ask-for-help-here

[left glacier]

I'm not too sure if the deathstack is still meta, at least in single player

[neat goblet]

hmm.. im still quite confused. My another naval group could handle two seazones with two taskforces at once, but this one can't..

[left glacier]

IIt's likely the automatic reinforcement that you turned on for your fleets

It still has a lot of issues

[eager juniper]

is it possible to do a full historical campaign as germany? but winning?

[neat goblet]

huh.. so i might want to turn it off for a sec and test it?

[left glacier]

Yeah

Then split your destroyers into 4 task forces for patrol

[left glacier]

It's still possible, even with the rework to navy that made sealion a bit harder

[neat goblet]

still wont work, i think its bugged? Maybe ill try to put all ships into a new naval group and see if that works.

[left glacier]

Mhm

[neat goblet]

...now it works. Bruh 😭

so its likely not automatic reinforcement's problem

still thank you though

[eager juniper]

Is there any mod that makes Italy's AI smarter and more competent? Everytime italy starts a war they remove their trops from the front :(.

[left glacier]

No problem

[arctic remnant]

i need help! Im playing a historical hoi4 germany round , i choose to stay with 4 year plan and that stuff , the problem is that I have 100% Comsumergoods on this one Staatemodifier so im looked out of contining the economie branch of the focus tree so i cant get wirtschaftswunder anymore , you know tha tlast forcus that resets my consumergoods i am still at war with the allies and i robbed all the gold i could (in europe i dont know if there is anymore besides that) so pls help me out

😭

[fathom thistle]

Tip for next game: don't take the right side

[arctic remnant]

bruh

[arctic remnant]

but i there anything i can do

i cant build anything 😭

[scenic nacelle]

Take the land u need for autarky

Sweden/yugo helps a lot

[arctic remnant]

ik but i have 100% consumergoods so i cant axes the privious focuses

[eager juniper]

did you use ''price control'' decisions?

[topaz yew]

is there a good guide on how to play soviet china?

i watched a youtube video on it but they beat a country in 2 months and i dont think thats very real

[scenic nacelle]

What does that mean

“Axes the focuses”

[arctic remnant]

like i cant do the focus which is previous

this is from another game

[arctic remnant]

*this is not the original game

[glacial steeple]

conquer stuff

[scenic nacelle]

This part is just skill issue

Literally

[arctic remnant]

there nothing more to conquer

[scenic nacelle]

Chinas

Uk

Arabia

America’s

[arctic remnant]

what the skill issue? nah its more like dumb mechanic

[glacial steeple]

did you do all steal gold decisions

and price control decisions

[arctic remnant]

where can I find more?

[scenic nacelle]

U had plenty of time to do those

[glacial steeple]

in the decisions tab

#tech-support #modding

[sweet summit]

There's a focus that kills that right ?
Did you not get it ?

Is there a template for all the planes 🥀 ?

[arctic remnant]

yeah its autarky achieved

[arctic remnant]

but i can tdo it because im locked out

[sweet summit]

Oh I don't do that path

Best of luck

🥀 vro got skill issued
I guess try again?

[idle arch]

What's the meta for ussr I lost against germany and I had 480 9/0 fully equipped divs with engineer support and support arty and support aa

[glacial steeple]

the ussr meta has a lot more stuff out than that, did you do collabs on the baltics?

tho 9/0 shovel isnt meta anyway

[idle arch]

Yes

All 3

I had like 300 fac pre barb then 330 during barb

[light knoll]

where did you set your frontline

did you try to defend your initial border

[idle arch]

I taught I could hold so at the new border

[light knoll]

yeah that's the issue. you should fall back to the Stalin line

they can't touch you there

[idle arch]

Nah I'm trying to do a full hold

[light knoll]

your starting lines are just terrible

its all plains

[idle arch]

Idc I'll do a full hold

[summer nymph]

what's a good minor nation to focus on air mostly and not much army while still having impact?

[idle arch]

Ally or axis

[summer nymph]

Either really, prefer axis guess

[scenic nacelle]

Hungary

[idle arch]

Can u help

[sour mountain]

why cant i justify war goals

im facist

[rapid urchin]

Is there a way to annex all of china as Japan and still retain the compliance from the collabs on the warlord states? mainly in the peace deal

[rapid urchin]

Oswald Mosley Ircc

He’s apparently a massive pacifist

[sour mountain]

mhm

can i remove him

[rapid urchin]

Not really

But as you advance in the focus tree his penalty gets lower

So it’s whatever

[wild rune]

the 9/0 support arty is meta

trust

[marsh rune]

Hello, how can I invade England? I've tried naval superiority on both sides of the island, but no luck. I have air superiority, so if I drop paratroopers, how do I get my main force in?

[pliant condor]

did you have gun 3

480 is like half of what you could have

but it should still be enough

also did you have any doctrine

also how many of the 300 is mil...?

or ok just send me the save

[sacred patrol]

hellenic greece making me do cirlces in this civil war

like their asses appear on my side out of thin air

[rapid urchin]

bump?

[idle arch]

Ok I'm so tired ill send it tommorow

[vital geode]

Just get naval superiority in the channel

Or you drop paratroopers on the ports and the tiles around the ports

[jagged hull]

I still need help trying to bring back the Austro Hungarian empire

[versed viper]

Tbh,i forgot. What happened if u managed to full fill the Plan Z mission? Able to made the amount of ship requested?

[rapid urchin]

is it just me or do divisons that have actual equipment get division experience faster? @vital geode do you know?

if they're fully equipped

[stuck garnet]

lowkey how do i do airplanes tbh

like usually i prioritize tanks but i have no idea when to do airplanes

i got the meta designs down

like

idk just overall confused

[marble saddle]

does anyone know if

let us imagine a nation called czechoslovakia

who is being guaranteed by Russia

Russia is in a faction with a lot of people

czechoslovakia is not in a faction

if I attack Czechoslovakia and Russia comes to their aid

will Russia be able to invoke their faction members

[pliant condor]

yes

[marble saddle]

it is over

[versed viper]

Tbh,i forgot. What happened if u managed to full fill the Plan Z mission? Able to made the amount of ship requested?

[foggy rune]

so are you just hard coded to not be able to beat ethiopia in time to catch the government before they retreat to the UK?

because I keep getting faster and it doesn't seem to matter

[inner sparrow]

no?

its fairly easy and simple to do it

just send ur entire army down, split it and push from both sides, put up air and cas and battleplan

[foggy rune]

yeah I did all that, didn't work

[inner sparrow]

u did it wrong then

[foggy rune]

then I tried doing more micro, got encirclements

wasn't fast enough

I've followed step by step guides that other people here have recommended

wasn't fast enough

[inner sparrow]

ur doing things wrong then bc it always works

[foggy rune]

I can beat them just fine

[inner sparrow]

make sure u have supplies, make sure u have actual cas and air up while not overfilling airports

[foggy rune]

but the government always retreats

[inner sparrow]

make sure u have gens and field marshals assigned

[foggy rune]

there's not enough time to build rails for supply

by the time they're built it's already too late

[inner sparrow]

dont go for encirclements, go for victory points, one break through means u can easily snake to capital and other points

[foggy rune]

I have gens and field marshals

[inner sparrow]

pin enemy units

[inner sparrow]

motorize ur supply hubs

thats enough

[foggy rune]

yeah I've been told the exact opposite multiple times

on the dont go for encirclements

[inner sparrow]

because ppl are apes

[foggy rune]

I'll try motorizing supply hubs

I disagree

[inner sparrow]

snake the victory points and pin their units if ur struggling

[foggy rune]

I'm talking about experienced players and guides

I'll try it

[inner sparrow]

90% of players that are „experienced“ arents

and 90 of players that make yt guides aswell

[foggy rune]

but I can't really snake when they just continue putting units in the way

[inner sparrow]

ppl like bitersteel as example arent good

[proven rapids]

why does this keep happening
istg i did everything correctly

[inner sparrow]

thats why u pin their units

so they cant move them away from the front

[foggy rune]

but the units I overrun to create the breakthrough are still there retreating

so every time I take a province there is no breakthrough

just more frontline

[inner sparrow]

theres usually 2 tiles behhind after u push one and even then, those divisions have 0 strength and suck u can insta push them again

[foggy rune]

ok I'll give it a try

[inner sparrow]

its really not hard idk why ur struggling but ur def doing something wrong bc its simple

[foggy rune]

I disagree

[inner sparrow]

also motorize the supply hub

[uncut narwhal]

did you run into the maginot line?

[foggy rune]

I have tried this 12 times, taken advice from numerous people and guides that all say their strategy works every time just like you do

so I'm not saying you're wrong

I just disagree that it's easy to take the country in time to catch the government

[inner sparrow]

if the guides work for those players it mostly means ur doing something wrong on ur part

like not having supply motorized

or whatever else it is

[foggy rune]

I'll try with motorized supply

I just think you're a very good player who knows the game very well, basing your view of what's easy on your own gameplay experience

[proven rapids]

i ran into everything

[inner sparrow]

and make sure ur airport isn’t overstacked so ur air actually does something

[foggy rune]

just because you're really good at something doesn't mean it's easy

[proven rapids]

i actually was able to invade luxembourg and belgium without declaring on france

but somehow belgium stopped my advance

[uncut narwhal]

then no wonder your losing

[inner sparrow]

fair enough

[proven rapids]

i had 50 divs on their border and nothing

[foggy rune]

don't run into the maginot

I do really appreciate your help though clown, sorry if I've been terse, this war has just really frustrated me trying it again and again

[inner sparrow]

all good dw

[foggy rune]

❤️

[uneven hare]

currently trying to invade the ussr as germany, but don't have any land borders wit it and the ussr got non aggression pacts with all the baltics and won't attack poland. they invaded finland and i got military access there, but my troops are only gaining territory for finland. how do i reconnect my land border with the forntline idk

[light knoll]

attack Finland

the other way is to paradrop but lol

[uneven hare]

https://tenor.com/view/my-mom-is-kinda-homeless-ishowspeed-speeding-please-speed-i-need-this-ishowspeed-trying-not-to-laugh-gif-16620227105127147208

[light knoll]

oh wait that was a typo

i meant attack Poland

[uneven hare]

i have a guarantee on poland 😭

[uncut narwhal]

doesnt matter

[bronze mulch]

declear was on ussr

trust me a 2 front war is great

[proven rapids]

weve started advancing yay

only took a year

[carmine thunder]

Did you shove a bunch of infantry into 1 frontline and battleplan 😔

[proven rapids]

i have panzers too

[fiery flax]

Can anyone teach me how to play I’m am very new

Like very new

[sudden meadow]

how do I slim this down

[fiery flax]

Can anyone teach me how to play or learn the basics please ?

[sudden meadow]

uhhhhh

how in depth we talking

[astral terrace]

Depends on what you want ^-^

Easy fix would be to just destroy/delete them.

Or

Make some of them fly to a different base

And if I'm not mistaken. You can also click a unit lets say one that has 100 planes and select half and delete/destroy them if you'd like.

[chrome maple]

Anyone know how to use the cheese mod?

[tardy mesa]

how do i win this i genuinely cant move in and im also new to this game so dont flame me if i did something wrong

[fiery flax]

anyone wanna try to help me learn hoi4 please

[sudden meadow]

wound up disbanding and reraising all of them and omfg that was huge

turns out having a mission effeciency of 0 is not good😭

[astral terrace]

Ooofff I mean that's okay too. Yeah have cluttered airspace is bad for business, especially when you need crucial defense 😭

[astral terrace]

I'm not good myself. I found a good YouTube video that goes into details of the basics https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QvHT121_lWQ&t=168s&pp=2AGoAZACAcoFEEhvdyB0byBwbGF5IGhvaTQ%3D

I've been looking over the video myself for refresher as well...not sure if it's up to date though. I usually play solo.

[glacial steeple]

whats up chatroom

[glacial steeple]

yes youre attacking through the worst place in europe

no supply nearby, over a river into mountains (mountains force attrition)

with low strenght units that likely have little to no air cover

[sudden meadow]

The calm, the peace and tranquility

[glacial steeple]

you didnt flip fascist?

[sudden meadow]

Nah I try to avoid to

[glacial steeple]

huh

[sudden meadow]

Instead we got funny Japanese Army Navy junta in the big 49

[glacial steeple]

that factory count seems REALLY low as well

[sudden meadow]

Oh shoot dawg its low as hell I got like 14 factories left for construction

Im not making SHIT

Nvm 29 factories, great success!!1!!1!

[glacial steeple]

180 in 1949

even if you only make mils you should have more?

like 300 ish in 1941 is not great but you can do that for sure

[vital geode]

Pretty sure, yeah

[austere roost]

yeah, equipped ratio and supply affect experience gain

[sudden meadow]

Issue is Japan barely has any space and I basically just had Manchukuo and Korea stolen from me

so chances are I would've had around there but I kinda lost so much that its not in the cards yet so as of now Im just tryna buy time

[glacial steeple]

huhh

did you not take china??

[austere roost]

do you own other land?

[sudden meadow]

Nah I tried to avoid that

[glacial steeple]

but why

if youre new to playing japan play historical

[sudden meadow]

and then China decided to be a really kind individual so they're next

[glacial steeple]

its like the best for your eco

[sudden meadow]

yeahhh Ik, Ive heard playing that is better

[glacial steeple]

yeah they dec on you for having manchu and dalian

and raiwan

[austere roost]

can you still join axis, dow on netherlands as japan?

[sudden meadow]

makes me feel bad

💀

[glacial steeple]

its a war game

it doesnt represent irl

just do your wars

sino-japanese war is rlly fun to learn

[sudden meadow]

well now cards are all there, they stabbed me in the back so I nuked beijing

as or rn tho Im building up my forces cause everything got encircled

[scenic nacelle]

hello my fellas

[vital geode]

Giving China time to build up is an awful experience

[scenic nacelle]

truth

the chinese men will be annoying

[vital geode]

My first democratic Japan game saw me bashing my skull against a brick wall which was the 200 total Chinese divisions

Or whatever

[sudden meadow]

what I got so far

how much damage do nukes do to units and how do you make them faster

[vital geode]

Why is your manpower so high and how do you have doctrines still available to be chosen

When you have 500 xp each

[glacial steeple]

none

[sudden meadow]

probably didnt pick any

[sudden meadow]

seriously?

[vital geode]

...

[glacial steeple]

?? +??? - //!! /???

[vital geode]

You did no doctrines?

Who cares about stats anyways

Just point the gun at the enemy! That is all you need to know

[glacial steeple]

its 1949

[sudden meadow]

Im not sure which is best to pick for some of em

[glacial steeple]

what did you do

did you just

5 speed

[sudden meadow]

plus it was basically my first run

[glacial steeple]

no click buttons

no war

[sudden meadow]

uhhhhhh

up to like

[vital geode]

You pick random ones then

[sudden meadow]

I wanna say 1940

[vital geode]

Something better than nothing

[sudden meadow]

then stuff got real

true

[glacial steeple]

im gonna cry

???

why play japan

[austere roost]

just pick sfp or gbp

[glacial steeple]

its so much fun because its like constant action, constant paying attention

[vital geode]

If you want to play passive, play a democratic power

The enemies come to you

[austere roost]

if you want to build until 1938, choose usa

[vital geode]

And you get to defend

If you want to build until 1948, play South America lol

[glacial steeple]

or china

china scales super well late game

so does the ussr honestly

japan SUCKS at scaling if you dont take stuff

[sudden meadow]

I like WW2 Japan stuff so just thought ehh sure why not

[austere roost]

okmo did get nerfed though

[glacial steeple]

japan is rlly fun

its my main major

[austere roost]

now ussr is just good because of mytischy

[sudden meadow]

Its pretty fun deff

Im enjoying it

just sucks trying to figure stuff out tho

[glacial steeple]

if you want to get good at japan i could help

[sudden meadow]

but I have an idea of it

[glacial steeple]

thats like rlky fun to me to show someone

[sudden meadow]

I wouldnt mind yeah

[vital geode]

Ive been playing Japan in war thunder and going against a KV-1 and 2 made me go insane

[glacial steeple]

im a bit rusty ive been playing only minecraft for a month

railways dont build themselves

[vital geode]

But otherwise fun

[glacial steeple]

those are easy with the chi to

[vital geode]

What BR is that

[glacial steeple]

actually just the KV-2

[scenic nacelle]

that could be fixed by not playing japan

[glacial steeple]

4.7

[scenic nacelle]

ngl

[vital geode]

I was 2.7

And got maxed uptiered

[glacial steeple]

ah yeah

oh nice

its like

[vital geode]

Then I got 3.0 and uptiered

[glacial steeple]

the one tank you can counter with the chi-to reliably are the kvs

[vital geode]

And the Long Gun couldn't pen it lol

SAP is meh

[sudden meadow]

I Like js got Hoi maybe a bit more than a week ago so Im just trying to see

[sudden meadow]

Cheetos are baller

[glacial steeple]

i should play wt sometime again as well

genuinely only playing 1 game cuz autism

[vital geode]

I just got the Na-To

[glacial steeple]

i hate that thing

[sudden meadow]

my progression in that game is slow, prob cause I mainly been doing naval and air nowadays

[glacial steeple]

it pens a lot tho

[vital geode]

I just park in a spot and shoot with it

[glacial steeple]

i dont have the attention span to not move around the map

[vital geode]

The 3.3 turreted tank is nice

[glacial steeple]

which one is that i forgot

[vital geode]

Going to get the Chaffee soon, do all should be fine

[vital geode]

Neither so I lol

[glacial steeple]

the m24 is fun but its also american

[vital geode]

Im mostly doing the Japanese tree for the Thai stuff

[vital geode]

Which is good

For me

Because im used to US tanks

And wont have to deal with US teammates

[glacial steeple]

its also lower BR than the US M-24

[vital geode]

US and German teammates are pain and suffering

[vital geode]

Both are 3.7

[glacial steeple]

did they fix it?

[vital geode]

I guess

[glacial steeple]

it was 3.0 for me when i played

again a month ago

or 3.3

[vital geode]

Usually they would goof and make the American M24 lower because of American player skills

[glacial steeple]

i forgor

[glacial steeple]

well im absolute ass at japan

but like

yk

[vital geode]

Doesnt help the tanks are meh

[glacial steeple]

rather play that than most other options

[vital geode]

They cant take a shot

[glacial steeple]

armor? in this economy?

[vital geode]

Unless Ho-Ri Production

[glacial steeple]

the Chi-To is rlly nice

[vital geode]

Valentines are my mortal enemy

[glacial steeple]

it sometimes bounces shots

because it has an inkling of armor

[vital geode]

British tanks have decent armor in low tier

Talking about armor, I penned a tiger e with a 75mm sherman by turret ringing it

That guy was probably upset

[glacial steeple]

anyway, off topic

mmm ask for help

i love asking for and helping

[lucid grotto]

been trying to get better at the game / get better as china

I am able to beat the japanese however

i want to be able to do it faster

my target goal is before Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 (i did do it once but didn't save until after i made an unfixable chain of bad decisions)

I go down the facist path with my goal being to replace japan in the axis as they don't seem to join if they don't win against china

I have been watching videos of people doing it in different ideology paths and i managed to replicate the strat with a different path but i am still trying to get a hold on combat and haven't been able to do it nearly as fast as the pros i have been watching

i usually win against the japanese too late (usually around when the germans start to lose in russia)

would anyone who has played the chinese with the newest DLC please help me get good at combat against the AI

my main goals are:
leaning how to fix a massive arms deficit during a defensive war as fast as possible
learning how to trick the AI into making decisions that allow for me to pull off more encirclements
learning how to properly build good divisions for a "minor" nation
learning how to properly micro on the offense (i think i am good enough at defensive microing)

[glacial steeple]

for point 1: always have stockpiles

2: they always have weak spots, or relentlessly attack until they have weak points

maybe you struggle with taking advantage of these, but theyre always present to a degree

a large advantage you should have is researching ahead of time (better equipment earlier) and picking the best general (ai cant)

the best general is usually a low level starting general with brilliant strategist so you can level up to level 10 attack, with terrain traits and give them a high command role of choice

minor nations just mean you have less IC, you probably diversify too much

for any nation you want to focus on 1 thing, maybe 2

for usa thats air + marines, same for uk for example

ussr its infantry+tanks

japan its infantry+air

france its tanks

germany its tanks + air

for example

for a lot of minor nations it is special forces/tanks only and no airforce or silly stuff you dont really have the industry / manpower for

research time is also valuable but you shouldnt "save" it on not researching ahead of time

its typically 1-2 slots always on industry, 2 if 3+ slots available

1 on gun

1 on artillery/AT techs if doing tanks

for air you need 3/4 slots dedicated just to researching all modules in time

so you want 4-5 total slots so you can do industry too

which is why it isnt for everyone

[lucid grotto]

gonna try to reply to these in order

i can't get stockpiles, japan attacks too fast to fully equip an army that would be large enough to hold em back and defend against naval landings (question: is it better to have 2 half equip divisions with fully manpower or 1 fully equip one?)

my usual attack is to partially allow naval invasions to land (on tiles that are not naval bases) then incircle and kill, I am mainly asking for other tactics to help chip at the japanese army's size without risking catastrophic failure

having 2 slots is rough but my usual strat is getting infantry equipment 1 + 1918 support equipment and then doing guns, arty, electronics, and industry in a mix when they feel necessary

being china i start with decently heavy research speed penalty and only 2 slots until about 3 years pass plus not having any research in air or tanks i usually avoid them

my template for infantry is usually just the 12 width infantry with support arty you start with that i convert my whole army into after deleting a third to try to get my whole army about half equip before the japanese attack,
(questions: should i use a 18 width and have fewer divisions cause people have been telling me its meta?
should I add AA to my divisions even if it takes like 4 years to be fulfilled due to extremely slow production speed?
Should i do special forces and if so how should i do them and which type?
Should i try to do tank development and make "space marines" or is that out of the question due to my countries disadvantages in all places?)

[tropic seal]

Does anyone have templates for infantry, mountaineers, paratroopers and medium tanks for germany?

[austere roost]

ask for lend lease from ussr, and one fully equipped is better than 2 half equipped

[austere roost]

for mounatineers make them as close to 25 width as possible. If you want artillery in your inf/mnt divs, just make med aa so you don't need a support aa. Paratroopers are just cheap 1 battalion spams. For tanks, use spg if you're sp or td if you're mp since they're meta and it's just 36 width (50% armor, 50% inf/cav/motor/mech)

[lucid grotto]

How does one ask for lend lease and i go down the facist path as stated above, would I still be able to get lend lease if I do improve relations even if we have different ideologies

[austere roost]

then you can also try asking germany and italy. maybe stalin will, I never played fascist china

but usually before barb it's daddy stalin doing lend lease and then after usa joins the war it's usa giving out lend lease

[cold garnet]

just give in to Japan demand at Marco Polo bridge

don't bother fighting Shanxi, Sinkiang, Yunnan before you kill other warlords

[tropic seal]

Uh i'm sorry I didn't get most of these acronyms and what they mean 😭 I'm like a complete beginner

[lucid grotto]

you know what, i am gonna try that,
might also try a different idea and copy iSorrowproductions cause i just found his video where he plays the same facist china path i want to go down

[austere roost]

Med aa is just med chassis with anti air gun and set to anti air role
Spg is just artillery role chassis and TD is tank destroyer role chassis. What else do you need help with?

[tropic seal]

I don't have the DLCS, so I can't modify the chasis

[austere roost]

You can still research them

Click around your research tree you'll find it. Usually in sp we use medium chassis

[tropic seal]

ah

[cold garnet]

if you have to fight them, don't rush in, withdraw so you get supplies while they don't

you want to avoid killing too much if possible as well

[austere roost]

But having nsb really changed the game. With nsb you can design cheaper tanks with higher attack than default builds

[tropic seal]

oh ok

[cold garnet]

once PRC creates a faction,

push them, then declare on every remaining warlords before PRC caps

[tropic seal]

How many tank divs per army? 24?

[cold garnet]

so you can annex everyone in one go

[lucid grotto]

i usually ignore the free war goal but maybe i should try beatint they ass before china united

[austere roost]

For example in base game 1939 med SPG is 42 atk on 12 cost. You can easily get 70 atk on 8-9 cost on 1938 med chassis with an spg by using the tank designer

[lucid grotto]

i think i might go hyper agressive before marco polo and not join china united

seems like a decent idea

[cold garnet]

fascist China you just kill everyone to get factories

so you have a fully equipped army in 1938

and just roll over Japan

[lucid grotto]

aw been playing this like unaligned china

cause the video i used as a guide was unaligned china

[cold garnet]

the only problem

[lucid grotto]

you call that a problem

actually good question: what does world tension do?

[cold garnet]

donje

[lucid grotto]

other than allow for lend lease, volunteer and war goal justifying

[cold garnet]

now your eco is better than Japan

produce more of this

[lucid grotto]

should i bump it up to 18 width?

someone told me to

is that good advice?

to take that template and add 3 more infantry

[austere roost]

Only bump it if you can equip them

But yeah 18 w inf is pretty standard

[austere roost]

Ai will guarantee if WT > 25 and you caused over 10

You can turn that off however

It's why Uk guarantees everyone

[lucid grotto]

thank you all for your advice, this has been very helpful, a lot better than what i was using before (having a finish man yell at me), I am gonna sleep on it but feel free to keep pinging me with more tips, and advice but know i won't respond for like 12 hours or maybe ever if i forgor

[cold garnet]

don't bother

keep your xp

[uneven hare]

is it possible to attack a nation by using military access through a country that is not at war?

[lucid grotto]

When I was doing my dumbass strat I would usually hold em here

[daring stone]

i am new to hoi4, can anyone suggest me good beginner friendly nation ?

[lucid grotto]

Ethiopia

Jk

Do not

[tropic seal]

is this a good defense template?

[daring stone]

yah i kinda know that at least ☠️

[lucid grotto]

The game recommends Italy, but i did alot of my learning so far getting my ass beat as a minor nation, but its up to you really. Just play lose repeat til you actually win the war or atleast live til your opposition loses

Also depends what paths you take

Doing civil wars and none historical can wildly change a nation's playstyle

[cold garnet]

@lucid grotto if you end up losing land, it is fine,

take this

and do this

it will nuke Japan infantry equipment stockpile

in fact this is actually recommended

[lucid grotto]

What is your operational sub doctrine. Desperate?

[cold garnet]

if you do war in 1937, desperate defense, yes

if mid-late 38 then do Grand Assault

[daring stone]

i tried playing minor nations but for some reasons my divisions were unable to do offence T-T [ i used infantry template of 6 infantry 3 artillery ]

[austere roost]

A template with line art is a bad template

[cold garnet]

@lucid grotto ok a bit slow

I think you should start war in 38, not 37

by then you would have a much stronger army than the Japanese

[sudden meadow]

is there anyway to do reconnaissance over enemy territory in HOI4 without DLCs or Mods

[tropic seal]

ah, what should i change about it? remove the artillery?

[glacial steeple]

only do production (dispersed) and gun

you can make some support arty but dont invest research

12w with support arty is rlly good

[uneven hare]

anyone know?

[serene karma]

No

But u can do encryption and decryption tech

And make radar

[serene karma]

No

But u can naval invade from neutral territory

[pliant condor]

also you can paradrop on the border tile with the nation you have mil access with

then walk your division in that neutral nation into the tile you took with paratrooper

[sudden meadow]

what do those do?

and tf do I do

cause it feels like these mfs are coming from who knows where

[tropic seal]

What section do I choose between the two paths for the army again?

Like for germany it was either blitzkrieg or defensive tactics

How do I put trucks on supply

And is it possible for me to delete outdated air wings / force them to use a newer aircraft model?

[pliant condor]

is this larp

[sudden meadow]

is what larp

[tropic seal]

where do I have to go to access these

[pliant condor]

getting bombed and trapped on you rmainland as japan

[pliant condor]

update the game

ok in the latest version the doctrine system is reworked

so you no longer have these

[sudden meadow]

yeah pretty much

on the bright side my subs are destroying enemy convoys which is pretty neat

[tropic seal]

oh ok

[cold garnet]

@lucid grotto ok that was actually pretty fun

being aggressive

once in a while

I don't usually do stuffs like this cuz too bothersome

[left mica]

rip

[left mica]

its the pre ncns doctrine tree

which is probably worse tbh

[tropic seal]

ah

When will the dutch cave??

[deft wyvern]

How do you naval invade at the very start of the war?

[serene karma]

U have no efficiency

Ur planes are doing anything

Are they in range

Have supply?

Are u overstacking airbase

[deft wyvern]

does the bug still work?

[left mica]

Its worthless

Never take that decision

waste of pp

[tropic seal]

dang aight

[left mica]

nijika pfp

nice

[tropic seal]

yessir

[deft wyvern]

how come I can sometimes see enemy troops?

is that my patrol?

yay i did it

naval invasions + paradrop

[tropic seal]

Does my armored mobile infantry use mech equipment or trucks?

[sudden meadow]

0 clue

its hard for me to manage the bases because they lower and overfill constantly, on top of that its hard for me to upgrade or even build new airbases cause my industry is garbo atm

[dusty sandal]

Mechanized inf uses mech
Motorized uses trucks
Dunno what you mean by armored inf

[tropic seal]

ah thats what i meant, thanks. which of the two would I put in a tank div?

[dusty sandal]

Mech. If you don't have mech yet, use cavalry

Motorized is expensive inf (2.5x more, not accounting for rubber and fuel) with speed as only advantage. Don't use it except for funny speed

[tropic seal]

oh ok

[cold garnet]

@lucid grotto that was actually fun

[deft wyvern]

Ok so I successfully worked out how to capitulate France by Sep 1938, how do I cap Britain?

Whenever I tried naval invasions their mainland troops crush me and I can't get paratroopers to land due to air superiority

Playing as commie Netherlands. Will have around 12 36W infantry and 12 18W infantry & my 2 36W paratroopers + a few 2W paratroopers that I used on France

Is it better to try rush Britain first and not Paris?

[cold garnet]

what divs are you using to naval invade?

do you have 1940 naval landing tech?

do you have LaR DLC?

the spy one

[deft wyvern]

No & no. 1938 so can't get 1940 tech

[deft wyvern]

I used 2 naval invasions with my 18W infantry. Could only send 12 and their manpower got destroyed at sea

[cold garnet]

bomb the seas

so you can kill the submarines

do you have LaR DLC?

[deft wyvern]

Na i don't have dlc

[cold garnet]

ok

[deft wyvern]

I also have 0 bombers

[cold garnet]

not even CAS?

yeah then you most likely won't be able to kill the UK now

[deft wyvern]

Nope nothing

[cold garnet]

just do w/e and come back later

[deft wyvern]

Netherlands industry is so low I was just building guns

[deft wyvern]

Alright I guess I gotta play a bit differently

I was trying to take over UK, France, Belgium, Lux all by Sep 1939 to then defend against Germany

I'm just struggling with the UK part

[cold garnet]

well if you can't paradrop then you can do nothing

actually, don't even think about that either

you won't be able to cap them fast enough with just that

[deft wyvern]

Yah I can only land 2 paratroopers with my transport planes, but maybe I could get a port?

If I get a port I could send all troops in?

[cold garnet]

well, ideally you use para to snipe off London and the tiles around it at the same time as the naval invasion

[deft wyvern]

I see

[cold garnet]

so you can prevent the UK from deploying troops on London immediately (they will still deploy somewhere on the home island but not too close)

[deft wyvern]

But how to get air superiority?

[cold garnet]

well, have fighters

you can go cheaper on infantry if you just need to kill Belgium France

[deft wyvern]

That's smart wtf

[cold garnet]

the main problem is probably speed

I just can't see you killing them fast enough before their troops return

[sudden meadow]

how the hell are you even supposed to stop this

[light knoll]

if you just don't put planes up they'll eventually move their planes

and you'll be able to paradrop

[sudden meadow]

I mean the USSR, France, China and whatever ass countries constantly show up with this stupid amorphus horde and I cant even fight them off, I can literally outnumber units like 10-1 and they'll get a 10 red

[deft wyvern]

How long would i have to wait? Because i can naval invade straight away. Just it usually fails

[sudden meadow]

then they sit here dragging out my org too so idk how Im supposed to stop that

[light knoll]

few weeks usually

[deft wyvern]

But they'll keep planes up if I naval invade right

[light knoll]

not necessarily

idk ai is weird

[deft wyvern]

Interesting

Would you rush france or uk first?

[deft wyvern]

This was when I rushed france in sep 1938

[tropic seal]

Why isn't it letting me setup a paratroop order? The only infantry i have in my divs are paratroopers

[deft wyvern]

I had this glitch before. I had to change from paradroopers to other template & back again

[tropic seal]

Bruh alright

nvm i had an armored recon company in it

it was fixed after i changed it to a cav

[deft wyvern]

Ah yah

[tropic seal]

Is there a way to use trucks to help my logistics?

i have a ton of trucks none of whcih are used

[fathom thistle]

Motorize armies and supply hubs

[tropic seal]

how do I motorise supply

[coarse finch]

What support companies are you using

[tropic seal]

how do I check that

[coarse finch]

Some don't allow for paratrooping

[tropic seal]

oh like

oh yeah no that one was fixed

i had an armopred recon company lol

but how do i use trucks for supply

[coarse finch]

Lmao

[coarse finch]

Click on an army and click the horse icon in the menu on the left

[tropic seal]

ohh

alright

do i have to do this for every army or does it work for field marshals

nvm it works

thanks

[coarse finch]

If you do it for field marshall it'll apply to every army thats under the field marshall rn. But if you add another army it won't switch to motorized supply

Also you can click it again to use even more trucks for supply

[tropic seal]

ah aight

and wow that just fixed all my supply issues lol

how many transport planes do I need for like 12 divs of paras? does it tell me?

[versed rose]

50 planes minimum, you add more transports if you want them to drop faster

(Every 50 planes drops a div per mission cycle)

[coarse finch]

About 50 planes per division

So 600 in your case

[tropic seal]

is this how im meant to do it

[tropic seal]

ah i only have 200 rn

time to keep producing i guess

[versed rose]

200 is fine, you'll get all divs down in like 2 days

[tropic seal]

oh

[cold bloom]

Thats one of the ways you can use paras yes

[tropic seal]

oh what are the other ways

[coarse finch]

Technically its 50 for the first division and 45 for each extra one so it'd be 545. But you can also split your orders like you did so you don't need 600 at once

So that'll work

[tropic seal]

oh ok

[cold bloom]

I imagine the port there to the west would take less tiles to get them encircled

[tropic seal]

oh yeah that's true

[sweet summit]

Man what's a really bad minor to play

[fathom thistle]

Ethiopia

Or Liberia

[sweet summit]

Oh my god, no
NO AFRICA

[fathom thistle]

😈

[sweet summit]

Might try south america but i don't understand the navy so i;d be stuck there

[glacial steeple]

just march north?

theres a huge eco nation in north america

[sweet summit]

That's US 🥀

[sweet summit]

What does that mean

[glacial steeple]

then fight? their MIOs and mils suck

[sweet summit]

Hmm interesting

I'll try ethiopia but how do i even beat the italians 🥀

[glacial steeple]

by holding usually

[sweet summit]

Hmm interesting
i'll get back to yuo tomorrow

I tried the raj and got half of russia and then just steamrolled afghanistan, iran, sikiang, nepal, bhutan, and then i wasn't gonna fight in supplyless china so i just gave up

[deep folio]

I'm not from germany but have the german censorship for hoi4 for some reason, does anyone know a fix?

[foggy rune]

what does AI modifier: desired divisions factor mean?

[hollow linden]

It means that the AI will train more divs than usual

[foggy rune]

ah ok thanks

[light knoll]

you fall back a little and sit on mountains outside of their supply range

don't try to hold your initial borders

then they just can't do anything to you and you have time to build your army

then push them back

[sweet summit]

Smart

Also the game started to lag a ton near the end

[foggy rune]

so if I'm taking a focus that gives 20% of that then they will try to train 20% more divisions?

[sweet summit]

Do you know how to avoid that

[hollow linden]

Yes

[foggy rune]

good to know

[light knoll]

that's normal, late game the game always lags

[hollow linden]

Get a better PC

Lol

[foggy rune]

yeah tough to avoid in late game

[sweet summit]

Ah i thought it was cuz I spammed asia infra

16 gb ram for now 🥀
Let's see if prices ever go down

[foggy rune]

do high command artillery experts apply to support artillery or just line?

[cold garnet]

neither

or both

depends on your definition of "technically"

[cold garnet]

so most of those Artillery/Infantry/Motorized/Armor Attack/Defense buff basically applies based on the ratio of that battalion type in that template

[foggy rune]

I just want to know if it's worth spending PP on this guy if I'm not using line artillery

[cold garnet]

applied to the whole div

then no

[foggy rune]

ok thanks

[cold garnet]

it applies to the whole div

but based on composition ratio

[foggy rune]

I guess I just save my pp then cause I only get 3 high command choices lol

[distant ice]

Yo anyone know how to convince the AI to give me control states? I gave them land on africa and gernmany isnt giving me control on greece (Context: Playing as Italy and somehow I think because of the speed german tanks had they capped and speedblitz greece and took everything)

[languid trout]

get more war participation

btw

ai will never give u the last state they have occupied

they will always leave 1 for themselves

as occupation

even ur puppets

[distant ice]

Alright thanks

[distant ice]

and I'm guessing it depends on the war participation? Cause I have 20% germany has 59%

[languid trout]

yes

[foggy rune]

another question, is baltic entente a faction? essentially wondering if I can do formalize the baltic entente and join the axis at the same time as Iron Wolf Lithuania

in the focus tooltip it says it unlocks a decision to formalize the baltic entente but idk if that's a faction or not

[cold garnet]

it will be

once you click it

[foggy rune]

when I look it up online it says the decision only does guarentees and not a faction

[cold garnet]

formalize should create a faction because that is how democratic Baltics unlock the Baltic Union section of their tree

[foggy rune]

ah yeah I see it now

the format on the wiki is slightly confusing lol

damn kinda wish I hadn't started down this tree thinking I could do both

if I create the faction then join the axis, will it make it more likely for the others to join with me?

or does it lock me out of that focus all-together?

honestly I think this game is probably getting restarted if it doesn't work so I'm just gonna do it and see what happens lmao

[marsh trench]

Did france get better or something after an update? Why did I struggle to win them? They got more planes all of a sudden too, and britian sends a lot more divisions over

Is 1 field marshall full, still enough for france?

with 6 panzer?

[hollow linden]

Easily

Whats your air like

That's usually the most important thing

[marsh trench]

Yeah, air was a bit of an issue cause of fuel and oil, no oil, cause allies disrupting my trade by convoy raiding and stuff, and allies destroyed so many of my planes, like they got a lot more, somehow, I had about 3k fighters

[hollow linden]

Trade with Russia, romania and iran

Bomb british subs in the channel

[foggy rune]

well Germany declined my request to join the axis

I was gonna fudge it so well too

the baltic entente focus gets you guarantees but the decision actually makes the faction, so I got the guarentees and then I would join the axis

unfortunately germany is a butt

[edgy mesa]

is this a good tank div for germany? sp

medium

[hollow linden]

Compare and see

[hollow linden]

This is the ideal

[edgy mesa]

aight

[inner sparrow]

I see u like every week asking the same question about tank template and they are always equally bad/ same mistakes

[edgy mesa]

yeah

[inner sparrow]

motorized is still bad, use mechanized. Spgs are better than medium tanks, no reason to do med, just change the role of the tank

make it 36-38 width

[edgy mesa]

yeah i did that but it messed up somehow and something went wrong idk

so i went to a guide and the tank div is from his vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb9536VncuI

[inner sparrow]

if u don’t understand stuff like how to get the right tanks or stuff intime and so on ask those questions. Tank templates don’t change and u can always find them in the pinned messages

its 11 month old and outdated

[edgy mesa]

oh yeah i forgot about the pinned

[inner sparrow]

also no offense but bittersteel is not it when it comes to good designs

in general most youtube guides/templates are bad or outdated so I don’t recommend looking for advice there

[edgy mesa]

aight

[inner sparrow]

use youtube if ur looking for specific micro guides or basic explanations on how the game works

[edgy mesa]

Aight

[edgy mesa]

also the thing where you can upgade the researchers and that when they can get a lvl what should i lvl them up in i just pick random things like +5% soft attack

[inner sparrow]

you mean mios?

in general for singleplayer get anything that gives u soft on mios

[edgy mesa]

yeah mios i think

[inner sparrow]

yes mio

[edgy mesa]

aight ill just go for soft

[inner sparrow]

it depends on what mio and country but overall take anything that gives u production output/efficiency and stats like soft or break

[edgy mesa]

also everytime i start i just spam infrastructure on the good citys and then mils/civs for the rest of the game is that a good strat or should i be doing something else

[inner sparrow]

don’t take clicks that give u soft but make your equipment more expensive, not worth it

[inner sparrow]

Depends on country again but overall if u play a major, build max infrastructure in 3-4 slots. Build civs till mid 37 if u go to war late like 1941/1940, build mils instantly if u go to war early

[edgy mesa]

ill keep that in mind

[inner sparrow]

it really depends on how good u are but for newer player I suggest just build mils early and ur good as u will usually struggle with production management

as example if u play germany? build infrastructure in 4 states into military factories for the rest of the game

[edgy mesa]

i played junga for a while i had 800k eq and 0 manpower

[inner sparrow]

go up conscription or take doctrines like desperate defense/irregulars

[fathom thistle]

If it has the basic focus tree go communist and there is a focus for free weekly manpower

+if you have spirits of armies you can get additional free weekly manpower

[edgy mesa]

aight

[foggy rune]

what's a good width for minor country medium tanks divs?

[light knoll]

36

better have one or few strong divisions than a lot of weaker ones

so it doesn't really change between minors to majors

[edgy mesa]

how do i lower this i have full def

[pallid iris]

What does this skull mean on naval production?

[unique geyser]

I believe that is the tag for the ship being produced

you can also have the battery or shield or binocular tag for instance

[edgy mesa]

hover over i think it means outdated

[pallid iris]

Figured that it was a customization

[marsh trench]

Should I send my ships to the english channel on convoy raiding or patrol or something else?

[foggy rune]

I think I really need to stop playing minors for a while lol

I really like some of the focus trees but it's just so hard to have any real impact

[fathom thistle]

It all comes down to the number of factories. As minor don't expect to have a lot of tanks. You will be glad to have 1 or 2 full divisions until you don't conquer more

Czechoslovakia has some bonuses to tank production via focus tree tho

[foggy rune]

yeah I have 2 medium tank divisions, but I'm playing axis Lithuania

[edgy mesa]

is there a way i can make benito win here or? kinda wanted the achievement to assasinate benito

[fathom thistle]

That's fine

[foggy rune]

so I'm doing my best to hold the line against Russia

but I've kinda got to rely on Germany for a lot and they're not doing great so far

they have the numbers to push but they're not moving, and I'm worried the war will end up dragging out so long that we'll collapse on the west in the meantime

[foggy rune]

honestly I have a lot more difficulty with manpower

I can at most hold like 12 divisions

[fathom thistle]

Take baltics or increase conscription law

[foggy rune]

I took Latvia but Estonia was annexed by the Russians right as I was about to declare on them

the timing was really tight because they were guarenteed by france and britain, so I wanted to wait until we could deal with Poland so I wasn't trying to hold both fronts

but then Estonia was annexed right as Poland capitulated so I couldn't really get them

[edgy mesa]

.

does anyone have a good guide for air?

[serene karma]

No dont mind it

Thats already quite good

It will turn red soon

[edgy mesa]

aight

[serene karma]

Just make fighters and cas

Have max effi

So no overstack all in range all have supply

Press the extra effi thing

And use pinned air designs

[fathom thistle]

What is considered an overstack btw? Number wise

[edgy mesa]

it did and now its orange again

[hoary glen]

More planes than airport size. For a lv 10 Airfield that means more than 2k planes.

[fathom thistle]

Oh that's like normal. I thought there is also a penalty for assigning too many planes for region

Nvm. Thx anyway

[hoary glen]

No. You can only have "too many" if you have more CAS than battles that happen, but depending on front size you need more than 6k for that.

[fathom thistle]

Gotcha

[oak jasper]

For port strikes, do you select the land region the port is in, the adjacent sea region, or do both work?

[hollow linden]

Just click the airzone the port is in

Land and sea regions are one and the same here

[wind lotus]

Hello. So I was running Commonwealth Claimant Poland and recruited the Lithuanian generals. Thing is, I cannot use Stasys Rastikis, the Lithuanian Field Marshal as Chief of Army or Political Advisor, despite him having both of those things.

Is this a potential bug due to my modlist or is this as intended/as in the original game?

[hollow linden]

No no, this has been a thing since nsb. If you aquire generals from other countries throigh events and such, if they already have advisor roles you cannot use them

Idk why pdx doesn't give you the option to have them since they want you to use the generals but yea

[wind lotus]

Thanks, at least I know this now

much appreciated

[sour mountain]

is this good?

for invading usa

im in aalliance with italy

[hollow linden]

Now or never

Go up to extensive

[left mica]

2% ws

[hollow linden]

Moseley gameplay

It's unfortunate

[wind lotus]

Know of any mods or commands that can change this?

[hollow linden]

Sadly not no

I wish there were

[wind lotus]

damn, thanks anyways

[fathom thistle]

What about the English channel? I always overthink if I should assign the naval base bombing mission in channel or in UK region

I just do both usually just in case

[hollow linden]

Just try and see?

BTW it's southern England

[fathom thistle]

Yeah that. Idk it works so..

[jagged hull]

I'm doing it I'm slowly taking Germany from the south but Poland is getting invaded from the North and the German army is closed in Warsaw

I'm playing as Austria

I need help

My whole army is at the very focused on the south of Germany

[hollow linden]

Screenshot?

[jagged hull]

Just a minute I'm at class

[jagged hull]

I did called in Poland, Hungary, yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia as well

[hollow linden]

That might have been a bad idea

So you are just base Austria without extra cores?

[hollow linden]

I cant see shit

[jagged hull]

I puppet them

The first one yes I'm sorry

[hollow linden]

Yea, that's a already not good

Calling them in makes it worse

[jagged hull]

But you see the second one I'm having trouble

[hollow linden]

You could've just sat in the alps while the allies kill Italy, then push Germany once they are weak

But yea now that's not an option

[hollow linden]

Make a field marshal frontline, retreat to the danube and the alps

Build lvl 2 forts along the river

[fierce fox]

any tips on microing specifically on SP?

[cold bloom]

Are you aware of ctrl+right click and shift+right click?

[hollow linden]

Seperate the units you wanna micro to a Seperate general and fm. If possible, grind specific traits through volunteers, ergo panzer and cav leader for tanks as well as organiser and terrain traits if possible. Select immobile cohesion and click staff office plan

[fierce fox]

yes obviously

[hollow linden]

Btw micro is just micro. In sp micro is mostly redundant since you can kinda just battleplan the AI no matter what

[fierce fox]

alright thanks

[jagged hull]

Ww2 did not start yet

And Germany try to anex me but I refuse so German Austrian war started

[light knoll]

do you have an airforce or anti air on all your divisions

[jagged hull]

I do have aa for my divisions

[light knoll]

what puppet divisions that seems like most of your divisions

[jagged hull]

But I need tanks

[hollow linden]

U don't

U need more inf

And more divs of your own

[light knoll]

you need something against air more than you need tanks

[hollow linden]

Are you able to annex your puppets through decisions

[jagged hull]

Poland, checks, hungry and yogoslavia

[light knoll]

i meant what about* puppet divisions, do they have aa

[jagged hull]

No

[hollow linden]

They usually don't

[light knoll]

yeah that's cooked

[jagged hull]

But they have artillery

[light knoll]

you just die to CAS

[jagged hull]

Na I don't think so

[fathom thistle]

Is motorizing an army to max sufficient to replace logistics companies in the support slot? (Ik each of them have different purpose but in the end which is better to keep the most supplies especially in less supplied zones?

[hollow linden]

Those are 2 completely different things so no

U need both

[fathom thistle]

Ik.

[fathom thistle]

Alr bet

[analog maple]

How do I make Hungary more likely to accept an ultimatum to enter the Austrian Empire? i pressured them with agency and i have 60 opinions

[hollow linden]

Click the other 2 things

Only click the annexation when it says very likely

[analog maple]

oh thx

[scenic nacelle]

Is a motorized army 2 trucks

I legit have no idea

Like for that button u use to do it

[hollow linden]

No it's 3

[scenic nacelle]

There is a 3rd truck??

I think my brain capitulated

[stuck garnet]

Me at the jeep meeting:

[jagged hull]

Are you trying to annex Hungary or puppet them

[light knoll]

the pressure and opinion are irrelevant

so you just need to do the other decisions twice (or once if you wanna risk it)

[analog maple]

okay i did the other desicio and it still low

do you know why?

[light knoll]

uh

did they refuse your non aggression pact

that shouldn't happen

[topaz yew]

hello, i made a push to beiping but and it was successful but i feel like my frontline is stretched quite thin, does anyone have tips to improvve it? im also not sure how to keep people defending the bottom and top

[analog maple]

i think so. we dont have one

[light knoll]

welp, that's a restart

i mean

try first

they might say yes

but if no its kinda cooked

[analog maple]

oh lol they accepted even thou it was unlikely

thx

[summer flume]

which of these are better?

[subtle rune]

the one that gives ORG

[summer flume]

recov rate is also good for inf

i dont need that much org

recov rate could also be good cuz i just get pushed where my inf is

[topaz yew]

yeah im very stuck on how to organise this, ive got 2 front lines and i want to guard ports but i really dont know how to make my divisions do that without them walking off

[summer flume]

do a garison oredr

[summer flume]

area defense and ports

[topaz yew]

I tried that but they seem to want to defend the entire region? And i also get like 7 divisions on a single tile which doesnt help with my thin lines at all

[summer flume]

you need to press the port button

[topaz yew]

Yeah

I tried that, will try again, maybe i accidentally changed it

Do you know how to organise 2 front lines? Should i have the 2 army groups on different ones?

yeah when i do a naval defence it does the whole area?

[gilded herald]

I can help you in looking for MP1 Lantanite if you need. I have the time

[topaz yew]

yeah that would help, i dont know what mp1 means

[gilded herald]

The discord channel in this server

[topaz yew]

oh

[dull granite]

my german vs british fighters, everything higher but air defence , i am losing 5 to 15, does this sound fair paradox? (Full MIO vs full mio, Engine 1 X3. air defence stacking on my planes, and 4 x heavies 3 times

[summer flume]

get more air defense then

germany has the best or 2nd best mios in the game

[dull granite]

even with MIO i cannot, and even with self sealing and air plates i cant , british MIO is getting better Air defense

i would insult you, but i am not.

[summer flume]

i can easily beat british fighters

also if ur germany you should out produce them by alot

[glacial steeple]

dont click either

[thorny crown]

how do i use land raids?

[peak hawk]

I started playing this game last week and have a question.
It is 1951 i played Italy defeated Britain en Russia. Right now I am fighing Amerika to finish the war.
I have a major resource shortage on steel that i just cannot fix through trade.
Is it common at this stage in the game? Should I have done things different?

[wintry matrix]

It is normal in the late game, yeah.
However you can change your export laws.
You're currently exporting 226 steel.
Furthermore consider building infrastructure in your resource states.
And reseraching excavation tech for more resources per resource.

[rapid urchin]

which occupation law is better? exploitation or prosperity for japan?

[cyan quiver]

how can i change a party's name?

[glacial steeple]

its normal late game

youll have to max out steel and not use all factories

[glacial steeple]

this better for no compliance gaming

[sacred patrol]

what was the thing that though agency its easier to deal with unrest

collab goverment?

[austere roost]

Yeah collab gov gives compliance and makes countries easier to cap

[neat widget]

no compliance gaming rip

the garrisons are oof

[neat widget]

Yeah it's super common

You might want to annex Germany first

[soft nymph]

I havent really played since they updated the navy, does spamming light cruisers work or is it a requirement to build a proper fleet

[neat widget]

Kidding, but invading the US should resolve a good chunk of these issues

Do you have the Guyanas? Because that has a lot of aluminium

Peru and Chile have tungsten too

[neat widget]

spamming light cruisers tends to be a requirement for building a proper fleet

and yeah it still works

[soft nymph]

Do i just deathstack them?

[neat widget]

Yeah that still works

[soft nymph]

Alright thx

[glacial steeple]

how all new players should play IMO

https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4/s/4j9h9rLXCn

[neat widget]

How did they get so many cracked generals lmao

[glacial steeple]

afghanistan gameplay has you fighting every major power for fun

so its understandable

using russian troops fighting americans and french

prob already took out raj

[pliant condor]

prosperity is the best law you have

the one reason japan is so strong in the current version

you don't even go harsh quota now because this law is so good

[neat widget]

Japan would have won in real life if it went East Asian Prosperity instead of, very unfortunately, East Asian Exploitation

Maybe

[glacial steeple]

is it better than exploitation? back in my days (like a month ago) exploitation was considered better i thought

[pliant condor]

look at the numbers

it's harsh quota with more resources

while prosperity is straight-up 10% more factory from day 1

[glacial steeple]

im not saying youre wrong

[pliant condor]

well I also used to believe that exploitation is better

[glacial steeple]

i think ive only used prosperity before