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Hearts of Iron IV

World War Two - Rebalanced
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Update: May 25, 2020 @ 9:57am

Bugfix

Update: May 24, 2020 @ 1:07am

Japan
Starts with additional 15 cavalry division (10 width) which represents 9K guns

Bombarding
Bombing doesn't reduce war support anymore

Paratroopers
Organization when dropped down from 0.5 to 0.3 (0.1 in Vanilla)

Update: May 16, 2020 @ 8:09pm

Spain
Brigada Legionario and Brigada Internacionales are now 10 width instead of 20

AI
Improved Japanese ai (knows which occupation law to use against China)

Armored Cars
Production cost changed to 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 instead of 4 - 6 - 8 - 9

Recon
Light tanks recon support and armored cars recon support require 10 support equipment like other recon (motorized and cavalvry)

Intel
Can't see if civilian military are used for trade anymore
Can't see for what purpose military factories are used anymore
Can't see for what purpose dockyards are used anymore

Resistance
Suppression needed by resistance point increased from 0.75 to 1 (now base resistance is one 10 width cavalry division)

Other
Minimum possible training manpower changed from 250K to 8M

Update: May 14, 2020 @ 6:13pm

Armored Cars
Speed reduced to 9 - 10 - 12 -14 instead of 9 - 12 - 15 - 16

Spain
Spanish Civil war gives +2% world tension (like in the mod pre LAR)
Death before Surrender gives +10% war support in addition to the old bonuses
Republican Spain gets Extensive Conscription when the civil war starts
Nationalist Spain gets Limited Conscription when the civil war starts
After the civil war it switches back to Volunteers Only
Remorked the civil war units spawn so the front is more stable when the civil war is triggered

Chinese Shared focus tree
Mission to Germany focus can't be done if governement isn't unaligned or fascist, gives +5% fascism popularity
Mission to Soviet Union focus can't be done if governement isn't unaligned or communist, gives +5% communism popularity
Mission to France focus can't be done if governement isn't unaligned or communist, gives +5% democratic popularity
Mission to UK focus can't be done if governement isn't unaligned or communist, gives +5% democratic popularity
Mission to USA focus can't be done if governement isn't unaligned, gives +5% democratic popularity
Mission to Japan focus can't be done if governement isn't fascist, gives +5% fascism popularity
Removed all support conditions

Changed trait
Hawk now gives -5% stability and +1% war support instead of its old bonuses

Bugfix
Support companies don't affect speed anymore (except reco)
Impassable line next to Gibraltar fixed

Update: May 13, 2020 @ 6:46pm

Changelog is too big, can't write it down here, go check the "14/05/20 Update" discussion for the 14/05/20 changelog.

Update: Feb 22, 2020 @ 9:56am

Italy
Capital Ship Effort doesn't give research bonuses on Cruiser anymore

Germany
Plan Z focus completion reward changed; now it gives the 1940 Heavy Ship Hull technology and adds two Bismarck-Class Battleships to the production queue, at 90% and 80% complete, respectively (the Bismarck and the Tirpitz).

USA
Air Production focus takes 35 days instead of 70

UK
Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference takes 35 days instead of 70

Norway
Ports in Narvik, Tromso and Kirkenes (all in Nord-Norge region) are now level 1 instead of 3, 2 and 3

Australia
Western Australian Government Railways focus won't give infrastructure in Central Australia

Siam
Starts with early submarine researched
Starts with 4 historical submarines (like in pre MTG version)

British Raj
New focus called convoy production that gives 50 convoys
Starts with early ship hull cruiser and basic battery researched
Navy Funding can't be done before the start of world war two

Pakistan
Will join the Allies even if UK has capitulated

Generic Focus Tree
Naval Effort focus gives 2 dockyards instead of 3

AI
German AI will now do the focuses in the right order

Bug Fix
Fixed the blocked airport bug with the reichskommissariats and the italian civil war

Update: Feb 1, 2020 @ 9:20am

USSR
Improved War Economy I, II, III, IV and V don't give 5 offmap military factories anymore
Found the PCDI focus can be done if has the Order 227 idea or it's 1942
Must purge when the event strikes (no more options to do nothing)
3 new events that give 20 width infantry divisions based on the percentage of surrender (20 divisions for 30%, 30 divisions for 35% and 50 divisions for 40%)

Japan
Imperial Arsenals focus gives 2 military factories instead of 4
For the Emperor Idea gives +10% division organization instead of 5 in addition to the old bonuses
Naval Base in Dalian is now level 6 instead of 5
Starts with 38670 1936 guns instead of 36785
Starts with 840 artillery instead of 621
Starts with 1336 support equipment instead of 1284

Germany
Can't refuse to withdraw Falkenhausen if Japan asks
Can't refuse the Italian-German Treaty anymore
New focus called Trade Agreement with the USSR which gives Germany the resources rights in Engels, Astrakhan and Stavropol and gives 1 civilian factory in each of these states for the USSR
Improve National Spirit focus takes 35 days instead of 70 and can be done once Paris is under German control, gives +0.5 political gain instead of +1, must be done before goind at war with the USSR and lasts 365 days
Fate of Yugoslavia focus and War with Greece focus are now under Fate of Czechoslovakia focus
West Wall focus requires the Anti-Comintern Pact focus
Demand Sudetenland focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Naval Effort focus requires Befriend Japan focus
Plan Z focus and Trade Interdiction focus are not mutually exclusif anymore
Trade Interdiction focus can be done one focus earlier
Befriend Japan focus gives an event to Japan, the event allows Japan to get 1x100% research bonus for land doctrine while giving 1x100% research bonus for naval doctrine for Germany
Befriend Japan focus takes 35 days instead of 70

Manchukuo
New event called "Germany recognize the State of Manchukuo" after Germany does the Befriend Japan focus, which gives +5% stability

UK
Air Rearmament focus takes 35 days instead of 70
New focus called Meet the Italian Royalists in order to make peace with the kindgom of Italy, will lead to the Italian Civil War (historical)

Italy
Italy's event to puppet Iraq fires faster (2 hours delay)
Triumph in Africa gives Benito Mussolini as field marshal (historical) in addition to the old bonuses
6 new focuses unlocked after the civil war:
Verona Trial gives 50pp and reduce stability by 5%
State Control over the Economy allows Italy to recruit new political staff (-5% consumer goods and +5% production efficieny cap)
Il Duce gives Benito Mussolini as chief of army (+5% attack)
Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana gives -10% division training time
Gustave Lign gives fortifications in southern Italy
Gothic Lign gives fortifications in northern Italy

Kingdom of Italy (once in a civil war)
Gets a focus tree of its own:
Form New Government gives 150pp
Rebuild the Country gives +100% Free Repair
Sta mattina mi son' alzato gives +5% communism support and 50pp
O bella ciao, bella ciao gives a partisan outbreak in Piedmont (10 10 width divisions)
Bella ciao ciao ciao gives a partisan outbreak in Emilia Romagna (8 10 width divisions)
Sta mattina mi son' alzato gives a partisan outbreak in Tuscany (4 10 width divisions)
E ho trovato l'invasor gives a partisan outbreak in Veneto (4 10 width divisions)
Why We Fight and Political Effort are the same as in Vanilla
Equipment Effort gives 10K 1936 infantry equipment

Iraq
Golden Square's Iraq color is now black (cosmetic)

AI
Reworked focus order for USSR and Japan

Moved resources

Saudi Arabia
Nejd : -2 oil

UK
Marsa Matruh : +4 oil
Trinidad : +2 oil

Romania
Muntenia : -16 oil

Italy
Benghasi : +4 oil
Sirte : +2 oil

USSR
Baku : -30 oil
Astrakhan : +12 oil
Grozny : -5 oil
Krasnodar : +6 oil
Kiev : -3 oil

USA
Texas : +18 oil

British Malaya
North Borneo : +4 oil

Dutch East Indies
Sumatra : +4 oil

Other
Saudi Arabia is now a non playable country

Update: Dec 26, 2019 @ 4:34am

Germany
Starts with Interwar anti-tank researched
Messerchmitt Designer gives -5% production cost for Jet Fighter in addition to the old bonuses

France
Develop Central Africa focus gives 1 dockyard in Gabon in addition to the old bonuses
Develop Central Africa focus gives level 4 naval base in Gabon instead of 3
Lessons of War focus gives 50xp instead of 20xp
Army Reform focus doesn't give 10xp anymore
B1 Bis free variant now gets 2 armor, 4 gun and 3 reliability instead of 2 armor and 1 reliability
The naval base in Casablanca is now level 7 instead of level 4
The air base in Casablanca is now level 6 instead of level 4
The infrastructure in Casablanca is now level 6 instead of level 3
The infrastructure in Marrakech is now level 3 instead of level 1
The infrastructure in Gabon is now level 4 instead of level 3
The naval base in Gabon is now level 6 instead of 1
The infrastructure in Equatorial Africa is now level 3 instead of level 2
The infrastructure in Chad is now level 3 instead of level 2

UK
Starts with Interwar anti-tank researched
Fortify Malta focus gives 3 naval bases in addition to the old bonuses
Can build airports on Crete only if controlled by Greece
Global Defense focus gives 2 naval bases in Port Said instead of 2 naval bases in Alexandria
Global Defense focus gives 1 air base in Gibraltar in addition to the old bonuses
BSA Company focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Home Defense focus gives 1 coastal fort on every province on the border of the channel in additiont to the old bonuses
Protect Suez focus gives 2 naval bases in Port Said instead of 1 naval bases in Alexandria
African Strategy focus gives 1x100% research bonus on Logistics Company technologies in addition to the old bonuses
Removed the Anti-Submarine Training School focus (gets its bonuses on other focuses now)
Convoy Escort focus gives 2x100% research bonus on Convoy Defense Doctrine in additiont to the old bonuses
A/S Warfare focus gives +10% experience gain for destroyers in addition to the old bonuses
Battleship focus and Carrier focus are not mutually exclusive anymore
Naval Rearmament focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Imperial Naval Construction focus gives 4 offmap dockyards instead of 2 and also gives 50 naval xp
Imperial Naval Construction focus can be done after Naval Rearmament focus or Golbal Defense focus
Cryptanalysis of the Enigma gives +20% sub detection for light hull and cruiser instead of +10%
Defense of Egypt focus gives level 2 forts behing the river in addition to the old bonuses
African Strategy focus gives level 2 infrastructures in Egypt and Sudan instead of level 1
African Strategy focus gives level 4 naval base in Port Sudan instead of level 3

Australia
Starts with Interwar anti-tank researched

British Raj
New focus Called Air Defense that gives 2 static anti-air in West Bengal and Delhi

South Africa
Q Services Corps focus gives -10% prodution cost for motorized, mechanized and amphibious mechanized in addition to the old bonuses
Desert Equipment focus gives 1x100% research bonus on Logistics Company technologies in addition to the old bonuses
Seaward Defence Force focus takes 35 days instead of 70
New focus called Tanks Production which gives an event. The event gives 400 1934 Heavy Tank and 5xp or 250 1941 Heavy Tank and 5xp (requires the technology for both)
Request British Investments in Africa focus gives 2 infrastructures in south and central Africa instead of 1 and gives level 5 naval base in Dar es Salaam instead of 3

USSR
Starts with Interwar anti-tank researched
Home of Revolution idea doesn't give +15% dockyard output anymore

Japan
Starts with Interwar anti-air researched
Bicycle Battalions focus can be done after the Army Expansion Law focus
Armored Divisions focus can be done after the Bicycle Battalions focus or Small Arms Modernization focus
New focus called Mechanization Effort that gives +150% research bonus on mechanized equipment
New focus Landing Craft that gives +100% research bonus and 2 years ahead of time reduction for the Type 4 Ka-Tsu
Imperials Arsenal focus is back in the game, gives 4 military factories and takes 35 days
National War Industry focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Sign Tripartire Pact focus now requires the Purge the Kodoha Faction focus
New focus called Rocketry that gives 100% research bonus and 2 years ahead of time penalty reduction for experimental rockets
Strengthen the Divine Wind focus requires the experimental rockets technology instead of the rocket engines technology
Improved National Spirit focus can be done if at war or it's 1938

Manchukuo
Army Modernization focus gives 1x100% research bonus on infantry weapons technology instead of 30xp
Hoankyoku focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Removed Research and Education Department focus and Law University focus (max research slot is now 3 instead of 5)
Fortify the Border focus can be done earlier now
New focus called Beijing Daxue that gives +5% research bonus (available after the sino-japanese war)
Starts with 7160 1918 guns instead of 6660

Siam
Starts with support equipment researched
Starts with 4200 1918 guns instead of 2000
Starts with 60k manpower instead of 40k
Diversify the Economy focus gives 1 offmap civilian factory and 1 offmap millitary factory in addition to the old bonuses
New focus called Fuel Silos Construction that gives 2 fuel silos
The naval base in Siam is now level 6 instead of 3

USA
The infrastructure in Hawaii is now level 6 instead of level 3
Starts with level 2 Anti-Air in Hawaii (instead of none)
New focus called Naval Production that modify Wartime Industry by +5% dockyard output

Other
Anti-tank artillery has +10% hard attack (making it more usefull even when not piercing)
Anti-Tank Upgrade, Improved Anti-Tank Upgrade I and Improved Anti-Tank Upgrade II gives +5% piercing for Tanks and Armor Variants
All Anti-Air artillery air attack reduced by 20%
All Anti-Air Tank Variants air attack reduced by 20%
Anti-Air Upgrade, Improved Anti-Air Upgrade I and Improved Anti-Air Upgrade II give +8% air attack for Tanks and Armor Variants (so once all the technologies are researched the Anti-Air Tank Variants air attack will be 1% less than in Vanilla)
Convoys air attack reduced by 50%
Fixed doctrines for amphibious mechanized (like in vanilla 1.8.1)

Update: Dec 8, 2019 @ 4:26am

Romania
Added warning when USSR does the Claim on Bessarabia focus

Finland
Added warning when USSR does the Winter War focus

Update: Dec 8, 2019 @ 3:11am

USSR
Reworked focus tree for the Russian part of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact more historical winter war and more historical annexion of the baltics states and bessarabia/bucovina
Winter War focus takes 105 days once the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact has been signed (to arrive in winter), increase world tension by 4% and cost 40pp
Diversify The Program focus takes 35 days instead of 70 and can be done earlier
Removed the Permanent Revolution focus (useless)
Lessons of War focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Must be at peace in order to do the Closed City Network focus
Claims on Baltic focus is back in the game, takes 35 days, increase world tension by 4% and cost 40pp per country
Claim on Bessarabia focus is back in the game, takes 35 days, increase world tension by 4% and cost 40pp
Found the PCDI focus can be done when at war with Germany or after 1942
State Propaganda focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Socialism in One Country gives +100% justification time in addition to the old bonuses
Socialism in One Country will be removed by event once the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact has been completed

Estonia
Is now a neutral country

Latvia
Is now a neutral country

Lithuania
Is now a neutral country

Vichy France
Etat Français idea doesn't reduce the surrender limit anymore (was -10%)

UK
Starts with 2 more civilian factories
Home Defense focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Need both Home Defense focus and Global Defense focus in order to do the Issue Gasmasks focus
New focus called We Shall Fight on the Beaches that gives +5% defense and attack on core territory, takes 35 days and can be done once France has capitulated
Starts with 2800 1918 guns instead of 875
Starts with 14015 1936 guns instead of 9874
Starts with 373 Support equipment instead of 250

Japan
Starts with 1284 Support equipment instead of 1160
Starts with 36785 1936 guns instead of 33450

Romania
Starts with 55% stability instead of 60%
Appoint German Friendly Government focus can't be done before 1940 or Hungary controls North Transylvania (historical)
Appoint German Friendly Government focus doesn't reduce stability by 5% anymore
Guarantees on Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia removed by the Flexible Foreign Policy focus instead of the Appoint German Friendly Government focus
Iron Guard focus doesn't remove the Sentinel of the Motherland idea anymore
Iron Guard idea doesn't reduce the foreign subversive activities by 20% anymore but gives +5% fascism drift
Iron Guard focus takes 35 days instead of 70
Force Abdication focus doesn't remove The Sentinel of the Motherland idea anymore
Force Abdication focus doesn't give the King Carol Emptied Accounts idea anymore
King Michael's Coup focus can't be done before 1944 or 20% surrender progress (historical)
King Carol II's Lifestyle idea gives -20% stability instead of giving random events (more historical, suits better the Caroll II's dictatorship and its country)
New focus called German Threat that gives War Economy and reduce fascism by 5% (historical since Romania was allied to France and UK in the begining, also helps for the game balance)
Exploit The Baita Mines focus removed (the mine was opened in 1955)
New focus called Conscription in Transnistria that gives +25K manpower once Romania has control over the region

Germany
Danzig or War focus increase world tension by +10% instead of +5%
Demand Memel focus increase world tension by +3% instead of +1%
Molotov-Ribbentrop pact increase world tension by +10% instead of +0%
War with France focus doesn't increase world tension by +5% anymore
Rhineland event gives +5% War support instead of +10%
Anschluss event gives +15% War support instead of +5%
Align Romania focus and Align Hungary focus now give timed ideas (like in vanilla 1.8.1), give +10% fascism drift for 365 days

Other
Continuous Naval Production focus removed
Submarine cost are now like in vanilla 1.8.1