Drift due to internal factors?

[SAS]

What does the "drift due to internal factors +5%" (green icon) mean? Does it have to do with the popularity shift of the ruling party? An example would be Hitlers HOG effect.

Also the foreign minister that say "susceptibility to Axis +10%" does that mean the organization growth?

 

[unmerged(150711)]

I've always assumed these do nothing except annoy me and remind me that no manual or useful help is really around for all these variables. Good strategy guide done a while ago, but I'm guessing I'm not the only HOI guy who likes lots of detail. Modding guides would be useful too. I'd even pay for them!

The only thing worse than that, are people posting useless forum responses....

Or in other words, I'd like to know the answer to the above question too

 

[unmerged(213150)]

I can't really help you with the internal factors drift bit, but the "susceptibility to Axis" trait makes you drift towards the axis on the triangle of diplomacy. Same goes for susceptibility to Comintern and allies.

 

[SAS]

I can't really help you with the internal factors drift bit, but the "susceptibility to Axis" trait makes you drift towards the axis on the triangle of diplomacy. Same goes for susceptibility to Comintern and allies.

Why thank you. Anyone know about the internal factor?

 

[ThomasH]

I am also not 100 % sure what it means...
So maybe i am telling nonsense

But i think "+5 % drift due internal factors" just lets your country drift 5% faster in any direction
whereas "susceptibility to Axis +10%" lets it just drift 10% faster to the axis

 

[SAS]

Well it looks like I asked a good question then, lots of different answers and no one knows.

 

[unmerged(304296)]

I am also not 100 % sure what it means...
So maybe i am telling nonsense

But i think "+5 % drift due internal factors" just lets your country drift 5% faster in any direction
whereas "susceptibility to Axis +10%" lets it just drift 10% faster to the axis

This makes sense. I'll have to run a test on this to see.

 

[SAS]

what did you find out?

 

[unmerged(304296)]

Haven't had a chance to try it yet. Will post it when I do.

 

[unmerged(304296)]

Susceptibility to [x] doen't seem to have anything to do with diplomatic drift. I tried USA with drift to Axis both with and without Cordell Hull (susceptibility to Axis) and the drift was exactly the same with and without over a period of 3 weeks.

 

[truth is life]

Susceptibility to [x] doen't seem to have anything to do with diplomatic drift. I tried USA with drift to Axis both with and without Cordell Hull (susceptibility to Axis) and the drift was exactly the same with and without over a period of 3 weeks.

Perhaps it is a modifier on influence values?

 

[unmerged(304296)]

Doesn't seem to be that either. The influence numbers were the same either way.

 

[unmerged(150711)]

If you want my totally unfounded opinion, they actually do nothing at all. Just sound important.

MAYBE, the susceptibility to X might have an affect if you are a minor neutral....

MAYBE a positive internal affairs changes popularity if the political party of the minister....

But they are just wild guesses.

 

[Corelli]

I'd love to know too. For Germany I assumed the +10% to Axis meant that minister gave a bonus to neutral countries in the drift to the Axis. I am probably wrong but they have a number of ministers with that trait so that's the only reason I could think, otherwise it is completely useless.

 

[unmerged(88697)]

Gaging the effect on tooltips in the Politics screen, the tendency to drift do to internal factors has to do with internal politics.

This trait affects ruling party support either positively (green) or negatively (red).

If, for example, your country is on the verge of an election, you don't want negative drift since that will cause the party in power to lose the election.

 

[jackda]

That's a modifier influencing the ruling party increase/decrease.
For exemple, if an event gives +10 popularity or organisation, 10% drift means it will add 10% more to this modifier (in this case +1 popularity/organisation)
That is not related to the diplomatic drift (faction alignment).

 

[unmerged(304296)]

That's a modifier influencing the ruling party increase/decrease.
For exemple, if an event gives +10 popularity or organisation, 10% drift means it will add 10% more to this modifier (in this case +1 popularity/organisation)
That is not related to the diplomatic drift (faction alignment).

Then calling the trait "susceptibility to [x faction]" is very misleading.

 

[hegemon]

Then calling the trait "susceptibility to [x faction]" is very misleading.

I think he is wiriting about drift due to internal factors.

 

[unmerged(304296)]

I think he is wiriting about drift due to internal factors.

Susceptibility is the one with a 10% modifier. Internal factors is a 5% modifier.

 

[hegemon]

Susceptibility is the one with a 10% modifier. Internal factors is a 5% modifier.

I think it was only an example value.