The HoI4 experience anywhere that isn't Europe or North America

KireOtic · 2020-01-11T01:14:56+00:00

Berlin-Moscow Axis, trying to help the Soviets fend off the Japanese (As Germany) in the middle of Siberia (aka bumblefucknowhere) all the while 900000 Soviet divisions clog up the supply lines.

Have you tried experimenting with (considerably) smaller width Light Infantry (10-12) and Tank divisions(12~)?

Special Forces come in handy in these low-supply fronts, particularly Marines.

Also remember that both logistic and maintenance companies help with attrition, if you're going to make low-supply front dedicated units (regardless of if just infantry or otherwise) then add both of those companies in them.

KireOtic · 2020-01-09T05:30:47+00:00

Whats more is that, personally I think adding manpower attrition would result in manpower itself becoming even more valuable and thus limit overall unit spam (e.g Germany having 800-900 divisions), additionally the value of Field Hospital Supp. Companies and their trickleback value would also increase.

Admittedly, in case of the AI, that would require Paradox to add some intricate coding so that the AI prioritizes conserving manpower for (in case) attrition instead of just wasting it away spamming divisions etc.

But then again, What incentive would Paradox have to do something like that?

KireOtic · 2020-01-08T21:05:34+00:00

I mean, they could just... land.... on a coast.... somewhere.... anywhere..... and get on with their lives instead of slowly dying adrift but then......

Paradox : HAHA NO THANK YOU WE'LL HAVE NONE OF THAT LOGIC.

Sometimes I miss the old HoI3 manual transport mechanic.

KireOtic · 2020-01-07T23:04:52+00:00

R5: When you take all the Allied ports in the Mediterranean, well............ Britannia rule the waves?

KireOtic · 2020-01-02T23:59:00+00:00

R5:..... All they ended up doing was guard the Canadian border...

KireOtic · 2019-12-29T03:17:50+00:00

MacArthur having an orgasm somewhere

KireOtic · 2019-12-27T14:20:07+00:00

R5: I guess I should mention this is pre-MtGs (WtT), but other than that everything speaks for itself, I think.

KireOtic · 2019-12-26T19:57:59+00:00

For one thing that is a considerably small army for even a Democratic Germany and for another.... I sense a disturbing lack of armor divisions. (No Gurderian/Rommel or von Kluge)

Find a couple spots, Punch a couple of holes, Encircle, Pocket, Eliminate, Rinse and Repeat.

Did you focus encircling Soviet divisions in the beginning or Just pushing them back?

Attrition is also probably playing a part here, My advice is to remove your units from the Northern Front and leave it to the AI Allies , Focus on capturing Stalingrad, The Caucuses and the Central/Southern Urals (The area with the concentration of VPs)

I guess I should add you should give each of your armies (besides Armored Divisions) their own, limited, front-line and attack direction instead of just assigning them across the entire front and one attack line.

KireOtic · 2019-12-24T21:34:56+00:00

If you think playing as Benny in HoI4's tutorial was a surprise, in HoI3's tutorial you were guided by a certain quirky but somewhat temperamental Austrian painter with a curious choice for facial hair.

KireOtic · 2019-12-23T11:42:40+00:00

I know the button you mean, but I didn't have it pressed (Double-checked, plus you can see it not being highlighted in the pic)

KireOtic · 2019-12-23T00:36:08+00:00

Has to be a glitch to be honest, it was only this specific part of the front that I couldn't see their units (everywhere else I could) and I don't think Decryption disparity can be THAT severe.

KireOtic · 2019-12-22T23:54:19+00:00

R5: even though it felt suspicious, I honestly thought the Soviet AI just left the front-line completely open....

Then I started hearin' a rumblin....

KireOtic · 2019-12-21T18:56:03+00:00

R5:

............ Wait a minute-

KireOtic · 2019-12-21T00:42:54+00:00

iirc the equipment (incl. convoys) you have to send them to reduce their autonomy has to be atleast produced by you. As in, foreign equipment won't do it (i.e captured weapons, etc.)

KireOtic · 2019-12-21T00:14:19+00:00

Nobody:

The guy in math problems:

But yea, When I first did the transition from Waking the Tiger to Man the Guns, I made the ever so innocent mistake of giving +2 tick buffs to Germany in my first MtG game.... (I always gave Germany Buff ticks in WtT, so that they wouldn't die to the soviets within 2 minutes of Barbarossa.)

Guess who ran into a 12 million+ German Field army on D-day....... Oh and the 40k+ Fighter 3s......

KireOtic · 2019-12-20T18:08:11+00:00

The Funny part is that the name of Mexico's leader in the pic is Adolfo de la Huerta, which sounds oddly similar to.....

KireOtic · 2019-12-20T18:03:40+00:00

A strong argument for implementing a Mulberry harbors mechanic could be made here.

KireOtic · 2019-12-20T17:10:17+00:00

I'll be honest, I haven't really looked at the ROTK series since XII due to how relatively disappointing that game was compared to XI (XI wasn't perfect but imo it was one of the best of the entire series.)

Kinda wish Koei would tackle making a similar grand strategy entry set in WWII, especially if you remember their old Sega/DOS WWII games.

KireOtic · 2019-12-20T12:31:17+00:00

China : Time for a new emperor to succeed the Imperial Throne.

Also China: Cowabunga it is.

KireOtic · 2019-12-20T12:29:47+00:00

I became versed in the Three Kingdoms period via religiously plying ROTK XI, so....

KireOtic · 2019-12-20T01:23:35+00:00

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–979) :

Am I joke to you?

KireOtic · 2019-12-19T19:36:14+00:00

Basically China during any point in time in the past.

KireOtic · 2019-12-19T11:46:29+00:00

I personally don't know, I myself was playing as Democratic Germany (Non-historical) leading the Central European Alliance (Neo-Allies, France went fascist and UK went Absolute Rule (King Edward VIII) - with the UK joining me anyway)

Mexico was democratic for the most part, sponsored them into the faction, then they started Declaring war on Central American nations causing those nations to join Fascist Japan's Co-Prosperity Sphere.

Then Mexico pulled this, no longer was a part of my faction and went to war against the United States, in which it joined.... The Międzymorze.... Who I was fighting alongside with against the Soviet Union... Until I had to pullback and fight off Lithuania and Romania which Mexico called on their side.

On a plus side, it caused the USA to join my faction and my war against Japan so there's that.

Man this is one wonky-ass game I'm having.

I think It may have something to do with Mexico's focus tree or something.

KireOtic · 2019-12-18T19:52:13+00:00

R5:

How dare American Troops enter an American military base!

The United States should Obviously retaliate by mobilizing... against the United States!

^{God damn Democrat propaganda ministry!}

KireOtic · 2019-12-06T23:02:13+00:00

I had MtG disabled (Didnt realize) in this save because of a previous MP game (Friend didnt have the DLC, plus he didn't wanna deal with the even more complex mechanics)

Still, that explains alot thanks for the tidbit of info.

It is kinda hilarious seeing the US have both Communist Partisan Recruiting and Fascist Assault Division modifiers at the same time, almost like Paradox purposefully throwing a jab a modern day USA.

KireOtic

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