ask-for-help-here

[young hill]

Forget to research it

RELIABILITY IS A FAKE STAT

[tribal skiff]

Look, it's not that simple anymore just to look at a template and say if it's good or not. You need to know what doctrines you're using. Like if you have TD in your template, but don't have that sub-dotrine, they're not as good

[mystic otter]

Fr? i always worry about it ;-;

[young hill]

Well dont

Quite literally ignore it

[mystic otter]

I shall

[young hill]

As long as ur tanks aren't like below 30% which is alr hard to do

And you dont battleplan into mountains

Ur fine

Below 30% is also fine I just know some sp players struggle with below 30% for some reason

[scenic nacelle]

0% when

[mystic otter]

I dont have the dlc for custom tank designs :v

[young hill]

Ah

[young hill]

Do u know if air/navy reliability matters

I dont

I just know for divisions

And so equipment for divisions

Its useless

[nimble fiber]

Hello, I’m new to the game and still learning all mechanics. But I was just curious if should be mixing armies with different divisions or does that affect the overall performance of the army? Such as if I put a couple divisions of tanks with infantry and maybe two special forces

[mystic otter]

I think in air thrust mattter the most right?

[mystic otter]

No

[scenic nacelle]

Ignore the problem enough and it will go away

[mystic otter]

Dont put tanks with inf

[young hill]

Honestly dont know but iirc u just want enough to put everything you want on there and u max attack and defense

[mystic otter]

Or just produce more than you lose
USA be like:

[young hill]

If u dont habe air dlc

0 clue

[nimble fiber]

So if I wanted to make an army, should it be focused only on infantry and same with tanks

[young hill]

Yes

You can also grind ur generals

[mystic otter]

Yh but with tank use trucks or mechanzied for org

[young hill]

To specifically be better at using those divisions

Such as infantry expert

[nimble fiber]

I see

[young hill]

Or combined arms expert

[nimble fiber]

Yeha I was looking into that

If it’s combined arms would that benefit combing the two?

[mystic otter]

Also inf have 2 builds defensive and offensive so remember when choosing the general traits

[nimble fiber]

Or is that just mechanized infantry

Also thanks yall for the help

[young hill]

Combined arms is alw best for tank

Cos u should habe more mech/amtrac in ur tank div

Than tank

[nimble fiber]

I see

[young hill]

As a rule of thumb do 10 mech 8 tank

[mystic otter]

Me who always chooses panzer traits

[young hill]

Can also do 9 mech 9 tank not much difference

[nimble fiber]

I’m playing as USA so I was trying to figure out what works best before any major conflicts break out

[young hill]

Just dont use motorised

Motorised is horrendous

Skip it

[graceful matrix]

does anyone know where to start, ive just hopped in the game and have no idea what to do

[young hill]

Go from cav to mech

[mystic otter]

You really hate motorised lol

[young hill]

Please tell me what's good abt it tho

Genuinely

[mystic otter]

Hoi4 channel they have a guide

[young hill]

What does it have that cav doesnt

[mystic otter]

I am not saying your wrong

Just your really passionate about the hate

[young hill]

Yes!

Screw shit which people put 6 mils on

When they only need 1

[mystic otter]

It will ease you into the game

[young hill]

The people that do that also need those 5 mils on guns most thr time

Or tanks

[mystic otter]

True tanks are always in the red T-T

[young hill]

R u swapping chassis alot?

If so

Just never swap chassis

[mystic otter]

I updrade the stats once i get med 2

[young hill]

You can upgrade ur design on the same chassis

[young hill]

Wiat ur no nsb right

[mystic otter]

NO TANK DLC

[young hill]

Yeh I forgor

[mystic otter]

😭

[young hill]

Umm

Iirc heavy 3 is best for u

In this dlc spgs r also good

So I'd look at light/medium spg

[tribal skiff]

So I chose mobile warfare doctrine, and my first sub-doctrine picks were mobile infantry and self-propelled support. What would be optimal choice for Armor and Operations in this case? Especially the Armor, they all seem to have their plusses, but require building certain types of tanks etc.

[mystic otter]

Waiting for steam sale in dec so i buy no step back for the tanks and the dlc for air

[mystic otter]

That is play style
For example i usually build medium cus the spg sub doc isnt available for me

[tribal skiff]

I thought they were all available with any main doctrine?

[mystic otter]

Nope us non-dlc peasants get knee striked by paradox

[tribal skiff]

Oh, right😔

I didn't really need the DLC yet, but I just had to get if for the Rangers SF alone

[glacial steeple]

what is this

[trail reef]

what the best secondary main armament for modern tank

[quasi dagger]

?

[glacial steeple]

moderns suck

[glacial steeple]

whats the thought process

what are we doing

[trail reef]

then what should i use

[glacial steeple]

advanced heavies or mediums?

[trail reef]

whats the diff

[quasi dagger]

tanks go brrr into soviet

[glacial steeple]

secondary turrets

[glacial steeple]

it has no hp and awful terrain debuffs

[quasi dagger]

what to change?

[trail reef]

is this good casey

[glacial steeple]

pre dlc + a bit different modules but look yourself

[primal coral]

Why cant I launch this naval invasion???

[hasty belfry]

Are there any console commands to instantly complete all the doctrines and sub doctrines?

[glacial steeple]

mastery

xp

[hasty belfry]

Just type mastery?

I’m trying to test something.

[glacial steeple]

yes

[pliant quartz]

Did anybody here played democratic China? What is their foreign policy content in the endgame, from focus descriptions I have impression that they liberate Asia from European colonisers, but how they do so? Do they do this peacefully or by war, if by war, if by war, is there scripted peace or you will need to march all way to London?

[glacial steeple]

with number if you need a specific amount

[hasty belfry]

One of the sub doctrines gives a buff to line artillery and I want to see if the soft attack granted from that exceeds that given by support arty in my 12/4’s.

[mystic otter]

Just type : xp 500

For instant training of doc idk tbh

[trail reef]

is this a good tank for 55

[glacial steeple]

just copy these but after update you do SPG instead of normal tank

more stat

dont need to do amphib either

[wind lotus]

Did the new update change any "meta" regarding infantry divisions?

I've heard pure infantry 36w mass mob divisions are weaker now and only worth with signal company

[mystic otter]

All i know signal company is indeed needed on both inf and tanks now

[glacial steeple]

mass mob is a bad doctrine now

SFP and GBP rule

[mystic otter]

Sfp got the redemption it wanted

[glacial steeple]

its still the defensive doctrine lol

[wind lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/best-man-holiday-black-guy-crying-black-guy-funeral-black-guy-crying-at-funeral-funeral-crying-gif-4006062888161857521

But the division composition

[mystic otter]

At least it isn't ignored anymore

[wind lotus]

What changed

[glacial steeple]

you can get it through subdoctrine

take your time to look through it

[charred fable]

@glacial steeple do you have an answer to this bud? You play Arg frequently right?

[glacial steeple]

use the xp and mastery commands for testing

[glacial steeple]

"frequently"

just annex?

[wind lotus]

I meant the templates, the recommended one changed?

[glacial steeple]

unless youre really sttuggling on logistics

[glacial steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/check-pin-discord-check-pin-gif-1835998338632614419

nah but fr its mostly doctrine

no new support companies

[charred fable]

Have played it relatively recently? 😅

I thought it was bad to annex because they have focuses to develope South America further and get more resources?

[glacial steeple]

spgs and tds are 40 per batallion now

[glacial steeple]

well as argentina youre not playing the scaling game

thats a brasil thing

you are very powerful at game start and can keep the ball rolling into europe/north america

but your scaling is much worse than brasil after like 1939 (at which point you can have annexed up to france lol)

[charred fable]

So just invade, invade, invade? Any particular order? I suppose I just justify on whoever I can and go from there right?

[pliant quartz]

What nationalist China is better to play: historical or democratic?

[quasi dagger]

can somebody gieve any tips on how to not just stalemate at the start of the war with the soviets?

[glacial steeple]

uruguay > chile > brasil > south america if going north/portugal if going europe > spain > france

for north its pretty self explanatory

only 1 way up

[trail reef]

why can i not ask my allies for garrison support like its not even an option

[glacial steeple]

hist

[glacial steeple]

also yeah its like playing germany

kinda

[pliant quartz]

Why?

[glacial steeple]

you just keep moving

[glacial steeple]

eco buffs?

[fickle summit]

my brain is blowing

[pliant quartz]

Did you personally play both?

[fickle summit]

is navel mechanic combined by land system and air system

[glacial steeple]

no but i know democratic is just worse early game

which is when your strenght matters most

[charred fable]

Is it worth pursuing the other war goals in the focuses or just justify? Having just turned fascist and taken Uruguay, I suppose it's pereferable to get that 4th research slot then continue with war goal focuses?

[pliant quartz]

oh ok

[glacial steeple]

focus saves time on justifications no?

usually better to do

[wind lotus]

Got it, thanks a lot

[pliant quartz]

In early game when world tension is low only.

[charred fable]

So rush them and skip the 4th tech slot or grab that first?

[glacial steeple]

just dont play for scalingn

your research will always suck because your resources allow mostly for air

your MIOs for tanks

air is best but is always gonna suck with generic

it lets your units move faster + win battles they shouldnt win

against nations with little to no air

when youre in europe you have infinite steel and can divert but because your game is so fast-paced you dont really have time to tech up

id recommend licensing basic airframes from germany

the BF-110 mostly

its a medium airframe (found in inf tab) with engine 2 and cannon 1 on second slot

you change the role to tac by changing first slot and now have access to freely editing with its modules

for south america you really dont need a good airforce but having the range of medium airframe really helps

its your air vs no air

[trail reef]

is there a way to prioritize thermonuclear bombs

[charred fable]

Sounds good. I'll make it happen!

[glacial steeple]

like think of who youre fighting

only chile out of them actually has an airforce thats not 30 carrier fighters

[stark marlin]

does anyone know the correct order for the ,,crush the ustasa" decisions as yugoslavia?

[charred fable]

Is it worth removing or adding the additional modules?

[quasi dagger]

can somebody gieve any tips on how to not just stalemate at the start of the war with the soviets?

[charred fable]

Not much point in keeping cannons is there really if I'm using it for CAS?

[glacial steeple]

keep so you keep tech

[glacial steeple]

you just want it if you wanna make fighters later

[glacial steeple]

let me get the actual plane design

[ionic ferry]

is it better to establish vichy france when playing germany on elite difficulty?

[glacial steeple]

sorry it took so long

should be 2x cannons 2x 4x lmg for the fighter*

got the wrong one 😔

[charred fable]

So I'm just rolling with these until late game pretty much?

[glacial steeple]

it takes no tech time to make them?

you can focus your research on small airframe stuff or tanks or inf or whatever

it just gives you some form of CAS (and cas doesnt like stop being good) and the ability to produce fighters if you dont have anything else researched

[charred fable]

I'll rock it for South America and try and develop something a bit more specialised when industry stops being an issue

[glacial steeple]

the tacs obviously lose value because improved small air is cheaper for the same attack btw

but its not like it would suddenly be useless is more my point

[charred fable]

No, I get it. More bombs are more bombs

[glacial steeple]

really the only issue this build faces is that compared to a good small airframr build your air is useless trash

but it still allows for much faster conquest

[charred fable]

How many factories should I be throwing on it?

[glacial steeple]

idk like a few

enough for like a few wings

not enough to not have infantry equipment

type shit

[charred fable]

I'll throw two on for now and gradually build it up, especially after Chile where my army will be more or less ready

[glacial steeple]

you can prob afford like 5

support equipment isnt needed

trucks are kinda optional but nice ig

idk what you need trucks for

you get a bunch of truck units spawned in no?

thats a stockpile

tho dont do 5 rn

i meant like you can afford 5 ish before brasil

10 on gun is rlly good

and dont build the licensed version

[charred fable]

It was just to get max logistics, but yeah I can stop producing them now I guess. I was going to keep the trucks until after taking Chile, just cause its nice to out-mobile them

[glacial steeple]

if you change the plane role its yours

no -35% debuff :D

[glacial steeple]

their country is like 3 tiles? thick at most

maybe 4

what is there to move around

and brasil you want movement but the sea exists

[thorn hull]

As Kaiser Germany, what would be a recommended Infantry excellence?

[charred fable]

Oooooh so I want small bomb bay and not cannons?

[glacial steeple]

you can do either

just change the role first

[charred fable]

So it would have to be this

Cant fit anymore bomb locks on

[glacial steeple]

no

you change role once

its yours

now you change it to whatever

dont need to do anything first change besides bomb

[charred fable]

Yes, but I lose the cannons so it'll have to be three bomb locks and machine guns or med. bomb bay and 2 bomb locks

[glacial steeple]

no?

you just make a new design

[charred fable]

So I use the top airframe right? The new design without the Germany production licence flag, right?

[glacial steeple]

yes

just give it lmg its cheaper

better

[charred fable]

Okay, so I am just relying on the 3x bomb locks then. That's what I meant

[glacial steeple]

do you have a coal issue now btw?

[tiny bough]

So I lost to allies as Soviet Union* and they turned me into an Democratic Russian Federation without elections. I can't do anything as a democracy even though Fascist Hungary and Communists are taking over half of Europe because world tension is just not going up. Can't even send volunteers to help those countries out. Are there any DLCs that improve the politics/diplomacy gameplay or am I just stuck and unable to do anything useful?

[glacial steeple]

i didnt check

[glacial steeple]

you can change the game settings at game start

[charred fable]

-1 coal

[glacial steeple]

more fun :)

[glacial steeple]

crazy debuff

[tiny bough]

Damn. I just play on default elite difficulty.

[glacial steeple]

why elite

it doesnt make the ai better

[tiny bough]

More challenging/fun

[charred fable]

Do I really need to trade and lose out on a factory for that -1?

[glacial steeple]

thats fair

anyway you can change stuff like free justification

[tiny bough]

Took me 9 tries to defeat the Nazis as USSR on Elite XD

[glacial steeple]

also big one is that you can make most points go to major powers/war leaders

reduces ai bordergore by a lot

[glacial steeple]

no lol

i was just curious how much is in south america

[charred fable]

Speaking of... Argentina First or Join the Axis?

[sinful vessel]

For navy, how should my recon group be ? 1 light cruiser with never engage order ?

[glacial steeple]

i forget people play hist

uuuuhhhh

flip a coin

iirc right side is better

[charred fable]

What are you playing?!

[atomic crescent]

can anyone help me? everytime i try to put my navy in a task force it immidiatly gets put into reserve

[glacial steeple]

argentina

:D

[charred fable]

I'll go Arg first. Axis can't help themselves, nevermind me

[glacial steeple]

lately japan tho

kumul khanate kinda fire too

[charred fable]

I'd join the Axis but I die inside watching Hitler send troops to come help me

[glacial steeple]

why rely on that

you can always just join the faction

[mystic otter]

Yes

[atomic crescent]

can anyone help me bro

[charred fable]

You mean join Axis and not join wars when fighting allies?

[mystic otter]

Or just split your navy into a balance task force and let them patrol

[sinful vessel]

tyvm

[mystic otter]

Do know that how it works with old navy so you need to try and see if work with new navy

[sinful vessel]

I'm starting with Italy, and don't have any light cruiser yet, but i'll try to have enough

[mystic otter]

Before building new ships try and refit some

Or delete some that arnt needed or will be hindrance

Note : watch a guide on how to refit trust me you will need it

It will be the difference between a refit taking 100 days or 800

[sinful vessel]

I've never done this before, i should find a guide, yes.

[storm shore]

i assigned 10 divisions to attack Kristiansand, i putted some ships there, and also give the infantry commander to go attack there. but he wont for some reason (not a native english speaker sorry for any mistakes btw)

[mystic otter]

Hoi4 channel droped a new guide watch the navy part

[tiny bough]

how many task forces do you have in that fleet?

[atomic crescent]

1

[tiny bough]

oh

[atomic crescent]

had to delete the entire fleet

[mystic otter]

10 max per admiral

[tiny bough]

can they reach it?

maybe they're stuck somewhere

[mystic otter]

The amount of task force is up to you

[sinful vessel]

where ?

[atomic crescent]

they were right at the sea

[mystic otter]

YouTube :v

[atomic crescent]

and they had the naval base there

[tiny bough]

can you post a screenshot?

[atomic crescent]

no point now i deleted the fleet

it was glitched

[storm shore]

anyone help btw?

[atomic crescent]

it said there was subs in it and there was no subs

[tiny bough]

Did you press the Green "PLay" button above commander?

[storm shore]

Yep

[tiny bough]

also depends on his aggressiveness setting, maybe he's not attacking because his units aren't full strenght or enemy is too well defended

[mystic otter]

You lack sea supremecy

[mystic otter]

Oh

[tiny bough]

Oh it's a naval invasion

[storm shore]

Yea yea

[mystic otter]

Then is his preparation done?

[tiny bough]

hover over the green play button

it will tell you what's happening

[glacial steeple]

like

you dont have to do the focus for it

[storm shore]

Hmm,

it says its still preparing?

but its been on for some time already

[tiny bough]

You mesed up the orders somewhere

he doesn't have naval invasion order

[sinful vessel]

Just to say this shortly, i make a new ship template, keeping the old hull i've in my fleet, and i can convert this old ship in a more modern template ?

[tiny bough]

maybe his Field marshal does?

[atomic crescent]

i cant even end this war cause theres a fleet here and i need to cross a strait

[mystic otter]

Did you even declare war ?

[storm shore]

Yes i did,

[mystic otter]

Then the order is buged or messed up

[glacial steeple]

whats going on chat

[mystic otter]

It should go

[glacial steeple]

doesnt look like it

[storm shore]

I will go back to my save

[mystic otter]

Yes
If you make a new template of a ship
All ship of the same hull can upgrade to it

[storm shore]

Jeez

[tiny bough]

Infanterie-Division

that him?

[storm shore]

i didnt

LOL

i tried for like 2 saves, probably its before war save

[mystic otter]

It should look like a yellow arrow in the fleet interface

[mystic otter]

So you didn't declare?

[tiny bough]

haha

😛

[storm shore]

yeaaa

thats my fault

[mystic otter]

Lmao

[tiny bough]

it happens

you sometimes get so lost in the details

you forget the main thing XD

[storm shore]

yep thats so right

LOL

[sinful vessel]

Ok. This will be a good objectif for my italian journey ! Maybe hard to do early cuz navy xp is hard to gain ?

[glacial steeple]

thats why cropped screenshots are bad

bad*

[mystic otter]

Navy xp is easy to get if you have oil to sustain fleet training

Oil is your biggest enemy

[sinful vessel]

i'm training, though losing oil

[mystic otter]

Yh oil is your biggest enemy

Try build refineries before any major war or try and take Egypt and go to the the Middle East for oil

[vital geode]

Middle East doesn't have much oil aside from Iraq and Iran

[sinful vessel]

What can i plan to consuer before war as Italy ?

[mystic otter]

If they had oil reaerve dont remember:P

[mystic otter]

Consuer?

[vital geode]

Saudi Arabia hasn't found its oil yet

[sinful vessel]

conquer

[mystic otter]

No alot yes but the easiest place to get through the army i think

[mystic otter]

Egypt (suez cannal ) is a good start you block access from the red sea
Maybe gilbarta but its hard that place is fortified to hell and back

[sinful vessel]

What is the priority to upgrade, big ships or light cruiser .

[mystic otter]

Depends what your light for spotting like you said or want to change your goal for them?

[sinful vessel]

Though these will be at the start of WW2, i guess i shouldn't declare alone against UK ?

[mystic otter]

Nah join Germany there is army is good and you can take the balkan for yourself and help them with ussr

Cus the nation you attack will 100% join the allies

[mystic otter]

Make a save if you want before joining and try different focus tree

There a Italy first focus if i remember

And 1 for the axis

[sinful vessel]

I would like to try to not "join" them, but that may be hard. Sooner or later, i will want Germany too 😉

[mystic otter]

You can always leave :)

Once you used them

[mystic otter]

Piece of advice
Try to get Britain before the usa join the allies

All the other colonies of the uk surrender with it unless a random nation decides to become a major

[sinful vessel]

U mean invade UK ?
Another question i've struggled with in my last game. How do i increase compliance ?

[charred fable]

@glacial steeple any recomendations on doctrine with the new update?

[mystic otter]

For divs use 1 cav with no support companies
And the law should be local police or the 1 above it you will struggle in the short term due to resistance but gain compliance in the long term
HOWEVER
You should watch a yt guide about it i am not sure myself about what i told you about the law

[glacial steeple]

youre a minor so you get no doctrine

thats how it works

[mystic otter]

If you have manpower to spare you can go a full template of cav with 1 MP company

[glacial steeple]

that takes less manpower

[mystic otter]

Oh wait fr?

[glacial steeple]

doesnt increase compliance tho

yes

[charred fable]

Ehhh... surely I want something like Mass Assault or GBP?

[glacial steeple]

MA sucks

GBP offensive SFP defense

[mystic otter]

Yh compliance i am not really good at the law thing

[charred fable]

GBP it is then

[mystic otter]

Shouldn't spf be better let the enemy bleed dry on your line and then push ?

Especially against major country with manpower to spare

[glacial steeple]

you wont win the attrition war unless youre also decently powerful manpower wise

/ industry

argentina has neither

[sinful vessel]

Becaus ei need to "pacify" ethiopia, and for what i see, it will be hard to have 60 % in time.

[mystic otter]

As you've seen in the chat for the whole occupation/complaince i am not the best source for advise it seems XD

[sinful vessel]

No problem. You've already given me ideas of where and what to look for.

[mystic otter]

If you want help i wont mind join you in a game or just screen share

[sinful vessel]

i can't now, family doing chritmas tree around ^^. I add you and maybe later.

[quasi dagger]

can anybody give any tips on why im not beating the soviets?

[mystic otter]

Yh sure no problem

[mystic otter]

Remove the mobile arty from your tanks template and add more mechanzid for org
Oh and support aa you can never go wrong with those

[patent zephyr]

whats a good division template as japan for china

[mystic otter]

Still ask about more experienced player's opinion

[quasi dagger]

yeah im jsut lost it says im stronger but i cannot push?

[mystic otter]

Terrain and air also affect your push

[quasi dagger]

and i doint think my inf is bad

[quasi dagger]

ohhh

[sinful vessel]

If you don't have air superiority, you will struggle

[mystic otter]

Inf is good for holding maybe even helping your tank breakthrough

[mystic otter]

Cas is also needed

Cas is king

[sinful vessel]

Yes, that was what i wanted to say.

[mystic otter]

You should use tank to break the line and incercle the soviet army to delete there division

As you push deeper and the line get wider gabs in there defense become more and more

The ural mountain to surrender is a pain

[quasi dagger]

ye im doing colab but my tanks are lwk struggling

[mystic otter]

Supply?

Just remembered that

[quasi dagger]

prop

[quasi dagger]

its also winter

[glacial steeple]

no full doctrine bad terrain stats inf bad at holding

probably poor generals

air

[mystic otter]

Isnt inf good enough tho? Like he added arty but 1 is ok to have in sp

[glacial steeple]

its just expensive

takes away IC from other stuff

[sinful vessel]

Upgrade the destroyer worth it you think ?

[mystic otter]

Yh
In navy light attack is king
If you shred the enemy screen there big ships are sitting ducks

[mystic otter]

However dont upgrade ships every time to unlock 1 or 2 new stuff
Try and research all the tech in the time frame and upgrades all at once

Or else your wasting time on ship in the production line

And in sp type 3 of any ship/sub is more than enough

[sinful vessel]

So should i make just "empty" destroyer to screen, or make them the more powerfull possible ?

[sinful vessel]

"in sp ?"

[mystic otter]

Screen is the ship type no mission

[mystic otter]

SinglePlayer

[mystic otter]

It mean destroyers and light cruisers

You need i think if i remember 4 screen for every 1 capital ship/aircraft carrier

[sinful vessel]

Yes i try to. But i've been told to use light cruiser instead of destroyer

[mystic otter]

Yh light cruiser is better but takes longer to build so it depends on what you want both can work in SinglePlayer

[quasi dagger]

i give up soviets are invinceble

[rugged rover]

how do i get rid of economy of conquest

[mystic otter]

Stalin buffs broke you lol

[mystic otter]

Uh i think you need to remove miffo bills ? Not sure

But it will crash your economy hard

[tiny bough]

From those screenshots you seem to be beating them everywhere?

[quasi dagger]

yeah but its an offensive war

[mystic otter]

How much did you conquer?

[glacial steeple]

he lost memel

[mystic otter]

Huh?

[ripe sonnet]

Does anyone know how to put the HOI4 game in Spanish

?

[mystic otter]

He's still in poland?

[quasi dagger]

nothing bruh🙏 😭 cant even break thourgh

[trail reef]

how do i check faction leaderboard

[mystic otter]

Oof

[quasi dagger]

1942

[mystic otter]

Try and error is your solution

[quasi dagger]

yeah ive tried 3 times and nothing is changing

[glacial steeple]

look at the screenshots

[quasi dagger]

deffrent stuff everytime

[glacial steeple]

no his army is just bad

[mystic otter]

And a nice strategy to do is to do the Molotov treaty and use your tank to incercle the entire pocket in poland

[glacial steeple]

and setup is a lot of inf not a lot of actual units that can push

@quasi dagger could you post the savegame?

[quasi dagger]

what is taht and why?

[mystic otter]

As casey is saying your templates are the problem

[quasi dagger]

mhhhhh

[fluid wharf]

The meta unironically is to make shtter inf

And battleplan with CAs

CAs is buffed 3x now

So cas clicks everything

[quasi dagger]

hjow to post it?

[glacial steeple]

and air and generals

[glacial steeple]

from doctrine?

[sinful vessel]

ok. As i have already quite 80 destroyer, make them usefull may worth it

[glacial steeple]

i saw cas be crazy tho

[mystic otter]

And Supply - tommykay screaming in the background

[minor wagon]

Why aren't my task forces increasing dominance? They have enough power

[glacial steeple]

strike force doesnt give any

only patrol does

[minor wagon]

I am patroling

Been for a few months

[mystic otter]

Depends on type if type 1 ignore them upgrade the 2s tho

[minor wagon]

375 is the minimum, this is what I got

[fluid wharf]

Defines

[sinful vessel]

Ok. All is type 1, i'm just starting

[fluid wharf]

Pdx changed the defines and cas now better 3x

[mystic otter]

Yh type 1 ship get destroyed if you look at them hard enough

[glacial steeple]

it says you get 0 from patrol and +367% from strike force

[minor wagon]

How do I get my patrols to work then

[mystic otter]

Did you split your tasks force

[glacial steeple]

ships only patrol 1 zone at a time

maybe theyre in the wrong zone

[quasi dagger]

yo how to post save?

[mystic otter]

Or in 1 big pile

[glacial steeple]

you go into files > post file on discord

[minor wagon]

The fleet is only set to that zone

[sinful vessel]

ok, i will let them die doing their job, and focus more on type 2 available then

[glacial steeple]

try an uncropped screenshot? i dont have enough information to see the issue

[minor wagon]

Okay!

[glacial steeple]

oh maybe theyre not patrolling because no supply or no fuel

[mystic otter]

If you want build really good light cruisers and roach destroyer
Roach destroyer: a dd with the bare minimum equipment to produce there entire purpose is to be a sponge

[minor wagon]

ahh, so all I need to do is improve my ports?

[quasi dagger]

its ironman

[glacial steeple]

yeah thats fine

any save can be posted

[glacial steeple]

possibly?

i wouldnt go for the islands anyway because theyre of no value

[mystic otter]

Dont play ironman in the beginning
So you can save and load before any big war or mistake

[trail reef]

is this good

[minor wagon]

I wanna get Wake tho

[glacial steeple]

no

way too large in combat width

rest is fine

[mystic otter]

Why is everyone putting line arty in tank template 😭

[glacial steeple]

boredom

[trail reef]

what should it be at

[quasi dagger]

yeah i just have been playing on civ diff and thought i chould beat it in reg and get acivements

[mystic otter]

Remove them and replace the aa with aa tank or smth

[trail reef]

i meant combat width

[mystic otter]

Or keep it motorized aa

[mystic otter]

Uh it should be in 30

30s*

34 if i remember

[trail reef]

40 will do just fine then

[mystic otter]

Hahahaha i did the same mistake when i started

[mystic otter]

Just downsize a bit remove the arty

And it should work

[minor wagon]

No luck

[trail reef]

i did its at 37

[mystic otter]

Eh can work

[quasi dagger]

@glacial steeple there

[clear tide]

Anyone know the zhung goutao path as a commie china

[clear tide]

Try 36 combat with

[mystic otter]

Also try and have your tank template around 30/28 org

[glacial steeple]

send uncropped stuff anyway because theres a huge lack of information

[trail reef]

cant really see what else i can remove

[glacial steeple]

likely fuel issues

thats pretty fine yeah

[mystic otter]

That good

[clear tide]

Anyone I cant find a guide

[mystic otter]

Maybe have flame tanks if you have the dlc

[minor wagon]

What do you need to see?

[trail reef]

in exchange for what

[mystic otter]

That up to you tbh maybe the first 2?
I dont have the dlc for the flame tank all ik there good XD

[trail reef]

tuff

[minor wagon]

Ok so, the issue is with that fleet

the other fleets increase the dominance immediately

[wild rune]

<@&846894118219022336>

[hearty mason]

Is this good for a starter division?

[mystic otter]

Maybe change home port?

[wild rune]

No

[hearty mason]

How can I improve it?

[mystic otter]

Remove the tank

[trail reef]

since the combat width is so small should i add something else

[quasi dagger]

sooo..

[hearty mason]

Anything else?

[wild rune]

Remove line artillery

[mystic otter]

Yh inf is for holding remove arty

[trail reef]

no

[mystic otter]

You breakthrough and incercle with tank

[trail reef]

in my case its not

infantry is for attacking and i am wondering if i should add more

[stuck garnet]

Question

[glacial steeple]

its not tho

what

[stuck garnet]

How do i tell how many factories i need on a production line?

[trail reef]

it is

[glacial steeple]

?????

why

[stuck garnet]

Do i go in logistics section

[glacial steeple]

what are we doing

use special forces

those are good at attacking

[mystic otter]

Remove arty inf for holding the line

[trail reef]

cus i have the mp and stockpile

[hasty belfry]

Would either the medium tank designer or assault gun designer Hungary can get be able to be used for tank destroyers?

[trail reef]

and its fun

[hearty mason]

So just a basic inf division then?

[glacial steeple]

more inf

[stuck garnet]

Invest in tanks goddamn

[mystic otter]

Yh use tank or create a offensive inf template

[stuck garnet]

"Inf is for attacking" mfs when mechanized exists:

[mystic otter]

You can use tommy kay offense inf
14 inf 4 arty

[stuck garnet]

Mech is inf i think

[mystic otter]

However the support companies on you to choose

[trail reef]

why would i need tanks

[hearty mason]

My issue is with the soft attack. It feels shit without any tanks or arty

[mystic otter]

Are you playing inf only?

[hearty mason]

I'm trying to invest in tanks =/

Not sure if it's the best strategy. This is my first game

[mystic otter]

I implore you to watch guides there only so much i can help with writing

[hearty mason]

Fair

Thanks!

[mystic otter]

I am not the best player here i only have 200h i just have good understanding of the mechanics

[hasty belfry]

This got immediately buried.

[mystic otter]

I dont know tbh can't help

[quasi dagger]

yo why did i need to send the save fiel?

[sleek remnant]

Best peace deal after capping japan as china?

[primal moon]

no coal as soviet union, 100% infrastructure on every state with coal, updated excavation technology

do i really need to import it?

i'm planning to go to war with uk and usa so i cant import from them

[sleek remnant]

Last time I had points for everything so I think I got:
all the navy, my cores
Puppeted all of japan (except korea, made it separate puppet)
Annexed indochina countries
I think I puppeted siam and annexed the small land in Philippines

[zenith thunder]

can anyone give me some tips one how to win the german civil war at the start as i keep failing it, maybe its my offencive line i am making that is not good or something
i am on normal difficulty

it is the first focus i am doing

[primal moon]

irl soviet union had some of the most coal in the world

[humble jungle]

what's current naval meta?

[sleek remnant]

Cut their army to two from Czech border

Destroy the southern part

You can then focus on the east

[zenith thunder]

i dont even know what that means or how to do that i am new

[mystic otter]

There a way on yt that make easier to beat

Its cheesy but work

[zenith thunder]

i wanted to do it without any exploits or cheese but thanks

[mystic otter]

Huh then simple

The army that spawn in the civil war

Use it to hold the line

Your actually good army concentrate on a small area and try and cut the other Germany line in half

Near the cezha border

[tiny bough]

Whats your trade policy set to?

[zenith thunder]

ok thanks right now i was putting both armys under once general each and then them under under a leader and drawing and offensive line and havine them automaticaly advance

is that a bad idea then i guess

[mystic otter]

Yh you need to micro it a bit

[tiny bough]

Also that coal deficit is not bad at all depending on how many factories you have

[mystic otter]

Try and go for incerclement

[mystic otter]

83k manpower ? Tf

[zenith thunder]

ok thanks i dont know much about combat works other then the offensive line thing

[tiny bough]

I lost WW3 to allies

[mystic otter]

There hoi4 guide on yt watch it

[tiny bough]

they reset me

[mystic otter]

For beginners

[mystic otter]

Ah

[zenith thunder]

ok thanks ill have to check it out then

[tiny bough]

I took like 30 mil casualties

[mystic otter]

It explains everything in the game enough for you to understand the basics

[mystic otter]

Holy

[tiny bough]

It was brutal

[static turret]

Dam

[tiny bough]

but the biggest problem is that as a democratic Russia now I cant do anything at all

[static turret]

How much did they tale

[mystic otter]

Maybe downsize your industry

[tiny bough]

about the same

industry is working fine tbh

I'm producing a lot

[mystic otter]

Well

The coal debuff

Isnt important

[tiny bough]

Losing Ukraine's Coal sucks the most

[mystic otter]

If have enough factories

[mystic otter]

Dont you get a new tree or smth?

[tiny bough]

It's the fact that I can't fight fascists, communists ,or even send help that really sucks

And I can't go back to Communism either

[glacial steeple]

i was gonna go through it but hifghkey got distracted

[mystic otter]

Fascist?

[quasi dagger]

ohh fair

[tiny bough]

can't either

[mystic otter]

Or monarchist?

[quasi dagger]

was just kinda confused

[tiny bough]

Which DLCS improve the politics/diplomacy in this game

[mystic otter]

Mods exist for that

I think

[tiny bough]

or do I just have to switch off world tension requirement for wars in game settings next time?

I don't like modding

[thin zealot]

Steam workshop

[thin zealot]

"let's make the 4th international even more broken"

[mystic otter]

Open steam > workshop> subscribe to the mod > it will download> launch paradox launcher from steam > the mod is now in the mod library

[tiny bough]

I don't mean the process

I mean I just don't like the idea of modding

Prefer to play the game as it was meant to be

[rugged rover]

How do i get across the english channel if they have hundreds of ships there and me and my allies have like 5

[tiny bough]

You can't

[mystic otter]

At this point just restart the game

[tiny bough]

or paratroopers

[mystic otter]

Para

[tiny bough]

No surrender XD

also I have to avenge Americans for nuking me

[rugged rover]

bro we had naval superiority

but i needed like 30 days for invasion

and then they dropped their whole navy

[tiny bough]

lol

lay mines

to help with superiority maybe

I heard it helps

[mystic otter]

I think that stopped

They no longer contribute

[tiny bough]

oh

Paradrop then I guess 😛

[mystic otter]

The famous uk death stack

[rugged rover]

bro

my stability is in the dumps

i have 0 civs

[tiny bough]

rip

[static turret]

Usa be kike

[rugged rover]

qbro

does the ai know when i set up an invasion

[mystic otter]

No

[rugged rover]

cuz i just set up an invasion across the north sea and they moved like 200 ships there

[mystic otter]

lol

Just use naval bomber

And bomb the navy in the sea and ports

And build a new navy in the meantime

Or paratrooper

[tiny bough]

What does this mean? 14 non-active taskforces. Where are they? Why are they not active? How do I manage them?

[hasty belfry]

Finally got to a point where I could see for myself. The assault gun designer doesn’t but the medium tank designer does.

[mystic otter]

Why do you have 14 task force in a 10 task force admiral

[tiny bough]

I have no idea

what's happening there

I hate the navy UI

lol

[mystic otter]

Ay good for you
I dont have the dlc for tank so couldn't help you

[mystic otter]

Check your repair ports

They might be repairing

And have automatic split off disabled

[tiny bough]

Split off is disabled

repair queue is empty

[mystic otter]

Have it enabled

[tiny bough]

ok

[mystic otter]

Maybe Combine the entire navy into 1 stack and see there location?

Well not the whole navy just the row your having problems with

[tiny bough]

oh

I found them

[mystic otter]

And

Remove

The subs

From the fleet

Those guys go alone

[tiny bough]

That two arrow icon

[mystic otter]

They are slowing your entire fleet for no reason

[tiny bough]

I think they're stuck outside because they can't get to black sea

but why aren't they showing up on top right, thought all ships/planes/armies show up there

[mystic otter]

Idk tbh never had this problem before

[thin zealot]

You will never experience the my little pony

[tiny bough]

lol

[mystic otter]

It is ironically a really good mod too

[thin zealot]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1826643372

[mystic otter]

Like top 10 even

[glacial steeple]

none

[thin zealot]

I would say top 3 best balanced

[rugged rover]

how do i fix ts

[sinful vessel]

Is it possible to "absord" a puppet at some point ?

[thin zealot]

yes

[uncut narwhal]

do the focus "Institute Price Controls"

[sinful vessel]

Make war

[sinful vessel]

Ok. Is it hard ? Does it take time ?

[thin zealot]

Takes a few trains you can lend-lease them

And some political power

[sinful vessel]

I'm not sure to understand. I give them len lease ?

[thin zealot]

Giving them lend-lease reduces their autonomy, get it low enough and you can annex them

Also building in their country

And having them buy resources from you

[mystic otter]

And just outright annex them

[sinful vessel]

Ok. And this should be (annex them) a political decision ?

[mystic otter]

Yh its in the tab manage subject

[thin zealot]

It's a button in the subjects tab

[tiny bough]

US turned me into a democracy with no elections and now they went communist themselves.. wth

[thin zealot]

✨ Man the Guns focus tree ✨

Forgot to turn on historical I presume

[mystic otter]

They wanted to prove they are better at being Communist than you lol

[rugged rover]

how do i get this focus

[tiny bough]

No I'm playing historical

[trail reef]

is there any benefits of turning cohesion down

[fluid wharf]

No I either keep it on flexible

Or immobile for micro

[quasi dagger]

can anybody go through my save and give tips?

[mystic otter]

You need a certain amount of resources in your land

You acquire through conquest

[mystic otter]

You know what i will try and see your save i want to know how much of a disaster it is
I just need to know how to actually make it work never done that

[quasi dagger]

kk i will send

[mystic otter]

No need i can get it from the files

[glacial steeple]

just drag it in your game save files

[quasi dagger]

oh

[glacial steeple]

Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\save games

[mystic otter]

Thx

[mystic otter]

might reply tomorrow

[quasi dagger]

bro take your time. Im just happy to get help🫡

[charred fable]

Columbia pulled the allies into the war which then bogged me down until the US entered the war. I'm not even sure who is winning, I just know its a big slog 😂

[vale basin]

What does “does not have any deployment ready to deploy” mean?

[mystic otter]

I cant play it cus i lack the dlc lmao

[fierce cypress]

how do i do this

[quasi dagger]

aww man thanks for trying tho

[mystic otter]

We can create a private multiplayer game and play together if you want

[tiny bough]

Yikes

[quasi dagger]

yeah man we can do that sometimes (cant rn doing homework)

[mystic otter]

Yh same cant rn
But with a multiplayer game as you as the host i can access the dlc

[quasi dagger]

ill just add you then we can find a time

[mystic otter]

Sure

[grave shale]

very new player, I was just playing around with the tank designer ... I made 2 different medium tank designs, one with 4.1 km/h speed and one with 8.1 km/h speed when i make an armored devision, how do you pick which design gets used ?? the battalion has the speed set to 4.1 even though i intended it to be mechanized and have the 8km+ speed.

[mystic otter]

For medium i think speed isnt the most important thing
Soft attack , breakthrough are

Although i dont have the no step back dlc so you better need to wait till someone else responds to you

[vale basin]

what does an unassigned division mean and how to I assign it to smh

[mystic otter]

Once you choose a div near the trash bin there 2 buttons 1 of is assign division

Choose the divs > press the button and assign them into the order the army they are in is assigned

Or they are simply not under a general so just put them into one and put an order

[vale basin]

Oh ok

[wind creek]

i dont know why i cant do this focus,i have all of the british colonies as puppets and i saw that they dont have to be fascist but one time i played as fascist uk and it worked

can someone help me

[hardy trail]

Does someone know how to Elect Wang Jingwei ? I think i missed an event

[narrow grail]

Do tanks count as some sort of support equipment or artillery? I wondered why all tank chassis are more expensive than usually, and one modifier I found is in Japanese army, but 4.6x1.1 = 5.06 so it should be something else

[undone raptor]

just simple question: how to push in late game

[narrow grail]

It depends on type of divisions but generally CAS wiping out enemies should be good

[pliant condor]

hint: click on the designer

what component must your tank have

also it just tell you the cost directly

[narrow grail]

For some reason IJA alone adds 0.57

[pliant condor]

you see all the modifiers

[narrow grail]

which is not 10% of 4.6

[vital geode]

High breakthrough
Air superiority
High soft attack if singleplayer

CAS

[undone raptor]

the thing is

my divs are good enough

but whenever I attack or the enemy attacks

divs lose like 50% of equipment in 1 sec

[vital geode]

No HP?

What's your divisions

[pliant condor]

uhm read what this is saying?

or ok i see what you are confused abt

[charred fable]

Soooooo how do I conquer SA before they join the Allies?

[pliant condor]

the 4.6 value came from

[vital geode]

Im just saying, 6 of my 36 width tank divisions in kaiserreich could push a tile with 40+ troops

[pliant condor]

the total cost = all the cost added together =5.75 minus riveted armor which is 20%

[vital geode]

So if it isnt that or special forces, I wonder what you are using

[narrow grail]

Okay now I think I got the cost

[pliant condor]

so japan spirit give 10% of the original cost

[narrow grail]

5.75 is total tank cost and 0.57 is 10% of it

[pliant condor]

yep

percentage modifiers!

[narrow grail]

Didn't think it's applied on the whole cost of tank with all modules, but only chassis.

[safe elbow]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[vital geode]

Go to options, 3D models

And rivers and all that

[wind creek]

.

[pliant condor]

the only thing that only apply on the chassis is conversion speed

xd

[safe elbow]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[wind creek]

what do i have to do next

[vital geode]

What is the status of Newfoundland

Who owns it

[wind creek]

vanada

canada

I just released them and it went to them idk

i even said "retain states within our core"

[vital geode]

Idk, there might be an issue there. Not entirely sure

Well Newfoundland isnt a core for the UK

[wind creek]

Oh

But i did this run once in the past and it worked

[glacial steeple]

video game

[wind creek]

fascist uk is the most op path in the game

and easy

[glacial steeple]

ah yeah

you did it wrong

in the civil war peacedeal you have to puppet canada in 1 state

they will still try to break free

[wind creek]

i annexed because they always break free

[glacial steeple]

but you can have units nearby for that occassion

by releaaing them through occuption screen, you lose all nearby holdings

[wind creek]

i annexed canada india australia new zealand

oops

[glacial steeple]

you should annex the rest yes

[wind creek]

Thats what i did in the peace deal

From the start

but it still doesnt work

[glacial steeple]

its fine

you just wont core north america

[wind creek]

it was cool tho

i already defeated germany,france,US

[night tangle]

they made conquering britain legit way too hard

did they neerf paratroopers too=

?

[pliant condor]

no

[night tangle]

then where is the special support company for them

[pliant condor]

i mean paradroping any tile should be free with the exploit

[night tangle]

it isnt for me rn

wait

[pliant condor]

when it lands, click H, then put it to a new army and hit last stand

[night tangle]

which explouit

[wind creek]

the new navy update sucks so much honestly

[pliant condor]

you take a tile

[wind creek]

Why did they have to do this

[night tangle]

ye agreed

[pliant condor]

because it makes your para on the defensive side

[narrow grail]

So I've just opened other country without any tank cost modifiers and inter-war tank chassis costs 4.6 default, I still can't get why for Japan chassis itself goes up by ~12.5% instead of 10

[night tangle]

exploit didnt work

gg

[glacial steeple]

no

they fixed that

its just a defensive battle

[glacial steeple]

army debuffs?

+2.5% equipment cost

from the IJA

[night tangle]

yeah this update is ass

[bleak plinth]

guys if im not in someones faction but we have a mutual war can i use their airports?

[glacial steeple]

no that was already patched before

[narrow grail]

SO IT COUNTS TO CHASSIS COST?

[glacial steeple]

probably

[narrow grail]

Well extra 2.5% come from imperial influence and meddling army, but when building a tank this modifier doesn't exist, only IJA applies. but in this case it's both IJA 10% and 2.5% from meddling army which make chassis cost go from 4.6 to 5.17

Maybe tank is considered as kinda artillery when you don't have No Step Back idk that's why I'm asking

[glacial steeple]

just test

change the IJA influence and see if it changes the cost

i was just guessing

[pliant condor]

because 80% to 90%

is 12.5%

[pliant condor]

THERE IS NO EXTRA 2.5%

it's because of the negative modifier from riveted armor

that put it on 80%

then ija change it from 80% to 90%

[pliant condor]

huh that's exactly the exploit?

[glacial steeple]

yes but you no longer get tile control

[lofty totem]

how do i get off this

[glacial steeple]

so it doesnt work to insta cap youd need actual battle divs

which i assume this person did not do

[pliant condor]

ah ok i don't think you take control of tiles anyway

[glacial steeple]

maybe they spammed the 6 width paras or something

you used to

[pliant condor]

but defensive basically means you win

[glacial steeple]

if you have a good para vs the ai it doesnt matter whether its defensive or not

imo

[narrow grail]

Well the cost of chassis didn't change

[pliant condor]

i thought you get it

[narrow grail]

ok but I'm talking about the cost of chassis itself

[pliant condor]

nothing in here affect the cost of the chassis itself

[glacial steeple]

the chassis has a design

[narrow grail]

it's 4.6 but for Japan goes to 5.17

[pliant condor]

no

what you are seeing has nothing to do with the cost of the chassis

[pliant condor]

cost of chsssis is 3.5

[narrow grail]

So the cost of chassis shown in armor research section is cost of the cheapest tank you can build on it?

[pliant condor]

yes

or no

it's the default design

[glacial steeple]

not exactly but close enough

[pliant condor]

with riveted armor and 1 man turret

[glacial steeple]

or 2 man for heavy

[pliant condor]

you can't build it technically since it needs a gun

[glacial steeple]

with gasoline engine

[narrow grail]

Ok I'll open up the Hungary save and check it in there rq

[glacial steeple]

and bogie suspension

the chassis is NOT the base chassis cost

it already has stuff designed

if you go to the tank designer in the bottom right if you hover over the cost it will show the base cost

[narrow grail]

Yeah it's the same as in respective armor research tab

[static turret]

casey I got 2 questions

since the new meta is 4km would it be smart to add heavy art to tanks

also for light recon companies should I focus on breaktrough

[vital geode]

No way moving bunkers are the meta

I like speed in my tank divisions

[pliant condor]

yes

to find the chassis cost, go into designer and it tells you

interwar medium chassid 3.5

[static turret]

sadly

[vital geode]

WW1 tank designer stocks are going up

Why stop at land cruisers when we can make land battleships

Bridges are fake

Weight is not an issue

[narrow grail]

yeah it just says tank not chassis and it confused me

[wild rune]

If you make a tank big enough it can just cross a river without having to worry about bridges

[narrow grail]

and adding up 2.5% from imperial faction seemed mathematically correct but factually tanks are not support equipment nor artillery and I wanted to check it

[charred fable]

What is the fastest way to stack war declarations? The time is lower when already at war isn't it?

[narrow grail]

So I thought it would be a good thing to ask people who are better at minmaxxing than me and/or devs

[glacial steeple]

i mean always do this

[static turret]

aight

what about heavy art

[glacial steeple]

wdym like howitzers or

[static turret]

yk

[glacial steeple]

i dont

[wild rune]

"New meta"

[glacial steeple]

yeah howitzers