World War Wednesday!

[Cpack]

Probably only via Lend-Lease.

Btw, who needs NATO symbols if you can have a unicorn.
View attachment 145028

I really like this!!! (Both for Icons and for NATO symbols)

What I really really would like to have is the same way of choosable templates for all the tank, ship and aircraft profiles in the game to differentiate your variants of new units (and also for modding)!!!!

Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaase!!!!!

 

[seattle]

Just started watching the video. Johan (UK) and Jakob (Germany) really do look their respective part.

Johan: "I'm the founder of Democracy!"
Ah yeah... well, that's a good sign when it comes to historical accuracy of HoI4.
I like how Johan can't play and comment simultaneously, makes him human. Probably not the best choice for this video series though.

I can't wait to see counters doing jumping jacks, that must look incredibly cute.

The day/night cycle on medium speed is already hard to bear a few minutes into the game. I'll probably mod that out entirely.

The tech screen is unnecessarily clumsy. Why manually assign 1 tech to 1 slot? Why not simply have a queue (like HoI3) and have the first m (= number of slots) techs be researched with the m+1 to n techs queued?
==> You won't be interrupted as often due to picking new techs.

At 51 minutes, the Tank Designer descriptions don't fit the stats.
For instance: Henschel improves max speed and reliability, but the description reads "Henschel tanks focus on firepower and will sacrifice other aspects to carry a larger gun".
That's the opposite of the actual bonus. You should review those!

 

[blue_yonder]

I hope the Founder of Democracy has stopped sniffing by next Wednesday - the free world sounds in need of honey and lemon.

 

[Wulf145]

NATO icons are an option

I must have missed them saying/showing it then.

 

[GeneralPetrov]

Quick roundup. not the best quality, but you can mostly read it.

Wow that's a really detailed idea tree, looks like there's a crapton of different options you can take. Really looking forward to this game!

 

[misterbean]

I must have missed them saying/showing it then.

Yeah, it was in one of the dev diaries where Johan showed a picture of the NATO counters used in creating your templates or something.

 

[Adige]

I hope they will give more info on part 2 because this was little short on what we want to see.

 

[Lifthrasil]

The tech screen is unnecessarily clumsy. Why manually assign 1 tech to 1 slot? Why not simply have a queue (like HoI3) and have the first m (= number of slots) techs be researched with the m+1 to n techs queued?
==> You won't be interrupted as often due to picking new techs.

I like that you have to chose each time. Since there are less techs to research, it's more a litte "reward" that you researched something new and it will feel a bit like opening the next present.
Just like in CIV, where choosing a new tech is always fun!

 

[safe-keeper]

I love all the custom icons for divisions .

What got me the most hyped was the ability to send divisions to assist in foreign wars, though, and even command them yourself. Should be big fun, and will help make conflicts more dynamic, too.

Norwegian Revolutionary: imma buy che gævera shirt and start glorius kommie revolushon!
German SS troops: hai.
Norwegian Revolutionary: ****.

 

[grandad1982]

I like that you have to chose each time. Since there are less techs to research, it's more a litte "reward" that you researched something new and it will feel a bit like opening the next present.
Just like in CIV, where choosing a new tech is always fun!

Actually I recall podcat (or another dev) that there is more techs in 4 than 3. I think.

 

[misterbean]

Here's another question I'm having. Have I been blind? Has there been a major announcement of this stream days in advance? It's certainly possible, but I have to question why PI puts major adds at the top of the forum about all sorts of things, like helping the wiki, or major sales on Steam, and whatnot, but not about this. I learned about this after the facts. So, Podcat and co, next time, make sure the fans don't miss the announcement, please.

Second question: will this be every wednesday or was this a one-time deal?

 

[Denkt]

Second question: will this be every wednesday or was this a one-time deal?

It will be every Wednesday other then maybe holidays and such, like DDs

 

[Wulf145]

Yeah, it was in one of the dev diaries where Johan showed a picture of the NATO counters used in creating your templates or something.

No, those were the Symbols for the Units which constitute a Division in the Division Template Builder - what I was hoping for was that one can choose a NATO symbol for the Template itself i.e. a 'X' for my Infantry Template. Maybe they do have it as an option but won't show it since they are afraid of upsetting all the Unicorn Fans .

 

[blue_yonder]

Have I been blind? Has there been a major announcement of this stream days in advance?

quite true - if victor cortez hadn't started this thread, most folk would have been none the wiser. It makes me chuckle that he managed to garner a 'disagree' for his trouble!

 

[misterbean]

quite true - if victor cortez hadn't started this thread, most folk would have been none the wiser. It makes me chuckle that he managed to garner a 'disagree' for his trouble!

It would have been funny had they been streaming without anyone watching

 

[columbusbobby23]

Here's another question I'm having. Have I been blind? Has there been a major announcement of this stream days in advance? It's certainly possible, but I have to question why PI puts major adds at the top of the forum about all sorts of things, like helping the wiki, or major sales on Steam, and whatnot, but not about this. I learned about this after the facts. So, Podcat and co, next time, make sure the fans don't miss the announcement, please.

Second question: will this be every wednesday or was this a one-time deal?

You can always subscribe to ParadoxExra. That's how I found out.

 

[seattle]

I like that you have to chose each time. Since there are less techs to research, it's more a litte "reward" that you researched something new and it will feel a bit like opening the next present.
Just like in CIV, where choosing a new tech is always fun!

In CIV you can choose to queue or not to queue.
Having only 4 slots is not final and is subject to change. Probably mods will increase everything anyways. It's already much better than the dreadful HoI2 system, but why not improve it when the fix (queue) is easy to implement.

 

[dav77-b]

+ tech queue.
We really need that.

Is ressource consumption queued to produced equipment or used factories?

 

[GsusNSV]

Here's another question I'm having. Have I been blind? [...]

You can always subscribe to ParadoxExra. That's how I found out.

I saw the Facebook announcement on Thursday afternoon.

Is ressource consumption queued to produced equipment or used factories?

If I understand your question correct, you want to know if ressource consumption is tied to the number of factory used or equipment produced. From what I saw in the stream it should be calculated from the factory. If you need 1 steel and oil for 1 factory, then it will be 2 steel and oil for 2 factory and so on. Makes the effefficiency of your factories much important.

No, those were the Symbols for the Units which constitute a Division in the Division Template Builder - what I was hoping for was that one can choose a NATO symbol for the Template itself i.e. a 'X' for my Infantry Template. Maybe they do have it as an option but won't show it since they are afraid of upsetting all the Unicorn Fans .

If you use this option every division symbol will be a NATO one. You can see that also the counter use them. If this is what you were worried about.

 

[Lifthrasil]

+ tech queue.
We really need that.

Is ressource consumption queued to produced equipment or used factories?

IIRC produced equipment. Each tank e.g. costs a certain amount of resources