Share you worst fear (hoi 4)

[Stuckenschmidt]

WehrClownes

Buy HOI4 on steam, getting a iranian virus in it, the virus makes every nuclear strikes happen in real life, as Germany I nuke Russia, Putin nukes European Union, USA nukes Russia, the World burns because of me, I lost my parent, my girlfriend and my red fish. BUT ALL I WANTED WAS TO PLAY HOI4 !!!

This subforum needs a "Post of the Month"-thread.

 

[Razielus]

Jeremy made my day XD
I fear that as always I will make some stupid mods like major minors
(In DH and HOI3 I always make minors to be like major ones it make game really ... weird)

But seriously I only fear that Germany will be overpowered again. I really hate that in previous games.

 

[uberjedi]

Biggest fears
1) Bad AI that requires years of patching to become decent
2) Low replayability value
3) Bad MP experience that requires tons of house rules to be playable

 

[AxisJunkie73]

Biggest fear... Would be Japan being really stupid like in HoI3, AI-wise. Hopefully they can defend themselves from invasion alot better. I was constantly saving their butts by making my own "Japan Homeland Security Force" . Italy pfft i usually let them die off and Blitz who did the invasion to get Italy's Manpower 8) . SECOND Worst fear is no custom games option. THIRD BUT NOT LEAST..... Steam Friend Invite to game access for multiplayer..... you know the one where you invite and go, to play together not have to do massive research on how to get it working 8)

 

[CptWilly]

A strategic AI that creates a bloodthirsty UK/France that will just DOW Germany the first chance they get, even if Germany holds to the Munich agreement and refrains from further territorial demands. A Russia that will break the Molotov-Rippentrop pact for no good reason (geo-politically) and try to invade a strong Germany.

That's my in-no-way-at-all-influenced-by-exactly-these-issues-in-HOI3 big fear for HOI4.

 

[Darksaber501st]

AI Germany never actually launching an assault across the English Channel if they defeat the USSR.
AI USA never actually launching an assault on the Japanese home islands.
AI Germany staying in Europe if it defeats the UK and USSR, and ignoring the Americas.
AI Japan staying in the Pacific if it conquers the islands it wants.
An endgame that doesn't set up the possibility of an Operation-Unthinkable: I want the Comintern and the Allies to be antagonistic, not passive.

 

[Super-Soviet]

I will lose the game to the enemies.

 

[Merrivale]

Getting the Pacific right. It's never really been accomplished in any HOI game and they had to bring in Lothos after HOI3 was released to create a bunch of heavy-handed scripts to come even close.

It's probably because it's the hardest thing to do, but naval stuff and projecting power overseas has pretty much always been the weakest part of any PI game.

 

[jodirola]

AI invading with tanks in Dover
hoi 4 need more realistic shores

 

[Althar93]

Part of me loves the idea of drawing up battle plans - but on the other hand, I am worried that once past the novelty, the game will feel somewhat more like spectating than actively taking part. I like the more strategic aspects of HOI1/2/DH/AOD, but also appreciate the tactical aspects of HOI3, so a mixture of the two would be perfect in my opinion.

I have not watched all the WWW yet, so my fear might be unfounded - guess we'll only find out when the game comes out.

 

[griffor]

Part of me loves the idea of drawing up battle plans - but on the other hand, I am worried that once past the novelty, the game will feel somewhat more like spectating than actively taking part. I like the more strategic aspects of HOI1/2/DH/AOD, but also appreciate the tactical aspects of HOI3, so a mixture of the two would be perfect in my opinion.

I have not watched all the WWW yet, so my fear might be unfounded - guess we'll only find out when the game comes out.

well they did say that you can manually move your troops whether you chose to or not is of course up to you.

 

[Cuthuthulu]

Play as one of the allies and seeing a German/Soviet alliance.

 

[Althar93]

well they did say that you can manually move your troops whether you chose to or not is of course up to you.

The bit I am not so sure about is how the AI will cope with the battle plan when you start micromanaging your troops. That being said, I am very much looking forward to this game!

 

[griffor]

The bit I am not so sure about is how the AI will cope with the battle plan when you start micromanaging your troops. That being said, I am very much looking forward to this game!

true i think it would've been much better if they had played the war on speed 1 and done some of that so we could see it

 

[SchwarzKatze]

Land, naval, and ally logistic incompatibility. "So Germany runs into supply problems in the Pontic Steppes, while you have an entire merchant fleet at your disposal after completing Mare Nostra? Too bad there's nothing you can do. Sure you can disembark all your army at Rostov or Sevastopol, but convoy in supplies? Noooooooooo.

 

[General WVPM]

AI Germany never actually launching an assault across the English Channel if they defeat the USSR.
AI USA never actually launching an assault on the Japanese home islands.
AI Germany staying in Europe if it defeats the UK and USSR, and ignoring the Americas.
AI Japan staying in the Pacific if it conquers the islands it wants.
An endgame that doesn't set up the possibility of an Operation-Unthinkable: I want the Comintern and the Allies to be antagonistic, not passive.

Would fear it much more that the USA (or worse UK/France) does invade and win with ease.
The Japanese home islands would be hell for the allies, there is a reason they decided nuking it would be better...

 

[CharlieFox]

-Managing production is too complex and I will always end up with either huge surplus or a shortage of some equipments
-Japan doing nothing in the pacific because is stuck in China (as seen in the stream)
-Ai Diplomatic decisions that make no sense also known as " I am Finland, I just lost the winter war, and I am going to join the allies against Germany to satisfy the voices that live in my head" (as seen in the stream)

 

[jpinard]

seriously let's not get into politics on the forums no one cares about any of those things, we are here to talk about hoi4

That was in response to the confederate soldiers posting in this very thread, knocking on Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. I'm tired of right-wing extremists posting junk on every forum across the globe. It's like we're simming the successful Nazi propaganda campaigns of the 1930's, not in HOI IV but in real life

 

[Johnniemomomo]

My biggest fear is giant armies slugging it out for months and years on frontlines that move and fight like its world war 1, or to simplify, the lack of strategic combat realism.

 

[ConjurerDragon]

I don't mind total or near total occupation for most of the majors as long as you've captured all the main objectives but it should also depend on national unity. German didn't quit, England, Russia, or United States wouldn't quit either. Japan had to have 2 nukes and was looking at the invasion of all the allies including Russia before it quit. ...

That was due to the allied "only unconditional surrender"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconditional_surrender#World_War_II

Germany would have loved to get a seperate peace with the western allies and continue to fight the USSR and Japan would certainly have surrendered earlier if the US would at least have guaranteed that the Tenno would not be treated as a war criminal and his office abolished.