I've played Darkest Hour for years and am trying to get into Hearts of Iron III again, let's have a HoI3 thread. I've picked up my Germany save again that I started last year. Currently at the start of Barbarossa.
>>2451411Nice, looks like the ukrainian front lays wide open
>>2451415yeah for some reason the Soviets seem to have left it weakAnother pocket
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>107 wasted IC>0.1 spies (only increased to 1)>118% officer ratio (decreasing)>unassigned divisions>attacking from Romanian territory, which turns it all into AI-occupied territoryabsolutely disgusting
>>2451616just goes to show how OP germany is in HOI3.
>>2451616>>107 wasted ICI come from DH so idk what to put the extra IC into. I don't want to deplete my manpower.>>0.1 spies (only increased to 1)Are spies that good?>>unassigned divisionsI was about to assign them.>>attacking from Romanian territory, which turns it all into AI-occupied territoryYeah ok that was a rookie mistake. Gonna try pushing from my territory in Ukraine.
>>2451874>Are spies that good?with savescumming you can cup any nation and make its governmant convert to your ideology, doesnt work on faction leaders tho, they instantly switch backbut also appart from that you want to get enough spies for counter intelligence to prevent your enemies from funking with you
>>2451874>are spies that good Yes. In DH I couped Russia and turned them fascist before hostilities broke out, so you should be familiar with how OP espionage can be.
>>2451879Doesn't that spoil Barbarossa?
>>2451883Yeah. It’s why in IV there’s that coalition head nonsense.
>>2451874>I come from DH so idk what to put the extra IC into. I don't want to deplete my manpower.Just put them into planes if you're unsure. Can't ever have enough of them
>>2452251Are planes worth it that much in HoI3?In DH, I always found planes weren't that good
>>2452302If I remember correctly they do decent strength damage which helps drain enemy IC and manpower. If you set the ground attack missions correctly you can also target the spots you want to break through.Nav bombers are also great vs ships.
Kiev in 3 weeks
>>2452302You say that, but one time I was playing as the French Empire in DH Kaiserreich and I landed in southern France basically undefended since the Frog Commune was getting shredded by Germans in the north. Germans were about to overrun all of France I wanted to "stop" their advance and the max the territory I gained once the Commune surrended. I took my fastet motorized division and beelined it from the Med to the Channel. On the way to the Channel, it was singled out by the entire Bong air force. Of the 5k men in that division that landed in the south, only 27 reached the Channel.
I would love a game like hoi3 that isn't set in ww2, kind of like if ww2 happened but in other worlds etc.So ww2 warfare but not the rigid historical setting
>>2452977Your best bet is Shadow Empire
>>2451874>I come from DH so idk what to put the extra IC into. I don't want to deplete my manpower.planes
Hoi3 is great. Even after you have played it enough to make it into a solved puzzle. Then you can do really fucked up shit to make a challenge again. I have played this game many times over the years and yet I can still think up some fresh scenario to try out.
BICE is a serious grind and event spam, but man it really scratches a certain itch.
>>2451411I hope hoi5 goes back to this visual style.
>>2453814NATO counters should be mandatory
>>2453310>Then you can do really fucked up shit to make a challenge againlike what exactly?
