ask-for-help-here

[cosmic rain]

Or

[pliant condor]

wow

[cosmic rain]

They cross at 55mo

Or 4.6 yra

[pliant condor]

like this xd

[cosmic rain]

Yrs

[pliant condor]

so it depends on some variables

[cosmic rain]

So halfway through 1940

[pliant condor]

yeah

[sterile void]

dammnnn

[pliant condor]

it means you start building mils 4.6 years before going to waar

[sterile void]

yall egoing me

aite fasho

[pliant condor]

which is a reasonable estimate

[cosmic rain]

Not including the fact that late mills are better because production tech

[pliant condor]

there's an option for that

[pliant condor]

this is assuming that each year, the IC output of a factory increase by 20%

which is a reasonable estimate

still, 50 months

I have tried many different combinations and it's really never lower than 4 yrs

[cosmic rain]

I still feel like that 4.6 number may not be right in practice when you consider that you don't immediately cease all production when the war starts

[pliant condor]

ok that has to do with how you use the number

4.6 years before the point where you want to maximize IC

is the better way to put it

[cosmic rain]

Yes

[pliant condor]

so I do civ greed myself

[cosmic rain]

Assuming, that no factories will be lost as a result of this greed

[pliant condor]

because it pays off eventually

but for most people, especially in sp, you should definitely win before the civ can pay off

[main cloak]

When do your games usually end? Plan for that

[muted ore]

Hello, maybe not the most important bug, but i was wondering about the music player in the new update. The tracks in the OST are totally randomly ordered now, which makes it impossible to listen to the new tracks in a row. In past expansions the new tracks would be added at the bottom of the list, where I was able to find them easily. Can you please order the tracks of the sountrack by release date again?

[main cloak]

if the game is over by 42, then that's your max

[pliant condor]

mp games? the whole game is probably decided by 43

and 42 is probably the time where ic matters the most(where most ocmbats happen)

[main cloak]

I usually start on mils mid 38

[pliant condor]

certain nations need IC earlier than others

[pliant condor]

that's generally considered late

[cosmic rain]

I usually wait until the start of 1939

Not because its optimal

[pliant condor]

(I also do that, but it's because I know I won't need the IC until 42)

[cosmic rain]

But because the factory number goes up faster 😍

[pliant condor]

https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4/comments/16ro148/how_many_civilian_factories_the_bruteforce_answer/

it actually does

a lot more factory

why I like saying "getting 300 factory as soviet at barb is fine, 350 is good, 400 is bad"

[cosmic rain]

Well yeah

Civ factory growth is exponential

People who play hoi4 for war are losers

Real hoi4 players do it to play vic3 but simplified to the point of just being cookie clicker

[versed rose]

Construction lines is like lines of coke

Pure euphoria

[cosmic rain]

Number go up 😍

[versed rose]

Then reality hits you with a 90% planning htd

[fallow hemlock]

why is chiang getting killed

i dont want chiang to die

or is that mandatory for the fascist path

[cosmic rain]

So what if constructed civs continued building MORE civs until X date, when EVERY factory switches to making mils?

Would that be a more accurate model?

[pliant condor]

yes

underdevelopment

[cosmic rain]

Rather than my 15 starting civs continuing to STILL pump out civs in 1938 when the ROI on that would be 1943

Okay

This is what I was referring to with the exponential growth btw

Civs build civs until it is time to swtich

[pliant condor]

yes

ok the issue with this is that

i only have code for simulating construction rn

but not mil production

😭 so we can only build but not produce and see MIC

[cosmic rain]

Hmmm

[pliant condor]

a lot more work to be done...

the MIC from the original model was on a google sheet

[cosmic rain]

It would probably take some time but you would have to like store civs and mils as separate variables or something and then make the code to simulate their behaviour

[pliant condor]

yeah production is quite complicated

if i wanna write it i want it to be tech dependent

so it would be more complicated than the spreadsheet

and MIOs

heck

maube just be happy with the spreadsheet curve

[cosmic rain]

Does the model currently round down? Or do 0.85 civs build at 85% speed

Could be another thing to improve

[pliant condor]

spreadsheet doesn't round at all

this, yes, it does every calculation exactly as the game does it

[cosmic rain]

I see

[pliant condor]

actually speaking of civ building civ

there's a good demonstration

[pliant condor]

showing when building infra is worth it

this does take into consideration that civs completed earlier would work on more civs

one of the applications of the completed codes so far

[cosmic rain]

That's good

[worthy quarry]

so chinese militia just has slightly faster training time for 10 less org?

same cost same everything else

[pliant condor]

look at the doctrine

[toxic fjord]

ever since the new update atleast on japan my destroyers have had zero range evem when they are in a port in the region im trying to assign them to and it says thet its not an accessible region?

does anybody know how it works?

[haughty kelp]

Im having a bug with my game, which is that events dont show anymore after a certain period of time. The AI still gets them but I cant see them. For example when I do the Anschluss focus I can see that I should get the event "Anschluss" in the decision tab thingy, but I dont get a popup or anything. I have also activated all event popups in the decisions. At first I thought this was caused by a mod, but I am facing the same issue in the base game.

I tested it via starting a game in 1936 and then going into observer mode until about 1937 and then trying to trigger an event popup

[glacial steeple]

its very strong

with the right buffs to it

the base unit sucks

[iron harness]

that's not what i meant, this is what i usually do

when netherland and beligum capitulated, prepare your naval invasion then once france capitulated too put most of your planes in the english channel. this one's really important, don't use your navy immediately when france capitulates. that way, english navy will put their navy somewhere (you do use it from time to time to check whether their navy is fighting somewhere)

you'll get the green sea zone opportunity just be patient

that always work for me

[upper siren]

how exactly does a naval supply hub work?

[novel elk]

Guys is 8/3 infantry good?

[upper siren]

that is an 8/2.

[onyx trout]

best infrantry template for forming ottoman empire

[novel elk]

Well is 8/2 any good?

[novel elk]

Also thats besides the point

[upper siren]

cant see the stats.

[versed rose]

This is kaiserreich no?

Also stats bad, ignore template, spend your xp on doctrine

Nothing you make with the xp will beat finishing doctrines

[novel elk]

Ye

Uhhh

What

[upper siren]

select a grand doctrine first.

[novel elk]

I usually go with Grand Battleplan

Its good right?

Uhhh...

Que?

[upper siren]

this is what I went with as I have decided to rely mostly on armoured and motorized/mechanized for my army.

[novel elk]

Ok

Well I am going to rely on infantry and marines

So I guess I go assault infantry?

[upper siren]

using the remaining experience you can now mix and match doctrines for different things.

look at what they do and how they impact your units.

[upper siren]

press the book in the bottom right, idk why but by default it only shows the effects you gain when you pick them, not for the milestones.

[inner sparrow]

gbp for attack and superior fire power for defence

sfp for inf in general is good

[upper siren]

also, operations: mission-type tactics is good.

but operations: expeditionary warfare gives naval invasion buffs.

[versed rose]

Mission type tactics is worthless for pushing

[upper siren]

like +25 org.

[versed rose]

Expeditionary warfare too niche, nothing really beats grand assault for attacking

[inner sparrow]

sub doctrine wise depends on what you want to play but theres very obvious options, inf tree go for the cw reduction for infantry or defensive if you lck def but not very needed in sp, operations desperate defence is fine, rapid domination too if u want stats

[versed rose]

And desperate defence for more general play

[inner sparrow]

deep battle is also fine

[versed rose]

I dont see it, it's competing with some big stats for only 10% reinforce rate (good stat ik, but 20% soft or defence or planning)

[inner sparrow]

true in sp doesn’t matter that much in mp its good

esp after td buffs

[upper siren]

wait, tank destroyers got buffed?

[inner sparrow]

yes by a lot

they were already op before

and now are even crazier

[upper siren]

oh god.

[versed rose]

Is signal really not enough reinforce rate? Iirc that's how old mw lr played, just wanna see the reasoning since giving up 20% planning and 25% break is so hard to wrap my head around

[inner sparrow]

not anymore sadly

u need as high reinforce rate as possible, ofc it depends on country theres some that wont need it

deep battle just makes it mostly similar to the old mass assault right if ur country needs it

ofc in some cases the stats are more needed but planning on inf is not needed anyways

unless sp ofc

[upper siren]

I know this is able to use more support battalions than vanilla but otherwise its normal in what the unit can do.

[inner sparrow]

but in mp inf is always for defending and never pushing

[inner sparrow]

what in the unholiness is this division

is that modded?

[upper siren]

japanese tank division I made.

[dusty sandal]

40w is 4w too big
motorised is very meh

[upper siren]

yes, as I said it is able to use more support battalions.

[upper siren]

I plan on transitioning to mechanized when I get it.

[dusty sandal]

also SPAA when you have support AA is a waste, as are TDs, AT and hard atk in general in singleplayer

[inner sparrow]

alright, if other stuff is vanilla like I recommend using spgs only as they have been very buffed

without taking any spg doctrines u can get 1000 soft base and 1500 with doctrines

[dusty sandal]

yes, spg only in singleplayer is busted

and still have a flat 600+ brk with 4 armor ticks and a radio lvl 3 (which is way more than you'll need against AI)

[inner sparrow]

1.3k on this thing

💀

[glacial steeple]

hii clown

[inner sparrow]

the stat bloat after new doctrines is crazy disgusting

[inner sparrow]

hey

[glacial steeple]

nooo

you need armored signals 💔

[inner sparrow]

its without armored signals on purpose

[glacial steeple]

10% hard attack

[inner sparrow]

yes ik

I made without it bc I wasn’t sure if I can removed logi on barb

[glacial steeple]

just make more supplyyy

[inner sparrow]

the allies tank template has it on it

[inner sparrow]

I agree, ger is soft locked anyways industry wise

[glacial steeple]

just give the US mil access

then they build railway

[inner sparrow]

countries should be able to build itself

sov and ger are locked at some point industry wise

[glacial steeple]

yes but its a better use of usa civs

[inner sparrow]

usa isn’t locked industry wise tho

[glacial steeple]

give it while they have the isolation

no debuffs on railway

[inner sparrow]

popo statement

u will be nuked

[glacial steeple]

why

its a good idea

you hate good ideas

clownnn

whats max mountain width i forgottt

[inner sparrow]

idk go look at wiki

am I like chat gpt or what

[versed rose]

33.25 for div to fit on mountain and marsh

[glacial steeple]

yees

[inner sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1113539638334869536/1289344561453207633/caption.gif

[glacial steeple]

ok so my epic 12/4 will work

i love gun 0

[hollow eagle]

No

[inner sparrow]

?

[hollow eagle]

I don't know how to micro

[inner sparrow]

lock in

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gun-gif-8510554628372069925

[hollow eagle]

Because

Every time i try to do an encirclement i become the encircled

So i try to win by pushing button

[cosmic rain]

I know you

[inner sparrow]

it’s alright, @glacial steeple does the same

also can’t micro

[hollow eagle]

And for some reason every time i take a tile My divisions don't have supply

So they die

[cosmic rain]

Is this AI

Im so cooked

[inner sparrow]

no its very real

actually it’s me

[cold bloom]

Use trucks for supply/cycle troops once they become desupplied/rush for the supply hubs

[inner sparrow]

put logi in your divs aswell

[cold bloom]

The field marshall supply consumption trait seems quite easy to get as well

[fluid parcel]

Any advice on what doctrine to do as communist mexico with the new update?

kinda saw there are more calvary buffs now

[umbral rover]

do deathstacks still work

[cursive ocean]

whats the new best tank and infantry templates?

[inner sparrow]

howy spg

just like before howy medium but change its role to artillery tank

for single player ofc

inf is still any 16-18w

[cursive ocean]

and the new best doctrines for them?

[inner sparrow]

but u need signal in your inf

[inner sparrow]

sfp for defence and inf, gbp for attack and tanks

[glacial steeple]

true

[cursive ocean]

thanks

[glacial steeple]

i used it against 2 warlords then the game crashed because china

awesome update

[inner sparrow]

sub doctrines depends on what you want to build, I recommend reading through them

[glacial steeple]

yes

[inner sparrow]

but theres one for spgs that make ur tanks have 1.5k soft in base template

[inner sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1111620663808118838/1415056690583306331/meoowwwww.gif

[sinful vessel]

I need some advices about template, someone here has time to answer a few questions ?

[velvet sluice]

is line arty back?

[versed rose]

it went from garbage-to-mid to mid

the opportunity cost of taking arty cw reduction doctrine makes your tanks noticeably weaker because no mobile recon/self propelled doctrine

and pure inf got even more stat bloat because paradox

it got better, but everything around it got better more, so its around the same spot tbh

[inner sparrow]

still bad at attacking, is okay at defending

[velvet sluice]

gg

[versed rose]

maybe if they werent so hell-bent on giving it soft, and actually gave it break

[inner sparrow]

yes

[versed rose]

but no, it has to have no break and 60 soft attack

because that's what it needed

[inner sparrow]

paradox doesn’t understand how break works

frfr

another 60 soft for arty please mr paradox

this will fix it

[versed rose]

eventually it'll have so much soft it'll crit regardless of what you do, and get crit in return because no break

[hollow eagle]

How to beat royal navy with one submarine

(veteran submarine)

[cold bloom]

Naval bombers

[sinful vessel]

how many ? each time i've tried, i've failed

[inner sparrow]

not anymore

ofc only if uk ai doesn’t use carrier fighter

if they use navs wont do shit

[cold bloom]

I assume against AI no such problems?

[inner sparrow]

idk didn’t test, but carrier fighters ignore red ai and shred ur navs

one port strike tick is like 800 navs dead

idk tho if ai uses them

[sinful vessel]

yes carrier always destroy my naval bombers

[glacial steeple]

no but you can still use it with bad gun no tank tech

doesnt give break

[inner sparrow]

its only like this since recent update

[glacial steeple]

just soft

[glacial steeple]

they added so many good doctrines for break and it doesnt matter because attack is so bloated :p

[worthy quarry]

at what point should i decide to switch to regular infantry?

[primal moon]

Do the axis attack british nigeria/south africa/south america?

[versed rose]

never because people's militia doctrine statbloat is stupid

20% initiative per battalion cool bro

[sinful vessel]

Is there something usefull i can do with spy ?

[scenic nacelle]

Yes

Collab govs are fun

Try them

[sinful vessel]

How do i make this ? Just the collab action ?

[wintry matrix]

Create a spy agency.
Pick five upgrades.
Suicide pills first and then whatever you want.
Set the spies in the nation you want to make operations in.
You need two spies for collabs.
When you make 5 upgrades you get a second spy.
Wait for the network to build up.
I believe you need 50% strength.
So check the spy tab if the collab becomes an option.

There is a chance, that your spies can get caught.
Sooo... if you reach 50% strenght set one of the spies on quiet network.
That way they are safe.

[sinful vessel]

Why suicide pills ?

[wintry matrix]

They reduce chance that you get caught slightly.
And hiring a new spy steals less time than saving him.

[charred fable]

You also want invisible ink for that +25% infiltration boost.

[sinful vessel]

Ok. I'll try that in this try. I've always done steal plan, but that was useless. And as i have a lot of spy with Germany, i could collad many country maybe.

Whaty will that make ? Less resistance after ?

[wintry matrix]

It reduces their surrender limit.
And after peacedeal when you annex it fully, you start with a high amount of compliance.

[charred fable]

Is 100% compliance 100% of their resources and factories? I know its unlikely to achieve 100%, just wondering.

[glacial steeple]

its pretty easy

just do collabs

if you have a law that gives a +% it adds it to your compliance

and yes you can get over 100%

[sinful vessel]

Nice bonus. I failed in my last game stucked into russia. Having a lower surrender limit would have saved me ^^

[charred fable]

Its needed for Russia otherwise you're fighting in the Urals.

You need at least 2

[sinful vessel]

How many infantry brigade should i put in my line infantry divisions ? I went for 16 last time, and i've been told that it was too much (supply line wise)

[sinful vessel]

2 collab gove in russia ?

[charred fable]

What are you trying to achieve with this infantry?

[sinful vessel]

Mainly hold the line, but push if i need to lower the pressure elsewhere.

[charred fable]

You should get 3 but 2 will suffice and push them to the European side of the Urals.

[cursive dawn]

is there any way to quickly win the japanese civil war

[charred fable]

That is two different jobs. Holding the line can be done with 18w infantry, but to push you want a much higher 35 width.

[glacial steeple]

for holding?

like 6, 7, 8

maaaybe 9 if you wanna reduce losses

[glacial steeple]

delete army?

usually helps

[sinful vessel]

Ok. And how many "push" division should i have then if my line infantry can't push ?

[glacial steeple]

it has spawn ins tho so it wont be that quick

[glacial steeple]

like mountaineers, tanks, anything large

[charred fable]

As many as you can afford.

[glacial steeple]

it depends on your available resources, nation, terrain to fight in

but generally high-attack divisions with high breakthrough (to defend while attacking)

you want to deal damage while having high enough hp so your division doesnt lose as much in combat

as small lose more

but thats fine for holding since org is averaged per batallions

[charred fable]

Your holding divisions need to be able to hold the front while your pushing divisions work a segment of the front.

[cursive dawn]

they get a lot of other divs

[glacial steeple]

and doesnt go up with alrger divs

[glacial steeple]

yeah but you do as well

[cursive dawn]

i tried converting everything to bikes and they had a bunch of other units

[glacial steeple]

yeah dont do that

[sinful vessel]

Would you have a rough estimation for Barbarosa as Germany for exemple ? I could try to reach that then.

[glacial steeple]

just delete the army before the war and then micro

you should have similar strenght

[primal moon]

what happened to request garrison support

[charred fable]

Dont you need 200 divisions any way?

[glacial steeple]

like 2-3+ tank armies and like 350? 16 width inf is kind of the bare minimum

youre gonna need an army group for west and 1-2 of them east

ideally done by minor nations but thats not a thing in singleplayer so

[charred fable]

That's crazy. I need to play Germany some time

[glacial steeple]

i mean mediums are cheap

with heavies youd probably have more like 50 ish tanks

cuz germany very strong

[sinful vessel]

Ok, so just 3x more than my last try, lol ^^

[charred fable]

It was more the division numbers I was thinking of. I hate having more than two army groups 🤣

[glacial steeple]

i mean like you dont need thatmuch

just make mils

do your focuses

[sinful vessel]

But infantry is always line, and pushing is "just" with tank/motorized, right ?

[glacial steeple]

infantry doesnt need to be well equipped

[glacial steeple]

tank/cav or tank/mech

motorized is expensive and bad

as in, adds no stats, doesnt reduce losses

costs 2.2x the amount of cav

[charred fable]

No. Infantry are also viable to push especially special forces

[sinful vessel]

oh ok. I may play too "historically"

[glacial steeple]

thats fine

play how you want

[sinful vessel]

Yes maybe half an army of moutaneers for exemple ?

[glacial steeple]

you just asked how much you typically need

i assume to pretty consistently/easily win

losing isnt bad, either

[sinful vessel]

I just would like to win once 😕

[glacial steeple]

keeps the game more scary, engaging

[sinful vessel]

sure

[glacial steeple]

with germany playing poorly is often just not having a good general and making mils late

[charred fable]

Tanks will generally do a better job if you have the industry for it but you can win with infantry alone

[glacial steeple]

and so your army kinda sucks

[sinful vessel]

Each time i fail, i try to understand why, then i won't fail for the same reason next time. Though i stil fail 😜

[glacial steeple]

but youre germany so youre like haha im so strong

because like

youre fighting western europe

theyre weak af

[sinful vessel]

Is there a better country to learn the game ?

I've been told it was a good way

[glacial steeple]

i abided the treaty of versailles :D

[glacial steeple]

like whatever you enjoy kinda?

just look at the generals youre using, how much youre producing

whether youre using better equipment than the enemy (in the field, not in theory)

and look at battle modifiers

[glacial steeple]

(10 inf divs with a combined 100K manpower)

no airforce and only recon tanks because i wanted to cheat it a bit but oh well

its not like tank divs anyway

[sinful vessel]

How the hell !

[glacial steeple]

thats kind of the stuff youd like to see

german mils are better than finnish mils its just an example

the other two are also like, a lot of work was put in for them

[sinful vessel]

yes, 10 attack means a lot of leveling

[glacial steeple]

no?

you have bohme from austria

hes level like 2

you get bold attack in your officer corps and he gets to level 10 attack in like 2 level ups max

unless youre unlucky it might be 3

[versed rose]

if you rush Anschluss you can even grind Bohme in Spain

[wet topaz]

Tbf you should always rush Anschluss

[glacial steeple]

its the terrain traits that are hard

the level 10 attack is very easy as ger

[versed rose]

grinding forest in Spain is so cancer

[glacial steeple]

but even without terrain traits itll win against ai

sonits fine

just dont use like manstein hes the worst

[wet topaz]

There’s like 2 forests in the entire country

[versed rose]

3 forest tiles outside of Galicia

cancer

[glacial steeple]

theres quite a lot in the northwest

[wet topaz]

And for some reason the ai loves pushes them

[wet topaz]

Yeah but u own that

[glacial steeple]

just make them lose

easy

[wet topaz]

I mean like republican owns like 2 groups of forest tiles

[versed rose]

3 total tiles of forest

lmfao

[sinful vessel]

lol 😕
Why ?

[wet topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/brian-regan-derp-what-weird-crazy-gif-10124909933532690140

[versed rose]

high level, has alot of traits

hard to grind

you want low level with low traits so they level faster

think Gunther Von Kluge is good, idk havent played Germany in a while

[sinful vessel]

oh ok so you can't "build" him as you want

[glacial steeple]

hes also already assigned as an advisor

so you cant let him get any meaningful buffs to your army

[versed rose]

Paulus unironically not a bad one to grind, level 1 with no traits lmao

[glacial steeple]

thats actually the only downside bohme has

and is why some people dont use him

[versed rose]

not the worst, not the best, but certainly an option

[glacial steeple]

but hes so consistent and easy so whatever

[glacial steeple]

i grinded student

banger general to grind

[versed rose]

he has commando right?

[glacial steeple]

hes quite bad but commando yeah

[sinful vessel]

And same for marechal ?

[versed rose]

yea commando god tier

yea you grind Marshall with no traits ideally

though maybe one with brilliant strategist or inflexible strategist

[glacial steeple]

brilliant strategist

you should grind those

everyone else sucks

[devout ocean]

Curious, for the eastern front (USSR) what is a decent breakthrough stat for a tank division as Germany to effectively break into the USSR?

[glacial steeple]

unless they have like commando thats redeemable

[glacial steeple]

for learning good generals, play finland

they all start pretty good

you just have to find the correct ones

[versed rose]

its honestly a shame how general grind works, for optimal play you'd never see Zhukov, Rommel, Manstein, or Konev taking the field because custom-built ones are far superior

[sinful vessel]

I always take those ^^

[versed rose]

better than nothing, dont get me wrong

its just a little sad that you dont really see them if you play your best though

[glacial steeple]

its realistic for japan anyway

their good generals start at like level 3

they just have 1 bad brilliant strat

[sinful vessel]

Yes, i'm sure i could have won with them. It's just another thing i'm not doing very well. And with the amount of such thinks, i loose the war each time. Which is quite historically accurate though

[glacial steeple]

try finland if youre interested in seeing how traits affect your army performance, play japan for infantry-air gameplay, play germany for tank-air gameplay, play uk for air gameplay

play france for pure tank gameplay

play ussr for inf-tank

[sinful vessel]

But you babysitt only your "pushing" generals or each ?

[glacial steeple]

play italy for making a lot of inf and defending

[versed rose]

40 on the design more than enough, you'd get 500ish on template and that's overkill for ai generally

[glacial steeple]

why babysit all when most wont matter

[sinful vessel]

Just to know. I think i can try to babysitt one ore two

[versed rose]

starting with basic heavy with howitzer is criminal

• 25% planning

mindless fun howitzer tanks in sp

[glacial steeple]

you can do self propelled artillery now

2 width

:D

[versed rose]

actual criminality

the poor German ai wont know what hits it

[glacial steeple]

actually they will because the british ai wont give you air or inf

evil

[devout ocean]

Got cheaper designs? Like so its easier to produce them?

[glacial steeple]

breakthrough doesnt deal damage btw

[gloomy remnant]

yo why is it every gameplay that its becoming so light:

this makes no sense

[versed rose]

should be ez to get 40 break and 70 soft on med spgs now

honestly overkill for ai

[gloomy remnant]

is this part of the new update or a setting?

[devout ocean]

Oh? What does it actually do?

[glacial steeple]

it defends you from defensive attacks

just like defense does from offensive attacks

[devout ocean]

Alright, so on a tank division focus on soft attack and hard attack?

[glacial steeple]

breakthrough is still useful

its a pretty essential stat for attacking

but dont sacrifice your attacks for it

[ebon nymph]

is medium tanks glitched? why it gives no stats increase in the second column?

[glacial steeple]

reload the designer

or you dont have a medium tank designed

so it doesnt have stats because you have no tank

[ebon nymph]

ohh wait i think your right

[copper birch]

But you did remilitarisation

[glacial steeple]

no?

you mean the rhineland?

like you have to do certain things to play the game

i didnt manually justify or "cheat" like that

just following the focus tree + stupidly restricting the army size and equipment

(including navy)

[copper birch]

Ya, but It was a joke

[glacial steeple]

sorry...,,,

im rlly tired rn

[copper birch]

Nah man it's all alright

[copper birch]

Tho, Can you send the template of your infantry?

[glacial steeple]

these are infantry divisions i designed if thats the question

[copper birch]

dam

I cant even win Axis as Spain 😭

[sinful vessel]

What do i have to do to avoid this. Build infrastructure and railways ?

[charred fable]

Say you have a small front of 10 tiles and 10 divisions. Make your holding infantry of 6-18 width hold 7 of those tiles in one army. You then use your three pushing 35w divisions on the other three tiles with another army. Its a simplistic case and obviously more troops are better, but you get the point.

[wind yoke]

i have the subscription on steam for all of the dlc. is there anyway i can see what dlc i own without the subscription?

[narrow lotus]

I’m confused, am I properly selecting my grand doctrine?

[charred fable]

I don't think there is actually, I was in the same boat. Just save your pennies and wait for your subscription to end before checking

[ebon nymph]

how to choose between light, medium, and heavy tanks?

[wind yoke]

Yeah mine ends on the 29th I will look then 🙂

[charred fable]

The annoying this is you obviously want everything but its costly. So you either invest all or just the subscription cost I feel

[copper birch]

Do you have DLC No Step Back?

[ebon nymph]

yeah

[copper birch]

First you research it

Then you go here and choose what you need

I hope that helps

[paper turtle]

it should be at the bottom to pay 100xp but your screen is cutting it off, try pulling the menu up

also what the helly is that flag

[radiant dirge]

Not in context but i think i have the same laptop as you

[cold bloom]

The confirm button is outside the screen

Try changing your resolution and otherwise report that as a bug on the forums

[copper birch]

New Fengtian Clique

[visual portal]

is the battle royale achivement bugged?

[radiant dirge]

Did you went down the right focus path

It worked first try for me

[visual portal]

wait

[visual portal]

what focus path do you have to do?

[narrow lotus]

Ah alright

[narrow lotus]

Okie dokie

[narrow lotus]

New Fengtian Clique, you form it from the Northeastern Army

[narrow lotus]

This?
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FT2MBBG9?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_sms_apin_dp_YYHKPZG8MYE93632KXFR&ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_sms_apin_dp_YYHKPZG8MYE93632KXFR&social_share=cm_sw_r_cso_sms_apin_dp_YYHKPZG8MYE93632KXFR

[radiant dirge]

Yeah

[narrow lotus]

Damn nice

I just got it a few weeks ago

Pretty good thing

[radiant dirge]

Nice

[cold bloom]

Must be your settings, I thought maybe you had some tiny res

[narrow lotus]

I’ll look into it later

[charred fable]

Probably UI scale, no?

[narrow lotus]

I recall increasing it some time ago so maybe that

[visual portal]

what focus path do i go?

[stark bough]

Best guide of navy for beginners?

[rotund solar]

Is there a way to use the console in multiplayer?

[quasi girder]

No you would have to quit, load the save in singleplayer, use the console for what you want and then load back up

Alternatively install a mod that allows a type of console

[sinful vessel]

When i've finished one, can i take a second one (and keep the bonuses ofc) ?

[quasi girder]

No if you swap the sub doctrine you lose those bonuses, however you retain 200 mastery at max

So your new subdoctrine will be at 200/500

[rotund solar]

Do you maybe know one? 😄

[quasi girder]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1417069016&searchtext=toolpack

This is what me and my mate use

Little awkward to get used to but for transferring territory and stuff it will work

[rotund solar]

I mostly need the console for national focuses for bypassing requirements and such

Will this work?

[solar coyote]

What's the new recommended Task Force composition for the new naval missons? Would submarines -> patrol, heavy ships -> strike force with destroyer support for both be optimal?

[quasi girder]

I dont think it will for national focuses sadly, you will just need to when your both ready boot it in singleplayer after taking a save

[quasi girder]

Submarines provide little dominance so if your trying to secure the sea zone they wouldnt be good for patrol, I would recommend a small but FAST patrol force of destroyers and light cruisers with a main fleet on strike force

Use submarines to raid as it reduces enemy dominance

Strike force works by multiplying the patrol forces dominance, so subs that provide very little dominance cant work as well on patrol

[solar coyote]

Ah I see, so what if I am a small country like the Netherlands? Which should I focus on, producing submarines to raid or coastal defense ships?
(I am trying to hold out against the Germans, and I am worried if I don't protect my coasts, they will just naval invade me)

[rotund solar]

Ok thanks for your help 👍

[solar coyote]

I do hope with the new dominance mechanics, they won't be able to jump on one second where the seas turn red and they launch their invasion

[quasi girder]

You dont have the resources to produce a huge navy, I would recommend doing destroyers, Light cruisers and a couple of heavy cruisers to just secure the zones

Then use the new feature to tell the fleet to immediately bug out if a battleship is spotted

Destroyers/Light cruisers can patrol and then a strike force of the same with a couple of heavy cruisers to give a bit more punch

You could also make escort carriers now since they are cheap

To provide a small amount of air cover

[solar coyote]

I see, thank you! 🤝

[quasi girder]

Generally speaking you wannt have that then produce some submarines

Cheap and the raiding mission lowers german dominance

• If they launch a naval theres a chance the raiding subs will catch their convoys and massively destrength the invasion force

Your not really gonna be able to produce a capital ship fleet is why I modded the netherlands massively lol

[solar coyote]

Hopefully there's a new rework for the major naval nations and countries like Netherlands, now that the naval mechanics have changed

[quasi girder]

I hope so to but this DLC doesnt fill me with confidence

The AI SUCKS at making good naval templates, so if you can make really high quality screens and a few high quality heavy cruisers and just play smart you should be able to whittle down the Kriegsmarine

Beat them with quality and bug out when something big arrives

Unless you catch a battleship on its own in which case torp it lol

[cold bloom]

Thats the outdated one

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2913150560

[quasi girder]

Good call thanks

[glad fox]

Why dont I see the new Japanese focus tree, i have bougth the New dlc and dont have any mods turned on, i can also see the new chinese and philippinese trees. I also noticed both Chinas have a focus that grants them wargoals on ALL nations...

[quasi girder]

Do you have a mod that changes the Japanese tree?

[glad fox]

I dont have any mods turned on

[slim blaze]

Can someone explain why this navy cant find a region? They are in a dock in malaysia.

[pure hinge]

I see a notification saying Outdated Equipment in Production.
do i need to need to remove them or what to do with that?

[slim blaze]

Its not them that gives you the notification. It is a equipment whit brown background to the left

[pure hinge]

when i hover over basic Destroyer i see outdated marked

[slim blaze]

You see the diffrence?

The bottom one is outdated. You may have other ships that are outdated

In any case, when it comes to ships. outdated or not is not SUPER-important early

[pure hinge]

shall i ignore this

[hollow linden]

Their home base is set in stettin

You need to set it to malaysia

[hollow linden]

Yes

Doesn't matter at all

[slim blaze]

Thanks... Shit I knew that

[hollow linden]

Apparently u didn't

[slim blaze]

i had done it to my other fleets. Just missed the damn auto-button on this one

[quasi girder]

If that cruiser is meant to be a modern one sometimes HOI4 just decomissions templates for no reason. Find the template in the outdated section and hit the little circle near the icon to recomission it

[hollow linden]

Also pls group up your navy, put it on never repair always engage

[quasi girder]

I hate that when I make a battlecruiser the game goes "Ah that superheavy battleship is outdated now"

[frosty lava]

Is line artillery still BAD?

[quasi girder]

Wouldnt say so much cheaper now

I got success out of it but then again I play singleplayer so

[slim blaze]

Moore then i knew, just toessed it in as a visual example of the background

[frosty lava]

I'm playing singleplayer.

[hollow linden]

Yes

It's just slightly better now

Still not worth using

[frosty lava]

Can infantry with support artillery still push?
I like to play as Peru.

[hollow linden]

Uh sure

Depends on how big the inf is

The larger the better

[frosty lava]

18 width?

[hollow linden]

Take large unit Tactics

[hollow linden]

Eh sure

Maybe make 16w

Better for forests and such

[frosty lava]

Gotcha, 16w.

[frosty lava]

https://i.gyazo.com/3909fe964d9ef42de8f4430372a2c6d1.png

THis?

[hollow linden]

Maybe add a little more support once you are able to

Tank recon is broken now

[frosty lava]

I would use tanks but they get massive debuffs in non-plains.

[hollow linden]

Thats what flame tanks, armored engineers and rangers are for

[frosty lava]

And South America has a ton of jungles and mountains and all that.

[hollow linden]

Ye tanks in SA is a bad idea

Heck don't even bother

Just make air

[frosty lava]

Yep, that's what I typically do.

[hollow linden]

Ye tanks kinda bad

Even after they get massive stat bloat

[frosty lava]

Well that's sad. I was hoping light tanks might prove useful.

After 1938*

[sinful vessel]

Can i remove a marechal trait given by mistake ?

[hollow linden]

Light tanks in general are pretty bad when not used as recon

[hollow linden]

Nope

Be more careful next time

[frosty lava]

I wish they weren't rip.

[hollow linden]

Kek

[cerulean abyss]

help

[forest yarrow]

guys is this template good?

[hollow linden]

Nah

Take out arty, remove 1 inf add more support

Take large inf tactics

[cerulean abyss]

allies are being useless

[hollow linden]

Naturally

[still shard]

is the contribution system broken?

[cerulean abyss]

USA has been sitting there doing nothing with their fleet

its 1946 ffs

[still shard]

it just seems to give random countries influence for no reason

[forest yarrow]

what supp should i add

[hollow linden]

If you have, rangers, flame tanks, aa/logi

[quasi girder]

Some poor guy on the UK got his leadership usurped because he made a joint facility and oman just flooded it with their scientists

Which gave them a ridiculous amount of influence for no reason

[cerulean abyss]

Like japan has literally inflicted 2 million casulties on the US, and the US 1 million in return

what is happening

[still shard]

the whole influence system is stupid

great, let the most crucial theatres be run by 3rd world countries who don't even have commanders

why even let the AI take part if it can't do it properly

[cerulean abyss]

what do i do at this point

trying my best to build more AA since they're bombing my logi to dust

[tiny bough]

I'm completely lost with the ship management UI, especially since this last patch. I don't have any DLCs, is there any up to date guide someone can recommend?

[steel abyss]

hey, new player here. I tried following the how to play video, but 1 task force didn't merge with the others. I rewatched the video many times and I feel like I tried everything, but it won't merge. I'm trying to separate all my subs from my surface vessels. Can anyone help me please?

[still shard]

you are trying to put it all into a reserve fleet by the looks of it. if you right click on the piccture of the subs in that list it will select them all,then left click on the bottom of the screen, the middle panel to make a fleet

[cerulean abyss]

pretty sure you can only merge it when they're out of reserve

[hollow linden]

Where are the taskforces located?

[hollow linden]

You can merge while in reserve?

It'll just not create a fleet

It might just take a while for them to group up since they have to move first

Bro hasn't unpaused yet

[hollow linden]

They have to move to merge. It doesn't happen instantly

Unpause and they will start to move

[steel abyss]

ok that did it but only for the 4 subs in the task force. how do I put all the subs together?

[inner sparrow]

bad for attack

alright for defence

[steel abyss]

oh is that it?

[inner sparrow]

ur gonna be fine with it in sp tho so doesnt matter

[hollow linden]

Yes.

[steel abyss]

ok thanks lol

I will try that

[hollow linden]

<@&846894118219022336>

[quasi girder]

Yeah I reported that guy already, Hoi4 mods were QUICK on him which was class

[cerulean abyss]

whatd he say

[hollow linden]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-mr-krabs-days-without-nonsense-gif-26130271

[hollow linden]

Scam

[forest yarrow]

is this better than normal engineer?

[hollow linden]

Not necessarily

For attacking yes

But also expensive

For defense, not so much

[forest yarrow]

im the german empire can i use it on tank div?

[hollow linden]

Sure

[quasi girder]

Generally those are better for armoured divisions since you mainly want them to be on the offensive. but as CreepAge says there they are more expensive

[still shard]

for all intensive purposes the company you unlock for researching armoured support vehicles in the land warfare facility is better than any of the other engineering ones

[hollow linden]

If you can afford them*

[quasi girder]

Standard engineers are cheaper though significantly so

[hollow linden]

Armored engi is better than normal engi but expensive as fk

[still shard]

I would say if you can't afford a armoured support company then you can't really afford tank divisions

[hollow linden]

That too

[quasi girder]

Nah you can throw out really cheap light tanks as a minor since your initial neighbours cant deal with them as much

[forest yarrow]

in the artillery doctrine what should i use

[hollow linden]

But like even for inf, when not doing line tanks

[quasi girder]

But generally yeah if your making a proper armoured div you can afford assault engineers

[hollow linden]

It's still expensive to have it in all your inf

You need like 50 mils on these shits

[still shard]

you shouldn't be putting armoured engineers in a infantry division

[forest yarrow]

.

[hollow linden]

Why not?

It's good

Tanks are expensive

Moar stats

[still shard]

the one that works for your playstyle
if you read each description its pretty clear what each use case is for

[onyx trout]

can someone help me with turkey. I dominate greece but get absolutely dogged on when invading yugoslavia and saudi arabai

arabia

[scenic nacelle]

If u carpet nuke the enemy u can have lots of stats

[hollow linden]

The flavor text does fk all 💀

[cerulean abyss]

figured out why the allies arent helping me while im dying as china

[hollow linden]

Doesn't matter, its mostly useless

[cerulean abyss]

they went to war with the soviets

[fluid axle]

Why am i not getting air superiority i have all of my planes on the region and on air superiority Nothing

and im fighting austria

its just gray

[hollow linden]

Assign mission

[forest yarrow]

is ts ggood?

[hollow linden]

Or assign to air zone

Stop training

[fluid axle]

How

[hollow linden]

Remove the arty, add mech and field hospitals, replace recon with armored recon

[hollow linden]

Select planes, top left corner

There's a row with buttons

[forest yarrow]

click one of these

[fluid axle]

I set it to air superiority

[hollow linden]

Ok are they in the air zone

[fluid axle]

Yes

[hollow linden]

Show screen

[fluid axle]

Cant

[hollow linden]

Why not

[fluid axle]

not in game

doesnt matter i won the war anyways

[hollow linden]

Bruh

[still shard]

for fighting AI it will do, but you should repolace the artillery with the motorised arty, its slowing your whole division

[hollow linden]

Bad advice. Arty sucks. That singular piece of arty does nothing g

[forest yarrow]

srry but what is the utility if the field hospital

[hollow linden]

Better to remove it entirely

[hollow linden]

Increase hp

Hp is important because it makes you take less damage

[fluid axle]

Why does my available civil factories go to 0 when i go into war?

[hollow linden]

Are u playing germany

[fluid axle]

Yes

[hollow linden]

Watch your economy of conquest national spirit

[forest yarrow]

yea i only play singleplayer i cant even defeat ussr with german in multiplayer my brain would explode

[hollow linden]

You should've gotten an event too

[still shard]

maybe he wants to play hearts of iron, and not excel spreadsheet simulator?
if he wants some arty for a thematic feel I am just saying it should be motorised becuse the division moves at the speed of the slowest unit

[forest yarrow]

ty

[fluid axle]

Wdym

[cerulean abyss]

this is like ww2 deluxe ultra edition

[hollow linden]

If he's asking for advice I won't give him advice that's flat out wrong. That's not what we're doing here

[hollow linden]

You have a national spirits that increases your consumer goods every month

You need to manage that

[fluid axle]

How do i manage that

[hollow linden]

Focuses, decisions

Check your eco branch

[forest yarrow]

15m loss

[fluid axle]

I have to do that every month?

[hollow linden]

No you just have to lower your cg as much as possible

When you do it is up to you

[fluid axle]

Ok

[hollow linden]

But keeping it low is usually a good thing

[still shard]

in what way is it wrong? artillery got nerfed it hasn't ceased to function, most thematic players will have some artillery in their divisions

[cerulean abyss]

playing as china btw

the entire world is on fire

[forest yarrow]

fr

[hollow linden]

Artillery is shit. Simple as that. If he wanted to larp, he wouldn't be asking for advice. Also why are you talking for this person now? I don't think he wanted you to do that. He even thanked me on my advice.

[cerulean abyss]

also the allies went to war with the soviets mid-ww2

so im holding on for dear life trying to not die

[hollow linden]

Or he would've told me that he wanted to larp. I won't discourage it, I just want people to know there's a better way of doing things.

[ebon nymph]

Should I declare war on Finland as soviets without nation focus?

Would that make any difference?

[hollow linden]

The focus is shorter

So u save time by doing it

U need baltics anyway

[ebon nymph]

What if I go for permanent revolution and expand the nkvd

Can I declare war without making any difference from going for the national focus?

[winter drift]

i need help i can beat usa uk france ussr so easily as germany but i cent win vs poland any suggestions

[cold bloom]

Less tension through the focus too probably

[hollow linden]

Kind of a roundabout no

But sure

[ebon nymph]

When do British and France stop guaranteeing the independence of other countries

[hollow linden]

When it gets too expensive

So spam a bunch of useless justifications on SA

[ebon nymph]

I heard that they stop guaranteeing when France is invaded

[hollow linden]

That's not how that works

[ebon nymph]

Do they stop guaranteeing when in war with other major countries?

Or just depends on pp and wt

[royal gazelle]

How do i cut down on coal expenditure? I'm giga late game and i've drained every drop of coal i can get my hands on but its not enough. I've tried to take factories off of production but it doesn't seem to do anything

[fluid wharf]

go down to civ eco

coal consumption is exponential also

so consider deleteing dockyards

and civs

[royal gazelle]

oh so u have to outright delete the factories

[wintry matrix]

I suppose you upgraded infrastructure in coal areas already.
And researched excavation tech.

[royal gazelle]

my conquests r probably taking so many its overloading the economy

its 1959

ive maxxed out tech

omg yes civilian eco saved me

[jolly trench]

hello guys, do you have any template for defense division and make the ennemy progression verry difficult ?

(thank you)

[magic mantle]

guys how do i get achievement paradisus paradoxum as japan?

[forest yarrow]

i use this just to defense

[royal gazelle]

man im so late game the AI planes r actually beating mine xD gonna need to actually design stuff

[forest yarrow]

guys did the naval meta change with the new dlc?

[frail spade]

yes, spam carriers

[forest yarrow]

i mean the old cruiser desin are now useful?

[jolly trench]

I was looking for a static fortress division like

to hold strategic places

and only for that purpose

[forest yarrow]

i use this inf only for holding the front and then i push with mech inf or tanks

[scenic nacelle]

They always were

[forest yarrow]

ty

guys i got 0 dlc what should i buy

[feral forge]

how do you whitepeace with command?

[dusty sandal]

jsyk cav recon is basically useless

[hollow eagle]

how to navy

[dusty sandal]

swap that garrison law to local autonomy (democracy), liberated workers (communist) or, if you can't any of these : civilian oversight (if compliance is above 20% or if resistance is at 0-5%) or local police force (any other situation if you don't want to micro the harsh quotas)

[dusty sandal]

check pins

[gritty glade]

Hello, was there a change with the naval range system? as japan i conquered philipines, malay, french indo china. But my naval range is still stillplayed from the home islands. I can move the navy manually to bismarck sea but if i assign "naval patrol" it say "no accessible region". Someone got an idea?

[edgy pendant]

Have to move you naval base it’s stationed out of

[dusty sandal]

CTRL + Rclick on a naval base
you range starts on the port you use as base now

[lost glen]

question i was doing border wars and got a thing that was that they withdrew from the battle will i just not be able to expand then???

[warm saffron]

Guys with the New naval update when I play as Germany i can't now naval invade uk because when I created my fleat before the update it was sheap but useful with the old mechanics now I can't what can I do in the start because I gave up in that run

[gritty glade]

thanks, that solved my problem

[hollow eagle]

whats the difference between normal war and border war?

[dusty sandal]

border war = one battle, the one that wins the battle gains ownership of the region it was fought in
no war is declared

[hexed parcel]

I have this bug in the new update when clicking the air map mode

[neon girder]

aw

[dusty sandal]

please use field marshal frontlines 😭

[upper siren]

why is it all under one general too?

[scenic nacelle]

It’s normal

Sadly

[hexed parcel]

What's the fix?

[teal stump]

Close the run and reopen

[deep sparrow]

How can I get more Range in my ships?

I forgot

Need that to reach america

[neon girder]

Coz i gave up

[hexed parcel]

The only fix seems to relaunching the game, reloading the save while in game doesn't fix it

[upper siren]

support ships, doctrine, underway replenishment, focuses, and naval supply hubs (I think) are the ones I can say off the top of my head.

[deep sparrow]

Alright

[teal stump]

It used to work like this, damn 😞

[upper siren]

but seriously, how do NSH's work?

[deep sparrow]

So I Just put suport ships at my taskforces?

[upper siren]

yes.
note my fleets arent fully build up yet.

[deep sparrow]

Ok

[hexed parcel]

which subdoctrine is best for spamming subs

[upper siren]

none of the submarine doctrines decrease production cost of subs, so if you ask me any of them are equal at quantity, so its up to you what you prefer in what to specialise.

[fast bear]

if im usa and i missed the window of "inforce the monroe doctrine" for mexico is there another way to take it? (by it i mean mexico)

[sinful vessel]

For fighters, what is the difference between air superirity and interception orders ?

[neon girder]

Why do i keep on losing to russa?

and the alies

90277446345145375

[stiff pewter]

is mountaineers or rangers better for fighting China? If rangers, whats a good combat width for them?

[short fjord]

is the new naval system a dlc or in the main game

[upper siren]

I am not 100% sure so take this with a bit of salt.
air superiority tries to actively contest the skies, going after any enemy aircraft.
interception is more defensive in nature where it tries to intercept enemy missions like strat bombing, logi bombing, etc.

[quasi cloak]

how can i make tank divisions strong in mountains and rivers?

[upper siren]

game tells you as much apperantly.

[upper siren]

engineering support and marines as far as I know.

[sinful vessel]

what if i have the air superiority order and only bomber attack me. Is it the same as interception then ?

[upper siren]

I think so, as it says "and secondarily enemy bombers and other planes".

[quasi cloak]

hmm

[upper siren]

why do I not get naval dominance here?

[proper furnace]

hi, doing the tutorial here... anything i can do with ALL these boats? i thought of sending them to train, but id end up without fuel in two days.💀

[lucid torrent]

Well, just train submarine

[proper furnace]

thanks

[pastel umbra]

i have dlcs on my other computer but i dont have them on this one despite being on the same steam account how do i get them on this pc?

[lucid torrent]

How to coordinate strike? My CV planes don't sortie no matter what.

[spark swallow]

Restart steam and see if it detects it

[pastel umbra]

doesnt work

[rapid urchin]

can india do tanks?

[lucid torrent]

How to coordinate strike? My CV planes don't sortie no matter what.
I am trying to do operations because navy AI won't engage, try to get some naval battle screenshot for Pearl Habor but I can't even do it.

[spark swallow]

Then contact steam support as this is a steam issue

[pastel umbra]

im just dumb i figured it out

[spark swallow]

[fast bear]

hey im playing usa
how can i get a core on cuba?

[upper siren]

what did you do?

[pastel umbra]

they were old dlcs that got added to the base game and i didnt realize

[tame gale]

UHHH HOW DID HE APPEAR IN MY PUPPET????

[upper siren]

somehow Chang Kai-Shek has returned.

[scenic nacelle]

Canon event

[tame gale]

so i take it this meens i have to do the focus and use the decesions?

i cant just puppet in a peace deal?????

[lucid torrent]

where is my strike?

[kindred kayak]

Do you have a strike force there as well? Also try deleting the order to operate in there and do it again

[cerulean abyss]

so ive been fighting japan on the backfoot for 10 years now

[upper siren]

I do not, patrol on its own is enough.

And removing the order has worked.

[cerulean abyss]

and at this point as china in 1947 ive lost most of the coast but still have wuhan and a good north/central defensive line, but the south is about to collapse, and since the allies haven't done shit the whole war to beat japan and instead going to fight the soviets, the japanese have control of all the important colonies. so now the AI is making a shitload of planes and elite units that i cannot counter at all

what do i do

[sinful vessel]

To get rid of the MEFO, i need Totaler Krieg, right ?

[kindred kayak]

I expected it to, it works for me when I do that usually stops working after a naval invasion

[kindred kayak]

You can cancel them with a decision

[upper siren]

cant you also go for the left economic route? the one where you dont rely on conquest?

[quasi cloak]

which one of these is better?

[kindred kayak]

4yp is better and you dont have to rely on conquest

[kindred kayak]

Show the buffs they give

[sinful vessel]

i went for MEFO this time to try. But i'm stuck with 0 civ now 😕

[kindred kayak]

Here give me a sec I got sum that'll help

[kindred kayak]

Airspace dominance

[upper siren]

mind if I ask why that is?

[cerulean abyss]

can i make a comeback of any sort here

[kindred kayak]

Gives better stats for having air superiority

[upper siren]

which stats are that?

[stark bough]

Hey guys, I just lost my first war as a beginner and I want to know if you guys can help me figure out what I went wrong. Well, my Gran Colombia gameplay was going really well, I had annexed Panama and Ecuador, but when I got to Venezuela, the situation was as follows: My entire army was concentrated in one province. I declared war and won the first battle, but suddenly the enemy employed a pincer movement in a matter of seconds and annexed three of my provinces They attacked so quickly that I've never seen another occupation like it; they laid siege to me and attacked from all sides. Even though they had significantly fewer divisions than I did, they managed to overcome all the battles of that semi-siege (semi-siege because I still had a small province of mine connecting the army), How the hell did he win? I haven't the slightest idea. I always let the general handle everything, I just watch, I've been told that's the right thing to do. I turned off my PC after seeing that horror show of the semi-siege and didn't finish the war because I want to know where I went wrong.

[kindred kayak]

All of them

[kindred kayak]

Send me a ss of the four year plan side of the germany tree

[kindred kayak]

Why haven't you done seize foreign industries

[sinful vessel]

Imissed one condition

[kindred kayak]

Did you do anschluss?

Send a ss of what it says when you hover the mouse over it

[sinful vessel]

Yes

[kindred kayak]

What does it say?

[sinful vessel]

The problem was the ressources at first, now it's the 90%

[kindred kayak]

What does the one before it require

Cause you can probably do that in 1936

[sinful vessel]

I think i've been too far in the MEFO tree too early

[kindred kayak]

What year is it?

[sinful vessel]

40

I've taken Poland, and i'm taking baltic states atm

[kindred kayak]

Nah you're not too far in but there's a way to get -70 consumers for 60 days then -5 till you take totalier krieg which makes it 5

You shouldn't have done price controls yet though

[sinful vessel]

I used a way more sub optimal route ^^ I will have spent quite 280 days with 0 civ 😕

[clear tide]

Anyone got a good japan guide?

[kindred kayak]

I'd say restart the run but do it properly when doing the 4yp, dont take price controls early and complete the 3 focuses before totalier krieg then cancel the mefo bills with a decision then do price controls

[scenic salmon]

so my guys are all stuck in Japan and not moving back to my territory in europe. Playing as Byzantium and have military access via russia

if i delete them it says my encircled units will lose all equipment and 80% manpower

wait, just realized I had no ports in that area

[dusty sandal]

do the price control focus and decision
pillage gold from countries you cap

[sinful vessel]

I don't know why i hadn't gold from Poland, but i use the one from baltic states yes

[kindred kayak]

"dont use the four year plan unless your good at the game" -some guy on youtube

[sinful vessel]

Yes. The other option was way simplier i think

[kindred kayak]

Eh unless you just do it till you cant its really not that good

If ur doing historical do the 4yp if not then do peg

[glacial steeple]

not true

four year plan is so much strictly better in this update

and it was already easier to play

[kindred kayak]

Its in quotes

[glacial steeple]

if you want to have a worse economy and worse army

[kindred kayak]

😭😭

[sinful vessel]

But you need to do it in the right order i think, what i haven't do

[glacial steeple]

no?

you go MEFO

you make mil

you do price control at some point

spam decisions

1938 hits, you make some refineries for rubber

then 1939 and onwards you go back to mil

i dont see how thats difficult

[sinful vessel]

well even with decisions (not a lot), i was stuck some month at 0 civ, but it may be the way to do it.

[glacial steeple]

yeah eventually in like 1942

when you shouldve already won the game

and thats only construction anyway

your production (factory output) is completely fine

[sinful vessel]

i'm in 40, but as i've said mainly time, i'm not good ^^

[edgy pendant]

Easy fix, just get better 😎

[sinful vessel]

Each try is a better try. Still not good, but better 😉

[edgy pendant]

Should try the new battle royal achievement as communist China

[brisk mauve]

why is my focus tree looks different even if I dont have any DLC?

[glacial steeple]

as which nation

[brisk mauve]

germany

all youtubers that uses vanila have different focus tree

I unselected all the DLC and still different focus tree

[glacial steeple]

the historical gotterdammerung tree?

thats just part of the game

[lethal elm]

The historical path is different?

[edgy pendant]

For historical. It’s either an old video you’re watching or they’re using a mod

[lethal elm]

If you don't own götterdämmerung your alt historical path is different

[edgy pendant]

Default German historical tree now is the one from the dlc last year

[azure delta]

is there any mod/DLC that adds puppets like "General government" and all thag

[cursive dawn]

germany can make the reichskommisariats

[azure delta]

no DLC right

[cursive dawn]

pretty sure yes

[tidal inlet]

Whats the meta for Space Marines now? Doctrines etc. I use them for achievements

[azure delta]

ok

[lethal elm]

The left one is the tree from the video?

[brisk mauve]

t

yes