ask-for-help-here

[ornate jackal]

is that branch supposed to start invading late and get greedy with industry

i guess thats why it has a reign the kwangtung army and stop marco polo bridge focus

[stuck flint]

@glacial steeple compromised or scammer account

[serene karma]

Got it

[rich plume]

I just got to Panzer III as Germany, should I be splashing on +main gun upgrade or better spend that army exp elsewhere? (Base game)

[idle oak]

:D

[sweet summit]

UH i was at rangoon and then the british said nah, go back 😭

[gilded karma]

Uh so first of all merry Christmas but i just wanted to ask what's a good relatively small template for an early game tank div? Thanks

As a minor if that helps

[brave saffron]

Hello, I'm still on 1.16.10 and I have a question regarding equipment tags/icons on airplanes types. What is their function ? I fought that they shout impact how my airwings are collecting airplanes/reinforcement, but it's seems that they are not working in this regard

[languid trout]

why are u playing on an older version

[brave saffron]

because I want to end old started campaign and don't want to mess around with new free/dlcs features since I probably won't be buying new dlc for now

[molten needle]

hi guys im playing with no dlc and im kinda dealing with some man power issues

[analog maple]

guys cant i push those guys? i have green air and didnt over stack

[molten needle]

im in 1942 and my mp 0 im playing as germany

i took lith and latvia and i could declare war on ussr

[grim apex]

pretty new player, just subscribed to all the dlc. you guys got any recommendations for nations that arent overwehlming starting out? played the netherlands and sweden with mediocre success before

[tepid umbra]

do you have CAS

and do you have supply (you don't)

[analog maple]

yes

[tepid umbra]

what's the design

[analog maple]

a lion doesnt concern himself with supply

they can eat the dirt

[tepid umbra]

you should

your guys can't push cuz of no supply

click on the battles if you wanna find out why you can't push in the future

[molten needle]

hi im playing without any dlc and im kind of in a pickle in 1942 im playing as germany and i got lith and latvia before soviets could and i didnt start soviet war yet

[tepid umbra]

yikes

use improved airframes

use engine 3

[tepid umbra]

ok?

[molten needle]

i have trouble with mp

its 0

[tepid umbra]

don't push with infantry

use field hospitals

[molten needle]

what do i use then?

i have only one panzer division

[tepid umbra]

tanks

[molten needle]

and motorized one division only

[tepid umbra]

I mean pushing with infantry is fine but try not to

[tepid umbra]

make more

and use better ones

[tepid umbra]

don't use those

[molten needle]

ok

and im having trouble in doing sea lion

whenever i land the entire brit army destroys my troops

[tepid umbra]

take ports

get cas

and have more than one province of hold

[molten needle]

should i focus on soviets or brits?

i kinda didnt do the NAP with soviets

[tepid umbra]

brits

[tepid umbra]

no need

[rich plume]

probably brits since you are already at war

[tepid umbra]

unless you want tank research bonus

[analog maple]

so what do i do? place supply hubs?

[molten needle]

i alr did anti soviet pact

and war with ussr focus

[tepid umbra]

yes

only thing you can do lol

[rich plume]

are you at war with them already though

[tepid umbra]

ok

don't declare on them yet

[rich plume]

if not, you can try to delay it as much as you can. War on 2 fronts is not a great idea

spreading too thin and getting dragged into too many wars is kind of how germany lost irl

[molten needle]

so when i land in the uk

i send my entire airforce?

[rich plume]

well, maybe keep some fighters over Rhineland

but more or less yeah

[molten needle]

i have a bigger navy than my airforce lol

[rich plume]

UK is kind of the boss fight of WW2 :D

[molten needle]

i got 70 U subs

and like 8 or 9 capital ships

maybe 40 destroyers

[rich plume]

subs don't help on the island

[molten needle]

do i send all of them to english channel?

[rich plume]

you need help taking the island, or crossing the channel?

[tepid umbra]

if you don't rush it

it was historically

[rich plume]

yeah

[tepid umbra]

also if us joins it's the final boss

[rich plume]

just have to take them seriously

[tepid umbra]

since you have to cap the uk to have any chance at beating them

[rich plume]

well, there are a number of "boss fights" :P

[molten needle]

usa joined bro

im in october 1942

amd i cooked?

[tepid umbra]

no

[rich plume]

oh, speaking of not rushing it

[tepid umbra]

do you get desperate defense with no dlcs

[rich plume]

[tepid umbra]

hist germany ass

[molten needle]

wdym sorry

i didnt understand

desperate defense a docterine?

[tepid umbra]

subdoctrine

under operations

gives 5% manpower percentage

[molten needle]

nah i got rapid domination

[tepid umbra]

switch to desperate defence

instantly gives tons of manpower

[molten needle]

ok

and im doing bribe senior officers rn should i switch to sea lion as focus?

[tepid umbra]

lemme see your focus tree

[molten needle]

ok im sending gimme a sec

here

[tepid umbra]

not the politcal side

the other ones

[nocturne cloak]

Easy to invade!

[tepid umbra]

get to totalier krieg

more manpower

[molten needle]

ok

[nocturne cloak]

Inner circle brah

[molten needle]

yea not very goos

[tepid umbra]

inner circle is FAKE

[molten needle]

good*

[tepid umbra]

AI

[molten needle]

what?

[nocturne cloak]

are we fr

[tepid umbra]

he's saying his isn't

[molten needle]

yo when i switched two of my armies from eastern to western front my mp grew

strange

[nocturne cloak]

It's okay @molten needle you will get good!

[molten needle]

Thanks bro

first time

i watched so many tutorials but they all use dlc

hope i get a dlc this christmas

[nocturne cloak]

Y 6 focuses into navy

[molten needle]

for sea lion

[nocturne cloak]

Sea lion should be right after france

LOwk

Ai is not very smart!

[molten needle]

should i send my subs into the channel

[nocturne cloak]

No

Shallow water

[molten needle]

oh ok

all those subs for nothing yikes

[nocturne cloak]

I mean

[obsidian sundial]

why is my tank designer this ugly thing

instead of the normal where i can choose the guns and armor and allat

[nocturne cloak]

Missing DLC

[molten needle]

i can relate

[obsidian sundial]

which

[molten needle]

NSB

no step back

[obsidian sundial]

dang 12 bucks

hmmmmmmmm

[nocturne cloak]

P good

[molten needle]

i got a save that i can load

should i?

[nocturne cloak]

If you want to!

[molten needle]

then i can send all my troops to the uk ig

alright ill give it a shot

[nocturne cloak]

How do you have Kian added

[molten needle]

kian?

what

[molten needle]

u know him?

[nocturne cloak]

Yers

He is my pookie

[molten needle]

yoo he my pookie too

we used to be in minecraft servers

then some war happened

we had a whole ah friend group

[tepid umbra]

I have so many mutuals 😼

[molten needle]

hey i had a save from 1940 i loaded into it

[nocturne cloak]

Cute

[tepid umbra]

ok

[nocturne cloak]

I think i may know most of them

[obsidian sundial]

bro do i need to buy ANOTHER dlc for the same edit thing on planes?

[molten needle]

i start sea lion?

[molten needle]

nah all of them on no step back

[north quail]

how do i pacify eth better

faster

[obsidian sundial]

why this then

[nocturne cloak]

@north quail YOOOOOOOOOO

[obsidian sundial]

on tanks its good

but air aint

[nocturne cloak]

Yes

Why are your ships under sweden

Silly boy

[sweet summit]

HAHHAHAHAAHHHAHAHHA
I don't know how the designer works btw

[molten needle]

Do i invade norway and demark first or uk?

[nocturne cloak]

Puppet it

[obsidian sundial]

what

[north quail]

is that a option

cuz they js capitulate and i get all the land

[nocturne cloak]

After you take it over, yes

[tepid umbra]

you used to have to for boats

[molten needle]

do i invade denmark and norway or uk first?

[obsidian sundial]

ion rlly care abt boats

[tepid umbra]

it's free now tho

[obsidian sundial]

im asking abt air

[nocturne cloak]

You took too long then, they did a focus allowing them to stay at war with you

[tepid umbra]

uk

[nocturne cloak]

thats why it always screws you

[molten needle]

ok

[obsidian sundial]

why cant i edit planes as i can with tanks bro

[north quail]

i got solid progress

[tepid umbra]

boats are fun tho

[tepid umbra]

can you for either

?

[obsidian sundial]

i can with tanks

[nocturne cloak]

Thats good, but if you take too long it still does the focus

[obsidian sundial]

but not airplanes

[north quail]

tyy

[obsidian sundial]

@tepid umbra

[nocturne cloak]

Just battleplan your entire army north and south, bring all your air and steam roll them!

Use a cavalry to flank and take empty tiles

[tepid umbra]

did you not read the stuff that comes with what you buy

[obsidian sundial]

someone told me to buy nsb

[tepid umbra]

usually they fill it up

but it's pretty easy if you use your whole army and all your air

[nocturne cloak]

Yes sir!

[tepid umbra]

did you not read the description

[obsidian sundial]

lowk

no

[north quail]

ok so i just literally capitulated them right after solid progress what now

[molten needle]

do i invade spain?

[nocturne cloak]

You should get the peace deal menu if you did it fast enough

[molten needle]

or should i just uk only?

[north quail]

i didnt

ill retry to see

[tepid umbra]

uk only

for now

you can do everything else later

but uk gets harder and harder to invade the longer you wait

[obsidian sundial]

what dlc should i buy for both bro 😭

[molten needle]

alright

[tepid umbra]

if you want the air designer you need by blood alone

tank designer is in no step back

ship designer was in man the guns, but that is now free

[obsidian sundial]

aint no way i need 2 dlcs

pain

[tepid umbra]

paradox is greedy

[molten needle]

insane

Do i use paratroopers?

[sweet summit]

yop

[north quail]

ok i literally speedrunned them and i didnt get it

[tepid umbra]

how speedrun

[tepid umbra]

you can

but it's not required

[north quail]

i won

[sweet summit]

ethopia is ezzzz
Just send whole army down and pincer them

[molten needle]

i did sea lion as focus when i get ready to naval invade uk so i send my entire fleet and ariforce into the channel and as well as england

[nocturne cloak]

Its all about timing

[north quail]

yea im tryna puppet

[tepid umbra]

I mean how quickly

[north quail]

barely did 2 focuses and they were gone

[tepid umbra]

just annex them and get italian east africa

[tepid umbra]

too slow 😂

[obsidian sundial]

im lowk refunding hoi 😭 ✌️

[tepid umbra]

no subs

[obsidian sundial]

this shit is too difficult for me

[sweet summit]

Nuh uh

[tepid umbra]

learn

[north quail]

tf

[tepid umbra]

it takes time

[sweet summit]

Skill issue

[tepid umbra]

play smaller countries

[sweet summit]

It's been great

[north quail]

bad thing

[nocturne cloak]

You can do this arty!

[obsidian sundial]

i spent like 3 hours trying to learn to naval invade

[north quail]

play italy

[sweet summit]

Fighting Britain and Canada as the Princely State in 36

[north quail]

you lied to me

[obsidian sundial]

and if i need 2 extra dlcs to play the way i see on yt

[sweet summit]

Don't do that

[obsidian sundial]

i lowk dont wanna spend allat

[nocturne cloak]

I told you the truth...

[sweet summit]

Paratroop

[north quail]

why doesnt it work

[obsidian sundial]

i did

[north quail]

what are you struggling with

[obsidian sundial]

spent 3 hours trying to figure out how to reach greece

[tepid umbra]

why

[nocturne cloak]

You arent taking em over fast enough

[sweet summit]

Jump in the lounge and i'll show you

[obsidian sundial]

greece

[tepid umbra]

don't declare on a country if you don't have a land border if you're a new player

[north quail]

cant im in vc with friends

[tepid umbra]

go through yugo or romania

[obsidian sundial]

well the tutorial aint say that 😭

[nocturne cloak]

That's a lie

you dont got none

[sweet summit]

Ight bro chill

[north quail]

no need to lie

[sweet summit]

I did Greece through Yugo as they become your puppets by a focus

[nocturne cloak]

Is it tyull and rex ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️

[north quail]

no wtf

[nocturne cloak]

☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️

[north quail]

they are minecraft side characters

[sweet summit]

huh

[nocturne cloak]

Being in a call w tyull and rex would drive me isane

insane

[north quail]

inside knowledege required

[obsidian sundial]

i got the same focus but they said that i cant invade a country through a neutral country

[north quail]

yea but im not

[grim apex]

pretty new player, just subscribed to all the dlc. you guys got any recommendations for nations that arent overwehlming starting out? played the netherlands and sweden with mediocre success before

[tepid umbra]

should be common sense???

[obsidian sundial]

and i coouldnt figure out how to get yugo into the war

[nocturne cloak]

Learn navy!

Its fune!

fun

[tepid umbra]

what year did you declare on greece

[north quail]

"fune"

[tepid umbra]

and did you try justifying on yugo

[obsidian sundial]

nono

yugo was my puppet

and i tried invading greece through them

[north quail]

pretty sure you can only call them if they are in the faction?

[tepid umbra]

did you try waiting

til they had divisions

[molten needle]

can anyone recommend a tank template i have no dlc

[nocturne cloak]

I am a good UK player, you become a good Italy player and we can navy 1v1

[obsidian sundial]

they had like 30

i took em all

[north quail]

idek how to move naval invade

[tepid umbra]

did you try reading the X on when you tried calling them 😭

[tepid umbra]

how good

[nocturne cloak]

There are key points to splitting up your navy!

Such as no subs in the main fleet

[obsidian sundial]

the option was gray

it didnt even give me the chance to call them

[north quail]

he just finished the tutorial, only 700 hrs of playtime

[tepid umbra]

did you hover over it and see what it said

[nocturne cloak]

Decenttt

I have been practicing alot

[obsidian sundial]

it said nothing

[sweet summit]

Bro's gonna beat Soviet Union as tibet atr

[obsidian sundial]

just no option to do ot

[tepid umbra]

were you actually at war with greece

[obsidian sundial]

yes

[tepid umbra]

and was yugo actually your puppet

[obsidian sundial]

also yes

[tepid umbra]

how many hours

and do you run sp or mp

[north quail]

did it say italian yugo or sum

[molten needle]

do i send my fleet and airforce to the channel? im about to start sea lion im nervous gng

[tepid umbra]

then they were prolly alr in the war

[obsidian sundial]

im like 99% sure

[tepid umbra]

you sure your divs just weren't pushing

[north quail]

did you puppet them through the focus tree?

[nocturne cloak]

Only about 1k most of em are the UK tho

[tepid umbra]

everything but subs

[tepid umbra]

I have 400 😼

[obsidian sundial]

yea

[nocturne cloak]

Lemme check

[obsidian sundial]

nonetheless

[molten needle]

ok

[north quail]

you wanted to invade from their land?

[obsidian sundial]

im just not gonna pay 2 dlcs

[north quail]

ion think that works

[obsidian sundial]

to edit the tanks and planes

[sweet summit]

i mean ight bet

[obsidian sundial]

yea it doesnt

[tepid umbra]

you alr have the tanks

you don't need to edit planes

[obsidian sundial]

refunded lowk

[tepid umbra]

it barely changes anything and it's really not that deep

[north quail]

dms

[tepid umbra]

you can js wait til they become free

[sweet summit]

HEY HEY HEY

[nocturne cloak]

rizz

[sweet summit]

BAD ARTA

[molten needle]

i got 1k+ planes in channel as air superiority naval strikes and port strikes

and sent 7 capital ships with 40 destroyers

this enough?

[sweet summit]

Nah it's a 1:4 screen ratio

where's the 3 capital ones ?

[tepid umbra]

thought it was 1:5

[obsidian sundial]

thats gon take like 6 years right?

[tepid umbra]

that's still good tho

[tepid umbra]

no

la resistance is prolly gonna become free next year i'd say

and then after that it'll prolly be late 2026 for no step back

maybe later

[molten needle]

bruh im losing planes now

aw man

[tepid umbra]

fighters

[molten needle]

yea

their ships are destroying my planes

[tepid umbra]

so have tankier fighters

[molten needle]

im launching sea lion

do i send the panzers?

[tepid umbra]

not in the naval invasion

once you take ports and a few provinces, yeah

[molten needle]

alright

wish me luck

oh god they are defending every coastal tile

SUCCESS

I HIT THE BEACHES

LONDON FELL

now im stuck lol

they are pushing hard

what do i do?

[tepid umbra]

tanks

[molten needle]

i did send

[tepid umbra]

and cas

[molten needle]

they have ten times the figthers i have

[tepid umbra]

build more fighters

that's why they're pushing

CAS wins wars

[sweet summit]

how do i fix this Olive ?

What ?

[outer garden]

could anybody help me with hoi4 im kinda new

[sweet summit]

@tepid umbra 🥀 need help

[tepid umbra]

You don't

This is why you don't play afghanistan

[tepid umbra]

Learn from practice

[sweet summit]

Really ?

I thought the templates were bad

[outer garden]

uhmmm help

[sweet summit]

I guess they're not

[sweet summit]

Where your marshal?

[outer garden]

marshal?

[dull granite]

WHY CANT i manage the upper navy? the one with 200 subs, if i try to convoy raid they will use the 2nd line of navym on moving to "ceylon." everyone is best hoi4 player til they go against one of my questions...

[tepid umbra]

Wdym

I said you don't as in they're that ass 😭

[serene karma]

[sweet summit]

Uh so i remove the cavalry right ?

[tepid umbra]

Why do you have 200 subs

[sweet summit]

I have 21k man power 🥀

[serene karma]

The upper navy is a another Taskforce

[tepid umbra]

Depends

I'd drop the tanks to start

[sweet summit]

I'm screwed

[serene karma]

Its below the one on the screen

[dull granite]

is that your answer?

[tepid umbra]

And put the line on sumn else

[outer garden]

and i died

[tepid umbra]

Idek what you're asking

Cuz you provided minimal info

[serene karma]

So scroll down and manage the subs fron there

[outer garden]

whats a good starter nation to learn sh

[tepid umbra]

I'd not reccomend a major nation

Do you have any of the dlcs?

[sweet summit]

Nvm I don't have tanks so i can't edit it

[outer garden]

no i dont

im broke boy

[dull granite]

I cant manage the upper navy, you see the first line of navy? the one with 200 subs, i cant manage that, if i put the admiral to convoy raid it wont use the first line of navy, and if i try to separate them they remained merged, the whole first line, how to replicate? Just merge With G, and you will have the same problem

[tepid umbra]

That's not a task force

That's the whole fleet

[serene karma]

[outer garden]

hungary or romania i wanna play either of both

[serene karma]

.

[tepid umbra]

I dont remember hungary's default focus tree but romania's isn't too shabby

[dull granite]

so how do i fix it? if i try to put them on reserve THE whole 200 subs, 69 destroyers and 14 carriers get sent to reserve

How DO i repair it?

[tepid umbra]

It should repair automatically

You can press the 2 wrenches and the exclamation mark to repair it now

[gray hull]

Get support ships researched

[dull granite]

you ragebaiting cunt,not repair the fleet, repair my situation

[outer garden]

is historical the best way to learn or non historical

[tepid umbra]

No reason

[tepid umbra]

You're phrasing it poorly

[gray hull]

Play historical as Hungary

[dull granite]

and you took advantage of that and ragebaited, hopefully you get socks for christmas

[tepid umbra]

I didn't ragebait

[sweet summit]

Afghanistan has no supply in itself 🥀

Why

[tepid umbra]

You're getting angry at me trying to be helpful 💔

[tepid umbra]

They were broke

And are a desert and mountainous region

[tepid umbra]

I like socks 😔

[sweet summit]

Ayoo

[gray hull]

No supply hubs except one on the capital, make civs then infrastructure then make some supply hubs and railways

[dull granite]

keep your ego down after this

[sweet summit]

2400 days for civs

Yayayyy

[tepid umbra]

What

[gray hull]

Do focuses

[sweet summit]

😭🥀
The wars gonna be over and I won't have one civ

[sweet summit]

The next focus is a civil war 🥀

[tepid umbra]

No need for supply hubs on a country that small i think

[sweet summit]

Ight I'll go away

[tepid umbra]

Did you go down a bad path

[sweet summit]

To other side of the tree

[gray hull]

It wont go to every tile

[sweet summit]

Political path has civil war 🥀

[tepid umbra]

Might if you make trucks

[tepid umbra]

Guaranteed?

I dont have GOE

Send the whole thing to reserve then split it

And calm down

[sweet summit]

What

[gray hull]

Its mountains and deserts i doubt it will, 1 supply hub near iran would fix that problem

[sweet summit]

Goe

[tepid umbra]

Afghanistan dlc

Graveyard of empires

[tepid umbra]

Trucks extend the range pretry far iirc

[sweet summit]

Let's see how the civil war goes atp

I'm beelining to it

[tepid umbra]

You'll prolly die

[gray hull]

Deserts have 14% supply flow reduction and 50% supply truck attrition mountains have 12% flow reduction and 100% supply truck attrition

[tepid umbra]

Huh

Attrition shouldn't affect range tho, no?

[sweet summit]

If I'm shit, so are they
I also asked help from Japan and Germany 🔥

[tepid umbra]

Oh maybe not then

[gray hull]

Afghanistan is poor you'll lose alot of trucks if you dont make many

[sweet summit]

And I killed my divs just in case

[tepid umbra]

So make more 😼

[tepid umbra]

Prolly a bad idea idk

[gray hull]

Kinda difficult with low mils

[dull granite]

still doesnt work

FUHHHH

[tepid umbra]

Send a screenshot of them in reserves

Why do you even have 200 subs tho

[sweet summit]

He likes subs

[gray hull]

Yeah trucks dont help at all

[tepid umbra]

Subway sandwich 😋

[dull granite]

i did navy germany, and focused on subs

[tepid umbra]

Let them reinforce

[tepid umbra]

Were you going after uk

[dull granite]

i was, i was trying to do the sink the Hood, currently they are left with one territory, after truce expires i am about unleash 300 ships into one sea zone, hoping i sink them

[dull granite]

you are a good man

[sweet summit]

Yeah my ass getting beat like s drum

[outer garden]

does this look good?

[tepid umbra]

I mean sure

Good is subjective

If it's good to you, it's good

[outer garden]

yes but if you take austria does that mean that germany is going to take it from you?

[tepid umbra]

They won't take it from you

They might get a war goal tho

[outer garden]

good for me i guess

[tepid umbra]

And they deff will with sudetenland

[outer garden]

i have good relations

[tepid umbra]

They will still do it

[outer garden]

oh

[tepid umbra]

Relations don't rly matter here

It's how strong you are

[stuck hinge]

whats a good tank template to use as germany?

[tepid umbra]

Read pins

For singleplayer

[stuck hinge]

ah alright

[molten needle]

im stuck in scotland now

they got all of thier army

im defending at the river crossing near hull

i took liverpool hto

tho*

im thinking of naval invading glasgow

[sinful vessel]

What is the max number of carrier per fleet ?

[tepid umbra]

There is no max

But try to have 4 screens for ever 1 carrier

And try to have some battleships too so that if the screens sink they dont instantly rush the carriers

[outer garden]

i have the most cursed game ever its historical but its allies vs axis and soviets

somehow

[tepid umbra]

Germany can ally soviets

[outer garden]

no but its historical and no alliance

its because of 1939 invasion of poland and i think the soviets invaded poland so the allies joined?

[sweet summit]

Civil war save reloaded and i didn't see the button for 8 divisions

We steamrolled them 🥀🔥

[sour arch]

how to know version of my old saved game?

[fossil dove]

Is it a good idea to just produce subs with as less visibility as posibile? That agains the AI

[sinful vessel]

I thought there was a max for efficiency.

[tepid umbra]

I dont think so

[tepid umbra]

Sure

But subs aren't amazing

[fossil dove]

So, any tips for navy, i have 0 idea how and what to do

[sinful vessel]

ok ty. I'm just finishing my game as a world conquest, i have way too many ships, i'm just trying to organize them ^^

[narrow grail]

So there are some requirements for carriers and capital ships for protection. Should they all (and screening ships) be in one task force or just one admiral?

[sinful vessel]

afaik, it's in the battle. so it's easyer to put them on the same fleety. though if many fleet are in the same battle, all screens will be used

[narrow grail]

I just play Japan and want not all fleet to work once naval invasion is launched

[tepid umbra]

I think one task force is best

[narrow grail]

Put all fleet for naval dominance. Launch invasion. Leave destroyers active for convoy escort

[tepid umbra]

You gotta micro that shi

[sinful vessel]

you can have multiple fleet. just keep around 4 screen for each big ship.

[narrow grail]

Don't want to leave all fleet just escorting them

[tepid umbra]

So have multiple task forces

[serene temple]

hello, maybe it s a very asked question, but what s a good infantry division, alongside with a tank one, thank you for the answers! :)

[tepid umbra]

Pins

[serene temple]

so, I guess that 12/0 it s a decent one

[outer garden]

is this good pased moscow?

[mortal herald]

I have a problem
How do I solve it?

[lavish skiff]

Hi. I have a problem with my HOI4. My game stops responding when it gets to calculating naval distances during loading.

[crimson sentinel]

How do I manage my navy idk what I am doing and why are all my ships sinking

[unreal pulsar]

Can someone explain how breakthrough works

[civic garden]

Basically, X points of breakthrough when your unit is attacking "defend against" X points of enemy attack. According to the wiki, an attack that's "defended against" has a 10% chance to do any damage at all; an attack that's not defended against, 40%

A simple answer would be "breakthrough is to attacking units what defense is to defending units", and "breakthrough/defense is compared to the enemy attack, and if attack exceeds breakthrough/defense then the excess attack gets effectively multiplied by 4", check the wiki on land combat to find out exactly what that means

[crimson sentinel]

Can someone explain to me how to properly do navy?

[winter ledge]

Your ships are convoys. They are transport ships with basically no defence. They probably are bringing supplies to your troops in the baltics or bringing in resources you are buying from overseas. The russians have submarines attacking your undefended convoys. Destroyers and light cruisers block the torpedoes from their submarines. So make a taskforce with some of them and set them to convoy escort in the region. To defend those convoy escorts in case the russian navy comes in, set your battlefleet to strike force in the region and make them always engage.

From the wiki: The ratio of screen ships to capital ships and convoys is the screening ratio. With good positioning, 100% screening efficiency is reached when the ratio is 3[1] screen(s) per capital ship and/or carrier and an additional 0.5[2] screen(s) per convoy. For example, if you have 4 carriers and 4 battleships, you need 24 screen ships in order to reach 100% screening efficiency, or if you have 16 convoys under attack from submarines, you need 8 screen ships to reach 100% screening efficiency.

screening efficiency is how much of the enemies torpedoes are blocked. you need destroyers and light cruisers to defend your batleships from torps too

[unreal pulsar]

so like when my units are attacked if my breakthrough exceeds their attack it has only 10% to take damage?

[fierce idol]

what's an easy early division template that makes use of medium tanks?

[civic garden]

OK there's an issue here with "attack" meaning the side whose divisions are trying to enter the other side's territory (and in that sense the attacking side uses breakthrough while the defending side uses defense), but also "attack" meaning using the soft and hard attack stats to try to deal damage to enemy divisions which both sides in a battle are doing

[civic garden]

I have no idea if this is good or not but I usually do 2 medium tanks, 2 self-propelled artillery, 3 mechanized if I have them motorized if I don't, plus whatever support I have

[stuck garnet]

hot take but like i like being forced into war

yeah let me go to general

[civic garden]

And it's not 10% chance to take any damage at all, it's each attack (which is 1/10 of the total hardness-adjusted attack stats per hour, according to the wiki) has a 10% chance to deal damage if it does not exceed 1/10 of the target's defense/breakthrough, and 40% if it does

[unreal pulsar]

ah

[civic garden]

(So like a 230-attack division attacking a 180-defense division will every hour have 18 attacks that each have a 10% chance to damage and 5 attacks that each have a 40% chance to damage)

(Seriously just read the wiki, land combat article, everything I'm saying is just me trying to explain what's there)

[unreal pulsar]

ok thank you

[hallow hamlet]

Hello hoi people! For the infantry template there are bonusus to attack defense and movement depending on what troops you put in that division, I was wondering how that works. Like If I put one ranger battalion in that division, will the entire division get the buffs of the Ranger? Or do I need to add more

[civic garden]

It's proportional

[hallow hamlet]

So the more troops that have that bonus in that division will give me a higher effect of my bonuses?

[crimson sentinel]

How do I get out of this terrible situation

[civic garden]

So like if 1 out of 9 line battalions are rangers, the whole division will have 1/9 the bonuses that a ranger battalion would have

[hallow hamlet]

Ah okay

Thank ya

[civic garden]

(Support companies do just add whatever terrain bonuses they say they'll add)

[unreal pulsar]

what's a good space marine div template

[inner sparrow]

any infantry like division with a high armor tank batallion in it

the higher the armor of the tank the better ur space marine division will be

for sp it’s like whatever as ai will nearly never pierce u at some point

[unreal pulsar]

ya I was thinking medium aa is that a good idea

[inner sparrow]

in mp u will always be pierced if smart players

[inner sparrow]

no

medium are bad for armor memes

if u want a good one do heavy tanks

u can do heavy spaa if u need aa

if not just do heavy spg or whatever else u need

or just heavy tank

[unreal pulsar]

well this is for singleplayer so I was thinking meds for cutting costs

[inner sparrow]

medium will be pierced by ai

ofc takes some time

[unreal pulsar]

oh

[inner sparrow]

u can do it for early and mid but if u play long games u will be pierced eventually

[unreal pulsar]

25w good?

[inner sparrow]

no

[unreal pulsar]

help me out here

[inner sparrow]

for cheap, defence units u want 16-18w and for attacking 36w

[unreal pulsar]

ok thanks

[inner sparrow]

np

[icy garnet]

What is a good singleplayer medium tank template?

[inner sparrow]

the one in pinned from topazand is good

this one is good too

u can remove the tripple aa its for mp

[icy garnet]

So SPG over Medium tanks?

[inner sparrow]

yes

[unreal pulsar]

spg is cracked now battles against ai end in 5 seconds

[inner sparrow]

spgs are thanos in sp

this template is without spg doctrine, with it i have 300 soft more as in the template

also change the 3 aa to either one spg or one mech

for sp

[north quail]

how do i pacify ethiopia fast

[civic garden]

Assuming you're not switching ideology? Rush the New Emperor of Ethiopia, then do the Develop Ethiopia focus and do all the electrification decisions

Spam the Discredit Haile Selassie decision whenever it's available

[north quail]

ok

ty

[civic garden]

Leave them on colonial police, that should get you 60% compliance before the missiolini times out. Going Regional Development to upgrade colonial police will help but shouldn't be necessary

Oh right, when they get relatively high do Topple Amhara Rulers, that'll give you 10% compliance everywhere if you take the +compliance options in the events

[north quail]

ty

whats this

[sweet summit]

Alright apparently Afghanistan sucks
Time to play the worst major 🥀

British Raj's puppet 🥀

[sweet summit]

Uh do it

Did you finally defeat Ethopia in time

[civic garden]

Yeah, that thing. The first option gives extra compliance which helps, or you can make a puppet in up to all but 2 of the states

(You'll get another 3 events of that type)

[north quail]

couldnt i just speedrun estabilish italian east africa

although idk the requirements

[sweet summit]

East africa

[civic garden]

I think if you want to form AOI you can just make all the puppets, get compliance in and integrate the two remaining states, then form AOI and it'll annex all the puppets you made, but I'm not sure

[civic garden]

I don't remember exactly but I think you or your subjects have to own all initial Ethiopian states, which should allow giving them to puppets in these events, but owning the remaining two will require 60% compliance and the integrate decisions

So I think the AOI speedrun strat is:

• rush New Emperor to get Discredit Haile Selassie asap, use it whenever available
• do Topple and establish all the puppets; max compliance occupation law (civilian occupation if you don't care about resistance, colonial police if you do) in the two states not covered by the events
• do Develop Ethiopia; when the remaining two states reach 40-45% compliance, do the electrification decisions in them
• integrate those two states and form AOI

[rose urchin]

why my troops dosn't invade?

[civic garden]

Oh also annexing Albania will give you a general compliance buff

[obsidian sundial]

u got naval suppremacy?

[olive tapir]

how do you beat china as japan in the new update?

[rose urchin]

i think

i put all my ships

[obsidian sundial]

uhhhh

no idea then

im a noobie too

[olive tapir]

how do you get invaded by the turkish?

seriosly

[rose urchin]

Brother, is it 1912? Do you have history classes at your school?

[olive tapir]

didnt see the date

[glacial steeple]

only patrol gives supremacy

[lone smelt]

i am on closed economy, why do 2k convoys trade

[stuck garnet]

is great war redux any good?

[stuck garnet]

what are your resource?

[lone smelt]

you mean my resources?

0 import 0 export

[stuck garnet]

do you

do you have the things

[lone smelt]

you mean if i take them from occupied territories?

[stuck garnet]

Like

The coal energy thing

[civic garden]

You're UK on an island right? Sea transport of resources in owned territory that aren't land-connected to your capital does use convoys, though idk whether they're counted under "trade" or "supply"

[lone smelt]

thank you, that must be it

[civic garden]

If they're counted under trade, that would explain it

[lone smelt]

of course yes, considering how much i take form other continents

[civic garden]

Actually you can hover the "owned" section of your resources and it'll say stuff like "importing from <territory> using <number> convoys", and see if the numbers add up

[lone smelt]

trade is anything resource related, supply combat related so checks out

yeah it says "using X convoys to deliver from Y"

thanks

[native gorge]

is this a good template early game? support comps are untouched but im not too sure if i should replace anything

[stuck garnet]

do you have 1939 arty?

[lone smelt]

i would add another arty.

[lone smelt]

he said early. i assume thats pre 40

[civic garden]

The date is in the screenshot, it's 1938

[stuck garnet]

Line arty is a suck

terrain penalties

no hp

less org

no break

no parents

no grades

no future

no job

no house

[native gorge]

im assuming GW era arty is not 39

[stuck garnet]

no apartment

[stuck garnet]

get arty 2s if you want line arty

and that time would be better spent getting gun 2s

unless you're making tanks

literally it's better to put light tanks in the inf battalion

[native gorge]

i do have 39 guns

[stuck garnet]

cheaper

more stats

more breakthrough

armor

[native gorge]

i have not started a single tank production line ;-;

[stuck garnet]

Was making a point

"But lights have no stats" definitely more than line arty

[native gorge]

also can that apply to non-NSB tanks?

[stuck garnet]

probably if im guessing idk

show me them

[native gorge]

ig everything but the soft atk is nice

[stuck garnet]

no like

[native gorge]

its also with this bum ahh starting tank

[stuck garnet]

can you show me the stats

of the light tank

hover over it

show me the stats of the battalion too pls

[stuck garnet]

takes up less combat width too

but like

[inner sparrow]

dont use line arty at all

[stuck garnet]

i'd reccomend inf only in your inf bats

[inner sparrow]

just use inf

or special forces

but inf is enough

[stuck garnet]

can i see it in comparison to your inf bats?

[inner sparrow]

pure inf and air wins u everything

[stuck garnet]

very boring

i usually just make tanks

they're very fun

[inner sparrow]

ofc

but it works

[native gorge]

ive tried that

got smacked by goddamn norway 😭

[inner sparrow]

and most ppl struggle with winning

[native gorge]

75 cas tho

so

probably that

[inner sparrow]

template wasnt the probiem

[civic garden]

This div costs twice as much as the one with artillery

[inner sparrow]

other issues like no combat modifiers, bad logistics, no stockpile, not enough divs is usually more of a reason

[inner sparrow]

both are bad

[civic garden]

Until you run out of manpower, in my Italy experience

[inner sparrow]

u don’t run out of manpower if u have green air and cas in every battle

[native gorge]

probably no combat mods and divs

i stretched my 24 divs throughout all of norway

[inner sparrow]

unless u play mp starved countries that dont get 1 mil

[inner sparrow]

yeah

thats the problem

one of many

[civic garden]

So basically, don't attack until you've won the air war?

[native gorge]

does more cas = more dmg?

[inner sparrow]

dont battleplan till u won air war yes

[serene karma]

The first line you see is the entire fleet
The one named greater germanic reich reserve fleet is a task force
Multiple task forces make a fleet
U should read the navy guide in pins
And if you want to manage the 200~ sub, you need to scroll down to that taskforce and do whatever you want to do. Or right click the subs to separate into a new Taskforce

[inner sparrow]

until then just manually micro

[inner sparrow]

theres a max amount that can get into battle

[serene karma]

Remain respectful

[inner sparrow]

but theres a lot

and cas gives enemy debuff to stats

and org dmg

so u push a lot faster unless enemy fully ls their entire army

[serene karma]

Up to a limit defined by air superiority in that zone and combat width

[inner sparrow]

which they can’t

[native gorge]

so technically more cas = more dmg, just with a limit

?

[inner sparrow]

more cas more org dmg yes

[serene karma]

Yes

[native gorge]

gotcha

[inner sparrow]

and vanilla air is op esp cas dmg

u have 4 doctrines with 15% ground attack aswll

[serene karma]

Yes with a direct buff and hp/org damage and with the cas doctrine

Like the new cas doctrines are so good

[civic garden]

Also I think the ground attack bonus increases your own breakthrough?

[native gorge]

also throughout this entire conversation

I still have not completed saving, i think my laptop is cooked 🙏

[civic garden]

So reduces the damage you take as well

[native gorge]

finally

[native gorge]

damn its so cooked hoi4 isnt even showing up

[serene karma]

[native gorge]

or well anything

anyways

[serene karma]

What did u do to ur pc

[native gorge]

IDK

[serene karma]

Whats the specs

[native gorge]

i might restart

core i5 2060 rtx

[serene karma]

i5 what?

Maybe you have too many background processes taking up resources?

[native gorge]

idk man theyve updated the model and i cant find the original one online

nvm

just needed to look further (legit just adding i5 into the search bar ;-;) either an Intel Core i5-11400H (11th Gen) or i5-10300H (10th Gen)

[dull granite]

how does someone even do this achievement in the latest patch?

[native gorge]

which

what achievement

[native gorge]

ah

[dull granite]

i am not a puh, to go back to older version to get it

but i still gotta think how do i do this?

gotta do historical ww2 i see, beat allies before 45, then invade portugal

[inner sparrow]

just early dec on mexico after u cap china

agter invade us and then kill ger when they go ww2

u can dec on china and cap them 37

[vagrant crag]

Hi

[inner sparrow]

so enough time

[vagrant crag]

I just came back playing hoi4, and i was shocked by new navy system

How to navy nowadays

[north quail]

impossible, nobody knows navy

trust

[inner sparrow]

its even simpler this update compared to before

navy was never hard

just the system looks shit and complicated

[vagrant crag]

How can one achieve the naval domination 🙏

So patrol increases your domination?

[fathom thistle]

Yes

That's the only mission that gets you supremacy now

[craggy ember]

Why when naval invading is it not working for me? I'm selecting the naval invasion order and doing what it says, but it's just not working.

[serene karma]

You probably hit the limit

How many other invasions do you have

[sweet summit]

Alright bro who made the afghanistan dlc

shoot him

[unique steeple]

Bit mean don't you think

[sweet summit]

how the hell are you supposed to get into Sikiang when there's one pass and 10 people gaurding it

[sweet summit]

I cheated in 60 divs, still couldn't get past the pass

It's literally the only way in there

And it's mountainous

Japan was useless btw

They didn't even take China so i was just waiting and i didn't even get to steam roll British Raj

[woven dragon]

Yo arent you a youtuber?

[unique steeple]

Nah other guy

[craggy ember]

just only had one, and it was not doing anything.

[woven dragon]

Oh mb

[sweet summit]

Try afghanistan and then sikiang 🥀

Should've taken the Raj first atp

[unique steeple]

Any resemblance is purely coincidental

[sweet summit]

The Cracking Brit guy ?

[craggy ember]

Is there a something I need other then basic landing craft and marines to do a naval invasion? Because I had both, and nothing. It's odd.

[sweet summit]

Naval supermacy

Patrol your boats there afaik

[craggy ember]

Is that the new meta?

[scenic nacelle]

not the meta

just the very basic way to do it

[craggy ember]

Patrol? alright, I'll try that

[sweet summit]

No it's a prerequirement for naval invading

Naval supremacy

[craggy ember]

I had supremacy, My people were not invading though

[serene karma]

Then u hit the naval cap

U need to research more

Or delete the previous invasion

[craggy ember]

I only had one division set to do a naval invasion, and it was just idling about.

[serene karma]

What do u edit on wikipedia??

[serene karma]

Yea delete the naval invasion arrow

[craggy ember]

I did not select any other then one

[serene karma]

Btw what country is this

[serene karma]

Also send an ss if u can

[fathom thistle]

Do you have convoys?

[unique steeple]

Various things but mostly Liechtenstein-related topics

[craggy ember]

Fascist United Kingdom. It's been happening to me alot lately though, not sure if it's some form of weird bug.

[craggy ember]

800

have like only about around 200 or so in use though.

[rain yew]

How do I lower resistance?

[craggy ember]

Here

[serene karma]

They have very low strength btw

Do u have enough guns

Ctrl click the naval invasion arrow with the divs selected

[craggy ember]

I have tons of guns

[craggy ember]

So, thank you guys for your help. I guess I did something wrong. I tried the control click before too though but it worked this time. Maybe it was because I put it on patrol for my boats. Thank you @sweet summit also, big help.

[cobalt robin]

Hello guys im Playing as USA in 1942 and im trying to naval invade Japan from Phillipines,Dutch East Indies's Ports but for whatever reason it doesnt "reach" Phillipines is my Puppet so the Ocean is just Red Lined

How do we Fix it or whats wrong

(btw in the Photo im trying to bring my Navy from Dutch east indies port)

Its the same with phillipines

[neat barn]

Naval headquarter thing

Or resupply thing not quite sure but it’s one of those

[cobalt robin]

Fixed it my Home Base wasnt Automated

[surreal olive]

fellas how do I get rid of the " no accessible regions" thing on my navy tab

[stuck flint]

whats best for invading the soviets

[heady heron]

Why did the UK take my puppets after the soviet union surrendered? I am at war with them and they don't have a single division in there. (My first fight against the soviets as germany)

[stuck flint]

good sire

[inner sparrow]

large unit tactics if u are doing inf and assault infantry for tanks and special forces

[stuck flint]

what is the best sub doctrine for invading the soviets

[stuck flint]

im doing inf

[inner sparrow]

do large unit tactics then

[sweet summit]

I have been summoned

[stuck flint]

what about for operations

[carmine thunder]

how soviet ai destroying me

[inner sparrow]

guerilla is good for inf

[sweet summit]

They have triple your planes

How would they not 🥀

It's not like your planes are indestructible

Oh shit merry Christmas y'all

Just turned 12:10 here

[inner sparrow]

if his plane was good then tripple amount of enemy plane wouldn’t matter

esp ai design

[sweet summit]

Maybe the enemy has fighters and he has more CAS

[stuck flint]

is it good for soviet

[sweet summit]

He has like no fighters 💀

[inner sparrow]

yeah

his fighters are shit aswell

[sweet summit]

Uh just spam push the Soviets
They'll fall

[inner sparrow]

hes germany, he can just do double armor, e3 with self sealing and range mio

[inner sparrow]

and have enough range for sov air space

[versed rose]

the fighter looked good until i looked at bottom slots

what in the world is going on there

[stuck flint]

so WHAT OPERATION DO I CHOOSE

[inner sparrow]

random bullshit go

[inner sparrow]

I said guerilla

go guerilla

[stuck flint]

no guerilla

[inner sparrow]

u don’t have dlc gg

[stuck flint]

Yea

IM NEW

[versed rose]

deep battle

[stuck flint]

i got 0 dlcs

[sweet summit]

Grand assault ?

[inner sparrow]

do grand assault

[sweet summit]

Yeahh

Spammm

[stuck flint]

now for this?

[versed rose]

ignore

[inner sparrow]

doesn’t matter as ur inf and arty doc is shit

[sweet summit]

Prolly mobile recon and assult

[stuck flint]

what we thinking for this

[versed rose]

dont waste army xp on that

[sweet summit]

If you have so art

[inner sparrow]

anything that has ground attack

[stuck flint]

so operational air support?

[sweet summit]

Man why do all the smart people come when I'm going to sleep

[sweet summit]

Tactical support probs

[inner sparrow]

hover over is and look which one gives ground attack

and then pick

should be 3 doctrines with 15% ground attack

[winged stream]

@pliant condor Bro, thank you for your help with the template yesterday.

[stuck flint]

so like

its september 1941 should I invade soviet in 1942 may instead?

[indigo plinth]

what's the utility in assassinating Trotsky? what do I gain?

[stuck flint]

CURSE YOU JAPAN

[heady heron]

you improve the debuff 'trotskyte plott?'

[inner sparrow]

only way to get full stab as sovs playing hist in vanilla

[indigo plinth]

oh thanks, I never noticed that

[inner sparrow]

improved workers once, new soviet woman and trotsky and u will be at 100%

if u remove the nkvd advisor after all the purges

[heady heron]

could someone help me with that?

[stuck flint]

Yall think this is not over killing the soviet unino

or too little

Man why am I losing I THOUGHT THIS ENOUGH TO WIN

[heady heron]

what are your templates? i am not very experienced but that could be a problem

[inner sparrow]

most problems are no stacking combat modifiers, bad supplies, bad stockpile, not enough divs

and after that comes template

template usually isn’t the reason why u aren’t winning most of the times, unless you really are using shit

[stuck flint]

only infantry

[stuck flint]

How does one stock combat modifiers

also

BAD SUPPLIES HOW? i cant spread them out any farther

[heady heron]

build supply hubs and railroads or upgrade your infrastructure

[cursive ocean]

dose the 23 times bigger than the austrian army only counting fielded manpower?

[heady heron]

good generals or air superiority for example

[stuck flint]

are my generals not good?

[inner sparrow]

motorize ur army, build up supply if ur in a bad region

[heady heron]

just an example. btw if you select an army you can assign it to an army group (left empty portrait).(for better visibility)

[stuck flint]

change infantry to motorized infantry?

[inner sparrow]

theres multiple things there but stuff like filling high command, full doctrines, havikng cas and green air, terrain modifiers, good cw of your division, grinden generals, planning, intel advantage over enemy country and so on

[inner sparrow]

no?

theres a putton on your general when u click on them at the top left

wheres a horse

[stuck flint]

Someone told me I just need 10 armys to murder them 😭

[heady heron]

this is what i mean with templates. is this template good?(for the experienced players)

[inner sparrow]

u click on it 3 times till there are 3 trucks instead of horses

[inner sparrow]

no its not

remove arty, remove field hospital, keep it pure inf 16-18w or pure in 36w for infantry

I recommend 16-18w if ur inexperienced as they are cheap and easier to handle

16-18 width pure inf with support arty, logi, and whatever u need and ur good

[inner sparrow]

over simplified, u only need 4 armies if they are good and u have everything set up

[stuck flint]

Oh