Solarist Velvet is canon edition>Get the gamehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/394360/Hearts_of_Iron_IV/>Get the modhttps://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1826643372https://www.moddb.com/mods/equestria-at-war>Balefire Blueshttps://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3259212795>Wikihttps://equestriaatwar.wiki.gg/wiki/Equestria_at_War_Wiki>New to HoI4https://equestriaatwar.wiki.gg/wiki/New_to_Hearts_of_Iron_4https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs3acGYgI1-v2rWyEDR8Mn3Avf9CxH1s1>/mlp/ EaW Discordhttps://discord.gg/eFKnDkj>Previous thread>>43277134
>>43336456>>43336465Dev said it was removed, because Sombra's military goals are incompatible with NMM and difficult to make compatible with Chrysalis.
Sombra should mind-control every leading mare he conquers and make them join his harem
>>43336563That would simply be too based for the devs. But yes, that is what his path should be all about.
>>43336473That is not really true, Chrysalis can be quite pragmatic, that is how the marriage was always framed. If she marries Sombra she would still be the second most powerful being on the continent and she can still harvest rest of ponies for love within both realm. And marriage with NMM could still work too, for example if the civil war drags on or if Celestia goes Daybreaker during it. I agree with what the other anon said that lot of devs really lack imagination, and cant think about how to make different paths interect, so it ends up everyone agaisnt everyone. Even if the entire context of Fiendship Axis was that Sombra was a puppetmaster controlling his allies, evne at expense of less conquest.
>>43336988?
>>43336988Macawia teaser
>>43336473Its so much easier to cut content out than it is to make new content, huh
>>43337434Hay at least Sombra X hope gets some love.
>>43337517qt
>>43337434The problem is that the current developers are shitlib faggots and literally can't imagine anything other than retarded dysfunctional governments. Even the average 4chan chud would be more creative than Discord troons.
>>43338188Define dysfunctional, because if you mean the countries starting usually in some sort of crisis, economic or political or leader change. Then that is just a natural part of it being a game, which fundamentally requires a sense of progress and improvement as the game continues.
>>43338208I'm talking about at the end of the game. Every country starts with various problems and that's perfectly fine. The problem is that many of the newer tags are still dysfunctional and retarded at the end of the game.
I just want the shitlib devs to bite the bullet and make grover 6 trans. You just know they want it so bad, but they don't because they know the second they do that their mod will die quickly. I want EaW to collapse tno style, troons fighting. So that 4chan can finally recover EaW and make a fork "EaW true canon edition". It would be so perfect
>>43338338>I want the kid that spends the entire game being groomed to be groomed even more
>>43338332I can only think of Abyssinia, Zongo and Lan Kir as being actually dysfunctional at the end of their story.
>>43338338Stop outting yourself, tranny chaser. >>43338373I think that you are forgetting that the actual meaning of grooming is teaching or raising, most commonly used in relation of raising your heir.Which is exactly what is happening in the mod. Nothing else, that your sick, internet-rotted mind thinks of.
>>43338338>>43338373>>43338383I know you 3 jest or whatever but making Grover trans would make the empire better lore wise. Right now Grover isn't a character, at best he is an idea. Trans Grover is a character with emotions, desires, goals, conflict. Imagine if Kemerskai was like Grover, just the "republican" and nothing more, no personality, no difficult decisions to make, nothing, just Sunglider doing everything. That is current Grover, a non character. Making him trans would elevate the lore and I mean this most sincerely.
>>43338398You need to be dragged out of your home and hanged.
>>43338398Kill yourself, trannychaser. >trannychaser can't read the eventsThere is plenty of character to Grover and the Empire has the most lore in Griffonia.
>>43338398Na, he has events telling use how he is growing up. For example on his birthday he gets a tank for the changelings and for the commie dogs he gets waffles with his regent. There's more but those are the ones off of the top of my head.Also turning grover trans will kill the mod. If you want trans grover then there a submod on steam for that.
>>43338422>>43338572The tank event is so stupid, because all grover descriptions and early events mention "he is so bright, a genius, a true leader fr fr no cap". But he is actually a worthless disgusting fucking kid retard piece of shit that deserves to be killed, he is a fucking retard, a spoiled stupid kid. Nothing about him is grand or impressive or heroic or smart or anything, he is a fucking spoiled piece of shit idiot who doesn't care about killing citizens and servants and running tanks into buildings even in his "kind" upbringing timelines. This is your hero Pony haters, because all of you who like grover or griffonia are Pony haters, you don't even like Pony if you like EaW because EaW is all about griffons and griffonia.
>>43338586Have you not played the post-coronation content? His "kind" upbringing literally leads to him to moderating the previous millitarism and trying to create a stable Empire, by listening to some of the opposition demands and giving voice to the autonomists so that they their grievences do not tear Empire apart again. He is literally the Emperor of the People.
>>43338586So what your saying is, young children don't make for good leaders? Wow, it's almost like there's a reason they don't immediately put him in charge and give him a regent.You are retarded,
>>43338586>The thread schizo shows himself again
>>43338586Zigger is this you?
>>43338586faggot
>>43338383Grover VI is groomed to be emperor by whoever happens to control Griffenheim, with each regent seeking to raise him to follow their ideology. Troons abuse and exploit children.
>>43338398Kill yourself.>>43338586>Troons absolutely hate childrenMany such cases.
>>43337341Any new teasers?
>>43339796maybe later
>>43339072Yes, they are grooming/raising/teaching him. That is the meaning of that world.Also to take care of ones appearance.Stop being so brainrotted by the internet, tranny chaser.
>>43339825You replied to two different anons, retard.
>>43339072He is the heir.
>>43339910No he didnt.
>>43340735Yes he did. One anon was the trannychasing faggot, while the other told the tranny chaser to kill himself.
A little off topic but how do you guys think about the upcoming EaW: Redux mod. I believe it's releasing at the end of the year.
>>43341158I didn't even know anything like that exists. Do you have any link or teasers?
>>43341188Link to there discord. The deves are a bit more chudy than the main team too.https://discord.gg/equestriaatwar
>>43338675Who's that?
>>43341588Star Father
>>43341158>Reworks exclusively for commie nationsI don't care.
I just wish someone would pick up Tale of Griffonia and update it, I really liked Skynavia and Technocratic Mareland.Also, finish the Hellquil rework
>>43341934It's over, anon.
>>43342027No...
>moar fraction logos
>>43341934same
>>43336449Have they ever thought of adding the yakutian tribes to the game? Maybe one as a sub-mod? I feel like it would be an interesting choice and a missed opportunity if nobody attempted so imo
>>43343569I think Northern Tribes were supposed to have some Siberian flavour back in the day, no idea now since it has been years
>>43343569sadly no
mare?
I haven't checked on this mod for a year are they still working on the Equestria update or did they get sidetracked with furshit garbage again
>>43344729Furshit garbage again, also Communist path reworks everywhere yuck
>>43344729The original Equestria dev left/got booted from the team a while ago and made his own (unfinished) submod from his work.The current rework is "ongoing" with a few scarce teasers, so probably not anytime soon.
>>43344871Fucking hell. Please keep O'Sullivan's Law in mind every time you start a project and people start joining in.
>>43344883Well, that doesn't really work because none of the original big Majors (Scroup, Cyrys, Psody, Yard and Featherus) was rightwing. They were all flavour of centre left and further to the left.
>>43344871>The original Equestria dev left/got booted from the team a while agoThis is why, as the project head, you have to force all official releases to pass through you.Do not let anyone else have ownership permission of your Discord server, GitHub repo, YouTube channel, etc.Maintain a system-enforced top layer of control over EVERYTHING, where you are the sole individual in that layer.It doesn't prevent your team turning on you, but it does prevent a coup which would otherwise seize the original "official" accounts from you and lock you out.If the team wants to do their own thing, then they have to separate and start their own accounts, which will forever have the taint of being clear forks.Granted, I'm not familiar with how these coups actually happen, but I presume it always involves the mistake of giving additional individuals top-level-admin access to the official project accounts.
>>43345964Baron was not the owner of the mod nor Major, nor was he project head. He was just Equestria dev, previously doing for example Sirens, and also Horseworder (writer).
>>43346025Sirens are amazing in EAW.
>>43346064Yep
>>43345907>Scroup, Cyrys, Psody, Yard and FeatherusI remember scroup, he was the russian bastard who insisted on creating stalliongrad. He ruined the mod from the start by introducing communism to Equestria. The worst part is that he is such a coward that he claims to be a soldier but never saw any action in the Ukraine war or some shit. If I am not mistaken all those devs are russian and also communists in real life, and the fuckers insist on defending and inserting as much communism as possible.Those motherfuckers ruined MLP, communism in the mod is the only reason most people drop this shit. Why communism? Equalism is right there, use Equalism if you want a collectivist ideology.
>>43346339>If I am not mistaken all those devs are russian and also communists lol, new cutie, good oneCyrus is croatianPsody is americanYard is polishFeatherus is british
>>43346339I think the only reason why Stalliongrad is in the mod is because he wanted a USSR in the mod to balance the great war. And then it kinda stuck.But yeah the current team isn't the best.
>>43346428>he wanted a USSR in the mod to balance the great war. And then it kinda stuck.My question is, why do most people, including even anons here, just accept his ideas as canon? Why do they let him or the new group bastardize MLP? There is literally 0 opposition. Even with the new trans griffon that will be added, anons at most barely claim to be angry at it but they happily embrace it anyway, no desire to stop the group, no desire to create a true canon 4chan experience, nothing. You all go "we love you furries, you are the true kings who deserve to hold MLP!"I am not blaming you specifically, but the other 95% of anons here.
>>43346435>>43346435Anon, you are overreacting this. The mod literally started as a fun scenario of literally Barbarossa but with ponies. That is literally why historical path results in All Ponies Front against the Changelings. If anything, obsession with ideologies, races, cannons and so on ruined the mod. Treating it as some deep medium that will change the world. People forget it is a game meant to be fun.
>>43345907I know. That's not my point. What I mean is that the only way to keep people who decay your project out is by keeping O'Sullivan Law in mind.
>>43346435I personally treat it like a AU, it has its own conon and it's largely it's own thing. But there was pushback on the trans give. Lots of people put negative responses on the I believe a slovic word for bullshit. But the mods removed the negative feedback. and probably suspended many. Lucky I wasn't one but still.
>>43346503I think the biggest issue here is that people don't read literature and in general have a very shallow understanding of themes and aesthetics.
>>43346524Hey! I read plenty of literature! I read hundreds of stories in Fimfiction.
magic guns are good
>>43347537Anon...
>>43348563Yes?
>>43349450>Crystal Empire now starts without modern societyCrystalbros... We're retroactively becoming a shithole country... We belong in Griffonia, with the other Bumfuckistans...
>>43349491I mean, it makes sense.
>>43348192>50% reliability>Double the cost of a normie gunYou lose half your guns in every battle tho, not worth
>>43349450Blergh that is shittiest desc. Best part of Crystal empire desc is how Sombra focuses are directly narrated by Sombra. Thatbis how all focuses should be. Being directly narrated by Sombra or Cadence. Crystal dev is a retard
>>43349538Reliability is a meme and doesnt matter. Magic guns are superior
>>43349538Not really.
>>43349795It does though.
>>43350017Reliability can easilly be fixed with infantry equipment designer + repair company. It is a non isdue. Plus you can produce infantry equipment so fast that it matters even less.Reliability is a meme. It only matters on tanks.
I've been thinking of making a submod for EAW where there's a small Anonymous state, the "Anonstate" if you will. I recently tested spawning countries in via game rules (after pilfering the NCR's code). My problem is that I'm not actually well versed enough to portray /mlp/ in an accurate light.
>>43351005Where would the country be?
>>43351014Somewhere in Equus/Equestria, and maybe a colony somewhere in Griffonia. Could be a portal, could be sudden teleportation to Equestria that humans show up. I'm not sure. Just spitballing.
>>43351005The furryschizo could be the supremacist leader. Wants to purge the world of all non-pony races and communism, so that the only ones who remain are what's advertised on the box - my little ponies.
>>43351005Just repurpose the NCR tag, it is in perfect location already, nobody plays it anyway, and focus tree is shit. Change parties,give it new leaders, make events and some focus tree. And generals. All thd leaders and generals should use different art of anonfilly, anon mare and anonstallion.
Alesia has 2 porn pics now, which is two more than Nzuzi has. Unacceptable.
>>43351161tbf Alesia is pretty damn coomable>she tells you that she's old enough to be your mom>'ma'am I'll be honest that just makes you hotter'
>>43351495I never understood obsession with her. Personally from Zebrica nobody comes even close to the Adagio and her sisters. Though if Queen Novo and Rain Shine had actual paths, they probably would.
>>43351532>I never understood obsession with herstraight up the only reason is that she's a Tsarist officer MILF
>>43351532>I never understood obsession with her.HoI4's fanbase is at least 50% political radicals, who wish their side has won back in the day. Wehraboos are especially common, but there is a sizeable crowd of Kolchak, Denikin and Wrangel fanboys, who coom to the idea of the knights of honor and duty returning from the brink to sweep away the bolshekiv hordes.Alesia is this, but as a fuckable mare.
>>43351721and the other half just sees a cute mareand to be entirely fair, Alesia is REALLY cutenot as cute as the tuareg zeeb with trainbrain though
UNHOLY BLACK MAGIC
>>43351824
>>43351532she's hot
>>43351824Amazing, they fucked it up. Why am I not surprised. It was perfect as it was, but no the faggots judt had to touch it and ruin it
>>43351959No they didn't.
>>43351959Some people are ready to complain about anything
>>43351959how is me getting to directly insert my self insert a bad thing??
>>43351824I'm not interested in this at all.
>>43352135Because it was already perfect and didn't need any change>>43352271Exactly, that is shit. You were already playing as a yourself, just an ordinary nameless pony that stumbles on a secrete cult. You didn't need a name or anything that would make you special. You were more of an observer there and occassionally helping a group,maybe romancing one of the two characters and when eberything was over you just opened a restaurant togethere and once more faded from history. It was just a minor slice of life adventure.As I have said, modern nufag devs don't umderstand aesthetics because they don't read.
>>43353081You can just *not* name your OC if you don't want to. It literally says so on the tooltip. The devs also said there would be multiple endings in the screenshot, so it's possible you can keep out of the spotlight and just open a side shop like in the original story.
>>43353349That still entirelly changes the aesthetic of the story, and said aesthetic was what carried this event chain and made it so good and memorable.
>>43353363It really doesn't. Your just being retarded. You can name the OC whatever you want.
>>43353371Nameing the character already means that you play as the character, not yourself. Which was part of the fun.And as I said, it entirelly changes the aesthetics and shittifies them in the endless pursuit of TNOfication. Less is more. I already denounce this rework to be shit and in time you will come to see I was right as always.
>>43353383Nope, it is looking great so far.>I was right as alwaysYour usually wrong though.
Hey anons, hoi4 devs asked users in the paradox forums for their opinions on paratroopers and how to change them into a good mechanic. In case you have a paradox account, I recommend posting your thoughts because EaW has Pegasi. Any change to paratroopers (especially a positive change) would make Pegasi more fun to play with.
>>43353507I think their fine, but they should make them cooler.
>>43353507Do paratroopers NEED any changes?
>>43353511>>43353512Well, in the thread there are 3 main opinions gaining traction>1. Make sure the ai can use paratroopers, at least a bit>2. Make paratroopers less tedious to set up (less individual clicks)>3. Make paratroopers not instantly die when dropping on enemy troopsThe third one seems like one of those changes that would affect the entire game easily, dropping paratroopers on frontline enemies to always break the frontline comes to mind.
>>43353521>>3. Make paratroopers not instantly die when dropping on enemy troopsCan't fix the reality. You either manage to hold the [insert objective here] or die.
>>43353521>Make paratroopers not instantly die when dropping on enemy troopsWait, that's supposed to happen, that's not just my shitty templates?
>Double Diamond in Our Town is receiving beautiful GFX by the amazing @Stratophobia[#1 Hyena Hater] . Here's a sample!
>>43354075>Elections thrice a yearJesus Christ. Nothing will get done.
>>43354144commies
>>43353521>Add +supply grace to every para research>Move gliders from commander ability to a research option>Finally add bridges to the game as tangible objects, so that paras(and marines) have more shit to doAfter all, the biggest shitshow of paradrops involved bridges>Maybe as an alternative to air raids, have paras dropped on said location to sabotage whatever is in thereJust give them something to do
>>43354075Thats nice.
>>43353383literally bitching about a nothingburger
>>43354075I hope Our Town will get a supremacy path with that one town racist
>>43355645Which one?
>>43356186Rosemary
I hope they nerf TD's with the next big update, or buff normal tanks.
>>43357178What is so good about TDs?
>>43358107Hard attack, basically. Breakthrough can be made up easily leading to something that only other TD's can counter if built right.
How would you rework Equestria?
>>43357178Great news for you then! An open beta has been running for a while with some changes like buffing line artillery. There are also changes that are pure nerfs to TDs and SPGs, and a nerf to all tanks in that you can no longer stack a lot of small cannons without penalties. User feedback begs the devs to buff normal tanks because even with the nerfs TDs are still the best, and it seems that they might actually help.>>43358883Easy>Remove stalliongrad >Make Twilight a good offensive general>Introduce a mechanic exclusive to Equestria about destroying civilian factories for like 50-100k instant gunsThis plays very well into the desperate defense part of the Equestria experience, at least that's the idea, just introduce a mechanic where Equestria can actually amass a shitty but sizeable defense very quickly once they realize the changelings are an actual existential threat>Post war make Equestria the "world police" guaranteeing any nations in Griffonia that haven't been conquered yet just to cuck gr*verIt shouldn't matter if they are harmonic, Equestria after the great war should have the mindset of the USA past 9/11 x100000.
>>43359064The open beta is made by Paradox, not EaW devs. So the changes to line arty and tanks would affect both base game and EaW
>>43359064World police just seems like vanilla UK. Very annoying.
I'll be hosting an EAW game this Sunday at 18:30 CET.
>>43360000Celestia rapes anyone not standing properly.
encirclements are fun
>>43361207I love all kinds of encirclements, big and small. I love it when the enemy has a massively overwhelming army, but with one encirclement after another, you can whittle it down to nothing.
>>43361207True.
>>43360000The lobby is up! Game will be starting at 18:30!ID: 109775243712897330PW: /mlp/Mods: Equestria at War, Player Led Peace Conferences, State Transfer Tool MP Updatedhttps://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1826643372https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=846066944https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3243893615Hotjoin and coop will be on.
>>43360000>>43362268>It's another "Laho vs. Daylight Savings" episode
>>43362282daylight savings is one of the dumbest things invented by human beings
>>43362282>>43362287What the fuck are daylight savings???
>>43362303If you don't know consider yourself lucky.
>>43362268It is giving me "connection timed out"
>>43362308Sorry man. Only 2 people came, so we decided to postpone this for next week this time. I'll announce the next game on Friday.
How's the beta?
>>43362982It is actually fun and it might change EaW quite a bit. Artillery is buffed decently, a lot more breakthrough, 1 or 2 points of extra soft atk here and there. EaW has little industry for 90% of nations, and many nations have artillery focused spirits and generals.
>>43363018thats nice
>>43362282Qt Derp
Worst nation?
Does the open beta work with mods?
>>43363975Lore wise? Almost all of them, stalliongrad I guess Gameplay? Out of the nations with content I think the yaksMINIGAMES IN ALL HOI4 MODS ALWAYS SUCK
>>43364568Hard agree. Stalliongrad and all cummunism nations were a lazy mistake. It should have been confined to the ancient Aryanne and Veronika stories. Just use Equalism only if you must have the IRL parallel for some reason.
>>43363975Chiropterra. People talk shit about Stalliongrad making zero sense, and rightly so, fucking zigger OCs, but Chiropterra is actually baffling>Completely secret society of spies, whom nobody knows about>With huge geopolitical ambitions>And alliances>And a lot of territory>Keeps raiding neighboring countries for slaves>Capable of world-altering cross-continental plots, the changelings have nothing on bat spies>Equestria doesn't know shit about them and will not take revenge for bombing LunaCyrus must have been smoking a particularly bad batch of crack when he was coming up with the bats.
>>43364747>Completely secret society of spies, whom nobody knows aboutTheir neighbors know about them, their just very closed off and secretive. Kinda like North Korea.>With huge geopolitical ambitionsMilitaristic cultists, so it makes sense.>And alliancesThey only have puppets and one ally, who they can only get once they stop being isolationist and because both them and Colthage have mutual enemies in Hippogriffia.>Keeps raiding neighboring countries for slavesMakes sense for Zebrica.>Capable of world-altering cross-continental plots, the changelings have nothing on bat spiesOnly in Equestria, which they have direct ties to being NMM supporters. And this is only possible because NMM does actually exist.>Equestria doesn't know shit about them and will not take revenge for bombing LunaThey probably do, just not much about what's going on in there. They also start the game as peaceful and would be unwilling to send an entire invasion force to far away Zebrica to attack a heavily fortified and militaristic nation that as far as they know, have no way of actually attacking them. Later on their fighting changelings, in a civil war, or under NMM control. Afterwards, they would naturally need to rebuild and consolidate.Honestly, Chiropterra makes perfect sense. EAW is a fantasy world, after all, with magic and bats.
>>43364568>MINIGAMES IN ALL HOI4 MODS ALWAYS SUCK>picks a nation with a minigame that barely even counts as a minigame and stops mattering after the first war anyway
>>43364747>Keeps raiding neighboring countries for slavesDoesnt seem that unreasonable considering the yetis went on a continent-wide rampage just fine>Capable of world-altering cross-continental plots, the changelings have nothing on bat spiesNot really. They have no way to directly start the equestrian civil war, so if Equestria doesnt go down that route then they can't do shit.>Equestria doesn't know shit about them and will not take revenge for bombing LunaIrrelevant because going by the teasers post-civil war victory Equestria is going to get a war goal on them once the rework drops.
Chrysalis and Serov just double-teamed NMM in my game, though Stalliongrad was able to steal Canterlot
>>43365200Who won?
>>43364722>Just use Equalism only if you must have the IRL parallel for some reason.I agree, you have no idea how much I agree. I am not even a glimmerfag, I just like the fact Equalism was created by Ponies, misguided Ponies yes, but it is 100% a Pony ideology. That alone makes it better for EaW than communism. Communism carries way too much real life human baggage.It is similar to how EaW used "supremacism" as the evil ideology at first, that was cool. Now all evil nations are straight up fascism, military dictators, or corrupt leaders, literally just our world, 0 creativity.
>>43365781>It is similar to how EaW used "supremacism" as the evil ideology at first, that was cool.>at first>Now all evil nations are straight up fascism>nowdoes he know?
>>43365772Changelings barely won but only because I decided to intervene as the Griffonian Empire.Chrysalis capitulated the Crystal Empire and the remaining breakaways.She then declared war on Stalliongrad, which had Nova Griffonia and Pingland as puppets. The yaks went communist on their own and puppeted the bears, who were still harmonists somehow. They joined Stalliongrad's faction once the war started.It was a stalemate for a while but Chrysalis just couldn't keep up with the massive frontline and started to collapse. She only won because I sent volunteers to stamp out the red menace and to test new division templates.
>9bedtime bump
Anons, the official Paradox devs started a new thread asking for player feedback, this time about civilian economy law. Pic related. If you have an account go there, civilian economy is currently so fucking boring and useless, making it a bit more fun to use would benefit nations like Equestria!forum paradoxplaza com/forum/threads/hoi-iv-dev-corner-civilian-economy-consumer-goods.1934731/
>>43366891I am such a retard, here is the pic lol got too excited
>>43366647
THE PATCH IS HEREBALTIMARE REPUBLIC HAS BEEN REWORKED
“After the Storm” 2.6.3 Partially reworked focus tree and content for: Baltimare RepublicAdditions: New faction logos for Reichspakt, Concordat of Free Nations, Changeling Hegemony, Anti-Aris Axis, Arisian Hegemony, Siren Hegemony and Gray Pact. Changeling Lands: New Fagus Vraksis company icon. Griffonian Republic: Added a news event for the civil war. Icepaw Provisional Directorate: Stratocracy path can now rename Hyenian states and victory points after dealing with any political issues and conquering Hyenia. New Mareland: New flags for Neustutenland. Pingland: Added two generic female penguin admiral portraits.
Changes: Updated faction logos for the Republican Pact and the Entente. Arcturian Order and Vedina now start with a special forces Grand Doctrine. Nuclear raids have no cooldown anymore. Children of Ahuizotl: Weakened army spawns. Reduced combat bonus from national spirit. Equestria: Changed a resource prospecting decision from rubber to oil. Free Camel Tribes: Slightly adjusted terrain visuals around the desert lake. Icepaw Provisional Directorate: Nerfed some Historical ideas to reduce compliance and non-core manpower gain. Polar Bear Communities: Penguins getting annexed into Northern Republic will transfer navy. Romau: Redone welcomescreen. South Confederate States: AI now prioritizes dealing with the Buffalo.
wow it's nothing
Fixes: Fixed a technical province building being visible in the UI when it shouldn't be. Added safeguard to prevent capitulation popup spam. AI should no longer leave the River Federation via decision. Fixed names of Reichsmandats. Tried to fix Zuat impassable state not changing owner. Aestlonia blocking yetis from strait tooltip does not show up if Aestlonia does not control it. Baltimare: Sanity checks for event about calling Stalliongrad to war. Changeling Lands: Resource exploitation decision now accounts for coal. Chiropterra: Fixed some decisions not having the correct cost text. Resource exploitation decision now accounts for coal. Colthage: Zumidia, Coltdar and Warzena no longer accept annexation demands if they are in a faction with another country or guaranteed. Equestria: Fixed Solar Empire having Cadance as an advisor in a specific scenario. Griffonian Empire: Fix the Reichsmandat Süd-Ost receiving more states than it should. Griffonian Republic: Wingbardy does not join the Griffonian Republic should Aquileia accept unification. Subject nations leave the Anti-Imperial Coalition. Haukland: Fixed issue with raids. Icepaw Provisional Directorate: Focus Trial by Fire now accurately lists Gaz and Savuk's skill level and traits. Historical focus to declare war on Riseia will now also declare on anyone else who owns anything in Riseia. Cooperation through capital now requires Icepaw to have defeated all Great Laker Contenders. Restoring the air fleet and cerulean Squadron grounded now actually give their production cost bonuses (And the former now also has a bonus for airships). Starting medium and heavy air companies now also give buffs to airships.
Imperial Condominium: Fixed a bug where Haukland's cores outside their islands would become the diarchy's cores. Mandate of the Eye: Fixed bypass for focus about Hestraya nations. New Mareland: Fixed focus overlap for focus tree when setting obsolete focus branch rule to show. Nova Griffonia: Fixed Yak payment bug. Fixed issue with Skull Islands sale. Quaggatai: Fixed placeholder war decisions not giving warnings. Sicameon: Fixed sometimes releasing a Blackhallow puppet state while being a subject itself. Zar-Hay: Fixed supremacy path not having some important characters after a civil war. Fixed an event triggering when it shouldn't. Fixed an event giving popularity to the wrong ideology. Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements. Miscellaneous localisation fixes.Checksum 07efThis update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.6.2.1, but some fixes will require a new game.
>>43366891I don't think civilian economy really can be changed. Portraying the realities of economics just isn't in the scope of the game, and making it any more complicated would probably just annoy current players and drive potential players away.That said, the greatest flaw of civilian economy is that there is exactly zero reason to stay on it. In fact, changing off civilian economy is generally one of the first things to do when a game is started. But, I don't see how that would be changed without feature bloat.
>>43367909EAW did kind of help in that regard by buffing infrastructure construction while in civilian economy.
>>43367905Nice.
You get a bump
So, how big is the Baltimare rework? Anyone try it yet?
>>43369477its only partial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uufhhNp2-xMHas anyone tried this? It seems like it could be good for easy submodding.
>>43369379thank you
>>43366891giving different buffs for various economy stuff would be cool.
game could use more build variety
>>43372192Indeed.
>>43373459Sad
>>43373459>The bastards who like EaW literally cum to the idea of destroying Equestria I sincerely, SINCERELY, believe hoi4 EaW threads should be banned and all of you too.You support a mod that literally, unironically, hates Ponies and hates the franchise. You support a mod made by furries who masturbate to the idea of killing Ponies and making griffon OCs rule the world.Do some fucking soul searching, all of you who enjoy this stupid mod. How can you claim to like Pony but still support this mod? You are supporting people who hate you and hate Pony, how the fuck is that okay with you????
>>43373921Oh, it's you again. Kill yourself.
>>43369477I hadn't played Baltimare before the rework so I can't speak on the changes. I will say that the focus tree is organized in a strange way. Why are the various branches (political, industrial, military) stacked on top of each other rather than spread out?
>While Alaric's adventuring life have been left in the past, it does not mean the Baron's past is forgotten. You'll be able to enjoy a selection of pages compiling some of the deeds, choices and regrets that have formed the griffon known as Alaric Dawnbreaker.
>>43374581Again>Rumare rework before Griffonstone
>>43374708Griffonstone is a shithole anyway.
>>43374818Griffonstone is one of the two nation with canon characters in Griffonia. The "shitholes" are all those countries filled with OCs.
>>43374581nice
>Every deed, every choice and every creature I've met have made me what I am. Could it have been any different?
>>43376224cool
Any good builds for airships?
>>43382623no
>10
>>43385139Sad.
Regarding EAW lore, which nation has it the best? Not counting Equestria, of course.
>>43385859Hippogriffia.>Modern, industrialized society straight off the bat>Radical movements are small, internal and easily handled>Probably the most technologically advanced nation at the start date>NZW is looming, but it's much easier to win than the Great War
>>43385974Good pick. A believable nation that could realistically exist in the setting while also maintaining it's magical fantasy aspects with really cool secret paths.
ROMAV rework, apparently
>>43336449Recommended first nation for Balefire Blues?
>>43387060Not a bad odea.
Additions: Added faction logos for Zebrika Aegis and Zongo. Baltimare Republic: Added AI game rules. Hippogriffia: Added a victory point.Changes: Removed gameplay effects from day/night override. Updated Crown of Aquileia faction logo. Baltimare Republic: Strengthened libertarian socialist economy focuses. Removed negative modifiers from army tree starting national spirits. Increased some conscription bonuses. More lenient conditions for formable country decisions. Improved conditions for decisions targeting neighbouring countries. Changeling Lands: Redrawn portrait for Zellix in Changeling Lands.
Fixes: Fixed some race system ommissions. Fixed edge cases with mercenaries. Aztlan: Fixed "Random" AI game rule not working properly. Baltimare Republic: Fixed intel modifiers of a national spirit being miniscule. Fixed Chafer's path not renaming non-aligned party after native resistance is removed. Fixed anarchist path not declaring war on Vanhoover. Fixed occupation law blockers sometimes freezing the game. Fixed Meadowbrook national spirit not being removed after civil war if you were still at war. Fixed Daring Do not becoming harmonic party leader after civil war. Celestial Resistance: Fixed "Random" AI game rule not working properly. Equestria: Fixed Friendship Express MIO having a branch that is permanently blocked for civil war countries. Griffonian Republic: Added contingency wargoal on the Kingdom of Vedina in case it breaks out into civil war in the middle of a Republican attack. "Incorporate the Borderlands" focus alerts the target of Cloudbury Herzland's wargoal target. Icepaw Provisional Directorate: Fixed Collapse South East puppet not having a capital. Jaki-Clan: Fixed a crash. Zar-Hay: The Hyenia subject formed via decision should now only get original cores. Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements. Miscellaneous localisation fixes.Checksum add7 // Image by quatrevingtquatreThis update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.6.3, but some fixes will require a new game.
>>43375794Lobby is up! Game will be starting at 18:30!ID: 109775244450204126PW: /mlp/Mods: Equestria at War, Player Led Peace Conferences, State Transfer Tool MP Updatedhttps://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1826643372https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=846066944https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3243893615Hotjoin and coop will be on.
>>43389061REHOSTING109775244453529211Everything else is the same. Sorry about that.
>>43389061>>43389185REHOSTING AGAIN BECAUSE UPDATE BULLSHIT!109775244454480006Same as rest.
>>43389200Password might be on capslock if it doesnt work at first. Sorry about that.
>>43389061GG!
>A small change that many of you will likely notice: We've rewritten the "Default" and "Random" game rules text to better clarify what they actually do.
>>43389760Cursed empire.
>>43390159So random is more random?
>>43390544The opposite actually
>>43390544Kind of. The AI picks its path at random (even distribution per available AI strategy, or game rule. If 2 paths exist, then a 50% for each. If 5 paths exist, then a 20% chance for each. And so on) at the very beginning of the game and will follow that path to the end of time, regardless of how many times you reload.Default on the other hand has the AI make new choices every time it completes a focus, and some focuses have more "weight" to them than others. So something like the Changelings' focus to destroy Thorax's resistance is 500 times less likely to occur than the focus that leads to Chrysalis's path.
>>43364762what a retarded excuse lmao
>>43391577nah, its a good one
>>43391290The focus that leads to Chrysalis' path is the same focus that destroys Thorax's resistance, numgetThis is a bad example anyways, because CHN is hardcoded to support Chrysalis on default (see CHN_historical_strategy_plan.txt).The Griffonian Empire is a far better example. On random, each of the three paths has a ~1/3 chance of happening. On default ahistorical, there's a 47,5% for the archon, 47,5% chance for the Duchess, and a 5% chance for the Lord Protecror.
>>43391585Makes ense, I thinjk.
>A small Buffalo teaser - they will have access to both Irregular units from the start, and these rather unusual recon! The Remote Terrain Reconnaissance Unit serves as a kind of recon especially deadly in hills, forests, and deserts. "With local knowledge and bushcraft skills, the Remote Terrain Reconnaissance Unit surveils even the most remote and inhospitable lands."
>>43392696Are those stats good?
>>43392902Maybe.
>>43392696Buffaloes could really use a rework. They are horrible to play.
This country selection screen is cool.
>>43394482and the background randomizer.
>>43395358I assume he'll focus heavily on airships.
>>43395560Speaking of airships, are there any good builds for them? Last time I tried yeti airships, they got beat pretty handily by fighters.
I wish there was a secret Cozy Glow path.
I thought Greneclyf got updooted because I heard while on one of the discord games it was hard to join the River Fed now as them, but it must have been that an update to River Fed nations broke Greneclyf more are any of the Greneclyf rework mods worthwhile
>>43396933Greneclyf Redux is a visual novel with only one path, and it took until 1019 for me to unite the River Federation. The only wars I got to fight were ones I personally justified.There was another subpath to unite with the Changeling Lands via subterfuge but it was 4 in the morning and I didn't finish that playthrough after uniting East Griffonia. From what I saw it was just another minigame. It was locked behind completing the Federation regardless.The Riverlands as an area just sucks. Maybe it would be fun if there was other shit in the Panthalassic.The other Greneclyf submods are just minor patches.
>>43397168Fucking hell, why won't mod devs realize that HOI4 is a fucking wargame? Why all this visual novel shit? It doesn't work, dammit.
>>43397609Because TNO.
>>43397168>The Riverlands as an area just sucksIt's fine, would be nice if they could actually be a federation.
>>43397168I mean, what would you do with Greneclyf?
>>43397609Retardation. CK would be better for 'storytelling'.
>>43399320Honestly, CK would not be that much better.
>>43375794where's the dog in this pic?
>>43395358Cocky cocksucker.
>>43392696Not bad.
What focus tree will the next big update bring?
>>43401247Barrad, although I don't know if it's going to be solo
>>43401247Probably crystal empire and maybe stalliongrad rework
>>43401260We won't see Stalliongrad until late 2027 at the very earliest
>>43401247Crystal Empire and Rumare I think
>>43401536Crystal Empire is coming that soon? I suppose it really needs it.
>>43401941The devs aren't confident it will be out this year. Maybe, but I wouldn't count on it.
Rumare is in an interesting position. If they rework it, it could be very interesting.
>>43394482Looks cool.
>>43399254More wars. Maybe invading distant lands or some shit.
>>43402106sad
“After the Storm” 2.6.3.2 Additions: Changeling Lands: Added 3 more army advisors. Stalliongrad: Added a spy operative.Changes: Increased air mastery gain. Replaced starting armor bonus for Changeling Lands and Stalliongrad to medium armor category. Added starting air doctrines to Changeling Lands, Stalliongrad, Haukland and yeti countries. Changeling Lands: Added more traits to generals. Reduced army size for Lacin. Starting national spirit "Pre-emptive War Bonds" now takes 2 years, instead 1.5. "Alicorn Sunset" is now 30 days longer. Strengthened fighter MIO.
Fixes: Adelart: Fixed improper batallion assigment in the Loyal Leagues of Green knight template. Bronzehill: Fixed Revenge path not sending a war warning when attacking Griffenheim. Changeling Lands: Fixed love mechanic's allowed battalions counter. Crystal Empire: Fixed broken event. Tobuck: Fixed broken event image. Zar-Hay: Fixed influence not affecting loyalty drift correctly. Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements. Miscellaneous localisation fixes.Checksum e3d2 // Image by snowinhaler1This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.6.3.1, but some fixes will require a new game.
>>43404034thats nice
What kind of buffs would the changelings need for a relatively equal GW?
>>43404887It would have to be a comprehensive buff to Changelings; Higher amount of resources, building slots, and at least some amount of initial civs, shifting some of the starting factories of Equestria towards the west would also help somewhat. Honestly though, it's hard, Equestria has the best industry and MIOs in the game and a manpower pool greater than any challenge that can be put before it.Also, they said they buffed CHN's fighter MIO, but it is genuinely laughable compared to the wonderbolts next door.
>>43404887>>43405036Also, as it stands now Equestria (and them alone) can abuse the faction system ridiculously effectively, starting with a goal that can be completed within ~20 days from start date and providing both 5% War support and a faction initiative point they can get a large amount of bonuses extremely early and without any extra investment required.
>>43404887Give them more ponypower and factories.
I wish armored cars were more useful. I don't even know how to buff them to make them so.
>>43405645>I wish armored cars were more useful. I don't even know how to buff them to make them so.make them way cheaper, faster, and add a few extra points in hardnessshould aim to be budget mechanized infantry and give them a bunch of suppression to make up for lack of cavalry
>>43405645They should be more of a support unit rather then a line one.
Best submod?
>>43406672>colors of war - redux, more models of ponies to be slaughtered>super events - but nowadays is in hiatus>that one that allows Sombra to have a harem
>>43406820How big of a harem?
>>43373921Ur a faggot.
>>43404887they dont need a buff at all.Equestria's AI is too unpredictable to ever, actually, be a fair opponent. I have to play a game where they havent lost without my intervention, I've seen friends games where they have tag swapped over and seen them giving away tens of thousands of guns while in a deficit, somehow managing to loose the civil war with both crystal empire and new mareland support, or just going solar empire and going somehow, miraculously doing its main focus tree and STILL not getting rid of the resistance, causing a republican civil war. one time this happened TWICE. Overall, if the devs really want to fix the great war, just fix Equestria's ai before we have to wait three years for the rework (at a minimum)
>>43407504They kind of do, or Equestria a nerf. With equal players, Equestria is at a large disadvantage.
>It is quite small but there is going to be obviously much more to itself which I hope to showcase bit by bit as the focus tree gets filled out, starting with a new starting leader for Gryphussian Opinicus Order, Jurgen Von Gryphsburg in his great pixelated glory (sorry, still sick and wanted to showcase something so enjoy Paint resolution :blushoil: ) drawn by fabulous@Veles Nocturne , he will try to bring order back to Gryphus with the help of Staatstrat, a coaliton of other minor cults that venerate Trinity who will try to form a coherent government in this tense region, exploring few different flavors and forms of worship of Tritheism. Those I will showcase later as the focus tree will get more and more finished so stay tuned!>Edit: I know about the typo in the Merchant focus, fixed, and forgor to say that the focus icons are so far temporary.
>I'm sure a lot of you are excited about the many unique things that I've prepared for Boltria, including branching options for roleplay that are directly integrated with the gameplay of HOI4, and how King Boltrus' choices will shape both himself, and the kind of country his nascent Kingdom will become.>But too bad, you get none of that for now. Instead, have lore about the history of mathematics in the EaW world.
>>43408348So are they only reworking that path?
>>43409119No, they're reworking everything, but Opinicus is the only path 90% care about
>>43409156I guess that makes sense. I hope they'll make the other paths as interesting as the knights.
>>43408812As a math graduate, I can say that this is pretty stupid.First of all, "Woolat's Conjecture" is clearly meant to be Fermat's Last Theorem, but that was only proved in 1994 - which would be the equivalent of 1065 in EAW time. Now, I'm not an expert on the prerequisites of Fermat's Last Theorem - is it plausible that mathematics developed >60 years ahead of weaponry in this area, in EAW's timeline? Maybe. I can't say for sure.But Woolat's Conjecture is *not* Fermat's Last Theorem.Fermat's Last Theorem is "there are no positive integers a, b, c, d such that d > 2 and a^d + b^d = c^d".Woolat's Conjecture is "there are no positive integers a, b, c, d such that d > 2 and a^d + b^d = c".And Woolat's Conjecture is.. very clearly false. Let a = b = 1, c = 2, d = 3. 1^3 + 1^3 = 2.Who writes this shit? For fuck's sake.
Woolat did have a wondrous proof himself, centuries before, which sadly could not be contained in the margin.
>>43410124Who?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQPOH9ZD1Ns
>>43409728I did not understand a single word of this, but I believe you, I think.
>>43411132Nice.
>>43409728What's a Fermat's Last Theorem?
>>43412237the post is explained by reading the post
When are they releasing Barrad already, holy shit, how much bugfixing can one tag possibly need
>>43413100its already released
Which country has the best color?
>>43413519Flowena's suprenecist route.
>Much like some other tags already have, Hippogriffia will receive their very own history events category in the Harmonic HIP expansion! Here's a taste of what to expect! :flag_hip:
>>43414295Lore is nice.
>>43413519Changelings
>>43414298So they could go seapony before the Storm King?
>>43408812So camels are good at math?
>>43404887actually getting mils and civs from focuses and some campaign instructions
>>43416941kek
>Those of you who have played Posada may remember her efforts at designing ground-effect vehicles (ekranoplans). Up until now, her efforts have been... less than successful. Well, in the next update, she'll be able to build real ones, though they are still rather... impractical
>>43417756What' a ground-effect vehicle?
>>43418257A ship that's also a plane.
>>43418442How does that work?
>>43418487Not very well, so far.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldWorldBlues/comments/1vilc2j/friendship_returns_to_fallout_refreshed_and/Huge news - Fallout mod's crossover with MLP is getting updated.
>>43418816That's good.
>>43419854HOI4 is easy as fuck to learn.
>>43418816How good is that mod?
>>43420725I didn't like it, but I've only played New Vegas, which is apparently garbage and outdated, sort of like Las Pegasus in EAW, funnily enough. Maybe the newer nations are good, this mod has a lot of fans.
>>43420767FOE has New Vegas?
>>43420981No, not FoE, OWB.
>>43421618hot mare
>>43420767I think my biggest issue with OWB is that the focus trees feel kind of same-y.
>>43420725Phenomenal mod. Never enough time to play it all.
>>43422493All HoI IV mods risk the trap of focus trees merely being "political, industry, army, air force, navy" categories. It takes good creativity to avoid that.
>>43422505you mean it's not supposed to be like that?!
>>43423013Cute solders.
