Hi,
So I thought I would have some fun the other day and try a Australia game where I turn them fascist. Was able to change the government and join the AXIS not a problem there. But where are the Allies, no American naval presence at all, where is the UK Navy ships Prince of Wales and Repulse or UK troops for defending Singapore and then Japan don't invade Hawaii wtf. As Australia I landed in Hawaii in 1943 and the USA had zero troops, planes or even ships defending it, huh. Ok now lets try invading the West of USA, mmm can't do that as game is telling me that the zones North East Pacific & North Central Pacific are out of range for my ships from Hawaii. I don't completely understand how this mechanic works, the zone that is out of range is the one next to Hawaii so ??? (doctrine issue maybe)
After the number of years since release it seems that PDI still haven't made any development to the game in the Pacific Theatre. Apart from giving Japan the ability to island hop but then also don't join the Axis (this might be a event thing for this game). Yes the UK had limited presence after the fall of Singapore and the Malaysia Peninsula but where are the USA. Where are the Carriers from Peral Harbor or the sunk Battleships & Destroyers, where's General Douglas McCarthy who helped save Papua, Australia, Solomon Islands and the Philippines etc..?
According Wikipedia there was approximately 36 million casualties in the Pacific or 50% of the total for WWII. So what about some event's or AI knowledge for the attack of Peral Harbor, Battle of the Coral Sea (first time the Japanese were suffered defeat), Battle of Midway, Battle of Iwo Jima etc... I understand HOI IV isn't designed to copy famous battles from WWII I'm only mentioning these instances to stress the importance of these battles to the success of the Allies in WII. So the Pacific Theatre deserves some urgent attention for a game that offers players the chance to play in WWII but in it's current state it's really only half of WWII. I understand that most players play in the European Theatre but that shouldn't matter and this could also be why because it's boring and nothing happens.
On a sperate note Australia & Papua seem to have the correct amount of low manpower, however PDI should give them more natural resources. Particularly Australia as it's one of the biggest producers of different mining resources in the world and Papua has the Boungainville mine which at one point was one of the biggest copper mines in the world.
Hears hoping the Pacific get some love soon.
So I thought I would have some fun the other day and try a Australia game where I turn them fascist. Was able to change the government and join the AXIS not a problem there. But where are the Allies, no American naval presence at all, where is the UK Navy ships Prince of Wales and Repulse or UK troops for defending Singapore and then Japan don't invade Hawaii wtf. As Australia I landed in Hawaii in 1943 and the USA had zero troops, planes or even ships defending it, huh. Ok now lets try invading the West of USA, mmm can't do that as game is telling me that the zones North East Pacific & North Central Pacific are out of range for my ships from Hawaii. I don't completely understand how this mechanic works, the zone that is out of range is the one next to Hawaii so ??? (doctrine issue maybe)
After the number of years since release it seems that PDI still haven't made any development to the game in the Pacific Theatre. Apart from giving Japan the ability to island hop but then also don't join the Axis (this might be a event thing for this game). Yes the UK had limited presence after the fall of Singapore and the Malaysia Peninsula but where are the USA. Where are the Carriers from Peral Harbor or the sunk Battleships & Destroyers, where's General Douglas McCarthy who helped save Papua, Australia, Solomon Islands and the Philippines etc..?
According Wikipedia there was approximately 36 million casualties in the Pacific or 50% of the total for WWII. So what about some event's or AI knowledge for the attack of Peral Harbor, Battle of the Coral Sea (first time the Japanese were suffered defeat), Battle of Midway, Battle of Iwo Jima etc... I understand HOI IV isn't designed to copy famous battles from WWII I'm only mentioning these instances to stress the importance of these battles to the success of the Allies in WII. So the Pacific Theatre deserves some urgent attention for a game that offers players the chance to play in WWII but in it's current state it's really only half of WWII. I understand that most players play in the European Theatre but that shouldn't matter and this could also be why because it's boring and nothing happens.
On a sperate note Australia & Papua seem to have the correct amount of low manpower, however PDI should give them more natural resources. Particularly Australia as it's one of the biggest producers of different mining resources in the world and Papua has the Boungainville mine which at one point was one of the biggest copper mines in the world.
Hears hoping the Pacific get some love soon.
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