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| 0s | [Music] |
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| 12s | welcome to this our first video about |
| 15s | our upcoming expansion for hearts of |
| 17s | iron four by blood alone my name is |
| 19s | peter nicholson i'm the game director |
| 21s | for hearts of iron and along with the |
| 23s | team i'd like to take some time to |
| 25s | introduce to you the features and |
| 27s | overhauls that will be coming in the |
| 28s | avalanche update accompanying by blood |
| 31s | alone |
| 32s | to start off with i'd like to introduce |
| 34s | to you our overhaul to peace conferences |
| 39s | the old peace conference system |
| 41s | claiming states was a fairly absolute |
| 44s | thing which we've never really been very |
| 45s | happy about we wanted to move to a |
| 47s | system where |
| 48s | everyone in the conference has an |
| 50s | opportunity to assert their claims every |
| 52s | time a player involves themselves |
| 55s | in a conflict or a contest the price of |
| 57s | that state will rise with a sort of tax |
| 60s | per turn |
| 61s | it allows everyone in the conference to |
| 63s | gain something after having participated |
| 65s | in a war |
| 66s | previously the top two participants were |
| 69s | pretty much always in full control of |
| 71s | the conference so with the removal of |
| 73s | the turn order system is really the |
| 75s | reason that we moved on to the blind bid |
| 77s | system as a replacement every time a |
| 80s | state is bid upon and is contested the |
| 83s | cost of bidding on every subsequent turn |
| 86s | for every actor within the conference |
| 87s | increases |
| 89s | and then on the other side we have |
| 91s | uncontested bids where |
| 92s | every turn that an uncontested bid is |
| 95s | untouched by anyone else in the |
| 96s | conference |
| 98s | the cost of bidding on that in the |
| 99s | future increases so both of these |
| 102s | separate but related actions |
| 104s | drive the conference |
| 106s | towards a conclusion |
| 107s | by slowly |
| 109s | increasing the point costs of all the |
| 110s | states that have been interacted with |
| 113s | we have had to do a fairly extensive |
| 115s | rebalancing of war participation and not |
| 118s | just the existing values but how war |
| 120s | participation is generated people are |
| 122s | actually arguing and negotiating with |
| 124s | each other now in the conferences which |
| 126s | is a lot of fun to see |
| 129s | what we'll try to do now is more clearly |
| 132s | define where everything is so everything |
| 134s | that is relating to the countries on the |
| 137s | losing side will be on one side of the |
| 139s | screen everything related to the |
| 142s | countries on the winning side will be on |
| 144s | the opposite end of the screen so if i |
| 147s | were to select |
| 148s | take state everything that i will do on |
| 151s | the map will be take state action as |
| 153s | before but now if i click on a puppet |
| 155s | action |
| 157s | i can now do that directly on the map |
| 160s | the mouse cursor will know that okay |
| 163s | here this country exists so if you click |
| 166s | here you puppet that country |
| 168s | you can also specifically select a |
| 171s | target and that filters out all of the |
| 174s | map markers so it looks a little bit |
| 177s | more neatly but if you then want to |
| 179s | still tag over to another nation you can |
| 182s | just hover your mouse cursor click on |
| 184s | that nation and now it will swap to |
| 187s | whatever action you're doing towards |
| 190s | this country |
| 191s | peace conferences are of course just one |
| 193s | of the overhauls that we'll be bringing |
| 195s | to you in the buy blood alone expansion |
| 197s | another important sphere of interest for |
| 199s | us is a series of quality of life |
| 201s | improvements to the air warfare system |
| 206s | i really enjoy now the ability you have |
| 209s | that you can now deploy multiple wings |
| 212s | not just one wing at a time it really |
| 215s | makes things so |
| 216s | much quicker |
| 218s | i can't understate how much how much |
| 221s | quality that adds to my life so for |
| 223s | instance if you play a nation where you |
| 225s | know that i will be deploying mostly |
| 227s | fighters |
| 229s | the tactical bombers or close air |
| 231s | support then you can go in and on the |
| 233s | air base assign these three buttons to |
| 236s | be tied to those |
| 238s | wing types and now these will be |
| 241s | active on all of your air bases so you |
| 243s | could just in one go deploy |
| 245s | all of your |
| 247s | planes that you have in your stockpile |
| 248s | and now you have several wings at your |
| 250s | disposal |
| 251s | air groups are an organizational tool |
| 253s | that is is really optional for players |
| 255s | to use but if you find that it |
| 257s | simplifies controlling you know hundreds |
| 259s | or thousands of aircraft at once then i |
| 261s | think it'll be something that you'll |
| 262s | find useful so now you can take all of |
| 264s | your wings and try to group them in air |
| 267s | groups and distribute them all over |
| 269s | across the map to front lines |
| 274s | where your ground troops are a big and i |
| 276s | think very noticeable part of the air |
| 279s | changes is the change we've made to |
| 282s | standardizing air wing sizes generally |
| 284s | aircraft will now come |
| 286s | in fixed groups of 100 |
| 288s | having something that is reliably a |
| 290s | fixed size makes things like ai |
| 292s | management |
| 294s | and optimizing code a lot easier for us |
| 297s | it's fairly obvious to anyone who's |
| 299s | played the game that a size 100 wing |
| 301s | might not fit and in those cases we have |
| 304s | still fixed wing sizes but smaller fixed |
| 306s | wing sizes in the long run it's |
| 308s | something that people will realize is an |
| 310s | improvement for |
| 312s | managing large numbers of aircraft and |
| 314s | for just overall game health |
| 316s | the the final air change i want to talk |
| 318s | about today is the |
| 320s | interception mechanic that we are adding |
| 322s | the interception is the ability now to |
| 324s | intercept |
| 326s | a group of airplanes between the |
| 328s | starting location and the ending |
| 330s | location so for example in the battle of |
| 332s | britain you'll be able to |
| 334s | intercept german airplanes over the |
| 336s | channel now |
| 337s | moving on from the air system we're |
| 339s | keeping a keen eye on the current state |
| 341s | of the meta as well as the exceptional |
| 343s | feedback that we get from our dedicated |
| 345s | fans as a result of this the avalanche |
| 348s | update will contain a comprehensive |
| 350s | rebalance of the naval warfare module |
| 356s | the tech tree previously was quite large |
| 358s | we've chosen to split it into two |
| 360s | sections the ship holes and then the |
| 362s | second one which provides you with the |
| 364s | supporting techs such as guns or damage |
| 367s | control this means that you can easily |
| 370s | find exactly what you're looking for |
| 372s | gone are the secondary battery tech line |
| 374s | and they're now rolled into the medium |
| 376s | caliber line meaning that you have less |
| 377s | to research hip profiles are how we work |
| 380s | out how easy it is to hit a ship |
| 383s | previously a destroyer would be harder |
| 385s | to hit because it would have a low hip |
| 386s | profile because of its speed that is no |
| 389s | longer the case now it's all about being |
| 392s | able to take that damage |
| 394s | or |
| 394s | deal that damage faster than your enemy |
| 397s | we've introduced new modifiers for radar |
| 400s | fire control and homing torpedoes that |
| 401s | increase your chance to hit ships |
| 404s | you will always be able to spot somebody |
| 406s | else's ships you just have to be there |
| 407s | for enough time you also have a chance |
| 410s | to instantly spot a unit |
| 412s | this value is based upon your progress |
| 414s | per hour value |
| 416s | previously players were able to exploit |
| 418s | an oversight within the ship designer |
| 420s | that allowed you to get a heavy cruiser |
| 422s | with only light cruiser guns |
| 424s | this has been fixed previously dual |
| 426s | purpose guns were an end game tech |
| 429s | now they have their own fully fledged |
| 431s | tree that comes off of the 1939 light |
| 433s | gun tech |
| 434s | this means that historic designs with |
| 437s | dual purpose guns are now much more |
| 439s | attainable at the correct dates dual |
| 441s | purpose guns are light guns and |
| 444s | secondary batteries that give you air |
| 446s | attack at the expense of piercing this |
| 449s | allows you to deal with both air threats |
| 451s | and ships with one module making them a |
| 454s | very cost effective way of equipping |
| 455s | your ship |
| 457s | we've increased the penalty for |
| 458s | overstacking and this means you will be |
| 460s | further penalized for having large |
| 462s | fleets |
| 463s | so now it is encouraged that you have |
| 465s | good sized fleets |
| 467s | spread out across an area as opposed to |
| 469s | one single large fleet |
| 471s | joining an ongoing battle |
| 473s | was a very very dangerous thing to do |
| 476s | it gave you large penalties to your |
| 478s | positioning which made you much worse in |
| 480s | combat |
| 480s | these have now been reduced meaning the |
| 483s | strike mission is now very powerful and |
| 485s | very very good for your large |
| 487s | hard-hitting fleets |
| 489s | a constant issue ailing the multiplayer |
| 491s | community was sub 3's subvisibility stat |
| 495s | sub 3 and sub 4 visibility stats have |
| 498s | been reduced and the ability of sonar on |
| 501s | destroyers has been increased |
| 503s | this should reduce their primacy in |
| 505s | battle that's it for now folks but we'll |
| 507s | be back soon with another video to delve |
| 509s | into some of the new game features |
| 511s | coming in by blood alone we're looking |
| 513s | forward to telling you more about our |
| 514s | new expansion but until then make sure |
| 516s | to follow us on social media to get |
| 519s | plenty of updates about hearts of iron |