I am one of those guys, who actually purchased a bunch of spritepacks and is only playing with counters .... Donno why.
I have done the same!
I have taken it a bit further you can see all the P-dox games i have purchased, and yet almost every single one of them i have not played more then 5 minutes simply due to the lack of counters.
It wasnt my intention really to simply continue a closed thread, in fact i didnt even read the whole thread tbh, perhaps i shouldnt have used the quote..but counters has always been a sensitive subject. Several times it has been brought up in this thread by P-dox people to basically wait until you see the map, etc... before rushing to judgement... This is key to why i made the post essentially. To me it doesnt matter, doesnt matter if the map is the greatest most detailed map in the world, it doesnt matter that its HOI4 and not an xpac of HOI3. I have never seen anything more ridiculous in my life then a map with a giant toy soldier sticking out of it. This is simply an opinion issue. As i have stated i bought many pdox games and never play any of them, because they dont have counters. They may be the greatest game in the world, ill never know. For me strategic level games should be played with counters, end of story. I know many feel the same. I myself personally know 9 players of HOI3, none use sprites. Now i know someone does, maybe alot, even most, i wont profess to know, just stating my opinions. I really like the ideas of Aod and DH, but cant stand the maps, and sprites. I personally dont play HOI3 mods because they typically change the maps and counters of the vanilla game, which imo are "perfect" for gaming. If it was a perfect world for me HOI4 would use the exact same map and counters as HOI3. I feel too often in gaming there is a need to change things for the sake of changing things.
I was just taken aback by the even consideration of no counters which caused me to start this thread. There are very few games i still play (some very old) i would hate to lose another. IN fact i waited patiently and aniously for 2 P-dox games to even launch that never did, first off im hoping this game actually comes to market, then ill hope the sprites are in it (and the maps arent too bad, i didnt like any of the screens of EvW at all).
I truly enjoy what i am seeing from most of the developers diaries at this time btw.
