1.2 Update

[wright1331]

I just received a newsletter from Paradox. I thought this might interest you all:


"You heard it here first! A new update for Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday is on its way and we are hoping to release it next week. Keep your eyes peeled for it on the forum http://forum.paradoxplaza.com and game sites across the globe."

Are you able to post what all the news letter says??

Crossing my fingers, I might actually be able to use more than just the box of DD (paper weight/spot filler on book shelf)... woohoo

 

[Ayeshteni]

What do you mean?

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[unmerged(51416)]

As for the aircraft, that "1.1b" fix works tremendously.

Which 1.1b? Where is it? And does it fix only naval bombers problems or also INT vs FTR problem?

EDIT: On topic Great we'll see 1.2 out

 

[Nomble]

Yay, I'll be ready to start a new game then.

 

[Helshad]

Noooo!!!! Not yet... please hold off the patch another month so I can finish my brutal and savage conquering of the world... :rofl:

Naa.. Would be fun to have some of the more serious problems fixed...

 

[Hevendor]

What is the problem here? That the intel is too cheap, too expensive, or that you just can't stop doing it ?

The problem is that Germany should be stealing applicable blueprints, like infantry, armor, industrial, and air force, not blueprints for an entirely separate land doctrine research path that they cannot use.

And don't get me started on the abandon doctrine exploit. That doesn't count as a legitimate reason.

 

[Mork]

Unfortunately, noone other than pretty much Johan can comment on this (and if I could have my way, niether could Blue Emu, but mostly because he deserves to be in the beta if he wants).

 

[Falstaff]

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Where?

 

[unmerged(46366)]

What do you mean?

What is the problem here? That the intel is too cheap, too expensive, or that you just can't stop doing it ?

Perceptive man with respect to the last. I think I got "heavy tank" (which I never use) out of the Brits along with about 15 land and naval techs that I COULD never use and yet.... I ......JUST......COULDN'T..........STOP!!!!!!!!!

If your "target" nation does not have any blueprints that you actually have the ability to research you shouldn't have the option of trying to "steal blueprint." Gray it out! That is the only thing that would save the likes of me from ourselves.

Hey, speaking of that, and perhaps this is more of an enhancement than a bugfix, but wouldn't it be nice to have at least a random chance of obtaining blueprints from nations you annex? The US and Sovs sure got a lot of German "blueprint techs" in real life 1945.

 

[Falstaff]

Wouldn't it be some kind of exploit, that you would be able to know, if they had more research you could steal? And that you would know, what it was, after you stole it? As it is now, you can't know, if they have more and what they have, a bit like real life, no?

 

[unmerged(50037)]

Wouldn't it be some kind of exploit, that you would be able to know, if they had more research you could steal? And that you would know, what it was, after you stole it? As it is now, you can't know, if they have more and what they have, a bit like real life, no?

Maybe you shouldn't be able to steal blueprints for doctrines? (Or perhaps, only doctrines you yourself have)

 

[wright1331]

Wouldn't it be some kind of exploit, that you would be able to know, if they had more research you could steal? And that you would know, what it was, after you stole it? As it is now, you can't know, if they have more and what they have, a bit like real life, no?

i agree that is shouldnt let you steal blueprints that your doctrine tree doesnt follow, but it shouldnt be greyed out if they dont have it....

Maybe you should have to waste a spy even if they dont have any techs you can use and get a popup that says 'all availible techs known' or something of the such.


CAUSE!!!!!!! i cant picture anyone going up to Hitler and saying " hey I just found out about this new idea for combat; that involves us sending man after man against the enemy, and i think we should forget about this 'blitzkreig idea' it sounds like a failure.
POP POP POP... someone please get this corpse out of my site! "

 

[blue emu]

i agree that is shouldnt let you steal blueprints that your doctrine tree doesnt follow...

My suggestion was to just leave it as it is, but give the player (or AI) a +1% combat modifier for each known blueprint in the enemy's Doctrine path.

That would mean that being familiar with the opponent's tactical methods would earn you a small combat bonus.

... sort of like... reading Rommel's pre-war book "Infantrie Angriff Ans".

 

[Falstaff]

My suggestion was to just leave it as it is, but give the player (or AI) a +1% combat modifier for each known blueprint in the enemy's Doctrine path.

Wouldn't that be hard to balance? What about the AI? Will it steal as much as humans? Will it thus always be penalized in combat vs humans? And what about allies with different doctrines? Are they guaranteed these combat bonusses (through tech exchange) (or can't you exchange these techs)?

 

[unmerged(51738)]

... sort of like... reading Rommel's pre-war book "Infantrie Angriff Ans".

I'm so happy Blue Emu finally is wrong. I already started to doubt you are human.

 

[blue emu]

I'm so happy Blue Emu finally is wrong. I already started to doubt you are human.

I spelled it wrong... it's "Infanterie greift an"

Wouldn't that be hard to balance? What about the AI? Will it steal as much as humans? Will it thus always be penalized in combat vs humans? And what about allies with different doctrines? Are they guaranteed these combat bonusses (through tech exchange) (or can't you exchange these techs)?

The AI-espionage needs serious tweaking anyway... they don't even defend their home country from foreign spies.

With a modifier of +1% per Doctrine, it's probably not a game-breaker anyway, especially on the harder levels.

Allies can only trade blueprints for a Tech that the other ally is just about to learn, yes? As USSR, I can't even give away blueprints to my allies unless they have already researched all of the prerequisites for the Tech.

 

[unmerged(42723)]

Btw, who will sacrifice himself as a volunteer for testing the editor after 1.2 is out?

 

[Ayeshteni]

Btw, who will sacrifice himself as a volunteer for testing the editor after 1.2 is out?

well done for volunteering old chum. Give the fellow a drink.

Good luck BeBro, report back when you are ready.

Ayeshteni

 

[GeneralHannibal]

I assume the XP system will be changed to something more reasonable or, well I might get depressed . If the patch doesnt change the XP system then that'll be the most disappointing thing since the 2004 US election.

 

[Akintude]

What's truly needed is an auto-send-spy feature. The only thing preventing me from making full use of the intelligence features are the fact that you have to stop the game every week or so and try to plant more spies in your respective countries. The tedium of doing this is positively excruciating. Just a simple radio box you can click somewhere, presumably in the intelligence tab, that automatically attempts to send a spy whenever the opportunity arises and the needed money is available would solve pretty much the only problem I have with the intelligence system.