ask-for-help-here

[hasty belfry]

I technically will out of all the Chinese states since through focuses you get 100 light tanks, plus an armored brigade with 100 more from the next focus.

[glacial steeple]

yes thats not large

[hasty belfry]

But supply will melt those quick.

[glacial steeple]

thats lioe very insignificant amounts

a large tank force would be 5-10K+ tanks minimum imo

[hasty belfry]

Khumal Khanate seems to have some bugs. Their capital doesn’t start with a supply hub, and their focus on the opposition that’s supposed to give their country leader a new trait and promote him from general to field marshall only does the former.

[hasty belfry]

I will have some industry later.

[glacial steeple]

where do you get the research..

[hasty belfry]

By the time I invade them the 4 nations I need to invade to form turkestan should have completed their industry generic trees.

[hasty belfry]

I got 3 slots very quickly.

[glacial steeple]

yeah thats 3 slots

[hasty belfry]

I can get 2 more from the “nationalist” tree.

[glacial steeple]

1 on gun forever 2 on production forever

maybe supports too

you dont have the research for tanks

like youd need an artillery branch, engineers, a land facility

ive played kumul you just dont have that

[hasty belfry]

The purchase ranks focus actually gives the basic tank tech.

[glacial steeple]

yes

[hasty belfry]

You do get land breakthrough progress from a focus.

[glacial steeple]

but you start with it

day 1 you have interwar tanks

[hasty belfry]

Ahh.

[glacial steeple]

the issue isnt that

[hasty belfry]

If need be I can just license tanks.

[glacial steeple]

the issue is getting the actual gun and support companies for it

[hasty belfry]

I can probably get into Germany’s alliance if I am fighting the Soviets as well.

[glacial steeple]

also

youre not gonna fight in tank friendly terrain

mountains, hills and desert arent particularly friendly

with desert being the least bad

you could do some air i guess by licensing?

but you just dont have a latge industry when comparing industry size to manpower

[hasty belfry]

You do get MIO’s for that.

[glacial steeple]

its best to do an inf build, maaybe cav but thats very debatable

especially with all the mountains

[glacial steeple]

yeah ive played china a lot

[hasty belfry]

+25% attack and defense on cav after you from Turkestan.

[glacial steeple]

ik

[hasty belfry]

Either way, back to my original question, which grand doctrine is best for a mostly cavalry run?

[glacial steeple]

mounted inf one?

[hasty belfry]

Yeah.

[glacial steeple]

and like the super heavy railway gun doctrine is awesome

[glacial steeple]

like as in the mounted inf doctrine

with grand assault too

[hasty belfry]

I’m talking about grand doctrine.

[glacial steeple]

gbp

[hasty belfry]

Ok.

Thanks.

[glacial steeple]

more attack

[hasty belfry]

Would logi support companies be useful due to the low supply environment.

I actually do have quite high production capabilities per manpower until I take more Chinese land or do my formables which I can’t until I can justify war goals at 50% world tension.

[unreal pulsar]

What tactic is best for attacking or rather what stats should I be looking for in a tactic for attacking

[wild rune]

is this aura?

now that my planes arent horrible outnumbered these are moreso of the stats

[unreal pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-12869046600151364058

[hollow willow]

why the add_equipment command doesnt work anymore?

[gusty briar]

Its crazy how buggy allow military access got since the update. I constantly get attacked from my puppets or random neighbors im not at war with bc england or France have military access

Its every save, to the point that I just consol command to remove access from Iraq everytime im fighting in the middle east bc they always just walk in

[sand ember]

yes

[wild rune]

thanks gng

[amber ridge]

How do I actually design my templates? Like, what is the best templates for armour and infantry?

[wild rune]

depends

combat width matters

[vestal field]

what dlc should i buy (i have none)

[amber ridge]

Hmm how many templates should I actually use in a match? Cus most of the time I just make all of my infantries or tanks use the same template

[serene karma]

Definitely mods/cheats were used

Medium flames are better

[serene karma]

Wait for sale

[vestal field]

I will, but which should I buy?

[serene karma]

Nsb

Then aat

The bba and lar

Ofc ranking varies but its about there

Lar got heavy nerf from collab

[glacial steeple]

it/ic ale research all transfers to ai nation

manpower too

[vestal field]

Hmm yeah ok

That's fair

[tropic hatch]

Is your tech level what determines other countries to trade with you ? I have just tried full tech Iran in 1936 for a bit of power fantasy and my oil trading immediately went sky rocket

[hollow linden]

"Tech level" isn't a thing, you either have techs or you don't. What probably happened is that, you got all excav tech which increased your base oil and countries trade a lot with Iran in general so there's that

[tropic hatch]

Prob is as Iran I have always gotten more oil than I ever need in export, like in previous run at 1936 I got 80 oil in export doing nothing

But this time people buy my oil like im giving it for free

[glacial steeple]

its rng

theres a way to influence trade priority but its still just whatever the ai feels like

[tropic hatch]

If it's happen sometime then I would think that it's RNG, but I have played Iran for atleast 10 times and only this time do I get this trading boom

[glacial steeple]

yeah again its up to ai choice

[haughty vortex]

Any tips for getting for getting Victoria (Germany) in charge?

[hollow linden]

After the civil war, delete your army, invite the Kaiser, pick Wilhelm III once Netherlands refuses to hand over Wilhelm II. You also wanna click Air Safety Regulations during the civil war. Then Modernise Succession laws via decision, then once you entered an alliance with the UK (need max opinion to work) restore British titles, send Victoria ahead in the event, then the royal family dies and you can pick Victoria

[stiff moth]

What happens if you send them all on the Hindenburg, I assume you end up with no monarch

[glacial steeple]

you do

[hollow linden]

I guess Wilhelm IV?

[noble holly]

Hello legends

[analog maple]

guys is it possible to paratrooper snipe france if it fascist?

[hollow linden]

Probably not. Since if it's Fascist it already got rid of disjointed government

[glacial steeple]

i mean yeah its possible

maybe not as easy, though

[foggy junco]

so, do i make an army (or multiple) for each border basically?
i am playing as germany.
is it 1 army on the french border? and 1 army on the polish border? and then how does it set up each individual division. i dont quite get that.

[keen bronze]

Hey so I'm playing as the East India company and as it stands declaring war is not an option considering the entire world is allied together with the exception of Japan and Japan's currently beating the entire world.

So that leaves me with only the ability to realistically buy things to keep expanding my question is is there any good way to substantially increase political power gain because it feels so slow

[tribal stratus]

Any good Germany guides? Bad with tanks

Very bad.

Very very very bad.

[hollow linden]

Make army groups. That way you can organise multiple armies for a single front

Also based name and pfp

[hollow linden]

I mean, I have one it's not really for beginners though

This one should be good
https://youtu.be/LbpWbSD6hEY?si=CK-qdiStOXChiHUJ

[tribal stratus]

Alright thanks. Need to learn navy too honestly I’m rough b with that I can get up to 1940 Germany and everything capitulates but can never beat the Union or Uk

[hasty belfry]

The first and most important lesson of HOI 4 is that no matter how long you play for, you will never truly learn navy.

[west thunder]

do you go through with sealion in early 1940?

[fading valve]

Hi guys, does anyone know how the “Cod Wars” achievement works?

Does Iceland have to capitulate the UK while still being at war with them? Or is it ok to capitulate the UK and get a peace deal?

[fading valve]

If I’m in the Axis when I capitulate the UK, do I have to have the most war score?

Do all of their states have to be taken in the peace deal for it to work?

[glacial steeple]

puppet/keep uk alive after first peacedeal then beat them again

but alone

[hollow linden]

Why is this meme taken seriously 😭

Navy is so easy

make light cruiser make shbb

boiom

done

[tropic hatch]

all nations full tech 1936, rocket arty 2 vs advanced arty 3, which is better ?

[analog maple]

anyone got a good defencive division for poland?

against germany mp

[hexed parcel]

None

You die either way

[analog maple]

nah he got like 40 hours

i might be fine

also the point is to hold him as long as i can

[hexed parcel]

Go commie and ally with the soviets

[analog maple]

that gay

[hexed parcel]

Fun tho

[analog maple]

no more fun is monarchist

and anyway even if i ally i still need divisons

[hasty belfry]

More and more nations get decent designs, often with ships already started a partway completed from focuses. The larger ai nations no longer build absolute trash by default and can field a decent navy.

I think navy gets more difficult as time goes on and more nations get modern navy branches in their trees.

[hollow linden]

Then you have been doing it wrong. What is a decent design to you?

Like AI absolutely sucks at designing a navy

you can trash AI with 50 DDs, 30 CLs and 2 SHBB

At minimum

[hasty belfry]

Actually fills its slots with what it needs. I’ve seen the ai turn out destroyers with only a gun and nothing else.

[hasty belfry]

And they don’t have to with designs and ships from national focuses.

[hollow linden]

So? Does it win battles?

[hollow linden]

What?

[hasty belfry]

A destroyer with a single light gun? No.

[hasty belfry]

More and more nations are getting designs and even already started production lines from focuses.

[hollow linden]

So

What about it

[inner sparrow]

the designs aren’t good tho?

[hollow linden]

Those suck anyhow

What is your point

[inner sparrow]

what is this skibbidi yapp

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/958058230804795392/1346423662709837885/reuhrt.gif

[hollow linden]

At the end of the day AI sucks at designing ships

[hasty belfry]

They are decent.

[analog maple]

guys what a good defence division for Poland? for defending Germany again in MP

[hollow linden]

They are not 😭

[inner sparrow]

they aren’t tho

[hasty belfry]

And worlds ahead of what they would normally design.

[hollow linden]

????
What does that even mean

AI sucks no matter how you spin it

https://tenor.com/view/yapping-yapping-level-today-catastrophic-yapanese-gif-13513208407930173397

[hasty belfry]

Have you never seen the ai mass produce destroyers with only a single light gun and nothing else?

[hollow linden]

Idek what you are on about

[inner sparrow]

don’t question the single player mindset

[hollow linden]

What does this have to do with AI not being able to make good designs

What about AI being slightly better at designing ships? even tho it hasnt changed?

[inner sparrow]

design good because every slot has something in it aaaaa argument

[hollow linden]

ur right I shouldnt

[inner sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/marmot-funny-gif-348322803088724100

[hollow linden]

1 dp, 1 torp, 1 light gun

😭

[rugged patrol]

16w engineer and myb at spam

[analog maple]

"myb"?

[serene karma]

Maybe

[vital geode]

If the AI sucks, explain all the posts of Germany losing to Poland

[hollow linden]

Skill issues

Players suck even more apparently

[vital geode]

Facts

[vernal knoll]

what are the most important stats to look when making a tank that need to melt the enemy?

[vital geode]

Breakthrough and soft/hard attack I believe (soft in singleplayer, hard in multiplayer)

[vernal knoll]

thank you

and what are the best ships to have in the navy? like submarines and light cruisers

[hasty belfry]

It’s not better at designing ships itself, but with the templates majors with newer trees are given, the ships it builds tend to be better, and in some cases automatically builds these better designs due to focuses creating production lines of them.

[hollow linden]

What 💀

What makes you think that the designs given by focuses are somehow better

They are at best historical, which is to say, they suck in game

What is this yap

[hollow linden]

Subs are exclusively for convoy raiding, so seperate them from surface ships, then just deathstack the rest. If you build Destroyers, light cruisers and superheavy battelships your navy is good enough

[hasty belfry]

They are better than what I’m used to seeing the ai design itself..

[hollow linden]

Again, what does it matter?

Its still not good in comparison to whats meta

Its not like AI is building meta ships anyhow

its all the same if they die to the player

If you struggle against base AI navy, that is a skill issue

[hasty belfry]

Perhaps if you are a major. But them building more, better ships by default requires more effort to build a navy to match.

[hollow linden]

Not really 🤷‍♂️

You dont need a billion docks to build a good navy

Navy is only a major thing anyway

And if you stay a minor, thats first of all a bad idea and second you have other things to do anyway

[hasty belfry]

Philippines is kinda forced into it as a minor if they want to expand.

[hollow linden]

Like even reasonably strong minors can make a navy

[hollow linden]

Very specific edge case

[hasty belfry]

Unless you go late into the US or Japanese paths.

[hollow linden]

Like there are more minors that have better expansion optionsw

The phillipines are uniquely out of options

[hasty belfry]

It won’t be when the Indonesia path gets added.

[hollow linden]

So?

[hasty belfry]

My point is that the naval gap for minor nations will grow as time goes on.

[hollow linden]

That only makes sense, I did not dispute that

What are you even arguing lol

Its like u arent even reading what I say

[hollow linden]

But as I said, it doesnt take a billion dockyards to build a navy

and yes of course you are disadvantaged if you say, fight majors. That only makes sense. However since you the player are able to make better designs, you can beat AI navy

Thats not very controversial to say either

[fading valve]

Alr thanks

[fading valve]

9 helmets, support engineers, support artillery, support anti-air

[analog maple]

thx. no anti tank thou? im fighting MP germany

[inner sparrow]

ofc at instead of arty if ur facing tanks

also u need signals

[stuck garnet]

hey fellas

[tough oak]

wsg

[stuck garnet]

can spartacus be viable with four year plan if i annex then release as puppet?

[sharp bramble]

We decided to play HOI4 with my friends, but we can't go to many places in the sea, it is shown with a red line, is there a way to remove it with a mod or setting?

[tough oak]

Wdym red lines

[tough oak]

Your ships can't reach there

You need to get closer Islands or upgrade your ships

I don't think there is neither a mod or a setting for that

[sharp bramble]

okey thank you

[tough oak]

Np

[sharp bramble]

Is there a mod that puts Hirohito directly in charge?

[livid cedar]

when playing as soviet union is it a good idea to start building mils at the start of the game?

[scenic nacelle]

It should be in the vanilla tree

The far bottom

On the right

[bright kayak]

out of curiosity, if I’m Brazil and import aluminum from the UK does it come from London or Guyana

[scenic nacelle]

That’s a great question

I think u can see if a trade needs convoys

My guess would be wherever the capital is though

[fading valve]

If you’re playing as Poland you can afford to add anti-tank on top of the other support companies

But anti-air, artillery and engineers are more important

[sharp bramble]

i want start directly with it

[lyric geyser]

I mean he said it’s 40 hour Germany right I doubt they know how to make decent tanks generic mm should just be fine

[stiff moth]

best modern day mod? is there one that doesn't jump the shark?

[lyric geyser]

Novum Vexillium is pretty good I’ve heard

[viscid abyss]

I built a division with 2 lines of spg and 3 lines of mechanised but its organisation is only 33 and breakthrough 171

How do I increase them while also keeping soft attack high

And also why do my armies sometimes just stop attacking for no reason

[fading valve]

Oh yeah I guess so

[scenic nacelle]

The tradeoff of SPG’s are getting soft attack for sacrificing breakthrough

U could make another tank design to get breakthrough

And put it in the template

[brisk mauve]

how can I hide the frontlines ? it bothers my eyes? F10 not working also alt F not working ...thats what I got when I checked online

[inner sparrow]

just add in light recon and flame tanks as support companies with max break

no need to change ur spg design for more break

[inner sparrow]

he needs signals on inf for mp

[fading valve]

😭

Why?

[inner sparrow]

bc of reinforcement which got nuked after doctrine change

else u will be memed out of every tile

[scenic nacelle]

He is Poland he will die anyways

[glacial steeple]

london

all resource trade is from capital

[inner sparrow]

yes

and signals will make him die slower

[lyric geyser]

No it’s 40 hour Germany

[glacial steeple]

oh its clown 🥀

[scenic nacelle]

Battleplanning

[lyric geyser]

40 hour Germany is easy to kill as Poland

[lyric geyser]

This is how I feel as well 🦉

[inner sparrow]

skill based matchmaking from what I saw from the poland player

[glacial steeple]

you cant but you can minimize it with shift click on field marshal

[inner sparrow]

no offense

[glacial steeple]

itll be smaller

[inner sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1026435545339006979/1365053967326904340/peace.gif

[glacial steeple]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1312645805144014931/1447542291903545414/image0.gif

[hardy sable]

does anyone know how the new carrier strike penalty works? we used to be able to have 4 cv in a task force before penalties applied, looks like it has a new mechanic

[summer nymph]

I'm new to Japan, but I was able to cap China in September 1937, but I never took the Reformed Government of China focus, is that bad? lol

I have a non-aligned China puppet with Chiang Kai Shek as leader o.O

[glacial steeple]

thats good

its a terrible focus

you do want collabs tho

[glacial steeple]

he has a focus 'seek western support' which makes china free and join the allies, annex them

[summer nymph]

good to know!

[glacial steeple]

if you want a non collab puppet uh badly then puppet the PRC

dont dont have such foci

[summer nymph]

best way to annex is just build stuff in their territory and bank up political power I guess?

[glacial steeple]

yes you have to spend 300

thats not too bad tho

[summer nymph]

I usually only play minor nations so the power level of Japan is a crazy change for me lol

[true tapir]

Best width for marines with amphibius tanks?

[dusty sandal]

36w by default. some situations require 32 or 38w

[true tapir]

so this should do?

[glacial steeple]

its just an infantry-air nation

[true tapir]

its 36

[dusty sandal]

pretty much but use only amtracks if you can afford it

[true tapir]

its early 1939 tho

[dusty sandal]

that's fine, use up all your special forces capacity before upgrading to amtracks
having more marines in SP is more important than having better amtracks

[true tapir]

alr

[hardy sable]

:_(

[tribal stratus]

Wil getting Rome Berlin axis have Italy join the war right away?

[frail parcel]

how do i get the Demand French north africa in the nationalist spain?

[rain bluff]

why does my russian civil war start randomly? Even if my political paranoia is fine?

[zenith nest]

Is there a way to make the game run better late game? Im getting like 12 fps and the games running super slow.

[fair hare]

what pc/laptop

?

[zenith nest]

wdym?

im on a decent pc

[fair hare]

do u have a high end pc/laptop?

do u want the game run faster or smoother?

[zenith nest]

either honestly

[fair hare]

if faster then do debug_smooth

if smoother then lower graphics and disable sum stuff

im on a 3060 and i still only do med graphics

[zenith nest]

damn ok

[fair hare]

in this economy having high graphics is not affordable

[zenith nest]

ill try that and dissable some of the stuff too
ty

[fair hare]

np

[pliant condor]

the amphibious tank is garbage

use normal tank and keep your amphibious bonus above 50%

[hardy sable]

anyone know what chaned with cv-s? there weren't any information about them in patch notes

[foggy stratus]

i only win ethiopian war at May

i watched bittersteel guide, which was the only one that worked for me, but i still cant win before May

i almost did it april tho

[hardy sable]

don't attack ethiope, waste of time xd

[foggy stratus]

but im with italy

no options

I heard that if i stop attacking them they dont go for exile, they'll do other focus instead

[scenic nacelle]

What

[foggy stratus]

mutual focus

[scenic nacelle]

It’s fine to do so

[foggy stratus]

almost did it at april

[hardy sable]

you control your life, you can always choose your path

choose the moral high ground

[foggy stratus]

How do i quit the war?

[tough oak]

You can't

[hardy sable]

i'm joking if it wasn't obvious 🙂

[foggy stratus]

i know lol

unfortunately mussolini control my life before 1936,

thats why italy sucks

[glacial steeple]

you can

if youre not planning to split up ethiopia you should just leave and surrender

waste of guns

[foggy stratus]

Thats why im trying to beat them before may

cuz if i dont i cant split up them

i almost did it in april

[glacial steeple]

micro

use CAS

[hardy sable]

it's evil to drop bombs on my enemies

[tribal stratus]

I’m in a really really good position rn the best I’ve ever been in pre sea lion. What to do now??? Sea lion focus or Soviets?

Only November of 1939 and I have Paris all the Baltic etc

Great run

I’m thinking of getting the Spanish alliance for more naval help

And then just trying to kill Britain I guess?

[pliant condor]

you need paratroopers

[tribal stratus]

Just spam those out?

[pliant condor]

and better kill uk subs before you go

[tribal stratus]

Haven’t done anything else

[pliant condor]

use your CAS

[tribal stratus]

I need transport planes no? So mass produce some of those

And get the research done on paratroopers and I’ll be okay I assume?

[pliant condor]

you start with enough

you can put a few factory on it

[pliant condor]

well deploy some inf and convert those to paras

so they are fully trained

[tribal stratus]

Aha

Okay

[pliant condor]

how do you have 55 stab

why do i alway see this number

[hardy sable]

please use shift + win + s

[tribal stratus]

What’s that

[tribal stratus]

What’s that

[hardy sable]

depends what kind of system you have, but there is a shortcut to an easy screen picture

[tribal stratus]

It’s too annoying on discord, I’ll take a better photo. Sorry, I just need advice never really had a run this good

Don’t wanna mess it up

Currently I have all of the Baltic’s also finished

I had air superiority over France but idk if I’d have it over London

There’s a lot of anti air no?

[hardy sable]

you want to deal with britan before america joins in basicly. free play from that point

[tribal stratus]

yes I know but it’s just paratrooper spam???

[glacial steeple]

doesnt matter against vanilla ai imo

[tribal stratus]

Also how do I group divisions because looking at it is cancer

[pliant condor]

stability

[tribal stratus]

idk why all my troops r like that

[foggy stratus]

lmao

[pliant condor]

idk how you not have 100 stab

did you pick himmer?

[tribal stratus]

55% stabilirt

Idk why

No

I did the resources guy

Can I switch it or na

[pliant condor]

ok at least i know you didn't pick goebbel

[tribal stratus]

Yep

[pliant condor]

you need to pick him on the third one

and do two anti democratic raids

[tribal stratus]

Ah I see

[foggy stratus]

im gonna watch this guide

[tribal stratus]

So just paratrooper spam?

Okay

Not too bad

[glacial steeple]

dont use bad divs

paratrooper starting unit sucks badly and will die

[tribal stratus]

Okay

I don’t even have them researched

[foggy stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/gta-paper-airplane-gif-16197618

[supple jungle]

is it normal for germany to have not done anschluss by april 1938?

no wait nvm they just did it

but its june 1938

[hardy sable]

AI life matters too

chatgpt noises

[serene thorn]

why the hell does this hub bug out for the second time. ive played multiple japan runs and every single time i get to this tile i simply cant take it

it gets to 100 the lags back to 90 sth repeat

endless cycle

i remember that i encountered sth like this in south america in the past near the connection from south to north america...sadly i have no idea how i actually got arround that

(too long ago 😭 )

[narrow grail]

Why assigning only one task to certain naval base makes THE WHOLE FLEET to move there?

I want to invade Mexico from Chile, got docking rights from Guatemala so my navy can reach Mexican coast in Pacific.

Of course I can take 3 ships and assign them to other admiral but why such weird behaviour is coded within one admiral?

[glacial steeple]

no

[pliant condor]

considerattacking on more than one tile?

[serene thorn]

its not reinforcements

[foggy stratus]

but the planes only reach in north

[pliant condor]

you can push along the whole front

[foggy stratus]

in south theres no airport

[pliant condor]

? what happens then

[serene thorn]

u dont understand....look at their org

theres no additional troops rotating in

[glacial steeple]

no

you have tactical bombers with decent range

[pliant condor]

so then?

[glacial steeple]

encircle some guys too

but mostly just keep battles going forever

[serene thorn]

theyre immortal...they wont leave the tile🤣

[sinful vessel]

Is there a dlc focusing Portugal ?

[glacial steeple]

LaR

[narrow grail]

And ships sent to Guatemala base don't generate naval dominance at all.

[glacial steeple]

maybe theyre in the wrong zone?

[sinful vessel]

La Résistance ?

[narrow grail]

No, they are patroling already.

[glacial steeple]

yes they can only do 1 zone at a time per fleet

[glacial steeple]

yes

[sinful vessel]

Thanks. I might give it a try

[narrow grail]

I have 4 task forces for 2 regions closer to Mexico in this fleet. The rest of main fleet remains based in Antofagasta near Peru, 3 task forces for another 2 regions closer to me.

[serene thorn]

its flickering a gazillion times a sec. i win every time but i cant get in. attacking the tiles near it doesnt change anything as there seems to be no troops rotating arround. they simply refuse to leave the tile and its a god damn buggy roadblock. dk how u could missunderstand. am sowwy if i explained it wrong😭

[opaque garden]

can someone recommend a fun path that is decently strong and doesn't require too much specific gameplay

[serene thorn]

im basically just trying to understand what the frick is going on with this tile 🤷‍♂️

[narrow grail]

And sending some ships to Guatemala lost me some naval dominance near me and now it's less than 66%

[opaque garden]

anyone? anything?

is HRE fun?

[glacial steeple]

thats like none? every nation and paths have its strenghts and weaknesses

[serene thorn]

hre is pretty bonkers yea

[opaque garden]

Just recommen me smth that is fun and doesn't require braincells

I just wanna demand stuff

[glacial steeple]

communist china militia gaming

[narrow grail]

Hungary with Otto von Habsburg isn't very hard, with rushing it you can beat even Italy and by 1938 start integrating your puppets

[opaque garden]

btw why does cheesing the soviet union as tanner tuva not work anymore?

tried to cap sov with mil acces and declare on Mongolia but it didn't work

my troops just tped back to kyzyl

when was this added?

[narrow grail]

this was patched

[opaque garden]

since when

[narrow grail]

somewhere around 1.13.6 I guess

[serene thorn]

u can alternatively try stealing their supply hubs or camp ur mountains for ws . if germany isnt acting stupid u can win

[pliant condor]

you mean the bubble appear and disappear?

oh yeah that's a glitch

try reload the game

or do like damage 1 to kill the div on the tile

[serene thorn]

keeps happening on that tile and scince its a supply hub its god damn annoying -.-

[serene thorn]

ill try

is there anything specific that causes this glitch ?

[pliant condor]

idk

i have only seen this in very old version

maybe it's a thing again

[glacial steeple]

becausr the devs fixed it

[glacial steeple]

yes

ive had it a bit

[sly estuary]

Are marines the only way of combatting river crossing penalties

[glacial steeple]

pioneer, flame tanks, assault engineers, general trait

amphtracs

[sly estuary]

thanks 👍

[foggy stratus]

i mean, the circles of the range, it dont get in the south

[sinful vessel]

Arf. Portugal. Few men, fewer ship, and quite no plane (24 !). Any advice to start ? I'm thinking about going communist, but not in Komintern if it changes something.

And no iron ^^

[glacial steeple]

you can core iberia or brasil

theyre both good

[sinful vessel]

You mean via focus tree ?

[glacial steeple]

yeah

[sinful vessel]

The one with spain will put me in the civil war, right ? But owning all the non nationalist territories ?

[opaque garden]

you should play democratic tannu tuva

best country

best path

go neutrality path

[vernal viper]

if im doinig space marines in sp what are best doctrines

[sinful vessel]

what are space marines ?

[vernal viper]

its when you have infrantry division and you just set one tank or armored anti air or tank destroyer in it so eney cant pirce you bc your division has armour

its really op in singleplayerr you basically beat anyone

but i multiplayer its banned most of the time

[sinful vessel]

if you really beat anything, what's the fun ? playing with small country maybe ?

[vernal viper]

well yes

but you dont actually beat anything

i phrased it wrong

[glacial steeple]

yeah

[vernal viper]

its an alternative to building tanks or something bigger

[glacial steeple]

but their army sucks

[glacial steeple]

nah you can, your space marines are prob regular inf instead of SF

with regular inf it kinda sucks

you still suffer the difficulties of offensive infantry

[sinful vessel]

With my poor level, it will be a challenge, but at least it's early enough so i could restart till i manage this 😉

[glacial steeple]

just 6 inf supp arty

make as many as you can

1 factory arty rest guns

its better than any armies youll be facing

because they suck lol

[sinful vessel]

It's their "standard" template. At start i have 2 mil 😕

[glacial steeple]

its not

the beginning template has an engineer

remove that its like half your div cost

[sinful vessel]

oh yes. i should remove it ?

[glacial steeple]

and change the colonial units

i forgot their names 💔

as in just convert them

[sinful vessel]

ofc. Already done. though i don't have the men nor materials for now. And it's Caçadores.

[glacial steeple]

ty :)

[sinful vessel]

And 2 research slot. What a big country ^^

[glacial steeple]

its very large actually if you include the colonies

[sinful vessel]

I don't need support materials for infantry or artillery ?

[glacial steeple]

not very rich

no

[sinful vessel]

So i can for now delete the line ?

[brittle fulcrum]

I am a new player and i have problems with plain tec and tank teh can somone pls hlep

?

[sinful vessel]

What do you need ?

[light knoll]

what is the best way to take down the UK as a minor nation

would building an air force from scratch and using paratroopers or a navy from scratch and naval invading be easier usually

[tribal stratus]

Why can’t I use my paratrooper I have 79 planes

And they are on the same province

Is it cuz they need to be trained?

To level 2?

[sinful vessel]

They may need green air ?

[tribal stratus]

No they won’t like attach

I have green air

I can’t start the mission

How do I start the mission

[glacial steeple]

i mean yeah

you dont have that many mils

[glacial steeple]

left click airfield right click destination enter

[sinful vessel]

2 at the start. And civil war has just begun before i get my thirsd

[glacial steeple]

needs to have 50+ transports not assigned to any orders

[tribal stratus]

Thank you

It keeps saying I do though

Like I’m on the right province

[brittle fulcrum]

like what tec shot i do like dont know i can do ani planins an it 1938

[tribal stratus]

I click on it with the paratrooper order

Simply refuses

Can someone help cuz I have green

Straight up refuses bruh

Even tho I have the transport there

[lucid torrent]

why this is happening?

I try to reinstall but it still error.

only launcher got crash, the game still got launch if i choose to skip launcher

[tribal stratus]

There’s a glitch it’s not 50

It’s 100

Clearley

[still harness]

Don't know if you still need help, but most of the times it's because the transport planes are on a mission, so before anything click the hold air wing button.

[tribal stratus]

I did it was weird. Now I just need to get over 70%

Yikes

[hasty belfry]

How important is reliability for tanks?

So far in my time playing the game I’ve tried to maintain 100%.

Also, how I important is it in assault and armor engineering vehicles?

[still harness]

If your tanks are always fully supplied, I'd say not that important.

[tribal stratus]

God damm it how do I get the remaining 20% air superiors over England? Will something eventually open up or?

[hasty belfry]

What year is it?

And do you have nukes?

[tribal stratus]

1940

Germany

[hasty belfry]

Oh ok.

[tribal stratus]

I have everything taken other than Union

[still harness]

Had this too, what you have to do is stop all missions on the uk air. The uk will then also stop all their missions (as long as no enemy division is on the island). Then reengage all airwings and you have full superiority for a bit.

[tribal stratus]

Hmmm alright. So all air wings should be moved?

And cancels

And then just wait until it’s gone

[still harness]

Just stop all missions above england

[tribal stratus]

Alright

Channel too?

[still harness]

Yeah

Then just put them all back at the same time

and you have superiority for a small time

so launch everything at that point

[tribal stratus]

How do I know though, I can’t tell my air supeority if I don’t have planes correct?.

And how long do you have to wait

Normally

[still harness]

It is pretty much instant

[hollow frigate]

Hey guys,

Playing as France with Historical AI on. Went Little Entente and beat Germany in 1939, which was way earlier than I was expecting. My goal was to take out the Axis and then go in on the Soviets, but whilst Italy joined the Axis, they never actually joined the war.

Now my goal is to take out the following countries and change their governments to democracies:

1. Italy (Fascist)
2. Spain (Fascist)
3. Hungary (Non-aligned, going Fascist)
4. Bulgaria (Non-aligned, and I think they're going Fascist, but not quite sure)

My question is, do any of these countries get war goals on me or any of my allies with the historical paths? If not, how do I go to war with them? I'm Democratic so I need 100% tension to justify and I don't want to swap ideology, so that's a no-go.

[still harness]

I'd say wait around 3 days to be safe

[tribal stratus]

Hmmm okay

Will I know?

Like will it turn gray?

Or will it still be red and I just have to guess?

[hollow frigate]

Also, another question, would it be a good idea to kick Britain out of the Little Entente? I've added the rule that means that the faction leader cannot change, but the game is still telling me they're almost able to asssume leadership.

[still harness]

Just go for it when you feel like it. They shouldn't have any air when your air has been disengaged.

[tribal stratus]

Holding it is fine right

[still harness]

Yeah it should be.

[still harness]

I dont think you have to worry.

[sinful vessel]

Well, the event has started, and i only have 3 unit left against my own fascist 😕

[tribal stratus]

Did it but only got 40%

[hollow frigate]

Is it just a bug that it's saying that?

[tribal stratus]

Too end like this

This run is too good

[still harness]

I think it says it no matter what the faction rules are. Even when they are capable, I don't think they can click the button.

[still harness]

Are there any of your allies active in the area?

[tribal stratus]

Italy uh Spain Portugal

They aren’t doing much though

Can I make them do anything?

[still harness]

Do they have air up above the uk?

[tribal stratus]

Nope

It’s single player ofc

They never have planes though in all my runs above them

[still harness]

Are there any divisions of you or your allies in england?

[tribal stratus]

Nope

Is there any way to distract the Uk ships or something? Once I was able to do that and get a naval invasion in

And I can get 70% on the channel

But never over London

[still harness]

The better way is just to bomb out their fleet (from my experience)

[tribal stratus]

I haven’t made any naval bombers though, is it too late? Dec 19;0

1940

Us joins what 1941?

Or 42

[still harness]

41

[tribal stratus]

Yikes

I only have a few months to do this then

[still harness]

Im not here to bring bad news

but even if you land

the uk will bring almost all their divisions, air and navy to the home islands

[tribal stratus]

If this runs cooked ima be disappointed. I got all of the baltcis all of the balkans too and I had a pretty good strategy I think maybe I didn’t produce enough air tans that cooked me

Shit man

I spent at least 3 hours

[still harness]

I once landed, and I got a front of 20 uk divs per tile

relentless assaults

[tribal stratus]

Once I landed with a few troops and didn’t have any issues

Only one time though

[sinful vessel]

Which difficulty do you play ?

[tribal stratus]

Regular

Always

[sinful vessel]

You should be able to stand even without invading them.

[tribal stratus]

I’ve been playing Germany for a few months but I just got back from college so this was my first run

[tribal stratus]

I’d like to get a world conquest run

[sinful vessel]

And build what's needed during this time

I mean you could go for world even without UK in 41.

[tribal stratus]

That sound awful I’d hate being on the defense for that long though, esp vs the Us I don’t know the overall strategy

[still harness]

Just use medium tanks with mechanized 8:10 ratio and you'll crush every tile.

[sinful vessel]

If you get russi you'll have more than enough for uk + USA

[tribal stratus]

Dec 1940? Not too late?

I have a mix of heavy tanks

Infa and calv

[sinful vessel]

in my last run with Germany, i took it later than that. I went for russi a first because i struggled with uk air and navy.

[still harness]

In tanks you should really just use tank battalions and mobile infantry (but not cavalry)

[tribal stratus]

I see

I have the Baltic’s taken already

[still harness]

He is right, if you kill the USSR you have infinite manpower, resources and industry if you puppet

[tribal stratus]

I am just out of man power

Like fresh hour

Out

[sinful vessel]

But prepare well russia. You need not to fail

[still harness]

Ask garrison support

[tribal stratus]

I always get destroyed with the union

[still harness]

Do you use dlc?

[tribal stratus]

Yes

[still harness]

Just create collabs on the USSR

[sinful vessel]

You dont need many things. 8-10 infantry armies to hold the front, and 2 armies (at least) to do encirclement and kill russian divisions. It tooks time, but you'll get them. Though make some collab government first, because it make it a lot easier

[tribal stratus]

Yeah I kind get lazy with them, partly when lose

Offensive line is never going to work with them.

[still harness]

What are your tank divs?

[tribal stratus]

Not great, I think 6 heavy tanks and some support units?

Along with some AA

[still harness]

How many mils on heavy tanks do you have?

[tribal stratus]

61

[hollow frigate]

Sorry for interrupting lads just gonna bump this message.

[still harness]

just spam heavies and you should win

[tribal stratus]

Alright then

[still harness]

I think italy gets on the uk around 1940

Or maybe even on france

[hollow frigate]

I did find this focus in the Italian tree but I'm not sure if it's historical.

I'm also not sure if the AI will even continue going historical given that I went ahistorical (but still democratic, so I'm also not sure if that has an impact) and Germany has already been defeated.

[still harness]

One thing:

Italy will eventually attack yugo

pretty much no matter what

[hollow frigate]

Do we know when that might be?

[still harness]

It's mostly late 1940 to late 1941. From my experience

[hollow frigate]

Nice, thanks!

And would you happen to be able to tell me if the AI will continue to follow it's historical paths now that I've slightly deviated? I know that it breaks at some point but I'm not sure what point that is.

[still harness]

For Italy it doesn't really matter I think

Italy's focus tree isn't really changed by events in the world

[narrow grail]

Italy reached none of Greater Italy or Roman Empire. This one seems closer to what Italians wanted to get in ww1

[queen dove]

where do i find my faction manifest %?

[tribal stratus]

I’m so sick of playing Germany

I need a break

Maybe monarchy or alt AI

Alt ai is kinda the same for historical Germany though

Allies and commies still attack you

Irrelevant

[plain sleet]

hii im new here, im looking for an italian like me

[plain sleet]

ig we'll wait for the next ger rework

[narrow grail]

Do nerfs for Amphibious terrain come in when you walk into some land province but separated by any channel/sea/ocean etc? like Curacao for example

[tribal stratus]

Anyone have anything fun that dosent involve me being destroyed by allies and I can use infa for it?

[narrow grail]

infa?

What's that?

[plain sleet]

space marines

[queen dove]

.

[tribal stratus]

Infantry

[tribal stratus]

as Germany??

[pliant condor]

yes

[quartz copper]

im new to the game how do i make these units not suck, I try to make 7/2 but the org becomes awful

[pliant condor]

including naval invasions and crossing a channel

[plain sleet]

you can destroy the world

[pliant condor]

by not editing it

template is irrelevant

what matters is how many division you get, if they have equipment, and what modifiers you can get

[pliant condor]

note that the base amphib malus is -50%, so this division would take a -90% penalty to attack and def

[narrow grail]

I think it's written in faction tab, ctrl+q

[hardy kayak]

how do i turn conquered territory into core territory?

[narrow grail]

Usually this is not a thing. To gain cores you need to usually take some focuses/decision etc.

What can I say about from starting game Italy has some Yugoslavian cores which are cores for Italy too. Litorale and Istria perhaps.

It's better to watch focus trees or open the hoi4 wiki to get more details for each country and cores thay gain

[hardy kayak]

i'm new and am playing italy, i keep running into manpower problems and was wondering how to get cores so i can get more pops

[narrow grail]

What year is the game that it made you run low onto manpower?

1 sec I don't hear anything

yes I hear you @hardy kayak

Yeah Italy doesn't have the highest manpower

You can switch conscription law to extensive

There is something wrong with my headphones idk

[obsidian wren]

anyone know the best place to invade the US from mainland Europe in the NCNS update?

[hasty belfry]

Is the 2% more non-core manpower worth the 10% less compliance growth speed?

Along with the other bonuses.

It also gives 4 SS generals and 5 ground units.

[neat widget]

Yes

[neat widget]

Replace engineers with AA and you're fine

[hasty belfry]

How noticeable would -10% compliance growth speed be?

[tribal stratus]

How many civs / military factories should I aim for

As Germany pre war

[hasty belfry]

Does the quality of the light tanks for light armored recon and medium flame tanks for flame tank companies matter for armored divisions besides the speed of can I just build them cheap?

[neat widget]

how fast are your armored divisions

[wet topaz]

Don’t build any civs pre war

Like 100+ mills is usual

[wet topaz]

Himmler sucks

[wet topaz]

Also no

It’s going to be like 20k extra manpower

[hasty belfry]

It’s gonna vary depending on the era.

[hasty belfry]

I’m going for a world conquest.

[wet topaz]

Because it’s 2% of like 0.01% or whatever

It’s really bad

Himmler sucks anyways

[neat widget]

but yes light armored recon does affect division speed

[hasty belfry]

It’s 2 out of 100.

[wet topaz]

I would do Hess Goebells and Goering

[hasty belfry]

Combined his bonus will then be 4%.

[neat widget]

which is basically the minimum of all battalions and support companies that affect speed

[wet topaz]

Yes that’s how percentages work

[hasty belfry]

I opted for Speer instead of goering.

[wet topaz]

But it’s 2% of another fraction

[hasty belfry]

That could add up. Especially if I get Chinese or Indian land.

[neat widget]

Like assault engineers and helicopter companies that aren't the helicopter brigade do not affect speed, so that speed is basically meaningless

[wet topaz]

It’s meaningless though

[neat widget]

I'm pretty sure it's additive actually

[wet topaz]

You won’t ever have manpower issues

[hasty belfry]

Oh really? I thought armored engineers slowed them down if they didn’t match the speeds.

[wet topaz]

But it’s not worth picking Himmler is my point

[neat widget]

You initially start out with access to 2% of non-core manpower (on top of your conscription law), then you add another 2%

[hasty belfry]

Manpower is finite as historical germany doesn’t have that many more cores it can gain.

[neat widget]

So basically you get like 0.2% extra manopwer if you're recruiting 10%

[sand ember]

ok but how are you gonna run out of manpower as germany

[hasty belfry]

+2 more percent as Hitler had 2 percent at default.

[neat widget]

yeah they don't actually

[hasty belfry]

You have less than 5 million at extensive conscription.

[wet topaz]

If you run out of manpower as Germany that’s a skill issue atp

[wet topaz]

That’s a lot

[hasty belfry]

Not to fight the whole world.

[sand ember]

Just go up to service by requirement then

[hasty belfry]

Does flame tank speed matter?

[neat widget]

Yes

[hasty belfry]

Ok.

Thanks.

[neat widget]

this is why you do like 2-3 collabs on France

[hasty belfry]

How does this medium tank design look?

its on the basic hull

[neat widget]

Is this an armor meme

if so you'd want more armor

[hasty belfry]

aren't you spposed to maximize armor?

[hasty belfry]

its part of a 36 width. 10 mediums and 8 mobile infantry

not exactly sure what armor meme is

[neat widget]

hoi4 calculates armor by 0.4 * max + 0.6 * average

thus if you make the max armor extremely high you will get a relatively high armor value

that said for your main line tanks your tank is awful

[hasty belfry]

how should it be differentt?

[neat widget]

replace sloped armor and wet ammo storage with 2 hmg turrets

also why do you have wet ammo storage in the first place you have more than enough reliability already

also design tanks with henschel

[hasty belfry]

won't that put reliability in the toilet?

[hasty belfry]

im trying to shift to tank only eventually so im using Daimler for production buffs

[neat widget]

doesn't matter, especially when you already have like 80% reliability without it

[neat widget]

produce with daimler design with henschel

[hasty belfry]

am i supposed to use armored maintenance company?

[neat widget]

no, not for that purpose

remember infantry equipment also has 80% reliability

[hasty belfry]

you need to work your way down the upgrades to get all of the production buffs

[neat widget]

or you let daimler produce your tanks

and that will give you funds to do all your upgrades

and then you give henschel all the research funds

[hasty belfry]

ok

so design with henschel then switch to daimler?

[neat widget]

Yes

[hasty belfry]

what support companies should go with 36 width tanks?

without the buffs from daimler i now need to drop a lot of components to get reliability around 80

[neat widget]

assault engineers, medium flame tanks, field hospitals, logistics (helicopter if possible), and ranger recon

to be honest 80 is a bit much for reliability anyways

[hasty belfry]

not light armored recon?

the new doctrines give them pretty good buffs to tanks now

they give all tanks 10% breakthrough bonus

[neat widget]

light armored recon is also fine

[hasty belfry]

also, what operations doctrine should i use if i want to switch to tank only eventually?

[neat widget]

Yes this is a totally serviceable design

[hasty belfry]

for flame tanks should i just do this with the main gun replaced with a flamethrower?

[neat widget]

Yes

Or you can replace the hmg turrets with breakthrough modules

[hasty belfry]

like smoke grenade launchers?

also is for that both the base medium and medium flame tank?

[neat widget]

No, just the medium flame

[hasty belfry]

The armored side skirts I already have on the medium tank are fine though?

[neat widget]

yes

[hasty belfry]

Ok cool, thanks.

[hollow frigate]

(As posted in #hoi4-general )
I'd like to figure out what I've been doing right so I can do it more. Would anyone be able to help me?

As a start, this is the unit that makes up almost all of my army.

I've got 4 of these

8 of these

3 of these

[neat widget]

wait

uh...

whyyyyyyy

[hollow frigate]

What?

The ranger recon?

[neat widget]

No

Why do you have no infantry in your tank template

[hollow frigate]

Light tanks?

[neat widget]

Look how low your org and HP are

[hollow frigate]

Mainly cause IDK what I'm doing lol

It seems to be working though

Does infantry raise org?

[neat widget]

Yes

org is the average of all battalions and support companies in a division

[hollow frigate]

Oh okay

That makes sense

[neat widget]

and motorized for instance has 60 org, mechanized has 70

[hollow frigate]

Let me have a look at the division designer and see what I can do

I don't really use the tanks much they're just kind of there

For some reason even though I've been using my infantry divisions to push it's been going pretty well

Probably the CAS

[neat widget]

what is your cas template

[hollow frigate]

Just made a new one

I stole it from reddit

It's been doing quite well

Just a sec

[tribal stratus]

Go right away to war economy?

[hollow frigate]

Would this be any better?

[neat widget]

Yeah a bit

[hollow frigate]

This is my CAS template

[hollow frigate]

I'm doing most of my fighting in mountains/hills/plains which is why I've chosen 19 width

I don't enjoy having that motorised artillery on there but that was the only way I could find to get it up

[neat widget]

serviceable

[hollow frigate]

This is the new CAS template that I haven't produced any of yet

[hollow frigate]

It seems to be doing a pretty good job

Then again I'm pretty sure all of the Italian planes are holidaying in Belgrade rn lol

[neat widget]

if you can unlock heavy bomb locks that will be even better

[hollow frigate]

I'll have a look at it

Right now I'm trying to keep production costs somewhat low because I've only started producing planes in the last half a year

[bronze geyser]

hey guys! can anyone explain me how do you do naval invasions?
I already have 150+ of naval superiority in that specific zone and my troops i want to send are already in position, but even if i give the order they don't move, I am missing something?

[neat widget]

maybe you need 250

Or 500

[bronze geyser]

according to the game i need 150 minimun to be considered naval superiority

[barren sun]

is it worth to build 1934 heavy tanks as ussr

[neat widget]

very

in multiplayer it's practically mandatory for tank builds

just remember to rush at techs then

[bronze geyser]

here, i have the english channel controlled, and as you can see my troops are prepared what do i do now?

[novel pasture]

u have to declare war lol

you havent declared yet thats why it won't launch

[bronze geyser]

yea true,
but once i do, on my admiral lord, do i need to click on naval invasion support or just with patrol it's fine?

[novel pasture]

patrol keeps the supremacy so the invasion will still launch, but putting them on naval invasion support will give a small attack bonus (shore bombardment)

only with capitals tho not destroyers/light cruisers

so battleships, heavy cruisers, and battlecruisers

not necessary tho

are you a new player or just not a navy person?

[bronze geyser]

both

[vital geode]

Dont leave capitals without screens

That is how they die to torpedoes

[novel pasture]

oh yeah for sure

[novel pasture]

ok basic navy stuff is don't have submarines in task forces with other ships because they'll slow the other ships down, so put your subs in groups of 10-15 and set them to convoy raid. For everything else, the new navy rework makes it more complex than it used to be but basically you should have four destroyers or light cruisers (DD, CL) for every battleship/battlecruiser or heavy cruiser (BB, BC, CA) in a task force. If you're playing a country with a large navy and/or a large capacity to build a navy (like france), you should also create small groups of destroyers to patrol your seazones while your big task forces with capital ships are set to strike force. This still gives you naval supremacy while saving your fuel.

and if you don't want to pay attention to building a navy, light cruisers with as many medium batteries as you can fit will pretty much mop everything the ai throws at you

[vital geode]

Medium light batteries

[novel pasture]

yea

[bronze geyser]

wut
you got me hella lost

[novel pasture]

my bad king😔

[novel pasture]

or queen or wtv

[bronze geyser]

dw dw
i need to learn

[vital geode]

Basically, have big strike force and if you can, have some smaller patrol fleets

[novel pasture]

yep

golden rule is four screens (DD, CL) for every capital (BB, BC, CA)

[bronze geyser]

oh, maybe that's why UK is destroying me 20-0

[novel pasture]

😬

[vital geode]

Combining the entire German surface fleet with some investment to it can win you sea lion

[novel pasture]

he's playing france

[vital geode]

Oh

[hollow frigate]

Knew I shouldn't have let Lithuania in the faction

[novel pasture]

but yeah thats true for germany

[vital geode]

So he has a larger fleet

Though French ships are meh

[novel pasture]

yeah he has supremacy i would guess he didn't compose the task forces right

(not enough screens)

[vital geode]

France has a ton of screens

Just garbage screens

[novel pasture]

no but i mean he didn't know to put 4 screens for each capital so hes got task forces of 10 battleships running around getting annihilated

[vital geode]

Oh no

[novel pasture]

oh i see what he's doing wrong he's got two sub task forces on patrol, one task force of 2 destroyers on patrol, and one more of 1 carrier and 16 destroyers on patrol

so he's getting wiped by british heavy ships

@bronze geyser add at least another 30-40 destroyers to your task force with the carrier in it, plus 6 or 7 more battleships and that should save u

[vital geode]

The ratio is 1:1:6 for a bare minimum carrier task force

It is better to have more screens since in this case, screening efficiency would immediately drop if a screen dies

[novel pasture]

true

[novel pasture]

really? i've always gone 1:1:4 and done very well

for sp or mp?

[vital geode]

4 screens for 2 capitals is awful

You need at least 3 screens per capital

[novel pasture]

wat

no i mean 1 bb/bc per carrier, 4 screens per bb

[vital geode]

3 screens per capital

Carriers are capitals as well

So they need 3 themselves

[novel pasture]

but bbs screen carriers

[vital geode]

It is better to have more than 3

Carriers need both capitals and screens for screening

[novel pasture]

that is tru, i spread my ships out more thinly after the rework since i need supremacy in a bunch of seazones (usually i play japan so thats three for china, five for east indies/burma)

i won't deny its prolly true that more is optimal but i've literally never had a carrier sunk by Ai before

[vital geode]

Ive found having some capitals in your patrol fleets do well. In my US game, I had patrol fleets of 12 ships with 1 escort carrier, 1 heavy cruiser that is mostly floatplanes and a depth charge, and the rest destroyers

I also used the new seaplane tenders and they are nice for spotting

[hollow skiff]

I need help learning the game if anyone can please lmk ❤️

Like everything, but mostly the basics so I can flat out start for all countries

[novel pasture]

oh yeah i love them

also fun for roleplay reasons

[austere warren]

is this discord the best place to leave game feedback ... or something else like steam discussions

[hollow skiff]

Pls help

[vital geode]

Paradox Forums

[vital geode]

No time, sorry

There is the tutorial

[hollow skiff]

okay

[vital geode]

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

[wild rune]

I forget they do this

[vital geode]

I skimmed the video and it looks alright

X2 speed and people should be fine

[idle flax]

Anyone know how to win as Italy against Ethiopia? Assume I'm playing on the easiest difficulty setting with all the expansion packs and extra focus trees and so forth.

I'm not in a rush, by the way. I can know whenever. I just want to maybe try the war again without cheating.

I'm like really bad at the game, but I know the controls and everything and how to play. Except I barely know the Navy, so yeah.

Just someone answer by 20 years from now. Thanks.

[vital geode]

You need to micro and manually control divisions

Pin the Ethiopian divisions and walk around them if possible

[idle flax]

ok

[vital geode]

Also use your tac bombers as CAS

[idle flax]

I noticed that Mussolini gets the boot if you don't win the war fast enough.

[idle flax]

oh ok

[vital geode]

You want to win within 105 days or it is a permanent war

[novel pasture]

also send all your regular troops, literally nothing happens

[vital geode]

Muh war escalation

[novel pasture]

ive genuinely never seen it happen and i play italy very often

[vital geode]

Basically send all the mountaineers to the north, tanks to the south, fill the rest of the north to make the general 24/24 and win

[wild rune]

Yeah the fastest war I've done is by March 14th

[novel pasture]

yep

i got feb 27th once i was very proud of myself

[idle flax]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-patrick-star-noted-notes-gif-26231953

I'm noting this stuff.

[wild rune]

Very nice

[idle flax]

Thank you, guys.

[novel pasture]

fire

[novel pasture]

yeah no prob

[idle flax]

aside from this, how are you guys doing

[novel pasture]

def remember to send all your planes to ethiopia, air superiority from fighters also gives a combat bonus

[novel pasture]

good

homework to do tho💔

what about you?

[idle flax]

Doin' ok. Might work at Dominoes soon. We'll see what happens.

Hi The Cheese. I see you typing.

I love cheese as well.

[wild rune]

I don't want to say anything anymore

Lets go to #hoi4-general

[idle flax]

yes I moved

[bronze geyser]

i'm back hehe
ngl
im still lost