Haha, true true. I hear taking Russia is extremely hard in Semper Fi (reading the Dev Diaries at least). Should be an interesting challenge either way.
While waiting for number 6, here is all screenshots from Semper Fi released so far. Hearts of Iron 3: Semper Fi Screenshots Megathread - Paradox Interactive Forums
Certainly looks good - even more goodies then before! I wonder how much upgrading a unit will cost in IC/Manpower as opposed to building a brand new one.
According to the attachment the guy has at the end of the opening post, it shows a regular infantry brigade being upgraded to a mountain brigade and it is using 1.01 IC Also a regular infantry brigade is what? 1.5 IC depending on the unit? I was reading that thread and I noticed a question by another member, asking if it was possible to upgrade reserve troops to non reserve troop. The guy replied, no but it was interesting, so they are certainly taking this serious.
The user defined victory conditions is an interesting one, but when I play I go for world domination not to control a specific area. hehe, so I hope when they say 15 conditions must be chosen that it doesn't mean you have to stop playing once they are all met.
Hey They just annouced the release date. June 6th for Semper Fi Semper Fi release date set! D-Day June 6th! - Paradox Interactive Forums
I havn't really been reading all the dev diaries but I hope they give diplomacy a slight overhaul. It could use some expanding, as it seems a bit simplistic in base Hearts of Iron III.
Final dev diary number 8 is out: Semper Fi - Development Diary #8 - Paradox Interactive Forums So this is it. Release date set on D-Day. I have hight hopes for this expansion. I quit playing HoI3 as first of these new features was introduced. Hopefully all the enhancements will fall into place and work as planned. If military AI is fixed, I will be more than happy. Well, we'll see...
Its available for pre-order now (at least on one sight) but I would much prefer having a disc sent to me so will wait for that.