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Hearts of Iron 4 Community is looking for new players for HISTORICAL matches of Hoi4.

Our group on Steam:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/groups/FederalUnionOfWorldGamers

Our website:
https://www.fuwg.online/

Our Discord server:
https://discord.com/fJq6Jxu

We are waiting for you, soldier!

The patch 1.6.1 is actually not so bad. They are fixing quite a lot of things. I'd be down for some casual 4 vs AI games (I have all DLC).

let's give him a big hug so he knows we miss him, maybe he'll host again :3

Armin got burnt out. Still waiting for his return kappa

why did this community die?

MTG review: More of the same old stuff. Game is going back to HOI3 with terrible UI and overcomplicated micromanegemtn (of navies). I think the glorious pre-1.5.0 era is absolutely behind us. New Focus Trees are Kaissereich-level.

Hello old pals,

Any thoughts of a once-off multiplayer game once MTG comes out? :-)

If not, I'll at least consider hosting an unofficial Axis vs AI game :-)

Hello, fellow brothers. the reason i entered this group and asked the following question is my feeling about the seriousness here. i have a desire for an compagnon who is willingly to play with me 1vs1 for a couple of times per week and on the weekends, for example such rounds like USA vs Soviet Union or Germany vs France. Shortly, a game with two historical arch rivals. I'm interested in history, geography, politics, philosophy, logistics and society (and a 9gag vet too). so if you think that's something for you as well, add me as friend and mabye we can play sometimes. thank you.

I have one more friend key left for the Fallout 76 BETA to give away, PC platform.

The catch is, I expect you to come play today from 6pm UK until 9pm UK time :)

Send me a PM if interested.

Hello Everybody. Just an update. The TS server went out of licence key and while I get a new one, I had to revert to an old DB. So if you were using it for ts3 voice chat, you can do so again, but the layout is a bit dated, its back from January.

On another note ... I plan to be active again come BETA and launch of Fallout 76 and I invite everybody with an interest in this game to come play with us again. So while right now the community is dormant, unless you want to organise something here, come Fallout 76 you will find activity again, driven by me. If you hate the idea of getting spam from something not hoi4 related, then we hate to lose you, but probably best to unsub.

Please take note:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish.1090063/

Cool Beans! :)

My GamingPC died and it was scheduled for an upgrade this year anyway. Yesterday I got the bits and built it and so far it's looking alright. I am thinking of taking stock of the recent changes in the meta and host 1-2 games this weekend.

Is Armin doing alright? Not many games being hosted as of late.

There is going to be a game today at 6pm UK time, hosted by Yeti Puzzle. Please note that the clocks changed recently UK. If in doubt, refer to
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/london

I expected that to be honest. Now noone bother going around trying to create a "ComWealth" mod and expect it to be adopted for it will simply not happen. If there will be a ComWealth mod - and that's an IF - then it won't be a repeat of all those problems the other mods out there are suffering from.

Clearest statement yet from Podcat:

"A lot of balance changes requested by MP groups would also destroy the ai for single player so even if I agree with them they can not be done. ... MP groups can do balance mods to suit their style and not have to worry about balancing different groups of player like we do"

This was preceded by a huge spiel and data dump about how the competitive multiplayer groups (like Comwealth) make up only a tiny fraction of the player base.

He has made statements like this in the past.

I think its time for a Comwealth mod... starting with rolling back the nerfs to soft attack and seeing if that saves us 2 hours of game time :-)

My rig passed away and I'm in the process of upgrading/rebuilding.. that's why I am not on TS for now. I plan to resume hosting when the new update comes down to production.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/games-taking-too-long-in-mp.1086202/
It would be good if some people could speak up, for this is a major problem right now. Not being able to wrap up games in a reasonable time frame.

I'd recommend playing with the 1.5.2 beta. It includes balance changes for planes and MEFO.

There is going to be a game today at 6pm UK time, hosted by Yeti Puzzle. Please note that the clocks changed last weekend in the UK. If in doubt, refer to
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/london

Thanks

Hey im new to the group when someone gets time i need someone to help me get into a game. i like to play hearts of iron 4 while ive been around the game i wouldnt say im a verteran but i can respect others and give a good game. Anyway when someone gets time i need someone to show me around. Thanks

Sorry folks for not hosting all weekend but I've been under the weather with a cold/manflu or whatever so I'll best give you early notice of not hosting today either.

I am going to host tonight 6pm UK time provided we get the faction leaders.

Couple of things in regards to last game. Any decision or focus which releases a puppet or Reichskommissariat is against the -already long established- rules. Also, if Romania becomes a puppet through focus, then we also have a long established rule which keeps it out of the Axis until Barbarossa.

I will be hosting today 6pm UK time. There might be some minor rules adaptations. It will be regular release branch before anyone asks. As per normal, nothing goes without GER UK SOV. I'm open to faction leader coop if all the allowed countries are filled.

Public production branch, i.e. normal.

Okay, I revised the rules prior to the 6PM game. My answer to GER on mefo-steroids is to let USA completely off the leash. I expect USA to intervene against VEN in order to deny Axis oil and to boost its own industry.

I will be hosting tonight with some experimental rules changes. 6PM UK as per normal.

We hosted a test game with about 7 players tonight for a few hours and didn't have any sync issues, btw. We had hotjoins too and laggers.

Depending on the need for a hotfix it might be necessary to revert the version until a hotfix comes out.

Reminder, today is the last game of DOD before WTT hits us. Join us at 6pm UK time.

Patch notes for 1.5.0 up:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/hoi4-waking-the-tiger-and-1-5-cornflakes-patchlog.1076141/

Guys, please upvote this thread if you find it useful:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-great-hoi4-mp-community-list-updated-regularly.1075745/

On March 7th, we are going to play a game with the "old" rules before everything changes once again. Join us for the last hurrah of Death or Dishonor. There might or might not be a game on a day before that, but pencil in the last game of DOD if you're interested for this Wednesday.

I am going to host tonight 6pm UK time. If we don't get solid options for GER SOV UK then there'll be no game.

Game up tonight starting now !

There will be a community meeting at 5pm UK time today, followed by a regular session at 6pm. Agenda will be in a Community Meeting Teamspeak channel description.

Perhaps even run a members-only passworded test game on the first night just to check for basic multiplayer stability, rather than spending 90 minutes with a lobby.

There’s not going to be a beta. We’re going to have to brainstorm likely rule changes to be ready turn out an adapted ruleset after a look at the next version.

Have Paradox ever released a Beta of a main patch release which was coming alongside a major DLC? Never, to my knowledge; only for hotfixes have they done it.

We wouldn't be able to test the DLC features, so I don't think we could even deliver much value to them with our reporting.

I am going to host tonight 6pm UK time. It will be a normal game, normal rules, 32-ish players max. As before, nothing goes without players willing to play GER SOV UK.

This might be the last weekend before we end up being public beta testers and end up with weird sessions while we come up with rules to compensate for the changes coming with WTT. So let's make this enjoyable and have some relaxed chilled sessions.

I'll not be hosting a regular HOI4 session today but apparently some folks will be playing the Fallout HOI4 mod on the TS starting at 6pm UK. Regular HOI4 hosting will resume tomorrow.

In case there is no game up tonight, you can watch streamers play 1.5.0 in a Paradox-sponsored multiplayer event:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/three-day-war-waking-the-tiger.1069802/

Starts tonight 7PM UK time

I am going to host tonight 6pm UK time. It will be a normal game, normal rules, 50 players max. As before, nothing goes without players willing to play GER SOV UK.

I wont be hosting today because I'll be in London, but Baguette said he'll host a fun game using the Fallout-inspired HOI4 mod. You can find it here: http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1303741106
The game is going to start forming at 5pm UK time.

There have been minute rules adjustments.

16. Rewording of volunteers rules to be in line with prior host guidance. [17 Feb]
17. Rewording of lend-lease rules (incl SOV) to be in line with prior host guidance. [17 Feb]
18. Adjustments in playable countries to make forming easier, also possibility for Axis players in South America in 40+ players game! [17 Feb]

I am going to host tonight 6pm UK time. It will be a normal game, normal rules, 50 players max. As before, nothing goes without players willing to play GER SOV UK. I'll probably rejig countries a bit to make >32 player sessions less of an ad-hoc affair when it comes to finding spots for players.