National Focuses

[rebus16]

So, apparently, only the seven major countries (the UK, France, Germany, the USSR, the US, Italy and Japan) will get unique national focuses, if I recall correctly. Is there a chance that later patches/DLCs will add unique focuses for other countries? China, Canada, Australia, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Spain would be my personal favourites if it were to come to adding new ones. A British Empire patch or DLC would be simply amazing, especially if it added flavour to the UK, The Raj and the Dominions.

 

[WarPie]

I assume the Axis minors will get a unique focus tree, like Hungary, Bulgaria, romania etc.

 

[HerrWeltkrieg]

I would bet that they will be heavily moddable and focus of many modders right from release

 

[Will Steel]

I would gladly buy a DLC that adds unique trees to non-major factions.

 

[Septawn]

I don't know if this is the way it's happening, but I think a compromise of pretty easy for minors. They don't need completely unique trees, just one branch. So for example, Greece could have a unique political branch dealing with it's historical political troubles, while having the generic Military and Industry branches. The minors could have one of the branches be unique while keeping the generic stuff for the rest.

 

[Foke]

I don't know if this is the way it's happening, but I think a compromise of pretty easy for minors. They don't need completely unique trees, just one branch. So for example, Greece could have a unique political branch dealing with it's historical political troubles, while having the generic Military and Industry branches. The minors could have one of the branches be unique while keeping the generic stuff for the rest.

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[sfmess]

I would gladly buy a DLC that adds unique trees to non-major factions.

I'm really hoping they'll flesh out NF's for minors in free content updates and DLC as they did with the NI's in EU4. Start with China and the European minors and go from there!

 

[Mac Lazer]

I am very very very certain of two things:

1) National focuses will be very moddable
2) DLCs will be released to add national focuses to other nations

 

[tommylotto]

It is more complicated than just devising a separate focus tree. I think the AI needs to be crafted so that other nations react to other nation's national focus choices. So, changing a focus tree for one nation is not just a matter of changing that one tree, but changing all trees so that each nation can intelligently react to each nation's decisions,

 

[DmUa]

Judging by Finnish WWW video generic focus tree is actually more complex and detailed than focus trees of major nations. The only non "major" nation that should have unique focus is China ( or more precise multiple Chinas ).

 

[Thure]

I'm sure there will be an Greece Focus Tree DLC. One of the trees will be Megali Idea and results in tag changing to Byzantine Empire

 

[Will Steel]

I'm sure there will be an Greece Focus Tree DLC. One of the trees will be Megali Idea and results in tag changing to Byzantine Empire

This is inevitable.

 

[tfrules]

I'm not sure if it would be viable for PDS to make national focuses paid DLC, as modders will simply do the job for them. I imagine they will come as free updates in tandem with DLC releases like the national ideas of EU4 did.

I for one am in favour of the purple Phoenix rising again!

 

[commanderx]

Even if they are just generic ones modders will probably add them, there are already in the making couple of mods for the HOI4 , even if they are just dry texts and spreadsheats with images. Modding scene will be intense and I bet there will be a mod in no time about all kinds of focuses historical or a-historical/