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Gracz said: Will Albania get a unique focus tree?

Not in BBA, for now they only get annexation.  

Steel_Viking said: Does this mean tank refitting costs are fixed by this patch?

Not quite, we are still working on bringing this to you. still this gives you an early test of the new conversion system.  

BubblesZestje said: So wait does this mean the majority of people who choose the Polish Regency Council do it just to not get anyone as King? Seem to be missing a bit of infomation here.

this is something we are currently investigating  

Herr B. said: Interesting data, for sure.

However, I wouldn't read much into it. From the first graph alone (the difficulty), it is easy to see that a sizeable amount of data comes from inexperienced or occasional players, who have no idea of what's even going on. All of the data below that support this claim, especially the division design.

I would honestly prefer it, if you would filter out all data from "easy" or "very easy" campains. Then perhaps we could see how the hivemind has reacted to the NSB changes.

This data DD is deliberately aimed... Read more

Ethereld said: Strategic Redeployment using railways is dreamlike. But what happens in areas with no trains or damaged railways? Will the pathfinding and speed work the same?

yes, there are separate speed calculations for both the current rail level and the current infrastructure level. The pathfinder will work out which is the fastest route based on both these speeds so if there are no railways between 2 points but there are varying levels of infrastructure it will still find the fastest path.  

Hello there C0RAX, here!

For my first HoI dev diary, I’m here to show you the second part of the Officer Corps, a new way of personalising your military that will be included as part of No Step Back and the Barbarossa update.

In the last dev diary we explained how we want to allow you to specialise your military branches with the leadership and advisors. Today we bring to you some new features that allow you to customise how your military operates, and act as a further use for the new sources of branch experience that were hinted at last week.

You may have been wondering what all those shiny boxes with emblems were for. I'm here to tell you they are the new Officer Corps Spirits.

Spirits are a new way to specialise your military, generals and even help your division designs. Each branch has multiple categories for its spirits that affect different aspects of the way they operate. Here I have shown you the spirits of th... Read more