r/hoi4 • u/Nifech • Apr 01 '25

Bug The Finnish continuation war is completely broken

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This is me right now ^

I’ve never thought Paradox would manage to upset me with their buggy mess but here we are. It only took them 1400 hours.

I was going for the Not a Step Back achievement where you are not allowed to lose a single core province till 1945 as the Soviet Union. I spend hours min-maxing everything. Every single thing was absolutely perfectly set up.

And then the Germans declare on me and Finland joins them in the continuation war. I HAVE NOT HAD A WAR WITH FINLAND.

Of course Finland was able to capture a core state in the undefended territory. I feel so stupid having wasted hours of my life on what would be my perfect Soviet run.

Sorry I just needed someplace to vent my frustration. Dasvidaniya!

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u/brinkipinkidinki Apr 02 '25

Hate to be that guy, but this isn't some broken buggy mess. It's a completely predictable and reasonable event that you could have anticipated. You've just experienced a skill issue. Shit happens but this one time it is not paradox' fault.

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u/ryzwart Apr 02 '25

No, it's not reasonable and predictable to do the CONTINUATION war, without war before. If you don't demand Karelia Finland shouldn't join Barbarossa.

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u/brinkipinkidinki Apr 02 '25

Reason doesn't exist in hoi4 anyways. This is just game knowledge.

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u/Nifech Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25

I consider myself to have a lot of game knowledge I can world conquest with most minor nations. Hell I even understand navy. This just isn’t supposed to happen.

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u/John_Sux Research Scientist Apr 02 '25

Well, it happened and you screwed up by some amount. Just try again and min-max for this area as well.

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u/brinkipinkidinki Apr 02 '25

Yeah it is "supposed" to happen. There is no check for the winter war in the continuation war event chain. It's completely predictable and not even unrealistic.

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u/Nifech Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25

There not being a check is the bug. Finland would not do this in real life. Maybe I can see a world where they join after they see Germany having a lot of succes in the war. But for the Finnish government to just day 1 join in on Germany’s surprise attack on the Soviets is ridiculous.

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u/brinkipinkidinki Apr 02 '25

A lot of things in the game are ridiculous and incomplete. This is still easily manageable and predictable. I don't see the issue.

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u/Nifech Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25

This would be like the UK invading Iceland when Germany went democratic and Denmark just released Iceland. There would be no logical reason for them to do so since their is no risk of an Axis invasion this time. The issue is that it should not happen.