HOI4 - Development Diary - October 19th 2016

[FOARP]

Here's hoping this expansion freshens up the game a bit. I had high hopes for this game when it came out but the playing experience was just a bit too . . . It's hard to say, but I felt less in charge and less engaged than I did when I first played, for example, HOI2.

After less than 100 hours game play I was distracted away by Wargame: Red Dragon and haven't played HOI4 in a while. I'm hoping to try again next week and see what's changed.

 

[mike-kt]

Will expeditionary forces still take MP from their host and equipment from their original country, or is there room to change that around if necessary?

 

[GShock]

Is there an ETA to the next patch yet?
MAYBE I will re-install the game.

 

[sturnado]

Not seeing any reason to start playing again yet.

New national foci are great, it adds flavor to the game, but until the AI is fixed this game is practically pointless to play in anything other than MP.

 

[TheWackyWombat]

How extensively are you planning to change the commonwealth nations? Is it mainly the focus trees and new mechanics, or are you planning on re balancing things like starting resources, tech, infrastructure etc? I play Canada a lot and would love to see some quality of life changes, like not being forced into certain doctrines at the start of the game.

 

[AledlePieux]

You are not forced into certain doctrines: you can just research the first tech of any other doctrine and then you use that path. The first doctrine for air is actually faster than the other ones for that purpose... probably should be extended to all other tech trees to allow that flexibility.
If you had no pre-chosen doctrines, that would be the same costs of research (like starting from scratch).

 

[Pourya_47]

@podcat

Good Job on all the efforts on This Fine Game I wonder what are your plans for future after the first Expansion is released.
One word about The in-game country IRAN
the Persian Gulf is Named Arabian Gulf and
The General Portraits Are Common Between Arab Nations And Iran
I Hope These Issues get Fixed In Future Patches.
BTW Is it possible for minor Nations To Get a Focus Tree??

Looking Forward For Your Response.

 

[safe-keeper]

Not seeing any reason to start playing again yet.

New national foci are great, it adds flavor to the game, but until the AI is fixed this game is practically pointless to play in anything other than MP.

Patch will address AI too.

 

[Supermies]

Are you planning to include captured equipment from encirclements and from overrunning the enemy?

I haven't really seen this brought up recently. Captured Russian equipment were essential to the Finnis Army in Winter War and Continuation War. Overall this happened a lot in the war.
Thanks!

PS. I wan't to compliment the whole team from your succes with HOI4! I will bring cake if I ever come to visit your studio. Onnittelut!

 

[Shimohi]

I think adding new foci trees to other nations is the absolute right thing to add to DLC.

 

[Metz]

Can we see how many soldiers there are within selected divisions? It's a good basic feature that existed in the previous HoI games.

 

[Tamer]

but also problems with conscription, particularly around french-canadians (a major reason was because existing officers were mostly english speaking)

As a French-Canadian, I can attest that to this day, most of us feel very little connection with the English Crown.

"Fighting Britain's war" could definitely not be a popular sentiment in 1939 and the election of a pro-war government in Québec in 1939 occurred only after Mackenzie-King pledged not to introduce conscription.

Of course that didn't last and French Canadians were conscripted despite voting at 72.9% (in Québec) against conscription in the 1942 plebisciste. But they, the English government of Canada, learned their lesson from WW1 and made sure that conscription was done mostly for home defense and not overseas deployment.

 

[Tasmosunt]

"Fighting Britain's war"

How about if it's the Franco-British Unions war? How did French-Canada feel about France?

 

[Lukevan16]

Seeing as this expansion is all about empire, hopefully they take the time to add in Stanley "Greatest of all time" Baldwin

 

[Taylor567]

How about if it's the Franco-British Unions war? How did French-Canada feel about France?

Quebec had no love for France. They still felt betrayed for being abandoned to the British after the Seven years war.

 

[john129pats]

Canada's focus tree looks just like Poland's focus tree. Basically just a stretched out generic tree with different names and like 3 unique focuses. What's the point.

 

[Praetorian44]

China didn't build a single tank, airplane or warship ( on HoI scale ) domestically. Canada on the other hand built thousands of these... ( and dozens of warships ).

That's not because China didn't have the industry to do so, it's because Japan quickly conquered their industrial centers.

 

[Praetorian44]

I really like the ability to request lend-lease. It was something the game badly needed because the AI never offers it. That's something you guys need to fix as well. The AI should offer lend-lease on its own when appropriate. I'm hoping that Paradox didn't create this feature just to avoid fixing this problem, as that won't help the AI countries that need equipment.

 

[fabius]

Can we see how many soldiers there are within selected divisions? It's a good basic feature that existed in the previous HoI games.

Just checking 'cus sometimes we miss things: you know we can check single division's strength, right? Are you talking rubber banded ?

 

[safe-keeper]

Can we see how many soldiers there are within selected divisions? It's a good basic feature that existed in the previous HoI games.

Yes you can . It's under division equipment, I believe.