ask-for-help-here

[inner sparrow]

decent players that stream are ppl like segl

dankus is also alright but a bit washed and an unc

[stuck garnet]

can i have names and reasons why

I picked airspace dominance for my fighter doctrines

i picked it mainly for air superiority efficiency ig

and early boosts to fighers

[inner sparrow]

don’t know the names in my memory but the reason for the ground attack option is because it buffs your cas and make the combat modifier u have from cas be higher. Reason u want air is for cas and because of that modifier

[stuck garnet]

the fighter detection is nice

[inner sparrow]

so basically to make it even more op as it already is

[stuck garnet]

so this is btter?

[inner sparrow]

in theory yes

if you don’t need the doctrine to get green air with ur fighters

[subtle thorn]

is hoi4 even fun after 4k hours?

[serene karma]

@hexed parcel dont do that

[inner sparrow]

for some ppl yes, I only enjoy multiplayer

[serene karma]

Yes

[hexed parcel]

please relay my frustration to the devs

[inner sparrow]

in my eyes the better u get at the game the less fun ur gonna have against ai

[subtle thorn]

well your tatic worked im still not getting price control mesures

when i get them i cancel?

[subtle thorn]

i will play once i have 1k hours

i still find ai fun

[inner sparrow]

yes if u want to cancel mefo do it then

and instally click the decision after u cancelled

not before

[subtle thorn]

understood

should i research medium tank 257 days 1937 13jan

[subtle thorn]

or should i do some foucs since i have 20% breakthrou

[inner sparrow]

if u want to use them sure

I gtg now but when it comes to design and templates u can always take a look at the pinned messages in the chat

they are mostly decent

[subtle thorn]

okay tysm for all

[neat widget]

Which advice in particular

But yeah that's nice

[unique ether]

not exactly advice, used the wrong word, but the stuff with where the navy is based

[neat widget]

ah I see

cool

[frosty lava]

I'm confused, are you able to cross frozen lakes?
https://i.gyazo.com/e5ee59c6241ef8cca4c23dd2b8e7eae8.jpg

I've been using lakes as natural barriers but they just up and crossed it.

[vital geode]

The lake blocks the 2 southern tiles, not the tile to the left

I guess

Or you misread the tile

[vital geode]

Oh, there is a connection between the tile that was just walked into and the tile above it

[frosty lava]

That sucks.

[native gorge]

How do you increase special forces cap without research?

[glacial steeple]

no

supplies can cross it like land

units, however, are stuck

[glacial steeple]

youre not looking at the tiles properly

theres a border here

[glacial steeple]

oh you were first, sorry

[full nova]

if i have something to say to a moderator what do i do

[neat widget]

Certain focuses

Try to search up "special forces capacity multiplier" or something like that

[tepid umbra]

do I need any special tanks for armored engineer companies or should I use the normal ones

and is assault engineer companies a good replacing

[novel pasture]

depends on the country I think, if you've got a large industry than yea its worth it for the extra hardness and hard attack, otherwise not rly. And your normal tank designs are fine, unless you're putting them in motorized/mechanized divs in which case you should max out engines so you don't slow the division down

[hasty belfry]

Armies engineers could be useful for armored divisions.

[hasty belfry]

I’ve been told that the speed of the engineering vehicles doesn’t actually matter and it doesn’t affect division speed.

[novel pasture]

oh is that right?

afaik most support companies dont affect speed but ive seen a couple that do, couldnt remember if assault engineers were one of them

guess not

[hasty belfry]

#ask-for-help-here message

[neat widget]

Yeah assault companies don't affect speed

out of all the special project support companies only normal super-heavy howitzers + helicopter brigade affect speed

And also all three types of flame tank of course

[reef star]

does germany need carriers against the allies or are battleships better

[neat widget]

You can honestly try either

[reef star]

I wonder how much carriers do in naval combat compared to land based naval bombers

[neat widget]

quite a bit better actually

[reef star]

the thing is you don't need much navy to defeat the british as germany, and afterwards you can just take their fleet

but I want to try navy germany and defeating the british fleet

[chilly coyote]

how can I unlock the 5th line of battallions with the new sub doctrine system

[tepid umbra]

level up infantry high enough

[chilly coyote]

infantry doctrine?

[tepid umbra]

yes

[chilly coyote]

i'm making a tank division

ah

[tepid umbra]

it works for anything

the infantry sub doctrine branch gains mastery from infantry fighting or training

[chilly coyote]

i'm germany rn and it's mid 1939 how long do you think it would take

to level up infantry high enough

[tepid umbra]

once it reaches max, every template gets the 5th slot

[chilly coyote]

i see alr

[tepid umbra]

not very long

[chilly coyote]

thank you

[tepid umbra]

if you're against ai you can just push with infantry and prolly do well

[chilly coyote]

alright

what template do you think I should use for attack infantry

I'm quite new

[tepid umbra]

you shouldn't normally push with infantry, but a regular template should do well against ai

so 36 width

[chilly coyote]

alright

[chilly coyote]

also I've always wondered when organizing my army am I supposed to have like 3 armies with troops that have troops designed to hold and maybe 2 armies with tanks basically 48 tank divisions and rest of infantry for holding?

or how does it go

[tepid umbra]

idk

[chilly coyote]

how do you do it?

[tepid umbra]

I get like 5 armies of infantry and then however many tanks I can make

what you need changes

[chilly coyote]

I see

thanks

[neat widget]

I believe you have to unlock two subdoctrines fully

[tepid umbra]

I thought it was just infantry subdoctrine

[neat widget]

it doesn't matter which doctrines you choose

[reef star]

original inf template for germany is pretty good

[stoic seal]

if I am like a new begginner player, which is the best country to start with?

[tepid umbra]

italy or germany is probably best to start with

[stoic seal]

I tried germany

every time i managed to take austria, and czech and then when I go for poland I get clapped

[tepid umbra]

when are you going for poland

[neat widget]

Is it like a 13/3?

Then nah it isn't really good tbh

[stoic seal]

right after austria and czech?

[tepid umbra]

like what year about

[neat widget]

More seriously though for attacking as Germany you'd definitely want a larger template

[stoic seal]

1938

[neat widget]

yeah so right after austria and czechoslovakia i assume

[stoic seal]

I was spamming infantry in recruitment

[tepid umbra]

maybe delay it a bit

[stoic seal]

or should I just try italy?

[tulip scarab]

Recover and reinforce your border (with) France

In my opinion

[tepid umbra]

who are you losing to

[tulip scarab]

But I suck at this game

[stoic seal]

as germany I am loosing to poland 😭

[tepid umbra]

not france?

[stoic seal]

I didnt even try france

[tepid umbra]

I meant is france killing you

or poland

[stoic seal]

poland is like bleeding me

france is killing me

[tepid umbra]

what do your tanks look like

[stoic seal]

uh like I think poop

I barely used tanks

I concentrated infantry

[tulip scarab]

Use them

(Tanks)

[stoic seal]

hmmm alr

or wait

is italy better and easier for begginers?

[tulip scarab]

Yes

[stoic seal]

aight

ty

[tulip scarab]

But more boring

[tepid umbra]

are your infantries supplied

[stoic seal]

a small proportion had supply shortages

[tulip scarab]

And you have to learn navy if your going historical

[stoic seal]

but most were supplied

[tulip scarab]

What color

[tepid umbra]

what did the infantry divisions look like

[stoic seal]

like someof them were red

[tepid umbra]

make sure they have at most 36 combat width

and at least like 18

[stoic seal]

ehm

[tulip scarab]

Red is bad

[stoic seal]

what is combat width....

[tepid umbra]

one of the stats

[tulip scarab]

Blue is good

[tepid umbra]

you can see in the thing

[carmine scarab]

do 16-18 for small and around 36 for big

[stoic seal]

should I watch more tutorials?

[tulip scarab]

👍

[tepid umbra]

read pins

[stoic seal]

aight

[reef star]

9/0 18w

[buoyant mortar]

.

[neat widget]

Oh that's good

[reef star]

I would add support aa to it but otherwise keep it intact

[chilly coyote]

what the hell

still didnt unlock

[reef star]

how much mastery per month

[serene karma]

What tank design

460 soft and 32 hard is sad

[chilly coyote]

24 I think

[left glacier]

[chilly coyote]

1 sec

[serene karma]

Yea its slower because fewer units are tanks

Compared to inf

[left glacier]

You would need a lot more for mastery

[chilly coyote]

someone said i need to have two sub doctrines fully completed

which I do

now i've 3 fully unlocked

do I need the tank one fully compelted?

[serene karma]

For what

Oh its the db mio

Dont use db use inf tank mio

[chilly coyote]

wdym I dont understand

[chilly coyote]

I want to unlock

the last

battalion

so I can get 36 combat width

i'm new

[neat widget]

oh yeah that

i forgot rip

[neat widget]

oh r...ight

could be different with different grand doctrines

i don't care about mobile warfare tbh

[chilly coyote]

uhhh

so how do I unlock it

there isn't anything on the internet

cause of the new sub doctrine system

[chilly coyote]

what should I change my tank template to then

if it's bad

I have infantry unlocked

but still

this could've all been solved if they provided more information upon hovering over the locked button

smh

they did a great job explaining every aspect of ck3 and eu5 not hoi4 for some reason tho

[neat widget]

that's not even good just do like 18/0

or you know do mountaineers 18/0

[chilly coyote]

18 mountaineers 0 arti right?

[light knoll]

yes

if you have thw width reduction from the doctrine, add more mountaineers to make it 35.7 widsith

[reef star]

don't do line arty

infanty divisions don't really need soft attack

[neat widget]

infantry gets to be 35.7 width with 21 of them, mountaineers will be straight up 36 with 20 of them

also support companies should be super-heavy howitzer, light tank recon, medium flame tanks, assault engineers, and hospitals

[light knoll]

oh right

[reef star]

SHH on inf?

[neat widget]

Especially so

Gives a decent amount of breakthrough and a decent amount of soft attack

also you can get fort and urban bonuses with doctrine

[reef star]

what about attrition and fuel

[neat widget]

no fuel used from the non-selfpropelled variant

[reef star]

I didn't know that

[neat widget]

but yeah it does increases supply by some amount, but you'd still be around 1 supply per div

[reef star]

sounds pretty good for germany/soviet

[neat widget]

especially good for japan

although for japan you'd want to do a marines template as well

[wild rune]

Assault Inf + Mountaineer -.2cw reduction

🤩

[neat widget]

^

so true

[fathom thistle]

Large unit vs assault infantry. Which is better? With assault inf I have like 480 sa while with alrge unit almost 100 less soft attack

[neat widget]

Then obviously assault infantry is better

But typically for the actual infantry battalion (as opposed to say mountaineers or militia or so on) large unit tactics is better

But for any other leg infantry assault infantry is better

[fathom thistle]

hmm alright

[spiral crag]

is there any way to get more range on the subs?

[sour mountain]

can anyone vc to help me invade britain

[fathom thistle]

sure

[polar sentinel]

I think to paradrop a port en send your troops to that port

[sour mountain]

can u talk rn?

[fathom thistle]

Yea

[sour mountain]

Alr can we talk in dms

[fading valve]

I can

[astral pewter]

how does the new navy work i dont get it i put patrol for 50 years and i cant naval invade

[halcyon kettle]

hi guys! just a question, i was trying to do a naval invasion (a few actually) to get hawaii in my japan game in no compromise no surrender, but i'm not sure how the naval invasion rework changed the game...

i can't seem to access any of these regions despite being able to gain naval dominance/supremacy everywhere else. how do i make these regions accessible so my ships can go there?

or like even here, despite having a port nearby i can't invade ceylon and stuff

[spiral crag]

what is this ??? is it something i should leave alone or????

first time seeing it

[stoic seal]

can someone like give me personal coaching for hoi4 🙏

[inner sparrow]

@glacial steeple could help you with that

trust

[stoic seal]

yo

alr

[elfin pasture]

uhm how do i fire nukes in hoi4?

[serene karma]

Research nuke special project

Make it

Fire using raid mechanic

[serene karma]

Ur hosting capitulated countries

mtg feature

[serene karma]

Turn on auto home base
Its the ⚙️ beside the word yokohama

Btw deselect them if theyre in any other regions

[elfin pasture]

raid mechanic?

[dense wind]

Hello, in my game all the axis bad guys have been defeated, I'm non-aligned Austro-hungary trying to go for an achievement but it requires me to invade France, how can I declare war on them when i can't justify because world tension is at 5%?

[glacial steeple]

you pinged me here??

[glacial steeple]

dm the @hearty wave

[tough oak]

what the hell are those frontlines in the east

[tough oak]

nothing really

do focus

"War agaisnt guarantors"

if you were Austria

but you are not as it seems so

just wait till another war breaks out

[dense wind]

Darn alright, thanks

[glad imp]

why cant i invite austria to my faction? i dont understand the red text. it it because germany isnt in my faction?

[opaque garden]

send a ss with more context

[languid trout]

change the faction rules for countries who can join ur faction

[glad imp]

ah yes thats it! thank you

[tough oak]

Is taking poland early game and puppeting them good as USSR?

[tough oak]

Btw if I attack Turkey early game while they are guaranteed by Romania would Romania somehow get France and Czechs in to the war?

[fathom thistle]

tbh just take them, no reason to puppet them

[tough oak]

What do I even gain from taking them though

I can just turn poland in to

balkanized poland

causing germany to not be able to attack me directly giving me time to

build LOTS

and LOTS of forts

[fathom thistle]

well, you can take germans head on easily but if you are doing pure defense then go for it

[tough oak]

I will most likely pure defense

or I might as well just take Turkey

cuz why not

[fathom thistle]

then its great

[tough oak]

Should I puppet romania and turkey or?

[fathom thistle]

well if you want a big wall between u and axis then yea

[tough oak]

Alright thank you

[tough oak]

why the hell do you have so many unneeded things

[sour mountain]

Im too bad at naval invading britain

[tough oak]

you do know you will most likely not be able to launch ANY of those naval invasions

nor will 70 TRILLION frontlines help

go for defensive with supplies in africa with 1 army at max

without supplies they wont be able to anything

[sour mountain]

I only got 37 hours in hoi4

[tough oak]

thats good progress for 37 hours

[sour mountain]

Ty

[tough oak]

I learned about supply in my 300th hour

[sour mountain]

Thats like 1-2 hours of gameplau

[sour mountain]

At how many hours do uo learn about air and navy

[tough oak]

didn't take much

[sour mountain]

I only know how to play land army

[tough oak]

1 hour or so

just watch a video on them

[empty latch]

How to do decisions with no check?

[spark geode]

How do we order support attack?

When I click ctrl right click It selects assignment to a frontline not support attack

[fiery heart]

Can I ask as for russia this is alt history on historical ai focuses is it worth going down the three year focus plans as Trotsky russia

[potent iron]

Hello! I'm trying to restore the Austro-Hungarian Empire as Hungary (without DLCs). I have already occupied the Romanian and Italian parts and I have Czechoslovakia as an integrated puppet (soon they will be annexed), so I only need the Yugoslavian parts to form the empire, but I can't get them because Croatia always appears. How do I prevent them from spawning?

[fiery heart]

Since im trying to maximize my preparedness for russia

[glass root]

I'm a landlocked country, is there anyway to take their navy? And if i puppet them, do they still retain their nay?

[half glade]

how do the MEFO bills effect germany?

[potent iron]

if you keep them you get bonuses but on the other hand you have to put more and more civilian factories on consumer goods. you can decrease the number of civilian factories put on consumer goods by seizing the gold reserves of other countries or through political advisers or decisions. you can get rid of the MEFO bills by earning absolute self sufficency by having really much resources (there is a focus for that called "autarky achieved". this is what's called the economy of conquest both IRL and IG. you have to keep conquering to keep your economy running or else your economy collapses

[half glade]

yeah im doing the autarky

im really struggling though

im making troops

but i still cant demand austria

idk why

not sure what ive done wrong

[potent iron]

IMO going with the other economic path is so much more OP

[half glade]

im still a beginner

this is like my 3rd game so just learning

i have all the dlcs too

[tough oak]

They need to be equipped

fully

[half glade]

how do i check if they are?

and if not how do i equip them fully

[tough oak]

Orange bars near them and reinforcements in the recruitment tab

you need to produce equipment

[potent iron]

below their nametags

[bleak plinth]

how do i beat italy as ethiopia quickly?

[tough oak]

Use all you got

thats what I do

[half glade]

i assume orange bar means not equipped

[tough oak]

no

Its like a fluid in a cup

the more orange the more equipped

check the

Recruit and Deploy tab

Example of it

I just won a war agaisnt romania and turkey that I absolutellly sucked in for NO reason

and this is how much

equipment my men need

[half glade]

okay

thats what im seeing

[tough oak]

go above the bar next to Reinforcements and check how much your men need it an bro

stop trying to recruit

without

enoug equipment

for anything

[half glade]

what does this mean

[tough oak]

It means they need etc 315 guns to fill up their equipment

or 6 light tanks

[half glade]

okay got you

[tough oak]

press the 3rd dot

next to the bar

[half glade]

so i should cancel my troop production?

high priority now

[tough oak]

Only leave 1

and PLEASE watch a video

[half glade]

videos dont help lol

[half glade]

1 division?

[tough oak]

recruit like 24 but deploy them when they each have their green bars next to them filled

Only 1 TYPE

[half glade]

how do you select when they get deployed

[tough oak]

of division though

[tough oak]

wdym select

[half glade]

you said only deploy them when they have their bars filled

[tough oak]

yes

oh

[half glade]

arent they deployed automatically?

[tough oak]

no you can choose to deploy them yourself

[bleak plinth]

is it just me or i cant find this focus..

[tough oak]

uh just remove the

location for deployment

[bleak plinth]

it doesnt exist

[tough oak]

Prob a secret path

or changed namer

[half glade]

okay then when im ready i press the down arrow with the flag?

[tough oak]

Yes

[half glade]

whats better, motorized inf or just inf

[tough oak]

Use normal infantry until you research mechanized

But normal infantry is generally better other than mech

[half glade]

okay got it

does this look better?

just gotta wait for them to train

then i can deploy

[tough oak]

they are trained

you don't have to wait for the 2nd bar

[half glade]

okay

i cant deploy them

[tough oak]

select a location

[half glade]

oh got it lol

sorry

[tough oak]

and the

5th one is untrained

you need to wait 20 days untill you can deploy them

with or without equipment

[half glade]

okay got it

appreciate it man

[tough oak]

Np

[left mica]

motorised sucks a lot

trucks are only good for supplies

If you want mobile infantry use cav

and then mech once you have it

To check a battalion’s stats and modifiers hover your mouse over the battalion icon

[half glade]

any of these worth doing?

[half glade]

i always struggle for supplies so ive added trucks to try and sort it

[left mica]

You have to change motorisation priority

[chilly coyote]

as germany should I keep building mils (right from the start) and focuses along with anchluss and fate of czechoslovakia will give me a good amount of civs? or should I start building civs then convert to mils later?

[half glade]

yeah i have

my field marshal is at 3 trucks

[chilly coyote]

Yeah I think they reduce your current consumer goods factor % at the cost of stability and other stuff

which is pretty good if you plan it out correctly

[chilly coyote]

cause people keep telling me different stuff that contradict

[half glade]

how do i get civ factories for trading?

it says i have 0

even though i have 41

[chilly coyote]

send a screen shot

and you're playing as germany you're either using them for construction or repairing something or your consumer goods factor is too high

[fiery heart]

Hello can I ask is it work going thru the russian industry tree??

Like the 3 year plan tree??

[tough oak]

You can do it after dealing with political paranoia

[half glade]

what faction goals are good as the Germans? i have no clue what to choose

[tough oak]

no idea

don't have the new dlc

[fiery heart]

I mean is it worth doing it

[tough oak]

well you are not going to have anything to do for a while sometimes so might as well do it

[fathom thistle]

mountaineer corp should be easiest from these

[fiery heart]

Because i was thinking of rushing the extra research slots

[tough oak]

what harm will a few civs do

[tough oak]

those will help

but deal

[fiery heart]

I mean is it still worth doing in 1939

[tough oak]

with political

[half glade]

does it help my infantry divs?

[tough oak]

paranoia

[half glade]

also crazy i got austria

[tough oak]

Idk

[half glade]

thanks for helping me

[tough oak]

Nice

np

[half glade]

slowly learning

this is actually going really well

[fathom thistle]

if you hover over it with mouse it tells you what it does

[half glade]

i have nearly 3 mil manpower

[fathom thistle]

usually its army experience

[tough oak]

what law are you on

don't go above extensive when you don't need it

[fiery heart]

Like is it worth going industry tree i. 1939 after trotsky revolution??

[half glade]

extensive conscription

[fiery heart]

Since i know they will be lock out permanently

[fiery heart]

The issue is is it wort it the three year plan??

And the focuses below it

[half glade]

will this help my infantry

[fathom thistle]

decent bonus

[half glade]

or do i need to create special mountain troops

[tough oak]

no

[half glade]

ohh thats what i was assuming

[tough oak]

it gives one of your generals

[fathom thistle]

it helps mountaineer

[fiery heart]

Ill probably not go industry tree

[tough oak]

mountain bonus

[fathom thistle]

with one general having that trait

[half glade]

how do i ensure i have mountaineer battalions

im halfway there

15/30

[tough oak]

Example for Mountaineer divs are these: they have automatically mountians as division symbols

don't question general portraits

[half glade]

lmfao

[tough oak]

let a man suffer in peace

[half glade]

so do i just gotta train mountaineer divs instead of infantry

[tough oak]

no

[tough oak]

there is a thing called

special forces

cap

Mountaineers

Paratrooprs

and Marines

fill that cap

when it is filled

you can no longer make any of the 3

this is the cap

you can make mountaineers yes

but when it fills you can't

[half glade]

where can i see my cap sorry

oh is it at the top

108/43?

[tough oak]

yeah

for soviets

[half glade]

okay

[tough oak]

by the amount of

divisions you have

it changes

[half glade]

im on 15/43

but i need 30

so i gotta change that

[tough oak]

you don't need 30 you can make 30

btw it isn't the division coun't

not sure what it is but

don't go trying to make 30

Mountaineers

[tough oak]

recruit more normal infantry or tanks

[half glade]

okay

[tough oak]

they increase the amount of special forces

cap

or asign

[half glade]

so how do i complete the faction goal

[tough oak]

Military staff

[tough oak]

no idea I don't have the new Japan dlc

[half glade]

oh is it from that lol

[tough oak]

Yeah

Paradox likes to put everything as DLCs for some reason

🤷

[half glade]

i gotta figure out how to use it

[tough oak]

watch a video on it or ask someone

[half glade]

maybe i just wont complete it lol

[tough oak]

Not advised

probably gives bonuses

[chilly coyote]

whatever you feel is easy to do just do it it's not hard tbh

[half glade]

all of them are a little bit difficult

i chose one to expand the axis

[hollow linden]

You can ignore them

[half glade]

but italy and nationalist spain both declined so

we will see what happens#

[chilly coyote]

how are you doing man remember the run you helped me in

[hollow linden]

Ye

[chilly coyote]

I did really well

thank you

[hollow linden]

Nice

[chilly coyote]

got poland france and uk

[hollow linden]

Very good

[chilly coyote]

kinda died at soviets but we learn

[hollow linden]

Oh lol

Ye

Soviets is usually just a stomp when u got UK

But oh well

[chilly coyote]

I felt like uk was too easy or just unready as I got them without any air superiority cause all my fighters were all focused on the english canal to have naval superiority for naval invasion

[spice pine]

is infantry only meta

[hollow linden]

Yea

Tanks are kinda shit

[spice pine]

💀

ima try infantry only for fun

[tough oak]

becareful with what you say bro

[hollow linden]

Or else?

What u gonna dk

Tanks are ass

Useless

[tough oak]

nothing

[spice pine]

agreed

[chilly coyote]

really?

[hollow linden]

Like inf can do the same with much less cost

[tough oak]

https://tenor.com/view/gendo-stare-neon-genesis-evangelion-gendo-gif-9367805630101002790

[hollow linden]

Yea

[spice pine]

infantry SOLO tanks

[tough oak]

Imma do nothing

[hollow linden]

That's what I thought

[spice pine]

this guy knows ball

[chilly coyote]

I attack poland at like 1940 late cause i'm trying to research 1940 medium tanks

💀

[tough oak]

https://tenor.com/view/mods-fill-his-stocking-with-coal-mods-christmas-lowtiergod-ltg-gif-12645377823045477295

[tough oak]

wha

[hollow linden]

I did tell u that upgrading chassis is dumb no

[tough oak]

thats just

dumb

[chilly coyote]

yeahh

[hollow linden]

So why are you doing it.

[tough oak]

just get 1940 chasis and you need not anything else ngl

but you didn't have to

wait

[scenic nacelle]

But tanks look really cool

[hollow linden]

Make that inter war

[tough oak]

agreed

[hollow linden]

Improved is not needed

[tough oak]

nuh uh

[hollow linden]

Basic at max

[chilly coyote]

how about basic

alr

[tough oak]

Basic is goated

[hollow linden]

Theoretically inter war works too, but it can get weird with speed and break

[tough oak]

Ngl I barely make tanks other than 1945

I just solo them with infantry and planes

https://tenor.com/view/soviet-artillery-cannon-zis-3-firing-gif-10889269028097843985

[chilly coyote]

also for the tanks just focus on soft attack right?

in design

[tough oak]

I ❤️ Artillery

[native gorge]

heard this was okay but that was 4 months ago so im not sure

[tough oak]

Breakthrough and soft attack

should be good

[tough oak]

how to have no supply guide

[chilly coyote]

metas in hoi4 keep changing frequently

it's impressive

[tough oak]

I just spam

Infantry with artillery

tanks if I feel like it

[native gorge]

nahh i got logistics 😎 👌 but that aside what could i change

[chilly coyote]

I did 9/4

people told me to do 18 mountaineers instead

said 9/4 is shit

[native gorge]

i cant for the love of me figure out how to increase my special forces cap outside of research and focuses (which is a bummer since mountaineers are cracked terrain-wise)

[tough oak]

This is meta trust

[chilly coyote]

so generous for adding that singular infantry battalion

[native gorge]

ladies and gentlemen the literal definition of "glass cannon"

[chilly coyote]

this would be meta if you found a way to have 30+ org and more hp

[native gorge]

okay genuinely what can i change

[tough oak]

Idk

no need for that much inf though

unless for defensive

[native gorge]

so

3 rows?

[chilly coyote]

add some arti

I think

[frail raven]

when my friend asks for garrison support i dont get any notification or something, why?

[hollow linden]

Absolutely not

Arty is ass

[hollow linden]

They moved it to the faction

[frail raven]

we are in the same faction

[hollow linden]

Iirc

[hollow linden]

Then u have to put garrison manpower in the faction pool

Oh wait do u have the new dlc

[frail raven]

how do i do that?

whats it called

[hollow linden]

NCNS?

No compromise no surrender

[native gorge]

i would do space marines

but i dont have NSB 😔

[frail raven]

nope

[hollow linden]

Then it's weird

[hollow linden]

Dont bother

Space marines are shit

[chilly coyote]

combat width wise on the last one isnt that bad

[hollow linden]

Everyone gets piercing now

[hollow linden]

What do you know about cw again?

[chilly coyote]

I know that it's better to use all of the combat width available

[spice pine]

someone give me the best infantry template

[chilly coyote]

and to have good supply to support them and good air superiority and cas

[native gorge]

one problem

i have flamethrowers research

but i dont see the tank variant

[chilly coyote]

to help them if they've overfilled debuffs

[hollow linden]

See that's not wrong, but why are you trying to correct me about combat width on templates+

[hollow linden]

See above

[chilly coyote]

i'm asking

I barely know anything

[hollow linden]

Make a design with flame throwers?

[spice pine]

whats it good for

ima go infanty only

[native gorge]

wait

make a tank design with flamethrowers?

[hollow linden]

Well optimal width is either 32w or 36w with these widths you roughly fit into all terrains

For defense u wanna do smaller units like 16-17w

[hollow linden]

Yes.

[chilly coyote]

ah defense

alright thank you

[native gorge]

OH

[chilly coyote]

so holding units or defense should be 16-17w

[native gorge]

do you uh

[hollow linden]

Oh my god

[native gorge]

have any alternatives?

[hollow linden]

Change tank role

[native gorge]

i dont have no step back 😭

[hollow linden]

Oh you're playing r56 🤦‍♂️

[fathom thistle]

why no signal company?

[hollow linden]

Cuz I honestly forgot

Replace fh with signal

[native gorge]

y e s . 🙃

[hollow linden]

Yea don't do that but anyway

[native gorge]

so i just ignore it

[chilly coyote]

flame tanks used to be meta

[hollow linden]

Whatever else u have that's good

[chilly coyote]

I dont think it is anymore

[hollow linden]

Wdym used to 💀

[native gorge]

that tank on the top of the support companies is from the special project right?

[scenic nacelle]

Bruh

[hollow linden]

How can u even know that

[chilly coyote]

I remember before alot of people

talking about it

[hollow linden]

Ye

[hollow linden]

That hasn't stopped?

[native gorge]

aight ill get to that

eventually

[hollow linden]

Like they're still good?

[chilly coyote]

I barely see it now so I thought it isnt anymore

lmao mb

thanks for correcting me

[hollow linden]

Bruh 🤦‍♂️

[chilly coyote]

i'll stop talking lmao

[fathom thistle]

I would assume some people replace flame tanks for signal company since they busted the MA R reinforcement buff

[kind bloom]

yall have a guide for trotsky's ussr?

[magic scarab]

rate and help

[chilly coyote]

might be too high combat width I think the optimal is 32-36

[magic scarab]

so what do i change

[chilly coyote]

that's what I was told

maybe remove those two tanks at the end

and add more support companies

[magic scarab]

ill check cw

[chilly coyote]

and research assault engineering company

you need better companies

[magic scarab]

40

40

[fathom thistle]

basically remove the bottom row and you are good

[light knoll]

replace motorized with mech and yea lower width

[chilly coyote]

you can do

10/8

10 tanks 8 mech

If I remember correctly

[magic scarab]

maybe

[chilly coyote]

not bad but you can do better support companies

I'm having issues unlocking the bottom row of battalions

on mobile warfare doctrine

[subtle thorn]

my screen is stuck on this someone help

[chilly coyote]

the red stuff?

do you've the new dlc?

[subtle thorn]

what

[cold bloom]

If you mean the alt bar, try alt-tabbing back and forth a few times

Maybe throw in a win-tab

[inner sparrow]

dont use trucks, use mech instead

use light tank recon and flame tank as support company

I recommend spgs over medium tanks, theres no real reason to do mediums anyways

also your width is too high

take some tanks and mechs out so its 36-38width

nvm that was the first picture, mb

but the other stuff I said still stands

dont use motorized, even cav or inf would be better, use mechanized, next time use spg over mediums, mediums are worse, add in light recon and flame tank as support company

[native gorge]

How tf do people get that last row of battalions

[glacial steeple]

do doctrines

[native gorge]

OH

mass assault? (or whatever that doctrine was called)

[raven edge]

I think every doctrine unlocks it

[glacial steeple]

^^^

[chilly coyote]

do I've to complete

all sub doctrines inside that doctrine

to unlock it?

[left glacier]

No. One of the grand doctrine tracks unlocks the slot after mastery completion

Typically infantry sub-doctrine mastery unlock the 5th slot

[chilly coyote]

last run I had mobile warefare

I compeleted infantry

artillery

and that 3rd special one

and I still didnt get the fifth slot for some reason

[chilly coyote]

how does this have 380 soft whilst I dont

[hollow linden]

Probably gun tech

all my templates are with gun 3

[chilly coyote]

ah

[ivory mountain]

why cant i paradrop?

i want to make an order

[carmine scarab]

ur divisions aren’t paradroppable

[ivory mountain]

ah thanks

[soft cypress]

Is late game lag after loading a save a common issue after the latest update?

[serene karma]

How late game

[polar sentinel]

How to organise your fleet

[raven mango]

What are puppets useful for? I think that with minor factions its generally better to puppet them rather than annex them, but does that mean I dont get their factories or their manpower?

[soft cypress]

Late '43 playing as USA

[vital geode]

What country are you

[polar sentinel]

Uk

[vital geode]

UK? You can group your entire fleet and then click the distribute into even task forces button

Then do 1 group for home fleet, 1 group for the Med, and have the subs as their own fleet

Select and press g to merge

[glacial steeple]

puppets generally suck unless you dont have manpower to garrison

[vital geode]

You may need a fleet dedicated for screens

[glacial steeple]

you are trading away getting factories, economy for getting access to their manpower (and theyll go up in autonomy if theyre not a collab government)

[vital geode]

For patrolling

[polar sentinel]

Thx mate

[hexed verge]

left alt

[sinful vessel]

Is there a consensus between autarky and MEFO path ? I will try my first normal/ironman game ^^

[hexed verge]

click it once

it happened to me too

left alt should fix it tho

[vital geode]

MEFO is good, you just need to be certain you will not stalemate

Otherwise it is much worse if you dont steal gold

Or run out of gold to steal

[glacial steeple]

???

its just better now especially with new doctrines

you need to exercise stuff early

[vital geode]

It's a new player

They are going to stalemate probably

And then their economy explodes

[glacial steeple]

thats not how it works at all

[vital geode]

You steal gold when you haven't capped belgium

[glacial steeple]

you can have a larger army or a smaller army

it doesnt matter whether you stall or not

even at 100% cg you dont just die

[vital geode]

True

[glacial steeple]

it only makes your construction 0

[vital geode]

No trade either

[sinful vessel]

I've been in this 0 situation in my last run. For some month. It wasn't a good experience though i managed to get out of it.

[glacial steeple]

yeah it kinda sucks

but youre still producing stuff and able to wage war at about the same effectiveness

[vital geode]

Random question, does exercising gain mastery through number of battalions being trained, or divisions

And how do you gain armor mastery (i dont think I've ever filled out that doctrine)

[sinful vessel]

so you think the autarky path is the best path ?

[vital geode]

It is the best path

Just do things quickly

So you can continue building

[sudden viper]

why dont I have any dominance here

[sinful vessel]

It seems to have a "good order" to do the thing, right ?

[vital geode]

Patrol

Strike force is a multiplier

1000×0 is still 0

[random heart]

Do patrol
And click the buton next to fuzhou

[wild rune]

Yes

[sudden viper]

ohhh

alright thanks

Thats a new mechanic right?

[left glacier]

You need ships on patrol to secure naval dominance. In the old system, naval supremacy was instant. Now it's gradual like air superiority

[vital geode]

Patrol has always existed, they just changed the whole dominance feature

[sudden viper]

yeah thats what I meant

[sinful vessel]

Do you know where to find it ? Or should i go the other path to have an easier way to go ?

[little kite]

hello, whats the cheesiest, most low effort, b rain dead navy tactic for italy?

[sinful vessel]

I went for light cruiser and submarine and all went ok (sp)

[fathom thistle]

Not just for Italy but for all countries for naval suprrmacy. Spam max light attack light cruisers.

[glacial steeple]

italy starts with armor 3 tho

which is pretty nice

but you dont have the industry or resources to make an army + airforce + navy

so you ignore navy

[fathom thistle]

Even better

[tough oak]

Is puppeting turkey and romania early game as USSR a good idea?

[mystic otter]

i think? turkey resource are great
and you can simply not call your puppet to war so you dont have to worry about them being invaded

[tough oak]

also free navy

you got 20 or so ships from both

[mystic otter]

ah yes the famous ussr navy who is being led by romanian and turkish people

[tough oak]

🔥

[mystic otter]

nothing beat playing as usa and having 4 fleet with each one with 2 carrier

you just sit and laugh as enemy navy get erased

[tough oak]

I spam cruisers and destroyers

Big battleships

[glacial steeple]

no

why are you going for them

if you wanna insta win the game just justify poland then germany

[mystic otter]

mu current build is 2 fleet with 4 crarrier or 4 fleet with 2 carrier each

and cl/dd spam

[glacial steeple]

if you wanna play historical thats not historical

[tough oak]

I know

But honestly my Army kinda gets slimed by the germans

I tried the way you said

[glacial steeple]

did you try putting air up lol

and making mils

[tough oak]

Don't remember was really long ago

[mystic otter]

did you have supply scream an angry german dude

[glacial steeple]

ussr starts with a sizeable airforce

[tough oak]

700 fighters

300 CAS

goated airforce

[tough oak]

Btw is consolidating at the start of the game a good idea as the USSR

[glacial steeple]

you dont need to

anyway your starting stuff is irrelevant if youre building for actual ww2

[mystic otter]

the only way there relavent is for spain and maybe when romania drag you into its civil war lol

[tough oak]

I did the romanian civil war once

they had like

5 divisions

absolutely got slimed

[sinful vessel]

If i want to upgrade some of my ship, what should i avoid to upgrade speed wise ?

Motor and shield maybe ?

[mystic otter]

for refit i think you dont upgrade engines , guns and maybe fire control cus they inflate the refit time by alot

main guns when talking about ships that can have the secondary one those you can upgrade

[sinful vessel]

Which means it's not worth it to work on these ?

[mystic otter]

torps , aa , that plane and the secondary gun beside the armor can be changed

although check the torps dont remeber actually see the upgrade time

[oak atlas]

Where are the comoro islands?

I have fleets docked but they don't do anything :/

[mystic otter]

there a search function in the game

buttom right

[mystic otter]

check the repair

[stark bough]

I'm trying to place ships in the Caribbean Sea, controlled by Venezuela, while playing as Brazil. However, when I click to send the ships to these waters, it simply doesn't work., It's as if I'm unable to go. I see the icons and it says all my fleets are in this sea, but there are no active ships in it. What should I do to enable ships to go to this sea? What must be happening?

[mystic otter]

a samll dock for ship to repair 1 at a time

[oak atlas]

they are just docked

[sinful vessel]

Do you think this is "ok"ish ?

[oak atlas]

The fleets literally don't do anything I guess

[mystic otter]

that a refit?

[tough oak]

https://tenor.com/view/nothing-ever-happens-chud-chudjak-soyjak-90-seconds-to-nothing-gif-9277709574191520604

[oak atlas]

Even when the ocean is right next to them it says there is no accessible area

[mystic otter]

shoe me the time

[tough oak]

Did you put them on

Patrol

if so they literally patrol everywhere you clicked

[oak atlas]

Yes

[mystic otter]

remove the automatic port function and manually reasign them to another port

[tough oak]

They are patroling than

you just don't see them

[sinful vessel]

yes. that could be the new version. 1725 cost instead of 4625 for a new one. Not as good as a perfect one, though

[oak atlas]

They aren't though

[tough oak]

fuel

[oak atlas]

Where is that located?

[light karma]

Playing as Portugal and the Iberian Summit national focus never working to join the Axis is so underwhelming

[oak atlas]

Now that might be the problem... but still they didn't do anything when I had fuel

[tough oak]

Prob no supply than

[mystic otter]

press on the admiral and below the fleet admiral image you will see a cog/wheel with a name beside it

[sinful vessel]

THis is better. First time i'm trying upgrading my ships. That's why i don't when it worth or not.

[tough oak]

put everything you can ez

I just spam guns

if you have like enough dockyars

[oak atlas]

Says disabled

[mystic otter]

i go with a diffrent build completly lol

[tough oak]

just spam cruisers with guns

I do that

[oak atlas]

They are in a province I don't control? I don't know how that happened or how they got there

[tough oak]

lmao

[mystic otter]

then choose the fleet then shift right click on another port you own

[tough oak]

they are defecting

[sinful vessel]

And do you "update" your old fleet ? or just build new ones ?

[oak atlas]

How are there fleets in someone else's port?

[tough oak]

Build new ones than when I remember I update

[mystic otter]

i personally wait till i got the 3rd version and build with all the upgrade
i just refit my old fleet to be a bit better

[tough oak]

doesn't really take more than 7 days or more

to update

[oak atlas]

They just don't 😭 it makes the clicking noise when I do that and nothing happens

[tough oak]

the ships

[tough oak]

Ask docking perms first

[mystic otter]

is the province they are in an allied one? maybe ask for access?

[oak atlas]

It's an enemy :/

[tough oak]

oh

gg

[mystic otter]

bruh

[sinful vessel]

As i'm playing with Germany and wont put much effort in the navy now, i would like what i have to be the best i can. that's why i'm working on this, but i may be wrong

[tough oak]

I barely make navies as germany

[oak atlas]

Are they stuck there forever?

[mystic otter]

yh just spam cruisers then and subs

[tough oak]

why make ship when planees exist

[mystic otter]

but maybe add depth charges and aa

[tough oak]

until you capture that port most likely

[oak atlas]

Oh rip

Well, thank you for assistance!

[tough oak]

np

[mystic otter]

this how i build my cruisers i go heavy on aa cus of japan carriar you dont need to put as much as i do lol

[tough oak]

seriously AA?

just make planes bro lmao

you are USA

just defend an Island

put gazillion

airfields

and spam planes

[mystic otter]

my carrier are all naval bombers

i dont use fighters

[tough oak]

I hope bad things for you bro 🙏

wdym "I don't use fighters"

[mystic otter]

never failed me lmao

[tough oak]

you are THE USA

just make them both

I spam bombers and fighters

[mystic otter]

i am destroying the jap fleet when 4 carrier full of naval bombers swarm the enemy fleet

[tough oak]

you only need like 10 mills at max

[sinful vessel]

And nothing to do with destroyer, i just skip them ? I don't like this historically but it seems to be the way to go.

[tough oak]

destroyers are goated if you want spam

[mystic otter]

you can do dd

no one said no

you can replace the top aa with a AA gun once you have it i am just lazy XD

[sinful vessel]

I've never seen them advised here 🤔

[mystic otter]

cus cruisers are meta

but yh navy the usa is your best friend 226 ships and 6 carrier just a joy to move throught the ocean and noone can challange you

[hasty belfry]

Is this design fine for armored recon? Should I keep it cheap like this or give it better stats?

[tough oak]

Do I puppet Poland early game if I want to attack Germany early as well

[glacial steeple]

the US is poor

[glacial steeple]

stop saying this because US mil output is VERY bad lol

[tough oak]

early game yes

but after depression

I spam like 10 a day

lmao

[glacial steeple]

no

in general

[tough oak]

nah honestly in my gameplays

never had any issue

with that

[glacial steeple]

you have limited build slots and every US mil is the equivalent of like half a german mil

because your buffs like production cap, output, outout cost just like dont exist

the only thing you get is some reductions to medium airframe

[tough oak]

eh I could easly spam bunch of stuff and not have problem don't know about being equal to

Germany

since didn't play a lot of germany after

the update

[glacial steeple]

thats for reference btw

[tough oak]

I forgot the name of

[glacial steeple]

japan mils are also insanely good now

[tough oak]

I know

crazy

[glacial steeple]

oh this is the worse screenshot

[tough oak]

generous for the 3 mils on

anti tank

[glacial steeple]

sorryy