I think that the states in the balkans really need improvements, even if they break saves. Perhaps you can give a warning about it.We generally don't add states in minor patches (like 1.10.2) ,since they break save games.
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I think that the states in the balkans really need improvements, even if they break saves. Perhaps you can give a warning about it.We generally don't add states in minor patches (like 1.10.2) ,since they break save games.
Definitely agree with this. This DLC was the perfect time to tweak the Balkans, Adding Northern Dobrujda, fixing croatia, serbian and greek states etc. You already changed a few balkan provinces, so why not actually fix the region? I'd be happy to have my save games break if it means fixing what should have just been fixed.I think that the states in the balkans really need improvements, even if they break saves. Perhaps you can give a warning about it.
Same, plus i'm prty sure by the time the patch(es) come out everyone will either have finished their campaigns, or will have been waiting for the bugfixes to start their campaigns (i'm certainly waiting for the bugfixes to start new campaigns since so far, they were fun but...damn them bugs rly were annoying)Definitely agree with this. This DLC was the perfect time to tweak the Balkans, Adding Northern Dobrujda, fixing croatia, serbian and greek states etc. You already changed a few balkan provinces, so why not actually fix the region? I'd be happy to have my save games break if it means fixing what should have just been fixed.
Sounds like an invitation for a Mega CampaignMay we remind people that we have recently released an entire game where you can play as the Byzantine Emperor from the start?
Hello all, and welcome back to another DevDiary! Last week, we released Battle for the Bosporus (some of you may remember it). Given that we took the number 1 top-seller spot on steam within an hour of launch, and without pre-orders, I daresay that the idea of a country pack has been a success.
Now, let’s look at some Telemetry we got from the first couple of days after release!
For starters, we are seeing a big increase in people playing the new countries that is not at all surprising. After release, Germany still leads the list of most-played countries, but it’s overall margin has shrunk quite a bit over the years. After the game’s initial release, some 40% of games were played as Germany, now it is less than 20%. In second place is, unsurprisingly, Turkey with 16%, followed by Greece at just under 10% and the Soviet Union at 7.4 %. Bulgaria comes in a hair below it at 7% of total games played.
Next, let’s look at the focuses everyone has been picking!
About a third of players in Turkey opted to bring back the Sultan, compared to 48% who decided to remain a republic and engage with the big three factions. 12% opted to form their own faction and integrate the Balkans. Of the players who opted to join the world war, most chose to join the Axis, while only a small handful managed to get the old Central Powers back together. Only about 11% managed to bring back Camelry, showing that perhaps the age of the Camel in warfare has passed.
In Greece, it appears that monarchy is in crisis, with 73% opting to bring back the exiled republicans, although more than two thirds then decided to compromise with the monarchists in what can only be described as a disgusting lack of principles. Unfulfilled with merely supporting a simple king, a total of 43% then continued to revive the double-headed eagle in an attempt to restore the Byzantine Emperor.
May we remind people that we have recently released an entire game where you can play as the Byzantine Emperor from the start?
Just putting that out there.
In Bulgaria, it appears that Monarchy is decidedly back in fashion as about two thirds decided to give power to the Tsar. A similar number then allowed the Tsar to form the government, before later having to choose between strengthening the royal dictatorship or arranging for an unfortunate accident for Tsar Boris. The vast majority decided to plot against the Tsar, showing that once again HoI players have the right mindset to play CKIII.
The vast majority then decided to back the old Tsar Ferdinand I - perhaps unsurprisingly, considering that the alternative is a literal child.
On the other side of the divide, there is a clear preference for the Balkan Federation of Socialist Republics, which was picked about 7 times as often as the alternative. Perhaps people just don’t like Stalin? For more than 10% of games, this ends with the Balkans fully unified.
We did also get a lot of feedback from you guys about bugs and other issues that we are going to address in the coming weeks. Like we did before, we will be having an open beta coming soon with a number of bug fixes and some changes to address some of the more widespread concerns raised, such as the time you spend addressing political issues in the Turkish focus tree. We expect that patch to become available for the main branch at a later date. More info on what is in the open beta and how to access it will come when the beta becomes available.
DevDiaries will be taking a small break as we continue work on the next DLC and Patch “Barbarossa”. More info on those will come when we resume. We don’t expect this break to be nearly as long as the one between La Resistance and Battle for the Bosporus, but 2020 has been a year full of unexpected events, so we can’t give you a firm promise on when they will return.
Probably Sweden, has a formable nation and plenty of factories.What is the newest top played generic tree nation? Persia? Brazil?
This. Turkey has the exclusive honor of being the only country that can't get to 5 research slots, and the most popular branch can basically never even get a fourth one due to how it relies on the AI to do something the AI literally never does.People were generally annoyed by research options: Turkey starts with 3, and can only get 4th one (Ottomans stay at 3) while Mexico can get 5.
Only about 11% managed to bring back Camelry, showing that perhaps the age of the Camel in warfare has passed.
In Greece, it appears that monarchy is in crisis, with 73% opting to bring back the exiled republicans, although more than two thirds then decided to compromise with the monarchists in what can only be described as a disgusting lack of principles. Unfulfilled with merely supporting a simple king, a total of 43% then continued to revive the double-headed eagle in an attempt to restore the Byzantine Emperor.
May we remind people that we have recently released an entire game where you can play as the Byzantine Emperor from the start?
As far as I observed you can bug Atatürk by clicking retire option multiple times so he stays as leader and retires at the same time and he doesn't ever die I think Atatürk living beyond 1938 after retire option isn't bug (he rests and live more) but there sure are some bugs with his retirement/health issues.And there are some bugs regarding Atatürk's health and his legacy as well. One time I was able to have a positive Atatürk Legacy spirit with democratic support as the Ottoman Empire lol. Another time, I went communist, the Greeks attacked me in around 1938 and I was able to recall Atatürk to active service, then I made him retire, which didn't actually stop him from commanding his nation XD. As much as I love Atatürk's personality as a decisive soldier and a leader when it comes to defending his nation, this wasn't supposed to happen. Hope you'll do something about it.
Because it's 140 days of national focus for what is a fun little joke unit.Only about 11% managed to bring back Camelry, showing that perhaps the age of the Camel in warfare has passed.
I think the top feature on every achievement-hunters wishlist is being able to choose a single AI Behaviour without disabling achievements. Just one. Please. I'm an ironman purist (XCOM turned me into a masochist) and after 1000 hours in HOI4 since Waking The Tiger came out 2.5 years ago, I've never seen Germany oppose Hitler.Or increase the odds of Germany choosing oppose hitler (i have more than 100 games with hungary and Germany never picks this focus in ahistorical while UK becomes whatever they want in each game, totally unfear because many nations have ahistorical focuses that are limíted by germany) (also I have never seen the ai starting the civil war as USA to go communist or fascist)
Damn, work in Sweden sounds great...HOI4 is getting pretty damn old now Paradox. There should be a new team hired to start work on HOI5 for a three year dev cycle at this point and this DLC (while I did love it) was supposed to be a little snack ... It was not a full meal to buy you guys more time to go MIA. We already deal with that all damn summer. Don't abandon the community Paradox, dev-diaries are easy to do. Just do the damn things.