For me, one of the most irritating things about Hearts of Iron 4 is that occasionally you have to select a new focus and research. It's the act of doing it every few in-game months that I find irritating.
As such, I would like the developers to consider adding Research & Focus Queues features in the upcoming patch.
- Add a queue of 2 extra focuses.
- Add a queue of 6 extra researches.
- When you complete a research/focus, the next one in line is automatically placed.
- If you want to remove a research/focus, you click a small X at the top-right or right-click it.
- If you remove a research/focus, all other researches/focuses on the queue that had as a prerequisite that research/focus will be removed.
* The queue for the focus can be located right below the current focus rectangle, as 2 smaller rectangles of 1/3 the height and 1/2 the width of the current focus rectangle.
* The queue for the research can be located in the research tab right below the current in-work researches. The rectangles for these could be slightly smaller (80% the height and width) than those of in-work researches to make their difference intuitive to notice.
The point of these queues is not to simplify the research/focus mechanics but to make Hearts of Iron 4 less of a clicker game.
You will still have to pick your strategy and research/focus. Nothing effectively changes except that now you can wait for 210 days for a focus and more months for a research until you will see the pop up that you need to pick a research/focus.
But only if you want to. This is completely optional. If you want to, you can not fill your queue list with anything and get a pop up evertime a research/focus is completed.
I know you don't always have a predefined strategy, sometimes your strategy changes based on the actions of other players/countries, but when it doesn't, and especially at the beginning of the game, it's very convenient to have a queue for focuses and research so you won't have to go back & forth on the focus and research tabs.
Besides, the queues allow for a great deal of flexibility. You can always change or remove the researches/focuses on the queue whenever you want and change your strategy.
This suggestion does not remove the need to pick your focus or research. It allows you to pick it in advance, if you want, and it also allows you to change your mind later.
I find this realistic as countries in real life would plan what they want to research on before the actual work for that research began.
As such, I would like the developers to consider adding Research & Focus Queues features in the upcoming patch.
- Add a queue of 2 extra focuses.
- Add a queue of 6 extra researches.
- When you complete a research/focus, the next one in line is automatically placed.
- If you want to remove a research/focus, you click a small X at the top-right or right-click it.
- If you remove a research/focus, all other researches/focuses on the queue that had as a prerequisite that research/focus will be removed.
* The queue for the focus can be located right below the current focus rectangle, as 2 smaller rectangles of 1/3 the height and 1/2 the width of the current focus rectangle.
* The queue for the research can be located in the research tab right below the current in-work researches. The rectangles for these could be slightly smaller (80% the height and width) than those of in-work researches to make their difference intuitive to notice.
The point of these queues is not to simplify the research/focus mechanics but to make Hearts of Iron 4 less of a clicker game.
You will still have to pick your strategy and research/focus. Nothing effectively changes except that now you can wait for 210 days for a focus and more months for a research until you will see the pop up that you need to pick a research/focus.
But only if you want to. This is completely optional. If you want to, you can not fill your queue list with anything and get a pop up evertime a research/focus is completed.
I know you don't always have a predefined strategy, sometimes your strategy changes based on the actions of other players/countries, but when it doesn't, and especially at the beginning of the game, it's very convenient to have a queue for focuses and research so you won't have to go back & forth on the focus and research tabs.
Besides, the queues allow for a great deal of flexibility. You can always change or remove the researches/focuses on the queue whenever you want and change your strategy.
This suggestion does not remove the need to pick your focus or research. It allows you to pick it in advance, if you want, and it also allows you to change your mind later.
I find this realistic as countries in real life would plan what they want to research on before the actual work for that research began.
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