HoI4 Dev Teasers (previously Podcat's Twitter Teasers)
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The metric being 'available time for implementation'. I was personally quite miffed by it because I had ample ideas to work with. As for how we choose what to include and what not, deadlines tend to have a thing or two to say about that.
I will reiterate:
It was the most time-efficient to tie in with the other path we were adding. A communist tree with an entirely new entry point would have required -much- more time.
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A small but vocal minority of this community is craving 'more'. This is not to say we don't hear you, and I think you may be pleasantly surprised for this DLC. However, do not profess to speak for the entire community, because telemetry shows you most decidedly do not.
As had been said before, the notion that Germany could ever win the war is preposterous, and at least as 'implausible' as the other alt-history paths we implement. Yet I never see anyone complain about this.
Such as this pre-order trailer for the base game?
Literally every single metric we have, from daily and monthly active users to lifetime sales, and everything inbetween, shows that HoI4 is vastly (and I mean vastly) more successful than any previous iteration of the game. I am not at liberty to disclose specific numbers, but let's just say the comparison isn't even close.
Telenil hits the nail on the head: our data corroborates this. I'll see if I can wrangle Dan into making another telemetry dev diary to show the numbers on history/alt history, as we did with multiplayer.
So which is it?
Shaka is right. I will say before ending this discussion: telemetry clearly shows the incredible appeal that alt history has, so I can already say this direction will likely not change. As I said before, we do hope you'll be pleasantly surprised for MtG on this question, however. Now, please take any further discussion on this topic (including replies to this post) to a new thread. We've cluttered this thread enough, and if things don't stop I will have to ask moderators to intervene.
The most popular mod for Darkest hour was Kaiserreich, so I dare say that maybe the community that has been with us since HoI 2 (that includes me, by the way) is pretty okay with this direction. It's not like the old fans are all a hive mind that only ever wants a perfect historical simulation.
Plausibility is, in my opinion, a very subjective term and what one person considers plausible is utterly absurd to the next. Let's not pretend that history itself doesn't have the occasional upset that would be considered implausible by many if it was proposed as an alt-history story (A French bastard invading England and taking the crown? Some weird monk publishing a rant and shattering the catholic church? The French army folding in 6 weeks after sitting through 4 years of gruelling trench warfare only one generation earlier?).
Plausibility is, in my opinion, a very subjective term and what one person considers plausible is utterly absurd to the next. Let's not pretend that history itself doesn't have the occasional upset that would be considered implausible by many if it was proposed as an alt-history story (A French bastard invading England and taking the crown? Some weird monk publishing a rant and shattering the catholic church? The French army folding in 6 weeks after sitting through 4 years of gruelling trench warfare only one generation earlier?).
I may have exaggerated, then. I just don't particularly like it when people claim to speak for the silent majority and use it to give their arguments greater weight. Speak for yourself, don't presume to speak for others. I also would argue that you are getting some pretty damn juicy bones in Man the Guns, some of them even being free. Alt-history is flashy and can seem bigger than it really is, but I would argue that all of our DLCs so far have included things to make the historical experience deeper and more accurate. It seems to me at times that the mere existence of the alt-history stuff is seen as tainting the rest of the game, and I honestly don't understand that.
Depends. A lot of people seem to look at the historical situation in 1936 and wonder if a ACW could have errupted by itself. I agree that it could not have. But civil wars errupting without player intervention is Victoria's territory, not ours. Our civil wars, by and large, happen because of player intervention. And I for one do believe that if FDR had been more aggressive with the New Deal - far more aggressive - then the opposition would at last have felt compelled to take up arms. And the player is not a passive observer in this game who gets to occasionally nudge something one way or the other, the player is actively involved into making this happen. Historical FDR would probably have weighed the options and decided not to push too hard, but the player is not restrained by that unless they choose to.
That is just mine-blowing
*sighs*
*adds another entry to the Rejected Titles list*
I am honestly disappointed with myself for not getting more shipgirls references in. I might have to sneek that into a post release patch...
No, rather, he wanted us to add them but I vetoed it when I assembled the Achievements list
I do regularly, and since I made that decision it's brought a smile to my face every day.
I actually submitted a quite extensive list of eastereggs, but sadly there wasn't enough time to implement and verify...
...them.No, rather, he wanted us to add them but I vetoed it when I assembled the Achievements list
Treachery!
A stab in the back!
You, Sir, are a PT-Imp pack!
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Well it is more of a generic KC discussion thread at this point, with weekly updates from my side.
Marbozir and EnterElysium seem to have some of the more serious let's plays going on right now.