1945 Battle Scenario (and Scenarios in General)

[frolix42]

Most players play the '36 scenario so im in favor or only the '36 and '39 (for people who dont want the pre-war.) maybe one at '41 at pearl harbor.

+1 to this. As much as I appreciate the ability to chose any date in CK2 + EU4, I find myself always starting at the earliest start date (867/1444). I would much prefer that the developers concentrate resources on making events more logical and interesting.

Actually the 1936 scenario is good for Asia, but it's too early to be balanced in Europe as it give the player too much time to tune his army.

I definitely see that as a plus, though I can see where you're coming from. I'm giving Paradox the benefit of the doubt and hope that the AI will hopefully be able to mobilize logically 36-39.

 

[Beagá]

The 1944 scenario should be in. I loved playing it for the challenge it provided, and I got the impression it was one of the more popular scenarios also.

I for one never bothered with it either in HOI 2, 3 or DH/AoD.

Only one who has data about "most played nation/date/whatever" is Paradox.

 

[EmperorTojo]

Only one who has data about "most played nation/date/whatever" is Paradox.

Do they actually have such data? Would be pretty funny to know how many actually played those other scenarios..

 

[podcat]

Do they actually have such data? Would be pretty funny to know how many actually played those other scenarios..

We dont for HOI3, I can only go on what people AAR, write about, bug report or comment when I ask them unfortunately, but it still gives a pretty good idea. For HOI4 we'll have statistics like in EU4/CK so we can see what mods and countries are most popular and other such things that help direct development.

 

[Mannstien]

We dont for HOI3, I can only go on what people AAR, write about, bug report or comment when I ask them unfortunately, but it still gives a pretty good idea. For HOI4 we'll have statistics like in EU4/CK so we can see what mods and countries are most popular and other such things that help direct development.

Great, now I'll have to put more leadership into counter espionage missions to keep you out of my national statistics screens. Hopefully you don't have a drone program in case I start nuclear research early!!!

 

[dizzle3]

Depending on how much is changed from previous games, should be pretty easy for modders to add more start dates. Personally would have gone for 1936 and 1938, but pdx doing a good job with 2 scenarios for the base game seems solid.

 

[Adonnus]

In Darkest Hour the 1943, 1944 and 1945 scenarios came out in a patch..can we maybe see the same thing from Hoi4?

 

[gregor_mendel]

In Darkest Hour the 1943, 1944 and 1945 scenarios came out in a patch..can we maybe see the same thing from Hoi4?

With Paradox implementing the new DLC model for HOI, I could definitely see this happening. Very optimistic at this point concerning Paradox's focus on detail and quality.

I too predominately start in 1936. Every now and then I'll start a 1943 game simply for the historicity, correct OOBs, native language unit names.

Though, a unit name template that can be adjusted for each nation would help quite a bit!

 

[blasteg]

+1 to the battle scenarios.

I want to play all those operations without having to worry about industrializing or technology etc.

Though some victory condition is broken in HOI2. The one US+Soviet VS Japan to be specific.

 

[Rudawitz]

I was often tempted to try out the later scenarios. However, it was a pain to re-organize my forces in an effective way while already engaged in combat. If this is improved upon in HoI 4, it would certainly encourage me to try the late scenarios again. Introducing scenarios in a DLC is fine by me, though.

 

[seattle]

We are doing '36 and '39. Any more and we wont be able to do those at high quality. The later scenarios are a huge drain on development resources and almost nobody play them, so we are going to focus on where 99.9% of games are started.

That's what I love about the new PI: no more shenanigans, just sound business decisions. Focus is the new keyword for PI-games. I'm sure everybody prefers few awesome scenarios over many decent ones.
Still hoping for a 1945 Wunderwaffen-DLC though.

 

[FOARP]

The 1944 scenario should be in. I loved playing it for the challenge it provided, and I got the impression it was one of the more popular scenarios also.

Nope. Especially since it was effectively broken. The insta-collapse the allies always suffered being the prime example.

 

[mrcowman]

I want 1933 Red Germany