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Technically no, but I would like to see what everyone comes up with
it will only cost you your time
I see world conquest in coming from some sweaty player
shouldve done this for italy /j
nah Soviet Union is alright
nope, I'm tryna go all over the map so this is a USSR one
next one should be in South America though
(spoiler for the future)
and can world conquest before 38
i dont have the dlc💔
The 'easy' challenges wont require specific dlc's, just means it might take you more time to do
that is usually what I try to do, to accommodate everyone
how many time to submit challenge
Can i do the 1939 start?
if you mean how long the challenge runs, its 2 weeks give or take a day
fascism could work if u can rush down the civil war and endlessly 10 days justify
but is that enuf time?
i think communism is best for this challenge coz you dont need to spend time on civil war + there is some wargoals in communist path
10 days justify
u can justofy on all the big nations
and than in dec 29 just cap uk😂
and u peace deall all of them
does it have to be historical?
path very long
army dies
1w aa
but yea
taking that long to flip fascist prob negates any buff
u probably just justofy on fra
than uk
and than china so u can peacedeal china and uk together
Can i use the 1939 scen?
i avoid ger
ger has no land mass 😂
i go for fra for its navy
than uk
tbh
How do avoid ger
since belgium guarantees fra so u can bypass
im at war with both anyway
but yeah would be smart
tbh you could do all
no its just to bypass maginot
its just justification times
really i thought its by how big u looked lol
i read the challenge
i hate france :(
unlucky
they started reinforcing line and cant push easily
already july
how do you stop stolen fleets spawning in the black sea btw
does it
hmm maybe set ur deplo port to leningrad
yes
wdym
what does this even mean
like ur dockyards in productuon
the strait
i assumed ur afraid bout navy getting stucked
does this have to be historical?
its stuck rn cuz of suez
and gibraltar
hmm
maybe dont declare on iraq until later lol
Historical is only required when I mention it
alright
This one does not require it to be on Hist
God I wonder how many people are going to do a cheeky naval invasion of the UK and France
Hmmmmm
what im trying to do
if i hop over to the dutch and then the french/brits
itll be great
not impossible to win but you need a crazy naval invasion on uk at the start
Yeah
what did you do to make stalin look like that
The horror
its almost as funny as the 'sigma' portrait mod
Yes.
Just read it
so i cant puppet both lets say germany and france?
I want the phosphorus dlc 😭
i have 1 dlc
@solid gust
check the pinned comment
Damn this Trotsky run just raised the bar by a lot.
I did the faction thing 3 times
Cw just to get speedy justifications. Still, conquering usa germany china by that time is extremely impressive
@daring mountain good run dude! Congrats!

ya know i was gonna try this
but after looking at the trotsky pony run
no
im gonna wait two weeks
There's always 2nd and 3rd place, and of course glory for the red army!
How tf
That world domination run is diabolical
Bro still had time left💀
A hole ton of exploits
Bruh I'm not even going to bother doing a run now
This is so sweaty
I was thinking about it till that submission
Yeah it's not even worth it anymore
fr
I'm happy with my Stalin run🤷🏻♂️
Ima give ts up and go play the new tfr update
i thing we have a winner lol 😂
is that really possible
like to annex the whole word
in less than a year?
howd you do that?
its def possible with the right amount of cheese
after all sov is usually the go to nation for wc speedruns
Did you use paratroopers cuz like that isnt allowed 👀
Tho its prob possible
but it would definitely be harder than before
since no more civil war cheese
using the lend lease strat and whatnot
along with order 66
No
it would be interesting to know how you did it
obv after the event
since i understand you wouldnt wanna leak your strat
Oh good :3 good job
A paratrooper or military parachutist is a soldier trained to conduct military operations by parachuting directly into an area of operations, usually as part of a large airborne forces unit. Traditionally paratroopers fight only as light infantry armed with small arms and light weapons, although some paratroopers can also function as artilleryme...
oh i see
they too op in hoi4 or wht
?
i see
nah im too bad at this game to do that
if much i would get iran
and poland
in two year
i never advance
i suck bro
we all start somewhere
Yes theoretically
anyone know a good guide for the Austria hungary achievement
Rushing the world as soviets can be fun though. Red Wave of mass assault troops. I just take way longer than two years to do it 😆
There's a lot of AH achievements, which one? Though I know of few people who made an actual guide for austria since the dlc
my plan was to deny turkish straights and take out romania and turkey, then go for poland, iran, afghanistan, and finland
some challenge for me
mee to
What is it called when u use 2 types of tanks in ur template, one is for armor and the other for soft attack.
I believe its something with tank destroyers
armor meme
its an mp thing
and its usaually the reverse
since in vanilla mp all tanks are tds
Yeah u just make a heavy td full armor
Its kinda shit though at least in full meta rounds since u only do heavy tds there and they already have infinite pearcing
In single player just do a medium anti air for armor meme
For a moment I thought someone had equaled Cyberse
best way to do the cut the strings achievement??
Any yt guides for austria hungary?
just play the game man
As I can remember B1ttersteel has revived the empire, so watch his video!
hey kids
Bittersteel my beloved
is dominion of north america available as monarchist UK? currently as great britain have canada as a puppet and own USA, but i only get the option to declare american monarchy
Canada needs to own the USA
Alright @worthy vapor I need you to give me a run down of how you accomplished this challenge, you will have until 11am EST (just over 2 hours from when this message is sent) to do so or I will have to go with the runner up.
I will accept it, however I would still like to know how you accomplished it and what strats were used.
Ofc sry could nt see it
Its actually pretty simple
U rush trotsky as fast as possible (by letting Paranoia Hit 90 or higher ) then with trotskz u hire the advisors that lower justify war goal time +the nkvd focus.
That will allow u to get everz single justification to 10 days and 2 pp
Holy smokes
Justify on all non alligned and democracies to get them into the allies
(keep going, but I have to post the new challenge rules etc before my shift is over)
Get militarz acces to uk fra usa by hiring the advisor that gives u acceptance of democracies from the collabarate with the capitalist branch.
Outlining the country Challenge Rules
Outlining the Country: As Chile or Argentina, own all states in South America that border an Ocean, while not own those that don't.
(Starting provinces/tiles are exempted from that requirement)
-Start as Either Chile or Argentina in the 1936 Scenario with Ironman enabled
-Cannot use mods that alter gameplay, only graphical mods are allowed (This includes portrait mods, map mods, fps mods etc so long as they do not alter gameplay)
-Must be achievement compatible, and submission should show that
-No Ideology or unit restrictions are in this challenge, just achieve it to be entered
-This challenge is NOT timed, but rather RNG
-You are NOT allowed a puppet to bypass the tile restrictions
-You must be at peace at the time of submission
No Unit restrictions
Screenshot requirements
-Must show a screenshot of the entirety of South America as a continent, outside of starting states you are not allowed to own states that do not border an Ocean.
-Must hover over the Trophy icon in your submission (It can be the same screenshot as the previous requirement) to show the dropdown menu
As with all challenges, I reserve the right to add or modify the rules at any time.
Doesn't Argentina have some inland states though
while not owning states that don't.
that part confused me tbh
With all of these military access u can fake naval invade all of the allies with cav by moving them to their coast and telling them to land. Then declare war on the allies and all your cav will auto attack the countries
I assume only own states that have access to ocean?
That's what I understand, but doesn't Argentina have some landlocked states
Then after u have killed the allies u do the same with japan and kill the axis
Thereby making the challenge impossible for Argentina
There is the exemption for starting states
I just wanted to give 2 options for the challenge since some people do not like the Chile tree, and some people dont like argentina
more options is always nicer
Neat
correct, except for starting states, I allow for those to be exempt
Could have done it faster (my micro was sloppy) but setting up all of the cav is annoying af
And i mean" my " tactic is rlly just stolen fron m3an who did a vid on soviet world conquest
Also to answer the question today as I have to run to my other job:
Everyone claiming their prizes for the last challenge will receive them on Monday! I am not forgetting you
Quick question: Any restrictions on owning states/puppets NOT in South America?
Not on owning states outside of South America but no puppets regardless

Only continental territory?
Or should I include the Galapagos, Easter Island and the Malvinas?
For outlining, are we allowed to puppet the inner states
(Sorry if this has been answered)
Whoops, didn't see this. My bad
impossible, Chile tree is perfection (except for the missing research slot for mapuche) 😆
I've played a lot of Chile games lately, I might go with Peron or Edelman as Argentina
Are there any restrictions for territories outside of South America? Can I take it?
Probably yes
It only applies to SA
I wanna do a run of this as chile but also chile is like 'oh you want fun path? No more good generals or military advisors'
Bad nation smh
Pls fix
It's not that important tbh
You have unlimited resources
So, can I or can't I take territories outside of South America?
That due to fate I am facing a war against Japan.
it's a start...
Ideas for dealing with the powers in the Guyanas?
I only need two states
XD
nope
need to be at peace - allies need to be beaten 😦
I'll try entrench the entire coast and prepare a fleet to resist invasions
I estimate that by 1990 I will be ready
and if any of those fascist nations (peru, venezuela) join the axis, they need to be beaten too
They don't usually join unless it's midgame or lategame.
Brazil can demand them
In what path?
Fascist i think
trying a non historical game now - what a circus
oh lol, usa just joined the UK - both democratic- France and China joined the allies too. This is even harder than historical
I would also like to know that, but I suppose that as long as you can free it there is no problem.
@hot badger excellent submission. I gave it a few goes as Chile but gave up. Might try Argentina
Playing Mexico non history, is it possible to complete the achievement "The New Home of the Revolution"?
When I first saw the rules my first thought was: “Hilter’s PP buff will let me core all the stuff I need super fast, right?” The luckiest thing that happened during the run was Germany just deciding to not chose either the Kaiser nor Democracy.
von Mackensen shall live for all time!
So time doesnt matter in this challenge???
how are winners decided here
like if you do it faster than another person
do you get 1st place
is it even possible to do chile or argentina with generic focus tree?
i think i have to declare on peru first and then declare on brazil to avoid the ire of the allied forces
To answer the previous questions:
- there is no restrictions on territory outside of South America, only no puppets.
- This challenge is not timed and is decided by RNG, so just achieve the challenge requirements
- Islands are not needed, only the Continent matters in terms of submissions
it is possible, for some people it would actually be easier, but of course there are different strategies for different use cases of focus tree vs generic tree
then i would retry chile but i have to achieve air superiority over peru to proceed, or to prevent brazil from joining the allied forces
Jokes on you: Non-Historical is how I pulled my nightmare off.
:SkeletorLaugh: :SkeletorLaugh: :SkeletorLaugh:
Can’t use external emoji.
Literally 1984.
The reason my game ran until 1950 was because I sat back and waited for the Allies to detonate post Treaty of Brussels. Also got lucky with a Fascist Mexico going in on the USA in 1940 and the US joining the Czech Entente.
would have finished my run in 1941 if the axis werent at war with me
Happens to the best of us, man.
Was my submission valid or do I need to go back and try again?
Looking at it, you need to release some states or give them away, as you have interior states in SA
Every state I control, that isn't one of Argentina's starting cores, can have a Dockyard built in it. That was the metric I used to gauge whether a state bordered an ocean.
(Didn't show Chile in the screenshots since all of their cores border the Pacific by default)
Used the debug trick to remove ironman mode and used the state transfer tool mod to confirm that I do not control any land-locked area aside from Argentina's starting cores.
🤣 lol these ideas are really good
people are incredible very impressive
Might as well get the world coastline since argentina is OP
What I did was set the world to ahistorical, while making sure all of South America stayed historical in the country settings, then played normally. The only way this works is if both the UK and Germany don't go Democratic. Or, as was in my case, the UK goes interventionist Democratic. Makes all the other Democracies, like the US, dislike them. The only real bit of luck I had, which I don't think would be necessary, but definitely made the game shorter, was Mexico going fascist and hoovering up Venezuela into their faction.
That was my strategy for conquest. My strategy for the challenge was rooted in Argentina's Senor Hilter path. Flipping to Fascist early + 25% PP = Earlier coring opportunities in South America. Also; I went ahead and annexed everything knowing I could core only the coastal states, then release the South American nations without the stuff I cored.
I also waited to fight the Allies, which in my game became a super faction of Interventionist UK, Non-Aligned Germany, Communist Super-State India, and Ate-All-The-Balkans Yugoslavia, until after all major wars were over. I did this banking on the idea that, since the UK was still Democratic, the Treaty of Brussels might still fire. It did. The Allies Faction completely detonated after the war with everyone leaving except Britain's puppets. The ones that stayed loyal, anyway. India formed it's own faction and Australia went to go fight emus or something.
That left British Guyana and Suriname with only one Major to defend them.
And, like, all ToA nations get bonkers Special Forces, so my marines easily wiped out the British.
That was my strategy.
TLDR: Go ahistorical~ish, Get Hilter, do standard South America stuff, early~ish war the US and steal fleet, wait for Allies to blow up, clean up the rest of the mess.
Senor Hilter also gives you the opportunity to get Nukes way earlier than any South American nation ought to have.
Who needs Strat Bombing when you can just make airports ✨ Disappear ✨ ?
When do you get the focus for nukes again?
Because USA can rush nukes easily with their focus
I just realized I'm in challenge questions
Technically you can get both rockets and Atomic Research in 140 days after installing Senor Hilter into power.
Two 70 Day Focuses.
That's something else that was funny to me: I wasn't the "Fourth Reich" for most of the game.
First 3 years max.
Like I said: I enjoyed this challenge. Also gave me an excuse to go do a bunch of Argentine Achievments.
I tried doing this challenge as Chile and then lost hope as I realized I was going to have to solo the Allies with the path I took
Epic
I usually don't have the willpower to do some achievements, but these challenges make me attempt some. Then I lose willpower again
Not looking forward to Macau My Day. I'll have to tackle it eventually.
For now, though, I sleep. Goodnight y'all.
I was honestly thinking of going the achievement with Portugal's historical path
Good night
chile has low core pop but rich resources, argentina has high core pop but low resources. chile and argentina is similar in terms of advisors
i am playing non historical, i could have invited stalin to my faction, but instead i have mongolia
you showed the best work, it's beautiful, I liked it, it was incredible💌
The good news..i own all coastal nations of South America...bad news...now gotta kill the world to be at peace 😢
i hate usa, but i can only blame myself for invadinh central america instead of continuing towards brazil. i was so close
oh should i annex my USA and resubmit? was just collab government from the war
Safethensorry lol fun challenge.
I would say annex just in case
i resign, every time USA intervened and ruins every thing
even though i have 3 atomic bombs, i just couldnt see continuing the war, the germans spaniards and soviets have surrendered and japan could be next
they are keeping on reinforcing against my brazilian coastlines, i was about to conquer colombia when they got up again
is the next challenge on july 11?
Above advice of custom rules for ensuring certain people stay historic on non historical is pretty helpful.
Getting Germany/italy/Japan to do their normal thing, cracks down alot on worst case rng
You gotta kill u.s uk and France regardless.
U.s falls apart if its fighting in 3 continents let alone 4 or 5 lol
despite seeing that one chile submission, I've given up on trying this as Chile. Switching to Argentina
I did that for fun
im not allowed to claim prizes twice in a row
dont do chile, low core pop
compared to argentina
more men to spare for garrisons
argentina can core state by state, chile needs to control all of south america for their coring decisions
argentina seems made for this challenge - at least the easier way
The idea sounds perfect for Chile
The execution is best done by Argentina
Conquering south america as chile isnt that hard - except the guyana's, and being at peace after
Everything is easy except when its hard
I didn't do the coastline thing, so its invalid for the challenge, but I did make a video for this campaign 🙂
i have now progressed as fascist argentina
germany has invaded ireland, pushed UK out of italy and defeated USSR
mexico became my meat shield
i will conquer guyanas and brazil next and then inch my way towards USA
also iran conquered india
but USA is liberating the philippines
OKAY now i occupy all of South America
except the landlocked nations
...
do i have to end ww2?
HOT DIGGITY DOG, I AM MARCHING TOWARDS MEXICO CITY
japan is the new italy in my play
all of my mountaineers died in the uk-us counterattack
MF I HAVE ANOTHER NAVAL.INVASION
maybe i will try again to push, this is my best attempt so far
Remember, aim for encirckements to push your lines, do not battle plan go the whole front
The u.s Frontline is huge, a few big encirclements in California/ Texas/ Florida, and they won't be able to inflict much damage on you
Takes a bit of time to kill off 100-200 divisions but once you do, you can just take a few states at a time with ease
This is good news, just have a mobile squad that can surround n delete.
If ai wants to suicide its equipment , whos to say no ?
I swear u.s lost more naval invading Venezuela 20 times than it did in America lol
Also if struggling to push, focus on helping your allies win wars through building railways and supply hubs n air fields
You can end the game without your troops just by getting the ai to have supply n use its planes lol
the problem is that, in my attempt to encircle troops, they encircled my mountaineers instead in western mexico and they died. but fortunately i have 9 mountaineers again
and i have 6 medium tanks
is modern tank good? or should i have heavy tanks instead? just producing 1 division of them
for minor countries with generic focus tree and low manpower, fascist route has the most power because of the tons of recruitable population it brings
karl marx wouldnt be able to make it up with 400 manpower per week
i had killed 3 million americans with their invasions
i no longer enjoy this challenge, to hell with this challengw
i cannot keep up with 4 naval invasions
germany is doing nothing to capitulate UK
The point of the challenges is to have fun and/or have a goal to do, you had a good try and you've determined you're done with it, you did a good job dude
if you're done, ain't nothing wrong with that 🙂
chile has low core pop
at least i made the third strongest faction in my run
thats just from watching how bitt3rsteel play
Correct , its all about getting your ai friends to do something lol
Personally I spammed torpedo destroyers with battery 1 and max engine, got some Torpedo heavy fighters ( light machine gun 2 w/ 2x Torpedo) on medium frame and just blasted hell out of British channel with max level airfield all over coast so axis AI would do contribute planes to the cause
Few marines into British coast line and the Germans will start making their way over. Low manpower cost to do but lots if production time. Had around 100 destroyers and 500 heavy fighter naval bombers with 500 real heavy fighters to break the channel
Yeah its definitely a learning process to encircle properly. Gotta make sure you got the supply and troops to hold every tile as you go. ( usually supply being command power supply ability, or doing encirclement based on railway/supply hubs cut offs)
Beating usa late game takes a ton of practice and template knowledge. They got infinite production and manpower lol all you can do is grind it out and push hard once they are stuck with a weak line training new divisions
Should be proud of yourself for stalemating the allies as a late game minor. Thats a good accomplishment onto game mastery.
It's a huge step to beating the late game allies is to survive the allies massive pushes n invasions !
just release as independent
and kill them again
Just going to mention that the challenge will end tomorrow, and after that there will be a tiny break so that I can come up with new ones (and not just copy paste similar ones over and over)
I got epic challenge idea that you can borrow that can build hype for the upcoming Asia DLC.
As China, cap Japan and annex the warlords as fast as possible. (Please allow paratroopers)
asia dlc?
It's coming soon
i hope southeast asian nations are involved
especially the MaPhilIndo nations
i want to form the Pan-Malayan Federation
whys this challenge so terrible
Definitely requires a chill personality to handle such an argent challenge
But mostly coz america exists and its hard to keep them out of war unless you pull some crazy early sea lion off
its just annoying to do
different people find different things fun
Bro came in at the last second and won through the power of RNG
I've had more than a few people asking for a challenge like this for quite some time, but not every challenge can be the same
quite literally
lmao
post picture of touching grass challenge
RIP people living in desert environments
No grass to touch
talk to a woman challenge
as ussr, turn ALL of europe communist (works by either annexing all of it (as long as you are communist), puppeting everyone (again as long as you're communist), or changing governments in everyone. but obviously the first two would be a lot more convenient.)
idk just an idea
we've done a few of those but I dont think as the USSR as of late, I'll keep it in mind
I try to get at least a few challenges from every part of the world outside of europe/asia so that every aprt of the world sees some gameplay
yeah, we've done it with the US, some from countries in europe and more
If you see spelling mistakes... no you didn't, typing on my phone is hell sometimes
ah i see
oh you want other continents too?
very well, i have a challenge >:)
a real pain in the ass of a challenge
I try to choose a different continent every challenge or every other challenge
as either liberia or ethiopia, conquer all of africa
that way each kind of DLC or minor/major country gets playtime
sultanate of aussa works too
did one of those with South Africa/Congo iirc, they were not fan favourites aha
some people dont like having to adjust to the modifiers in africa, its normal because they really like their tanks
(even tho it'd be another 74 years before that happens)
i see
That’s just my prewar build lol
Maybe upgrade this to "Revenge for 7:1, as Brazil, drop 7 nukes (at once) on Germany" or something?
Pretty good odds with how few people ended up completing. I think I was only fifth submission?
Who's the big guy now?
As a puppet of a nation, have a bigger army than your overlord (Based on deployed soldiers maybe?)
As an idea
But you have to start (and stay) as a puppet
Like manchuria obedience path
Or like Canada
How, uh, do I use the bot to claim my reward? I just want to make sure I’m doing it right.
You just dm the bot, and there'll be a few menus that show up in the process to confirm you wanna contact the moderation team for this server (if you are in more than one pdx server, there will be more options)
Thank you. Just wanted to be sure before I poked the wrong team or something. 🙏
As Quebec, control all of metropolitan france
Play as Communist China and conscript everyone. Then, conquer the whole world with those units. Then, once you've done the WC, liberate all the provinces in the game. If you look at it this way, it's a P2W challenge to see who has the best PC.
luxembourg world conquest starting in 1939 
That's basically a normal Chinesse gameplay but speedran. You're just giving speedruners free packs with this challenge
East meets west, as Japan take over na sa and have it be in eastern prosperity sphere lol
New Z vs Old Z , as New Zealand , conquer Zimbabwe. Maybe to easy lol
A2Z , having 26 puppets that names start a to z be funny but not sure how plausible
Off the summet, as Nepal? Tibet? Own the Himalayas
MINE ITS ALL MINE as America own every oil province
Just blow it all up
As anarchists Spain, blow up suez and panama
Who needs dlc? As Saudi Arabia take over middle east
As Tunisia or Morocco reunite Arabia with all releasable released. On historical 💀
That sounds really easy
Honest
That’s why I just lock in
Respect the grind
how about a "form al andalus as quickly as possible" challenge
It has my name on it! Right?
As any Baltic county conquer all of the Balkans
Maybe a bit easy with the commonwealth
But you have to fight the axis and allies
the challenege is over
Thanks
Would anyone happen to know where Iraq (non aligned) gets its third spy?
Wouldn't it have to be the intel advisor guy?
I don't seem to have him available
apparently, I unlock him with the Golden Square path, but I did unaligned
fighting soviets with only two spies is beyond painful
Ive only played Iraq once
And it was an abysmal failure
As I couldn't carry the Axis
Nice, Italy died and I was focused on the defensive in Africa
I got the UAR
But I couldn't go to Europe without dying myself
So Axis died to D-Days and a combined Soviet push
I went for Spain first with the al andalus focus
after that I took out the Axis and got some nice puppets
<@&846894118219022336> scammer
As albania, take over italy and make the borders of the roman empire
Bro its imposible or nearly imposible
Somebody did it on elite a while back
hey thats the point of a challenge
Yeah its possible but you have to be really tryhard
Maybey it is but albania doesnt have even focus tree
Eh, it should still be something most players can achieve if they really want to
it is still possible
Yeah, but not near impossible
ima try it
well i cant do it
Why?
i got to 1942 and then germany won and killed me with italy while i didnt expand anywhere
Like I said, someone did it and made a video out of it
Maybe that could help?
can you send me a link?
I think it was published a few years ago
okay
Idk if I'm allowed to post links here
found it
well then im really bad
Nah, I probably couldn't do that either
It would take a lot of time and patience
fr
i cant even do good naval invasion to germany as UK when i want to france fall
I can give you some tipps, but for that we should move to #ask-for-help-here
nah when i land and take paris its easy then
Alright
:(