ask-for-help-here

[native gorge]

And click the naval invasion

[pine cape]

hold up

[molten needle]

okie

[sweet summit]

🥀

[stuck flint]

No I'm going to bed

If I had 4 fully supplied maus armys

Would the soviets crumble?

What else should I know about bno step back

[tepid umbra]

I mean they would but you shouldn't

[tepid umbra]

That's about it i think

[stuck flint]

How many army's should I get

[tepid umbra]

Armies

And what have we been saying

[native gorge]

There's also the marx portrait spirit (if your communist) that will literally summon manpower out of nowhere (because its a flat 500+ weekly manpower boost instead of recruitable population factor)

[tepid umbra]

Don't think in terms of army numbers

[tepid umbra]

Only rly useful as minors

[native gorge]

Ik just wanted to point it out

[stuck flint]

Alright

5 infantry

2 tank

What should the templates be

[tepid umbra]

Default inf but add support anti air

And are you getting nsb?

[native gorge]

Damn democratic germany locked in this round

Guess ill be seeing konrad adenauer early today

[stuck flint]

I declared war on soviets for funny

THEY GAVE ME MORE LAND

Anyways gn

[stuck flint]

Whats nsb

[native gorge]

No Step Back

OKAY GERMANY CALM TF DOWN ITS 1936

the reich had most of prussia like a month ago

now its only half

[stuck flint]

Errr

Funny fact

As i kept Berlin

I declared war

They took me over

THE PEACE TREATYGAVE ME MORE STATES

[stuck flint]

Yes tomorrow gn

[dense stone]

who are the best people for inner circle for germany?

[narrow grail]

Do naval doctrine cost offers apply to marines doctrine?

[narrow grail]

Todt/Speer, Gebbels and Hess/Borman

[tawdry zodiac]

i keep rage quitting cuz of the navy. is there a mod to automate it?

[languid trout]

thats just everyone except himmler

[glacial steeple]

todt, speer, hess, goring

[glass root]

How do I break this guy? I only have inf, and he's stopped attacked becuase he has no manpower

[narrow grail]

CAS or bait them into your territory, expand the frontline and encircle them.

[languid trout]

i forgot goring existed

[glacial steeple]

he died

[north quail]

how do i own all ethiopian cores?

[tepid umbra]

Get a peace conference

You can do this by either killing them quickly enough, or killing the allies

[north quail]

i keep trying the kill quick thing but its impossible i swear

[tepid umbra]

Do you have by blood alone

And la resistance

[north quail]

yes

both

[tepid umbra]

I think you gotta beat them in under 2 months

[north quail]

thats crazy icl

[tepid umbra]

It might be way higher

Idrk

It's before ethiopia completes this one focus

[foggy steppe]

conquer or establish vichy

[tepid umbra]

Vichy

[foggy steppe]

why

[cold bloom]

You can get Indochinese resources with Vichy set up I think

[foggy steppe]

fr?

[cold bloom]

Maybe keep the allies from naval invading you from their direction

[tepid umbra]

You can just annex them later

[foggy steppe]

yea

[tepid umbra]

And you get a reduction to eco of conquest iirc

[foggy steppe]

if i keep vichy will they join allies later?

[tepid umbra]

No

[foggy steppe]

im scared that part

[tepid umbra]

Free france will come back in africa later tho

[foggy steppe]

yea

[tepid umbra]

Vichy will only join if you're ahist and declare on them

Otherwise you can annex them with the decision

[foggy steppe]

ok

[native gorge]

Which is better Flying Artillery or Pinpoint Strikes

[glacial steeple]

should i get the monthly JSTOR pass?

[tepid umbra]

Huh

[cold bloom]

For research?

[tepid umbra]

Pinpoint strikes iirc

[glacial steeple]

well i want to read a book

idk where else id get access to this information

[cold bloom]

Well theres lots of free sources usually

[glacial steeple]

theres really not

[cold bloom]

I might search a topic, get a JSTOR site with a certain title, I then just google the title and boom, free copy

[glacial steeple]

JSTOR was like the main source when i tried finding a name

its bleak

[cold bloom]

Do they not give a limited free download limit?

[glacial steeple]

i only have access to certain pages is that like normal

its bleak on the sources

maybe i can look the books up tho

like

im looking at this 130 year old book

[languid trout]

u have until around the end of april to defeat them

ethiopia is easy

just go overkill on them

u cant do anything about the supply situation

[pliant condor]

how about putting 140 mils on guns

also change the occupation law day 1

swap it to harsh quota

walso why are you at war with spain

[hasty belfry]

Where on the paradox forums can you make suggestions for HOI 4?

I want to suggest people’s militia allowing you to add militia battalions to divisions.

And also potentially having it be available to fascist nations due to their historical use of militia.

And maybe even non-aligned considering historical formations such as the Austro-Hungarian Landsturm (which had 72 regiments at its peak!).

[vital flax]

where is the telemark heavy porject as germany?? that one that gave you nuclear research speed. Is still available after gotterdamerung??

[devout imp]

is this unit any good? never designed one before, playing as russian state in kaiserreich

im kinda just going off of what i usually see in vids

[karmic terrace]

Looks good ye

What country do you plan on fighting

[devout imp]

the entire Reichspakt

not on my own ofc

[karmic terrace]

Yeah anti air is smart

This is good I use this

[devout imp]

this is what im up against so i just wanna get my units straight, its May 1938 so i hope im preparing soon enough

[devout imp]

oh yeah that guy is good, i gotta take a look at it

[karmic terrace]

The basis is just more infantry is more defense and more artillery is more attack so theres a balance Im pretty sure

[formal garnet]

just played 2 days ago and need help regarding logistics or anything terrible on my screen

would like to note that I've started to justify against Czechslovakia

[devout imp]

i went for superior firepower doctrine, so ye i gotta get more arty too

[karmic terrace]

Ye I like using that

[formal garnet]

but I'm not sure if I should conquer it or so

[karmic terrace]

For fuel do fuel research

[formal garnet]

alr

[formal garnet]

focus tree?

not talking about research

but any good focus tree to improve economy

[karmic terrace]

And Im not completely sure because I dont have the problem but more oil should work

[formal garnet]

I see

[karmic terrace]

Ah I just noticed you asked how to solve any problems

What economy tree did h take

[formal garnet]

4 year

Prussian Legacy gives me good buffs so

[lyric geyser]

Do institute price controls and click all the decisions you can massively reduce consumer goods

[formal garnet]

bet

[karmic terrace]

Do coal liquefication

And yes insitute price controls

You wanna get that sweet autarky so you dont have to worry about that

[midnight cypress]

Can someone help me? Im trying to invade England wwith paratroopers. But i must do something wrong since i cant get them to deploy. Got air superiority.

[karmic terrace]

Personally I think youve done too much army for that time, focus on industry earlier

[native gorge]

Okay who works on RT56

[formal garnet]

seriously true

[karmic terrace]

Cant help because I usually play as britain haha

[lyric geyser]

You mean paradrop could you send a screenshot?

[midnight cypress]

So when i click on the paradrop with the paratroopeers i get this menu

[lyric geyser]

You need air over France as well I believe

Or wherever your paratroopers are

[midnight cypress]

ahhh ill try to do that

[lyric geyser]

Also you may need to unassign the planes giving you logistics if you don’t have enough transport planes

You need to have I think 50 transport planes deployed not on mission to paradrop

[midnight cypress]

still the same. i got 200 transport standing by

i would rly appreciate if somone could hop on a call so i can share my sccreeen. i think im doping something wrong xD

[karmic terrace]

Maybe

Your dropping to many in one place?

[midnight cypress]

same thing when i split them and tryy it wwith 1 division

[karmic terrace]

Your dropping from calais?

[midnight cypress]

yes

[karmic terrace]

Have you tried restarting your game?

[midnight cypress]

no will try that nopw

i cant save wtf

[flat pebble]

is there any console command to increase special forces cap? i want to test something but my special forces cap isnt high enough for that

[charred fable]

How do I return volunteers? I sent some to Italy, and I'm now in war with the Allies myself, but they've still not returned?

[flat pebble]

they should return automatically after 1-2 weeks

[charred fable]

Nope. They've not. It's been about 6 months

[flat pebble]

are they still on the map? if so just delete them

[charred fable]

Didn't want to lose their veterancy, but I guess it's probably the best option left.

[flat pebble]

otherwise i dont think you can recall volunteers

[midnight cypress]

still thee same problem, i jsut select the airport and all the pllanes instead of the paratroopers

[karmic terrace]

Just play as britain atp

[karmic terrace]

Need to insitute price controls then take the decisions in the decisions menu

[formal garnet]

already institute

oo

thanks

[exotic bronze]

is it just me or is poland impossibly hard now because of the changes to damage from the air?

[karmic terrace]

Just u I think

[exotic bronze]

huh.. what am i doing wrong then =/

[karmic terrace]

Im joking

Poland is meant to be hard

[exotic bronze]

i managed to defend both sides before update, but not anymore =/

[karmic terrace]

Im gonna be honest I dont have any advice for this because Ive never won against germany or russia as poland

[exotic bronze]

never?

[karmic terrace]

Nope only played as poland a few times

Not something I find interesting

[languid trout]

yeah

just remove the arty battallion

[fossil dove]

Any idea on how to have naval dominace and what ships are good for it?

[languid trout]

good ships?

obviously

[fossil dove]

The new System crushed my old plan

Sure, but I dont know what to use where

[karmic terrace]

Spawn in with a royal navy

[languid trout]

make some cruisers, carriers, and a super heavy battleship if necessary

[devout imp]

is arty bad with tanks? or just in general? cause i ecquipped my infantry with it too

[languid trout]

yes

arty battallions arent that good

[devout imp]

i see

[languid trout]

even support arty can give more soft attack than normal arty battallions

if u get enough buffs

[fossil dove]

I dont have a problem on what to make, i have a problem where to use them

[languid trout]

just use tanks or sp arty

[languid trout]

use them against ur enemy????

of course

[fossil dove]

Thanks

Help a lot

Like what missions

[languid trout]

if ur confident that ur ships can face off parts of their navy, use patrol

[fossil dove]

I know subs are good for raiding but now it doesn t improve the dominance

[languid trout]

it technically does

subs on convoy raiding makes it so that the enemy needs more naval supremacy to gain naval supremacy over a region

[fossil dove]

It lowers the enemy dominance, but if I cant improve mine

[languid trout]

and it also raids convoys

[languid trout]

yeah it doesnt improve urs

[fossil dove]

And for patrol and strike force

[languid trout]

just use convoy raiding for its main purpose

[languid trout]

strike force still does the same thing as it does

except

it doesnt instantly give u naval supremacy over a region anymore

[fossil dove]

I know what each mission does, I don't know what ships to use for those missions

[languid trout]

patrol and strike force are for everything

convoy raiding is for subs

yeah quite surprising

[fossil dove]

So it does master what ships I use for those

Right?

[languid trout]

kind of

ur ships gain mastery from naval battles

it works almost the same as army xp

[fossil dove]

Just to be sure, it doesn't matter what ships i use for those mussions(patrol and strike force)

[languid trout]

the max naval supremacy u can put in a region depends on what ships u put on that region

[worn torrent]

can someone explain how does the navy domination work, everytime i send navy for domination it doesn't do anything

[limber summit]

well, learning this game is like studying rocket science

[worn torrent]

this game IS rocket science 😭

[narrow grail]

I forgot is what is effecitve number of heavy ships per carrier? 4?

[limber summit]

oh god

[lyric geyser]

You need a navy on patrol in a zone to get dominance you have to split navy if you want it in more than 1 zone

[vital radish]

Idk like 3 to 1, but if your playing a big navy country they probably have enough heavy ships to screen

[sudden pelican]

Curious

Should I prioritize standard infantry or should I be deploying Marines, mobile inf, etc.

[vital radish]

What do you want to achieve is the question

[sudden pelican]

Uh

Idk

I want to actually beat china 😭

they have so many soldiers

[vital radish]

China is pretty hard

[sudden pelican]

I have about...

2 armies full of the standard infantry

These

[vital radish]

Yikes yeah that happens china is pretty hard this update let me tell you how to beat chine in like 1 to 1,5 years for mp stuf

What you do is take the 15 starting ho shidan divs and put them on naval invasion on that one northen Chinees panicula. The rest of the army in cav. Then put 1 on support 1 on trucks 1 one arty the rest all on guns. Que up some cav divs and when you have the xp remove 3 infantry. When you naval invade on the poart you put a whole army in and snake and try to kill as many divs as posible and also put cav on the main fornt where you also snake to kill as many divs. Don't forget to use the divisions from your pupets. Hope this helps cause it is pretty complicated.

[sudden pelican]

🪿

I understand little

You can naval invade?

[vital radish]

Click on genral and send screen shot

[sudden pelican]

So could I deploy soldiers to that dock

and then have them take the capital?

[vital radish]

Yes I think you should play a different starting nation then japan would advise italy or canada

[sudden pelican]

Japan too hard?

Rip

[vital radish]

https://youtu.be/lLJAKJhnxk8?si=xyNxa_VVFnLY1w0g
Here

[sudden pelican]

I tried finland but forgot the winter war happened 😭

[vital radish]

Lol

[karmic terrace]

Japan is probably the hardest major icl

[vital radish]

Yeah real

I would theach you if i was home but i aint @sudden pelican

[sudden pelican]

😭

i thought so long as i didnt attack pearl harbor

id be chill

[worn torrent]

alright thanks

[karmic terrace]

True to a degree

[sudden pelican]

rip all good

[karmic terrace]

You should try uk if you like naval

Or merica

[sudden pelican]

its not even china thats kicking my ahh its mejiang and sinkiang

they have like

60-80 divisions

[karmic terrace]

The divisions must be bad tho?

Like they cant be all that strong

[sudden pelican]

mine are untrained 😭

i think first year i gotta get military organisation down

have marshalls, soldiers, and secured borders

[karmic terrace]

It sounds like your problem has been more with building your army than actually fighting

[sudden pelican]

i

yeah kinda

i lwk have fresh recruits fighting 😭

its 1939 bro

[limber summit]

how in the hell does supply work? Juust in case.

[sudden pelican]

thats another problem actually i put my supply hubs next to the border

[limber summit]

I'm stuck building civs 24/7, yey

[sudden pelican]

so when the enemy moved the border i lost supply hubs 😭

[karmic terrace]

Railways deliver supply from supply hubs

[sudden pelican]

idk if its universal but i think country focuses give you civ factories really fast

[karmic terrace]

Yep

[limber summit]

I have 36 atm

[karmic terrace]

What country and year?

[sudden pelican]

and then you have to change supply priority on soldiers to the three truck thing so they get them faster

[limber summit]

Italy, just turned 1938

[vital radish]

There is a stat that is supply consumption and if you look at a supply hub it has a number of supply and if you use to much supply or is not close to a supply hub you should make/upgrade railways to supply and make supply hubs

[karmic terrace]

Start building mild

Mild

Mils

Damn

[limber summit]

too much supply in one scentence, chill

[vital radish]

Eh you asked

[limber summit]

fair

[sudden pelican]

If i just added this air wing to my army with an existing command to fight at the front lines

will the air wing automatically help them?

Or do I need to give them a specific order?

[vital radish]

Like ad them to the general?

[sudden pelican]

Yep

[vital radish]

If you give them the order to intersept or the other they will automatically change air zones to support that generals army and they will fight

[sudden pelican]

Alright

china kicking my ahh

[vital radish]

Human wave tactics

Like the main problem in china war is that Chinees warlords are always equiped and stake their division in on tile so you can't break it so it is really hard

[wild rune]

Artillery

[vital radish]

I would just advise to play another nation like usa uk or canda

[sudden pelican]

might have to

ive tried china peace option but the game forces me to declare war on them :p

[sudden pelican]

i have little to none and little to no tanks

i feel like with research I should prioritze tank and air force early game

[vital geode]

The strategy as Japan against China from what I can tell is to rush down the early warlords and then naval invade around Shanghai

The first two warlords are easy to deal with since they arent in the faction immediately

You also have to improve your divisions as your good inf is too big and your small inf has no attack power

[sudden pelican]

Are Shanxi and Mengjiang the warlords you guys are talking about?

[vital geode]

Why is Mengukuo in the Chinese united front?

You are supposed to own them via a focus

[vital radish]

He didn't do the focus

[sudden pelican]

wha

[vital radish]

I think

[sudden pelican]

we are allies

[vital geode]

Menjiang I mean

[vital radish]

Menjanh

[sudden pelican]

oh

[vital geode]

Menjiang is able to become your puppet via a focus, but you clearly forgot to do it

[vital radish]

He doesn't know he just started the game

[vital geode]

Oh no

[sudden pelican]

Bro 😭

[vital radish]

Yep

[vital geode]

He is playing japan as his first game?

[sudden pelican]

its an early game focus

[vital geode]

Oh no...

You dont play japan as an absolute beginner

I suggest Hungary, Canada, US, or Germany

[sudden pelican]

So basically I came from RoN and japan is traditionally 1. High economy, 2. lots of local oppurtunity with vietnam and all of that, and 3. its left alone unlike european nations

so

I assumed it'd be easy

and pleasant

[vital radish]

Ik that's what i said

[vital geode]

I dont know Rise of Nations.

This is WW2, look at what happened IRL

Their economy was mediocre

They were stuck in China

[sudden pelican]

yeah

[vital geode]

They then pissed off the Western Allies

[karmic terrace]

Basic history knowledge would tell you otherwise dude

[sudden pelican]

They were on fire in asia ish

their biggest blunder was attacking the United States

[karmic terrace]

They were always gonna get wooped eventually

[vital geode]

They got stalemate and couldn't take out a backwards in terms of industry country of China

[vital geode]

They gambled and lost

They were going to lose due to no oil shipments

[sudden pelican]

they knew it was a bad idea too

[lyric geyser]

If they didn’t attack the Usa they could get screwed over later if the Usa joined via the Philippines

[vital geode]

Huh

[sudden pelican]

bro the USA cancelled my oil shipments last time i tried this

[karmic terrace]

This is your first game?

[sudden pelican]

this is my second game

[vital geode]

Historically accurate

[sudden pelican]

first game I was japan and i refused to declare until 1941

[vital geode]

Ooof

[karmic terrace]

Try Germany dude

[sudden pelican]

and by then i was able to get help from germany

[vital geode]

You dont want to give China time to prepare

[sudden pelican]

so just

[vital geode]

You want to go in as soon as you can basically

[sudden pelican]

go at it in 1937?

[karmic terrace]

Germany playthroughs are action packed and you will learn alot

[vital geode]

Historical time is best

Remember, the Allies do better the longer you leave them alone

[sudden pelican]

How do I get enough equipment that fast tho?

[vital geode]

Fun fact, you dont

[sudden pelican]

I have a 15-20k deficit immediately

[vital geode]

But they will be less equipped than you

[sudden pelican]

Just use existing soldiers?

[vital geode]

And they won't have fixed up their economy

[sudden pelican]

oh third game

[vital geode]

Basically. Just improve them up a bit

[sudden pelican]

I did Japan, paused, played multi as Finland and got eaten by the soviet union, unpaused japan playthrough and lost now im trying japan again

[vital geode]

You want to put a lot of factories on guns initially

[sudden pelican]

Alright

[vital geode]

You will be fighting mostly with infantry

[karmic terrace]

Do you have dlcs?

[vital geode]

You played multiplayer?

[sudden pelican]

ye i put like...6-10 on inf equip

[vital geode]

Yikes

[sudden pelican]

yurr

[sudden pelican]

With one friend in a priv lobby

[vital geode]

You probably want more as Japan

[karmic terrace]

Yes then there are a whole world of fun things to do on different countries

[vital geode]

And he didn't even play coop to help you learn

Tsk tsk tsk

[sudden pelican]

i mean i made 50 guns and spent 4

[sudden pelican]

he played argentina and lost to paraguay i think

[vital geode]

Oh

So he doesn't know how to play the game either

[sudden pelican]

😭

[vital geode]

In any case, the best way to attack in hoi4 is with air superiority

If you can get air support, you can do wonders

Luckily, China cant afford an air force

[karmic terrace]

If you have a friend play italy and germany its so fun

[vital geode]

So you should be able to have free reign over the skies

[vital geode]

It is a classic

[sudden pelican]

i can become rome as italy

mussolini looks weird tho

[karmic terrace]

Very fun

[vital geode]

Italy with no DLC is a good tutorial nation

Since Ethiopia isnt a mess

[karmic terrace]

Italy isnt as easy as youd think tho tbh

[vital geode]

Latest update indirectly buffed Italy

The AI doesn't know how to use the navy, so you can easily dominate the Mediterranean

And wipe the British fleet

[sudden pelican]

One more question, when I enact a plan should I just let it ride out or should I be micromanaging it everytime a battle looks like its losing

Like this tells me im stronger

[vital geode]

Sometimes halting is best

[sudden pelican]

So im unsure if that means I can lose or win

[vital geode]

Never believe this

[lyric geyser]

No coal

[sudden pelican]

mmkay bcuz

[vital geode]

Oh crap, i forgot that

[sudden pelican]

Theres a lot of red

[vital geode]

Stop attacking

[sudden pelican]

the red button?

[vital geode]

If you are losing. Stop attacking

[vital geode]

Stop the battleplan atrow

And press H

Sure, click the red button

[sudden pelican]

that gives entrenchment right?

[vital geode]

It means you can regain org

[sudden pelican]

bro

damn

[vital geode]

Currently you are John French sending a bunch of exhausted troops into machine gun fire

Notice how the orange and green bars on your divisions are not at full?

[sudden pelican]

Historically accurate for japan tho

[vital geode]

No

Historically accurate Japan would own Nanjing

And eastern China

[sudden pelican]

isnt uhhh green the strenght/combat effectiveness of the unit and orange is the attrition?

idk..

[karmic terrace]

They did not get there butss wooped

In the early war this china

[vital geode]

Green is org: think of this as morale
Orange is strength: this is how equipped and how much men are in a division

[scenic nacelle]

Morale is actually a great example

🔥

[sudden pelican]

so if green is low then soldiers lose heart to fight and if orange is low they lose the ability

[karmic terrace]

If you are struggling with knowing how to battle civil wars are usually great for it

[sudden pelican]

Oh I remember it said something... orange goes down slower

and if green is low then soldiers will retreat

[karmic terrace]

Yes

I think if theres nowhere to retreat they also just explode

[vital geode]

This is correct.

Orange is simply fighting strength

Divisions become weaker with less orange

Because men are fighting with less equipment or because there are no men to fight

[karmic terrace]

And looking back at your image your fighting strength is actually low on all your troops

[sudden pelican]

:D

is it time to reattack? 🔥

[vital geode]

No

[nocturne cloak]

Get air

CAS is king

[vital geode]

Look at the bars on your divisions

I really suggest you restart

[karmic terrace]

If you rule the skies you rule the ground too

[vital geode]

You lost all early game initiative

[karmic terrace]

Play germany bro

[sudden pelican]

i dont wanna be a nazi 😭

[vital geode]

And you are in a worse situation than 1945 Japan when it comes to the Asia front

[sudden pelican]

i can tho ig

[karmic terrace]

Super helpful for learning and fascist germany is arguably one of the most fun

[vital geode]

Play Hungary

[karmic terrace]

Japan was just as bad as the germans dude

[nocturne cloak]

Ima be fr

You're out of equipment and no air

[sudden pelican]

yeah but idk

[karmic terrace]

Also your not a nazi your a nazi in a game

[vital geode]

Hungary gets a bunch of free stuff and if you play as Horthy, you are not a nazi

Just a nazi collaborator

[devout lintel]

theres manay little islands u have to look after

[sudden pelican]

in game lol

[devout lintel]

unless u wanna focus all on china vs japan

then u dont have to worry to much

[karmic terrace]

Hungary is one of the best nations

[sudden pelican]

how can you tell?

[karmic terrace]

Very fun and very good for learning

[nocturne cloak]

Orange bar on your divs

[sudden pelican]

Wait

can I play as willhelm? 🔥

[devout lintel]

willhelm 2?

[vital geode]

Yes, but you'd have to win the civil war first

[sudden pelican]

i lack equipment but im not out of it

[vital geode]

And play Germany

[sudden pelican]

FIRE

[karmic terrace]

The german military junta?

[sudden pelican]

yurr

[devout lintel]

civil war its easy

[devout lintel]

if u want to do willhelm

[nocturne cloak]

Well if you have no guns / support eq / arti

[vital geode]

This is a beginner

[nocturne cloak]

then you lack it

[devout lintel]

then u must go german win civil war

its easy

and

then u

go kasier

ruote

wait a year

or

[vital geode]

The beginners find ways to screw it up

[devout lintel]

2

[nocturne cloak]

and your divs cant re strength

[devout lintel]

til he dies

and willehm 2 comes on

[karmic terrace]

Something you should know is that theres many possibilities when you have all the dlcs

[sudden pelican]

what about dlcs tho

[vital geode]

Also even I sometimes am too slow in winning the civil war to where silesia revolts

[devout lintel]

german civil war its agruble 1 of the easiests every

[sudden pelican]

bro

[vital geode]

It is

[sudden pelican]

Cant I play as

[vital geode]

But the problem is, this will eb their 4th game

[sudden pelican]

Two United States with TFR

[devout lintel]

he could just delet all troops aswell

and make a divison

and puts all in

and dont deploy

[karmic terrace]

If you look at the wiki theres so many possible rulers for every country

[devout lintel]

so the german civil war its bascily

[vital geode]

Laaaaaaaaaaame

[devout lintel]

unarmed

[devout lintel]

i can help u learn the game a bit more

[vital geode]

Also 24 divisions fighting 24 divisions of equal strength sounds annoying

[karmic terrace]

British empire is super fun and easy too

[devout lintel]

thats why u delted all troops and make neew ones

but deploy them after the civil war

so they dont get them

[sudden pelican]

im kinda understanding it w experience

[vital geode]

They make new ones too

[devout lintel]

not equal as u

[vital geode]

But you get the troops out first I guess

[sudden pelican]

Okay so

[devout lintel]

besides ur basic units u can use againt the nazis

[sudden pelican]

im winning ish

[devout lintel]

its utterly broken

gain veteran in like 2 days battle

[vital geode]

The 12 widths?

[devout lintel]

yes

[vital geode]

That start green?

[devout lintel]

therer experince gain

uits

nuts

[vital geode]

I didn't realize they got a bonus to xp gain

[devout lintel]

why its the iran achiment soo hard more

i cant kill turkey

[sudden pelican]

Should I change this so my lines aren't changing rapidly?

[vital geode]

But small divisions gain XP faster

[vital geode]

Dont bother

[devout lintel]

traits

bro

traits

[sudden pelican]

or for my leader

[devout lintel]

i bought all dlcs not to long ago and idk shit abt the dank desing and airplane

[sudden pelican]

😭

so many

[devout lintel]

whatever ur general does most

[karmic terrace]

Its hard to explain

[devout lintel]

just do it

or what u need

[karmic terrace]

What armaments you give them decides what they type they are

[devout lintel]

great

noow

help me

do

an iran acihment

achivment

[karmic terrace]

No can do son

Never played iran in my entire life

[devout lintel]

the only way i see it is possible if its random and german goes kasier and ussr collpases

even that i cant get past turkey

😭

anyways i got my 1.6m german casutals as poland achiment yestday

[karmic terrace]

The sands of time?

[devout lintel]

no

kiss from terhen

have to save polands ahh

[karmic terrace]

Tehran with love?

[devout lintel]

from tehran with loe

yea

[karmic terrace]

The polish one

[sudden pelican]

This will make that an honor 🔥

[karmic terrace]

Prevent poland capping?

[devout lintel]

yea

[sudden pelican]

Okay ima try and win

Wish me luck chat

[karmic terrace]

Yeah I wouldnt have a clue

[devout lintel]

ik what to do semi

i have to demand afshan terror and iraq

and then cap turkey

move to greece

and get romian out

[karmic terrace]

Either get an alliance and military access your troops to poland or brute force your way uo so you share a border

[devout lintel]

militray ALLIANCE

HE

SAYS

😭

WITH WHO

ROMINIA ITS GONNA SUCK ADOLF OFF

russia its just

they wouldt accept

im not communist

[karmic terrace]

So you have to brute force up

[devout lintel]

ys

[karmic terrace]

And thats just being good at military atp

[devout lintel]

and i cant get past turkey

turkey has hella troops

[sudden pelican]

GERMANY IS MY ALLY

WE MIGHT WIn

[devout lintel]

i start with 2 civilians factorys

btw

very much enjoyable

[karmic terrace]

They likely wont help you

[devout lintel]

they wont

[karmic terrace]

Yeah I can NOT help you

[devout lintel]

histocial accurte

[devout lintel]

WOW BRO

BETRAYER

[karmic terrace]

Like I said im not a middle eastern conqueror

[devout lintel]

i tried to do a run on unhistcoral

right

[sudden pelican]

🔥 🔥

[devout lintel]

noow

im war

agsainst

[karmic terrace]

I dont play any of those countries im clueless

[devout lintel]

comintern

[karmic terrace]

Yes but they wont help you

[devout lintel]

and the world its split into 3 teams

theres the allies

theres axis

and there comtiern

[sudden pelican]

They did last time

[devout lintel]

its bral

[sudden pelican]

trust

[devout lintel]

all vs all

[karmic terrace]

???

How bro

[sudden pelican]

idk

they just did

they used my land to attack the Soviets too

[devout lintel]

i need to do achiments

any reccomends

[karmic terrace]

Oh war with soviets is different

[devout lintel]

ur japan

[karmic terrace]

I thought you meant for the chinese

[sudden pelican]

they also helped on the chinese front tho so

[devout lintel]

and atacking soviet

[devout lintel]

yeah thats bc u war soviet aswell

[karmic terrace]

Because you were st war with soviets

[sudden pelican]

D:

Brutha no

[karmic terrace]

Which is a bad idea btw

[sudden pelican]

Idk

[devout lintel]

should i try made in china

[karmic terrace]

You should just put belt to ass as britain icl

[karmic terrace]

I just googled and that doesnt sound too bad

[devout lintel]

idk man

eitehr that

or

forget

its where

ussr cant lose 1 core

and if i do that i could probbaly the pope aswell

[karmic terrace]

Could just drop the anchor and go all out defense

[devout lintel]

yeahh i knoww

but

i should do 1 step ahead

take poland first before hitler

then i can defend

[karmic terrace]

Yeah

[devout lintel]

and then i can take the pope

aswell

[karmic terrace]

Churn out some forts

And defensive troops

[sudden pelican]

Wait

[devout lintel]

1 problem

[sudden pelican]

So how do I raide my orange bar?

[devout lintel]

im not good to template

[sudden pelican]

during battles

[devout lintel]

idk tf a defeneise troops its

[karmic terrace]

Usually just pure infantry with some support companies sat on air defense and fort

Very tough to break through

[devout lintel]

so anti air support??

or anti air artillary

[karmic terrace]

Support

[devout lintel]

normal my to go its just anti tank sup anti air sup artial sup

then 2 rows

more

of that

[karmic terrace]

Well remember that adding artillery reduces defense

[devout lintel]

actualy?

ok ok

whats considerd good defneses

example like 50-60 defrnes

or soem shit

like 15-20

idk the basic stats

[karmic terrace]

Im not on rn so I cant experiment

[devout lintel]

sjhi

wanna play later?

as i mean u teach me some shity

shit

[karmic terrace]

Not today Im busy later

[devout lintel]

alraight

[karmic terrace]

But you can add artillery which deorgs them quicker while defending

Or you can go pure infantry and watch them try to break through for a while

[devout lintel]

but u said arillary removes defenses

[karmic terrace]

Yes, but if you use artillery they lose org and then have to reset and wait, and then your organisation will also go back up

[devout lintel]

so sup anti air anti tank ant aritally

[karmic terrace]

If you dont want to use arty ill send a template and if you do ill also send a template that should be decent

[devout lintel]

then extra artillary

sure

just sned whatver u thinks good or decnet

and explain how ti works if u want to

[karmic terrace]

These are the ones from a forum I found a while back

[sudden pelican]

Where did my convoys go?

i have 0 trade

[devout lintel]

u use them all for trade

[karmic terrace]

Being used for trafe

Alot of convoys are used you need lots of them

[sudden pelican]

what am i trading tho

[karmic terrace]

These are good for defensive fronts

[karmic terrace]

Rubber

[sudden pelican]

exports?

[devout lintel]

do i get all 3 kinds

or just 1

[sudden pelican]

the game autotrades when you dont have something?

[devout lintel]

i will save them for later

[karmic terrace]

Ah yes exports

[karmic terrace]

It says your importing rubber I think

[karmic terrace]

Up to you but I usually just one of em

[sudden pelican]

i was trading with france and they fell so the trade cancelled tho i thought

[devout lintel]

I will try

[karmic terrace]

The pure infanty templates will defend for a long time thats what i use most ofyen

[tepid umbra]

don't use the 40w or the one with line artillery

[tawdry zodiac]

is there a way i can disabble the integrated mtg

[tepid umbra]

clicking it off on steam should work

[tawdry zodiac]

how?

its not here

[tepid umbra]

huh

you sure

scroll up and down it should be in there

cuz together for victory and waking the tiger are

[tawdry zodiac]

fuller

[serene karma]

No

Its integrated

Why do u want it disabled btw

U can rollback version tho

[tawdry zodiac]

i do not want to pay attention to navy

ye but then future updates aint gonna be availible

[serene karma]

Yep

So no choice

Its integrated

[tawdry zodiac]

why can i disabble together for victory but no mtg

[serene karma]

U cant disable it

U can untick but it wont do anything

Its integrated too

[tawdry zodiac]

i guess im gonna roll back

which patch added it?

[dusty sandal]

it's an extremely old patch
you can find the list on the wiki

[sudden pelican]

look who finally showed up 🔥

[tawdry zodiac]

no the patch that added mtg integrated

[acoustic fern]

Guess I am supposed to ask here anyway, I kinda need help, why I keep losing every war I wage since NCNS? I am using console research all, manpower and latest equipment since 2018 with zero issues, but now I just keep losing. I even started using planes and CAS, yet still does not help

Please tell me what am I doing wrong

I only play infantry

[tawdry zodiac]

maybe bad division templates?

[dusty sandal]

if you want to disable mtg you'll have to roll back further I suppose since you now own it

[acoustic fern]

I was always playing with default templates in every mod with zero issues and now I am just losing everywhere

[tawdry zodiac]

u play US, right?

[acoustic fern]

Nah I play every nation, I played Japan, I played Germany and so on, still it became extremly hard

[tawdry zodiac]

there is a mod that makes it simple agian but its outdated to 1.14

[tawdry zodiac]

german starting divs are ok for poland and denmark but no more

[hexed parcel]

So anyone know fastest way to destroy uk navy before US joins?

[tawdry zodiac]

u need to have better divs

[acoustic fern]

Since I tried NCNS Japan, I just got stuck in China, unable to push anywhere, even by building supply hubs and so on, I cannot push

[tawdry zodiac]

cuz they get better divs

[acoustic fern]

Before I was able to defeat them with ease

with stock templates

[tawdry zodiac]

ig after the upd they made the ai make better divs

[acoustic fern]

Well is there any unified good template?

[tawdry zodiac]

no

[acoustic fern]

some good tips to make a good one for everyone?

[tawdry zodiac]

u need to have tank divs, defence inf divs, and offence inf divs

and marines if u want to naval invade

[hexed parcel]

6/0 with support art and eng for holding line and then just use 9/3 with all the usual and flametank support company you will melt everything

[acoustic fern]

I was just always using one infantry template for everything and it worked everytime, yet now for some reason I have to make different ones for all types of combat? This update is so weird, I enjoyed the game cuz of political stuff and focus trees and some occasional wars, but this?

[tawdry zodiac]

i feel the same but with navy

i would love to have it simple

[acoustic fern]

Not even modders cannot make a mod that will reverse it

[serene karma]

[acoustic fern]

Atleast any that I know of

[tawdry zodiac]

i remember there was a napoleonic wars mod that had just things like "french division" and stopped u from making ur own and u deployed them with decisions

[acoustic fern]

Well idk I play variety of mods, but now for some reason in everysingle one of them, including vanilla, the combat is just harder

must be a game thing

[tawdry zodiac]

prob

[uncut narwhal]

why destroy the navy?

[tawdry zodiac]

are there actually any people who enjoy having to take care of navy?

[hexed parcel]

Well because sometimes I get temporary navel supply and navel invade but then I lose supply for divisions and get wrecked

[uncut narwhal]

just kill the uk fast and early

you cant really hold supremacy either way

as germany

[hexed parcel]

I am able to kill then buy by that time US joins the war

[glacial steeple]

steve whats your favourite nation and why is it fiji

[uncut narwhal]

my favorite nation is actually the united island federation of micronesia

[glacial steeple]

FSM tag in hoi4

[uncut narwhal]

uhhh

how about

mic

[glacial steeple]

no

thats just the tag

you can check

[uncut narwhal]

whats a fsm tag

[glacial steeple]

i memorized it because it pissed me off

like the hoi4 micronesia nation tag is FSM

[uncut narwhal]

ohhh

F ederated
S tates
of
M icronessia

makes kinda sense tho

[glacial steeple]

well it would if their in game name was that

but its not

[uncut narwhal]

if you invade in early 1940

you can easily get them before

[glacial steeple]

and theres no nation with the MIC tag

[uncut narwhal]

*in vanilla

[glacial steeple]

this is like the PRE PER PRU issue

[uncut narwhal]

yea

[glacial steeple]

it sucks

i hate this game

[hexed parcel]

I tried but couldn't get navel domination by that time it took me a while and by then uk and us had their troops ready

[uncut narwhal]

just put like 2k fighters and 1k cas

over the channel

and your navy

after the invasion is ready

call in italy

and your fine

[hexed parcel]

And for some reason my navel bombers won't destroy any ships and kept dying

[uncut narwhal]

dont even do nav bombers

too much work

just get good cas

[lyric geyser]

What’s your nav design it should be a medium airframe with 1 light mg 2 naval bombers engine 3 and extra range

[uncut narwhal]

you also just want the AI to put down their navy

[hexed parcel]

Why 2 engines

I use small aircraft design as the base for my templates maybe thats the issue?

[karmic terrace]

More distance

[lyric geyser]

Minimum engines but make it engine 3 in research if you do multiple engines it costs to much engine 3 gives you good bonuses and is ic efficient

[devout lintel]

hallo

[lyric geyser]

Yeah you want to use medium airframe so you can stack 2 naval bombers on it

[devout lintel]

tf its relibailty uspposed to do

[lyric geyser]

When you attrition you lose less equipment

[devout lintel]

is it even worth to use ur traits on it

[lyric geyser]

Training going over mountains or marsh without stray redeploy use attrition

And some seasons

[hexed parcel]

I will try that

[karmic terrace]

Reliability means you lose equipment slower if its higher pretty much

[lyric geyser]

Make sure the 1st slot is 2x light mg

[uncut narwhal]

i recommend that you invest in cas rather than nav bombers as they are already enough

[devout lintel]

good for the defesive templates u send?

[glacial steeple]

ok so when you attrition you lose less

[lyric geyser]

Not that much if you have good micro and Strat redeploy it’s nice for Barb and Africa tho

[lyric geyser]

Cas is not even nearly as effective

you can use Cas as navs but it’s just straight up way worse

[uncut narwhal]

but you dont need navs

thats the point

you can sealion with navs

but you can also sealion with only cas

[lyric geyser]

For mp you do and it’s more effective even in singleplayer

[uncut narwhal]

yea but we are talking sp

[lyric geyser]

It also means you don’t get sun raided

As they 1 shot subs

[lyric geyser]

Still way more effective

[hexed parcel]

So should I use mediums for all designs ? Or move to large if I can ?

[uncut narwhal]

and still not needed

[lyric geyser]

It’s cheaper ic wise as well

It means you can put less on cas

[karmic terrace]

Should be yes udk why it says 0 percent

[lyric geyser]

you can have more cas on mainland

Since you have navs

[lyric geyser]

You can win singleplayer without tanks that doesn’t mean you don’t build tanks does it?

[uncut narwhal]

you just put all the cas on isles once you have landed

no need to keep them up over the channel

[lyric geyser]

Then you get raided

[karmic terrace]

Reliability is related to the equipment being used more than the template im sure

[uncut narwhal]

thats a different thing

[hexed parcel]

And what can I do about resistance i did cav with military police but even then I had to use spy to suppress resistance to keep things under control

[uncut narwhal]

you just overrun the brits so it wont matter

[lyric geyser]

Singleplayer can be won with practically anything that doesn’t mean you don’t invest in other things to make it easier

[lyric geyser]

You can get raided while trying to land

And navs will give you sup sooner

[uncut narwhal]

yea but the air is still up

you put the cas over the isles after you have landed

once you have the airport

[lyric geyser]

Cas won’t kill anything raiding you

[uncut narwhal]

yea just dont get raided

[devout lintel]

@karmic terrace

[karmic terrace]

?

[devout lintel]

is there such thing as defensive tanks

[hexed parcel]

I just use the meta so navel invasion are not a problem just melt right through their divisions with any problems

[lyric geyser]

If you have navs then you can have the cas up while you invade making it easier

[uncut narwhal]

imo navs arent needed at all to sealion in sp

[lyric geyser]

They aren’t needed but they make it easier

[hexed parcel]

And for some reason Italy started getting navel invaded at start of 41

[lyric geyser]

Tanks aren’t needed to be France but you still should build them in sp

[karmic terrace]

Havent ever looked into it tbh but I assume a tank with lots of defense will be good

But Im pretty sure infantry is usually better thank tanks for defense

[lyric geyser]

Not really but mech bricks can be quite good

[uncut narwhal]

yea and nukes also make sealion easier

[devout lintel]

al,raight

[lyric geyser]

Not really since you can’t get them till like 43 lol

[devout lintel]

i will just prepare some agressive tanks whenever i can fight back to reach berling before the allies can

[vital radish]

There are tanks that stack entrenchment and then you do them as support copanies in your inf so you have more entrenchment

[lyric geyser]

You can build navs day 1

[uncut narwhal]

ever heard of a joke?

[lyric geyser]

No punchline

not a joke

[karmic terrace]

Engineering vehicles I thought?

[lyric geyser]

Your joke has no joke in it

[hexed parcel]

I haven't made nuke once. Its this new dlc that has stopped me from capping britian fast

[karmic terrace]

Tanks have a similiar defense, but are more expensive, require more supplies and fuel and have a lower org by the looks of it

[vital radish]

Idk about that but just put bouldosers on tanks give entrenchment

[devout lintel]

yeah but anything spefic i should make to do an offensive after i made defend my country

[lyric geyser]

Use 36W mech if you have the Ic

[hasty belfry]

I’m using a mod that just lets me press a button to gain access to adding militias as communist Hungary. If I’m just spamming militia should the template just be kept at 9 militia battalion, engineers, support arty, and support AA (potentially with field hospitals later) or should I increase the width?

[hexed parcel]

I can destroy everyone else even the soviets with one army but cant navel invade before the US joins the war

[uncut narwhal]

when do you usually cap france?

[lyric geyser]

Yeah just build navs and you should be fine

[karmic terrace]

Your right there is such thing as a bulldozer blade thst comes with the 1939 engineer company

[ivory lily]

hello can you see the name of generals as in (portrait_name_lastname) with debug tools? or are there any mods that help with that?

[vital radish]

Prob bigger like 16 or 20 width

[hexed parcel]

Sep 39 usually

[ivory lily]

theres this general i want to chnage the picture but cant find him

[vital radish]

Yeah that one

[uncut narwhal]

so you usually need 2 years to sealion?

[lyric geyser]

#tech-support

[devout lintel]

@karmic terrace

[ivory lily]

is this really tech support tho

[lyric geyser]

Or actually prob #modding

[devout lintel]

doddy how do i awkaen stalin as a general

[hexed parcel]

I start putting fighters and stuff right away get green air and stuff but my navel bombers keep getting shot down and barely destroy any ships

[lyric geyser]

Go down the political focuses with the propaganda focuses

[karmic terrace]

Just eating dinner Ill be back later Ill let yk

[uncut narwhal]

do you put your navy up?

[devout lintel]

nothing says taht stalin will be a leader

[hexed parcel]

Yeah I even send my subs as bait on convoy raiding and my fleet on patrol

[hasty belfry]

9 battalions is 18 width.

[lyric geyser]

You go down the hist politcal path I’m pretty sure it’s father of nations or below that?

[devout lintel]

oh u mean the paraonid

[hexed parcel]

Even built as many radars near the English channel but still too slow

[devout lintel]

when u said popoganda i thought u mean the 1 where u unlock popogandas

[uncut narwhal]

all 44 ships?

you put all in the channel

and call in italy?

[devout lintel]

but no its the great commander 1 right above father of nations

thanks tho