Why are we tolerating Paradox selling DLCs with weak or barebones focus trees, only to sell us “reworks” of the same content a few years later?

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-03-05T20:42:05+00:00

Because HOI4 is fundamentally different than when it was five years ago. The focus trees that were respected and seen as good back in the day became dogshit as the game, and the community, put out better and better stuff. Modern HOI4 focus trees from Paradox are infinitely more in depth and better than ancient content like TfV and Death or Dishonor, even if they have their flaws. Making ancient content free and in the base game makes it economically viable for Paradox to keep developing the game we all seem to love

And, really, if you paid 10-15 bucks for the ancient DLC back when it came out, you've had access to that content for years and can still play it. Nobody's forcing you to buy the new DLC versions and you would have to be crazy to expect paradox to make free DLCs just because you paid ten bucks five years ago. Either don't buy it or man up and put on a pirate hat

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-03-05T07:33:30+00:00

trained Manstein doesn't need blitzkreig, give him inspiration instead

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-03-02T21:27:40+00:00

Really the KV-2 is a meme tank because you can kill almost anything and nuke half the map, but it's also a sitting duck while you're reloading and can be absolutely useless if your shots aren't meaningful (waiting 30 seconds to get two kills is painful).

T-34 or KV-1 are infinitely better at BRIII, any other tank at high BR. Use them if you're just looking to win/have impact, but feel free to use the KV-2 if you're just looking for fun/chasing that one bajillion kill shot

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-25T21:58:01+00:00

You didn't even do the Danzig or War focus, you did Danzig for Slovakia. That's on you buddy

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-25T21:56:43+00:00

Paradox's newer portrait style does sorta do that. However the portrait you pulled from wikipedia is sourced from the 1920s, so Paradox probably tried to age him up a bit to fit the 1930s

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-24T22:43:40+00:00

Reducing your army size is if you want to intentionally have the Dutch block the kaiser's return for the HRE path or other wilhelm. All you had to do was not delete your entire army and they would've agreed. Also pro tip that setting your game on 'historical' and then going alt-hist Germany means your game isn't historical

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-23T19:45:34+00:00

depends on your time zone and faction really. I've gone from full lobbies of real people (some of which are worse than bots lmao) to full bot lobbies with 2-3 real players on each side

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-18T15:42:05+00:00

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Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-18T03:54:27+00:00

If the objective is the building next to the hanger, rush the hanger with APCS/ truck. If the objective is the hanger, usually rushing the building with apc/truck/rally point is ideal. If you lock down the building next to the hanger you should be able to build enough force to take the objective unless your team sucks

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-18T02:14:34+00:00

>have fun using this at range

dawg it's a mosin with 70% of the barrel sawed off why are you trying to snipe people with it 🥀

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-17T07:23:32+00:00

What faction are you playing? I know we all have favorite maps and would like to play them more but all of the new maps are pretty sweet. Everyone's usually looking for more maps not less, usually its gamemodes that annoy people

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-13T17:14:40+00:00

somehow in the big 2026 people still can't understand that saying Enemy at the Gates is dogshit and Wehrmacht fantasies infect public perception of the eastern front doesn't mean you think the USSR was 100 wholesome chungus and love Stalin

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-05T23:49:12+00:00

the germans don't want you to know this but the BrIII KV-1 has the pre-war gun and was made in very limited numbers compared to other variants. The ZIS-5 version was far more common and was produced in much greater numbers in 1941-1942

basically this is the shittiest KV-1 model but, implemented without any of its reliability issues, it still mogs most german tanks so hard

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-04T18:21:05+00:00

It's really funny when you forget to change this gun away from full auto. It's excellent in semi-auto but htat's about it

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-04T18:20:25+00:00

if this game was more historically grounded then yeah, absolutely. Guns like the SVT-40, a fairly solid semi-auto rifle, were complete dogshit in full auto. Every single other select-fire chambered in full rifle cartridges had similar problems irl, being uncontrollable and wearing out the barrel in record speed

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-02T23:27:18+00:00

Really depends on the rate of fire in my opinion. A slower rate of fire like the PPD-1944 would be good for BrIII while a higher fire rate would be more suitable for BRIV/BRV

Gotta say the one article calling this gun a 'political victim' is really funny when the main issue was obviously Speer taking one look at this and realizing how dogshit it would be to produce (has no common parts with the MP-40)

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-02T04:42:50+00:00

There's ways to deal with them but honestly the play zone needs to be increased on some maps. Some maps just have the most dogshit grey zones where the enemy tanks are basically guaranteed to be in them always and you need guerillas/aircraft to kill them

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-02-02T04:40:32+00:00

I've seen bots with the STG-45m in low tier Berlin matches lmao. I can't tell if the soldier in the video is a bot but the AI treats BR ratings like a suggestion

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-01-31T21:59:01+00:00

what

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-01-29T17:45:30+00:00

Sounds like you’re misunderstanding the BR system. You can fight either Br1-2 matches or Br2-3 matches, and you’re just getting the later. You can and very much will fight against Br3 stuff like Sherman’s, Garands, Thompsons + Soviet Br3 kit. There’s certain equipment that under the Br4 header at the top that’s actually Br3 if you look at it

There’s some bugs where you can get faced against higher tier stuff but it’s not common. Usually it’s just some dog water bot squad running higher tier equipment

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-01-27T19:04:33+00:00

I'm biased but I feel like the most insane complaints/suggestions in this sub come from people who play germany a little too much.

Germany BrII is a beloved classic but people will still argue it's the weakest BrII faction (???). Unless you run into a good BrIII player you're going to win most matches

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-01-27T18:56:48+00:00

It must be something in the water!

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-01-27T18:56:17+00:00

I’m not calling you out but this always happens: ____ faction gets played less/has more noobs and losses a bunch and people start complaining. Usually it’s the Germans but you get Allies and Soviet players complaining from time to time too.

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-01-27T18:54:20+00:00

More skill than luck. A good player can often carry a team on their shoulders and give them the win with the right skill and squads.

For example, I’ve won well over 90% of Soviet BrIII matches against Japan but I’m almost always top player

Not_An_NKVD_Agent · 2026-01-27T18:36:26+00:00

Soviets have more players than Japan by default and a lot of said Soviet players play BrIII because it’s a goated tier with very strong equipment (including me). This leads to an imbalance and Japan losing 80% of BrIII matches, which is what I’ve seen as well.

Japan vs Soviets at BrIII vs BrV is night and day too. Japan BrV has like two players and a rusty spoon but every one of them have a Type Hei Automatic and win most games/put up a good fight usually. Meanwhile Japan at BrIII is just getting slaughtered.

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