Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

UK Rework
GermanyLuxembourg Deluxe  [developer] Jul 28 @ 8:54pm
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its me do you want to still talk on the usa mod or change to this mod.
also for a suggestion you should make a custom path for george orwell to make ingsoc
an ingsoc path would be nice
GermanyLuxembourg Deluxe  [developer] Jul 29 @ 2:10pm 
Yeah I'm thinking of doing an Ingsoc secret path in the next content update, but I'll do it with Oswald Mosley because his ideology had elements of both nationalism and socialism in it (Like Ingsoc, though obviously not exactly equivalent)
More communist paths?
Might be too out there, but I have a couple ideas that could work to make Britain a bit more fun. The Industrial and Military Trees are a bit bare bones, which is especially not great because of Britain doesn't have that great an economy at the start. The Industry Tree could have three paths, one of which could be joint with the Military tree, where you could focus on getting military factories and production buffs, maybe also some better resources. Part of the resources could be things like tapping oil and rubber in Africa and the Middle East, which Britain lacks. A civilian industry/infrastructure tree could also be good as it gives Britain much more potential because it doesn't have that many cores unless you do the Imperial Federation path, so extra building slots and possibly construction speed could be good. Both In vanilla and in the mod Britain doesn't have that great industry focuses so it would help get Britain ready for World War Two.

Next, Britain has lacking actual political focuses. All of the political paths, with the exception of a few in the added counter coup paths, are essentially either giving wargoals or giving support for the ideology. I think a system similar to Kaiserreich Germany could actually work really well in this situation, where there's a strong emphasis on internal affairs, with some wargoals sprinkled in, leading to more balanced gameplay focusing less on war after war and giving the player more time to prepare. Also, the democratic path is very broad. In Britain there are three main parties which are all essentially ignored and put under the one path. Having individual paths for the Liberals (albeit they had started to fizzle out after the 1920s), Labour and the Conservatives could give players different ways to shape internal policy within the U.K.

Now, a lot of the focuses are pretty redundant. For instance, the 'Sanction Italy' focus literally only makes your relations with Italy worse. The only real incentive any player would have to do this is to get a wargoal in the next focus, which as I previously stated just makes the game more or less war after war.

Finally, some kind of post-war path could give a great incentive for players to keep playing. Post-War recovery in Britain was an interesting and important period, and depending on the political path the player took pre-war, it could give way to some intresting dynamics later on.
GermanyLuxembourg Deluxe  [developer] Jul 29 @ 5:32pm 
Yeah I didn't really add anything to the democratic paths, I think on the next content update I am going to rework them and add a new path, appeasement forever (name is a WIP).
Might be a bit of a stretch, but how about a restored north sea empire? Via some sort of military counter coup or the nationalist path, or getting some nordic king on the british throne.
GermanyLuxembourg Deluxe  [developer] Jul 29 @ 7:54pm 
I've discovered that I can make HOI4 mods but not good Steam text formatting :/
Been thinking for a new path that's kinda historically accurate so what if you added a full Anglo-Iberian Crown Union path? Duarte Nuno becomes monarch through a dynastic pact with Portugal, leading to a dual monarchy kinda like one of france's monarchist paths. The UK could gain cores on Portugal, Gibraltar, Spanish territories via integration, and even colonial regions like Angola, Mozambique, and Brazil under the right conditions. with a new focus tree branch like Union of the Western Crowns, plus decisions like Iberian integration and a Brazilian Luso-British Trade Pact or a Crown of Two Thrones could cement naval and economic dominance across the Atlantic and Mediterranean. For me just feel's like a natuarl evolution of this mod, and it would provide a fun, flavorful, and semi historically accurate path.
Also the focus line could start like this the first focus crisis in Lisbon (succession turmoil ) then Support Duarte Nuno (monarchist restoration), followed by Royal Accord Signed to form the anglo-Iberian Crown Union after portugal had coup from the leader provisional Government, as our leader will be duarte Nuno. After that the treaty of Madrid handles the Spanish region Integration, and Colonial Reclamation Initiative brings in Angola, Mozambique and potentially Brazil-If Portugal is monarchist and puppets them first, or you could kinda have an monarchist revolt in brazil to puppet them just some of my thoughts Good night.
In a similar vain to Hadilcastro's suggestion, perhaps you could do a full on Old English revival style path? Something like after the Countercoup, the military replace parliament with the Monarchy and Witenagemot (essentially just getting rid of the commons). You could then form a 'Germanic' Union with The Nordics and North Germany. Maybe a secret focus where you can core Crimea as mediæval 'Novo Anglia', or join the Varangian Guard and restore Byzantium? Just a full on schizo path by that stage. Maybe have the leader be Tolkein, giving you focuses to unite with some of his linguistic interests, like the Finns and Greeks. Secret formable of Middle Earth? As you can see, my ideas get less and less sensical as I continue!
You should make a discord where people can discuss ideas and such for all of your mods
girlycard Jul 30 @ 10:02pm 
I know this is a sillier mod, but for those of us who also like more historically plausible options, I suggest a Lord Halifax as Prime Minister path in 1940, as opposed to Churchill. One where the United Kingdom can make peace with the Germans dependent on some variables, and perhaps focus on preserving the Empire, working closer with the USA, and challenging German control of the European continent in-directly, and perhaps directly later on.
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