Warfare



Q: Are there stances/dispositions for Convoy Raiding Submarines to dictate when they take too much damage and return home?

A: Yes



Q: i wanna ask if we can win war with GBR trought starvation?

A: Not really, no. But you can make it easier to defeat them by starving them.



Q: can you attack naval units with land units. E.g. to block suez canal?

A: If you control the land provinces surrounding a straight, it should be mostly blocked for enemies.



Q: kattenelvis is there attrition in the game?

A: Yes.



Q: what negative bonuses are there made for occupied territory (as in such as in hearts of iron 3 there would be an IC penalty)



A: That depends on your occupation policy: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...velopment-diary-12th-of-february-2016.908066/

Q: Does the player get any notification of sneaky enemy invasions? Or does he have to keep scanning the map?

A: With enough intel you'll get a warning.



Q: how does transportation work?

A: I assume you mean by sea? You need to have convoys available and control the sea or your convoy may be sunk, taking the troops with it (in war). In peace it's pretty much like land movement from port to port and you need a convoy.



Q: How are you able to tell which provinces are important to capture (like vps in hoi3), it it just the cities?

A: It's just cities pretty much.



Q: For naval invations do you need boats or do the units embark them selves?

A: You don't really control the boats during a naval invasion. You make sure you have convoys and control of the sea you need to cross and draw an invasion plan which is similar to land battle plans.



Q: Does the Lose of a Keypoint/City affect the national unity of a Nation?

A: Not really. There are a sort of connection though, more on that later.



Q: is convoys used instead of transport?

A: Yes



Q: Will loses in manpower affect the national unity of the countrys?

A: No, not really.



Q: can you set a time for when a battle plan is executed?

A: You can not really schedule them, no.



Q: What happens if your country gets nuked?

A: It will damage your national unity



Q: how does the game decide what divisions get disbanded after capitulation?

A: If your country capitulate completely, all the armies disbands. Some equipment will go to the annexing country however.



Q: is it possible to stop your province from getting nuked?

A: Air superiority will do that.



Q: Does the weather effects affect combt Sandstorms? thunderstorms etc etc?

A: Yes. It also affects divisions moving through them.



Q: Can you do scorched earth? Destroy infrastructure?

A: Infrastucture is damaged from combat going on in the province. The higher resistance in occupied territory, the more damage to the infrastructure.



Q: Do I have to choose a direction, when I build foritfications? If you would attack the atlantik wall from the land side, it wouldn´t be so effective.

A: The atlantic wall should be made of sea forts which are only effective against naval invasions.



Q: how does loading paratroopers on planes/ marines on boats work?

A: You need to control the area in which they operate (by sea or by air depending on which of the two you use). Then you make sure you have transport planes or convoys and then you make battle plans. There is no manual control of transports.



Q: is it possible for your generals to die?

A: No



Q: can you share your battleplans with your AI allies and they execute?

A: You can only show them to your allies. You can't share them so they can execute them.



Q: will there be map animations for, let's say, rockets launching or a nuclear explosion?



A: For nukes, yes. Not so sure about rockets to be honest. Keep an eye out for rocket technology in future streams

Q: Can you intercept rockets?

A: Yes, if your planes are fast enough



Q: do you get tank aces?

A: No. But Podcat has expressed interest in the idea. There won't be in the release version at least.



Q: In the future, will players get warnings or messages in case landings/invasions happen?

A: If you have enough intel, then you will get notifications.



Q: Are there still shore defenses? Or just forts?

A: There are naval and land forts.



Q: How quickly can ACE Pilots die? What are the conditions?

A: They can die right away, or keep on fighting for a long time. The more planes you lose in battle, the larger the chance one of them was piloted by an ace.



Q: in the game will be a hall of fame for aces?

A: Not at this time, no. It's an interesting idea.



Q: can you issue war goals to your allies?

A: No



Q: The manpower poll of the URSS reduces as they lose territory?

A: yes, they cant draw manpower from areas lost



Q: Will greece be able to reform glorious byzantium?

A: Right now we dont have union tags like in Victory. its soemthing I would love to add some day though!



Q: what happens when you have 0 manpower?

A: You can enact better laws to draw out more men, or there is a monthly ticking as well, but in general you cant recruit more troops or reinforce troops in the field. It may be a good idea to disbands and consolidate some divisions.



Q: Will dropping a nuke show graphically on the world map? Mushroom cloud etc?



A: Yes, see nuclear glory thrown at denmark in this screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/G9ZsNMA.png

Q: Will a solo world conquest be possible within the timeline?

A: Good question. Right now it is, but it gets harder as balance and AI improves. I bet someone will manage it always though.



Q: Can we have more info about the partisans and resistance in the game?



A: on friday diary

Q: will there be any stratigic resoucess like in hearts of iron 3?

A: no, nothing that gives plain bonuses. All resources now work as a mix of the HOI3 ones and the base resources that made up HOI3 IC instead now



Q: Does occupying provinces cost Manpower?

A: If there is someone there fighting you



Q: is it possible to do infantry only with air support army and would this be reliable?

A: it works, but is very limiting as you dont have fast units for encirclements so you need to shed blood for each province



Q: we all know you can get aces from fighter wings but what about tank aces?

A: There are no tank aces (but hey its a cool idea)



Q: How do you move troops using ships? For an invasion for example.

A: We will do a diary on this soon, but for your own territory you can issue a move order and the troops will use up spare convoys to perform the move across sea, or for offensive you need to prepare invasion plans which also require a long prepare time and convoys (and some techs if you want to do well on them).



Q: can you intercept the British bombers in the canal or do you have to fight them over your factories?

A: you have to fight them over the destiantion zone, there is no intercpetion for mid areas



Q: can you build fortifications?

A: yes, both naval forts and bunkers



Q: how carriers work?



A: in missions and combat they attack using planes. when not in missions you can position them as movable air fiels that work just like regular ones. See diary https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...velopment-diary-11th-of-december-2015.896886/

Q: How easy is it to set up order of battles?

A: there are only 2 levels (theater group and armies) now so its pretty easy



Q: can you destroy planes on the ground?

A: bombing air bases does that I think



Q: are elite Units like marines and paras more expansive concerning man power?

A: they use the same amount of manpower as basic infantry battalions but require longer training time



Q: how effective are fighters defending compared to building AA

A: Right now AA is really bugged so it doesnt actually work in the stream ;D I disabled it secretly because I am rebalancing it. Design wise the answer is fighters should be much more efficient but good AA should reduce effectivness of bombers a lot.



Q: Can a country that already capitulated be brought back into the war by a faction if they liberate it fully?

A: yes



Q: If you give your divisions manual orders at what point do they return to the battle plan orders? and under AI control?

A: when the manual order is done



Q: Can we seize an enemy's fleet? For example, could Germany seize France's fleet (and the UK sink it to deny them, which happened historically)?

A: no, fleets escape or are lost except for civil wars



but i have a question i hope will be answered: If I as a Scandinavian nation, conquer all or some of the other scandinavian nations. Can I then rename it to something else? exampel: scandinavian empire. Thanks Q: I will not be able to see the live broadcast todaybut i have a question i hope will be answered: If I as a Scandinavian nation, conquer all or some of the other scandinavian nations. Can I then rename it to something else? exampel: scandinavian empire. Thanks

A: None of the HOI games have union tags like in Victoria, they are cool tho so would love to add it one day.

do a decision to return the empire? Sort of like the annexation of Austria in hearts of iron 3



Q: What exactly does capitulation do

A: Its the point a nation's government collapses and is forced into exile. Any local troops will lay down their arms and the rest of the area will surrender. If you are not in a faction at this point the game triggers a peace conference where the victors can decide what to do with you. If you are in a faction the attacker needs to beat the other major members to force a peace conference, meanwhile (if you have any) you can continue the fight in exile from colonies.



Q: is attack delay still a mechanic?

A: yes. Plans does it automatically for you, but you can also do it manually



Q: Are you able to use for example experiencepoints from landbattles to improve your plains? If so its a step much towards casual in my opinion.

A: I assume you mean airplanes. There is different experience points for each type.



Q: Can you recover manpower ?

A: Manpower is mostly gained through enacting harsher conscription laws. So you get it in big chunks and its a resource that runs out. However you also get some every month from people coming of age and such. For occupied areas it depends on occupation laws how much you get, but its only a small part.



Q: can planes transport heavy equipment like tanks of the channel of england?

A: No, need ships to transport things that cant be dropped by parachute



Q: does Strategic bombing effect national unity?

A: No, it only attacks enemy production and infrasstructure. Nukes hit national unity however.



Q: can you change your capital to a more stratigic position

A: No, capitals are locked until taken. You dont have the problem like in HOI3 where stuff will instnatly collapse supply wise when capital moves though.



Q: Looks like supply through allied territories is working fine, anything to comment on that?

A: thats a weight off my shoulders then :3



Q: Does Germany have to take Cities east of the Ural, when SU is at 100% National Unity?

A: yes, in fact I would have loved to edit their savegame. I fixed a bunch of stuff yesterday that stops natiosn from hitting 100% in this way. 100% unity nations are pretty boring to fight.



Q: Is there a bit randomness behind the "harshness" of the winter or is it just the same every year, so like you know exactly when the snow will be gone?

A: its random, but you can script it for bookmarks if you dont want that and make special ones. We prefer it random so that you cant cheat with hindsight.



Q: how does an naval invasion work no more transports?



A: we'll talk details on this in a future diary on invasions

Q: are there differences between day and night ? like bonus for attack at night ?

you can research doctrines to overcome this though (its part of the infiltration branch of grand battleplan). night also have a big impact on the air war, ships chance of finding stuff and such.

A: penalty for attack at night ratheryou can research doctrines to overcome this though (its part of the infiltration branch of grand battleplan). night also have a big impact on the air war, ships chance of finding stuff and such.

Q: can you see the amount of causalties sustained in a battle?

A: no but you can keep track in the war overview screen



Q: Does submarine warfare/ convoy raiding have any effect at all?

Q: is it possible to build the atlantikwall?

A: You can build land and coastal fortresses that give you defensive bonuses.



Q: do ships get the air support combat efficency bonus?

A: no, but planes can help in naval combat



Q: usa sent divions to britain japan attacks china by sea but only due to players will the AI opt for naval invasions?

A: Ai does naval invasions Quite often



Q: so how the peace treaty works in HOI4?



we ahve done a bunch of stuff since then tho to make interface better.

A: see diary: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...evelopment-diary-30th-of-october-2015.889096/ we ahve done a bunch of stuff since then tho to make interface better.

Q: can you share your battle plan with your AI Allies ? Like auks current plan

A: you can toggle if allies see your plans or not (bottom right below mapmodes)



Q: how is Germany sending supplies to Japan if they have to through the ocean which is controlled by the UK?

A: dunno without seeing exactly what happend, is their supply actually getting through though?



Q: How does the lose of the Capital will affect the country?

A: chances are it will trigger a capitulation if unity is low enough, but if not supply will be re-routed and likely worse.



Q: Would the Soviet Union start rebuilding their war machine if a less brilliant general would stop his attack and try to pick it up later?

A: I'd expect so



Q: Would it be possibly for like 4 infantry divisions with good gear and a very skilled leader to win over 1 tank division with a not so good leader?

A: yes I think so



Q: atm germany are steamrolling, but are there any problems with expanding as in ck2 and eu4 with internal problems and external coalitions effecting unrest etc... ?

A: there is resistance in areas you occupy which you will need to deploy military police o troops on if you want to benefit from them



Q: is there a video you can recommend where I can see how the new front system works?

A: No, not yet. Only the World War Wednesday Streams pretty much.



Q: what are your options if another player decides to conquer you?