ask-for-help-here

[glacial steeple]

i mean usually it takes like 200 ish for people to be comfortable with buttons

[fading fern]

1k hours is lower intermediate

[glacial steeple]

hi

[nocturne cloak]

tell me

why did the strat not work

[glacial steeple]

which one

[nocturne cloak]

dms

[fading fern]

Yaaaa
That's completely right. I got 180 and I finally think I know all commands

[upper basin]

That might be an exaggeration but yeah

[nocturne cloak]

@north quail yeahhh but im lowkk pro so yk if you ever need help

[glacial steeple]

not really? usually you still dont know what most of them do atp

[north quail]

💀

[upper basin]

I hopped back to Hoi4 just because of NCNS

[glacial steeple]

but youll know how to construct, train units and move them around

[upper basin]

Yeah I know, for some it's easy to understand, for some other it's hard to understand

[glacial steeple]

and a really good player would know combat / modifiers too

[upper basin]

I'm in the middle of it

[glacial steeple]

im a very slow learner because of autism, but thats about the average time from what ive seen is all

[upper basin]

I need 48 hours to know the basics of defense and offense, national focus tree and divs making, is in another 24 hours

[fading fern]

Dude I found out I can change the origin tile of a battle plan after 150 hours -.-

I microed thousands of planes for way too long too.

And don't get me started on the fact that you can let a field marshal battle plan with all divisions mixed up instead of assigning each army its personal frontline

[upper basin]

Finding out that I have a field marshal took me two days to use it lmao

The first time I play, I only use generals

But then I was confused, why are these field marshals having no spot for themselves in the army?

[nocturne cloak]

@north quail hop in that USSR vs Germany 1v1 kid

[upper basin]

That's when I looked on reddit how to use field marshal 🫩🙏

[north quail]

hey so i got alot of insurgents in ethiopia

[upper basin]

Use spy fr

Do the anti-partisan research for two times

[nocturne cloak]

Is he playing italy

[upper basin]

And don't forget to supply your garrisons there

[upper basin]

Yes

[fading fern]

I restarted the Italy tutorial until I conquered half of Europe before 1939 then I moved on

[upper basin]

And... Fighting Ethiopia still

[nocturne cloak]

@north quail Yk there is a method for taking ethiopia

[upper basin]

I wonder

[fading fern]

Click your flag, click occupied territories, then look at occupation laws

[nocturne cloak]

Is romania MP support

[upper basin]

Idk about that, never tried it before

[north quail]

31.47 divisions to garrison

[upper basin]

Damn what?

[nocturne cloak]

🙏

[upper basin]

That's almost rebellion

You're cooked

[north quail]

i just took it

[nocturne cloak]

Dont worry @north quail You got this!

[upper basin]

Mass produce guns fr

[north quail]

its default military governor

what do i use

[upper basin]

Why not make it martial law

[north quail]

brutal oppression seems nice

[fading fern]

Put it on martial law. Then when it's at 10% put it on secret police, at 5% to local police

[upper basin]

I usually just skip on that

Martial law then local authority

Because my spies handle the insurgent pretty nicely

With anti partisan buffs

[north quail]

spies?

[hasty belfry]

Wait how do you assign planes to a battle plan?

[fading fern]

Brutal oppression also kills your compliance. Martial law seems to reduce resistance while allowing little compliance growth. Compliance = the mount of resources etc you get from occupied territory

[upper basin]

Yes

[north quail]

how do i get em

[nocturne cloak]

@upper basin Is new African Orientale Italiana meta

[upper basin]

Martial law + local authority for the win

[fading fern]

I meant assigning planes to a general

[hasty belfry]

I have 500+ hours on the game and never knew you could do that.

How do you do that?

[nocturne cloak]

Spend all your savings in DLC's

[upper basin]

Idk about that, if there are two countries I don't want to play in Hoi4, that would be France and Italy

[north quail]

i have most dlcs

[upper basin]

Weird national tree bruh

[north quail]

how do i know i got the spies tho

[upper basin]

I hate it

[nocturne cloak]

Italy is mad fun

[north quail]

how do i know i got the spies tho

[nocturne cloak]

you need to play it more

[north quail]

is it intel agency

[upper basin]

Yes

The eye button

[north quail]

ok then what

[upper basin]

Then click anti partisan

Do it for two times

[fading fern]

Select the planes and there's a + symbol above your generals. Then he commands them like he sees fit

[upper basin]

Then you'll get a 50% bonus for anti insurgency

[hasty belfry]

Thanks.

Do higher skilled generals handle them better?

[north quail]

thank you chinese name user

ill call you xiao long bao

[nocturne cloak]

stop being racist

[upper basin]

Wan, it's Wan...

[north quail]

ok your wan

[upper basin]

It means ten thousand in Chinese

[north quail]

isnt that won tho

[upper basin]

How's that racist my friend, that's funny

[upper basin]

...

[nocturne cloak]

dms cutie pie

[north quail]

i mean sorry but i cant read chinese

[upper basin]

💀

[north quail]

bro you got 20 boyfriends leave it at that

[upper basin]

That's not even racist bro

[nocturne cloak]

u r 1 of em

[north quail]

💀

[fading fern]

I had a great time with Italy. Conquered yugoslavia, greece, bulgaria, and romania before Germany went to czechoslovakia

[north quail]

yo ethiopia is becoming redder

[upper basin]

Sigh I have no doubt you two are best friends

[nocturne cloak]

@north quail If you wanna learn hoi4 then play with Dutch

[upper basin]

Homie to homie love is not homo

[fading fern]

That I don't know

[north quail]

im not that stupid

[nocturne cloak]

We are closer than friends ❤️

[north quail]

ill get pancaked in the first year

[upper basin]

...

[north quail]

HELL NAH

he blew up my nation

[nocturne cloak]

Besties for life ❤️

[upper basin]

Huh?

Irl nation?

[north quail]

minecraft nations thing

[upper basin]

Ooh

[nocturne cloak]

Irl yes

His real life house

is gone now

he is homeless

[upper basin]

I thought he was Serbia and you're Bosnian

[north quail]

its my birthday today btw

[nocturne cloak]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POOKIE PIE

[north quail]

thank you

[nocturne cloak]

@glacial steeple Thankyou!

[nocturne cloak]

I lowk got timed out for tryna send an emoji

[north quail]

oof

[nocturne cloak]

Goooooodboy

you struggle with ethiopia

[north quail]

nah i won

[nocturne cloak]

Trust...

[north quail]

where did wan go

[glacial steeple]

ive played as them before

its not that powerful

[north quail]

ethiopians wont stop sabotoging and shit

resistance strength 60%

[glacial steeple]

hows it at 60

[north quail]

idkkk

[nocturne cloak]

Isnt it meta to do that as italy

for stab and stuff

[north quail]

martial law and i got the spy things

[glacial steeple]

no because its a waste of focus time

but its pretty cool

[nocturne cloak]

But...

[glacial steeple]

anyway im off to sleep

[nocturne cloak]

No resistance in ethiopia

[nocturne cloak]

It cant be this hard to control an african colony

[glacial steeple]

you can puppet them in the peacedeal?

[upper basin]

What

Good

[nocturne cloak]

hmmmmmm

True!

[north quail]

they are still resisting

needs 59 garrisons now

[upper basin]

Can you show me your screen

[north quail]

its going down and up

[upper basin]

Uh... Do you forget to mass produce weapons for your garrisons?

[fading fern]

Check deployment tab and give garrison high priority. They need gear

[north quail]

huh

where is deployment tab

[upper basin]

Where you make army

It's there too

[north quail]

oh my god garrisons are at 10%

[fading fern]

The tank symbol where you make new troops

[upper basin]

10% efficiency?

[north quail]

thx

[upper basin]

That's the problem bruh

[north quail]

like 10% of the green bar

[fading fern]

Then check production and see if you can optimize for the equipment your garrisons need

[north quail]

in deployment

[upper basin]

Er... Garrisons are different than divs

[fading fern]

Yea that's the problem

[upper basin]

Garrisons don't exist in map

[north quail]

i make 78 inf equipment

a day

[upper basin]

Not just inf equipment

What's the template based on for garrison

[fading fern]

If you hover over the chest left of the bar, it tells you what they need exactly

[north quail]

idk where to check

[upper basin]

This

[fading fern]

Standard italy garrison is cavalry, which is ideal

[north quail]

455/20169 infantry equipment

why do i need that much

oh 21069

even worse

[upper basin]

Eh, I go for inf divs because I like it normal 😂

[upper basin]

You're cooked

21k is...

Oh Lord

[fading fern]

Because at high resistance and martial law you need lots of garrison troops. The demand lowers basically together with resistance. In the end you need maybe 1-2 divisions for ethiopia

[north quail]

i can do it

[upper basin]

Buy via trade at that point

[north quail]

HOW

[upper basin]

I don't think you need to put divs there

Divs don't affect anything

Just garrisons

[north quail]

question do garrisons like get auto put at the places

or are they like troops and i have to place them

[fading fern]

No, I mean the garrison divs. In occupation tab they show how much garrison divs a country needs

[wind canyon]

they get set auto but you need to set a garison template and have enough guns and man power for them

[upper basin]

Ooh I thought you mean that divs

[fading fern]

He mentioned over 30 garrisons needed

[upper basin]

How's your spies doing?

@north quail

Have you put it there for resistance suppression

Press the knuckle up with X

That's the command for it

[north quail]

knuckle up?

[fading fern]

Yea, I just try to word it most simple because he's new

[upper basin]

Yes

[north quail]

wdym

[upper basin]

✊x

This

For spy command

[north quail]

how do i do that knuckle thign lol

[kind bloom]

should we build battlecruisers or battleships guys

[upper basin]

You have a spy already?

[upper basin]

Battlecruiser

[north quail]

2

[kind bloom]

elaborate

[north quail]

and a operative

[kind bloom]

pls

[upper basin]

Cruisers usually have better stats than your usual battleship

[north quail]

it says they are defending against attacks in our homeland

[upper basin]

What do you want to do with a battlecruiser or battleship?

[upper basin]

Press this, then move it to Ethiopia

[north quail]

how do i build a network

i dont know how to do knuckle bro

i dont know what you mean

[upper basin]

Also battlecruisers are faster, and can slip under the naval treaty

Meanwhile to build big ass battleship, you need to reject the treaty and be a pain for everyone else

[fading fern]

If you select your spy there are icons above it. The fist symbol is for fighting resistance. If it needs an intel network, then start with the network mission

[upper basin]

Lemme show with my screen

[north quail]

OHH

I GET IT

[fading fern]

I truly imagined a light bulb above your head when reading this

[upper basin]

[fading fern]

Who are you playing that you have that many spies?

[upper basin]

Heh

The victim of western betrayal

The birthplace of Skoda

The leader of little entente

[fading fern]

I just wanted to say that's every country south of the equator ,but yes, I know skoda

[upper basin]

Lmao

But the popular ones are the poles and the Czech tho

Austria not included because they're... Meh

[fading fern]

I'm torn between playing Germany or Poland next. Only played Italy and Brazil so far

[upper basin]

Road to Berlin, Czechoslovakia edition

[upper basin]

Poles are good imo

Especially with the Miedzymorze

• Monarchy path

[fading fern]

Looks like a dk in Germany ass

[upper basin]

That way, you don't even need allies to win against Ger + Sov invasion

[fading fern]

I never allied anybody after my conquered land as Italy went to Germany

[upper basin]

Nice

[north quail]

how do i take the greek islands and heraklion my units cant go idk why

[upper basin]

Naval invasion+naval dominance

[north quail]

whats a floating harbor

[neat widget]

just be careful as germany gets to deploy like 6000 planes and push you back

[upper basin]

...

[neat widget]

temp supply hub you deploy when naval invading

it lasts around 30 days and costs 400 ic to build

[upper basin]

Yup I'm done for

[north quail]

it says i need one how do i get it

[upper basin]

Yugoslavia got blitzkrieg by Germany

[neat widget]

first you unlock the 1940 amphibious tech

then you build one like you build convoys

[upper basin]

I have max fort in north and south transdanubia

But yeah...

Italy joined

[north quail]

where is dat

[upper basin]

Tank

Research then go to tank

[neat widget]

No

wrong

we're talking about transport techs

[upper basin]

Ooh

[neat widget]

The tab should be labeled Naval Support

[upper basin]

I thought you were talking about amphibious tank

Yeah naval support

Then convoy

[neat widget]

Yeah that helps on naval invasinos

But we're talking about floating harbors

[upper basin]

Is it even that good

I usually just go quick with naval invasion with convoys

[north quail]

bro i just need to finish a war with greece

i need to take out heraklion

[neat widget]

Yeah you don't really need any techs for that

[north quail]

i got everyth else

[upper basin]

Do you have ships?

[north quail]

" no access"

[north quail]

yes

[neat widget]

Cyprus is small, you can just invade with 4 divs and be fine

[neat widget]

show me

[upper basin]

Hmmm

[neat widget]

You should have access to the aegean and the eastern med

[north quail]

im tryna go in with troops

do i have to attack with ships

[upper basin]

Yes, put it on the sea

As strike naval invasion escort

[north quail]

ok i got early destroyers cruisers and subs

[upper basin]

That should do it

[neat widget]

well you have to set up a naval invasion order

[gilded herald]

You need patrols for naval dominance

[upper basin]

Eh, any command can do

Patrol isn't necessary

[neat widget]

you have to have at least one patrol to have naval dominance now unfortunately

[upper basin]

Wait really?

Oh well...

[north quail]

ok

here

a pic

[upper basin]

Hmmm

[neat widget]

can you click this button

after selecting some units that is

[upper basin]

Put your troops on the port first

Then do that

[north quail]

like ground units?

[neat widget]

Yes

[north quail]

oh it works now

[upper basin]

If your units are not in the port

That button won't work

[north quail]

wait so red means i dont have dominance

in waters?

[upper basin]

Yes?

[north quail]

mediteranian is red

but idk where the enemy ships are

[upper basin]

It isn't shown

Until you engage with them that's for sure

[north quail]

thxxx

all i hear is churchill yapping abt tyranny

just submit man

[neat widget]

Yeah

[upper basin]

Better than 1938 radio

[neat widget]

He's waiting so that he can submit to Mussolini instead of Hitler, maybe

[north quail]

britain fights on! ahh

[north quail]

lol

[upper basin]

Where people are happy when Czech gave Sudetenland because the western betrayed them (western betrayal+policy of appeasement)

[north quail]

i cant even do a naval invasion

[neat widget]

so yeah a naval invasion plan looks like this

[north quail]

well hitler said he wouldnt invade czechoslovakia, he only took czech so thats fair

[neat widget]

(this is in gwr mod btw, but the principles are the same)

[upper basin]

Western betrayal is really unbelievable imo

[upper basin]

Nah mustache man isn't the wrong here

[neat widget]

true

[upper basin]

Chamberlain and Leon Blum is just sucks

[north quail]

crazy how they declare war on germany for invading poland but when stalin does it its like they are blind lmfao

[neat widget]

guy promised he'd stop at sudeten, and then he annexed the rest of czechia
he's untrustable

[neat widget]

yeah true

[north quail]

ok so like my navy invasion isnt happening

[upper basin]

If there's a reason why the poles were weak in WW2, it's because of the allies telling them to not anger Hitler by producing more weapons

[north quail]

if i start getting deep into politics i might get banned for it so ill stay subtle

[north quail]

munich treaty biggest betrayal

[neat widget]

yeah

[north quail]

czechoslovakia was ready to pounce with nazi germany

[upper basin]

The Allies want the Sov to help against Germany if I remember correctly, that's why they don't want to anger Stalin

[neat widget]

I mean have you clicked your port in Greece and then clicked a tile in Crete?

[north quail]

yes

[neat widget]

And also selected your units for that purpose

what does it look like now?

[north quail]

a repeat of ww1 russian takes the hits and they get the win

[north quail]

some arrow over the sea

[neat widget]

Eh, at the same time they made up plans to literally bomb Baku, so idk about that

[upper basin]

Who would've thought that the guy who remitarilized the Rhineland and the one who wants Anschluss is actually evil 😂

[north quail]

they are just not invading

[neat widget]

Yeah, does it have units assigned or does it look striped like this

[upper basin]

They want to but they couldn't

[north quail]

heraklion landing operation 6 divs army 1

[upper basin]

Also Yalta conference is nasty for the poles

[neat widget]

Ah nice

[upper basin]

How many times the western want to betray the poles

[upper basin]

It's going smoothly then

[north quail]

have you seen polish military budget

they are goin crazy

[neat widget]

last step is just clicking your general's arrow and then waiting for naval dominance

[upper basin]

Little entente + poles can go toe to toe against Germany in 1938 if they want to

[north quail]

britains fighting me

they ran lol

[neat widget]

naval supremacy doesn't build up immediately, so if you have naval supremacy and they don't you can launch at the beginning of a war

[upper basin]

Polish Generals and military experts already knew that soon Germany will invade them and accurately draw where Germany is gonna draw their frontline

[north quail]

if hitler listened to his generals we would all be speaking german right now lol

[upper basin]

No no

[north quail]

yes

[upper basin]

MEFO bills hurt

[north quail]

LOL

[upper basin]

Idk why people rarely speak about this

But MEFO Bills is not without it's weakness

[north quail]

cancel mefo bills

[upper basin]

MEFO bills aren't just "Free money, big military spending"

[north quail]

an economy with nearly no unemployment and low inflation is a good upside bro

[upper basin]

You just scammed your own national bank, that's MEFO bill

So you can make big military

[upper basin]

What's the use of working everyday without consumerism

[north quail]

they had a form of consumerism pre war

[upper basin]

Also USA after the great depression is another monster you don't want to face

[neat widget]

true

[north quail]

tbh hitler shouldnt have declared on em

[neat widget]

although sometimes it's not the people that's doing the consuming but yeah, debt collectors and rentiers

[north quail]

funny thing is he declared on the usa on my birthday

11/12

almost same time

2 hour diff

[upper basin]

Blame Japan on the Panay incident

Even Hitler doesn't approve this

That, and pearl harbor

They were unlucky tho, since USS Hornet and the others ain't there at the time, so the USS still got a chance to fight the IJN with their aircraft carriers

[north quail]

you know the japanese got forgiven for killing millions of chinese just cuz they are kawaii!

germany took all the blame a repeat of ww1

[upper basin]

Eh, that's just an exaggeration imo

The real reason was the Soviet Union and Chinese civil war

[north quail]

they were responsible for alotta deaths man

japanese were INSANE

even the nazis were like wtf

yo @neat widget it says i need naval dominance

i have alotta ship around but i cant get more

[upper basin]

Wdym

It's still red?

[neat widget]

select a naval task force, set it to patrol, and then select the regions you need

[north quail]

FUHH

[upper basin]

Oh

[north quail]

pearl harbor happened

[upper basin]

The British

[upper basin]

Ggs

Now you have USA breathing on your neck

[north quail]

sob

[upper basin]

LMAO

Brits with 2k naval dominance

Yeah that's just... Eh

[north quail]

i give up

ill let them keep heraklion

[upper basin]

Bruh

Just play Philipine bro, trust 🙏

[north quail]

how am i losing to vichy france gng

😭

[neat widget]

you left libya empty oof

[north quail]

I JUST SAW THAT

[upper basin]

Oh I didn't realize that

Atp, you're cooked

[upper basin]

How?

Ain't Vichy under the control of Germany?

[north quail]

ye but i want my fare share of land

so i declared

fair*

[upper basin]

[north quail]

how to turn civs to mils?

[upper basin]

The factory?

[north quail]

ye

[late widget]

if you declare on vichy wouldn't you have to fight Germany because vichy is Germany's puppet?

[north quail]

im in the faction tho so i dont think so

oh wait i am

💀

[upper basin]

Kk

I'll show

[late widget]

wait so u declared on Vichy and now your fighting Vichy and Germany?

[nocturne cloak]

@north quail Tannu Tuva is the best country

isnt it

[upper basin]

Tannu what?

[nocturne cloak]

Yes!

[eager juniper]

guys, is there any problem if i dont make de molotov-ribentrop pact with the soviet union? I'm worried about being invaded by the soviets

[fading fern]

Assuming I can't achieve green air.

How many anti air 1/2 battalions would I have to add to infantry to compensate as good as possible (in additionto supportanti air)?

How does that change with building light anti air tanks instead of regular anti air?

[ashen marten]

Hello I’m playing as the Netherlands trying to get Treading the Narrow Path, but the Germans continuously keep pushing my line by pushing all my divisions out even if they still have full organization

I know a bit why this happens, because the reinforce chance is a bit low and my troops can’t reinforce from reserve so when the guys in battle die there’s a large chance for the Germans to just push past my line and I have to reload.

Is there anyway I can stop this?

I can get to April of 1941 before it just becomes an absolutely nightmare to handle and I keep getting my lines pushed out.

I have like a 125 divisions or so, missing 30k infantry equipment and both me and the DEI have manpower. But the Germans also aren’t doing well, they’ve run out of manpower and guns but still somehow are able to push me a ton.

[north quail]

how can i make civs faster

[left mica]

@glacial steeple can you pin this?

[fading fern]

Haven't played them, but you could make beefier infantry divisions with a combat width that's perfect for your terrain. And forts

[fading fern]

As far as I know

1. Focuses for civs
2. Reduce the consumer goods factor via decisions, laws, advisers or focuses
3. Civs build civs
4. Change trade law if you can afford the loss of resources to gain civs from others

Number 2 feels most effective

It is often advised to build mainly civs until 1938. You want the snowball to go brr

[lavish blaze]

When is it important to build infrastructure?

[fading fern]

Infrastructure improves supply, gives little fuel storage, more resources and improves construction speed.

As far as I know it's faster to max Infrastructure before if you plan to build at least 5 factories in that sector, but don't nail me to that.

Biggest reason is probably more resources

[nocturne cloak]

@north quail pookie

lets run it

[north quail]

nuh uh im sleeping

[nocturne cloak]

When you wake up cutie

[north quail]

💀

[nocturne cloak]

so what

i blew up your base once

who caressssss

[north quail]

im new to the game bro

its litt day 3-4

[nocturne cloak]

so am i!

[north quail]

no your not

[nocturne cloak]

we can learn and play together

[nocturne cloak]

i a

am

[north quail]

goodnight

[nocturne cloak]

okay cutie pie

sleep well

[arctic wave]

Can anyone help me and @tame junco with the game? were noobs and we beat soviet but are at war with uk and spain and we cant break through spain

[ashen marten]

i used the default colonial template which did already seemed pretty beefy and added engineers to it, i did also build forts as well, its just incredibly hard with the never ending attack and not being able to entrench or reorg because they just keep attacking. My AA also seems like its not really doing much, the germans have like 50 cas damage on me since the allies will not send any air to help me lol

[gusty briar]

Wait so does a country who Im not at war with, naval dominance prevent me from naval invading a different country?

Bc rn im about to declare on Venezuela and I have 2% naval dominance, but normally by this point I be close to 60%, but Britain has 2300 and US has 487, so im not gaining dominance?

That ruins Mexico saves if thats the case

They also embargo u quicker than they used too

[arctic wave]

Can anyone help me and @tame junco with the game? were noobs and we beat soviet but are at war with uk and spain and we cant break through spain

[native gorge]

Can you have another task force in the same fleet patrol a different area or do i have to make seperate fleets

[fathom thistle]

If you have 2 taskfroces for example and you assign them to patrol 2 regions they will split and each of them will patrol one region. If that's what you are asking for

[native gorge]

I see

[fathom thistle]

Make sure you have supply lines there + it's not a bad idea to make a mountaineer template for Spain

Don't push with tanks there 🙏

[gusty briar]

Did the update change how embargoes work? Im playing Mexico in the past when Im embargoed it just means they and allies wont trade with me, but Cuba which is a core but an Islands resources aren't able to get to me? Im guessing its bc of the embargo?

Ive played Mexico a lot in the past and never scene that

I also used to be able to get the US to lift embargo with a spy but im at 100% and nothing?

[late widget]

so it wants me to improve my fuel reserves by 230k but building fuel silos only adds 100 to my fuel reserves so dose it want me to build hundreds of fuel silos or do I just have this completely wrong?

[gusty briar]

It adds 100k

[late widget]

lol mb

[upper basin]

This might be more than just best friend...

[nocturne cloak]

yes me and art are obv more than friends

[upper basin]

....

Date when

[nocturne cloak]

yo.

[minor badge]

Here’s a dumb question, what is cheap and expensive in hoi4 terms

[fathom thistle]

For like division template u mean?

Or actual designs

[minor badge]

Everything

Because this shit don’t make sense

[fathom thistle]

For defense 16w infantry is pretty cheap for example

[dusty sandal]

16w inf with support aa, arty is dirt cheap

[fathom thistle]

Yep

Medium tanks below 10 IC are also cheap

[dusty sandal]

As for dumb-high cost full on heavy tanks armor meme using heavy canons on a template 14-4 tank mech

[dusty sandal]

If your mediums are less than 10 ic you're either doing a budget build with autocanon or your tank sucks ass ngl

[fathom thistle]

Yeah I'm just giving him an example of cheap cuz he didn't really specify what he wants

[inner sparrow]

what is this yap?

you can easily get good tanks below 10ic

holy bad take

[dusty sandal]

Not without specific mios and cost reduction stacks which are very specific

[inner sparrow]

u can even make light tanks have 90 soft in base design with like 3-4 ic cost

[inner sparrow]

yes but still doable so?

and not entirely

u can get med on lower than 10

[minor badge]

Ok so below 10 ic is good

[inner sparrow]

that is still good enough for sp

[minor badge]

Or cheap in that matter

[dusty sandal]

Budget build =/= bad

[inner sparrow]

„cheap“ matters always what country u play and what stats u get. As example arty is „expensive“ if you compare it as line arty vs infantry bc guns are cheaper. Overall tho arty is cheap compared to tanks etc

[dusty sandal]

It's cheap for mediums
Not for light tanks

[inner sparrow]

u don’t need anything more than a 10ic med spg in sp

your take = bad take bc bad at game

gg

[minor badge]

Let me just graduate with a degree in economics

[dusty sandal]

What ? And I'm the one yapping ?

I'm saying a lesss than 10ic without niche cost reduction is either budget build (doesn't mean bad) or bad/extremely limited

[inner sparrow]

Thats just not true tho. Theres enough cost reduction that aren’t country specific and easy to get so they aren’t niche

and ur medium spgs should be cheap

[fathom thistle]

Basically don't invest that much in your defensive template (AA and Signal company is enough for defense template)

[inner sparrow]

theres no need to make them unnecessarily expensive

[fathom thistle]

And only put full support companies for offensive templates

[dusty sandal]

Show me a good med design below 10ic without cost reduction stack (em and riveted excluded) which isn't on par with a budget build design

[restive galleon]

how to deal with attrition and supply bitching in barbarosa 💔

[inner sparrow]

show me a good med design above 10 ic that hasn’t completely useless stuff added ontop of it

[restive galleon]

i cant reach moscow even

[minor badge]

Just aa and arty is good enough maybe even engineers

[fathom thistle]

Build up railways to supply hubs, motorize supply hubs, use logistic companies

[minor badge]

Take supply hubs

[dusty sandal]

Motorize supply lines, don't overstack divs and stay close to supply hubs

[fathom thistle]

Make sure you have trains

[restive galleon]

supply hubs takes months to build lol

[inner sparrow]

this one is 11ic just changing the gun to howy1 is enough to make it below 10 btw and only thing u need for sp

[restive galleon]

so i need hundreds thousands of trucka which i will lose 1k truck every day

[dusty sandal]

Swap designation, upgrade radio and you're good (also, wrong chassis, just realized)

[inner sparrow]

u don’t need much trucks for motorized supply lines

[fathom thistle]

You don't have to motorize all, just the ones that are closests to red zones to draw supplies

[restive galleon]

yeah thing im losing them faster
i remember i produced 15K trucks for barbarosa

[fathom thistle]

• it's like only 30 trucks per motorized

[restive galleon]

goddamn my brain

[inner sparrow]

probably bc u had trucks in template

[restive galleon]

why i just cant play like this i relly suck

[minor badge]

It’s fine

[restive galleon]

true also i make all the army group motorized

[minor badge]

Mistakes happen to everyone

[fathom thistle]

Not necessary tbh

[restive galleon]

do i need more than 120 divs for sov frontline? or just 5 armies enough

[inner sparrow]

ur point being? u can make it 10ic, howy 2 is not needed but even with howy 2 u can get it to 10ic with doctrines

the design I sent in is just the one from pinned

[fathom thistle]

You don't even need that many. You can tho

[inner sparrow]

and also no what swap designation

they buffed spg and made it 2w

holy shit take

just read ur sentence now

[fathom thistle]

1 good army is better then one bad army group.
For Soviets 3 good 36w armies should suffice.

[dusty sandal]

You asked for design above 10ic that wasn't carrying something useless
Even the one you sent is 11 😭

Read the message with it plz

[inner sparrow]

yes its 11 bc it has howy2 not 1

[inner sparrow]

u answered on my message swap design

or was it meant to your design

[dusty sandal]

Mb then

[pliant condor]

8.75 IC

[inner sparrow]

alr just miscommunication then

^

[pliant condor]

secondary turrets are not ic efficient strictly speaking so you might as well ditch that

[dusty sandal]

True

[restive galleon]

i never used sp and destryers i feel they just waste of resources

[fathom thistle]

Pure infantry for life 🔥

[restive galleon]

horses 💖💖💖💖

[pliant condor]

if you ever make tank, there's no reason for it not be spg

[restive galleon]

i play motorized light tanks and full motorized trucks with 200+ break

enought but the supply
always the hard part

[native gorge]

Wait, all i had to do is just put a smaller force on patrol and my larger force on strike force?

B R U H

[dusty sandal]

With new doctrines spgs are extremely powerful
TDs are only used in MP games as their hard atk buff is essential

[native gorge]

Yeah now im literally killing the us navy

It was literally that easy 🤦‍♂️

[austere topaz]

hi!
how to grind admirals now as japan in china war?
chinese ships always stay in port
all dlc except the latest
1.17.3

[native gorge]

I found this to be helpful

No wait

Wrong reply

[native gorge]

#ask-for-help-here message this i meant

Yeah i think the us are just gone in the Caribbean now

[austere topaz]

😅

[austere topaz]

what do i do wrong? are they scared because of naval dominance?

should I not build up any naval dominance if I want to grind admirals?

[native gorge]

Get a smaller force to patrol to increase naval dominance

And get your larger force on strike force to multiply the naval dominance

[austere topaz]

well I don't want to kill their ships just level up admirals and grind traits
the thing is the ai chills in port

[native gorge]

Huh

[austere topaz]

i know how to build up naval dominance bro thx for help

[native gorge]

Yeah theyre probably scared

[austere topaz]

hmm i'll try again with 0 naval dominance then

[native gorge]

And the CSA revived

There goes my naval invasion plans

[willow cypress]

how do i fix this

[austere topaz]

you just add guns?

[willow cypress]

do you see the red text

[austere topaz]

yeah bc that design has no guns
do you have no guns researched or why can't you add them to the design?

[native gorge]

I think he means he cant add the module

[willow cypress]

idk im playing as the New Chiefdom of Hispaniola rn and paradox always neglects minor nations so my tech is probably lacking everything i also have 0 idea how man the guns works (also hispanola was my first formable)

[austere topaz]

well maybe if he has only the dd hull but no guns researched otherwise idk

[austere topaz]

can you show your naval tech tree?

[willow cypress]

naval or naval support

[austere topaz]

naval support for guns iirc

[willow cypress]

yeah i have nothing

[austere topaz]

yeah you need research the guns bro that will fix it for you

[willow cypress]

naval gunnery?

[austere topaz]

as formable you have no tech right

[austere topaz]

yeah

[willow cypress]

anyways I'm trying to naval invade Cuba and form the Antilles thingy

yo twin stop reacting with unc emojis

[austere topaz]

anyone here with the new dlc?
is worth it for 25,49€?

can I grind admirals only with new dlc?

[cold bloom]

It adds naval HQ if thats what you mean

[mossy karma]

bro damn

[analog maple]

is there a limit to how many divisons i can send to a port?

[wild rune]

supply becomes the limiting factor

iirc

[shrewd night]

I want to move my navy from turkey to docking rights in germany but it doesnt want to move the fleet there even when i change homebase there and when i set the missions in english channel for example it says navy does not have enough forces and the icon in the region for that mission has a red "!" mark, so what cam i do?

[hollow linden]

Is the Suez and Gibraltar closed to you?

As in. Are you at war with the controller?

[shrewd night]

you mean england since they control the suez and spain which is nuetral controls the gibraltar

and i have docking rights to germany but cant seem to transfer my fleet there even after making it the fleet's home base and the missions for some reason dont work

[austere topaz]

that's it? that's pretty meh
does it change anything else regarding naval gameplay except for what is already updated in base game?

[austere topaz]

where is your fleet rn? do you control Bosporus or is it still demilitarised? you might need to complete the first focus first iirc

[shrewd night]

my fleet is in turkey and i control basicly everything in middle east and up to hungary till palestine

[austere topaz]

all i want is to do is grind Japanese admirals in china war but I can't I guess I'm too dumb to do it. The chinese AI don't want to use their navy, so I'm wondering, if owning the dlc would change anything as then chinese ai has the new focus tree and might behave differently

[glacial steeple]

no

[austere topaz]

hmm are you at war with the allies?

[hollow linden]

Does Spain also own the other side of the strait?

[left mica]

bruh

[shrewd night]

yeah

[shrewd night]

which strait?

[hollow linden]

..... Gibraltar....

It's also a strait

[shrewd night]

they controll it

[hollow linden]

U need to control gib and Spanish Africa

Gibraltar alone doesn't count

[shrewd night]

So before going to war with allies i should conquer these so my fleet can move to ports of germany?

[hollow linden]

No move it out before the war

[austere topaz]

well then if gibraltar or suez is controlled by the allies you're locked into mediterranean and can only send subs iirc
can you send subs to germany?

[shrewd night]

move as in the fleet since i dont gain docking rights only after ive declared with allies

[hollow linden]

Yea tough luck then

[shrewd night]

yeah sub missions like convoy raiding works normally

[hollow linden]

Take Suez

[shrewd night]

its the patrol and strike force

[hollow linden]

And then go around Africa

[glacial steeple]

i can tell you why

[left mica]

why?

[austere topaz]

you could also improve diplo or pressure Germany with spies to give you docking rights before declaring war or flip fascist

[scenic nacelle]

Did someone take it from Reddit

[left mica]

it is from reddit

[scenic nacelle]

Atleast give credit 🥀

[shrewd night]

hmm alright thank you all @austere topaz @hollow linden

[glacial steeple]

the civ tip is wrong, it ignores hp, it acts like higher combat width is good and doesnt talk about special forces as a fantastic budget attack build

[hollow linden]

I Read it for 10 seconds and spotted 3 errors

[glacial steeple]

its just not a great guide

[hollow linden]

Don't pin this

It's ass

[glacial steeple]

its fine for reddit

[shrewd night]

ill see what i can do

[left mica]

oh

i didnt even read it

[glacial steeple]

and thats just what i saw first time reading

[austere topaz]

yw

[scenic nacelle]

Bro

[shrewd night]

last question so when i take the suez canal how can i move the fleet from there since there is the range mechanic where i cant click on the red regions or do i just click the ports and theyll automictly go there from the canal?

[versed rose]

more misinformation for the clueless, i love hoi4 reddit

[left mica]

yeah hoi4 reddit isnt a good place to ask hoi4 stuff

but whatever

[austere topaz]

i don't think range matters for redeploying to other naval base, all you need is a connection to germany

[shrewd night]

so i conquer basicly egypt then move my fleet to germany

aight ty

[austere topaz]

yeah that should work

[serene karma]

Its very reddit type of advice ngl

[fading fern]

Aren't colonial troops worse than regular infantry?

If you looked at the battles, did your defenders fill out the combat width?

Did you add support aa, support engineers, and support artillery to the template? Maybe additional line Aa helps. You could also use additional state aa.

If the germans breakthrough it means they exceed your troops defense. Maybe you find a way to increase it

If you lack the gear, maybe the international market could help

[hollow linden]

A couple things: Yea modify your starting templates. Only sightly and don't train the colonial template that one sucks. Just use the regular inf. If the Germans broke through you probably had red air and not enough units, make aa and start an air force.

[pliant condor]

you need to have stats when you are defending

[fading fern]

Somewhere in the focus tree is "stockpile fuel". I think it was airforce. It gives you 3 silos iirc

[pliant condor]

rush guns and stack all the modifiers you can get

build level 2 fort on the front, put engineer in your divs, go down large unit tactic/assualt infantry and get desperate defense for manpower, train all your guns in the field nonstop so you can get doctrine

ideally you don't have to depend on reinforcement, you just bounce the germans instantly

and do take colonial troops(not the colonial troops you have, but make a copy of the dutch east indies template because when you train that it use their manpower(altho you need to ship them over to europe)

[fading fern]

I've read that the Soviet Union gives air access to the allies at the start of war now.

It seems to explain ai Germany constantly failing currently.

Maybe that's also your problem. Do you have green air?

[stoic lichen]

So as Germnay I build Medium Tanks and Armor Memes, and so when I go to the USSR, should I try to convert my whole tank army to armor memes, a portion or build some new armor memes divisions?

[hollow linden]

Armor meme is shit now

Don't do it

Make spg instead

[stoic lichen]

Aight but what does spg stand for

[hollow linden]

Self propelled gun

It's a tank role

[stoic lichen]

Oh

[stoic lichen]

Dang is it a special project?

I finally got gotterdammerung

[hollow linden]

No? Just use any howitzer module for the gun and switch role

It came with nsb

And if you don't have NSB just research it

[stoic lichen]

What should my tank template look like for it

[hollow linden]

See above

Forgor to send design

[stoic lichen]

Aight

[stoic lichen]

Like but should I make my whole tank army that or just like a portion yk

[hollow linden]

Yes

Why have more than 1 tank template?

[stoic lichen]

And uh my last question should I make these in place of my medium tanks?

[hollow linden]

Ye

[stoic lichen]

Bet thx I'll try it and pray that it works

[left mica]

One single spg division consumes more fuel than the entire royal navy

[pliant condor]

just follow this

^

[tribal stratus]

Any recs for different nations that are similar to Germany in play style? Maybe slightly easier???

I can never beat the Russians or the english and it’s frustrating as Germany

Are civs really necessary for countries like France, Italy?

[unkempt aspen]

why?

[languid trout]

ctrl+right click on marseille port

[unkempt aspen]

oh yeah it worked :p

[fading fern]

If I add a recon camera to my fighters and cas planes do they passively gather information?

Or does a recon camera only work if the wing is set to scouting?

[fading fern]

The civ snowball is real. Imagine how you can build two additional things permanently with just 30 civs more.

So either you manage to conquer civs very fast or build them.

[restive galleon]

i have yellow to green air
initially i have less air than sov
but with xp and ace i hve beaten it

now i defeted SOV in 1 year after solving supplies problems

[vague perch]

Can someone give a quick rundown of why it's better to use amtracs instead of mech in a late game tank division even though mech have better stats?

[glacial steeple]

you get special forces buff

from your SF doctrine

if you get a global modifier of +20% SF attack and your division is 50% special forces (amphtracs) it will use this as a factor of the buffs

which will grant then 10% attack buff to your division

it does not buff the batallions; it buffs the division

[vague perch]

I actually don't have the DLC that includes special forces doctines/rangers (arms against tyranny right?), but that makes complete sense

[glacial steeple]

so this also applies to tanks or anything else within your unit

[glacial steeple]

then its significantly less worthwhile

[glacial steeple]

but its still good for terrain buffs too

[vague perch]

Yeah it's nice being able to attack across rivers without having to worry

[glacial steeple]

you have to set home bases for range, it only gives you range from the home port its set to as opposed to all available ports like it was before

[static ruin]

ah I'm sorry for posting across two channels it's kinda messy

[static ruin]

how do you set home port? is it per fleet or per task force?

[glacial steeple]

theres a button on top of the task force/fleet (i forgot which, i apologize) or you can control right click to the desired port

[fading fern]

Which special forces do amtracs belong too? I built 50/50 marines with amtracs. Is that basically redundant?

[stark bough]

In single-player, which damage matters more, heavy or light damage?

[glacial steeple]

thats not worth doing

for naval invasions you only need a 50% amphibious buff

you would like to use anything that isnt a marine as their stats are better

[glacial steeple]

light damage for sp and mp both

[stark bough]

Okay.

[fading fern]

So amtracs give the same buff as marines? Or like rangers/mountaineers? That means I use regular infantry plus amtracs for naval invasion?

[stark bough]

yall you are brazilian?

[restive galleon]

nationalize ford industries focus in germany tree is soooo SIGMA

it spams Trucks and Opel

[glacial steeple]

yes but more hardness and hp, same difference as mech to inf bssically

its a buff but its not an offensive unit and not necessarily worth the cost

[fading fern]

Ah, so best mix marines and mountaineers for starters and later switch to amtracs?

At least if I can afford it easily

[languid trout]

hes portuguese

nvm ur right

[glacial steeple]

you dont really need to swap, amphtracs are mostly valuable on already high hardness units like tanks

for the terrain and general buffs

[fading fern]

Ah so I could exchange the mot/mech infantry in a tank division for amtracs instead and fare way better in mountains and at rivers?

[glacial steeple]

not mountains but rivers, naval invasions and youd get the general special forces buff to your division significantly strenghtening it

[ashen marten]

Okay the colonial template at least for the DEI doesn’t seem bad. DEI has two templates one that’s like 3 battalions which I used at the beginning to train a bunch of troops fast. And then I switched them all to the second template which was I believe 9 battalions of infantry and added support artillery and engineers.

I didn’t add aa though but I probably should have

Oh and I was using the international market a lot like since the beginning I was buying stuff

[fading fern]

Thank you. Anything similar to let tanks fare better in mountains?

[ashen marten]

I can’t exactly use the regular one, Netherlands doesn’t have any manpower at the beginning, I need to train DEI troops if I want to have an army at all. Because of the Dutch spirit of Shell Shocked Nation. Plus the DEI template didn’t seem bad

[glacial steeple]

ranger recon support company

generally just avoid mountains

follow supply lines

[ashen marten]

For stats on defending I feel like I had all that I could get.

I had the stats from war support being 100% which gave about 10% defense. Did all the defensive stuff in the doctrines, and at least at the beginning of the war I did have a lot of entrenchment bonuses

[fading fern]

Ah good to know

[stiff moth]

what's the minimum cost shbb that's still useful

I want to see if you can get at least a couple as Italy by mid to late 1940

[mild portal]

guys is there anyone here who have the files of road to 56 mod before 7 of december update?

I had a save which was corrupted by the newer mod version

and i want the older mod version

[restive galleon]

1943 and japan didnt attacked US and made truce with china 🥀🥀🥀

[errant pecan]

so im trying to expand my army and making some elite tank divisions, my tanks however keep disappearing, it says 833 are needed for reinforcements, even tho i have no tank divisions yet, and the tanks im making arent going to the queued divisions

[fading fern]

Do you maybe have some old tank divisions from the start?

When I played Italy I threw everything that wasn't regular infantry or mountaineer into an army and forgot about it.

Then I discovered that my newly built tanks were used to reinforce some "division celere" in the shit troop blob

[tough oak]

You can

[errant pecan]

i have ZERO divisions that have any tank battalion

[tough oak]

prob some forgotten division rotting in ethiopia

or a glitch

[errant pecan]

im not even playing italy so prolly a glitch

[fading fern]

Did you maybe update an existing template with tanks and accidentally used the one that's set as garrison?

In that case your tanks would be used for garrisons. And in case you upped the prio nothing would be used for new divisions before garrisons are full.

[errant pecan]

i dont really use garrisons, like i dont even know where to access them

[fading fern]

Okay, did you turn the cavalry template into a tank division?

You can see necessary garrisons and the template under "occupied territory" below the pic of your leader

[errant pecan]

my garrisons are also set to regular infantry

[fading fern]

Garrisons are an automatic background mechanic. They use a certain template. For italy it's cavlry

[errant pecan]

and i just used the armored division that was created when i researched tank chassis

[fading fern]

Okay, I got no more ideas then

[rocky lance]

To get good at UK in SP and MP, what are the main things I need to be good at doing?

[errant pecan]

alr, thx for helping me tho

[tough oak]

When does King zog submit to italy?

Aka Italy occupies albania

[tribal stratus]

Any recs for fun nations I can play can be alt history something

I can never beat the Soviets

[tough oak]

Poland

or Austria Hungary

[scenic nacelle]

Like 38?

[tribal stratus]

I’ll try that. I’m really bad with tanks and such

[glacial steeple]

@cold bloom

[tribal stratus]

I’ve struggled as Germany for a while

[tough oak]

Happens

[tribal stratus]

Yeah can’t beat the union or the UK

I’m always pretty strong up till that point

Are civs really necessary it’s honestly annoying, I don’t know whether to make civs or not.

[tough oak]

USSR is somewhat hard

UK depends on paradoxes mood

[tribal stratus]

Yeah, I’ve landed sea lion once I still lost

it was unfortunate

[scenic nacelle]

Make division

Win

[tough oak]

My AI abandonned Odessa and got 2 armies encircled

[tribal stratus]

How many civs should I want

Typically

[tough oak]

https://tenor.com/view/cell-perfect-cell-hyper-realistic-hyper-realistic-cell-hyper-realistic-perfect-cell-gif-1635843172149104674

[tribal stratus]

Austria Hungary

[tough oak]

Just make 3 or 4 use the Industry tree and wait till you annex all needed land to form Austria Hungary

[tribal stratus]

Hmm alright, so just focus on military then?

[tough oak]

hmm depends

It takes like a year or 2 to finish those first civs

And then you already have like 25 or sum like tht

[scenic nacelle]

Get better micro

[tough oak]

so make bunkers in Austria

[tough oak]

I was microing

[tribal stratus]

Hmm alright.

[tough oak]

But I didn't see them soon enough

[scenic nacelle]

🥀

[tough oak]

Austrian industry tree is so goated

[tribal stratus]

Is it

I never really played it

[tough oak]

Yeah the consummer goods buff is so goated

-40% when you get to 1938

[tribal stratus]

What’s the best path? Tolotarian safety?

[tough oak]

Yeah

Brb

[tribal stratus]

Okay thought so

Thanks

How hard is it to stop anchluss

[rocky lance]

To get good at UK in SP and MP, what are the main things I need to be good at doing?

Like obviously I'll need to study the navy aspect

[scenic nacelle]

Air micro

Navy is an obvious

U usually command the allies

Uh

[rocky lance]

Yeah gonna need a PhD to learn navy

[tough oak]

Hard

[spice pine]

how can u micro air

lol

[scenic nacelle]

Some nations in multiplayer’s entire job is air

Just micro with CAs, fighters and bombers

[tribal stratus]

What do I do

This is tough.

Land forts?

[scenic nacelle]

Listening to what the other players want like interception or strat bombing naval forts

[tough oak]

Land forts for protection do anything that ups their army strenght requirement

[tribal stratus]

Alright

So fade industry for now

[scenic nacelle]

Last stand micro for Malta/gibby/other things too

[tough oak]

Try improving relations with

USA UK France and Italy

than do this focus

If they accept you get guaranteed by them just like this(Italy is the other focus):

[tribal stratus]

Awesome thanks

So befriend the allies and Italy

[tough oak]

Yeah

Don't do wars with Czechs Romanians or Yugoslavians

[tribal stratus]

Early or right before?

[tough oak]

Not recommended

[tough oak]

Early ofc

[tribal stratus]

Okay thanks a lot, I appreciate the help.

[tribal stratus]

K thanks

Should I disregard the treaty?

Or seek agreement? I assume agreement right

[tough oak]

no the other one if you got guarantees

[tribal stratus]

yep thought so thanks

[tough oak]

you risk losing guarantees by doing that

[tough oak]

Do the Alfred Jansa plan btw for defensive bonuses

[tribal stratus]

What do I do if France refuses to help

The US does

Not France and the UK

[tough oak]

Its something

Idk do it earlier perhaps

[tribal stratus]

Hmm alright

It’s Nov 1936

[tough oak]

Btw this is what happens when Italy guarantees and anchluss comes

They help you out

Don't question the portraits

[tribal stratus]

lol dw I’m not

LMAO

I see thank you

[tough oak]

np

I'm doing meh

forgot to get better Infantry

[tribal stratus]

Awesome. Yeah I’ll just try to spam out infantry and rush down the political focuses with the Uk and Italy

[tough oak]

Germany already at war with the whole world

[tribal stratus]

I see, yeah they’re going lose.

[tough oak]

Btw

very important thing

core bohemia with focuses and do garrisoned states for defensive bonuses in

"Anti Anchluss"

[tribal stratus]

Can I try to annex Hungary

Or na

This is more of a test run tbh

Next run will be more serious

Like what’s the chance they gonna accept

And I can annex yugo Czechs etc

[static turret]

its been a while since I did austria but puppeting poland romania czchia hungary makes an ez w against germany

since you get all their units

[tribal stratus]

wow I got so lucky I’m playing alt historical

And Hungary just let me annex them

Now I’m doubled in size

Holy W

[tough oak]

If you click the things that raises the chance of it

it will always happen

I'm playing historical

[tribal stratus]

Wow really

Amazing

I’ll try historical next

[tough oak]

Be carefull with romania in historical

I forgot now they got most of transylvania

[tribal stratus]

Really

Interesting

I got Czechs too

It’s 1939 April now

[tough mica]

Need an optimal German empire guide

[hazy root]

how do you conquer the world as a minor country? I already conquered the Reich as Poland by 1940, but I have 0 Man Power, despite the strict conscription law.

[mystic otter]

compliance you need it higher for more manpower i think and coring stuff that why formable countries is great

[tribal stratus]

1940 Germany had done nothing

I’m Austrian

[restive galleon]

ummm?

[opaque garden]

hey im Italy in 1937 and im at war with frnace Yugoslavia Romania and czechsolavkia they have double my mill 5 times my manpower in the field how am I supposed to win?

[tribal stratus]

Ur not

[scarlet anchor]

take a screenshot

[scarlet anchor]

send screenshot

[opaque garden]

actually nvm

its not that bad

[opaque garden]

they dont have e military access to yugo

and france aint attacking

[opaque garden]

how

did you manage that

that is genuinely impressive

[half glade]

is anybody able to vc and help me soon?

[restive galleon]

what u mean

[half glade]

i know nothing lol

[scarlet anchor]

with what?

[restive galleon]

i cant get power lol

[opaque garden]

u have negative pp

as germany

[lyric geyser]

I can answer any specific questions if you have any

But can’t vc rn

[restive galleon]

yeah wtf is it bugges gameplay?

[opaque garden]

you can easily get almost 3.5 pp per day whilst doing a focus

[tribal stratus]

It’s late 1940 why won’t Germany attack me? Is it because my army is bigger than theirs now??? I’m Austria

[half glade]

i have no clue where to even start so i dont have any specifics rn

[restive galleon]

idk what to do im in 1944 and no power

[mystic otter]

watch hoi4 beginner guide pn yt

they exlain the basics

[half glade]

i tried that

[opaque garden]

dig in and hold

[half glade]

didnt really help

[lyric geyser]

I recommend watching some yt videos of people playing the game it will help you understand the basics doesn’t even need to be a guide

[opaque garden]

thats exactly what I did

[restive galleon]

dig and hold?

i have Erupa and Africa

[opaque garden]

oh I thought u were losing