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[raven maple]

ATM??

[rustic acorn]

light tanks as recon perhaps? also adds armor

[raven maple]

atm autocorrect to all caps

[vital plinth]

I don’t have the option to pick light tank as recon only add light tank as unit

[rustic acorn]

but light tanks also consume a lot supply

perhaps you didnt research yet?

[vital geode]

This is not good

You want them to be 32 width blocks

[vital plinth]

Mountains ?

[rustic acorn]

width is somewhat mad

[vital plinth]

For hills ?

Currently at 20

[rustic acorn]

dont make it too big, dont make it too small

[vital geode]

32 widths are the largest you can fit 2 divisions in mountains

You will get a bit of a penalty, but not too much

Also it is useful for the other terrain widths

Unlike 25

[rustic acorn]

thats what I mean

[vital geode]

25 is only good for mountain and marshes

[vital plinth]

So I’m playing Italy all mountains around me

[vital geode]

32 is general purpose and 36 is best for every other terrain type

[rustic acorn]

also he is only on his way

[vital plinth]

And the nation I plan to invade has a lot of hills

[rustic acorn]

and hasnt enough exp too make it bigger atm

[vital geode]

32 width mountaineer blocks

[vital geode]

Partially because he wasted 30 on adding artillery

[rustic acorn]

or well, he has

nevermind

[vital geode]

Add more mountaineer battalions

Or if you dont have the cap, maybe inf, but you lose bonuses

[vital plinth]

I have limit of those I can train in total I think

24 I think if I’m correct

Ah ok if I add 2 then I can still train 3 division

[vital geode]

You can increase the cap by having more regular divisions

[rustic acorn]

inf doesnt add to the limit of mountaineers

[edgy mesa]

soooo

[vital geode]

You dont need a lot of divisions

You need some quality ones

[vital plinth]

Ah ok so 8 mountains?

[rustic acorn]

yes 6-8

[vital plinth]

And should I keep artillery or remove ? I only have light tank and armor veichle and moterized infantry

[vital geode]

You usually just want pure mountaineers

But arty can work

Especially in singleplayer

[vital plinth]

I deleted most of my my armies in Italy since another guy said they are bad

But I have bounch of militias that I can’t delete some reason

Should I addd them to the front ?

Else it’s only 3 division of mountain I can train and then il either have to go war with that or wait for points to build light tank division that can push from coast to capital ( 2 tiles on plains for fast push )

[upper edge]

Is there any way to disable this specific tooltip?

[edgy mesa]

i think its gg for germany dday was succesfull

[raven maple]

Hey I accidentally right clicked the unassigned division pop up who knows how to make me get notifications on that again

[rustic acorn]

why 32 width? for hill you have 70+35, for mountain 50+25 and forest 60+30. with width 32 you can stack in hills only 2 division plus 1 additional per tile, but four of width 17 plus 2 additionals per tile. in mountain it only one plus one per tile with 32 width, 2+1 with 17 width. in forest the ratio is again 1+1 with 32 width, but 3+1 with 17. In all three of these terrains is width 17 better if you look on the attack stats

[serene karma]

Top right ❗️

[raven maple]

Heh

O thank you

[rustic acorn]

hehe

width determines less quality then quantity, but as we all know: " mass is class of its own".

7 mountainers with one arty, engineers and recon, width 17: soft attack 125,6. 16 mountainers only, have a width of 32: soft attack 185,5. In the example of the hills we have 4+2 with width 17: softattack 753,6. with width 32 you have only 556,5 softattack. That is about 26% less and a decent quality amount which you cant level out by quantity if you care about manpower. Additionally the situation becomes worse for each additional tile.

[neat widget]

Why is your screen so yellow

and also what j0nathan800 said

Make it a 16/0 or an 18/0

[rustic acorn]

why?

[vital geode]

Because it is the largest you can fit 2 units in a mountain with some penalties

[versed rose]

this is a whole lot of math to come to the wrong conclusion

honestly amazing work

[vital geode]

25 widths suck everywhere but mountains and marshes

36 widths are your best general overall

[rustic acorn]

i spoke of 17

[vital geode]

17 is bad I believe

[neat widget]

depends on how far you've gone down the mountaineer doctrine tree
without doctrine 16/0 gives you 32 width
with doctrine 18/0 gives you 32.4 width

and you can fit 2 33.2 width divisions in mountains, so you want to stay below that

[rustic acorn]

believe?

[vital geode]

Yeah

[rustic acorn]

no religion please 🙂

[vital geode]

Anything between 12 and 36 are somewhat usable

It is just that there are better widths

[versed rose]

imagine advocating for a 17w pushing division

take all the losses why dont you

[neat widget]

Bigger divisions target enemy divisions more effectively, and in the recent 1.17 update they gave a lot more coordination bonuses, making this even more important. Plus bigger divisions lose less of a portion of their HP per combat, even though the amount of damage they do in that combat remains the same

[rustic acorn]

this is all believing

[versed rose]

lmao

some people you cant help

[vital geode]

I never mentioned anything about attack or defense

[versed rose]

even if you give them the straight explanation

[vital geode]

The smaller ones are defensive in nature while the larger ones are offensive in nature

[versed rose]

im clowning on the guy saying 17w is mathematically the best division

[vital geode]

Me when I die from lack of breakthrough:

[versed rose]

no breakthrough, no hp

how play

[vital geode]

You see 17 fits best, who cares if I die. I die in a perfectly shaped hole

Also I thought people were promoting 24 widths for a bit

As a general overall

[neat widget]

Yeah it is much easier to crit if you're a larger division fighting that smaller 17 width division because a bigger portion of your damage goes into the targeted unit as the larger division, making it much easier to exceed breakthrough/defense

[versed rose]

especially with all the coordination and initiative in new doctrines

[vital geode]

The mythical all-rounder

Imo, the perfect all rounder is the 18 width inf.

CAS makes anything viable. Just wait for the enemy to exhaust themselves and they counterattack well

[neat widget]

If you can actually produce enough fighters to get CAS to work that is

[vital geode]

Eh, as long as you don't get CAS'd it can counterattack very well in singleplayer

Keyword is counterattack

[neat widget]

Yeah

But I'm saying that you might not have the IC to even get that air force you're looking for

[vital geode]

I at most put like 15 mils on guns on games I do

[neat widget]

Fair

You might not even have 15 mils to put guns on if you're a smaller nation in the path of the Nazi war machine

[vital geode]

I rely on my allies to be frontline holders in half of my games

It's been a hot minute since ive played a benelux nation

[neat widget]

Yeah I was just playing the Netherlands a few days ago

[vital geode]

I recently saw this one guy do a Netherlands game that looked interesting

He went the Benelux path and stacked entrenchment modifers

He had 60+ percent of entrenchment

But he couldn't attack to save his life

[neat widget]

I also went the Benelux path

It wasn't that hard after I managed to consolidate my forces behind the Meuse

I had a bunch of 21/0 large unit infantry with grand assault

And then Germany disintegrated in less than a year

[vital geode]

He went a full "not a step back" as he invested in a mini maginot

[neat widget]

Ah I see

Yeah that would be an issue

[vital geode]

And he didn't have to step back

[neat widget]

The Germans just attack and attack and even attack when they're not capable of attacking anymore

[vital geode]

But he struggled to step forward

[neat widget]

36 at war start, one of them got deleted

[vital geode]

How do you have the manpower?

Desperate Defense?

[neat widget]

I didn't

[vital geode]

Wait, you said grand assault

[neat widget]

But I was able to raise more

And yeah that was a mistake

[vital geode]

Where did the manpower come from?

Indonesia?

[neat widget]

Yeah

But I was still only like 75-80% filled at war's start

[rustic acorn]

I wasnt promoting 17 width as the perfect one.... if you read above, I said something else. Clowning is for silly people.... bahhhh, how disgusting people....

[neat widget]

Still the trends are generally true

a 35 width would be better than a 27 width at offensive actions

[long spoke]

What's best sub doctrines for Italy on mass assault?

[sweet summit]

UH

As east india co., how do i annex my puppets

[neat widget]

don't use mass assault

use grand battleplan or superior firepower

[neat widget]

decrease autonomy by building in them and lend-lease

[long spoke]

Im being an air slave and my germany told me to go mass assault to defend Africa

Are they just dumb then? Or do they have a reason for telling me that

[neat widget]

are you on 1.17?

Or after

[foggy steppe]

what's the best choice for this

[neat widget]

Second option gives the most benefits if it succeeds, first one is historical and most reliable

[foggy steppe]

wdym if it succeeds?

[neat widget]

Hungary is a generally stronger partner than romania

[foggy steppe]

yuh

[neat widget]

So it is good to give it more manpower

[foggy steppe]

ooo

ok

[long spoke]

Whatever the newest version is

[neat widget]

Then yeah your partners are missing something

They basically transferred the recovery rate buff from mass assault to superior firepower

so mass assault doesn't really give any stats

[long spoke]

So superior is the new replacement for old mass right then?

[neat widget]

they also split the combat reduction to large unit tactics

[foggy steppe]

how to get more coal?

[neat widget]

Just like how you get another resource

[foggy steppe]

beat enother country?

i thought it work like rubber 🥀

[neat widget]

Yeah basically

[long spoke]

Yea its over

My Romania left and the germany SOMEHOW went into a Civil war

Thanks for the help though

Ill use it next game

[drifting sparrow]

If anyone wants to coop and help me learn a bit I’d be super down

[cold garnet]

not entirely

even now nothing comes quite close to the old mass mob in terms of function

since it is hard to get the combined level of reinforce rate, org recovery, while having guerrilla tactic and human wave

[neat widget]

Yeah that much is true

[sleek remnant]

I'd love some mass assault rework

Idk maybe even more width reduction even if it's like 0,1 or 0,2 for inf

[alpine dove]

how do people manage big tank armys? I usually manage like 6 or less tank divs just fine, but when it grows more than that, I start running into supply issues and stuff stop working.

[analog wyvern]

Hello I'm kind of busy and haven't been playing hoi4 rn so I'll leave this question here

Im new so like under 70 hours

I really don't know how to play properly I can invade small nations like Austria as Hungary but I can't manage against nations with support from the allies or take so long

Or when it actually goes well without joining a faction but either I have to fight the axis for some land issue or keep on fighting in WW2 but idk how to use the navy

[alpine dove]

spam out like 100 inf divisions and get air supremacy+cas

[uneven hinge]

What does 'Ground Attack Factor' mean?

[alpine dove]

pushing will be easy then

[civic garden]

Your divisions in combat get a stat bonus from ground support planes that participated, at base equal to +25% times the fraction of planes that participated over maximum ground support planes that could've participated

A bonus to ground attack factor is, I think, an increase to that 25% value. Unless I'm confusing it with something else

I think I might be thinking of ground support

[dark thunder]

Complex game with lots of aspects, but basically, to win against larger powers you need to make encirclements. Simply pushing them back does nothing but take the province they are sitting on. But if you make some expensive tank divisions to make an encirclement, that entire enemy division dies and you actually hurt the enemy.

“Keep men, lose land; land can be taken again. Keep land, lose men; land and men are both lost."

Your goal when fighting larger powers is not to outright push them back to their capital and win, it’s taking losses slower than your enemy until one side can’t replace them.

As for the expensive tank division itself, around a 30 width medium tank division mixed with motorized. Keep infantry defensive with engineers and a width of like 20. Do not push with infantry, do not battleplan.

[analog wyvern]

Alright I'll try to do this thanks for the help

[glad imp]

How do i fix the supplies here? am i cooked? :D or do i just have too many divisions placed there?

[analog wyvern]

Also another question is how to industrialize

It's either that I have a bunch of civs with no mils or its that I have no resources

[dark thunder]

You gotta capture more rail hubs near the front, or straight up make one at this point.

[dark thunder]

I’ll use the USSR as an example on how to industrialize.

First step, civs. What you want to do is find states with decent infrastructure but low slots, USSR has a ton that’s 2 open building slots but 60% infrastructure. You want civs, but you don’t want to build them in areas you’re going to build infra anyways later.

Second step, infra. Find a state with a lot of building slots, the more the merrier. Five or more open slots makes it worth it 100% of the time. USSR has Stalingrad and a ton of these states in eastern Ukraine, PERFECT to build infrastructure in. Once a state has 100% infra, start building civs. Infra buffs building time so in states where you can fit more buildings this is key.

Third step, mils. After focusing a couple states to be 100% infra civ, start making mils a few years in advance. You still want to prioritize the states with the most building slots and be building infrastructure all the while, but it’s just step 2 but civs.

TO LONG DIDNT READ VERISON 🥱:

find state with lots of building slots, pref over four. Make infrastructure. When infra maxed, make civs. When war coming up, do same thing but with mils.

When low on resources just trade them in. It’s okay to have resource deficit of like 2 but if your gonna trade, might as well use the full 8 of that resource you get.

[analog wyvern]

Alright man thank you

So I build civs in the small states first and also build infra on the big ones then once they're done build civs and when war comes do the same thing but mils

[dark thunder]

Yup!

Maybe build mils before the war starts, military factories need time to gain productivity.

[neat widget]

also maybe build a land warfare facility somewhere in the middle, particularly if you want tanks

[bronze grove]

you need to start building mils early

for countries that enter war in 1939 you need start building mils by late 1936

ussr is late 1937

[native mist]

can anyone help me i just downloaded the game and need some help with it (or a good youtube video)

[glad imp]

ive managed to fix it by capturing their hubs ;) thanks

[dark thunder]

larrrrp

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1252586517948272650/1428537257672970412/togif-15.gif

[dark thunder]

Greed more. Your snowball potential as the USSR is huge, I love civ greeding as USSR you have so much land to build mils in.

[neat widget]

not really larp

[native mist]

can anyone help me i just downloaded the game and need some help with it (or a good youtube video)

[serene karma]

Its statistically better to build mils earlier

[dull flicker]

will air superiority and naval strikes affect Naval Dominance any way?

[deft wyvern]

Hello, I've got a farily basic question. How do I invite Germany into my faction for the big entente achievement? it says world tension needs to be at 80%, but it never rached that. Beat the soviets and japanese already

Is my only choice to turn communist/fascist and fight the germans that way?

[bronze grove]

L larps

every civ takes ~6 years to payoff 10800/5x365

[bronze grove]

yes

[forest hedge]

Didn't know always built civs untie 1938/1939 as Soviets.

[bronze grove]

air superiority is a multiplier to your dominance

[dull flicker]

naval dominance??

[bronze grove]

Well you won't get punished for it since germany with economy of conquest is a ticking time bomb that will kill itself so you can get away with only civs challenge

[forest hedge]

Atleast u can convert civs

[bronze grove]

conversion is L larps

production cap system makes building mils early and gaining efficiency a necessity

the only reason for civ building in the early game is there is usually a big jump between 1936 and 1939-1940 equipment tiers

you will always want to upgrade the production lines so it will kill production efficiency so it is kind of like building a new mil

[forest hedge]

Actually I wanted to ask where did the conversion research gone

[bronze grove]

there is no downside to having tons of stockpile though

[forest hedge]

But all of this is really interesting too

[bronze grove]

integrated with the cap

[forest hedge]

Especially as mao china's human wave

[bronze grove]

1936 fighter vs 1940 fighter trades
about 5:1

[forest hedge]

Against Ai it's even bigger

[forest hedge]

They often just spam 1936 crap until 1947

[dark thunder]

I love greed. I’m in it for the long game. Not only that, but I can use civs for military things like making forts and AA and more and better rail. Early 1940 is still civ time.

[bronze grove]

I think paradox should make civ cost 10800->7200 so it makes sense to build them

[bronze grove]

way too many game mechanics are just balanced on "vibes" and nobody cares to actually make them feel like you are actually having a tradeoff or playing a gambit

meta is so straight forward it is boring

for example split the infra to two new buildings that cost half as infra and one of them only gives construction speed boost and the other only gives resource gain efficiency so it actually makes sense to "improve infrastructure"

if your state has less than ~6 free slots in the game start it makes no sense to build infra as of now

[foggy steppe]

is it because i set slovakia as puppet?

[fierce idol]

as germany, is it possible to invade poland before the allies guarantee it, while also getting austria and czechoslovakia?

[open tinsel]

Guys, how do I upgrade divisions in hoi3

[bronze grove]

justify war goal on poland as soon as possible at the game start

[open tinsel]

Most mp serves ban it

[bronze grove]

blud probably a SP player

[fierce idol]

yeah i'm still learning, so it'll be SP for the forseeable future

[south sage]

might be a stupid question but what path for china is historical?

[indigo sapphire]

are SPG tanks good to use?

[tepid umbra]

Yes, very

Mainly sp artillery

[indigo sapphire]

alr

are the assault gun tanks good to use aswell?

[tepid umbra]

What

[tough oak]

whas

is that

[indigo sapphire]

there is a mod that adds in assault gun tanks

[tough oak]

Idk

🤷

I don't think anyone knows

[indigo sapphire]

alr

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3067662677&searchtext=stug

this is the mod

[tepid umbra]

I mean they seem good

Considering they're basically expanded flame tanks

[indigo sapphire]

yes ik

i do wanna use assault gun tanks to destroy Ussr and usas tank fleet

ill make a DIV full of Assault gun tanks

[tepid umbra]

They're support companies, no?

[indigo sapphire]

no

in the mod there are 2 assault gun tanks

@tepid umbra

[half glade]

whats a good mountaineer template?

[indigo sapphire]

both light and heavy

[half glade]

i assume romania need mountaineers

this is also our current inf template

[bronze grove]

18 mountaineer with width reduction has 32.4 combat width

you can fit 2 of them in mountains (2x32.4=64.8)

[half glade]

what support companies should i do

and which grand doctrine?

[bronze grove]

engineer, support aa, support arty, rangers, medium flame tanks with fuel depots

[half glade]

alright

thanks

[bronze grove]

GBP is more attack oriented with planning bonus otherwise SFP

[half glade]

yeah i want attack orientated

[carmine thunder]

what do against expert ai flame tanks as soviets I tried anti tank and air and got destroyed

they have enough medium flame tanks for basically the entire front

[dusty sandal]

You don't need at against flame tanks. Fts are a support company they add no hardness

And there is no counter per say than having better divs than theirs, which is easy enough

You canput support ft in all divs if you build a very cheap one too btw

[glacial steeple]

Fts? Ft mod 31? idk how to spell it

[dusty sandal]

Fuel drums ? Just stack breakthrough on the flametank, you need it in mountaineers and drums are basically useless

[dusty sandal]

Don't put fuel drums in your flame tank, stack as much breakthrough as you can so that your mountaineers get enough to push

[half glade]

okay got it

flame tanks seem more late game

long to research then gotta get producing them

• special research

[dusty sandal]

The special project is the shortest I think

Also only use medium ft

[fierce idol]

so uhh nationalist spain is losing their civil war badly because I was busy taking poland, should I just let them die?

[bronze grove]

lil bro you get 0 stats from a battalion when a divison runs out of fuel

which you will certainly do with your 4km mountaineers

[dusty sandal]

You don't run out of fuel if you don't snake out of supply lines + you still get the modifers of the company

[half glade]

lol

[bronze grove]

an offensive divison is guaranteed to get out of supply zones because it is pushing 😀

[dusty sandal]

Fuel drums = you'll enjoy the 4 base brk when you run around in no supply area for a limited time

Brk = you'll be able to push more efficiently until out of furl which won't happen if you don't snake mindlessly or fight in no supply areas

There's a good reason brk stacking in meta

[dusty sandal]

That's just not true ?

[bronze grove]

@grok show this goyim out of fuel penalties

[dusty sandal]

Speed ?

That'sit

[bronze grove]

you can tolerate fuel situation with tanks as even a slow tank ~6km is 50% faster than inf and they will finish the combat with stacked soft attack & breakthrough and will be there in no time

[dusty sandal]

Inf don't take penalities, you just won't get the brk stat and will be speed capped

[half glade]

mega lol

out here looking like africa

[bronze grove]

yeah out of fuel penalty only applies to support flame but having stats is better than having none

[half glade]

where the HELL did my general go

[dusty sandal]

Then again, no point having fuel if it doesn't allow you to enjoy stats with it
And youneed the brk
And you shouldn't snake out of your supply lines

[dusty sandal]

Fuel drums dont give stats

[bronze grove]

it gives more fuel = more time

[tough oak]

no

it uses more fuel

but allows them to go longer

distances

[bronze grove]

won't even fall for ts bait blud

[dusty sandal]

For no stats

[bronze grove]

it only adds 100 fuel and -0.2km speed

[tough oak]

mid

spam light tanks with no guns ez

anyways its unneeded

very unnecessary

[dusty sandal]

I mean, if you want to outrunsupply, which you should avoid doing, and enjoy a whooping 8brk bonus for a while, go ahead

I prefer to play smart and enjoy my 35-70 brk bonus to allow me to melt walls of divs and not run out of fuel because I follow supply lines or don't lose my time in wastelands

[hollow linden]

You get exactly 10 hours of extra fuel if you max fuel drums on your flame tanks

They do almost nothing

Its literally easier to wait for the rail to be converted

[tough oak]

10 hours???

[hollow linden]

yup.

Fuel drums are useless

[tough oak]

jeez

Eh

I don't make tanks untill like 40 or 42

[hollow linden]

Why even bother 💀

If you do it so late

Inf is good enough

Tanks are wholly unecessary

[tough oak]

to push normal inf cuz the AI is dumb

[hollow linden]

That doesnt make a lot of sense

if AI is dumb, why need tanks

when inf pushes just fine

oh well not gonna tell you how you waste your IC

so go and make your advanced medium tank

[tough oak]

I already have too much

factories that I don't use

so

and have like

more than needed guns so

[bronze grove]

every fuel drum adds 100, meds use 2 per hour so that's 25 hours per one

[hollow linden]

Thats one battalion doesnt this add up?

Where are you even getting these numbers from, can u show a screenshot

[kindred sparrow]

Could someone please send me the original folder for the land cruiser privately?

[hollow linden]

Also werent u the guy that ragequit bittersteel because you were wrong?

[hollow linden]

Also your mech uses fuel

Like what are you even saying

[bronze grove]

never happened award

and it would be keyed if it had happened actually

[hollow linden]

Alr 💀

Your the same bum

HE LEFT THE SERVER

😂 😂 😂 😂

@dusty sandal we got him

oh no he just blocked me

that makes it even funnier

[dusty sandal]

To be fair he uses it in mountaineers

But yes, still dumb as you shouldn't just run around in no supply area except if the enemy's also out of supply, in which case the lack of fuel will prove to be a nothingburger

[hollow linden]

This is just a guy that likes spreading misinformation for fun and ragequits the second hes questioned

hes a fking bum

[hollow linden]

Point still stands, like 10 hours of fuel woooooow

Thats gonna change so much

like there is button for this: its called extra supply

gives full supply for 72 hours

[night monolith]

Is the conversion glitch still working?

[bronze grove]

str8 up tweaking

[hollow linden]

u mean tank printing

[dusty sandal]

It's more for mountaineers
But still, fuel to fuel no stats ? Incredibly useless

[hollow linden]

nope

[night monolith]

yeah kind of

[hollow linden]

ah so he is reading my messages

maybe shut yo ass up

[hollow linden]

Ye patched

long time ago

[dusty sandal]

Chill out guys

[night monolith]

Are there any italy puppets mod in workshop?

Like similar to the RKs mod

i have festung ausgabe but it appears only after i conquered UK

[fierce idol]

what's the world tension threshold for anschluss and czechslovakia?

[bronze grove]

just got unbanned and won't get muted because of a golem who does it for free

[tough oak]

Guys

Prioritize Economic

or Autarky

[dusty sandal]

I think anchuluss creates 8% idk about the checz

[tough oak]

Four year plan*

[dusty sandal]

four year plan is better if you know how to deal with economy of conquest

[tough oak]

I somewhat do but don't at the same time

[bronze grove]

js shut up lil bro. It isn't even about flames in general js flames for infantry 🥱

[dusty sandal]

basically, do you know how to cap either uk or soviet before 1943 ? if the answer's yes, you don't need to do something else than 4yp

[bronze grove]

without fuel drums you have 4 days of fuel with fuel drums you have ~12 days it's not that deep 🙏🏿

[dusty sandal]

with durms you have fuel, without drums you have stats
you just need to not be stupid with where you stand to use the more stats

because 8brk isn't gonna do it

[bronze grove]

unc u don't get fuel from marshall 😭

[tough oak]

Yes I do but my friend is UK

[dusty sandal]

funily enough, you can get it on generals too

[tough oak]

and he is new so

[dusty sandal]

then cap soviet

[tough oak]

Alr

[hollow linden]

Ok so first I'm lil bro then im unc get yo words straight

🥱

[hollow linden]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1195828404897984593/1430007648194920498/attachment.gif

[serene karma]

[serene karma]

[severe rune]

So I'm (noob player , under 50hrs) playing as UK historical. I find I'm spending most of 36-outbreak if the war refitting destroyers. I've made no new ships save 1 aircraft carrier and one or 2 destroyers/cruisers.
I split & refitted DDs to either hunt subs or with the main fleet- radar and Torp II. Is this a sensible use of navy dockyards before the war?

[hollow linden]

Dont refit dds

Thats a whole waste of time

make new dds

And I guess if you really want you can refit your battleships?

[forest spruce]

im new to the game and idk how can i assign forces to a naval invation after lets say they invade fail and go back and then idk how to assign new units to atack and i cant find to tutorial to help with that can someone pls help?

[severe rune]

Ok thanks, I'll try that. I heard somewhere to add extra AA to BS, is that a thing?

[hollow linden]

Oh yea it is

Basically, naval bombers will target capital ships first

so if you are fighting with capital ships in the battle, basically, every time, they should have the most amount of AA

[hollow linden]

Just redraw the order or click the buttom with the person and a plus next to him

[dusty sandal]

to add to that, there's a priority target on carriers and higher cost ships, that's why having a few super heavy battleships with loads of AA is good if you use carriers, as they'll attract and shoot down enemy planes that would otherwise prioritize carriers

[hollow linden]

Damn

Alr

[hollow linden]

The 4th buttom from the right

[dusty sandal]

I believe this was modified recently too, but i don't know about the details of it

[forest spruce]

i tried but it tells me i can only do like 2 at once and after i do it idk how to assign more troops after they failed

[hollow linden]

Then you need naval invasion techs

Those actually matter now

[forest spruce]

ok thx

[swift burrow]

i conquered Syria, how do I get it as core

do I have to like suppress them

and if so how

[hollow linden]

Who are you playing as

[swift burrow]

I see YouTubers make a 1 battalion cavalry regiment and just spam deploy them in the occupied territories?

[swift burrow]

Lebanon

[hollow linden]

Yea then you cant core

Only a few countries can core syria

[swift burrow]

why

[hollow linden]

Through formables

[hollow linden]

Cuz coring simply is a mechanic limited to certain focuses and decisions

its not something every country can do

And not to every state

Cores are very limited, not like in eu4

[swift burrow]

I cab form Arabia

[hollow linden]

You need to set your garrison template to this template, go into occupied territories in your political tab

[hollow linden]

Oh right lebanon can do that

Check the requirements for it

maybe it includes syria idk

[swift burrow]

I need the Arabian peninsula

which I think includes Syria

[swift burrow]

the 1 battalion cavalry?

[hollow linden]

yes

[hollow linden]

Syria is not on the arabian penninsula 💀

Thats just arabia, yemen, oman, bahrain, the UAE and Quatar

[swift burrow]

counts for Arabia

[hollow linden]

oh well

[swift burrow]

yeah but it's in Arabia Syria

Is there a way I can leave the allies or do I seriously have to wait for Berlin to fall

[hollow linden]

Nah

cant leave while in the same war as faction leader

[swift burrow]

damn the French locked me into the allies

see we shouldve negotiated our independence sooner than 1943

well 1938 but thank God we didn't take that deal

[swift burrow]

is complicance important

[hollow linden]

Yes

[swift burrow]

so keep compliance high and resistance low

[hollow linden]

yes

[swift burrow]

how do I control their factories

[hollow linden]

wdym

[swift burrow]

it says I control 25.1% of Syria's factories

[hollow linden]

That means that of all factories that are in syrian cores controlled by you, you get 25%

you can increase that amount by using other garrison laws and compliance

hence compliance is important

[swift burrow]

ight

rn it's on military governor

[swift burrow]

should I switch the Liberated Workers or Local Police Force

I get more factories out of Liberated Workers actually

[hollow linden]

Liberated workers if you have access to it

Best occupation law by far

[swift burrow]

ight

[swift burrow]

ight

[idle arch]

If this is my convert what should be my base

[bronze grove]

cheapest main gun 0.5 ic

[swift burrow]

dude Lebanon is working

[bronze grove]

Point of conversion is to save resources with a small amount of IC loss

[idle arch]

Ok can u show what my base design should look like

[swift burrow]

what to do if Iraq is guaranteed by the UK and I'm in the allies

[bronze grove]

remove howitzer and put Heavy Machine Gun

Save as new of course

[bronze grove]

UK gets a wargoal on Iraq

going commie with manpower bonuses and joining comintern is probably better than allies

[swift burrow]

I'm locked into allies

France put me in and WW2 started before I became independent

[bronze grove]

I'll play lebanon with volunteers trying to get independent before ww2

[swift burrow]

dude I singlehandedly captured Nanking and I got from that whole campaign

100 autonomy

20 convoys lend lease in WW2

70 a month

oh and I'm mass producing convoys

[bronze grove]

what type of puppet are you at the game start?

[swift burrow]

colony

but you're 500/1000

focus order I'm happy with

but even though you're going down the democracy path you should be communist

my current situation

[swift burrow]

there are 2 schools of thought

1: max armament then go down to Foreign Expedition

or Go down to Foreign Expedition then Max Armament

foreign expedition changes the divisions you need to send volunteers from 30 to 11

[oak jasper]

I just had a thought. Assuming you have the fuel, a good way to use up obsolete aircraft is to assign them to permanent pilot exercises and rack up air experience?

[swift burrow]

that's what I do with Bulgaria

but instead of air I use army

basically just permanently train them until I can form the Salonika agreement

so I can change my divisions and get the required manpower and guns to destroy the IMRO

[exotic bronze]

how do i defend against german air power playing historical poland with the new patch?

anti air support doesn't seem to help much anymore

[swift burrow]

you probably need like a bunch of it

[exotic bronze]

so like 9/1 with anti air instead of arti? instead of 9/0?

[swift burrow]

I don't really know how much that'll help but it should help a little

[exotic bronze]

poland is already desperately short on everything lol. are you sure it'll help XD

[swift burrow]

you can't nullify it but you can probably do considerate numbers to German Aircraft

[swift burrow]

tbf theres not much you can do

as Poland you start the game basically in a hurry

[exotic bronze]

yea you're rushing for everything and still fall short

lmao

[swift burrow]

you need to like Maximize German Aircraft casualties but Minimize Losses

since you're still realistically in deficit

like Poland isn't building an air force

nor are they building a good enough AA like

spread

[exotic bronze]

lol no. building anything air is a big waste XD

[swift burrow]

yeah

for Poland at least

[exotic bronze]

i'm already struggling with 9/0... dunno if i can afford 9/1

well only one way to find out

[swift burrow]

Aren't there like AA Mods for tanks and ships?

I don't use tanks since I play Lebanon and Bulgaria

and for ships I just spam convoys and subs

[indigo sapphire]

hey yalls

[swift burrow]

but they definitely exist

[exotic bronze]

not if you're playing vanilla cause you didn't buy the DLCs lol

[swift burrow]

hello

[indigo sapphire]

is using the lend lease and international market system good to use as Estonia?

[swift burrow]

oh shit those are DLC locked?

[exotic bronze]

yeaaaaa

[swift burrow]

as Estonia you could probably build up a good industry at some point but if you're running short definitely

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[swift burrow]

like as Lebanon I built up a decent industry

[indigo sapphire]

i always buy and get lend lease

[bronze grove]

Nothing has changed regarding CAS and AA

[swift burrow]

I love stealing Syrian factories

I have 16 factories and building 3

[exotic bronze]

huh? i seem to be taking tons more dmg than i did before the patch

[indigo sapphire]

@swift burrow

[exotic bronze]

so i should stick with 9/0 and not 9/1?

[languid trout]

are u trying to get 30 minutes of hel?

[swift burrow]

i mean you can

[exotic bronze]

no that's a 1939 start

[swift burrow]

but like why

[exotic bronze]

i've got a 1936 start

[languid trout]

oh

[indigo sapphire]

becus i can

[swift burrow]

I mean fair

[exotic bronze]

why

[languid trout]

oh

[indigo sapphire]

i like using the new stuff in hoi4

[languid trout]

historical poland?

[swift burrow]

how to completely Destroy Iraq

[exotic bronze]

yea

[swift burrow]

I have 10 9/0 divisions with Engineer II

and 3 more on the way

is that enough

I'm Lebanon

[languid trout]

just get a lot of infantry and static aa

u could also put some anti tank

[exotic bronze]

static aa huh

[languid trout]

in divs

[languid trout]

the one u build in states

[exotic bronze]

lol i don't have the production for that

[languid trout]

thats static aa

[exotic bronze]

for anti tanks i mean

[languid trout]

then restart

support anti tank

[swift burrow]

speaking of should I build those as Lebanon

and forts on my coast?

[languid trout]

just dont play lebanon

[exotic bronze]

wait...

[languid trout]

its basically impossible

[swift burrow]

nah dude it's my home country

[exotic bronze]

you mean support anti air AND support anti tanks

[swift burrow]

I made it work

16 factories

[exotic bronze]

in.. poland??

[swift burrow]

and 3 being built

[languid trout]

thats tannu tuva numbers

[swift burrow]

went from 0 → 16 factories by 1940

[swift burrow]

could be quicker

[languid trout]

lebanon is just tannu tuva

except

[swift burrow]

wayyyyyyyy quicker

but I wasn't prioritizing construction at all

[languid trout]

there are no weak neighbours

everyone is WAY stronger than u

[swift burrow]

oh no they all have no divisions

[languid trout]

and ur a colony too

[swift burrow]

Syria has 0 divisions

[languid trout]

but france?

[indigo sapphire]

im gonna buy and get lend lease with ALL techs and equipments as Estonia

[languid trout]

sure u can take out syria

if ur fast enough

[swift burrow]

dude just wait for France to fall

[languid trout]

but now ur eternally at war with them

[swift burrow]

yeah I did

[languid trout]

nonhist is on?

[swift burrow]

why?

[swift burrow]

it's on

France fell

[languid trout]

oh

no wonder

[swift burrow]

I said no to free France occupation

[languid trout]

shouldve told me

[swift burrow]

Syria went under Vichy

and I'm already in the allies

so I declared on Syria

and now should I declare on Iraq?

[swift burrow]

apparently I have a better industry than New Zealand

[languid trout]

that is still tannu tuva numbers

[languid trout]

arent they guaranteed

[swift burrow]

by the UK

[languid trout]

btw does lebanon have some formable?

[swift burrow]

but I can justify on them for some reason

[swift burrow]

2

[languid trout]

like any formable

[languid trout]

al andalus?

[swift burrow]

mesopotamia and Arabia

[languid trout]

OH WAIT]

oh yeah

i remembered arabia existed

[swift burrow]

should I go for mesopotamia or Arabia

which is better/easier

[indigo sapphire]

how much stuff should i buy lend lease or get production licenses from other nations as Estonia?

[swift burrow]

how much is a decent amount of factories

[languid trout]

around 30-40

[swift burrow]

manageable honestly

I'm just trapped in perpetual lack of resources

which is why I need to fight Iraq

is 13 9/0 divisions with Engineer II enough

[indigo sapphire]

answer this

[swift burrow]

I'm making submarines

should I stop

and full focus on convoys

I don't think 1936 Subs are gonna do much for ne

cuz 200 convoys Is Ok

but I can always make more

[swift burrow]

what's more important

AA or Artillery

[indigo sapphire]

should i buy anything and everything i can?

[rigid nebula]

I have greenland and iceland why can't my ships acces the regions ?

[hollow linden]

Set home base to greenland

[swift burrow]

I have 93k manpower and Iraq's high end is 56k but I think they have artillery. should I get support artillery or make my divisions 9/1

[swift burrow]

@bronze grove

[rigid nebula]

thanks

[serene karma]

Do not ask for pirated files

[pulsar beacon]

which one for super bb

[winter drift]

guys what divs do i make as yug

[swift burrow]

the allies are so useless

what can I do

[karmic terrace]

Will my austro hungarian vassals automatically do the joint focus tree

[swift burrow]

yeah

[swift burrow]

guys Italy and Germany are at South Lebanon and Damascus

the allies just let them pass through Mandatory Palestine and Transjordan

[kindred sparrow]

That's not it. I modified the original folder and now I can't play multiplayer.

[swift burrow]

so now I basically have to hold the entire front with Italy

as lebanon

can I be saved

[bronze grove]

You already have more IC than you can deploy with your infantry divisions. This tank costs 1 steel. Literally cheaper than 1936 guns

[swift burrow]

damn

i didnt research tanks

so basically the allies abandoned me

[bronze grove]

What was the exact reason you abandoned fascist lebanon path?

[glacial steeple]

no generals

army tiny

[glacial steeple]

fascist is unplayable

you dont have enough core pop

[hexed meteor]

how do i get supply to a front line in africa

this continent has no railroads or infastructure

[bronze grove]

it is for sending volunteers

no other reason

[swift burrow]

i couldnt justify on syria

main problem

18 factories can only get you somewhere

[bronze grove]

how?

[swift burrow]

syria flips fascist after france falls

[analog maple]

how do i beat china as japan?

[bronze grove]

fascists can still justify on fascists

[swift burrow]

apparently not

i couldnt

[bronze grove]

I'll do camel tanks

[serene karma]

U can verify file integrity from steam then

[swift burrow]

dude you gotta help me figure out like a perfect way to play this

for fututre runs do i go for mesopotamia or Arabia

[arctic aspen]

Whats the earliest you can get treaty with ussr? Im playing vanilla just got the game a few days ago

[analog maple]

how do i beat china as japan

[vital geode]

You build supply hubs if you fail to reach another hub. You can also go down the coast and make ports as mini supply hubs. The interior just lacks a lot of supply hubs which means you more than likely will have to build some

Or you just rush down the existing supply hubs

[swift burrow]

i capitulated

whats the best research priority for lebanon

screw it im adding the all puppets free mod

i seriously cant anymore

[hexed meteor]

they capitulated

ez work

thats the end of this world cause im not fighting the soviet american alliance

[kindred sparrow]

I've already done that and it says it's fine, but I still can't get it to work.

[eager juniper]

guys, could you guys give me any tips to invade the soviet union as germany?

[hexed verge]

someone HELP

what do i do

when i need 50% world tension to start justifying

but its only 42%

at 1945

[tough oak]

https://tenor.com/view/there's-nothing-we-can-do-gif-15878626962415498830

[hexed verge]

funniest thing is that im literally playing napoleonic france 😭

[stray trellis]

can I even design Medium tanks without using tungsten?

[bronze grove]

Create a faction and get this

[bronze grove]

22 soft for no tungsten

[tough oak]

Napoleon france doesn't get a faction from what I remember

[bronze grove]

create one

or join one

[raven maple]

Hey I’m playing the SU in a historical game will I have to declare war on the finish or will the German reich declare on me

[tough oak]

Finnish Continuation war comes anyway in 1941

They will btw

declare war

on you

either way in 41

[raven maple]

Don’t I need to complete the focus to declare war on Finland

[tough oak]

yes

but

[raven maple]

And ok

[tough oak]

Finnish Continuation

War

comes in 41

anyway

[raven maple]

So no matter what I’ll be at war with the fins

[tough oak]

Yes

[raven maple]

Bru

[sacred patrol]

What's a easy way to use navy

[tough oak]

naval bombers

[glad pivot]

Hello! I'm a new player (~500 hours) and have only played singleplayer. I have a few questions about multiplayer, since I would like to play. First, how much of a time commitment is it? What year does the average game (hist and alt-hist) go to? How long does it take to reach 1945 (3 hours? 5 hours? 8 hours?). Also, are the strategies very different from typical singleplayer strats that I've been using? (9-1 or 7-2 infantry, 30 width armored, spam air attack on fighters), or will those strats still work somewhat well in multiplayer?

[tough oak]

Its 3 tick or 4 ticks normally from what I have seen

[glad pivot]

Good to know

[tough oak]

yes

the strategies

are very different

[dusty sandal]

can be cheaper, use secondary HMG instead of canon (don't need the hard atk anyway) and use the bogie suspension to save up 3 ic

[scenic nacelle]

each game is around 6 hours
hist ends around 43
alt hist prob the same
1945 is prob like 7-8 hours of playtime
strats are VERY VERY different

those infantry templates are bad

either frontline holders or just battleplanning inf

[dusty sandal]

time commitment depends on the mod
full on vanilla will play between 8pm and 1-2am
most vanilla+ mods mak the game go faster so expect a 4-5hr game
some big mods make it slower to some extent

overhaul it depends on mods, the host and the average speed

[scenic nacelle]

usually 36w for tanks, those fighters are close enough ig

varies per nation

and also

[dusty sandal]

as for the templates it depends on the lobby too, competitive or serious mp will have very optimized templates while casual mp will have more liberties

[scenic nacelle]

if they say a game starts at 8:30 it will start at 9:00

i am yet to see a game that starts at the designated time

[hexed verge]

was this with graveyard of empires

[sacred patrol]

That's it?

[vital geode]

NCNS

[pulsar beacon]

are medium flame tanks meta

as support

[wheat pine]

Can anyone help me with this issue I have where whenever I play Germany in a mod all of the plane models and icons are replaced with this one? It only ever happens to germany for some reason

[karmic terrace]

Should I use support AA as poland in my infantry

[left glacier]

That is most likely a mod-side issue regarding graphics

[left glacier]

Yes. You should use support AA with infantry

[wheat pine]

I just thought it was one of the DLC considering it only ever happens to germany

[left glacier]

Yes. You should always have them with your tank divisions

[stray trellis]

what are good units for South Africa? 10 CW? (around Belgium congo)

[left glacier]

As far as I know, 16 - 20 combat width is generally recommended for Africa. You can go lower, but I wouldn't say as low as 10 combat width unless they are defensive infantry and you have more of those divisions

[raven maple]

Hey can someone tell me where the Molotov line and the Stalin line’s are and which ones border the third reich

Aka mustache man territory

[wheat pine]

if im not misaken, the molotov line is set up in the area of poland you annex, the stalin line is set up east of the dnieper in ukraine

molotov line is closest to germany

[idle arch]

I clicked on allow volunteer work why can't I send volunteers to Spain as franxe

[wheat pine]

i think there is a focus you have to do to be able to intervene in the spanish civil war

[idle arch]

I did

The focus

[wheat pine]

which side are you trying to support

[idle arch]

The og spain

[wheat pine]

do you have enough divisions? you have to have atleast 30 to send volunteers

[idle arch]

I have 174

[wheat pine]

wow

I'm not sure then

[idle arch]

100 of them are 2 widths

[waxen shard]

What Combat With should my Tanks have?

[wild rune]

36-38w

[wheat pine]

I make mine 30 width and that usually works well for me in most situations

[wild rune]

here

[waxen shard]

and how much Reliability, mine have usually 40-50

(Heavy TD)

[wild rune]

why use heavys

[waxen shard]

To break Maginot

[wild rune]

😭

just use mountaineers

[versed rose]

Why td

[idle arch]

Can u help me

[wild rune]

with what?

[waxen shard]

Im playing Sheeps Ai

[idle arch]

Dw i clicked on wrong descison

[wild rune]

heavy tanks going through mountain tiles+river 😭

[waxen shard]

no I used the Tanks in Plains

[waxen shard]

Bro im not stupid

[wild rune]

then why say this

[versed rose]

Okay you're playing sheep ai, so why go through maginot

French tds are going to be sitting on lvl 10 forta

[waxen shard]

Its easier then to go through Swiss or Benelux

[wild rune]

false

[waxen shard]

I Broke them

[wild rune]

the benelux is easy

[versed rose]

??? Wtf

[waxen shard]

no they each have 50 Divs

[versed rose]

Benelux is brain off ez

[wild rune]

they dont have reinforce rate

[waxen shard]

and dont forget Puppets

[halcyon creek]

Yo i got a question why is any time i make a navy its legit a black hole for my man power like its the only thing that can turn 3 million to 0 in 10 minutes...

[waxen shard]

they have air

[wild rune]

only like 5 ever see battle

[waxen shard]

im only 30 on air

[wild rune]

you can overrun

[versed rose]

Ncns cooked sheep minors

They have no reinforce rate

[wild rune]

true

[waxen shard]

Bro but then I have to go for Mediums SP

[wild rune]

put more on planes

[waxen shard]

(Late game built)

[wild rune]

?

[waxen shard]

im putting them rn

[wild rune]

oml

[versed rose]

You don't even need air to break benelux in sheep what

Grind vet tanks in Spain, put line aa in, and blow them up

[wild rune]

air makes things babycakes

[waxen shard]

Bro UK has 4k

[waxen shard]

I did

[wild rune]

?

[waxen shard]

I only have 2K

[waxen shard]

I also got Vet in Jap

15 Tanks

[versed rose]

How tf are you struggling with vet tanks then, none of this is adding up

[waxen shard]

im not strugling

I was just asking for Reliabilty

[wild rune]

then why

how does one break maginot but not benelux

[waxen shard]

Bro asked why TD

[waxen shard]

Maginot is always easier

[wild rune]

?

[wild rune]

explain the logic rq

[waxen shard]

.

[wild rune]

ohh

[waxen shard]

Instead of Focusing Poland day 1

you can push France day 1

If you got France

you can kill Benelux easier

Poland easier

Norway easier

and you can prepare to Invade or make DDay wall in 1939

instead of 40

[wild rune]

DDay wall in 39 😭

[waxen shard]

just for preparing

Maginot is easy to Break

since France Ai is overwhelmd

just Pinn everything like ww1

and youre in Paris

and if you have Problems go through Swiss

with Mounetniers and Paratroopers

[wild rune]

those who do not utilize the swiss gold

[waxen shard]

Bro Swiss Gold wasnt avaiable for me in that game

and Id rather get Civs then waste days on my Focus

(and Mils)

Swiss Gold is good

But if they just break the deal

youre forced to take them

[neat widget]

Breaking Maginot is easier because you don't have to wait for 28 days or make another justification

but other than that no

[waxen shard]

Breaking Maginot>Going through Benelux

BUT STILL

Im asking for Reliabilty

😩

is 40-50 good for Heavy TD?

[neat widget]

That's fine

[wild rune]

above like 30 is fine

[glacial steeple]

idk

do you attrition?

if you go into low supply and mountains and jungles constantly then make it 100% so you lose none to attrition

if not then it doesnt matter

[waxen shard]

Ok

[vernal knoll]

in a medium tank design is better having more soft attack or breaktroutht

[wild rune]

Breakthrough

Usually you want to have your main force be made of medium tanks and then have one heavy td to act as both piercing and armor meme

[vernal knoll]

oh alright

thanks

[harsh prism]

I'm unfamiliar with the new navy mechanics. Playing as USA, I have lvl 10 naval base in the philippines with a naval supply hub but it's not refueling my navy and giving me range. I lost guam and now I'm stuck in the whole region. Help pls

[drowsy vine]

hello i literally downloaded the game 2 days ago i have like an hour and am playing as germany cus they told me is the easiest for beginners, im trying to anschluss austria but it says i need both the wehrmacht reorganized and Heeds concerns but i can only choose one, how does it work?

[calm karma]

do amtracs contribute to special forces cap?

[calm karma]

do you have the navy set to automatically change its naval base depending on the mission?

[harsh prism]

I do not

[harsh prism]

oh my god. thank you. what a silly change

[hot sinew]

Hey can someone tell me? How do i get the anschluss
I dont understand
Like i have 30 infantry divisions and i cant do it

[drowsy vine]

same problem but i cant even unlock the focus

[hot sinew]

no yeah i

cant either

[harsh prism]

Look at the focus. Your army has to be x times bigger than Austria's. Consider creating more divisions.

[hot sinew]

23 times bigger

But how do i know how many divisions austria has

bruh france wants to invade me cuz i remitiralized rinland

what do i do

[harsh prism]

You don't but don't really need to. Having 1M fielded manpower is a definite way of having a larger army.

[hot sinew]

whats 1m manpower in divisions

[harsh prism]

There's the army ledger that will tell you but I'd say that 1M fielded manpower is probably 120 18 combat width divisions

[wild rune]

?

is bro playing ahistorical?

[harsh prism]

prob

[hot sinew]

no

[harsh prism]

There's no way they would try to invade you for remilitarizing the rhineland if ur playing historical

[hot sinew]

it says france didnt support the rinladn

but im pretty sure im playing historical

[bronze grove]

delete all your army and capitulate to france

[hot sinew]

what

[bronze grove]

france will change your ideology to democratic

[hot sinew]

tha sucks

[bronze grove]

you will be democratic and have access to the historical focuses

[drowsy vine]

what does adding a chief to a military staff do? i put keitel and goering from my knowlage of the historical situation but what does it do?

oh and i have divisions with no orders and idk what to tell them

like take a vacation or smth idk

[harsh prism]

Gives certain bonuses to your divisions

[harsh prism]

A "vacation" would be assigning them to a frontline that you need to defend or have them on a fallback line that is out of your way

[drowsy vine]

did i do a good choice or do i change them?

[tawny meadow]

does anyone here have any tips for playing iraq without the GoE dlc

[vital geode]

Assist whatever faction you want to help

Note the Axis is very unlikely to reach and help you. Even if they do, Italy tends to blunder all of their gains

[harsh prism]

No real right answer. All depends on what you want to do with your army. If you have an infantry army, do infantry bonuses. If you have a tank army, do tank bonuses, etc.

[drowsy vine]

ok thank you

[vernal knoll]

oi italiano?

[drowsy vine]

Si lol

[vernal knoll]

che grande

[drowsy vine]

Grande boss

[vernal knoll]

italiani che giocano

wow

[drowsy vine]

Ho iniziato ieri

[vernal knoll]

a beh

[drowsy vine]

Il mio panzer II è stato distrutto in spagna

Accade

[vernal knoll]

la magnifica guerra civile spagnola

[drowsy vine]

La fanteria sta andando bene però

[vernal knoll]

pure te ita

[vernal knoll]

almeno quella

[drowsy vine]

Community italiana di hoi4?! Wow

[vernal knoll]

no veramente

dobbiamo etnerla unita

[drowsy vine]

Tu da quanto giochi?

[vernal knoll]

ho iniziato a giocare seriamente da questo inverno

il gioco lo ho dal 2023

[drowsy vine]

Quindi hai esperienza

[vernal knoll]

bah più o emno si

so un po di roba

[rugged hornet]

i need hoi4 old world blues discord server limk

[edgy mesa]

what focus do i need to turn france into a fascist country?

as germany

[vernal knoll]

just boost the fascist party

[edgy mesa]

so i have to do it the hard way?

[vernal knoll]

wdym with hard

[rugged hornet]

guys stop ignoring me

[edgy mesa]

not hard but time consuming was what i meant

[edgy mesa]

we arent if some1 dont know the answer they tend to not answer

[plush mauve]

what's happening there?

[rugged hornet]

i found it

[edgy mesa]

can someone explain "manpower" cuz i understand how to use it but not how to keep it over 0

[north ibex]

how do i get my soldiers to do more damage in battles. what are the stuff that increases the attack and decreases and there are any easy solutions for solving this im currently playing a normal france ww1 game october 1914

[wintry matrix]

Do not train too many divisions.
Keep a good buffer.
Just because you have some manpower, it doesn't mean you have to use all of it as soon as you get them.

You can increase your conscription law and you can check your focus tree for more manpower.

And do not force your army to fight losing battles.
Running into the Maginot-Line without preparation destroys you - for example.

[edgy mesa]

aight

thx ill keep that in mind

[wintry matrix]

And some nations are small.
They don't really have much manpower to begin with.
So be careful with that too. ^^'

[edgy mesa]

iam new only things i have tried are germany and italy

[wintry matrix]

Manpower shouldn't be an issue then.
You can get more manpower when you core states.
Italy can form Greater Italy, coring surrounding land or reclaim Rome.
And Germany can core parts of Poland and Luxembourg and the part of France via focus.
So there's that too.
Cores don't need garrison. So you get them and the extra population.

[edgy mesa]

also is there a way to make new saves faster like not having to manually add all templates again

[wintry matrix]

I believe you can save like plane, ships and tank designs.
But not army templates.

[edgy mesa]

aight

[north ibex]

.

[wintry matrix]

I don't play any WW1 mods.
I guess make good use of support companies and air support.
Possibly trying to get more tanky divisions eventually.
Keeping gun and artillery research up to time.

[north ibex]

ok thx

[edgy mesa]

does this mean i can cross over?

[soft jungle]

yes

[karmic terrace]

Do I need tanjs as poland in 1939

[neat widget]

Yes