Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

The Fire Rises
Is Russia just completly overpowered or am i missing something?
I played a game with Germany, as normal I built my economy, trying to keep things in balance, reformulating my army. When the first European war arrived, even though I thought I hadn't made any mistakes, I was completely annihilated by Russia, who effortlessly went through all my defenses like butter, just like my allies. So far so good, my air force was nothing special and had 40/50 divisions (which I thought were decent, 30 withs mechanized with artillery) I accepted the defeat and continued, I formed the European Union diplomatically, I built my industry, the largest air force in the entire game, tanks plus mechanized divisions and I thought I was prepared to invade Russia in the second European war (2030). 800 divisions against 400/500, I obliterated the Russian air force, but then it didn't pass, I didn't even capitulate Poland, it was literally impassable, more than 200 CAS damage and NOTHING. Then the Russian counterattack began, and even without a plane in the sky, they walked to Berlin as if it were nothing. Anyone having the same problem? I have 1500 hours in the game and I don't think I'm bad, but I must be doing something very wrong here...
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blayks Oct 23, 2024 @ 10:54pm 
I agree. Currently Russia is too strong.
Ocēlōtl Oct 24, 2024 @ 4:22pm 
Can you tell me how you got 800 divisions as Germany? I am kind of confused by all the new stuff.
Efreiter Oct 24, 2024 @ 6:36pm 
Мне удалось за вновь воссозданный СССР уничтожить НАТО с помощью лёгкой пехоты)
ARREBENTA UTERUS Oct 24, 2024 @ 10:03pm 
Originally posted by Ocēlōtl:
Can you tell me how you got 800 divisions as Germany? I am kind of confused by all the new stuff.
Once you lose the first european war, if you embraced the EU, you easely annex the entire continent, giving you an amazing industry
Ocēlōtl Oct 25, 2024 @ 1:12am 
Originally posted by ARREBENTA UTERUS:
Originally posted by Ocēlōtl:
Can you tell me how you got 800 divisions as Germany? I am kind of confused by all the new stuff.
Once you lose the first european war, if you embraced the EU, you easely annex the entire continent, giving you an amazing industry


Ah ok, yeah. I lost against the Soviets so I became Fascist.
soldier Oct 25, 2024 @ 2:38pm 
I think it's because of the division modifiers they can stack up, especially by some of those propaganda decisions and the war focus tree they get, there are like 2 modifiers in the focus tree that give pretty good buffs, the "Motherland Calls" one lasts an entire year which is a very long time for a wartime modifier, while the "Supreme Commander" one gives their own buffs, but is locked behind Reactionary United Russia.

although i don't know if all the Russian war focus trees are made based on their ruling party, as the modifiers as i mentioned go under United Russia as i only saw Shoygu so far.

Not to mention they have 2 focuses that give random bonuses and can be used infinitely.
Last edited by soldier; Oct 26, 2024 @ 10:39am
You all just suck i defeated russia in the first and second european war as germany i didnt even annex the continent lol
coopticx Feb 18 @ 9:08pm 
Originally posted by zpixelowany:
You all just suck i defeated russia in the first and second european war as germany i didnt even annex the continent lol

not everyone uses cheats ;)
Originally posted by zpixelowany:
You all just suck i defeated russia in the first and second european war as germany i didnt even annex the continent lol
Dude, i dont know if you have noticed or your just to dumb to see it, but the mod has received tons of updates since i have posted this, at the time devs noticed what i was talking about and fixed it, by now its preety much normal to win both wars, but then russia was defenitly to buffed.
whomst24 Apr 28 @ 10:25pm 
I played a game as germany, defeated them easily in the first european war but literally got obliterated by the eurasian one. they have so many insane buffs that despite having total air superiority they just steamrolled me instantly. its absolute bs how many buffs they gave russia in this
whomst24, well, the second war must always be hard for winner of first:)
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