Hearts of Iron IV Dev Tracker

HmJ_JP said: He's talking about the embedded wiki in the game. I also have a very outdated version, not sure why the PDX team embeds a wiki version at all if it's so old.
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Herennius said: I would like to add here that reliability beyond 100% (aside from acting as buffer if other temporary things like weather increase attrition) currently triggers the "extra-equipment-out-of-thin-air"-bug, if you go out with maintenance companies:

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HmJ_JP said: I'd say push soft attack and armor as high as you can, while keeping speed as low as needed (4 kph). Isn't it all we need for tanks supporting infantry battalions?

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HugsAndSnuggles said: Wouldn't medium be better then?

Depends on whether you have the time and research slots for medium 1938.

For 1936 techs, this is what we see:






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Mister Analyst said: This leads me to believe that you are using an outdated version of the HOI4 wiki.

Umm, how would this happen? It's not like the game has a cache with old wiki pages in it.

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Mantriel said: 2. I have an army of light tanks (24 divisions), I started producing medium tanks.
3. My divisions are 7 infantry & 2 artillery, 20 width wide for my infantry armies. The tank divisions are 5 tanks & 5 motorized infantry. Support companies are for both: Engi, Support Artillery, Support Anti-Air, Logi & Hospital.

I would be producing medium tanks either before France falls or immediately after. We want medium tanks with 8 kph speed on them so they are going fast enough to overrun and encircle. Light tanks are simply not going to c... Read more

Morvrann said: Hi, I never really played using Space Marines, wanna try it

Let me provide some guidance.

First, let's make something clear: Space marines are not about having good tanks. They are about having "meh" heavy tank destroyers that you can produce from 1937 until you you drown the enemy in them. So, when thinking about this, I don't want you looking at the tech tree and saying to yourself "Aha! I'll get 1943 heavy tanks soon. Let's swap to that!"

Resist that impulse. Instead think like this:

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HmJ_JP said: I often like these tactics, work well in HOI4 although AI gets suspicious when the opening is too narrow. But don't try the opposite in 1939 against Germany, it doesn't fare well until you're well equipped.

I did it by accident one time in an MP game many years ago.

The weird way some tiles near Kherson are drawn, one time I left one tile completely uncovered along the river. The Italian player sent some motorized troops through the gap, and I didn't notice at first. When I noticed a weird Italian snake heading towards Sevast... Read more

marcelo r. r. said: "Keep men, lose land; land can be taken again. Keep land, lose men; land and men are both lost"
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Needs an update for HOI4.

"Lose land, but keep stockpile. Land can be retaken. Lose land, but capitulate, both land and stockpile are lost."  

GrandVezir said: NFT preorder when?

When gas fees go down?  

LordWahu said: That is incredibly ominous and concerning

I wouldn't sweat it. They're probably just having teething issues with adding HOI4 to the blockchain. I'm guessing getting the CIC output to match up with the mining of crypto is a bit of an issue. And the staking of the generals and admirals as NFTs is time consuming.  

TheMoe said: Genius. I can declare war through the focus tree and pull my troops back until they spread out a little. Thanks!

That tactic is even more hilarious when used against the French and the Maginot. The French army will just abandon the Maginot and try to occupy Germany if you pull back from the border. No more fort bonuses for you, Gamelin.  

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$ilent_$trider said: While we are discussing the subject of needless micro, why not add different classifications of munitions and force players to spend MILs on it???
PS: I am being facetious…

With all due apologies to John Lennon, but I have to do it for the lulz.


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marcelo r. r. said: Don't bother with DLC Switzerland before barbarrosa. finish soviet union first, then u will have spare troops, and medium tanks.
The DLC Switzerland have awful occupation debuff's, don't worth it before Soviet Union, it will become a sinkhole for your equipment.

Does Switzerland have all debuffs in place before September of 1939?  

I see a lot of good responses here, but I want to chime in with a few of my own.

him_15 said: Let’s say for Germany is it really worth to put resources into submarines.

That depends on what you mean by "put resources into submarines."

Germany starts with 1936 subs and a little guy named Donitz. Against the AI on normal, those two factors, plus Germany's starting dockyards (and the occupied ones in France/Benelux/Poland) are enough to give you a decent chance of neutralizing the British merchantmarine by June of 1941.

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