ask-for-help-here

[feral trail]

WTF

[hollow linden]

Are u like actually restarted?

Genuine question

[fluid wharf]

ok now we know ur a dumbass

[feral trail]

THOSE 34, 42 GUNS CAN SHRED THE ROYAL NAVY IN 3 SECONDS

[hollow linden]

Don't gotta capslock

I can read just fine

[fluid wharf]

in what world did u not just steal a navy by 45'

[feral trail]

I DESTROYED THEM BRUH 😭

[fluid wharf]

because its ai

[feral trail]

YES

[fluid wharf]

have u thought about that

every braindead play works against ai

[serene karma]

True

[feral trail]

THATS WHAT IM SAYING

[fluid wharf]

it works

[feral trail]

WHY 4 ARMOUR AGAINST AI

[fluid wharf]

does not means its good

[serene karma]

Calm down

[serene karma]

Its better

[feral trail]

i cant believe this chat

[serene karma]

If u want to quickly kill easy ai’s navy

U can put out some cheaper stuff

But why not use the ships u said u used to kill the previous country’s ai

[feral trail]

so paying 2k more production for slightly better armour which doesnt do anything anyways against the royal navy is good
but spamming 2 armours with 42 guns and shredding the royal navy is bad

got it

[fluid wharf]

u do know secondary guns

are better ic wise

than light medium guns right

[feral trail]

they arent because the game files are cooked
if you dont believe me check it out for yourself

[inner sparrow]

murkesha you need to learn that u don’t argue with sp apes

[hollow linden]

🐒

Unga bunga

This u?

[inner sparrow]

no need to insult the guy

just don’t argue more and leave eachother be

[feral trail]

alright i thought this server gives you "good" help
apparently it doesnt
the mod server >>>

[fluid wharf]

have u thought ur the one thast wrong

if everyone tell u otherwise

[hollow linden]

Obviously not

He literally asked for designs and then tried to explain to me why they're shit

[inner sparrow]

just because u ignore the advice bc ur ignorant doesn’t mean its bad, still wish u the best

[hollow linden]

He's tryna flex his skill

Which is extremely funny

[fluid wharf]

like i a gree u can get away with armor 2 and 3 in sp

[hollow linden]

Trying to prove smth to random people on the Internet is crazy

[fluid wharf]

but light med guns are not the play lol

when secondary exists

[sinful vessel]

Theorically, what would be the best traits for a general ? And for a Marechal ?

[fluid wharf]

his mystical 44 tech vs secondary battery 2 that everyoen starts with

[fluid wharf]

thorough planning and logi for marshal

than panzer leader if u do tanks

inf expert if inf

than adapatable for fm and gens

[sinful vessel]

planning speed or max planning ?

[fluid wharf]

max planning

[empty latch]

Kaiserreich
How does the congress of Batavia work?
Like what are the possible outcomes, how do you get cores, what happens when its refused, can a revolution happen or can i create a smaller Indonesia puppet etc,?

[sinful vessel]

What gives adaptable ? i can't find it in french

[fluid wharf]

by gaining terrain traits

like ranger desert fox

[sinful vessel]

ok, the secondary that helps adaptation ty

How many traits max for a general ?

[glacial steeple]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/724031429234917386/1371943500563873852/togif.gif?width=704&height=940

[glacial steeple]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1271659028501758012/1421115586624098487/G1uoKENW8AAyw0_.gif

[glacial steeple]

something like this

(thats within reason thats not all)

[sinful vessel]

yeah i've kept this screenshot from last time. Though it doesn't give me hos to prioritize things ^^

[glacial steeple]

well

you want to get traits to like 99%

stop getting them

and then finish them all like at once

you can find the icons in the game

like urban assault specialist, ranger

and then read the requirements for them

[sinful vessel]

But there is a maximum on assignable traits, right ?

[rancid sedge]

they patched the start to cap the uk in 1936

[hollow linden]

Up to lvl 9 ye

Fm gets 1 more additional

So u have about 9 assignable traits

1 per level up with 0 at lvl 1

[sinful vessel]

ok

[rancid sedge]

@glacial steeple is there a workaround to the new navy so we can still blitz the uk

[hollow linden]

Put like 1 dd on patrol on never engage and then the rest of the fleet on strike force

[rancid sedge]

i mean yoou used to be able to get uk no problem by warrinng malaya

[glacial steeple]

🛫 🛩️ 🪂 🛬 💥

[rancid sedge]

now the uk actually puts its navy out in time and i can't get supremacy

[serene karma]

What mod server

[glacial steeple]

they left the discord, silly

[serene karma]

Hmm

[severe ember]

alr so
I’m France,and it’s 1941 historical mode
Iran joined allies,and Afghanistan joined axis
We’re fighting afghan troops
The thing is where does all that axis troops coming from into Afghanistan?
Like,there’s no land borders to move troops,from Germany or Hungary to Afghanistan,but they keep coming

[rancid sedge]

volunteers dumbass

[glacial steeple]

no it more likely troops that are stuck there

arent getting encircled

but are getting resupplied from capital

[severe ember]

Aren’t they supposed to pass borders?
Idk I’m new lol

[severe ember]

And I just checked
There’s no volunteers from Germany or Hungary to Afghanistan

anyone?
Any idea?

[dusty sandal]

the planning one isn't useful anymore since planning is capped at 70% now iirc
also the new ghost planning gives 50% debuff to planning speed and it decays way faster when microing than before
the offensive trait is better because it's more consistant

[glacial steeple]

is it actually capped?

[inner sparrow]

it shouldn’t be capped

wasn’t when I tested

[glacial steeple]

and its always decayed 3% per day

[hollow linden]

It's not capped and staff office plan exists?

[glacial steeple]

your gain is just slower

[inner sparrow]

pretty sure that what he says is just straight up wrong

[inner sparrow]

exactly

[hollow linden]

Also since tds get initiative now planning speed reduction is a nothingburger. Again

[inner sparrow]

bro just logged on to spread misinformation for the fun of it

[hollow linden]

That's what that guy tends to do

[glacial steeple]

something something french hoi4 community

[hollow linden]

Same guy that said armor clicks bad cuz expensive

[inner sparrow]

thats why they got cooked by rb in SvS

[hollow linden]

As expected

[inner sparrow]

dday bounced 15 times

[hollow linden]

Lmao

[inner sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1074372462449545360/1410742206897061949/togif.gif

[glacial steeple]

bad tech good build > good tech bad build

[inner sparrow]

that’s what the gif says lil bro

[cold bloom]

@severe emberThis server is English-only

[severe ember]

Yeah well I said I don’t think anyone knows what they’re doing here
Cuz they literally can’t solve anything

[cold bloom]

lol

[dusty sandal]

someone tested it on our discord day1 so idk if it's been patched but they had 85% modifiers and it never went higher than 70% for some reason

[dusty sandal]

I was present when friends tested it live, it was probably a bug though

[hollow linden]

Jfc

[dusty sandal]

staff office does mitigate it but it's still very much detrimental. Although some would say it makes it more balanced which can be a fair point

[dusty sandal]

gonna retest it rn to be sure

[hollow linden]

Since when did planning speed need a nerf 💀

Like planning speed is not something that needs to be fixed

[hollow linden]

Also it plans to max in 5 days.

Wdym "mitigate somewhat"

The planning speed reduction doesn't matter at all

[dusty sandal]

some argued that due to the extreme stats it gives, it's faire to make it require more time
I'm kinda neutral on that take

[hollow linden]

It's not a take that's any good

Like u just wait a day longer now wooooow

That doesn't decrease the stats

What is a problem though, are the new sub doctrines being bloated as shit

Planning speed and max planning is not the issue here

[dusty sandal]

it does as it forces u to use cp more often, which can lead to shortages. That can be a pain but to be fair I'm also a force atk/last stand hater so I don't care much. It's just general opinion I've heard so far

[hollow linden]

Bruh

Yea the people you're talking to really aren't the brightest

[sinful vessel]

Ingame, is ther a way to see other country's template ?

[hollow linden]

Intel

At 80% army intel you can see the exact numbers and template of an enemy army iirc

[sinful vessel]

and offgame ? a wiki somewhere ?

[hollow linden]

.......what

Wdym off game

[sinful vessel]

It's not to see a specific template, more to see how the AI make them

[hollow linden]

I guess play a game until certain dates, tag switch and see?

[sinful vessel]

well, good idea ^^. I'm quite noob tbh

If i want at some point finish by a world conquest, can i leave a faction or remove country from it ?

[dusty sandal]

It has been fixed from what I can see, I managed to get up to 76% planning without issue
would confirm this wasn't intended (thankfully)

[hollow linden]

If you're faction leader u can kick members

If you're faction member u can just leave

[sinful vessel]

ok ty. If i manage to go there, it would be more for fun than anything else ^^

[exotic mason]

hi can anyone help me fix my game

let me explain- i was playing EAW, and after the latest update, the korean language mod and the EAW mod seems to be breaking each other, as EAW mod is ok normally but with EAW korean trans mod, all the counrtries have missing names- they literally have no name

i assume this is due to korean trans update by paradox, but the translation by paradox is shitty so... im trying to stick to korean trans mod, and there seems to be lots of ppl thinking the same as korean trans mod is keep being updated

is there any way i can fix this by myself? should i modify the mod files?

i also did all the integrity checks in case that it is due to some file errors

[ivory oak]

how's this for Medium 2 tank in late 38

[hollow linden]

Maybe set your game to English, then use the Korean Localisation mod?

[burnt iron]

Anyone have a good spg design?

[hollow linden]

Ye not terrible, maybe remove the wet ammo storage and the lmg for 2 hmgs and use interleaved roadwheels

Increase engine and armor clicks too and make it an spg

[inner sparrow]

change to spg

[ivory oak]

Like so?

[hollow linden]

Yeee much better

[inner sparrow]

yes thats fine

[hollow linden]

Max out the clicks but it's a small thing

[inner sparrow]

spgs are wholesome

[hollow linden]

Heavy spg?

[inner sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/crash-out-bunny-rabbit-im-gif-10075768982376662002

[hollow linden]

Btw fixed superstructure and heavy howi goes hard

[inner sparrow]

why not if u want higher soft yk

[hollow linden]

Still got 700,break

[inner sparrow]

ofc not needed

but for the funnies

[sour hazel]

Hello i have a problem i’m trying to recreate the first french empire and i want to have more division so I make them but it says that I lack of infantry idk why i produce a lot of guns

[inner sparrow]

for mp you prob need higher break

[hollow linden]

Ye I guess

[inner sparrow]

surely marines will land kappa chungus

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1217372630034939955/1338886191428403260/togif.gif

[ivory oak]

How's this for my panzers

[hollow linden]

Make all of your tanks spg, add 6 more mech

[ivory oak]

I haven't got mech yet it's researching

[hollow linden]

Alr

Then use cav for the time being

[hollow linden]

Also replace mot recon with armored recon

[ivory oak]

And why all SPG and not actual tanks

[inner sparrow]

bc they give better stats

they are tanks

[lucid torrent]

How to play as PRC? I help ROC too much and win Sino-Japanese war too soon and Chiang control all manchu industry.

In 1943 the whole faction CUF pound on me with 600 divs

[dusty sandal]

38w ?

[hollow linden]

Moar stats

Penalty doesn't matter a whole lot

It's just for clicking plains anyhow

[dusty sandal]

but you just don't get in combat though ?

[hollow linden]

I do

1 just gets penalty

Or attack from 2 sides

[dusty sandal]

would rather stick to 36w pretty sure that's better in terms of stats because of how the penalities are calculated. And it reinforces even in forests at least

[ivory oak]

how's this for a Super Heavy Battleship

[inner sparrow]

its not

38w is better, esp after the stat bloat from new changes

was even good before but germany players in mp never did it bc of the fear of losing ic (while 25k tanks in stockpile)

[dusty sandal]

very good, won't get killed by anything but torp stacking

[inner sparrow]

but 38 was very usual for sov tanks on barb and now even more

[dusty sandal]

honestly, I've never seen it but reinforcing in forests must be an issue

[ivory oak]

I'll get 2, The Bismarck and Tirpitz

[inner sparrow]

just because youve never seen it doesn’t mean its not good

and ofc bad micro will make it worse, its always only as good as the player using it

[dusty sandal]

I mean how do you reinforce in forests if ennemy attacks with 2 divs from one side
you'll just get memed

[west grotto]

hey

[hollow linden]

Has nothing to do with not being able to reinforce, I just get a penalty that doesn't matter because I have more stats anyway

[inner sparrow]

if you have to reinforce into a forest tile theres already something wrong at that point

[dusty sandal]

but 2 38w doesn't fit in forest do they ?

[hollow linden]

Counter click?

Shrimple as that

[hollow linden]

Not perfectly no

Neither does 36 for that matter

[inner sparrow]

they just get penalty

[west grotto]

it has been loading for ages and can't get past this point

can you help me

pls

[hollow linden]

Get better hard drive

How long does ur pc need to start

[dusty sandal]

they ... do ?
bul mech wall with 36w fit on brest sooo

[inner sparrow]

and the stats u get from 2w more is bigger than the penalty u will get from being over width

[hollow linden]

Not perfectly? 36×2=72?

Forest is 60.

[swift fiber]

For some reason I can’t see how many enemies are on the tile and their strength. I don’t know if I clicked the wrong button. Is anyone able to help?

[west grotto]

it the first time doing this

[dusty sandal]

yes, they get penality but they fit ?
38w just doesn't reinforce doesn't it ?

[hollow linden]

Same goes for 38w

[west grotto]

in like 3500+ of gameplay

[hollow linden]

They reinforce with a penalty

[dusty sandal]

bottom right of your screen, click the small dude icon

[hollow linden]

Tried reinstalling?

Verify game files

[swift fiber]

Thanks

[hollow linden]

Then reinstall

[west grotto]

i will give it a go

thanks

[brisk trail]

how to navel insasion there

[inner sparrow]

and the reinforcing wont be a problem, if you get memed you forgot to ls your inf (or your minor player forgot to ls) and if theres no inf to ls then you messed up micro

[dusty sandal]

what hard drive are you playing on ? (HDD or SSD)
how much RAM do you have available
in general does you PC meet the recommended specs

[brisk trail]

the achiement is hard

[inner sparrow]

like the argument makes no sense

[hollow linden]

Set home base

[brisk trail]

how to set home base

waste a lot of my time

[dusty sandal]

CTRL + Rclick

or assign a mission and click this

[brisk trail]

on or off

[dusty sandal]

really ?

like cmon

[brisk trail]

got it

[hollow linden]

And bro calls me the douchebag

Just say yes

[dusty sandal]

true but sometimes it just comes out

[hollow linden]

See? Don't gotta come at me for it

U do it too

[dusty sandal]

some people just need to learn to read a single line of text
I'm sorry for everything I said

[hollow linden]

All good, nw

[lucid torrent]

How to play as bolsevik PRC? I help ROC too much and win Sino-Japanese war too soon and Chiang control all manchu industry.

[solar coyote]

What should I research to get these - torpedo room and submarine engines?

[hollow linden]

Just the Submarine hulls

They give you those

[solar coyote]

I've researched these so far, is this what you mean?

[hollow linden]

Yes

The sub marine hulls give you the engine and the torpedoes

Click on the 1940 Hull

Then scroll down

[solar coyote]

There is nothing to scroll down

[hollow linden]

Huh

Wait

Go to the torp tech in the naval support tech tree

I'm so confused

It should be there

[split scaffold]

NCNS moved sub torps to the surface ship torp tech

[hollow linden]

Figured, thanks

Finally though lol

[brisk trail]

dont achiement thanks @dusty sandal

done

[solar coyote]

You mean these?

[split scaffold]

yeah

[hollow linden]

yep

[solar coyote]

Those enable torpedo tubes, nothing called torpedo rooms on there

[hollow linden]

Click on them?

[split scaffold]

its the second icon on the description

[solar coyote]

Best part is I do have submarine engines and torpedo tubes - I have equipped them as you can see in that image above, but for some reason I can't get the historical template

[split scaffold]

depending on who you play, sometimes youll get the equipment for things without having the tech. which was an... interesting design choice, Paradox.

[boreal river]

can someone call w me and help me learn how to play this game ✌️

[lucid torrent]

How to play as bolsevik PRC? I got enemy state to flip but can't break through enemy encirclement.

[hollow linden]

Germany can get 2 e3 spawn ins

[hollow linden]

There's a tutorial in game

[boreal river]

i like when i have someone helping me out lol

[hollow linden]

https://youtu.be/LbpWbSD6hEY?si=CK-qdiStOXChiHUJ

Watch this guide

[boreal river]

R

[split scaffold]

BS is p good

[sinful vessel]

Why can't i save this ? Game says "no change to save", but all light tank became medium tank 😕

[split scaffold]

its really one of those games where you have to come to class having read the homework.

[hollow linden]

Tbh the only guy I trust when making beginner guides

And even he isn't that good

[split scaffold]

hes good enough

[hollow linden]

For beginners

[split scaffold]

for sure

[hollow linden]

Intermediate and advanced he's pretty terrible lol

No shade on him, he does say so himself

He doesn't play meta

Which I respect

[split scaffold]

im here for it

[hollow linden]

It says save?

Like the button is green?

[inner sparrow]

bro thought sheep ai was cheating nd crashed out on it

was so funny

[sinful vessel]

yes

[hollow linden]

I saw

[inner sparrow]

with his 8/2 div

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1217372630034939955/1338886191428403260/togif.gif

[hollow linden]

Meanwhile I see tanks with no org battleplanning into 10 divs 😭

Like bro just plan up, you're already in the UK 😭

Jfc

[sinful vessel]

No idea ?

[split scaffold]

Why's it say negative army XP to change division template?

Try clicking duplicate then save?

[sinful vessel]

I don't know. Changing light for medium cost -5 idk why

[split scaffold]

wait. are you using motorization drive and streamlineed deployment?

[sinful vessel]

I don't know what this means sorry

[split scaffold]

I wonder if stacking these breaks the template designer

[hollow linden]

Oh shit

Wooow

Would be funny if you could print xp that way

[sinful vessel]

Oh i've found a bug ?! I'm so proud ^^

[split scaffold]

Maybe! if youre using both of those, try swapping motorization drive to something else and trying again.

[split scaffold]

You'd think this would be caught in like... the most basic level of bug checking prior to releasing the DLC. But here we are.

[hollow linden]

Btw they are simply not adding bypass checks for focuses anymore

[inner sparrow]

there are bugs that are simpler and in the game

[hollow linden]

If you take siam as Japan before doing the focus the focus is locked

[split scaffold]

I am not at all aruging against that.

[hollow linden]

Don't expect pdx to do anything

[split scaffold]

How embarssing.

[viscid sonnet]

hey guys my friend got banned how does he appell the ban

[split scaffold]

i don't.

[hollow linden]

Unless we complain like a lot

[viscid sonnet]

its permanent tho

[split scaffold]

or not buy the DLC day 1. ahem.

[hollow linden]

What he do 💀

[hollow linden]

Ouch

[viscid sonnet]

dunno

pfp of AH

[hollow linden]

Ask him. There's usually a good reason

[compact whale]

Ahh that explains it

Lmao

[hollow linden]

Yea alright why would u do that though 💀

Like there are rules

Chances are he might not be welcome here

[viscid sonnet]

dunno is there any way of apeeling the ban?

[hollow linden]

Msg pdx bot I guess

[viscid sonnet]

he cant

[hollow linden]

Msg a mod

[viscid sonnet]

i thought you coudnt do that?

[hollow linden]

Well have u tried ?

He wants to appeal the ban

[cold bloom]

Message @hearty wave for moderation tickets

[tawdry zodiac]

wtf is wrong with the front

[viscid abyss]

How many ships and planes are needed for operation sealion. It’s June 1940 now and I just took France

I only got the game a week ago so idk what I’m doing

Or do I not bother with Britain and just prepare for ussr

[split scaffold]

4 carriers plus the two scharnhorsts and two bismarks and a bunch of destroyers/light cruisers probably ought to do it

might be a challenge to outproduce them on fighters

[hollow linden]

As many as possible

There isn't a exact number

[viscid abyss]

Up until now I’ve kinda ignored my navy since I have no clue how it works

[hollow linden]

Not at all? Your eco is like twice as large as the UK

[scenic nacelle]

Nah

[hollow linden]

And you have insane MIOs and production

[viscid abyss]

But I think I’ve mainly built destroyers and a couple of bismarks

[hollow linden]

Like on equal terms u never struggle to outproduce UK

[split scaffold]

lol

[hollow linden]

A couple 💀

I mean shbb isn't bad

[split scaffold]

bismark isnt a shbb

[viscid abyss]

Idk I put a lot of dockyards on it

[hollow linden]

Then what is it?

Names don't do much

You mean regular battleships?

[viscid abyss]

So definitely worth doing sealion before Barbarossa?

[split scaffold]

if you do sealion prior to barb you don't have to worry about invading the US on a timetable

but you also don't need to care about US necessarily

[viscid abyss]

But it will make Barbarossa harder?

[hollow linden]

Dawg do I look like I larp 💀

[split scaffold]

dawg

[hollow linden]

How would it?

Sealion is moar eco

Moar good

Barb is easy anyhow

[split scaffold]

you can push off barb till way later

you can get autarky after capping them and their puppets

[viscid abyss]

Ok

[split scaffold]

i was js saying for the new guy to do the bizzy focus my guy

[hollow linden]

U corrected me

[split scaffold]

yeah but hes gonna look at that and be like "oh so i need a coupla superheavy battleships to fight the UK" is all

[viscid abyss]

I don’t think I’ll find Barbarossa easy it took me 3 months to beat France 💀

Do I need any specific ground units?

And should I build naval bombers also

[split scaffold]

you need the starting infantry template and a tank template that doesn't suck. thats it

naval bombers are good for taking out subs

[viscid abyss]

Ok thanks

I’ll give it a try

First I need to figure out how the navy works

[split scaffold]

more than 4 carriers in a fleet doesn't add much, you need at least 1 BB/BC/CA per carrier, and at least 3 destroyers per CV/BB/BC/CA, but I usually go with at least 4 per

or I hear you can build a bunch of CLs with maxed out light attack and DDs with maxed torps and that should do the trick

[hollow linden]

These ratios don't make much sense. They're not based on anything. Deathstacking is still the way to go. Just have more of everything

[split scaffold]

wdym they dont make sense

[hollow linden]

Torpedo dds are untested and therefore not relevant

[hollow linden]

Tell me what the reasoning is behind these

I couldn't tell you

[split scaffold]

the screening...

[hollow linden]

I haven't heard it anywhere

[hollow linden]

So? There isn't a limit

[split scaffold]

1->1->3 is the minimum

[hollow linden]

Having too little screens is bad, having too many isn't

[split scaffold]

agreed

[hollow linden]

Why go for a minimum?

[split scaffold]

you shouldnt

[hollow linden]

Just have as many as possible

[hollow linden]

Then why are you recommending kne?

[split scaffold]

of COURSE

because the guy is asking how many he should have

of course he should have as many as possible

[hollow linden]

Then why make it more complicated than it is

[hollow linden]

Then say that 😭

Sometimes it is easier to just say what's true

[split scaffold]

so this guy is brand new and asking how to sealion

idk if he built another dockyard

[scenic nacelle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1330865189112905829/1428409573701714081/attachment.gif

[split scaffold]

maybe he has the starting fleet and built convoys the rest of the game up until capping france

[hollow linden]

You can ask that. Don't just presume. Helping is often a conversation

[split scaffold]

now he wants to know "hey how many ships should I build before I go fight the british"

[hollow linden]

As many as possible

As per his amount of docks

He'll know how much he can achieve

[sacred sluice]

Anyone have a list of secret paths from the new dlc? Or a list of secret paths in general?

[split scaffold]

ok

[viscid abyss]

I didn’t build any new dockyards

But I got some from the national focus

[hollow linden]

Hmm, ye that's fine how many u got now

For next time, start building a few cls at game start

[scenic nacelle]

Commie buddhist empire for Japan

[viscid abyss]

Like 30? That was before beating France

[scenic nacelle]

And I think there is a khanate path for Sinkiang

[hollow linden]

U should be able to make this very soon except for the radar

[hollow linden]

That's already good, what about capital ships?

[viscid abyss]

No idea

I just let my navy build in the background

I don’t have the game open now

[hollow linden]

Alr

[hollow linden]

But you have been building since before the war?

Cuz that's important

[viscid abyss]

Yes all dockyards were being used

Since the start

[hollow linden]

And not just for convoys?

[viscid abyss]

No

[hollow linden]

Alr thats good then

[viscid abyss]

Bismark destroyers and subs

[hollow linden]

Very good

Light cruisers are important too

[viscid abyss]

Ok

Thanks for you help

I will see how it goes

[hollow linden]

@split scaffold see what I did there? This is what I meant

[split scaffold]

good job

im proud of you

[sacred sluice]

There's also the Japanese princess path right?

[scenic nacelle]

That too!

[sinful vessel]

Is Italy a good country to learn the navy ?

[opaque garden]

no czechoslovakia is the best country to learn navy

or hungary

hungary has to be the country to learn navy

[glacial steeple]

join the ban appeal server, he shouldve gotten a message by the PDX bot

[burnt iron]

Anyone got a TD template?

[stiff moth]

is there a reason to use armour

[opaque garden]

My game crashed is 40 million manpower and 4k division too much?

[clear tide]

Better to rush china or wait?

[opaque garden]

pls help why am I not winning this

[stiff moth]

no it probably thought you weren't playing anymore due to the low troop deployment, it's an automatic feature

[clear tide]

Show yo template and supply and equipment

[opaque garden]

I just use standard Germany template infantry

[clear tide]

As japan?

[clear tide]

Build tanks

[opaque garden]

oh no

this is bad

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[hollow linden]

Yep. It's so that your cruisers don't get memed by light piercing. Partial penning isn't a thing in naval combat

[hollow linden]

How in the fk 💀

[lucid torrent]

What i should build as PRC? Miltia is too garbage.

[hollow linden]

😭

[opaque garden]

why is everything red😭 😭 😭

[hollow linden]

Maybe delete half your army?????

[hollow linden]

Holy supply

[summer zephyr]

is there anyone here thaat can teach me how to play hoi 4?

[stiff moth]

515 divisions is too few, there's almost a gap between them on the frontline

[hollow linden]

https://youtu.be/LbpWbSD6hEY?si=CK-qdiStOXChiHUJ

[opaque garden]

5.1k

[hollow linden]

😭

[summer zephyr]

okay ty

[hollow linden]

No fking surprise

[stiff moth]

oh nice

[opaque garden]

I gave up assigning generals

[hollow linden]

Show template

Is it 2w

[opaque garden]

standard Germany inf template

3x3 art eng

[hollow linden]

Holy cheating

[opaque garden]

u dont wanna look at the orange bar

[hollow linden]

Do u know what supply does

[hollow linden]

No I don't

And you need to stop trolling

[opaque garden]

pls help

[hollow linden]

No

I will not

[opaque garden]

why

atleast im winning one battle

how is their stockpile not depleted😭 😭 😭

[hollow linden]

Because u don't do damage

Just look at the numbers bro

Where is your air force

Where are your spies

[opaque garden]

no

[hollow linden]

Where is your supply

[opaque garden]

no

[opaque garden]

yes

[hollow linden]

💀

https://tenor.com/view/giant-fatass-bnuuy-bunny-bnuuy-rabbit-rabbit-whatever-gif-15720990188084548831

I can't help you

[opaque garden]

I have 100% Intel network

I whole sov

europe

atleast i got smth going for me

@hollow linden pls help me😭 😭 😭

[hollow linden]

Don't ping me

[sour mountain]

can anyone vc first time playing

[opaque garden]

I also need professional help

[elfin crystal]

anyone know any vids for new navy?

[hollow linden]

No but I can explain it to you if you want

[elfin crystal]

yes please?

[hollow linden]

I assume you know how it worked before the rework?

[elfin crystal]

for the most part

i mean

i knew how to sort my navy and do invasions

knew what like patrol and convoy raiding was

[hollow linden]

And what the missions did and so on?

Alr

[elfin crystal]

for the most part

[hollow linden]

Alr OK so. Strike Force now only works in combination with patrol. So you need at least 2 fleets to get naval dominance (supremacy). So u put one on patrol in one sea zone and one fleet on strike force to support the patrol. If you run out of range, you need to set the home base of a fleet. Doctrines have been reworked and I sadly don't know what's best here so keep playing around with it. Designed remained basically the same, you just can't build empty carriers for easy supremacy spam now.

That's basically it

The rest of the controls and missions remained the same

[elfin crystal]

really?

[hollow linden]

Yea

It's really not that big

[elfin crystal]

when i try and do naval invasion like i cant get superiority at all

even with like hundreds of ships my troops dont go

[livid cedar]

what does this mena

mean*

[hollow linden]

Yea because strike force doesn't provide dominance by itself

You need a fleet on patrol

[elfin crystal]

you annex austria

wait so

naval invasion

same as strike force

in this context?

[hollow linden]

My brother in Christ. It says it right there.

You just. Have to read it.

[livid cedar]

yes, but 23 times bigger is crazy

thats like 200 divisions

[hollow linden]

The Austrian army is 9 divs. And you reduce it by events and Time. Also it only counts fully supplied divs. And the Austrians start in a deficit

[livid cedar]

ahh ok ty

[elfin crystal]

what year are u in out of curiousity?

wait ive never seen that

[livid cedar]

37 may

[elfin crystal]

prob rt56

[livid cedar]

nah

its dlc

[elfin crystal]

ohh

[hollow linden]

No its vanilla?

[elfin crystal]

no i meant

i play on rt56

[livid cedar]

ahh

[hollow linden]

Also not? This is base gMe

[hollow linden]

💀

[elfin crystal]

thats always been my anschluss

[hollow linden]

Oh that's dumb

[livid cedar]

i got this for the first time, also the first time i played w a friend with dlc

so i thought it was cuz of that

[hollow linden]

Nah

[elfin crystal]

ive seen yt vids of it like tht asw

[hollow linden]

It was like that before gtd

That was over a year ago

[elfin crystal]

oh

weird

[elfin crystal]

was this a yes btw @hollow linden

[opaque garden]

can anyone recommend me a good beginner nation to plsy

[hollow linden]

Yes

Just as before

Though I think it'll still try to follow any divs that pass through the zone it's assigned to

[sacred sluice]

Is Buddhist Communist Japan the strongest paths in terms of division buffs?

[opaque garden]

finland I think

but only when you're fighting in winter

[sacred sluice]

Oh I meant for Japan specifically lol, I absolutely love Finland asw

[opaque garden]

im new any recommendations for starter nations?

[sacred sluice]

9 rangers 1 heavy TD with engineers, support arty, support AA, winter logistics company and long range patrols

Perfect 20 width for 60 width forests

Could do 8 rangers 1 Heavy TD for 18 width too tbf

[sacred sluice]

Italy is pretty chill

If you only wanna deal with army and get the basics down I'd say Hungary is pretty good?

[opaque garden]

nah i but dont wanna be associated with mussolini

[opaque garden]

I dont have their dlc

[lucid torrent]

Is this battle random? I executed the raid but still lose

[opaque garden]

so im forced to use small focus tree if I go hungary

should I still pick hungry

[sacred sluice]

Ah

Idk for raw game no DLCs lol

Haven't seen the old game in a while

Hungary should still be kinda fine tho

[opaque garden]

I have resistance bosporus and no step back

[sacred sluice]

Soviets is ok too but there's some political shenanigans you gotta do iirc

I've only ever tried tsarist path

[opaque garden]

I hate stalin paranoia

is manchukuo a good option?

to restore Qing dynasty

is that a beginner friendly option?

oh wait I have a great idea

Poland can into space

ima play poland

[scenic nacelle]

Well that’s something

[fluid wharf]

dont play it

its impossible to win

ur attacking into a mountain

[vivid lotus]

What's the difference between ground support and ground attack?

[fluid wharf]

ground attack is the org damage

and hp damage

the plane does

grounds support is the positve attack modifier u get from having cas up

[vivid lotus]

Ahh okay, thanks

[glacial steeple]

hi questioners

[alpine axle]

My game version is this and I can't connect to any server to play online.

[sinful vessel]

When i'm here, i can't do anything more with land doctrines, right ?

[wintry matrix]

Many people play with mods or stay playing on older patches (given that the currect new patch is still a bit buggy).
If you're with friends, check what their versions and mods are.

[hollow linden]

Nope

That's all you can do

[hollow linden]

You need to match checksum

The number in brackets

[zenith thunder]

i am trying to learn and play the game again as i have failed every time before, i am playing germany and doing the path to dispose of hitler, should i start that focus right away or build up my army first? i did it right away and i am losing the civil war every time but maybe its because i not playing properly as i cant seem to build to new units and also im not sure if i am using the offensive lines correctly

[wintry matrix]

Many people do Oppose Hitler as the first focus.
Yeah, the civil war is a bit tricky.
There are some tutorials out there.
Do not expect, that you can battleplan it easily.
Take your time and make controlled pushes.

[hollow linden]

Ye civil war is kinda hard. I'd advise to play historical first

[zenith thunder]

for offencive lines should i di a bit of ground gains at first? i was putting the offecsinve line all the way at the back of there territory and just letting the push

[hollow linden]

Doesn't matter

[zenith thunder]

ok thanks

[hollow linden]

Just any drawn arrow is good to get planning

[zenith thunder]

ill try again then i guess

i think i had my production not working right also as i was not making any new units

[hollow linden]

I mean you do lose half your eco so

You aren't really supposed to make new units

It should take you 18 months at max to win

[zenith thunder]

would japan with the new dlc for non historical be any easier or is that about the same dificulty wise

that was the other country and path i was interested in

and do you recommend historical or non historical ai for first playthrough

[hollow linden]

Hist on

You want predictability

[zenith thunder]

ok thanks ill restart and try again

[lucid torrent]

which path guys?

[neon girder]

??

Why cant i win

[sinful vessel]

Not as good, but better than before 😉

[neon girder]

Casey

[neon girder]

Are you good?

[glacial steeple]

how to autonomy down ???

[sinful vessel]

This game is really better than the last ones

[neon girder]

Idk but anyways do you know why i cant win?

[wintry matrix]

Do not import resources from your puppet, I guess.

[glacial steeple]

no doctrine no manpower bad focus tree bad tech

and not roaching on belgrade

[neon girder]

I had doctrines att the start and manpower

[dusty sandal]

to add to what casey said : 900pp but no stab or war support, getting killed by resistance, using cavalry, light and medium tanks + mountaineers. Choose either tanks or mountaineers and focus on those as offensive templates. shit out loads of equipped infantry
and probably bad templates but I don't really know about this one

[exotic bronze]

i don't really get the new doctrine trees

so army exp is essentially useless now...?

i mean, after unlocking the trees

[neon girder]

I was using default and one good tank div att 36 width

[opaque garden]

how can I quickly get some trains as czechoslovakia Germany is logistics bombing hard on me

I have no trains

0

[dusty sandal]

then you're critically lacking support anti air

[neon girder]

Your right dident have a single one

[dusty sandal]

if they're bombing you, don't build any
build armored trains (best option) or static AA first (lvl 1 in all states then more until they stop bombing

[opaque garden]

well there goes half my civs theyre bombed the rest in civilian I only have 4 civs😭 😭 😭 😭 😭

i had 20 mills but now its 14😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭

why is air like this

ok great soviet gots encircled

[neon girder]

is this good?

[dusty sandal]

just build lvl 1 AA in all states, this will half the damage taken and will kill planes. Then if you build enough they'll simply stop bombing

[opaque garden]

there goes the Poland defense

[dusty sandal]

what are they made of ?

the resource cost is scaring me there

[opaque garden]

can the soviet Ai please be capable 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭

[neon girder]

Why its one ore per mil

[dusty sandal]

the convert one doesn't use any, which makes me scared of what your final tank looks like

what's the design ?

[opaque garden]

add_equipment 1000 armored_train_equipment_1
you know what im cheating them im done with his game

ahhhh

chatgpt got it wrong

[dusty sandal]

it's a sandbox game, no shame in it tbf

[opaque garden]

atleast the Soviets are helping me

[dusty sandal]

try this one
ae 1000 train_equipment_3

[opaque garden]

nope

you know what im just gonna switch to the Germans now and delete their army

[dusty sandal]

gimme a sec, gonna find it

[opaque garden]

yippee

bye bye german army

ok gonna switch back now

[dusty sandal]

it works, you just need to research it first

[opaque garden]

oh ye reseach

forgot about it

[dusty sandal]

train_equipment_1 adds regular trains, just give yourself 10k

[opaque garden]

my troops are already capituling germany

[boreal hamlet]

do unused factories still use coal?

[edgy pendant]

Yes

[boreal hamlet]

well they shouldn't

[viscid abyss]

I’m trying to take over the channel and sent troops to Britain

I have air superiority but for some reason I don’t have any naval dominance

[edgy pendant]

No one disagrees

[viscid abyss]

But the uk has none also

[paper turtle]

I got a question, how am I supposed to get militias or irregulars to use this doctrine in the first place?

[boreal hamlet]

yeah

[noble summit]

does the Triumph in France event not trigger if France occupies some of the Moselland?

[opaque garden]

guys is tannu that a beginner friendly nation to play?

[noble agate]

Hello everyone, can someone give me advice how to win in Hearts of Iron 4, I didn't play for so long and a lot changed in game. But I cannot win as germany anymore as I used to.

[sinful vessel]

Just like me some weeks ago. Give it a try, see where you fail, ask here, then retry, refail further, etc 😉

[noble agate]

Well I like to focus on Artillery, I do not like tanks. But I always lose against sssr and uk.

[boreal hamlet]

If you want I can teach you how to cheeze Germany.

[sinful vessel]

It's my 5th try, and i've finaly been successfull in Russia. I'm cleaning Africa before going for UK. Though i've used some tanks.

[noble agate]

What is that I must focus, I can confidently say my army was really buffed and with good advanced tehnology. But russia obliderated me

[boreal hamlet]

did you run out of supply?\

[noble agate]

no

[boreal hamlet]

Did you have air sup?

[noble agate]

I did have a lot of airplanes, but I don't know if that was enough.

[sinful vessel]

haven't you check in air map if you were green ?

[boreal hamlet]

You need ground attack to support armies and fighters to counter theirs and protect your

[noble agate]

It was red

[boreal hamlet]

that's bad

[neon girder]

4 takns isent enough to beat germany is it?

[boreal hamlet]

whats teh template

[neon girder]

How many tanks are needed to kill germany with tanks?

[boreal hamlet]

Im an infantry player could not judge that

[glacial steeple]

idk

as who

[noble agate]

Can you tell me what would be good infantry artillery template and can you explane how Raid works and is it worth it?

[glacial steeple]

france?

[glacial steeple]

if france why cav instead of camel

[neon girder]

yep

[glacial steeple]

camel better

[sinful vessel]

What i did wrong first time i went to russi was:

• Not enough air
• Too large front, attacking from everywhere
• Too many and too big division, so supply was hard
• Not enough good generals
  So (quite basic but) the next try was with quite the same number of division, but smaller. And 2 "elite/tanks" armies to make encirclement. And all my plane on this encirclement. It was successfull

[neon girder]

because i dont have it

[boreal hamlet]

you want to go to the help lounge and I'll share my svreen

[glacial steeple]

damn

[noble agate]

My mic is not working, sorry

[neon girder]

O NO

[glacial steeple]

take this day 1

free factories

[neon girder]

ok

[noble agate]

I am watching stream

Yes I can hear ya

[edgy pendant]

1

[neon girder]

Well

[noble agate]

@boreal hamlet I am listening and fixing mic

[glacial steeple]

did you exercise them

also 4 is very little

[neon girder]

yep

[neon girder]

Well can can never make more

[glacial steeple]

why not

[neon girder]

btw i lost

agen

[glacial steeple]

what did you spend your construction on

[neon girder]

well im to por and then the war starts

[neon girder]

'guns tanks and planes

[glacial steeple]

dont do air

[neon girder]

arty and extra supplys

[glacial steeple]

youre trying to do too many things

you make some basic ass infantry with no engineers and then tank or only inf

[neon girder]

Okay i will only do tanks next time

not a single gun

[glacial steeple]

france does not get to do many things

some guns are good

old ish france hold guide

[neon girder]

Whats the best infanatry template?

[glacial steeple]

for a tank build or massmob

[neon girder]

massmob

to kill em

[neat widget]

precisely

also do note that sweden and communist china get editable militias

[noble agate]

@boreal hamlet hey, can you hear me?

[glacial steeple]

wdym kill

[neon girder]

ato kill germany

[glacial steeple]

you hold and hope the uk sends air over you to kill

[neon girder]

O aw

Is there no way to kill germany?

[glacial steeple]

tho in sp i think you could push

[glacial steeple]

dont wait?

i see youre waiting as long as possible to join the war

[neon girder]

yep

[glacial steeple]

while germany outscales you pretty hard in everything

so its pretty detrimental to wait

the easiest time to kill germany is at czechs

hist war is a bit harder

[edgy pendant]

Still easy tbh. You can just expand the maginot line and they straight up won’t attack it. At least they use to not

[umbral forge]

Dunno if this is the chat but has anyone found a way to not feel useless as the Philippines lol

Tried the Hispanic monarchy route and got a bunch of territory with no interaction then tried us aligned historical and felt soooo slow trying to manage all the debuffs

I love small random minor nations like Bulgaria Iraq and Commie China (even the new north eastern army) but the juice doesn’t feel worth the squeeze

[noble agate]

@boreal hamlet It's actualyl easy to invade UK

@boreal hamlet also how to get more research slot as Germany?

[viscid abyss]

I’m running out of fuel in 1 day

What do I do

I’m building refineries I’m importing oil what else can i do

[sly estuary]

does anyone know which nation benefits greatly from license production trades

[noble agate]

@boreal hamlet I also have some few more questions, is it worth it to spend time on some crazy german plans example : Super heavy battleship, Rat Panzer P.1000 and Gustav. Also how I succsefuly do raid and is it worth it?

@boreal hamlet

@boreal hamlet I think its audio on your end

[neat widget]

Yes, no, yes

And get strategic bombers

There are also a few paratroopers raids too

At the same time if you do unlock Ratte you can do it by 1941 and have a rather powerful force

Problem there is that it is a dedicated playthrough at that rate

[prisma elm]

how do i get india to accept imperial federation

[paper turtle]

is that a no or a yes?

[neat widget]

yes

[viscid abyss]

Why does Italy demand so much

I think I beat the allies but Italy had claimed literally everything

[paper turtle]

so how do I get them

[viscid abyss]

So I wasn’t even able to hold onto Holland

[neat widget]

for irregulars idk, you can play ethiopia and aussa but you can't edit divisions
for militia #ask-for-help-here message

[digital prawn]

I've been waiting for Todt to finish his focus (Autonomous Organization Todt) for a few months. Is the run bugged or am I missing something? No idea what to do, it already completed his 140 days (+ few months waiting)

[bleak plinth]

why am i not getting any autonomy progres?

[wintry matrix]

Are you at war?

[scenic nacelle]

It literally says

Why are hoi4 players blind

[prisma elm]

Ay?

They just reject it twin

Even if they like me lots

[bleak plinth]

yup

[wintry matrix]

Do you send it to the correct nation?

You have to send it to your overlord.

[vivid lotus]

How many destroyers should I have per battleship and/or heavy cruiser?

[wintry matrix]

Usually 4 destroyer for one cruiser.
Four cruiser for one battleship.
If you're going for an balanced approach.

[vivid lotus]

Hmm okay okay, thank you

[bleak plinth]

yup i sent it to my overlord

[wintry matrix]

Click on this.
Can you increase your status?

[bleak plinth]

yeah i did but it didnt fix the main issue

i still have one more level left until free

im dominion rn

[wintry matrix]

Could you show your progess?

[wintry matrix]

Do you have a debuff spirit that reduces your autonomy?

[bleak plinth]

lemme check

i have no spirits in general

[wintry matrix]

Could have gone for some focusses.
Then taking the autonomy continuation focus.
Actively fighting in the war gives you some good participation and autonomy too.
I don't know, why trains don't give you more.

Maybe better luck with convoy.

[real wagon]

how do i take control of this territory?

i couldnt annex it in peace conference

[wild rune]

Wait

[candid trail]

you can somebody help me to learn the game because Im new and I dont know where to start please

[wild rune]

Hoi4 released a tutorial

[golden nimbus]

Yo why my hoi4 is lagging?

I have an 1050 but i think its ok

Like how my war thunder is going crazy with 60 fos

💀

[analog maple]

how is my puppet justifying on me?

[ornate gazelle]

a focus

your save, they cant attack you

[cold bloom]

HOI IV is almost always hindered by CPU limits

unlike most 3D games

[manic shuttle]

how do I do the pacify ethiopia mission

their resistance grows really fast

[golden nimbus]

I have i5 generation 9

[cold bloom]

thats fairly vague

[unreal monolith]

what year does it start lagging

[cold bloom]

focus tree unlocks some stuff I believe

spy agency also has resistance reducing stuff

[golden nimbus]

From the start

[unreal monolith]

well its your pc being the issue you should be good until way later in the game, I'd suggest mods to help and reducing settings in game

[dusky plank]

Are mods like millennium dawn are related to this channel?

[cold saffron]

how do i get this?

[dusky plank]

I believe you need to have all Chinese cores and win the civil war

Or something

[cold saffron]

at peace or no?

[cold saffron]

i cant tryo to take sinkiang from the soviets

[dusky plank]

Dunno

[ornate gazelle]

is that Portugal?

[cold saffron]

it says starting core states

[unreal monolith]

you'll need the rest of sinkiang

[cold saffron]

k ill try thanks

[unreal monolith]

try to focus them early on before they join comitern

[cold saffron]

theyre soviet puppet

but all soviet divisions are in europe so i think i can do this

[wet topaz]

It’s also 1947 you’ll be fine

You can just battleplan them

[unreal monolith]

yeah the germans are pretty strong in the new dlc for some reason just distracting the soviets they'll die

[wet topaz]

Low key the new dlc sucks

[unreal monolith]

I agree axis win all the time

[wet topaz]

The Japan focus tree sucks

[unreal monolith]

no

[wet topaz]

No but like it’s just bad

Faction mechanics seem to do like nothing

And the coal literally does nothing for the most part

Like even Japan who is supposed to suffer from coal and oil has infinite of both now

Because of the 100 oil in the gobi desert

The Japan tree is super boring and mostly meaningless

Best thing abt it China looks more visually appealing but the war is also much easier now

[ornate gazelle]

yeah

so bad

[wet topaz]

Bc ai doesn’t like placing troops on the border for other countries so you can easily snake all the supply hubs

[wet topaz]

Like none of those are even going to be picked tbf

[ornate gazelle]

only indo

[wet topaz]

Only ones people would do in that is the indochina ones and the ones you did

The strike north focuses are so bad

[cerulean abyss]

i mean i literally went down every focus path i could there in my japan one

[ornate gazelle]

im not even trying this

[cerulean abyss]

oh yeah thats useless

[unreal monolith]

lol true

[cerulean abyss]

thats my "im winning the game and dont know what focus to take" focus branch

[wet topaz]

Yeah imma be real I don’t think I’ve ever engaged with the economy tree

[unreal monolith]

the trees too big for most of it to be usefull

but japan is strong now

[wet topaz]

Like past Mitsubishi and the research slot

[wet topaz]

And also spending pp on the faction balance is such a waste

[ornate gazelle]

35 days... for a dam

[wet topaz]

I didn’t even know you could until I accidentally hovered over it

[cerulean abyss]

yk tbf dams dont take just a month to be built

[wet topaz]

Yeah but it should give like Civs or something

Like 1 civ + dam would be nice

[ornate gazelle]

but idk, you get 100 WS. and almost al focusses give you more. but you already have 100

[wet topaz]

War support?

[ornate gazelle]

yea

[wet topaz]

Most countries WS is always 100

Like it’s a nothing burger

Even casualties heavy countries like Germany and ussr never drop below 100

[ornate gazelle]

germany will, but thats because of bombing

[wet topaz]

Not in my experience

[ornate gazelle]

but stil around 90

[wintry matrix]

Göring gives additional warsupport and stability and stuff.

No wait.

The other guy.

[wet topaz]

Goeblells

[wintry matrix]

Ye.

[wet topaz]

At least they made mobile warfare good for tanks finally

I think at least, it seems good now

But honestly I rate this dlc 3/10 or 4/10

[cerulean abyss]

did they like powercreep the shit out of commie china

[wet topaz]

All warlords

[cerulean abyss]

like commie china specifically

[wet topaz]

I think they get like +100% production cap

I think I remember hearing that

[cerulean abyss]

their militia is killing me

[unreal monolith]

Japan is good

[wet topaz]

Which is absolutely insane if true

[ornate gazelle]

i like the doctrines

[cerulean abyss]

i had to literally pull my troops out to draw them out of their stupid ass mountains

and that still didnt work because despite encircling them i literally cannot close the encirlement in the mountains. full army group and cas doing nothing

[wet topaz]

Yeah militia are really good

With the doctrines too

[ornate gazelle]

you dont need a lot op xp anymore

thats nice

[wet topaz]

I like that