ask-for-help-here

[austere roost]

he played ussr and justified on poland and attacked poland in summer 1937

he got pushed all the way back to moscow

poland is ai

he couldn't get to 100 factories even by 1938

[worthy grove]

Then what did he build?

Villages?

[austere roost]

all infrastructure

i forgot when he began to build civs

[worthy grove]

He is just caring for his people

[austere roost]

but he didn't know how to get war economy by scw

[worthy grove]

Trust

[austere roost]

he also took like socialism in one country and all the other bs stalin political focuses

instead of useful focuses

[worthy grove]

I rarely pick socialism in the country ngl

I just rush purges and stability

And the factory output in the plan

Propaganda is fine too

-15% consumer goods

[austere roost]

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1YwbNztEkv/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click in case you want to see it for yourself, watch from the 69 minute mark

you don't need to understand chinese to know what a meme this is

[austere roost]

remember, poland is ai

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1YwbNztEkv/?spm_id_from=333.337

[worthy grove]

What is hurting my eyes

[austere roost]

try this

just use dark mode

[worthy grove]

I only used bilibili on pc

I dont see anything on my phone xD

[austere roost]

also as ussr it's much better to get internal issues before you go down the purge

35 days is just 10 paranoia but the 10 stab means a lot in the beginning

[worthy grove]

I do mix of them both

[austere roost]

at least in chinese sources, meta ussr is to rush down the nkvd focus before you get paranoia

and then invade finland

[worthy grove]

This is the closest

[austere roost]

since peacing out finland through the regular event gives you -20 paranoia

[worthy grove]

To your description

[austere roost]

no it's this one 【【钢铁雄心4】赤导苏德solo苏联被AI波兰单杀实录】 https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1YwbNztEkv/?share_source=copy_web

[worthy grove]

It doesnt give me the video

[austere roost]

okay this time it should work, start from 69 minute

the new link should be the video

[worthy grove]

This?

It just gave me a random thing

With a duration of 90 minutes

Looking at those thumbnails

Already kill me

[austere roost]

yeah

that's the video

can you click play?

[worthy grove]

Barely

I can play it

But I cant make it go to 69 minute

[austere roost]

let me screenshot for you then

[worthy grove]

The hell is this

How could 1 fumble this so much

Also im going to sleep cuz its late by now in like 2 minutes

[austere roost]

and then the german player got tired and sent 5 tank divisions to do this

you can tell what's going to happen

remember poland is ai

[worthy grove]

Does the ussr player know he exists?

[austere roost]

idk, he tried to do 15 tank divisions and paratroopers only and said he could beat everyone else

[warped knoll]

ok i’m back

what do i do with ss recruitment

[worthy grove]

Chinese hoi4 is defo not for me

[worthy grove]

Second one

Free port guards

[warped knoll]

in belgium and netherlands too right

[worthy grove]

Yh

[warped knoll]

ok done

[worthy grove]

Gtg bye

[austere roost]

tbh ss recruitment is negligible

[worthy grove]

Free 5 divs is not bad

[austere roost]

no german game was won or lost by ss recruitment in belgium

[warped knoll]

ok what about reichkoms

which ones do i do

yo

do you think i should push manginot line

it’s weak

and my forces are being encircled from behind

[austere roost]

reichkoms are useless focuses

you can take it but there are better focuses for you to take in 1940

[warped knoll]

i already did it earlier

[austere roost]

you shouldn't push maginot unless you know what you're doing

[warped knoll]

ok

[austere roost]

you can take reichkom decisions if you want

lvl 10 forts mean you have only 10% atk

[warped knoll]

oh wow ok

alright well the swiss are the immediate threat

[austere roost]

just push into france

from belgium

[neat widget]

not without flame tanks and assault engineers

and railway guns

[warped knoll]

the thing is they have a lot of shit there

[austere roost]

also don't forget railway guns

and cas

[neat widget]

(all of which you should have been researching them for a while)

[austere roost]

yeah they have shit troops

[austere roost]

no dlc

[warped knoll]

no like they have a lot of troops on the belgian border

[austere roost]

yeah and their troops are shit

[warped knoll]

wait never mind they don’t

ok

pushing france

[austere roost]

also uk doesn't send a lot of troops into france for the first year

[warped knoll]

just gonna try and hold swiss off then

also yo

[neat widget]

You get assault engineers without DLC, and maybe railway guns too but you'll have to check me on that

[warped knoll]

i got medium tank divs from the ss recruitment

what should i do w those

[austere roost]

ss divs are useless

just check the template

they're low width shit divisions

[warped knoll]

yeah your right

[austere roost]

the general rule of thumb is big width divisions are for attack and small width divisions are for defense

[warped knoll]

i see

[bleak night]

first time playing america, i have them on historical, is france going to war with america historical 😭

i dont remember learning this

[austere roost]

now you can wake the giant much earlier

[bleak night]

they're trying to puppet me

[warped knoll]

why is this shit not dying

they have no last stand

[austere roost]

low supply

why are you having so much divisions there

[warped knoll]

how do they have supply 🥀

[austere roost]

10% of them are in the battlefield

because it's the capital

[warped knoll]

remnant forces

[austere roost]

move them elsewhere

[warped knoll]

what do i do about the siege

[austere roost]

just keep on attacking

[warped knoll]

with tanks or infantry

[neat widget]

Naval treaty violation?

[austere roost]

once the troops enter 0 org and can't retreat they will be destroyed

with inf, your tanks are at like 20% strength

[neat widget]

No matter, France is weaker than you, so just conquer them

[austere roost]

just use cas

cas directly attacks org

[bleak night]

i only left the treaty because i felt like the game was pushing me to, i take it i shouldnt have left?

UK is now at war with me too

[neat widget]

You might be able to handle both of them

In any case, good luck and have fun

[bleak night]

i don't want to though i want to do historical

historical is not leaving the treaty, right>

[neat widget]

Yeah if historical don't leave treaty

[warped knoll]

all my planes are in france

[bleak night]

okay thank you

[austere roost]

well then move your cas planes to eastern europe then

[warped knoll]

wow they are dropping like flies already

wow you are a genius

and i’m nearly in paris

wow

this is great

and swiss are being pushed back!

bro

never mind

the soviets

[opaque star]

Someone know how to fix this MODS bug:
In this example im using Old World Blues
But this bug happens in all mods
All the tecnology names, national focus, decisions, its replaced with this Commands

[austere roost]

that's why you don't take the molotov ribbentrop pact focus

it's a noob trap

in historic settings stalin won't attack you

[warped knoll]

so what now

[austere roost]

you just gave away eastern poland and 70 days of focus for nothing

now you have to give it to stalin

or they will immediately invade

[warped knoll]

and if i don’t

oh

ok

so what now

[austere roost]

stalin only gets cb on you if you backstab him with eastern poland, a thing that wouldn't happen if you never signed the pact

now you kick france out of battle, take care of balkans, and then invade ussr

[warped knoll]

alright

[austere roost]

manually justify on balkan states

[warped knoll]

what about yugo

[austere roost]

don't waste focuses on them

[warped knoll]

ok

[austere roost]

there's hungary, yugo, romania, and greece

get the hungarian aluminum, romanian oil, and yugo minerals all for yourself

[warped knoll]

ok

[austere roost]

they also have naval dockyards for you

[warped knoll]

ok wait

[austere roost]

also use this time period to start producing mediums and replace your tank divisions into medium tanks

[warped knoll]

second vienna award

it auto did it

[austere roost]

just invade and take as much as you can

remember italy is stealing your territory by being in axis

[warped knoll]

yes

do i go for italy

once france is done

[austere roost]

you can if you want

did you get italy into the war?

if not then you don't need to invade italy

invading italy means you will have to guard the ports if you didn't call them in

[warped knoll]

troops are struggling with paris bro

[warped knoll]

yes

[austere roost]

sad

[warped knoll]

well idk

they asked

@austere roost

[austere roost]

just attack paris

[warped knoll]

i got it

[austere roost]

send your planes there to get green air and cas

[warped knoll]

vichy or no vichy

[austere roost]

vichy

[warped knoll]

ok

[austere roost]

no vichy means you have to guard southern france and free france gets the navy

[warped knoll]

right

wow italy just took so much of africa

@austere roost italy stole greece

[austere roost]

take as much as you can

oh yeah there's also bulgaria

that you can dow on

[warped knoll]

yo what is the independent state of croatia

it just formed as soon as i justified against yugo

[austere roost]

it's when you invade yugoslavia too late

doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things

it will join axis when it forms

[warped knoll]

nice so i got nothing

justified and declared on hungry, yugoslavia invaded it

i justified and declared on yugo

ISC got everyone

italy got all of southern yugo

this is so cool

i’ll finish this tmr

[civic hare]

why no planes in reverse still

[civic hare]

how can I gain naval superoity over the english channel my navy just kinda gets wiped out

[civic hare]

(oh wrong image there)

[civic hare]

^

[serene karma]

Reserve*

You just have no planes in stock

[serene karma]

Also dont ever overstack airbase

It makes the planes useless

Also dont cas/strat bomb under red air

[rapid urchin]

it always annoys me that i cant get my tanks enough org for them to click because of ai death stacking the front line

do i put more units on the front line in order to do this?

or do i just wait for the ai to stop battleplanning?

[civic hare]

wow we have no good planes in stock

[rapid urchin]

bump?

[serene karma]

U dont need to bump it its been one message

[serene karma]

Disable allied supply

And dont invite ur allies to wars

[rapid urchin]

this is 1944 endsieg scenario so i dont have that option

[scarlet schooner]

How do I play...

kidding, kinda. Im watching the beginners guide now, but can anyone recommend someone who walks through a game step by step to get an idea of it in action?

[serene karma]

Also it doesnt seem like theyre using so much supply that u dont have any

So its not an allies problem

[rapid urchin]

so i shouldnt attack here in italy?

[serene karma]

No no

As in

U have supply

Ur tanks have enough org

[scenic nacelle]

I don’t remember any videos like what I describe

But

I would say watch the tutorial on this part

Mess around with a bit

And do it with the next 300 parts

[rapid urchin]

okay

[scenic nacelle]

It works quite well actually

[rapid urchin]

@serene karma i cant click

wait

these stats

are not correct...

[serene karma]

Click what

[rapid urchin]

against the infantry

[serene karma]

Send ss

[rapid urchin]

but i just checked something

[serene karma]

Wdym

[rapid urchin]

take a look and see whats wrong with this 😂

[serene karma]

Oh lol

[rapid urchin]

(ignore the composition just look at the stats)

[serene karma]

Wait theres an extra tank

[rapid urchin]

yeah its the new tank im making to slowly fill out the divsion

[scenic nacelle]

The stats?

Wait

Why so much brk

[rapid urchin]

thats not the main problem tbh

its the soft attack is SO pitiful

[serene karma]

Whats the design

[stuck garnet]

what is that soft/hard

not good

breakthrough is okay

armor is

jesus christ

that's a lot of armor

speed is okay

recon is like

half decent

[rapid urchin]

its 1944 engsieg secnarrio mod

[stuck garnet]

i don't think you need it that much

recovery rate

goddamn

amazing

supply consumption is

suspiciously low

[rapid urchin]

i dont think you should see as the starting designs are honestly awful 😂

[stuck garnet]

piercing is decent

initiative could be better

[stuck garnet]

trickleback and exp loss is decent

[rapid urchin]

thats one of the mannnyyy designs

[stuck garnet]

ok this one could be better

but it's good enough

uhh

i would produce this

but as soon as i get decent exp

unless i'm armor memeing

riveted

up the armor if im armor memeing

change the bar to christle or interlocked (? breakthrough)

get rid of sloped armor unless i'm meming

[rapid urchin]

this isnt the design i made

[stuck garnet]

yeah

ik

im just saying what i'd do with it

[serene karma]

Whats the medium tank design

[bleak cape]

can u still para drop france? I don’t understand why it’s so difficult ive failed 4x ina. row

[rapid urchin]

This is the main tank im going to try and make

[serene karma]

Just invade them from land normally

[rapid urchin]

@stuck garnet

[stuck garnet]

uhh

if you're producing heavies why no heavy cannons

[bleak cape]

They made france more capable?

That’s my question

[stuck garnet]

decent mbt

but like

ok

don't hang me for this buuut

christle or interlocked

[serene karma]

Show ur medium design too

[stuck garnet]

even then

that like

[rapid urchin]

reliabiliy gets tanked heavily

make it somewhat reliable when i attack i attrition

[stuck garnet]

up the chasse or however its spelled

[stuck garnet]

why are you fighting in states where you're attritioning

that's infantry's job

[serene karma]

???

Dont up the chassis

U lose effi

The reliability its at rn is ok

[stuck garnet]

yeah but if you care that much about reliability then do so

IF

[serene karma]

Show medium tank design its more important

[stuck garnet]

you have dispersed

[serene karma]

Ew

[stuck garnet]

i run dispersed all the time

[rapid urchin]

whenever you attack into at all you attrition

[serene karma]

If u do endsieg u should start to at least learn concentrated

[stuck garnet]

i like it better + i larp better that way

[serene karma]

Why

Conc is more stats

[stuck garnet]

i plan on switching production lines a lot

[rapid urchin]

its like 4 techs down

like dispersed 5

[serene karma]

Oh u start on disp

Mb

[rapid urchin]

gotya

but yeah

theres like 19 different designs

[stuck garnet]

imo

horrible template

[stuck garnet]

also

henschel

daimer-benz on production lines

[serene karma]

Realistic lol

[rapid urchin]

another endsieg thing

[serene karma]

Does endsieg make the ai do tanks well

[serene karma]

If not change to howi

[rapid urchin]

it does as well i think

[stuck garnet]

ok

[serene karma]

Wdym

[serene karma]

Hmm

Still change to howi

[stuck garnet]

does it make Good tanks

[rapid urchin]

let me check

[serene karma]

Does it make the ai use those well

[rapid urchin]

different template the ai uses

this si the soviet one for example

[serene karma]

Thats the new update right

[rapid urchin]

ircc yes

[serene karma]

Ok yea swap to howi

[rapid urchin]

on it

in the meantime

i have to build up the west wall on all adults serve

@serene karma theres also this

XD

[trail reef]

which country is that?

[rapid urchin]

germany as 1944 endsieg

@serene karma the soviets get this when they do offensives 😂

let the suffering commence

[serene karma]

[rapid urchin]

suffering is my enjoyment

[rapid urchin]

to add to my suffering

(from the soviet perspective

[sweet summit]

where's crimea

😭

[scarlet schooner]

what speed should i play at if Im brand new?

[fathom thistle]

Max, you see any popup? You pause and do it and so on

[bleak night]

can someone please explain why they aren't on a boat rn... I have naval supremacy, air supremacy, but they just aren't on boats? yes im building convoys

[neat widget]

Odd

Press the arorw again if you have to

But beware of the red message: Some of your divisions haven't arrived at Portsmouth, so other divisions will start to land without them

[bleak night]

They've been sitting in Portsmouth for like 2 months though?

None of them aren't in Portsmouth

Is the port too overloaded?

also is it better to have a bunch of people attack one point? or spread them out over the shore

[vital geode]

Whatever you are comfortable with

Im a 5 speed and pause gamer

[trail reef]

which spanish focus tree has the most to do

[fierce idol]

how do I invade britain?

historical germany

[trail reef]

paratroopers

[fierce idol]

cool, how do those work?

[trail reef]

u need 70% air superiority and transport planes atleast 50 of them

[oak jasper]

So, assuming I have a stupid excess of industrial capacity, is there a substantial advantage in (slowly) replacing leg infantry with motorized or mechanized infantry?

[scarlet schooner]

I setup an offensive line on enemy territory but no one is attacking

[oak jasper]

You need to click the green arrow above that army to have them execute the plan.

(It's also worthwhile to hover over that to view the tooltip)

[scarlet schooner]

ahhhh i missed that thanks

[fierce idol]

i might've scuffed my playthrough, my airforce is basically non-existent and it's july 1938

[trail reef]

thats not bad

[fierce idol]

is it too late to start building up if ww2 already started? i've established vichy france

[trail reef]

just make a lot of these and u should win the air war

[fierce idol]

no dlcs(except integrated) so no designs, do I just spam fighters?

[trail reef]

yeah

[fierce idol]

what do i need to do in terms of defence to build up while ww2 is happening

[trail reef]

just garrison ur ports

[neat widget]

UH

You did something wrong

Should be one engine 3 and extra fuel tanks

Now you just got a lot of unused extra weight and a lot more ic for improvements that aren't that good

[trail reef]

why only 1 engine

[neat widget]

makes the aircraft cheaper

If you want more engine then go heavy fighter

and you might even want to research jet engines while you're at it

But not for the single-engine small airframe since it has too little range

[long lintel]

Yo guys can someone help gift me hoi4 i might miss the discount and in my country its so damn expensive

[atomic crag]

How does naval dominance work. I have like 200 ships both on patrol and strike force in the south china sea but still 0 dominance

[versed rose]

i swear, air designer should just prohibit double engine on small airframe

too many people make double engine fighters

[atomic crag]

Like what

Am i missing

Can't invade the Philippines without the dominance

[austere roost]

is this the default tank 💀

[neat widget]

triple and quad engine medium frames
hex engine large frames

[atomic crag]

Aight managed to solve it by just grabbing some subs and making them go convoy raiding

I have no idea how the entire navy needs 6 subs raiding to clear out an already empty sea but aight

[fierce idol]

how many fighters do I need to get air superiority over britain?

[calm karma]

intel networks debuff enemies in the intel network AFAIK. does this apply in all circumstances, or only in battles where you're fighting them directly?

i.e. can i use an intel network to debuff an enemy that i'm not yet at war yet?

[gilded herald]

A lot

[gilded herald]

You can set the debuff yess

[neat widget]

Probably 3k I'd assume

[calm karma]

i don't understand this answer. does the debuff apply whether im at war with them or not?

[gilded herald]

Yes, war or no war buffs or nerfs still apply

[echo night]

is it normal for the spanish civil war to like start randomly

[calm karma]

awesome, thanks for clarifying

[echo night]

cause sometimes for me like right after I remilitarize the rhine and other times it starts like in summer

[gilded karma]

Hi guys, what's a good strategy for the winter war? Also is the template I'm using (12w inf with support arty, aa, logistics and engineer) any good? Thanks

[pliant condor]

the most important thing is to get manpower by taking the desperate defense subdoctrine and researching/producing gun 2(1939 gun)

template is whatever

you don't need logistics, use the special finnish support company

winter logistics and long-range patrol

[gilded karma]

Okay, but for the strategy? I heard somewhere that you should try to take leningrad day 1 of the war

[pliant condor]

yes

or just garrison your ports

it's very easy anyways with the extra manpower

your divisions should be invincible on your core

or you can click them out day 1

[bleak night]

Does anyone have tips on... winning wars? I steamrolled Poland and Czechoslovakia (as Germany), but somehow lost against Belgium and The Netherlands?

[stoic seal]

did u use proper airforce on belgium and netherlands?

[bleak night]

I had built up a rather decent luftwaffe, I don't remember if I had total air superiority, if I didn't have it, I imagine the skies were neutral

[robust glen]

Hi
So I'm playing a playthrough (new player)
Germany 1942 USSR Allie I control the entire Europe
But the thing is I brutally oppressed opposition now my garrisons are eating too much manpower
What should I do?

[hollow linden]

Yea don't larp as the nazis 💀

Brutal oppression does exactly nothing for you

You wanna be on local police force and on states with a lot of industry or resources you wanna be on harsh quotas or forced labor

[stoic seal]

I am not a pro or some nerd at hoi4 but I am sure if u had a good army it would've been ez to slime the benelux

[robust glen]

Thx but in this playthrough am I f**ked

[robust glen]

I have a solid army temp but garrisons are eating 75% mp

[hollow linden]

75%?

Uh how are you getting that percentage

[atomic crag]

So is this a time thing just like in normal research or is it fixed to take that long?

[hollow linden]

That's not how garrison manpower is calculated

[hollow linden]

Hmmm

[atomic crag]

Like if i wait a few years would it go down?

[neat widget]

No

[hollow linden]

Takes 5 years to research

Hmmmmm

Yea maybe

[neat widget]

There are focuses that make this faster

As well as just having better scientists

[robust glen]

It feels like it 🤦

[uneven oxide]

spent 1 week trying to use paratroopers. they're not working. i have air sup +70 in all regions im entering,exiting and going over. I also have 3k transports waiting orders with 23 troops gonna use them. please help

[hollow linden]

Hover over your manpower tab

In there it should tell you how much garrisons are eating

[hollow linden]

The plan doesn't seem to be activated

Like they don't have orders to launch

[uneven oxide]

it is wait

[hollow linden]

Jesus christ

[robust glen]

2.3 million in field
1.5 million in garrisons
200k free

[hollow linden]

Yea

That's not how that should be

Also go up in conscription law

The debuff doesn't matter

[uneven oxide]

forgot to enable, but it still doesnt work

[hollow linden]

Are the transport planes on a mission?

[uneven oxide]

standby

[hollow linden]

Okay good

[robust glen]

K I am upgrading to Survive by requirement (officially North Korea 🇰🇵)

[uneven oxide]

btw is stuffing like 4k into a max 600 airport gonna affect anything? 💀

[hollow linden]

YEA

OH MY GOD

The planes can't launch

[uneven oxide]

alr lmao

[bleak night]

i had quite a good amount of infantry, motorized, and armor,

originally i had a few divisions on the benelux borders, tried to invade, had to sent my ENTIRE eastern front troops to help, they’re like 55 divisions ish in total, still lost

[hollow linden]

Show air map mode btw

[uneven oxide]

yea one moment

[hollow linden]

Yea I see at least 2 air zones not covered lol

North Sea and Eastern North Sea as well as northern England

[uneven oxide]

like 2 of them are landing there, most of them are landing in green

[hollow linden]

Yea still won't launch

Cuz all the orders pass through eastern North Sea by like a pixel

[uneven oxide]

alr ill do that, btw crazy question, is it possible to increase airport amount

[hollow linden]

....

Build more airports?

[uneven oxide]

so u can change max

[hollow linden]

Yes?

You can build new airfields

Like u would any other building

[uneven oxide]

does that change max from 600 in a single airport to like 1.5k?

[hollow linden]

2k is the max

[uneven oxide]

it worked thanks bro

[arctic aspen]

Any advice for new player, Im playing germany and i cant really beat poland without either italys help or it just takes like 5 months.

I usually have around 125 divisions infintry template is 9inf/3art/1 grille

I m usually have around 6 to 12 panzer divisions ready mediums tanks 20 width

My supply are always super low like ill attack and then it takes ages for my units to have supply again sorry for not articulating myself to well im kinda low iq lol

[neat widget]

Yeah you can

[neat widget]

120 9/0 infantry divisions is usually enough to take out Poland, so I don't know what's going on

Maybe you don't have enough air?

[arctic aspen]

@neat widget attacking in 1939?

[neat widget]

Yes

[arctic aspen]

@neat widget I just make fighters only so I usually have dominance in eastern germany and west poland but sometimes parity in one

[neat widget]

You probably want some close air support too

That's probably your issue

[arctic aspen]

@neat widget should I just got 50/50 split for like 70/30

[neat widget]

Probably the former

Also btw spgs are better than tanks for singleplayer

tds are better than tanks in multiplayer

So remove the SPGs from your infantry and make more tank divisions out of them

[dense ibex]

who should i play today?

[arctic aspen]

@neat widget ight ill make some tweaks maybe my expectations were to high lol I always expect to be LeBron in 50 hours idk why lol thanks

[neat widget]

Main thing to learn is how to make a good economy

And a lot of this is based off when to switch to mils (hint: most countries it's either near the start or 1937, for Germany on 4 year plan it is pretty much day 1)

And then managing consumer goods so that your economy doesn't get overwhelmed and grinded to a halt (which is especially a problem with 4 year plan since you need to plan out your conquests)

Once you do that you probably have more material than you need, and then it's just a matter of micro

[valid shore]

Hey guys, quick qquestion from a newbie, love playing minor nations trying to get big, but i can never do it in time to challenge tje major powers, is there any settings out there that makes the other nations more chill?

[sweet summit]

Uh non historical maybe

[valid shore]

i do play non historical, but more often than not im way too late to the party when all the majors end up fighting, is there no setting for it? 🥲

[sweet summit]

Prolly not, just try to divide and conquer

[valid shore]

will try! thanks!

[sweet summit]

I haven't gotten past 1940 once yet 🥀

[neat widget]

Yeah basically

Or just let the major bash you until they've weakened themselves too severely

[sweet summit]

Port traps?

[neat widget]

Or you can pump out 4 good tank divisions like the ones here

[neat widget]

Also that

[sweet summit]

What's those first two rows

[valid shore]

tried to do a run as venezuela, and by the time i had taken the islands it was 1943 and one of them joined allies right before they capitulated and i got overrun 🥲

[sweet summit]

Wait hold up I just saw your username 🥀

[neat widget]

take this SPG design too

[sweet summit]

What's the first two rows ?
Amphibious ?

[neat widget]

you mean amphibious tractors? You don't need them by any measure, but as compared to mechanized they provide terrain bonuses and also special forces bonuses

[hollow linden]

Very very small nitpick: for medium spg, inf tank MIO is better and pls add break suspension

[sweet summit]

No in that pic you sent above

[neat widget]

They are really expensive though

[sweet summit]

Of the divisions

[neat widget]

No

No on both accounts

But inf tank MIO is more available and second best

[neat widget]

Yes this is an amphibious tractor

[hollow linden]

How? Inf tank has like a bit more soft than alkett for mediums

[neat widget]

basically the amphibious equivalent of mechanized infantry

[hollow linden]

And why not take the extra break?

It's free

[neat widget]

They're equal

I checked

[hollow linden]

You always need break

[hollow linden]

Not on ger

[neat widget]

It's a bunch of ic

[hollow linden]

Henschel gets extra soft

[hollow linden]

More break no

[neat widget]

People who play Germany are fake

I just use it because sometimes I click it

[hollow linden]

You literally showed it with the German MIO 💀

[inner sparrow]

its by no means waste of ic, it’s definitely worth it

[neat widget]

But in singleplayer? As a minor?

[inner sparrow]

u wouldn’t do ur spg template and design as a minor

[hollow linden]

Then obviously not but yours not making tanks as a minor

[inner sparrow]

u added 17 armor and engine stacks as a minor? thats way more ic that is not needed

than the change of gear

[neat widget]

Yeah that's also fair

[hollow linden]

As minor you'd do light spg glass cannon

I was referring to Germany specifically

[sweet summit]

What would be the build for that

[hollow linden]

Because of the MIO

[hollow linden]

Make a light spg with howitzer as the gun and make it as cheap as possible

[neat widget]

I remember months ago when people were criticizing me for actually using interleaved roadwheels and not using armor clicks

[inner sparrow]

armor clicks are good

[hollow linden]

Both is good

You use both

[neat widget]

I mean perhaps, but you still want some amount of breakthrough

[hollow linden]

So extra ammo

And armor clicks

No engine clicks though

And Radio

[neat widget]

No radio?

[hollow linden]

You want Radio, mb

Bad wording

[inner sparrow]

u don’t even have to get break from design, click armored spearhead and put mech in ur div and u have enough break for singleplayer

[hollow linden]

Also true

[neat widget]

Eh...

[sweet summit]

How do I stop the ai from fucccking last standing

[hollow linden]

U don't

[neat widget]

I think you could struggle to break like 300 with that

But do test that

[inner sparrow]

with armored spearhead and light + flame? u get way more

[bleak night]

is there anything i should do after having a country capitulate? usually i just build more things with the factories i get but is there anything else i should do to really get all i can?

like when they capitulate do i get ALL of the resources possible? how can i continuously get manpower from them?

[inner sparrow]

even then

[hollow linden]

You always get some fraction from occupation

This can be increased with compliance

[bleak night]

get some fraction? what do you mean

fraction of factories and whatnot?

how can i build compliance (i don’t have the spy agency dlc)

[hollow linden]

Yea. You get a fraction of manpower, resources and factories

[hollow linden]

Then tough luck

[bleak night]

so is collaboration stuck where it is depending on how much they cooperate BEFORE capitulation? like say i did have the spies, and i capitulate when it says they’ll have, say 20%, can it be raised after capitulation?

[hollow linden]

You have a small base gain of compliance but its very slow. You can increase compliance up to 100 with full collabs. So yea they are the only way of getting it high and fast

[neat widget]

Okay you're right you can get quite the amount of breakthrough from that

This will pretty much tear up the enemy

[hollow linden]

Light flame tank?

I mean when you have the means of making mev you can make medium flame tanks

[neat widget]

Yeah that too

So slight increase

[hollow linden]

You should also be able to go up 38w

[neat widget]

Yeah, this is totally viable in fact

If you include the officer spirit from self-propelled support you also get slightly more stats

[robust glen]

Which Infantry is best for rigid terrains?

[heady mesa]

What is max planning and planning speed, what is better/more important
Should I add some subs to task forces containing surface ships or should I only use them in task forces with other subs

[fierce idol]

what happens if I demand slovenia after france has capitulated and gone vichy?

[neat widget]

what do you mean by rigid terrains?

[neat widget]

In any case here are the best infantry types for any terrain:
mountains, plains, and hills: mountaineers
forests, jungle, and urban: forest rangers
marshes and rivers: marines
amphibious: a combination of marines and one of the previous two (since amphibious bonus caps out)

Also one of the cheapest light spgs around if you're playing Japan, this thing is almost as cheap as infantry

And also a garrison tank

[robust glen]

Um thx but I was asking for non special units

Regular motorized etc

[inner sparrow]

max planning is better, planning is a combat modifier that modifies your break and soft/hard in battle. Goes up to 90% if u have gbp and grand assault

so with full planning u division will have higher stats in combat

[neat widget]

planning is even more powerful when you consider that generals give a bit of planning too

So I've seen 100% planning before

[heady mesa]

What about mobile warfare (or what is that doctrine called)

And does planning go up with time or what?

[neat widget]

no

it doesn't increase cap

it just makes planning go up faster

[heady mesa]

Okay

Thanks

[teal jewel]

Yo can u ask about mods here too or only the vanilla version of the game/dlc

[scenic nacelle]

Some mods ig

Except if it’s a rlly niche one with 5 subscribers

[teal jewel]

Kk

[sleek remnant]

Is there a way to see how much of my equipment is from enemy stockpiles after they have capitulated?

[glacial steeple]

manchu or japan?

[sleek remnant]

No breakthrough?

[lethal perch]

you dont rly need that much breakthrough against ai

[fluid wharf]

i have never ever seen such beauty

[glacial steeple]

doesnt matter

its cheaper than inf batallions

[inner sparrow]

the division would have enough break anyways

for sp

[median tundra]

Heya, does this server have any ticketing related system. I have an information to relay to your higher moderation team to be discussed.

[glacial steeple]

dm @hearty wave for tickets or contact chak directly if its to do with the staff team

[narrow grail]

What are requirements for dam busting raid?

[median tundra]

Okay thanks, I will.

[cold bloom]

Gotterdammerung DLC, 70 heavy bombers and the bouncing bomb special project

[narrow grail]

Didn't know planes requirement, thanks.

[fierce idol]

Do I actually need italy's help to beat britain and (free) france? they took up a lot of the war participation

also what are the key things I should puppet?

[lapis arch]

No. Italy is Super weak. Honestly a liability to your southern border. Assuming you are Germany.

[fierce idol]

good info for next time then

also what's the general benchmark for taking france and britain? I vichy'd france in july '38 and capitulated britain in may '39

like what's the most efficient way to invade britain? i had to spend my navy and airforce to get a naval invasion, but couldn't afford another one because I couldn't keep naval superiority for long enough

[lapis arch]

It’s been awhile since I played but I found that bombing the Channel with air is super beneficial as well as gaining immediate air superiority over southern Britain. Don’t forget about paratroopers too. You can almost immediately take London in that way and it makes their defenses scurry while you can invade in either areas. But overall, they are weakest in the north if you naval invade and believe in your mobile warfare to creep down. All depends on what you want to do. One of the things I love about the game for sure! Your time frame is really good!

[fierce idol]

yeah i naval bombed the channel. didn't get paratroopers in time, is it worth rushing paratroopers?

or is it better to get the 2nd naval invasion tech for more divisions?

[dense stone]

Did I do something wrong or does collaboration goverment doesn't works when getting land via diplomacy, and not war?

[narrow grail]

Does tech juggling not work anymore?

[trail reef]

what spain path has the most content

[narrow grail]

Fascist Spain allows you core all of Spanish-speaking America.
Anarchist Spain - the whole world.

[trail reef]

which facist one?

theres 3

[narrow grail]

Only one of them is actually fascist

The most left one in focus tree

[trail reef]

alr thanks

does every country spawn with a naval supplyhub?

[lapis arch]

Honestly probably the second naval if you can win the channel early

[inner sparrow]

still works

if u research guns ahead of time tho as an example, you can’t research with mio at the start

and have to apply mio when u juggle

[glacial steeple]

youre prob doing it wrong

[inner sparrow]

fiora mains are just special that’s it

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1113539638334869536/1366081399177613442/togif.gif

[glacial steeple]

look at my railway project

[inner sparrow]

mid

less minecraft, more hoi4

[glacial steeple]

whats there to hate smh

[glacial steeple]

hoi4 doesnt give me big goals smh

[lapis arch]

What is the scale of that map? Is it under water I’m assuming?

[glacial steeple]

750:1

idk if thats spelled correctly

[narrow grail]

I did it right but, it worked with other techs but I took heavy bombs on Germany at the very start of the game, and tech juggling didn't work with it at all.

Maybe it doesn't work with research ahead of time.

[inner sparrow]

u have to not apply the mio if u do it ahead of time

and then apply the Mio when u juggle

[trail reef]

on large aircraft which doctrine gives the most buffs to strat bombing

[inner sparrow]

as I said above

I can juggle u the entire at tree for at3 in 1941 july 6 times without a single research bonus

it works, u just have to do it right

[narrow grail]

Juggling with nukes doesn't work either. I'll try your trick with mio later

[dusty sandal]

it works but if you're juggling ahead of time you gain less days

[narrow grail]

I hadn't been gaining a single day

[dusty sandal]

how much in advance were you researching it ?

[narrow grail]

I think 4 years, heavy bombs is 1940(?) tech

It's ok, applying mio after juggling works

[inner sparrow]

if u want to research ahead of time and juggle, research without mio and then wait till u only have 100-30 days left and juggle the tech

and when u juggle apply mio

thats the only way u can juggle ahead of time stuff to get it a bit earlier

as example if u do that for anti-tank tech and always have an entire research slot on at tech tree, with juggle u can get at3 in 1941 july

[earnest linden]

Hello, I wanted to ask about Naval Taskforce Compositions, as I don’t think I actually know what I’m doing

I’m considering 4 levels:
submarines (up to 10 taskforces, 10 subs each)
Light patrol (Light cruiser, 4 destroyers?)
Heavy Patrol (Escort Carrier, 2 Heavy Cruisers, 8 Destroyers
Main Fleet (2 carriers, 8 heavy cruisers, 32 Destroyers)

[rapid urchin]

its kinda the default tank

[austere roost]

No wonder ai tank divisions are so bad

[austere roost]

Just put your old ships up for patrol, also idk why you have two levels of patrol when there is only one level of convoy escort, and don't use carriers for convoy escort. Heavy cruisers are a joke; for main fleet just use carriers with max out hanger decks, battleships with max out heavy batteries, Light cruisers with max out light batteries, and destroyers to soak up damage. For mio pick the one with most visibility buffs which is usually raiding mio.

[earnest linden]

Really? Aren’t battleships just too slow and expensive to bother with compared to a heavy cruiser?

Also, this is just a general idea, most countries I wanna put all this to test in have like 0 navy at game start lol

[austere roost]

Heavy cruisers lack the punch of BB, and you don't need a lot of capital ships. One for each carrier is enough

If battleships are too expensive that's because you're putting lvl3 armor on them

And you are complaining about bb being expensive while putting carriers in escort fleets

[rapid urchin]

these ones are ESPECIALLY bad

[austere roost]

And I thought eu4 army comp advice is horrible especially with that "ideal army comp spreadsheet". Seems like hoi4 tank design advice might be even worse

[rain iris]

I have a question about navy. I understand that you need 4 screening ships per capital ships. But does it matter how many capital ships you have in one task force if you have enough screening ships. Or will it become less efficient

[worthy grove]

Dont use capital ships

Do a light cruiser spam

[past mica]

best doctrine for 12 width org pure infantry?

[rain iris]

like this?

[sacred sluice]

Is the swiss expand the confederacy path able to core the entire world?

(Although it would take FOREVER)

[scenic nacelle]

Yes

[indigo sapphire]

should i always build ALL ship types

[scenic nacelle]

Don’t think so

[sacred sluice]

What are the limitations? From what I can see, I can keep doing it to neighbouring states

[indigo sapphire]

ey answer

[past mica]

is grand battle plan or superior firepower better?

[scenic nacelle]

Just claims maybe?

I genuinely hate Switzerland but also never seen anyone say anything about them coring the world

[sacred sluice]

Nah it does give cores if the country you're requesting it from gives it up

(I think, I just tested it)

[indigo sapphire]

hello

[gilded karma]

Hi

[indigo sapphire]

answer

[gilded karma]

I dunno man i mainly do subs destroyers, a few cruisers and when i get lucky a carrier

But I don't play majors that much

So idk

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[analog maple]

how do i naval invade japan as germany?

i have austrlia and all those

[gilded karma]

Philippines?

Or the ussr

Like what's the closest piece of land you got

To japan

[pseudo gorge]

can anyone js play w me so i can get a hang of the game more,i have like 40hrs of the gamebut poor knowladge

im not a bot bot i know how to do something,but i wanna get the hang of it more

[analog maple]

i dont have them

or the ussr

[scenic nacelle]

Nearest piece of land then

[austere roost]

Both are good, sfp is slightly better for defense and gbp for attack since it gives you atk and not planning bonus but the difference is negligible

[past mica]

ok thank you

[austere roost]

No lol I just answered it a few hours ago, scroll up

[safe cypress]

Yo question what is the best option or the best way to get rid of MEFO bills?

[stray trellis]

is mass assault strong for Communist CHina?

[spark mauve]

hey guys, does anyone know about the "different version" error when trying to join or host muliplayer?

[inner mountain]

does this count as a battlecruiser?

[spark mauve]

its just the last numbers in parenthesis, my friend has (f303) and mine is (1d02)

[scenic nacelle]

Different mods

[dusty sandal]

you don't make taskforces, you deathstack (except for subs, spotter and patrol for supremacy)

[scenic nacelle]

Versions

[dusty sandal]

if you make taskforces, you die

[spark mauve]

0 mods

we want to play vanilla

[earnest linden]

Didn’t the new update stop death stacks?

[grand temple]

Is it me or is the factor out of whack ? how does it get to 64% ??

[dusty sandal]

no it didn't
you just have to put a few ships patrolling to get supremacy now, didn't fix shit

ideally, if you start as uk you just take the shitty heavy cruisers, set them as patrol and everything else as doomstack projecting strike force

[earnest linden]

Then wtf was the point of this whole rework, wasn’t that the goal? To make navy more historical

[dusty sandal]

they made it so that you actually need ship in the water for supremacy which makes sense
they also prevented TP mechanics with fleets by using the old mechanics of fleet base

[scenic nacelle]

Verify game files

And double check if one of u have a cosmetic mod

Those sometimes conflict

[earnest linden]

Alright, well that’s a good fleet size then, and what composition

Specifically with carriers, I wanna go hard on carriers

[dusty sandal]

in singleplayer you just spam light cruisers with light atk and armor

if you want to larp further you can build 4 carriers and super heavy battleships

[dusty sandal]

there's a soft cap on carrier in battle. if you have more than 4 you get debuffs so you'd need 26+ 1936 carriers to outscale the debuff iirc

[earnest linden]

Ok. 4 carriers and then just endless cruisers?

[dusty sandal]

light cruisers with loads of light attack (just spam light cruiser batteries) and max armor you have, only lvl 1 AA in the AA spot

you need at least 6 piercing too

[carmine thunder]

Is it just me or is japan nerfed to the ground in this new dlc

all my civs are on oil trade and china starts with closer airports so they had air sup and I cant breakthrough :(

[rapid urchin]

anyone know why my"last stand" order disapeared?

[scenic nacelle]

Ur weak

But so are the Chinese

But they have lots more

But still it’s hard to lose as Japan

[rapid urchin]

if you knida know what youre doing

[carmine thunder]

I normally play against expert ai but this is against vanilla ai

[scenic nacelle]

U should try sheep AI

[glacial steeple]

its nerfed only a tiny bit but not a lot

stop trading for oil

go to war a LOT earlier

china scales quite well now but japan without china doesnt

[hasty belfry]

Are escort carriers any good?

Like as a smaller nation could I use them instead of fleet carriers?

[idle arch]

How to release a nation as a puppet

[pliant condor]

click Q, go to occupation tab

find algeria

click release nation

keep puppet(and don't play as, obviously)

[trail topaz]

is there any way I can make it so germany doesnt join the allies when I want to conquer it

[bitter slate]

Does anyone now a good YouTuber that plays germany?

[dark thunder]

Germany is the easy mode tutorial country, I don’t think I’ve seen a youtuber who HASNT played it at least once

[pliant condor]

kill them before they declare war on the allies

[bitter slate]

Can you tell me one you watch?

[trail topaz]

wdym? Germany joins the allies

[trail topaz]

Its german republic

[bitter slate]

I have the most doubt in the Germany tree

[trail topaz]

I dont understand what you mean

[slate plover]

I have a question how the hell were you able to do smth like this

[trail topaz]

Wdym?

[pliant condor]

you got a peacedeal with germany right?

[trail topaz]

No

[pliant condor]

since they are also at war with allies

what

[trail topaz]

I havent started the war

[pliant condor]

? then how do you own the land

[trail topaz]

Check the screenshot its germany republic not german reich

I won against german reich

[pliant condor]

yes

that's what im saying

[trail topaz]

I am declaring against German republic now

[pliant condor]

you need to win against them before they go to war with allies

so allies can't take their land

[dark thunder]

We are telling you to not declare war against Germany, instead we are telling you to restart, and then declare war on them BEFORE the German Reich goes to war with the allies.

[trail topaz]

So there is no way to make them not join the allies?

[dark thunder]

Democratic country at almost max world tension? Yeah no way to prevent that.

[trail topaz]

Okay thanks

[dark thunder]

You could invade the Soviets and gain more factories that way to eventually push allies, or you could team up with Soviets against the allies (since it looks like they are at war in this game)

And give the Soviets military access.

[trail topaz]

Yes thank you good idea, there is a focus to go against soviets

I will do that

[pliant condor]

ok do you know what a peacedeal is

they made germany democratic when they capitulated

[trail topaz]

No I started playing 3 days ago

[pliant condor]

which is what democratic nations like to do

the reason is that allies also have war contribution in the war so they can take german lands

in order for them to not be able to do so you need to declare war on germany in like 38(from czech or something)

and kill them before then

[dark thunder]

You can manually justify too if you want to team with Soviets.

[trail topaz]

Okay I understand now Thanks

[trail topaz]

which do you recomend

[dark thunder]

Personally I recommend going to war with the allies and giving the Soviets military access so you both can push France and Germany.

Cause the allies might have already gained enough warscore against the Soviets to where if you kill them, the allies will just take everything again like they did in Germany.

And your back at square 1

[trail topaz]

As of now there is a soviet d day should I still do it

[hasty belfry]

Should I choose infiltration tactics for a cavalry run since it adds a 10% buff to cavalry battalions to mounted recon companies?

[dark thunder]

I say go for it. That’s a lot of units that could be encircled and killed if they are pushed back into the sea.

And hey, that’s less units on the German front for you.

[trail topaz]

oo smart thinking

[dark thunder]

Your factory count kinda low tho

[trail topaz]

How many should I go for?

[scenic salmon]

What is a good defensive template?

[quasi dust]

how on earth do you play this terrifying game. i have watched two videos and i still cant even figure out the tutorial

[cold bloom]

No video is perfect, just wing it a few times until you gradually get better

[topaz yew]

not really asking for help that much but goodness me this is going awful

why do i have twice as many deaths as them, its paraguay

i think the problem is that they have 7x my defense? im not quite sure why

[compact bane]

What’s the Strat for extreme pride and prejudice

[compact bane]

Cas

[topaz yew]

yeah i do have cas i think

green air superiority

[north vine]

i'm playing communist germany rn. i decided to keep ernst thälmann for the militia buffs because i wanted to try the new militia things but i only have this template and i cant add more militia units

anyone knows what to do

[neat widget]

Paraguay things

[neat widget]

Yeah

You can't do anything without installing a mod

[north vine]

so taking this was a complete waste?

[compact bane]

More cas or allow them to capture half your country

[neat widget]

Yeah

It's literally only useful for communist china

Where it is rather strong

[topaz yew]

oh can you go past green? and they didnt seem to want to invade me any, only defend

[north vine]

also austria has an op militia build

sad

time to play communist china then

[compact bane]

No but when I was playing Britain I just spammed like 2000 CAs and allowed them to make a big ass front

I do that with all small nations like Bhutan and Nepal

[topaz yew]

i think i had too many divisions in tiles, but i didnt really want to expand the front because there were big rivers that i was losing through

and in the other tiles they kept reinforcing themselves so i wasnt really getting anywhere

[compact bane]

Logi strikes maybe

[topaz yew]

does that need you to make another plane?

[compact bane]

No CAs should have the ability to

[topaz yew]

strategic bombing? its greyed for me

oh actually its going a lot better when i stop trying to micro and just let the generals do what they want to do

[silk canopy]

You have no supply, that's why

[topaz yew]

i thought my supply was okay because i had a supply hub? yeah it was bad in the little pocket but that was a mistake

if i have trains and a supply hub nearby is there anything else i need for enough supply?

[worthy grove]

Motorise your supply

[silk canopy]

Turn on supply map mode

[worthy grove]

You have horses carrying your guns through the jungles

[silk canopy]

Turn on supply map mode and you will see if it's good or bad and the railway connections

[topaz yew]

yeah and it didnt look too bad i didnt think?

and i do havve motorised supply, the horses are just there from the start of the game

[silk canopy]

On the image you don't

[worthy grove]

No you dont

[topaz yew]

oh are the trucks not motorised supply?

ohh i see thanks

[silk canopy]

You should have two trucks in place of each horse on the image

[dark thunder]

All that changes is the priority from other parts in the frontline.

[worthy grove]

Click the horse twice and the problem goes away

[topaz yew]

hopefully it helps decently

[worthy grove]

No it increases supply range by a lot

[dark thunder]

Oh okay

[analog maple]

how am i losing the naval battle when im having x8 the amount of ships? and pretty good research

[worthy grove]

Are you using strike force?

[silk canopy]

This is not a battle

[worthy grove]

Strike force and patrol kills enemy ships and gives you dominance

[analog maple]

im using patrol

[analog maple]

wdym

[worthy grove]

You have 50 ships

Enemy has 36

[silk canopy]

You're not showing a battle but a sea zone

[analog maple]

oh who ships are those then?

[silk canopy]

No battle is happening on the image

[worthy grove]

Shi i mistook them for convoys

You sure you have patrol on?

Delete all the orders and set patrol on just this 1

You should have atleast some of the dominance if you were to use patrol correctly

[silk canopy]

In the new naval system supremacy is not instant and you need to wait for it to build up over time

If your navy is on patrol you're good

[worthy grove]

New naval supremacy system is the same but with patrol worth it

[analog maple]

why my empire crashing?

[viscid abyss]

Is it impossible to beat Germany as Poland when playing historical?

I’ve never tried Poland

[silk canopy]

Nothing is impossible in this game

[topaz yew]

ah,i have learnt something to bear in mind in future, when attacking a country like argentina, make sure they wont drag the entirerestof the world into the war with it

[slim parrot]

I have researched newer ships but i cant start producing them because it says i lack a “battery” module, what does this mean?

[scenic nacelle]

resistance

[civic hare]

do I got this?

[scenic nacelle]

where tanks

[civic hare]

uh

I cooked

[bronze grove]

delete all orders and create a field marshall frontline with shift+left click

[civic hare]

nah its cuz I had some things with (yk what nvm)

[uneven abyss]

How do I report hackers

[light knoll]

its definitely possible

its possible to beat Germany as Poland even starting on 1939 start

[bronze grove]

rush guns 2 with the bonus you get from focus tree and use 9/0 with support aa and support arty

[white sinew]

Resistance is high in Poland and growing everywhere else. how do I solve this?

[stuck garnet]

Local police force

[white sinew]

I have cavalry but I feel like it’s not doing anything

But I’m on military governor right now I thought that was best but maybe not

[bronze grove]

use spies + martial law

[stuck garnet]

Manpower and stockpiles please?

[light knoll]

no its the absolute worst law

[white sinew]

Damn haha

[bronze grove]

not really but whatever

[white sinew]

I literally quit a previous German save, everywhere had like 60% resistance I couldn’t be arsed

I’m pretty new tho

[light knoll]

go local police force in general to build compliance, or harsh quotas to get more factories

[white sinew]

My unit

[bronze grove]

priorititise garrison on deployment tab
put spies on resistance suppression
put countries like Poland and France on martial law because they get resistance bonus from focus tree + exiled government