ask-for-help-here

[deft wyvern]

I just had to change to tank

They were taking 10k guns which i needed for my frontline

Will Germany always attack Netherlands on historical even if Netherlands attacks France/Britain first?

[neat widget]

Yes they would

But I'd imagine Netherlands would join Axis first, which would render the question moot

But they'd still ahve the war goal

[deft wyvern]

Netherlands is communist

So they can't join axis

I think I'll have to attack Germany first by joining allies.

[scenic salmon]

imma just uninstall the game at this point, nothin im doing is working

germans just melt my troops no matter what

[fathom thistle]

What country u playing as?

[scenic salmon]

france

had lvl 6 forts on italy and german borders, they still punched through and my 18w defenses didnt hold and the 36w infantry offense template didnt do anything

[dry otter]

Could someone please suggest to me a good flame tank for Germany?

Somehting like this?

Think of that engine as petrol electric though

[serene helm]

i think the idea with flame tanks is to build cheap ones for the bonus provided by the support company.

Regardless, this tank has way to low reliability to be useful. Its also somewhat expensive. I would probably go with a light tank , smaller turret, less special modules and a diesel engine (if possible).
You can ofc build stronger Tanks, but that would come at a cost I cant tell you can afford

[hollow linden]

Hmm, not exactly. If you just wanted the bonus, you can research them, add to the div then disabled flame tank equipment in the div designer. But flame tanks can stack good break so I would build it for that

[serene helm]

dont you still need the tanks in the div to get the bonus? or have i played the game all wrong?

[hollow linden]

Nope. Just in the design

Its not the base stats that are applied

It's the bonus to the division as a whole

[deft wyvern]

hmm this didn't work either

the units still have the infantry equipment until you can give them tanks

[hollow linden]

You know you're supposed to train 2w and convert them to 50w cav with equipment disabled right

Youre not just spamming a bunch of 2w that does nothing

The point is to convert those to large divs, then convert your special forces and then delete the 50w cav

[deft wyvern]

Hmm my problem was I needed a lot of them and didnt want to delete incase I needed more paratroopers

[hollow linden]

Yea then train like 100 2w, convert them to large div, convert your special forces, then convert the large divs back to 2w

If you can't afford those 2w divs then I would question if you should even do the exploit

Like you are supposed to have guns

[neat widget]

Nowadays you can have two 50 width templates. The former should be cav with MP as support, and the latter should be infantry with equipment turned off. The infantry is a mastery farming template since cavalry doesn't grind mastery for some odd reason

Just putting this out there, but good night

[hollow linden]

Yea they retain the guns from the 2w, that's the minimal investment

You cannot do the exploit without guns

As I said, if you don't have guns for it, don't do it

Whyd you delete

[deft wyvern]

I was told it'd be easy

[hollow linden]

Wdym

It's still easy

Bro you're investing 10k guns at max

What's the problem

[deft wyvern]

My comp lagged

Basically I can't get the balance right between turning communist, building enough guns, training 8 paratroopers and having a frontline to not capitulate instantly

all before 1939 as netherlands

• having enough fighters for air superiority

for british invasion

idk how to do it

Like to get the paratroopers I need over 200 divisions alone which is like 20k guns

[hollow linden]

Ye it's hard

[hollow linden]

What the hell

Yea no you need to scale down

Or delete the converts

[deft wyvern]

I was told u need 36w paratroopers, but it's just so impossible lmao

[hollow linden]

Ye that's technically correct

And you should do that

[deft wyvern]

So is 8 18w not better than 4 36w?

[hollow linden]

So like, make your paratroopers and delete the converts

[hollow linden]

Nah

You want big

[deft wyvern]

Okay

I'll try again, I think I just gotta stop going inbetween the two

[hollow linden]

Maybe improve relations with a bunch of nations and beg for guns at war start?

[deft wyvern]

I think I understand the calculation

[deft wyvern]

Interesting idea

I got the maths now I think...

Need 8*18 = 144 special forces. 5% of that is 2880 battlions

2880 battlions = 144 divisions of 40w

I "only" need 14.4k guns

My 8 paratroopers will take 12.8k of that

I understand the problem now, it's because I was trying to field a front line AND also do the exploit

Have to do it one at a time

[hollow linden]

Oh yea that doesn't work lol

[deft wyvern]

I think this only works if I was to join a faction (either allies/axis), but I'll be fighting before world tension is high enough for land lease

[deft wyvern]

thank you for the help

[hollow linden]

Not really? I mean, maybe non aligned nations can lend lease on war start

[light knoll]

you can always justify on the usa or something

to get WT up

[hollow linden]

Nah tensions isn't instant, it takes a while

[deft wyvern]

I shall report back with my findings

[hollow linden]

That doesn't work anymore

[light knoll]

how soon do they flip commie

[hollow linden]

Idk ask them

[deft wyvern]

I think I'd rather just put 5 factories on guns at start and it should be enough xD

commie is around 1937

[light knoll]

then you have time to spike WT

then ask Poland, turkey, finland, iran

[deft wyvern]

Around Sep 1937 is commie.

[light knoll]

for lend lease

they usually have lots of guns

make sure you have a huge deficit of gun before asking. you can fake training as much divisions as you can to create a bigger deficit

[deft wyvern]

They need around 60% WT. Only trouble is if I do that then france/uk will ally belgium/lux before I can invade them

[jovial elk]

Yo,does anyone know if canada has post second wltkrieg content on kaiserreich?

[deft wyvern]

maybe I can still fight them all

[jovial elk]

Like to retake its old colonies

Or expansion

[hollow linden]

It can restore the UK no

And then you play as UK

You're not supposed to stay as Canada

[jovial elk]

Yeah i get ir

But does it have content after that?

[hollow linden]

Idk, haven't played Kaiserreich in years I only play Kaiserredux

[jovial elk]

My pc cant run kaiserredux😭

[hollow linden]

How can it run KR then?

KX isnt much more demanding

[jovial elk]

Its less demandant

[hollow linden]

Not really

[jovial elk]

Kaiserredux is like 6 or 7gb

[hollow linden]

Both run like shit

[jovial elk]

Hell no

Kaiserreich goes reslly well

[hollow linden]

Yea file size, what does that have to do with performance

[jovial elk]

I tried it already

[hollow linden]

Oh well

[jovial elk]

Maybe ill give it a second chance

[hollow linden]

Didn't really feel a difference

[hollow linden]

U should. Imo KX is better

[jovial elk]

Also what countries would u reccomend me?

[hollow linden]

I really don't like the new KR updates

[hollow linden]

Canada is good. Russia has a lot of variety. Any faction in the ACW

[jovial elk]

ACW?

[hollow linden]

France is fun though a bit bare bones

[hollow linden]

American civil war

[jovial elk]

The commune or the republic?

[hollow linden]

Right. Both. Both is good

[jovial elk]

I have heard some commune paths are fun to play

[hollow linden]

I'd say republic

Commune is barebones

[jovial elk]

Btw is japan a good try?

[hollow linden]

Sure

[jovial elk]

Yippeee

Then ill try kaiserredux

Thanks bro

[dire jackal]

how do you basically play germany without MEFO bills?

[fathom thistle]

Take the left economy focus

[dire jackal]

you only take the left one if decide to play ahead of time right?

like starting ww2 at 1938 or something

[dire jackal]

cancel MEFO bills at the start?

[fathom thistle]

Complete it early

[fathom thistle]

Sooner the better

[hollow linden]

U don't. Left side is shit now

[fathom thistle]

Take all focuses that lower consumer goods

[hollow linden]

But if you really wanted, do the first focus ASAP, then carry on as you would normally

[dire jackal]

so basically complete it first and ignore everything else

[cold garnet]

they actually indirectly buffed PEG in 1.17.3

[fathom thistle]

Burn the mefo bills🔥

[cold garnet]

by letting you take coal decisions even with PEG

no longer tied to FYP

[hollow linden]

The problem with left side is that, it takes a while to be good and you get less coal, which Germany struggles with a lot, you get less rubber and get the good buffs later compared to right side

[hollow linden]

Wait whaz

[cold garnet]

yeah

[hollow linden]

Holy shit

[cold garnet]

they changed it

[hollow linden]

They keep updating it

Aaaaaaa

[cold garnet]

so PEG became relevant again lmao

[hollow linden]

Okay nevermind 💀

[cold garnet]

you still get less coal though

[dire jackal]

i dont understand anything guys im new 😭 lol

[cold garnet]

cuz FYP has autarky law + more resource modifiers

[dire jackal]

Cancel MEFO bills at the start and then complete this entire thing first right?

[hollow linden]

Yes. Make sure to get tools and excav 3. You need it to continue the tree

[compact violet]

Help, how do i defeat the germans as the Hungary?

With the habsburg path

The germs keep declaring war on my puppeted Czech

[static turret]

build forts get aa support

[glacial steeple]

they will

[static turret]

pump out as many divs as you can

the front is huge so you might need to consolidate by retreating to a better front

[fierce idol]

in single player, is it fine to just skip tanks and rush motorised

[hollow linden]

Do neither. Inf is good enough

Motorised is expensive for no gain

[tardy mesa]

how do i win against france i took so long in the war that they joined the allies

[hollow linden]

Taking Marseille and Toulon is necessary

Otherwise you're already through

Pull out of Africa

[fierce idol]

so just infantry + plane spam

[hollow linden]

Yea

[fierce idol]

what do endgame divisions look like?

[native gorge]

is this how you make flame tanks

[thorn mirage]

Hello! I am very new to HoI4 and i would really appreciate an sort of help prefferably like 1 on 1 training persay. I have watched countless tutoriols but i am still lost. I am very interested in the game and i know it looks fun but i have no idea what I'm doing.

[plush mauve]

flame tanks' only purpose is to give the division massive buffs on different terrains, so your goal is to make it super cheap

also you can add a dozer blade to add in flat entrenchment

[hollow linden]

Not Really. If you just wanted buffs you can disable the equipment and don't even need to produce it

[hollow linden]

Still gives the terrain buffs

Flame tanks are great to stack break which inf sorely lacks

[serene karma]

Complain about it there

[lilac vine]

what is the standard inf div nowadays?

[versed rose]

no individual excellence template

sadge

[hollow linden]

I guess the mountaineer one counts

Idk what the doctrines on these are

Might even be pre dlc

[versed rose]

nah break of bottom right one is too high, its armored spearhead armored doctrine + large unit tactics

[hollow linden]

Idk the doctrines. Wdym the break is too high lol

Break can never be too high on inf

[versed rose]

no i mean, break doesnt get that high without armored spearhead + grand assault doctrine

[hollow linden]

Oh I can tell you I defo didn't use armored spear had. It fking sucks

It's mobile assault recon with armored recon

Similar to this design

Armored recon gives Hella stats now

[versed rose]

why not flame 2 main gun if you're breakmaxxing

surely its worth more than ~5 soft from the template?

[hollow linden]

Hence I said similar

I'd use flame 2

[versed rose]

idk why the hate on armored spearhead though, its 40% break, applies on tank recon

only real infantry doctrine from tank subdoctrines imo

[hollow linden]

Does it? Gotta check

[versed rose]

20% on tank, 20% on tank + armor variants, its old MW RR

tank and tank + armor variants applies to flametank and tank recon (and paralight if you want)

[normal lake]

okay is this still meta?

js spam light cruisers and then maybe fix the guns of every other ship

ik upgrading the armor or engine takes forever but the guns and other components are fine

[versed rose]

i'd use more secondary batteries, higher level armor, and ditch the sonar, but otherwise it'll probably work. ai doesnt know how to navy so any half-competent design wrecks them

oh wait its gun 3

gun 3 cruisers eat too much steel so i dont like using them over gun 2 cruisers

[normal lake]

aight

[analog maple]

why am i so low on mp i barely have divison and im only garrisoning france with local police force

[normal lake]

k I found out electrical grids are a thing, what can I do abt them? how important are they?

[tardy mesa]

how do i invade france early without being stuck in war until france joins the allies cuz last time i tried the frontline moved extremely slowly

[calm forge]

They are useless

[normal lake]

also ig I should start upgrading my ships now?

[calm forge]

All they did is decrease coal use by a bit or increase resource output by a bit

[calm forge]

What time

[normal lake]

1936

[calm forge]

What country

[normal lake]

USA

[calm forge]

Tbh usa is fine with 1936 ships the whole game

Like the uk

[normal lake]

k

do I upgrade my cruisers first or nah

[calm forge]

But if it's mp then upgrade ships but that template isn't good for mp anyway

[calm forge]

Yes

U don't need to upgrade destroyers as they r supposed to be cheap

Maybe add more torps if u want

[normal lake]

what am I supposed to do with the rest of the navy I'm given anyway are the cruisers supposed to be the ones spotting and then the rest of the navy comes and join the fight

[calm forge]

Make 10 spotting cruisers with max engine and cruiser armour 2 with all spotting buffs like sonar and then do 1 cruiser per task force ten times and u got 10 regions u can spot at once

[normal lake]

or do I make my own spotters?

[calm forge]

Since your usa you can split your navy into 3

And then I really only use subs for convoy raiding

[normal lake]

hold up

per task force of yknow the main cruisers I'm doing

This good?

[calm forge]

thats good

[normal lake]

aight

[calm forge]

remember to upgrade them too

[normal lake]

Aight though the engines might take forever

[calm forge]

i recommend anti air 1 and battery 1 tho

your probably going to lose a lot of them since your carriers are slowing down the fleet

also did you delete your starting fleet production?

[normal lake]

yiuh

[calm forge]

u shouldnt really do that unless its old tech ships

its js free production

[normal lake]

i've got a problem ig

[normal lake]

well crap

[azure delta]

can I ask for help with modding here

[calm forge]

change anti air 2 for anti air 1 since ur carriers will deal with air

or you could js wait for ww2

wait

why do u have sonar on ur attacking light cruisers?

[normal lake]

#tech-support is for that probably

[normal lake]

okay fair they ain't anti sub ig

should I make anti sub destroyers tho

or will naval bombers do that for me

[calm forge]

yes for convoy escorting by south east asia

[normal lake]

aight

[calm forge]

js put depth charges on them

[azure delta]

nobody responds either way

[normal lake]

fair

[calm forge]

i might be able to help

[normal lake]

What if I merged all of task forces into one then divided it by 3

[serene ocean]

• is heres a proplem with the game servers today? why its shows connection timeout all the time, mods or without.

[calm forge]

i usually do that, remove subs from it, and then assort it with 1/3 cap-screen ratio

[normal lake]

aight

[normal lake]

what's a "cap-screen ratio" tho

[calm forge]

capital ship to screen ship ratio, basically battleship to destroyer ratio in a task force

[normal lake]

ohh right

[calm forge]

you could do 1/4 but personally i like to use my screens for convoy escorts

i dont recommend it tho

its js smth i do

[languid trout]

thats if ur planning to use them on multiple seas at the same time

[normal lake]

I am

[normal lake]

dumb question but is there a way to do that automatically

[hollow linden]

Arbitrary ratio, they don't do anything. Just death stack your fleet as long as supply allows

[hollow linden]

Sadly not no

[normal lake]

I used the "Split into balanced task force" and merged them so that they look like this now

[spice pine]

anyone wanna play

[hollow linden]

#alt-history-multiplayer

[spice pine]

cheers mate

[alpine pivot]

are hoi4 servers lagging?

[spice pine]

yes bro

i was lagging so hard

[azure delta]

how to change name of soviet Czechoslovakia

[pine cargo]

yes

[stuck garnet]

Are battleships any good

[hollow linden]

Super heavies are

[normal lake]

what if I built my light cruisers from scratch since refitting old cruisers would cost more

[fathom thistle]

Since they removed the RR from Mob r. What is the best 2 tiles wide defense against majors?

[normal lake]

when do I start building dockyards anyway

[hollow linden]

What?

I don't get what you're asking

[fathom thistle]

For example Luxemburn. With mas mob r reinforcement bonus you could hold out with stacking it to max..And sit out till the end..Now with that bonus removed the same design of 18w units is not enough anymore

Do I just try to armor meme it?

[hollow linden]

Use signals

Initiative multiplies reinforce rate

[oak jasper]

So: will supply routes always pick the shortest route to the capital? It'd explain why Panama is in short supply and asking me to build railroads to Louisiana despite the East Coast still having plenty of capacity to transport supplies.

[fathom thistle]

Not enough

I always use those

[sly glade]

uhm sorry guys.. Is anyone having issues joining a multiplayer server?
I was going to play with my friends in Hoi4. But when I send id for them, they keep saying it is a connection timeout... is it something wrong with my hoi4?

[tardy gorge]

same

[ocean mortar]

same

[half glade]

how do you properly play as italy in singleplayer

[fierce idol]

is mechanised infantry worth rushing?

[fathom thistle]

If you max out military factories then probably yea c

Assuming you want to have at least one army with it

[dusty sandal]

depends: doing special forces or inf only ? you don't need mech
if you're doing tanks in any form or want mech divs, it's important to get. You might not need to hard rush it (with no bonus or with 700+ days research) but it'll be important

mech is extremely powerful in singleplayer because of high defence, relatively low cost (8base, can be halved by spending 100mil xp) and high hardness (40%, can get up to 50% with MIO traits)

[covert cave]

guys what should I do why don't I have any tricks in Greece at all? I'm playing with a pirated Hoy4, and many countries have the same problem. How can I solve it? writing through translator

[dusty sandal]

you need battle for the bosphorus DLC to get greece focus tree

or mods

[fathom thistle]

Probably version without dlcs

[dusty sandal]

also, don't come on the official discord talking about pirated game bruh wtf

[covert cave]

it's strange that I could play for Byzantium without this before

[fierce idol]

probably just infantry

[robust glen]

In historical plus iron man mode does USSR accept alliance

[normal lake]

Anybody know the best templates for divisions as of now

[analog maple]

for what?

[normal lake]

Infantry, tanks, marines, national guard, garrison (the given garrison templates for USA)

[queen ginkgo]

mp dont work??

[normal lake]

Maybe mountaineers

iinw cavalry is still the go-to occupied territories garrison div

[normal lake]

This for infantry?

[robust glen]

Ye

[normal lake]

Aight

How abt tanks and marines

[robust glen]

U good

Then sure

[normal lake]

?

[wicked sluice]

am i the only one who has a problem with soviets being too good of a meat shield and germany never winning?

[robust glen]

Personally I don't like tanks mixed with infantry it slowly them down

I prefer separate divs

[azure delta]

yo I can help with that

[normal lake]

Uhh of course I meant templates for tank and marine divs

And maybe the national guard divs too plus the uhh uhhh

The freaking

Maybe the garrison and cavalry divs

[normal lake]

my guy what if they weren't able to take a screenshot sometimes it happens

[robust glen]

Idc

[hollow linden]

🥱

I do

[robust glen]

Come suck my 5.5

[normal lake]

Ignore them but yeah @robust glen you got any good templates for the other divs

For tanks and marines and etc

[robust glen]

I use basics,heavy tanks and super Harvey tanks I just love um

[normal lake]

CAN I use medium tanks instead thoughb

[robust glen]

Sure
I'm not a hoi4 psycho

[hearty arch]

are the servers down?

[edgy mesa]

whats the amount of width and breakthrough i should focus on like with tanks
early game
mid game
late game

[dusty sandal]

in singleplayer you want your tanks between 32-36w with 35 being optimal
you want 200HP at minimum
you want between 350-500 breakthrough base, more than that and most of it won't ever be used
You want as much soft atk as possible
Speed is up to you, you shouldn't need to worry about armor as long as you use the same amount of tanks as mech in the template or more tanks than mech, using the 1938 medium tank chassis
reliability is up to you as well as it is easily avoidable if you know what you're doing
Hard atk and piercing are absolutely useless and you shouldn't ever worry about it (in tanks)

[tired furnace]

guys

i need help

why when i try joining multiplayer it says connectiontimed out

its making me so mad

[edgy mesa]

servers are down i think

[dusty sandal]

#tech-support message

[tired furnace]

sorry im new

[dusty sandal]

click on the link

[inner mountain]

am i going crazy or was there a setting that allowed to set your puppets colour more like yours?

[hasty belfry]

How good is desperate defense? Would it be solid for a nation like communist Hungary to spam out infantry?

The 20% soft attack boost seems pretty good.

[inner mountain]

its good for its 5% manpower

[hasty belfry]

Plus of course 5% recruitable population.

[inner mountain]

but in terms of attack bonuses other doctorines are better

[amber shore]

hilfe servertimeout

[hasty belfry]

The other operations subdoctrines don’t really give much pure attack besides bonuses added to support companies.

Actually.

Rapid domination does.

[glass oak]

multplayer doesent work

[amber shore]

isac is to blame do servers now

[marsh rune]

Hi everyone, does anyone know if the planning exploit no longer works? It simply doesn't work anymore. I create a front line with all armies (no sub-commands yet) using the Field Marshal during pause, then I set my micro-armies to defend in Switzerland. All armies receive the planning bonus, but the micro-army does not.

[sacred lynx]

Can anyone help me? When connecting to a network game with anyone and to anyone, it says the connection to the server has expired. What's the problem? I reinstalled Hoi 4 and the DLC, but it didn't help.

[dusty sandal]

#tech-support message

[dusty sandal]

it's alright. Grand assault is better in multiplayer because you get 25% more breakthrough but in singleplayer, since you don't need that much, desperate defence will do fine

[proud flower]

what do ye recommend researching first in the game and over time

[dusty sandal]

industry and electronics

[worn shard]

can someone help with veteran conversion I thought I was doing it right but I always lose xp

[scenic nacelle]

And the 1936 gun if u don’t start with it

[heady mesa]

So I watched some videos about dlcs and it said man the guns added customizing ships and I have that? I didn't buy man the guns?

[oak jasper]

So: how much does HP matter in division design? If one magically doubled HP, would that halve the manpower and equipment losses, or is it just "more HP means it's harder to obliterate the division outright"?

[dusty sandal]

when you convert a div and want to keep full xp, you need the conversion template to both have the same manpower amount (or more) and the same template.
So, in order to take advantage of this you typically want an infantry division with enough manpower which you then turn into a copy of the division you'll be converting it into later on, except you turn off every costly equipment/equipment with low reliability (ex : tanks, amtracks, mech if you're lacking etc). You then train this convert div to lvl 3 before converting it back to the same template but which has equipment allowed

[craggy steppe]

Why multiplayer dont work? When i try to join lobby i get connection error

[scenic nacelle]

Man the guns became free a while ago

[scenic nacelle]

Servers are down

[dusty sandal]

basically, the more HP the better
the formula is available on the wiki i believe, but the more HP you have, the less material and manpower you'll lose

[cosmic bane]

how is this achievement possible? is there a correct way of going about it?

[glacial steeple]

peru is easy

prob the least painful

[dusty sandal]

you can go brazil estado novo, stay unaligned and justify on them after killing axis. Ideally, you're at war with allies to get the "bad ending" achievement and so it'll will fulfll two achievements at the same time

you can also spam ranger-mountaineers and battleplan with no issue anywhere

[cosmic bane]

i should probably mention i only got the la resistance dlc in case it's a case of doing focus tree stuff

[worn shard]

ty so much appreciate it

[dusty sandal]

oh, yeah then no brazil focus tree

[cosmic bane]

damn 😔

probably shouldnt try this achievement then lmao

[dusty sandal]

yeah, it was meant as a DLC achievement

because all countries in the south american's DLC have a path to conquer everything

[cosmic bane]

trial of allegiance right

[glacial steeple]

peru is still good

[cosmic bane]

is it worth it for the 6 achievements 🤔

[glacial steeple]

you core half of SA

[carmine gale]

still the Server on ?

I cant play multiplayer

[dusty sandal]

seem to be down for now, probably a steam server issue because of update

[carmine gale]

Do you know how long?

[dusty sandal]

can't know

would like to, I'm supposed to have a MP game in 45min

[tardy gate]

Guys why do i have connexion expired when i try to join a friend and how to repair it

[verbal flax]

why do the economy law sometimes costs 150 and sometimes 300

[tardy gate]

?

[lyric geyser]

Servers down rn

[tardy gate]

Guys why do i have connexion expired when i try to join a friend and how to repair it ?

ah ok

for how many time

[lyric geyser]

We don’t know

It’s been a hour or 2 now I believe

[tardy gate]

ok and is it often ?

[lyric geyser]

No

Very rare

[tardy gate]

ok

[heady mesa]

Oh
The video was over 1 year ago that's why it didn't say that ig

[dusty sandal]

national spirits can affect such cost

[worn shard]

how can you gain planning bonus while in area defence

[verbal flax]

im playing kaiserreich france but it happens sometimes in vanilla and i dont understand why and no, no national spirit increasing it

[dusty sandal]

kaiserreich changes a lot of stuff
my guess would be the cost of changing law stacks for each law you skip just as it does for conscription law in vanilla
for example, each policy is 150pp, then going from civilian to partial costs 150, while going from civilian to early is 150, and early to partial is 150 too

[verbal flax]

wait do you mean if i go from civilian to partial it costs more bcs i skip early?

heres a picture btw

[marsh rune]

How can I free my sea route from Dutch India for rubber again? I have already conquered the Netherlands.

[verbal flax]

are you playing germany?

[dusty sandal]

yes that's it
if you went to early mob, patrial mob cost would drop to 120pp
the cost stack because you're skipping a law

[verbal flax]

ohhh okay never knew that after 1,4k hours lmao

i also think that playing a communist/fascist country its always just 150pp

[dusty sandal]

it's the system for conscription law in vanilla, kaiserreich just changes it for eveything I'm guessing

[marsh rune]

@verbal flax yeah Germany

[verbal flax]

could it be that ur still in war with them..?

[dusty sandal]

make sure that you have convoys for it and that you're not getting raided
if you're at war with the dutch east indies you can't import from it obviously

[marsh rune]

@verbal flax nope im in war with poland and the allie

it seems they blocked my harbour or the sea route

[dusty sandal]

then the most probable thing is you're getting raided
or the UK's blocading you

in any way, rubber won't get through, forget about it

[verbal flax]

you have to build ur own stuff

[marsh rune]

Damn, I thought it would work this time. I need the rubber for the hunter production.

[dusty sandal]

build refineries, research their tech for rubber and do the focus that gives more rubber per refineries

[marsh rune]

Yes, I know the way; that's how I lost against the AI ​​last time.

[gleaming mirage]

hello actually when i want to play multi with my friends it say " timed out/ connexion expiré " did u know what can i do to fix that ?

[dusty sandal]

servers are having issues rn

[gleaming mirage]

okkk thankx u bro

[daring schooner]

when does the server comes back

[robust glen]

Is there a feasible technique to increase spacial force maximum capacity?

[median axle]

Hello, im a new player in Hoi4 and started playing with my friends. We made a multiplayer game yesterday and it worked. But today we cant join bc a error some network error called 'Zeitüberschreitung' i play in german sorry. but we cant join any server we tested it

[verbal flax]

servers are down

[median axle]

oh

Any knowledge about them coming back?

[subtle rover]

https://tenor.com/view/withdrawal-hoi4-crazy-guy-hearts-of-iron-4-hearts-of-iron-iv-gif-9037330197093317371

[spice pine]

servers still down?

[quick mist]

think so

[spice pine]

o my days

[heady mesa]

Is gottendamerung included in the base game?

I have special projects

[glacial steeple]

no

special projects are a free feature but you dont have all of them

[lavish ibex]

nakama works btw

bc its diffrent servers

[proven wharf]

whats the foncttion it changes to join the servers ?

[fathom shoal]

Hello gang! I'm trying to set up a game with a few friends of mine - we're trying to run a game with Road to 56 and Player Led Peace Conferences. Every time we try to join each other through server ID or steam, we both get Connection timed out, no matter who is hosting. We've tried restarting steam, the game files are freshly installed. Any pointers or suggetions, guys? 🙂

[fathom shoal]

Oh!

Are servers down? 😭

[lavish ibex]

pdx ones yes

only nakama ones work

but they are not stable at all

so i dont advise playing on them

[fathom shoal]

Aw what a bummer! On the day that we decide to play hoi4 no less

[spice pine]

paradox so friggin useless

what mod yall reccomend for a beginner

[fathom shoal]

Does this happen often? Do we have any idea as to how long it could take?

[spice pine]

usually about 2-3 months

not bad but thats the minimum

[fathom shoal]

Lmao rip

well i'll stay put

[idle arch]

Is communist china fun without the new dlc

[spice pine]

im joking its not actually 2-3 months LOL give it like a day more or less

[fathom shoal]

i figured lol

thanks for the info anyways! appreciate it

[rain iris]

My manpower keeps shrinking however my monthly grow is more than 400k and my casualties are not increasing. Why is this?

[verbal flax]

garrison

1 million men in garrison

[subtle rover]

what the heck is nakama

[rain iris]

is there a way to decrease that? I already have civilian oversight.

[spice pine]

np

[verbal flax]

u can select division templates which have less manpower in it

[rain iris]

to what should i change it? Restistance is already pretty high

[twilit bronze]

harsh qoutes

don't let them resist

[rain iris]

like only one cavalry?

[verbal flax]

i always do this

you should not have manpower issues with the usa tho

[rain iris]

yeah i probably should not have annexed Germany and Mexico

[alpine pivot]

you can change it to puppet them

[rain iris]

will that fix my problems?

[alpine pivot]

100%

[ocean ember]

is the hoi4 servers down

[alpine pivot]

but they can get independence if you dont yk suppress it

[subtle rover]

1 horse battalion division is the most efficient for manpower and guns

[alpine pivot]

for multiplayer yh

[ocean ember]

oh relly how long

[rain iris]

This button?

[alpine pivot]

dont know

[alpine pivot]

do release nation then Release as Puppet

[rain iris]

yeah i have had this problem. But how do you prefent this?

[alpine pivot]

there is a continuos focus Suppress Subjects

[noble geode]

hoi4 servers are down? We cant join any games

[alpine pivot]

yes

[noble geode]

Do you guys know when it will be back on?

[subtle rover]

perodox fix the damn game

[glacial steeple]

steam servers

[heady mesa]

Oh alr thanks

[cold bloom]

Try the top vanilla-like/utility ones

[spice pine]

idk what thats supposed to mean

[spark swallow]

He means mods that don’t change too much, or are just quality of life changes

[spice pine]

thanks

[subtle rover]

is it on yet?

[twilit fog]

Being new to to HOI4, stuck in the tutorial mission with Italy and wonder how I can transport supplies from Italy to Ethiopia. Convois should be enough available. Many thx in advance

[heady mesa]

What are good non-major nations to play for a beginner? Preferrably with their own focus tree in base game

Examples are Sweden, Turkey, Argentina but what are the best?

To clarify I have like 30 hrs in the game probably

So I know base mechanics

[subtle rover]

Yaaaay servers are back online 🤩 🤩 😊 😊

[patent cloak]

hungary

[heady mesa]

Oh and how long do multiplayer games take?

[patent cloak]

you can do austria hungary

[patent cloak]

ive never played them really

7 hours like

im also new

(if 90 hours is new)

[patent cloak]

hey.... wanna do a quick 2 player MP?

[heady mesa]

Nah

[patent cloak]

:(

ive never actually played MP

[heady mesa]

I probably won't until I get 18 ig

[subtle rover]

hoi4 sooo good love this game (ironic message)

[topaz yew]

im so mad i got invaded by argentinia and then i was able to capitulate them, i tried to take the land but it ended up being a wwhite peace and i get nothing??, and i have to do a whole nother justifaction on them?

[spark swallow]

Anywhere from 4-8 hours depending on server and what mod you’re playing

The best nations to play are really what you think you’ll have fun on

I’d reccomend Brazil, Spain, Bulgaria, Hungary

[patent cloak]

18 what

[queen ginkgo]

mp work now??

[patent cloak]

idk

they were down?

[heady mesa]

Years old

[patent cloak]

😭

what

you seriously wait that long?

i mean might be a year

idk your age

[heady mesa]

Well

[heady mesa]

Wdym

I have several years left

[patent cloak]

yeah

so thats a bit long dont you think?

[spark swallow]

Lowkey hoi4 mp is all about the zoomer micro

[heady mesa]

Well yeah

I'll have time to practice

[spark swallow]

Every time I play Japan I try to get this guy one person to coop me so that I don’t have to micro

[tough oak]

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong (I don't have NCNS)

[spark swallow]

Practicing sp doesn’t do anything

[patent cloak]

true

[spark swallow]

You’ll be as good in 3 years of sp as right now

Except you will incorrectly think you are good

[heady mesa]

Well yes 💔

[tough oak]

Anyone gng? I need to invade bri'ish isles

[heady mesa]

What about no historical ai sp?

[tough oak]

Wdym

[heady mesa]

Like

[tough oak]

SP won't help in MP if you are asking about that

[heady mesa]

Alr

[spark swallow]

Not sure, are you shops home based close enough?

[tough oak]

Players and AI are very different

[tough oak]

Wdym

[spark swallow]

Everyday there are 3000 hour sp players walking in talking big about themselves and they don’t even know basic macro

[tough oak]

They are in the place they need to be

[spark swallow]

Don’t you have to set their home base

[tough oak]

What is home base?

[spark swallow]

I have ncns so not sure how no dlc is

[heady mesa]

Go to fleet screen

Like select a fleet

In the top there should be a city name somewhere

[tough oak]

Alright

[heady mesa]

That's the home base

You can change it to other harbor

[stoic seal]

yo guys

I need help

[tough oak]

I did

[stoic seal]

I am low as hell on manpower but I am fighting soviets rn

[tough oak]

did not help

[tough oak]

Micro

and get higher recruitment laws

[stoic seal]

huh?

what does "micro" mean

[tough oak]

Control the units yourself not battleplan

[stoic seal]

alr

[strange willow]

Server down or it's good now ?

[tough oak]

Oh worked now

thank you

[fluid verge]

do you get more mastery from attaches if you actually assign a grand doctrine and subdoctrines

cuz i barely got any every time i tried

[arctic remnant]

what the hell is capital hunters

and is it worth it

[arctic remnant]

normaly you get it

[dusty sandal]

The doctrine ?

[arctic remnant]

yes

[dusty sandal]

Yes
You only get 20% matery if you don't have a subdoctrine assigned

[fluid verge]

but do you need both

or just one

[fluid verge]

oh so basically the strat now is to get sub doctrines asap

[dusty sandal]

Read and compare with others
For subs you want more torp atk and less visibility

[arctic remnant]

okey

[left harbor]

is it only me or can't everyone join their friends server, i constantly get a connection timed out

How do I fix it?

[heady mesa]

Alr doctrine tip near a grand doctrine there is a notes? icon and if you click it when you choose between subdoctrines it shows all the mastery rewards while hovering over doctrine itself

It will look like this

Very handy imo

[marsh rune]

Is there still any way to micromanage with a planning bonus? The AI ​​sometimes does strange things; I'd like to empower some troop units myself.

[raw dock]

So uh how the hell do i actualy design divisions, tanks, planes and ships that work? Its too many numbers for ma brain to comprehend

[tawdry mica]

guys how does my supply status go up?

[viscid abyss]

What is Hungary’s role in the axis

And what impact with the ending the regency focus have on the historical game

If I elect a fascist king

[robust glen]

Limit conscription is never manageable when should I go to extensive conscription (Germany what date)

[pliant condor]

yes

draw a frontline

set it on the least cohesion

you get a planning speed reduction though

[pliant condor]

make infantry

fascist path is trash

go non aligned

reinforce horthy's reign

[viscid abyss]

Is that better than the monarchy?

[pliant condor]

yes

[viscid abyss]

And then greater Hungary should be my goal right?

[pliant condor]

that focus is useless

you just need reaffirm territorial claims

that allow you to core states you claimed

like backa, west banat

and germany would annex czech with focus, harsh quota it, until you do the demand slovakia focus and core it yourself

depending on the game you might also get transylvannia from romania

[viscid abyss]

so I don’t need to go beyond this

[pliant condor]

you need demand slovakian integration

[viscid abyss]

Ok

And is this my first priority

[pliant condor]

your first priority is get down to trianon

[viscid abyss]

Alr

[pliant condor]

exactly when gombos die

you go outlaw the party of national will

it's timed perfectly

you only do political focus until you renounce trianon

[viscid abyss]

So he dies quickly (idk who he is)

[pliant condor]

then you probably need to go down to act of defense

it depends on how much tension your game has

[marsh rune]

I've just conquered Poland and now the garrison is costing me a lot of manpower. What can I do about it quickly? What's a good long-term solution?

[pliant condor]

but you need 80% war support when your faction declares on yugo/greece to go total mob

remember to send attache and/or click radio button to give you more war support

then do reaffirm territorial claims and core yugo stuff

then go down to gyori program and research slot

[warped knoll]

reichkoms reduce resistance

or just increase garrison support

[viscid abyss]

Ok thank you

[pliant condor]

you need to do doctrinal studies in your army tree to do the gyori program and spawn rubber(very important)

after that take slovakia

again depending on your game if there's free mastery/if you know how to grind mastery

take depserate defense and if you know you would have enough mastery, irregulars as well

[viscid abyss]

Wdym by spawn rubber?

Build refineries?

[pliant condor]

and go extensive conscription at greece war

[viscid abyss]

Ah ok

[pliant condor]

build full infra in the state, and a high capacity electrical grid

if it does not have a supply hub, build one as well

so you maximize the rubber gained

you could get like 40 rubber for the faction

[viscid abyss]

Oh nice

[pliant condor]

before danzig you should have extensive conscription, desperate defense, and irregulars, and hondesveg

so 13% base manpower

and keep mobilizing

[viscid abyss]

👍

Ill give it a try

[pliant condor]

make sure to reseaerch excav and do this focus

lastly if needed teach your romania how to excav oil

[viscid abyss]

Do you know roughly what date I should reach the Györi program

[pliant condor]

it depends on how many political focus you go down

so you have enough war support

[viscid abyss]

Alright

[pliant condor]

well, this is assuming that your team plays correctly and go to war with yugo/greece in 37

[viscid abyss]

And if we play historical?

[pliant condor]

this is historical

[viscid abyss]

37?

[pliant condor]

if you don't go to war with yugo early then your focus order is different

yes, it's in a historical hoi4 game

but whatever

if your lobby doesn't have that you need to change the focus order slightly

[viscid abyss]

It means I need to delay some of the political ones?

[pliant condor]

correct

you don't need to go down to the war support or territorial claim focus

because you just go partial mobilization when trianon is removed

go directly into your industry tree after trianon basically

btw do you play in mods

[viscid abyss]

No mods

[pliant condor]

not being able to go to war with yugo/greece early is pretty bad

it usually indicates a bad ruleset/player

[viscid abyss]

I see

A lot of us are beginners

[pliant condor]

it means italy would end up having nothing

well, you would need to adapt to your games

what I gave you was the way to play it optimally

[viscid abyss]

Ok I’ll give this a try

Thanks for your help

One last thing do I build civs?

[pliant condor]

build until like end of 37

you should have like 50 mils by barb

without transylvania

also this focus bonus go on 1942 gun(gun 3)

and hire the advisor

[viscid abyss]

Ok thanks

[warped knoll]

@pliant condor

i just took out italy

but britain gets to take so much stuff

disregard

[stuck garnet]

is there a good way to do assymetrical war

warfare*

[pliant condor]

well yeah

best way is to go to war with everyone instead

[stuck garnet]

pssttt take their navy

take their navy

pssss

navy

now

grr

for sealion

/hj

is this good idea 😭

[teal prism]

if i activate the decision "Demand Peace Negotiations to the Soviet Union" while controlling Murmansk, Onega, and Olonets do I keep them or do I just get a white peace because it was saying that if i control these then i can demand them but it just says white peace... (against the AI)

[warped knoll]

wth is going on

is the RAF here or something

[pliant condor]

click on the airzone and you see

[warped knoll]

which button

i’ve got 2k fighters in the area and still no superiority?

is the whole allied air force here

[teal prism]

click on the area he means

[warped knoll]

oh

ok

let me see

[teal prism]

can someone help me with my previous question?

[glacial steeple]

you get to keep the states if you do the leningrad peacedeal

and you occupy any of them

[teal prism]

so like if i have them occupied i keep them but i lose Leningrad?

so if i activate this while controlling the states i keep them?

[glacial steeple]

yes

[pliant condor]

left click

[glacial steeple]

i believe thats the one yes

[teal prism]

ok thank you

[jovial elk]

HELP

My kaiserredux keeps crashing when loading😭

[idle arch]

Good nation to play that is fun and is a minor

[glacial steeple]

peru communist china argentina portugal mexico, ethiopia/afghanistan if you want a bit of a challenge

[analog maple]

should i stop attacking during winter in barbarosa and wait for it to heat down or should i continue?

[warped knoll]

proble

they’ve got a calm 3.3k planes to my 1.8k

[topaz yew]

i dont think im doing very well at all against japan as the chinese soviets

just out of curiosity how do the japanese have over 100 defence and im nowhere near that? it was a similar situation as brasil too

[analog maple]

generals, spirits, green air

[topaz yew]

does that give 10x the defense?

theyve got 326 defense for a unit and ive got 20

[pliant condor]

pls delete your tanks

[pliant condor]

the game tell you everything

just hover over and look at the modifiers

[warped knoll]

wdym bro

[pliant condor]

your tank has no strength

meaning there's probably not any tank in them

[topaz yew]

yea base vvalue of like 100, idrk how they always seem to get it so high

[pliant condor]

you never want that

don't just deploy 24 tank division without looking at your stockpile

[pliant condor]

your is low because your division is smaller and it probably has worse guns

100 base is normal

also defense being high is not the reason why their unit is strong

200 defense is nothing different from like 1k defense if your attack is low

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

[topaz yew]

not sure how to get through it witzh just infantry though

production of weapons seems way too low to spam divvisions or make them bigger, and tanks/artillery is outof the question

[pliant condor]

the first thing you do is research 1936 gun

and only make that and 1 factory on artillery

you would have enough

also your industry has nothing to do with making your division bigger

it doesn't affect the total amount of equipment you deploy in the field

[topaz yew]

oh

ive got 4 factories on the first gun and 1 on artillery

[shut edge]

Chat, I need some help stat

Im playing as germany, its 1945 and im not looking too good. Currently, there is no manpower left so I cant do any more pushes. On top of this, Spain has fully capitulated, and Italy has been invaded, and while they have not pushed too far in I fear my allies may not be able to hold it back. The airforce and the navy are currently doing their work and are doing ok on their fronts, just that the allies have alot of planes in the air.

Any tips on how to save this? Maybe just hold off and build manpower back up?

[warped knoll]

they’re old divisions

[topaz yew]

how come wwhen i increase the number of militias it increases the number of infantry equip cost?

[warped knoll]

bc it’s making more

[topaz yew]

so it does affect it?

[shut edge]

do you mean how much it takes to produce the division, how much infantry equip you need, or the actual production of the gun

[topaz yew]

i would havve assumed all three were the same

[pliant condor]

if you have 12 guns

you can give 3 gun to a division an get 4 division

or you can give 4 gun to a division and get 3 division

you have the same total amount of equipment regardless

[topaz yew]

oh yea i get what you mean

[pliant condor]

template is just how you organize the equipment

[topaz yew]

so they have larger but less divisions

well still more divisions

[pliant condor]

template has very little effect and you should spend your first xp picking doctrine(which is actually important)

[topaz yew]

ive always just been guessin doctrine

im on peoples militia cuz mao liked it

[fathom thistle]

Dont attack norway just have the frontline hold, maginot is looking good so just watch out for belgium, I dont see the italy situation but try to form and hold the frontline around the mountains, but pretty much you just need to hold out now. No point in pushin in

[pliant condor]

pick guerilla war and peoples militia

and add a support artillery to the militia template

[shut edge]

oh my god

[pliant condor]

then you are done with it

[shut edge]

italy is screwed

genuinely

[pliant condor]

research 1936 gun day 1 as it's the most important tech you need

[pliant condor]

it doubles your divisions atttack

[shut edge]

like

what the actual hell

[vernal ermine]

what do i aim for when designing a tank division

[topaz yew]

is that better than adding normal artillery to it?

[fathom thistle]

you didnt call in yugoslavia and romania to war yet right?

just hold out at austrias border

[shut edge]

yeah no I did

[fathom thistle]

cooked

[shut edge]

do I just try to hold with my good divisions at Austria?

[fathom thistle]

next game just annex italy or just dont let them in axis

[pliant condor]

it's significantly better

never use normal artillery

[topaz yew]

alright thanks

oh really?

[fathom thistle]

dont let them touch yugoslavia, try to hold the north italy

[shut edge]

oh

my game is cooked

I just noticed a naval landing

in konigsberg

gg

bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

thats it im restarting the world

[warped knoll]

bro

this is actually pissing me off

allies legit just sent all the shit they had into italy

help

help

i ran out of supplies

[sudden meadow]

Is Radar worth it

I heard in a video it can see troop dispositions and just unit locations generally

[proper burrow]

anyone can join voice and help me out

[pliant condor]

no

[calm forge]

Spies mog

[calm forge]

Idk what you should expect bc that's what they always do

[hasty belfry]

What’s the path you can form greater Hungary with the fastest for the achievement?

[wind canyon]

id imagine just go down the fascist path and be a plane factory for Germany while focusing your troops on a certain part of the line to break through

[hasty belfry]

How will you get Slovakia that way though?

[wind canyon]

get ownership of it

wait hang on do you have the base hungry focus or the dlc one?

[hasty belfry]

Can’t every path besides Otto and Communist form greater Hungary?

[hasty belfry]

DLC.

[hasty belfry]

You are on a tight schedule to do that if Germany goes historical.

And if you do fight Czechoslovakia to get it, you will likely have to fight Romania and France and maybe Yugoslavia as well.

[wind canyon]

oh well im not sure if this translates over to that but i have seen an event where germany aggres to surender slovkia to you

id imagine it would similairly just have a look

[hasty belfry]

I have never seen that.

[wind canyon]

hang on let me pull it up give me a sec

[hasty belfry]

I believe you could potentially demand it form Czechoslovakia.

But whether they will accept or not is dubious.

[wind canyon]

yeah i found the event id say your best option is to run a non historical and see how it happens

sorry i couldnt be much help but im sure you will find a way good luck man

[balmy dawn]

Is there any value to Recon Aircraft?

[sudden meadow]

I dont have DLCs

afaik atleast

Im running stock

[fierce idol]

as germany, how do I murder italy?

[sacred patrol]

don't accept them in the axis

[fierce idol]

i mean like in actual war

[sacred patrol]

Micro manage ig, try getting tier 2 guns, I don't play big nations really so

[analog maple]

should i stop attacking during winter in barbarosa and wait for it to heat down or should i continue?

[wet tangle]

Does anyone have any suggestions for good YouTubers that guide beginners I’ve been playing for 30hrs and I can’t understand shit this game is too complex

[charred wing]

Whats the point of motorized and mechanized units? What are good templates for them?

[cold bloom]

Gives organization to tank templates without compromising their speed

[bronze geyser]

chat how do you get more manpower as austria?

[boreal hamlet]

you have to complete the date night focus

[hasty belfry]

What path are you doing?

Wait that’s Hungary.

[obsidian cedar]

What's usually the rule for converting heavy tanks when playing germany? is there a good year to start converting by, or a specific amount of tanks you have in storage then start converting?

[hasty belfry]

You made a questionable choice there.

Going with expand the Honvedseg gives you. 1.5% recruitable population, but it prevents you from getting your medium tank designer.

[idle arch]

Can u someone show me a focus guide for the ussr

[bronze geyser]

ye mb mb

[hasty belfry]

You could try to do the thing where you regain the holy land. The popes blessing will give you and all Hapsburg puppet leaders under you a recruitable population factor boost.

I’m sorry but I host noticed.

How are you on scraping the barrel in 1941?

[calm forge]

Medium tanks are just better

[bronze geyser]

basically, im playing non historical mode and things just went oom

[hasty belfry]

That doesn’t explain how you used up all that manpower.

[obsidian cedar]

yeah i heard about that, just wanted to try a heavy tank build, any tips tho on conversion?

[hasty belfry]

Did you let the manpower tick up to the different levels or did you jump straight to scraping the barrel.

[bronze geyser]

oh, i was almost at 0 manpower from the start of the game

[hasty belfry]

That is due to the treaty of Trianon.

That’s easy enough to get rid of.

[bronze geyser]

yea, it's my first run on hungary so i realized quite late about it

and i capped to 2000 political power cuz i couldn't assign anyone

[hasty belfry]

How have you lost over 2 million men before fully reforming Austria Hungary?

How could you even equip that many units?

[bronze geyser]

i actually havent

i've declared war on romania but was quite easy to deal with

[hasty belfry]

Did you just jump right to scraping the barrel?

[bronze geyser]

ye

[hasty belfry]

Never, ever do that.

Unless you absolutely have to.

[idle arch]

Can u someone show me a focus guide for the ussr

[bronze geyser]

should i downgrade to and upgrade step by step?

[hasty belfry]

The production debuffs are horrible.

[hasty belfry]

Yes.

[bronze geyser]

ok ok

[hasty belfry]

Only upgrade when you need to.

[foggy rune]

yeah scraping the bottom of the barrel is an absolute last resort

your factory production goes down the toilet

[hasty belfry]

Starting at the 10% recruitable population level you have a 10% penalty to production and constriction speed.

Not that bad.

Cancelled by 1 tech in each department.

But all adults serve and scraping the barrel can bring your production to its knees.

[bronze geyser]

it doesn't seem to work

my manpower still at 0

[foggy rune]

then you have a lot of other problems

you might have made too many divisions

[bronze geyser]

not really either, i only have 7 divisions for deployment

[hasty belfry]

Hover over the number. See how much the manpower has ticked up so far.

[red zealot]

Don't mean to interrupt, but is it a viable strategy to ignore required resources early game to try and get more civs working on different things early?

[wicked thunder]

are Tank Destroyers really worth making? I mean for Heavy Tanks as the US usually

[cold garnet]

You can ignore deficit of less than 4 units of resource except coal

Like if you are just -3 then don’t really need to trade

[red zealot]

Sweet thanks! Im still pretty new and I figured it may be smart to just try and ignore them and try to snowball more civs

[spare dagger]

Is there any way to make the UI simpler? im trying to follow a tutorial and in less than 3 inputs and I already feel like closing the game and seeing my money go away

[red gale]

I want to incorporate signal companies, what should I take out?

[pliant condor]

probably heli logi

although you already have pretty high initative on the div

I would replace heli logi with super heavy howitzer if you have it

super good bonus

[red gale]

it just gives 50 soft attack and I lose the 5% movement bonus and -50% supply consumption

[pliant condor]

50 soft is probably better than that

also it should be more like 100

if you pick the doctrine

siege artillery

[red gale]

its like 1956, theres a ton of units everywhere, isnt the supply bonus useful?

[pliant condor]

ah I guess

this division uses like no supply anyway

[red gale]

idk why its so low

I think its the chinese militia bonuses

@pliant condor also tf is collateral damage

[pliant condor]

it damages the state infra and stuff

[red gale]

is it crazy to replace the rangers?

also I was told to use the signal company

[red zealot]

Sadly not to my knowledge, I felt the exact same way and even did it, BUT I came back, just jump into Italy in 1939 and do your best, I am slowly learning the controls. I have yet to win a game, but slowly but surely

[pliant condor]

you def don't need signal

among other things

ranger is good

but it's more of a budget choice

you should have like infinite of everything in 1956

[idle arch]

Why use militia

[pliant condor]

prc specialty ig

[spare dagger]

😭

[red zealot]

Yeah ik 💀

I really enjoyed the official hoi4 tutorial then googled stuff along the way😭

Italy very good because germany can bail you out when you mess up really badly

[spare dagger]

I watched it once and already forgor everything it said bro 🔥

[red zealot]

LOL me too twin, its honestly trial by fire. My last game i got stack wiped by the UK after prepping a great game 😭

But each crashout you WILL get more accustomed to the buttons and controls.

[spare dagger]

I got like 2 or 3 hours of playtime basically 90% of my playtime trying to get my troops to attack ecuador 💔

[red zealot]

Omg naval issues?

[spare dagger]

naval?

[red zealot]

Wait who are you going as?

[spare dagger]

I barely even get my soldiers to move to the damn border

[spare dagger]

peru

[stuck garnet]

hey uhh