challenge-questions

[whole ibex]

are irregular infantry & militia allowed?

[solid gust]

Let me double check, but I think special forces are not included

[whole ibex]

also world conquest as in we own all states? or can we puppet some countries

[solid gust]

both work for me 🙂

whichever one you can do

[whole ibex]

ok

does it have to be vanilla or can there be mods

[solid gust]

@lucid cliff Bicycles can count for this challenge

[solid gust]

what do you define as irregular infantry?

just so im clear

[whole ibex]

the battalion italy uses at the start of the game

i thik they use it

[solid gust]

hmmm

https://tenor.com/view/ill-allow-it-ken-jeong-korean-mexican-hat-gif-5187167

[whole ibex]

ayy

[solid gust]

@grave grove

Artillery only WC when?

writing this down for later use

[whole ibex]

.

[astral dock]

air force, navy, railway guns allowed?

[solid gust]

graphical mods only, like UI or map mods

[whole ibex]

ah ok

[solid gust]

...or the pipe falling down sound mod

yknow, the most important one

[lime lodge]

I have an idea to capture all countries using only an agency without using an army

[solid gust]

nope, infantry only, only thing you can use navy and air force for is to transport troops

[astral dock]

good good, what about support companies?

[whole ibex]

so no naval invasions?

or just cant use navy to engage

[astral dock]

that's kinda transporting troops

[solid gust]

nope, no support units

its gonna be rough

[old hare]

rough

[astral dock]

now thats a challenge

[whole ibex]

what nation gets good buffs with infantry

lmao

[old hare]

may i ask how old you are @solid gust <3

[astral dock]

late game soviets are pretty decent iirc

spain is very good iirc

[whole ibex]

spain?

which path

[solid gust]

not relevant to the challenge, but 25 i think ( always forget tbh)

[old hare]

ah okay love you <33333333

[astral dock]

anarchist i think

[whole ibex]

oh god no

[astral dock]

but anarchist world conquest... yeah good luck

[whole ibex]

so only
infantry, irregular infantry, militias and bicycles for combat

[burnt bridge]

What about support companies?

[solid gust]

^

[pulsar glacier]

trying to get swedish tigers its the fourth play through but germany never makes tigers they skip to modern tanks

[burnt bridge]

support units aren't support companies tho

[solid gust]

oh I misread, um, I don't think so, but I do believe field hospitals are allowed

[burnt bridge]

So you'll have to edit out any support companies already present?

[solid gust]

I believe so

[urban charm]

Just realized this existed…

💀

[solid gust]

lmao its ok

I'm trying to answer as many questions here as possible before getting back to more work

[urban charm]

If I actually bothered looking I wouldn’t waste a mod’s time

With a stupid ticket

[solid gust]

its alright, they're there to help after all

they wont be upset 🙂

[urban charm]

👍

[opal wagon]

Hmmmm……

What if I have puppets with good templates and I borrow them? 🤣

Okay this challenge will be pain and I’m gonna go for it.

[solid gust]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-sus-the-rock-meme-the-rock-sus-meme-gif-23972805

no.

lmao

[whole ibex]

field hospitals are allowed???

oh can we use units from our puppets

if they dont have inf'

[urban charm]

Only infantry

[whole ibex]

motorised inf?

[urban charm]

horsey?

[solid gust]

nope, bicycles only

[urban charm]

damn

[tidal moth]

If we play as italy, can we use the starting irregulars to defeat ethiopia?

[whole ibex]

irregulars are allowed

@solid gust does it have to be on historical mode or can it be non historical

[solid gust]

can be either one

[whole ibex]

does it have to be in ironman

[solid gust]

yes, ironman

[whole ibex]

oh

[lucid cliff]

btw is there any doctrine that we cant use

or support companies

[solid gust]

^^ Doctrines are fine, but no support companies, nor using puppet units that include them.

I am allowing field hospitals though

[lucid cliff]

oh yeah ty mate

[lucid cliff]

do we need to have all dlc?

or what

or newest version whatever

and we can use truck for supplies yeah? and what about naval invasions

[burnt bridge]

For supply you can use convoys, transport ships or trucks yea. But not in templates

[lucid cliff]

and what about naval invasions

can we do it, or just on land?

[burnt bridge]

You can't use ships

Only convoys

[lucid cliff]

not even for naval supremacy?

[burnt bridge]

No

[lucid cliff]

how i'll cap the uk pls god help me

but thank you

[burnt bridge]

@lucid cliff

[solid gust]

this one was meant to be more difficult than others, but the good news is you have 2 weeks to do it :))

[burnt bridge]

So infantry and field hospitals. Nothing else, no planes, ships, or anything else for divisions.

@solid gust what about factions?

[solid gust]

its any country, any faction, just with the infantry limitation

[signal frost]

Infantry and field hospitals only? Do marines count as infantry as it is under the infantry tab?

Also what support companies are allowed? Don't field hospitals required motorized?

Engineers don't require motorized, I know that

@solid gust sorry for the ping, but could engineer companies be used? I can understand why marines wouldn't be able to be used despite being under the infantry tab but if field hospitals work, enginner companies should be good too.

[solid gust]

no marines in this one, nor engineers. I'm allowing field hospitals considering the amount of losses there'll be everywhere since its infantry only.

And the ping is fine this time, I'm happy I caught it. Support companies are also not allowed

this one is meant to be a lot harder than normal, it'll be frustrating

[signal frost]

Ah okay, time to play the Swiss for dog bonus to field hospitals lol

[lucid cliff]

btw, can i produce airplanes?

i'm not going to use them

i'll lend lease them

[whole ibex]

wait so you we cant use ships o the naval invasio order just ofr maybe 1 second to do a naval invasion?!

[lucid cliff]

how we'll invade britain or japan?

and cap them

[storm wigeon]

get someone else in your faction to invade them hehe

and then you cap them

at least thats what I though about

[opal wagon]

Make a civil war with spies…

Then factionalise them!!!!

Trying to decide between two nations.

[lucid cliff]

damn that's some nice ideas

thanks guys :D

didn't even renember that civil war mechanic

[tacit hawk]

Ok Idk should I mention this here but isn't this Italian southern kingdom civil war thing is literally bullshit? Like I don't have an option for not allowing the civilwar to happen or at least declare war at both of them?

Literally if I want to form EU or sth so I need to direcly annex italy then it means I have to spend that extra 300pp and then get a bunch of shit units that I can never delete? And also, if I attack italy from north, then Mussolini will literally stuck on that sea canal at sicilia island and oh I'm doom cuz I can't get across it since there is a -90% landing penalty, especially when playing countries that doesn't have any navy. This stuff is just filled with disgust

[chilly walrus]

Yeah, Italy's a pain

It's still possible to form the EU by mid-37 if you play the right nation for it, but what a hassle for everyone else

[dusty yoke]

real question can i build convoys

[solid gust]

convoys are allowed

[storm wigeon]

Me as uk insta deleting my navy really hurts

[upbeat swan]

Is it okay if i use Cavalry as garrison template? (sorry for ping)

[solid gust]

nope, none at all, only thing your units can use are bicycles

also its alright for the ping, im glad i caught it that fast lmao

[upbeat swan]

alright

thanxs

[jagged radish]

Are paratroopers allowed?

[solid gust]

nope, paratroopers not allowed

made this challenge very difficult this time around :p

[signal frost]

Instead of a screenshot would a video work?

(I need to get my weekly hoi video somehow lol)

[solid gust]

mm, I am unsure but I personally dont mind videos, as long as you show off the required ironman setting at the top right, as well as your division templates and whatnot

[lucid cliff]

Btw no motorised and cavalry either I geuss?

[jagged radish]

so we cant really use transport planes then

only for supply since no paratroopers

[solid gust]

basically, yeah

[jagged radish]

Damn 😔

[compact ore]

LOL

RD56

[vale current]

Smallest encirclement on the eastern front

[lucid cliff]

Does it count if i have the ironman settings off because i use a mod that makes the map look nice?

[drowsy forum]

You can still play Ironman mode with that

[lucid cliff]

If a mod doesnt allow ironman mode it is not allowed

[lucid cliff]

that's insane

[solid gust]

Its just a wee bit difficulty, but its to encourage you to use other methods while trying to conquer the world 🙂

[gleaming igloo]

@solid gust can I recommend challenges?

[solid gust]

sure, just not rn because im getting bombarded in 10 different directions lmao, can you remind me later via dm?

[gleaming igloo]

ok

[burnt bridge]

@solid gust What about garrisons? Are those also infantry only?

[solid gust]

Garrisons are infantry only yes

[burnt bridge]

No military police?

[solid gust]

nope

[ripe stone]

So pure infrantry, no arty, no support equipment, or anything? Planes or ships? @solid gust

[solid gust]

no special forces, no motorized, no planes or ships other than transports/convoys.

You ARE allowed field hospitals, however, and bicycles

[ripe stone]

How would you invade Japan or the uk then?

[solid gust]

a few people have already figured out how, but its part of the challenge so I can't spoil it 👀

[upper fractal]

esentially a zombie force

lol

[ripe stone]

Thanks for the clarification anyways

[upper fractal]

just get as much conscription as posible and get Inf AT

[deep turret]

by world conquest, does it mean i just dominate the world through puppets, or do i have to annex it all, if not, does it matter which way i go?

[solid gust]

it can be through full annex, or with puppets, i dont mind

[upper fractal]

you could always puppet then annex all at the end

[deep turret]

cuz i did just one test run with canada, even with extensive conscription and all MP focuses done, they barely have any manpower

[solid gust]

I made this challenge very hard since the last one was very easy, the next one should be in between and we'll go from there :p

[burnt bridge]

@solid gust Railway guns yes or no?

[solid gust]

nope

[opal wagon]

Yo Chakky Chak. If I'm playing a country with a navy do I have to disband it? I'm morally opposed to disbanding the Royal Navy XD Is promising to keep it in port enough and if it has to be disbanded can I keep the pride of the fleet for stability/war support reasons?

[solid gust]

the royal navy will no longer exist if you play the country that owns it

[opal wagon]

😦 And... gulp The Hood? Can I keep it as a museum attraction in Saint Helena?

On it's lonesome?

[solid gust]

it will perish

[opal wagon]

https://tenor.com/view/monster-gingerbread-man-you-are-a-monster-broken-leg-shrek-gif-5498298

Fine the Navy is 100% gone

[runic finch]

can I use the debug_smooth command? it makes the game faster for my potato PC

and can I keep the existing navy and air force, and all the armoured/motorized division? or do I have to delete them

And do I have to conquer my puppets to?

[solid gust]

if the command makes it so the save is no longer Ironman, you cannot, no. We are doing it this way to verify that its not cheated in and if it can't be proven that way then unfortunately the run does not count.

I have heard of ways to get the game to run faster by starting a non ironman game, running the debug command, then exiting to menu and starting an ironman game.

As for the existing navy or air, or motorised divisions, they will have to be deleted.

[solid gust]

that part is up to you, there can be total conquest or domination through conquests and puppets.

granted if its total conquest it counts for a tiny bit more, its not fully necessary

[solid gust]

https://tenor.com/view/so-good-wink-smile-oh-yeah-its-true-gif-24163876

[runic finch]

how will I conquer japan and britain without an airforce or navy?

[solid gust]

a few people have already figured that out, but as i mentioned to another person earlier, I can't spoil it

[runic finch]

can I use my puppets navy?

[runic finch]

or my puppets army

and how will you guys know if I just delete my airforce and navy at the end and then post the screenshot?

[burnt bridge]

No rockets either?

[solid gust]

no rockets, nope

[solid gust]

in the submission channel above this one i've added the guidelines to posting the screenshots just in case 🙂

[runic finch]

ok

[lucid cliff]

Is there like a widely recognised hardest challenge

[solid gust]

again, @lucid cliff please use this channel for questions. and as stated from the previous challenge, the winner gets a DLC of their choice, with the 2 runner ups getting an armour or music pack.

[lucid cliff]

Who set's the challenge

[solid gust]

Myself and the other members of the Community Team

[lucid cliff]

Is there a list or smt

[solid gust]

Not a public list, no.

[lucid cliff]

Uhh so how do people know which to do

[lucid cliff]

pog its in the chat

@runic finch

[runic finch]

when will submissions end how will the winner be decided?

[lucid cliff]

Bruh how do you know what challenges to do I still don't know lol

[runic finch]

conquer world with infantry and bycicle only, no navy or airforce

is 1939 start allowed?

[solid gust]

the challenges and winners are announced every 2 weeks here in the discord, with some posts on other socials about it.

[runic finch]

when is submission deadline and how are winners chosen?

[runic finch]

and is 1939 start allowed?

[solid gust]

The community team chooses winners, and 1939 is fine, so long as the game is ironman and you follow the rules of the challenge

the deadline is not next monday, but the monday after that

the first of May for this one

[runic finch]

and I figured out how to invade islands without navy or air but I don't have MTG

[lucid cliff]

Ok... so what are the current ones?

[solid gust]

all challenges are announced in #hearts-of-iron-news you can check there for the challenge.

[lucid cliff]

Am I allowed to produce motorized for the field hospitals?

[ripe stone]

and is motorised avaliavble for logistics?

[solid gust]

for field hospitals yes, but only them

[solid gust]

nope, its full of suffering :p

[robust mango]

Is refitting Ships allowed?

[robust mango]

Also, are railway guns allowed? I thought they might count as 'artillery', but maybe not

[compact ore]

This is the western front as the 🇺🇸 joins the war

[vale current]

Nah I meant that encirclements are big on the eastern front and I was comparing this encirclement to those

[lucid cliff]

Nope

Only field hospitals with infantry

[burnt bridge]

Wait so you can't use them to supply troops? Or you can't use logistics companies?

[lucid cliff]

What is hardest country to world conquest, no conditions

[burnt bridge]

Probably aussa

[lucid cliff]

Is that even possible

[vale current]

Bhutan

[opal wagon]

So I can disband ships I gain when annexing. But I will accumulate planes and stuff that I can’t use and will just sit in stockpile. Just gonna point that out as it’ll show on my logistics tab at the end.

[burnt bridge]

You can delete stuff from stockpile

Click on the icon and then the trashcan

[opal wagon]

Did not know that.

[lucid cliff]

Is there like a widely accepted answer to this

[vale current]

If ur not including releasable nations then i think this is it

[lucid cliff]

What releasable is worse

[vale current]

I’m sure there is one as literally any state in the world can be released

[solid gust]

no for logistics

[crimson blaze]

ig like iceland

[burnt bridge]

So you can use them for supply?

[solid gust]

yes for supply, sorry i was unclear last night i sent that before bed 😅

[upbeat swan]

Are missiles okay?

I know they act like planes but they aren't really planes

[burnt bridge]

No

[dusty yoke]

how do you get the island nations without a navy

[crimson blaze]

The good old way, friendship and treachery (or both)

[dull mural]

build navy or paratroopers but it might take a while depending on ur enemy

[covert rampart]

can we be on un-historical ai?

[dusty yoke]

does he know

[covert rampart]

he doesnt

[dusty yoke]

i think ya

just has to be ironman

[covert rampart]

ok

[burnt bridge]

Yes

[twilit prawn]

Are you allowed to use puppets

[lucid cliff]

Are we allowed to use Artillery as Support Companies in the new challenge?

[solid gust]

you can use puppets yes, but you cannot use their troops yourself

[solid gust]

no support companies other than field hospitals

[lucid cliff]

alright!

[cedar robin]

Can you produce convoys?

[solid gust]

convoys are allowed, yes

[cedar robin]

Convoys and transport?

[solid gust]

you can only use them to transport troops, you cannot produce anything for combat

[lucid cliff]

Any diplomatic restrictions?

[round holly]

no

[grave osprey]

If i as the uk use my dominions troops to garrison for mosley path is that allowed even though they arent infantry only

And are nukes allowed

And can i use puppet troops if they are infantry only

[glad vector]

I can work around some naval invasions, but how to get to haiti/ cuba etc....

[grave osprey]

Puppet navy

[grave osprey]

Actually i wont have time i guess so thats Unfortunate unless it runs for another week from now

[golden turret]

Are railway guns allowed?/?

[round holly]

no

[golden turret]

Damn

[solid gust]

you cannot use nukes, no. and you are not allowed to use your puppets/dominions troops yourself

[grave osprey]

So thats a no for non combat uses as Well? Also are Spies allowed

[solid gust]

spies are allowed yeah. You can have puppets and whatnot but cannot direct their troops/request forces, they have to fight themselves.

we made this challenge especially hard since the next one won't be as tough :p

[grave osprey]

Unfortunate

Appears im gonna have to Pick between what subjects to keep and what subjects to crush

Or just wait a year before flipping

[grave osprey]

Ok Reading back i see that you Said fight themselves but im not using Them for fighting so many mixed messages also is there another week on the Challenge from now

[solid gust]

There is one week left of the challenge, we announce them here in the discord first.

to put it simply, your puppets can fight, but you cannot give them the orders, the only troops you can give orders to are your infantry

[grave osprey]

The question is

Can i command puppet troops for entirely peaceful out of war actions

[solid gust]

nope

[grave osprey]

Ok

[golden turret]

Wait, but can we use our puppets manpower in infantry divisions we create?

Eg I take turkey, clone one of their templates, change it to inf only and use their manpower?

[solid gust]

Hm, that's a tough one, actually. because I've had a someone use that already, but they cheated (people dm'd me their runs before I made the submissions channel)

I would say it technically is allowed since the same could be done if you fully annex the area anyways.

hmm, let me double check some of my notes on the challenge just in case 🙂

[golden turret]

Sure! I've not done it yet, but it was in my plans hahaha

[solid gust]

Okay, so long as the divisions do not include anything other than infantry/bicycles/field hospitals, you can use the manpower.

if you try to do a sneaky sneaky though Imma bonk you

[golden turret]

Hahhahahahhaha

https://tenor.com/view/bonk-gif-26414884

Thanks for clarifying! And nah don't worry I'll do it properly you can trust me 😝

[solid gust]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-sus-secret-superman-tiktok-gif-23499597

but ofc, I don't mind clarifying, I just have to reread my notes because I work on multiple things at once so i get all the facts mixed up :p

[deep turret]

How would you even know if someone cheated

[solid gust]

well, a world conquest in 1937 is not really possible as canada

so there's one way to see they cheated

lmao

[deep turret]

Wait annexing the entire world in Jan 1936 isn’t possible??

[solid gust]

as canada with like 10 infantry divisions? no not really XD

[glad vector]

I'd see a canada wc as a nice challenge without the infantry only stuff 😆

[solid gust]

there'll be a true chak challenge in which communist canada must take control of the world at some point

[grave osprey]

Big W

How about teensy bugs commonly called exploits are they allowed and what qualifies as an exploit

[solid gust]

exploits are not challenging, if you use them its a bonk

[grave osprey]

What qualifies as an exploit

Is swapping template to get men in field an exploit

[steep narwhal]

How do i naval invade with no navy?

[grave osprey]

Puppets

[steep narwhal]

So a gamble until puppets puts the navy where you want?

[grave osprey]

Yes

[steep narwhal]

Cool 2050 run I'm coming

[burnt bridge]

as in training a 2w template, deploying it and then turning it to 50w?

[grave osprey]

Yes

But what i was gonna do is 2 widths and turn Them into 20 widths so i could begin moving Them before they had guns

Ive just thought of a Way better solution

Simply move Them as 2 width and change to 20 when i have guns

No exploit there very good

[grave osprey]

Do faction members non subject count as wc

[solid gust]

faction members do not count no

[grave osprey]

So gotta crush the eyetalians

Heres a question for these challenges, when is the iceland wc Challenge

Setting germany to democratic focus path is also illegal right

[grave osprey]

@solid gust do i have to disband my pride of the fleet as soon as i have enough pp to do so

[solid gust]

yup!

[grave osprey]

aight

[solid gust]

its painful but must be done

bonus points if you record it and tag @opal wagon

[grave osprey]

i am recording atm yes

@solid gust garrisons have to be inf only too yes?

for occupied territory

great

[golden turret]

Well I'm trying Canada with the challenge and it's harddddddd hahau

[opal wagon]

Well we can’t have easy challenges every-time but even I’m struggling

[opal wagon]

When do submissions have to be in by. I may not manage the world but I’ll post as much as I manage.

[solid gust]

monday next week

[glad vector]

I might allow myself one (1) piece of artillery just to get Wojtek as poland 😆

[glad vector]

last question: static defenses allowed? Forts, static AA

[grave osprey]

do you need artillery to get wojtek tho

[glad vector]

hmm, according to the wiki no. you need artillery researched and i assumed you had to have it equipped on the unit in latium/ abruzzo/ tuscany

but it doesn't exactly say so

[dusty yoke]

i came into this a man thinking i already did infantry only this challenge will be easy

[solid gust]

I believe you only need it researched for it to proc, I could very well be wrong though.

[solid gust]

https://tenor.com/view/not-easy-its-not-easy-its-not-as-easy-as-i-presumed-adam-driver-gif-12680289

[glad vector]

will test that at some point. Right now, I went for Lithuania for this challenge....

[solid gust]

ohno

but yeah, this challenge is a bit harder than others :))

[ripe stone]

When does the challenge end?

[grave osprey]

i had some bad ahistorical luck after 2,5 hours very unfortunate

so it is time for one more restart

[glad vector]

ok so my lithuania run went way better than expected. I capped the soviets and axis without too many losses. But now, the Allies.....

[lucid cliff]

Where do I see current challenges

And does infantry only mean only infantry battalions

[solid gust]

the current challenge would be in HOI news #hearts-of-iron-news message

this is where we announce it every time there is a new one, and there will be another next week 🙂

[lucid cliff]

Alright thanks, also does infantry only mean no other battalions

[solid gust]

its infantry only, the only other type of units you can have are field hospitals.

you can have convoys to transport and whatnot but nothing that fights

[lucid cliff]

So only infantry battalions them

[solid gust]

yessir

bicycles are allowed, as well as the special italian forces, i forget the name

special forces arent allowed, however, so no marines or paratroopers etc

[lucid cliff]

Can you have planes

[dusty yoke]

no

anything that isnt truck hospitals, guys with guns with nothing else special, cargo ships, and guys with guns on bicycles is illegal

[gloomy current]

wait

no air?

[glad vector]

indeed

[gloomy current]

...

[grave osprey]

bro if air was allowed it would be easy as hell

air can literally do everything

kill navies kill troops kill factories

[vestal turtle]

how to naval invade tho

[grave osprey]

puppets

[dusty yoke]

pray to the gods your axis/allies ally sends 100 ships into this specific naval region

[void hare]

i will try the challenge

[glad vector]

Yeah I managed to get the invasion of Japan like this.

[glad vector]

without a navy (of my own)..

[glad vector]

I had a plan to use collaboration governments on conquered allied nations, but my collaboration govt in Germany was building 0 ships, despite me building a mass of dockyards

[devout quest]

Are you allowed to request your puppets forces?

[grave osprey]

they said no to me

[ripe stone]

So what’s the actual challenge this week

last time I tied as Iran and failed against a 2k unit Germany

[granite crest]

UK, world conquest, ironman

but idk if you can play on any difficulty

[ripe stone]

But I mean what makes one better than another

Is it speed, casualties?

[granite crest]

oh yeah

I don't know

but if I had to guess, it's time

alright, time to work

[ripe stone]

Oh this is gonna suck without man the guns

[torn wyvern]

Can I play on Civilian dificulty?

[granite crest]

I would also like to know

if the time matters (if), this is important

[ripe stone]

I’d assume no since it disables achievements

[unborn walrus]

What about iron man friendly mods?

[granite crest]

maybe we should ping somebody?

[unborn walrus]

Possibly but I won't do it

[granite crest]

eh okay

@solid gust Hey, we have a few questions about the challenge. What is considered the most important (time, casualities etc.), are all difficulties allowed, and are mods that work with Ironman mode allowed?

[glad vector]

I'll go with originality over Speed, myself 😉

[solid gust]

I can't really answer too much today, got a lot on my plate, but with this challenge I can clarify each one of your points here 🙂

-mods? Only graphical map mods are allowed if they don't disable Ironman
-The stats that are most valuable would probably be how fast you can do it, and casualties, but we don't decide only on that, we take it case by case 🙂
-I would recommend normal difficulty, personally, if its a harder difficulty you can specify which counts for a little more I'd think

That's all I can think of right now but I'll have more time later in the week to help specify 👍🏻

[glad vector]

speed would almost certainly mean going fascist, and that seems boring. Non aligned gives loads of possibilities, and even democratic is possibly 😉

[granite crest]

Alright, thanks

[tired ruin]

Hey with infantry only wouldn't it just be a matter of div size, supply, and eq research? It'd be a matter of out org-ing the other div

[glad vector]

that's the idea yeah. Pretty much the only advantage you have, while the enemy bombs you to pieces 😉

[terse goblet]

Aaaa I wanted to do this today then I remembered my dlc subscription ended yesterday

[deep turret]

How would the winners be picked regarding this competition as world conquest as the uk is relatively easy

[storm wigeon]

I assume who ever does it the fastes?

@solid gust is it time?

because there will be at least 10 people submitting a full conquest

[signal frost]

Is this just so the One Empire achievement has a higher percentage? 🤔

Time to do it the most British way possible, with cruiser and infantry tanks

[granite crest]

The most British way? You mean 30 naval invasions on little Belgium?

[glad vector]

I would suggest fastest per ideology 😉

[hidden lark]

do you need to own all of the states or can you have puppets for it to count?

[upbeat tide]

Does the world conquest challenge as the uk start next week?

[swift ridge]

what’s the challenge?

[unborn walrus]

Does it count if we start as another nation, invade the uk then release the uk and and play as them then invading the country we started as thus having a world conquest as the UK?

Since the only other nation I. The world is the one we just left

[grave osprey]

pretty sure its already started

[solid gust]

the challenges start the day they are announced, and they run for 2 weeks 🙂

[royal mortar]

if only i didnt have my finals this month i would love to have done this

by the way what other things besides the ones mentioned will award bonus points?
does puppeting count as WC?

[solid gust]

I am not super picky if you have puppets or not, though I'd like to think a full conquest counts for more

[unborn walrus]

What about if I WC as germany release the UK and play as them, then cap germany 🤔 does that count or nah

[solid gust]

nope, you have to start as the UK

[swift ridge]

where are challenges announced

[solid gust]

they are always announced in #hearts-of-iron-news

[opal wagon]

I get to keep the Royal Navy?

https://tenor.com/view/benedict-cumberbatch-yay-doctor-strange-sherlock-sherlocked-gif-8728057

[grave osprey]

exploits are still not allowed right

[solid gust]

exploits are not allowed, no

gotta do it the hard way

[unborn walrus]

What counts as an exploit? Like is order 66 a exploit?

Or just something like making 40000000 tanks/planes a day

[zinc monolith]

how do i do a world conquest

[cold venture]

Is a full world conquest required or just all majors? At this point it's going to take years to justify on everyone, and I've essentially conquered the world at this point, just tiny countries now

[cold venture]

@solid gust

[zinc monolith]

i think there is a way to capitulate minors early by declaring war on all of them with low justification time that comes from war with majors then without even doing anything you can strat bomb them and they will be part of the peace deal

[glad vector]

Works for fascism at least. For non fascist you can hire the advisor that lowers costs for subversive activities - that also lowers justification times 25%. Its something

[cold venture]

I’m communist uk, I’m just going to have to manually do it I think

[granite crest]

Just conquer the world. Destroy every nation

And if you have La Resistance DLC, you can prepare collaboration goverments for the majors to finish them faster

[glad vector]

Oof, +1 for effort then

[swift ridge]

can i submit an old save? ive done a uk world conquest with the queens party before

[unborn walrus]

It's gotta be Ironman and the current version of the game, as well as no mods. Of it fits that then yes

[swift ridge]

ok never mind, this was like 6 months ago provably

[grave osprey]

Order 66 is a massive exploit

[lucid cliff]

Hi, wich is the actual challenge?

[lucid cliff]

Could that get you banned?

[grave osprey]

Uk World conquest

[grave osprey]

No just get the run disallowed

[covert rampart]

how long left until the next challenge?

[toxic karma]

Does puppets count for world qonquests

[static mirage]

Every challenge goes for 2 weeks, then a new one comes 🙂

[static mirage]

#challenge-questions message

[toxic karma]

ok

[zinc monolith]

What’s the easiest nation to do world conquest with

[glad vector]

Personally i'd say italy or UK

Japan is a good one too, with some tricks

[granite crest]

technically every major

[grave osprey]

Soviets are the best

With exploits

Without its gotta be uk

[static mirage]

I disagree, I would rather go for Italy, Japan or Germany.

[upbeat swan]

Can we suggest challenges? I personally would like to try a tank-only WC ...

[frank pine]

What’s the current challenge

[granite crest]

WC as UK, Ironman

[frank pine]

Does it have to be uk lol

[static mirage]

ye

[lucid cliff]

i remember my uk game for achievement scuffed asf

1957 or something

[solid gust]

Yup, it has to be the UK. Went for an easier challenge this time around 🙂

[upbeat bay]

sooooo, what qualifies as europe? would Iceland count? malta and Cyprus?

Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia?

[pale agate]

USSR included in europe conquest?

Is Scandinavia included too?

[upbeat swan]

SPAIN ?

My favorite country

[granite crest]

ah yes, enemy divisions on my territory

[blazing hatch]

Question, must it be a full video?

[solid gust]

scuffed map encirclement but this general area. you don't need to conquer all of the ussr but perhaps just a tiny bit of it

[solid gust]

^^

[solid gust]

just need screenshots

[upbeat bay]

ahhh i see

[pale agate]

dang man, Uk is gonna get involved anyways. Can't we just exchange it with the tiny bit of ussr?

[solid gust]

The UK is optional for this, if you want it or not. I can concede some of the USSR if the UK is too big a problem to deal with at the same time depending on which Spain you go with.

We'll see how everyone fares 🙂

[pale agate]

alright

[upbeat bay]

if ur lucky, maybe not

little entente, or Netherlands EU

non hist is my gamble for this

[copper anchor]

can i make the puppets or only annexing allowing?

[solid gust]

no puppets this time around

[blazing hatch]

Oh god balcan wars oh no oh god

[warm skiff]

What do I need to send as screenshots for the challenge?

[pale agate]

feet pics

[swift ridge]

real

[solid gust]

screenshot of europe to show you conquered it al, and the panel showing its ironman 🙂

#challenge-submissions message

[sleek shoal]

Is Russia considered part of Europe for this challenge

[warm skiff]

Ok thanks. Does ussr count as Europe? And if so, up to where?

[warm skiff]

Oh I didn’t realize someone already asked… question still stands tho

[grave osprey]

Here is the map

[slender tartan]

European Turkey needed or just a drawing oversight?

[upbeat bay]

what if u complete the challenge, and u own literally every single expansion or dlc, what happens

[static mirage]

Give it to a friend

[twilit prawn]

Sell it

Sell the dlc

[grave osprey]

Give it to me

[solid gust]

If you win, you are allowed to give the code to a friend, yes

[upbeat bay]

ooo dub

[robust skiff]

if i win the challange can I ask for ck3 dlc?

[solid gust]

As it is a HOI challenge, only HOI dlc are available to win.

we only have codes for our own brand

[granite crest]

what about future dlcs? Like Scandinavia expansion or something other?

[solid gust]

only currently available content is earnable is in these challenges

[granite crest]

alright

[signal frost]

Is it alright for me to turn off la resistance and have Jose Diaz go on a wild ride?

[solid gust]

https://tenor.com/view/community-ken-jeong-ben-chang-ill-allow-it-allowed-gif-4468552

[leaden laurel]

How much of russia do you need?

[solid gust]

not the largest portion, just the portion on the edge of europe

do not need the entirety of it

[leaden laurel]

Ok good

[leaden laurel]

Will it count if i release my self as a part of spain like catolonia?

[solid gust]

no

[leaden laurel]

Sad

[blazing hatch]

Important question, must historial AI be turned on?

[leaden laurel]

I would guess no

[solid gust]

can be hist or non hist, go wild

[stuck stratus]

yo, mind if we talk in dms, actually wait

@solid gust you know the Millennium Dawn mod right? sorry for the ping but i need help with something

[solid gust]

If it is help with their discord, I cannot help you, nor am I tech support for the mod itself

[stuck stratus]

but do u perhaps know a mod i can talk with

or know the ban notification bot they use?

[solid gust]

they are their own team, and we do not have any control over what they do.

[stuck stratus]

why do people keep saying stupid shit like this when what i asked is a simple question of "Do you PERHAPS KNOW a person who plays the mod i can talk to or a moderator from there i can talk to"

not "control them"

if you dont know

then thats fine

all im asking is if you know IF there is someone else i can talk too who COULD help

if u dont have something, dont answer

[solid gust]

1. You asked a question and I answered it.

Chak you know the Millennium Dawn mod right? sorry for the ping but i need help with something

but do u perhaps know a mod i can talk with
or know the ban notification bot they use?

#challenge-questions message

2. You repeatedly pinged me about it and sent me a friend request before I even answered.
3. there is no reason to be annoyed with myself for something outside of my control/knowledge

[stuck stratus]

dude, the answer you gave completely voids the main question with a irrelevant answer

say either a yes or no, its that f#cking simple

[solid gust]

And you repeatedly asking in multiple channels when everyone has said no is also irrelevant.

getting angry about something outside of this discord with the people here is not the way to go.

[pine roost]

Wait can I just occupy the land (being at war with the ussr) or do I have to be in peace? Or just capitulate the USSR but still be at war with another nation?

[solid gust]

So long as you own the land, not occupy it, you can still be at war with other nations.

the requisite is to own the land in europe

[iron shell]

Question about the spain challenge, does also the soviet include?

Like they are position in europe and asia so, for this challenge will they be included or not?

[solid gust]

^^ #challenge-questions message

[iron shell]

So until the urals mountain then, right?

[solid gust]

just about, yes

[iron shell]

One final question, can I play as anarcist spain ?

[solid gust]

any spain ideology is allowed

🙂

[iron shell]

Nice, anarcysm it is heheheheeh

[blazing hatch]

USSR saving my ass (They don't know what's coming for 'em)

[terse ferry]

discord server staff mods when they write paragraphs about respectong rules 🤓

[lucid cliff]

Juicy 😏

[leaden laurel]

Wrong channel

[past frigate]

Or old challenge because of encirclement 😄

[lucid cliff]

How to touch grass

[lucid cliff]

PLS I need tutorial

[solid gust]

Step one, open your front door

Step 2, close it after realising grass is overrated

Step 3, open HOI4

Step 4, conquer the world

[lucid cliff]

Thanks

[wild parcel]

I want to ask paradox to change the german flag on may the 4th to this

[devout forum]

That is a great idea

But wrong channel

[vocal summit]

fr

[solid gust]

https://tenor.com/view/abeeo-write-that-down-gif-21386042

[wild parcel]

yes they noted it

[leaden laurel]

How to get sued by disney speedrun

[solid gust]

not if I buy Disney

for all of one Corn Chip

[wild parcel]

@leaden laureldont destroy my moment of having a good idea

[iron shell]

should it be vanilla or can i play a mod for the cuba challenge?

[solid gust]

This one has to be Vanilla, I have some Modded challenges planned for the future, though 🙂

however Graphical mods are allowed as long as they are Ironman compatible

[granite crest]

hmm powerful country

[solid gust]

Only the strongest, of course

[granite crest]

any clues? 😁

[solid gust]

https://tenor.com/view/lips-sealed-i-wont-say-anything-zip-mouthshut-gif-4410290

[slender tartan]

The Caribbean counts?

Or only continental Americas

[leaden laurel]

What was the price i won?

[solid gust]

I've replied in the ticket for you

[pine roost]

ggs

[pine roost]

I find it astonishing that you beated me by one day #challenge-submissions message : 👀

insane

[leaden laurel]

XD

[granite crest]

that might be a problem

[leaden laurel]

you dont need to be democratic

[leaden laurel]

i was wrong

[granite crest]

hmm I guess the only possible scenario is to join the Allies and annex Mexico

or any other non-democratic countries

[pine roost]

yep looks like you're gonna have to play the waiting game

[granite crest]

when generic focus tree expansion DLC

[opal wagon]

Do I have to stay democratic all game or can I flip flop?

And end as democratic?

[upbeat swan]

I was going to ask the same thing

[solid gust]

have to be democratic the entire time, but there is no time gate to this one so it can run as long, or short, as you want it to

[granite crest]

https://tenor.com/view/get-back-back-stay-away-distancing-poke-gif-16608377

I don't think this challenge is possible

[pine roost]

you can probably justify on the soviets

and claim a lot of puppets

[upbeat swan]

That would be way too hard

[pine roost]

ya

[upbeat swan]

Wait Mexico get a buch of allies in south america

And declare war on them

[pine roost]

yep

[granite crest]

yeah but Mexico is democratic

and even in non-historical, it's too much rng

and the puppets have to be in America, so capitulating Soviet is worthless if I can't attack any country in my continents

[mystic token]

Does it gotta be regular difficulty?

[solid gust]

It can be any difficulty that allows for achievements

[lucid cliff]

is it allowed to conquer other countries? or should you stay only with Cuba for the whole run?

[signal frost]

Plays a mod that allows mod achievements Kappa face

I guess steam achievements only?

[solid gust]

The challenge is for most puppets in the America's, there are no limits on the other portions of the world

[solid gust]

Yessir

[dusty yoke]

wait wth you need to be democratic the entire time

[blazing hatch]

Oh god...

[leaden laurel]

get ready for 1979 hoi4

[granite crest]

Peruuuu I love you! First target

[versed abyss]

Road to 56 is allowed

[signal frost]

No, Ironman and achievement compatible only. So you can't use Ironman r56 because you can't get actual achievements

[versed abyss]

Thanks

[stark pike]

where can i find someone to play hoi4 with? what channel?

[solid gust]

this is the channel for the biweekly channels, if you want to find people to play with, the #alt-history-multiplayer and #historical-multiplayer are the channels to LFG

[visual swift]

challenge me

[merry stump]

Cap Brazil as Luxembourg not in a faction

[lucid cliff]

may 9 1945 endsieg max difficulty, no exploits

[summer vault]

somebody saying about capo my country hmmm that is not allowed

[jagged grotto]

tank design or a tank division template?

[thick cipher]

it says templates

[solid gust]

Tank design templates, but you can add division templates with them if you want

primarily just the tank, however

[sleek hawk]

How long does the challange last for?

[lime lodge]

Do I need to take over the whole world with these tanks?

[solid gust]

challenges run for 2 weeks , gives everyone time to submit, as we announce the challenge on different platforms on different days

[sleek hawk]

Thank you

[solid gust]

nah, is just the templates this time around. I can give you this gold star ⭐ if you conquer the world though

[sleek hawk]

Do I need to to do this in an ironman game or can I just give myself all technologies and 500 army xp?

[lime lodge]

I'm going to try to take over the world, what do I need for you to believe me that I really took over the world?

[lime lodge]

If I have an idea to take over the world, do I necessarily need to capture minor countries in Asia and South America?

[solid gust]

this challenge is solely for the templates, so you don't have to do Ironman or anything, you can also run a modded game if they change the tank designers too

[solid gust]

how about you have to take over the world with the cursed templates before 1944, no need to capture every single minor nation just the majors

[lime lodge]

Thanks, I'll try to create a template and capture the world

[sleek hawk]

Thank you once again

[solid gust]

ofc

[lime lodge]

and if at the beginning of the game most of the countries are my puppets?

[solid gust]

hmmmm, maybe no UK

make it that much harder

[lime lodge]

Oh, it's impossible😵‍💫

[solid gust]

:p you can run the UK its ok, this is ontop of the actual challenge anyways

[robust plover]

Wait are these supposed to be tank designs themselves?
If so I can make a cursed one real quick

[solid gust]

should be the designs themselves yes, but that encirclement division is cursed, yes

[robust plover]

In that case...

if anyone else wants to make custom cursed tanks you just have to edit the history files and then you can just mess around from there

here's how I made the tank I submitted

[burnt bridge]

Could've used jet engines to make it even faster lol

[storm wigeon]

Why speed if you can have microwave

[burnt bridge]

Where's the british tea making module hmm? It should increase org and reduce manpower loss.

[granite crest]

well it's not tank division neither a submission, but Millenium Dawn is the only mod that adds storage space to your hard drive

[native briar]

and TWR!

[karmic arrow]

When it says tank templates is it referring to the template of the tank division or the design of the tank itself?

I’ve seen both in #challenge-submissions hence the question

[solid gust]

its the design, but I will also accept the division designer if you add that

I worded it incorrectly originally so is my fault

[karmic arrow]

No worries, thanks for the clarification 👍

[opal wagon]

Semples are considered perfection yes?

[signal frost]

Yes, totally not because that was my submission or anything

[spice umbra]

When will the challenge end?

[solid gust]

challenge ends on Monday next week

[lapis mist]

can anyone do a challenge where you play hoi4 but the discord chat says what're you gonna do

[robust plover]

Wait I won lol

I already have all the dlcs
Unless it's possible to wait for the new one to release

[solid gust]

Unfortunately no it cannot wait till the new one, however you are free to give one away to a friend if you wish. Make sure to open a ticket with PDXbot so that when you decide we can send you the code

[robust plover]

👍

[dusty yoke]

destroyers as in the tank destroyer or the ship

i have associated the word destroyer with the tank destroyer because all of my friends call them that

[solid gust]

the ship

went with naval this time around 🙂

[robust plover]

Submit stellaris destroyer designs instead

[solid gust]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-look-the-rock-meme-the-rock-sus-meme-gif-26414001

[umbral latch]

Hey I don't find this (for the boat but I think it's similar) can you give me the place of the files ?

[robust plover]

it should be in the history folder

here's france for example

and the location

[umbral latch]

Ooooh i see thankssss

[lapis mist]

wrong game bro

[spice umbra]

what can i do if i don't have man the guns?

[dull anvil]

buy it

[dusky pelican]

does this work?

[verbal mist]

did anyone know why when i have the mod Keissereich (ww1) It every time crash

[solid gust]

try asking in the #ask-for-help-here channel, you have a better chance of getting an answer, this tab is primarily for the biweekly challenges we hold

[verbal mist]

ok thanks

[solid gust]

of course 🙂

[craggy jacinth]

what are the restrictions for the destroyers? they must be made in base game with no mods? because i saw many people put for trolling different custom stats with photoshop to their destroyers

[final ridge]

#challenge-submissions message

[solid gust]

for templates/designs I don't tend to disqualify edits if modded games are included like this one, because technically mods already would disqualify it since they have their own tech trees and whatnot. not every challenge will be like this but a few here and there will

[craggy jacinth]

apart from that btw, can i do multiple submissions or one solely?

[solid gust]

you can put more than one image as the submission but only one can win

[craggy jacinth]

alright nice

[orchid apex]

Guys, I got all the achieivments, now the next step of life is to find a lover yea?

how do i do that?

[glad vector]

When all the achievements are done, next best things are: all the formables, all the badges and trophies, and finally 100% world conquest with all nations 😆

And ofc all the formables with all the different ideologies 🙃

[thin marlin]

which dlc adds plane designer

[slow plank]

by blood alone

[dusk zephyr]

I dont have bba

What to do?

I want to participate

But dont has dlcs

[thin marlin]

buy it is the most legal and sensible option

[solid gust]

Modded games are also allowed, so if there is a mod that has a plane designer themselves you may use them

[dusk zephyr]

Ok

Thankls

Thanks

[solid gust]

the Steam Summer sale is also still going on right now I think? could get a good deal on it

[dusk zephyr]

Ok i will see if i can buy dlcs

[wheat cosmos]

How long plane design challenge last?

[solid gust]

lasts for two weeks

[mighty laurel]

it has really no point to play vanilla mods are really good

vanilla is so boring

[median glacier]

Would there be any potential to include Svalbard, due to its strategic value, would it not be good to have it in the game?

[lucid cliff]

Does it mean best possible stats. So latest game etc.

[solid gust]

best is subjective here, stats are the main one but having a specific plane design that works best in XYZ situation can also count

[grave osprey]

Me when you need the dlc to win a dlc

[lucid cliff]

So combo like ic and such matter

[sleek hawk]

What happens if I win a challenge but I already have all the hoi4 dlcs?

[solid gust]

You can still win a HOI dlc of your choice, and give it to a friend (cannot sell it essentially)

[edgy lodge]

How do you go about proving that it was done legitimately?

[solid gust]

This is something I wanted to do to give people something back 🙂

Need a screenshot from in game that proves all the checklists are active, including Ironman, I dont have a screenshot onhand gimme a moment

something like this

[edgy lodge]

alright thanks

[solid gust]

I will also be combing through submissions to make sure there is no funny business going on

[solid gust]

Also need a screenshot to show you're playing Japan, the map between the US and Japan ofc just for basics 🙂

[true bobcat]

Does going Communist actually make it so you are better or was that a joke

[solid gust]

It provides no advantage really, I just make every nation I play go communist in HOI :p

[true bobcat]

Ah

Has commie Japan been fixed?

[solid gust]

Not sure, actually, I've never played Japan myself, I mostly play minor nations

[true bobcat]

I remember in the olden times that once the civil war ends as Japan you lose your tree and decisions

[solid gust]

something like that should be fixed though if its not my bad

[true bobcat]

For communist

Also, would making a video/time-lapse be good?

For fun

As a submission

[solid gust]

We only really take screenshots, but I'd love to see a time lapse

[gleaming igloo]

I believe going communist is harder cause don't you lose most of your fleet to manchu?

although I guess you could just take it in the peace deal if you have bba

[true bobcat]

How do I prove that usa didn't get nukes in screenshots with ironman if I already have the achievement

[gleaming igloo]

you could use spies

[true bobcat]

True

Can you pin somewhere every thing required to be screenshotted? Like I assume you need the map, ironman thingy, USA nuked, etc

[gleaming igloo]

or you'd have to play a game as someone in the allies and then just keep tabs as to when they research it, because I believe the ai is scripted and researches everything in an order

[true bobcat]

Also the exact date it ends would be good for a pinned message

Oh wait I'm dumb

It says it at the end

[gleaming igloo]

@solid gust

[true bobcat]

Does this mean you don't need ss of nuking and them not having nukes?

[edgy lodge]

you only lose your fleet and colonies (besides Manchuria) if you finish the civil war too early by rushing tokyo or you take too long in the civil war
I don't know exactly how long is 'too long'

[solid gust]

I will have to pin it in a second, unless you want to type it up for me to pin, I am currently typing up something that comes out this week

[gleaming igloo]

uh maybe, I guess all you'd need is proof that you nuked them and that they didn't research them

[gleaming igloo]

oh ok, I haven't done communist japan yet so I guess it's going to be my next playthrough. thanks!

[true bobcat]

Screenshots Required:

Ironman Check
Map of USA and Japan
Date of Completion
Actual Nuking on USA Territory
Proof USA doesn't have Nukes (use Spies)

End Date: August 7th 2023

[true bobcat]

Does that work

[solid gust]

Now I will have to remember to unpin that next challenge

thanks, John

[true bobcat]

Np

I'll also add the end date (if it is 2 weeks)

[solid gust]

all challenges run for 2 weeks

[true bobcat]

Alrighty

[dense crown]

how would you prove the USA have no nukes without La Resistance?

[slender tartan]

How do spies show what tech the enemy has?

Also, i'm too lazy to go into the game now, is Guam a US core?

[jade apex]

same

[solid gust]

If you already have the achievement then I would be unsure

[pine roost]

pretty sure you can remove the achiement

[dense crown]

luckily i don't have the achievemtn so that is good

[pine roost]

yea

[cold venture]

How can you slow down the US researching nukes? I just finished it as communist Japan and realized that the US had already researched them, I was researching nuclear tech from day 1

[sleek hawk]

Annex the us early game then release them after you get nukes

[stuck arrow]

can you do it on rt 56

or scuffed

[solid gust]

No, this one is vanilla only since it coincides with the achievement

[stuck arrow]

ok thx

[glad vector]

good point, I'll see if I can use spies to determine if the USA has nukes at all (already have the achievement)

Going to submit my entry with a video 😎

[dense crown]

How quick do you think people could get the achievement? I have got it to December 1944 but I don't want to actually get the achievement in case ithe time is too slow because I can't do it again. (I don't have La Resistance)

[devout quest]

Can you screenshot the event that happens for the first atomic dropped to prove that US hasn’t developed a nuke?

[dense crown]

they could have developed it but not used it eg: too low air superiority

[devout quest]

So is there a way to delete that one individual achievement?

[deep turret]

I believe there is an application that allows you to delete achievements, however I don’t know if it’s allowed or not.

[cold venture]

Does anyone know the prerequisites for the “race for the bomb” decision to appear?

Also, would a democratic Japan run be more impressive than a communist Japan?

[solid gust]

Any run is allowed, there is no 'more impressive' one over the other, I just turn every country I play commie so I mentioned it :p

as for the prerequisites I am unsure, been a while since I've seen someone proc it myself (one of the other reasons for this challenge )

[leaden laurel]

I think it triggers when another country has nuclear reactor

[leaden laurel]

I dont think i got my race for the bomb decision though

[cold venture]

So time is the only factor for placement?

[leaden laurel]

Yes

[cold venture]

Thanks

[leaden laurel]

Communist might be the fastest one ngl

[cold venture]

What makes communist fastest? You don't get any extra research boosts or anything

[dense crown]

he is just trying to win so he is telling people the wrong things. The fastest one is obvious

[next ocean]

Since I don't have the achievment, does it count if I include the achievment popping up as I nuke in the screenshot?

[solid gust]

so long as you have the other requirements that show ironman it should be good 👍🏻

[next ocean]

Thank you!

[next ocean]

does kawaii and alaska counts as core territory?

[sand lion]

Not Hawaii but Alaska might.

[glad vector]

hawaii and alaska are not cores of the USA in 1936. They have a decision available to make them cores, but I'm not sure if the AI ever takes those

[ripe stone]

How do we prove usa has no nukes without la reistance

i also already have the achivement

[glad vector]

I've seen three submissions in 1944 and a few where it was proven in early 45. If you have a submission from around that time it should be fine. Thats my guess anyway, no other way to prove it. My own december 11 didn't have enough of a spy network anyway, but no way the usa had nukes in that one. Goodluck!

[glad vector]

I had 91 nuclear reactors and took 4 days to build a nuke

[grim thistle]

Looking for fun 3 player challenge to do. Any ideas?

[glad vector]

play as baltic states and defend against germany and soviets, then conquer them

[jolly ether]

please give me challenge

[north loom]

What’s this challenge stuff?

[fringe garnet]

Make 1984 map and then fight till someone wins (you must fight until someone wins no exceptions)

[lucid cliff]

Tuna Tuva world conquest

[jolly ether]

bruh, this impossble

[solid gust]

I don't work weekends so apologies onthe late response, however every 2 weeks we hold a HOI challenge to do, either a specific achievement, or like in the past a self imposed rule such as infantry only, most puppeted nations in a given area etc

[blazing jackal]

If I have already done the achievement, do I just start a new game, or do I post a screenshot of my save?

[solid gust]

You can start a new game and do it, just show the date that you crown the king and the date of taking Jerusalem afterwards with the Ironman check

[blazing jackal]

Okay, thanks!

[leaden laurel]

@solid gust how do you win?

[late blade]

what focustree do i need to go down as Poland to get a king/queen?

[cunning sparrow]

monarchist

[earnest pier]

do i need to take it in war or can i take it in a peace treaty

[solid gust]

Don't need to ping me, I am already here.

It will be similar to last time in which its the earliest Time, but winner will be chosen by month/week rather than by day

[leaden laurel]

ok

[solid gust]

Has to be conquered

[earnest pier]

aight

[solid gust]

at least for the achivement to fire iirc

[earnest pier]

can i cheese france

[solid gust]

you have to physically take it

[earnest pier]

so land troops on it

aw man

[solid gust]

As long as you start as Poland yes

[earnest pier]

oh ok

i have a plan

[leaden laurel]

so i cant kill uk day one and get it trough there

[solid gust]

Nope

[earnest pier]

i thought it was french

[late blade]

Does it matter which of the four?

[earnest pier]

oh wait thats syria

[solid gust]

Just needs to be a King or Queen

[late blade]

ok

[urban terrace]

All kings or queens of any ideology work? I think yes.

Need to have AI focus historical on?

[solid gust]

Yes, the prerequisites for the achievement only require a King or Queen, and no historical doesn't have to be on

[cunning sparrow]

no

[cunning sparrow]

if you dont choose one for 2 cycles you can get the romanov which is the hidden focus tree next to the cosack king

[late blade]

Let me try that

[ripe stone]

Welp it’s another one I can’t do, oh well

[noble hill]

I would just exploit it

Use the entire arsenal of combat exploits

[solid gust]

@flat island @errant blade Apologies for the ping, however the challenge has to be completed after the challenge begins, so you will have to submit an additional run, not just your achievement.

[noble hill]

@solid gust Are exploits allowed in challenges?

[solid gust]

No.

[errant blade]

ok

[blazing jackal]

Does Wotjek count as a king?

[solid gust]

in my heart yes, but I don't know if he triggers the achievement

[blazing jackal]

Then I'll just run with Michael or Friedrich

[flat island]

oh okay, thanks for your response. When i do the crusader kings 3 run, do i need to send only screen of monarch as a leader and taking Jerusalem with?

[solid gust]

The monarch has to be crowned before you take it, and you need a screenshot of both, as well as one proving that they've been done in Ironman

(the ironman can be done in one of the previous screenshots as well)

[lucid cliff]

would a screenshot with freshly taken jerusalem and the achievement in the corner count as ironman prove (aswell as achievement done ofc)? or do i need to give elsewhere proof?

[solid gust]

If you hover the top right of the in game UI, there'll be a drop down list that shows ironman too, though the achievement popping technically would still work too

I have to step away for now, however you are free to discuss logistics or strategies amongst yourselves 🙂

[wooden reef]

can I give up the east to the soviets?

[blazing jackal]

Although, Wojtek is technicaly part of House Romanov, as the name of the party never changes

[unborn walrus]

If you win, and you already have all the dlc, do you get something else?

Like the new dlc or Like 20 bucks

[unborn walrus]

also how do you win the challenge, just get it done the fastest?

[indigo agate]

Yeah is this a speedrun?

[pale agate]

I dunno about current patch, but when I did it I remember I killed uk and just conquered all of it and got the achievement

[signal frost]

Question:

Does the chair count as a King/Queen

It has a crown on it if I remember correctly

[dense crown]

its a regency council so almost definitely no

[unborn walrus]

no as its a council in place deciding the king/queen

[signal frost]

You guys have no sense of humor, it would have been funny though

[night pawn]

i had a go at it and recorded it instead of a screenshot should i privately upload it to youtube to share or what

i guess i could take the screenshots wait

[night pawn]

would order 66 count?

[unborn walrus]

id like to see it honestly

[night pawn]

im about to post in submissions

[unborn walrus]

the video i mean

[night pawn]

should i put the focus tree? i guess it isn't necessary

[unborn walrus]

just a screenshot of your leader

[night pawn]

i could show you it once i have it just don't laugh at my failed defense against hitler lol

[unborn walrus]

lol trust me, i am not one to talk about defense

[unborn walrus]

for the achievment do you just have to have a guy in jeruselum or do you have to peace conference it?

cause the achievement says control

[night pawn]

they said that the requirements are just for the achievement itself and i know that when i originally got it the peace conference wasn't required

[unborn walrus]

hm

[night pawn]

the first time i got it was a slavic union game palestine was free with malaysia as a major so i just walked in and got it without a peace conference

[nova rock]

@night pawn I think you have to show it like this

[night pawn]

ohhhh i didn't notice that trophy there

playing as tanu tuva is mad

[unborn walrus]

@cedar wedge

[solid gust]

This instance, you need your troops taking it for the run to count, you cannot get it in a peace deal.

The challenge is also the fastest run, yes, but it cannot be taken from a peace treaty for this

[night pawn]

so is my submission valid?

[unborn walrus]

ye

[night pawn]

W

[unborn walrus]

watch that one dude get it in like 36

[cedar wedge]

Yes

[sweet prism]

wait, i'm wondering, how did they win the previous challenge?

@solid gust

[solid gust]

Please do not ping me for this, however they won with the earliest time, which was the challenge.

At least, from what I could see out of all the submissions

[sweet prism]

there were earlier times though?

[unborn walrus]

apperently

[solid gust]

There were, yes, however there was missing the achievement/espionage proving that the US did not have nukes.

[sweet prism]

there was mine that showed the tech tree of the usa

the 5 november run

[unborn walrus]

what happens if you win and you already have all the dlcs?*

[sweet prism]

why was my run not counted?

[solid gust]

it seems as if I was mistaken, as you entered twice I did not see it, that is my fault

I will rewrite the rules in the future to specify only one entry in order to not make the same mistake

however for the moment create a ticket with PDXBot and mention that I sent you.

I am currently out of the workday so I cannot fix this today, but I will get to it first thing tomorrow

[unborn walrus]

?

[solid gust]

you may collect a DLC for a friend, but not to sell.

prizes are only the HOI dlc's that have been released. You also don't have to mention the same question 3 times as I am currently in the process of typing out the answer

[unborn walrus]

i assume thats final and you cant exchange it for like another pdx game or anythin

[solid gust]

you cannot, no

[unborn walrus]

also sorry for the constant bugging

damn

wins, waits until AAT comes out gets AAT

[solid gust]

lmao, that will unfortunately not work out for you, as the win date is tied to the currently available DLC

[unborn walrus]

damn

[unborn walrus]

very last question, the winnings, is it jsut 1 dlc or could i get like multpile music dlcs or unit models

[solid gust]

it is a singular dlc

[unborn walrus]

oof

[glad vector]

not everyone was able to do this you know. Without La Resistance this is not possible, and with La Resistance you need crazy amount of intel to be able to see it. I did 5 runs for this challenge, and I was only able to see it once. In 1944 you can safely say the USA hasn't developed a nuke yet

[solid gust]

Yes, I realise.

Unfortunately, not every challenge can be done without their respective DLC to aid it, much as I try. However some of the restrictions have to be put in place as I have had multiple people dm me either cheating or about someone else cheating so I have to place somewhat stricter rules/requirements on things :/

[noble hill]

Just make a list of exploits

Like

I can teleport into maginot and take it

[glad vector]

it's a tough job but someone's gotta do it 👍

[vernal sleet]

didn't i get a faster time than the winner with my first submission? (solarian still faster obv)

[sweet prism]

getting civilian upgrade for your agency increases your intel by 25%, and if you pair one spy with the democracy and free trade intel modifiers of the us, you can get to 100 pretty quick

[north loom]

Oh that’s fun

[late blade]

So I should make a screen shot with the leader where I don't have Jerusalem and one where I have Jerusalem and somewhere a screen shot with proof of ironman in between?

[late blade]

I take that reaction as a yes

[unborn walrus]

holy damn i might be able to get the challenge done in 36

[abstract leaf]

No. His ascension doesn't set the flag for electing a monarch which the achievement checks.

[glad vector]

Wojtek as king only happens after getting anastasia as queen, right?

[cinder otter]

could have done it in 39 but I refuse to o66

[abstract leaf]

oh. then i suppose that for that matter you don't even have to stay a monarchy

[glad vector]

what do you mean? A monarch is a requirement for this challenge

[unborn walrus]

My plan wasn't gonna involve o66, but I realized it couldn't happen

[terse goblet]

is it possible to get ck3 achievement without any dlcs?

[abstract leaf]

you have to ELECT a monarch, but the achievement doesn't check whether you HAVE one

[lapis mist]

play as russia and try to take over the world as romanov

[austere bison]

“Play as Russia and go democratic”

if only if only

[late blade]

Can the challenge be in a multi-player round?

nvm

[solid gust]

Yeah, it can't be since people could just surrender immediately as a country and give the land up

[signal frost]

Okay, if I crown Michael as king of Poland and go into exile, the chair becomes leader (idc that it is technically a group of people, the portrait is a chair)

With the exile tree, I could get the chair to get crusader kings 3... but does the chair count as a king/queen for the achievement and challenge

[solid gust]

For the sake of the challenge, there must be a sitting monarch, yes

[signal frost]

Ah, no chair memes

[late blade]

can someone tell me how to land in england as poland

i am not able to build a strong enough navy or airfroce to land there and the ai of my friends are to stupid

[blazing jackal]

I don't know if order 66 is okay, if it is, i might give this a go.

[late blade]

order 66?

[blazing jackal]

If you can get mil. access to the UK, and then declare on a country, that is in there faction (I think it has to be independent) while having division all over them, you can pretty much insta-kill them.

But idk if it is allowed

[late blade]

lets try it

[glad vector]

I myself count it as the worst exploit. There's no real way for the mod to check if you did it, so you just have to ask yourself if you'd want to win that way. I wouldn't 😉

[blazing jackal]

True

Even if I would say, that the exploit that allowed you to use the console in ironman was the worst

[glad vector]

hm yeah, but I consider that beyond exploits even

[blazing jackal]

It's just strait up cheating

[glad vector]

anyway, speedrunners consider all exploits fair game, so its really your own perspective that matters

[blazing jackal]

Not for Achievements.

[glad vector]

yeah i did one achievement back in the day with order66, but I later replayed that because I couldn't stand that of myself 😆

[late blade]

but how could i then land in England without building a navy until 1954?

[glad vector]

you don't need to land in england, you need to land in Jerusalem 😉