ask-for-help-here

[olive tapir]

@tepid umbra

[open lynx]

Well

Get the suspension that gives breakthrough id say

[tepid umbra]

Yeah

[open lynx]

Maybe drop the armor and get engine until the speed matches your other spg tank

[tepid umbra]

Yes get medium

[tepid umbra]

And do ts

[open lynx]

Idk how much the armor from a support company affects the unit

s armor

[tepid umbra]

Reliability is fake

[tepid umbra]

A bit i think

[tepid umbra]

70-100 are about as good

[olive tapir]

i dont pay attention to thqat i wass trying to get breaakthrough high

[tepid umbra]

The engine tho

[olive tapir]

the sspeed is the saame as sp

[open lynx]

Is there an engine that gives breakthrough?

[carmine thunder]

YOU WERE SAYING

[carmine thunder]

IM DOING NO STEP BACK ACHIEVEMENT AND THOSE CORES ARE UNGUARDED

ESG\RNHJOGESR\GIO

[open lynx]

Well it doesnt make sense cause its supposed to be a kind of revenge war for the winter war or sum similiar im pretty suee

[open lynx]

How do you only have 400 ish mils while owning all of europe

[olive tapir]

im not trying to buil my only mission is to take britian

which haas been going on since 1941

[open lynx]

Mils help with that a lot tho 😭

[carmine thunder]

THAT PERSON SAID ON ASSUMPTION

[open lynx]

Ig

Ye

[woeful ingot]

Paradox launcher says my game is at f303 while my game is at a1f5 how do I fix that

[dusty sandal]

• Always use medium flame tank, except for paratroopers that can only use light flame tank to drop. Heavy flame tanks are an absolute waste compared to mediums
• only use medium 3 man turret, more brk and cost less than the heavy variant
• Never leave an empty slot, at a bare minimum add in extra ammo, free stats. Ideally add a extra ammo, armor skirts and stabiliser/auto loader/another extra ammo
• Armor must always be on riveted. Flame tank companies affact armor so marginally than its only use if to stack breakthrough stat, don't bother with anything else, especially when it comes with a 20% cost reduction

[dusty sandal]

paradox launcher version displayed =/= checksum

those two numbers will always be different

[clear echo]

going for weltpolitik, any advice so i dont screw this up?

i have no idea how navy works

[elfin crystal]

how do i start factions as fascist uk?

[tribal skiff]

What occupation law should I use when resistance raise above 20, when I take their gold (MEFO)? I haven't had time to build up a garrison, so it's only MP+4 cav battallions. Martial law? Maintain Local Police Force, something else?

[serene karma]

Accurate stalin reenactment

[clear echo]

how big should my army be for going for the weltpolitik achievement?

i have about 800k mp in feild rn, gonna be 900k after this next deployment

[normal axle]

How do I actually… permanently defeat a country? I took out all of Romania’s land and troops, but then a while later they suddenly reappeared with troops and took land. Same with turkey

[olive tapir]

resistence?

[normal axle]

They instantly regained a bunch of their old land with a few divisions of troops

[zenith sphinx]

so is there a way i can force a member to leave

[olive tapir]

are they in allince with a major?

[normal axle]

Yeah the allies

Basically axis against most of the world

[olive tapir]

thaats why maaybe some troops got naval invaded

you need to kill majors

to end war

[zenith sphinx]

i hate that im now soft lock due some stupid faction rework

[half glade]

whats the best decision here

[normal axle]

So they won’t be fully dealt with until Britain and France are?

[carmine thunder]

Can anyone explain why I get called into the war

[peak elk]

You can change the faction rule for kicking out members

[pine cape]

hey im new to hoi and ive really been strugeling with the combat machanics i cant seem to grasp what im suppost to do or what devisions i should make any help would really been apriciated ill probobly be in the helping lounge

[peak elk]

Tripartite?

[peak elk]

Welcome to the community, yeah its kinda confusing at first. I recommend you watch some youtubers to understand how the game works, how to design good divisions, how to build a great economy etc. Bittersteel is awesome in my humble opinion, go check out his guides on nations like germany, italy and others. Germany one is good for beginners i think because its kinda powerful and a bit easier to navigate.

Also knowing about the historical era will definitely help

[pine cape]

thank you for the welcome i did already watch a couple of vids on yt and im still kinda lost

[peak elk]

Dm'd you

[scenic nacelle]

That’s stupid

“Continuation war”

There war no war to begin with

[zenith sphinx]

i was so desperately looking for the option that i didnt thought of removing the requirements, welp here it is

two achiements in one run

[nocturne cloak]

@ember geyser I would like to appeal

[normal axle]

If I’m playing historical Germany on the easiest ai settings, if I don’t declare any wars, will the allies and Russia particularly declare war on me? If so, when?

[sweet summit]

Uh noob here, I've tried a play through of Italy my first time, got cooked by Ethopia
Tried the British raj, communism, got slapped
Tried Italy again but was too late for Greece

So uhh I just wanted meta templates for tanks and planes and divisions if y'all have a stockpile of that ?

[kind pewter]

Raj and civil wars arent it for new players

Maybe if you run east india company

[sweet summit]

What's a bba ?

I got austria down.. in 1938, I dunno what i was doing

Can somebody explain what the navy does ?

[wintry matrix]

BBA usually referes to the DLC "By Blood Alone".

[uneven hinge]

Do transport planes supply for ground troops or just other planes?

Can I build a naval hq on my puppet (RK)'s naval base if i build their naval bases up?

[wintry matrix]

Ground troops.

[errant pecan]

why do these factories turn red? i cant use every mil i have because of this

[sweet summit]

Not enough factories probably

[errant pecan]

not enough civilian to mil ratio?

[uneven hinge]

bombed or damaged, look at your construction queue for repairs

[errant pecan]

ah ty, 4 factories in repair que

[neat widget]

damaged

[wintry matrix]

To repair factories faster, go to the construction tab.
Somewhere on the top you can add more factories to increase repair speed (if sth is damaged, otherwise they build).

[tall phoenix]

guys

i know its a weird request

but i need a bit of help

can someone download a europe only map mod for 1.16.9 hoi4?

steam aint workin for me

im too dumb

[brittle ingot]

are those good div and design?

[tall phoenix]

ye

[brittle ingot]

for the first moment i thought my screen was laging bc of your profile...

[tall phoenix]

haha sorry

[brittle ingot]

np

[brittle ingot]

how do you even dont have any roles??

[tall phoenix]

idk

btw can you help me out

[brittle ingot]

sure

[tall phoenix]

i am searching for europe only map mods for 1.16.9

but steam aint workin

can u download for me

[brittle ingot]

idk if i can help bc my game is not orginal but i think i can help can you send me the website from where i can download it?

[tall phoenix]

well, i would ask you to download from steam

[brittle ingot]

i remember that there was a website too wait i will look for it

this one?

[tall phoenix]

sure, why not
is it for 1.16.9

if you dont know, just download it for me and i will check

[brittle ingot]

ok

[serene karma]

🤨

[serene karma]

And why do u want that

[brittle ingot]

want to help someone

[serene karma]

He has a cracked version of the game

So hes trying to get you to give him the mod

[tall phoenix]

Exactly

[serene karma]

Btw against the rules here

[tall phoenix]

oh

man :(

[brittle ingot]

thank you for letting me know that:)

[tall phoenix]

ah

[sleek remnant]

How much does cooperation with nationalists vs communists vs opposition matter for warlords? And does it change depending on the warlord you're playing?

[abstract torrent]

how can I change my division icons?
my friend's infantry looks like this and mine look like that

[neat widget]

tank designs are fine, template designs are off

[sinful vessel]

The game says i have no paratrooper in the command group, is it because of the support companies i have ?

[neat widget]

Yeah

assault engineers would be a problem

and is that armored signals?

[sinful vessel]

no, flamers

i should also remove them prob

[neat widget]

only light flame tanks can be paradropped

[versed rose]

that does not look like paradrop tanks

tank recon is also not paradroppable

[sinful vessel]

ok good to know. First game where i try paratrooper, i struggle a lot to understand each failure ^^

[sinful vessel]

i'll drop horse then ^^

[wind canyon]

how did you get orginization to be so high on your infantry divsion?

[sinful vessel]

motorized recon could work ?

[brittle ingot]

ehhh i myself dont know i was shocked by the result that why i am asking if something is wrong

[neat widget]

these three are your problem

Since you are already using light tank recon, you can absolutely go into light flame tank

for engineers just use normal engineers, this is one of the few uses of normal engineers

[sinful vessel]

ok. motorized recon is allowed here ?

[neat widget]

and for recon you can go armored car recon for breakthrough, ranger recon for terrain bonuses, or cavalry recon if you have doctrinal bonuses from it

there is no world where you'd want to use motorized recon

[stuck garnet]

Why recon?

[neat widget]

read above

[versed rose]

armored car recon for airborne breakthrough is so cope lmao

but i guess that's a way to use them

[sinful vessel]

i though it could help to boost soft attack from arty

[neat widget]

You're already coping by doing paratroopers

Also make it like 32-38 width

[wintry matrix]

You go to options.
And I trust you to find it.

[versed rose]

maybe vanilla paratroopers are cope, but AAT paratroopers are in the realm of not meme

[stuck garnet]

?

[sinful vessel]

i've been told to keep them around 16 😕 Around 36 would make them a lot more usefull when not dropped ^^

[neat widget]

paratroopers are by their nature offensive units

and paradrop orders are capped by division count, not battalion count

Therefore larger division means you can get more paratroopers into battle

[versed rose]

36w paras being dropped on supply hubs is cancer

[sinful vessel]

I don't really like them for now, both cuz of me struggling with drops and their the strange and unhistorical actions man can make with them

[neat widget]

Yeah that's why they're banned in mp

well, often banned

[sinful vessel]

I'm struggling in sp against russia, and that's exactly why i wanted to drop my paratroopers behing the blocking point ^^

[versed rose]

now even the niche of paradrop tanks being breakthrough for inf is cooked because of assault inf rip

AAT support companies got shafted in NCNS

Ranger Recon rip my beloved

[neat widget]

Yeah

if you still need terrain bonuses like in mountains or jungle they're still great

[versed rose]

or in snow

[neat widget]

Or snow

[bleak plinth]

haha

i dont need help just wanted to show yall this

[neat widget]

conference lasts forever

[neat widget]

btw even pioneers?

[versed rose]

i dont think you can ever replace +20% amph attack for D-Day or marines in general so no

or you can jungle meme with ranger recon and jungle pio

surely a real strat

[kindred sparrow]

What is the best template using cheats?

[half glade]

best early game fighters?

im talking like

1936 to start producing

in the background

[neat widget]

25

armored engineers do give 20 though

[neat widget]

you can't really do much tbh all you have are lmgs

[half glade]

okay so what should i research and get

[neat widget]

get hmgs, survivability studies, aircraft construction, range improvements, and improved light frame

[half glade]

oh wow thats alot

can i have that all by 1939/40?

[neat widget]

Yes

You won't be able to get it by 1936 however

[half glade]

i also need to get research too lol

[half glade]

yeah understandable

[neat widget]

Having some of these things will help

also engine 3 i forgot

[half glade]

yeah okay

so much to worry about lol

gotta balance it

look good for an early game cruiser to build?

[neat widget]

Yeah

[half glade]

awesome

[neat widget]

add aa though, britain does have carriers

[half glade]

okay

[versed rose]

secondary batteries instead of main batteries on top row is more ic efficient

marginal difference in sp so w/e

[neat widget]

Yeah that's true but doesn't really matter

[half glade]

im gonna build 3 of those light cruisers for now

i just wanna take down the damn uk

50 hours

[neat widget]

Just continue building

[half glade]

i wanna do it at last

[half glade]

what support do i add to this?

[neat widget]

assault engineers, medium flame tanks, either ranger recon or light tank recon, hospitals, and then logistics or aa

[half glade]

awesome thanks

some of that stuff i dont have rn

[kind pewter]

How did you make that div that cheap

[half glade]

what?

[kind pewter]

I swear if i made that it would be 5k

[half glade]

lmao

[half glade]

look good for now?

[neat widget]

Yeah because the tanks are like 4.5 ic each

means they're terrible tanks

[neat widget]

you don't have light tank recon?

[half glade]

dont be mean ;-;

[half glade]

i have light armoured recon

[sleek karma]

am i cooked?

[kind pewter]

Oh

[neat widget]

then why aren't you using it

[half glade]

actually should i make a sp art div

[sleek karma]

yea..

[half glade]

sp art better than med tanks?

[stuck garnet]

Tbh would it be a good idea to go all motorized for your line holders in vanilla?

[neat widget]

yeah you should turn your tanks into sp artillery

yes

[neat widget]

no

[half glade]

where can i find a design for those

[neat widget]

design a light tank

[half glade]

yep

[stuck garnet]

Sorry i heard about it in tfr

So i thought it could be a good idea in vanilla

[neat widget]

TFR has different meta tbh

pretty sure everything's motorized there

[stuck garnet]

Ik

[neat widget]

Definitely use henschel

[half glade]

henschel?

[neat widget]

yeah infantry tank mio

do produce using standardized production mio though

[half glade]

ahh

[half glade]

okay

why cant i select artillery role

[versed rose]

TFR trashes leg infantry

-20% stats in plains wtf

go in a truck or go home

[neat widget]

I didn't mean to produce light spgs

medium spgs are better

[half glade]

oh but i dont have improved med chassis

[versed rose]

light tank for tank recon

medium spg for battalion

who cares

[neat widget]

you still need light tanks and specifically light tanks (not spgs, not tds, not amphibious) for the light tank recon

[versed rose]

basic is all you need

[half glade]

okay

[versed rose]

basic heavy, basic medium

[half glade]

i dont have that

[neat widget]

fpv drones and stuff

[half glade]

i have inter war

[versed rose]

inter-war medium is fine too vs ai tbh

[half glade]

eh

really

[versed rose]

you miss out on speed

who cares

[half glade]

oh is that it

[stuck garnet]

?

[half glade]

what to change for those support companys

[stuck garnet]

multiplayer?

[stuck garnet]

call them mios

pls

for uhh

less confusion

[neat widget]

you could add breakthrough modules and change the turret

[half glade]

what

im not talking about MIOs lol

[stuck garnet]

military industrial organizations

sorry

[half glade]

okay what turret instead

[stuck garnet]

close support a decent candidate?

probs not in multi

definitely not in multi

[half glade]

does this look good

from machiavellians youtube vid

[neat widget]

add two breakthrough modules plus increase armor

they did 10 kmh, you don't need 10 kmh

and also again, henschel instead of daimler-benz

[stuck garnet]

question

is diesel torsion that good over gasoline christle

[half glade]

what are breakthrough modules

[neat widget]

oh things that give breakthrough like extra ammunition, side skirts, stabilizers, and autoloaders

[half glade]

these?

is 33 breakthrough good

[kindred sparrow]

What is the best template using cheats?

[vale quarry]

how to play as france when reviving third empire

[jagged hull]

I'm stuck can anyone help me please

I'm on vc and I'm trying have great military because I'm suffering here

[neat widget]

no, but it's good enough for 1937

[solar robin]

This will work for the early war. Are you playing SP or MP?

[half glade]

SP

i suck lol

[solar robin]

You can use cheap mediums then as soon as you got them

[half glade]

im struggling against royal navy

[solar robin]

Got carriers?

[half glade]

nope

ive been making cruisers

[solar robin]

You should get them

[half glade]

why

when i have airports close anyway

[solar robin]

Carriers are the most important thing in naval combat

[half glade]

how do i see all the troops in my navy

[raw zinc]

not sure if this is the right channel
but for some reason my map is just blank

changing options bottom right doesnt change anything >:(

[solar robin]

Doesnt matter, carriers and their planes will get involved in the fight and add value to it right away

[half glade]

theyre very expensive i assume

its 1939 now

[austere roost]

get a medium tank

[half glade]

i am

[solar robin]

Is it not an old safe from before the update

[austere roost]

33 is good enough

[solar robin]

convert them from cruisers

[austere roost]

soft attack is what really matters in sp

[raw zinc]

brand new game

[half glade]

but i need cruisers

[solar robin]

Any mods enabled?

[raw zinc]

vanilla 😭

[solar robin]

Check if restarting or starting a new game will fix the issue

[austere roost]

because land based naval aircraft suffer a massive penalty during naval combat

[raw zinc]

restarted my game
and tried a new game
its still broken...
do i just reinstall

[half glade]

i dont even have carriers researched

[austere roost]

you should, when you research first one you can get converted battleships and cruisers

[solar robin]

You also need carriers.
When you start a game you want to make sure you can get them, 4 of them. You should also build a few other battleline ships. Battle cruisers if you are bound to the london naval treaty or super heavy battle ships if you are not. and then get cruisers and destroyers in a 1:4 ratio (1:6 if you want to be safe)
I recommond 1 cruiser and 3 destroyers per battle line ship.

You will also need scouting cruisers with just max radar if you have it and a lot of sea planes.

thats basically navy in a nutshell

1 big deathstack fleet is better aswell

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2943980823 @half glade check out this in depth guide to navy. Its really good and up to date

[half glade]

why is navy so overcomplicated

might have been top 10 worst things ever created

[solar robin]

Its not. Its the same as tanks really. It just takes effort

[austere roost]

also this is just bad design. the goal of designing armor is to pump out as much armored soft attack at the cheapest production cost. you don't need the last three modules and the +6 engine and +4 armor. Basic medium tanks with lvl1 howitzer alone gives you 40+ soft attack at the cost of 8 production cost with cutting corners in infantry tank design company and Henschel for production lines. your tank is just min-maxing on useless stats in sp

[half glade]

this is for a recon support company lol

not main div

[solar robin]

ye for SP you dont need extra armour

just focus on soft attack

[austere roost]

so you're going to waste 20 mil factories for one support company?

[solar robin]

for mp you want breakthorugh and both hard and soft attack

[half glade]

6 mils lol chill

i have 80

[solar robin]

Just get motorised recon...

[austere roost]

or just get rangers lmao

6 mils could be 6 mils for fighters

[solar robin]

They lower the speed dont they?

[solar robin]

or CAS

[austere roost]

6.4 km/h

it's fast enough

[solar robin]

Motorised is better... 8 km/h is the mechanised speed and its easy to get to. Just for making encirclements a bit easier

[austere roost]

tbh you can have 4km/h tanks too

no one's stopping you from doing infantry and tanks together

and if you don't have enough mils/tech to do mech/trucks, putting infantry and tanks together is not a bad idea. This isn't irl ww2

[solar robin]

true, but it takes just 2 factories to get enough motorised for supply and tank divisions

Even just 1 is enough for small countries

[austere roost]

i mean i have 120 36 width divisions by barb as ussr i would need like at least 30 truck factories 😭

[solar robin]

Most people dont go for this strat tho just saying

[austere roost]

if you can do 120 36 width 10spg/8mech divisions by barb then you can also do less intensive strategies that require less ic and production

but even if you don't plan to do that, having 48 tank divisions is better than having like 10 tank divisions

[solar robin]

The limiting factor will still be getting enough factories on tanks and not motorised

[austere roost]

also if you have those 120 divisions at the soviet-german border then mustache man will never be click the invade button so you have to justify on hugary to go in the war

[austere roost]

tanks aren't the problem, you can pump out 100 tanks with just 50 factories as ussr. The problem is getting enough mechs by barb without spending 100 mil exp for the production cost buff

you need like 50k mechs by barb and you have at most 1.5 years to do that

[solar robin]

mechs indeed is a different issue. but with countries like the USA, USSR or Germany you can get those factories

especially for the late game

[austere roost]

yeah, but the problem is since with 120 tank divisions you can start the war whenever you want, the faster you pump out 50k mechs the faster you can start the eastern front

[solar robin]

I suppose we just have a big difference in playstyle. So we can just go in circles. as long as someone has the basics rights there is nothing to worry about

[tidal finch]

Anyone know how to get more resources as Catholic Mexico?

[bleak plinth]

guys someone send a good strat bomber template plz and ty

[hasty belfry]

I’m gonna make an educated guess and say armored infantry support is the best for space marines using the width saved by concentrated fire on a 12/4?

[kind pewter]

Ive actually never used a carrier

[neat widget]

mech has more combat stats which also makes encircling easier, so it's a trade-off but not that much of a trade-off since you probably want mech anyways

something like this for strat bombers

[solar robin]

You should tho honestly if you want to go and get a navy

[kind pewter]

How do they even work

Are they like a floating airbade

[solar robin]

If you dont like to build one just take them over from another country after taking them over

[solar robin]

Sort off. They provide flying torpedoes

[bleak plinth]

guys i have the license for it why wont the achievement trigger..?

[stuck garnet]

Also why only 4?

Iirc historically accurate british navy had 12

Im just confused tis all

[neat widget]

because game mechanics are a bit silly

to prevent you from overstacking they give you penalties to the number of air wings you can launch if you have more than 4 carriers

It's 20% for every carrier more than 4

[stuck garnet]

??

confused

can you

can you elaborate

[neat widget]

So if you have 5 carriers you will only have 80% of air wings striking the enemy

[glacial steeple]

mech is easy?

[stuck garnet]

oh

[neat widget]

If you have 6, you will only have 60%

[glacial steeple]

4.0 cost while vanilla trucks are like 2.7

[stuck garnet]

goddamn

that

[neat widget]

If you have 8 or more you will only have 20% of air wings striking the enemy

[stuck garnet]

that sucks

why??

[neat widget]

Mech are cheap

Mech cost 3.76 ic, 4 if you license

[neat widget]

If you have 8 carriers you're supposed to split them into two fleets

But what people do instead is just cap the number of carriers they have because a deathstack is still the most efficient way to use the fleet

[stuck garnet]

when will death stacks become less good?

also like

my navy doesn't do stuff ugh

[vital geode]

It appears that having 5 carriers allows the 5th one to get XP as well now

[stuck garnet]

should i have a dedicated recon?

for boats

in sp mind you

also

i need advice for like specifically spartacus league germany

[neat widget]

the answer is actually yes

[stuck garnet]

when is a good time to go to war?

[neat widget]

Yeah also that

[stuck garnet]

minors / majors

if im going pre

[solar robin]

They cost more IC?

motorised is super duper cheap

mechanised is way more expensive

[stuck garnet]

idk

what's good for germany if i'm going civil war?

like civil war

non-monarchist

[solar robin]

Take that focus as the first focus

and then as non monarchist just decide your own pace

Germany really is the one to start the war

Or the USSR

[stuck garnet]

idk i really really hate when italy gurantees austria and it messes me up

cause like

i wanna take austria

but italy is there

[solar robin]

Usually an event will pop up for that in the game later on

otherwise you need to rush austria

[stuck garnet]

if they take hungary? Good. I get hungary too

Italy? i'm cooked

[solar robin]

Germany should be able to take on italy, easily

[stuck garnet]

yeahh but mountainsss

it messes me up

• i don't really go down my army focuses and

i have no idea what to prioritize with my focus tree

[split dirge]

can someone explain this to me

[stuck garnet]

can i politely tell someone who doesn't exist to shush

[split dirge]

bro, do you know why i cant click the decision or not

[nimble otter]

Did I do good?

[stuck garnet]

you're at war yeah?

[split dirge]

yes

[stuck garnet]

maybe that's why?

[split dirge]

rlly?

[stuck garnet]

maybe it doesn't consider it "Fully controlled" because you don't have the borders all the way

may i see the map?

[split dirge]

@stuck garnet

[stuck garnet]

try capitulating them?

or push further and check up on it

[split dirge]

alr

ty

[hollow cypress]

You dont actually like own the territory

I think that sthe issue

Yeah so like libya is a owned state for you

you need to cap the allies unfortenautely I believe to get everything back

[glacial steeple]

no

they dont

higher hardness means your losses are wayyy lower

motorized gives no stats, no hp, no hardness

while mech gives all of those

you take less losses from it also from the hp

[solar robin]

Production cost of mechanised is 4 times higher. What are you trying to argue

[glacial steeple]

it isnt

[solar robin]

Ofcourse its better. It just takes time to transition

[glacial steeple]

you can half it with the designer

trucks are not 2 ic in vanilla

[solar robin]

Since when? Which one?

[leaden jay]

why cant i put trucks in my tank divisions? i have trucks stock piled

[solar robin]

Production cost for trucks is 2.50 and for mechanised its 8.0

[solar robin]

Can you share a screenshot of your division?

[solar robin]

And you have motorised researched?

1936 motorised not just early trucks

[stuck garnet]

Calv better

But like

Put non armored in there

Please

[leaden jay]

oh i havent researched truck

[stuck garnet]

Your hp is atrocious

[leaden jay]

so

do i fill int he empty space with horse?

[stuck garnet]

36 width

8 horse 10 meds

Then convert to mech asap

[solar robin]

There ya go

[leaden jay]

thank you guys both

Also

Is there a way to get un banned from the subreddit

[analog maple]

is starting to make tanks only at 1939 as germany(imporved medium tanks) bad?

[rustic acorn]

hey, you can use your lights from start very well in Poland and France

only starting in 39 will mean you dont have enough

[kind pewter]

actually im just convinced hoi4 hates me atp

what even caused them to go belgium before ww2????

[rustic acorn]

non historical?

also, if you choose to play Britain as fascist, you choose a non historical decision, which might lead AI to decide non historical as well

[kind pewter]

no its historical

[kind pewter]

still really weird

[rustic acorn]

it is

but sometimes these political disorder confuses AI in their decisions

the more non historical disorder is on the map, the more likely are the decisions also non historical, even if set on historical

[kind pewter]

ah i see

because i kinda cheesed tf out of the game

[rustic acorn]

hehe

[bleak plinth]

how tf do i do the legacy of cyrus the great achievement

might be the hardest achievement in this games history

[analog maple]

guys anyone know why my ships cant accsess the med sea?

[rustic acorn]

hmmm, put of range?

perhaps you can strg rightclick to choose new home base for your fleet closer by?

if you say med sea

Gibraltar and Suez can cut you out

if your enemy control these two points, you cant enter

as long as you are not at war with Britain, you can enter med sea, after war declaration it is not so easy anymore

[scenic salmon]

Question about the tanks, what designs do you use for them?

see two different tanks in that divison template

[neat widget]

This is the design used

This is an alternative

[rustic acorn]

Brumbär...nice

[scenic salmon]

ah thank you

are the non artillery tanks amphibious tanks or somethin else? never really use them enough to know their symbol

[neat widget]

amphibious tractors

the amphibious version of mechanized infantry

special forces get divisional composition bonuses so this increases the total combat power of the division while retaining the same hp and org

[scenic salmon]

ah okay

thx for the help, yeah i never do anything amphibious other than marines

[neat widget]

amtracs aren't particularly good on their own, they are expensive at least 6.8 ic x 50 per battalion, as opposed to mech's 3.76 ic x 40 per battalion

But if you add them to tanks the tank of the cost more or less eclipses that of amtracs

Making them a relatively small addition for good stats gains

[quick forum]

should i use med tanks or heavy tanks for singleplayer as germany

[scenic salmon]

What about navy? I usually go mass light cruisers with mass light attack, but not sure with new update if there is something better

[analog maple]

anyone got a good moutineers template?

[hexed parcel]

Can someone tell me how I do get neavy superiority with the new update

I am sinking whatever I can and still losing it

I have seen now patrols and minelaying is a good way

But is very slow

[rustic acorn]

mining takes time

patrol is good for spotting

[glacial steeple]

only with patrol

[hexed parcel]

If I set my neavy on patrol instead of strikeforce do I get a positioning debuff?

[lyric geyser]

If Britain owns Gibraltar you can’t move any surface fleet in but you can move subs

[lyric geyser]

Carriers are really good now if your making a dedicated navy especially against navs, and super heavy battleships are also pretty good now

[sleek remnant]

Is there an easy way to navigate big focus trees? I get confused sometimes or need to read a lot just to have an idea

[hexed parcel]

Just take your time to read it

Also remember they are almost always divided by military/politics/civil

[inner sparrow]

don’t listen to this guy, he lives on an island from an island

hes the island man

[lyric geyser]

Yeah that’s called experience liberal

[lyric geyser]

In the focus tree at the top there’s some buttons you can click that filter different parts of the focus tree

[inner sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-gif-21458853

[sleek remnant]

I know that more like having a general idea because so many focuses can do random/unexpected things but yea ig reading all and not getting confused is the best way

[inner sparrow]

most focuses are seperated in political tree, economic tree, and then army tree ( most army trees are also seperated into air, land and navy )

[sleek remnant]

I wish some stuff were clearer

[inner sparrow]

best example is germany

[glacial steeple]

strike force doesnt give supremacy anymore

only patrol does

[lyric geyser]

I mean what focus tree are you specifically talking about here

[inner sparrow]

don’t listen to this guy, he sold me fent

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1025158599162478674/1119914310395756625/snapchat.gif

[glacial steeple]

clown i am waging a war on the Fiji gold reserves

[sleek remnant]

Mostly the newer stuff

[inner sparrow]

who even has fiji

[glacial steeple]

me

[inner sparrow]

so ur waring urself?

or ur own gold reserves

[glacial steeple]

no

im waging a war on the gold reserves

my mortal enemy

so far ive mined about 7400 ~ gold ores

[inner sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1349142356783534222/1421928352281006122/soap_cat.gif

[haughty vortex]

Which one i should go for, concentrated or dispersed industry?

[hexed parcel]

Yes but I mean, do I lose stats if I use my main fleet on patrol?

I am fighting uk

Since last time didn't go much well

[glacial steeple]

no just fuel

all missions use fuel now tho i think

[glacial steeple]

well the german navy sucks

thats probably more the issue

[hexed parcel]

I am out of my house rn but I am willing to show you otherwiss

I mesn

Online ye

But against Ai I am winning this time

[glacial steeple]

it can be made good

[sleek remnant]

Any way to carry japan in china war as a minor (Manchukuo or released countries like Korea, Taiwan etc.)

Supply is the main issue I think

[glacial steeple]

no

just encircle some guys if you can and pray, maybe make CAS

but it all takes long and you have no eco

[sleek remnant]

Yea I wish they had even just a little better eco

[glacial steeple]

its japan's war

[sleek remnant]

Idk any other good way to get something with asia minors tbh

Not that I get much after peace conference but might get a Chinese puppet maybe and then fight japan

[sleek remnant]

I heard they buffed cas this patch, is it true? Idk how much though

[glacial steeple]

im playing in the pacific in minecraft,,,

but for minor powers ehh

ANZAC nations are pretty nice, if you wanna be on the GEACPS side try siam? or finish the war as japan and release yourself as someone/give territory to manchu so theyre playable

on hist theres just no playable japanese puppets since you lose 65%? 75%? of your mil eco

and if your japan isnt competant that leaves you with civs and dockyards

for manchu you can do a navy build but again it relies on having china

[sleek remnant]

I’ve tried after winning the war but not technically is pretty annoying tbh

But ig it sucks either way

[sleek remnant]

Yea I’m with vanilla ai japan 😂

[glacial steeple]

you can also do warlord

japan side tree

[sleek remnant]

Tbh I’d finish the war much earlier even if it just did collabs

[sleek remnant]

Is it any good?

Actually now that you reminded me

How different/good are the three different branches?

[glacial steeple]

not rlly im just giving options

[sleek remnant]

Cooperation with nationalist, communists and opposition

[glacial steeple]

malaysia is rlly goated

they start with so much tech

maybe you could go fascist and invade indonesia for your formable

this would leave you at war with the dutch dragging you into ww2

[wintry matrix]

You need Singapor, controlled by the British for the formable.

[glacial steeple]

and as soon as japan then declares on the USA you could join them

[glacial steeple]

whats wrong with that

[wintry matrix]

Just throwing it in because it wasn't the case before the update.
(I see myself out)

[sleek remnant]

🤔

[scenic salmon]

So whats a good infantry template if your playing a minor nation like greece?

[sleek remnant]

Is one of them always the best or it depends on the warlord?

[quick forum]

how can i reduce the consumer goods factor

[neat widget]

Probably take a normal 6/0 and then a decently sized mountaineer template

Greece suffers on the manpower department

I typically recommend 18/0s but you may have to settle for less

[scenic salmon]

okay thx

[fierce idol]

any good written guides for beginners, also on germany

[analog maple]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb9536VncuI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvHT121_lWQ

[analog maple]

focus tree

also economic law

and leaders

[fierce idol]

day 1 germany, what am I doing?

[analog maple]

start making a infantry division and aircrafts. if ur going hist work toward annexing austria

also i suggest attacking netherland and taking east indies for rubber

[fierce idol]

cool, how many lines do i produce in parallel, what do I do about unassigned divisions?

[analog maple]

wdym "how many lines do i produce in parallel"? and you just assign them to borders

[fierce idol]

how do i assign to border?

oh wait i see the border thing

[fierce idol]

how many units do i produce at the same time in order to not fall behind, while also not crashing my economy

[analog maple]

as many as you can.

this not rise of nation lol trops dont cost you money

[fierce idol]

so.... what do I do about decisions, like mefo bills

[glacial steeple]

just put it at 1 at a time

[fierce idol]

and what am I doing in the spanish civil war

[glacial steeple]

troops cost equipment

[fierce idol]

oh....

[glacial steeple]

infinitely recruiting will leave you without weapons stockpile

[glacial steeple]

not 1

but like

you see the infinity icon

put that to 1

and then train as many as you can afford at certain times, this is just a skill you learn from playing

seeing when you can afford and how much

because you dont want to have negative equipment

or manpower for that

[fierce idol]

so what do I do during the spanish civil war?

[native gorge]

I feel like attaching air wings on divisions are not the best idea but i cant be bothered to micro the air as well

[half glade]

what ships do i need to defeat the royal navy?

[sweet summit]

Uh really big stronk fleet
I would advise paratroop

[half glade]

paratroopers are weaker than marines

and south uk has lvl 5 anti air

i dont wanna go northern uk as it gives more chance to be intercepted

[opaque dust]

Which is the best meta for the New doctrine system (For armor or infantry etc.)

[half glade]

i use large unit tactics

tank destroyers

[opaque dust]

Tank destroyer is not useful in single

I want to know minors or majors

[foggy badger]

i have a question whats the best country for new players?

[stuck garnet]

hey question

with mp tanks

do they have good soft attack?

[opaque dust]

Yes

[sweet summit]

What are marines ?

Wait you're that guy who got his navy sunk yesterday

[half glade]

yeah

[stuck garnet]

hey this is for flametanks, trying to get radio3s

(In sp btw)

[sweet summit]

Ight bro why is it 4km/h ?

[stuck garnet]

for context i have it right here i just want radio3s

[stuck garnet]

maxing breakthrough

ignore the reliability

it's a flame tank

doesn't matter

you don't get flame tanks for reliability

[sweet summit]

The soft attack could be better

[stuck garnet]

it's gonna be a flame tank

• it's a convert tank

[brave lynx]

i lowk dont know what reliability even does

[stuck garnet]

I'm not gonna use this anyways

im making it to convert to a better one later

[sweet summit]

I have no clue 🥀

[stuck garnet]

makes you lose less when you're attritioning

when you have no supply

you gotta worry about it if you're in siberia but it's a non issue if you're in europe or some parts of china

even then

if your tanks have no supply

[brave lynx]

ohhh that actually makes sense

[stuck garnet]

you're already doing something wrong anyways

so people don't care about it too much

[versed thorn]

Hi everyone, what mod should i get ?

[stuck garnet]

this is my convert tank

[brave lynx]

all of them

[stuck garnet]

equestria at war

[brave lynx]

true

[versed thorn]

Is there one to have Hitler face too ?

[stuck garnet]

you can do anything in that mod

idk on the subject of censorship of nazi symbols

i see why.

Too many people would glorify it if you could show it outright

[versed thorn]

I am watching a tuto and the guys has it that's why i ask

[brave lynx]

im pretty sure hitler is just censored in certain countries right

[versed thorn]

What about this option ?

[stuck garnet]

this will be my main tank

[versed thorn]

what is the mod i need for that ?

[stuck garnet]

this is vanilla

it's a dlc

no step back

[brave lynx]

ah that makes sense

[stuck garnet]

im confused on this

do i do torsion/diesel or christle/gasoline?

like yeah ik reliability isn't that important but like it's my main tank

gonna do this

[frigid harness]

hey there how tf do u do achivement soviet onion? I am trying to do world conquest but the problem is in 1942 the allies have so many ships as well as planes I canoot desant both airway as well as using navy anywhere sos

[cold garnet]

you really want to?

get to war with Germany ,

don't do anything

delete your entire army

let them push you then join Allies at 99% cap

once you cap, your capital moves to an island in the far east, the one near the US

which will immediately fire the achievement

[hasty belfry]

Considering China only has a light tank MIO, could it be viable to do light tank armored divisions as them, especially now with the spirit you can get in the middle army spirit slot that reduces light tank production cost by 10% (along with reductions in production cost for most other ground vehicles besides medium and heavy tanks)?

[cold garnet]

it can be viable, yes

light tank might lack stat but they are fking cheap

well, light SPG/TD is cheap in this case

normal light uses 60 tanks per battalion, making them barely cheaper than normal medium, which uses 50

[hasty belfry]

Although the 10% reduction cost from the sprit somewhat compensates.

[cold garnet]

whereas light and med SPG/TD both use 40 tanks

[hasty belfry]

Ahh.

Ok.

Is there any utility at all to armored cars for anything besides garrison now that pretty much every other recon company gets solid buffs from various sub doctrines?

[cold garnet]

AC can be very, very OP vs AI in Europe and still fairly strong in Africa

but really only fascist UK and Germany can take advantage of it

Sweden can do utilize it too but only as a minor in a major faction, not as like a standalone power for world conquest

AC can reach the stat level to achieve breakthrough vs AI, and is insanely fast as well

even before the doctrine rework they could already meme on AI at a level nobody else could, as long as you could do the first step

[hasty belfry]

They need to add techs to represent later light tanks carrying larger guns like the Leopard (light tank design never produced although its turret was used on the Puma) and the M24 Chaffee.

Like a lightweight medium gun tech.

[hexed parcel]

Oh hey Sheep you got any news on your mod mind asking

[cold garnet]

not really

I am kinda taking a break at the moment as well

[hexed parcel]

That's alr take your time

[cold garnet]

so still 1-2 months away

[hexed parcel]

Yeah enjoy your time off

You do quite the bit for the community anyways

[cold garnet]

thank you

wow this is cheap

[hexed parcel]

6.76 💀

My heavies are like 20+

I mean you could probably pump like 150 30 widths of these for soviets

Soviet lights would be hilarious

[sweet summit]

Have y'all done princely breakways states 🥀

[cold garnet]

[hasty belfry]

What is that module 2nd from the right?

I keep seating tanks use them.

[cold garnet]

easy maintenance, unlocked from 1939 maintenance company tech

[hexed parcel]

German inf tank mio on this would be huge

[hasty belfry]

Oh, cool.

[cold garnet]

actually this is pretty good

like you can certainly live with this vs AI

[hasty belfry]

Is that medium gun 2 on there?

[cold garnet]

only 5K IC

[hexed parcel]

700 defence btw

[cold garnet]

yeah MC2

[hexed parcel]

You could probably add armoured support companies to this btw

[cold garnet]

but against AI you prolly prefer SPG over TD

just add 1 TD for like piercing

but yeah otherwise this is enough to make AI cry already

this shit is way too cheap

[hexed parcel]

Actually does germany get any mech research bonuses?

I think they get a 2 yr bonus for amph

Either that or they just lisense

[scenic nacelle]

Yeah

[quick forum]

Yeah since i thibk its bevasue it said they would all make factories

Ngl i dont remember why

[sacred sluice]

Where's the game's tutorial? My friend just got it

I can't seem to help him find it

[scenic nacelle]

@sacred sluice

Isn’t temp V from the boys

[versed rose]

is this with the cost reduction spirit

[thin zealot]

There is a button somewhere, I'd recommend watching a YouTube tutorial instead though since the in-game one is kinda lacking

[sweet summit]

That's useless
Just watch a tutorial

It's absolute ass

They don't even explain anything

🥀

Just ask you to take over the Soviets

[cold garnet]

ya

[versed rose]

that spirit needs mobile warfare or mechanized cav doctrines though, big opportunity costs

looks kinda cool for a Germany build maybe

[marble solstice]

I need help

Im at a stalemate with the soviets

[narrow grail]

Are there any building that don't reduce autonomy?

[wintry matrix]

Idk about railways.
Otherwise everything reduces autonomy.

[bleak plinth]

which one is the best guys?

[scenic nacelle]

I like positive heroism

[bleak plinth]

thanks

[cold garnet]

small issue

fuel is a bigger issue

running that many tanks can in fact cripple the industry

[analog maple]

any good division for china?

[pliant condor]

pick mobile infantry day 1 and use the 50% bonus

[pliant condor]

positive gives you a panzer advisor

otherwise collectivist

[languid trout]

are u playing on historical?

[shadow flare]

why arent my units naval invading uk

[hexed parcel]

Oh alr thanks

[languid trout]

no naval supremacy

[shadow flare]

i do it

[hexed parcel]

Naval invasions has became much more complex
It's far easier to paradrop now

[analog maple]

no

[languid trout]

btw highly do not recommend naval invading via the channel anymore

[shadow flare]

look

[shadow flare]

bra

[languid trout]

switch every div to the juntuan reformed template and once u get enough guns and more stuff then make better templates

[pliant condor]

just paradrop

if you don't know what you are doing you won't get naval supremacy

[languid trout]

u dont

[hexed parcel]

In addition you have to keep ships in the channel overtime to achieve naval superiority

[languid trout]

complete opposite actually

[hexed parcel]

It's not like previous patches where you catch the ai off guard for a split second anymore

[hexed parcel]

Thought you had to keep ships on patrol to get naval superiority

[languid trout]

what no

i meant him

[shadow flare]

bro i have like 5k planes 80 ships how ts not enough to naval invade

but whatever i guess imma paratroop

[wintry matrix]

Make sure not to overstack your planes.

[shadow flare]

yo bro is it inter transport planes?

[shadow flare]

?

[night zealot]

So i did the reorganize goverment of china and i thought all the lands i anexed would pass out to them. What does this focus do actually?

[civic lion]

I think its bugged, you should take the focus when you are still at war with china and it will create the reorganized government in Shangai or other city, I dont exactly remember, and then in the peace conference give the reorganized china Chinese land manually

[night zealot]

so what do i do? realese china has a puppet?

ohhh wait

they spawned at shangai

[civic lion]

yeah

[night zealot]

now what?

[civic lion]

at the peace conference give them chinese land manually

or did the war end already?

[night zealot]

the war already ended...

i thought the focus was to puppet china

like ethiopia

[civic lion]

uhh... maybe go to occupied territories and return land?

as i said i think the focus is kinda bugged

[night zealot]

im gonna pass a few days and see if any decisions show up

[civic lion]

alr

[edgy ore]

Am playing Japan, no DLCs, I have captured China, parts of the USSR, South-East Asia (no islands) and Mongolia, Germany and the UK are at war, USA is neutral, Germany has around 500 divs I have around 350 divs, should I ally with the UK and beat Germany then turn on the UK, the USSR is alr gone or should I ally with Germany and wipe out the UK?

[sweet summit]

Ally with germany

UK is naval invasions which is eww

You can just bulldoze through germany later

[edgy ore]

kk

also

Finland is neutral

but guaranteed by Germany

should I invade Finland cuz im also Guaranteed by Germany

[mental marten]

how come the flame tank support company wont show up i did the project for it and have flame tanks in production

[winter ledge]

there might be another tech in the support section for actually using them

i dont really remember

[half glade]

anybody got any carrier aircraft templates?

[half glade]

pretty sure you gotta do some research in the tanks tab

here

[versed rose]

are you sure you have flame tanks in production, and not flamethrower equipped tanks

you have to manually change the role

[mental marten]

oh dam that must be new ive never seen that lol thanks

[half glade]

i mean im not sure if thats the reason

but it could be

best to check with somebody else first

[winter ledge]

that tech looks like an upgrade of some sort

its 1941

it doesn't say it enables the support company

[heady mesa]

Am playing Germany.
I am allies with France, UK, USA, Poland, several minors
Am fighting Japan (they just conquered entirety of China), USSR, Yugoslavia, remnants of Italy, Romania, Bulgaria.
Just destroyed encircled like 20-30 divisions near Bialystok.
Soviets are counter attacking in the north near Moscow.

It's late 1941, like October. Winter will come soon.
What should I do? Try to rush Moscow? Get defensive? Try to reach Dnieper and Kyiv?

[sand marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/fonix-gif-27403838

def push moscow

[heady mesa]

I'm not sure I'll be able to do it in time

They already gathered forces there

[sand marlin]

then go easy

go defensive in the north

[heady mesa]

And offensive in the south?

[sand marlin]

and try to push the south a little more to encircle key points faster

[sand marlin]

yes

[half glade]

what do i do now to further ruin the ussr from the inside?

to make my assault on them easier

[heady mesa]

Alright thanks

[sand marlin]

and why do you have so many officers in 1941 give them more divisions makes you stronger and more powerfull

the divisions are not as effective like this

or armys

[copper dune]

Can someone help me with the German civil war?

[heady mesa]

As Democratic Germany?

[copper dune]

As non-alligned

[sand marlin]

what year is it?

[copper dune]

Just started it

The playthrough I mean

[heady mesa]

So like 1936?

[sand marlin]

1936? or 1939

[copper dune]

1936

[sand marlin]

what do you need help with

[heady mesa]

When I played as Democratic Germany I pushed hard in north bavaria and Thuringia until I reach Czech borders

[sand marlin]

id suggest you micro

[heady mesa]

Then I cooked Nazis in bavaria

[copper dune]

As in micro manage?

[heady mesa]

Go defensive on other parts of the front

[sand marlin]

micro and enircle

[copper dune]

ah got it

[sand marlin]

or js go for the borders

micro and crush them on the borders

best way for civil wars i think

[mental marten]

yeah your right i forgot to change the drop down tank type to flame tank when i produced the flame tank

[half glade]

rip

[copper dune]

Should I do anything before I go into a civil war?

[sand marlin]

i always send 3 panzer divisions to the spanish civil war as expidition troops and 3 tank divisions cook in a civil war

[copper dune]

Sounds like a plan

[sand marlin]

idk how far you are in preparations but id say youre good to go

[copper dune]

Who should I send the tanks to? Nationalist or Democratic Spain?

[scenic salmon]

having difficulty trying to take Turkey as Greece, seems like I can kill 20-30 divisions via encirclement and they still have 30-50 more, using the thessaloniki strategy

[sweet summit]

Nationalist

[copper dune]

Got it

[sand marlin]

show screenshot

[sweet summit]

It doesn't really matter though cuz nationalist almost always wins

[sweet summit]

What strategy ?

[scenic salmon]

u draw a fallback line near thessaloniki and get encirclements

there is an easy c-shaped area near the port u can encircle

spent maybe an an entire year or almost 2 trying to cap them

[sand marlin]

wdym, i thought you had a civil war in germany

[copper dune]

I said I just started a playthrough, I haven't started it yet

[sand marlin]

oh whatever you want

if you are playing fascist germany it would be better to support the clerical fascism in spain

so yes nationalist

[reef solar]

whats the best navy nation, any mods, but i dont have the new dlc

[analog maple]

uk and japan

also germany cause you get france and poland

[reef solar]

besides those though

i dont want to steal ships

[half glade]

how do i stop this rising

[reef solar]

I want to make a navy

[analog maple]

i mean you get thier dockyards

[reef solar]

ah

i also dont like plan Z

[sand marlin]

go to political ppl in the government

[reef solar]

bc id like my own navy

[half glade]

yes

[sand marlin]

then choose reinhard heidrich

[half glade]

okay

[summer nymph]

Play as Argentina and build one from the ground up 😏

[reef solar]

modded or vanilla

[sand marlin]

oppressor of ressistance--> Reinhard Heidrich

[jagged hull]

I need help I was about to hit Moscow but fascist Italy declared war on Albania making me focus on Italy Right now I'm fighting against three side front east, West and South French commune, Sophie Union and fascist Italy

[sand marlin]

can i see a screenshot

[jagged hull]

Sure

Wait ok

[sand marlin]

ok

[versed rose]

oppress them harder

[sand marlin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1135797473277911122/1450986071981691062/IMG_5816.gif

[jagged hull]

I have a partrooper but don't know how to us them

[sand marlin]

you have to assign them to cargo planes

if you have researched the paratrooper tree

but its easier if you watch a tutorial

[jagged hull]

south, east, wast please help

[sand marlin]

wait italy is attacking you?

youre definitely gonna have to fight the french off because the maginot line gives them a big advantage

very hard to impossible to beat them there

the only way you are defeating the french is by avoiding the maginot line

and invade it from the north

i didnt quite understand the italy part

albania is none of your concern

let the italians do their thinng