HoI4 Dev Teasers (previously Podcat's Twitter Teasers)
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99% it is a module designer because otherwise it is not big enough to headline a DLC. If it was something smaller, it wouldn't be in the 4th diary already. Get ready for the "I was sceptical but now I'll have to pre-order this DLC" posts.
Hey, you'll have to save that completely unexpected concern for after everyone has forked out twenty bucks!
Edit: I'll also put "vanilla version tank stats get messed up in the transition" on my bingo card.
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I hope if they do tech designer they have reasonable decent “pre-made templates” where you can “autocomplete” the tank for you if you push the button. That way people like me (who don’t know the tank meta) can have an easier time playing with it. It would probably also help the Ai
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I absolutely hate the idea of a tank designer... Just another unnecessary point of complexity and AI breaking point.
Hope this isn't it.
Hope this isn't it.
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To be fair, with both the ship designer and now (perhaps) a vehicle/tank designer, I hope they'll add options in the launcher to disable them without disabling the DLC.
And I say that as a player who loves the ship designer
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I'm waiting to strap a flamethrower to my tanks.
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Now the AI will have crappy tanks to complement their crappy ships and soon we'll see crappy planes too. I can't wait!
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Can't wait to put a Jagdtiger 128mm gun on a Panzer I chassis!
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Well, let's see how it is executed. I really expect nothing considering how shallow the naval designer is, but maybe modders make a good use of the system.
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Okay. The main thing is to be able to paint it red. Red is faster!
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So this is going to be the dlc of things people asked for without really considering the consequences. Hopefully I'll be surprised and a tank designer will be simple and elegant, but my hopes are rock bottom.
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You fools, how could you get a prediction so wrong? Did you already forget about what was said in the supply DD? We're getting an armored trains designer! How can you not see this coming‽
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Hopefully the AI doesnt wipe its starting production and start producing ww1 templates this time round
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My heavy tanks are literally about to make some 14 year old kid cry on multiplayer. Can't Wait.
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I hope Tank tech tree won't be as awful as naval tech research tree.
Also this might force PDX to give us more research slots?
Also this might force PDX to give us more research slots?
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Agreed entirely.
I've argued against this idea of a module system for tanks for a long time. So many reasons this isn't a good addition at all.
Tanks aren't individual entities like ships are. They're just battalions in a division that is a mere aggregate of stats... a module system would just play around with the average numbers for armor division stats but actually bring no new gameplay to the table while introducing tech bloat and micromanagement headaches with more buttons to press.
Can't see how this could at all be a good addition without RADICAL changes to the combat system where individual tanks are modelled in combat. Needless to say, the chances of this happen are close to nil. Hopefully I'll be proven wrong, but I'd be quite surprised if I am.
While the naval combat rework was itself good, the ship designer/module system felt like a definite step back. Just added needless complexity while adding so much tech bloat that for most countries you'd never even get to use any of it. HOI4: the game where it is easier for Australia to research(and produce!) nuclear bombs than to design a modern destroyer(and forget about even having cruisers at all!).
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