Equestria at War is the best pony mod for any game overall
I should play it again. Or is base HOI4 finally "good"?
>>42715920HOI4 is one of the greatest games ever made unironically.
>>42715476Is HoI and EaW mod a good pick for a Civilization V player like me? I'm a bit interested on it.
>>42715998yes
>>42715948It does have some good features in it sure. For example the production, civ factories and division designer. The aircraft and tank designers are fun too. But I will always miss the OOB levels you can have in HOI3 along with assigning hundreds of real life generals to divisions, corps, armies, army groups, theatres. I also miss province names for every single tile too. Made the map feel more "alive" fighting over a real place rather than just an empty tile.
>>42715476I wish Victoria 3 was good, even with all of these updates filling in what should of been there at the start it just feels empty.
>>42716015Oh man, so do I. I love HoI III. I just wish it wasn't as, well, stiff and rigid with regards to modding. BlackICE and August Storm pushed the limits, especially the former, but it was always tough. Still love that game. DH too. That's part of why HoI IV is so good, because it is moddable, in my view, despite its problems.
>>42716015>>42715948I would not call hoi4 good, but it certainly is entertaining.
it is shit and lost all soul
>>42716075Mod-ability definitely helps HOI4. It made EAW possible. >>42716084That's the word I'd use too. It's entertaining.
>>42715476>hoi>eaw>goodlol. Play a real video game.
>>42715998no, if you like civ5, you like simplicity, grand strategy requires mental illness levels of autism and detracts from time spent loving MLP
>>42715476Have they updated Equestria's focus tree yet or are they still adding more pointless non-pony nations
>>42716504There's a submod for that.
Most fun nation?
>>42716921Hippogriffia.
>>42717095Is it? Maybe I'll try them next.
>>42716089The left look better, autistic twifag.
>>42717143I suggest the siren path.
>>42716483you can like any ganre and get into HOI4
>>42718529lets not kid ourselves anon, autism is required
>>42715948You need to be over 18 to post here.
>>42718669I'm 28.
>>42716089Now get your ass back in whatever hole ya sat.
Also, wish Starry Night had more cool story stuff.
>>42715476>still no stalliongrad reworkI sleep
>>42716089old chrysalis portrait is ass
>>42715476i think mars should draw more broken mares
>>42718709This.
>>42716089I'm sorry fellow Twifag, I'm a contrarian motherfucker and even I think that the right look worse than the left. Especially Chrysalis's old portrait. From the first time I ever played the mod I thought it was very out of place.
>>42716089RIP fluffy ears and soft edges
>>42716921Lunar/Solar Empire is always fun.Personal favorite is the Alesia path for Tobuck, or MARESOC route for New Mareland.
>>42719575I will miss the old ones though.
>>42718982Is Posada's path actually good?
>>42720584>Over the green glades of Adelart, the jovial free griffs dream of an unimpeded tomorrow; that a society so conceived in defense of their liberty, against tyrants both foreign and domestic, shall endure! And to this end, Adelart's focus tree will be redone to the standard of its existing graphical work, so that the despots of Aquila and Griffenheim alike know that they can take from us our land, our safety, even our lives - but as long as the merrygriffs ride, they will never take our freedom!
>>42720584yes
>>42720584eh, it's irrational.5/10, good graphics, insufficient cleansing of chiropterra from the face of the planet. Without resulting in the leader wasting even more resorces, at least
>>42721796I puppeted chirroptera because I couldn't be bothered to guard their coast
>>42720584I had fun with her path, plus she's just such a cutie.
Honestly, the biggest problem I have with EAW is the severe lack of research slots, like, if I want to stay on top of my land and air game, there is literally no slack to give to the navy whatsoever, or, to a smaller extent, arming my shittier units with better equipment (no time to research better anti-air/anti-tank in SP, artillery in MP)
>>42723299This is what I like about HOI3. There are more research options and slots even as a minor. Granted you still have to make choices of what you want to focus on.
>>42723322yea, but HOI3 was annoying to play
>>42724061>yea, but HOI3 was annoying to playAutism issue.
>>42715948Consider suicide.>>42716483GSG, especially casual shit like HoI 4, is not "2deep4u". Half the time it's a glorified cookie-clicker.>>42715998>Civ V>HoI 4Play better games.(I hope you're at least playing with a shit-ton of "fixer" mods for Civ V.)>>42715476Games and by extension mods were definitely never the horse fandom's strong point, so unfortunately you might actually be right. (Nice stupid fucking forced meme, by the way.)
>>42724061I think retards like you should not be allowed computers.
>>42724515Hoi4 is amazing and you have shit taste.
>>42716089Agreed
>>42716089The shorter, thinner necks are too anthro-looking. That's my autistic little nitpick. Plus, I'll never be satisfied with the Chryssi portrait until she gets her parade dress.
I'll be hosting an EAW game this Sunday at 18:30 CEST. Just a normal game.
How are the Changelings supposed to win the GW in mp? I was playing with a group of friends and bugs basically got rolled (well, more like attritioned desu, their micro was questionable) and the war ended within two years. The Equestrians have easy air superiority because they get a 2-year ahead of time for the frame and engine, they can get a comparable number of tanks out before the war, and all their industry and resources are concentrated in the east, so even making pretty significant gains mean nothing since you run out of resources to build more shit with, you could trade for more, but your navy basically loses guaranteed since Equestria has 6 dockyards on you (10-16) Am I just coping or what? Is there an approach to playing Changelings that I am just blissfully unaware of?
>>42725197Encirclement are magic. You just need really strong tanks.
>>42725210...The Equestrians have better Tank MIOs, and the stat swing from CAS is pretty significant, I should not have to have magic fingers to not be swatted like a fly on the wall.
>>42725215Get better designs. You got a better military industry early on, so you'll out-tank them.
>>42725225>You got a better military industry early on, so you'll out-tank them.Changelings start with 14mils, Equestria with 21 (granted 4 are from subjects) additionally, they have 3 easy focuses for mil spawn ins (energy for Tall Tale, Spitfire, and Fillydelphia Auto) which amounts to 10, comparably, Changelings get 8 over the course of 5 focuses, notably far more spread out. The Changelings also do not start with the resources to produce 'valuable' tanks, lacking in both Chromium and tungsten, conversion later from HMG is possible, but that tech is only worth it at the second level, and it is a 1010--that's more research time wasted when you already have a gap to Equestria's easy 4th slot. I will admit that the -60% mil construction speed of Equestria (Magic of Friendship+Civilian Economy) is obviously not ideal, but it also is not crippling since you can leech mils off of Crystal and the bonus construction speed on Civs means you have an advantage no matter how early or late Changelings actually decide to start the war as long as you don't fuck up on getting Urgent War Committee
>>42725215try TD's
>>42725366I was anon, we basically all were, I'm not complaining about single player balance, just about anyone can spank the ai, but I just don't see hope of victory in mp
>>42725038Huzzah! Time fo Krieg!
>>42718982Aggressive cuddles with the orange fish.
