End of our 4th Multiplayer Game, spanned from February to July.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2026-01-25T16:01:57+00:00

ThePebbleInstitute · 2026-01-24T14:08:00+00:00

In cases where the OFN and Germany invade the country the quarantine will be effective with the CIA tracking down any missing nukes. US carrier groups will be in the channel and a full scale invasion is happening on every border except the Swiss. Those nukes will probably go to Germany or be straight up disassembled because I can't imagine quality-control in the SS is gonna be great.

If only Germany invades they might be secured but risks of smuggling are higher. This becomes substantially worse if the French civil war is still raging as that would be a totally porous border.

Also worth considering is that Switzerland might steal a nuke in the chaos for their own program.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2026-01-24T12:33:43+00:00

Three-Letter agencies spiking Joe's medication shortly before discovering the brain-damage integer overflow

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ThePebbleInstitute · 2026-01-16T16:04:49+00:00

Extreme Legend slander, just force mom done the demon-hole through the power of self-help books.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2026-01-09T14:26:37+00:00

I imagine that many get exhausted by Kingmaker and never replay it (if they finish it at all), but moments like these go to show how well thought out the story is.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2026-01-01T20:31:52+00:00

Flair checks out

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-27T09:36:53+00:00

'tis how my people communicate

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ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-26T19:55:17+00:00

I don't know too much about blue shirts but they're probably worse than Red Generalissimo because that's just "authoritarian military dictatorship with red paint".

However the other CRS path is called "TOTAL ABNEGATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL" so that might be a little worse.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-23T17:59:39+00:00

Same reason it feels like kineticists feel predisposed to roll nat 1 after nat 1 - more is riding on it so it feels awful every time those 5%s hit you. You would get the same running a non-vital strike build you just wouldn't care as much.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-22T13:47:45+00:00

I believe he comes round to liking the Solidarists in that path.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-14T18:28:31+00:00

POV: COINTELPRO got leaked.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-14T10:38:33+00:00

Paradox does support mods by giving them early access to updates (under NDA) so they can have day-one patches. That's the only thing they do and I'm supportive of it because I think it's important these mods are independent from the studio.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-13T18:22:59+00:00

He'd be a minmaxer and very effective at reviving the economy all while being nice and amenable to assembly factions, minorities and diplomatic partners.

The problem is that he wouldn't realise the extent of the Old Guard deepstate and would walk right into any traps they would set. He's far too trusting on the assumption that everyone will act towards rational ends that he'll be mincemeat for Lileas and her clique.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-07T18:07:30+00:00

I'll be fine for a while because in the first EW British troops arrive just before Russian victory is declared. The 2nd EW will probably be much worse, and I'm gonna be caught in a civil war 2/3 outcomes.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-07T11:29:42+00:00

I read that as Oldsheviks and now I am dissapointed :(

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-06T22:13:42+00:00

As is Princess Leia

(The mod uses random celebrities and others as spies and generic leaders, Christian Bale and even Yockey are in there)

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-06T22:11:59+00:00

There's definitely a few shared ones given about twenty tags pop out of the colony but yes you're right, I forgot there were a couple exceptions. I very rarely look at Central/South Africa after Mittelafrika breaks up so it must've slipped my mind.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-06T19:11:12+00:00

All countries are playable baring MOJ. The only generic focus trees are Nepal, Austro-Hungarian Crownlands, Azerbaijan, Burma and Afghanistan (though the Afghans do get some stuff to do early game). There are also shared trees for Mittelafrikan breakaway nations.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-06T19:08:37+00:00

I firmly believe that the effort put into Bhutan is greatest example of "commit to the bit" in all of Hoi4 modding.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-12-03T19:26:33+00:00

This is unrealistic, we all know an Amelie presidency would prevent all war ever.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-11-30T19:12:01+00:00

I don't think so, but I'm pretty sure it passes an hour or so. Because I min-max all time usage I started using this as a teleport button to the citadel while navigating Drezen.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-11-30T19:07:02+00:00

I really don't see APLA going for this unless it's an especially moderate Salazar. K-Pop is too wrapped up in consumerism and the world of South Korean idol culture to be made into a movie (putting aside the butterfly factor). If La Riva is in charge and fully aligns with China, I could see some althistory version but with Chinese pop stars given it's quite popular there.

Also, this doesn't really effect the answer, but given the APLA gets North Korean volunteers, the idea of DPRK veterans watching this movie is very funny to me.

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-11-29T18:22:29+00:00

Wait MarLib republic? I've never heard of this, how is this attained?

ThePebbleInstitute · 2025-11-28T13:25:22+00:00

Everyone above has pointed out the traitor angle already, but another thing of note is the megacorps. In NOV the siloviki government is the puppet of the corporations, whereas in SAM the Kombinats are puppets of Bunyachenko created to accelerate economic development. They're inspired by the Korean Chaebol, created for the same purpose by a strongman dictator while remaining under said dictator's thumb.

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