Hearts of Iron 4: Old World Blues - Mojave Chapter Brotherhood of Steel - Episode 3

A new series exploring Hearts of Iron 4 mods, beginning with Old World Blues. I'll be playing a few campaigns, beginning with the Mojave chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel

[@Conraf]

Hey man, youtube decided to randomly recommend this video to me but not previous parts. I have about 1k hours in OWB and a few things as Mojave BoS You should know aswell as some vanilla hoi4 tips based on what I've seen in this episode alone:
1. disable the rendering of railroads
2. disable weather and day/night cycle
(those two things will somewhat smoothe out the game, help to stabilize the fps and ensure I won't get epilepsy on speed 5)
When it comes to defending against The Legion: always guard ports and coastline (the port in Bitter Springs and port in Needels specifically) next to ports with cheap militia divisions, they will get experience as Ceasar launches naval invasion one after another.
Down the focus tree You will see a focus called "Preparing against the Legion" which should be taken as fast as possible because currently You have -30% attack and defence against Legion (with 175pp You can appeal for a truce via a decision).
Power Armor should be reserved for the best troops You can field, armored divisions should always be atleast on Trained level and they are meant as offensive troops with normal infantry/milita meant as defensive force.
In 20:41 i see You've completely neglected the construction and exploitation tech - more catories and better equipped army. in 11:43 You picked the "objectively" worse part of the doctrine in the long run if You intend to use support companies (AT companies, logistics and recon are quite litreally mandatory for all divisions)
Your pp must be spent carefully as in the close future a lot will be needed, first of all: change "Van Graffs" major business for "The Golden Gecko" (stability, more pp, more caps), change "Wasteland Economy" for "Well Equipped Army" (less consumer goods, higher civ and mil construction speed), change "Paladins" consciption law for "Senior Knights" or "Knights" (the special forces capacity isn't needed that much and manpower is scarce) and change "No Mutants Allowed" for "Recruit All Mutants" (much more manpower, less attrition and supply consumption). I personally would also change either guys in the High Command for the one with Recovery Rate and also I would change "Muzzle Dissent" for "The State Press"
As for the NCR - from what I've seen they almost never attack the Mojave until after The electoral elections happen so don't worry about them
Honestly It's not bad, You have my sub and like as there isn't many OWB content creators, perhaps You might want to get in touch with the devs through discord? If You have any question about the mod - ask away I'll try to help

[@Yogdog]

Thankyou so much for spending some time writing this out, it must of taken a while and I really appreciate it!
I'm a pretty messy player in general, and when recording these I've been dealing with some illness so I'm even worse than normal recently. Lame excuse I know haha. In general though it was just getting used to HoI 4 again after not playing for a while and getting to know the Mojave chapter specifically.
I've got a bit better, and you'll see as this run completes I did ok overall (as well as the Lost Hills chapter which is coming up after this) but it'll be a while before some of your tips come into play. Few more days of Mojave to go then the Lost Hills which I already recorded. Not sure what I'm gonna go for next.
Once again, thankyou though, appreciate the tips and I'll take them onboard for future runs :) Hope you have a great day!