cosmic stag]

yes 2

[safe plover]

this is new also ig

[coral drift]

1939 start:

[drifting star]

Ping me when yall find secrets

[safe plover]

k thats insane

[charred flame]

Well... in few hours we will update our czech translation project. 😄 Should be funny, how many "hidden" events and focus have their localization strings in files...

Once I found one removed event in Gotterdammerung event files. About Adventures of Tintin 😄

[fresh cedar]

Yeah I saw that, really nice buff. What would that equate to for daily compliance?

.3?

[meager rose]

We are also of course correcting any mistakes in local naming schemes that are fixable that the Czech playerbase has pointed out. So the suggestions so far and the ones that will come in the future are very helpful.

[fresh cedar]

Really excited to play this DLC after work

Can anyone tell me if there’s any hidden content/trees/leaders

[safe plover]

wtf

[jovial flower]

The black market knows no bounds

[silk island]

Do you guys thing its worth it to buy peace for our time?

i think it could be cheaper if it´s focus tree only for one nation

[whole arch]

Woo, Paradoxs first mostly positive dlc on Steam, PfoT seems to be doing alright

[tired acorn]

give it some time. im predicting it will be 50/50

[whole arch]

Ofc people are complaining about the very steep price ($6/£5) already lmao 😭

[tired acorn]

6 euro for copy of hungary tree

[hollow lion]

How is it in any way related to the Hungary tree

[stuck smelt]

devs how does this actually work??

[crimson tartan]

no seriously
this is not funny

FOCUS PACK
MADE FOR 1 COUNTRY

[hollow lodge]

6$

Arms against Tyranny has 5 nations and is 20, and also adds a feature.

My take

[stuck smelt]

*5 really

[hollow lodge]

Huh?

[safe trail]

No 5.99

[hollow lion]

I guess Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland?

[safe trail]

is 6

[hollow lodge]

Forgot Iceland had a tree

[compact fractal]

I don't understand exactly because couldn't they have just taken longer on the DLC to add more content

[hollow lion]

Tbf Czechoslovakia is about as big as Iceland and Denmark combined

[compact fractal]

unless it was rushed

[hollow lion]

It wasnt rushed

[crimson tartan]

because this dlc is not meant to be about slovakia maybe

🙂

[compact fractal]

apple 🥲

pear 😢 😢

[crimson tartan]

no seriously
when they announced pfot they made it clear that this will be an experimental dlc focus on one single country

because people were not happy with several counties focus packs, like bftb and toa

they repeated it several times
and now people say that's bad

❓ ❓ ❓

[stuck smelt]

really liking the MIO stuff during first czech run

[brittle venture]

iceland?? new iceland content??

[compact fractal]

nuclear missile 🥲 😢

[meager rose]

I might had gotten carried away with it

[lament quail]

People were not happy due to the quality of the content, not because the pack included multiple countries

i.e. GoE

[compact fractal]

I like no compromise no surrender but it cost a lot

although it may just be because I like china

[crimson tartan]

so they made smaller pack to insure it will be perfect in terms of quality

[lament quail]

tbh NCNS is ok imho, the main issue is how they broke the naval AI on release

[compact fractal]

why aren't they updating the base game?

[whole arch]

The hoi4 community is the kind to get spoonfed exactly what they asked for and then complain that they got that. A lot of people just complain for the sake of complaining

[compact fractal]

didn't even notice because I don't know how to use the navy

[crimson tartan]

💯

[compact fractal]

it seems to be a common problem with community's wanting more

some games even give free updates

and people still say they're lazy

[whole arch]

The hoi4 community would lk complain if the dlcs were free atp

[lament quail]

The mind boggling part is, you are releasing a major DLC focused around a major country with a strong naval focus, that historically fights against another major country with strong navvy... how the hell you don't notice you broke the naval AI?

[carmine bough]

the way i'm reading the reviews it seems like yet another banger from paradox interactive ☕️

[brittle venture]

is there a new update?

[carmine bough]

gonna be riding this one out, doesnt seem worth taking 5€ out of my bank account lol

[cold axle]

does the dlc add new stuff to only czechoslovakia or also for other countries?

[carmine bough]

is bro living under a rock

[carmine bough]

only to czechia

[brittle venture]

i was making a chair

[carmine bough]

uh yeah a dlc released to day

seems like it's the usual slop high quality content we've come to expect from paradox, at least from the reviews

[crimson tartan]

even when modders made a dlc
it's still pdx who releases slop 🙂

[brittle venture]

its been out for 2 seconds theres no way to make an honest review by now

[topaz haven]

they nerfed czechoslovakia so much

[whole arch]

Should probably watch a YouTubers review on the dlc or something, a lot of Steam reviews are as slop as iSorrows slop channel

[topaz haven]

billion debufs literally for a nation that is gonna get eaten in 1938

[carmine bough]

ig, but also no slovakia content for a czechoSLOVAKIA dlc seems pretty bad

and, in the end, it's five bucks for a single focus tree

[hollow lion]

You can get rid of the debuffs and build a strong industry and do forts before being eaten

[carmine bough]

not at all worth it

[brittle venture]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-owl-dancing-owl-owl-sneaky-gif-12975781

[topaz haven]

you cant do all things at once and no one wants to play forts only if you go any kind of faction its like going into a dead end also why you reduces the divisions to just six to look like you have manpower from the start?

[coral drift]

A Slovak said that this is cheaper than a soda on his place
In my place, with 330ml Coca Cola bottle is worth 5k Rupiahs, this is the equivalent of 11 Coca Cola bottles

Better to save up money for TaoG

[crimson tartan]

i can't really call this tree a slop

[lament quail]

when your tree is so wide you need to lift the mouse to continue scrolling

[stuck smelt]

yep. currently holding against germany in 38 on historical

[coral drift]

Well, you can play historical until 1939 and then the game runs out of unique focus