ask-for-help-here

[tepid umbra]

you hit the max of air wing volunteers

see the 2/2 below the base stuff

[primal igloo]

Ahhh got it, thanks

[neat widget]

you're sending volunteers

with volunteers you can only send a certain number of air wings

[primal igloo]

Yeah Olive explained, thanks

[neat widget]

oh i didn't see

you're welcome

[fathom thistle]

Is there way to create militia template or is it only for some nation that already have it?

I wanted to try people militias doctrine just to realize it doesn't give any template of militia 🥲

[tepid umbra]

some nation

I believe there's like 2 countries that let you edit it

but only a handful actually give you them/let you train them

[fathom thistle]

Aww.

[neat widget]

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=3423251680
in base game no though

🙁

[tepid umbra]

is camelry actually good

at all

[fathom thistle]

For that specific terrain yeah

[tepid umbra]

"that specific terrain" what terrain 😭

[neat widget]

quite good actually

Good HP

Best option for tanks if you have no mech

[tepid umbra]

would it be good for italy

[neat widget]

Yes

If you're going tanks

[fathom thistle]

Desert

[neat widget]

they aren't bad in desert either

[languid trout]

im pretty sure camelry are made for deserts

(obviously)

[neat widget]

Yeah, but it's a minor gain

5% attack bonus + acclimatization gain bonus

[tepid umbra]

is acclimatization bonus important

[neat widget]

But they also have 30 HP when most battalions have 25 or less

[tepid umbra]

I feel like it never affects anything

[neat widget]

No

You have time to gain it either way

With camels you gain it slightly faster

[tidal elk]

how do i spawn ships

[tepid umbra]

build with dockyards

[sonic wraith]

Hello,as a china how to attack warlords who don't want to be our subjects

They are in the same faction and cannot be removed.

[twin fiber]

is this enough for tour de france? the requirements should be spread out across the divisions yeah?

[neat widget]

I'm not sure

But if the requirements are right you should be able to concentrate them in one large division and send them along a track in plains and that should work

[twin fiber]

alright

[idle rover]

Does anyone know why my naval invasion doesn't work even though I have more divisions?

[pallid quarry]

what is economic capacity on the intl. market? is it a number of civs? 6 7

[neat widget]

Only some of them are actually in battle, also the Yemenis are pretty entrenched and you're probably suffering a severe naval invasion penalty

[idle rover]

Ok thanks

[austere roost]

You should open the battle interface and check for yourself. Do you have cas?

[idle rover]

No i dont

[austere roost]

Well that's part of the reason

Are you only landing on that tile? If so, next time you invade invade multiple tiles

[idle rover]

Ok

I watched some YouTube videos.

Thanks for help

[hollow jasper]

Hey guys, I’m new and starting Italy. Sometimes I have negative political power although I didn’t do anything except Albania justification and withdrawing from Ethiopia, both I had enough for.

[split junco]

If I edit a division template (bringing my panzers up to date) while I still have those divisions out, will it be reinforced with the new tanks or something?

[sweet summit]

What's a good minor

To play as

[craggy pumice]

Is the idea of the stronghold network to build it before building forts or is that irrrelvant to the order?

[twin fiber]

spread your invasions out

[languid trout]

how do i get them to accept

or do they just not at all

[alpine dove]

tag switch to them

and manually accept

[languid trout]

im in ironman

i have some shame

[alpine dove]

improve relations

diplo pressure

[languid trout]

i did everything

u can think of

[alpine dove]

rest is luck

just keep retrying?

[languid trout]

ive save scummed like 15 times

[alpine dove]

india does have a rlly low chance of accepting

did u do that focus about india

[languid trout]

is there a specified percentage?

[alpine dove]

something about promise autonomy

[languid trout]

no

im asking for pakistan

from them

[alpine dove]

u gotta do that

for a greater chance of them accepting

[languid trout]

what focus is it

[alpine dove]

wait

ur playing iran?

[languid trout]

what

no

[alpine dove]

oh

[languid trout]

im playing afghanistan

[alpine dove]

i thought u were playing britain

and trying to get them to accept imperial federation

[languid trout]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-trying-not-to-laugh-laughing-facepalm-lmao-gif-15446474421410342464

[alpine dove]

lol

[alpine dove]

bigger army than them

[languid trout]

those 2 are so far away

[alpine dove]

and them being at war tends to help

stack all your divisions on their border before demanding

[twin fiber]

seemed to be enough though i did make 24 divisions just in case

[languid trout]

oh

i just found out

they quite literally will NEVER ever give u pakistan

until

they become independent

good news is that britain is going decolonization path

[vivid cairn]

Anybody understands how the new naval invasion mechanics work?

[haughty vortex]

What are the "Non-combat out of supply penalties"?

[glacial steeple]

stuff like movement

[languid trout]

makes it so that ur divisions get less debuffs from less/out of supply but ONLY when not in a battle

[lone sigil]

it isn enough to set yiu navy on strike force you need a partoling navy thats the base and if you need more supremacy you need a strikeforce navy that will mulitply you supermacy

[indigo sapphire]

is it worth it to make a good navy and airforce

[lone sigil]

navy is not realy if you a small nathion and airforce yes

airforce is a huge help

[swift burrow]

Air is King

But navy

Eh if you have the dockyards just spam submarines or convoys

[wild rune]

Navy isn't real

[haughty vortex]

What should i use instead of line artillery?

[wild rune]

Infantry

Or if you want make space marines with spgs

[glacial steeple]

?????

where gun focuses

you need those for gun 3

[haughty vortex]

I might be dumb but what is a spg?

[wild rune]

Gun 3 is not real

[wild rune]

Self Propelled gun

[glacial steeple]

technically any tank

[wild rune]

True

But this is in reference to self propelled artillery

Like putting a howitzer on a medium tank

[swift burrow]

Wait I think I made lebanon playable but I wanna know if this could work

If I stayed down the Democratic Path

Got volunteers

And then flipped communist while I was doing my other things

Would it work?

Would the WT limit go poof?

[glacial steeple]

400 less weekly men

less pp too

[wild rune]

True

[swift burrow]

Pp is not an issue the Democratic Path gives more than enough

[swift burrow]

Don't communists get a Spirit for 400 weekly manpower?

Or is that only by focus

[wild rune]

Total of 900

Weekly

400 from focus 500 from spirit

[swift burrow]

Oh so I don't need the focus to get it?

[swift burrow]

So basically get volunteers through democratic path but this whole time I'm switching communist

[wild rune]

Play however you want

Imo the 900 total is better than the 500

Manpower allows for better scaling than getting vols

[glacial steeple]

no

you get 400 weekly men from a communist-tree locked spirit

you dont have to be communist for it

thats just from a focus

[wild rune]

I think hes hardstuck on going the democratic part of thr generic tree

[swift burrow]

No

I'm just asking

[wild rune]

Oh

[swift burrow]

It is generic

But I haven't started

[swift burrow]

But I need volunteers

And only the fascist snd democratic Paths can do that

Democratic is much faster and cheaper but I need 50% WT limit

Can't I get that focus to unlock volunteers

And then like flip communist or fascist to reduce the WT limit needed?

[wild rune]

Why do you need volunteers

[swift burrow]

I'm a colony of France

I heard sending volunteers increases my autonomy

Unless that doesn't reduce my autonomy

[indigo sapphire]

are assault guns/stugs good to use against other tanks

[swift burrow]

And then I'm genuinely a lake that Nestle owns

[swift burrow]

Not in good shape

[swift burrow]

So do I have Speedrun fascism or can I just do that

[languid trout]

who r u playing

[swift burrow]

Lebanon

A team of scientists couldn't figure out how to do something with this country in this game

Please tell me there's a mod that adds a Lebanese focus

I don't even know if my plan could theoretically work

We're getting the paradox developers to help figure out how to do anything as Lebanon and it's still not gonna work

[indigo sapphire]

if i were to use assault guns/stugs should i use em against ALL tanks

[slate hazel]

Can anyone help me with fascist historical Italy; I conquer Ethiopia in 3 months and afterwards aim to conquer Yugo, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey. It's constantly either UK or France stopping my wars with their guarantees. What is the optimal order/strategy here, I've seen ppl do it on reddit

[swift burrow]

So if I go democratic

And switch to fascism

Do I get the no WT needed

That seems like it would work

[lone sigil]

kill the uk

[slate hazel]

k seems easy

[lone sigil]

like almost cap them and than declare war against a bunch of minors

so they all join the allies

and than if you cap them you can annex them all

[slate hazel]

wow

[languid trout]

wdym

casey isnt a paradox dev

hes a mod

[swift burrow]

No no

I'm talking about

I'm gonna get the paradox developers on this and they're still not gonna understand

It's a joke

Talking about how bad Lebanon is to play

[sacred patrol]

when does japan attack china

[indigo sapphire]

are assault guns/stugs Worth it

[lyric temple]

Yo guys I’ve been having a problem with India, so I try doing the 30 width divs with 4 arty and one at, and 21w port garrisons, but I don’t have enough divs and I get broken and navel invaded. So should I do 21w with one arty instead or what do I do

[haughty vortex]

So what is the difference between communism and fashism?

[sacred patrol]

what nation you wanna play

[haughty vortex]

I'm asking just for the general difference

[light knoll]

game wise they're similar in most stuff, but have stuff that are different, it'll depend per country

[viscid abyss]

How many collaboration governments are needed in France in order to do that German France event

Where I get all colonies

And how do I activate it

[light knoll]

pretty sure all 3

[dry otter]

Happy new year

[sacred patrol]

can you help me with a war

[bronze grove]

you can save and load to get 45% collab and get 90% with only 2 btw

you can do this with every agency operation whenever you want a better result

I personally wouldn't bother and I would just get 3 collabs on france

with new faction mechanics germany gets +3 from spy tab +2 from free advisor slots

[indigo sapphire]

hello

[bronze grove]

there is a spy inflation in the game

[bronze grove]

How did your lebanon challenge go?

[indigo sapphire]

how should i utilise the current land units in hoi4

[viscid abyss]

I got 3 collabs and then invaded France

Am I supposed to establish Vichy France?

[spare cradle]

would you agree that there should be an ai priority to see "soviet union>90% capitulation progress=emergency" (using 90% as an example) (for the allies on historical, assuming they arent somehow at war)

[sacred patrol]

i died

[spare cradle]

were you playing as china... ( shouldve specified ROC not one of the warlords lol)

[light knoll]

whats the issue

[sacred patrol]

too late

[sacred patrol]

this

[swift burrow]

Not fun

I am dedicated

[sacred patrol]

play historical tibet

[swift burrow]

Lebanon is harder

[sacred patrol]

yea

i aint saying play harder

[swift burrow]

Plus it's my home country

[sacred patrol]

am saying enjoy asia

[swift burrow]

I wanna make it work

[swift burrow]

Tibet seems fun but like

I need Lebanon to work

Vanilla

[sacred patrol]

and you freed yourself from brits yet?

[swift burrow]

French

And no

That's the problem

I can never get myself free

[sacred patrol]

Historical?

[swift burrow]

Yeah

[sacred patrol]

send convoy lend lease during ww2

[swift burrow]

My main goal is to be free before ww2

As I don't wanna be stuck Fighting with the allies

I have a plan

If I'm independent

[sacred patrol]

does france do any wars before ww2?

[swift burrow]

Can I send spies to organize a coup in syria

[atomic mango]

does anyone know how i can restore my divisions' strength? the yellow bar, after many fighting.

[swift burrow]

No but I think Volunteers to China might give me autonomy

[swift burrow]

Does it have supply?

[sacred patrol]

btw if youre gonna play tibet, dont annex china if youre doing historical

[swift burrow]

Ight

[sacred patrol]

specifically dont do it without a war

cus you get put against japan

[sacred patrol]

does lebanon have unique or normal focus tree

[swift burrow]

Normal

Which is what makes life worse

The guide in the Wiki is so

Like

Not good

[swift burrow]

I really wanna leave the allies before WW2

As I'm locked into the allies when WW2 starts

I can't leave

[frail sigil]

what does this mean

[swift burrow]

How do you even get to that point

[dusty sandal]

stop combat for a while, ensure you have sufficient mnpower and equipment to replenish it
equipment reinforces after about a day. Manpower is way longer and will only reinforce a max percentage each month

[indigo sapphire]

how should i utilise and use ALL current land units

[swift burrow]

He has 115k gun deficit

[dusty sandal]

use units with high atk and breakthrough stats to push
the rest just stands and hold or support attacking units

[swift burrow]

And 17k light tanks

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[dusty sandal]

at this point they should either delete divs, change their template or straight up restart

the gun deficit is especially bad if they're garrisoning a lot of land. It'll be a death spiral then

[swift burrow]

@atomic mango

Yeah i think it's a lost cause

You aren't overturning that deficit

[atomic mango]

anything can be overturnable

i already have half of europe

i think imma delete divs

[swift burrow]

You could also change economy law

For a very small buff

[dusty sandal]

that's a problem

no guns = no garrison = more resistance and less compliance = more guns lost to resistance = no guns

[swift burrow]

He's making 600 guns a day

That's nowhere near enough

[dusty sandal]

that's a lot, if he deletes some divs he'll probably be fine

I wonder what the resistance is though

[swift burrow]

What about the 17k light tanks deficit

[dusty sandal]

delete tanks

also, don't use light tanks

now's the time to swap for mediums if anything (except for light SPGs if they don't have no step back DLC)

[swift burrow]

So true

I found a mod for Lebanon

Oh my life is so much easier

Oh no

It hasn't been updated since 2018

[dusty sandal]

rt56 probably has something for lebanon, no ?

[south sage]

Guys i need help my marines doctrines arent showing at all

[swift burrow]

Idk

I honestly don't know what that is

[dusty sandal]

you need Arms Against Tyranny DLC for special forces doctrine

[south sage]

im not stupid i have it

[sacred patrol]

btw, when does china become fascist

[dusty sandal]

that's the most subscribed mod on the workshop

[sacred patrol]

*japan

[swift burrow]

What is an OOB

[dusty sandal]

they ... don't ?

[dusty sandal]

what mods are you using ?

[south sage]

sheeps mod only

[sacred patrol]

japan

[sacred patrol]

i corrected japan

[dusty sandal]

no idea

[sacred patrol]

i am getting war taxes rn

[dusty sandal]

it hasn't been updated in a while (see the description)
you probably have to rollback a version or two

[dusty sandal]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3635768377 this is the test mod for current version (unstable, can be buggy)

[sacred patrol]

so japan can just take china without fascism, alr

[swift burrow]

The most popular mod for Lebanon changes the leader to LeBron James

I genuinely regret being born in this country

Why couldn't I be polish they have a focus tree

[dusty sandal]

well, hard to get content when lebanon was basically a french colony during ww2

[swift burrow]

Bro we had so much cool shit going on

[south sage]

considering the USA focus tree is still shit i think paradox has bigger priorities

[swift burrow]

A constitutional crisis, independence movements, and Emile Edde

[swift burrow]

Considering Iraq got a focus tree

I'm pretty sure paradox don't give a shit

[south sage]

How many ppl are actually playing iraq

you can imagine that even less will play lebanon

[dusty sandal]

did once for achievement run. was alright

[swift burrow]

I'm pretty sure the 5 people who play Iraq are ecstatic rn

[swift burrow]

Dude Lebanon is a pretty cool country

We got 2 formables

[dusty sandal]

ngl, the syria, lebanon, jordan and palestine countries are literally useless rn. Just like burma, it's only there to lag the game more rn

[swift burrow]

But

[south sage]

Cant they update that damn engine

[swift burrow]

Like our existence rn serves no purpose

[south sage]

the game is unplayebla after 1945

[dusty sandal]

cost a lot to change a full engine

[swift burrow]

Even with 2 formables

[south sage]

I do not think that paradox are poor tho

[dusty sandal]

yes but why invest money to fix something that can be igonred ? No point spending money when something's still working, albeit badly for low-end pc users

[south sage]

Well maybe they shoudl start working on a new engine instead of releasing DLC no one asked for and changing 1 dlc into 3

[dusty sandal]

but who cares about low end pc users ? if they don't have money for a good pc, they don't have money to buy the dlcs -> purely economical logic where the investment won't repay itself in this situation

[supple jungle]

im playing ethiopia and i can hold until 1938 but then my fronts collapse and idk why

[tight vector]

It's so peak

I always have it on

[swift burrow]

It genuinely seems like a funny mod

But there's no focus mod for Lebanon

[south sage]

Rn even mid range computers like mine are lagging ah past 1946

[tight vector]

Road to 56? They might have something

[swift burrow]

I might look for a mod to add a focus for the middle east entirely

[swift burrow]

What is that

[tight vector]

Road to 56 adds enhanced focus trees and content up until 1956

All dlc supported

[dusty sandal]

to be completely honest, hoi4 is designed to last between 1936 to 1943. 1944 latest
dragging it further is generally only a grind

[tight vector]

I had a campaign go untill 1957 because the japanese and Germany combined had 2 thousand divisions...

[south sage]

GL doing ts before 1944

[swift burrow]

I give up

[dusty sandal]

Get op mountaineers and somewhat of a navy
then it's just braindead battleplan tbf

[haughty vortex]

Any tips for republican spain?

[swift burrow]

I'm just gonna make Lebanon independent ig

Nah nvm that's just cheating

The dream is dead

[south sage]

IF you hold the north the carlist will do an uprising witch basically wins you the war

[burnt granite]

I try to play mp hoi4 game with my game but every game the non-host weren't unable to do anything. For example can't assign troop, build stuff, research stuff, etc. How do I fix this?

[glacial steeple]

1944?

why 1944

[south sage]

.

[glacial steeple]

also you can

with hist ai especially

[south sage]

With brazil??

[swift burrow]

What's the fastest way to increase autonomy

[south sage]

Pray

[glacial steeple]

as lebanon you dont have wars so continuous focus

painful

[swift burrow]

Does sending volunteers decrease my autonomy

[glacial steeple]

best would be to have a 2+ state nation and do a civil war

it makes you free

[south sage]

i dont think so

[swift burrow]

Yeah that's sad

[glacial steeple]

syria is good

[glacial steeple]

no

[swift burrow]

Does it increase my autonomy

[south sage]

warscore does tho i think

[swift burrow]

Yeah but then I'm locked into the allies

[south sage]

so?

just fight on their side

painful ik

[swift burrow]

So my only option

Is to be with the allies

[glacial steeple]

unsure

[swift burrow]

When France falls I can ask for independence but Vichy France might declare

[swift burrow]

Because that's my whole plan

[south sage]

Well you can always release yourself not as puppet

[swift burrow]

That's just cheating

Wait

No nvm

[south sage]

Okay so you might have your pc cooked and you will be olaying until 1960

but at least your not a cheater

[swift burrow]

Yeah I give up on lebanon

[swift burrow]

But I can wait for France to fall and declare independence

But that's boring

And not really rewarding

Yeah I give up on lebanon

[glacial steeple]

its pretty bad

not the worst but pretty bad

[indigo sapphire]

hello

[glacial steeple]

rn the worst starting nation probably is kuwait

hii marko

[indigo sapphire]

wassup casey

[swift burrow]

Like in the Wiki guide it says you cna form Arabia

We have 2 formables

But like

It's just not happening

Plus Lebanon isn't a relevant country like Syria

So no one makes videos on Lebanon

[glacial steeple]

you can

[south sage]

worst is algeria when you release it but you keep french cores

[swift burrow]

Yeah

We can also form mesopotamia

But I'm not seeing how that's gonna be possible

[glacial steeple]

nah

thats not that bad

western sahara is worse

no manpower no army xp have to wait until after spanish civil war to release

[south sage]

you cant deploy units and 0 factories

[glacial steeple]

like ive seen the legitburger vid

[bronze grove]

you can gain autonomy with war participation

[glacial steeple]

you have like 300K people

its fine

its literally not as bad as western sahara

genuinely no clue how to make that nation work

[twin fiber]

i have two chinas here as puppet, confederation one did the commie path and roc did fascist, which one one has better spirits and stuff? so that i can let one absorb the other

[sand urchin]

how can i win the russian civil war fast

[south sage]

The worst is japan actually bc you have to do navy😨

[glacial steeple]

you dont have to do navy tho

besides for indonesia ig

[south sage]

No way it matters THIS much

[twin fiber]

i just dont like having two of em so better have the best one absorb the other

well three chinas

holy shit this is 3 kingdoms all over again

[glacial steeple]

roc might just break free for fun

[twin fiber]

oh wait nvm i think coc came from the soviet puppet thing

imma kill the coc

[pale aurora]

Do my puppets stay as my allies when they free themselves?

[vale cypress]

are there any guides for germany that are compatible with the new navy rework and dlc?

[spare cradle]

depends on why they freed themselves

[bronze grove]

yes

[barren pendant]

Im a new player. How to balance buildings?

[idle arch]

What is the focus order for ussr

[glacial steeple]

mils good

civs only good sometimes maybe

[sacred patrol]

halfway to freedom

[edgy mesa]

whats a good cav to make for resistance?

[fathom thistle]

full cav template with mp as support company

[stuck garnet]

The uk, usa, and italy:

[languid trout]

as much cav battallions as u want + motorized military police comp

[old monolith]

hey yall

can anyone pease help me with a question

every single game ive played not s germany has resuted in essentially no advaces by the germans

i even played as fascist brasil supplying the germans with everything and yet nothing

they cant even get close to minsk or kiev

is this normal?

this wasnt the case pre ncns im pretty sure

[edgy mesa]

aight

[olive citrus]

why arent the new tank models i make going into training and only the old ones work? Can somebody help me

[deep yew]

How do I nuke a city? (Specifically New York as Japan)
I managed to figure out how to get air superiority in New England, and I looked up a tutorial that said I needed a strategic bomber
I looked all over my airforce and found that I had none, like, it's not even in my research
Am I dumb? Can someone help?

[dark thunder]

I want to free agent, yet I see no rescue Captured Operative mission.

Not even the first playthrough where I can't, its always GeneralGovernernment

[carmine thunder]

what do my industry is basically paralysed cause germany is raiding my convoys and I cant import steel

[mossy wolf]

Why isn't my navy generating supremacy in the sea zone? They are on patroll for a while now

[olive citrus]

Cant you get more from Sweden and Qing China? Do you have a good navy in the baltics?

[swift burrow]

If I'm fascist but a puppet under a democratic Nation

Say I want to destabilize my neighbor

Puppet of the same Nation as me

But democratic

Could I do it?

[olive citrus]

I think with spies only

[carmine thunder]

O i wasnt actually on max with qing china but I am with sweden and the germans destroyed my navy

[olive citrus]

Well your only shot is to trade on land and to maximize your infrastructure on provinces with resources, such as iron in your situation

[swift burrow]

Yeah

But could I?

Ok so I'm Lebanon

But fascist

I want Syria

Could I destabilize Syria with spies

And then like do shit to take it

[olive citrus]

you can destabilize them internally- yes, but you cant take them while france is still your overlord

[swift burrow]

What if France falls

I'm independent

But Syria is under Vichy

Could I legit invade

Or do I still need to do the thing

[olive citrus]

if you are independent then yeah you can justify and take them, but idk if vichy france will intervene

[swift burrow]

Is there a chance Syria refuses Vichy Ownership and declares independence

Or is that a player only thing

[swift burrow]

What about a different country like Jordan who is under the UK

[olive citrus]

idk man, usually syria never rebels against france or vichy, its a player thing

[swift burrow]

Aw man

Ok if I set the rule to create factions

[olive citrus]

same thing, you cant justify or declare war yourself, you can only destabilize them with spies

[olive citrus]

are you lebanese?

[swift burrow]

Yeah

[swift burrow]

Using a focus

[swift burrow]

Does it work like the volunteer focus

Where I can send volunteers without needing France

[swift burrow]

So I can make a faction without needing France

[olive citrus]

idk about that one

ive got a question for you

do you know why my new tanks wont go into training but the old ones do?

[swift burrow]

Wdym

[olive citrus]

like i made an improved model of the medium tank and its not going into training

[swift burrow]

I mean I think you have to change the division template?

I don't really use tanks but that seems logical

[mellow helm]

So dont inavde poland?

[heady mesa]

Uhm yeah

[olive citrus]

well its not working, i tried it before but still

[mellow helm]

Ok

[heady mesa]

There is a focus called Danzig for Slovakia

I did it

[mellow helm]

I want my germany to be strong

[heady mesa]

In my timeline USSR went fighting the allies

And I joined the allies

And got strong af

Got many territories and puppets on the east

Later even sent forces to Asia and got some lands and puppets in china

[mellow helm]

Ok

[swift burrow]

You can core the Balkans as Bulgaria without fighting a war

[olive citrus]

the communist thing?

[swift burrow]

It's also democratic

[mellow helm]

Alright i just dont wanna mess up and have too start all over again

[swift burrow]

Ight

[mellow helm]

I had to restart so much times and stuff

Do you recommend lowering the difficulty?

[swift burrow]

No it becomes really easy

And that's just not that fun

But if you want to

Sure

[stuck garnet]

is this a good idea

should i add flame tanks on my inf for breakthrough

practically doubles my break

but idkkkk

cause if i do

then i'm gonna need more flame tanks

[idle arch]

Should I replace todt

Or keep him

[swift burrow]

Keep todt

Goebbels Todt and Bormann

Those should be your Reichsleiters

[fathom thistle]

You don't need flame tanks for defensive template

[stuck garnet]

oh

i thought it'd be good for like

in case i use it to push

if i wanted a purely defensive infantry template, then i'd add engineers

it's a line filler

[inner sparrow]

replace

[fathom thistle]

You push with your offensive divisions. Using this template for advancing is just waste of mp

[inner sparrow]

u should replace todt in the event with goering if 4yr, else speer

[fathom thistle]

They fill up the frontline but they wouldn't do any pushing by themselves

[inner sparrow]

straight up wrong

2 of those picks are false

[swift burrow]

Works for me

[inner sparrow]

hess is by far better and goering & speer aswell

best is todt first, hess, goering and then swap todt with the event

[glacial steeple]

@clown

[inner sparrow]

🥀

[swift burrow]

How the hell do you get into this situation

[inner sparrow]

ready for msb I say

[swift burrow]

Why would anyone think of this

[glacial steeple]

msb ger main material?

[inner sparrow]

definitely

[glacial steeple]

gen chat needs help from you clown

someone is fighting the british spitfire (actually half almost reasonable ai design) with bf 109s 💔

[inner sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/lobster-writing-lobster-writes-speech-bubble-stan-twitter-gif-26079717

[glacial steeple]

NO

thats NOT me

i cant count that far..

[edgy mesa]

what should my target breakthough defense armor and width be for a tank div?

is this good?

[inner sparrow]

no

genuinely im impressed, how did you manage to get such low stats

50 soft

filled with gun 0 or what

do you have nsb dlc?

[edgy mesa]

iam in 1942 also my tanks are ish

[edgy mesa]

i have all

[inner sparrow]

do this

remove the 3 motorized aa and replace it with mech

look that your division is 36-38width

[edgy mesa]

aight il ltry

[neat widget]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[neat widget]

By this time you should be able to afford a larger division, but this is hardly a bad early-game pick

[wild rune]

20w

smh

[stuck garnet]

No no i wanted to integrate it into my line fillers

[neat widget]

You could try

[wild rune]

18w is better

[stuck garnet]

17w

cause of large unit tactics

[wild rune]

I see

[stuck garnet]

10/0 17w

would you rather it be a 9/0 15.3w?

[violet sinew]

How do i stop playing the game?

[fathom thistle]

You don't. You get consumed by it

[wild rune]

No

17w is 🔥

[glacial steeple]

dont listen to cheese he gets 90 divisions encircled in portsmouth

[cold coyote]

can anybody help, whenever i try to launch a mod it wont work

[glacial steeple]

did you try changing the playset you load the game with

[cold coyote]

yea

[glacial steeple]

are they in the playset

[cold coyote]

yea im trying to launch TFR and it wont work

[glacial steeple]

error message?

map error?

[cold coyote]

no just loads base game

[wild rune]

😭

[wild rune]

I never invade portsmouth

[glacial steeple]

@wild rune your alt

[edgy mesa]

is this good for garrison?

[neat widget]

replace support companies with military police

[wild rune]

This

[wild rune]

That is fake information

[glacial steeple]

cant wait for sheep mod: nutty resistance edition

[wild rune]

With the operation that boosts resistance

[edgy mesa]

gotta make a dlc where you can sleep with other nation leaders wifes

[wild rune]

😭

[glacial steeple]

just have sinkiang rush down to resistance focuses

[wild rune]

This is not Crusader Kings

[glacial steeple]

one of their focuses (prc tree, can be done via warlord oppo) is +50%

[edgy mesa]

they have that

?

how much?

[wild rune]

Martial law might not be able to save japan

[glacial steeple]

brother

[wild rune]

I don't play it

[edgy mesa]

aight

iamma just play slaves of rome instead ig

[neat widget]

rip resistance target

[wild rune]

We can bump those numbers up

[wild rune]

Compliance gain

Smh

Just put it on local police force and the rest will work out

[storm ferry]

What is a good infantry divison as italy

[wild rune]

Like for holding?

[storm ferry]

Yes

Ports

[wild rune]

Italy has the same inf div template as anyone else

[wild rune]

12w with engineers

[storm ferry]

Can u send a pic of the divison design

[wild rune]

6inf battallions and engineer support company

[storm ferry]

Ok

[neat widget]

It's still 89%, you're using 9 times the troops than normal

[storm ferry]

Should i invade turkey or befriend them what is better

[wild rune]

The cut in manpower will surely help

[wild rune]

They'll decline being friended

[storm ferry]

Ok

So invade

[inner sparrow]

on ports u want 36w bricks but its ai so any full inf division works that is above 10w if u ls it

but u have to ls it and most players struggle last standing without nuking their entire command power

so just put like 2 36w div on ports and u never have to look at the port again

bc ai won’t land vs that

[bronze grove]

engineer costs ~150 ic which is 3 times the 1 infantry battalion (~50 ic)

you get more entrenchment from having more battalions in a division with engineer

[glacial steeple]

6 infantry

[bronze grove]

so 12 width with engineer falls on a weird sub optimal spot

[glacial steeple]

why engi

[bronze grove]

I'm replying

[glacial steeple]

what are we doing

[edgy mesa]

should i have 1 support which is military cuz i cant get more police

[bronze grove]

support arty for garrison is completely useless btw

Only 2 stats matter:
supression
hardness

[neat widget]

Don't use artillery in your garrision divisions

[glacial steeple]

germany larp

[edgy mesa]

so this

[inner sparrow]

u can also remove the mp

just do pure cav

most cost efficient

and simple

[bronze grove]

entire point of mp is using it with a bigger design

[bronze grove]

lies

[edgy mesa]

now iam confused should i go with mp or not

[bronze grove]

.

[inner sparrow]

its still not needed, its more efficient using only cav as u don’t want to put more mils than needed on support equipment and the mil on gun is better in every way

[bronze grove]

gun 1 stockpile is pointless

meanwhile support equipment has only one tech you can have day 1 efficieny on

[inner sparrow]

u have gun1 in ur stockpile as most country anyways and u will never need it besides garrison

while u need the support eq

like hallo

[bronze grove]

.

[inner sparrow]

you have surplus gun1 in stockpile on most countries anyways that u don’t need

so

no

reason

to

produce support eq for garrison

your starting stockpile is enough on most countries

[bronze grove]

stop with hypotheticals dude

[bronze grove]

.

[inner sparrow]

its not hypothetical its just the truth, tell me one major as example that doesn’t have the equipment for garrison since game start

no need to produce anything for garrison if u already have it

[glacial steeple]

@inner sparrow i need help

[inner sparrow]

with

[glacial steeple]

a lot of things tbh

:((

[inner sparrow]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/670260346656915519/1188731312983527454/kindness.gif

[glacial steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-dog-pleading-dog-sitting-wagging-dog-sit-wag-dog-wagging-tail-gif-9627118626940063427

[junior light]

do yall know the dlc required to upgrade planes, like for example research new bombs engines etc. because I played in a lobby with a friend and I had the research there but by myself I dont

[tawdry wind]

I'm struggling with making planes can I see a good fighter design for Germany

or works for anyone

[bronze grove]

You have cannon 1 technology unlocked as germany

So building basic 36 frames is okay compared to others

[bronze grove]

https://youtu.be/aVE4q3BA3YI Video is one years old but meta hasn't changed since

[vital plinth]

I was told Africa is bad to invade and not good to keep with ressouces only to distract other nations armies to there or getting suezcanal.
I annexed Ethiopia as Italy and owl the nation now but was told make it to puppet ? Is it too late now
Thought you could build good infrastructure in Africa as well

[tawdry wind]

Thanks so much

I need this

[bronze grove]

keep this in mind

[pliant condor]

💀 this whole video contains less information than this screenshot

just research and build this

start teching into 1940 airframe day 1, you get it in late 38, and the focus form the jagdwaffe give you engine 3

research the modules

don't build 1936 fighter

and don't listen to anything from that youtube channel

[bronze grove]

same design in the video

[tawdry wind]

what about CAS

[pliant condor]

build 1936 cas with two bomb lock, dive brake, and extra fuel day 1

just leave like 5 on it

swap to 1940 cas later

just fill it with bomb lock and use dive brake and range basically

[tawdry wind]

ok

[pliant condor]

your starting tactical bombers can also cas

[tawdry wind]

good to know

[polar vector]

Hello, can any told me why i cant randomly do onther it not becouse i have too many of then i have few but i cant do any other. So can anyone tell me why i cant have any other general?

[edgy mesa]

what can i do to get rid of the ethiopian resistance just invade them or?

[junior light]

do yall know the dlc required to upgrade planes, like for example research new bombs engines etc. because I played in a lobby with a friend and I had the research there but by myself I dont

[neat widget]

🙁

[pliant condor]

sadly you can't

you want to peacedeal and create all the little puppets instead of annexing ethiopia

[edgy mesa]

but i wanna world conquer

[dark thunder]

By Blood Alone

[junior light]

alr thx

[tawdry wind]

is this a good template?

[analog maple]

anyone got a good performance mod for mp?

[stuck garnet]

Mech

Also

Why not all spgs😭

[dark thunder]

Something is slowing down your entire division to a crawl, might be those light tanks pulling from an old stockpile.

[stuck garnet]

also if you are running spgs you do not need support arty

if you are running tanks you do not need support arty

replace support arty with logistics

or aa

also get rid of light tank recon you're not running hard attack

replace it with aa if you want

not spaa

just regular aa

but i still have no idea why you're not running all spgs

if youre running one spgs i'd assume it's your armor meme

[wild rune]

Light tank recon can act as piercing meme

68 piercing

From basic velo

[stuck garnet]

yeah that seems useful

break and piercing meme

[edgy mesa]

which one of these do i wanna do iam gonan fight soviet?

[neat widget]

5.1 kmh might just be the speed of their main tanks

it's possible

[deep yew]

can someone pls help me with nukes 😭

How do I nuke a city? (Specifically New York as Japan)
I managed to figure out how to get air superiority in New England, and I looked up a tutorial that said I needed a strategic bomber
I looked all over my airforce and found that I had none, like, it's not even in my research

[neat widget]

do you have large airframe

[deep yew]

Large Airframe?

I think I do let me check

this is gonna take a bit

[swift burrow]

How do I increase my build slots

It says I have 15/25

[deep yew]

Do heavy Bombers count?

I have a few with a Strat. Bombing of 60.7

[vital plinth]

I was told Africa is bad to invade and not good to keep with ressouces only to distract other nations armies to there or getting suezcanal.
I annexed Ethiopia as Italy and owl the nation now but was told make it to puppet ? Is it too late now
Thought you could build good infrastructure in Africa as well ?

[ivory meteor]

I had an hoi4 file i saved but now every time i log on and go past 21 september 1938 it crashes. at the same time all the time. is there anything i could do because this game is very good

[ivory meteor]

you can still make the territory puppets, it’s better if you balkanize them because then they do focuses which leads them making more buildings and all

[vital plinth]

Instead of up right owning them ?

[ivory meteor]

ye

[oak jasper]

Do the ahead-of-time research penalties reduce themselves through the course of the project, or is it "you started the tech with a 10% penalty, you'll end with a 10% penalty"?

Context: my game is at December 30, 1940...

[swift burrow]

Wdym

Does Concentrated/Dispersed Industry increase my build slots?

[oak jasper]

Techs ahead-of-time research slower, right? I'm basically asking "if I begin a 1941 tech at Dec. 30, 1940, will I have two days of minutely penalized research, then full-speed?"

[trail reef]

my planes are not getting any experience even when i train them

[oak jasper]

They each increase the cap on shared buildings (e.g. factories) across all your states. Concentrated has better production bonuses, dispersed is more resilient to Hap Arnold looking at your factories.

[oak jasper]

Assigning air wings to Pilot Exercises can only bring the wings to Regular (level 3); past that, they'll contribute to Air Experience, which can be spent on doctrines and presumably the plane designer.

[trail reef]

yea their at 0 experience

[oak jasper]

Do they have fuel and aircraft to fly? Is the game paused?

[trail reef]

nah they got fuel and all

[oak jasper]

In the tooltip: Lack of Fuel: 0%.

[trail reef]

where

[deep yew]

I've researched all the nuclear stuff, sent a heavy bomber to New York at it still doesn't give me the nuke option

[swift burrow]

Apparently it's mad factories in a state boost x the original starting cap I have which is 4

[swift burrow]

So 4 x 60% (Concentrated Industry III) = 2.4 rounded down to 2
4 +2 + 10 I got from focuses which is 16 which explains a lot

[oak jasper]

Then something's up with supply delivery, fuel prioritization, or something.

[swift burrow]

My total max build slots is 18 which is depressing honestly

[trail reef]

they work in missions i got fuel

[oak jasper]

you're talking about max build slots in pennsylvania, right?

(Note: sarcasm)

[trail reef]

where do i change fuel priority

[oak jasper]

Logistics screen, towards the bottom.

[trail reef]

i put everything down and air up but still nothing

[oak jasper]

What does it look like when you hit F4 to bring up the logistics map mode? Does your base have supply?

[trail reef]

welp my capital dosent even have supply

[civic garden]

Yes, exactly that. Although my understanding is the speed estimator accounts for that

[oak jasper]

Thank you. I was being paranoid about researching anything ahead of time.

[trail reef]

if i activate logistic strike on my cas will that take away the damage to enemy divisions

[pliant condor]

no

it's smooth

as time approach the tech date your research speed also increases(penalty decreases)

so starting earlier = finishing earlier

basically, you ignore the penalty

[hushed gorge]

what is the best counter to battleships

[pliant condor]

what do you mean by counter

[hushed gorge]

im playing against someone who ik only focuss on battleships and their japan

im the US

[vital plinth]

As Italy is bad for me to try invade Saudi’s Arabia ? Maybe even Iran ? I was researching Arnor veichle that has boost on desert and could use them to invade Saudia Arabia before the bigger wars starts ?

[fathom thistle]

do you have that dlc where you can build suplky hubs?

If yes make sure there is one close to saudi or build one

and adding logistic company in your template wouldnt hurt either

[swift burrow]

@bronze grove Lebanon is indeed playable

Just not Fascist

You have to be Commie or Non Aligned

[vital plinth]

Ok will do 👍

[civic garden]

No unless you also deactivate ground support, because missions are tried in order from left to right and the first one with a valid target is the one the planes do

(At least, that's how planes work as I understand it)

It also means activating logistic strike won't do anything unless you don't have any ground battles or don't have enough ground battles for your air wings, but eh

[trail reef]

whats the best way to get a lvl 9 field marshall

[pliant condor]

find an enemy that's not too weak

obviously put it on the general slot(not field marshal)

with full 24 divisions

attack with them into the enemy nonstop while making sure that you deal at least 4x as damage to them in battle but not too much

you can support attack so you don't take tiles

you don't want to have too much attack either so you stay in combat longer

it's best to use smaller divisons but make sure they have at least 8 battalions in them

so like 4 infantry 4 support

you probably need to sit there and click for like a year to get a level 9

[dark thistle]

is this a good template for 1942?

germany

[sour mountain]

pls ansswer fast but why wont my paratroopers go

i do have air superirority

[vital geode]

Do you?

You have a lot of red

You have to have supremacy across all zones the paratroopers have to fly over

Also why are you landing in the middle of nowhere

There isnt even a port there

[sour mountain]

there

now?

[vital geode]

You also landing to the sides as well to help the drop secure the port?

Or are you paradropping 10 guys to a fortified defense

The sides are usually open and allow you to help weaken the enemy with flank attacks

Also the UK has AA and will shred your paratroopers

[sour mountain]

wait it dosnt allow me

lemme screen record

[vital geode]

It does

You have to make multiple drops

[sour mountain]

isnt that just the south?:

[vital geode]

Select only some of your paratroopers

[vital geode]

Yep, but you can possibly secure a port

How many paratroopers do you have?

And what are their tenplates

[sour mountain]

5 of them but i can get more rn

but i dont got enough transports

[vital geode]

Well here is the thing

If you make 1 drop per paratrooper, the drops will be staggered

And you only need 50 planes technically

[sour mountain]

wdym technicaly

[vital geode]

So have like 3 guys drop on the port and 1 guy in either side

[sour mountain]

i got 500 transport
5 divisons

[vital geode]

Instead of having 300 transport planes to drop 5 guys, you can have 100 planes drop 1 guy 5 times

[vital geode]

Ctrl click the paratrooper to the order

[sour mountain]

so how many divs should i have

[vital geode]

Your paratroopers is already on another order

[vital geode]

What's the template

If it is a 6/0, maybe 4 guys on the port and 1 or 2 guys per tile around it

[neat widget]

control click to change which orders units are assigned to

[obsidian comet]

Doing an air based military any sugestions?

[sour mountain]

deafult

[vital geode]

I have to head out now, sorry

[sour mountain]

alr

[vital geode]

Just have some drop on the port and 1 or 2 drop off to thr sides to flank attack

[sour mountain]

can i just do 1 paratroop for now

idc if i get destroyed

just so ik how to do it first

@neat widget

[trail reef]

is there any reason not to use heavy tanks

[neat widget]

i mean if you're trying it out for the first time then yeah sure

but do make a save first

so that you still have a game to go back to

[sour mountain]

uh ironman

they landed and got desintgrated

im proud of them

first time paradroppin

[neat widget]

shoot

[pliant condor]

use an actual template

not this

a simple trick is to press H after you drop the para
it turns the battle to a defensive battle and you are basically guranteed to win
this way you can easily take the port or any tile with a division on it

[fierce idol]

what does the "extend german influence" decision do from influence the benelux?

[edgy mesa]

how do i get more manpower?

[fierce idol]

changing laws

[edgy mesa]

iam non aligned i cant change conscription law so what laws do i change

[fierce idol]

or getting more cores via focus tree

[edgy mesa]

i cant get more cores

[fierce idol]

no idea, i'm very new here

[edgy mesa]

aight

[fierce idol]

but yeah what does influence the benelux do?

[edgy mesa]

pretty sure it means something like allying them instead or mb you get the option to sway them

[balmy dawn]

Whats the best airframe to use for scout planes?

[edgy mesa]

is this a good for resistance?

[untold warren]

Idk but hella based

[pliant condor]

worse than 2ic lights

[oak jasper]

If you upgrade a ship design, will shipyards begin building the new design as soon as they're finished with the current vessel, or continue to use the outdated design unless prompted

[balmy dawn]

You'll have to manually change it

[oak jasper]

Ah. So manual rejiggering of my entire naval production line it is.

[vital geode]

It works, but you can make cheap light tanks instead

[lofty totem]

how do i become monarchist from here?

[vital geode]

Error 404: Vanilla Tree Not Found

[torn thorn]

sometimes when i defeat a faction, it wont let me do anything to some of minor nations within the faction in the peace conference. why is that?

[copper sandal]

anyone on here that knows how chaches work

[vital geode]

If they weren't in the war, but in the faction they are not effected.

If they are in a different faction, you will need to take them out in a separate conference

[vital geode]

Attaches?

[copper sandal]

no like game cache

[vital geode]

Idk, it is in a folder I believe

[copper sandal]

well im trying to clear mine but its giving me this error message

[vital geode]

That idk what to do

[torn thorn]

they were in the war. and then after the peace conference, i was still at war with the entire faction

[vital geode]

Must have not joined every war

[torn thorn]

every war?

[vital geode]

Sometimes wars dont merge

Like some countries dont join some wars

It can be buggy

Or if it is odd, it's mod

[torn thorn]

but i was at war with them?

[vital geode]

Are you playing modded or vanilla

[torn thorn]

vanilla

[copper sandal]

i did ask in the tech support channel but its kinda urgent is their anyone you know i could ask?

[vital geode]

What was the situation

[vital geode]

Wait a day, or people just dont know

[copper sandal]

oh damn... people are waiting on me

[torn thorn]

so im germany, i defeat france, benelux, norway, etc, i do sea lion and the uk is about to surrender. i also declare war on yugoslavia, greece, and vichy france. then after a bit, just a few days before the uk reaches 100%, i bring in all my allies (hungary, italy, romania, bulgaria) since i want to give them land, but dont want them to have any war score. for some reason, even though i got vichy (which joined the allies) to capitulate, i cant change anything on it on the map. india and south africa, which also were in the war against me, also couldnt be edited in the peace conference. so i leave the conference, and im somehow still at war with the allies faction.

[vital geode]

Your allies may not have been called into everything?

Also there is the return territories button

Especially useful for Bulgaria

Otherwise, might just be a bug

[torn thorn]

what does that do, and how do i then get them into all the wars. also, how is that relevant if i defeated the majors anyway.

[vital geode]

Maybe because Ethiopia war

Didn't merge properly?

[torn thorn]

since im still at war, italy just marches its way into like palestine or something. then palestine capitualtes, and the faction surrenders for a second time, leading to a second peace conference. then italy just annexes the world basically

[vital geode]

You called in Italy who is at war with Ethiopia, which is in Allies

Ethiopia was not in the main world war im pretty sure

Or it is in a weird state

Calling in Italy at the last second probably caused something wacky relating to Ethiopia being in allies but not the main war

Or something like that

Also a strategy you could have done is to conquer the allies solo, but leave Yugo alone to fight later

Since i assume that is what you wanted done

[torn thorn]

ethiopia didnt exist anymore

[vital geode]

Do you have by blood alone

[torn thorn]

no

[vital geode]

Oh

Then the whole Ethiopia thing i said is not true for you

Because the perma war is if Ethiopia has a focus tree

Well, your issue is due to a bug

[torn thorn]

dang

[vital geode]

Capitulate the faction leader and win

[torn thorn]

this happened twice in a row

[vital geode]

Maybe stop calling in allies at the last second

If you found out that is the reason for the mess

[torn thorn]

i give them around 2 weeks ish in the war

is that too short

[vital geode]

Idk

I have not had your issue before

Aside from some weird situations of me calling in only certain countries

Or when fascist Norway rose up

But that doesn't exist anymore

[torn thorn]

and do you have any idea whats up with me not being able to annex or do anything to some nations i was at war against

[vital geode]

None of the allies outside of UK and France have a navy

Go naval invade the faction leader

[torn thorn]

yeah the uk is the faction leader right

[vital geode]

You capped them though, right?

And then your game bugged