ask-for-help-here

[vital plinth]

Hey ok I messed up I managed to bait Turkey towards me and did 2 naval invasion to lock them in and kill some troops of theirs but then I was stuck where the arrow points I couldn’t advance at all and idk how to I try do naval invasion but only 3 divisions of my army go to invade I picked 12

Supply is low there but idk why to do I’m following the guide

I had to reload back and now I’m failing the baiting and first 2 naval invasion and block I did

[dire flower]

My problem is like I never have air superiority

I think it might be I make too big of divisions for my troops

So I have no manpower and factories left over for stuff that isn’t infantry/tanks

Is there like any idea you guys have to balance all these things out?

The only problem is with weaker divisions I can’t win fights

So I just don’t know what to do

[analog maple]

maybe ur overstacking

[analog maple]

then make more planes or get anti aircraft

[gilded herald]

I'll be here in the help lounge if anyone needs help for the next 15 min or so

[fathom thistle]

One offensive army of 36w is better for fight than a whole army group of smaller divs

Merge some armies if you cant increase conscription laws

[grand silo]

When loading into the game, what is the best to focus for construction? Civs first? When is the time for infrastructure and rails etc.

[glacial steeple]

who are you playing it differs per country

[grand silo]

Romania/hungary

As Romania it feels super bad having little resources apart from oil, 5 starting civ factories and having to import to make anything. I usually start with a bunch of civs, then infrastructure and then more civs.

[crystal zenith]

can you justify war goals faster? invade without them?

[glacial steeple]

no

[austere roost]

35 width is for offense, are you using inf division to attack?

because if so just replace them with armor

[tired furnace]

guys

how do i fix not enough active patrol

this is so annoying

[serene helm]

not sure about the naval game, but try splitting your patrol ships into smaller stacks and make sure they have appropriate range and/or resuply points

[tired furnace]

alright

[lucid torrent]

How much night reduce night time spotting for fleet?

[indigo sapphire]

are US templates good or bad?

[deft wyvern]

I'm still a bit stuck. It's Feb 1938, as Netherlands I capitulated France. But UK is there and I've tried to many times to invade. Is it better to try an invasion on UK or acquire Belgium/Lux and then defend against Germany in 1939?

[sudden meadow]

Can someone help me with a Naval invasion

Im trying to invade Kore but every time I break out I get pushed back in even when I do have a huge numbers advantage

[lucid torrent]

You must have marine, have ship provide fire support. Normally this should be enough.

If it is too hard too crack, bring some air support too.

[deft wyvern]

why do u need marine if u land on empty tile?

[lucid torrent]

Because you will want to push enemy asap, and marines is capable of pushing.

[native gorge]

Why do navies sometimes just not generate naval dominance?

It was working fine last time

[hoary glen]

Late reply, but unless you need them for some focus I'd start mils

[indigo sapphire]

answer this pls

[hoary glen]

If you mean default templates, then no.

[indigo sapphire]

yes i mean default templates

why are they bad?

[hoary glen]

The national Guard template has a weird combat width that is only useful as long as you can't fill the entire Frontline and the rest is garbage. There's not much to say. The default templates, especially Tanks and such are terrible. If you need good one check the pins.

[serene helm]

no range/repairing, other fleet is bigger

definitely turn on split off for repairs

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[native gorge]

Might be the repairs

[indigo sapphire]

@hoary glen should i change the US default templates?

[lucid torrent]

How to increase efficiency?

[native gorge]

So all of my ships are at least 80% repaired but its still not working

Do i have to FULLY repair them?

just what am i doing wrong

[hoary glen]

If you want to have a good time, yes

[hoary glen]

Radar coverage and Air superiority

[indigo sapphire]

alr nice

i always make a couple few Real life templates

[hoary glen]

Look at your fleet. Where is it currently? I feel like it's in the port and repairing and therefore not at sea doing the mission

[indigo sapphire]

@hoary glen whatcu think of this

[glacial steeple]

you need dominance in ALL zones youre going through

this isnt paradropping mechanics

[indigo sapphire]

hello casey

[glacial steeple]

hiya

[indigo sapphire]

i like the rangers unit a LOT

[serene helm]

training, radar

[native gorge]

theyre in ports directly facing the channel

[hoary glen]

Usually they are bad, but good enough to win a game

[native gorge]

im not even trying to go left, im going straight through the channel

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[glacial steeple]

then you need it in the channel

[hoary glen]

Did you unpause yet? At least the patrol should move through the channel and generate a bit of supremacy

[glacial steeple]

i see whats happening

no auto split off high repair

[native gorge]

im just giving an example since how tf does one region get naval dominance and one doesnt when they're doing the exact same missions

[glacial steeple]

those ships are in port to repair

[native gorge]

nothing's repairing

on low repairs

[native gorge]

ive had it on for a week

[hoary glen]

If it's the same fleet a patrol can only be at one place at once

[native gorge]

i specified missions, theyre on seperate fleets

same mission
same amount of health
same settings (low repair, always engage, auto split)

[native gorge]

and this happens

hell theyre even engaging

well, its not technically the brits

but still

[hoary glen]

Only thing is I can imagine your patrol is on never engage and PDX made it so you don't gain dominance that way

[native gorge]

okay so

i made two seperate task forces

one for spotters and one for the task force

[hoary glen]

Like your main fleet is not that important. Your patrol should already generate a bit of dominance, but it doesn't. That's the main issue

[native gorge]

so that might be why

but

the problem is

[native gorge]

SO IS THIS

[hoary glen]

Bc strike force just multiplies your patrol value

[native gorge]

both my spotters on never engage btw

im just straight up confused now

[boreal token]

Hi, anyone know if the complacent emperor event even can be avoided when completing the gain royal pacifists' support focus in a democratic Japan run?

Cuz I want to keep Hirohito instead of nobuhito when I complete that focus

[native gorge]

so like does anyone know what the hell is happening here?

[hoary glen]

It's hard to tell without being there, so I'll just say the basics of how to get supremacy and hopefully it works for you that way.
You take one Admiral and give him 2 Fleets. One will be patrolling and can be small, the other will be a strike force of your big ships. Assign the sea tile to your admiral, put the small fleet on patrol mission and the big one on strike force.

When you hover the supremacy value it should say it will tick up to the value of the patrol fleet multiplied by the boost of the strike force.

The strike force must not be on never engage and you need to have fuel and range for the area, so set a home port close to it.

[glacial steeple]

thats always been that way for never engage

[hoary glen]

I wasn't sure with the new change

[glacial steeple]

oh thats why

in this version you need patrol dominance

so you need ships to be on engagement orders and patrolling

[hoary glen]

Why does he get full supremacy on the other zone I wonder tho

[glacial steeple]

ai sends ships there a lot

ive seen vichy/italy invade ireland before

[hoary glen]

It's the same 75 ships in area

[glacial steeple]

or its that both or his 1 patrol is there

or there is a patrol on engagement orders not in the channel

etc

its easiest to patrol deathstack

[native gorge]

Uh

[glacial steeple]

strike force also costs fuel now

[native gorge]

It worked on the other region

Idk

Why

[hoary glen]

Me when I have infinite fuel

[glacial steeple]

no like it costs fuel regardless

i found out when playing japan

[native gorge]

But both spotters on the two fleets are on never engage

[hoary glen]

No, it's 75% reduced

[native gorge]

And its working on that region

But not on the channel

[glacial steeple]

ok but thats still a lot

[hoary glen]

It's still less

[native gorge]

Let me try to fully repair the channel spotters

[native gorge]

Just so you know

The one on Normandy wasnt repairing a while ago

I just put them on hold rn

[hoary glen]

Tbh it might be your mine layers

If you hover supremacy, what does it say?

[hollow linden]

You usually have to wait about 50 days for supremacy to take effect

Once you've moved to a new zone

[hoary glen]

You can see that your strike force is working just fine, but your patrol is the issue generating 0 supremacy.

[native gorge]

Okay so its been 50 days and uh

Nothing

[hollow linden]

How in the fk

[native gorge]

counterpoint:

patrol's the EXACT same template

[native gorge]

using your spotter template @hollow linden

[hollow linden]

Shouldn't matter anyway

This is just weird

[native gorge]

also i never got to say this but damn those templates hit hard

man

[hoary glen]

if you want to send me the save file. I'll look at it unless it's a zip.

[native gorge]

eh i think i'll just go change where the naval invasion is coming from, i dont think it's worth any more hassle

when this happens again tho i'll consider it

[hoary glen]

@glacial steeple Never engage patrol still gives supremacy.

[native gorge]

Okay so i think the channel is just broken

Both fleets are now working perfectly

[hollow linden]

Maybe u needes to wait a bit longer

[native gorge]

Idk man

[hollow linden]

It should tell you on the patrol mission "supremacy will take affect in x days"

If you move to a new zone

I've had this problem many times where everything seemed to work, you just needed to wait longer

You're not the first one to be confused

And yea it's beyond unreasonable to wait THAT long just to prevent flickering

[native gorge]

Hold on

Where do you find that

[hollow linden]

10 days are enough

[hollow linden]

On the patrol mission when moving to a new zone

[native gorge]

I meant

[native gorge]

Where do you find the patrol mission

You mean the patrol button?

[hollow linden]

.......

[hollow linden]

Yes......

[native gorge]

K mb i think i need to let the task force get there first before i get that 😅

Yeah uh

[native gorge]

maybe i need to bring the task force too?

[hollow linden]

Wdym "bring"

Yes it needs to be in the zone if that's what you're asking

[native gorge]

nvm

theyre both in the zone

@hollow linden it might just be broken

[hollow linden]

Move to a new zone. Then go on patrol and hover over the patrol icon on the map

[native gorge]

not appearing there either

but this time its probably because i already had naval supremacy

[hollow linden]

The icon on the map

[native gorge]

OHHH

[hollow linden]

Not the icon in the mission tab

Jfc

[hollow linden]

Also not the there

I'm confused now

Where is it

The tool tip exists

Maybe the sea zone?

[native gorge]

WAIT WAIT WAIT

IT WORKS

IT WORKS NOW

[dawn hill]

is it possible to do an air transport of friendly paras or reg divisions from one player owned air base to another?

either on the same land (uk) or from UK to, say, channel islands?

I have sufficient transport planes (800) and only want to move one division. I tried overseas to my airbase within range on channel islands as well as up north, but when I right click on the other province with an air base, the troops only move over land..

Is it even possible to move divisions via air transport?

[hoary glen]

You need to do a paradrop operation. Tho keep in mind if you drop into friendly states with Static AA your paras take the normal damage as if they where hostile.

[hollow linden]

Wait what 💀

Lmao

That's funny

[chrome river]

Yo, so I'm trying to do a Carlist Spain -> Iberian Union run. Got most of the civil war shenanigans nailed down, but from what I've seen the rng means Portugal will always refuse unless it is already a puppet. However, I apparently can only puppet them before the Restore the Iberian Union focus by justifying + conquering. BUT the justify button seems to be greyed out due to insufficient war tension. What gives?

[hollow linden]

Yea that's basically it lol

The path makes no sense

What you can do is invade France first

Then Portugal

But then the cores become irrelevant because getting France already makes you strong

[chrome river]

well that sucks lol, not sure if I can actually conquer France that early

[hollow linden]

When do you finish the civil war?

Maybe play non hist too

Historical makes playing Spain kinda hard

[chrome river]

afaik my earliest finish is mar 1938

[hollow linden]

That's fine

[indigo sapphire]

are unit and template mods good?

[hollow linden]

But ye about 5 months too late on hist

France joins allies in October 37

Play unhistorical and pray France gets stuck in their focus tree

[chrome river]

hmmm maybe I'll give unhistorical a try then. thanks!

[hoary glen]

It's better to first understand the base game. Most of these mods just bloat the stats, so stuff gets more confusing rather than easier.

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[carmine thunder]

Send help 🥰

[sour wadi]

sort out your army first please </3

you have two full army groups, have one guard the north and another guard the south

also pull back to more defensible fronts

around supply hubs and behind majour rivers

or mountains, marsh

basically anything that isnt plains

maybe even use scorched earth on area's your giving up

you could set up a defensive line near stalingrad, alot of majour rivers there

you want to aim for being near your supply hubs, and them being away from theirs

the caucasus is very mountainous, so should be easy to hold aslong as you keep a land-route open

however if you cant, make some ports in the caspian so you can keep supply

may i ask what the three army groups are?

[carmine thunder]

I just shift click them to guard the entire front, if one each was set to guard the north center and south it would be painful to balance

[sour wadi]

id honestly say delete the third

you need the equiptment

2 full army groups should be enough

also trust me, having 1 for the north and 1 for the south is way better

[calm forge]

is large unit tactics good in superior firepower?

[carmine thunder]

The germans already outnumber me in inf

[sour wadi]

yeah but you are the defensive, they need more infantry

you set the battles, you set where to fight

use that to your advantage

also 2 full army groups is enough. 2 and a half and without equiptment is bad

id reccomend having 2 army groups, have them guard 1 north 1 south, retreat abit to majour rivers and forests, germany may be strong but they burn out quickly due to their economy of conquest modifier

your situation isnt unsavable

[scenic nacelle]

Uhhh

[sour wadi]

also by having 2 your army seperated into 1 group guarding the north and 1 guarding the south, it makes it way easier to defend

when on defence, it wants to reinforce a tile thats being attacked with people from that army group

[foggy rune]

am I going insane or is Germany the only country that has shortcuts in their focus tree screen?

[scenic nacelle]

Elaborate

[sour wadi]

by having the army groups seperated to north and south instead of just having it on the front line, it means they are more coordinated and concentreated

meaning auto reinforcements are faster and more efficient

[foggy rune]

these buttons in the bottom left

[sour wadi]

btw, how is the air situation?

[scenic nacelle]

That’s solely because the German tree is massive

I don’t think so though

Japan may have them?

[foggy rune]

I wish every country had them

would be a nice bit of QOL

[hollow linden]

Reading is hard

Day after day I get proven right

We are collectively illiterate

[sour wadi]

?

[scenic nacelle]

There is literally a search bar

For the focus tree too

[indigo sapphire]

why does my game crash when i try to load ingame with a new hoi4 mod

[foggy rune]

yeah it would just be nice for jumping around when the focus tree opens all the way on the right side every time I open it

[sweet summit]

Italy has them I think

[spiral crag]

what should I use here?

[indigo sapphire]

hey

[spiral crag]

i dont have No Step Back if it matters

[spiral crag]

hey

[indigo sapphire]

wassup marko

im also marko

[spiral crag]

nothing much

[indigo sapphire]

nice

[spiral crag]

just asking what shouldi use

[indigo sapphire]

im good aswell

[hollow linden]

Are you making tanks

[spiral crag]

yes

[hollow linden]

Streamlined deployment

[spiral crag]

ok

thanks

[tropic seal]

What's the best non-major nation for a beginner to play

like something that's easy not like poland or something 😭

[sour wadi]

i enjoy facist hungary

or monarchist hungary

you get land for free in the facist path by asking the nations for it

you can go against germany or be carried by em

get to fight wars in the balkans if you wanted to

and you can core land as you get it

instead of having to get everything then coring it

or you could do monarchist sweden

[hollow linden]

Lithuania if you have nsb

[tropic seal]

Ah alright thanks, which one do you personally prefer? Also I assume that for something like sweden I won't be able to run the same pop heavy divs like germany

[tropic seal]

Ah unfortunately no dlcs

[hollow linden]

Fk

Then it's gg

[sour wadi]

oooh wait, i think hungary has a different focus tree without any DLC's

right?

the good hungary focus tree was introduced in goterdamerung

[tropic seal]

oh dang

[sour wadi]

for no DLC's finding a good minor nation is pretty hard

[tropic seal]

ah

[hollow linden]

Yea cant think of a minor that even has a tree without dlc

I guess Mexico or Netherlands?

[tropic seal]

Why do the DLCS cost more than the game itself

[sour wadi]

cuz thats where they get ya

[tropic seal]

Like ncns is 43 aud 😭

[hollow linden]

You know there are options here

[tropic seal]

i paid 30 for the game

[tropic seal]

fair

[hollow linden]

Yea don't buy that one

[sour wadi]

think of it like printers

[hollow linden]

That's straight ass

[tropic seal]

the ink...

[sour wadi]

they sell you a cheap printer, then get you on the ink. same here

[tropic seal]

what do you suggest?

[sour wadi]

goterdamering

[hollow linden]

Nsb

[sour wadi]

i can never spell it but

yeah

[hollow linden]

Tbh the only one worth getting

[sour wadi]

</3

[hollow linden]

Judt shorten it to gtd

[tropic seal]

What does it add

[sour wadi]

true

[hollow linden]

You're making my eyes bleed with your spelling

It's götterdämmerung

[sour wadi]

im english mate, i cant spell german stuff

[tropic seal]

which is better between the gtd and nsb

[hollow linden]

Soviet tree, tank designer, baltic tree, polish tree

[sour wadi]

ik we're ment to technically be a germanic language, but thats in the same vain as french fries

[hollow linden]

Best dlc by far

[hollow linden]

Then don't try to

[tropic seal]

ok

[sour wadi]

gtd adds a good austria focus tree, aswell as an amazing germany focus tree

[tropic seal]

oh

[sour wadi]

and hungarian focus tree

[hollow linden]

Gtd is pretty low on my list

[sour wadi]

D:

[tropic seal]

do these dlcs ever go on sale or do i just bite the bullet and sink my money

[sour wadi]

you could get the subscription tbh

[foggy rune]

that's what I did

[sour wadi]

all of the DLC's plus any future DLC's

[foggy rune]

did not regret it

[sour wadi]

probally way cheaper

[foggy rune]

at least to try it

[sour wadi]

i paid like £150 for all the dlcs </3

[sudden meadow]

how do I fix this

[tropic seal]

💀 damn

[tropic seal]

ill check its price

[sour wadi]

hey, what dlc was added to base game after no compromise?

[tropic seal]

im fifty hours into this game and still losing

this is going to continue for a while isnt it

[sour wadi]

dw mate

very very normal

[tropic seal]

as germany i can get up to america

then i just die

i hate naval

[sour wadi]

dw, most players agree

some ppl just never learn navy

if u like germany i would reccomend goterdamerung

sorry, GTD

[tropic seal]

ah fair

eh its 12 bucks a month for sub i think ill sub for a month and give it a spin

[sour wadi]

not tryna give that guy a heart attack

[tropic seal]

now that i have the dlc which minor nation should i play if i suck at the game

[sour wadi]

if u want i can help you abit

[tropic seal]

wdym

[hollow linden]

Check dms. Server rules.

[tropic seal]

oh

alright

[sour wadi]

well feel free to msg me, or we can get in a game and i can give you some advice

[sour wadi]

?

[tropic seal]

oh ok

[sour wadi]

yk a really good nation i always reccomend for beginners?

italy

[tropic seal]

oh italy?

[sour wadi]

its not a minor nation sure, but its really good for beginners IMO

[tropic seal]

every game i played i had to bail italy out from losing africa then getting navaled

it was so bad

[tropic seal]

oh in what way

[sour wadi]

italy had a decent industry but not OP, a decent navy but room to improve, same with army. not world breaking but still works well

great focus tree

starts off with an easy war in ethiopia you can learn on

also if needed you can let germany carry you

so there isnt too much stress

unlike w many minor nations where your rather limited

[tropic seal]

oh fair

[sour wadi]

italy has all the benefits of a minor nation (less stress, able to rely on bigger powers in time of panic) while having the benefits of a majour. industry, mp and a half decent nation off the bat

also 4 research slots

[tropic seal]

ah i see

would ai germany be able to perform well though

every ai ally ive had was not great

[sour wadi]

yeah, germany has a great industry

you just need to help em abit in barbarossa

get some encirclements

[tropic seal]

oh ok

[sour wadi]

but yeah, if u cant tell i love italy

[sour wadi]

btw did i do sumin against the rules?

imconfused

[tropic seal]

how do i use nukes once i research them and build the reactors

strat bombers?

[sour wadi]

with the DLC GTD the nukes got reworked into a raid

you will need bombers nearby, yeah

[tropic seal]

oh i havent activated the dlc sub yet

how do they work without dlc

[sour wadi]

pretty sure its just a button press

click a tile, click a button, boom

[tropic seal]

oh thats it? lol

[sour wadi]

may be wrong, maybe the nuke rework was just at the same time as the DLC release

[hollow linden]

No no it's fine. Don't worry about it

[sour wadi]

well i am </3

[hollow linden]

Uh no that's not how that works

[sour wadi]

im just confused lil

[hollow linden]

And I'm telling you don't.

It's fine.

[hollow linden]

Bro it's been over a year 💀

[sour wadi]

man i got the DLC instantly

i didnt have time to see the changes without the DLC

[tropic seal]

why cant i push into this tile?

[sour wadi]

i just got the dlc when it came out and assumed the nuke rework came w the dlc

[hollow linden]

The way nukes work is in form of raids. You need nukes, you need an airwing of strategic bombers and then do a nuclear raid on a target

[hollow linden]

No it was in the update

[sour wadi]

your combat width is too high

[hollow linden]

Why would they include a mechanic rework behind a paywall

That makes no sense

[hollow linden]

What 💀

[sour wadi]

the ranger units, the naval headquaters

[tropic seal]

oh

[hollow linden]

Bro is enemy has almost double his

He can fit more

[sour wadi]

but they arnt going in

[hollow linden]

..... Different dlc altogether

Look man, if you don't know what you're talking about, maybe dont talk

[sour wadi]

look, he has a 35 combat width unit for a 60 combat width tile

hes wasting 25 combat width

[tropic seal]

im still somehow not breaking through

[hollow linden]

Because your enemy has more units than you and has terrain advantage and has entrenchment at full org. Meanwhile you only have one unit with no strength or org

[tropic seal]

oh but i have seven divs on it

[hollow linden]

Hmm 600 defense

[tropic seal]

how does the reinforcement thing work

[hollow linden]

I wonder why

[hollow linden]

Random chance

[tropic seal]

oh

[hollow linden]

It's rng

[tropic seal]

breh..

[hollow linden]

You cab increase it via reinforce rate and initiative

[tropic seal]

oh nvm they broke through eventually

took a while but it worked

is there any easy way to push them off this tile? i cant build any airbases currently

[hollow linden]

No that's not how cw works....
He can go up to 33% over width and attacking from multiple sides increases the cap aswell

[hollow linden]

Make frontline, get cas get planning

[tropic seal]

ah i cant get any air in, my closest airbase is greenland

[sour wadi]

yeah, but having it too over the width would give debuffs, also he wasnt attacking from multiple sides

[tropic seal]

and i cant draw a frontline there for some reason

[hollow linden]

The debuff isn't all that large

[hollow linden]

He literally was. It said in the battle

[sour wadi]

i aint here to argue, i just noticed the combat width wasnt matching man

[hollow linden]

It had the little icon for it

[hollow linden]

And you're clearly not in any position to talk about it

Because you don't know

[sour wadi]

i do

[hollow linden]

Oh that bug

Ye tough luck

[tropic seal]

ouch

[hollow linden]

Not really no 🤷‍♂️

[tropic seal]

aight ill invade canada and build an airbase

sob

[sour wadi]

i know about combat width, how it increases, i just didnt see that icon

[hollow linden]

Let them push 1 tile and then you should be able to draw it

[tropic seal]

can i strap a nuke to this? or is my only nuke method strat bombers

[sweet summit]

How do you see the faction overlay

[sour wadi]

im just tryna help man, i aint a pro </3 i just noticed the combat width was off and thought id mention.

[sweet summit]

Like what countries are in the allies, axis, etc.

On the map

[sour wadi]

yeah, when doing a nuclear raid you can pick what delivers the nuke

[tropic seal]

f10

[tropic seal]

oh ok

[sour wadi]

however the missles are stored in a missle silo, and mrbm dont have a huge range, so you would need a missle silo near where you wanna strike

[tropic seal]

oh man the soviet union is at war with italy now

thats inconvenient

really wish they wouldve taken out ameirca first

[sour wadi]

if you dont join the war, you should be fine right?

or were you dragged in

[tropic seal]

didnt

but america still exists and that annoys me

theyre the last allied nation left

thats actually a threat

[sweet summit]

Just naval invade panama and then go upwards from there

[sour wadi]

you fighting in canada i assume?

[tropic seal]

theres ten nuke reactors

[tropic seal]

yes

[tropic seal]

oh thats smart

i didnt think of that man

[sweet summit]

I don't know how naval invasions work though 🥀

[tropic seal]

ive been suffering with canadian supply rn

[sweet summit]

Really ?

Thanks

[tropic seal]

yeah i took the greenland route

[sour wadi]

you could also naval invade abit of the northern east coast

[tropic seal]

thers zero supply here

[tropic seal]

oh yeah i was thinking about that

[sweet summit]

Yeah 🥀
Mostly youtubers go from mexico

[tropic seal]

oh

[sweet summit]

I just watch their videos

[tropic seal]

yeah

that makes sense

[sour wadi]

sandwhich their troops between canada and your naval invasiojn

[tropic seal]

thers zero supply in canada i cannot push at all

[sweet summit]

Canada is just russia but America's 🥀

[sour wadi]

canada has that africa supply </3

[tropic seal]

im just spamming nuke reactors right now

hoping i can nuke the americans into surrendering

[sweet summit]

Plus I mean they were ruled by the uk so absolutely no benefits 🥀

[tropic seal]

i have ten up and a few more coming

[sour wadi]

dw, thats most of our former colonys

[sweet summit]

I've gotten used to it ...
I like to play in asia

Or lithuania

[tropic seal]

yeah thers NOTHING

it sucks

i have to build supply stuff from the groun dup

[sweet summit]

I'm gonna play Ethopia soon
Gonna be fun 🥀

What's the most fun major path in your opinion?

[tropic seal]

which?

[tropic seal]

i just started the game lol ive only ever played germany

[sweet summit]

Uhh haven't gotten that far yet 🥀

I get bored after i beat a major power so the run dies at 40

[sour wadi]

you poor soul bro

[tropic seal]

no he escaped succesfully

[sweet summit]

Plus naval invasions and paratroopers... Oml
I'll try it tomorrow

Lithuania will kill the Soviets !!

Again

For the 5th time

[tropic seal]

i think i done screwed up

[sour wadi]

failed naval invasion?

[scenic nacelle]

If u wanna screw around do the mrbm and jet engines

[tropic seal]

yes

[scenic nacelle]

If u wanna win a war do jet engines

[tropic seal]

aight

oh

oops

[sweet summit]

That's why they do multiple near the ports which.. I'm assuming you didn't do 🥀

As well as for paradrops

[tropic seal]

i dont really know what i was thinking i usually do that lol

probably wasnt thinking at all

oh well

ill delete them i guess

[sour wadi]

ehhh your germany, aint too big of a worry

ive lost my entire army in america before ngl

[tropic seal]

theyre the first divs ive lost 🥀

oh

[sour wadi]

yeahhh got abit too ambitious

[tropic seal]

ill just nuke the ameircans

[sweet summit]

I've never been encircled.... yet

[sweet summit]

Nuke washington chat

[sour wadi]

it was going so well

[cold bloom]

There doesnt seem to be a connection there, maybe thats a Road to 56-only thing?

[sour wadi]

i had a collab government! only like, cali and the southern states

[sweet summit]

Mostly cuz I push straight

[tropic seal]

there is, i can attack them and they can attack me

[sweet summit]

No encircling just 150 divs against the soviet..
No air force , no navy ( i mean like 150 ships ig)

[cold bloom]

ah

[tropic seal]

how can the soviets not even break through bulgaria's front lines

what is this

[sour wadi]

i got abit too cocky, pushed to hard into mountains and away from my supply hubs

[sweet summit]

Mountains 🥀

[tropic seal]

what do nukes do?

[sour wadi]

mountains </3

[sweet summit]

Reduce war support I think

[tropic seal]

i understand theyre not like real life nukes where throwing them on every city wont actually make them cap

[sweet summit]

And kill divs

[sour wadi]

pretty sure they remove strenth of an enemy division, and they give the province you nuked debuffs

like, alotta debuffs

[sweet summit]

10+ divs I'd assume..
Haven't launched one yet

[tropic seal]

oh

[sweet summit]

Nuked -200% supply
-99% recruit able population

[tropic seal]

so its bad to nuke anywhere i want to invade through?

cuz hten ill have to tank the debuffs while moving through it?

[sweet summit]

Major cities mostly

[tropic seal]

ok every american city is getting a present

[tropic seal]

im so tired of these guys and their navy

[sweet summit]

New york, los angeles

[sour wadi]

nahh, its to their defence and factorys

[sweet summit]

Oh wow..

[sour wadi]

your only issue would be speed

[sweet summit]

Yeah thermo nuclear ... Yeah thats

[sour wadi]

25% defence debuff is diabolical ngl

[tropic seal]

oh thats nice hten

[scenic nacelle]

Imagine just nuking all of the oil

[sour wadi]

it also destroys the stuff in that province

[scenic nacelle]

So ur enemy slowly runs out

[tropic seal]

oph alriught then

so i can just nuke everything in ameirca before invading

im making anuke every 40 days

[sour wadi]

id say nuke the ports your about to naval invade

[tropic seal]

how doi use it?

[sour wadi]

since ik its a raid now

i can actually awnser

you have a nuclear tab, bottom left, its a nuclear symbol

click that, then click where you want to nuke

[tropic seal]

uh left?

[sour wadi]

RIGHT

right

oml sorry

[tropic seal]

oh ok

then?

[sour wadi]

im not at my pc rn, so im going off memory

[tropic seal]

oh lcick

no dw

and thats it?

set and forget?

[sour wadi]

it should give you a little popup asking what you want to nuke with

thermo or regular, and how you want to deliver it

[tropic seal]

why is my chance of success higher when i do high risk

what does high risk taking do

[sour wadi]

just go for the one that gives the highest percentage of success

[tropic seal]

oh ok

[sour wadi]

thats what i do

[white sinew]

I finaly beat Russia as Germany but I have no clue how to take Britain or usa what should I do

[sour wadi]

you can set it to auto launch if you wnat

[tropic seal]

aight i set it to auto

[sour wadi]

or, if you want to do it manually

[tropic seal]

where do i see my raids though

like the status

[sour wadi]

same nuclear tab

you can see when its ready

and when its landed, you should get a popup saying how it went

[tropic seal]

oh aight thanks

[sour wadi]

or a little notiifcation on the map

if your using the nuke to support your naval landing, id probally set it to launch when your ready to naval invade

so manually

[tropic seal]

ah im just tryig to nuke this last tile

on this island that the americans are holding

so ican build airbases on it to attack the mainland us

[sour wadi]

alr then#

[tropic seal]

it failed with a 79% cahnce of success

my luck never fails to amaze me

[sour wadi]

gotta love it

[tropic seal]

the soviets still havent even broken through bulgaria

oh i cant NUKE IT FOR ANOTHER 350 DAYS?

WHAT THE HELL MAN

can i just reload the save

and gamble again

does that work

[sour wadi]

ye

if your not in ironman

[tropic seal]

no it doesnt

because

if orgot to save

🥀

[sour wadi]

oh-

[tropic seal]

thats on me

[sour wadi]

auto save?

[tropic seal]

6 days too alte to asve me

welp

time to do it the old fashione dway

[sour wadi]

?

bomb the ever living shi- outta em?

[tropic seal]

and naval invade yes

[sour wadi]

gl

wait, are you playing germany without the rework?

that GTD gave it

[tropic seal]

without

[sour wadi]

oooh mate you gotta try the new focus tree

one of the best tbh

huge alt hist, very detailed hist

[tropic seal]

ah i see

[sour wadi]

unique batallions and mechanics

[tropic seal]

man why the HELL is my ai ally taking up my airbase slots

can i kick them out my airbase

[sour wadi]

sadly no

your best hope is to put your planes there anyways and hope they move out

other then that you just sorta have to deal w it

[tropic seal]

😭

[sour wadi]

ik </3

[tropic seal]

the soviets got pushed all the way back to ukraine by bulgaria and hungary

how do i deploy my MRBN missiles?

[sour wadi]

you gotta produce em, then make a rocket silo and select it on the map

like an airport abit

[tropic seal]

ah done that

where can i strap a nuke to it

[sour wadi]

yk that nuclear raid you did?

[tropic seal]

ye?

[sour wadi]

you should get an option to do that but with missles now in any tile within range

[tropic seal]

oh the mrbn cant hit america

i have to use strat bombers still

oof

[sour wadi]

make some silos in canada

i think they should be in range

[tropic seal]

oh ok

is mission efficiency impacted by infrastructure level of the airbase

or what

cuz my mission efifiency from canadian airbases is so low

[sour wadi]

i think its about the enemy air presence

[tropic seal]

oh

[sour wadi]

thats for normal nuke

this is for missiles

[tropic seal]

ah i see

dang lol

[foggy rune]

what are you supposed to do when you get the [country] is influencing our politics event?

it lasts so long

nvm I figured it out, just ban that party

[tropic seal]

Why do my nukes not kill enemy divs

I've dropped nukes on multiple separate stacks of like twenty enemy divs and no one dies

[scenic nacelle]

Thermo nuclear half kills them

Normal nukes do nothing

[tropic seal]

Ah.

[tropic seal]

How do I get thermo nukes

[unborn canopy]

U need to research them with specific scientists and use special planes

[tropic seal]

Ah it's not popping up as a special project for me. Neither are ICBMs. What scientists?

Or is this a DLC thing

[half glade]

why are cavalry used by alot of people in youtube videos

[bitter oak]

I can only think of three reasons:

1. Garrison,

2. Faster infantry (usually used to snake around victory points), or

3. LARPing/Challenges/Whatever.

Otherwise, cavalry is... generally meh unless you are playing as a minor or you're Japan in Siberia with the shit supply.

[hexed parcel]

How to use add_ideas command?

[stuck hinge]

whats the best type of troops to use in this region? (1959)

[wind canyon]

Probably mountaineers with supply companies if your going to be fighting though there heavily

[fierce idol]

what do I do with all the mils and civs once I capitulate some majors?

[vital geode]

You need gotterdammerung

[stuck hinge]

alright

[tropic seal]

By the way, say I purchase the DLC, would I be able to use it in a campaign ive already started or do I need to start a new campaign

[indigo sapphire]

why does the new hoi4 mod crash my game?

[bitter oak]

Tanks. Tanks and Air.

But mostly tanks.

Well, depends on you. Air is also good priority if you think fielding tank armies take too long.

[pliant condor]

not playing the game until 1959

[spiral crag]

hey can anyone tell me why am i losing so much guns?

nvm i found out why

my garrison it taking 80k guns

can someone help me fix this?

[light knoll]

are you on local police force

[spiral crag]

no

on hars quotas

[light knoll]

....

that explains

i mean it can be worth it

just up the amount of factories you have on guns

[spiral crag]

i have 40 on guns

[light knoll]

yeah get more. also what is your garrison template?

[spiral crag]

this

someone sad to use this

[light knoll]

make it as big as you can. fill everything

[spiral crag]

i didnt fill it all up with kavllary

ok

[light knoll]

alternatively

you can use light tanks

and its cheaper in the long run

[spiral crag]

and to put it on local police forse?

[meager jungle]

do 40 width if you wanna use as garnizon

[light knoll]

that's your choice. harsh quotas give you more factories

but for rj

rb

rn*

probably go local police force yes

since you don't have guns anyways

[spiral crag]

ok

[broken trail]

What's the best way to take out the UK as Italy, I already defeated France now I need to somehow get to them

[light knoll]

naval invade

[broken trail]

How

Ts be too confusing

[light knoll]

https://youtu.be/MHRHFafNhKA?si=TZdSa9aTwj4fzgv1

[broken trail]

Thanks🫡

[spiral crag]

@light knoll its getting worse

everything is red arrowns

arrows*

and paris is at 50%

[light knoll]

yeah that'll happen, local police force has less resistance suppression. that's fine

it'll go down eventually

[broken trail]

Do you have the french dlc?

[light knoll]

also put garrison on high priority

[light knoll]

in the army recruitment tab

[spiral crag]

ok

[spiral crag]

no

[broken trail]

Ah

[obsidian tree]

Is there a way to mix medium bombers of different designs into a single squadron? Recognizing this would eliminate some mission availability (I.e. if there are aircraft with no torpedoes for example)

[idle arch]

<@&916727971820240976> should I use 50 width full inf for soviet with mass mob to hold and should I also rush guns 3 my macro is good enough I think I has 330 fac for barb

[cold garnet]

hmm

no

don't use 50w

they can't reinforce very well

[idle arch]

Use what instead

[cold garnet]

just break them down into smaller divs if your intent is to hold

[idle arch]

I'm using mass mob tho

[cold garnet]

1/3 of that would be better

well even on old mass mob that is still 40w

which is still hard to reinforce

[idle arch]

No not 18 widths

[cold garnet]

on any bridge battles you will absolutely die just because you have only one div in combat

[idle arch]

I attrition easily with 18 widths

Coa I have like 400 out

And Idk how to spread them out

[cold garnet]

well either way, no full divs

[idle arch]

What do u recommend

[cold garnet]

even 38w may struggle to reinforce already

Idk, you rejected the alternatives already

so find out yourself

just play with the full divs and tell me what happens

maybe it will still work just fine

[scenic nacelle]

6w org walls

Trust

[half glade]

can somebody explain how japan works

i dont understand the mechanic

[scenic nacelle]

It works decently

[idle arch]

I forgot guerilla tactics tho

[spiral crag]

you sure?

[shrewd coral]

Boys what is a good fun country to play now that i beat the germans as Czechslovakia? Something different but not a huge jump in dificulty.

[dusty sandal]

it's increasing
hover over it to see why

my guess is you don't have equipment/manpower for garrisons, if that's the case, delete as much divs as needed to fulfill it

or you'll be stuck in a deathspiral

[spiral crag]

but i do?

[foggy rune]

just wondering why this focus is only for democratic nations when there are literally no democratic nations in the Balkans

[spiral crag]

nvm i am lacking in guns

[dusty sandal]

make it harsh quotas

[dusty sandal]

if that number isn't 100% at all times you're doing something horribly wrong

and it will spiral out of control

[spiral crag]

it was at hars quotas

[dusty sandal]

but no equipment I presume

[spiral crag]

i put it at local police

[dusty sandal]

delete enough divs so that all needs for garrison are met
put harsh quotas on industrially rich regions (paris, benelux etc.) and you won't have resistance issues there
then check back on the equipment, delete more divs if needed

[spiral crag]

well i cinda did put it on the lowes resiving eqipent

[dusty sandal]

also use spies if they're not busy doing something else

[spiral crag]

use what?

spies?

oh

i dont have that DLC

[spiral crag]

i dont have them

[spiral crag]

im kinda in the middle of a war rn

and if i put harsh quotas my equpment goes to shit

[dusty sandal]

don't put it everywhere, only on specific regions

[spiral crag]

still

[dusty sandal]

click on paris, and next to the bar that shows resistance, click on the garison law icon and change that

[spiral crag]

i put it on paris half of france benelux and little bit in poland and spain

[dusty sandal]

that's no option
you're in a death spiral if you don't get resistance under control
it's currently out of control (>40% and rising)

[spiral crag]

guess i have to get rid of my tanks

[dusty sandal]

the tanks aren't equipping your garrisons

why delete them

delete some inf, put more mils on guns and you'll be fine

or decrease the size of your inf from 18w to 16 temporarily

[vital plinth]

How do I retreat my units fast do I right click to fall back tile ?

[spiral crag]

i just did

i got 20k guns

[shadow crypt]

should i leave axis and try to join allies?

[dusty sandal]

what do you mean ? are the divs in combat ?

[dusty sandal]

allies probably won't let you in
also, fix that stability and war support before anything. Also adress the garrison issue (avoid the death spirial) and most of those popups

[shadow crypt]

i can't have high stability as france

i can't even get PP

[errant pecan]

i have a subscription to all the DLC's, if i host a multiplayer game to a friend whos in my steam family, will his country also have dlc content? (also anybody know cool countries to play as a duo?)

[dusty sandal]

you can
do the decisions, repeat them and finish the required focuses

[dusty sandal]

you have 170+

[shadow crypt]

btw

would the allies let me join?

[dusty sandal]

that's a 12% from worker conditions and 6% from a raid on political

[dusty sandal]

I think you need to be at war with ger or have enough democratic support, but since you haven't caused tension you should be able to

[shadow crypt]

but idk if i should gamble i want to form the france empire thing but if allies won't let me join i'll be cooked and im also trying to not capitulate by 1947 for the achievement i either take the boring path or the fun one 😭

i think imma let germany bleed a little bit more on the eastern front

[dusty sandal]

democratic france is probably the less boring to be fair

[shadow crypt]

why?

oh and btw

[light knoll]

just do 18w with signal

[shadow crypt]

i think that i should prob invade

[light knoll]

you have enough units, the issue is getting reinforce memed out of tile, i found signal to be very helpful with that

motorize all your supply and upgrade your railways

[vital plinth]

Yeah

[light knoll]

just click on all the supply hubs near your border and upgrade their bottlenecks to max

[dusty sandal]

then Rclick on the tile next to them but it won't be faster, they'll just progress while in combat

[light knoll]

you will attrition a little on the Hungary border, but should be fine on the rest

[dusty sandal]

no need for signal in singleplayer, it's pure waste

[light knoll]

its not

its good

[errant pecan]

i have a subscription to all the DLC's, if i host a multiplayer game to a friend whos in my steam family, will his country also have dlc content? (also anybody know cool countries to play as a duo?)

[light knoll]

everyone in mp get the host dlcs

[errant pecan]

ah thx man ✌️

[dusty sandal]

no?
AI divs don't have nearly enough stats for the initiative to remotely matter
even in MP it's meh on inf now since bricks are the only real div that are usable as tanks now have so much stats they can strenght-kill any inf lower than 32w

[shadow crypt]

usa joined uk

[light knoll]

you can get reinforced memed by the ai, and signal helps with that

[shadow crypt]

i should prob try my luck

[dusty sandal]

I'm not joking, these two popups should worry you

[shadow crypt]

or should i try to get nukes first?

[shadow crypt]

i never look at pop ups

[dusty sandal]

if you do things right you basically can't

[shadow crypt]

ts ain't that much of a problem

and idk how to deal with resistance

maybe just release them?

i don't get noting from vietnam

[dusty sandal]

also, the cost of this in inf div is so high you can probably shit out way more tanks instead with it
and that's not accounting for the fact that 17w inf works well in singleplayer and before you get memed out by the AI on a tile where you have 6 well equipped 17w divs, another 4 entered the reserve and combat
that supposing you have something against their CAS

[shadow crypt]

guys how long does it usually take to produce nukes?

[left glacier]

You can release them and have a puppet manage them, or you can go for a garrison division with cavalry and military police

[left glacier]

A year with one nuclear reactor

[dusty sandal]

produce more guns and swap that garrison law
if you're on mil governor you've basically condemned yourself to having 250-500k manpower in garrisons for years. Put everything on civilian if compliance is higher than 30%, local police force if it's under

don't release vietnam, you get rubber and tungsten from them

[shadow crypt]

i don't rlly understand garrisons🥺

[spiral crag]

nethere do i

[dusty sandal]

yeah, it's not really your fault. Paradox got the bright idea to put mil governor as default occupation which is the worst of all garrison laws (except "no garrisons"). It used to be civilian and everything was fine

[shadow crypt]

so uhm

[sacred patrol]

Can i have cheap light tank template pls

[shadow crypt]

how to change a garrison law?

[spiral crag]

but i go better

[shadow crypt]

guys?

how to change garrison laws?

[spiral crag]

political

and the ocupied territories

[shadow crypt]

which section?

oh

now what?

maybe martial law?

[dusty sandal]

civilian

you have 50% compliance, it's above 30%, that's civilian

simple as

[shadow crypt]

they're gonna start a civil war

then

[dusty sandal]

ensure you have enough guns and manpower

[dusty sandal]

no they're not

[shadow crypt]

i don't want to send my troops across the world

[dusty sandal]

put on civilian, wait a month then put your cursor on the resistance. What does it say about "resistance target" ?

[dusty sandal]

????
you don't have to

it takes manpower and equipment based on your template assigned directly from your stockpile. You don't do nothing else

[shadow crypt]

wdym cursor?

[dusty sandal]

mouse cursor

[foggy rune]

I'm trying to unite the Balkans as democratic Bulgaria, and I have the democratic influence idea active in yugoslavia. the Italians have also applied fascist influence. the values are the same but for some reason democratic popularity is going down while fascist is going up

[shadow crypt]

well this is my division template

[dusty sandal]

wth is that 😭

[shadow crypt]

was

now imma use tanks

[dusty sandal]

create a new, empty div
add a horse
save

[shadow crypt]

1 horse?

[foggy rune]

wtf is this

[shadow crypt]

that division will be total shit

[dusty sandal]

then click on this and select the new single horse template

<@&846894118219022336> another scam

[shadow crypt]

oh

[foggy rune]

neat

[dusty sandal]

it'"ll be for garrison, nothing else

[shadow crypt]

yk that i see divisions on my screen?

will it be on my screen and block my view?

[dusty sandal]

as for this, well ...
the MP support company is worthless, logistic isn't required but hey
hospital and AA are good

as for bataillions. Don't mix inf with cav with trucks
don't use motorized AT ALL
replace that whole template with 9 infantry and that's it. Keep the arty if you want but it's not the best

[dusty sandal]

divisons in garrison don't appear on the map

or else you'll currently be watching a billion divs everywhere in africa

[shadow crypt]

the soft attack will be painfull

[dusty sandal]

the horse and motorized are nothing but dead weight on that div

[shadow crypt]

and btw this was a main division not for resistance

[dusty sandal]

ik

[shadow crypt]

horses are better than inf wdym

[dusty sandal]

they're not
the only point is speed which is useful with tanks until you get mechanized

[shadow crypt]

and dont you need motorized in and inf division for supplies?

[dusty sandal]

but they take more guns, more supplies and have worse penalities due to terrain

not that the speed matters anyway since your div speed is based on the slowest unit, which is infantry

[shadow crypt]

so you're saying I should make a only inf division with support companies and for tanks do only tanks and mechanized?

[dusty sandal]

no, things in divs eat supplies, they don't create it
logistics and helicopter companies reduce said supply consumption but don't give any

[dusty sandal]

yes

[shadow crypt]

what combat width?

i use 30

usually

[dusty sandal]

example :
basic infantry div in singleplayer is 9 infantry, support AA and arty
tank looks like this

[shadow crypt]

holy shit

that soft attack

[dusty sandal]

either use 16 or 18 for defence divs (inf)
and 32 (mountains/marshes), 35 or 36 (general purpose) for attack

[dusty sandal]

the tank design (armor skirts can be replaced with radio)

(it's in pins)

[shadow crypt]

so i should make a tank uh what are they called the ones with good soft attack and another tank division with good armor?

[shrewd coral]

what's a decent template for armored cars? i know they're supposedly shit but i want to use them in north africa/middle east

just for funsies

[foggy rune]

does anyone know what percentage a country will flip democratic at?

[shadow crypt]

50

[foggy rune]

I don't believe you

lol

[shadow crypt]

mb

hold a referendum

[dusty sandal]

sorry but there is no decent template
there are meme ones but they require full doctrine focus (with mastery), heavy grind and cost a stupid amount of resources for limited stats (3x this div in cost #ask-for-help-here message)

[foggy rune]

I'm trying to flip other countries

[shadow crypt]

oh

stage a coup

[dusty sandal]

at 60% they have a daily chance to flip
if an election happen they'll flip to the majority

[shadow crypt]

and since there are so many democrats democrats will win

[foggy rune]

ah thank you

I'm just waiting on Turkey and Yugo to do the bury the hatchet focus as Bulgaria

[shadow crypt]

alr so i made the resistance

defender template]so no do i have to

produce

some divisions?

or no?

[foggy rune]

are you sure about the daily chance? I can't find anything about it on the wiki

[frosty perch]

is this a good template for turkey?

[carmine thunder]

How does expert ai get like 400 mils for barb by 1941?

[dusty sandal]

it's a chance they get an event which they always accept

same event as players get

[dusty sandal]

that's not abnormal tbf
it's like seriousish mp and I'm guessing they kill france who builds everything in mainland