ask-for-help-here

[shut ravine]

this is how the guy i got it from did it

is it because he is using armored trucks that his width is higher

[wild rune]

No

Ig you are literally blind or smth my fault

Also thats from a previous patch

You can stack more SPGs now

[shut ravine]

how about this

[wild rune]

Looks about right

I'd put one more tank

And change all tanks to spgs

[shut ravine]

so is hard attack irrelevant?

[wild rune]

For singleplayer purposes yes

[shut ravine]

ok

[inner sparrow]

horrendous division

[shut ravine]

what do u suggest

[inner sparrow]

this one is bad aswell btw

[inner sparrow]

something like this for sp

[shut ravine]

i dont have the 5th slot or those armored trucks

[wild rune]

Research mechanized later

[inner sparrow]

u don’t need the 5th slot for spgs, just put them at the right

and use mechs asap

also your tank template is probably bad bc ur soft is so low

[wild rune]

38ws🥀

[inner sparrow]

even without doctrines u should get 1k base

[shut ravine]

i turned off dlcs

[inner sparrow]

its better than doing 36

[shut ravine]

to get a grasp at the game

[inner sparrow]

over width is good

[shut ravine]

and the tanks are default

no additions

[inner sparrow]

alright thats fine then

[wild rune]

Pluh

[inner sparrow]

use spgs with mechs

[inner sparrow]

just the truth, was good before already but after new update its even better

[shut ravine]

does the ai go for anti tank

[wild rune]

Bluh

[wild rune]

Not really

And soft attack wins

[inner sparrow]

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

[shut ravine]

what was the experience cheat

alr i got it

[fading ibex]

Which doctrines

Holy 1800 base soft attack

[neat widget]

11 and 8?

[inner sparrow]

spgs one, not my template

but achievable

theres also this

[inner sparrow]

don’t question the sp mindset

soft maxxing

[fading ibex]

What is that battalion

the one on the right

[inner sparrow]

heavy spgs

[compact whale]

What design for such high soft attack? Wow

Even pinned one isn’t 1800

[inner sparrow]

prob similar design but division is 11/8 instead of 10/8

being 38w

also one more support company

[queen jasper]

So i play with the USSR sinkiang did the puppet focus and will drag me in war with japan how do i stop it

[glacial steeple]

wdym how would they drag you in

they need to join the CUF to even have the war

[queen jasper]

japan declares on them

[glacial steeple]

they dont

japan declares on shanxi, nationalist china

and the rest gets dragged in through faction

[uneven hinge]

how do repair and support ships work?

Produced a few already

[queen jasper]

it allreday happend 2 times

[neat widget]

will the cuf still form if one only declares war on nationalist china?

or do you have to declare war on chiang and a warlord for it to form

[glacial steeple]

its an event/focus chain iirc

[queen jasper]

what should i do??

[glacial steeple]

you can either just not puppet sinkiang

or like fight japan

if it is forced to happen

[queen jasper]

they have o focus that makes them my puppet

[glacial steeple]

they dont take it if they win their war in time

[lethal perch]

i would switch out tanks for mech you dont really need that much stats hp more important

[inner sparrow]

bro its not my design ik how to design templates

even then for sp you wouldn’t need to swap our the tank for mech as ai wont be able to do anything anyway

for mp its not even a discussion

[neat widget]

i mean i'd agree tbh

as you guys know i don't like having more tank than inf in a division

[inner sparrow]

having more mech in is great esp as the production is easier

[neat widget]

yeah

[inner sparrow]

its not needed as the 270 hp and its org are enough for sp and the whole reason of the template from the guy was to soft max

but its like whatever both will work

[neat widget]

fair

[uneven hinge]

how do repair and support ships work?
Produced a few already

[cold bloom]

#latest-updates message

[ashen sigil]

How do I get equipment for my soldiers that are being trained

I increased the amount of military factories but it still does nothing

[wintry matrix]

Adding more mils doesn't magically fill a 5k deficit instantly.
It takes time.

You could consider asking for lend lease, if possible.
Or buying from the market, if you happen to have the DLC.

[ashen sigil]

I unfortunately can't do any of those

[wintry matrix]

Then check your division templates.
Your coastal guard can be smaller than your main dovision.
That saves you some guns.
Otherwise you gotta wait.

Check if you're importing enough resources.

[analog maple]

is the navy broken or something why cant i assigned it?

[wintry matrix]

Low level ports cannot support a high number of ships anymore, tmk.

[rose warren]

hi guys, just wanted to check if this achievement, The Neverending Story is bugged?

I also having this world tension bug. It says i have generated 37.4%, but at the same time, i am at 0% world tension

[fluid wharf]

u also need to control the concessions im pretty sure

and it seems like macau is still there

[rose warren]

ya, i was suspecting that too, which leads to the second bug, i cannot declare war

[fluid wharf]

world tensions ticks down

ur in 1969

the only way would be to flip fascist or communist

[rose warren]

yes, but i just ended annex all of allies, so the peace treaty should have generated enough world tension, yet it is still at 0%

[wintry matrix]

With the new update tension goes down when major wars end.

Somewhat.

[rose warren]

i mean this bug

i just needed 10% to justify for war

[wintry matrix]

You generated it, but the end of wars reduced it again.
Check your focus tree for potential war goals.
Consider even releasing nations, when you can a wargoal on them.
Otherwise you kind of stuck.
Or you gotta wait until Portugal does sth.

Not sure what Portugal's Historical Wargoals are.

[serene karma]

Wt decays

Its been too long

Not a bug

[wintry matrix]

Or release Japan again.
They might start beef.

[rose warren]

ending the war reduces wt? Is that new with NCNS update?

[wintry matrix]

Yes, as mentioned.

[rose warren]

ok, that is kinda goofy that just right after ending the war, i generated 37% + world tension through annexing nations and it ended up back to 0% after the peace treaty

[wintry matrix]

The world is peaceful when there is no war.

Yeah, the tension reduction is huge.

It probably gets updated.

[fading ibex]

Its realistic tho

[onyx trout]

does anyone have a cruiser and a destroyer template

[rose warren]

funny enough, previously i played as Communist China, Portugal randomly declare war on me and brings the entire allies upon me

this time round as Northeastern army, Portugal didnt join allies and didnt declare war on me

[wintry matrix]

Maybe you have another political advisor that allows wargoals with less tension?

This or releasing nations, with potential aggression towards you.

Or you could release Germany and Poland.
Germany tends to manually justify often.

[rose warren]

👍

thanks

i will try it

i was thinking of flipping to facist too, but I am worried that it might break the "restore the chinese empire" part of the requirement

[wicked hatch]

whats the focus order for new historical japan tree

like what to go for

[stark bough]

Guys, whenever I go to view the war plan, there's a 10% debuff described as "army still preparing", what does this mean? How do I fix it?

[rustic acorn]

Hey Lorde, you´ll need to wait a few more days

still moving

or just arrived and need to recapture some org

then it disappears

[stark bough]

But I haven't started the war yet. The planning is at its peak, and even so, there's been this debuff for a year.

[rustic acorn]

oh, that shouldnt be....

sounds buggy

Things that could be the culprit:

As others have said, a division or two got attacked. Their preparation got reset by this, even though other divisions may stil be prepared. You can ignore this and go ahead.
Their reinforcement rate is too low, or you have a supply deficit. Check your logistics screen. Increase reinforcement rate, and increase production of a given supply if you can afford it. Remember that increasing military factory number on a supply line also increases the resources it consumes, so you can have a bottle neck in the form of factories, resources, OR both. Or in the rate of reinforcement itself, which can be increased or decreased.

maybe some tiles with low supply in your line?

[short iron]

hi

where to find a mutliplayer server

[rustic acorn]

scroll down left side

there are several

at least you can ask there, you will find a game fast

[hollow linden]

#alt-history-multiplayer

[rocky lance]

What do you guys think is the most skillfull major to master in hoi4, or the most interesting, in MP specifically

[cold bloom]

Id think UK

[wintry matrix]

Yeah, UK got tons of land to protect.
And has to use many sea routes.

[wild rune]

UK

UK is also typically the leader for the allies

[unreal kernel]

Hello my friends!

If you would rank a top 3 most important stats for Fighter Planes, what would it be?

I know that range is very important

[trail reef]

how do i make planes that drop supply

[rustic acorn]

transport planes do

they have a special mission for that

[trail reef]

their too far away and do they need to be near a supply hub

like if im encircled can i supply can the airport be in the encriclement and still work?

[wild rune]

air attack Defense and range

[rustic acorn]

woul work, green air needs to be regarded

also works for supporting Italy in North Africa

[trail reef]

what other planes can do supply runs

[rustic acorn]

transport planes

only

[trail reef]

ok

[grand iris]

if i coup someone is there better chance to succeed if the partys support is higher

[rustic acorn]

The amount of troops each coupe gets varies heavily. Another thing is that a coupe with 10% party popularity is 1/10 from a coupe with 100% party popularity (as expected, linear). So I tried the get the maximum (100%) number of Units a coupe gets.

I assume that the amount is modified by the ruling ideology. A coup in fascist nations is weaker than in democratic and neutral nations.

For neutral nations I assume that the coup gets 33% of all units by 100% party popularity. It’s a bit random; sometimes nations get more of the former fleet (40%) but a bit less of the air force (20%) or reverse.

Democratic nations are more affected by this. They lost something around 50% of their units by 100% party popularity. (A 100% coupe in Hawaii got more than 120 Ships!).

Fascist nations lost around 13% of their unit to a 100% party popularity coupe. Only useful to some nations, like Japan or Italy or because of the civil war nations has no resistance in their counterpart core states. For Japan you can stage a coupe and get an instant port on their home isle.

This needs to be more tested. Another thing is that 100% popularity are not reachable and takes too long, because the nation will flip before.

[grand iris]

well they have 30% and im boosting whole time

i mean i cant take this dude down

[glacial steeple]

why not?

[grand iris]

too many divisions

[glacial steeple]

thats like irrelevant

this game is always quality over quantity

[grand iris]

and i never generally won china

[glacial steeple]

especially when attacking

[grand iris]

and since japan is at war with russia

its kinda me vs him alone

[glacial steeple]

if you want to win then dont battleplan into them?

use the best guns, make many of the best guns

push where they are weak and where you are strong

they will attack you a lot

let them

[glacial steeple]

it will waste their strenght

engineers are kinda bad

[grand iris]

And i need more divisions than 48

[glacial steeple]

theyre expensive and dont give terrain buffs on the terrain youre figghting in (hills and mountains)

use ranger recon instead, its half the cost and gives buffs to the relevant terrain

also do you have NCNS?

because if you do you should be using militias with the militia doctrine

[grand iris]

ncns?

[trail reef]

how many transport planes do i need to sufficently supply 14 divisions

[wintry matrix]

Last new DLC.

[grand iris]

nope

im using rt56

uhh

what are communist uprisings in china

just got a free state

[icy yoke]

suggest a fun nation to play

with fun achievements

[radiant dirge]

Iran

https://tenor.com/view/trust-trust-me-bro-trust-me-bro-fr-gif-5092849645010733555

[cold bloom]

I did that yesterday

Non-aligned Iran was fun to play, though the economic path is underpowered, and the achievements basically come down to a world conquest which is sooo boring

[scenic skiff]

Hi guys, what meta templates are currently in the game? And what's the best way to play as the new Japanese artillery, or with what?

[buoyant belfry]

Hi, how to change language in game to polish?

[trail reef]

where is the biggest source of coal

[cold bloom]

In the launcher

[buoyant belfry]

that dont work

[edgy pendant]

Probably somewhere in USA

[trail reef]

ur right

[grand iris]

I have never really build ships, anyone know a good cruiser design?

[trail reef]

what do civilian reactors even do

[noble summit]

does anyone have some tips for playing as historical Finland?

[spark jewel]

Make use of that winter attrition against the ussr

You have one of the best buffs in the game im pretty sure

[charred fable]

Is there an updated guide or can someone provide a brief summary for playing Argentina?

[edgy pendant]

Max light attack and max armor is all you need to do

[edgy pendant]

Increase building slots and reduces coal usage now

[frigid harness]

is it always better to take tank destroyers?

I want to use the tanks to macro

[scenic nacelle]

For mp yes

Single player not really

[frigid harness]

its a single

[scenic nacelle]

Then no

[frigid harness]

so what should I go for

just meds?

[scenic nacelle]

Yeah

[frigid harness]

thx

[frigid harness]

?

[stuck garnet]

idk my main gripe with hoi4 is that idk what to do during peacetime

[stuck garnet]

ehh no

add like

2 hmgs and easy maintennance if you have it researched

is that small cannon on a med tank

do you have arty or td 1939

what year is it

why is the armor so high

riveted pls

[frigid harness]

td? since when is it worth it xd

[stuck garnet]

this isn't your armor meme tank

[frigid harness]

im playing soviet lmao

[stuck garnet]

better cannon

[frigid harness]

so i have factories to go for it

i dont have it its 1938 xd

[stuck garnet]

you can get it at 1938 i think

[frigid harness]

brother this is the newest cannon I can have

tf u on

are u new?

and its a med cannon xd

[stuck garnet]

im not new

[frigid harness]

xd

[jaunty tiger]

i would do spgs now

paradox super buffed them by making them 2 width

you can get really funny soft attack numbers in sp which is all that matters

[vital geode]

TDs are useful in MP
SPGs are useful in SP

I still use tanks because I think they are neat

Even if not optimal

[jaunty tiger]

i guess tanks provide a nice bridge between breakthrough and soft attack

but spgs have more than enough breakthrough for me

and the high soft attack numbers are like drugs

[frigid harness]

<@&846894118219022336>

[hasty belfry]

What would a good cavalry template be if it will make up the vast majority of my army as Hungarian Austria-Hungary?

[neon girder]

This good?

[hasty belfry]

Also, what would the best grand doctrine for cavalry be in the new system?

[vital geode]

Holy light tanks

[silver dew]

which fascist path of belgium is funnier and allows to core more land?

[sacred sluice]

Anyone have light or medium tank templates & builds for MP?

Is it possible to make medium TDs well-armoured enough to not be penned by heavy TDs 💀

[scenic nacelle]

burgundy

like 7 name changes

i mean there is an EU path but thats weird

[kind bloom]

yall why is this inaccesible

[scenic nacelle]

do u see the hiroshima on ur fleet tab

change it to smth in europe

[kind bloom]

OHHHH

SO THAT'S WHY

lawd

[fading ibex]

Light tanks suck

[fading ibex]

Howitzer is better for sp btw

[frigid harness]

ty

[hasty belfry]

Don’t they have 2 branches that lead to the EU?

[wary mortar]

Can someone help me with communist China? I really want to unite China, can someone help me? Im from Germany if that matters:)

[reef solar]

do u have new dlc?

[wary mortar]

Yes

[reef solar]

then i cant

i used to love communist china but im poor

[vital geode]

Please tell me it is not the default template

[reef solar]

whats anybody heres favorite navy path any mods anything
i dont have new dlc or toa

[scenic nacelle]

prob is

[still prawn]

i'm trying to use my navy to invade Uk and Ireland but it shows the red stripes, I do own france

cant get it to work, is there anything to fix this

[kind pewter]

i accidentally glitched the shit out of my iron man game what do i do

[high compass]

how should I make my tank divisions and how many should I make to invade the ussr?

as germany

[kind pewter]

will canceling it fix ?

[scenic nacelle]

change the taranto to a french port

in the fleet menu

[still prawn]

How do I do that 😭

[high compass]

this button

[still prawn]

tysm 🙏🏻

[steady vapor]

Any idea why my naval invasion got to the shores and just turned around and left? That's a new one. Never even started to fight.

Think I figured it out actually.

[nova lichen]

is this a good template for road 56sp?

[uneven abyss]

Why did this happen?

[wintry matrix]

I guess Germany increased relations with Japan or you forgot to pick a focus to increase your relations with Germany.

I believe you lost Falkenhausen.
Maybe some other too.

[uneven abyss]

But I literally have 86 opinion

[wintry matrix]

Focus wise.

[uneven abyss]

Ah I think they just chose the japanese focus...

My good general 😢

This is howw germany looks btw

Because of this tiny blob

[wild rune]

Wtf did poland do

[thorn moat]

Any advice on this template?

[sour wadi]

hey, whats a good cavalry template? (im going down the chillean indigenous path)

[sour wadi]

looks good, see if u can get flame medium tanks and engineers, they're so good

definately worth it

[wild rune]

I didn't use cav in my playthrough of that

[wild rune]

I would assume 32w inf would be better for that

As cavalry get no doctrine bonus

[sour wadi]

cav gets alotta boosts down this path

[wild rune]

Not enough to justify their use

[neon girder]

Is this good for defense?

[neon girder]

Its not

[wild rune]

No

[neon girder]

then what is?

[wild rune]

18w

No line artillery and no line AA

[neon girder]

this?

[wild rune]

Remove shovel and add AA support and signal company

[neon girder]

Isent entrenchment good?

[edgy pendant]

16w*

[sour wadi]

why remove teh engineers?

that clearly isnt a pushing unit

[ornate ferry]

why cant i declare war?

[wild rune]

False

12-18w is all fine

[edgy pendant]

They’re fine but suboptimal

[ornate ferry]

am i the major country? I only have 25 divs

[undone raptor]

paradox: "we will make navy easier to understand"
meanwhile paradox:

[glacial steeple]

ideally youd do like 10-12w

[ornate ferry]

I think i am considered the major country because it shows for other nations

[glacial steeple]

just a lot of mp servers set minimum cw to 16

[edgy pendant]

Yes, 10w my beloved

Can be expensive with support equipment but more in battle is better

[wild rune]

18w less expensive

[glacial steeple]

36w less expensive

[wild rune]

Can't reinforce as well

[steel abyss]

does anybody know why I can't research The Giant Wakes? playing as US for the first time

[ornate ferry]

youre not at war or have 30 war support

[edgy pendant]

doesnt mean better

[sinful vessel]

Could you advise me a country to learn more about the navy than I've done i my current game with Germany, assuming i'm still bad at the game ?

[glacial steeple]

insert same comment about 18w

[sleek remnant]

I wouldn’t focus on navy if you’re not too good in the game tbh

[ornate ferry]

i like cuba but it doesnt have a focu stree

[steel abyss]

Oh I thought the 95% support is one of the "one of the following"
thanks

[sleek remnant]

Still waiting for even slightly better generic tree
It shouldn’t be too hard

[ornate ferry]

for real

at least make some focuses 35 days

[sleek remnant]

When playing minor nations, especially outside of Europe, research is also very annoying
2 slots and not even basic guns researched
Usually can’t get more factories than your focus gives unless you invade some place

It really feels terrible sometimes

[ornate ferry]

true

and even if you conquer new places you dont have the manpower to efficiently garrison it if youre playing some small nation

assuming youre conquering places you cannot core

[wet topaz]

Yeah I don’t get it, I built naval hqs and supply hubs after upgrading naval base to level 8-10 and still doesn’t improve range

Like wtf pdx

[edgy pendant]

Where are you trying to get range

[wet topaz]

Pacific as Japan

[edgy pendant]

Did you set naval base system to automatic then select where you want ships?

[undone raptor]

had the same... actually deploying your ships rn is harder than making a nuke irl

[wet topaz]

Like I own Phillikened and India and stuff but I can’t invade Arabia

[vagrant chasm]

how would one ever defeat brazil i just dont have enoguh manpower and they are far superior how would i ever catch up

[wet topaz]

I don’t think so

[edgy pendant]

Try that

[wet topaz]

I’m just doing it like the old naval system

Like assign to an admiral and move around with right click to ports

[edgy pendant]

Automatic naval base selection is significantly better

You just need to tell fleet which sea tiles to go and it changes it automatically

[wet topaz]

Is there a button for that

Beyond like right clicking the sea state and setting an order

[storm dirge]

why does this happen i have 60 divisions all properly equipped why is it saying minimal headway?

[keen basin]

has a meta arisen for doctrines yet

[dusty sandal]

this isn't enough
you just need more

[neat widget]

It increases the cost of the division by more than 25% and doesn't provide the benefit of a 25% increase

[dusty sandal]

make sure they're 100% equipped as well

[neat widget]

engineers are expensive

[storm dirge]

yeah idk i got it to work by 1936 in another game

itsm working now

[dusty sandal]

there are two events that make you require less divs

[storm dirge]

i did them

[stuck garnet]

hey how worth are lts

[neat widget]

lts?

[stuck garnet]

light tanks

[grave finch]

do i ask here for help with downgrading my current hoi version or is that tech support?

[unique ingot]

I was doing the trotsky civil war and was doing good i took moscow and then all of a sudden my game ended with no explanation and the ussr took all my land

[vagrant chasm]

i thought only same party could be in a faction
im facist chile and got an invite to allies

[stuck garnet]

i want to use light tanks cause i want to use tanks but i don't wanna wait untill i have mech/high arty tech in 1939 for them to be effective and be way too hesitant to even design a template

and also because i don't want to wait untill i have a big industry to be able to use them

[neat widget]

good support company

[stuck garnet]

nono like are they good for like main tanks?

[unique ingot]

what did i do wrong? i was winning

[neat widget]

could be useful early game but by 1940 you do want to have your units be medium tanks

[stuck garnet]

could you check your surrender progress?

if they take too many vps you capitulate

[unique ingot]

how could i surrender if i controlled all my cores

the land i started with in the civil war

and germany and japan somehow joined in without a justification or guarantee (non historical)

[neat widget]

it's based off cores you own

so if you hold cores that you don't own then they don't count

non-historical is bugged rn btw

[wild rune]

Imo its either 12w or 18w

No in between

[neat widget]

playing with 8w inf be like

[wild rune]

2.2w arty is amazing

[wild rune]

6w inf be like

[unique ingot]

yeah i said MY cores

[wild rune]

0/1 div only WC

[neat widget]

civil war landstrum be like

[unique ingot]

that makes sense

it was probably a bug

[neat widget]

the question is whether you had them pre-war

[vagrant chasm]

whats a good tank division combat width

[stuck garnet]

36w i think

[neat widget]

yeah

[stuck garnet]

about lts

like

what do you reccomend for research with cannons?

1. What cannons do you need for them to be worth using?
2. What cannons are good as a step up from that?

[unique ingot]

well it was a civil war so how would i have them pre war

[neat widget]

i see

[neat widget]

for singleplayer you go down the aa and artillery trees

You can absoultely go 2 years ahead of time for the latter

[vagrant chasm]

good tank for south america?

[neat widget]

no dlc?

[vagrant chasm]

no

will that work though

[glacial steeple]

theres the caçadores that portugal starts with

4 width inf

[glacial steeple]

just use air

you dont have steel

[vagrant chasm]

im taking on brazil though

[glacial steeple]

the terrain SUCKS for tanks

[neat widget]

yeah but those are well and truly useless

[vagrant chasm]

which is apowerhouse i aim to split them in half

[neat widget]

like i've managed to win with the landstrum somehow

[vagrant chasm]

they have plains that go through the country

i can only make 2 mountaineers

[glacial steeple]

yeah i usually turn them into 12 widths with supp arty

[vagrant chasm]

@glacial steeple 7000 planes

for chile

should work?

1945

[stuck garnet]

im playing as italy communist path

still fash for now needa prepare for civil war

[glacial steeple]

why we fighting so late

[vagrant chasm]

took forever to take the other south america

and im waiting to build up

[paper nymph]

Is Mare Nostrum or Towards a Greater Italy historical?

[glacial steeple]

usually i have it wrapped up by like 38/39

as argentina especially

[vagrant chasm]

what the heck

it took me till 1940 to just take bolivia

[glacial steeple]

you make mil, rush wargoal

license plane

[glacial steeple]

ah thats the mistake

you go uruguay > chile > brasil > and then either portugal into europe or gobble up south america

[vagrant chasm]

i am chile

[glacial steeple]

for brasil you go uruguay > argentina > chila and its like a year later

for chile its i believe easiest to go uruguay > brasil > argentina

[vagrant chasm]

is brasil weak at the start or something

[glacial steeple]

because argentina starts the strongest so having more eco and border against them is good

[glacial steeple]

yes but scales very well

[vagrant chasm]

with chile at the start i have no man power or artillery

[glacial steeple]

yeah chile sucks

[vagrant chasm]

or planes

but thats why i had to build up though

[glacial steeple]

you have some

[vagrant chasm]

you start with like 100

how much do you need for the 25 percent superiority

[glacial steeple]

thats more than 0

regardless

for airforce you license medium frame from germany or ussr or usa

and just make tac bombers

your enemies dont have fighters or AA

its like free damage

needs to be medium because south america is large

you need range

its harder when waiting because your enemies will get planes, aa etc

and you wont just be able to do free damage "cheat" button

[young tapir]

Hello I am brand new to HOI4 and i want to learn the game i have tried watching youtube videos but i still can't really grasp the info. If anyone is willing to help me learn please let me know. I am willing to learn anything for anyone.

[vital geode]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCqXIRRVZIY

Then play via trial and error

Learn from mistakes

[young tapir]

I have watched that video and still kinda don't know what to really do

[vital geode]

Do you know ww2

[vagrant chasm]

jus play bruh

[vital geode]

How it went

[young tapir]

yes

[vital geode]

Events leading up to it

[vagrant chasm]

jus play the game

[young tapir]

yes

[vital geode]

Okay, do that. Dont do the dumb stuff

Do what worked, dont do what didn't work

Orange factories are your economy, green produces equipment

Build some orange, then build solely green

Play a country like Romania, Hungary, or Canada

[young tapir]

ok, im still kinda lost on the whole battle stuff like how to control armys and stuff like that

[vital geode]

Maybe a major like the US

[glacial steeple]

you click and they move

its mostly logistics that matter anyway

[vital geode]

Select your troops, put them under a general

Frontline tool

[glacial steeple]

with good logistics and eco you can battleplan easily

micro is just like learning through repetition

[glacial steeple]

memorizing terrains and stuff

[vital geode]

Make sure you have generals though

Your notification bar tells you everything you need to know

[young tapir]

I was told by a friend that plays the game to start as like italy

do you think thats a good idea or should i do a country that doesn't get involved in war to learn the game better

[vital geode]

Italy is handicapped, but decent enough to learn the game

Especially without DLC they are a decent tutorial nation

[ornate ferry]

can major countrys not declare war even with war goals

[vital geode]

They can?

[vital geode]

Sometimes they choose not to

[vital geode]

You dont have a war goal

[ornate ferry]

i did have a war goal but it showed the same thing

it expirex

expired*

[vital geode]

What country are you

[ornate ferry]

cuba

no mods

[vital geode]

Is there something going on with Monroe Doctrine?

[ornate ferry]

doubt it

[vital geode]

Panama isnt a major

I doubt you are a major

[ornate ferry]

it says it for other countrys as well

[sour wadi]

how do i form this

[ornate ferry]

so I assume i am

[vital geode]

Did they really just make it to where only majors can declare war

[sour wadi]

im currently this

[vital geode]

Play Chile with dlc

You went down the wrong path

[ornate ferry]

i think its the opposite

[vital geode]

You went Mapuche and not French guy

[sour wadi]

oooh i was only tryna do it cuz i wanted to core my argentina land

[vital geode]

You can if you liberate all of the Americas

[sour wadi]

ive got high compliance in it, but the north isnt cored

[vital geode]

And make the puppet states

[sour wadi]

so i cant core north argentina, or make it into a puppet state, untill i do united by wil

[ornate ferry]

i have a high industry but i didnt know that would make me a major

[vital geode]

Compliance doesn't mean coring aside for a few exceptions

[vital geode]

Yeah, you need to do united by will

[sour wadi]

ik

but it helps get alotta mp

wait, do i make a collab government?

is collab governments worth it?

[vital geode]

There is no point

Except maybe for the US

[toxic abyss]

hi! i want to start moving on to mp from sp since sp is getting a bit boring. could anyone tell me the main differences in gameplay? i know that i need different templates but anything else besides that?

[viscid abyss]

Do you build tanks at ussr

Or just infantry

[ornate ferry]

it might be because the wars for the mesoamerican territories arent completed yet so I cant drag new people into WW2

[edgy pendant]

you can

[wet topaz]

caca

[viscid abyss]

Alr

And is it possible to defeat Germany in 1941

[edgy pendant]

I can

[viscid abyss]

How much harder is say veteran difficulty compared to regular

[viscid abyss]

Then it will probably take me a few years 😂

[wet topaz]

It’s not harder it’s just annoying

It must makes u worse because of the production and pp gain and stuff

It’s not “fun hard” is it “annoying painful”

[viscid abyss]

Ok

[edgy pendant]

if you want harder play sheep mod

[neat widget]

i can second that

[ornate ferry]

i was right

[viscid abyss]

I don’t have any mods currently

So back to tanks for ussr, is there something specific or anything works

[edgy pendant]

I didnt ask before but do you have dlc

[viscid abyss]

No

I just got the game last week

[edgy pendant]

ok then tanks arent worth it

[viscid abyss]

Ah so just infantry then?

[neat egret]

Speaking of which
What are some good infantry divisions

[neat widget]

are you using large infantry tactics

[neat egret]

Yeah

[static lotus]

tips of playing the new japan?

[neat widget]

11/0s for defense, 21/0s for a more balanced/offensive style

[wheat forge]

Weird question because away from PC. What doctrines/sub doctrines have the envelopment tactic,

[cosmic rain]

I notice the wiki states in regards to air detection: "Air missions: Planes operating in the region yield up to +80% detection chance (with 3000 planes, non-fighters only count at 50% efficiency)"

To make sure I fully understand

This means that non-fighters do NOT count as half a plane, but as half efficiency? That is to say, 6000 non-fighters will still be locked at 40% detection according to ((3000×0.5)/(3000))×80%

Would this assumption be correct?

[neat egret]

Stupid question but just to make sure
Are those combat widths (with Large Unit Tactics) or are those the amount of troops I need to put in for each division template

[cosmic rain]

That would be number of battalions per division

[sterile pebble]

As the mughal empire after the revolt of the princes, is there any way to peace out with the UK? I dont want to be at war with them forever

[azure delta]

where to find organization folders for medium tanks and mechanical stuff in hoi4 files??

[pallid iris]

Is this a good template 1939 ger

[cosmic rain]

No. Organization is really really low

[pallid iris]

What can I do

[cosmic rain]

Remove tanks

[pallid iris]

removed 3

[cosmic rain]

I'd say until you get to ~35-40 org

[neat widget]

too little org and hp

[proper jacinth]

Hello. I am running the game with expert AI. The game and mod expert AI have both now updated. I was playing on 1.16.10 and can't play that anymore because the mod also updated for 1.17. How can I download an old version of expert ai mod to play with 1.16.10?

[pallid iris]

Could hardly get it up there

Nvm got it

[pallid iris]

does 300 hp and 35 org make it reasonable

[neat widget]

yeah

[carmine herald]

can't figure out how to do the 2nd italo ethiopian war tutorial 😔

[vital geode]

Do you have DLC

[carmine herald]

nod

[vital geode]

If so, turn it off to learn the game

[stuck garnet]

is it worth to go lts untill 1940 or do i just go meds atp

[carmine herald]

oh

[vital geode]

Oh

You are just losing to 13 underequipped divisions

[carmine herald]

the dlc is why ive been losing?

sigh

[vital geode]

No

[carmine herald]

yeah um

[vital geode]

The problem is that with the DLC, Ethiopia becomes harder

[carmine herald]

i was already wondering what was going on

[vital geode]

Because content

[stuck garnet]

the tutorial is dog

[vital geode]

But it is still easy to win IF you know how to micro

[carmine herald]

idk how else to learn the game LMFAO

[tranquil vale]

whats the best fighter design?

[stuck garnet]

watch 15 10-30 minute long videos /hj

[vital geode]

Battleplanning will make Ethiopia pain

You need to micro and pin troops to win in under 105 days

[carmine herald]

they just say the same shit again and again 😭

[vital geode]

Do you manually control units

Or do you draw arrow and hit go

[carmine herald]

i have no idea how to play the game atm

[neat widget]

go for meds

[carmine herald]

i tried to battleplan it initially

[stuck garnet]

I think it's 1 engine 3 with improved airframe, 3 heavy machine gun 4s, maybe a drop off and like what's that one thing that gives you more armor defense

[carmine herald]

but realized it did nothing

and i lost

so i tried to manually do it

[vital geode]

Yeah, you want to turn off DLC when doing the tutorial

[carmine herald]

but i have 0 understanding of the game

[vital geode]

Because the tutorial actually kneecaps you

By deleting your production

[carmine herald]

like i started this week

[vital geode]

Go play Hungary, Romania, or Canada

Or if you are ballsy, Germany

[carmine herald]

had a video recommend USA, canada or germany

lol

[vital geode]

US is also good

Hungary has you get a lot of free stuff

[tranquil vale]

alr ty

[carmine herald]

i mean i still dont really know what to do even after starting

[stuck garnet]

i think it's like

i forgor

[vital geode]

And with DLC, it's better

[carmine herald]

like i dropped some civilian factories and military factories

but that's all

[stuck garnet]

yeah self sealing fuel tanks

but idk about drop offs

not sure

[vital geode]

Make more factories
Do research
Make army and air force bigger

That is what you do all game

[stuck garnet]

maybe replace it with extra fuels or better yet get armored seats or wtv

[carmine herald]

also couldnt figure out how to do export

lol

[vital geode]

Eventually you add "fight the war" in there

[carmine herald]

cuz i ended up having like a lot of extra oil

[vital geode]

It is automatically done

[carmine herald]

oh I see

[vital geode]

You just have a surplus for yourself

[carmine herald]

okay gotcha

[vital geode]

Which is a good thing

[carmine herald]

how do i get more commanding power

it was producing like .5/day

lol

[cold bloom]

War support mainly

Theres also one army spirit that gives some

But very low war support values will cripple anything that requires CP

[carmine herald]

i see

so im supposed to just farm industry, keep research up whenever i can and make army and AF bigger?

[desert lintel]

Why are my divisions not attacking even though I’ve drawn a frontline and an offensive line, but the frontline stays light blue and my units don’t move even when I click “Execute Battle Plan”?

[queen crystal]

So I had an idea and didn't know how well it would work mechanically as the only similar implementation I've seen is Frances armored support divisions they have at the start with light four tank battalions and nothing else. Would building tank destroyers and spaa and spa and placing them on battle lines without orders to advance in small 1-3 battalion divisions on flexible cohesion so they could move around and support infantry combats without grinding away in advances be a sound way to apply those units into combat? They would have low org so they would bail before taking much damage and then reinforce back in to engage again.

[vapid ingot]

They would also have low Breakthrough, which would make them take more damage.

[stuck garnet]

is this good

im saving that last slot for easy maintennance, i'll get it in like 200-250 days

[vapid ingot]

No. Way too low reliability. You will lose many of them.

[stuck garnet]

reliability isn't a real stat dw i'll be fine :3

[vapid ingot]

Are you a german Engineer?

[stuck garnet]

even then like what do you think i'm doing during combat?

[vapid ingot]

Oh i didnt see that. Yeah that would make it much better. Is Easy Maintenance better than wet Ammo Stowage?

[stuck garnet]

lowers production cost but gives 5% reliability

[queen crystal]

Yeah I was thinking about the way the US operated them on the corp level with 1-3 battalions to each 3-4 division corp. So they wouldn't be in the thick much just responding and supporting and withdrawing rapidly due to low org but able to bounce back often

[vapid ingot]

Wet Ammo Stowage gives 15% reliability. You could use that.

[stuck garnet]

waste of a slot

it gives nothing but reliability

it would be better to put additional machine guns for soft attack

i'm not spending one out of my 4 slots on reliability

[vapid ingot]

Ok you really are a german tank designer XD

[queen crystal]

Yeah I was thinking about the way the US operated them on the corp level with 1-3 battalions to each 3-4 division corp. So they wouldn't be in the thick much just responding and supporting and withdrawing rapidly due to low org but able to bounce back often

[lament moat]

Alright, what's the secret to not getting reinforce memed out of every supply point and rolled every single time without fial.

[stuck garnet]

do you know nothing about history 😭

yes the reliability problem in the eastern front was shit on germany's part but only when they were away from supply lines

they had to leave the tanks behind because they didn't have the parts to fix them when they were away from supply lines

therefore, if i am losing that many tanks, then it's a skill issue on my part because my troops aren't supplied well enough

[stuck garnet]

Like think about this

one slot, 1 production cost, 15% reliability

what does that do for my combat?

No soft attack

doesn't reduce production cost

no extra breakthrough

no extra hard attack

doesn't up hardness or armor

15% reliability

woohoo

[edgy pendant]

Reliability stat would be fine

[stuck garnet]

time to beat the french army with my extra 15% reliability

[vapid ingot]

I mean if you have the production power you can afford to not care about reliability, so fair i guess

I still do it because i like to immerse myself.

[sleek remnant]

I used to stay around %80 reliability because bittersteel but stopped caring nowadays and it’s fine unless you push into stuff that you shouldn’t have pushed into at the first place

[stuck garnet]

Again I really emphasize how the german army's reliability problem was shit because they were far from supply lines

[sleek remnant]

But yea, I’d like it if reliability was more important

[stuck garnet]

yeah true

if reliability was more important of a stat it'd be peak

i think they tried to do something with that in the gotterdamerung dlc with the recovery

[neat widget]

yeah

[reef solar]

whats a good division wuth just pure marines

like no amtrac or anything

[peak kernel]

I am trying to join my friend with vanilla HOI4, however, my checksum is changing from launcher (e990) to the game menu (8017). Why is that happening? I verified game files, then I reinstalled the game. Not sure what is going on

[frigid harness]

WTF IS THIS MAN

[haughty kelp]

Are there still the performance problems in multiplayer lobbies or did they patch them ?

[neat widget]

also you can't paradrop

so yeah it's nearly impossible now

[edgy pendant]

why not

[neat widget]

It will trigger a flag that prevents you from getting the achievement

[edgy pendant]

that doesnt make sense

[quick pilot]

How to cheat to get the maximum value of all resources?

[edgy pendant]

build infrastructure

[cold bloom]

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

[worn pendant]

does anyone have a good supply bombing design plane

[atomic crescent]

someone please help me

genuinly cant make any pushes

i have air

cas

good divisions

good everything

[neat widget]

Yeah you aren't breaking through 31 infantry divisions in the mountains

So you naval invade behind them

[atomic crescent]

yep

lost around 30 divisons that good encirled

i was at the manchurian border

[edgy pendant]

you can, just need good attack divisions

number of divisions dont matter if you can org kill them faster than they can reinforce

[atomic crescent]

DIDNT WORK

they had random ass divisions behind my lines

[potent kraken]

how tf navy works now

I literally dont see how ts work

[atomic crescent]

it sucks

hoi4 devs messed the game up so bad now

[potent kraken]

yeah they did

[atomic crescent]

you have to patrol to get dominance

and then you can acvtually do missions

[potent kraken]

yeah well I already set some on patrol

yeah no

doesnt work

[atomic crescent]

your naval head has to be near the sea zone

[potent kraken]

whats naval head

[atomic crescent]

headquarters

[potent kraken]

oh ok

[atomic crescent]

@neat widget give me an actual tip besides naval invading behind them lmao

shit dont work

[modern cloak]

Why do the soviets declare war on japan in 1939 when the Japanese have almost finished off china

Trying to have a historical game as manchuko and the soviets declaring with historical ai is just so dumb

[edgy pendant]

Very simply

[neat widget]

your industry is better than manchukuo's, just invade with more units along a wider front

and then if you see them removing troops off the line in korea pin them

I doubt they have like 40 divisions defending the coastline

[atomic crescent]

18 divisons on every tile

everytime i try anything i get a huge gun def

[neat widget]

get out of gun deficit then

how is manchukuo outproducing you

[atomic crescent]

now

idk

casuse they havent dne anything the whople game

[neat widget]

another thing you can do is destroy manchukuo's fleet and then line it up along the coast for shore bombardment

this will decrease the enemy's attack

[atomic crescent]

they dont have a fleet

[edgy pendant]

Just make more guns silly

[atomic crescent]

and i tried short bombardment

shit fuel

[edgy pendant]

Automate your naval base then it’ll work

[atomic crescent]

ima build nukes

thatll help me push surly

surely

[neat widget]

the automation's bad from my experience, worst feature ever

[modern cloak]

Nukes against manchuko in 1941 🙏

[atomic crescent]

44

[neat widget]

You will need nukes eventually

civilian nuclear reactors are basically necessary now

[atomic crescent]

i need like 15 more breakthru for nukes

[modern cloak]

@neat widget does the AI try to rebalance if the axis or allies is doing too well?

[edgy pendant]

No

The ai is not that smart

[atomic crescent]

holy shit

liva

kiss me

[modern cloak]

I usually notice republican spain winning when i buff the germans

Or the soviets declaring war on the japanese in 1939 if i buff japan

[edgy pendant]

Works well enough for what I use it for

[edgy pendant]

Are you playing non historical

And what dlc do you have

[modern cloak]

Im not

[modern cloak]

Got all dlc’s on except NSB, the dlc that gives u intelligence agencies and the most new dlc if im not wrong

[atomic crescent]

@neat widget

[modern cloak]

But yeah, its set on historical but it does this dumb shit sometimes

[edgy pendant]

Yeah that’s why

[modern cloak]

Wdym

U saying that if i had no dlcs, or all dlcs, the result would not be the same?

[stiff moth]

Yes

[edgy pendant]

They’re very different

[stiff moth]

The designers make a large difference, you can customise tanks, planes and ships to the extent that you don’t need mobile warfare doctrine

[edgy pendant]

Without La resistance dlc, republican Spain wins A LOT more

[stiff moth]

That too

[atomic crescent]

have you played global defense

[modern cloak]

Well that might be. But if i start a game and dont buff germany. 9/10 times nationalist spain wins

If i do buff germany to the max, 9/10 times republican spain wins

[edgy pendant]

😶

[atomic crescent]

anarchist spain

[edgy pendant]

Back then it’s very random

[neat widget]

oof rip manchukuo

[atomic crescent]

nope

the puled more divisions out there ass

[stiff moth]

If the US is around in 45 will it nuke Japan on historical?

[atomic crescent]

yeha

[worn pendant]

whats the best doctrine combo for mp

[neat widget]

fair but all of this just makes it weaker

[atomic crescent]

bro im struggling to push 1 divisions

temp aint even bad

[neat widget]

struggling to push just 1 division?

Okay that template is bad

also what do your doctrines look like

[atomic crescent]

whats wrong w it

[stiff moth]

arty and weird width

[atomic crescent]

oka

so tell me what to do?

[edgy pendant]

Probably not

I don’t think ai knows how to use special research buildings

[atomic crescent]

they do

[neat widget]

grand battleplan
tank build - mobile infantry, self-propelled support, tank destroyer force, grand assault
special forces build - assault infantry, super-heavy artillery, streamlined deployment, grand assault

superior firepower:
infantry build - large unit tactics, super-heavy artillery, idk, mission type tactics
mech build - mobile infantry, super-heavy artillery, armored cavalry, mission type tactics

I think this is what it is

[atomic crescent]

EASY

took like 5 minutes

[neat widget]

assault infantry is good but if you're using normal infantry battalions large unit tactics is better. assault infantry is typically good for any other type of leg infantry battalion, like special forces

and when you have either assault infantry or large unit tactics, artillery can't keep up really

[atomic crescent]

ok

[neat widget]

also if you want to be doing assault infantry you should research flame tanks because those are buffed in that

[atomic crescent]

i only have 4 research slots

[neat widget]

My typical template here would be assault engineers, medium flame tanks, ranger recon, support artillery, and hospitals on 32.4 width mountaineers or if you prefer 32 width forest rangers

[neat widget]

it's a special project

[atomic crescent]

mb im used to rt56

[neat widget]

research in rt56 is even quicker

[atomic crescent]

in rt56 its research not a project

[neat widget]

ah i see

then you do it ahead of time

which rt56 makes quicker

[atomic crescent]

rt56 is knda ahh tho

cause it adds shit that just makes it hard for no reason

[neat widget]

true

[atomic crescent]

like this area at france-italy is impassable excewpt for like 3 tiles

[neat widget]

yeah rt56 impassables are rough

[atomic crescent]

and its super laggy late on

like its still laggy

but

[orchid dawn]

is vanilla hoi4 multiplayer still causing crazy ping issues

[stuck inlet]

<@&846894118219022336>

[trim arch]

Can I help you?

[stuck inlet]

@pale thicket got timed out

for no reason

[trim arch]

Okay, that is not a reasonable thing to ping all of Discord Moderation for.

[stuck inlet]

oh

crap

[trim arch]

If you have a concern about someone else, please tell that other person to open a ticket by DMing @hearty wave

[stuck inlet]

i should open a ticket right?

[trim arch]

The person who is muted should open a ticket. Please in the future refrain from pinging moderation unless it is an emergency.

[stuck inlet]

yes

ill get him too

[trim arch]

I ask this because we don't want to get false positives for actual emergencies. :)

[stuck inlet]

how do you do that

so i can tell hime

[trim arch]

You send a DM to @hearty wave with your ticket information.

[balmy dawn]

As the USSR, what's the best strat to win the SCW?

[stuck inlet]

@trim arch can you help him with the tickets we cant figure it out

he typed + and it got him timed out by a bot

[glacial steeple]

yes he got timed out for using a short link/hidden link, this is filtered because of compromised accounts also often using this to spam chats with scam links

[glacial steeple]

@pale thicket please keep this in mind in the future

[stuck inlet]

so can he get untimed out?

goated mod team

[pale thicket]

A hidden link??

Just wanted to send a mod to play with other dudes

Sooo

[outer wren]

How do I get naval dominance

[pale thicket]

thats why i got timed out?

[glacial steeple]

a shortened link* sorry

[pale thicket]

I can see why that is a problem

my bad if that is the case

[cursive dawn]

i have the same problem almost every time i try playing a minor

i always end up with like -20k guns even if i only make like 24 units

is there a way to combat ts

[neat widget]

are you making 36-widths?

[cursive dawn]

no pretty much 18 widths every playthrough

[neat widget]

because if they're normal sized divisions you'd be around 25% equipped lmao

[glacial steeple]

you should try the baltic states youll have enough equipment

not enough men tho

[neat widget]

264000 man army in the baltics

at that rate you might want to start making mech or something idk

[wild rune]

Tanks

😍

[neat widget]

Tanks work too

[edgy pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/1984-literally-1984-gif-15073437220075643382

[balmy dawn]

umm.. how do you recall volunteers?

[edgy pendant]

Go to war, delete them/ get them killed, add a recall mod

[wild rune]

Recall mod is peak

[balmy dawn]

Is that what it's called?

[wild rune]

Yeah

[edgy pendant]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2048998725

[balmy dawn]

Thank you

[balmy dawn]

Why doesn't USSR get the Escort Builders MIO? Or does it come later, and I just havent found it yet?

[neat widget]

Just use Rubin

Yeah the Soviets have no escort MIO but doesn't mean you lose out

[worthy quarry]

wait they didnt update manchuria focus tree???

wth

oh wait i didnt scroll lol

[balmy dawn]

Rubin? Is that a leader?

[neat widget]

rubin design bureau

raiding mio

[bleak star]

is support artillery worth it?

[balmy dawn]

A lot of people say its the best support company in the game

[bleak star]

lol no flame tanks better

[calm forge]

how to get manpower as polish lithuania?

[balmy dawn]

Flame tanks require a lot of Mils and Research that Support Artillery doesn't. The math doesn't math for me

[bleak star]

fix your garrison template brutal

extensive growth policy repeatable focus

[calm forge]

i have no garrisons

[bleak star]

Are recon companies worth it for defending divisions?

[glacial steeple]

recons usually suck unless their passive bonuses or stats are good

like ranger recon and recon tanks are good

[neat widget]

Yeah

Looking in the doctrines right now to see how much buffs other recon types get

[stuck garnet]

finally making air, tis a bit late ig

i civ greeded for a while so i have like 30 factories (I am cooked), trying to make research facilities for special projects

I wanted like. industry focus ig idk

yeah no i lied

i didn't civ greed i built up infra for a bit

[neat widget]

I mean you are italy

you get a 25% bonus to infra construction for 365 days

[glacial steeple]

italy is kinda really poor

[neat widget]

also true

is italy poorer than kumul though

[wild rune]

No

Italy is poorer than every other major tho

Like 8 coal or smth like that

[neat widget]

okay fair

[stuck garnet]

i had no idea what to put on this thing

for bombs like

i just tried to put on some of these

[wild rune]

All heavy bombs

[stuck garnet]

oh nvm i made it too heavy

[wild rune]

Also

[stuck garnet]

lemme like

[wild rune]

There is a design in the pins in this channel

[stuck garnet]

is bba relatively the same

like

idk it's bba

I trust the tank designs and templates

anywhos i have NO IDEA what to put on this cas

[wild rune]

Its BBA air design

[stuck garnet]

3 air defense is like ughh

does air defense matter if it's ground AA