money

[Stafroty]

would that be removed from game completelly as it has no meaning or did have any meaning during war between armies which fought, or between nations that fought..

Everyone was able to get loan, and was takin loans. Lack of money was no problem, always more could be loaned. more and more, factories run at full capacity, recourses used at full capacity,everything, no big depression, WAR! money money money!



there is no need for money and how it limits something as it hasnt anything to do with things in this kind of game imo

 

[keynes2.0]

Well money still mattered as long as the US was selling stuff to countries running current account deficits. For minors like Finland, Norway, Poland, Spain, China, Ethiopia money would be very important.

 

[Stafroty]

Well money still mattered as long as the US was selling stuff to countries running current account deficits. For minors like Finland, Norway, Poland, Spain, China, Ethiopia money would be very important.

i believe the money wasnt the issue back then, it was the lack of gear to be bought. Money came from thin air, just lend if somewhere around switzerland.

small nations with no armament industry wanted to buy planes, guns, etc but there was no one selling. or what was sold was totally worthless of ww1 crap. every nation stockpiled gear for themselfs.

nothing to buy, empty shelves.

 

[Dalwin]

i believe the money wasnt the issue back then, it was the lack of gear to be bought. Money came from thin air, just lend if somewhere around switzerland.

small nations with no armament industry wanted to buy planes, guns, etc but there was no one selling. or what was sold was totally worthless of ww1 crap. every nation stockpiled gear for themselfs.

nothing to buy, empty shelves.

For some game functions you have to have some medium of exchange to represent allocation of limited resources to various functions. HOI2 it was all money, but in HOI3 they put some of that stuff under command points (or leadership points whatever) instead. Does it matter that much what the commodity is called as long as there is something abstract that can be limited and then assigned to prioritize different areas?

 

[Fawr]

Money still played a role when one or both of the countries was neutral. For a while the US (when neutral) was only selling armaments on a "cash and carry" basis. Add in Swedish Iron, Japan buying Oil, and the pre-war period that the game covers and there should be money involved somewhere.

I can see that money is less important when everyone is at war, but the pre-war period was significant for many countries. HOI normally covers 12 years and the US was neutral for almost 6 of those years, and the soviets for ~5.5 of them.

 

[Stafroty]

well game then needs loan option as well

 

[Snozzle91]

Yes... money is ok (pre-war period requires them). I just think they should be more useful! It would be cool if armament or blue-prints (more so than currently possible) could be bought with it. Alternatively why not allow for cash injections into the development of specific technologies as a way to boost them?