ask-for-help-here

[swift burrow]

why isnt it letting me

[grizzled rune]

You're still a puppet of france

Puppet's can't declare war

[swift burrow]

no

I'm independent

I've been independent

[grizzled rune]

oooh

you in the allies?

[swift burrow]

yeah

Syria is fascist

under Vichy

usually it lets me invade

now it's not

[grizzled rune]

being in the allies prevents ya from declaring war as the UK (leader) is democratic

And as you're in the UK's faction you follow the UK's war dec rules essentially

[swift burrow]

but I did last game

the exact same run

I was able to justify and Declare on Syria

[polar mural]

anyone who can recommend a good hoi4 explained video? i want to play but i have zero clue what the hell i need to do

[polar sentinel]

How to set my Navy a bit good (I am Italy 1936)

[karmic idol]

like the basics?

[junior marlin]

Guys so it says this for like 5 minutes I don't get why the divisions don't move to the land

So it says 100

The the battle is finished

Again 99

Or 100

I don't understand why it doesn't move to the designated point

[karmic idol]

hover over the battle status and it should prolly say "X days until finished"

[junior marlin]

It's still not working

[karmic idol]

might be bugged, are the other provinces the same?

[junior marlin]

No

Only this one

[karmic idol]

you playing with a mod installed?

[junior marlin]

Yes

Millennium dawn

[karmic idol]

okay here's my guess:

• your troops dont have enough org to advance
• the province is bugged (id say most likely)
• visual bug

[karmic idol]

yeah its prolly bugged

just capitulate them using the other states

[junior marlin]

Ok

Thanks

[karmic idol]

no worries

[polar mural]

yes

[karmic idol]

https://youtu.be/3EB8TLvkZAM?list=PLYkrQ0Xgl419BoaNjdLcRqWXz4QakRVc5

[polar mural]

Ye i saw that one but the whole production and stuff made no sense

And the battles i also cant understand

[karmic idol]

i got one for combat

if u want

[polar mural]

Anything helps haha

[karmic idol]

https://youtu.be/1IIjk4bAh68?list=PLYkrQ0Xgl419BoaNjdLcRqWXz4QakRVc5

[polar mural]

Thanks mate

[karmic idol]

no worries

[civic hare]

what should you have as germany by march 1938

[karmic idol]

an army big enough to take out poland

imo

[civic hare]

I meant more for in the country my army atm is 1.15 mil

[swift burrow]

I got an 18 part series that goes over literally every single thing in the game

[swift burrow]

by flying dutchy I think his name is

or alternatively what I do is like

go to the hoi4 formables Wiki

[polar mural]

You have a link by chance?

[swift burrow]

find one I wanna play as

and watch bitter steel play it

[swift burrow]

yeah

I'll find it

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsT4scrqjQbRo9wPxyvn6PXphT_BIoow2&si=evvM--yLeyxsxA-h

another great video is bitter steels Germany tutorial

[swift burrow]

he puts the focus order and the research order in the description

and goes over everything esle

if you want to minimize the amount of wars you want to fight

play Bulgaria or Romania

[swift burrow]

Both are insanely Strong

if you're confident in your ability to do well enough but you don't wanna fight too many people play Hungary and go for a great hunger

[light knoll]

if you want to minimize the amount of wars go play Argentina or something but why would you

[swift burrow]

idk why anyone would but you never know

[light knoll]

you can get carried as a minor as a beginner, but that's not really the way to learn the best

just play Germany

[swift burrow]

but Bulgaria can core the entire Balkans without even needing a military

[swift burrow]

why would you do United Balkan Confederation without a military idk but you can

[swift burrow]

not carried

these are countries that can like

demand territory and puppets

for free

[foggy rune]

if I reload my save will it change other countries decisions?

this one specifically

[elder vessel]

which doctrines should i use as ussr in multiplayer

*on land

[fleet crystal]

I just started playing and I dont understand anything

If I can get an explaination it would be nice if its in german / translated to german

[summer flume]

at what level do i get the next trait?

[civic hare]

this enough ?

[worthy grove]

Click t spam military factories, click W, electronics, construction basic machine tools click Y put all on guns

[serene karma]

Next level

[civic hare]

(more like how cooked is poland)

I think I still need to research some better planes

[summer flume]

its the max cuz its level 4

[fleet crystal]

Is there a good tutorial in german?

[stuck garnet]

hey uhh how good are marines?

[nimble knoll]

do I cancel mefo bills game start or when

[uneven oxide]

para troopers not launching. i hve +70% air superiority on all regions im entering + i have enough transport planes. no idea why it doesnt launch. (im new to the game)

[karmic idol]

takes 7 days to prepare the whole thing

lets see your air map

[uneven oxide]

yea ik, i waited

[karmic idol]

can i see ur air map?

[uneven oxide]

yes, but ignore my skill issue

[karmic idol]

hover over the whole initiate plan thingy, it might tell you

[uneven oxide]

like on the start button?

[uneven oxide]

this is what it says

[karmic idol]

ok im so confused now

[uneven oxide]

is this a glitch or smth? cuz ive been struggling with this feature for like a week

[karmic idol]

click it again

[civic hare]

how tf did I even do this

[uneven oxide]

i clicked it 50 times

[neat widget]

If you haven't capitulated the Netherlands don't declare war on Belgium

Also paradrop Paris, Orleans, Tours, and also get a collab government on France

[civic hare]

I did but I think its because I microed to paris

[neat widget]

If you have to paradrop Calais

[karmic idol]

can you help me with smth?

[civic hare]

amazing

my run is over

cuz of me being lazy

[uneven oxide]

yo u free to assist me?

[neat widget]

Yeah what with?

[neat widget]

and you too btw

[uneven oxide]

this

i have been trying to do it for 1 week

[neat widget]

Press the red button (which stops the order) and then press the arrow button again (which should start it up again)

[uneven oxide]

i have been doing that for the past 10 mins, even restarted the game

[neat widget]

That is really really strange

You're doing a paradrop order, right?

Do you have enough transport planes

[uneven oxide]

its 23 * 50 yea?

each one needs 50

[karmic idol]

nvm, mb

[neat widget]

Also beware that your units might land directly on top of the enemy, not changing the map color, so you might end up doing the order and not seeing it

[neat widget]

correct

also they have to be idle (not doing any missions like supply drops)

[uneven oxide]

yea but they're not even being launched

[uneven oxide]

yea already on standby

[wintry matrix]

You need air supramacy over your airport too.

[dense ibex]

what should i do now?

ive just capitulated the soviets

im at war only with tanu tuva

should i go against the allies?

[uneven oxide]

still didnt do anything

[digital perch]

Wdym no accessible regions?

I have plenty of oil.

[neat widget]

Where is your fleet based

Click your admiral, it should be next to the gear icon

[worthy grove]

If you still need help just delete all the orders and do them again and enable sea zones if you have them disabled

[left badge]

looking for help to learn how to play the Game

[worthy grove]

https://youtu.be/QvHT121_lWQ?si=VwjFehHukvKmM1fm

Worst doctrine of all rn

It was good before ncns

GBP

Is meta for all

[hasty belfry]

If I’m going with militia as Communist China should I keep it 18 width or up it to 36? 36 hast he benefit of even more equipment capture ratio.

Along with probably being cheaper per stat due to needing less support equipment artillery per infantry battalion.

[dense ibex]

how do i naval invade britain?

[worthy grove]

Cruiser spam

[dense ibex]

i have naval supremacy since a long time ago

i currently have over 100 destroyers more than them n 70 cruisers more

nearly 600 ships n subs

[worthy grove]

Dont you see an icon for naval invasions?

Max 6 units on each tile

Max 2 tiles

[dense ibex]

no, i meant like every time i land i get pushed back

[worthy grove]

Cas

Cas is king

Land with tanks then

[dense ibex]

i have green air in britain

[worthy grove]

36 width tanks with amtracks?

[dense ibex]

no

[worthy grove]

Then you are the issue

Sorry

Try to get as much ports then

And maybe paradrop them?

[dense ibex]

this is the current situation

[rain iris]

can somebody explain what is going wrong here. I try to get naval supremacy in the Mediterranean Sea but my naval gets destroyed by the Italian navy and I can't imagine they have a better navy then the USA.

[worthy grove]

Please

Consolidate your admirals

And appoint one

Remove all subs and put them in a different one

Shift click

Select all, throw into reserve

[dense ibex]

i have them consolidated

[worthy grove]

Then click g

I meant this tip for the US guy

Besides you either swarm the Uk with naval invasions or just sheer spam

You cant defeat it otherwise

Without tanks

[rain iris]

why to reserve>

[silent acorn]

Heyaa chat ✨️ I did not find a suggestions section here in the server, so I will add it here.

What i feel like hoi4 lacks at this day and age is the diplomatic options. Not regarding the trade, access policies - those are done ... reasonably okay?

What i am looking for is the diplomatic ability to end the conflict after some point. Let's say that as Germany, you got the europe, UK and us is standing. You are not attacking the ussr - there should be some option to white peace out.

I guess it could be condition based like - not to bomb the UK for certain while - or not go bother the us convoys

[worthy grove]

Hoi4 navy for ya

Then you take it out of the reserve and find a good place to store your fleet

Dont forget to always separate the subs

Naval bombers help too

[warped knoll]

need help

[worthy grove]

The devs made "no compromise no surrender" for a reason, they will never add diplomacy

[warped knoll]

britain & france guaranteed poland

[worthy grove]

Hitler's words before the september campaign were the same

[warped knoll]

30% WT

[silent acorn]

I mean imagining irl that Germany would go to los angles for a win is quite absurd

[dense ibex]

i naval invaded with tanks n now im pushing them

@worthy grove

[worthy grove]

Bravo

[warped knoll]

@worthy grove need help 🙏

is there anything i can do

[worthy grove]

What are you playing

Germany?

[warped knoll]

germany

[worthy grove]

Then you do the same as hitler

[dense ibex]

i think i have a few too many planes

[warped knoll]

bro is german empire💔

[dark thistle]

can someone tell me why i have no supplies?

[warped knoll]

i wonder bro

[dark thistle]

tell me bru

[worthy grove]

Because germany disabled your country

[dark thistle]

...

[worthy grove]

Bombers go brrr

[dark thistle]

can y'all give real answers

[worthy grove]

Ai has cheats

Any more answers you need?

[dark thistle]

uhm

how do i safe myself

from brrrr

[worthy grove]

Alt f4

And go to sleep

Thats the best idea

Support aa in divisions should help with cas because german ai always logistic strikes

[warped knoll]

deadass

[warped knoll]

take everyone you have have to to a small island

and built 200 factories

and go invade europe

[dark thistle]

im the middle of europe

[warped knoll]

yo @worthy grove

[dark thistle]

how do u expect me to do that

[worthy grove]

Yes?

[warped knoll]

what’s the quickest way to take out france

through belgium?

[worthy grove]

Yes

You can bust through maginot if you have heavy tanks

[warped knoll]

i have a lot of the blitz bonuses

i have tons of light

[worthy grove]

Then go through belgium

[dense ibex]

took all of britain except the raj

[worthy grove]

Have fun fighting japan!

More like the chinese part

[dense ibex]

i was going to fight america first

build up canada then go south

[warped knoll]

ok so i declare on poland -> take poland -> defend french border until poland is gone -> finish the belgium focus -> bring all forces to france -> blitz through belgium and then paris

is this what i do

[worthy grove]

Yes

[dense ibex]

just keep a token force

[warped knoll]

token force?

[dense ibex]

a few inf divisions will be enough for the french not to push

[warped knoll]

ok cool

[dense ibex]

schiefel plan 2.0

[warped knoll]

should i leave netherlands for now

[dense ibex]

no

[worthy grove]

No

[warped knoll]

will britain be able to bring troops or sum

[worthy grove]

If you dont take netherlands your people will turn into cannibals

And starve

[dense ibex]

its ez land plus u can make a reichprotektorate later

[dense ibex]

dont lie

[warped knoll]

ok ok

[dense ibex]

its ez land

[warped knoll]

i will update on the way

[worthy grove]

If he doesnt take netherlands tho

[dense ibex]

and if u do have an early war u can grab the dei

[worthy grove]

Because belgium's border is short

[dense ibex]

n get free resources

[warped knoll]

for poland

[warped knoll]

i have 30 light tanks in the konisberg pocket

is that enough for a quick spearhead

[worthy grove]

Show the template?

[dense ibex]

use medium tanks not light

[warped knoll]

its base

everything is base

[dark thistle]

im getting safed

[dense ibex]

go medium tanks, with howitzer

[worthy grove]

This gives me the vibes

[warped knoll]

☠️

[worthy grove]

I forgot to blur the name

Sec

[neat widget]

Oh it's a me mention

[neat widget]

I saw that 3 inf 1 cav template with engineers

[worthy grove]

Please

Spare me!

[warped knoll]

ok

[neat widget]

True

[warped knoll]

are these temps like

ok

or should i put some medium tanks

[worthy grove]

If you flip ok

You get k.o

[warped knoll]

???

[worthy grove]

Thats what will happen on Barbarossa

[warped knoll]

ok

oh

i’ll just do the pact

[dense ibex]

is this good?

[worthy grove]

Yes

[warped knoll]

save soviets for later

is this ok

[dense ibex]

n this one?

[dense ibex]

cover the southern front?

slovakian border

with galicia

[warped knoll]

it’s just hungry

[worthy grove]

I recommend you to feed slovakia to hungary or make it a puppet for compliance

[dense ibex]

r u blind?

[dense ibex]

yes

just like irl tbf

[warped knoll]

i own slovakia bro

[worthy grove]

You occupy them

[dense ibex]

u r illiterate

[warped knoll]

did i misread

oh

[worthy grove]

If you make them a puppet you get 20% more compliance on czechia

But dont do it now

[warped knoll]

yeah but all land belongs to the reich!

[worthy grove]

Its too late for compliance

[warped knoll]

i legit just did fate of chzech

[dense ibex]

dont say that kind of things...

[warped knoll]

so that border is not defended

[warped knoll]

it’s the name of the option bro

[worthy grove]

You vill eat ze slovaks und be happy

Whatever floats your boat

[warped knoll]

jawul

[worthy grove]

Enjoy the game while it still gives you fun

[dense ibex]

cya toomorrow peeps im going to bed

[warped knoll]

this game is poverty bro

[dense ibex]

https://tenor.com/view/howtobasic-how-to-basic-katsu-curry-tutorial-gif-13833418886246846176

[warped knoll]

i did 13 attempts on south africa

[dense ibex]

just read smh

[warped knoll]

i just gave up

[dense ibex]

why would u play south africa

[warped knoll]

cus i wanted a challenge

[worthy grove]

Play burundi

Its tuff

[warped knoll]

farthest i got was creating the zulu empire

then once the allies finished up germany they came for me

but ok

[worthy grove]

Sounds like ai

[warped knoll]

i will danzig or war poland quick

[worthy grove]

Moment

[warped knoll]

yo

lithuania guaranteed poland

☠️

[cold bloom]

Poland got a focus for that IIRC

[warped knoll]

wow

do i invite hungry now

[worthy grove]

Ai allies suck

Invade them instead

[warped knoll]

wdym

sealion rn?

[worthy grove]

No

Invade hungary

10 day war goal

[warped knoll]

bro

[worthy grove]

For few factories

[warped knoll]

oh

your right

[dense ibex]

They r new they will most definetly f it up

[worthy grove]

Hungary is gonna give you supply issues at most

[warped knoll]

bro it’s only 30 % wt

[dense ibex]

Im also aorta new, i have only abt 75h in game

[warped knoll]

wow ok

[worthy grove]

Oof

[dense ibex]

Its true , everione sucks at pdx games when they r new

Took me a while to learn combat n proper designs

[warped knoll]

i have 121 hrs and can’t even play germany💔

[dense ibex]

I dont watch videos or content

So i mostly have learnt by just playing

[warped knoll]

wow

[dense ibex]

Ive just played germany, smoked france n the soviets by 1941

N now by 44 i sealioned britain

[worthy grove]

Im kinda new too

[dense ibex]

Lol

[worthy grove]

Spain is the best country for noobs tbh

You learn combat

[lean iris]

Can someone help? I played this game previous and keep getting tore apart. I asked a friend who has 500 hours and he has no clue on how to teach me

[worthy grove]

No one can teach you hoi4

You just need to watch tutorials

[dense ibex]

Juat play the game

[worthy grove]

And play yourself

Untill you grasp it

[lean iris]

What tutorial would you reccomend?

[dense ibex]

I havent watched any videos of hoi4 tutorials

[idle arch]

I am restarting France cos of you guys

[dense ibex]

Yet i managed to learn

[worthy grove]

I did not watch any

[dense ibex]

France can hold germamy easily

[worthy grove]

So I dont have suggestions

[warped knoll]

you said infantry divd should be good enough for the maginot line right ?

[dense ibex]

Belgium can also hold germany pretty easily too

[dense ibex]

Yeah 18 width with engi aa n support arti

[worthy grove]

Belgium cant hold germany

[warped knoll]

18 width

excuse me

[idle arch]

Ye but I made some mistakes

[dense ibex]

Belgium can hold germany

[worthy grove]

On sheep ai maybe

[dense ibex]

I played belgium twice n held the germans twice

[warped knoll]

good enough to hold the french?

[dense ibex]

Form the benelux n fortify n build aa

[dense ibex]

Yes

[worthy grove]

Its good enough to be your infantry untill the end

[dense ibex]

Dont attack they have level 8 forts by maginot

[worthy grove]

Just support aa and its fine

[warped knoll]

yes ik, just to hold the line

[dense ibex]

Sometimes its better to have a large infantry unit

[worthy grove]

Manstein fortress buster us calling

[dense ibex]

Soviets for example

[lean iris]

How much hours until you start getting a slight grasp of the game?

[dense ibex]

U can rush 1942 gun with large infantry tactics n mostly do well

[worthy grove]

Its either 18 width or 36, nothing in between

[dense ibex]

50h

[worthy grove]

50

[dense ibex]

What abt 24

[worthy grove]

24 is so niche

Its only for mountains

[dense ibex]

I usually do 18 n 36 , sometimes 12 if i dont have manpower

[dense ibex]

I play austria 😅

[lean iris]

I have over 180 hrs in hoi4, but I haven’t played Ina few years so I’m so lost

[dark thistle]

I DID IT

[warped knoll]

i think france is expecting me

[worthy grove]

Brada

[dense ibex]

I prefer to defend rather than to attack in most games

[worthy grove]

Whadahal is this

[dense ibex]

Austria hungary is peak

[warped knoll]

bro

[dense ibex]

Why the f do u have cavalry

[warped knoll]

i made a ton of cav

[dense ibex]

With half org

[warped knoll]

in the beginning

i just moved them

[dense ibex]

Rushing the anchluss ?

[warped knoll]

yes

[idle arch]

After I'm done playing fracne I'm gonna play a chilli UK game

[dense ibex]

U shouldve converted those units a long time ago

[warped knoll]

to what yo

[dense ibex]

Infantry

[warped knoll]

ok

[dense ibex]

Not now

U r about to go to war

[warped knoll]

well not yet

[dense ibex]

They will lose training n org

The orange bar

[warped knoll]

waiting for the focus

[dense ibex]

Thats how well equipped they r

By converting units u lose a shitton of both unless u have all the equipment ready for the swap

[warped knoll]

i see

[dark thistle]

is this good?

[dark thistle]

legit my game rn

[worthy grove]

Never add line arty

[dark thistle]

thats normal arty

[worthy grove]

I found a better one

Normal arty is line arty

It eats org

[dark thistle]

oh

but i just took germany with that line arty

as luxenbourg

[warped knoll]

is danzig for slovakia any good

[worthy grove]

No

[warped knoll]

bru

i just did it

shit

it’s exclusive w danzig or war

[dark thistle]

Why do i have no manpower even tho i own germany

[warped knoll]

@worthy grove what do i do now

justify?

[worthy grove]

A war goal

Yes

[warped knoll]

70 days 💔

should i do around maginot in this time then

[worthy grove]

Takes like 5 seconds to reach 70 days tho

[warped knoll]

YO

what if i befriend poland

[worthy grove]

They will join allies anyways

If they are historical

[warped knoll]

oh ok

justifying rn

bro danzig for slovakia so shit

why did i not read this properly

[worthy grove]

Its only there only because of roleplay tbf

[icy socket]

hello im new to hoi4, i cant seem to use my naval invasion order correctly

[warped knoll]

will belgium join allies if i gain the war goal

[worthy grove]

No

[worthy grove]

You can do naval invasion with max 6 troops per tile

And you can do 2 tiles

Not counting the later tech

[warped knoll]

yo this is non beuno

@worthy grove help bro 🙏

the 8 tanks are on belgian border

[worthy grove]

Motorise your supply

Click the field marshall and replace the horse with 3 trucks

[warped knoll]

should i put it on aggressive too

[worthy grove]

Yes

But produce more guns

[warped knoll]

should i do this for poland too

[worthy grove]

You need to blitz Poland asap

[warped knoll]

i have 100k stockpile of guns

[austere roost]

tbh aggressive or not for your troops on the maginot don't matter since you won't be attacking through the maginot anyway

[worthy grove]

How come so your people dont have strenght

[warped knoll]

ok

[warped knoll]

i just finished training

[worthy grove]

Training kills org not strength

[warped knoll]

then not sure

[austere roost]

do you have enough guns?

check your stockpile

[warped knoll]

only lacking trucks

cus i just switched supply mot

[austere roost]

you're also lacking support equipment and tanks

and trains

[warped knoll]

what should i do then

more military industries on support & trucks?

[austere roost]

that's a planning failure

[austere roost]

give one factory for trains, one for trucks since day one and you should be fine

also why are you using light tanks?

[warped knoll]

i just didn’t change it

[austere roost]

well you should have removed it

[warped knoll]

i have medium available

[austere roost]

you don't need light tanks

[worthy grove]

Delete half your light tank templates

[austere roost]

use medium spgs in this version of the game

[worthy grove]

For trucks

[warped knoll]

ok

done

[austere roost]

also unless you're building spaas you should be building aa guns esp since you're not producing meaningful air

[warped knoll]

should i remove all air production

it’s 6 factories worth

[worthy grove]

You should have more mills as germany tho

[austere roost]

what year is it

[warped knoll]

october 39

[neat widget]

18.8k tanks in deficit wtf

[worthy grove]

Sounds like battle of kursk before it happened

[warped knoll]

what should i do then

i have the polish war goal done

i can declare rn

[worthy grove]

Consolidate your tanks

[austere roost]

wtf 58 mils at oct 39?

[warped knoll]

yes bro

[austere roost]

it's not hard to get 200 factories by sep 1939

[worthy grove]

[warped knoll]

i’ve been building synthetic refineries

[austere roost]

they're not really needed, you can just trade for rubber

esp if you can cap uk early

[warped knoll]

alright but what do i do w the tanks then

should i invade poland rn

[worthy grove]

Consolidate

[stray trellis]

How are naval blocakdes working?

[warped knoll]

put them where

[worthy grove]

Poznan

[austere roost]

first of all why do you have so much tank deficits? how many tank divisions do you have and what are the templates

[worthy grove]

They make it so you have disabled trade routes for no reason

[warped knoll]

template

i have 15 divs in training

[austere roost]

isn't that the starting division?

[warped knoll]

it is

[austere roost]

well then stop training those 15 divs

[warped knoll]

ok done

[austere roost]

you can't even equip your existing divisions

also you need to learn how to create divisions

those divisions are useless in actual combat

[worthy grove]

Make 36 widths

[austere roost]

get 36 width tank divisions, 8-10 tanks, 8-10 inf/cav/motor/mech

wait how did you already get danzig?

[warped knoll]

like this

?

[worthy grove]

No

10 tanks 8 trucks

[warped knoll]

i did slovak for danzig

by mistake

[austere roost]

you can cancel focuses

we told you

36 width

8-10 tanks and fill the rest with inf/cav/motor/mech

[warped knoll]

ok i got 10 tanks 8 trucks

[austere roost]

and now consolidate your tank divisions until you don't have tank deficits anymore

also in your next game just ignore light tanks unless you're mass producing light spgs

use medium spgs in your next game

right now spgs in sp and tds in mp are much better than tanks

[warped knoll]

it says it’s only 15.3 width tho

prob still doing something wrong

[austere roost]

show screenshot

15.3 weight

not width

[warped knoll]

wow i cannot read

[austere roost]

your width is 34

[worthy grove]

According to my calculations

You should add 1 more tank

[austere roost]

or just do 8 tanks 10 trucks

[worthy grove]

No

[austere roost]

his org is kind of low

[worthy grove]

It defeats the purpose of a tank division

[warped knoll]

ok

i added the last tank

[worthy grove]

30 org on tanks is barely above average

So its not bad

[warped knoll]

ok how do i consolidate tanks now

[austere roost]

you click on all your tank divisions in an army and hover over the general's actions until you see consolidate

[worthy grove]

Without recon the tanks would be 2 times more cost efficient and have more org btw

[warped knoll]

ok removed recon

[austere roost]

you don't have flame tank but from next game you should research flame tank on day 1 and then build the cheapest flame tank available using inter-war chassis

[worthy grove]

He doesnt have nsb

[warped knoll]

wait

i have my tanks split up

oh

never mind

doing this right

for all my tank divs

[worthy grove]

Select in bulk not all

[austere roost]

anyways you can invade Poland whenever you want. Poland is programmed to lose in historical settings. If you have problems you should let us know. Problems in hoi4 during 1939 are because you did something wrong in 1937 and it might be too late to fix

and also use f11 to screenshot please

[warped knoll]

yeah i will

sorry

ok ig ill declare on poland

invade belgium too

ok one more thing

do i wait to invade france via belgium or do i go straight in

[austere roost]

you mean maginot? no, go through belgium

[warped knoll]

yes that’s what i mean

[austere roost]

although belgium might be too hard for you, easier way is to dow and cap netherlands without dowing on belgium

[warped knoll]

do i take belgium and wait for a little or do i go straight in

[austere roost]

and then once your army is on the entire belgium border, invade belgium

just go straight in

if you can pass belgium you can defeat historic france easily

historic france is programmed to not attack

[fossil rain]

How do I gain 50% resistence in my own states? trying to stage the Warsaw Uprising as a Soviet Polish subject...

something to do with spies?

[warped knoll]

k ill update if i have any problems

[worthy grove]

Spies

And do sabotage missions

[fossil rain]

How do I do sabatoge missions? is it the inflitrate civilian industry or whatever?

[fossil rain]

these are the only ones I have rn

[warped knoll]

yo i kind of lost konisberg to lithuania

[worthy grove]

Just because you are a puppet means that you cant do them I think

[fossil rain]

what whatt

so I can't even stage an uprising?

[worthy grove]

If you dont have the missions you cant

[fossil rain]

oh

[warped knoll]

kind of an issue

[fossil rain]

is there a specific thing ur supposed to do before u can do that??

[worthy grove]

No

[fossil rain]

or is it just straight up says u can't

[austere roost]

low supply + low strength = l

[worthy grove]

You cant if you are a puppet as it seems

[austere roost]

why are you attacking lithuania anyway

[fossil rain]

oh...that sucks

[warped knoll]

they guaranteed poland

nothing i could do

[worthy grove]

Probably because of hoi4 spaghetti code

[austere roost]

french troops in lithuania?

[warped knoll]

yes

[fossil rain]

hmm?

[austere roost]

what year is it

[warped knoll]

they immediately brought them over

[warped knoll]

nov 39💔

[austere roost]

tbh just restart

[fossil rain]

well, there is one way I can try...

[worthy grove]

Tag ger

[warped knoll]

i was about to take out poland 💔

[worthy grove]

No garrisons

[fossil rain]

Im close to freeing myself, like to become indpendent via the puppet system

[worthy grove]

Tag pol

[austere roost]

you completely screwed up your industry and division status

[fossil rain]

How do I lose autonomy, or gain it, or whatever it is

to free myself from the Soviets

[worthy grove]

Automatic focus

[fossil rain]

do I lend lease?

[worthy grove]

That gives you 0.5 per day

[fossil rain]

ohh rightt

I forgot about that

k thx

[austere roost]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbpWbSD6hEY try to follow this guide as much as you can bittersteel is not the best at it but his videos do cater to newbies

[worthy grove]

Play spain to learn combat

How to hoi4
Play spain untill your blood boils and you can win the war
Play italy to learn how to menage lots of frontlines
And at last play Germany

[warped knoll]

ok

poland is done tho

am i not able to salvage this

got netherlands

pushing down into belgium

[austere roost]

oh you are?

then just keep trying

you pushed lithuania back?

[warped knoll]

holding them

when i capitulate poland fully, i can snake around their front line

just go for their capitol and capitulate

i’ll start f11 screenshotting

[fossil rain]

Ok, Im free now...im no longer a puppet, but when I check the operations, there is no Make Resistance contacts or whatever it is

unless Im missing something

[warped knoll]

poland capitulated

belgium nearly capitulated

[worthy grove]

Something went bad here

In the hoi4 code

If you plan on non ironman its ethical to just use console for this

[nimble knoll]

do I cancel the mefo bills game start?

[worthy grove]

Mefo bills are op

[austere roost]

i answered you in general chat

[warped knoll]

lithuania capped

[warped knoll]

oh-

i cancelled them day 1 bro

[austere roost]

econ recovery > four year plan > cancelling mefo bills

[fossil rain]

Bruh

How can I fix this code then

Pretty stupid ngl

I was playing ironman

[austere roost]

it's pdx

there's a reason this is happening

pdx doesn't fix code

[fossil rain]

Aye aye aye, can I write them an email or something like, idk what else. Im too lazy to do another run

[worthy grove]

Pfft

They make the saves

On older versions

So they dont get fixed

It's how it works

[austere roost]

hoi4 peaked when it was hoi3

[worthy grove]

You will need to do a next run tho

Hoi4 peaked when it released no step back

[sleek remnant]

I guess it’s the consequence of there not being a good competition to hoi4

[austere roost]

i mean pdx cares not a penny what their qa guys say

[warped knoll]

help help help

[austere roost]

also these issues are bound to happen when your game is on an old engine and has 100 different dlc combos to consider

[warped knoll]

switzerland joined allies

🙏

i thought they supposed to stay neutral

bru

[worthy grove]

Italian shenanigans

[fossil rain]

Italy just declares on them when they feel like it

Especially when ur halfway to moscow

[warped knoll]

nice

[worthy grove]

And loses to them

[warped knoll]

i’m nowhere near moscow 👍

[fossil rain]

Exactly

[fossil rain]

Never trust Italy

[worthy grove]

Thats why I never invite it to axis

[fossil rain]

Yea

[warped knoll]

should’ve listened to you

[worthy grove]

I just rather kill it for extra factories

[austere roost]

and to steal their navy

[warped knoll]

wth do i do with this

[fossil rain]

And to steal their pasta

[worthy grove]

Italian navy is just for domination

[warped knoll]

it was going so well

capped belgium just now

[worthy grove]

Their ships have 1 cannon

[austere roost]

hey their ships are only 70 war score while french ones are almost 200 for a reason okay

but it's still a more functional navy then what germany has at the beginning

[warped knoll]

what do i do with this

they have supply but are encircled

[worthy grove]

Dont attack

If ai gets last stand

You will die

[warped knoll]

what should i do

i need the divisions

[worthy grove]

You can head smash into them

Always an option

[warped knoll]

???

[austere roost]

they're on last stand

just wait until it ends

or you can have cas do the magic

[warped knoll]

i see

alright

[worthy grove]

Its funny how you can see how ai cheats

[austere roost]

last stand lasts for a week and if you hover over the shield icon it will tell you in how many days will the effect run out

[worthy grove]

They have full supply

And no attrition

[austere roost]

last stand and force attack are usually banned in mp anyway

that's because they are on their capital tile

[warped knoll]

7 more days

[worthy grove]

No ai does that everywhere

[austere roost]

yeah, just surround the encirclement and send the troops elsewhere

[worthy grove]

Ai also likes to teleport behind my front

[austere roost]

cuz you're playing extreme difficulty +5 germany or ussr?

[worthy grove]

Nah just sometimes

Go play spain

And you can see

That ai can move into tour tiles

[austere roost]

during scw?

[worthy grove]

And ignore your units

Yes

It was a shit fest

[austere roost]

do you mean the shenanigans when anarchist spain is created?

[worthy grove]

They walked onto my tiles

Ofc

They did guerilla warfare on me

And kept teleporting

[austere roost]

have you like tried purging them before the war happened like with stalin?

[warped knoll]

what does one even do after wining spanish civil war

[worthy grove]

Play carlists

[austere roost]

invade them again

to make them your puppet

[warped knoll]

in base game

[austere roost]

also always support the republican side

since they will give you -15% consumer goods

[worthy grove]

Nothing

Its just to practice

[warped knoll]

oh

[worthy grove]

Combat

[warped knoll]

ok

[austere roost]

spain is for you to train generals

[warped knoll]

ok but seriously what do i do with switzerland

[worthy grove]

I use it for dopamine not generals

[worthy grove]

Mountaineers

[warped knoll]

but the training time

[worthy grove]

Same exact as infantry

Just convert them

[warped knoll]

what do i do for template

[austere roost]

ideally with someone like chuikov or popov or Chernyakhovsky then you can get a lvl 6 field marshal with like organizer, cavalry + panzer leader, adaptable, and improvisation expert if you know what you're doing in spain

[warped knoll]

base one?

[worthy grove]

No

[warped knoll]

36 width?

[worthy grove]

Make a 24 width only made of mountainers if you need a lot of them

Because switzerland is just mountains

[austere roost]

24 or 25 if you can get one

[warped knoll]

ok

[austere roost]

in the mountaineer doctrine tree you'll get reduced width for mountaineers to 1.8

you can get 14 mountaineers with 25.2 width

[worthy grove]

Best way to play is 1 width aa with military police

Meta tbh

[warped knoll]

something like this?

[worthy grove]

Add support arty

And upgrade your guns

Also recon grrr

[warped knoll]

i have recon

cav recon

[worthy grove]

Recon gives you nothing

With a tiny side of nothing

[warped knoll]

ok

removed

[austere roost]

just take the first mountaineer doctrine which gives you rangers

[worthy grove]

Recon is for hardcores

-5 org for mils spent into making support eq

[austere roost]

rangers and flame tanks are some of the most op things pdx has ever created

[warped knoll]

where is this rangers doctrine

[worthy grove]

All of them are from dlc's!

Rangers are the best form of "recon"

Recon is a noobtrap ngl

Rangers give you superior bunuses

[warped knoll]

ok

[austere roost]

i even forgot rangers give you recon

they just give you a lot of attack in bad terrain

[worthy grove]

The recon from rangers is as useful as making a fleet

[warped knoll]

how do i unlock rangers

[austere roost]

but if you don't have dlcs just fill your 5 slots with engineers, support aa, support arty, and two other ones of your liking

by paying pdx money to buy dlc

[warped knoll]

oh

which dlc

[worthy grove]

Just make cruiser or sub spam

[worthy grove]

Feed paradox with dlc

AAT

[warped knoll]

i wanted to buy the german expansion one

[austere roost]

really the only dlc you should buy at full price is nsb

[worthy grove]

arms against thyranny idk how to write it

[austere roost]

everything else wait until there is a big discount

[worthy grove]

First nsb

[warped knoll]

there is huge discounts rn

[worthy grove]

No step back is the most important

Adds lots of content

[austere roost]

unless you really want to play democratic germany or communist uk

[warped knoll]

what about gotterdammar

cus nukes look fun

[austere roost]

you get nukes in base game too

[neat widget]

Paratroopers if you're poor

[warped knoll]

deadahh?

i did not know that wow

[austere roost]

and by fun do you mean playing until 1945 and enjoying the lag?

[warped knoll]

ok

[warped knoll]

but nuke

[austere roost]

which is useless in base game

[worthy grove]

Gotterdamerung has useless special projects

[austere roost]

because the game effectively ends in 1943

[worthy grove]

Only flame tank

Is worth and radars

[austere roost]

also military assault vehicle

that one is useful

[warped knoll]

so which dlcs are good

[worthy grove]

Just a bit

[warped knoll]

only nsb?

[worthy grove]

Hierarchy of hoi4 dlcs
No step back
Arms against tyranny
Gotterdamerung
No compromise no surrender
All country packs
All icons and weird things
By blood alone

[neat widget]

They have the same terrain bonuses (because Switzerland) but don't gain the initiative and combat width bonuses of mountaineers, so if you're struggling with equipment you can use that. You probably won't though

[warped knoll]

ok

[neat widget]

NSB AAT and BBA are the vital ones

[austere roost]

also nsb is like 10 steps above aat

[neat widget]

GDR is fourth

[worthy grove]

Bba gives only the plane designer

[neat widget]

NSB introduces tanks, which is good but not that good if you have BBA and AAT

[warped knoll]

not really the equipment

i’m being attacked by the swiss rn

need units quick

[neat widget]

Oh

[austere roost]

also you need to know how to use tanks for nsb to be useful

[warped knoll]

but they’re all preoccupied

[neat widget]

Yeah then mountaineers are still useful here

[austere roost]

which one gives design companies

bba?

[warped knoll]

this is a little old

[worthy grove]

Arms against tyranny

[austere roost]

oh aat

[neat widget]

The Swiss are scr

[worthy grove]

I lived without bba because its an overpriced air designer

[neat widget]

Oh

Uh

[austere roost]

yeah design companies are very helpful

with design companies you can produce 200 tanks a day with like 100 factories

[neat widget]

Yeah MIOs are good

[warped knoll]

pls tell me this is salvageable 🙏

[worthy grove]

Bought it and the game is 10 times easier because ai cant design

[neat widget]

Also by the way La Resistance makes your game easier

[worthy grove]

Oh i forgot about it

Its so vital!

I call it the spy dlc

Nothing more out of it

[austere roost]

haha cut corners go brrrrr

[warped knoll]

what about battle for the bosporus

looks fun too

[neat widget]

Yeah

[austere roost]

btb is a meme dlc

[neat widget]

Spies give collaboration governments

[austere roost]

it just gives balkan focus trees

[warped knoll]

and turkey

[worthy grove]

Battle for bosporus is just Bulgarian focus tree

[neat widget]

Which makes conquering places like the USA, France, and the USSR not nightmares

[worthy grove]

No not turkey

Turkey's focus tree is not a focus tree

Its a maze

[warped knoll]

oh

[neat widget]

BfB is just a country pack

[warped knoll]

i was just thinking

[austere roost]

it was useful back in the old days because turkey's focus tree was bigger than italy and soviet focus trees combined

[neat widget]

So is GoE and the like

[warped knoll]

is buying the general addition worth it rn

[neat widget]

Oh

[austere roost]

no dlc is worth full price except for nsb

[warped knoll]

they’re on sale

for 17hrs

[worthy grove]

Italy's old focus tree is peak

I think it only gave claims on yugo

For 70 day focus

[austere roost]

mountain general flashbacks

also old soviet focus tree gave you 210 day focuses

[worthy grove]

210 day focuses

On slow pc's

Are the best!

You can sit down

Grab a frying pan

And do the rest

[austere roost]

also back in the old days a medium tank was like 14 cost or something?

[worthy grove]

It was cheaper

Not more expensive

[austere roost]

the horror of pre nsb hoi4

[worthy grove]

Aaah

Pre nsb

[austere roost]

you can get 8 cost tanks with nsb

[worthy grove]

Thats caveman knowledge

[austere roost]

how much was a medium before nsb

[worthy grove]

I never used tanks

Untill nsb

They sucked

To say the least

[austere roost]

oh med tanks were 12 cost

[neat widget]

True

[austere roost]

imagine having a 19atk 12 cost medium tank lmao

[worthy grove]

Do yall even know what happened to presets?

[austere roost]

couldn't be me

[worthy grove]

You havent seen heavy td

I joined a meme hoi4 lobby

Without dlcs

And saw that it has 6 soft attack

[austere roost]

i saw a chinese meme hoi4 "master" using all tank divisions