Greetings from a Hearts of Iron addict.

RoflCopter4 · 06-05-15, 10:13 PM

I swear Paradox games are gateway drugs. After countless thousands of hours (literally) invested into Hearts of Iron 3, I eventually got irritated at how absolutely useless submarines are in that game and decided to do some research into them. Fast forward a few weeks and here I am, poised to invest who knows how much time into submarine sims. Something is wrong with me, I'm sure.

To those who aren't aware, HOI3 is a fantastic WW2 sim from the folks at Paradox Interactive, responsible for the far more popular Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings games. You are in control of any nation throughout WW2, and it allows for some amazing strategic planning and thinking... for land armies.

Naval warfare, however, is somewhat neglected. Most of the time all you have to do is throw 6 or so aircraft carriers in a doomstack and you're invincible. Similar results can be a achieved with 5 battleships and a bunch of screens, although unlike CVs, which are all but impossible to sink under any circumstances, battleships do take damage. Whichever you choose, however, it remains a fact that submarines are all but useless. Sure, you can get them sinking lots of convoys, for a time, but 3 flotillas of submarines can be sunk in an hour by one destroyer if caught. Not ever worth the investment.

Anyway, I didn't mean to ramble on this much in this post, I just thought I'd shout out the reason for my newfound infatuation for submarines into the void to nobody in particular. Apparently they were a lot more useful than the aforementioned game would have you believe, and certainly far more interesting. So, greetings, salutations, hello, and ahoy hoy from a Canadian WW2 nerd with far too much spare time.

06-05-15, 10:13 PM	#1
RoflCopter4 Seaman Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 42 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Greetings from a Hearts of Iron addict. I swear Paradox games are gateway drugs. After countless thousands of hours (literally) invested into Hearts of Iron 3, I eventually got irritated at how absolutely useless submarines are in that game and decided to do some research into them. Fast forward a few weeks and here I am, poised to invest who knows how much time into submarine sims. Something is wrong with me, I'm sure. To those who aren't aware, HOI3 is a fantastic WW2 sim from the folks at Paradox Interactive, responsible for the far more popular Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings games. You are in control of any nation throughout WW2, and it allows for some amazing strategic planning and thinking... for land armies. Naval warfare, however, is somewhat neglected. Most of the time all you have to do is throw 6 or so aircraft carriers in a doomstack and you're invincible. Similar results can be a achieved with 5 battleships and a bunch of screens, although unlike CVs, which are all but impossible to sink under any circumstances, battleships do take damage. Whichever you choose, however, it remains a fact that submarines are all but useless. Sure, you can get them sinking lots of convoys, for a time, but 3 flotillas of submarines can be sunk in an hour by one destroyer if caught. Not ever worth the investment. Anyway, I didn't mean to ramble on this much in this post, I just thought I'd shout out the reason for my newfound infatuation for submarines into the void to nobody in particular. Apparently they were a lot more useful than the aforementioned game would have you believe, and certainly far more interesting. So, greetings, salutations, hello, and ahoy hoy from a Canadian WW2 nerd with far too much spare time.