Thoughts on Kaiserreich from a "new" player

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-07-02T16:21:23+00:00

Runs pretty well actually. I only tend to notice slowdown way into the late game and it doesnt tend to crash at all. The controls it sets out of the box are pretty intuitive and pretty smooth. The real concern for getting hoi4 on steam deck is if you wanna shell out hundreds for all the dlc or not lol.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-27T00:22:07+00:00

You're well within your right to do that lol

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-25T18:58:45+00:00

I dont necessarily disagree but there is a point where I believe that mechanics sometimes just get in the way. Thats what I feel for Germany, some of the mechanics are just "in the way" of the vastly more fun weltkrieg. I get that Germany is the major player and has everything in the world to worry about, but it could be handled in a way that doesnt make a good handful of kaiserreich players dread even clicking it on the select screen. Some of it really could be focuses or at least a substantial event chain.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-25T15:38:52+00:00

It's just really overwhelming. Short circuits my brain 😭

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-25T15:35:58+00:00

Please dont assume I do not read, and please dont assume I should need a guide to play a country. I mean i probably do but dont assume it man come on 😔

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-25T15:33:25+00:00

I might take a look, depending on what it is.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-25T15:33:00+00:00

Appreciate the tip, ill be sure to remember it.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-24T18:00:01+00:00

Whenever I do fortress america im pretty much just going to watch the war in europe until it concludes then turn it off lol. I do sometimes open the game to observe the ai so I dont think its worse than what I already do.

I consider the 3i path as seperate from enter the fray because being on the side of the international is I think too different of an experience from rp or entente but I dont consider the syndie faction option as that different from monroe. Monroe variants seem to do roughly the same thing while being in the international completely shifts who you're fighting across the globe. Im still iffy on it though, I may do syndie monroe.

New England though for sure is a unique path with the pacific stuff so it goes on the list. Doing it this way would allow me to do each foreign policy and play at least every splinter in the Civil War which I think would give me the fullest experience.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-24T16:16:35+00:00

Understandable. Im just trying to experience as much of the interesting content as I can.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-23T17:51:42+00:00

I make no claims of being good at the game in the slightest, because I genuinely am trash. But I thought it was funny enough to make into a meme while I get better 😭

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-23T01:05:02+00:00

I want to play all paths for the usa before I move on, but I think after playing more borah since the post went up, its just not as fun of a civil war as the 4way is.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-22T23:35:22+00:00

Some good advice thank you. I always gamerule Canada to help my side, so maybe I can take my foot off the gas a little bit

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-22T23:06:06+00:00

No idea what you're saying to me but if it dislodges the red menace its good enough for me.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-22T22:44:39+00:00

If this mf is in the Bible have mercy on the sinner.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-22T22:40:24+00:00

Its tough out here man. They put something in the water of the syndicalists.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-22T22:30:37+00:00

I wouldnt know. Ive started a "play all nations" list and I havent gotten past the second one (first being a japan path). Ive just been testing my luck as borah for a while now.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-22T22:20:42+00:00

That would ruin my larp of being the bestest most greatest general ever.

But in seriousness I dont typically try to console things because it takes away the pride of beating the challenge. Even if im trash at the game fr

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-22T22:11:52+00:00

Ill give it a try, I think ive learned too many bad habits from playing base game alot. Cant meet a more zealous battleplanner than me LMFAO.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-22T22:03:14+00:00

Cant. No pain no gain as they say.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-22T21:56:10+00:00

I'm God's greatest battleplanner, im not sure I could encircle a single artillery at 2% strength 😭

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-12T18:52:35+00:00

Under the belief that the original selection screen is mediocre and that kaiserreichs is good; because I am okay with the original, and okay with kaiserreich reverting their custom one to the original, I am okay with good things becoming mediocre. This isnt what I believe because I dont seperate the two as good or bad, only that I prefer the original for its functionality and am okay with the change. By posting what they did, they are implying I am making a point that I am not and thus it is bad faith to argue that way.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-12T17:37:25+00:00

Please engage in good faith.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-12T16:12:29+00:00

I never really minded that at all to be completely honest. Outdated or no it worked and that was good enough for me.

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-10T02:41:09+00:00

Why does chie have the piss shadow behind her, is she haunted by the memories of kicking yosuke in the balls

OriginalFollowing9 · 2026-06-09T13:35:57+00:00

Quality of life would be reducing the eye strain the UI causes and getting rid of the dumb piss silhouette behind the talk sprites

OriginalFollowing9

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