ask-for-help-here

[opaque garden]

repeal

[glacial steeple]

yeee

[opaque garden]

the law of exile

[sacred patrol]

thats not an option

[opaque garden]

cmd: tag fra

then its an option

[sacred patrol]

ironman

[opaque garden]

oh well

[gusty briar]

Iberian union is pretty strong u core all of Spain and can do some expansion war before WWII starts.

But thats not even my point I've noticed this in every save, ur allies AI got even more useless but like its very very significant

[sacred patrol]

am exploring the finland tree

not worrying much if i die

[opaque garden]

but thats it

rest is shit

[cold bloom]

NSB_soviet_nationalist.000 will trigger a random breakaway

[opaque garden]

nsb?

nationaal socialistische beweging?

oh hell naw

[cold bloom]

No Step Back

NSB_soviet_nationalist.001 does the actual breakaway but it uses a variable, which I think the console wont let you set

[glacial steeple]

can i trigger it in game with like the event command

[cold bloom]

yes

[glacial steeple]

tyyy

[glacial steeple]

it only seems to do karelia rn is this a me issue

nvm

[gusty briar]

All monarchist gives u thats better is population. Brazils main resource is tungsten which portugal already has more than it ever needs. Spain has more factories, plus u get Liberated workers for ur occupation law

[opaque garden]

yes but more population and dom Duarte nuno

mainly dom Duarte nuno

[neat widget]

Brazil also gives you access to the South American continent, which makes it easy to gobble gobble

[glacial steeple]

is there a way to get specific nations,,,, im struggling,,,,

[opaque garden]

MONROE DOCTRINE

[neat widget]

And also you get catapulted to like the fifth largest navy in the world

[gusty briar]

Not with the Monroe doctrine

[neat widget]

Just capitulate countries in 20 days

[opaque garden]

ig

thats works

[gusty briar]

Spain has a similar size navy to brazil

[opaque garden]

(s)pain<brazil

[cold bloom]

You can try set_var SOV_nationalist_country KAR
then
event NSB_soviet_nationalist.001

idk if that set_var actually works though, console command usually isnt as flexible as the coded effects

[opaque garden]

plus Brazil focus tree so lots of factories

[glacial steeple]

tyyyy that works

[analog maple]

guys what the best way to form africa union?

[opaque garden]

communist Ethiopia

or just congo

line

basically either Ethiopia or congo

[trail reef]

what does radar do for planes

[analog maple]

i tried that but for some reason i need a seprate war for every single country in africa. with i like 50 countries

[opaque garden]

makes it more expensive in exchange for stats

[opaque garden]

weird

[trail reef]

does air missions effficiency make me kill more planes\

[serene karma]

Yes

More planes will do their mission

[sacred patrol]

as finland whats my best bet to survive soviets

[analog maple]

prolly winning

idk thou im not frrom finland

[trail reef]

ok AND can i add motorized or mechanized to normal attack infantry without any negative effects?

[serene karma]

Lots of inf

And sfp

[opaque garden]

dig in and hold

do the army focuses

just give them karelia tbh

you're not winning the war anyways

[sacred patrol]

wb the fact i did cooperate with germany

[opaque garden]

oh

in that case

meat grinder you shall be

[sacred patrol]

germany took 1 year to start the war

i ended up with puppet

[opaque garden]

go monarchist finland

you will be a very nice shade of purple

[sacred patrol]

go what

non alligned?

[opaque garden]

monarchist

finland

monarchist

[opaque garden]

yes monarchist is non aligned

[sacred patrol]

i am non aligned

[opaque garden]

there are different non aligned

you have elections non aligned

anarchist non aligned

falangist non aligned

carlist non aligned

[trail reef]

is 38 org for defensive infantry too little

[sacred patrol]

election

[opaque garden]

dictatorship non aligned

basically

non aligned is broad

[half glade]

how do i deal with this?

just make more inf equipment?

[sacred patrol]

i forgot to get 5th research slot

[opaque garden]

u kidding me rn?

[sacred patrol]

sadly no

[opaque garden]

asl for garrison support

legends say germany has accepted it once in a thousand years

and ask for lendlease

make sure go train troops and then cancel

so u can be in a defic

it

[sacred patrol]

btw how does greater finland work

[opaque garden]

you become greater

and superior

you will jave brought peace justice and security to your new greater finland

[sacred patrol]

wanna see something cursed

from the game rn

[opaque garden]

sure

why not

does hungay own Tasmania?

[opaque garden]

whu

[sacred patrol]

Brits and japanese own soviet

[opaque garden]

whu

hell naw

[sacred patrol]

and germany is all fine

[opaque garden]

play democratic peaceful germany

[sacred patrol]

british pretty much owns 50% of the world garuanteed

[wraith plaza]

how to fix it?

[opaque garden]

fix what

not world tension

oh

weird

idk

[severe stirrup]

visual glitch i think

[still prawn]

im doing Phillippines with the new dlc and when i try to make macarthur leader the country stays democratic, can i fix this

[sacred patrol]

wtf is europe

[wraith plaza]

I cant declare war

[sacred patrol]

netherlands is cooking

@opaque garden

[opaque garden]

dayum

[sacred patrol]

ngl this time ima try democratic finland or sweden

joke of europe

[opaque garden]

how can i get more war escalation?

[glacial steeple]

wait

hold onto land

[sacred patrol]

is it bad i got bored

[opaque garden]

oh nvm i had a skill issue

for me it isnt cuz im ethiopia

[sacred patrol]

is 1940 earliest i can nuke?

[opaque garden]

there isnt an earliest

but good luck getting the bomb

by 1940

[sacred patrol]

experimental almost done

communist british

all in 5 seconds btw

[sacred patrol]

so

[opaque garden]

good4u ig

[sacred patrol]

safest louxemourg of the year

[toxic vector]

guys why cant i add any commanders to my army group?

[sacred patrol]

how do i unlock these

[glacial steeple]

theyre not field marshals

promote one

[sacred patrol]

so mind if i ask, how

[glacial steeple]

click promote

[sacred patrol]

umm, where

[inner sparrow]

u have to click on your state and then press scorch earth

it gives u a field marshal everytime u press it

https://tenor.com/view/cat-drastic-buh-suh-yuh-gif-9751183641109109548

[sacred patrol]

i dont even see that option

[glacial steeple]

on the right side of the general it says promote

[inner sparrow]

its very hidden

its like a red button

[sacred patrol]

can you like send a screenie of where is it

the fact that am nuke building yet not finding a random upgrade button is interesting

[opaque garden]

hit the remove factory button

removes factory

but refunds the construction time of said factory

[inner sparrow]

its a joke, dont search for it and press it

[opaque garden]

allowing you to instantly build another factory in a higher infrastructure province

and still having some construction boost left over

rly meta mp strat

try it out

[inner sparrow]

if u actually want to promote a gen to a field marshall just hit the promot button besides your general

[opaque garden]

you should

[inner sparrow]

and then click on the field marshall again to select your promoted gen

[sacred patrol]

am confused

i think ima tru

some tech

about it

[opaque garden]

my strat

works

rly good

rly meta in mp

try it out

[sacred patrol]

should i publicly announce

[scenic nacelle]

i never seen it do anything

so sure

[sacred patrol]

it says it will benefit everyone

when does the nuke get unlocked for AI

[scenic nacelle]

no clue

[rain bluff]

is 28 width infantry too much? Ive got the industry for it and the soft attack is insane, should i lower it?

[light knoll]

you should go either 16-18 widsith for defensive units or 36 width for offensive units

[sacred patrol]

are nukes powerfull tho

[valid valve]

I tried to post on the paradox fourms, but I keep getting an error saying that my post a spam like and I need to contact an adminstrator. How do I do so?
Error:

"Oops! We ran into some problems.
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[spare cradle]

is czechoslovakia banned from mp as a whole now

[sacred patrol]

Brotha I've had 0 mo as that one small country in Europe forever

[spare cradle]

i ask because i wanted to try a "strat" lol

[sacred patrol]

Communism?

[spare cradle]

nope

[sacred patrol]

Did you go desperate defense?

[spare cradle]

nope

[sacred patrol]

What's your conscription

[scenic nacelle]

Ehhhhhhhhhhh

[scenic nacelle]

Matters

[sacred patrol]

It's a nuke

[scenic nacelle]

Is the game historical or not?

[scenic nacelle]

Try it yourself

[spare cradle]

not

not in this case anyway

im specifically asking for a-historical lobbies for a reason

[scenic nacelle]

Then u should be able to play Czech if its alt historical

[scenic nacelle]

Oh

[spare cradle]

yeah, just casually doing an op strat where you can form austria hungary in 36

[scenic nacelle]

I’m yet to hear of that one

[sacred patrol]

Doesn't it scare AI?

[rain bluff]

36 lordd

[scenic nacelle]

Ai doesn’t care about nukes really

[rain bluff]

i kinda have straight offense idk

[spare cradle]

so basically, you do
empower the fa**ist league, then an entente of our own before igniting a civil war then you justify on austria, yugoslavia ( french guaruntee is irrelvant because they guarantee you as well), romania ( again french guarantee irrelevant) and hungary

[sacred patrol]

And doesn't it kill troops idtantly

[spare cradle]

you also bait out british guarantees via justifing on other nations ( they dont have enough pp)

[scenic nacelle]

Thermo nukes takes likes 50% of the troops strength away

Normal nukes only do state effects

Like attack, resources, building, etc

[scenic nacelle]

That’s certainly creative

[spare cradle]

found it on yt. basically because the enemy czechoslovakia is a major, when they die so does the faction

[scenic nacelle]

The justifications will take a long time though

Wait

Oh yeah

[spare cradle]

no because the enemy czechoslovakia is a major

[sacred patrol]

I got a nuclear reactor

What now

[scenic nacelle]

Research nuclear bombs in the facility

[scenic nacelle]

I know

Misread it

[spare cradle]

this is 100% going to be banned in mp once people start abusing it lol

[sacred patrol]

Like the nuclear fission bomb project

?

[spare cradle]

might as well do it whilst i can

[scenic nacelle]

I mean that same Strat is banned for UK

Just say u messed up by an accidental civil war

If they ask

[spare cradle]

lol ok

[sacred patrol]

Would you like a nuke from Luxembourg

[spare cradle]

i mean in theory a good mp player will simply guarantee yugo or romania, but not if the UK is an ai

[sacred patrol]

You doing historica

[spare cradle]

nope

[sacred patrol]

wtf is this

[scenic nacelle]

Italy has a civil war when they start losing

[neat widget]

I think they're asking why Regno del Sud is in the Axis tbh

[bleak plinth]

how do i peace out with japan?

[neat widget]

paradrop maybe

And hope they aren't defend the Home Islands with planes

[bleak plinth]

theres no peace deal?

wasnt there an automatic peace deal if u fully kick them out before the dlc

[neat widget]

Yeah, but seems like it has malfunctioned

Korea is independent, the peace deal triggered

[bleak plinth]

oh youve gotta be kidding me

[neat widget]

RIP

[bleak plinth]

thank god the US just naval invaded them

[neat widget]

Well, that'd do it

Now just rush troops into the US bridge head so you get some war score

[stuck garnet]

hey for context i am playing modded

kaisseredux

france

but for some reason

whenever i battleplan

it doesn't move

for context i am sending vols to left kuomingtang

and i'm playing communal france

update: just making the like

making the two divisions the full frontline

seems to do well

like full frontline

battleplan up north

i'm good

wildly innefficient if i want my divs where i want them but planning bonuses so idgas

[summer nymph]

hmm, will Fascist Venezuela join the Axis if I declare on them as Fascist Peru?

[glacial steeple]

probably not

unless its like high wt

[solar coyote]

They changed their mind again 💀

[solar coyote]

I think this might be an instance where Japan re-declares war on China. Basically, if you white-peace Japan, they start manually justifying on you again and declare war. If they have Indochina, you just need to take Indochina for a second white-peace which also gives you Indochina.
I saw this in one of Bittersteel's recent videos - either the China one or the Northeastern Army one.

[neat widget]

ah i see

[bleak plinth]

guys i dont understand the requirements to kick them out?

[bleak plinth]

plz???

[stuck garnet]

is this good

should i do like

the cheap armor

[glacial steeple]

its pretty good

[glacial steeple]

if u want

[stuck garnet]

yeah uhh

i got rid of pe

swapped it for gasoline

and also made the armor cheap armor

since the 1 breaktrhough didn't seem to be worth

my armor is fine anyways since i assume i'm not getting that if it's a support

this is the revised template

[gusty briar]

I just go super cheap for flame tank, its a support company its stats dont matter much

Maybe worth it to add the extra fuel storage and keep reliability up so u lose less of them, but beyond that Id just go as cheap as possible so u can equip ur divs without needing to dedicate tons of factories to it

[manic shale]

Chat I’m playing w my buddy rn we playing road to 56 we currently are playing and I am Austria and he is hungry is it possible if we can establish two states empire? Not by one person taking over entire nation?

[pliant condor]

you can do diesel or more armor clicks

[stuck garnet]

diesel?

why?

[pliant condor]

flame tank is the one and most efficient source of breakthrough

[pliant condor]

free reliability

[stuck garnet]

why should i care about reliability 🙏

[pliant condor]

attrition is all linear now

[stuck garnet]

is attrition like

does it matter that much

[pliant condor]

i mean, if it's free, why won't you take it

[gusty briar]

More than it used too

[pliant condor]

it matters until it doesn't

[stuck garnet]

i want speed

[pliant condor]

then get speed

[stuck garnet]

which also doesn't matter

[nocturne cloak]

@pliant condor who's a goodboy

[stuck garnet]

hey uhh

should i get like

8/10 mech armor?

or 10/8?

[glacial steeple]

please act appropriately towards other users.

#server-rules if you need to re read them.

[nocturne cloak]

Don't worry! If I only said it once and didn't continue it whilst it was sent as a joke, then it's fine!

[north quail]

how do i get a massive airforce

[vital geode]

You put factories on planes

And hopefully they are good planes

[north quail]

ye but why do they take so long to make

1.06 a day

[vital geode]

How many factories do you have?

Ive found 15 to be the minimum for fighters

[north quail]

11 on them rn

ill make it 15

its a pretty crazy game

its the first game where i am actually doing good

but i have a shit airforce

[scenic nacelle]

ok mr cheats

[north quail]

i cheated a bit

[scenic nacelle]

99.53m manpower

[north quail]

i need the manpower

[scenic nacelle]

"bit"

[north quail]

LOL

just a lil bit

[scenic nacelle]

yeah ur supposed to work around it

[north quail]

nuh uh

i cant fight the british french americans and the sovs at the same time bro

im a beginner

im literally spamming light tanks

[scenic nacelle]

thats why ur losing then

[north quail]

idk what else to do

[north quail]

do i have to manually deploy planes

because i dont see them being made

[stuck garnet]

hey why stats low

[bleak plinth]

guys i did a fiekd marshal frontline but only 1 general moved and the rest didnt even though they are all assigned...why?

[scenic nacelle]

MIO?

bad tank?

[stuck garnet]

it's modded sorry

[scenic nacelle]

and u did 8/10s

personally do 10/8 but who cares

[stuck garnet]

10/8s are better?

[scenic nacelle]

i mean it mostly matters with preference for that

[north quail]

what is all this slang

[scenic nacelle]

but more attack good

[scenic nacelle]

10/8
10 tank
8 mech

[north quail]

oh

[scenic nacelle]

infantry like 9/1 is
9 inf
1 arty

[scenic nacelle]

i can tell

i think u need to capture land for mios

in the civi lwar

[north quail]

yea but how do you know which is which

[scenic nacelle]

just guess

and pray ur right

[stuck garnet]

this is uhh

maybe no cannon 2s is the answer?

[scenic nacelle]

i would personally replace those 2 machine gun turrets with 2 small cannons

more attack!

[neat widget]

more attack but also more cost

it's 3 ic cost for 2 soft attack which is meh

[north quail]

whats a good way to break through a fuhton of british infantry

[scenic nacelle]

i swear it was more

zamn

[pliant condor]

no um good girl!

[glacial steeple]

no

[plucky star]

Anyone have any tips on hoi4 lag I have a i7 10700f

I can’t even make it to late game most of the time

[pliant condor]

how/when do you start lagging

[plucky star]

When I play Germany around the time of invading Poland.

[pliant condor]

huh

how slow is it

and what speed do u start to lag

that cpu isn't great but should be enough for the game

[nocturne cloak]

Arty~

[shy escarp]

Anyone else seeing super long time for ship repair? Like years long in some cases? 1.5 years for a BB at 71% strength for example.

[dark jetty]

how bad is this cheap defence tank?

1937

[narrow grail]

Is there any focus, decision or event which gives UK Azores Islands from Portugal during ww2?

[gusty briar]

How is it possible that Belgium is guaranteed by UK and France with 6% world tension?

I thought the new bonus the allies get lowers guarantee amount to 25%?

[hasty belfry]

Are tank and defense supposed to be in the same sentence?

[dark jetty]

reread what you said a few times

[hasty belfry]

?

That was as in tanks are never a good idea for making your defensive units.

[narrow grail]

It's either a thing from the very start of game or some focuses

[inner sparrow]

very bad

[inner sparrow]

not entirely true

[tepid umbra]

Very i think

[tepid umbra]

Ik belgium starts out guaranteed by france

[north quail]

murphy

[lethal perch]

tanks are not supposed to defend

[twin fiber]

how do i incorporate support/repair ships into my navy

i.e. how many should i add per number of ships

[still harness]

What's the best way to get naval supremacy in the English channel WITHOUT destroying the british navy? (I really want to steal it.)

I have enough ships for supremacy.

[tepid umbra]

Put your navy in then

Put some on patrol and never engage, and some on strike force

[still harness]

I guess I can do that.

[sinful vessel]

I had a problem last game while invading UK (i'm not a good player). I've managed as Germany to invade UK, but wasn't fast enough to take it, so i've been pushed back by all the dominions forces when they has come. Any advice to be more efficient in the next game ?

[tepid umbra]

Tanks and good marines

[sinful vessel]

Marines are better once landed than other special troops ?

[tepid umbra]

Idk

Prolly not

But good marines means you can hold while bringing other divisions

And it means you can push to make more room for other divisions

[sinful vessel]

I think my template was good, but not my economy, so they missed materials :-/. I've taken London, but was stuck before Liverpool.

[charred fable]

UK doesn't have many rivers to deal with, there are some hills but they're only really an obstacle if you're invading through Wales. Do paratroopees get a terrain bonus? They might be better. I don't use them because the AI doesn't.

[tepid umbra]

Paratroopers are good

Not pushing wise but paradropping

You can instacap countries

[sinful vessel]

As i have moutaneer at start, i often just stay with them without researching other special forces. i may try though.

[charred fable]

Yeah, broken in that regard, which is why I dont use them if the AI isn't going to.

[sinful vessel]

i don't really like this idea, because really op. I try to find my way between history and efficiency, that's tough ^^

[charred fable]

If you're not going to use marines for the landings, then there's no point thereafter. I probably would use them just to cap Gibraltar, Malta, Singapore and land in the UK, but you wont need many.

[tepid umbra]

Yes

[sinful vessel]

i tried SPG instaed of tanks last game, but that was the first time. i may be better this one.

[tepid umbra]

Spgs are better against infantry

Which ai uses

So spgs are more meta for singleplayer

[inner sparrow]

what was your template

[charred fable]

The key to capping the UK is landing in Wales or the North. I prefer Liverpool. Make sure you have plenty of air and flood the area as quickly as possible before they reinforce. If you cut the northern neck off, you can push into and take Scotland which gives a solid base to motor down.

[tepid umbra]

And tank destroyers for mp but calling those spgs is dumb

[tepid umbra]

You can land in the south too

[inner sparrow]

u can land anywhere in uk as long as yk how to ls important tiles and get supply for your divs

your divs don’t even need to be that good

u just need to not kill urself with overstacking

[charred fable]

You can, but the South East is heavily fortified and the South West means pushing through a single tile in Devonshire which can cause issues if they have a lot of units defending.

Liverpool is best imo. Great supply, fairly decent terrain, easy to cut off the UK north-south.

[sinful vessel]

As i was short on navy i've been for the south option.

I've refit all my ships to make them usefull, was it a waste, should i've just built new ones ?

[fossil dove]

Is this an ok template, i'm using superior fire power as a doctrine

[sinful vessel]

Afaik, line artillery isn't very good

[fossil dove]

ok, so i should change my doctrine then? I'm using this just because i have superior fire power

[tepid umbra]

It is with the right doctrines

But there are better doctrines

[tepid umbra]

Read pins for good templates

[sinful vessel]

Are you playing solo, if yes i think you can go arty

[fossil dove]

ok, thanks, but as a doctrine, in general what should i use?

solo

[native gorge]

Grand battleplan and mass assault is still meta afaik

[inner sparrow]

no it isn’t

[inner sparrow]

sfp is good for infantry

its ur main doctrine anyways, sub doctrines matter more

sfp is best main doc for infantry

sfp doesn’t mean arty

just don’t use line arty

[fossil dove]

ok, thanks

[inner sparrow]

it isn’t

even with the arty doctrines it isn’t good, still had the same problems from before doc change

its bad at pushing and attacking, okaish at defending

but not good

[versed rose]

insane how arty has less breakthrough per width than inf

[charred fable]

Refit is always a good option, just don't fit main batteries, engine or armour, as they take longer and increase costs in efficiently

[versed rose]

like cmon what is this

[sinful vessel]

yes it's what i've done

[charred fable]

What is the best sub-doctrine for CAS? I've been taking flying artillery, but was wonderin if pinpoint strikes is better.

[tough oak]

Do I continue invading Finland or do I accept them surrendering in Finnish Continuation war (My german frontline is fully fortified + full AA and 1.3K aircraft)

[left mica]

Doesnt fleet sub have the lowest base sub visibility?

afaik it can mount 2 modules (anechoic+snorkel)?

[narrow grail]

Is it possible to refit stolen ships?

[nocturne cloak]

@north quail boo

@inner sparrow goodboy

[charred fable]

Yes

[dark jetty]

whats a good cheap infantry artillery template

[inner sparrow]

one that has only infantry in it and no line artillery

and support artillery instead

[tepid umbra]

✅

[inner sparrow]

just any pure 16-18width pure inf battalion template with suport arty and support companies u want

[tepid umbra]

Is 36 width still good for attack infantry

If you got the equip

[inner sparrow]

yes

nearly nothing changed from inf template design compared to before the update

only thing is u have to use signals now in ur inf as support company

[half glade]

what are good troops?

[charred fable]

Check the pins for army division templates. I think they may be a touch out of date but still good.

[half glade]

but what ones do i choose

theres not enough context

just templates

[charred fable]

It depends who you are playing, do you have the resources and industry to support tanks and mechanised or do you need to rely on infantry.

[half glade]

i mean i dont know

[charred fable]

There is no best. Tanks arent much use in mountains but decimate in plains

[half glade]

how do you choose where troops go if you make a frontline?

im gonna play czechoslovakia

which probably means i need infantry

[charred fable]

You give them an attack order in the battleplan

[half glade]

as i cant imagine they have a great military industtry

[half glade]

yeah but you said tanks arent good in mountains

does the game automatically assign them to the best location?

[charred fable]

You're going to play one of the hardest nations and dont know how fronts work?

I recommend you play Argentina or a non-Europe allies member

[stuck garnet]

Ngl chat i dont think speed isnt a real stat

[half glade]

i dont wanna play argentina because they have a huge coast

[stuck garnet]

I was using tanks and their speed was a solid 4.7

[half glade]

i dont wanna do navy its so confusing

[stuck garnet]

Annoyed the shit outta me

[half glade]

these all have big coasts

i dont wanna do navy

[charred fable]

If you're a member of the Allies, you don't need to worry about navy lmao

Honestly I recommend you watch YouTube and some let's plays

[half glade]

they dont help me honestly

i watch the entire 30 minutes and forget whatever they told me to do

[stuck garnet]

I honestly reccomend trying to do challenges

[half glade]

what even are the non-european allies nations that actually do something

[stuck garnet]

Helps you learn nore stuff at the game

[half glade]

i dont just wanna sit around while europe go to war

united states moment

[stuck garnet]

Ehh you could join allies

[half glade]

and then ive gotta learn navy

[tepid umbra]

British raj

Australia

[half glade]

again australia has no nations bordering

what do british raj do

[tepid umbra]

Japan will border them

[tepid umbra]

Fight japan

Support europe

[half glade]

dont japan have a huge navy

[tepid umbra]

Yeah

But they still need a land force

To invade your islands

[half glade]

well considering i dont even understand how to group my ships

[tepid umbra]

That doesn't matter

[half glade]

fine ill play british raj ;-;

[tepid umbra]

British navy isn't stuck in med or english channel

[half glade]

isnt there a dlc for british raj too

[tepid umbra]

You can also just play germany if you wanna learn

[half glade]

ive tried germany

many times

[tepid umbra]

There's a free one and a paid one

[half glade]

ive got all the dlcs

[tepid umbra]

What do you die to

[half glade]

what do i even do as british raj

[half glade]

allies or belgium and netherlands

which is really embarrasing

[tepid umbra]

Do you have tanks

[half glade]

no i dont make tanks

i only use infantry

[tepid umbra]

Make tanks

[half glade]

theyre so confusing

[tepid umbra]

Tanks and cas win wars

[half glade]

cause theres different models

[tepid umbra]

Read pins

[tepid umbra]

Read pins

They tell you what tanks to make

[half glade]

okay ill try

whats the objective as british raj

[tepid umbra]

Make spg for singleplayer now tho

[tepid umbra]

Stall japan

Or beat them

[tepid umbra]

And possibly support europe

If you're hist ofc

[half glade]

do i go independent or not

[half glade]

spg?

[tepid umbra]

Self propelled guns

In this case, artillery

They're like tanks but worse stats in some places, and insane soft attack

[tepid umbra]

Yes

[half glade]

okay

[tepid umbra]

Stay in the allies tho if going hist

[half glade]

i always struggle choosing the skill trees

[bleak plinth]

guys i did a fiekd marshal frontline but only 1 general moved and the rest didnt even though they are all assigned...why?

@glacial steeple @sterile brook

[sterile brook]

try re clicking them to the frontline

sometimes the game is just silly

[bleak plinth]

yeah i did that and only one division works in a random area

idk how to explain it can u join vc rq and i can show u how

[sterile brook]

oh wait is this rural China?

could just be overloaded logistics

[bleak plinth]

oh

thats it?

[sterile brook]

maybe

[bleak plinth]

okay ill try building supply hubs

[bleak plinth]

ok so i did the supply hubs but the problem is the troops only go to china not the qinhai clique area of the front why?

[sterile brook]

try re-drawing the frontline maybe

I've had this issue before but it's been a minute

[bleak plinth]

yeah still nothing amma just do a fallback line atp

[hollow linden]

Maybe hold shift when drawing front lines

[bleak plinth]

tried that

ughhh this game is so buggy

[hollow linden]

Ye just make a fall back line and re draw the front when the war starts

It's dumb

[bleak plinth]

like see you cant even garrison the qinhai border even if i did a frontline just for it

it all just goes to one point between china and qinghai

ok

i fixed the issue

just went to war with them in a fallback line

then waited until qinhai joined the war

then did the frontline

[fickle girder]

I've been playing for the past 12hours as saudi trying to conquer the Arabian peninsula and stay unaligned but Yemen keeps kicking my ass

any help

[languid trout]

why are u even playing saudi arabia

do u have rt56 on or smth

[fickle girder]

rt56?

[languid trout]

why are you playing saudi arabia

[fickle girder]

got the game 2 days ago and this sounded fun

[languid trout]

complete opposite

why is it that the first nation u thought of playing was saudi and not the others

u kinda get softlocked in expansion as saudi

[fickle girder]

i mean hey i got my factorys in order by 1940 even had 8 divisions with 2 mountenairs butt to no avail

[languid trout]

maybe turn commie and get karl marx manpower?

idk

[fickle girder]

man.. this is what i get for seekling a challenge

[fickle girder]

yh but turning com or fac will not let me turn intpo the arabian empire

i know it does f all but it sounds so good

[languid trout]

wdym

fascist nations let u have the word empire in their name

despite having literally no monarchy

[fickle girder]

bruh according to gpt it was not possible

[languid trout]

dont listen to gpt

listen to hoi4 wiki

gpt doesnt really know a lot in hoi4

they are kind of like a parrot

[fickle girder]

yh i figured after it kept giving me outdated or ouright swrong advice like researching 4 things at a time while i only have 2 slots had to cerect it at every turn

gemini wasn't much better either

[languid trout]

thats why

[fickle girder]

will the wiki help me in a detailed way

like a step by step guide

[languid trout]

idk

no one plays saudi arabia because it has no content

[royal vapor]

guys, me and my friends are playing MP rn and i cannot invite him to my faction as monarchist germany, even though he did the russian civil war and even did Romanov Restoration focus, we have same ideology but it says "they need to be nonaligned to accept it" even tho he is. how to fix it?

[sly night]

faction rules maybe

[royal vapor]

he did the focus that allows him to join factions tho

[sly night]

your faction can decide who joins or not

[royal vapor]

what

[sly night]

maybe try to change rules to only europeans or neighbors

its cuz of the new dlc the factions are kinda mehh

[inland rune]

what new projects got added

[spiral crag]

now i see why no one play communist germany😭

how do i get out of this

[ruby sedge]

maybe ask stalin for help?

[spiral crag]

nope

[ruby sedge]

why?

[vital geode]

That's not the communist civil war i know

[ruby sedge]

oh, well then im out of ideas

[spiral crag]

yeah idk how

[spiral crag]

i did this focus and after it all went to hell

[vital geode]

This isnt vanilla

[spiral crag]

yeah is road to 56

[vital geode]

So that is why everything is weird

[spiral crag]

how is it suppost to look in vanilla

[vital geode]

Do you have the GDR DLC?

Gotterdammerung

[spiral crag]

no

[vital geode]

Then nonexistent

[twin fiber]

why is my war support so low? after every war it continues to lower. Im done with my focus 3 so 0 chance of increasing in that area

[vital geode]

No commie tree without DLC

[vital geode]

Have you received war goals you didn't do?

[stuck garnet]

I play communist germany

[vital geode]

Also world tension declining is always an issue

[stuck garnet]

I can confirm its kinda shit

[twin fiber]

like faction stuff? i suppose so

[twin fiber]

oh yeah i forgot about that

[vital geode]

No, when you get a time limited war goal, letting it expire decreases war support and party popularity

[twin fiber]

ah, no
playing as democratic so can barely do justify war

[stuck garnet]

Gurantees?

[plucky star]

Fixed it I had an issue with a driver

[spiral crag]

way to ez

[ruby sedge]

cool

[fathom thistle]

Are there any builds that are viable with mass assault doctrine or is it really completely useless ?

[stuck garnet]

Can i see buffs for mass assault doctrine?

I mean as of new update sfp is better

[fathom thistle]

Gonna send it when I'm home. Basically the big reinforce rate is gone. I usually do Grand battleplan just bcs coordination and no need of micro.

[stuck garnet]

I do grand battleplan for planning

[fathom thistle]

Why micro when planning exists 🔥

[stuck garnet]

Idk ive been playing kaisserredux

And my battle planning sucks

Especially on vols

[wild bay]

Help how do I rase the power of balance if there are no more decisions?

[stuck garnet]

Focuses

[hollow linden]

Some decisions reappear usually

[wild bay]

They dont thats the thing

Im open for cheats btw so if anyone knows a command id be glad

[hollow linden]

The Wiki exists

It has a list of all commands

[low marsh]

is there any kinda giveaway in this server

[scenic nacelle]

No

[low marsh]

br i wish i could play hoi4 again i only played like 2 times during free weekend

[scenic nacelle]

Winter sale?

I think it starts tomorrow

[hollow linden]

It's called buying the game. It's a giveaway to yourself

[low marsh]

never goes under 9 dolla

[surreal viper]

guys can you please help me when I play as poland I always end up in a civil war and my army is halfed what should I do to not go into a civil war?

[stuck garnet]

Idk i like civil wars

It devastates my country

Weakens it even

[scenic nacelle]

Far left

[stuck garnet]

But the like

[scenic nacelle]

Agrarian reform in the focus tree

U get countdown in decisions

[hollow linden]

Beg your parents or smth idk

[hollow linden]

Me when hoi players are forced to read:

[stuck garnet]

Hoi4 players cant read

[scenic nacelle]

People are just extra dumb today idk why

[stuck garnet]

My source: idfk i cant read i dont have one

[hollow linden]

True

[hollow linden]

Professionally illiterate

[stuck garnet]

Wheres my wage

[hollow linden]

Nah

We do it for the love of the game

We dont get compensation

[stuck garnet]

💔

Ehh if i wanted to be paid for not knowing how to read id be a landlord anywhos

[nocturne cloak]

@stuck garnet Yo

[stuck garnet]

Yeah?

[nocturne cloak]

Stop speaking

[stuck garnet]

????

You couldve just told me to stfu

Like a normal, polite individual

[soft jungle]

what ship is going to be pride of the fleet? any way to know?

[stuck garnet]

How do you make a ship the pride of the fleet

[scenic nacelle]

The hood should be the British pride of the fleet

[soft jungle]

yeah its kinda not because there was civil war and the dem Uk had hood and i took it already. I checked that fac UK has pride also

but i dont know what ship that would be

[scenic nacelle]

Hm

Take every British ship?

Or leave them with one fleet and exile them to Glasgow

Declare war

And kill their navy

[soft jungle]

ill just leave them one port and thats it

will have to kill a lot of ships

[left mica]

Hms hood

[left mica]

https://tenor.com/view/who-asked-gif-17106995675449350467

Absolutely nobody asked you to be rude

[stuck garnet]

🫱

[scarlet heron]

By definition not professional then

[hollow linden]

The fking joke:

U German or sum

[left mica]

Why did you send me a friend request?

Im sorry but i usually dont friend people

[stuck garnet]

Cause i mess with you?

Sorry 😭

[left mica]

Thats fine

[scarlet heron]

Apparently

[left mica]

this brochacho is argentine

[hollow linden]

I'm so sorry to hear that

[left mica]

/s

[hollow linden]

Same shit

[serene karma]

[stuck garnet]

???

[hollow linden]

Yes

U heard me

[stuck garnet]

?

????

❔️❔️❔️❔️

[hollow linden]

My grandfather went on vacation to Argentina to visit his brother

Must've been nice

[stuck garnet]

Trust mate the united states took in more germans than argentina did

[half glade]

do i use any of these over my current inter ones?

[scenic nacelle]

How do u not get it

[stuck garnet]

Ohhhhhh

[scenic nacelle]

💔

[stuck garnet]

Ohhh

Ohhhghh

Ohhhhh

Damn

That makes sense

[scenic nacelle]

(U don’t get it at all do u)

[stuck garnet]

Hitler or whatever

The nazis

And shiz

Go argentina

[hollow linden]

Yea we got another dense mf right here

It's fine

[stuck garnet]

Thats the joke

[hollow linden]

I'm dense too

[stuck garnet]

Real

[half glade]

anybody know?

[stuck garnet]

We can be dense together

[hollow linden]

Define use?

Like in a template?

Probably. If you have them in stock

They prob got decommissioned because you got newer tech

[half glade]

are they better in any aspect?

i did research new med tanks

thats why i have them now

[hollow linden]

I mean chassis upgrade beyond basic is not that good so no

[opaque garden]

when does the Hungarian gombos prime minister die?

[hollow linden]

Just use basic and be done

What matters are modules

[half glade]

the defense is much better on the new tanks

but breakthrough isnt

[hollow linden]

Yea kinda nothing burger

[half glade]

but maybe thats due to my modules on it

[hollow linden]

You already see

[hollow linden]

Are you comparing base chassis or design?

[half glade]

my design vs the new tank base chassis

[hollow linden]

Well guess

[stuck garnet]

Hey

[hollow linden]

The design is probably better

[half glade]

im gonna change the new tank chassis

and see if its better

[hollow linden]

But you are supposed to make a new design

[stuck garnet]

Your tanks ever be doing so much dmg that it doesnt hit org and it goes straight to strength

[keen hazel]

2k hours in the game, how does navy work

[hollow linden]

As I said: the chassis itself matters very little

Only speed and reliability change

What gives a tank stats are modules

[keen hazel]

are there custom keybinds

[stuck garnet]

Extea armor too

[hollow linden]

So if u put the Same modules both designs are gonna be the same, for the most part

Hence. Chassis don't matter

[hollow linden]

No

[half glade]

the new ones are marginally better

[hollow linden]

Yes don't use it still

[half glade]

oh okay

so stick with inter war?

[hollow linden]

Cuz like theres this thing called production efficiency

[hollow linden]

Have you already switched production?

[half glade]

nope

[stuck garnet]

?

Stats

[half glade]

yeah when you change production it starts slower

[hollow linden]

Then use interwar

[hollow linden]

Exactly

[half glade]

okay

[hollow linden]

This is why you wanna avoid swapping

It messes up your production

[half glade]

yeah

ill assume inter war can see me throughout the wars

[left glacier]

[opaque garden]

which one of the research thingies for Hungary should I pick?

foreign investors or Hungarian academy

[hollow linden]

There's a small caviat to this. For your next game, do use basic since reliability can be an issue in low supply areas

[half glade]

okay got you

[hollow linden]

So make sure you don't park your tanks in fking siberia

Or other low supply areas

[half glade]

im not expecting to win this first time

ive learnt so much already

[hollow linden]

Ye just saying that now. It's an extremely common issue

[half glade]

but i havent even taken poland yet and its 1938

[half glade]

thanks for the help man i appreciate it

[hollow linden]

U can go to war on time

[hollow linden]

Ye nw

I appreciate you not bailing out because I'm not exactly being nice

[half glade]

im now doing danzig or war

[hollow linden]

That's just the way I am

[hollow linden]

Oh damn that's early

Sure go for it

[half glade]

haha good way of learning

[half glade]

oh really? i have austria and czech already

spanish civil war just finished

[opaque garden]

your army is big enough right?

[hollow linden]

For Danzig or war

[opaque garden]

right?

[hollow linden]

As I said going to war on time isn't bad

[half glade]

ah shi wait i just realised the allies

[hollow linden]

But sure earlier is usually better

[hollow linden]

Ye those are a thing

[half glade]

i forgor about those fellas

umm

maybe i get italy into the axis lol

[opaque garden]

id say call them in

but dont call to arms

u domt have to do Rome berlik axis

[half glade]

yeah

[opaque garden]

just straight up invite them

[stuck garnet]

Accident

[half glade]

how long do i have to go to war with poland after danzig or war

this is also my army rn

[glacial steeple]

gm

[glacial steeple]

until you end the war or decide to quit

[half glade]

no i mean like

will i lose the declare war option

if i wait too long

[hollow linden]

Evening

[glacial steeple]

waiting long is very bad

[opaque garden]

when is Hungary gonna flip fascist in historical

[half glade]

okay

[glacial steeple]

your strenght relative to your enemies will decrease

[half glade]

this is my tank div rn

[opaque garden]

cuz I dont see anything focus allowing me to flop fascist

[stuck garnet]

Add mech

Or calv

[glacial steeple]

your relative strenght is best in 1937-1938 when facing the allies

[half glade]

yeah im researching them rn#

[stuck garnet]

Get rid of motorized its a waste

[glacial steeple]

or 1939-1940 when facing the ussr

[glacial steeple]

no hp 💔

[half glade]

huh

[half glade]

gonna replace with mech

[glacial steeple]

your tank has no hp

itll take a lot of losses

[half glade]

im just using a pinned one from this channel

here

yeah dude i lost the ability to declare war on poland

why does that happen

[glacial steeple]

wargoal runs out

[glacial steeple]

youre missing SIX mech/cav/moto

[half glade]

yeah im working on it

this is my first time doing this

[glacial steeple]

WDYM just add it

nothing to work on

[half glade]

had to do research

[glacial steeple]

you can use cav before you get mech...

[half glade]

ah okay

i have mech now

[glacial steeple]

it doesnt take until 1940 unless you just dont use your research bonuses

[glacial steeple]

but now your issue is that youre going to war very late

[half glade]

how do i get armoured support vehicles

what research is that

[glacial steeple]

its a special project

[half glade]

if i lose ill start over again 😄

[half glade]

okay thanks

why do my troops in the south not advance?

they have a frontline

and an offensive

[opaque garden]

because Italy isnt in the war

yoi can cheese this by using paratroopers

but unnecessary

really unnecessary

[gray rock]

cant you just call italy to war then which would let you attack from their land?

[opaque garden]

can

but Italy is incompetent

in my opinion in single-player just dont call Italy in

theyre gonna get naval invaded

and for up a bigger frontline

plus they yoink you war score

and u can easily win without them

[craggy pumice]

Does anyone who plays a lot of Soviet Union know if it’s worth taking Gobi gambit over the KMT or PRC path? Seems there’s pretty good chances Sinkiang white peaces to Khotan Ma and is forced down the direct Soviet intervention path right now

Helping them win against Kho just makes them take united Sinkiang Clique which means they stay in CNF for no gain. Is there a way to get them to take middle path instead ?

[fathom thistle]

It doesnt, tho they can join axis.

[opaque garden]

shi

now I cant get closed economy

in the old focus tree you do flip fascist tho

[fathom thistle]

They just have big % of fascist party but not actually fascist

[opaque garden]

weird

[fathom thistle]

wait are you playing as hunagry or germany

[opaque garden]

hun

[left mica]

Never call italy into ww2

[fathom thistle]

Oh then you can

[left mica]

They’re a deadweight

Its almost as if they’re hardcoded to lose

[opaque garden]

exactly

[opaque garden]

well they have no industry

nor resources

nor competency

[opaque garden]

nah

I want horthy

in the old tree horthy was Both non aligned and fascist

[fathom thistle]

did you try manually doing the change to facsim with the polital discourse events?

[opaque garden]

not yet

could tho

[fathom thistle]

Thats your best chance, Im not 100% sure tho

[prime marten]

what does the "field officer division penalty" mean and is the "encirclement penalty" only applied when totally surrounded (on all sides)?

[stuck garnet]

2. Yes

1. I think its like

Basically i think its either the penalty for putting too many groups of divisions under the field marshal or reffering to the 50% debuff to stats your field marshal has, especially non field marshal traits

[charred fable]

When can the AI guarantee?

• Target nation is not in a war
• Target nation is not in a faction
• Target nation is significantly weaker than the guarantor
• World tension has reached 25%
• The nation (OR FACTION) currently justifying a war goal on the target has caused at least 10% World Tension

When does a guarantee that is already there not work?

• If the target nation goes to war with another nation that is ALSO guaranteed by the same guarantor (USA is an exception once it has completed 'Reaffirm the Monroe Doctrine' focus)

Saw the above here and thought it might be helpful for new players to pin it. @serene karma

https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4/comments/198rxzc/guarantee_of_independence_a_short_guide/

[cerulean abyss]

is this winnable? i have air superiority for the most part and nearly total naval supremacy on the east coast, but I've been stuck making some small advances through canada while the WCA keep slowly eating me

[prime marten]

field officers are the guys leading divisions

okay i took the thing and its this

[glacial steeple]

i mean its those + having pp

only really happens a lot with hist ai on

[charred fable]

Do people play without historical AI on?

Question... do experimental facilities acrue research experience without scientists, and do the scientists offered change to new ones after a set time?

[glacial steeple]

yes

i do and a lot of others do too

its like so much more enjoyable in sp imo

[charred fable]

I think I tried it when playing as fascist or imperialist Britain and it was comically easy.

[glacial steeple]

well yeah as majors it is

and especially fascist uk

but the game is just a lot less predictable

[charred fable]

Setting up a game where you can really stack the odds against you and playing a nation like Britain or US could be fun.

[charred fable]

Yeah I can understand that

[vital geode]

When you promote a commander, the division does not lose veterancy

[glacial steeple]

sometimes its chill sometimes you have world mega faction against you yk

[charred fable]

I like the idea of Britain being the spark of fascism and everyone just dog piling in to fight you. I might set up a custom game like that

[scenic nacelle]

I did something like that

Democratic USA vs everyone else being fascist

[slate hazel]

Does AI not suffer from supply penalties? Seems difficult to naval invade Sicily playing Canada and having to fight over 30 italian/german divisions sitting on same tile. Invasion halts despite having green air.

I'm wondering how the fk am I supposed to punch through, allies AI doesn't help much

[glacial steeple]

they do

your attack stats are probably just bad