Do we need more Minister slots?

[Emren]

I actually like that I have to choose what I want most. Downside is, it's always light aircraft Designer...

But you’re not choosing between ministers and designers.

 

[Zauberelefant]

But you’re not choosing between ministers and designers.

I then mistook your post. I consider chiefs of airforce tertiary at best.

 

[cursorhiker]

Why not an actual cabinet, with a foreign minister, chief of intelligence, chief of staff, and so on?

 

[Zauberelefant]

Why not an actual cabinet, with a foreign minister, chief of intelligence, chief of staff, and so on?

We had that in hoi2, it felt quite pointless.

 

[richfed]

I would love to have more minister slots, especially, as noted, now that we now have The Illusive Gentleman to consider.

 

[GSP Jr]

Why not an actual cabinet, with a foreign minister, chief of intelligence, chief of staff, and so on?

Roosevelt (USA) had 11 (if you count VP) in his cabinet for example and that is way too many.
Different government probably had different formats & number of ministers also.
One or two more might be nice though if they revamp it a little or more variety.

 

[Metz]

Until we get more internal politics and they finish up with the majors I think they should keep things the way they are. Hoi4 has limited numbers of portraits they can make between expansions, and adding more portrait slots would probably strain the art team

They said they can make 4 portraits per day. Most major country portraits are already made. If they spent 3 days per country, in two months they'd have more than enough to go around.

 

[Iskulya]

It would be kind of nice if there were two 'main' portraits per country. One for the head of government, and one for the head of state. Or an appropriate substitute given that in the US for example, the President is both head of government and head of state. The Darkest Hour mod for HoI4 is doing this I think, and it's a nice touch. A reveamped cabinet system in general would be a welcome addition to the game, but also it's hard to see the point in this without a more indepth political system.

 

[Ketchup & friends]

Without changing too much, I would add another slot for air ministers like some mods do.
It's a bit annoying to switch back and forth from fighter to CAS minister. The added slot would still mean an additional investment of 150 pp, but would decrease micro.

This could be combined with @Mentatt76 's proposal. 1 design per Designer company.

 

[Emren]

I then mistook your post. I consider chiefs of airforce tertiary at best.

This is off-topic, so apologies to the OP, but I am curious: Do you never use the medium designer? That +20% reliability for both Heavy Fighters and Tactical Bombers is nothing to sneeze at, I think. Depends on the country, of course, but normally I'll pick the medium designer after researching the 1940 fighter, then research in parallel both 1936 and 1940 HFTR and TACs at the same time - and you only need to switch to the medium designer before research on the 1940 frames... then before the 1944 fighters, it's back to the light designer.

 

[master_templar]

Something like this maybe?

 

[Hoi Neuling]

Yep defenetely. I play the Game only with the more Idea Slots (higher military Command, 6 or 8 Minister-Slots, 3 Slots for Tanks, Planes and Ships, all 3 Slots for Weapenproducer and most important 3 Slots for the Theoreticans (Air, Army, Navy with the dayly training + 0,05 or so.

 

[Zauberelefant]

This is off-topic, so apologies to the OP, but I am curious: Do you never use the medium designer? That +20% reliability for both Heavy Fighters and Tactical Bombers is nothing to sneeze at, I think. Depends on the country, of course, but normally I'll pick the medium designer after researching the 1940 fighter, then research in parallel both 1936 and 1940 HFTR and TACs at the same time - and you only need to switch to the medium designer before research on the 1940 frames... then before the 1944 fighters, it's back to the light designer.

I tend to forego both heavy fighters and TAC, but I am a SP. AI does not use STRAT, so upgraded FTR do the trick and TAC plain suck vs 1940 CAS.