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01 Dec

Which DLCs to activate/deactivate for showing this game to a new player ?

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Ruck said: Victoria I and I totally forgot how alien and strange some concepts are for beginners which never played those games.

Yep.

You've been around long enough to remember when there wasn't a name for the genre of Paradox games. And I think you've even been around long enough to remember that EU1 was just a conversion of a tabletop game and how those tabletop rules were subject to abuse on computer. (Farming minors for 200 ducats at the end of every truce period as an example even if their income was 1 ducat a year.)  ... Read more

Which DLCs to activate/deactivate for showing this game to a new player ?

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I'll give the minority opinion on this one.

Run all DLC, but tell the new player to just use presets in the designers. And don't worry about MIOs. Just right click that notifier until they are ready to play around with it.  

Trade anomalies

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Androbey said: The trade law mechanics I understand. The issue that I have is that if a country is Importing a commodity to reduce a production malus. Why would they export that same commodity? I would think that the only commodities that you would export are the ones that you have a surplus, (that is the ones you have more than you need for production efficiency).

It's one of the game's weird, but I consider necessary, abstractions.

"Exports" aren't truly exports in the Vic3 sense of the word.

It's clear to me that the various... Read more

30 Nov

I'm curious as to why certain divisions lose all org really fast on offense

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Vigor said: Your templates have strange avatars for battalions I don't know what they mean.

It's the NATO counters option in the game. I can't read the non-NATO symbols in the game, so we've got that going for us.

The divisions is 8 modern tank battalions, 9 MECH battalions, a modern TD battalion, and the support companies I outlined.  

29 Nov

German Spy Agency After Collaboration Government Missions in Poland and France.

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Gefallener_Held said: I am not sure what the best missions are until a third spy is obtained with foreign training to get a spy of Russian background to set up a collaboration government.

Eh, I know the Soviets can be hard to spy on thanks to their bonuses, but don't be discouraged from doing so even if you lack a Russian spy. Collab on the Soviets is potent enough to justify the attempts even if you lose a spy or two.

The goal is just to get the network to the proper strength ASAP.

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I'm curious as to why certain divisions lose all org really fast on offense

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Vigor said: 1. i don't have AT research done.
2. i don't have air superiority.
3. I don't have enough tanks in the modern division to stack up much breakthrough
4. I have too many mechanized infantry (though in this situation, where I'm not really attacking to deal damage that should be a benefit)
5. The tanks are stock, no version upgrades
6. The tanks have foreign equipment (i'm not sure that is a bad thing considering the ones i produce are stock)
7. These divisions have 3 spart each (but in this situation that could be a benefit as well since divisions tend to not bl...
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27 Nov

Labour of Love - The Steam Awards!

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We made patches fewer but larger due to people taking issues with their mods being effected to often. We have one planned in December that will go into Open Beta soon. ^^  

24 Nov

Labour of Love - The Steam Awards!

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Generals.

It's time for the Steam awards, but first, a look back on this year...

7 years. It has been 7 glorious years of strategy and conquest, of encirclements and outwitting your opponents. The amount of generals co... Read more

Steam Awards 2023 — Nominate Hearts of Iron IV!

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Generals.

7 years. It has been 7 glorious years of strategy and conquest, of encirclements and outwitting your opponents. The amount of generals continues to rise as well, hitting a record amount this year here on Steam!

So far in 2023, we’ve released Arms Against Tyranny, revamping the Nordics and adding so many cool new features like the international market and the special forces doctrines. Before that, we continued our war effort initiative to try and update older content to bring it up to par, fix old bugs that slipped through the cracks, and add so much more to keep the experience fresh.


While your tournaments thrived, we came up with a way to give them even more exposure and rewards by releasing FRONTLINES, our tournament organiser to make sure more people can participate, can watch and can enjoy the action, and to give back to your hard wor... Read more

Steam Awards 2023 — Nominate Hearts of Iron IV!

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

23 Nov

New Support Company Guide

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Kanitatlan said: (I'll let the usual culprits provide an amusing illustration)

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22 Nov

New Support Company Guide

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Gefallener_Held said: I saw a video stating maintenance companies are overrated.... I'm skeptical...

It's on my list to do a guide, but at the moment, I'm not sure MAINT is a good choice in a lot of cases.

The tech at tier 2 gives you the option to make tanks cheaper. But the actual support company is a bit of a gimmick for most builds. Nice if you spec for using both its buffs specifically, but not great if you have other things you want to focus on.

The increase in reliability isn't that useful in most of my builds bec... Read more

21 Nov

worrying about Japan when playing Russia

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paperhero said: Is there any way to be sure Japan will not attack Russia using the Focus tree?

I wouldn't sweat it even if it happens. (If Japan is under AI control.)

Stonewalling the Japanese in Siberia isn't that difficult. 24 cheap pure INF divisions should keep the Japanese tied down for years on end while you wipe the Germans out.  

Steam Autumn Sale and HOI Grandest LAN!

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Generals!

The Steam Autumn Sale is in full swing, and now is the time to grab the content you're missing or need, or perhaps a gift for a friend as well!

And at the same time, the Grandest Lan has taken place, streaming to YouTube and Steam, with some highlights over on Instagram as well! And while the event is now over, make sure to check out the vods over on YouTube!

So here are the sale discounts;

Base Game
  • Hearts of Iron IV 70% off
  • Hearts of Iron IV: Starter Edition 70% off
Expansions
  • Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone 30% off
  • Hearts of Iron IV: No Step Back 30% off
  • Hearts of Iron IV: Battle for the Bosporus 50% off
  • Hearts of Iron IV: Death or Dishonor ...
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Steam Autumn Sale and HOI Grandest LAN!

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    /u/ on Steam - Thread - Direct
A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Medium NAV's

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mursolini said: Why not? These planes existed for Italiy and Japan, and you can still make them, just have to do the silly heavy fighter thing.

I also wish there was a medium NAV. I've sort of accepted that you have to make it a TAC, but it's really weird that because it's either a TAC or heavy fighter, it can't be benefit from NAV MIOs.  

18 Nov

Please, can somebody share the good mechanized inf division people usually mention counters tanks in El Alamein? + frontline infantry divs questions

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pro.gamer.69 said: the ideal template you're looking for is a ratio of about 3-4 mech to 1 motorized AT or even better, tank destroyer. support engis, aa are a must, signals may be nice (especially if you make your division bigger), recon isn't horrible, logis are nice too.

ignore everything you see on width from before the release of AAT a few weeks ago. nowadays width barely matters, but 10, 15 are both solid, 36 works well too.

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Mountaineers vs marines?

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Crecer13 said: In the game, amphibious river crossings are not that difficult or important. But in reality, this was one of the most difficult operations, especially considering that Europe has a huge number of rivers. For this purpose, in the USSR in 1944, 11 separate Special Purpose motorized battalions ...
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Has anyone had success using wheeled or half-track tanks?

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TheMeInTeam said: light spg with wheels can mount up to improved medium howitzer, same for td with improved medium cannon.

I wouldn't waste time with SPART right now.

It uses 3 width and has a fairly high supply draw for a single battalion. So, this SPG might look decent:

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17 Nov

Mountaineers vs marines?

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Ossiv said: Would marines be a better choice than mountaineers? Looking for advice from those who have used both.

It's a tough call for a number of reasons:

1) Mountaineers require army XP and compete with Mobile warfare.

2) Marines are probably more useful for pushing rivers than mountaineers or their rangers would be for pushing in snow.

3) Marines have the Mechanized Marine Corps doctrine that is incredibly powerful. And while regular MAR and Marine Commandos aren't super useful for Germany outside of Sea Lion, Me... Read more



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