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[Sheb]

But then, thats the US.

Speaking of which mainiac, ever since reading Wages of Destruction, ive been yearning for a HoI IV Germany game. Did you do it? Any suggestion for settings?

[mainiac]

TBH, I never even played Germany.  They are so OP I just dont see any challenge.  The hard difficulty setting doesn't really increase the difficulty of anyone but France (who is starving for PP points).

[Kot]

Try to make Fascist Poland like me.

I am now Nazi Germany allied with Communist Poland which is in Axis and we fight against Falangist Poland and there's also second war I have with neutral Poland which has Allies on it's side and there's yet ANOTHER war with Democratic Poland which is apparently SOMEHOW allied with Soviet Union.

What the actual fuck. I just wanted Fascist Poland.

[Loud Whispers]

Too many Polands

[Loud Whispers]

Lindybeige on battle fatigue in the ancient world, or did it even exist?

Highly relevant to our discussion on the stresses of ancient soldiers vs modern

[Kot]

I have became highly suspicious of Lindybeige's stuff since that infamous Spandau video. If you don't bother to do research to the point where you say that MG42 is nearly (only a bit simplier) the same thing as MG34, then holy shit dude.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It's one error amongst many videos. Nobody is denying that Lindy doesn't have his biases (mocking American English on a too Serious Business level, using the precautionary principle to argue that we shouldn't make an effort to avoid global warming, etc), but he usually cites his sources and is on a level above your typical historical analysis.

[Kot]

He literally said a circle is a square.
Hell, the problem here is not even the fact that he said it, the problem is that he dismissed it as irrelevant and said everyone who pointed that out were Wehraboos.

[Loud Whispers]

Kot = Post traumatic spandau disorder

[Sheb]

TBH, I never even played Germany.  They are so OP I just dont see any challenge.  The hard difficulty setting doesn't really increase the difficulty of anyone but France (who is starving for PP points).

Is it that bad? I was looking forward to a grueling air war against Britain and the US. I guess boosting Germany is needed if you ever want them to take France in the course of a normal game.

[Kot]

Kot = Post traumatic spandau disorder

Geee, where I heard this joke before...

[Loud Whispers]

Kot = Post traumatic spandau disorder

Geee, where I heard this joke before...

Just be grateful that you haven't been subjected to gorillion folded nippon steel so sharp it cut through God

[Kot]

Can katanas cut through Bren barrels?

[Tack]

I have heard, somewhere, that folding is a property of Damascus steel, not actually katanas.

Afaik the katanas are only folded 'cos that's how oldtimeyjaps made steel.

[Loud Whispers]

Can katanas cut through Bren barrels?

No, because bren barrels are too accurate, they get +5 to dodging

I have heard, somewhere, that folding is a property of Damascus steel, not actually katanas.

Afaik the katanas are only folded 'cos that's how oldtimeyjaps made steel.

Folding is done on low quality iron, not Damascus steel, of which the manner in which it was forged is lost
It did result in a Western revival of pattern welding which makes sexier and better blades tho producing similar patterns to Damascus steel, so maybe that was how they used Damascus steel?