We all complained back in the day when HOI2 had predetermined leader deaths and all the German generals started dying in 1945, when, of course, the German player had conquered all the way to the Pacific coast and was halfway through the American Midwest. So Paradox, answering to the fans' requests, removed the leader deathdates. However, they removed all of them, from the people that died in combat to the people executed post-war. This is a good thing. Predetermined leader deaths due to combat make little sense in a game where that general could be relaxing himself in a spa in Milan.
However, in the time since that happened, I have only ever had a non-deterministic leader death once, when one of my British generals was killed in combat in northern Italy, forcing me to panic and find a new commander for one of my HQ armies. Reading through leader files for the CLMIP, I have found a lot of deaths due to combat, and I think these aren't represented enough in HOI2.
So I think the chance for the random general death/retirement events should be upped dramatically, so that you'll actually see a bunch of them every time you play. Of course this would only apply to leaders in combat, while outside of combat death events would be rare and retirement events more common (and prioritized for Old Guard leaders, especially those active since the beginning of the game in high ranking positions, plus people not assigned to a command).
For air marshals, death event chances would not be modified by being in combat, since the general wouldn't be personally flying a plane.
For admirals, the chances of a death in combat would be increased dramatically. I have never once seen an admiral die in years of playing the game, and reading through biographies on Japanese and Italian admirals, they died all the time, thanks to their personal presence in the combat and the high likelihood of being killed thanks to a hit to the bridge of their flagship or if their ship sank. On the other hand, death for all ships in a unit being sunk should not be guaranteed, as there are many other instances of them escaping on liferafts and being picked up by rescue craft later.
In short, leaders died all the time throughout the real war, for a number of reasons, and I think this should be increased in HOI2, since it almost never happens as it is now.
However, in the time since that happened, I have only ever had a non-deterministic leader death once, when one of my British generals was killed in combat in northern Italy, forcing me to panic and find a new commander for one of my HQ armies. Reading through leader files for the CLMIP, I have found a lot of deaths due to combat, and I think these aren't represented enough in HOI2.
So I think the chance for the random general death/retirement events should be upped dramatically, so that you'll actually see a bunch of them every time you play. Of course this would only apply to leaders in combat, while outside of combat death events would be rare and retirement events more common (and prioritized for Old Guard leaders, especially those active since the beginning of the game in high ranking positions, plus people not assigned to a command).
For air marshals, death event chances would not be modified by being in combat, since the general wouldn't be personally flying a plane.
For admirals, the chances of a death in combat would be increased dramatically. I have never once seen an admiral die in years of playing the game, and reading through biographies on Japanese and Italian admirals, they died all the time, thanks to their personal presence in the combat and the high likelihood of being killed thanks to a hit to the bridge of their flagship or if their ship sank. On the other hand, death for all ships in a unit being sunk should not be guaranteed, as there are many other instances of them escaping on liferafts and being picked up by rescue craft later.
In short, leaders died all the time throughout the real war, for a number of reasons, and I think this should be increased in HOI2, since it almost never happens as it is now.
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