ask-for-help-here

[shadow crypt]

frick

[dusty sandal]

the template you assign as garrison you never train. It's all automated from there

[foggy rune]

ok thanks, guess I just keep waiting

[shadow crypt]

oh ok

so now now for japan?

i just uhh

do nothing?

i cant defend vietnam in time

so.....

and btw

i managed to sign a non agression pact with uk

and america

does this mean i can invade belgium?

[foggy rune]

bruh, Yugoslavia got over 60% and flipped that day, meanwhile Turkey hasn't flipped in 6 months

just waiting on them now

[carmine thunder]

oops i forgot to mention how do soviets do it

[foggy rune]

ok is turkey just like, hard coded not to flip? because I'm seeing posts from people who got them to 100% support and still didn't get them to flip

[shadow crypt]

i think im just gonna nuke japan

[foggy rune]

America 1945

wait turkey isn't even part of the faction invite, why are they part of the influence decisions? this game I swear

[scenic nacelle]

It’s not a hard thing to do

They legit just builds civs

Then mils

[dense stone]

could anyone please reccomend tank design against infantry only? Or what weapons should I use?

[pliant condor]

medium howitzer and make it have spg role

[dusty sandal]

in MP : massive civ boost from USA early on
OR
Massive allied DDay as soon as barb starts
OR
they die

[idle arch]

Unles dankus play then he hold

[dusty sandal]

dankus doesn't play vanilla

[vital plinth]

Can someone help me out I don’t know how to proceed
I’m trying to beat turkey through this guide
https://www.fandomspot.com/hoi4-bad-romeance-guide/
but idk what to do next the guide says to finish turkey or encircle west of Istanbul but idk what that means im totally lost i had to reload to this save because i tried battle plan and push forward but lost from 20 k losses to 100 k

[dusty sandal]

at least not as far as I know

[upbeat elm]

Could someone advise me on this?

[pliant condor]

cheat

[idle arch]

Check dm pls

[cold garnet]

they actually civgreed a little, no?

but yeah since EAI Soviets doesn't actually build their factories,

there can be some inaccuracy

wait, 400 mil?

yeah that's cheat

I thought it was 400 factories

400 mil is just cheat

probably massive inaccuracy in factory spawn script

[neat widget]

Old news, use 36 widths with signal companies... honestly you might not even bother with normal infantry and go instead with forest rangers

[idle arch]

I don't have new update stuff I'm still in pre ncns

[neat widget]

post 1.17 update?

[idle arch]

No

[pliant condor]

I mean, 400

if it's 300 i might take some super civ boost as excuse

[cold garnet]

tho

where do they even get the coal from

if 400 mil

cuz then they would have had like 300-400 civ as well

[pliant condor]

1. put all your division under one general
2. draw one frontline
3. click the battleplan button

[idle arch]

Why didn't u not tell in dm

[pliant condor]

ah need to ask

but yes you want to attack with large templates

[idle arch]

Should I make different templates for attacking and defending

[pliant condor]

no

just battleplan with what you have

what matters is how many guns you are making

[idle arch]

As ussr I had like 400k guns even with 480 pre existing units deployed I think I run out of men more than I run out guns

[static gazelle]

hey so i am really confused why the war is not ending poland is capped and germany lost all lands i control everything but they wont cap

great game paradox

[sharp bramble]

I'm using Agora Mod and I downloaded Coring Button, but the Coring button isn't showing up. How can I fix this, or is there an alternative?

[dusty sandal]

coring button is either outdated or incompatible with agora

[sharp bramble]

I tried downloading and deleting it a few times but it didn't work, and some YouTubers I watch have this button.

[dusty sandal]

check the last update

always check the last update

[pliant condor]

then get more man into the army lol

[wary parcel]

hello

I had a problem trying to put mods on my HOI4.

[wary parcel]

I had this problem too

[foggy rune]

why did the french communists just start a civil war when they're only at 18% popularity

I got no warning or anything

[dusty sandal]

did you deny the rhineland ?

[wary parcel]

did u accept the rheinland remilitarisation?

[foggy rune]

I accepted it

[dusty sandal]

when did civil war happened

[foggy rune]

21st of December

[dusty sandal]

when

[foggy rune]

36

[dusty sandal]

what focus did you do

[foggy rune]

I'm halfway through buy time

I've just been going down the political tree

[dusty sandal]

what's your stability and did you do a focus that makes "protest descend into violence"

[foggy rune]

stability is at 0 and I didn't realise

it's probably because I joined the spanish civil war

[dusty sandal]

most certainly

[marsh cypress]

How can I choose a new country if I lose?

[foggy rune]

damn so can you not really join the spanish war?

[marsh cypress]

I didn't understand what you were trying to say.

[dusty sandal]

choose "continue as spectator", open console and type "tag xxx" where you replace the Xs by the country tag you want

[dusty sandal]

not if you go historical iirc

[foggy rune]

I did figure out one way to make it work

[dusty sandal]

right wing democraticmight be fine though

[foggy rune]

communists causing you problems?

just ban them

[idle arch]

Do I need signal company if I am doing mass mob

[marsh cypress]

Is it possible in multiplayer?

[dusty sandal]

no

but in mp you can just leave and come back through hotjoin

[foggy rune]

why does every single country other than germany have to have some mechanic to kneecap them

like Germany you can do whatever tf you want, but every other country has something stopping you from doing half the shit you wanna do

[marsh rune]

Hello, I'm trying to conquer England with paratroopers (19th Division). I jump into Newcastle to capture the port for my ground troops. I defeat the division there. Then it's as if my paratroopers are fighting an invisible enemy and simply disappear at the end. What am I doing wrong?

[pliant condor]

no

if you mean, the old mass mob

[dusty sandal]

my guess is they're getting attacked by the flank while dropping on target. As such the enemy div attacking prevents you from taking the area

[vital plinth]

I tried doing a naval invasion but only half of my army I assigned transported. Now I’m here but why can’t I make them travel back to my own port when they are standing next to a port ?

When I right click they set to match somewhere else

With different route

[dusty sandal]

you need to right click on the port icon where you want them to go

moving troops over also requires convoys, if you don't have enough, not all troops will be able to cross at once

[vital plinth]

It says I have 78 convoys left

[vital plinth]

I tried it but then they take the long route around

[dusty sandal]

right now, yes
but when you tried to move everyone at once it was probably not enough

[dusty sandal]

Right click on the port icon
the blue port icon on the map
not on the tile

[vital plinth]

Oh ok thx it worked now 💪👍

[neat widget]

By the way that should be a pretty good port trap

Place a ship on the right naval tile and it should block enemies from going from Izmir via land

[feral forge]

I can only click every decision once right?

[pliant condor]

you want to click all of them asap

but yes only once

[feral forge]

okay im playing with the four year plan for the first time im just trying it out but why do I want to click them asap?

[austere roost]

Iirc you can get negative consumer goods buff benefits so you don't have to time it such that you get 0 consumer goods

But you might want to test it

[viscid abyss]

What sort of tanks do I build for Germany mp?

Is it still spg?

[unique geyser]

For some reason I don't have En Svensk Tiger right now

[warm sable]

which reichleiter do i pick
goebbels or himmler?

[queen dove]

yall my hoi4 subscription ended but i still have the DLCs am i lucky or are they gonna go away?? its been almost a month

[idle arch]

should I go free trade as ussr

[bright flicker]

is there a way to see how much longer justificiation for war will take?

[sudden meadow]

enemies can get supplies from allied rail lines and hubs right

[austere roost]

Once it's converted

[sudden meadow]

uhhh wdym

[unique geyser]

right click the country you are justifying on and hover over the justification, it's like a clock with swords I think

in the list of relations with other countries

[gentle crest]

Does the country modifier in battle include doctrine

[trail rapids]

My game wont open and I dont know why, I reset my computer and I'm not sure if its the game or Steam

[feral forge]

whats the problem here its over -25

[edgy stone]

no

[coarse finch]

It needs to be below -25

Not above

[wet topaz]

Goebells

Himmler sucks

You want Goering, Hess, Goebells

[wet topaz]

Ye

[wet topaz]

Depends, usually yeah

But not first pp pick obv

And once you start converting tanks and stuff you’ll need to drop export law to limited

[wet topaz]

Td

Spg is only sp

Max hard attack in mp

[viscid abyss]

Is there a good template somewhere?

[topaz yew]

hello please can i have any tips for holding this? i feel like its not too sustainable

[neat widget]

Get a general who has commando

[topaz yew]

oh you right they dont count as infantry

thanks

[austere roost]

it takes 7 days for you to be able to use the railroad that belonged to your enemy

[hexed meteor]

which to chose?

i want to go fascist expansionist

[idle arch]

What template should I use for resistance suppression

[fathom thistle]

max cav with mp as support

[narrow grail]

Wait where does the 4th option come from?

[hexed meteor]

idk

[narrow grail]

Ah

You play with no NCNS?

[hexed meteor]

acronym check?

i have no dlcs if that is what youre asking

only rt56

ohhh

no compromise no surrender

[topaz yew]

-18k guns im genuinely cooked

[narrow grail]

No Compromise No Surrender, the last dlc

[hexed meteor]

dont have any dlcs

[narrow grail]

Ahh ok

[stuck garnet]

playing kaisserreich but uhh question, what do i need to make a good infantry hold-the-line general?

[viscid abyss]

How do you do the conversion thing with heavy tanks?

[scenic nacelle]

Ping me in like 20 minutes and I can tell u

[neat widget]

Is this with or without DLC

[stuck garnet]

also what's a good doctrine for inf

depending on what im doing

[neat widget]

you're playing with tanks?

[stuck garnet]

yeah

i mean

not yet

im still doing mostly infantry

because my industry is small

my production lines

i should've put that all in one message

sorry

let me just like

[neat widget]

individual excellence / self propelled support / streamlined deployment / grand assault

well these are the tank doctrines

[stuck garnet]

why individual?

i mean it looks really good

[pliant condor]

because they are a one-time bonus

earlier you click it earlier you have it

[hexed meteor]

read above 🙂

w/o dlc

but i have rt56 if that matters

[trail reef]

what would be the differenfce with a tank with 10 reliability and one with 100

[stuck garnet]

it matters a lot

idk it's different from vanilla a lot a lot but not different to be a completely new thing

it's an overhaul mod i think

[hexed meteor]

idk ive never even played vanilla hoi4

my friend told me if i wasnt gonna buy dlcs to not even bother and to just get a mod and rt56 was one of the few mods i knew abt from watching drww durnil and alex the rambler

[junior light]

I need help getting MP, its 1942 im Yugoslavia I have war economy and extensive conscription but I have been stuck at 0 mp for a while, any way to increase my manpower?

[hexed meteor]

focuses and it depends on how large your army is

[junior light]

i have no more focuses to increase mp and i have 50 divs

[hexed meteor]

what year?

[junior light]

1942

[hexed meteor]

how many fronts u got

[junior light]

like how many countries im bordering?

[hexed meteor]

are you at war

and if so how many fronts

[junior light]

yes but like im at war with us but im not actively fighting them

[hexed meteor]

i think you might just have too much stuff that requires mp

deffo stop training anymore divisions

[junior light]

ok

[hexed meteor]

50 is prolly too much but dont disband any

[junior light]

alr

[viscid abyss]

Hi

[hexed parcel]

go to military governor if you are occupying territory

[junior light]

how do i do that

[hexed parcel]

occupation laws

[junior light]

uh

idk where that is tbh

im somewhat new

[hexed parcel]

click your country's flag, go to the "Occupied Territories" screen (icon with a flag and circle), and adjust laws like Martial Law, Military Governor, or Local Police for each occupied nation or state

[junior light]

alr

i see

[hexed parcel]

it should add a litle manpower

[neat widget]

for the hp

makes you lose less stuff

[scenic nacelle]

Ok so uhh

Ur first tank (a heavy) would be something like
4x small cannons With HMG/ armour and engine clicks
Or
3x small cannons, radio I, HMG, and max clicks

Build like 40k of those until 41

Then convert them into a new tank design with the best AT cannon

@neat widget do u know the MIO’s for this?

[viscid abyss]

Ok

How exactly do I convert

[scenic nacelle]

Take a picture of ur production screen

It’s easier to explain with a big red circle

[viscid abyss]

I’m not oh hoi rn

[scenic nacelle]

Uhhh

One sec then

[scenic nacelle]

Rest of the picture is unrelated

[stuck garnet]

?

Why

[viscid abyss]

Ah thanks

[scenic nacelle]

I just pulled up the first picture I found with that menu open

Just needed to show him where the button was

[stuck garnet]

Oh

[sudden meadow]

Uhhhhh

just from a guess anything that involves putting them down for the most part

kodoha is unaligned and iirc you can try and go for a pact with China in preparation for Russia

[hexed meteor]

i want to go fascist expansionist

[sudden meadow]

all the others would probably lead to more expansion into China or down south I think but im not sure

[hexed meteor]

war with china, russia, and the allies

[sudden meadow]

I mean

in that case put em down

Kodoha iirc is gonna go more towards trying to ally with China

what do the options say

[hexed meteor]

lowk chose put em down

i saved b4 though so if i dont like what happens ill just revert

[viscid abyss]

Sorry what main armament

[scenic nacelle]

First tank, HMG,
Last tank
Best heavy cannon u have

[viscid abyss]

Ah yes

Thanks

[mystic otter]

Does someone know why my game crashes every time i cap berlin as french commune in kaiserdux?

[scenic nacelle]

When Berlin is taken

The German faction falls apart

And makes everything into a separate war

[mystic otter]

The problem is that once Berlin is taken i go into a peace deal

Forgot to mention that lol

Couple of seconds later the game crashes

[scenic nacelle]

Whenever I take Berlin it falls apart

Hm

[mystic otter]

Could it possible the time i take Berlin and the peace deal happening at the same time is somehow crashing it?

Cus of the faction falling apart+a peace deal happening at the same time?

There also the austrian faction joining near the time i was near Berlin but idk if that is also a contributing factor

[vital plinth]

Can someone help me put as Greece im following guide but getting ruined completely I don’t know what im doing wrong

https://www.fandomspot.com/hoi4-bad-romeance-guide/

Im stuck can’t advance I pulled back twice to navy invasion but not all turkey force come I only killed 120 k so far idk what to do

[mystic otter]

What your offensive template?

Damn you also seem out of manpower
Honestly the only balkan nation i played was Bulgaria and i usually focus on the political focus to end up forming the union/federation ( the yugo alliance path forget the name )
To have a decent nation by 40s with manpower and industry
Maybe try a similar thing with greece ( again never played greece )

Maybe you get a formable country or smth in your focus tree somewhere or a decision

[vital plinth]

The one the guides mentions 1 artillery and rest infantry

[sudden meadow]

why is it doing this

ffs

[vital plinth]

Other problem is yogoslovaia seem to enter the war but the guide doesn’t mention it attacking

[mystic otter]

I am reading it rn give 1 moment

[vital plinth]

I tried a scenario before where yogoslavia didn’t attack me

It was before I restarted the game because I messed up later

[mystic otter]

Can you tell me where exactly your messing up?

[mystic otter]

Did they become a puppet to the Italians?
Could it be that?
If not you maybe got unlucky and they did a focus or smth

Although i recommend watching guide on yt
Although most are a bit older and many changes happened in the game mostly doctrine and navy it's still better because your visually seeing what needing to be done rather than simply reading it

[hexed meteor]

i had hoi4 for 3 months b4 i got a kid from one of my classes to hop in a call with me and teach me the game

[mystic otter]

Understandable
The game is confusing for a lot of people and the ingame tutorial sucks

[hexed meteor]

still took me another few days to learn abt field marshals lol

and i used to put a few of every type of unit into each general

[mystic otter]

Yh those are the typical mistakes everyone did at some point haha

[hexed meteor]

i still dont think i do generals correctly

💀

[vital plinth]

It happens when I’m at war with Turkey I’m early stage where I try bait them by retreating back and then naval invasion , but not many of them comes apparently I’m supposed to smash their man power and then take their lands

[hexed meteor]

i usually have a field marshal and each general has only tanks, or only inf, or only marines, or only mobile inf, and then i just do a front line w/o subsections using the fm

[vital plinth]

But I only manage to kill 100 k man power then I’m stuck at pushing them I don’t get anywhere I’m just stuck

Until Yugoslavia comes

[austere roost]

part of it is also because most people don't know how war works due to propaganda

[mystic otter]

So you have a ai problem honestly best advice?
Invade the main land itself once you get stuck pushing
Just make sure you have a port
Try that and see if its work

[austere roost]

it gets even worse with hoi3 where it requires much more micro

[mystic otter]

Once you understand how the stats works combat becomes easier

[hexed meteor]

hoi5 will have an option to just have ai control your divs like in aoh3 😂

[mystic otter]

I never played hoi3

[austere roost]

neither do i, but i saw videos where in that game you can move the actual field marshal along the front line, so you can see like hermann meyer driving his truck along the french border

[mystic otter]

Like a command post?

[austere roost]

yeah sort of

[mystic otter]

huh

[austere roost]

idk if it's a mod however

from what i heard if you think hoi4 bi is hard, wait till you see hoi3 bi

[mystic otter]

Just remember for inf 18 width is for defense/holding the line unit
For offensive division 36 width is the best

[mystic otter]

Yh i think i grasp what you mean
It's stelaris for me The game is so complicated that it honestly scares me to even try lol

[mystic otter]

General traits help certain units type
Ex : infantry leader for infantry etc
The general/marshal traits can be trained by them being in combat
Like urban warfare skill by fighting in urban tyles

[hexed meteor]

i read on some random reddit post one time to not use inf for offense so i just use mobile infa and regular inf for defense

is that L strat?

[mystic otter]

No its good usually people use tanks as offensive breakthrough unit to encircle and destroy pockets

But you can have offensive inf
Said inf division being pure 36 width infantry but you need alot of manpower for that
That why tank are usually better ( idk if that the only reason other can share their ideas )

[mystic otter]

Mobile inf as in trucks?

[hexed meteor]

yea

[mystic otter]

Like pure trucks/mechanized template?

[hexed meteor]

ts

this is

a bad template

24 width is bad iirc

[mystic otter]

Good for mountains

You can replace/add 1 colum with motorised arty

[hexed meteor]

whats the difference between replacing a colum and adding another one

production cost?

[mystic otter]

You can have tanks division to breakthrough enemies line and this template to quickly move and fill the gaps

[mystic otter]

And equipment needed
Width size etc

[hexed meteor]

oooof

equipment

im playing japan

think ima replace a colum

better?

[mystic otter]

I never played japan dont expect any concrete strategies from me XD

[hexed meteor]

well these guys are gonna be for china and russia mostly

and india eventually... maybe the US depending on how far this goes

[mystic otter]

Ouch pushing through siberia?

Do you hate yourself XD

[hexed meteor]

i plan to use mostly marines and amphibious tanks for indonesia and australia

[hexed meteor]

yes

its ok though

i have a plan

[mystic otter]

You can use marine + amphibious trucks in the same divs btw

[hexed meteor]

oh cool

[mystic otter]

Or tanks + amphibians trucks too

[hexed meteor]

ive been doing this but i assumed i was getting a penalty or smth

[mystic otter]

Expensive but great

[mystic otter]

No no i think i remember it being meta? Cant remember if its still

Having pure marine isnt bad

[hexed meteor]

i played as germany last pt and i was training 12 marines and 12 amph tanks, doing my naval invasion, and then disbanding them lol

[mystic otter]

Its the usual tbh i usually have 24 width marine
Mostly cus i forgot about them after invading the uk haha

[hexed meteor]

i was GONNA stop disbanding them after the 3rd naval invasion but then they were all the way over in east africa and i needed them in greenland so i lowk just started training some in denmark

[mystic otter]

Same sometimes i be lazy and just use Normal inf lol

[hexed meteor]

sometimes ill be REALLY lazy and just assign like 48 panzers to one coastal tile 😭

it either works and i get a new front or i get 48 divisions obliterated

[mystic otter]

Tbh aslong you have enough cas you should be able to bulldoze the defence

[austere roost]

at that point just make spgs

[mystic otter]

Wont that be expensive as japan tho?

[austere roost]

no

you can get a basic three man turret medium howitzer 1 1938 chassis spg for 8.8 cost

[mystic otter]

Oh so spg are a reliable strategic cool will keep that in mind

[austere roost]

with like 45 soft attack

meanwhile here you're build a truck and artillery gun for like 7 cost and 30 soft attack

with no hardness, breakthrough, and armor

[mystic otter]

Well tbh he is fighting china
You can defeat them with only inf
Although i understand what you mean by how bad that div now that you point it out

[austere roost]

oh for china you just need to focus on supply hubs

and cas

and if he's fighting china the artillery gun is 1936 so the cost/benefit is even worse

[mystic otter]

@hexed meteor take note of what he saying

[hexed meteor]

i wont be answering for a minute i gotta go do smth but thank u guys for the help and keep giving tips ima read them when i get back

[mystic otter]

But what kind of spg?

Light chassis? Or med?

[austere roost]

light's good enough

[mystic otter]

I think lights correct?

[austere roost]

if he's japan

cuz like the war begins in 1937 if he follows historic

light spg, howitzer if he has it or else close support gun, and if he wants he can add second machine guns

with a close support gun he'll have 22 soft attack (you'll need to test it for yourself, i'm not confident on it) but a light spg for every inf division is enough to get gold shields against chinese troops

[mystic otter]

Ah you want him to go light space marine?

[austere roost]

if he thinks the attack is too low he can just add a second machine gun which adds 5.4 soft attack to an spg for the cost of 1

[mystic otter]

I was thinking doing proper spg divs

Although that expensive now that i think about it he wont have enough by 37

Oh btw about air idk about Japan but when i play Germany
Mio that give range are usually the best
Allow you to put self sealing fuel tank on your planes/armour

About guns i think heavy machine guns are the best
And use a light airframe
Only nation that go for heavy airframe fighters is usa

For cas
Just as many bombs bay as possible
That what I personally do
If anyone knows air better than me give your thoughts

[vital plinth]

@mystic otter

Current situation think it already took way to long maybe I should have done a third bait ? To wipe more of their armies ?

[mystic otter]

Yh you can try that

Turkey have much more than i expected oof

[mystic otter]

Hmm maybe try and naval to Istanbul to and do a pincer attack?

Then hold that tyle with a small amount of division and use the rest to naval invade to main land
It seems you will need to experiment with different tactics until you find a strategy that works

[mystic otter]

You after taking istanbul to invade the port below it and move your divs upwards to cut off the Turkey divs
Just make sure to attack the divs with the division you have on Istanbul to pin them and once there incercle you can destroy them

You should theoretically if nothing went wrong be able to have access to the main land
But again experiment and try

[vital plinth]

Il try out different things , but seems I should have been annexed Turkey now because Italy now joined axis but the guide said to declare war on Italy before they join axes lol

Maybe not the best country to play as first game

[mystic otter]

Oh this is your first game? That like jumping into the fire directly
I recommend playing major nation until you get used to game mechanic and get experience in actual wars

[grim ice]

i need help putting in mods ive watched a bunch of vids but they dont work

[mystic otter]

Download them from steam workshop
Open the game from steam to the paradox launcher in the mod section in the launcher the mod should be there

[grim ice]

thx

[mystic otter]

Active it and make sure its in a playlist and choose that playlist and start the game

[mystic otter]

Just make sure the mod is compatible
It will show a yellow/red mark beside it

[grim ice]

okay

thank you sm

[static nest]

Ive been looking around on google w no luck, and just got the new dlc. Which special forces doctrine gives more buffs to the army in general: mountaineers or rangers? I like the bonuses the mountaineers give to general infantry w recon rangers, but is there a differencd when you pick the new doctrine?

[mystic otter]

Special force buffs only affect specific forces
Mountaineers rangers marines paratroopers etc
They don't affect normal units
For which subdoctine exactly i honestly dont know but you can check if you hover over the doctrine to see if its give buffs ( make sure the book icon is on to show the full buffs once the doctrine is fully mastered)

There also upgrads in the research tree
That gives an upgrade to said special force and their own special force tree buffs you unlock for more

[mystic otter]

Usually it's better to put special forces in their own divs
Or mix and match them ( ex : mountainers rangers , marine mountainers etc )
Don't put them with regular units its generally not worth it
But if you want to play the game like that
You do you its a war simulator in the end

[grim ice]

thx bro it worked

[mystic otter]

You're welcome

[mystic otter]

Btw mods can conflict with each other so keep and eye on that
And certain mods need another one to work
Example R56 Extended need the R56 mods active to work

[grim ice]

good to know

[mystic otter]

And sometimes certain mods arnt 1 singular one but a collection put together in 1 giant mod

Like kaiserdex

[vital plinth]

Will I learn alot and understand war and be able to build my own tactic better ? I’ve played civ 6 a lot and I’m always bad at desicion making and long term strategy

[mystic otter]

Being a collection of mods of kaiserreich mod ( don't use them together)

[grim ice]

okay

[vital plinth]

Yeah it’s my first game or multiple attempts of first game that I restart 😅

[grim ice]

real

[vital plinth]

I’ve restarted 3 times when I reached around 1939 because I kept steering off completely as Italy and Greece

[mystic otter]

I recommend watching tutorial on yt
There only so much i can teach while typing XD
Watch the bittersteel guides while he is using Germany
And the the new tutorial droped by the hoi4 channel its updated when the last dlc was dropped

[vital plinth]

Im watching slowly but each country is different no ? And their strategy

[mystic otter]

Note bittersteel guide is outdated but all the advice about combat economy and division is still valid
Its just doctrine that is different

[vital plinth]

Is France also beginner friendly ?

[mystic otter]

Yes but eventually as you play more the strategy eventually all becomes easy/repeated
There only so much tactics/strategy to use after all
The game engine dictate it

[mystic otter]

No no

You will get stomped by Germany XD

Its Germany usa and maybe italy? They might be a little confusing at the beginning so keep that in mind

Again yt is your best friend

https://youtu.be/LbpWbSD6hEY?si=0xCxhxWWm5xzqobe

https://youtu.be/Rb9536VncuI?si=-G9vPIslCqDY_Omd

@vital plinth

Those are the guides i was talking about

[static nest]

Its what i usually do, but iirc the recon ranger company in regular divisioms provide attack bonuses when you put them in there

[mystic otter]

Kinda outdated but they still teach you the fundamentals

[mystic otter]

Ah support companies?
Yh sure put them there could work

[vital plinth]

Ok thx maybe il need to learn more the basic stuff before playing Greece and other nations

[static nest]

Exactly, sorry about the confusion @mystic otter

[mystic otter]

Nah its fine
Rangers are good support companies
Although keep in mind there cost i think there expensive? Cant remember the numbers to worth/cost ratio so make sure you dont Nuke your support equipment stockpile

Might be worth putting them only on your offensive/breakthrough units

With assualt engineer

[mystic otter]

Yh use major nation to get a good grasp then go and stuffer playing the minor ones
Major nation allow you to do make more mistakes without ruining your run

[static nest]

Ok, thank yiu

[mystic otter]

There also another great support companies Germany get if you go left of the army tree
Stormtrooper i believe the name?
There expensive but hella good

Great for inf only play style

If you find tank confusing

[vital plinth]

Are you able to play small nations and make them a major power ? I mean you specifically after learning the mechanics or still struggling? Asking to understand how the game works 🙂

[mystic otter]

Well i did play a Bulgaria game where i defeated Germany
So yh you can its just there starting position is hard so it's end up being a challenge
Especially balkan nation
A lot of rng is involved
That Bulgaria game made me rage quit due to no one wanting to flip comunist

And i used a save file so i dont restart from zero

[vital plinth]

Ah ok I see

So most on the internet says Germany is the best country or good one to play as first one

[mystic otter]

Like you can world conquest with any nation its just the "how to" that need to be answered

[mystic otter]

Yes
Great bonus and as the nation that started ww2
You get to decide when ww2 start so you can take your time and build up until your comfortable

Just remember

Is you go 4 year plan

In the economic tree

Your on a timer

[neat widget]

OKMO for designing
Mytishchy for production lines

Also wow 40k converts? How, I usually get 20k

[mystic otter]

Going the left side is better is you dont want that timer pressure on you

[vital plinth]

Timer ?

Timer that starts war ?

[mystic otter]

4 year plan put a pressure on you to conquer stuff or your consumers will debuff to hell
Literally the entire economy collapsed

Its a race against time to achieve ataturky

[neat widget]

Yeah

With good gameplay you can quite readily do so

[mystic otter]

So going left side is more long game chill
Right side early game

[neat widget]

But new players may suffer

[mystic otter]

He's a new player and i don't want him to go with that mechanic just yet

[neat widget]

Fair

[neat widget]

40k converts is 125 tank divisions worth what are we smoking

(unless you aren't building inf)

[mystic otter]

Probably due to mods?

[neat widget]

I mean to some extent but not really

[mystic otter]

I see people having insane mil counts sometimes that make me go that no way unmoded game

Mostly mp

Videos i watch :P

[glacial steeple]

hearts of iron IV

[neat widget]

Soviets can get like 500 factories by Barbarossa theoretically

But most of those mils are going to be late mils

[mystic otter]

Remind me of the conversion strategy with usa

That dankus once used

[vital plinth]

As Germany I can choose what army to experiment with ?

[neat widget]

was he also doing heavy tanks or was he doing air?

[mystic otter]

Explain?

[neat widget]

In either case it isn't too different

Motivations differ though

[mystic otter]

No no not tanks or planes
Civs to mil conversion

[vital plinth]

Planes and tanks i mean, types of them

Also can I choose for myself what type of political system I want ?

[mystic otter]

Usa get some busted conversion bonus
And uk to read smth about that to somewhere cant remember where

[mystic otter]

Yep

[neat widget]

No you don't do that in general

[vital plinth]

Or will that mess up my first game ?

[mystic otter]

Just a note
Going against hitler put you in a civil war

[neat widget]

In vanilla mods you have slightly too few civs from what I can tell

[mystic otter]

No no that ok
Have fun and experiment whatever you want in sp aslong as it works it works

[vital plinth]

Civil war il have another enemy inside my country I fight ? Do they take my stuff or how does it work exactly?

Or should I learn about it on YouTube if it’s too much to explain here

[mystic otter]

Basically its the nazis vs you
Equipment and army get split ( the game gives you extra units )
The war is between you no other country interfering

You dont lose territory or anything once you win

[vital plinth]

Oh ok thx

I see

[mystic otter]

Just watch a yt vid about any monarchist Germany you will see what i mean by the civil war

[vital geode]

I just realized I could have made my armored cars better

Though my army overall would be weaker since less breakthrough

[mystic otter]

No problem
If you need smth just ask here
I am going to sleep its 5am here

[mystic otter]

Why you using them?

[vital geode]

Speed

[mystic otter]

Ah the speed demon strat

Respect

[vital geode]

To be fair, not the worst division

It could be better with another line of mech instead of armored cars

[mystic otter]

For sp? That more than enough lmao

[vital geode]

In either case I have learned something

[vital plinth]

Thx alot for the help Alex and using the time appreciate it 🙏

[vital geode]

Motorized recon does not get as many speed boosts than line motorized

[mystic otter]

No worries we all were in your shoes at some point :D

[vital plinth]

I read that a option is to build most factories and stuff in the west before civil war to easier manage or delete armies to easier manage

[vital geode]

The trucks in my support company was slowing me down lol

[mystic otter]

Build near the Belgium Netherlands borders yes

You dont need to delete replace unit exploits
Doing it normally works fine

Unless you want to try it

All that matters that you have fun
What the worst that could happen?
Reloading a save

[humble oriole]

do you attack with mechanized division?

[vital geode]

The strategy I've seen is to use the main army and then rush Berlin

[vital geode]

Mechanized are usually defensive units, but they can pack a punch in singleplayer

[mystic otter]

Mechanized divs works yes

Make sure there 36 for offense units

Width*

[humble oriole]

only attack with armored div?

[mystic otter]

Pure infantry works to

[vital geode]

Usually, yeah

[mystic otter]

Nothing impossible in this game

People beaten the game with aa only

And you have jonathan playing sonic in his game

[vital geode]

I capped iran in 6 days

From the Iraqi border

[sweet summit]

What's the difference between inf and cavalry

Isn't cavalry just better cuz it's faster ?

[vital geode]

It did take me a year to take out the Soviets because winter makes your divisions move at 1 km/h and I was fighting from the caucuses

[vital geode]

Cav doesn't get stat boosts

aside from the first bit of the doctrines

or that one dedicated subdoctrine path

[mystic otter]

I really need to go to sleep yall
Gn
Might continue responding once i wake up just ping me

[vital geode]

gn

[vital plinth]

True 👍

[humble oriole]

medium tanks?

[vital geode]

Yes

[humble oriole]

do you have tank template and division template

[foggy coral]

hey guys im playing chili with mapuche state and i dont find anywhere a good division that i can use for the cavalry

[grim ice]

how do i find converted deck space? wont let me build better shiups without it

[vital geode]

That must be for converted cruisers/battleships

But just use normal carriers

[grim ice]

okay

thanks

[vital plinth]

Are heavry tanks bad to use ?

[granite patio]

Depends. First, MP or SP.

[glacial steeple]

no

well, it depends on support companies and general of course

all tanks are bad with bad modifiers

[granite patio]

I mean SPG’s with new doctrines if your playing majors will basically melt anything the AI can put out.

[vital geode]

I still like to use medium tanks because they can mount a howitzer and use a turret

[granite patio]

They are good too. Most tank builds can be made good with the new doctrines

[vital geode]

I made armored cars good with the subdoctrines

[granite patio]

Like even regular med tanks with med gun can get absurd levels of breakthrough

And good soft and hard attack

Will crush anything

[leaden jay]

While I was fighting Soviet’s Romania randomly switched sides. Why?

[languid trout]

they can change sides instantly using their decisions

they can do that

[vital geode]

Romania can switch sides at any time

[runic basalt]

can someone show me how to put planes on my carrier?

[austere roost]

click the plane button on the carrier, select your planes, and move them to the carrier that way

[serene karma]

Unturned?

[neat widget]

It doesn't really

You get a lot of org but org isn't helpful beyond a certain point here because your HP is low

[hushed vault]

how come u know unturned

[tribal skiff]

What's the deal with US amtracks? I reserached the LVT-2 and tried to construct it, but it's not listed as equipment? I found it by clicking the outdated equipment box, but then I can't choose a construction MIO for it, but it shows Ford as the designer MIO?

[lucid torrent]

what are some good special force template for japan?

[glacial steeple]

hello ask for help

what is up

[glacial steeple]

what year are we fighting in

[dusty crow]

how do i get money for dlc im broke

[foggy rune]

when does spain get rid of this modifier?

[neat widget]

also what dlcs do you have

[foggy rune]

I'm France helping in the civil war

[neat widget]

it should be a decision i think

but only for the spanish countries

[foggy rune]

ah so it is random

[austere roost]

Really the only option is cas

[foggy rune]

I mean we're winning the war

[austere roost]

Cas still does some damage even in unplanned offensive areas

[foggy rune]

so that's what the modifier is?

[neat widget]

Yeah

[foggy rune]

the game doesn't really do a good job explaining the "state" tooltip lol

[neat widget]

Click a state and then there should be an icon in the lower left, hover over that icon and it should state the debuffs

[foggy rune]

oh yeah I see it now

[neat widget]

there's a movement debuff, there's an attack debuff, there's a much less severe cas debuff, and probably other things too

[foggy rune]

so essentially just wait for them to deal with it, and try to use cas

[neat widget]

Search for areas without the debuff

then attack there

[foggy rune]

look like the only spots are all in the northwest where I cant reach yet, I'll try to push towards it

damn I don't even have any cas to use

[neat widget]

You can naval invade, you're France

[austere roost]

Also try to form encirclements

Esp with unplanned offensive, you can pin down so many troops with one inf division while everyone else makes an encirclment

[foggy rune]

that is a very good point

yeah I've been cutting a lot of encirclements

trying to knock out the regional council right now

and I just ratified the stresa front so now hopefully Italy comes and helps too

[onyx tapir]

my game takes 5 minutes to start up and lags while im playing any way to fix this?

[foggy rune]

@neat widget thanks for all your help, got the regional council and Italy has arrived to help me clean up the nationalists

[neat widget]

ah nice

[foggy rune]

now I have to hope I can get this done before Germany declares on Austria since Stresa Front gives them a guarentee from me

whew got them dealt with before anything else happened

[oak jasper]

So: how do defensive wars work when the aggressor doesn't, to my knowledge, have a major? Mexico started the Bolivarian Alliance, then declared war on me. Will I need to capitulate every faction member? Just the one (Mexico) with war goals?

[foggy rune]

if you go to the war screen there should be one or more countries with a gold border

that country will be the major for that war

for example here both Japan and Machuko are considered majors for this war

[oak jasper]

Ah. So, Mexico. Still 1939, and I was not expecting war so soon, but an eminently winnable war.

[foggy rune]

as are China and Qinghai Ma for the other side

I wish you the best of luck

[half glade]

how do you build up an army as a minor like south africa?

do i start making troops immediately or wait until i have a good template and production

[marsh rune]

Perhaps someone has a tip. I have absolute air superiority and have deployed about 700 close air support aircraft and 700 bombers to bomb supply lines. The first two days are manageable, but after that, England brings so much that I can't make any further progress. Operation Sea Lion and orders for the invasion of England are active.

[foggy rune]

can someone take a look at my save and tell me what I'm doing wrong with my militairy? I'm getting really frustrated and feeling really stupid because I just can't fo anything against Germany

[cold bloom]

Screenshot of production and templates should be enough

[dire flower]

ignore my stupidity with the only infantry stuff, but now, with my screwup with the all infantry what do i do?

my divison template for said horrible idea is support artillery engineer company and 16 infantry

i have air superiority

[cold bloom]

If you can push, I find this works well

[dire flower]

whenever i do push my organization drops soooo fast

[cold bloom]

Ignore the tiles around Freiburg/Mullheim/Karlsruhe for sure because there's a river you cant push (without many losses)

You might wanna halve the units assigned to that part of the front and throw them all against the northern tiles

[dire flower]

ok

but if they attack that i will be fine?

i have as much forts and anti air there as i can so

[cold bloom]

If you still have 4 divs per tile and a river in between, should be fine yeh

[dire flower]

alr

and i target supply hubs after?

[hoary glen]

Please send me a screenshot of your Division templates you use.

[glacial steeple]

patrick

what would you say the best inf doctrine is if no logi company

or field hosps

[cold bloom]

Getting them would help but mainly focus on encircling German troops against the Benelux borders

[hoary glen]

If you do normal Inf large unit tactics

[dire flower]

hmm ok

i have a lot on the northernmost part of my border with them

[glacial steeple]

not necessarily inf based army

[dire flower]

so i suppose i will move them down towards a center push

but wouldnt they surround me?

[hoary glen]

For special forces the aggressive assault or individual excellence is better. But aggressive assault needs scout tanks and flame tanks

[dire flower]

or like cut me off

[hoary glen]

If you do Tanks do individual excellence

[glacial steeple]

well its indiv because of logi

i know that

[dire flower]

i was gonna try and do a navy thing and invade like around denmark as well but

[cold bloom]

You can try that yeh

[dire flower]

i dont think ill be able to pull that off since i dont understand navy

[dire flower]

my plan is for the 2 forces to kinda meet

ill try since i have the uk on my side

[hoary glen]

Iirc indv gives +5% HP in itself. And 5% on mech if finished. That's what makes it good.

[dire flower]

and they are good with navy i think idk

[hoary glen]

Don't remember you need logi for that

[glacial steeple]

no it doesnt

it gives +5 hp to all inf through logi

[cold bloom]

You can try putting your navy on patrol in the 3 naval zones in Germany's direction, though watch out that you dont waste your fuel

[hoary glen]

Tbh outside of Multiplayer where you can have one nation do only tanks and nothing else I would always choose large unit tactics.

Biggest Inf upgrade there is

[dire flower]

now that you mention it

im out of fuel

hm

maybe the planes did come at a cost

luckily theres been no invasion of poland or soviet union attacking my allies yet

and poland isnt even in our alliance

so i think the soviets will be the main problem assuming we take german

[half glade]

bruh what

i declared a war goal against portugal

but i cant fight the war

because im not a 'major'

bruh what

[dire flower]

i space out and czechoslavkia is like so close to capitulation

holy sell bro

[cold bloom]

Its your faction's rule

If you got 1 faction initiative you can scrap it

[half glade]

i did not know that was a thing

thanks comintern

really helpful

[forest hedge]

omg

feeling motivated to play France

[fierce cypress]

how to navy

[serene karma]

Why wouldnt i

[indigo sapphire]

how many subs should i build and produce as Germany?

[sour wadi]

ay, i just made the republicans win the civil war as stalin

[languid trout]

u dont need to

u can just build a navy

[sour wadi]

other then XP, is there any reason i should of?

do they give me stuff for doing so?

i dont play the soviets often

[languid trout]

if u really do wanna convoy raid, atleast 150-200 is fine

[indigo sapphire]

gotcha

[languid trout]

just make sure u dont put them on missions in shallow seas

or they will get obliterated easily

[indigo sapphire]

alr

@languid trout should i build also other sub variants classes and should i also build Special project naval subs

[sour wadi]

whats the best armour value for a space marine division?

and combat width

[robust viper]

is the first template used as both marines and mountaineers ?

[spiral crag]

what should i use here?

[languid trout]

what subs

also u should make subs with the best engines and torpedos

[indigo sapphire]

alr

i mean the current 4 levels of subs

[languid trout]

wdym

what special project

cruiser subs?

[indigo sapphire]

yes

[languid trout]

or midgets?

[indigo sapphire]

yes

all of em

[languid trout]

oh

nah

[indigo sapphire]

wdym nah?

[languid trout]

u can mass produce midgets

but the downside is that they arent that good

[indigo sapphire]

oh alr

[cold garnet]

whatever suits your desired army composition, really

[languid trout]

i usually use cruiser subs for range

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[languid trout]

but considering u also need a lot of supremacy

[hushed vault]

idk like

u re old

[languid trout]

u wont be using cruiser subs

[hushed vault]

or smh

[languid trout]

in games

[indigo sapphire]

alr

alr

how about fleet subs

[languid trout]

idk

[cold garnet]

mobile recon is good for tank/mech and stuffs like that, fire conc for artillery,

and field engineering is field engineering

[languid trout]

ive never used them

[indigo sapphire]

alr

how many of the main subs should i order as germany

[languid trout]

as much as u can

if ur aiming for a lot of convoy raiding

[spiral crag]

ok thanks

[indigo sapphire]

alr

ill order then atleast 1k

btw should i buy the hoi4 expansion pass 2?

@languid trout

[languid trout]

on a discount yes

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[prime imp]

Is it unethical if I say yes?

[indigo sapphire]

idk

[prime imp]

I enjoy the content, but I didnt work on it!

[glacial steeple]

ask for help make your predictions who will win

[cold bloom]

Hey Katten

[prime imp]

Id say pretty easy win for wales

Wait, is that wales

🤔

[cold bloom]

gives €1 "Say yes, the Czechoslovak CCP is in it" xD

[glacial steeple]

theyre trying

[prime imp]

Buy 20 copies

and some plushies too

[glacial steeple]

youll never believe it

wales lost

[cold bloom]

Stupid Iceland revolts?

[glacial steeple]

yeah

[prime imp]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-pratt-happy-surprised-gif-1004235684873562570

gasp

[indigo sapphire]

Oh mah dawgs wassup HAHA

mah dawg casey wassup

[robust viper]

?

[cold garnet]

they are actually marines,

but there is a limit to amphibious bonus (they never go positive so you only need enough to remove penalties), so excess special force slots should be something else instead

hence the mountaineers

[serene karma]

Yes

[topaz yew]

hello, how do peace conferences work? i just won the civil warw and it said it was a white peace and they took all the land back

[cold bloom]

Sounds like a bug then

Civil wars should have an automatic peacedeal unless outside powers are involved

[topaz yew]

ah, are you meant to press confirm and exit?

it seems like its saying that ia havnt done i t right

also how do i get the warlords in my faction to unify with me?

[cold bloom]

No, no

if it doesnt go automatic you should first annex them entirely

automatic in this case means it doesnt open the peacedeal screen at all

[topaz yew]

all of the countgry was highlighted green so i thought thats wwhat it meant

ohh

[cold bloom]

Green means untaken

so you still gotta annex them

[topaz yew]

oh man

[marsh trench]

Why wont my ships go?

[hollow linden]

No mission assigned. Only sea zones

[marsh trench]

Their assigned on patrol

[topaz yew]

damn its definately broken, it takes half a year to justify on the warlords

[hollow linden]

Yea the sea zones are. The ships aren't. Just re do the order

[hollow linden]

No that's pretty normal. Check your national spirits. Doesn't communist China have a spirit that makes any justification 50% longer

[topaz yew]

Even after the civil war?

[hollow linden]

Check your spirits

I haven't played communist china at any length

[topaz yew]

Normally you would declare the civil war to start it

[hollow linden]

That's not what I'm talking about

[topaz yew]

and no i dont have any national spirit for that

i got rid of that effect a few years ago

[hollow linden]

You should have a spirit called "central committe" which starts with +50% justification time. You a focus at the very bottom of your focus tree to get rid of it

[hollow linden]

Hmm

[marsh trench]

I tried again, they wont go to the assigned sea, what am I doing wrong? I clicked the ships, I clicked patrol then clicked on the sea??

[topaz yew]

i dont know if becoming the peoples republic then losing it broke it

like losing beiping again

[hollow linden]

Weird question, how do you select your ships? What exactly do you click on

[marsh trench]

On the right side, that panel thing, I shift click the ships

I want

[hollow linden]

Do you click on the fleet or the task force

[marsh trench]

The task force

[hollow linden]

U sure?

[marsh trench]

When I hover over it, it says: No accesible regions

[marsh trench]

Ye

[hollow linden]

Oh.......

What's the home base

[marsh trench]

I parked my ships at phillipenes, im tryna naval invade japan

[hollow linden]

No not where you parked them, where you set the home base of the fleet

I feel like I have told you this before

The home base is a mechanic

[marsh trench]

Nah you havent, I dont know how to set a home base

[hollow linden]

I feel like I have but oh well

[hollow linden]

Click the gear in the admiral on the left

[marsh trench]

I got it thanks

[robust viper]

who are the best inner circle

[marble saddle]

Is it known if like

On the trotsky path

Even if you move your capital away from the city you started tje civil war on (let us choose odessa for this example(

If you lose odessa and then reconquer it the game resets your capital to odessa

[robust viper]

todt or goring ?

[marsh trench]

I usually go with todt

[ivory meteor]

if i cut out the south part of germany to their capital can they then get supply from italys capital instead? if they are allies and participant in an war as italy as an ally?

[lusty charm]

How do you do Sea Lion as Germany / Japan / Italy, the naval invasion is no problem but they always have like 48 divisions on the british isle and i cant push further

[robust viper]

okay why

[wind canyon]

focus your attack around the ports and as soon as its secured hold it and flood in the rest of the army through the ports

make sure cas and fighters are flying over too

[lusty charm]

Yes, i can always secure 2 ports and pull my forces on the isle but i cant progress afterwards

[cold garnet]

force attack when you invade so you keep org for inland battles

attack the tiles behind

just keep pushing

unless your inf is actually weaker than their inf, you will be fine

but maybe your inf is actually weaker than their inf

[lusty charm]

So as Italy i should improve my templates

[lusty charm]

yes, but they do the same so all my divisions are just stuck on 1-3 tiles

[cold garnet]

nah it means you aren't actually doing it

send a save

I will demonstrate

[lucid torrent]

what are some good special force template for japan?

[lusty charm]

ok, I will try a run with more air and better templates + manually spam attacking

[brisk plank]

I accidentaly sent voulunters to the wrong chzekoslvakia, went down the integrate path, any way to cancel? Increadibly stupid mistake i know.

Also ironmode, anyone help pretty please?

[cold bloom]

Nope

Install recall volunteers if you dont care about achievements

[tribal skiff]

As USA, should I keep Roosevelt over Wilkie? I have an event about that. The latter seems to give bunch of bonuses though.

Also, why is my LVT-2 amtrak obsolete the minute I research it? I didn't even find it at first, but after clicking include outdated models. And it doesn't have a MIO for either role, design or build?

[brisk plank]

mod? aight thanks

[quick night]

is this a good early game tank?

[scenic nacelle]

FDR is the GOAT

And idk about the amtrac

[tribal skiff]

Maybe a bug?

I can't even edit it like I can the halftrack

[topaz yew]

hello, if youre a minor power is it better to be a jack of all trades or should you focus on a few specific bits? like should you ignore like tanks and ships and go full with planes and infantry for example?

[scenic nacelle]

Few specific bits

[topaz yew]

okay thank you

[tribal stratus]

I leave for Florence in a week. I want my first world conquest run. Is the best nation to do it as the British empire? And how do I get enough troops when I have such massive gun deficits

I won’t be able to play hoi4 abroad for 3 months on my Mac book unfortunately

[dense dragon]

Question: In NCNS why are my navies always retreating? I have them set to engage the ships in play and set to high risk engagement

is it a bug?

I notice that the enemy ships disengage/retreat as well, if that matters

I'm on 17.3

[glacial steeple]

its not the worst

its alright

tho if you have a basic med chassis you should have the StuG spawn in which comes with a howitzer 1 module

[hoary glen]

You need to set on "never repair" for no retreats

[light knoll]

Germany is the best nation for that probably

[subtle thorn]

can someone tell me fun country to play i have all dlc and road to 56

[light knoll]

Austria

[tribal stratus]

I have tried millions of times

I have over 300 hours

Can’t win can’t land on the allies

[light knoll]

you need to either build a navy, or use paratroopers. paratroopers is cheaper and easier but can sometimes take more than one try. just research paratroopers, produce transport planes, then land on the UK. either build an airforce of your own or wait for them to not have planes up. use 36w paratroopers divisions

do it before the US enter the war

[tribal stratus]

I use paratroopers

I’ve done that

They get creamed on landing

Every time

Even if I get 10 of them

And eventually I run out of resources for transports

[light knoll]

you need to land ona port and the tile next to hit. when they land, force attack and press h

[subtle thorn]

wich way of austria?

[light knoll]

that makes them defenders instead of attackers

[light knoll]

Austria Hungary. can do as either fascist or non aligned, i like non aligned more

[subtle thorn]

is there guide for the focuses

or do i read

[light knoll]

it's pretty straight forward, just rush your political tree and try to form the empire asap

do the central powers focus, that'll make Germany not anchluss you, and only come for you for sudetenland

buys you some time

you can look up guides thi

[subtle thorn]

look to the west focus?

where can i find the guide not on video but the list for focuses

[light knoll]

very important detail: have abyi air on all your divisions

[light knoll]

not sure, try googling it ig

[subtle thorn]

i do that even as major

[light knoll]

good
you have a good border with Germany, full of mountains and forts, so air is your biggest problem

if you got that covered you should be fine

[subtle thorn]

yea oky

ty

[quick night]

the uk grinded my navy down how can I make a more dominant navy than theirs?

[light knoll]

light cruisers, and one super heavy battleship

light cruisers with as much light attack as possible

[quick night]

I dont have super heavy battleships

[grand iris]

So i am playing as hungary and i have done the focus to proclaim greater hungary but i didnt get czechia to give me slovakia and only got northern transsylvania from romania. A commie germany is in war with romania. SO if i declare war to romania (guaranteed by chezchia) will i be able to join germanys faction?

[light knoll]

you can do the project

[quick night]

ok

[light knoll]

commie Germany faction might be set to communists only

[scenic nacelle]

prob

[light knoll]

well. here's your answer

literally tells you

[grand iris]

ok

France has quaranteed czechia but if they aint in faction i will get a peace deal from czechia if i cap them right?

or whats the best move here if i wanna kill romania and czechia

[coarse finch]

You'll get a seperate peace deal yea unless france somehow joins the allies or creates its own faction

[grand iris]

Which one best for medium tanks

[stuck garnet]

what naval doctrines are best

[wild rune]

Armored spearhead

[dense dragon]

this wasn't the case pre-ncns. what changed?

just so there isn't any misunderstanding, my ships are at 100% health when they all retreat

[summer nymph]

Is Rocket Artillery worth investing research and production? I have 1000+ hours and have never once used it lol

[fluid verge]

will i get called racial slurs for doing SFP grand doctrine

[sweet summit]

Chat how do I raise compliance fast

[light knoll]

collabs before capping
no other way than just garrison law after

[sweet summit]

I'm doing global defense council

I don't think unaligned can do collab

How do I make peace

[fathom thistle]

I would say no. Just bcs you don't get that many bonuses as you would get for classic arillery

[sweet summit]

I went to kill France but they were communist so ussr joined and now they're calling in random countries 🥀

[tribal stratus]

How do I make enough troops as the British empire to beat the USA

[fathom thistle]

I assume you are Germany. For sum reasons they don't research guns past 41 so if you have 2 or 3 18w admires at east you should be fine. Try to get the first up .

[tribal stratus]

in 1937 or 1938. Or should I try to take over France first

?

[fluid verge]

like can people actually agree on like an optimal doctrine for infantry in SP

[sweet summit]

Global defense council.. france is dead though
Building for germany

[fluid verge]

its either people say SFP is good or GBP is good

[sweet summit]

Might go up to 200 divs before attacking and 2000 cas

[fluid verge]

i think planning bonus is kinda useless when your country has no spies and youre fighting someone who can actually muster up an agency and put spies in ur country

i swear the AI does it too not just MP people

[stuck garnet]

nah nah it's good for defense methinks

i want advice for doctrines

[fathom thistle]

Too many divs tbh assuming you are doing 18w. Just consolidate it to 3 or 4 36w armies to minimized casualties

Hp is king

[sweet summit]

For germany ?

To kill germany ?

[sweet summit]

They're all 32w

No consolidation required cuz it's 5 armies

I've run out of generals chat

[light knoll]

everyone can except democracies

[sweet summit]

Nah not an option for me 🥀

[wintry totem]

So uhh lowkey my great war redux mod is broken and keeps showing this version on the mod which doesn't allow me to play it. I tried anything from deleting files, unsubscribing all the way to verifying my files and no fix to this, anyone knows any solution or should I take this to their server?

[light knoll]

oh maybe anarchists have a special rule

[stuck garnet]

is this good?

[sweet summit]

I lowkey need an air force 🥀

[queen dove]

does anybody know if as philippines after taking the Reino de Filipinas focus if i ask a country unify and they say no will the option ever come up again

[marble saddle]

why are my ships with the binocular icon not leaving the fleet and going to the reserve even tho the fleet composition requires all ships have the Gun icon

[burnt hinge]

we're playing modded multiplayer (not very like big mods) and we're 3 people. one guy crashed and now his game keeps desyncing (its only him). Any fixes?

[dusty sandal]

it is very good, but you should use lvl 1 AA as you don't need more (and the cost-use ratio is way better for lvl 1 aa)

[hoary glen]

This was the case since I started playing this game like 3-4 years ago.

[wintry matrix]

He could check, if he got any other unnecessary software running in the background.
Like Browsers, other gaming plattform launchers, anything.
Maybe he could restart his PC. Otherwise restart the lobby.

[dusty sandal]

then that's just the "never retreat" setting that's at fault. Also, note that if you engage a fleet in a combat where the ships (convoys only) are already retreating, your fleet will instantly try and disengage (they shouldn't even join but stay in reserve iirc) at leas tif they didn't change thaat

the repair setting only affects damaged ships in battle

[vital plinth]

Hey I’m playing Greece but I don’t know what type of planes to resseach ? Should I go for close air support planes ? Or bombers ? Or fighters ?

[dusty sandal]

fighters first. Once you have air supremacy then you can do CAS

you can build and stockpile CAS but don't use it under contested air
fighters take full priority

[vital plinth]

Oh ok thx for the tip I researched close support since i didn’t have any research but il focus on fighters

A another question I’m confused about is through a guide I dissolved a debt to uk France and Usa and it caused a lot of bad points , plus am facist is there something I can do improve that ? For uk my red point was 1200 and green 20