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well, you beat the soviets. what will hinder you to beat the allies now?
Nothing I assume. Never beat the Soviets or allies
So a little worried still
Idk what to do really
build CAS, CLs and DDs and invade GB
taking Africa takes centuries
work with your spies
hmm
It’s 1941, strangely it’s historical and it’s late 1941
But USA hasn’t been called in
I did some wonky stuff idk I did different things at different times finlands in my faction etc
so you still have a big one left
The UK yeah
the issue is
I have no resources or manpower
And I don’t have enough political power to get the + 10% by requirement
unhistorical decisions by players lead to unhistorical decisions at AI as well
I know, but I didn’t stray far off really.
Strange
I’m out of resources fully
Out of manpower
takes time to recover
Will it recover itself since I own the Soviet Union or?
And military governor conspirtuob law is okay?
it recovers always slowly
Hmm alright
I couldn’t get any paratroopers down, I tried a few times it either dosent work or they get shredded
Naval invasion is impossible, I had supremacy for a few minutes but it was gone immediately after
if you managed to drop them and they are shredded, you did it
naval sup is hard against Britain
No but they immediately got killed
I see.
Well it’s 1:48 am I was playing for 5 hours straight so. Thank you
I’ll try my best to finish off the allies tomoreow
Any good infantry divisions templates for Germany?
18 width 9/0s
Support arty
AA
Logistics
Initiative
At if mp
5 support companies may be iffy
mp in infantry?
Thanks
No
in garision yes
Yous fine
This division can do a decent amount of everything
for ini yes
Any other suggestions?
Yep.
nope, sounds fine to me
Banjo you know any medium semi cheap tank designs by any chance for Germany ?
3 man turret
Howietzer 1 or 2s if you have
Riveted
Christle and gasoline or diesel and torsion
Two heavy turrets and a radio and armor skirts or easy maintennance
4 armor
No more
As many speed ticks as you think you need
Spgs
for speed keep in mind how speedy they are
Cool this is for singleplayer or multiple players too?
Sp
the other divs are
"Speed isnt a real stat" mfs are right and wrong
Speed doesnt matter most of the time cause youre gonna be fighting on bad terrain anywhos
But when it matters?
It matters.
You can overrun
For mp just put on like
High velocity if cheap
Medium cannons if not
Run tds
If mp
If i have tanks i want them to go fast sometimes
currently playing as Sinkiang, and im trying to declare war on Qinghai Ma Clique, but even after getting the war justification from my focus tree, i cant because of this reason. Its the same for other countries as well. neither country should be considered a major country, so is it because im currently in a faction with the soviet union??
youre in the comintern
the comintern only allows major countries to declare wars
💔 okay, thank you
Is there a preferred way to share/discuss a ship design? I'm punting around the idea of making a reduced-cost destroyer for Atlantic convoy escort (i.e. a fancy DDE).
So far, I'm staring at 1273 cost for engine I, torps I, dual-purpose II, AA II, sonar+depth III and seaplane II.
why is this a red zone even though my ships are literally in the zone
i js need hawaii to get this achievement
Beat the US ships
u need to se tthem to a task like strike force or patrol
rn they are doing nothing and sitting in port?
at least according to the red exclamation mark
I keep getting connection timed out
That's not reduced cost
Escort dds are depth charges x2, cheapest light battery, engine 2, sonar 2 and that's it
guys anyone got a good garrison template please?
They literally aren't in the zone, as stated by the red 0/1
8/9inf, support arty, aa, enginners
Oh you meant occupation div ?
yea
Then it's either 1cav
Or as much cav (minimum of 5) with support mp
ty\
inferior engine means you are more likely to get hit I don't think it is viable even against AI
How can i do the thingy where my paratroopers deplete the strenght/org of the unit they land on?
paratrooper doctrine second pick
you only delete org tho
they're not nukes
It used to be broken but now you have a 1 month timeout everytime you drop
so what am I meant to do while "building up" like how do I best prepare to invade france (and deal with britain)
In general you want to create a strong economy, get some experience for troops, generals and doctrines by fighting in civil wars, fix templates, make allies, research and see that your production lines are optimized
how do i optimise my production lines and fix my templates?
What happens to my country if I lift the turkey communist party's ban and Im not communist?
Will my nation become commie?
I probably should have tried to know BEFORE I chose this path as a non-aligned turkiye
Regarding templates, make sure you have your defensive and offensive templates outfitted with suitable support companies for their task and an optimized width.
For production what I mean is that you research what you need in time so that your production lines have time to reach max efficiency.
For example making sure that you have researched everything you need for medium tanks early enough so you actually produce them in the required numbers instead of switching the line to an upgraded version right before start off ww2 and thus producing tanks at 20% capacity for the first year
put one mils early on like on trucks and trains whatever you want later so it can build up effiencie
you dont wanna be out of trains and than put 80 mils on them
are they supervised governments
yes
yeah it does that
it should be like this all the time
can somebody help?
Universal coloured puppets mod unless you want to play with achievements
Does upgrading the railway levels fix the lack of supply in some provinces of a state?. I always change it to trucks instead of the cavalry, and the infrastructure isn't that low.
as democratic germany how am I supposed to defend against Russia? they just have so many divisions that they overrun my entire frontline and I cant make a hole anywhere to get encirclements
I think I just don't understand combat in this game
I get my ass kicked in any war that's even close to even strength
I don't really get how to counter this when their divisions outnumber mine so much
I inflict double the casualties and they just don't care
the main reasons you could lose, would be division design, supply, and terrain
what division are you using?
as for terrain and supply, when you form defensive lines, try to use good terrain for defense, e.g. mountains, forests, behind rivers. and make sure its places where you have supply hub nearby, and bonus points if you can make it that you have supply but the enemy is stretching far from their supply lines and doesn't have supply
generally for defensive units you should use 16 width (8 battalions) infantry division, usually with engineering and artillery support companies, as your base template to hold the line
my supply was good, I got good advice on that here last time I lost
and I had 8 inf, 2 artillery, and engineer support as my divisions
at all
also forgot to mention, use anti air, that is super important
that could be a huge reason to why you're losing
especially if you don't have good airforce of your own
that was probably a big part of it, I don't really understand air or naval
although if this game is evidence of anything it's that I don't really understand land either lol
I've tried to watch videos to help learn but a lot of them are either outdated or assume you have basic knowledge and move too quickly
what templates should i go for as germany in multiplayer for tanks and infantry?
a lot of them are also just wrong
try to watch segl, he's probably the most accurate one, and he does explain basic game mechanics
ok I'll watch his
https://youtu.be/Dcp1ooD_YqY?si=AeoA9KXqPxVY9NhI
this is a nice explanation to the basics of what is each stats, probably good to start with this
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first step is to actually equip your divisions and have manpower to fill them
if you can't then you've already lost even before you declared the war
that looks hugely helpful
it is, he also explains which one you need the most in singleplayer/multiplayer
I did actually have fully equipped and manned divsions before the war
did you endlessly battleplan against the soviets ?
I don't know what that means lol
did you activate the battleplan (attack order on the whole front) and just watched as red bubbles appeared everywhere ?
also, you have 2000 political power which you could use to increase your manpower, stability and war support
how do I increase my manpower?
change your conscription law
damn it I forgot I could do that lmao
you should take a quick look at this https://youtu.be/QvHT121_lWQ
you seem to be quite lost (and that's ok, there's a lot of information to deal with). skip the parts you already know of
don't hesitate to pause the game and take a look at stuff, hover over icons and stats and it'll show you a tooltip. Take your time and you'll do fine
Hearts of Iron IV can seem complex and sometimes overwhelming, but today @hammotimee will guide you through the basic concepts that will rank you up from Cadet to General in no time! In this complete beginners guide, They'll be covering everything from setting up production to divulging the secrets on "How Navy Works". Study the guide general - ...
I often find with the tooltips, I understand the information, but not how to fix it
for example
before the war with Russia dragged me into it, I was pushing into Italy. a lot of their ground is really good defensively
so I understand that I'm at a major disadvantage, but not how to lessen it
combat revolves essentially around division templates and equipment
the stat part is explained by segl in his vid here #ask-for-help-here message
basically, you want batter equipment for more stats.
Then there are modifiers : mountaineers will have more stats in mountains than infantry, infantry will have more than cavalry, cavalry will have more than tanks etc.
same thing with rivers, forests, hills and cities. Different units are best in different situations.
To smooth things out, there are support companies that add specific buffs (segl also has a video with tierlist and explaination of each one of them). For example, flame tanks, recon rangers and engineers support companies will reduce some terrain penalities when added to a division, no matter the units in them
OK thanks so much for all your help. I'll watch some videos and give it another go. You guys are awesome
Also I have at least stopped overstacking and I've gotten much better with supplies so your help has already been really beneficial
that's good progress
also, I see in your screenshot that you don't have air superiority. While this can be a viable strategy, you should always be ready to contest enemy air when playing a major country. Now in any case, you should basically always have at least an anti-air support company in your divisions. To give you an idea of how important this is : anything can be pushed with about anything if you have enough close air support planes and air supremacy. Now with a single AA support compny you reduce damage inflicted onto your division by enemy air by 75%. all for about 70 cost (that's less than 1/10th of a small division cost)
Yeah I had zero consideration for air which was probably a large part of my problems
What’s the best plane to make with out the dlc that give custome planes
3 4x HMG, self sealing, armored plates, fuel tank
Why don't the numbers on this logistics screen add up for trains?
if without the DLC just make light fighters that aren't outdated or, ideally, that are researched ahead of time
the +51 is what you have available
the 71 are the total of trains you have (20 are currently used)
heavy fighters🤑 🤑
bro read again
they question
By Blood Alone
I answered your question with the 2nd one
You wanted the best plane with BBA
I gave you a design that should let you win the air war
You didn't say that but okay
Bruh
Im blind
I didn't see the out
Without is one word so I glossed over it
thats why i sad read again
that costs like 1000 air xp
I sometimes turn off DLC to experience the true vanilla experience
Motorized division?
rocket bicicle
<@&846894118219022336>
are they set on patrol?
you need patrol as base and you can get strikeforce as multiplier if you do raiding it wont work
Any suggestions for what to do, 1941 late. It’s historical and I played it mostly historical but strangely enough USA hasn’t joined. I just defeated the Soviets as Germany, out of resources out of oil out of manpower no political power and not enough planes to get superiority over Britain.
Got it
Oh thanks
Is my economy going to recover since I just capitulated the union? I have 0 resources
should I take the recommended land doctrine here for Communist CHina?
i have some patrol but i still cant get dominance
is this a decent division
that's the best organization I can get without going overboard
does it still work where u make plane divisions really small to get aces?
no
Finished the Soviets it’s 1941. No idea what I’m doing here
No resources
No manpower
How do I get air or naval superiority with no manpower or ships
whats your conscription law
How much manpower did you lose ? 😭
I’m going infa spam
I don’t have enough political power for by requirement
how many divisions
But still. Just wait to have enough pp for construction law
It’s going very very slowly
delete some divs or sum idk
Can someone help i cant even do the tutorial
That does not solve my problem of crossing the channel
@vagrant marlin dm
Watch YouTube there’s nothing you can do, it’s very difficult. Play as some small country not Italy
Too much confusion
How many armies u have ?
I have 2 field Marshalls with 8 generals
If you want you can stream it and I can give ya basics. In like 2 hours when I'm home
Thanks
scraping the barrel?
All of them 36w infantry ?
I’m only on limited
Around there yeah
A few probably at 30
Soviet Union has been capitulated
4-5 armies of 36w are enough. You can save mp there
that’s only part of the issue though, I don’t have any resources or oil or anything to invade the Uk with and it’s 1941 September
The USA hasn’t joined in
My lack of manpower shouldn’t be the reason I can’t invade them, but every time I gain superiority even if for a second in the air it says I need more transport planes
Despite me having 300+
And I keep adding more
What improvements can I make?
Maybe they aren't in range?
No they are
It says I need more and more though, and I keep adding more and more
And then I lose air superiority anyway
Also if you have turned that small icon to motorize your army maybe that draining your oil. Or you have too many planes
I only have around 1800
I guess your last option is to just import it. Or if you have not developed oil field via pp decisions try that
Cheers
Somehow they took out all their planes
Just gotta wait 2 more days
For the plan to finish
Nvm
They added planes back
Bro why do they keep doing that
So annoying
Bomb their air fields
Just tacs? And strategic?
Don't you have like 1800 planes?
How many fighters ?
Around 1k
I’ll show
I have it on auto upgrade as well
I can’t rlly produce any planes though I guess
Maybe I’ll try just spamming them out
Replace engine 3 with eng 2 and another heavy mg
Alright
Should help the ic
is it better to do mass mob infantry or medium tanks as USSR
i know you meming
no just do engine 3 at this rate
3 x 4hmg + range module + armored plate + self-sealing
Mass mob inf but not the mass mob doctrine
Sfp
why not tanks though
No tanks dw
You can if you want
USSR has goated industry
also, if I do mass mob infantry, do I still need air?
Nope. If you are not going for UK then no
but I will need AA
Of course
Do you want template for inf or you got it?
also wouldn't tanks cut through the German lines more easily than inf?
uhhh it could help ig
Sure. I personally just don't use them cuz I don't want to micro
It's easier with tanks for sure
what does this mean?
nevermind
Yep
🦒
If you have a grand doctrine already, continuous training is best
That way, you have mastery points to reserve subdoctrines
There are imediate benefits once you get a subdoctrine. Completing subdoctrine mastery is also required to get some of the benefits of your grand doctrine mastery
I see
someone suggest me some mods
remove like arty and make ur spg if u add it have actual stats
200 soft is like burger nothing
at that point make just bare inf bc u get similar stats and it costs less
japan gets a 1 year and 100% research bonus to light aircraft, is rushing air as japan better for the axis in mp now?
How long should I expect it to take for the paratroopers to drop
It’s all good it seems now
But they aren’t dropping
How many days
Does that take
i wanna do welfare spending but this stupid ahh spirit still wants me to fight the germans, is this permanent? is this a bug? can i remove it?
like a day or two, check if you have enough transports, paradroppable divisions in the point from where you're dropping and that you have air dominance in all areas the planes are gonna pass through
with green air and readyness they drop, in accordance to distance/speed of transport
short distances can be dropped within hours
island hopping or over the channel takes a bit longer
Why is it double engines D:
bc 2 better than 1
how do i increase manpower? i capitulated austria and i dont have enough manpower to keep them in
Increase recruitment law
Or don't waste manpower
The latter is a very good thing to do anyways
how do i do that
Click the flag
Go look at the laws and such
Same line where you can hire 3 guys
The leftmost one should be recruitment law if I remember correctly
This is not what I mean
I mean the leftmost on the line
Not the leftmost of the 3 guys
Is japan rushing air better for mp now? They get an early on 1.0 year and 100% research bonus to light aircraft
350 hours + on this game. Still can’t beat the allies.
This is just so depressing
Finally beat the Soviets for the first time though
I guess that’s something
What do you struggle with
Is it invading the uk or can you do that
Are struggling with the allies after or before the usa join?
Cus even with your beginning navy you take the uk
The new update made it easy to have control of the English channel if you patrol with your surface fleet
Honestly everything, I got lucky this game. I always get to Paris and typically can’t beat the allies
Typically I never beat the Soviets, I did this game cuz they already declared on Finland and Finland joined my faction so I took them out by 40 using infa spam
But yeah, no idea how to invade the Uk
My paratroopers get shredded
And once the USA lands it’s not even fun anymore, it’s just eventual doom
alr I can now if you want
Try and do incercle soviet units using tank dont try and slam into them
that worked fine this game, but yeah I’m terrible with tanks and they take so long to produce and they are expensive
I just get 200+ soft attack 4 art 9 infa units
And 5 supports and I do decent enough
and my templates are mid
You don't need a huge numbers of divs 2 are goof enough to do small encercle
You can rush medium 1 and mecha 1 with Germany pretty early
I did a few this game with infantry that’s the only reason why I capitulated the Soviets
You can go down the inf side of the army then
I did yeah.
Idk, how do you defeat the Uk? Paratroopers never land
It’s frustrating
And I never get supermacy navally either
For uk tho
Reacher the second naval invasion one
Then put your entire surface on the English channel with your subs convoy raiding the surrounding area
Put all your cas on naval strike + some fighter on the English channel
You can build some destroyers to pad your navy numbers if needed
That usually works for me and never fails
You can make build some naval bombers and put them on the channel to help your cas and navy
I don’t rlly know how to use navy tbh
I’ll look into it since they did update it I guess
It takes a while to understand
Spam max light attack light cruisers and you good (build around 20 before puttimg the, im uk)
thats all ngl
Hmm
What is a W nation for MP to overrun them (i dont want to hear germany)
Usa?
ussr
No majors
Tbh he doesn't need 20 cruiser the new update make ai split there navy to so many area that once all yours is in the eng channel you can get easy supremacy
He just need to put some port garrison so he can counter a naval invasion if the ai felt funny
Oh, thats jsut bums xD
Love the hoi ai
I think I'm having a bug, my game is saying I need %100000 organisation to fight
I literally got supremacy with the starter navy no modification + cas on naval strike
Yh ai be funny sometimes :v
Well considering the ai leave entire section of the front open for some reason
I am not complaining made my ussr game easier 
fr
Bulgaria with the battle to the bosporus dlc allow you to create the bulkan federation or smth
I once made it mid 40s i believe? Had enough time that by the 41 i was crushing major nation
Or was it made in 41 ? Cant remember been a while :P
Poor boy has catpression
hahahahhahahhah
its a girli, the Cat-Panzer V alias Panther :):)
Peak of german engineering
This is a FRONTLINE CAT
tuxedo cats supremacy
use marines
getting naval supremacy is easy with naval bombers
do you want to also attack or just defend from it and drain their manpwoer?
i mean i wanna do it asap
You man the third bulgarian empire right?
Which is banned in most mp lobbys
Nope not the empire
The communist path
Down the yugo path
extend maginot - put half of one army on maginot (18w infantry is fine) put second half at south in italy border. Make a frontline with your attacking armies at belgium Do not advance into belgium until germany captrures it Then advance with your attacking armies (either 36w inf or tanks with 36w)
thats like really oversimplified explanation
If you get red bubbles at maginot or italy just put some extra few 18w inf there
oh okay
You need to make sure that yugo , romania , greece and turkey are comi or flip comy
You dont need all of them
It just once you do the focus every comi country in your alliance ( which the focus make and invite the commi nation i mentioned) will integrate them into 1 big nation
In my game i went with Romania, greece and yugo i ignored turkey
i see that could work out for me
i will try that
thank you
That what you end up with
that looks strong haahaa
With cores and everything
I left the game once i made the nation so nothing is set up :P
True it is if you make it early you have time to prepare before barb
what that in the right corner down there with the map?
How do I get that small minimap in the bottom right corner of the screenshot?
Do not you can technically also flip Albania but Italy usually take it so not worth trying
Im confused rn, Im doing an achievement which is capitulating france and poland before 1940, I got the achievement and the decision for vichy france or conquer all but france is still in europe with all its land except what ive conquered
okay
Do you see that grey notch on the left of the map
Just press it
And the map open up
Alr
Oh and be careful with your pp
That path is really pp heavy
Yeah i already thought about it
For how precisely to get it you can check yt i think bitter steel did one a couple of years ago
Im confused rn, Im doing an achievement which is capitulating france and poland before 1940, I got the achievement and the decision for vichy france or conquer all but france is still in europe with all its land except what ive conquered
I will watch that first
Did you capitulate france?
Or did the event just show up before that happens?
It showed up then I capitulated france but nothing happened
Weird maybe the game bugged out
Maybe try and reload your autosave?
Should be far enough before the event happens
Noice
I lost 600k attacking the soviets as germany
Its that bad?
it's a bit vague but i have two questions, have to get better at fighting wars and how to manage supplies better (for reference i have around 10 hours)
How much did you kill?
get a good amount of divisions, good templates, attack weak spots in the front lines, use CAS and air superiority
and build supply hubs then connect them with railways to your capital or other railways
Or switch the type of vehicle your supply use horses or motorised
yeah
To stretch the line of your supply more
i forget to do that though
thank you for the advice, but i don't really know how to use anything other than ground troops
1.4m
I need help with tanks, i think my tanks sucks
F3 for air
Press on a plane icon
Add fighter and close air support ( of course build some first)
Choose them and press on the airspace you want them to fight in ( make sure you have yellow/green air before deploying the cas )
And that how you do air
what do they look like
And remember to choose the mission type above the add butotom
thank you sir
like the tank designer template
No worries i recommend watching the tutorial on the hoi4 channel they made a new one with the last update
And bitter steal template guide
Yh buts it's really bad
oh
Light:
Soeed 8.7
Armor 28.8
Piercing 20
Soft 15
Hard 5
Break 18
Real 96%
And confusing for beginners
Light tank?
As Germany?
send me a picture
Yes
You should have a medium you even have focus to let you get them early
Cant take prints oof
I have panzers 4
If your on a laptop fn+print or win+print
use panzer 4s then
Panzer 4 are the advance light? Cant remember all the tank names :P
Or was it medium
,edium
is it normal for a mod to crash when i first try to use it
Yh use them then
I thnk its 1938 med
No unless its not up to date
I cant, the Pc just dies with prints
hmm
do you have the no step back DLC?
All DLCs
Can you use the sniping tool?
What?
Ill DM you of what to use
Never mind
Thanks man! Im in deep need to learn more advanced HOI4 stuff
In the paradox launcher
If the mod has a yellow/red mark it mean it's not up to date
No worries we all were like you
If you don't like to use tanks
You can go down the infantry path of the army
Prussian legacy i think it's name on the left side
does this mean up to date
idk but it should be up to date
Yh it mean it good
But millennium dawn is buggy and crashes are normal
Yeah. Im actually kinda bad with infantry as well, I always suffer a lot of deaths
Do you battle plan alot?
Or rely on battle planing in general
You should use of 18width inf to hold
And have a small amount of 36 width inf for offense
Break the enemy at certain point and encircle them
battleplanning isnt bad, u can beat 99% of hoi4 players and 100% ai with a proper battleplan build
i have come to the decision that the mod will not work so i will be uninstalling it
only issue is u have to not suck at eco management
and production
its easy tho
esp as germany
Its isnt bad
Bad if he wasnt to win with low casualties he need to learn how to micro a bit
I rlly want lower casualities
Yh that mod is famous for that
You can try novus smth its another modern mod that is more optimized
But 36 suffers a lot casualities, isnt it?
micro os overrated any only really needed for high comp mp, battleplan build with big inf + air is all you need
straight up fool proof
You should be fighting the soviet in 36
Maybe 40 to 41
36 is fine, best combat W to push and 36w battleplan builds just work most efficiently
Yh but it isnt bad to learn in sp
If he want to have some fun
Battle planing constantly will get boring eventually
I tought the higher the width, higher the deaths
yeah
Humm okok. Btw, do you understand about tanks?
I do yeah
More men > more org and hp > less casualties and less equipment loss
Or that how the math is i think
Correct me if i am wrong
Damn makes sense
For tank you should use them alone
Use some trucks , mechanzid hell even horses
Can you help me to build desings?
To give them some hp and org
u can add engine clicks if u want speed aswell
take out tripple aa in template
In tanks you should focus on breakthrough and soft attack
only needed in mp
Ah you went the sp build?
Wont it be confusing for him tho?
A standard tank should better for him to understand hows first dont you think?
I mean spg is just thanos in singleplayer and its not too hard to change the role of the tanks
its like two clicks
why the motorized AA
thats for mp
Im on MP
in mp you shouldn't use spa
He doesn't have support aa
Thanks man
use tds
u do for dday as dday marines are soft divisions
u only use the tds for french tanks
And thanks again for the 36w inf. @mystic otter how much art do you usually use on them?
bro wants to teach me mp while having 0 mutuals so ik ur no hand no front
None only suppurt arty
Pure 36 inf
With signals and support aa
Flame tanks
And idk what else
36 pure inf have so much hp and org you simply outlast your enemy
Remember to take grand assualt and large unit tactics in your sub doctrine
guys don’t use spgs vs allied marines to click them out on dday!!
I don't friend people 😭
u also have 0 shared server so ik u don’t play comp lobbies
You're not in every server
theres like 15 comp servers and 5 from these have actual good players
@open radish if you need any more advice just ping me
again spgs are good for dday, they are good for el ala aswell and africa larping
u only need tds for dday against french tanks
barb is another story and also on barb current meta is base heavy for max break, ger could do tds for barb but sovs can’t
Oh thanks bro!
bc u can’t even click a plane tile with less than 1.8k break in base template
Alr! I will remember that
I will actually test them pretty soon
Im in the middle of a MP
Atm i need help with good tanks
Cuz im facing 2 major nation soon
as what nations are u playing?
you should pass me some of those links
are there any eu based ones?
join rb, its my server tag
I hate having to play when game goes to 4am
yeah
You host games?
You accept beginner in mp? Never tried them
I mostly play sp
I don’t host on rb but its best vanilla-based mp server
Ah i see
and we do accept new players but u have to play beginner nations first and if u played well u can play higher
also isn't armored engineers an artifact of multiplayer rules sets? and shouldn't you change those out for assault engineers?
Like minor nation? The major get reserved correct?
yeah armored is bc of ruleset, the template is that from rb
I didn’t go into sp and made one myself, too lazy
but yeah assault would be better
some smaller minors that don’t have too big impact and after we know ur good u can play most minors
for majors you have to play more and join as coops first
I see
How long do mp match usually last?
4hours roughly
Also sorry if i am asking to many questions :P
depends how many terrorists that perma disconnect are in the lobby
its fine dw
That 4h time i csn actually join
Although i need to try and play more minor most of my main time in the game have been with Germany ussr and usa
theres a lot of country guides for mp on the server if u never played nations
so new players can get the hang of the nations they play
I will check them up thanks
np
is ur server eu based or
when do games happen
Germany
the server has players from most off the world but game is getting hosted on eu timers
usually 7-8pm cet
7 to 8?
Damn i cant join in such time
And med? Do you know any good template?
on weekends yeah
same template u would do as on heavies just with one less extra gun
do high velo 2 as ur main gun
Same
tho I don’t recommend doing mediums
medium tds are good for inland mechs
in high comp prob hardest axis minor
and most important
Yeah
romania
romania is just inf wall no
and after hungary
hungary is aswell
yeah only good tank nation in axis is germany
and air hungary doesn’t have the eco to build
canada is usually ac in our lobbies and hard to play bc brazil ac is banned but saf yeah
Whats ac
air controller
what does that do
u send all the air your faction produces to that nation and he controls all the air
usually the nation with best air buffs
yes
Raj is hard ?
one of the harder ones but fun
u have to hold against japan so it becomes hard ofc
but its strong
What do u recommend for mp noobs
smaller inf nations till u know the basics and from there play whatever u want
hungary is good and fun, saf is nice
ive seen the mods people play with for mp
brazil aswell
rb is vanilla based?
yes
Yeah RB doesn't use those mods
Do you know any servers that host earlier than 7-8?
we play hmm that doesn’t change anything when it comes to combat and divisions
Wonder if you have tried those mods though
All the ones i know do this time and i would need to leave like 1hour before end of game
i just watch alot of dankus and i see his game and its very different
Same
theres giampiers or bismark but they host some weird road to 56 knock off
and arent that competitive
hm hm
horst is alright mod but I don’t like it
There the pixel rp road to 56 I've seen tommykay play it
overall fun if u like bloat
mp just feels like bloat with those mods
idk when they host but it’s an rp server and they don’t like comp players
if u enjoy noob gmes with rp tho, play it
it is
I want to play mp to have fun with people i honestly dont care if its competitive
i guess it makes way for more skill
as theres more to manage
more units in fight aka more interesting
anyone know how to defeat the germans as france?
then play, rp games are prob more fun than comp games
when exactly
Don't they reduce the amount these factories produce though?
wdym
yea i think
When do you want to go to war with germany as france and what path are u taking
early war?
or more like
after poland
dies
or althist entirely
it eiter 1938 with czechia 1939 with britin and poland or later when he declares on me
but i cant declare earlier than that
go nations block and rush to get rid of disjointed, build mils day one in mainland, spam out cheap 16w as holders, put 20 guns on mils, rush mech produce mech and spgs and then snake with the spgs
try defensive lines
no i uselly take the benelux
in tiles
u can also just do only 16w and go air battleplan build
the point is to win not to hold
to win u have to hold
very easy to win afterwards
u win with having green air or building tanks
yo gangalang
what spgs
holding is easy
i played germany in the 1939 start as a joke
i doubt he even has the dlc
and i somehow beat poland and the benelux
i do
but then France sorta defended belgium
and it was a stalemate
listen to ts guy
do you have a division/design on you i can use?
remove the aa and replace with mechs
do you have green air?
yes
save 100 army experience and cheapen ur mech as soon as you have it so it only costs 4ic instead of 8
to breakthrough the belgium defence u need cas and tanks or just high soft attack stuff
yeah i mostly did
but the french AND british i think sent troops
Mostly?
It doesnt matter
You should be breaking through
Did you make tanks?
well i didnt
❌
How much mils on planes?
How much cas did you have deployed and did you have air supremacy
do i just use the normal spg design?
well i hopped off once that happened 😭
but point is, green bubbles
almost
no use the design I sent
almost doesnt count
rush for arty 2 aswell to get the gun
how much stuff did you have on like guns
support equipment
artillery
More than 30 is doomed
gangalang i wanna do a 1936 start and i get good, but i always lose to poland can you help me out 🙏
oh and
to answer your queries
i can help you
yo gng i would rlly need that
like
i have a hang on the game
in theory
but i always fumble some shi
if russia takes poland but I have the pact signed will it cede to me and bring me to war witht he allies or no?
not if you play like the soviets
yes no?
prop no
thanks
whats the best way to use tanks with infantry?
What countries are considered chinese? I'm so confused
What about desing?
if u really want mediums for mp this
but with better main gun
ofc loses hard against actual heavies
How do I do anything as Lebanon
lebanon kinda sucks
Can I after I become independent use spies to infiltrate Syria to orchestrate a coup
youd need a sevond state for a civil war
yes
Yeah but it's my country and I really wanna make it work
its pawsible
as USSR should I spam civs immediately or build infrastructure first
Makes sense
That's genuinely driving me mad as I have to wait for France to fall and then I'm dragged into war
Could I rush 10 focuses and then keep the autonomy continuous focus going
Or would that take too long
hey
thats what I said
Fair
How can I raise my autonomy besides that focus?
build infra in moscow, stalingrad and stalino or usha
and then civs till late 37 and after that mils
latest u should start building mils is jan 38
as soviets
@pliant condor what is new with the new attrition calculation and how does it effect old strategies?
If there even is a way
which nation
Lebanon
in 1939 I start mass producing tanks and air, yes?
u can do air vs ai but I don’t recommend air usually on sovs
against ai its fine
lend leasing to your overlord plus fighting in wars gives you autonomy
but if I want to do tanks, air is king
look at your air modifiers and at the foucs, have fun doing it in time
but its ai so ur fine
just worse than not doing air
Yeah but I really don't wanna get dragged into the war with the allies and I want to kinda do stuff in the Levant
ur gonna win anyways with a good build and decent tanks
Say france falls and Syria is under Vichy France
Could I use spies to infiltrate Syria and get it independent and invade it to take it?
if all else fails you can add motorized aa
is this a good tank?
do the rightmost political branch (democracy) and get volunteer spirit then send volunteers to both spain and china
that's a relaly long process tbh
no manpower though
we're talking about lebanon
change the role to spg
Theres a focus that gives manpower
but besides that yeh
why spg?
And army xp
autonomy gain from war participation is enormous
But I think it's under fascist
yeah that's the problem
also is 1938 tank chassis required
got buffed with new update, only 2width now and very good doctrines
or can I do interwar
communist path also gives weekly manpower too
So basically create a military and fight using lend leased convoys?
no u can do interwar but if u click into bad tiles u will nuke yourself
so if ur bad at micro rather get basic chasis
Communist path also gives HELLA political power
I've never mentioned lend lease dude.
Lebanon has NO navy
Where am I making convoys
lend leasing to puppets is okay because you can annex and get the equipment back
With what dockyards
okay
also
what doctrine should I do
I am lost with the doctrines since the new update
true
Usually Burma gives me lend lease
I last played hoi4 in September
I said send volunteers to china and spain, you can't even send navy as volunteer. I don't get what you are talking about
I mean lend lease I have no convoys or anything to send my troops to
lend leasing to overlord is stupid because you are never getting it back
gbp as main, individuals is great inf doctrine, idk where the spg one was so u have to search for that one, besides that armored spearhead is good, mobile & recon is great and grand assault aswell
Basically I can only really fight in the war
I never told you to lend lease anything
I just said send volunteers
and farm war participantion
Yeah I know but how am I supposed to send volunteers do they just get there without needing a navy
they don't need no navy dude
Ight thank you
they just teleport in 14 days by game logic
so the main doctrine should be mass assault?
no? gbp as main
grand battleplan
ok
Or something else
Inf equipment
industry and then inf equipment
generic focus tree gives you nice research bonuses for inf equipment
rush inf eq 39 and 42 if possible
Ight
generic focus tree is goated tbh
So I should do for my first 2 Inf 1 and like basic machine tools?
do industry first in early
unless u dont have inf equipment yet