ask-for-help-here

[vital geode]

What majors remain

[torn thorn]

whats the threshold for becoming a major again

[vital geode]

Faction leader

Just look at the war screen and unclick minors

[torn thorn]

yeah it was just the uk and france

[vital geode]

And they are both capped?

[torn thorn]

yes

[vital geode]

Show your screen

Screenshot the war screen

[torn thorn]

oops dont have that anymore. italy then invaded palestine. palestine capitulated, and the whole faction surrendered again

[vital geode]

Well, problem solved

[torn thorn]

but then italy annexes everything

which i dont want

for context, im trying to make the map look as plausible as possible

[jagged cargo]

whats the ideal width for an offensive motorized division

[neat widget]

a bit expensive and as said light tanks are better, here's a design

also you can use motorized police if you're really struggling with manpower

[oak jasper]

Does the naval strike mission also perform any scouting? I built a lot of tactical bombers under the assumption "well B-24s did a lot of anti-submarine work in WW 2, medium bombers should also do a decent job"... only to find that they can't do the scouting mission.

[neat widget]

You mean the recon mission?

Or air superiority

[oak jasper]

"Naval Patrol"

[left glacier]

They can do both naval strike and naval patrol missions, but they’ll always prioritize naval strike over patrol

[oak jasper]

AFAICT, tactical bombers can do strike, but not patrol.
The question is: does strike spot ships the same as patrol?

[left glacier]

They technically do spot ships, but they don’t help with ships on patrol missions

[formal kraken]

Am I just remembering something incorrectly or did they change something about the sea and air UI? where I only see the name of the zone if I hover over it and no where else. I have all mods turned off

[left glacier]

They reworked navy system, replacing the old naval supremacy system to naval dominance

[glacial steeple]

2026 and ask for help hasnt changed

[left glacier]

Think of it as Air Superiority on the Seas. Naval dominance is gradually gained by ships on patrol

[formal kraken]

I get that but I want to see all sea zones at all time same with air zones it shouldn't be just hover over area

[left glacier]

Oh yes. You can toggle that in settings

[formal kraken]

where is that setting?

[left glacier]

It should be in options and there is a features to keep all sea zones named. I’m not in my computer at the moment

[formal kraken]

Okay then found it

why is it turned off by default

[left glacier]

I have no clue on that. That’s a question for the forums

[left glacier]

Happy new year Casey

[formal kraken]

Thank you

[left glacier]

No problem

[glacial steeple]

happy new year to you too

[left glacier]

I should be asleep by now but I just can’t get to sleep

[glacial steeple]

real new years is in september fr

thats when ethiopia has it

[glacial steeple]

because of noises?

[neat widget]

true

[left glacier]

A little bit

[neat widget]

Long live His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and Elect of God

[drifting sparrow]

Anyone willing to play historical coop so I can get some tips on how to play? Haven’t played in a while and only had 50ish hours

[light knoll]

#historical-multiplayer

well ig that's not exactly what you're looking for, you're looking more for coaching than actual coop?

[drifting sparrow]

I mean both are fine

Honestly I just want to play with someone who doesn't thrust me into a shit position because I'm new lol

[sudden meadow]

how might one unfuck this situation perhaps

[supple pendant]

Is the problem that you can't see the enemy troops, or how many they are?

[dense stone]

could anyone recommend tank/plane designs? Or maybe source where I can find them

[light knoll]

@dense stone here

[glacial steeple]

click 'm'

[dense stone]

Thank you so much 🙏

[supple pendant]

Click "M" if the problems is that you cannot see the troop counts

[sudden meadow]

Well I would say the issue is moreso Im being given a colonoscopy by the Chinese and I don't really have the experience to figure out a good way to break out

Either way tho thats actually useful asf so thank you 3

[supple pendant]

No problemas

[neat widget]

Yeah those aren't bad designs at all

[glacial steeple]

i think youd do autocannon lights tho

its not a huge difference

autocannon +hmg is cheaper than csg

[neat widget]

Yeah also that yeah

[indigo sapphire]

hello casey

@glacial steeple

quick question: are the ASSAULT GUN TANKS Worth to use

like if go against ussr and usa

[glacial steeple]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1452402045473652839/1453545196867555428/IMG_6330.gif

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[glacial steeple]

idk probably

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[glacial steeple]

if you have industry for it, tanks are hard

[heady tulip]

Hello when i open my game it crashes can someone help?

[glacial steeple]

you need a lot of modifiers for them to be good

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[indigo sapphire]

alr

i wanna destroy the USSRs and USAs tank fleets

so i can invade em

as ESTONIA

@glacial steeple can we talk btw

in dms

like in a VC

[heady tulip]

HELP ME PLEASE

[rustic acorn]

Hello, first question: did you install any mods?

[heady tulip]

I did but i disabled them

It was fps map

But i still couldn't launch the game although i disabled it

[rustic acorn]

hmm, ok, then reinstall the game 🙁

did work before? right?

[heady tulip]

Yep

30h in

[rustic acorn]

try to resinstall, that should help

[heady tulip]

How do i reinstall?

[rustic acorn]

deinstall game and install new

[heady tulip]

How

[rustic acorn]

do you use steam?

[heady tulip]

Yes

I bought the game

[rustic acorn]

right click on game and deinstall

[heady tulip]

Do i lose my achievements?

And points?

[rustic acorn]

nope, in the cloud

nope

[heady tulip]

Tnz

Tnx

[rustic acorn]

welcome

[neat widget]

@deep wren division template?

@drifting junco that's literally part of the strategy for Hungary to claim part of it

Don't claim territories Hungary has claimed

[vapid yew]

Is the "Greenland Patrol" Decision bugged? I've had multiple games as the USA where I implement it, but it randomly reverts back to German Denmark.

[heady tulip]

I still crash

[fierce idol]

for germany, is prioritise economic growth easier than 4 year plan?

[glacial steeple]

short answer no

[fierce idol]

cool

any tips for going 4 year plan, like production wise and whoever i'm fighting

[tepid umbra]

Are you historical or ahist

[analog maple]

guys how does japan start with medium tanks divion without having medium tanks researched??

[fierce idol]

historical ai, but i'm new so i'm open to whatever

[tepid umbra]

As in your path

[fierce idol]

probably historical

[tepid umbra]

Then run four year plan, rush institute price controls, and get establish buna werke at some point to remove your oil and rubber shortages

[glacial steeple]

interwar chassis has mediums

wdym

[wintry matrix]

Maybe they bought them.

[trail reef]

why wont i get any more spies and i cannot recruit in americ

[manic radish]

anything meta in vanilla? Playing germany. Any advice is welcome

SP only

[peak elk]

I'm playing as japan and I have dockyard and military access from germany and yet I can't prepare a naval invasion from germany? Can someone help?

[maiden lintel]

cuz they aint in the war

[peak elk]

They changed that?

[maiden lintel]

yes

[peak elk]

Ohh thanks man

[dark thunder]

Infantry division’s around 20 width for defense, maybe mix in some arty and engineer if you have the industry, and 30 to 40 with medium tanks mixed with mechanized for making encirclements and pushing.

That works for pretty much every game as any country.

If you have no step back and design the tank, medium cannon, radio, welded armor, and keep it about 8km to match with mechanized. The rest is up to you.

[manic radish]

why mechanized and not motorized

I never even use mechanized

[dark thunder]

Mechanized better.

[manic radish]

how so

[dark thunder]

Infantry with armor.

[manic radish]

hmm okay

[dark thunder]

I mean motorized is great, use that if you want cause it’s cheaper.

[manic radish]

i will try motorized

[dark thunder]

But it also depends on political path. Like democratic Germany isn’t going to need to pump out nearly as much infantry and can focus on better tanks since it has more small European allies.

[rustic acorn]

but mot inf has no armor at all, only speed bonus

with no armor but only speed, the costs compared to a "fast" Inf is expensive

try mech, you dont want anything else afterwards

[bronze grove]

Point of mech is hardness + HP

just 5 clicks on production cost on your mech and it is as cheap as motorized

[dark thunder]

Kid named Reliability: 💀

(That kills it right)

[languid trout]

ur forgetting that inter war medium chassis exists

interwar is ass though

[analog maple]

I thou those don't count as medium lol

Like thier own category like modern

[bronze grove]

80->60 reliability
10->5 IC

Can you do the math?

[dark thunder]

I don’t have the game open to check lol

[glacial steeple]

no

[hollow linden]

Rel is fake

Doesnt matter at all

can be almost 0% wont make much of a difference unless you manage to park your tanks in 0 supply, which you shouldnt be doing anyway

[cold garnet]

well winter hurts even more now

even during early winter

like as soon as it snows

[hollow linden]

🥱

[cold garnet]

even 5% is actually really low

like you probably gonna burn more on average than the amount you save from having better stats

[dark thunder]

Nah I love reliability

[cold garnet]

vanilla added an attrition multi while moving recently as well

[dark thunder]

I am always playing minors and areas in pretty bad supply

[hollow linden]

Oh god

[cold garnet]

its just an attrition multi

it actually doesn't hurt if you have 0% base attrition

[hollow linden]

Just dont take attrition :5head:

[fluid wharf]

new strat is give up on speed

just use diesel and torsion bar

[dark thunder]

Attrition black holes are real, my fully mechanized and modern tank army got their butts handed to them in Evi

Directly from modern city to The Forests are Speaking, and They Want You Dead

[vital geode]

Imagine if reliability gave a small multiplier to breakthrough because tank that still works can continue to attack while it being in the repair depot does not help with an offensive

[glass hinge]

how can i win against united kingdom with germany, i have tried to paratroop but they die instantly

[vital geode]

You naval invade

You build up the surface fleet a bit and then patrol in the channel so you can naval invade

[stuck garnet]

what would be the point of like

petrol-electric

reliability should help with supply

[vital geode]

You know what

[stuck garnet]

like beyond what it does

[vital geode]

That's better

Supply usage decrease since consuming less spare parts i guess

[stuck garnet]

ehh no

hear me out

either less supply penalties

on top of the already lowered attrition to an extent

or

more supply graec

grace*

[vital geode]

Interesting

[lethal venture]

anyone able to do a playthrough with me and help me out

[stuck garnet]

but yeah keep less attrition

i suggest more supply grace

0 = no extra supply grace

10 % = 24 hours

actually no

1% = 3 hours

so 100 % = like

300 hours

or uhh

lemme do math hold up

[glass hinge]

whats an surface fleet and how do i make them?

[stuck garnet]

like 12 1/2 days of no supply penalties

[vital geode]

Okay think of ships

[stuck garnet]

no out of supply penalties to be more specific

[vital geode]

They are the ones that arent submarines

[glass hinge]

ok

[stuck garnet]

thats my suggestion

nerf it a bit tho

[glass hinge]

im kinda new to this game

[vital geode]

Build the starting queue, and then invest in light cruisers

[stuck garnet]

maybe like 2.5 hours (rounded up) per 1% reliability

that's my suggestion

[vital geode]

Wait, shouldn't reliability boost HP

[cold garnet]

embrace everything

give up on nothing

[stuck garnet]

probably idfk

[hollow jasper]

Y’all I went down oppose Hitler and my August Von Mackansen living till 44’. Is this normal?

[cold garnet]

no

[vital geode]

Britain when designing the first MBT:

[vital geode]

Well FDR in my game kept living in 47

What if we have speed, armor, and firepower

😮

[hollow jasper]

I want Kaiser so he needs to die

[vital geode]

He doesn't need to die?

You need to do focuses

[hollow jasper]

No

Focus says

[vital geode]

What is it, 40% popularity for nonaligned?

[hollow jasper]

He needs to die

[vital geode]

Show me

[hollow jasper]

One moment

[hollow jasper]

Here

[vital geode]

Excuse me what

[trail reef]

i create a order to nuke somewhere but it just dispears right after

[vital geode]

Is this vanilla?

[hollow jasper]

Yes

If is

It

[vital geode]

Did GDR break no dlc tree?

[hollow jasper]

No no dlc

Pure game

[vital geode]

So you have no dlc

Okay

So PDX screwed up

Guess you cant go kaiser base game anymore

[hollow jasper]

Tbh he might die soon

It says must die

[vital geode]

You originally didn't have to wait for him to die

You just needed 40% popularity

[hollow jasper]

Maybe that was earlier

But I did crash down on all the other parties

[trail reef]

i create a order to nuke somewhere but it just dispears right after

[vital geode]

I need to turn off DLC and check myself

[vital geode]

So you have completed nuclear bomb project, right?

[hollow jasper]

lol I sometimes order generals a new offensive line and it just dosent show up

[trail reef]

yes i got the nuke

it appears for a split second then the plan goes away

[vital geode]

Interesting

Ive also had that frontline bug before so maybe it is that

[tranquil verge]

how do I deploy ships i have built in the production line to a port?

[vital geode]

Wait a bit and try again

[vital geode]

They auto deploy if you have manpower

[tranquil verge]

i have 1m+ and they aint deploying

[vital geode]

Wdym

[hollow jasper]

Btw it says on the internet he should die 40-45

[vital geode]

Show your production menu and press F2

If i see ships in reserve, that is where your ships are

[night zealot]

shouldnt there be a second option?

[trail reef]

can my supply flow through neutral countries_

?

[vital radish]

no

[winter drift]

What does semi hist game even mean

[vital radish]

semi hist most of the times means that the majors stay on historical but the minors can do what ever they want

[winter drift]

ohhhhh

ty

[trail reef]

does anyone know how i can save my game and send it into a disaster save

[wintry matrix]

documents -> Paradox Interactive -> HOI4 -> Save Games.
There are your save games.

[trail reef]

alr thanks

[native gorge]

Can i just kill an entire navy with naval bombers?

I dont care how long it takes is it possible

[quick night]

is this a good modern tank?

[bronze grove]

get howitzer 2

then heavy howitzer

[trail reef]

yes

[quick night]

also is this good

[quick night]

ok ty

[quick night]

?

[trail reef]

yes

[quick night]

ok ty\

[analog maple]

what the best way to beat uk as soviet? they keep they wont lemme expand

[dark thunder]

Why riveted armor???

[quick night]

I can change it if u want

[dark thunder]

Don’t go to war with them

How exactly are you trying to expand

[native gorge]

Whats a good marine template without NSB

[analog maple]

literally everyone that i attack besides Turkey they intervene they wont lemme do anything

[dark thunder]

World tension. If it gets too high, British step in and you can’t do anything, you just gotta accept it.

[analog maple]

i know

this why i bearly can expand without going to war with them so im asking how i defeat them

[dark thunder]

Here’s some tips to get around. Step 1, rush NKVD primacy. Super useful focus. Half time on justifications. If you justify early enough, world tension won’t rise enough and you can get a few.

Step 2, maximize the amount of wars you can get. Turkey is great, since Romania joined and you can kill them too. Two for the price of one.

Step 3, the double justify trick. World tension jumps when war is declared, and if you justify on two countries, the second one is slower. Simply justify on a country, justify on second, stop justifying on first, then start justifying again, so both take same amount of time. I use the second one to take Bulgaria usually, they don’t create much tension.

Step 4, Southern Thrust focus. You get three extra wargoals on Iran, Afghanistan, and Iraq really early. Time the focus to complete the day of the double justify, and you can kill them also for free and avoid the world tension spike.

I like to knock out Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq at once, but some others like to replace the Turkey justify with a polish justify which is fair enough.

[native gorge]

Whats a good marine template without NSB

[dark thunder]

By the time you have the strength to kill the UK and build a massive fleet or Airforce to invade them, it will be a few years in. There’s nothing you can rly do to kill them at game start.

[analog maple]

they all togeder arent strong enough to bea the uk navy thou

iran afg and iraq dont have a navy and poland romania and turkey arent even half of uk navy

[dark thunder]

I was suggesting nations you can easily kill without the U.K declaring war on you.

But if you were to beat U.K, likely wouldn’t be until after Germany is dealt with.

They will try to invade you in almost every path.

[analog maple]

thx

[bronze grove]

With new faction mechanics UK lowers their guarantee world tension limit from 25% to 10%

[vital plinth]

What are down sides of putting regruits in the field early before their training is finished?

[lone sigil]

there ecpierence level

[vital plinth]

Ah ok so they just start as level 1 if taken out early ?

[light knoll]

you do not need an airforce nor fleet to invade the uk

you don't need an airforce to use paratroopers, you just wait for them to not have planes up

[lone sigil]

yes

[light knoll]

and drop

you can easily defeat them that way

drop on a port and around it, force attack, and you can take the port. then send your forces via it normally, don't need naval supremacy for it

[dark thunder]

They start out at recruit level and absolutely suck at everything.

So more like level 0, and if you wait until they are done they train to level 1.

[analog maple]

is there a puppet color mod tha doesnt remove achiements?

[peak elk]

I don't think so

[vital plinth]

Is it better to wait out or take them out early and then do training ?

[dusty sandal]

modern tanks are always worse than any other tank, yes even light tanks*

[quick night]

ah dang

I didnt know that

[smoky coyote]

yo guys can i ask i want to play with my friend we got same DLC's and mods and its still not working what should i do

[dusty sandal]

you can't get secondary guns, meaning less stats
it somehow cost more both in ic and resources
and you get it so late you'll either have to spend a ridiculous amount of research on something you don't need and you'll only be able to produce it too late

[analog maple]

literly how there is 12 war tension

[long meteor]

and it says the player has another version of the game please help

[dusty sandal]

in singleplayer, you're better off never moving past medium tanks 1938 or, if you really are playing for late game and worry about speed/reliability, mediums 1942

[dusty sandal]

is the sov justifiyng on turkey ?

[analog maple]

yea im sov

[dusty sandal]

DLCs don't need to match. The used DLCs will be set on the host's, and all players will get access to dlc content during the game

[dusty sandal]

then that's normal

tension doesn't rise instantly when justifying (used to, not anymore) and doesn't get much high when justifying on minors

[smoky coyote]

but it writes that player hgas another version of the game

[dusty sandal]

as soviets, don't even justify on turkey, you can get a free wargoal in 36 through the bosphorus crisis

[dusty sandal]

then either one of you has a mod enabled which the other doesn't (it changes the checksum)
or one of you doesn't have the same version of the game (literally, using a beta or rollback or something) + you can verify the game files integrity through steam

[smoky coyote]

aight i will try

[dark thunder]

Nuh uh

Turkey always just bends and you don’t get a wargoal.

And besides, if you declare then world tension spikes and you miss out on southern thrust and the double justify.

[dark thunder]

show

[scenic nacelle]

How did I see u again

lol

[dark thunder]

Depends. They aren’t very good, they will waste your equipment as they gain experience fighting or training on map vs the free experience in training, but having them around in an emergency is okay.

Training normally is almost always better, unless it’s really urgent and you need people on ground cause it’s BAD and there’s NOBODY defending a front, or they are 99% trained and are just missing like 5 support equipment and you gain that last bit of experience in the first day of the war.

[bronze grove]

Unc you can get a heavy howitzer on that

it's very ic efficient

[trail rapids]

hey how can I get the invasion started?

[bronze grove]

the only bad part about moderns is swapping production lines hence killing your production cap

If you are playing a late game "disaster save" where you get a bunch of new factories to assign moderns are really powerful.

[pliant condor]

do you know how much the chassis cost

[bronze grove]

6 ic

1934 heavy is 10 ic

1934 medium is 3.75
1938 " is 4
1940 " is 4.25

Heavy howitzer is 55 soft for 7 ic. Weakest argument against moderns is cost efficiency

Modern turret is useless.

8 ic for 24 breakthrough

You should always swap it with three man heavy.

5.5 ic for 22 breakthrough

[glacial steeple]

yeah

if you can, use medium

its best

you can put heavy turret on moderns

moderns just suck tho

[analog maple]

wait until the red bar becom greed. make sure you have english channel and that other place is controled by you. put a some of ur navy on patrol and some on naval invasion

[trail rapids]

will it automatic do it or do I need to do something else?

[analog maple]

i will just do it

oh the mission isnt activated thou

[idle arch]

Please check dm friend

[vital plinth]

Hey new question
Do a division lose troops doing fighting or how’s it work ? Does it wipe out a division when you lose or do you lose units in a division that automatically refill ? Like refills tanks and manpower ?

[idle arch]

How do u play France like the focus order and stuff

[dusty sandal]

No it's not
If you want heavy howitzer use heavy tanks or mediums with armor ticks.
Modern tanks are useless and a waste of resources

[royal vapor]

guys, help me please: im playing as yugoslavia, doing the tripartite pact focus, some time after i get "united kingdom objects" event, and if i click the 1st option germany nukes me and if i click 2nd option (which supposed to start a civil war) the game just IMMEDIATELY ends for me. wth?

[vital geode]

Ah, someone forgot to get rid of Anti-German Military

[dusty sandal]

basically, during combat there's 2 bars on units

• Organization (green bar), is roughly how long a division can stay in battle while taking damage
• Strenght (orange bar), is a mix of manpower and equipment that gives the division its stats. it's also damaged by enemy attacks

If a unit runs out of org while in combat it falls back (or, if encircled, it gets deleted)
if a unit gets its strenght damaged in combat, it will be ressuplied and get reinforced when not in battle. Equipment, provided you have a sufficient stockpile of it, is reinforced each day out of battle. Manpower takes about two weeks to replenish and is capped at a max amount per replenishment. If a unit runs out of strenght in combat, it gets deleted

[royal vapor]

thats the thing, i completed that focus before doing tripartite

[vital geode]

Are you playing vanilla?

[royal vapor]

yup

[vital geode]

Odd

[idle arch]

How to play france without extending the maginoy and using tanks and anti tank

[vital geode]

You should be fine, but I guess the civil war bugged?

Or just everything bugged?

[royal vapor]

it has always been bugged for me

[vital geode]

To arms doesn't work?

Wait why are you Serbia

[analog maple]

guys is it more worth it to invade poland or turkey+romania as soviet?

[vital geode]

OH THAT IS WHY THE GAME IS WACK

[royal vapor]

it gives me death screen and makes democracy come to power

[vital geode]

You went devolution

[royal vapor]

so?

[vital geode]

I guess the Civil War gaurantees certain states to rise up

In this case, Serbia

That means that normally you would have all other states

[idle arch]

What's a good division template for holding as france like an org wall

[vital geode]

But because you gave them up, you don't have anymore states

So you just instantly lose

[royal vapor]

thats so ducking stupid

[dusty sandal]

don't use anti tank for straters. It's an absolute waste
however, you must use support anti air company in your divisions or you'll die. period.
once you have that and enough men + micro a bit (cycle units), then beating germany is easy enough. No need for maginot extension (hold the river next to the channel, then the forests up to sedan and the hill next to metz, then maginot

[royal vapor]

wait, if i go fascist before doing tripartite will i avoid the event entirely or?

[idle arch]

How to counter german panzers

[vital geode]

Also why are you going Towards Independence?

[dusty sandal]

support anti air and more guns

[vital geode]

That path is quite bad

Since you lose everything basically

[royal vapor]

i wanted to test ncns faction things on a clear faction

[vital geode]

And you get a mediocre faction

[idle arch]

Can u show an inf template also should I use massed assault I don't have the new dlc btw

[vital geode]

Ah

[dusty sandal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcp1ooD_YqY
that's for the stat explaining
as france use 16w inf (8infantry), support arty and aa then build good planes or good tanks

[dusty sandal]

doctrines depends n what you're going for in templates

if you're going planes you won't take the same as, say, tanks

[vital plinth]

So if I wanna delete a province/ tile with alot of divisions on it, I can encircle it and they automatically get deleted ?

[dusty sandal]

in any case, don't take mass assault. take Superior firepower for the recovery rate buffs

[dusty sandal]

yes

that's why encirclements are extremely important
you may push back a unit 100 times without it dying but encircle them and they'll be gone in a day or two

[idle arch]

Flame tanks and enginner support too right

[dusty sandal]

none of that if you're building tanks or planes

too costly for nothing

[vital plinth]

Oh ok it takes time still before you can finish them off ? My first attempt at Ethiopia I was wondering why I couldn’t take back a tile when I was encircled

[nocturne cloak]

Flame tanks and enginner support too right

[idle arch]

Okay I'll do it anyways as too not waste the land warfare facilty

[idle arch]

U have been ignoring me

[vital plinth]

And you have to micromanage and move your units back if you see enemy encircling you ?

[nocturne cloak]

how

[native mist]

i just downloaded hoi4 anyone here able to teach me

[north quail]

hai

[dusty sandal]

do it still, just don't add it to infantry

gimme a sec for a inf only template

[idle arch]

Ty friend

[dusty sandal]

don't spend your breakthrough point (facility) on flame tank first, wait to get the super heavy howitzer so you can get the doctrine quick enough
the medium flame tank you mass breakthrough on it
the first and last doctrine are the most important, the armored one can be ignored if needs be, the howitzer one you'll get late so you may need to use support arty until then if you take some delay (you must have it in jan 1, 1939

[glacial steeple]

i should play a game of hoi again,, im washed

[idle arch]

Ty

[stuck garnet]

hey

what is good for commie china dlc

[glacial steeple]

using your army is pretty good

making an army also helps

[stuck garnet]

i wanna go soviet china

[glacial steeple]

okay

[stuck garnet]

im confused about the focus tree

[glacial steeple]

you only have 1 option

click that one

left is politics

right is army

middle is eco

you pick politics

unless youre like stalled or whatever

[stuck garnet]

at the start?

[glacial steeple]

just go down the political tree

[stuck garnet]

okie dokie

[neat widget]

Mao should stay awaay from the halls of power

[stuck garnet]

if im not going mao then don't do guerilla tactics yeah?

[glacial steeple]

you should shift BoP to the right

which is pretty easy

you get like 20 advisors for it

[neat widget]

Nice

Hard to pass up 10% factory and dockyard output

[bronze grove]

modern chassis is 6 ic

1934 heavy is 10 ic
1940 heavy is 11 ic
1943 heavy chasis is 12 ic

1938 medium is 3.75
1940 " is 4
1943 " is 4.25

unc just being contrarian

[bronze grove]

.

[edgy mesa]

hello about manpower ive got so many recommendations bout it but none has worked and mp is the main reason for my resistance going up

[bronze grove]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/707305236900872233/1456381917237870722/300px-Occupied_territories.png?ex=695828db&is=6956d75b&hm=cf61820e919d8b20268604ef921827416a844b4570ae6407e11a8a68237f142a&

send a screenshot about both of these circled tabs

[foggy steppe]

gimme the best build cuh

[dusty sandal]

you're not looking at resource cost, the fact you can still use heavy howitzers with medium 1938 and the fact that you don't get secondary turrets on modern tank, which means 8 soft attack less on base, which is somehow worse that howitzer 2 with 2 HMG

[fluid wharf]

u can stick 4 hmg on heavy

and 2 on med

and u lose all effi

and have to swap out ur template

its all around terrivle

[bronze grove]

I already answered ts blud

[bronze grove]

.

3 ic for 5 soft isn't ic efficient at all blud 😅👎🏿

[neat widget]

francissaucisson is in fact correct

[bronze grove]

heavy howitzer is 55 soft for 7 ic

medium howitzer 2 + 2x HMG is 53 soft for 8.5 ic

uncs be trolling naah

[neat widget]

heavy howitzer + 2 x hmg + fixed casemate will give you enough breakthrough and a lot of soft attack

[fluid wharf]

1.5 for 4

[hasty belfry]

Are escort carriers any good?

[fluid wharf]

a heavy tank will have 16 more soft

than a modern tank

[neat widget]

But they are right heavy tanks are expensive, heavy tanks made sense back in the days when you had 50 medium spgs and 40 heavy spgs per battalion

[fluid wharf]

thats 30% more soft than a modern tank

71/55

its less stats for more cost

[bronze grove]

unc thinks you can armor click your way out of heavy turret on medium btw.

naaah blud your medium will cost more, slower and have less breakthroughand & reliability compared to modern 🙏🏿

[fluid wharf]

why will u need break in sp

and what kinda soft div needs that much break

ur not clicking mech or tanks with howi tanks

and planning exists

[bronze grove]

bluds shouldn't use howitzers if they gonna yap about resources in the first place mane 🤣

[fluid wharf]

ur just insane 😭

all late game guns use insane resources

[bronze grove]

ts about spreadsheet stats mogging auntie 🙏🏿

[fluid wharf]

what are u stats mogging with 😂

on modern

[dusty sandal]

you only need a 30brk tank to never get critted by AI bruh

why aim for more

[vital plinth]

Hey should tanks and infantry be separate in divisions a video said a full tank would keep high speed and adding an infantry would slow down a lot ?

[neat widget]

Which one would you rather take

That's the question

[bronze grove]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/707305236900872233/1456386742662725695/Untitled15_20260101234017.jpg?ex=69582d59&is=6956dbd9&hm=c02a92b3f9727d7bfaba690d4b104840b288456037a789a265bdbfb1f1ee3e15& illiterate ahh uncs

moderns are basically half the cost of heavies with %40 more speed and slightly less armor (75->65)

I also think moderns need more unique modules

They are still strong

[dusty sandal]

why use advanced bruh

just use basic

improved if you're woried about reli

[bronze grove]

auntie js use 36 lights with improved automatic cannons then 💀

[dusty sandal]

36 lights with autocanon2 can have more brk than thismodern tank design cited here lmao (sorry for the ping)

[bronze grove]

it costs 1 steel, literally cheaper than the guns

[neat widget]

But then your soft attack would be lower, also I'm assuming you're using petrol electric engine

[dusty sandal]

ik, I was making a point to this #ask-for-help-here message
if they want brk, better use light tanks than modern hehe

[bronze grove]

wym you are SPcel who only encircles Guatemalan AI and still uses small cannon bhai 😅

who is you using hard attack for son 😀

[neat widget]

A fine addition to any large division

support companies our beloved

[old gale]

Hello can anyone help me um playing the tutorial and im stuck in ethopia. Every game i played everytime i go to war with some little shit nation and getting destroyed i can never advance

[vital plinth]

Are you using planes ?

Also set the attack mode to “ agreeesiv , and split your armies up into all tiles so organization gets a little higher and less demand on supply it helped me

[old gale]

yes i do use planes but it cant be that im doing everything the tutorial says and still cant win if thats the case this game is cooked no?

[naive maple]

Your supply is getting rocked up in the mountains take some of those dudes and push through the south

[vital plinth]

I only played 4 times and 3 were tutorial failing Ethiopia. So issue is the supply and organization

You need to also bring in the armies in south to attack the guide mention to make same battle plan

1. Supply is low there so you need to make sure your armies are spread on all around the front since if they all are on same tile they don’t have enough supply and will do poorly

2. I figured this it out late but set the plan to “ agggresiv “ then they won’t stop it automatically is on balance but due to low supply in the region they just stop, on “ aggressiv “ they keep pushing

Anyone know should tanks and infantry be separate in divisions a video said a full tank would keep high speed and adding an infantry would slow down a lot ?

[white sinew]

I’m relatively new to hoi4 in a Germany save, it’s 1942 June and I haven’t attacked Russia, how should I go about this? I’ve got some divisions in the west incase the allies make a naval invasion was my thinking

[naive maple]

Pick 2/3 fronts in Russia so split it up north/middle/south make sure to have 8-10width infantry sitting on all of the Italian ports as well as your own

[white sinew]

Alright, thanks

Everytime I invade Russia it backfires massively

My thinking was to smash tank divisions through and try encircle the Russians quickly

[naive maple]

It’s tricky because if you try to take it all you’ll run out of everything but if you focus on a couple of parts it works out better

[neat widget]

You should try pushing into the south and motorize supply

Also if you're in historical always annex Aussa

Either way the tutorial is awful

[vital plinth]

Hey Anyone know should tanks and infantry be separate in divisions and template a video said a full tank would keep high speed and adding an infantry would slow down a lot ?

[bronze grove]

How?

[neon sage]

so can you tell me what tf should i do? i am new, and before yelling at me, yes, i went on the four year plan and now i cant even build shit in the country. so can i do something to fix it?

[swift burrow]

lend lease until France falls

make sure you're communist

justify and declare on Syria

[neat widget]

Economy of conquest

Oof

[neon sage]

yea bro

and 0 manpower and fuel

[vital plinth]

You can’t choose your own economic policy?

Or is it something forced on you ?

[neon sage]

i got only partial

cuz i m not fascist or communist

[vital plinth]

Oh ok

Any idea what makes this focus bad ? I’m reading a guide about what to do with Ethiopia , guide says puppeting makes them declare independence on historical mode in the long run and says this focus is bad
I only see the - 5-% stability. But is there something else I missed or don’t understand about this picture ? 😅

[glacial steeple]

read more than 1 focus

[bronze grove]

end of the focus tree is indepence

puppeting ethiopia makes no sense.

if you really want it balkanize and puppet microstates of ethiopia + you are fascist so your puppets will be reichkomissariats giving you factories instead of normal puppets and having to spend 50 pp to integrate them

[hasty belfry]

Are escort carriers any good?

[vital plinth]

I had pressed Anex wasn’t sure what to do just tried something but now don’t know really what to do xd

[neon sage]

guys can you tell me why i cant do this? i need the "autarky achieved" and i cant do this focus

[soft bridge]

Are land naval bombers good? If yes what is a good template, would appreciate any help

[soft bridge]

When you go economy of conquest you get decisions to seize gold, do them

[neat widget]

less than 90% consumer goods from economy of conquest

[lime citrus]

Happy New Year, everyone. Given how they have a discount on Steam, what DLCs are worth buying atm?

[nocturne cloak]

YOOO arty

my lilll arty

[neon sage]

and how do i low that

i cant get it lower

[neat widget]

Yeah you have to conquer countries to do that

[neon sage]

world tension 0%

[neat widget]

It's called economy of conquest for a reason unfortunately

[neon sage]

and how the hell do i conquer if my supplies are 0

[sour mountain]

how did i not get htis i just did freegypt

[bronze grove]

that's okay ethiopia isn't much of abig deal

[bronze grove]

imperial germany has wargoal focuses

[coarse tree]

is france is guaranteeing the independance of romania and i go to war with france will i also start a war with romania ?

[neon sage]

MAN I got no focuses wtf

[vital plinth]

Ok 👍 but I can’t make it into multiple puppet states no after I’ve anexxed or do I need to release and make new war to do that ?

Sorry for the many questions still learning

Is Saudi’s Arabs a good spot to invade as Italy ? Before the bigger wars start

[glacial steeple]

they dont have anything

[calm karma]

does an agent's planning and entrenchment debuffs apply even when you're not at war with the country?

[neat widget]

what year is it btw

[hushed gorge]

whats a good marine template

[lofty totem]

how do i give officers the monarchist sympathizer trait?

[elfin crystal]

how do i paratroop france in 1936, they arent going

[neat widget]

How many transport planes do you have

what does the air situation look like

[vital plinth]

Very early just started the game and got Ethiopia

As Italy

[glacial steeple]

thats impressive you mustve capped them before they did their political tree or it gets locked

and then after getting that skill decided to puppet them

[elfin crystal]

dw i figured it out

but

i took 6 vic points

and they didnt cap?

i took paris, orleans, lyon, and like 3 other random ones

have they like patched it

[idle arch]

Isn't she supposed to go missing

[vital plinth]

I’ve only won the war and annexed them nothing more I think it took maybe 2-4 months or half of a year?

So Middle East is bad to have aside from Iran @glacial steeple ?

[glacial steeple]

it was within 105 days

[glacial steeple]

all of it is kinda bad?

you cant naval invade iran

and they cant join the CUF anymore so no point

[neat widget]

Did they have disjointed government or no?

[elfin crystal]

idk wot that is

ah

yes

[neat widget]

National spirit

Huh

[glacial steeple]

ah yeah

no collabs

with collabs you need 3 cities (before update) maybe 4 now?

[mystic otter]

She does but idk what the requirements for her to survive/go missing

[glacial steeple]

without collabs you need like

8

and they need to be occupied not in battle

[neat widget]

Paris and Orleans should be enough to capitulate the French tbh

[bronze grove]

click the war notif and check capitulation progress

it caps at 80%

[elfin crystal]

lemme try it again

and show

[bronze grove]

Amelia event is random even in historical I think

only way she effects the game is you can get her as a ace pilot as USA if she survives

[vital plinth]

Oh ok they have low man power and ressouces even getting counties that are small wont it add up later ?

[bronze grove]

@vital plinth invade Portugal before world tension spikes up

middle east is nothing burger

[vital plinth]

A question about hard attack and soft attack

Since infantry is soft attack does it mean they counter tanks since they take very little damage from hard attack or none at all ? Is there no need for anti tanks stuff ?

[bronze grove]

you can get nationalist spain after the war ends because it will be fascist so nobody will guarantee them and it will have recovering from the civil war national spirit so it will never join a faction

So that's easy Iberia for you

[vital plinth]

Oh ok was thinking of saudia Arabia or Middle East for oil since I’m low on that

[bronze grove]

soft attack hard attack is entirely about "hardness"

hardness is a scarce stat, and you can only get it by using tanks & mech (some from motorized)

you can completely ignore the hard attack part of the game in singleplayer

pick routes that give you soft over hard

[vital plinth]

So tanks are great in general to use ?

Since tanks only do hard attack no ?

Or maybe I need to watch a new guide about the units and stats 😂

[bronze grove]

well tanks can be both soft attack oriented (self propelled artillery) and hard (tank destroyer) or balanced

[vital plinth]

Oh ok , I’m probably still confused about this soft attack and hard attack il watch more about it on YouTube

[fathom thistle]

For singleplayer just build spg's instead of tanks

[vital plinth]

My understanding was infantry do soft damage mostly and tanks hard attack and therefor counter each other or no damage to each other unless you add stuff to it

[elfin crystal]

@bronze grove @neat widget

[idle arch]

Pleae can someone help why this isn't converting

The 1st is the base

The 2nd is the convert

[dense haven]

yo im trying to invade with 16 paratroopers and i got 150 transports but it wont go why?

also it gives me this message

[neat widget]

Drop Calais and Tours if that's not enough

I forgot to send that once I went to dinner RIP

[idle arch]

Can u help me

Pls

[neat widget]

Yeah you should restart

[neat widget]

It's usually better to make orders of one paratrooper each

And if you need to land multiple paratroopers on the same tile just send multiple orders

[dense haven]

alright then

thanks

[idle arch]

I wanna learn how to do this convert trick

[thorn hull]

Hello, I am trying to make destroyers for the plan Z as Germany. Is this a decent destroyer?

[neat widget]

Yeah, but honestly for Plan Z it is better to build now refit later

Also if you plan to go to war with France in 1936 you're better off declaring on Yugoslavia instead of France

Because France capitulates instantly, you get to focus your full attention on the Little Entente and conquer them wholesale

[glacial steeple]

not really you also have to pay garrison costs and hold the borders later

[vital plinth]

Ah ok I see

[neat widget]

@glacial steeple

[jagged hull]

can anyone help me please

[neat widget]

On what?

[vital plinth]

A different question is are marines for Italy good ones to train ? Seems Italy has good position for naval war no ?

[jagged hull]

agent dlc

i don't know how to use it

im in vc please help

[neat widget]

So you have a certain number of agents
An agent can do a mission or an operation; missions are continuous actions against the enemy, operations are one-time events you may have to spend civilian IC and equipment on

[odd elk]

Yall why isnt vichy france my puppet they arent even in the axis or anything

[neat widget]

Basically the main useful mission is making intelligence network + silencing said network

[jagged hull]

im trying to make french commune to have no war support and sabilty

[bronze grove]

That's how it works

[neat widget]

This unlocks the operations, and the most important are Infiltration (which gives intel on the enemy), collaboration government (which decreases surrender limit and gives you compliance once they surrender) and coordinated strike (which severely weakens the enemy)

[odd elk]

istg they would be a puppet when u did it

[neat widget]

Actually control trade is also helpful when you need a country to trade with you, diplomatic pressure is useful when you need countries to sign non-aggression pacts, and root out resistance decreases your resistance by 15%

So those missions are useful too

[neat widget]

What is a lot more fickle is the ones that you want to use, boost ideology and propaganda. Boost ideology increases your party popularity, decreasing the enemy's party popularity and thus stability. And propaganda just directly decreases stability and war support

But these also require an intel network to use

[jagged hull]

shoot so im f up

[neat widget]

Like what's the situation right now

[jagged hull]

you don't want to know

[bronze grove]

control trade doesn't make AI trade with you. It only gives you up to 50 influence which is a nothing burger

[neat widget]

Well 50 influence can help

I've managed to make it useful more than once

and also you have more than one spy

[dense haven]

@neat widget

they're not going now

i updated the division design (still shows that it can be paradropped)

but they are simply not going

[vital plinth]

Anyone who can help regarding Italy ?

[dense haven]

no issues this time too

[dense haven]

if anyone knows why my paratroopers arent going please tell me

[wintry matrix]

Do you have 50 transport planes?
Are they on no mission?
Are they on the correct airfield?
Are your paratroopers droppable?
Do you have air supramacy in every state including the landing zone, waters and the starting zone?

[vital plinth]

I have a lot of start division from Italy but they seem bad only 25 soft attack and some down to 10

Should I delete most of them ? And train new ones ?

I can’t keep up with production of the guns

[dense haven]

yes i made sure of all those points

[nimble otter]

I’m playing hoi with my friends currently and my one friend keeps having the problem where their game goes out of sync, why is this happening?

[dense haven]

do they just need time to go?

[wintry matrix]

Usually they drop fast, when all the requirements are met.

Are you at war with that nation?

[dense haven]

yes

been at war for years

these are the planes right here

no missions

standing by

50 per stack

oop

they dropped

some of them

[neat widget]

Press the arrow again

Sometimes it shows its going but just doesn't

[wintry matrix]

Unless it got changed, you need 70% green air.
Correct me, when wrong.

[dense haven]

i got 100 percent

[dense haven]

i tried that

funny enough

i had two groups

2 divisions from one airport

and 4 on another

dropping on one tile

when i deleted the transports for the 4 divisions

the 2 divisions launched immediately

how?

[neat widget]

Odd

[dense haven]

hm

[neat widget]

How many transports did you have

[dense haven]

i readded the planes

and the 4 divisions didnt launch immediately

but still launched somehow

didnt even notice them

[dense haven]

100 per stack

4 stacks

100 transports per division

[glacial steeple]

best oceanic/pacific nations to play ? :3

[edgy mesa]

how are you supposed to get this achievement

[neat widget]

I wonder what you can do with Taiwan if that counts

[vital plinth]

I have a lot of start division from Italy but they seem bad only 25 soft attack and some down to 10

Should I delete most of them ? And train new ones ?

[edgy mesa]

i killed 17k

but there is no way i can get any incircle

[neat widget]

There's a Katowice-Krakow hold strategy

Hold those two cities, puppet Czechoslovakia in Zaolzie, and then just cycle your units in and out

[wintry matrix]

What I like to do is following:
After the Ethiopian war, I like to standardize the entire army.
Creating a normal-ish infantry template and working from there.
You have many weird small divisions.
Delete/convert them.
Some of them are not deletable - they get port duty.

Creating a uniform army.
And what you do after that, is up to you.

[neat widget]

Yeah pretty much

[edgy mesa]

ive been searching and i cant find a video bout it, do you have one?

[neat widget]

No

But it's simple, you send all your units to that three tile area and release Czechslovakia as a puppet

[glacial steeple]

havent tried

they also added palau

which i also havent played yet

[neat widget]

Ah yeah Palau

I guess if you like planes then Palau might be good for you

[neat widget]

You didn't release Czechoslovakia as a puppet

[junior light]

should i cancel the MEFO bills as Germany?

[neat widget]

Does it say anywhere you have to own all your cores or that you have to have Zaolzie?

[glacial steeple]

"if you like planes" its 12 aluminium

[vital plinth]

Oh ok so delete those I can and remake to better ones , or suit them to fighting against a country I expect to want ?

[edgy mesa]

nope

[crystal fox]

YO GANGALANGS I GOT THE HAPPIEST NEWS

[foggy rune]

would anybody be willing to help me break my stalemate with Russia in a VC?

[crystal fox]

ACTUALLY 2 NEWS 1ST OF ALL I SUCCEDED W INVADING FRANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I CAME TO 1949 WITH HUNGARY AND MADE GREATER HUNGARY AND EVERYTHING

[junior light]

should i cancel the MEFO bills as Germany?

[edgy mesa]

but i think i may have mistunderstood you, so basicly i just hold these 3 tiles or what cuz it aint possible to release czech in 1939 start right?

[crystal fox]

yea

[junior light]

alr

[crystal fox]

long term its better to cancel im pretty sure

ik i do

[wintry matrix]

Yes.

[junior light]

ok

[crystal fox]

i hate taxes.

I can buy guns myself

[glacial steeple]

the og line was warsawa and 2 tiles west

but thats better terrain

[vital plinth]

@wintry matrix is this normal ? I feel that’s a lot of weapons for garrison no ?

[glacial steeple]

its your garrison template

it probably has support companies

also ethiopia is just a lot of states

[foggy rune]

anybody?

[edgy mesa]

so which do i hold warsaw or katowice and krakov

[glacial steeple]

not that 7K guns is an incredible amount

[glacial steeple]

katowice and krakow better

its just an option

[vital plinth]

How do I change it I can’t find a button to change garrison I decommissioned the current one by accident in template section but the division is still there in garrison

[edgy mesa]

have you completed the achievement?

[glacial steeple]

i dont play ironman like ever

or historical ai

i find both pretty unfun

[glacial steeple]

click on the horse

[edgy mesa]

aight got some tips for going into this also livadeia talked bout "cycle your units in and out" what is that like deleting some and making more or?

[vital plinth]

Here @glacial steeple seems ok no ? Or what could cause 7 k equpement requirement else ? Manpower is 4 k and infantry is 480

[glacial steeple]

alright thats fine

7K guns isnt that much

[sudden meadow]

What are yalls thoughts on these division templates? Its p much my first time setting em up so idrk what to do.

[dense haven]

thanks guys paratroopers finally worked 👍🏼

[vital plinth]

Oh ok thought it was a lot

There is no difference if I change from 4 horse to 1 horse no ? I don’t have any Mb anyways

[glacial steeple]

no

only with supports

[vital plinth]

Aright thx 🙏

[bronze grove]

I wonder what was the thought process behind adding the motorized artillery

[sudden meadow]

No clue ngl, I think I grabbed the wrong one

[vital plinth]

Hey should I delete tank divisions too and remake ?

[sudden meadow]

also basically my first time playing so thats why I'm asking

[foggy rune]

not sure if anyone saw last time but would anyone be willing to help me break my stalemate against the russians in a vc?

[bronze grove]

1. line artillery is basically a noob trap

2. if you use battalions that use fuel and they run out of fuel that battalion essentially has no stats, don't mix your infantry with them

[edgy mesa]

okay nvm 30 minutes of hell achievement is NOT something to do with 50 hours ill wait a bit lol

[bronze grove]

3. if you are new and don't want to bother learning tank and air mechanics and produce them you could play your first few games with line arty

[vernal knoll]

is good for hold the front

[bronze grove]

not really

inf has better defense stat, 20>10

[sudden meadow]

so should I just do without artillery then or smth

[bronze grove]

the only thing line arty adds is soft attack which technically means faster deorging the enemy but less defense, breakthrough and HP

[bronze grove]

#ask-for-help-here message

[sudden meadow]

assuming I have air

[bronze grove]

what I mean by air is CAS memes

you essentially open combat with infantry and cas wins the battle

[wintry matrix]

The tank template is bad, yeah.

[bronze grove]

You basically hold 2 tiles, Warsaw and the city you release czechia in

[foggy rune]

is nobody seeing my messages? I don't mean to come across as rude or anything cause giving help is voluntary obviously I just haven't gotten any response

[civic garden]

Probably just nobody is willing to help you in vc

[foggy rune]

fair enough

I only asked that specifically because I feel my situation is probably too complex for a simple answer

I have air domicance and naval dominance, but they just have so many divisions and I'm out of fuel

[eager juniper]

guys, can i invade de soviet union as germany just spamming light tanks?????? i mean, A LOT

[foggy rune]

in my experience no

you will, as I have, run out of fuel

and I'm not even running full light tanks, just adding them to my divisions of infantry

[bronze grove]

use 36 light chasis + improved automatic cannon (1939 Antiair)

[hot sinew]

Hey im new. If someone could answer my questions i would appreciate it alot, thank you.

1- Are paratroopers good?

2- Infantry template pls?

3- Anex or puppet?

4- Tanks, navy, airplanes templates? i got no clue

5- Also what about these blueprints i find? i can assign a resarcher to them. What do i do with them???

6- What do i do with MEFO bills?

7- Most of the time im pretty lost with the focus tree. Each tree is different, but what should i generally do? And what should i do more specifically playing as germany?

8- I hear people saying if im new i should play historic focuses, but i like the idea of anything being able to happen. Is non-historic focus really that hard/bad???

9- How do i get more manpower apart from enlistment laws?

[vital plinth]

@wintry matrix do you know which templates to use for Italy first game outside tutorial😂

Was thinking of setting up to invade Albania and then Greece

Any suggestions of focus treee ? I’m doing the one tutorial suggested that unlock extra resseach speed

But dunno what to focus after would change ideology be good to maybe be friends with USA ?

[civic garden]

Non-historical focuses is pretty chaotic, unbalanced, and somewhat broken in that certain countries on certain paths don't know how to do what they're supposed to and just sit there uselessly

[wintry matrix]

Politically you're free to do whatever you want to do.

But a fun challenge is trying to achieve Greater Italy.
So checking out the political branch to the right is what allows you to do actions.

Template wise - I believe Italy has a focus for cheaper light tanks (maybe even SPGs).
So maybe you could experiment with them.

Ain't no Italy expert.

[hot sinew]

Yes but if i play as germany in historical mode, will everything that happend happen to me too?

like will i lose yes or yes on 1945

[zealous salmon]

1. Most of the time, if you are new try to steer clear, generally wouldn’t recommend until you get used to the game

2. Never build motorized, I think ive given you the tank template

3. It’s up to you, generally puppeting might give you more factories and save manpower

4. Stay clear of navy, for airforce just remember heavy guns are good for fighters, you want to maximize heavy guns and have a good engine, research better engines, and whatever gives you range, also get self sealing tanks or whatever

[civic garden]

It's much easier to learn 5 things when you can focus on one at a time instead of dealing with all 5 at once, so that's probably why non-historical is a good recommendation

[zealous salmon]

Also because if you know history, atleast you have an idea of what’s to come or what to do

[vital geode]

1. Can be if you do it well
2. Check pins
3. Puppeting is usually fine. Annex if you have compliance
4. Probably in pins.
5. The blueprints are your designs you can do. Designers provide more stats
6. Keep MEFO, do economy of conquest when at war.
7. Do industry, fix politics, fix military, then expansion usually.
8. Ahistorical is complete randomness and tends to result in massive and messy world wars. Historical is predictable
9. Manpower is a reserve. Don't waste it

[civic garden]

Historical focuses govern the start of the war(s), the evolution and outcome of the war is up to you and your skill

(Also historical focuses binds the AI, you can do whatever you want)

[vital geode]

Germany is so buffed in this game you can easily win if you know what to do

You tend to win by 42

[civic garden]

Strong agree with j0 on 9

[zealous salmon]

Keep in mind it is always better to lose men than to lose equipment

[vital geode]

Huh

Why

Equipment can be easily replaced

[zealous salmon]

For Germany atleast

[civic garden]

Gonna question that one

[vital geode]

Nah

Keep casualties low and you will never have to go past extensive conscription

[zealous salmon]

I usually, if I do, have problems with equipment rather than with manpower

It’s always the guns and the support equipment i run out of before manpower

[vital geode]

I never run out of them

[zealous salmon]

Especially when I started out

[vital geode]

Because I use tanks

[civic garden]

Also good at not running out of manpower

[vital geode]

The inf just walk and does counterattacks

[zealous salmon]

He’s a new player, how much do you expect him to do

[civic garden]

Infantry defend, tanks attack, win the air war

Try to build factories to produce what you're running out of

[vital plinth]

No worries what do you do with the units you can’t delete ?

[hot sinew]

wym win

like

conquer the whole world?

[hot sinew]

Also, can you elaborate on the focus tree?

specifically for germany

[edgy mesa]

haha whoops

[zealous salmon]

he means win against the allies (atleast the uk, and france) and then the soviets

[hot sinew]

Also, im historical will i lose by 1945? will d-day be inevitable?

[zealous salmon]

well its a simulation, not a reenactment, i mean if you want to lose you can lose

[hot sinew]

well how do i not waste it

[oak jasper]

Will mixing in lower-piercing secondary batteries reduce penetration on a CL's main (light) batteries?

[zealous salmon]

it wont affect the other modules, no

[edgy mesa]

why is italy and romania getting everything iam the one doing work here?

[hot sinew]

yo what should i focus on in the intelligence division?

early game

[oak jasper]

Good, TYVM!

[civic garden]

Mostly by not attacking with infantry unless you have a significant advantage in land, air, or both

[hot sinew]

what what

what do i attack with then

[zealous salmon]

tanks, your special forces etc

[civic garden]

Tanks, and possibly self-propelled artillery; SPA has worked well for me but I've heard conflicting things about it

[hot sinew]

do those not waste mp??

[zealous salmon]

i find it too much work

[civic garden]

Alternately get air dominance (like 3 to 1 advantage in fighters and plenty of cas) and planning bonus and attack with infantry then

[zealous salmon]

well, you want to mimize casualties, and those minimze casualties on your side

theres no way to not lose any men

[civic garden]

Tanks use relatively little manpower per battalion

[hot sinew]

ah

i see

So before that

[civic garden]

Also they have high breakthrough so they take less damage when attacking

[hot sinew]

before i get tanks and spec forces

[edgy mesa]

ehh dont ask me that as you see i got critical state i dont know either haha

[hot sinew]

do i just attack with uh

infantry against small countries?

[civic garden]

Like how infantry have high defense so they take less damage when defending

[zealous salmon]

also keep in mind, to simplify things the bigger the unit the less men it losses in comparison to smaller units

its because of HP

[hot sinew]

wait so should i go for defence doctrines in the army then?

since infantry are good for defending

[oak jasper]

Also: I noticed that my overall AA rating went up when switching from an AA battery to a dual-purpose battery. Is this normal?

[zealous salmon]

is it because of a level disparity?

[oak jasper]

NVM, maybe I misread my screen.

[zealous salmon]

okay nevermind then

[vital plinth]

Hey I just deleted all the standard templates for the current divisions but I can’t find button to create new templates any idea how to do it ?

[rustic acorn]

Hi, to create a new unit you open your division designer, the green button in the very up middle

[rustic acorn]

I think mass assualt was the one where you get most devensive bonuses and a lot of man power

avoid attacking with Inf, prefer tanks or selfpropelled artillery

[vital geode]

Europe secured. No UK and Soviets

[vital geode]

You are not guaranteed to lose. The allies will naval invade whenever they feel like, usually 42-43

[rustic acorn]

yes they will invade, but where is the question. usually they try here and there, most likely over Italy, then another spot like France or Greece.

quick and nice is to copenhagen and then paradrop Berlin as Ally

[vital plinth]

It says locked on most things

But found other way by duplicating

[rustic acorn]

well ok, thats the other way 🙂

[edgy mesa]

how do i fix this i maxxed defense but they stil lbreak through

[rustic acorn]

looks like you aslo built out the agency in terms of passive defense?

also, there is always a certain chance that enemy spies will break through anyway, small, but there is a chance

[edgy mesa]

was that not good?

[rustic acorn]

if you did, there is nothing more to do

passive defence plus some spies for counterspionage

some political advisors and economy laws do influence your "openness" for enemy spies

[edgy mesa]

aight iamma take a look at that later rn iam invading soviet

[rustic acorn]

good luck, keep your supply lines in order

[edgy mesa]

eh

i manage

[vital plinth]

Hey what does the part that says (additional attacks 35 ) mean ?

[rustic acorn]

well done 🙂

[rustic acorn]

it means for each "side attack"

from each tile you attack from you may add 35 width

from main tile 70, from each additinal tile +35

[vital plinth]

And main tile is the first tile that engage combat ?

[rustic acorn]

yes

[vital plinth]

Ah ok got it thanks

[rustic acorn]

ehm sry, main tile is the tile you attack, pls excuse

[edgy mesa]

why were netherlands troops stronger than soviet i dont get it

[rustic acorn]

mainly because of the rivers everywhere there

[vital plinth]

@rustic acorn thoughts on this template for Albania lots of hills and some forests and 2-3 mountains behind

[rustic acorn]

for hills and forest I would tend to mountaineers

also for Taiga

[edgy mesa]

nihil what can i do to provent this i have 90 troops defending ports and that but they still break through

[rustic acorn]

on first sight nearly all your orange lines are very low

you lack on equipment, hughly

weapons, supplies

[edgy mesa]

i have plenty in reserve

[rustic acorn]

i see

[edgy mesa]

found the issue i have 0 manpower

[rustic acorn]

aha

hehe

[vital plinth]

I see issue is there is limit on mountaineers I can make

[edgy mesa]

manpower is the one thing i dont get how to produce more of

[rustic acorn]

fewer and smaller specialists deal better then huge orc armies

[vital plinth]

What should I add to the mountainairs ?

[rustic acorn]

conscription law and some focus decisions

engineers, recon, logistic, first aid, radio

[rustic acorn]

engineers, recon, logistic, first aid, radio

[vital plinth]

I only have engineers lol

Or artilly for supper

[rustic acorn]

add an artillery if you feel for it as battallion, not as support

well, one after the other 🙂

[vital plinth]

Mobile artillery?

[rustic acorn]

nope

[vital plinth]

First game and first time making a template sorry for the many questions lol still learning 😂

[rustic acorn]

consuming to much, and wouldnt be faster then your legs in hills

all fine

[edgy mesa]

what do i do here i have absolutely no score

[vital plinth]

?

[rustic acorn]

there are 5 rounds of the conference

[edgy mesa]

aight

[rustic acorn]

each round you receive the 1135

[vital plinth]

Should I add more kmountainees or train 2-3 more divisions instead?

[edgy mesa]

i know but still i need 8k for all tho

[rustic acorn]

train 2-3 more

[vital plinth]

Or maybe add an infantry a lot ?

[rustic acorn]

mountaineers, with marines and inf will be space marines, which have been nerved a bit

[raven maple]

Hey how do I make the UI for the flag and trade and research and such bigger

[rustic acorn]

oh, that is hard

[raven maple]

Mine seems to have shrunk

[vital plinth]

I only have infantry and mountaineers atm adding an infantry I could get little extra breakthrough?