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I don't know when the bug of Poland not giving anything started, but it wasn't there when the DLC first released From the focus paths you showed, I'd rank them from best to worst by 1. Austria Hungary, generally nice as there's not too much RNG, and you can easily form it and become powerful The main downsides are being in between two angry factions which can cause some weird stuff to happen with the AI Germany as it cannot invade the Soviet Union Sometimes plans not going well due to randomness, guarantees, or whatever (It's also repetitive technically, although I'd still recommend doing both Hungary and Austria's Austria Hungary paths) 2. European Federation/Union as the European President It's fun and short, you can easily take down Germany after creating a big faction, then play as a support nation similar to New Zealand or Canada and take down the Soviet Union afterwards with your faction, and your playthrough is done by around 1942 at most (you'd also have one or two countries integrated by now) Downsides are that it can be really short if you don't do anything after Germany capitulates You don't really expand much, and can't get too much war participation or large scale battles as a supporting country You rely mostly on the AI, and some extra RNG, although it can be reduced by improving relations, and a few other things 3. Communist Austria, the best way to play it is similarly to Tannu Tuva, where you just rely on the Soviets to destroy a nation you declare war on by joining the Commintern, while you take as much land to get as much war score as possible and slowly expand while creating horrible borders Downsides are that's about it, there's really nothing else to do There are also a few alternative choices such as puppeting instead of annexing as Austria Hungary, but those are generally worse than the three stated above (Such as your puppets giving away land or being declared on, or being the lone communist nation in Central Europe, surronded by Fascist Major Powers...)
@@glauberglousger956 I 100% agree! It will probably be EU Austria in the end, as the Austria-Hungary path is literally the same as with Hungary but a little worse on all aspects... I did expect a lot more from Austria though...
Austria was the frst country I played with the new DLC. I stayed fascist and pretty much did what you said, peacfully annexing and taking Yugoslavia and Romania by force. I didn't get the Poland bug & was able to get their provences. Had to give up Sudetenland cuz I was in no position to fight Germany. Tried defending Poland when they invaded, but that didn't work out and had to reload and abandon Poland. I waited til Germany was overextended into the Soviet Union then declared war on them. As soon I got Sudetenland back I finally was able to become the Austria Hungarian Empire, which helped a lot cuz I didn't get Italy on my side and had to fight them too. I only had 25% war score but it was enough to get all of Germany and take the focus to core them. I wasn't ready to fight the Soviet Union til almost 1945. At that point it just felt like I was a much weaker Germany, having taken so long just to get all of central Europe. At least the allies sat out my war against Russia. I ended the run after defeating the Soviet Union and becoming the Großösterreich. I was burnt out and didn't even feel like taking on the allies because, again, it just felt like I was playing as a much inferior Germany. I look forward to seeing how you play Austria, since I know you'll do better than I did!
@@UnarmedPug it all pretty much makes sense. Following that path would end up being exactly like my run with Hungary, so I'll probably explore more the Danube one. But I haven't really decided yet!
@@MachiavellianStrategist Yeah I remember I asked if you were going to do Austria and you said you'd be doing Hungary first, so I decided to try them on my own because I thought it would be really fun to do a reverse Anschluss. But boy was I wrong about that! It turned out to be a real slog. But like I said I know whatever way you go it'll be a lot more efficient and fun than what I did. 😀
Yeah, for me i think non historical is the best way to get the most out of austria hungary. You arent as rushed with time is germany goes civil war, and allows you to go liechtenstein HRE if the allies go ahistorical
The poland bug annoyed me a lot while playing. Also the democratic eu path is shit. Even though the choice of joining or subjugation is high, the countries still reject. We don't even get some pp refund. Also the joint focus trees is a waste of time. None of the countries except albania use the joint focus tree
@@gocool_2.0 czechoslovakia was the only one to use it in my run. Very underwhelming... But probably the most interesting path for something a bit different. Because the Austria-Hungary one is literally the same as in the run with Hungary (a bit worse).
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I don't know when the bug of Poland not giving anything started, but it wasn't there when the DLC first released
From the focus paths you showed, I'd rank them from best to worst by
1. Austria Hungary, generally nice as there's not too much RNG, and you can easily form it and become powerful
The main downsides are being in between two angry factions which can cause some weird stuff to happen with the AI Germany as it cannot invade the Soviet Union
Sometimes plans not going well due to randomness, guarantees, or whatever
(It's also repetitive technically, although I'd still recommend doing both Hungary and Austria's Austria Hungary paths)
2. European Federation/Union as the European President
It's fun and short, you can easily take down Germany after creating a big faction, then play as a support nation similar to New Zealand or Canada and take down the Soviet Union afterwards with your faction, and your playthrough is done by around 1942 at most (you'd also have one or two countries integrated by now)
Downsides are that it can be really short if you don't do anything after Germany capitulates
You don't really expand much, and can't get too much war participation or large scale battles as a supporting country
You rely mostly on the AI, and some extra RNG, although it can be reduced by improving relations, and a few other things
3. Communist Austria, the best way to play it is similarly to Tannu Tuva, where you just rely on the Soviets to destroy a nation you declare war on by joining the Commintern, while you take as much land to get as much war score as possible and slowly expand while creating horrible borders
Downsides are that's about it, there's really nothing else to do
There are also a few alternative choices such as puppeting instead of annexing as Austria Hungary, but those are generally worse than the three stated above
(Such as your puppets giving away land or being declared on, or being the lone communist nation in Central Europe, surronded by Fascist Major Powers...)
@@glauberglousger956 I 100% agree!
It will probably be EU Austria in the end, as the Austria-Hungary path is literally the same as with Hungary but a little worse on all aspects... I did expect a lot more from Austria though...
Austria was the frst country I played with the new DLC. I stayed fascist and pretty much did what you said, peacfully annexing and taking Yugoslavia and Romania by force. I didn't get the Poland bug & was able to get their provences. Had to give up Sudetenland cuz I was in no position to fight Germany. Tried defending Poland when they invaded, but that didn't work out and had to reload and abandon Poland.
I waited til Germany was overextended into the Soviet Union then declared war on them. As soon I got Sudetenland back I finally was able to become the Austria Hungarian Empire, which helped a lot cuz I didn't get Italy on my side and had to fight them too. I only had 25% war score but it was enough to get all of Germany and take the focus to core them. I wasn't ready to fight the Soviet Union til almost 1945. At that point it just felt like I was a much weaker Germany, having taken so long just to get all of central Europe.
At least the allies sat out my war against Russia. I ended the run after defeating the Soviet Union and becoming the Großösterreich. I was burnt out and didn't even feel like taking on the allies because, again, it just felt like I was playing as a much inferior Germany. I look forward to seeing how you play Austria, since I know you'll do better than I did!
@@UnarmedPug it all pretty much makes sense. Following that path would end up being exactly like my run with Hungary, so I'll probably explore more the Danube one. But I haven't really decided yet!
@@MachiavellianStrategist Yeah I remember I asked if you were going to do Austria and you said you'd be doing Hungary first, so I decided to try them on my own because I thought it would be really fun to do a reverse Anschluss. But boy was I wrong about that! It turned out to be a real slog. But like I said I know whatever way you go it'll be a lot more efficient and fun than what I did. 😀
16:10 yeah that's not only happeninng to me, but i had fun with Austria at all
@@danidoni1134 that path unfortunately feels a lot like a weaker version of the Hungarian one... Besides the bugs...
@@MachiavellianStrategist yeah... But if you watch at the full potential you can core Germany and form hre
@@danidoni1134 yeah but Hungary can form the European Union and core everything...
@@MachiavellianStrategist forgot it. true, so Hungary is better in anyway i pretty agree with that also other paths Hungary is more fun and stronger
@danidoni1134 yeah, this will be a tough one to make fun! But I will come up with something!
Yeah, for me i think non historical is the best way to get the most out of austria hungary. You arent as rushed with time is germany goes civil war, and allows you to go liechtenstein HRE if the allies go ahistorical
Could be fun! A bit difficult for a guide unfortunately...
The poland bug annoyed me a lot while playing. Also the democratic eu path is shit. Even though the choice of joining or subjugation is high, the countries still reject. We don't even get some pp refund. Also the joint focus trees is a waste of time. None of the countries except albania use the joint focus tree
@@gocool_2.0 czechoslovakia was the only one to use it in my run. Very underwhelming... But probably the most interesting path for something a bit different. Because the Austria-Hungary one is literally the same as in the run with Hungary (a bit worse).
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