Hearts of Iron IV - 42nd Development Diary - 29nd of January 2016
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The tech tree has regular air force models for its fighters (The Zero is a naval fighter). Hence in the game it would be a special carrier variant
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I wonder how the resources in east Siberia compare to those in the south? If they are comparable seems the northern option to be the best option, especially if you can avoid war with China. How deep in east Siberia would Japan need to go, how deep in Siberia can they supply their troops?
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This really does look great, makes me want to try a game as Japan and that's not usually a nation I play in the earlier versions of this game. One thing I noticed that I can't believe hasn't been mentioned yet is that those appear to be two pretty large death star stacks of naval vessels going at it there. Should we infer anything from that or just assume things are still under development? Or maybe this has been discussed before and I missed it.
its the Imperial Austerity spirit. it reduces consumer goods need. We use toasters to symbolize civilian production. I did ask the artist to maek the toasters look nationalistic, but he hasnt gotten there yet
Its either that or making shit up from scratch, could have doen that also of course. The type 61 development started in like 1955 so its really the first MBT that fits for japan.
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I think that is actually them showing off most of the navies from both countries, so we can see and compare early game navies.
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enjoy arguing what planes would fit better
Using something called "J7W Shinden-Kai" for the top-tier jet fighter is a little clunky, because the Shinden was designed and prototyped as a propeller fighter. There were of course proposals to build a jet version, and these "paper planes" have found their way in to games like War Thunder and World of Warplanes, but they always do it under the more correct name "J7W2 Shinden-kai" as J7W refers to the propeller version.
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Which might seem like nitpicking, but what it means is that there's really no reason to go with some insane-o canard fighter that was never used, as the end-game jet fighter. Any normal fighter design with a jet engine variant makes as much or more sense as using a Shinden jet variant (ie, call anything XYZ-Kai, and make it a jet fighter) or even a more normal native jet design like the Nakajima Ki-201.
Edit: my point is that if we're talking about a 2nd generation jet fighter (ie after the Kikka), it shouldn't be a weird variant of a weird plane. Maybe it should be a native jet fighter, but totally imaginary (since we are talking about something from well after 1945).
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"Need" is so over used in weak western society. "I need this and that luxury". Oh and I completely agree
Type 61 fit way better than fantasy tank for a major.
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Why does Japan have 71 divisions?
In 1936, they had 19 - 23 depending on how you count it.
Are these just small formations which haven't been grouped into Japan's historic massive divisions?
In 1936, they had 19 - 23 depending on how you count it.
Are these just small formations which haven't been grouped into Japan's historic massive divisions?
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yeah, france has the same issue really but I felt those models were too late to include directly. Luckily france has consistent naming for tanks, so its easy to insert invented variants that make sense and fits (italy has the same as well).
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So how did Kaga end up being an Akagi-class while there is a Kaga class taken by Ryujo? I mean, I understand abstractions and simplifications (e.g. Takao-class lumped together with Myoko), but here you have a Kaga class without Kaga. I'd have said the player built more Akagis than necessary, but Kaga already exists in 1936.
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its the Imperial Austerity spirit. it reduces consumer goods need. We use toasters to symbolize civilian production. I did ask the artist to maek the toasters look nationalistic, but he hasnt gotten there yet
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its the Imperial Austerity spirit. it reduces consumer goods need. We use toasters to symbolize civilian production. I did ask the artist to maek the toasters look nationalistic, but he hasnt gotten there yet
A nationalist toaster, what a bold idea!
It's kind of counter-intuitive though since it looks like a toaster assembly line. Something you would more associate with the prospering 1950's USA where every family can afford all kitchen appliances. How an overproduction of toasters represents austerity (as in "reducing consumer goods need") is quite puzzling.
I would go with this image: slim Japanese man wearing a white, torn wifebeater while eating a bowl of rice with a smile on his face.
It's actually totally different, the sun has been moved slightly to the left and has now a more "colorful" red.
That and a serious case of nepotism
(Dividing your forces and killing chinese mercilessly did also help a lot)
