Lets Play Hearts of Iron 3 Semper FI ICE 56k DIE

[darthkommandant]

I just got finished downloading the latest version of Devildreads' excellent Iron Cross Edition mod.
I will now start a new game as Germany. I will try go for victory over Great Britian and the Soviets but these will be
challenging objectives since the game has scripted invasions such as D-Day, Operation Torch, and
the initial Japanese advances in the pacific. The first update will probably be tomorrow though if i feel up to it I will update tonight.

Also role playing is encouraged if one is so inclined.

[darthkommandant]

Here is the first update.



Here is our original Order of Battle (OOB). It is not going to stay that way for long.
The new OOB will be based around the 3 concept where each corps has 3 divisions,
each army has 3 corps, and each army group has 3 armies.



Here is the new OOB.




Here I our current production screen. I have 1 Deutschland class CA, 2 Scharnhorst Class BC's, various escorts and subs,
and some infrastructure in eastern Pomerania.



I add 13 interceptors and some Industry too our production Que.



Here is our new cabinet. I changes a few ministers.


I order our spies to destabilize austria so I can annex it early.

Next update technology.

[Samuel]

You are going to need to explain some of the mechanics if you want people to understand what you are doing. You don't need to cover the entire game, just enough to explain why your actions are important and what the overall plan is.

[Thanas]

Your images are very blurry as well.

[Stark]

You might want to consider cropping the 75% of the screenshots that are empty or irrelevant to highlight what you're talking about. You've just posted half a dozen blurry screenshots of poorly-designed spreadsheets, when what you're looking for is something like this.

[PeZook]

Jesus that game is hideous...

[Serafina]

Jesus that game is hideous...

But it's brown! And brown is realistic...or something.

[darthkommandant]

These are my Research plans.
In the Infantry category I am pretty well caught up so I only need to research Marine Infantry. This will allow me to produce a Marines which have a lot lower amphibious penalty than most other units.

In the armored category I am researching light tank armor. TH increases the toughness of my light tank, motorized, and mechanized brigades which makes them more resistant to damage. However it also slows them down slightly. Researching this tech will also allow me to research medium tank brigades as well.

In the naval escort department I am improving my destroyers Guns, Armor, and engines. Gun will increase the firing range and damage my destroyers inflict. Armor will make them more resistant to sinking at the expense of speed and range. Finally engines will increase my speed and range but will increase my fuel consumption.

For my capital ships I am Improving my ships AA guns which increase their air attack and my secondary guns which increase naval and air attack as well. Eventually I will improve my carriers tech which is not that good but i want to improve my Air defense first.

For Bombers I am researching a basic bomb which will increase soft attack (against infantry and trucks ect) and their hard attack (against tanks) values slightly for all planes. Later bombs will only got for certain plane groups. I am also researching a medium fuel tank which will improve my tactical bombers attack radius at the expense of survivability.

In the Fighter category I am researching Multi-role fighters which will allow me to construct these planes. While having slightly less air attack than interceptors, they have more range so I can attack enemy air forces inside their territory.

For industry I am researching ways to increase my production and my production efficiency. The first grants me more Industrial capacity to build things while the second lowers production time and cost. I believe it also lowers resource requirements as well. ( a Factory or IC need 1 unit of metal, 1/2 unit of Rare materials and 1 unit of "energy" to work effectively) I forgot to place in the screen shot that I am researching Supply production which increases the amount of supplies I get Per IC devoted to producing supplies. I am also researching new ways to break enemy codes which increases my ability o hunt submarines and also gives me an advantage against less advanced opponents in combat.

In the new category for unique German tech I am researching advanced optics. This leads to 4 technologies that improve the optics of Tanks, Armored support Vehicles such as assault guns, self propelled artillery and tank destroyers, Artillery, and Ships. The downside is that thee tech all increase supply requirements and lower my production of rare materials and metals.

Finally I am researching Elite mobilization which grants a one time 10 % bonus to my leadership value which should allow me to research more technologies at once.

[Spoonist]

tl;dr

[darthkommandant]

Jan 2 1936

This event decides whether one wants invasions to be scripted or not. I will be playing with scripted invasions where major invasions are triggered by event. However the units granted are not free because the countries that have them get an IC malus to represent payment for these units.



Jan 3 1936
This event grants me cores on Poland roughly equivalent to the 1914 eastern border of Germany.



Finally this event places fortifications all around the world to represent the forts and trenches of WWI


Jan 5 1936
My first new unit is deployed to the Kreigsmarine in Wilhelmshafen. It is a Deutschland class CA which has more sea attack than regular CA's but is not upgradable.



With the free IC from my minister changes plus the compltion of the KMS Graf Spee
allows me to build some support brigades and some Close Air Support groups.



Finally for today my Foriegn ministry decides to influence Italy and Japan. This is a good move as allying with them will grant me a small supply production bonus.