ask-for-help-here

[unique steeple]

Sometimes steam achievements lag behind

Might need to give it a minute

[stoic bison]

its been like half an hour

[unique steeple]

Not sure

[sonic wraith]

Hello guys, i want to ask something

How to make republican Spain become communist

As Soviet

I tried to stage a coup, but it turns out we can't send volunteers.

Is there a way, or is it not possible?

[stone dew]

it should already become communist...? right?

they have majority over democratic

[sonic wraith]

No, its still democratic

[stone dew]

they have a civil war and then they become communist after

[stone dew]

year?

[sonic wraith]

I think 1938 or 1939

[stone dew]

lmao my guy u gotta wait for elections after civil war

[sonic wraith]

I forgot when the civil war ended

[stone dew]

it should be in 40 i believe

[sonic wraith]

Lolll

I made a mistake

[stone dew]

lmao

[sonic wraith]

Thanks

[bleak plinth]

bro how do i increase support of non aligned?? theres no non aligned demogugue

[autumn granite]

How to return the he ottoman loyalists to active service??

[night zealot]

So, i made the ocupy indochina focus wich is suposed to ask vichy france for indochina, but they got anexed by the germans during it.... Now what?

[sly estuary]

you need to decrease support for other ideologies

[autumn granite]

How to return the he ottoman loyalists to active service??

[sly estuary]

if i recall correctly, Mexico is one of the only, if not the only, country to have a non-aligned booster

so you would need to decrease support for fascism, democracy, and communism, which in turn would increase popularity for non-aligned

[autumn granite]

How to do the focus pivot to the past for the ottoman sultunate?

[spare dune]

what channel do i post modded games that arent the normal map in

[devout lintel]

ggs

[devout lintel]

focus tree

but as romnian i normaly go communist and build bunkers every where on my border

then get a few millions kills

then push

works alyways

[obsidian sundial]

why does my battleplan hud look like this

and not this

[glossy ore]

Because of New update

[obsidian sundial]

it looks horrendous bro

is there any way to go back

[glossy ore]

Yeah just go to properties and go back

you play on steam correct?

[obsidian sundial]

ye

[glossy ore]

Okay just go to properties and choose beta

you can go back to any one but i think it will crash if you go before 1.6

[obsidian sundial]

when did they do this change

like this brand new update?

[inner sparrow]

yeah

[inner sparrow]

W opinion

old doctrines > new doctrines

any day, any time

[lone kraken]

👋

[old quiver]

👋

[sinful olive]

Hello, does anyone know how to get my division icons back to normal?, tried to restart but I keep seeing these white squares

[neat barn]

options, and disable nato symbols

[stuck flint]

How does one increase special forces cap

[sinful olive]

Thank you, no idea how that got activated and why it exists

truly a bread of wisdom

[stuck garnet]

Yeah true

[wintry matrix]

Have a very large army.
A percentage of total battalions is allowed to be special.

[devout lintel]

focus tree and doct helps

[graceful linden]

basically im new and i know nothing about this game i played like a few rounds and im losing to many countries.

can anyone help me understand this game?

[glossy ore]

very true tbh

sadly

[glossy ore]

Are you on a different version?

Or have a mod?

[stuck garnet]

hey uhh

lowkey doing a run where the whole world turns fash and i'm going spartacus germany

[stuck flint]

so olike

SO Like

clearly trying to invade the uk wont work for me

SO how does one take over the soviet union as germany before 1942 winter

[normal axle]

I was playing easy ai as Germany, usually when I invade Poland just uk and France declare war for a while. But yesterday, holland Belgium and Denmark also did and caught me wildly off guard. Any idea why that might be?

Pretty majorly changes how I need to deploy forces

Both were fall 1939

[stuck flint]

im on normal

also

thats likely due to war tension

You should have belgium and netherland s invaded

then france

and then denmark and lux

[lone tangle]

when i was in the view for wings couldn't i see the carrierer who were deployed? did they change how to access these wings?

[pliant condor]

train up a bunch of 2 width divisions, pause the game, convert the 2w to a large template(which you can get for free with proper heritage), then you have infinite special force capacity, after you finish you can change the 2 width back.

[calm karma]

if i request a mechanized production license, can i then make mechanized templates? or do i have to research it first?

[pliant condor]

yes

you can use it if you license it

[stuck garnet]

is this a good idea

this is not for support companies btw

don't have the mils to make meds rn

should i go down my national focus tree to try to get war eco?

or like

wait a bit?

[pliant condor]

if it's a support company yes

and no, you do have the mils to make mediums

by for example not making this light tank

[pliant condor]

spend 150 pp?

[stuck garnet]

i will later

[stuck garnet]

yeah but like i wanna rush it

[tiny bough]

how do recon planes work? Should I get more than 1 Camera?

[pliant condor]

you have 100 now

[pliant condor]

put 1 camera and range module

fly it over your future enemy

it's free stats

[stuck garnet]

idk i wanna use light tanks but i wish they didn't suck

[tiny bough]

Do they help if they fly over active battlefields?

[pliant condor]

theyd o

[stuck garnet]

yeah

and i wish they didn't

[pliant condor]

the only one doesn't is light spg

[stuck garnet]

with fixed

[pliant condor]

but if you use a fixed turret you need to know how to get breakthrough from elsewhere

yes

[stuck garnet]

idk i want light tanks

but meds are just better

but i want light tanks

but meds literally have more stats

but i want light tanks

but meds literally are affordable

but i want light tanks

[pliant condor]

make light spg

then

[stuck garnet]

but like i might as well make meds at that point

[wet topaz]

But I want light tanks

[stuck flint]

How does one take the soviet union without losing in 1941

[pliant condor]

as?

[stuck garnet]

idk the whole point of me wanting light tanks is so i can have tanks out before 1940

[wet topaz]

You can build mediums and heavies day 1 as most countries

[stuck garnet]

yeah but like.

I want them out

I don't want to convert them

I don't wanna wait a long time untill i can put the canon on them and then they're viable for use

[pliant condor]

this is not relevant to which chassis you are building

[pliant condor]

and no you can just get cannon early enough and convert?

howitzer is a 1939 tech

you can have everything converted for 1940 for sure

[neat widget]

Guy's economy is cooked I think

Two civil wars really hurt

[stuck flint]

Germany

[pliant condor]

it's not really the right question to ask but ah

as long as you make enough divisions

and have air

you can win pretty easily

make sure you are always deploying more division as you get equipment

put land you own on local police or harsh quota(never use military governor)

make more guns and make air

[alpine dove]

why not civ oversight?

even more compliance

[stuck flint]

How much air should I have?

And devisions

[pliant condor]

civ is fine

just take a bit more guns

[pliant condor]

all you can get

again it's not the correct question to ask

make division as you have gun

[stuck flint]

Spam factorys making planes

[pliant condor]

for air, if you use the correct design, having like 2k is enough to destroy any ai airforce

[alpine dove]

more like 500

[stuck flint]

And try the best I can to get more tank division?

[pliant condor]

yeah

[pliant condor]

it doesn't matter

probably won't help you

[alpine dove]

just make fat inf divisions

[stuck flint]

What template do you suggest and should rommel focus on africa

[alpine dove]

tanks take too much effort to get

[pliant condor]

issue is that most of the questions you are asking here is not going to help you win the game

i can answer them but it won't help you

[alpine dove]

africa is a waste of time, u can safely ignore africa

[pliant condor]

what you want to do is to look for the correct fighter design, go make that

then make CAS

and research guns

it's basically all you need

just use your starting infantry template and balance production around that

[alpine dove]

add inf divisions until ur combat width hits somewhere between 34-36

and use the doctrine large unit tactics

for more inf

[stuck flint]

Which doctrines you suggest

Ive only started playing for 5 days

[pliant condor]

swap your starting doctrine to grand battleplan or superior firepower

[stuck flint]

And should I have 3 focused spearheading to Moscow?

[alpine dove]

gbp is best imo

[alpine dove]

no lol

[pliant condor]

it doesn't matter where the arrow is pointing to

again

[alpine dove]

needs to be vladivostok

[pliant condor]

ok it's a shame that there's no new player guide here

[alpine dove]

so u don't got to keep making new arrows

[pliant condor]

but what might help you the most is to watch some video and learn how to click different buttons

[alpine dove]

true

[stuck flint]

I know how to do mostly everything but paratrooping

I just lose when I invade soviet

Cant even get that deep

If I get Moscow that capitulates them right?

[pliant condor]

do you have la resistance dlc

[pliant condor]

that's why i said you want to be deploying more divisions

if you go to war with them with like 70 divs you probably won't win

[stuck flint]

I got 0 dlcs

So o basicaly should have 9 maxed commander limit troops?

24 for each?

[pliant condor]

then you need to push very deep into soviet to capitulate them

[pliant condor]

get as many as you could

[pliant condor]

like far beyond moscow

[stuck flint]

Fah

[stuck flint]

What should I focus my research on

[calm karma]

for MP, what sort of tank should i be building as SAF before ww2? i can barely get out a single div of heavy 2 TDs (per meta templates) before the africa front opens so i feel like i'm being too ambitious

[stuck flint]

And I should leave 1 army to defend Normandy right?

[pliant condor]

the most important techs are
tool, concentrated industry, 1940 fighter, 1939 infantry equipment and 1942 infantry equipment

[pliant condor]

you could

just leave something on the ports

but normally the ai doesn't do anything

[pliant condor]

you always research the most important techs ahead of time also

for 1940 fighter for instance you start researching day 1 of the game

[pliant condor]

this should tell you something

that you don't make td on saf

[stuck flint]

So no oil or rubber?

What are the most important techs

[pliant condor]

well you obviously have time for other tech

if you awnt a complete list of techs you would ever need to research

it would also include like infantry passive, construction, excavation, rubber, oil refining(the one of the right-most, not refinery oil), electronics, and CAS

but that's really it

[calm karma]

yes that part i already said in the question, my question is what is the next best tank there? heavy 1 TDs? everytime i think its obvious what to build next i get some shit like "no dude 1936 version is completely useless you're trolling"

[pliant condor]

you don't make tanks

easy

or, the only tank you might build is medium spg for asia, but you need to coordinate with your team

[calm karma]

are the guides telling me to make tanks outdated then?

[pliant condor]

guides telling saf to make heavy tank has to be trolling

or just skill issued lobby

[calm karma]

lol

[pliant condor]

there has never been a time when saf would make tanks

[calm karma]

i hope so

inf as a minor seems way easier to pull off anyway

[pliant condor]

you are useless anyway

especially in the old version

you can't find an argument for not making tank and lend leasing to france instead of making tank yourself

[calm karma]

makes sense, i was wondering about that anyway since france has the tank bonuses

[stuck flint]

An list would be nice like from 1st to last

[pliant condor]

it's less of a list

more of those are the good stuff and i grab them one by one

and use your judgement

do i research infantry passive in 1936?

probably not

they would be useless

[stuck flint]

Just rank them from 1 to 8

Oh no I start in 1939

1936 ain't for me

[pliant condor]

never play that

this game is not meant to be played using the 1939 start

[stuck flint]

Thats how I play Germany though

[pliant condor]

if you want to play tanks don't play vanilla

minors are not designed to make tanks in vanilla

[calm karma]

i don't really want to play tanks so much as i don't want to get flamed as SAF LOL

[stuck flint]

Im not used ton1936

Since I can't get enough divisions before poland

[pliant condor]

that's why you play 1936

you asked why you couldn't kill soviet

reason probably being that you don't have enough division

so you play 1936, where you actually got 3 years to learn to play the game and make divisions

[stuck flint]

Yes but dont you have less in 1936

[pliant condor]

you don't go to war in 1936

you have 3 years to build up

[stuck flint]

So I should focus building up my factorys and such?

[pliant condor]

this game is much less about fighting wars than about building (military) economy

[pliant condor]

yes, that's all this game is about

[stuck flint]

What should be the first thing i do when I start 1936

[pliant condor]

research tool, construction, electronic, and 1940 fighter

remilitarize rhineland

[stuck flint]

Then do the Austria thing?

[pliant condor]

whenever it's available yes

it requires you to have guns in the field without dlc

so keep deploying more infantry

and put more factory on guns day 1

[stuck flint]

And should I boost fascit pop for britian

[pliant condor]

it doesn't matter

better not use that mechanic

[stuck flint]

My factorys should be mostly producing infantry equipment right?

Ya think you can create an list of what to research in order for 1936 so like which for the first 5 research slots

[pliant condor]

yes for the beginning

[pliant condor]

you only have 4 in th beginning

after those get the second tier tool, concentrated, construction, rubber tech

with the 3 slots

then start researching toward 1939 infantry equipment

and try to apply your industry bonus not on 1937 techs

[arctic wave]

I sent a land lese one time and I have this INSANE number how do i fix it?

[pliant condor]

cancel the lend lease

[arctic wave]

how

[pliant condor]

same as how you sent it

[lucid torrent]

Man, AI naval deployment still broken af. It is so annoying that Allies can't do proper d-day now.

[arctic wave]

it says start land leese

[pliant condor]

find the nation you were sending it to

[stuck flint]

Should I spam building civilian factorys or military

[arctic wave]

I did

[stuck flint]

May I have an list of what my first 4 should be

[winged stream]

Can someone help me? I'm playing the Great War Redux mod and I can't win the Ottoman Balkan War. Can you give me tips on how to improve the divisions? 1 - Front Defense, 2 - Attack

[pliant condor]

tool, construction, electronic, and 1940 fighter

[pliant condor]

then it's not

ok go to your deployment screen(where you deploy division)

it tells you who you are sending a lend lease to

[stuck flint]

And spam what type of factorys and what template for infantry

[pliant condor]

build infra in the western states with a dam(like 3 of them)

then build civs in them

then build mils

just use your starting infantry template and balance your production around that

[stuck flint]

Errr I cannot tell what is west in a video game

[stuck flint]

Build civil in the area for troops and spam military factorys everywhere else?

[pliant condor]

idk what you mean by that but yes

build civilian factory for about a year

then only build military factory

[arctic wave]

?

[pliant condor]

you always build in the highest infrastructure states

[pliant condor]

try start another ll?

idk it's probably a bug

[stuck flint]

So spam civilian factorys everywhere?

Then military

And convert some

Also

Where should I train divisions

[pliant condor]

build civilian factory in the states I mentioned where you build infrastructure in first

build civilian for a year

then build military factory only

no conversion

[pliant condor]

it doesn't matter

[stuck flint]

And deploy then

Also

[pliant condor]

don't use howitzer, it's a trap

use field gun

[stuck flint]

How many army's to the max 24 cap for each commander should I have

[pliant condor]

as many as you can get

[pliant condor]

and remove engineer from everything

[stuck flint]

Should I have at least 1 full tank division?

[pliant condor]

you can

probably won't help you

[pliant condor]

only equipment you make are guns, and field guns & machine guns

you have no industry for either of those templates

[stuck flint]

So don't have any tanks until after soviet?

Or have some

[pliant condor]

if you want to have tanks, you can have tanks, but it's most likely not going to help you

[stuck flint]

Also mind sending me the research list and factory stuff in my dms so I dont gotta scroll up?

[stuck flint]

Are tanks even good?

[pliant condor]

no

especially without dlc

[stuck flint]

What should my infantry template look like

Also could ya send me the list of what to focus on researching and where to put factorys and such

[pliant condor]

use the starting template

look at the template and decide what you want to produce

make what your division is using

mostly on guns 1 or 2 on artillery and a few on support equipment

read this

[stuck flint]

Only 2 arty?

[pliant condor]

btw you can't do anschluss 5th focus without dlc, but just do it whenever it becomes available

[stuck flint]

Alright got it

Also

[pliant condor]

1 is enough most of the times

[stuck flint]

May you forward this to me

Also

How does one build dams

[wheat pine]

I'm having an issue with aircraft models and icons in some mods. Whenever I play germany, particularly in TFR and Red World, all plane models just turn into this one

I can't change them and the icon and model always look like this one

[pliant condor]

i did

you don't build dams

states start out with dams and you build on those states

[stuck flint]

Oh

So I build all my factorys at the dam

[pliant condor]

yes basically

[stuck flint]

And deploy my troops their?

Should they be high priority to get supply faster?

[hardy ether]

https://r2.fivemanage.com/image/Nmalb0YwydEY.jpg why not invading ?

[cold bloom]

Set them to patrol instead of naval invasion support

[hardy ether]

still not........

[pliant condor]

you can deploy anywhere you like

[neat widget]

You'll have to wait a few days

Naval supremacy builds up now over the course of a month

and then slowly declines over the course of 10 days

[arctic wave]

can someone help me cancel land lease option isnt there

[inner sparrow]

😂

you have a small deficit there I think

[arctic wave]

i ment to send guns one time to my friend and now i have this stupid deficit I cant cancll

[inner sparrow]

just stop the ll

go onto your ll, remove the guns and arty u giving him and send

and then he has to accept

[stuck flint]

alright whats like the bare minniumn of armys I need? for soviet 10?

[stuck flint]

how do I know if they have an dam

[pliant condor]

10 is probably enough

[pliant condor]

click on the state

[stuck flint]

is 20 over kill?

[pliant condor]

there's a yellow icon if it ha a dam

[pliant condor]

a bit

but it's fine

[pliant condor]

ok gwr turkey is so funny

you don't pay debt

[stuck flint]

and have an single one defending normandy rightt?

[pliant condor]

instead you keep clicking decision to get free equipment and mils

[stuck flint]

could germany steal an f4 phantom from america

(joke)

Also how many should defend normandy and should my navy try focus on defeating russias navy?

[pliant condor]

actually tech stealing is a thing

with dlc

[stuck flint]

Firee

Anyways

Should I get 1 tank per infantry devision

[stuck flint]

?

[pliant condor]

you could if you want to

to make tank(or any division) you need to have equipment

so you need to be producing the tnak

[stuck flint]

Hmm

Is it worth having tanks in the whole game

Or do tanks provide 0 advantage

[neat widget]

I get the infantry equipment, but how do you have a defict of 922 million artillery

[arctic wave]

lend lease glitch

i need help

its been 50 YEARS

i am too new for this

[neat widget]

Start investing in armored cars

You're not going to have infantry equipment soon

[arctic wave]

I have a surplus but

theres like 1.5k divisions in africa

[stuck flint]

Why bro stressing out his commanders

[wintry matrix]

I understand 30/24.
Trying to get that Staff Expert Perk.
But more units is rather debuffing too hard.

[stuck flint]

Whats this staff expert perk

[arctic wave]

i just want africa done with 😭

can anyone help

[coarse finch]

Increases a generals division cap from 24 to 30

[stuck garnet]

Ngl i like having puppets even though its better to have them annexed

Like they help around with stuff that im too distracted to deal with

Plus its kinda badass to just keep the corpses of your enemies around as friends

Wrong channel

[stuck flint]

How hard is that

[coarse finch]

Wdym?

[stuck flint]

To get that perk

Should be easy

[devout lintel]

hallo

my dear people

[scenic salmon]

forming EU as Belgium sucks, get 100 opinion and they still refuse federalization, is there something im missing?

[gusty briar]

Damn the game just gave me a peace conference on historical for only Germany. And made every other country now factionless so I need to cap them all individually...

Italy was under the cap level at the time too. Idk why they still have capped

[fierce idol]

as germany, how many fortresses should I aim for on the french border?

[stuck hinge]

whats a good tank template to use as germany?

[sterile hearth]

in vanilla?

[fierce idol]

vanilla, historical, I got no dlcs (except those merged into base game)

also how do I deal with logistics and supply

[sand ember]

None really, just stick like 24 infantry divisions on the border and the ai has no chance to push you

[glacial steeple]

mmmm oceania

[glacial steeple]

is this world war 1?

why are we making forts

[fierce idol]

ahh 0. cheers

[sand ember]

1984

[glacial steeple]

the issue with forts is

when attacked from multiple sides their effectiveness gets rapidly reduced

they do not counter air damage

theres a lot of units with buffs to negate fort like tanks

[fierce idol]

so what am I aiming for in terms of factories? also research. and how do I deal with logistics?

[glacial steeple]

they take away IC (industry) from you by making you have less mils (mils output MIC docks output DIC and civs output CIC)

like they dont give any reward over time like factories do

and all that just to defend 1 tile better

its almost never worth it

[glacial steeple]

mils good

germany has high mil speed, high mil efficiency cap and devent output

your mils are like rlly amazing

[stuck garnet]

Ngl i love the new dlc

But like

30$ is a bit of a strech

[glacial steeple]

civs not really, you get consumer goods over time which make civs worse

[stuck garnet]

It fixed most of my problems with the game

Also like

How do i prepare for war tbh

[glacial steeple]

for research, focus on whatever your build is

[fierce idol]

like how many civillian factories should I aim for before committing to just military factories?

[glacial steeple]

this should be based on resources and tech bonuses

[stuck garnet]

I always find myself wildly unprepared for war

[glacial steeple]

the resources are on map and the tech is in your focus tree

[stuck garnet]

And i resort to using inf only

[glacial steeple]

always research ahead of time on the equipment needed for your build

its good to have it earlier

[vital geode]

Who are you playing as

[stuck garnet]

Spartacus germany

[glacial steeple]

i should do a fiji game

[vital geode]

Aren't you able to control when you go to war?

Or are you using MEFO

[stuck garnet]

Yes

I control when i go to war

Thats the problem

Thats the problem

I dont want to

[glacial steeple]

relatable

[vital geode]

I only use MEFO as Historical Germany

[glacial steeple]

play china or ussr

[stuck garnet]

Cause if i control when i go to war

Im not going to war

[glacial steeple]

china and ussr scale a lot so you just want peace

infinite peace

[stuck garnet]

If i dont control when i go to war

Then im unprepared

[vital geode]

Define prepared

[stuck garnet]

But its a wargame so war is part of the fun

[glacial steeple]

do you have an army?

[stuck garnet]

Having anything other than inf out

[vital geode]

Prepared is simply a gut feeling

[stuck garnet]

Having my tech researched well

[glacial steeple]

@vital geode cool hat

[vital geode]

Me with my 3 36 width tank divisions and calling myself ready for war

[vital geode]

Thx, had it on since December 1st

[glacial steeple]

that sounds pretty ready to me

not as ger

but yk

[stuck garnet]

But like im convinced i have to have everything perfect or else i cant use it

[glacial steeple]

as italy or something

[vital geode]

It is me as Germany lmao

I invest heavily into 1936 fighters lol

It works

Because singleplayer

[glacial steeple]

easiest thing to learn is early war

[stuck garnet]

I had a game where i had like 20-25k on mech

None of it was used

[glacial steeple]

you have a fantastic idea of your opponent's resources and can practice easily

[vital geode]

Holy smokes, you are worse than British generals when it comes to needing to be prepared

[glacial steeple]

idk ive just been playing minecraft maybe the game changed in the like 5 days ive been away

[stuck garnet]

I have never had an issue with stockpile

Because i just leave it there

[vital geode]

To be fair, I play somewhat like a British general, but sometimes, you just need to go into war before the enemy becomes stronger

[stuck garnet]

And dont go to war

Im like switzerland

[vital geode]

Rushing war can be better than postponing war

[glacial steeple]

its all about relative strenght

[vital geode]

Because if you are ready enough and the enemy is not prepared, you win

[glacial steeple]

not about real strenght

[stuck garnet]

Yeah untill your opponent is austria or czhechslovakia

[glacial steeple]

you can have an absolutely ass army but if its way better relative to your enemy you will win

[stuck garnet]

With the gurantees

[vital geode]

You are Germany, right?

[stuck garnet]

Yes

[glacial steeple]

example: peru vs ecuador in 1936 war

[stuck garnet]

Im afraid of france kicking my ass

[vital geode]

Did you know in historical they throw them under the bus?

[stuck garnet]

Yeah

But im not hitler

[vital geode]

And if not, you simply hold the westwall with 24 divisions

[stuck garnet]

Im a 16 year old high school student

[vital geode]

And win anyways?

[stuck garnet]

Even then hitler was probably more of a dumbass than i am

[vital geode]

Last time I checked, you can bluff your way to victory

[glacial steeple]

guys how do i make my colony profitable

[vital geode]

Something says you would be bad at poker

[stuck garnet]

Usa moment

Does it have oil?

[vital geode]

Get a grass block

[glacial steeple]

no

it actually exists irl since its an earth map

but it isnt as green i terraformed it

[obtuse hamlet]

why is it saying host has another version if I have same mods

[glacial steeple]

(it was smaller and surrounded by ice which i built on)

[glacial steeple]

different mod versions

[stuck garnet]

I want light tanks for this exact reason

Because idk when to go to war

[glacial steeple]

how do thos ehelp

theyre always bad

[stuck garnet]

And i wanna commit to light tanks

[vital geode]

What for

Speed?

[glacial steeple]

ok thats fair

[stuck garnet]

Theyre tanksss

[vital geode]

Armor?

[glacial steeple]

mediums are also tanks

[stuck garnet]

Cheap tank option

[glacial steeple]

heavies are also tanks

[glacial steeple]

true

[vital geode]

Which is better, the Panzer 2 or the Panzer 3

[glacial steeple]

light spgs/tds rn

[stuck garnet]

Yeah but mediums are like

[glacial steeple]

are so cheap

[stuck garnet]

Later tanks

[vital geode]

Which is better, the Stuart or the Sherman

[stuck garnet]

That i gotta wait for

[glacial steeple]

its a 1920? tech

[vital geode]

Interwar mediums

[glacial steeple]

a lot of nations start with it

[vital geode]

They can work

[stuck garnet]

1942 arty

[glacial steeple]

might be 1918 i forgot

[vital geode]

Huh

[stuck garnet]

1938 armor

[glacial steeple]

just put a gun on it

idk csg

[tepid umbra]

isn't howitzer 1 pre-war

[glacial steeple]

france starts with it

[stuck garnet]

1939 maintennance

[vital geode]

Howitzer 1 is 1939 artillery tech

[tepid umbra]

I usually get it prewar on germ

[glacial steeple]

you dont need that

[tepid umbra]

you don't need to get every single thing in the optimal tank design for a good tank

[glacial steeple]

you get it spawned in when researching basic

[stuck garnet]

Idk i have this thought where i want my tanks to be perfect before i even think about deploying them

[glacial steeple]

basic tank

[vital geode]

Epic france moment?

[glacial steeple]

then play until the 21st century

your units will be perfect

[tepid umbra]

if you want perfect tanks you need to be in like '45

[glacial steeple]

1960+ usually for solid all logistics

like ICBMs

[stuck garnet]

Idk maybe its some neurodivergency i have

[vital geode]

You want perfect tanks?

Simply make medium tanks with HMGs, and then convert them to have a bigger gun

[tepid umbra]

and there's no "perfect" tank

[stuck garnet]

Thats what i do

[vital geode]

You just have no confidence

[stuck garnet]

I make a lot of them

And they dont get used for a while cause i forget

[vital geode]

Me on the other hand.

Small cannon 2? Why not, we will upgrade it later

[stuck garnet]

I have enough for like

I have enough equipment to last untill 68

[vital geode]

So im rolling into Poland with tanks with a 37mm basically

[glacial steeple]

did you guys know theres a lot of water on earth

[stuck garnet]

None of it gets used

[glacial steeple]

fun fact

[tepid umbra]

you can win wars with only infantry pretty consistently in singleplayer
you only need tanks if you wanna win quickly, so the only reason you'd need good ones is to win quicker

[tepid umbra]

no

there's only land

and air

navy is FAKE

[stuck garnet]

I love seizing my enemy's navy

[tepid umbra]

navy is FAKE

[stuck garnet]

Just taking france

[tepid umbra]

AI generated

[glacial steeple]

winning fast mentioned??

[tepid umbra]

meant to do that in my next game lol

[stuck garnet]

And getting a lot of ships

[tepid umbra]

is it faster or slower with mecha

[stuck garnet]

Isnt there like a uhh

[glacial steeple]

wayy slower

armored car 3 you dont mix with any other batallions

and it goes fast

[stuck garnet]

Didnt some guy make a meta where you just overrun everything

[tepid umbra]

uhhh

that's not way slower

[stuck garnet]

Lowkey i dont wanna do the hmg trick anymore

Cause if i do the hmg trick then all of my tanks will hang out in stockpile

[tepid umbra]

you don't have to

[stuck garnet]

Id rather slowly upgrade my tanks at this point and lose production efficiency

[glacial steeple]

literally way slower wdym

thats without modfiers

modifiers*

its probably like a 2kmh difference or something

[stuck garnet]

Yeah but like

[tepid umbra]

20.5 in the division

mech 20 in the division

[stuck garnet]

If its 20.5 and its a 2kmh

Then .5 = 2

And if .5 = 2

[glacial steeple]

also its like

idk which doctrine you do

i forgor

i know theyre stupid tho

[stuck garnet]

Then 20 = 80???

[tepid umbra]

oh is that pre doctrine rework

[stuck garnet]

20 = 80 and 20.5 = 82???

[tepid umbra]

I don't think you know what they were saying

[stuck garnet]

Oh

[sweet summit]

How do i increase my special forces cap

[glacial steeple]

yeah

[stuck garnet]

More bats

Put more batts

Battalions

Calc is short for calculator guys

[tepid umbra]

oh yeah that could prolly go way faster now then

[tepid umbra]

Some focuses, some special doctrines, tip of the spear, and increasing your army

[sweet summit]

If i have 120 divs, how many special forces can i have

[stuck garnet]

Hey ngl how do i make like the world go fash

I tried it last game

[sweet summit]

Tip of the spear interesting

[vital geode]

It is based on battalion count

[stuck garnet]

I wanna larp as spartacus

[sweet summit]

Uh what

[vital geode]

You know how divisions are made of battalions

[sweet summit]

Yeah

[vital geode]

I.e 9/0s have 9 infantry battalions

[stuck garnet]

If you have 120 inf bats

[sweet summit]

Oh so 9 infantry

[vital geode]

So it is a percentage based on how many battalions you have fielded

[stuck garnet]

Wqit

What bats

Like

[stuck garnet]

Yeah

[vital geode]

So you have 24 at first

[stuck garnet]

Methinks

[vital geode]

And then percentage of total battalions

[stuck garnet]

Like i feel like the ai just feels squishy

I can win with inf only

Majors are just a big block

[vital geode]

Especially with an air force

[stuck garnet]

But my biggest enemy is terrain

[glacial steeple]

give them better odds

[tepid umbra]

cuz the ai is not smart

use sheep ai

[glacial steeple]

uruguay vs the world jan 1st 1937

[stuck garnet]

Waiting for it to upd

Sheep ai would kill me

[glacial steeple]

ive failed at this run several times but it should be possible

[stuck garnet]

Im bad

The ai is worse

[vital geode]

I remember the old days of sheep's mod

[glacial steeple]

stop being old

[vital geode]

Ans then it turned into the ai revamp

[tepid umbra]

I was scared of it then I tried it and it's really not that hard

[vital geode]

I liked it when all it did was change Sealion and Downfall

Because I didn't need to sweat as hard

[glacial steeple]

jonathan i bet you were there when santa was born

[tepid umbra]

he is santa bro ✌️

where are my gifts

[stuck garnet]

Jonathan did you hang out with nicholai II?

Nikolai II

I think

Do you have any stories to tell?

[vital geode]

Alexis did not live

TNO fans are coping

[stuck garnet]

Where were you from 1902-1991?

[tepid umbra]

💔

[stuck garnet]

Were you in europe?

[vital geode]

The moon

[stuck garnet]

Did you ever talk to wilhelm?

Was he a meanie

[vital geode]

I just observed

[stuck garnet]

Thats awful boring innit? :(

[vital geode]

People enjoy those hoi4 timelapses so probably not boring for some

For me, kinda did

[gilded pewter]

which is better for the new japan focus tree? historical or non aligned?

[pliant condor]

non aligned

[formal python]

on the construction map, what does the excavator icon 1/8 mean?

[stuck flint]

I cannot find where the dams are

[sour wadi]

ello, bit of a niche question here

so, for the austrian facist path, i wanna turn communist

to do that, ofc you have franz koritschoner

is there any way for theodor innitzer to go anti-facist sooner?

[sweet summit]

bottlenecked at bombay

[stuck flint]

Sire

where are the dams

in

each german state

thats where I was told to build all my civ factorys for 1 year

[sour wadi]

theres 1 in rhineland after doing the focus

westfalen too

and hessen

[stuck flint]

are their any before that

[sour wadi]

westfalen and hessen

[sour wadi]

thats the 2 german dams, with the rhineland getting 1 after the focus

[sweet summit]

Found it

Westfallen

Oh yeah hessen too

[stuck flint]

could you like

show me pictures of each area where the dams are

as I CANNOT findthem

[sour wadi]

theese 3

[neat widget]

Rightful French lands

[sour wadi]

giving things to the french </3

[stuck flint]

WHERES THE DAMN MAN?

[neat widget]

what? you want the nazis to have them?

[sour wadi]

that lil yellow building on the "state modifiers" tab

it isnt an actual building

[sweet summit]

The yellow building yeah

[sour wadi]

give it to the british

frfr

we had hannover, might aswell have them aswell

[neat widget]

Okay fair

[stuck flint]

so build civlian factorys mostly their till 1 year

then spam the living shit out of military factorys

so I can nuke the soviets with the power of infantry?

[sour wadi]

get em to 100% infrastructure first, develop north or west germany (idk which one they are in) and then do that

so develop, infrastructure, then civ

[stuck flint]

how does one do that?

[sour wadi]

its a lil decision you get

[stuck flint]

this good?

[sour wadi]

it lets you develop different parts of germany

[stuck flint]

also

im spamming infantry troops till I got like 12 armys

so I can invade soviet

[sour wadi]

you dont have to develop moselland

focus on the 3 with dams

[stuck flint]

better?

so basicaly chill after their done and focus on getting more armys

oh

[stuck garnet]

lowkey ngl

[sour wadi]

why franken? franken aint got a dam

[stuck flint]

should I do this focus first or the wermact one

[stuck garnet]

unless you'r eon peg

like

unless you're on civ eco

actually

[sour wadi]

whermact one

ngl i normally dont even do that focus lol

[stuck garnet]

if you're below partial mob just do like

just do infa

infra

but i'd reccomend building mils first

unless your industry is that bad

[stuck flint]

but spain is cool if their nationalist

after that

just chill till the infa is done?

[stuck garnet]

especially if you're doing something like 4 year plan

[stuck flint]

wermact is done

what should be my next focus

economny?

What should I focus on now.

wrong picture

[fathom nova]

guys i need help

how do i beat the netherlands

and poland

as germany

[stuck garnet]

try to tak eback your stuff first

[stuck flint]

uhh

im out of fuel for some reason

[fathom nova]

i have no divisions in europe and cant spread em\

[fathom nova]

you have to have 1 hour to do this brother HOW

[stuck flint]

i mightve

trained my planes

[fathom nova]

just do one oil refinery research or 2 and place like 3 silos

refinerys*

[stuck flint]

err

im like

on an list

of what to research though

also

what should my focus be now

help nationalist spain

or do the focus tree on economy

Is grand battle plan in here?

[stuck garnet]

Trying something new
"Just put hmgs and wait untill you have a better cannon" It will never come out if i do that.

[stuck flint]

is this an bad thing?

[stuck garnet]

youre going fash yeah?

[stuck flint]

yes

[stuck garnet]

you want spain fash too yeah?

[stuck flint]

well im getting like 12 armys

[stuck garnet]

actually nvm i just realized i could just wait untill 1939 tech

[stuck flint]

to invade soviet after france and poland

so

I just dont know

if that'll be bad

[stuck garnet]

spain will be ready for war by the time the cold war kicks off anyways

[tepid umbra]

is armored cars counted in either of these? if so, which one?

[stuck flint]

What should I choose?

[stuck garnet]

is this a good template?

[stuck flint]

is spain easy to kill

[stuck garnet]

i'd assume

you probably won't go after spain anywhos

[stuck flint]

also

err

[stuck garnet]

spain is for you to grind general traits

[stuck flint]

what should I choose

[stuck garnet]

the historical option is setting up slovakia as a puppet state

i dont really know what to choose

[stuck flint]

alright

ill do thbat

[stuck garnet]

i don't play fash germany

[tepid umbra]

incredibly if you actually go for them

[stuck garnet]

i wanna know

i'm planning on adding 1938 armor on it

[tepid umbra]

get reliability to 30%

[stuck garnet]

why

its a flame tank i'll be fine

also how

im maxing breakthrough

[tepid umbra]

30% is when the benefits of reliability for flame tanks fall off

[tepid umbra]

idk not have so much stuff

not use interwar

[stuck garnet]

why not 😭

this is my template im planning on using for howietzers

add a radop

[analog maple]

guys how do i reintergate sinkiang as china? i sent him an invite to the faction with he rejected. then i attacked him with my focus tree and forced him to join the faction. but then he just left the faction

[stuck garnet]

radio*

[tepid umbra]

cuz you only getting 4.0 km/h with 9 engine

[stuck garnet]

and later swap out the machine guns for armor skirts or easy maintennance

[tepid umbra]

it's '37 wait a bit and get better stuff

[stuck garnet]

yeah

im converting

but usually when i convert i wait too long

what's a good like

what's a good early med template?

[tepid umbra]

how early

[stuck garnet]

like

when is it viable to use them?

specifically spgs

[tepid umbra]

like '39

it's viable whenever

[stuck garnet]

yeah one for 39

[tepid umbra]

but you don't really need them til '39 or '40

(really you don't need them ever but 🤫)

real men push with only infantry no air, no tanks, no spg

[stuck garnet]

yeah you can win with infantry the ai is that bad

[stuck garnet]

im not a man lol :3

[tepid umbra]

real humans push with only infantry no air, no tanks, no spg

[stuck garnet]

zeeble zorp?👽

[stuck flint]

also

wheres the grand battle plan?

[tepid umbra]

change the top one

[stuck flint]

WDYM top one

[tepid umbra]

the mobile warfare

click on it

[stuck flint]

which one is it

infantry

arty and combat

armor

or operations

[tepid umbra]

dude

do you see at the top

[stuck flint]

oh

im stupid

[tepid umbra]

where it says mobile warfare

[stuck flint]

i need

4 more

points

to get it

am I over killing poland?

[tepid umbra]

use field marshalls

the portrait with the plus in to the left of your generals

also that is kind of overkill lol I usually have 120 by then

[stuck flint]

so like

[stuck flint]

I MIGHTVE MESSED UP

i did dazing

instead of poland

🥀

[tepid umbra]

huh

danzig

?

[tepid umbra]

OH 😭

[stuck flint]

so like

[tepid umbra]

dude

[stuck flint]

should I restart

[tepid umbra]

hover over expand claims in the baltics

[stuck flint]

alright

[tepid umbra]

if it has a war goal for poland in there do that

[stuck flint]

this?

[tepid umbra]

yeah do it

it has wilno conquer focus

and it gives 3 other war goals for free

[stuck flint]

err

okay

[stuck flint]

got grand battle plan btw

[stuck flint]

wait

I DECLARED WAR ON LITH

THAT MEANS SOVIET WILL INVADE ME

[tepid umbra]

so kill them

[tepid umbra]

no

[stuck flint]

oh

yippee

[sour wadi]

is there any way to turn communist as facist austria?

within like, a reasonable time

[tepid umbra]

not in a reasonable time

[sour wadi]

</3

is there actually just no way? cuz i always get close, like 33% by 1939

but breaking past 35% is seemingly impossible

[tepid umbra]

why play fascist

[sour wadi]

i was watching the new florius video

where he showed off how in the facist austria path, militia are kinda OP

then said that one of the army doctrines for militia is locked behind communism

[tepid umbra]

just play a different militia country

[sour wadi]

;-;

the reason why austria's militia specifically

is op

is because of the advisers and focus's

kinda ruins the point to just, play a different militia country

[stuck flint]

NO WAY

THE ITALY AI

ITS GOOD

ITS TAKING FRANCE BEFORE I COULD

[analog maple]

guys anyone know how do i do this?

[stuck flint]

you must

learn

how to fly as an human in real life (Joke)

I believe you need to first expand bureaucracy IF I Do remeber its an focus tree or something similar like the resarch

Urban students I dont know

[analog maple]

thx for mentioning that a joke

was gonna do it

[stuck flint]

im just as new as you

WAIT

YOU KNOW THE ANICENT WAYS OF FLYING?

TEACH ME

[analog maple]

you must pass a silence test of 2 weeks

[stuck flint]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

my greatest weakness

what if i bribe you with an airfryer

also

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[analog maple]

mhhhh

that works

[stuck flint]

and

[analog maple]

just dont use those powers for evil

[stuck flint]

an yamato

[analog maple]

that in 0 showers away

[analog maple]

guys anyone know how do i get manchuria back as china? if japan didnt attack me

[ornate jackal]

why is kodoha japan jeweled spear behind like 40 focuses

isnt using jeweled spear to claim and get buffs from sonno joi the kodoha tree's main thing