ask-for-help-here

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In one of my games the somehwat about 500 factory US AI is just barely getting enough coal

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Massive coal shortage

But yeah question

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Do you know some coal rich areas on the map?

I need to go killing again

[wild rune]

USA

in the USSR Stalino specifically

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The what?

[weak moon]

What are good subdoctrines for special forces.

Large infantry tactics, elevate the Individual?

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donetsk coal basin be like

[wheat forge]

Never been much of a carrier guy, but the new submarine carriers have snagged my interest, from prior knowledge i know that planes used in naval battles default to their primary weapons and roles while normal parked air support works like land based airports. My main question is two fold.
1: does a naval bomber with small caliber machineguns do anything different than a naval bomber with no guns in its weapons slots
2: how useful are carrier cas in naval battles.

[serene karma]

1. No 2. Use navs instead

[fringe pier]

Guys is it just my game or what but in Vannila and RT56 japanese leader was missing or no commander

[pliant condor]

@glacial steeple it's all timed perfectly

ok my conclusion is that it's unplayable in mp

you can get it if you micro every div and just pause and play on 2 speed

you see shanghai in the map

do the same to like wuhan and everything else

skip the city

[glacial steeple]

nah its playable imo

but the invasion plan sucks cuz little control

over supply/where to go

[pliant condor]

also do the exploit with 2w

to hold the line

[pliant condor]

not playable on any speed above 4

or ok like if everything is timed perfectly maybe

so when you land you would be finishing up second collab

and not waiting for collab civs

but it's all so cancer

why does paradox make this

should be a simple war with clicking battleplan button

[glacial steeple]

yeah

[pliant condor]

you have to micro and not take any vp

[glacial steeple]

idk i think i play china war more solidly

[pliant condor]

to cancel the focus

[glacial steeple]

and when you cap hebei

[pliant condor]

have you played hmm china war

[glacial steeple]

china annexes them

[glacial steeple]

its not vanilla so ofc its less cancer

vanilla china war was always cancer

mp mods neuter china

[pliant condor]

ok sure

old china war was cancer

but that's just wuhan supply desert

that's all

cancerous part is inherited into the new version

and it multiplies

[glacial steeple]

no

not the issue

[pliant condor]

yes

now we have total mob issue, cap them before jan 38 or never issue, and the

[glacial steeple]

the issue is that warlord mils are better

and you couldnt do eco focuses pre war

cuz youd be locked from total mob

its so similar now

[pliant condor]

?

old china?

[glacial steeple]

yes

if with warlords

without warlords in mp mods its like way less cancer

and rn its not that diff

[pliant condor]

well yeah that removes lot of divs and they cope mod

[glacial steeple]

no

[pliant condor]

but old china you literally just battleplan from the north

[glacial steeple]

even with all divs

[pliant condor]

after like one encirclement

[glacial steeple]

kmt is just worse

[pliant condor]

or you can not do any encirclement and still be fine

you can push whenever you want

now you can;t

that's the issue

[glacial steeple]

you still can imo

[pliant condor]

you need to push and specifically ohh i can't take this vp and cancel my focus

[lofty totem]

whats a better tank doctrine for MBT america, Armored infantry support, or armored spearhead

[glacial steeple]

hebei and shandong get annexed by kmt when capped

you dont lose compliance

[pliant condor]

I did

i pushed them in my first game lol

[glacial steeple]

did you skip turn in conference?

[pliant condor]

yes ofc i know how that works

[glacial steeple]

i just wanna be sure

[pliant condor]

i have the save

[wheat forge]

Gotcha, ill keep that info in mind, trying to make multi role carrier planes for the submarine carrier since it has such harsh deck space limits.
Sounds like the best bet would be a fighter with rocket or bomb locks and a naval bomber with bombs as a secondary so they can support naval invasions

[glacial steeple]

hmm

ill do some testing later

mp mods will have free div editing which also makes war easier

cuz you can use good units

i think the shandong border naval invasion isnt a terrible idea

in fact probably the better spot

but id have to test and rn im gonna zzz

[glacial steeple]

because of shandong army being so small when you invade there will be no unit there

ai behaviour is to prioritize own territory over allies/puppets

meaning you can always attack the port from the side (not taking the state, but you can freely move into the state as control is dominated by vp)

and youll have the land supply route

[pliant condor]

it doesn't matter

you have a fixed amount of equipment

[glacial steeple]

yeah

[pliant condor]

the advantage of annexed china is that you don't need to worry about total

[glacial steeple]

its plenty

you can use 2 tank divs / line arty on hohei to reduce losses like 75% (from combat)

youll have a 80 tank stockpile after which you can just delete them

your losses are high because the small 12ws suck

but you need a lot of them for front

imo

[pliant condor]

ok

[glacial steeple]

thats been a thing before the update too

[pliant condor]

this is the most confusing thing ever

[glacial steeple]

wdym?

[pliant condor]

I have zero compliance on peking

and jinan

but 100% on all other states

from pushing north

[glacial steeple]

odd ig

[pliant condor]

also zero in chahar

[glacial steeple]

give to manchu?

maybe

[pliant condor]

you lose like 15 factory

but

ah

i don't think pushing north solves much issue

[glacial steeple]

no

[pliant condor]

total mob is the issue

[glacial steeple]

like you know the port south of shandong i think you could land there

i think thatd be most effective

with planning from dailan

[pliant condor]

you can land anywhere you want

not the issue

or ok

i hate to say this but

[glacial steeple]

you have the suppmy line after

the railway

[pliant condor]

just port cheese china

then it's easy

[glacial steeple]

they orgwall

you just need to crit imo

their units collapse when faced with damage

i could try a testgame rn ig

if u want me to

[pliant condor]

im not gonna play this ever again

just play in mod

[wheat forge]

Last question, can cruiser subs with a deck gun provide shore bombardment

[pliant condor]

don't wanna micro against ai

[pliant condor]

no

[wheat forge]

Ok, that sucks, so like is the deck gun any good or should I stick with range and torps

[pliant condor]

just do torps

[pliant condor]

hmm time to play china instead

I hate paradox so much

they force me to exploit against ai

[glacial steeple]

its shit lmao

[pliant condor]

ok new funny exploit

land in donghai

snake to the north of nanjing but don't cut it off

then china supply go through ocean

convoy raid

[glacial steeple]

that works too yes

[glacial steeple]

logi strike btw

it exists

prob should use it

makes everyone's life worse

[pliant condor]

lol yeah

and make empty inf

actually might be the most important exploit

you can hold any tile with 100 gun

so the real divs can be on important stuff

[glacial steeple]

prob not needed? could be useful tho

if youre insecure about guns can you make it down to 15K guns to korea?

also no korea puppet means more civs

for collabs

but idk if thats good or bad still

korea is mixed bag

where its mostly rlly good

but also ehh

[young hill]

Release korea after first collab cos u always lack civ for the other 2？

[pliant condor]

essential

and microing

you are so limited on guns

see how it goes

[pallid token]

how do i assign a fleet to a different naval hq?

[alpine dove]

are rangers or mountaineers better for pushing in general?

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i have an hq in guam

[alpine dove]

click on norfolk

right next to select all

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i love you

[fluid wharf]

china is so bad early game

but late game they become ooga booga because so many efficap

and factories

[wide mason]

yall know why my rockets aint launching?

it says they have no mission even thought i assigned them

[sour wadi]

no mods, my skyzones are grey and wont show me air superiority

anything i can do to fix that?

[alpine plinth]

what do the dlc do and are they worth it, cause like 200 EUR worth of dlc are kind of daunting

[weak moon]

You can take the subscription to try all the dlc for 1 month

They add a lot of stuff primiarly focuses and mechanics.

[sinful vessel]

What should i do with spy ? I find i always "under" use them.

[weak moon]

Depends on what you are pushing but generally mountaineers and rangers are equally good you can mix them in divs.

[twin knoll]

how the hell dos germany make it to uk mainland now

(Before 1941)

[limber crystal]

Same issue. Help please

[hexed parcel]

Paratroopers 👍

Only problem though

Any decent mp uk player will probably have double maybe triple the fighters Germany has before then

So you'd have to go heavy on CAS

[sour wadi]

you can get naval superiority

with nav bombers

temporarily atleast

[iron harness]

how do i make my nukes launch using MRBMs/ICBMs? when i click the nuke raid i just get the choice between the two nuke bombs and which planes i use

[sour wadi]

have you researched ICBM's and produced them?

[iron harness]

it's easy really, even me as a beginner were able to pull it off using just planes

[sour wadi]

you have to make them w mil factorys

[iron harness]

a tip for you, wait for an opportunity for green sea zone

that always happens

[sour wadi]

ngl, as germany all you gotta do, is have nav bombers, and nav tech

like the shell upgrades, and the 50 nav experience upgrades

[iron harness]

i produced like 50 of MRBMs, do i need 100 of them?

[iron harness]

i just use cas lol i don't waste my mil on nav bombers

i don't think it's worth it as germany

[sour wadi]

eh, 100-200 nav bombers basically garantuees naval superiority

pretty cheap, just have maybe 5 mils on them,

mediums

[iron harness]

that's how op they are?

[sour wadi]

well, they really help, yeah

i woudlnt say Op

obv you need a fleet

[iron harness]

can i see your early game design?

[sour wadi]

but base german fleet and 200 nav bombers can give naval superiority

[iron harness]

i'll try it

[granite patio]

I’ve never really played Japan before. What’s the move to take China? Eco seems horrible for tanks so infantry seems much better. What width for infantry?

[sour wadi]

i have a medium nav bombers, 2 torpedo's, some medium bomb locks and a recon camera

[iron harness]

against U.K? somehow i doubt that

[sour wadi]

it works, ive done it

[granite patio]

They’re not lying.

It’s very possible.

You gotta sacrifice some fighter production to do it.

But it’s possible.

[iron harness]

in my 5 first campaigns i struggled getting superiority against U.K even though i have like thousands of CAS and my entire navy in english zone

[sour wadi]

and then floating boat, some turrets for defence, fuel and thats really all you need

[iron harness]

ohh

[sour wadi]

its cuz your using cas

[granite patio]

Naval bombers have way better modifiers

[sour wadi]

torpedo navs are way better for navy

[iron harness]

that would've saved me a lot of stress if i've known that earlier lol

[granite patio]

For ships

[iron harness]

yeah

[sour wadi]

yeah, cas for navy does work abit, but its like using fighter/cas combo's

sure, they can cas and fight, but they wont be good at either

[granite patio]

I usually get air sup then start convoy raiding with subs in channel then put naval bombers.

You start to sink ships like crazy. Then you can put navy up

[sour wadi]

w the new naval system you have to have ships on recon

[digital fulcrum]

just started playin RoN, any tips?

[sour wadi]

rise of nations on roblox?

[digital fulcrum]

yea

[sour wadi]

i mean, i can help, got about 600 hours or so on it, but that would probally have to be through dm's

considering well, this is a hoi4 server </3

[granite patio]

Japan China war still feels so bad to play

[sour wadi]

800. mb

[iron harness]

idk how navy works so what if you just spam subs and assign them with convoy raiding mission, do they also engage the navy or just convoys?

[sour wadi]

they engage navy

but only if the navy engages first

[granite patio]

They engage navy but I don’t know if anything significant changed with new navy update

[sour wadi]

lets say you got subs on convoy raiding, your attacking some convoys and the enemy navy goes to help the convoy your raiding

[iron harness]

isn't that a low chance of happening? since they're subs

[digital fulcrum]

i actually want the opposite

[iron harness]

i doubt they have spotters

[sour wadi]

not really

[granite patio]

Depends how “visible” your subs are

[iron harness]

oh yeah they changed a lot in the new dlc

[sour wadi]

atleast before the DLC, i could shred navies w subs

depends if your researched enough

[granite patio]

Yeah low visibility subs were op as hell

[sour wadi]

cruiser subs, anercho tiles and just slapping torps on that

it was mad

trained and they were unstoppable

[granite patio]

Anyone play Japan at all

[sour wadi]

i wanna, after i get the dlc

but i gotta wait for christmas lol

i love playing the UK (may be bais)

[granite patio]

Ah. Trying to figure out the meta for it I guess. I really only play Germany and Soviets so I have no idea how best to play it

[sour wadi]

ive always loved playing islane nations

island*

so im excited to play japan cuz i kinda see it as like, ww2's evil uk

strong eco'd island nation with stronger neighbors close buy and a good navy

atleast, ment to be stronger neighbors

debatable ofc </3

[last lodge]

wait

wrong. chat

[weak moon]

That meta died and burn real bad

[hexed parcel]

Wouldn't say a strong economy

At best average

Too heavily reliant on conquest for natural resources

Plus wooden cities aren't the best for resisting fire bombs

[sour wadi]

compared to most of asia at the time, japan had a really strong eco

having industrialised rapidly to compete with the europeans and americans, reverse engineering our tech

and making their own

[hexed parcel]

Their army was in way over it's head as well

This idea that Japan were "destined for victory"

[sour wadi]

well yeah, but that was due to the culture at the time

japan had many, many issue

issues*

[hexed parcel]

Talk the big game but when it comes to actually fighting guerilla warfare

They struggle

[sour wadi]

their branches of the military competed instead of working together

[sour wadi]

;-;

fighting geurilla warfare shouldnt be the way to determine army strength

[hexed parcel]

It's the best way to fight a stronger enemy

[sour wadi]

the soviets had a strong army, failed to geurilla warfare, same with the brits, same with the americans

[sour wadi]

but its not a way to determine if an army is strong

[hexed parcel]

Indeed

The soviet army was NOT strong at all to argue against that statement

They lost about a million casualties in the first few months of the war

[sour wadi]

afghan war?

[hexed parcel]

No Operation Barbarossa

[sour wadi]

bruh

im talking about the afghan war

[hexed parcel]

Oh

My apologies

[sour wadi]

yk, when the soviets were strong and fought geurilla warfare

[hexed parcel]

Well the north of Afghanistan is heavily fortified by mountainous terrain

Not really the best for tanks to engage in

[sour wadi]

plus, in all fairness the soviet army was also strong in operation barbarossa, but its leadership was horrible

[hexed parcel]

Not necessarily

[sour wadi]

stalin 100% thought the germans wouldnt attack

even after warnings from the allies, and his generals near the front

[hexed parcel]

Most of the units after the intial first few months were just armed civilians

No training

Just run at the enemy and try not to die

[sour wadi]

he even refused to send in reinforcements after the invasion occured, because he didnt believe the germans would actually invade him

[hexed parcel]

It was all evident

Hitler even stated in his Mein Kampf that slavs were an enemy due to their mixed blood

[sour wadi]

he didnt believe it, stalin didnt think the germans would betray him, and if he did he didnt think it was so early

[sour wadi]

yeah, but stalin wasnt really a good leader, was he

[hexed parcel]

Not necessarily

[sour wadi]

he wasnt the brightest

[sour wadi]

i swear if u try defend stalin ima end this convo right here

[hexed parcel]

Purged his leaders and literally anyone who spoke against him

[sour wadi]

</3

[hexed parcel]

I don't defend anyone in history

I just use the facts and make a judgement on what's in front of me

[sour wadi]

stalin was objectively a bad leader, to the point they had to de-stalinise after he died

he send in millions of troops to die in mines, so his tanks could roll through

he caused the ukraine famine

there is no defending stalin mate </3

[hexed parcel]

Objectively yes but there is no denial that with his combined effort at being a popular figurehead did the soviet people fight on and achieve victory

He called for all soviet civilians to fight

They did

He certainly was a main political sellout for popular opinion it seems

[sour wadi]

i mean, it wasnt really a hard decision

either you fight now, or legit be exterminated

[hexed parcel]

Perhaps you're right

However to challenge this

[sour wadi]

brother, stop tryna put stalin in a more positive light M/3

[hexed parcel]

I would be quite sceptical to fight a war against a fairly strong army with a severly large number of tanks

[sour wadi]

just cuz he rallied the soviet ppl, against an army that openly wanted to exterminate him, doesnt make him a even half decent leader

[hexed parcel]

I never said that

All I said was that he was a very big popular figurehead

In which he was

His propaganda certainly called people up to arms

I mean in 1944 there was about 6m soldiers

[sour wadi]

"not neccesarily" to me saying he was a bad leader, implies to some extent, he was a good leader, or did well to some extent

again, yes germany was a very strong force, but even then id fight if it ment either fighting a tank for a chance to win, or being slaughtered without a fight for germanys "living space"

[hexed parcel]

He was politically a very horrible leader due to the attrocities he persecuted against his own people
However like I'm saying there was in no denial him being a leader was a significant factor in the calling up for civilians or anyone to resist

He stayed in Moscow and refused to leave

He certainly must have had even the smallest sympathy towards his people

If not he would have fled to Vladivostov as soon as the Germans invaded

[sour wadi]

he wanted to stay in power, that was his goal in the end. so he showed an iron front

[hexed parcel]

Any leader would do that though my friend

[sour wadi]

if that ment killing all his political rivals, he did

if that ment throwing millions of people to a meat grinder, he eid

he did*

[hexed parcel]

The killing side of it though I admit was pure evil

[sour wadi]

most of his policies caused horrible famines and environmental disaster my boy

[vagrant grove]

help

[hexed parcel]

His only leading factor what I'm saying is that just like Hitler the only power he had came from his popularity from his people even though both purposefully persecuted them

Most of his generals wanted him dead

They said that though their head was on the chopping block

[hexed parcel]

That line is extremely weak you should be able to push

[sour wadi]

the thing is, stalin was only popular because he persecuted all his rivals and had a mad propoganda machine, most public support came from either his industrialisation, or the fear of persecution

[hexed parcel]

That is a fair point indeed

[sour wadi]

kim in north korea is popular among his people, that isnt a good thing

cuz hes only popular, because he runs a mad propoganda machine

same w stalin

[hexed parcel]

I don't disagree with you in this
All I'm trying to say is that Stalin as an image for propaganda was every effective in the callup for arms and production

There's no denial in that I would think

[sour wadi]

yes, i do agree

for propaganda he was great, for arms and production i also agree

[hexed parcel]

Then eventually he meets his end

Funnily enough

When he was dead the doctors didn't dare treat him in case of persecution

Ironic

[sour wadi]

however when i say "stalin is a bad leader" your point gets incredibly blurred when you say "well, mm not neccesarily"

[hexed parcel]

The same paranoia he tried to clear came back in another form against him

To answer your question though

[sour wadi]

maybe you didnt want to come across that way, but accidentally or not, it implys your defending stalin, atleast at the start

[hexed parcel]

Yes Stalin as leader was absolutely terrible socially as a leading factor to the exploitation of Ukrainian farmers and the deaths of millions I agree he was pure evil in that sense

Economically however

There's no denial that despite the thousands of lives that were lost due to poor conditions and lack of pay this output was able to defeat most opposing powers against the Soviet Union

In short

He was evil

His policies for the economy kinda worked

At the expense of thousands of lives however

[sour wadi]

well in all fairness, its quite hard to not reach rapid success with the slate stalin had been given

huge resources and land, a huge population ready to work, a ideology centered around the worker and production, it was the goal of the revolution to industrialise, shake off the chains of the tsar and improve the life of the worker

because the tsarist russia was a medieval country within the industrial age

btw, if we wanna debate about this, it really shouldnt be here

[hexed parcel]

Yeah I kinda like this debate

Guess its fair to go elsewhere

[sour wadi]

i feel like the admins are itching to tell us off </3

[hexed parcel]

If not though I leave you with this

I agree with you that Stalin was pure evil

[sour wadi]

i already saw one of em typing

[hexed parcel]

No denial at all

[sour wadi]

i feel like this may go down to semantics and personal opinion of what a good leader is, in all fairness

[hexed parcel]

As figurehead however and his economic policies did see some success at the expense of again the lives that were lost

Anyways though nice chat

[sour wadi]

ye, i just dont think we should continue this here lol, ive already seen one admin typing ready to tell us off </3

[hexed parcel]

Well I hope was able to widen your knowledge on Stalin

[sour wadi]

i mean, i studied the soviet union and its leadership, im a communist

[hexed parcel]

Ahh right

Fair enough I don't argue with this

[sour wadi]

stalin did do some good, i must admit

he improved education and literacy, he rapidly industralised

[hexed parcel]

I don't have a problem with anyones opinions unless they are neo nazis or extremists

[sour wadi]

however, to be a good leader atleast i believe your first and main worry should be the wellbeing of the people

[hexed parcel]

Indeed you are right there

[sour wadi]

even if his economic policies work, i dont believe it was worth it

[hexed parcel]

Again I agree

[sour wadi]

atleast not to the extreme he did it

[hexed parcel]

However I'mma head out bro good chat

Take care

👍

[sour wadi]

you too

cya mate

[frail holly]

I literally have a port right there anyone know why its "inaccessible"

[sour wadi]

gotta select your ships and put em in that port

their currently stationed in a port far off, so even if the port there is available, you gotta put them there

[languid trout]

ctrl+right click to set the port as your home port (u need to select ships while doing it)

if that doesnt work

just get a lvl 8 naval port and then build a naval supply hub

[frail holly]

it worked but I just dont have supply now there

[languid trout]

btw if u captured/occupied a naval supply hub that your ENEMY made originally then you have to wait some time before you can actually "use" that naval supply hub and therefore get the extra range that its supposed to give

[languid trout]

u kinda dont need to worry about that

unless you're talking about the army

[frail holly]

both navy and army

its fine Taiwan has a level 10 port in range

but still a little annoying

[sand acorn]

How do I get coal??
Im in a deficit of -14000 help

[fluid wharf]

go down to civ eco

[scarlet anvil]

For the Japanese option to take Siberia from Soviets, does it take Tannu Tuva as well?

And is it possible to gift Mengukuo the rest of Mongolia?

[surreal sable]

how do i even start

i really dk

[rustic acorn]

start with what?

[wintry matrix]

Main Menu.
New Game.
Pick a nation.
Start.

[rustic acorn]

uhh

[static turret]

howo do you have such a deficit do you control the world or smth

[wintry matrix]

Consider researching excavation tech and upgrading infrastructure in coal areas.

Maybe decision were added too that allows getting more coal.

How many factories/dockyards can a single coal fuel?
Like around 10?

[worn wraith]

how i am out of fuel if my fuel is rising?

what is this

[noble summit]

there's prospecting for coal decisions just like with any other resource

[worn wraith]

please help

[wintry matrix]

It is warning you that you're below 25%, I believe.

[noble summit]

i get this too, try hovering over the actual fuel stockpile

[worn wraith]

how to do it

[noble summit]

it shouldn't tell you you are suffering from any debuff

[worn wraith]

like idk but this update is bad

way too bugged

[noble summit]

hover over the fuel icon next to logistics fullfillment

[worn wraith]

yea

[wintry matrix]

Just get above 25% fuel and the warning should disappear.

[noble summit]

i have not encountered any bugs so far

[worn wraith]

well when i tried to use some mods which support 1.17 it just crashed or didnt even loaded the map

i thought about reverting to 1.16 but i decided to use 1.17 anyway

[wintry matrix]

Then they aren't fully supported yet.
Give 'em modders some time.

[worn wraith]

well okay

[wintry matrix]

Big update, big trouble.

[noble summit]

i declared war on both India and Australia as non aligned UK but still have not gotten the "The Empire Strikes Back" achievement, i'm playing on ironman starting in 1936, i don't understand what i am doing wrong

[wintry matrix]

Check the ingame achievement tab.
It usually offers more information.

Can you show me the trophy in the top right corner to confirm, that you're allowed to get achievements?

@noble summit

[analog maple]

guys what doctarine millestones(or i think it how it called) should i take? i dont rly get any of this

[scenic nacelle]

Do the uh large infantry tactics

For infantry

[stark bough]

Guys, how do you establish a fascist dictatorship? I'm playing as Colombia, I've already made the fascist party the ruling party and the most popular, but it's not a dictatorship yet. How do you proclaim a dictatorship?

[scenic nacelle]

Not sure for tanks

[stark bough]

And another thing, is it possible to change the country's name?

[wintry matrix]

What exactly for you need to be a dictatorship?

Because you being fascist would usually imply that you're in one.

[stark bough]

Why it's cool and it's one of my gaming goals 🔥

[wintry matrix]

Then congratulations.
It's a dictatorship.

[stark bough]

But the Democratic and Communist parties still have representation in Congress.

[wintry matrix]

Then purge them.

Reduce their popularity.

[stark bough]

Okay, is it possible to change the country's name?

[wintry matrix]

Usually names are bound to ideology, no.

[stark bough]

[wintry matrix]

There are formables.
When you control specific states, you core them all.
New color, new name.

[stark bough]

One last question to stop bothering you (I'm a complete beginner, I started yesterday haha), how do I create cores and what is the importance of exporting, along with how to extract resources?

[wintry matrix]

Cores mean that you have full control of the population of the state.
When you occupy them, they aren't your cores.
You can get them cored by focusses (if the nation has a bigger focus tree allowing to core them) or by formabled.
In the decision tab there should be an option to form Gran Columbia.
When you control all of those states and clich the decision, they get cored magically instantly.

Getting resources is more tricky.
If you don't start with many, you're most of the time forced to import them from other nations.

There are extracting decisions, but tmk Columbia cannot get Iron.
So import them.

If you export something actively, for example Germany imports your oil, you get one civilian factory per 8 oil.

[wintry haven]

How can I fix this encirclement? they appear to have a load of forts and mad entrenchment

[wintry matrix]

Only the Czechs and Slovaks should have some forts.
Try pushing from every other side.
Upgrade railroads. And turn down game speed.
Don't battleplan in, micro a little.

This looks empty.

[wintry haven]

Idk what is happening anymore

I see green though, I found they only have a U shape of forts

There was about 1.5m soldiers in that bubble

[gilded karma]

Hi guys, so I'm playing Estonia (i conquered the baltics and got united with finland), i joined the balkan entente with italy romania and some other guys, defeated the soviets with the help of germans who have their own faction and we conquered basically everything there was to conquer in Europe. Except the uk and the thing is, is there a way to somehow invade them even tho they have hundreds of ships and planes?

[rustic acorn]

invasion is only possible with green air or sea

so in a way you will have to level out the numbers, but sometimes there are little time windows where you can start an invasion, although you do not have air or sea superiority

this windows appear, if a bigger part of the fleet stays in the harbours for repair

[winter plover]

is this still good or has the Meta changed?

[wintry matrix]

Logistics for big fuel intensive divisions are recommended.

[winter plover]

but tank divisions are still good yeah?

max soft attack (against AI)

I don't do MP too many tryhards lol

i just want casual hoi

im a filthy casual

😛

[wintry matrix]

You have very low armor.
Hardness is great. But armor somewhat low.
If a basic infantry with support AA can pen you, it's meh.
Otherwise nice. Good damage. Some speed. Yeah.

[wintry haven]

Why is the positive so high?

Is there any way I can get them to leave their current faction

[wintry matrix]

Democratic nations have a tendency to kick people when they created too much tension.
Every other ideology not really.

[atomic crag]

should you try to turn fascist ASAP or build the economy first?

[uncut sparrow]

if anyone wants to play dm me i am alone

[cursive dawn]

is there a good strat to beating china

i was like -50k guns in debt

i could only take like half of china

[neon girder]

How do i conqer germany as sweden?

[cursive dawn]

how many divs should you have to invade china

[wintry haven]

Create a Meat grinder and run through their army and manpower and then counterattack, spearhead berlin. get in before the USSR

[soft canopy]

Is this normal?

[cursive dawn]

should i bother getting a collab on china

[summer flume]

are medium tds good for mp

[sinful vessel]

New player here, playing as Germany (historical). I'm in Barbarossa, Russia is at 50 %, but i'm starting to be less and less effective. And i've seen this. Is there any chance i could find a way to continue ?

[summer flume]

send a pic of the map

u might be over stretched

[tight coral]

you need more factories on guns

[summer flume]

also the soviets have a few focuses they can only do when they are at war with a major which make them strong

[tight coral]

20 is too little

[strange sage]

i was wondering if somebody would help me learn hoi4 i just got the game and i have played a bit but i was wondering if somebody would help me learn the game in a vc and ill screen shere

[summer flume]

you are over streached

[sinful vessel]

I'm sadly discovering it now ^^

[summer flume]

ask for lend lease

[sinful vessel]

i've asked, but they give me too little pieces.

[summer flume]

how much are you in deficite

[sinful vessel]

where can i see that ?

this ?

[scenic nacelle]

As Japan?

[cursive dawn]

yes

[scenic nacelle]

Make some shitty 12w infantry to hold the lines

[sinful vessel]

except for light tank, i'm down on everything 😕

[scenic nacelle]

Then use marines or normal infantry divisions to just push

[sinful vessel]

What i've done wrong ?

[scenic nacelle]

U can usually just battleplan anyways

Naval invade Shanghai and rush nanjing

[scenic nacelle]

How 😭

Do u have like 3000 divisions

[sinful vessel]

Not at all. And playing on "recruit"... Is it a desperate situation, or could i try something ?

[mortal owl]

Hi could someone please play with me game and tech me smth

(best if he/she speks polish)

If not english

[lucid torrent]

Show your template

[sand urchin]

Is this a good basic carrier design

[sinful vessel]

The 8 line armies are like this

[lucid torrent]

that is the problem.

[sinful vessel]

And i have an army with 12 like that

and 12 like that

[sinful vessel]

too big ?

[lucid torrent]

Yes, you don't need infantry divs that big. Infantry suck at attacking

[scenic nacelle]

Yes

[sacred sluice]

Is Fascist Hirohito (semi-historical) path stronger or is Kodoha Hirohito stronger in terms of modifier stacking for divisions?

[lucid torrent]

Tank...this is okay.

[sinful vessel]

I went like this because in my first games my lighter infantry was pushed by France in the Siegfried line 😕

[lucid torrent]

Then it it not enemy infantry, it probably enemy air+tank

[sinful vessel]

At least this time i was green on air quite everywhere. I may have waited more before Barbarosa, to use french factory to push my production.

[lucid torrent]

This time? Then you definitely got pushed back by enemy air back then.

[lucid torrent]

Now stop your entire army, let them recover wait for productions to catch up.

[sinful vessel]

That's what i've done. And you think i could recover from this ?

[lucid torrent]

Which year is this run?

[sacred sluice]

Is kodoha or purge kodoha Japan stronger?

[sinful vessel]

16/01/1941

[lucid torrent]

LOL, too soon, no wonder you lack so many gun.

[sinful vessel]

ok, that's the point then. One year of factory building would have been better.

[serene karma]

What year do u start ww2

[sinful vessel]

Poland was 39 i think. I went for Russia just after France

[lucid torrent]

With smaller infantry, you could have bigger CAS for these attack.

[stuck garnet]

hey if im going commie navy should i get dwight for army exp (wanna swap some doctrines) instead of london naval conferrence

[stuck garnet]

do you have a print screen button

[lucid torrent]

Yes, the ultimate strategy name Encircling your enemy.

[sand urchin]

Wdym

[sinful vessel]

CAS ?

[stuck garnet]

on your keyboard

[stuck garnet]

close air support

air

[lucid torrent]

Close air support, plane that bomb enemy

[foggy patio]

Is the "No Compromise, No Surrender" DLC or Expansion Pass 2 included in the Hoi4 monthly subscription on Steam?

[serene karma]

Ncns is in subscription

[sinful vessel]

i have 1100 on the air now. Not enough ?

[foggy patio]

Hell yeah

Thank you

[lucid torrent]

What type of planes?

[sinful vessel]

Mainly Ju87, but producing the next. Though no mofification on these, all were for fighters.

[lucid torrent]

Show your air plane, although that number definitely not enough on that large front.

[vital geode]

I dont know the language, but buffing range should be a good choice

Maybe attack as well

[fluid axle]

How do i fix my army it cant break through anything

No matter how many troops i have

[lucid torrent]

You know, throwing men isn' your ways of solving problems if you don't have gun for them.

[fluid axle]

I have guns for them

[cursive dawn]

why cant i push

[wintry haven]

Is the SHBB any good

[lucid torrent]

Of course you don't, you need something big and strong to break through these guys

[wintry haven]

Also how can I convince the AI to form some kind of ultra coalition against me

[cursive dawn]

like what

[fluid axle]

@lucid torrent

[visual portal]

how does one creat the buddhist land

[scenic nacelle]

Something in the communist tree

U need to form the communist Asian Union

Do the Buddhist socialism focus

[lucid torrent]

Show me your template.

[scenic nacelle]

And it should unlock a secret focus tree

[fluid axle]

Wait let me oad up the game

[visual portal]

oh shit ok ty

[lucid torrent]

Anything that have more than 30 width. Special forces or tank will work better.

[lucid torrent]

These guys can't push, defensive divs they are

[vital geode]

This division did well in my game when I had doctrines boosting everything. Just more support companies needed along with doctrines

[fluid axle]

How do i make a better template

[vital geode]

They can push extremely well with doctrines

And air superiority

[lucid torrent]

How about your air and doctrine?

[vital geode]

Support AA, medium flame tanks, field hospitals. Assault infantry doctrine and the artillery one

[fluid axle]

I forgot how to go into doctrines

Wel

[vital geode]

Rolled over the German AI with a battleplan and with tanks as well.

[lucid torrent]

Yep, that is the problem

[fluid axle]

Ok what doctrines should i get

[vital geode]

Assault infantry did wonders in my game

[fluid axle]

Got that

How do i get mastery?

[vital geode]

Training and combat

[fluid axle]

Ok but how do i go into doctrines menu

i only opened it from the alerts

[lucid torrent]

Throw your men at meat grinder

[scenic nacelle]

Large infantry tactics are crazy

[empty kettle]

how do i even use convoys?

[scenic nacelle]

20% soft attack to all kinds of infantry

[vital geode]

Officer corps button

[empty kettle]

im an island nation and i want to do epic naval invasion against japan

[lucid torrent]

Do you see a military hat icon? On the top bar?

[fluid axle]

Yes

[vital geode]

Dang

[fluid axle]

Ahhh i see

figured it out

Im doing a communist germany game

[scenic nacelle]

All these doctrines are op af

[fluid axle]

Also anything i should add to my template to make it better?

[vital geode]

If everything is busted, nothing is

[lucid torrent]

And you are?

[vital geode]

Also I have never gotten past the first node on my armor doctrine

Which is the best armored doctrine

[lucid torrent]

Something are more OP than other

[fluid axle]

Is this a good amount of troops to produce or is it too much

[scenic nacelle]

The spg thingy for sp

[vital geode]

I did the one that looked like inf support

[scenic nacelle]

U get like 1.5k soft on a single div

Uh

[fluid axle]

Just produce alot and throw it at the enemy they cant take on a million men

[scenic nacelle]

And the TD one for mp

[vital geode]

Dang

Okay, tanks are dead, long live armored variants

[lucid torrent]

For communist, it never enough.

[fluid axle]

Buffed it to 33 and i can still supply them

[empty kettle]

philippines

[scenic nacelle]

They will always have a place in my heart

Since tanks are just cool af

[fluid axle]

i dont understand economy well but i think im doing it right to be able to supply my troops

[lucid torrent]

Get your doctrine up, if not it is hard to push

[fluid axle]

I am

[vital geode]

I was happy with my Shermans in my game, but I felt the lack of org

[fluid axle]

But be real nobody can take on a million men

[vital geode]

I had to do an 8/10 division

10 mech

[fluid axle]

may cost little casualties but thats okay they died for a good cause

[fading fern]

Hey folks, first attempt at this game. Playing the tutorial, want to invade Spain for Granada.
Got wargoal justfied, they are in civil war.

Setup:
5 mounteneers, 5 infantry on sardinia set to naval invasion in almeria
all ships combined into 1 fleet, set to support naval invasion in western mediterranian
all aircraft in sardinia set to naval patrol, naval strike and cas

Expectation:
my ships do something to achieve naval superiority and my invasion armies set sail

reality:
nothing happens, ships stay in port, army doesn't budge

What am I doing wrong?

[lucid torrent]

Oh? Have you heard about WWI, the time when everyone think like you?

[fluid axle]

Yep but this time it will work

[vital geode]

You need some ships to patrol

Naval mechanics changed

[empty kettle]

how do i use convoys

so i can prepare my future liberation of asia

[fluid axle]

Another question

how do i naval invade

i actually dont know how

[empty kettle]

me to brother

[fluid axle]

Says "Need naval dominance" and no matter what i do patrol or whatever i cant get it

[empty kettle]

but i think we have to use convoys?

[fluid axle]

Should i seperate my tanks and infrantry in diffrent armies?

[fading fern]

Would it make sense to just split into two fleets or what is better for invasion support and what for patrol?

[vital geode]

Tanks should be their own army

[fluid axle]

With their own field marshal or just general

[lucid torrent]

Of course you don't, your navy is...trash

[vital geode]

Grab some destroyers and maybe a light cruiser or two for patrolling

[fluid axle]

Is this you revolting against the goverment

[vital geode]

Both if you want

[empty kettle]

then how do i transfer my troops domestically by sea? 🤔

[vital geode]

Convoys are used in the background

[fluid axle]

Ok i will or else itll be too comåplicated t5o remmeber

[vital geode]

Move troops to a port, ctrl right click the port you want them to go to

[empty kettle]

lets see

[lucid torrent]

Hmm? Just assign them manually

[vital geode]

How many convoys do you have

[empty kettle]

nah it wont work this little island is red

[empty kettle]

how do icheck?

[vital geode]

Look up

[lucid torrent]

Which one?

[vital geode]

It is somewhere on the top bar

Near manpower, coal area

[empty kettle]

palawan its red which stops me from manually placing troops

[empty kettle]

194

[lucid torrent]

It have to have a port

[empty kettle]

2,000 stockpiled

[vital geode]

You can only deploy troops on core land that is connected directly to your capital

[empty kettle]

it does

[vital geode]

So no training on random islands

[empty kettle]

alr

so about the naval invasion?

all i gotta do is build many big big ships to destroy the ijn?

then naval invade?

[fading fern]

Thank you

[vital geode]

Patrolling gives naval dominance. Strike force is a multiplier

[lucid torrent]

Yes, it will took about 20 year

[empty kettle]

youtube made it looked much easier

[empty kettle]

aw

[vital geode]

YouTube is out of date

[empty kettle]

so i should also patrol?

[vital geode]

New update, new mechanics

[vital geode]

You need to patrol

0×100 is still 0

[empty kettle]

alr luckily for me its still 1938

[lucid torrent]

Or you use ultimate no brain super efficient strategy, which is... spamming subs

[empty kettle]

gotta wait untill 1941

[empty kettle]

mm submarin

[sinful vessel]

Is there somewhere in the game where i can find some stats, like in EU. For exemple how many plane a country have lost, etc ?

[upper siren]

what exactly do support ships do?

[empty kettle]

my control rati ois 0

n owonder wh yi cant transfer troops into palawan

[lucid torrent]

Buff your fleet

[fluid axle]

How do i improve navy

[upper siren]

in what way though?

[lucid torrent]

You don't, instead you build naval bomber to sunk enemy fleet.

[fluid axle]

Naval bomber

how i build

[empty kettle]

i already did it wont work

[lucid torrent]

It give buff to that fleet, like range, recovery rate....

[lucid torrent]

In production tab, find anything that have ⚓ or ship icon in their mission icon

[fluid axle]

Ok

[vital geode]

Are you trying to move or naval invade

There is a huge difference

[empty kettle]

mobe

move

[upper siren]

and how big is the effect, I am going for both support/repair ship doctrines (screens and carriers), quality of service over quantity of service in the secret project, and a naval build of 3 carriers, 3 battleships, 20 light cruisers, 60 destroyers, 20 support ships, and 20 repair ships.

if you cant give an exact number describing it in words is also oke for me.

[empty kettle]

i want to reinforce my island for future plans

[upper siren]

that is 3/3/20/60/20/20 per fleet btw. not in total.

[dense wind]

hey guys I need help, what's the fastest way to form imperial federation as monarchist Britain? I remember doing a trick a long time ago where you had to invade Canada and your dominions, and I did but it's not bypassing the commonwealth ties focus

[vital geode]

Did you manually move the divisions to a port

[empty kettle]

yes

[vital geode]

Did you ctrl click the little anchor symbol in the place you want to go to

Ctrl right click

[empty kettle]

which ctrl

right or left

[vital geode]

Left ctrl

[empty kettle]

stil lwont happen

theres just a little blue flag

and my troops wont move

[upper siren]

cant you use the garrison area order?

[empty kettle]

nope

[vital geode]

Wdym

Send screenshot

[empty kettle]

i will show

[upper siren]

why not?

[vital geode]

You should be able to

Imagine they closed the sea zone

[upper siren]

using that order you dont have to manually send them to every island.

[vital geode]

You still need to assign the order

[empty kettle]

damn snipping tool

[vital geode]

You could also use fallback lines as well

[empty kettle]

it wont let me screenshot

[upper siren]

and that is just a left click on the island.

[vital geode]

Ctrl c. Ctrl v

[empty kettle]

fallback lines?

[upper siren]

steam screenshot feature?

[empty kettle]

how

[vital geode]

Why not?

[upper siren]

F12 if I am not mistaken.

[vital geode]

Windows shift s, click and drag

[empty kettle]

okay

[upper siren]

wont work as previously said.

though that is likely because he hasnt set the display mode to borderless.

[empty kettle]

little blue flag

[upper siren]

.

[empty kettle]

.

[vital geode]

That's allied supply

[empty kettle]

how do you know

[vital geode]

That's different

Ctrl right click the port with divisions selected

[empty kettle]

i forgot that im a puppet

[upper siren]

know what?

[empty kettle]

dang it

[empty kettle]

that im borderless?

[vital geode]

When did the AI use that feature?

[upper siren]

oh your display mode is on borderless?

I thought it wasnt.

[vital geode]

Also you can still move divisions there

Are your troops on a port

[empty kettle]

im a commonwealth

[empty kettle]

yes

[vital geode]

Yeah, you can still move there

You just won't have supply

[vital geode]

Show me, I want to make sure

[empty kettle]

dont mind the.. stats

[empty kettle]

its normal

trust

[vital geode]

Idk the tile if it or the bottom tile has the port

But it should be fine

Wait, your troops already have an order

What's the order

[empty kettle]

i didnt issue one?

[vital geode]

They have no red exclamation mark

[empty kettle]

what??

[vital geode]

Red exclamation mark means waiting for orders

They have orders somewhere

[empty kettle]

they have now

[near oar]

Since I downloaded the new DLC, when I open the focus tree it crashes (not instantly). Please help!

[vital geode]

How about this

Make a fallback order on the island you want to go to

And then let the game run

[empty kettle]

alr

thank you habibi

thank you

so much

[upper siren]

why didnt a garrison order do the job though?

[fading fern]

I have naval supremacy over the required 500 to invade spain with italy. But my invasions don't start. I even accompanied them with ships to support. Now the support fleets are waiting together with my troops in the harbor since months. Is it maybe a mistake that I split my invasion force 6/4 to use both harbors in sardinia?

[mental ivy]

idk if im just dumb but is the naval update even more confusing n convoluted than before? i for the life of me cannot get the supremacy to invade uk as germany anymore

[noble summit]

have they gotten rid of ghost field marshal planning?

[fading fern]

half a year later still nothing. I can't see what is the hurdle. No tooltip says anything

It says division still preparing. But they are praparing for a yea now. Or more

[mental ivy]

yea idk yall, invading uk just seems impossible for me now, idk what i have to do

[upper siren]

probs because supremacy (dominance as its now called) now trickles down slowly after you leave (at least I think that is how it works now), meaning you cant just wait for the moment the AI f#cks up by putting their navy elsewhere

[noble summit]

is the invasion preparation bar near the general full?

[noble summit]

support invasion mission no longer gives naval supremacy

[fading fern]

The light yellow(? I'm colorblind) bar right to the general picture is full. On the bottom is an anchor with a clock

[noble summit]

so if you set your whole battle fleet to support invasion, it will no longer multiply supremacy until you set it to strike force again

[noble summit]

does it say how many days are left if you hover it?

[fading fern]

yea somebody told me to patrol, so I did that in addtion and it gave me naval dominance

[mental ivy]

aight yea im lost, what is the new way i get a surefire way for supremacy against the damn royal navy, is it really just brute forcing against them? cuz i sure cannot

[fading fern]

no, it says divisions still preparing -10%
can't they naval invade if below 100% fighting strength?

One of the two armies has green shield icons and one has red shields. And agaoin no tooltip telling why..

[empty kettle]

why do my naval bases have these wrenches

[stuck garnet]

is this good for scouting

[upper siren]

slap on a radar and even better sonar on that boy and no one can hide.

[stuck garnet]

don't have good sonar

can i do it later

just relying on like

scouting

and uhh

yeah

also radar is special project sadly ugh

[upper siren]

honestly, I prefer having destroyers as anti sub, so having sonar on it at all isnt the worst.

[dusty sandal]

it's good, just add a radar and upgraded sonar if you can as said previously and also add at some AA to not get shat on by enemy planes

[upper siren]

and its just a suggestion to make it so subs have a harder time hiding.

[stuck garnet]

nono these are lcs

[upper siren]

I know its a lc.

[stuck garnet]

oh

is this good

[left glacier]

Spotting light cruisers

[upper siren]

for spotting yes, but it can be better and its not good in combat due to its lack of firepower, most prominantly AA.

[stuck garnet]

ehh not using it for combat

need to like

up research

[dusty sandal]

pure AA ideally, no double purpose, it's too costly for less AA stats
just put 2 lvl 1 AA and keep the lvl 1 light battery

[left glacier]

Typically, you want them on Do not engage

[upper siren]

then its good, but not the best.

as radar and beter sonar are possible.

but if that is where your current tech is its fine for now.

[dusty sandal]

to be fair they're not required against AI as AI has really high surface visibility

[high blaze]

hey i recently bought hoi4 and would like to learn how to play but the videos i watched move to fast and its not like i can ask questions if anyone would be willing to help teach me that'd be amazing i got an hour and a half free to hop in a vc and play if anyone's down?

[dusty sandal]

that's good

[stuck garnet]

i heard scouts add naval dom and like strikes multiply it

[dusty sandal]

scouts won't add any supremacy because they'll be on never engage order while patrolling

[noble summit]

could you send a screenshot?

[trail reef]

how much energy does civilian reactor make

[upper siren]

patrol (naval mission) is the basis upon which naval dominance is calculated, the amount each ship provides is shown above the terrain modifiers.
strike force multiplies your naval dominances (idk by how much or how its decided)
convpy raiding kills convoys ofcourse (sapping their supply) and decreases opposing naval dominance.

[noble summit]

scouts on never engage don't add supremacy now?

[dusty sandal]

they never did

[upper siren]

it doesnt, as far as I know it decreases energy consumption. though I have yet to get one I think it follows the same logic as dams.

[dusty sandal]

the "never engage" setting multiplies supremacy by 0

[dusty sandal]

none

[noble summit]

so i suppose making fast light cruisers with very little armaments and highest surface detection possible with floatplane catapults is not good now, as they will need to atleast be able to defend?

[noble summit]

i know, but it wasnt relevant since strike force was already enough supremacy before the update

[dusty sandal]

they aren't supposed to fight and they're still extremely good
you want them to spot enemy fleets so your ships on strike force/patrol can engage them, they're not there to fight and never have been

[noble summit]

i know, but the point is, there will need to be atleast one other patrol force with orders to engage to add naval supremacy, correct?

[left glacier]

Typically, I find it easier to watch long 1-2 hour videos for a specific path, then applying what I've learned there to my game really helps out with what works and what doesn't. We have an official guide made in collaboration with Youtubers HammoTimee and MachiavellianStrategist through the pins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCqXIRRVZIY

[high blaze]

okay will watch

[dusty sandal]

yes

[sand urchin]

How should I organize the UK’s navy in 1936

[empty kettle]

zo guyz how d oi supply my ships

[left glacier]

Feedback Gaming, Taureor, MachiavellianStrategist, and recently Segl, are typically my go-to youtubers hoi4 gameplay as they typically go through their games step by step. I will note that they use other DLCs so features you will see them use from other DLCs may not apply to you if you don't have them

[fluid axle]

Even with this i cant breakthrough

[stuck garnet]

ot

it was like this in like california or smth

how do i supply it

[noble summit]

what do you reccomend for scouts with orders to engage? I generally just refit destroyers with sonar, radar and depth charges for anti submarine warfare, is that considered efficient?

[noble summit]

try changing operational base

San Diego is on the west coast isnt it

[upper siren]

the screenshot is from the caribean.

[dusty sandal]

you don't want scouts with orders to engage
if you want scouts that engage, just don't build scouts as scouts are, by definition, not equipped to fight
just patrol with your fleet in that case

[upper siren]

where san diego is.

[stuck garnet]

what does this do

[stuck garnet]

preparing for civil
Also how do i like change operational base

[dusty sandal]

should change the home base each tile the fleet goes into a port

[upper siren]

automates where their home base is (which decides where they can operate/fight/do whatever you want a navy to do) depending on where you want it to operate.

[dusty sandal]

select fleet and CTRL+Rclick on the port

[upper siren]

at least that is how it should work.

[noble summit]

i see, thanks, should anti submarine destroyers be put on convoy escort instead?

[stuck garnet]

ooof that made it worse

tried to supply in puerto rico

[upper siren]

you can also manually comb through the list.

[dusty sandal]

if you don't have spotters, yes

[stuck garnet]

this specifically

[vital plaza]

okay im in a mantchuko historical game

[upper siren]

if you ask me yes, I personally prefer to use ASW destroyers alongside AA light cruisers for that. maybe I can throw in some escort carriers but due to tech problems I havent yet been able to use them as I have only been able to play hoi4 this month since today.

[vital plaza]

we got china, india and japan as players with me

[upper siren]

never mind.

[vital plaza]

any advice on what i should focus on?

what templates i should go for?

[noble summit]

i see

[stuck garnet]

this is my nav doctrines

[neon girder]

Why can i not annex this puppet?

[wild rune]

They or you did a focus and now you can't change their autonomy

[noble summit]

members of the nordic defence council can never be annexed

[wild rune]

I know that is how belgium and belgian congo works

[upper siren]

what do you have in mind for carriers?

[neon girder]

So i just cant?

[noble summit]

yes, just like with personal unions

[stuck garnet]

haven't designed navbombers yet might do later

just want like

ehh

i could use them for like multirole type

[upper siren]

I tend to do mostly carrier nav bombers, some carrier fighters and some carrier dive bombers/CAS

[noble summit]

what's the difference between carrier CAS and carrier naval bombers? I always just used naval bombers thinking they were interchangeable

[upper siren]

current nav bomber design is just a basic small airframe with 1 lvl 1 torp mount, 1 4x machine gunes, 2x engines 2, light mg defense turret, and extra fuel tanks,

[upper siren]

I honestly do not know, but given that when outside of battle they can do regular plane stuff I though it would be nice to have some mobile sea based CAS.

at least that is how I think it works now.

[raven snow]

why arent these ships reinforcing my taskforces

[noble summit]

also, what's the point of locking carrier planes to carriers in the air interface, do they just not follow the carrier if you don't?

[empty kettle]

how do i navalinvade guyz

[upper siren]

you know how to make a general plan a naval invasion right?

[pastel scroll]

Ok so I a conqueroring... I don't think this is working out

[empty kettle]

no

how do i do plans

[vital plaza]

what inf templates should i make as manchuko against player china?

[pallid token]

what does declaring country considered major mean? im at peace

[pastel scroll]

make a stanard one but add a few extra artillery?

[vital plaza]

i heard arty wasnt meta

[pastel scroll]

you're fighting 1940s China, they have nothing but manpower, unless you have the industry to make tanks (You won't as Manchuko), you use Artillery to get your light attack over their Organ

[pliant condor]

ideally you don't

but ah

you won't have xp to change template anyway

use whatever you have

[vale gulch]

does anybody know how to naval invade UK as Germany in the new update?

[upper siren]

1. click the general.
2. click the naval invasion order in the orders list that has now popped up. its an anchor with an arrow pointing to the top right (to the right of it is an order with a box like thing instead of an anchor, which is an order to naval invade with the support of floating harbours, which create a temporary supply hub).
3. select the tile you want to launch from, it must have a harbour (indicated by the blue anchors on the world map, you can build your own too if you dont have any where you want them).
4. select the tiles you want to invade by right clicking them.
5. press enter (or esc then cancel).
   (optional) assign units to the order by right clicking the order with units selected.
6. wait for naval dominance and the general to be finished planning the naval invasion, there is a progress bar.
7. launch the naval invasion and see your troops land (or fail to secure a beach head).

[versed rose]

huncheng lu good, wasting xp on changing template bad, better spent on doctrine

[pastel scroll]

... how much xp do you have?

[pliant condor]

I would just deploy the second one

[vital plaza]

game start

[versed rose]

maybe you can spare 15 xp and make the huncheng lu a 12w inf but eh

[pliant condor]

also idk why you are fighting china as manchu

where is japan like

[vital plaza]

theyre helping me

or at least

[pastel scroll]

oh... yeah no just use Hunchung for now, and start training those

[vital plaza]

im helping them