HOI4 - Development Diary - October 19th 2016

[Zarathustra_the]

Will the AI request lend-lease?

I believe @podcat has already said no on the grounds that it will end up spammy.

 

[chopak]

I think that instead of requesting LL from specific ally, countries should "post LL requests" that are visible to allies, and any of them can fulfill those requests.
Like Hungary could request tanks, and both italy and germany could supply them if they got spares.

That way AI could request them.

 

[mmarques]

Something I'd love to see is more interaction with convoys, since Lend-Lease convoys are sent once every month, perhaps making the convoy visible on the map giving the enemy a chance to intercept (kinda forcing you to keep some escorts around) could lead to some very interesting and historical battles (like those along the arctic) and give a little chance to countries with a smaller navy to try and make a difference instead of hiding the entire time.

 

[Meglok]

Something I'd love to see is more interaction with convoys, since Lend-Lease convoys are sent once every month, perhaps making the convoy visible on the map giving the enemy a chance to intercept (kinda forcing you to keep some escorts around) could lead to some very interesting and historical battles (like those along the arctic) and give a little chance to countries with a smaller navy to try and make a difference instead of hiding the entire time.

I think it would be better to have a chance that enemy lend lease, troop, and resource convoys be "identified" based upon aggregate decryption (and eventually espionage). Notification would require some kind of, dare I say it, pop up notice so you could react.

Of course, if you know Murmansk convoys are likely to have lend lease then you know where to park your raiders

 

[AlanC9]

I think that instead of requesting LL from specific ally, countries should "post LL requests" that are visible to allies, and any of them can fulfill those requests.
Like Hungary could request tanks, and both italy and germany could supply them if they got spares.

That way AI could request them.

Something like a gift registry, huh?

 

[Sir Dippingsauce]

The theme of this expansion is the commonwealth, so China doesnt really fit in. They are on our priority list though.

As resident KMTophile, I approve of this.

 

[him_15]

Would there be any new Italian general's portrait for this expansion at all? Or we have to wait until an Italian DLC? The number of duplicated Italian general portraits has really driven me crazy.

 

[chopak]

Something like a gift registry, huh?

That wasn't the first thing that came into my mind but yeah, something like that.

 

[shnukshnuk]

any plan to have a formable Italian Socialist State

 

[Byzantine555]

Might I recommend making Robert Manion and J.S. Woodsworth/Major James Coldwell potential leaders for Canada in the 1940 election, as well as John Bracken in 1945, if you have the time.

 

[Sleight of Hand]

Would there be any new Italian general's portrait for this expansion at all? Or we have to wait until an Italian DLC? The number of duplicated Italian general portraits has really driven me crazy.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...stions-for-new-fra-and-ita-commanders.975695/

 

[Gamer_1745]

any plan to have a formable Italian Socialist State

Do you mean the Italian Social Republic?

With the current system it is very hard to do. Currently there is no setup for things like this. The old HoI 3 system each was it's own country (Spanish Republic, Nationalist Spain & Kingdom of Italy, Italian Social Republic) now with HOI IV they are the same country with a different party in power. Since they don't have a mechanism to change the Kingdom of Italy from Fascism to Neutral (party, the gray one) and have the Italian faction that is Fascist be the Italian Social Republic.

I have had some thoughts on this (including coding separate countries (which I could do) or changing the way parties work (which is beyond what I can do)) and would like to cover this when I get to really work on Italy with my mod 'Fascist Front Events'.

For Paradox I think it is going to take a DLC focused on Italy to add the Italian Social Republic.

 

[Reaper Frank]

Looking good hoping for a intersting NZ tree with and unique Modifers for NZs Leader Micheal Joseph Savage... in real life he said the nothing good would come of Britians and Frances' Apeasment of Germany and Italy...

 

[Caoy]

What is it with some Paradox Forum users and thinking that China is a major power.... Not quite historical

So you are implying that instead of China, Canada was a major power?

 

[Axe99]

So you are implying that instead of China, Canada was a major power?

That isn't a logical implication from that post. The only logical statement made is that China is not a major power, Canada is neither here nor there in terms of the semantics/logic. The devs in this thread have confirmed China is high on the priority list, but they've also said this DLC will be about the Commonwealth, and no amount if industrial might will make China a Commonwealth member . If we're lucky, we might get a China-focussed expansion, rather than it bundled in with something else (which is what it would be if it was with this DLC) - there's definitely enough material to justify it .

 

[mmarques]

Perhaps the next expansion will be Eastern based (South-East + Pacific)

 

[PineyCreek]

Is this paid or will this be included?

 

[ComradeTeal]

Looking good hoping for a intersting NZ tree with and unique Modifers for NZs Leader Micheal Joseph Savage... in real life he said the nothing good would come of Britians and Frances' Apeasment of Germany and Italy...

He led one of the only governments firmly and consistently against appeasement!

 

[Gamengervi]

Is this paid or will this be included?

The overall expansion will cost money, but if you have the Expansion Pass #1, which comes with the Field Marshal Edition of the game or can be purchased separately, it will be one of the DLC you get for no extra charge. If you meant if the features shown in the development diary are a part of the DLC or the free patch, the Canadian national focus tree will be a paid feature and the lead-lease changes are free.

 

[Cromwell18]

Nice focus tree and so, but when you finally do a new focus tree, you make one for Canada? Why not PRC, China or Spain? Finland would also be Nice.