Captured Equipment

[Oakfan]

Thanks!
1. Yeah generals and divisions still gain XP for themselves
2. The second, so each can have a mix. We dont have captured equipment yet, but its something we want to add. We'll see.
3. Infantry equipment is abstracted into packages (there are a couple of levels that improve different things). You wont specifically be building individual rifles, but more the whole kit the guys need
4. We don't have leadership like in hoi3 (and hence no officers anymore). That kind of country modelling is done in another way which we havent talked about yet.

Just wanted to see if CAPTURED equipment made it into the game. Being the post quoted above was June 2014, hoping it made it in.

 

[LordOfWar16]

If i recall correctly that wont be in the release version but might come with an expansion, just like espionage of enemy battleplans.

#1 How does equipment take damage in combat? (Is it just manpower that takes damage and if manpower falls below a percentage the equipment is lost?)
#2 Presumably a battalion with 50% equipment only gets 50% of it's combat stats. (Or is it non-linear?) What about a Division though? If a mixed intantry / tank Division has Infantry Battalions with 100% equipment and Tanks at 0% equipment would they get no stats benefit from the tank Battalion?
#3 Can you capture enemy equipment? Would be nice to see Germans using captured French tanks for example.

#1 wait for combat diary
#2 its linear, and on division levl its as you say. no tanks, no benefit
#3 not right now, but may happen in the future at some point

That post is from july 2015.

 

[The Albatross]

If i recall correctly that wont be in the release version but might come with an expansion, just like espionage of enemy battleplans.






That post is from july 2015.

Let us hope that PODCAT does add captured equipment into gameplay.
IRL support for this comes from the Siege of Tobruk, where;

"Large amounts of equipment captured from the enemy was used. The ammunition bunkers at Tobruk were full of Italian ammunition. None the less, many raids were carried out on the Italian troops to gain more equipment. For example many of the captured Italian guns lacked sights, so the troops raided the Italian lines, took some of their batteries, removed the sights and destroyed the guns. Also the majority of anti tank mines were obtained by digging up Italian and German mines by night. On one night alone they dug up 500 such mines and re-located them."

No doubt there are plentiful additional historical examples too.

 

[LordOfWar16]

Let us hope that PODCAT does add captured equipment into gameplay.

Podcat mentioned that they are interested in doing that, but that it wont be in the release version. Could of course have changed, but if we wont see capturing enemy equipment on World War Wednesday it isnt in the release version for sure.

Stealing enemy battleplans for example is something they want to do aswell, but wont be in the release version.

Johan said that they plan to release 2-3 big expansion each year and several smaller (cosmetic) dlc.

 

[Will Steel]

Want the ability to capture pieces? Buy the great DLC we are releasing! Only 20$ for something that is a core part of WW2 and should've been in the game!

 

[LordOfWar16]

Want the ability to capture pieces? Buy the great DLC we are releasing! Only 20$ for something that is a core part of WW2 and should've been in the game!

you realize that Paradox actually releases alot of content of expansions in an free patch right? Only some functions are paid. Other than that i rather have an well implemented well thought through system rather than something rushed to tick it off the checklist for launch.

 

[CaesarCzech]

Paradox is no CDPR they are still not EA or Ubisoft or KONAAAAAAAAAAAAAMIIII.
Still They get shitloards of what we on Bioware forum called
biotrolls

 

[Blijert]

biotrolls

I assume these are guys eternally complaining about DLC's without regard to any previous posts on the topic, and the Devs replies to those posts? Never mind the overall economics most growing game developers are simply subject to?

 

[Will Steel]

I am not complaining about DLCs, in fact Paradox have a better DLC policy than a huge number of other developers and publishers. The problem is that their DLCs in EU4 and CK2 are beginning to have problems for those who don't buy the DLC, sometimes making the game outright unplayable. Plus, as shown by the latest EU4 DLC - they have no qualms in releasing DLCs unfinished and patch them up really slowly. HoI4 might get such DLCs too, if it can happen with EU4.

 

[Zaku]

I am not complaining about DLCs, in fact Paradox have a better DLC policy than a huge number of other developers and publishers. The problem is that their DLCs in EU4 and CK2 are beginning to have problems for those who don't buy the DLC, sometimes making the game outright unplayable. Plus, as shown by the latest EU4 DLC - they have no qualms in releasing DLCs unfinished and patch them up really slowly. HoI4 might get such DLCs too, if it can happen with EU4.

I played a hundred hours with EU4 vanilla, same or even more with CK2 vanilla. I don't see your point, they are perfectly enjoyable games without any DLC at all.

 

[safe-keeper]

Would be cool to have a "Panzer division" with Panzer IIIs, Panzer IVs, some Stugs and a handful of captured Allied or Soviet tanks .