ask-for-help-here

[maiden lintel]

do you keep a spy agency that you formed before a civil war when a civil war starts

[wintry matrix]

Yes.

[merry kettle]

anybody have a hoi4 for lend?

[wintry matrix]

As Greece?
Usually you have Debt to France, UK and Italy and not to the US.
But no. Democracies hate it, when you caused World Tension.
Getting this low takes a long time.
Canceling their debt like that makes them hate you too.

[vital plinth]

Ah yeah mb it’s Italy not us

Issue is the guide wants me to join axis or fight Italy before they join axis but I can’t keep with the time scale it’s my first game so Italy will be joining Germany. And idk what I should do then

If I try cling to Soviet Union or be a third party that helps Allie’s instead as facist

[dense dragon]

ok, here is what is going on (pic). pre-NCNS if I had the superior numbers and no damage, my ships would stay put. Now everyone retreats.

[wintry matrix]

Yeah, playing Greece can be tricky.
Your struggle doesn't mean that you're bad.
The starting conditions are just rough.

[hexed verge]

guys

[vital plinth]

Yeah for sure , but can a facist government still be allied or friendly to the Allie’s even with my current sitation?

[mystic otter]

Go 1 armour level down so you dont require chromium

[vital plinth]

Or what would you recommend

[hexed verge]

i may have created the cheapest best and most efficient division for minor nations

[dusty sandal]

the convoys are retreating, the fleets joins, so the fleet automatically retreats

[mystic otter]

You can actually join the allies if your not democratic
Just make sure your fighting the same enemy as Britain
Although they might kick you from the faction at some point or randomly depending on how crazy the AI is feeling

[vital plinth]

Ok thx 🙏

[mystic otter]

Same thing for ussr faction

Or any faction in fact

[wintry matrix]

By doing everything what the others hate? No.
Current situation doesn't support it.
If you pay off your debt and prevent causing possible world tension, you may be allowed to join Allies when fighting against a common enemy.
Outside of that no. Because you cannot get into Allies with being Fascist in a natural way.

And chances are they kick you out afterwards.

[latent anchor]

are SPGs counted when the game says "tank and armour variants"

[wintry matrix]

It is an armour variant.
But not a tank. Yes.

[vital plinth]

Oh @mystic otter I hadn’t updated my troops to better template with artillery figured that was causing me to advance very slowly too and got some progress this time

[stuck garnet]

what doctrine for screens?

aa cruisers?

[verbal compass]

how do i make cas as germany?

[mystic otter]

Arty can work but they aren't worth it they hadn't been for years

You can make them work its sp after all

[mystic otter]

You can make motorised division small one to quickly grab land and hold until your inf fills the gab
Idk if your industry supports it
You can maybe use cavalry but they wont have bonuses from doctrine tree

[mystic otter]

New school or smth

[leaden jay]

i sent volenteers to south afrika then they joined my faction

now my volenteers cant jon my normal army

any help

[stuck garnet]

that's for convoy raiding? confused

[mystic otter]

Can you show a sc i dont remember them by name only XD

[mystic otter]

Right click the nation and recall volunteers

[vital plinth]

Oh ok but they aren’t great in infantry divisions ? What do you add instead to infantry divisions? Against Turkey most of the tiles in main land is plains while the small area where I bait is mountains

Bulgaria is mountain etc tho

[mystic otter]

New school should be it
But generally look for bonuses that help with light attack
Because that really what matters in cruiser
If your doing it light

[mystic otter]

More INF

Literally

[dusty sandal]

the ideal inf div is extemely cheap, composed of infantry only with support AA
it's meant to hold while you use specific divs to push, or CAS

[mystic otter]

More inf > bigger hp > less people dead and less equipment loss

[stuck garnet]

?

i don't have many tanks but i wanna do tanks when i can

[mystic otter]

This one is good if your gonna use spgs rather than normal tanks

You need to take another one that buff spgs in the tank subdoctine

[dusty sandal]

this is for SPGs basically, which is very good
for anything else this doctrine is worthless

[glass hinge]

what is the best parachute division template on germany for uk?

[dusty sandal]

if you do inf only, then siege arty is very good
otherwise field engineering/mobile assault are okayish by default

[mystic otter]

I dont think he can produce enough seige arty as greece

Not sure tho never played greece :P

[dusty sandal]

36w paratrooper
support arty, logistics (with individual excellence doctrine for HP and fuel), light flame tank (only one to be paradroppable) on which you stack a shitload of breakthrough, glider tank (on which you stack a shitload of breakthrough), and either hospital (HP) or engineers (terrain buffs if you have engi lvl 3 researched)

[dusty sandal]

you can
for a 100 div army you need 3 mils on it
but you need a facility and to save up on breakthrough points for it

[stuck garnet]

assault?

[dusty sandal]

what?

[stuck garnet]

assault engineers or regular ones?

[dusty sandal]

I don't believe you can drop assault engineers

[stuck garnet]

fair

[vital plinth]

Oh ok I don’t have much planes as Greece so mostly rely on my infantry to push and beat their troops back

[dusty sandal]

but in any case you want to minimise fuel consumption for the light tank and flame tank so that you get breakthrough for long enough

[dusty sandal]

if you have Arms against Tyranny you want mountaineers
or you can push easily enough with 16w mech with support arty, aa, medium flame tank, recon rangers, superheavyarty/hospital. (mainly because of hardness and slighly higher brk stat)

[glass hinge]

whats an glider tank?

[dusty sandal]

light tank recon replacement from paratrooper doctrine

[queen moss]

Anyone know how to fix this?
It started doing this out of nowhere..
It doesn't show up if I were to open it from my desktop and only does this if I open it via steam.

[mystic otter]

are you using steam as admin?

[queen moss]

Nope

[mystic otter]

Maybe verify file integrity?

[queen moss]

I never run it as admin

[queen moss]

How do I do this

[mystic otter]

Uhhh shit i forgot
I think in properties
Game files or smth?

[queen moss]

oh

thanks

Doing it rn

[mystic otter]

Try and open the game from steam
When it gives you the 2 option skip the launcher

After file integrity

[vital plinth]

I got only artlly and support eq

[queen moss]

Gotta wait a bit

[mystic otter]

^

[queen moss]

Ah

kk

Will do when its done

[queen moss]

I usually don't skip the launcher in case I have a mod running like TNO or Kaiserreich

[mystic otter]

Worst case delete the launcher and redownload it
Probably a miscommunication problem or smth nothing a quick redownload wont fix

[queen moss]

I see

[mystic otter]

Skipping the launcher launch the game without mods

[queen moss]

Ohhh

I see

[mystic otter]

You're doing it to see if steam can actually communicate with the game itself

If it launches then the problem is with the paradox launcher

If you delete the paradox launcher you wont lose your mods
You will simply have to reopen it from steam similarly to when you downloaded them the first time

Which you will be doing either way

[queen moss]

Just waiting for it to finish

[crimson sentinel]

Is this supposed to happen when going on an alt history run and england decides to go the monarchy path and later in the game a large amount of their colonies start turning into imperialist versions of themselves

[mystic otter]

Depend on uk focus

They might have smth that give boost for that

[mystic otter]

I cant remember if that happens when they go for the imperial federation

[queen moss]

It runs.

[mystic otter]

From launcher or steam directly?

[queen moss]

steam directly

skipping the launcher

[mystic otter]

Then its the launcher problem before deleting it and reinstalling it see if still give you the error first after the files check

[queen moss]

Still gave me the error after the file check so I deleted it

[mystic otter]

If after the redownload it's still giving you the same thing then its smth deeper
Like what you did should fixed any problems in general

[analog maple]

is it possible to make puppet not ask me to join the war? or atleast to turn off the notifactions above

[narrow grail]

How do I gaslight UK/France/Portugal to cede me ports as commie China? I tried with improving relations, diplomatic pressure + upgraded it in spy agency, only France said yes. Just pray for rng?

[analog maple]

if they in war there is an higher chance for them to accept

but other then this yea just rng

[mystic otter]

I dont think you can do that natively in the game
Maybe check a mod?

[queen moss]

Reinstalling the whole game fixed it I think 💀

[olive perch]

If anyone would be willing to join a call with me, I’d appreciate it. I’m new to the game and this is my first playthrough. I am playing as Germany and I’m currently on May 20th, 1940.
I’m looking for someone who can walk me through the mistakes I’ve made so far, explain what I should do next, and give me advice on how to avoid making the same mistakes in future runs. if anyone has the time. I would appreciate as stated.

[mystic otter]

Holy

[mystic otter]

You went with the nuclear option lmao

[mystic otter]

Unfortunately i dont have enough time
But i recommend as usual to check bitterssteel guides
And the hoi4 guide on yt

[olive perch]

that is fine. ill take a look. thanks for the addvice

[mystic otter]

Hoi4 guide from the hoi4 channel forgot to clarify that
It explains the basic mechanics for people who have 0 idea what is what so you might end up skipping a bit if you know what everything is/do

[stuck garnet]

whats good?

[queen moss]

Thats a nice flag

[dire flower]

@cold bloom I forgot to say

Your like center push thing idea did work

But Italy joined the war and I only had some troops on the border there

And then Czechoslovakia and Poland lost so

All the forces got to me and I did lose but I actually lasted like pretty long

I got Germany to like 5 percent capitulation which isn’t much but it’s something I guess

[tardy mesa]

is there a way to like make this look understandable cuz i cant tell whats going on anymore

[vital plinth]

When I justify war goal should I pick all regions or is 1 just enough can I annex it all after I start war ?

[mystic otter]

It's between line of battle and fast battleship

[mystic otter]

1

You can annex everything after you win

Unless they join a faction

[vital plinth]

Ok I before had pressed all regions but k guess that’s unessecery and more wait time ?

[mystic otter]

Yep

[wet scaffold]

can i stop / remove ai faction theaters? They have set up 3 that aren't even near a frontline

[tawny meadow]

hi so what could possibly use so much manpower that 11million manpower in the field but only like 1 million is used for my armies. This wasnt an issue before but now that my country grew ive just stopped receiving manpower

[mystic otter]

Garrison?

[mystic otter]

^

Oh wait nvm i am blind

Your using 420k on garrison

[sudden tangle]

Imagine this

You have just unified South America as communist Brazil (that means cores on every country bellow Mexico,islands included) and you own all the aluminum and rubber you’ll ever need for air

Uk France Germany and Russia are all in seperate factions at war with eachother

You and the USA have just obliterated Mexico

You have no navy because Brazil

Your airforce are almost at jet tier (100 days)

You have modern transports and paratroopers
And 500 CAS planes of the basic airframe kind

What would you do in this moment ? Conquer Europe of attack the USA and Canada faction

This is my predicament I need someone to tell me who I should go for

[mystic otter]

Idk tbh
Maybe check your casualties?
Or your still recruiting pop

[sudden tangle]

(Panama is in America faction that’s why it’s there)

[sudden tangle]

It says he’s got 0 in training

[tawny meadow]

alright yeah it could be the garrisons but i just changed all to local police force cuz the compliance finally went up

does production with civs and mills consume manpower?

[mystic otter]

Go after the USA and Canada
And in the mean time build a navy to cross to Europe later

[mystic otter]

Dont think so only coal

[tawny meadow]

aightt

[mystic otter]

I honestly never had this problem so idk how to help

[tawny meadow]

yeah this shits leaving me real confused cuz i had more manpower in the field in 1937 than now in 1950 its insane 😭

[tawny meadow]

ahh dw abt it i still appreciate the help 🙏

[mystic otter]

Wait did you have service by recruitment for a while now?

[sudden tangle]

South America doesnt provide you enough steel for such an investment

To that end I was planning to just paradrop my way to Iceland and come in from north Europe

[mystic otter]

Cus if you have a big war and you blowen your pop as casualties it might be that
Maybe try and go 1 recruitment tier higher and see if it works

[mystic otter]

You will still need some ships to protect your army as they cross the ocean
Honestly a tier 3 ships ( light cruiser) with t3 modules should allow you to destroy enemy navy even in small numbers

Hell even t2 with t3 module still works

Just don't use t3 armour so you dont end up needing to use chromium
And the usa have steel

That you will get from them

[sudden tangle]

I’ll just take the US navy and use that along with the South American boats from the countries I’ve taken

[mystic otter]

Or steal the usa navy lol

Haha we had the same idea

[mystic otter]

Can never go wrong with a death stack

[sudden tangle]

Cuba has that and it’s a core

That is currently going to be used for jets because jet engines need chromium

Communist Brazil kinda overpowered

[idle arch]

Can u check out my save as soviet and see whether I hold

[sudden tangle]

Just do cas for anyone trying to do the world conquest

[mystic otter]

Saving?

[mystic otter]

Cas is king and always will be

[sudden tangle]

Save game you mean ?

[idle arch]

Yes

[tawny meadow]

yeah ive had it on for almost the entire game

[sudden tangle]

Does ai design planes ?

[mystic otter]

Jesus how fast did you blow your pop to lose all that manpower

[mystic otter]

Maybe but there designs usually sucks

Cant remember tbh

Like a light frame with heavy machine guns only blow the ai airforce
With the advance chassis only

And the armor/self sealing fuel tank

[tawny meadow]

yeah i fought the sovjets like 5 years ago and that caused 8 million casualties on my side. So that might be the issue, but i cant change conscription cuz im not at war atm 😔

[sudden tangle]

Because last achievement run I did with Brazil I had 300 jets with axial engines and they out flew the Inter war planes of the coalition that led to that runs failure

Like 0 planes lost which was crazy

Maybe I’m yapping a lot

[mystic otter]

💀

[sudden tangle]

Smart

[tawny meadow]

idk broooo

[tawny meadow]

yeah righttt

maybe i shouldnt have fought them

[mystic otter]

You fought them wrong

[sudden tangle]

How did you kill the Soviets like battle plan with CAS or just brute force ORG wall

[mystic otter]

You were playing as ?

[tawny meadow]

but hey look at italy now!

[tawny meadow]

well i just trained lots of divs with mostly infantry and assisted them with cas

i fought together with the byzantines

[mystic otter]

Best advice?
Try and form a nation from the desicion tap to get cores for manpower

[sudden tangle]

Would’ve been better just to puppet that

Mass

[tawny meadow]

yeah well this is my first time fighting a war like this tbh i barely even knew what i was doing 💔

[sudden tangle]

Of lad

Land

[mystic otter]

When fighting the ussr
Incerclement

[tawny meadow]

yeah probs

[idle arch]

Can someone check my save game as soviet and see whether I hold

[mystic otter]

They have soooo many divs
Not trying to destroy as many as possible will eventually make more painful as you push deeper into no supply zone

[tawny meadow]

i also wanted to ask what does puppeting a country do besides remove the need for garrisons

[mystic otter]

I dont play soviet sorry :(

[tawny meadow]

yeah the no supply shit was such a pain bro its insane

[mystic otter]

Maybe check ussr guide on yt and cross references?

[tawny meadow]

i tried building supply hubs mid war to mediate but it took too long 💔

[mystic otter]

That why triple collab on them is mandatory

[idle arch]

I just wanna see whether I hold

[tawny meadow]

oh u mean also asking germany?

[mystic otter]

Just build 18 width inf hold behind rivers and have air should allow you to hold i think

[mystic otter]

Spy agency collab

It doesn't force you to do that whole Ural mountain push

[sudden tangle]

Motorize your supply

Also a great tip for anyone one that does a South American unification

[sudden tangle]

Should do that for the USA yea you’re right

[idle arch]

Bro cam u just check the game i have 689 divs

[sudden tangle]

Motorize

[sudden tangle]

Why so many

[tawny meadow]

alrr ill do that next time 🙏

[mystic otter]

I am literally not home to open the pc bruh

[idle arch]

26 divs per tile

[tawny meadow]

how do i do that cuz ive never really used spy agencies

[mystic otter]

Your not attritionling?

[idle arch]

Only on like 3 tiles

[mystic otter]

Uh
Build a spy agency get 2 spies
And there should be a option to collab gov once your build a spy network

Or smth in that direction
Check google if your lost

[mystic otter]

Yh your holding
No ai is cracking that line

[idle arch]

I lost a tile

[tawny meadow]

alrr tysm

[mystic otter]

??????

[sudden tangle]

You put a spy on a country and the longer it stays there more things on the operations menu get unlocked

One of this is called create collab goverment

That does the thing

[sudden tangle]

What’s your gun stockpile

[sudden tangle]

Show template

[tawny meadow]

aight tyy

[mystic otter]

Note that spy agencies to do mission and upgrade traits take equipment and civs

[idle arch]

9/0 with support(aa,eng,arty)

[idle arch]

100k

[mystic otter]

Holy its been a while since i saw the 9/0 strat being mentioned
Well i dont play ussr so idk how the defense meta changed

[sudden tangle]

9width??

[idle arch]

Can't wait to try this with usa

[idle arch]

18 width

[mystic otter]

Oh wait i forgot 9/0 mean nine inf
Not 9 width

[idle arch]

I will get 1k

[idle arch]

Troops

[idle arch]

No 3by3

[sudden tangle]

Try this one

Ofc not paratroopers but

Inf

[mystic otter]

Isnt it too big for defense? 18 more than enough

[idle arch]

Ok I will not use signal companies tho as I am using mass mob

[mystic otter]

I think him losing a tile is due to enemy cas

[mystic otter]

Signal is needed for mass mobs with new doctrine isn't it?

[sudden tangle]

Replace it with anti tank then

[mystic otter]

Mass mob lost the reinforce rate in the new update i think

[sudden tangle]

Idk I haven’t played mass mob in awhile

[sudden tangle]

Versatile

Can push aswell

[idle arch]

Why anti tank

[idle arch]

I don't have 1.17

[mystic otter]

Germany has a lot of armour

[sudden tangle]

Piercing and hard attack

[mystic otter]

Do you have green air?

[sudden tangle]

Very useful if you’re communist Brazil and you come across Mexican lightanks

[idle arch]

I will put 3 mils on light tanks

How many Mills on AT tho

I had so many guns I stopped japan from winning

[sudden tangle]

Many

[mystic otter]

Considering how many divs you got alot

[sudden tangle]

You just need to have it as support but that’s easily +10k

[idle arch]

I will play again ig will attack Finland cos I didn't attack them before and they got leningrad

[idle arch]

I'll put 10 on it

[tawny meadow]

uhh idk how i did it but i suddenly got 1.2 million free manpower 😭

well hey problem solved

[trail topaz]

any way I can become facist?

[gentle crest]

if i play the usa do i use medium airframe or small airframe for my cas

[idle arch]

Heavy fighter bro

[gentle crest]

yh but the issue is u cant add a cas weapon to ur main armanment so u lose out on doctrine

cause it counts as either a heavy fighter or a tactical bomber

[mystic otter]

Probably recruitment due to compliance or cores

[stuck garnet]

im playing kaiserreich rn but is it a good idea to have 20 on mils if this is my situation

[mystic otter]

What you mean 20 on mills?
Like you got 20mil in construction?
You have 20 on guns?

[stuck garnet]

20 on guns

im trying to make tank divisions

but like

i don't think i got the mils for it

[mystic otter]

Hover over the -5k to see how much it will take to fill up the deficit

[mystic otter]

Your usa finish the civil war and build mils for the the welkrieg

[stuck garnet]

especially when my army is comprovised of shitty infantry and militias along with a few calvary and a shitty tank division with motorized line arty in there

[stuck garnet]

i should've finished it a long time ago

[mystic otter]

You should have researched better tank modules and have the mills by then

[stuck garnet]

but canada came in and i was kind of confused

i do it's just canada keeps on taking them

cause i built my mils too close to canada

[mystic otter]

Your playing the syndicate?

I cant remember there flag as i dont play them

Or usa in kaiser in general

But canada desicion to intervene is a focus/desicion your getting screwed by ai lol

[stuck garnet]

idk i did a syndicalist spain run and i saw the workers government get their ass kicked by the chaos and i was like "hey i can do that"

im way better off then they were but jesus christ

[mystic otter]

If you want syndicate
France/Britain are the best
Usa civil war depending on what desicion you do impower certain factions or remove add new one

[stuck garnet]

i heard france didn't have much content

but i played

they're very fun to use volunteers

[mystic otter]

I recommend watching a yt video on how to manage it they are olds but the general mechanic remains mostly the same

[stuck garnet]

unless you're sending vols to indochina

[mystic otter]

France whole content idea is the war with Germany

[stuck garnet]

and they die to naval invasions

[mystic otter]

In my france run i was beaten the German so badly my game crashed when i entered the peace deal
Had to give on that run T-T

In kaiserdux

Not Normal kaiserreich

[mystic otter]

Biggest advice is make a safe before the civil war start
And continue to use it until you know how to fight it and get better rather than wait for the whole wind up to it

Maybe build factories in the province where the faction you play spawn to get an advantage

[stuck garnet]

idk it's great depression so i use infra

and i failed to like

mobilize my economy

[mystic otter]

Yh it will take a couple of tries to get

But inf in the usa civil war is the standard

[novel nimbus]

Hey, just hopped in the server. I am still fairly new to hoi4. I have a few hours in, but I am still completely lost. Would love to play and learn more.

[brisk apex]

I don’t understand the navy. Does anyone know some guide that is easy to understand?

[idle arch]

Bittersteel

[brisk apex]

Thanks a lot

[lethal anvil]

which way is better for german empire (just finished civilwar

[queen moss]

Double checked

Its fixed

Had to do nuclear 💀

[wind canyon]

prioritize economic growth

since you need to build up for longer 4 year plan is bad for ahistorical Germany

[potent kraken]

is there anyway we got instead of endlessly scrolling n reading one by one the names of the ports we wanna use

[vital geode]

Ctrl click the port you want to use or click the little gear icon next to the home base thing

*ctrl right click

[cold garnet]

tbh even if you go PEG, it is not ideal to build up for longer you should aim to expand and keep outpacing the AI

I start wars in 1938 as ahist Germanies

you just dump most of your IC on airforce + 9/0 /w support arty inf, ignore all the useless shit like engineers, recon etc

[idle arch]

Yo can u check out my save as soviet

[cold garnet]

send

I don't want to check DM so just drop it here

[idle arch]

https://filebin.net/ijbmyiealy9zbw57

[vital geode]

Apparently I was told he has over 600 18 widths that are fully equipped

I need to know if this is true

[idle arch]

I have 300 fac vro

[vital geode]

I didn't know that

[idle arch]

Like 150 mills

@cold garnet I don't have ncns and 1.17

[autumn escarp]

Yo guys what’s like a meta for Bulgaria

[idle arch]

Civ greed

[autumn escarp]

Till what year?

[idle arch]

Think about it u don't have to fight in thr front

U can just civ greed and then naturally become a superpower

[idle arch]

Till when u wanna win

[autumn escarp]

Oh so I just look at the Eastern front while building civs

[idle arch]

And civ boost yeah or u can become a lend lease superpower

[autumn escarp]

Civ greed til 91 ok

[vital geode]

Bulgaria is the nation that uses a lot of mechanized

They have bonuses for it I believe

[idle arch]

Yes

Jk build mech and cover the whole Eastern front I still recommend u civ greed till early 39 tho

@cold garnet

[vital geode]

Civ greed is fake

Mils 37 is all you need

[idle arch]

No vro u won't be fighting till 41 what's the point

[trail reef]

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

[sweet marsh]

tank loose more tank more often

[trail reef]

how much

difference

[sweet marsh]

i dont know the math all i know is you should usually keep your tanks at above 70-80 reliability

[idle arch]

Nope

[idle arch]

Don't listen too him keep it at 30 percent reliability is a useless stat

[cold garnet]

well it can be anything,

up to you

[sweet marsh]

doesnt it do meh losses if your attrition only tho?

[cold garnet]

there are cases for high reliability

and there are cases for low

normally you can just go around attrition in Europe

cuz snow is fked up to attack in anyway

[idle arch]

Have u check the save

[cold garnet]

no

it is not in 1.17

and no NCNS

I can't downversion atm

[idle arch]

Bruh

[bitter fulcrum]

How do I get out of this stalemate?

I am Germany.

[idle arch]

Learn the game 1st vro what is this 😭😭😭😭

[bitter fulcrum]

I am trying to learn the game, do you think everyone is a master at the game right from the start? I am asking for help so I can learn

[vital geode]

Have more stuff now is just as good as some better stuff later

[granite patio]

Lot of elitists sadly

[idle arch]

1st why attack italy 2nd assign ur divs to a general and a field marshal 3rd watch hoi4 beginner guide next watch bittersteel I have only played hoi4 for 10 hours

[vital geode]

You can argue that 1938 or 39 civ greed is okay for Bulgaria I guess

[granite patio]

First. Your divs have low supply. That red crate with the exclamation point is what shows that.

If you have no supply you’ll never push

[vital geode]

Generals give stats

[idle arch]

@bitter fulcrum I can help u if u want I advise u restart run

[vital geode]

You should split your army into units of 24

And assign generals

And then assign field marshals

[bitter fulcrum]

Aight, I'll try the tips tomorrow.

[idle arch]

.

@bitter fulcrum watch this

[granite patio]

It’s a knowledge check game. It’ll take time. Took me a long time to learn this game.

[idle arch]

I have only played for 10 hours lol

[bitter fulcrum]

I attacked because I want their land, I am expansionist.

[granite patio]

Cool.

[granite patio]

That Italian French front is notorious for low supply. You may need to build a supply hub there with a railway connecting it to allow you to push.

[idle arch]

No they are friend watch the advanced guide and beginner guide then watch bittersteel guide on germany and I apologise for being rude to you.

Watch bittersteel alot

He really helps

The u can move to segl,teefee and dankus

[bitter fulcrum]

I accept the apology.

I am trying to have minimal allies so I can take over the world, which is why I went to war with them. Also, yeah, I will watch, and might as well just restart.

[idle arch]

I have only played the game for 10 hours watching imo is way more important than playing i have watched like 100 hours on hoi4 alone

[granite patio]

Also quick question

Are you playing with any dlc?

Or no

[bitter fulcrum]

Aight

[bitter fulcrum]

No, don't have them, nor do I have mods.

[idle arch]

Get some dlcs

[bitter fulcrum]

Might do, just don't really have the economical support I'd like to buy anything I don't absolutely need.

[granite patio]

I highly recommend gotterdammerung

For Germany

Genuinely

So good

If you see it on sale by it

[bitter fulcrum]

Aight

What does that DLC do?

[granite patio]

Germany’s focus tree is entirely new for one and you get a bunch of cool special projects.

Germany’s focus tree is one of if not the best focus trees in the game imo

[bitter fulcrum]

Aight, nice.

[granite patio]

Did you cancel mefo bills or keep them?

[bitter fulcrum]

I've been told to keep them going, so I don't cancel them.

[granite patio]

Yeah I believe that’s the rule in the no dlc tree

Just wanted to make sure

Their function changes if you buy the dlc so just make sure to ask about it around here if you end up buying it

Supply is a big thing in this game.

You won’t push if you have no supply

If you need to you can reduce amount of divisions on a front (without leaving tiles undefended) until supply situation gets better

[bitter fulcrum]

Aight, so how many divisions should I reduce my army with? (Note, I also have E-50 tanks among my divisions (playing singleplayer and used the "Research on Click" command, so I have every research. And I used the annex command to give myself the US, USSR and UK, so I can learn the game without struggling with the other large nations.))

[robust viper]

advanced or fleet submarine better ?

[glacial steeple]

i dont think youll learn too much under those conditions

[granite patio]

Send me the template you are using for your inf divisions.

[glacial steeple]

a lot of learning is about losing

checking battles

balancing production and research

[granite patio]

Typically your tanks should be in their own divisions.

[granite patio]

I will not flame you.

[robust viper]

which is better

[granite patio]

For subs it’s usually whatever has the lowest visibility.

[bitter fulcrum]

Can't right now, in bed with my phone, it's 01:53 for me. I can send tomorrow.

[granite patio]

Ok. Just yeah your tank divisions should be their own seperate thing.

And your regular leg infantry battalions would be their own thing

Mixing them together typically just weakens the division as a whole unless you’re doing very specific things.

[bitter fulcrum]

Aight. When I saved and quit, I had them all in 2 divisions (as shown in the screenshot), the weaker army on the western side, and the stronger army on the eastern.

[idle arch]

Yo can u check out my save fill as ussr and see whether I hold

[granite patio]

What year is it and how many divs do you have

[idle arch]

680

1941 barb js started

[granite patio]

What width

[idle arch]

18

[granite patio]

Is difficulty regular?

Or lower?

[languid trout]

can i see it?

can i also try it out

[idle arch]

Regular

[idle arch]

https://filebin.net/ijbmyiealy9zbw57 this is the file no 1.17 all dlc except the newest one

[granite patio]

I mean if you put most of them on dneiper river Germany should literally never break

You

[languid trout]

u dont have ncns?

1.17.3?

[idle arch]

Yes I stopped updating the game after goe

[granite patio]

Is 680 even possible for Soviets by barb? What manpower policy are you on?

I’ve had 300+

[idle arch]

Extensive

[granite patio]

For dneiper holds

[languid trout]

ur on 1.17.0?

[granite patio]

Hm

[languid trout]

or 1.16

[idle arch]

Idk vro just check it

[idle arch]

I can teach u meta

[frosty perch]

Guys is it okay if on some minor i have a strong army ready to conquer only by 1941, or just good amount of infantry by 1939 is much better, if im some Argentina for example?

[granite patio]

I mean that is Meta.

You don’t need anything more than 240 on barb to hold Germany ai

[languid trout]

whyd u stop updating the game

[idle arch]

Idk bro stop asking me questions

[mystic otter]

You just need to put an image of karl marx and 500 men ready to fight will spawn every day

[granite patio]

But to equip 680 plus?

By barb?

[mystic otter]

Yes you can with some finnese

[granite patio]

Maybe if you build 0 tanks

[languid trout]

https://tenor.com/view/dexter-james-doakes-surprise-mf-can't-prove-it-gif-7408854170742055240

[idle arch]

Didn't even do that

[mystic otter]

Yes inf only i think

[idle arch]

What does this even mean

[mystic otter]

Maybe even give up air

[languid trout]

i have a feeling

but im not going to call u out for it

[granite patio]

I mean that is meta for Soviets

[idle arch]

What feeling say in dm

[granite patio]

At least with gotterdammerung ai

[mystic otter]

Mass assault kinda fell off after new doctrine change but still works

[granite patio]

Great War infantry and either grand battle plan or sfp works

For infantry hold

[mystic otter]

Sfp defense so yh that

[granite patio]

But you don’t need anything more than 300 divs to hold frontline and cap Finland.

And just wait for Germany ai to grind itself away

[mystic otter]

Yep yep especially if your holding at rivers
Jalo went overboard

[granite patio]

Although having aa is pretty important now cause cas is so gigabuffed

[mystic otter]

With the extra 300inf ic your not building getting fighters to have green air is better

[mystic otter]

Cas have always been king

[idle arch]

I actually suffer from skill issue can't even get 1k

[mystic otter]

Isp once had like 10k divs

And did another vid with fully equipped divs cant remember if it was 1k or more

[idle arch]

What year

Unless ur playing china that impssobile

[mystic otter]

Really cant remember been a while since i watched it
Check it out on yt

[mystic otter]

No no i am sure it was ussr

[mystic otter]

https://youtu.be/H7elSs3piVA?si=uyqTyO4q26Dq7nb4

[idle arch]

10k 2 widths

[mystic otter]

He did a 5k divs with china 5 years ago

[glacial steeple]

im currently busy

[idle arch]

Ur ISorrowproductions crazy

[languid trout]

can u just send the file to me in dms

via discord attachment

[granite patio]

No.

[idle arch]

Nope I can't my school put a software so I can't have discord on it

[granite patio]

They were higher width

[languid trout]

wb on ur phone

ur chatting rn

[idle arch]

If it was 18 widths he would need 990m men

[mystic otter]

He said in the vid filled div

[idle arch]

I js said this is the file https://filebin.net/ijbmyiealy9zbw57

[languid trout]

i cant on that

[idle arch]

Why

[languid trout]

doesnt work

[idle arch]

Js open the file

[mystic otter]

Just go to document and open the hoi4 folder and copy your save

[languid trout]

i did

everything

[mystic otter]

And send it

All @languid trout need to do is just download it and put in his hoi4 folder and it will work

In save files folder ofc

[languid trout]

honestly how tf does ur school comp allow to have steam and hoi4 in it but not discord

[idle arch]

They don't know what steam is

[languid trout]

ok

can u send it to me via phone

[idle arch]

How bro

Should I email it or smth

[languid trout]

bor

idk

wait

[idle arch]

Calm down I'm doing it

[mystic otter]

Seeing both of you struggle to send a file is amusing lol

[languid trout]

like why tf is this guy playing hoi4 in ict class

[mystic otter]

[idle arch]

I'm using my pc bro

[languid trout]

why does ur pc have school restrictions

[idle arch]

Wierd school bro don't know what to tell you

https://filebin.net/ijbmyiealy9zbw57/autosave.hoi4

@languid trout try now

[honest nexus]

I'm learning how to play as japan for the first time because the update convinced me. Um how tf do I beat china

Every strat I've done I start to win then end up dying against a far too wide front line as they swarm across my defenses

[idle arch]

I wish I could help

[granite patio]

Do you have La Resistance dlc?

Or any DLC’s

[honest nexus]

i have everything

[granite patio]

You need three collabs for sure. It’s very difficult without it.

Then typically just spam out as much equipped 18 width infantry divisions as you can.

[honest nexus]

how tf can i do that? Japan doesnt have enough spies

and how do I avoid running out of guns

[granite patio]

It takes a while. Typically you won’t get your third collab until after the war has already started.

[granite patio]

You build day 1 mills basically and put everything on guns support equipment and arty if you have support arty. Put like two mills on trains and maybe a few on fighters,

Try to get as many early encirclements as possible.

[languid trout]

still doesnt work

just nvm

probably a restriction

[honest nexus]

when am i supposed to declare?

[idle arch]

Bro when u open the link copy autosave.hoi4 then put it in the folder

[granite patio]

Naval invasion at Qingdao can help get the first one.

[granite patio]

Typically I just let the event fire for me from the menu after the time elapses, some people force early but I don’t.

Earliest cap I’ve been able to get is 39

[honest nexus]

what do i focus on in the tree?

[languid trout]

no i mean

[granite patio]

But some better players can do it early.

[languid trout]

i cant download it

everytime the download finishes, it doesnt

just says "interruption: forbidden"

[granite patio]

Tbh I don’t know every focus. I try to focus on early industry focuses and take historical government focuses when I can. And some military stuff before war.

[idle arch]

Copy irl japan strat invade all the portal to basically cut off trade then connect south and north then defeat also make sure u complete collabs

[honest nexus]

portal?

oh ports

[granite patio]

You don’t need to get every port to cut off trade. Just use the subs the game gives you

[granite patio]

What I like to do is naval invade ports to get encirclements when I start to get bogged down.

And don’t push in zero supply areas a bunch.

[granite patio]

I also advise taking focus to make the Reorganized China when compliance starts to become and issue

[pulsar beacon]

how many mil factories should i have by early 1939 historical germany

[granite patio]

Do you have dlc

[honest nexus]

okie

[languid trout]

around 90

[idle arch]

Which chassis is improved small airframe for italy

[sharp ibex]

looking for some pointer on the game have all DLC i am brand new at this game thanks

[stuck garnet]

hey is navy good?

I kinda really wanna try out the navy

[granite patio]

Some nations it is yeah

[stuck garnet]

i had a small like around 28 sized navy

on kaiserreich

as workers government of america

[granite patio]

Ah I don’t play that mod

[granite patio]

Erm. Pick a major and stick with it

[sharp ibex]

ok i am playing Germany thanks

[granite patio]

Your first game ever?

https://youtu.be/LbpWbSD6hEY?si=injci03C1EyhqfpZ

just follow along with this video if it’s your first game and you have dlc

Although doctrines are different

If you go with tanks pick grand battle plan and go:

individual excellence
self propelled support
Armored spearhead
Grand assault.

[sharp ibex]

no been playing around with Germany was play around with focus tree i have that video next to me right now as i play

[granite patio]

Wdym like put it up on second monitor?

[sharp ibex]

yep

[granite patio]

Yeah I would recommend

That will teach you how to play Germany

[sharp ibex]

sweet thanks

[honest nexus]

any updated japan one by any chance?

[vital plinth]

What’s different between dlc and vanilla ?

[granite patio]

Mechanics, doctrines, focuses

A lot

[vital geode]

DLC has designers, more focus trees, and some more features

Like spies, international market, and improved MIOs

[vital plinth]

Should turn off dlc as beginner or play with them ?

[frosty perch]

Guys i need some tips. how the hell do i get a strong army by 1939 like these youtubers on some communist argentina, even with buffs i get i can only get strong army by 1941? How do they do it by 1939?

[honest nexus]

play with them. its hard without

base game is ehh kind of brutalized

[frosty perch]

most of dlcs are just focuses for countries, without them most of middle east, south america and etc wont have their own focus trees i believe

[vital geode]

Play without dlc

Much simpler game

Learn the basics

[slim parrot]

I only have the base game rn

Its kind of strange

They give me ship design but no tank or plane design

[granite patio]

Idk.

Personally

I think it’s better to play with it on

And avoid excess features

[frosty perch]

tbh would be painful to later understand tank building, ship building and etc

[neat widget]

actually instead of armored spearhead probably go for streamlined

[slim parrot]

Base game actually has a lot of no compromise no surrender, they have the updated japan focus tree and the new doctrine system

[granite patio]

I’m almost positive spearhead goes better stats

[neat widget]

better breaktrhough but in singleplayer you don't need as much breakthrough as in multiplayer

[granite patio]

A lot of other content is missing

[slim parrot]

Still decent amount

[neat widget]

so if you're doing spgs then yeah the soft attack from streamlined does better than the breakthrough from armored spearhead, although they both have their uses

armored spearhead is recommended for soviet union heavy tank build though

or if you're doing a special forces build because it buffs your support company tanks

[frosty perch]

chat how the hell do i get strong army by 1939 on a minor like thes youtubers do? Best i can do is by 1941

[neat widget]

Which minor

[frosty perch]

argentina

[neat widget]

There's a difference between Poland and Luxembourg

[frosty perch]

communist way argentina, with the woman leader

[neat widget]

begin building mils early, you can probably also take Chile early on too

And then just expand from there

[frosty perch]

i was stating off uruguar first of all i believe

[neat widget]

Mainly you want to be building infantry equipment and support artillery too

[frosty perch]

they have like 2 mils and then i try to do chile

[frosty perch]

do i make cavalry or mountaineers?

[neat widget]

mountaineers

[frosty perch]

i think i make like 8 mountainers for bolivia because they have alot of hills

[frosty perch]

and uhh what about planes and tanks? I think they could be good for paraguay and brazil because they dont have as much hills as some chile or bolivia/

[neat widget]

Yeah and then you move onto Peru and prepare a few naval invasions if needed

[neat widget]

Can you afford them?

[frosty perch]

welll if i try to make tank template and then build tanks its already 1941 😭

[neat widget]

You will eventually, but in South America you have to fight a lot of early wars with limited factory output and so can't build a stockpile that readily

Yeah, still too early for tanks

But you might be able to do so in 1942

[frosty perch]

what about the paraguay? They have nice defenses and planes

[pliant condor]

make more division and battleplan them

if you go in 38 it's very easy

[frosty perch]

i had like 40 well trained divisions 4 of them were with skulls from spanish civil war on 8 of theirs and i still sucked

[pliant condor]

if you declare later, well there's no reason to declare later

apart from making them stronger

[frosty perch]

wait shit i got idea, should i remove entire army before civil war, then get 5 hobo divs and just paint the whole argentina without resistance?

[pliant condor]

yes

that's what you should do

[neat widget]

I like to avoid Paraguay because Paraguay is probably the worst minor to attack

[pliant condor]

then immediately go down fanny edelman

and get the war goals

[neat widget]

There are large rivers everywhere, there are marshes, there are forests

[pliant condor]

it's not if you go early or micro a bit

[thorny dune]

TOPOZAND

[pliant condor]

just bad if you get stuck battleplanning

[thorny dune]

JOIN GAMEEE

[neat widget]

They get like 24 divisions early on and so yeah, oof

[pliant condor]

im playing wows sorry

lol

navy larping

[neat widget]

world of warships? how's that game going

well?

[thorny dune]

iogb

igb

[frosty perch]

alright so delete army, start the waar, win the war, reach buenos eros conference, then go make mountaineers and normal divisions, take over chile, and continue on

[neat widget]

510 mm guns be like

[pliant condor]

ok maybe finish this

[frosty perch]

oh also, should i actually get war goals or its better to get goals for ALL south america countries with focus

[pliant condor]

the focus give you everything does it?

on communist

[frosty perch]

Yeah, besides other communist States like Bolivia

Including cuba, honduras, just everything in South america

[pliant condor]

yeah so you don't need to manually justify

you just need to declare all the war goals at once when you have created 10% tension

[frosty perch]

Declare war on ENTIRE south america??

Aw hell nah im not doing that im getting fried

[pliant condor]

or, you risk the nation being guaranteed

i mean, most of the fronts were zero supply wastelands

you can put 2 width and defend

plus they won't be in a faction, so you just need to fight themm 1v1

[glacial steeple]

the creature

[granite patio]

Is that a TD? Can’t read

That language tbh

[glacial steeple]

ignore bad supports

2500 IC smile

[vital geode]

Local car gets a 37mm gun, turret and an hmg

5000 orders please

[granite patio]

Toyota but in the 40’s

[frosty perch]

Oh i thought you meant at once, not 1v1 😭

[pliant condor]

yes I mean at once?

you need to declare on everything at once when you generate 10% tension

because then the nations you have war goals on could be guaranteed by certain democratic powers

[stuck garnet]

Why armored spearhead?

[granite patio]

Breakthrough, org, other stats

[glacial steeple]

theyre defending lithuania

[granite patio]

That are good

For tanks

[austere roost]

can anyone explain to me why is vladivostok using convoys to supply to rostock?

[glacial steeple]

had to give up but gave them a bloody nose

[glacial steeple]

largest port level

[pliant condor]

paradox being too smart

[cosmic cedar]

waht are some good template for no dlc

[pliant condor]

just make normal infantry

and air

[sour wadi]

anyone know a good paratrooper division?

i dont use paratroopers often

[bronze geyser]

guys, how can i drop nukes? i know i need some kind of bomber but which template should i use for it?

[neat widget]

this would be the ideal template (if you're using individual excellence replace the artillery with engineers for terrain bonuses or logistics for hp)

(also check if armored car recon is better or worse than motorized recon)

(this is like the only use case of motorized recon, and it should be inferior)

[glacial steeple]

i love indiv excellence

[neat widget]

True

Very good doctrine

Assault infantry may just edge it out with special forces, but otherwise you're better sticking with individual excellence

[indigo sapphire]

@gilded herald hello

[sour wadi]

whats the support needed?

[glacial steeple]

how so?

its 25% extra hp on SF

thats busted

i like assault inf for if you somehow never get logi

[sour wadi]

ay, rq

if i change the government of the UK, will they keep their colonys?

if i dont touch the colonys at all

[vague perch]

If I hire a chief/military high command who currently has "specialist" or "expert" level bonuses, will leveling them up to 8+ automatically give them "genius" bonuses or are they stuck with whatever bonuses they have at the moment i hire them?

[shadow crypt]

guys

why can't i get naval dominance?

[marsh rune]

Hello, how can I prevent my Bf 109D aircraft from being replaced by newer ones? I want to keep them until the start of the war. The game seems to be systematically replacing them, so I'm not getting any more planes.

[glacial steeple]

you are getting more planes

old planes go into your reserves

[reef field]

not sure but it might be because you didnt set your navy to set its ports automatically or set its home port to be in britain so your ships go all the way from the us to germany or smth

thats my theory

[shadow crypt]

and uhh

how to set a home port?

[reef field]

hold up lemme boot hoi4 rq

[marsh rune]

What's the best way to control Gibraltar? I've taken it overland. Should I have my ships patrol both sides? Or can I just secure the narrower, more secluded strait?

[neat widget]

assault inf has so much more break

30% break from doctrine itself + 20% break from air cavalry possible

You only get 10% from individual excellence

30 attack / 50 break versus 30 attack / 10 break / 25% more hp on special forces (individual excellence using super-heavy artillery)

[inner sparrow]

u don’t take individuals for break

its a good bonus but u take it for the hp it gives

[neat widget]

I know

I'm just saying there's a trade-off essentially

and specifically for special forces (motorized and mechanized benefit more from individual excellence for sure)

So the question should be whether 40% more break is better or 25% more hp is

[true tapir]

how to you remove mefo bills without cancelling payments?

[granite patio]

dlc im guessing

?

[true tapir]

yes

[granite patio]

without cancelling them you basically have to complete the focuses by getting autarky achieved

[true tapir]

ok

[granite patio]

there is also a cheesy exploity way

of getting rid of them as well

that paradox hasn't patched as far as im aware

if you take price control focus and as soon as the focus finishes you have pp saved up to take all the decisions you can cancel mefo then take all the decisions and it will basically get rid of the consumer goods negatives

and i believe you can still take autarky achieved later

as well

although can't confirm that

[shadow crypt]

guys

how to set ports?

[uncut narwhal]

if you click on your fleet

there should be a city

and a gear next to it

click that gear

[shadow crypt]

?

wait imma open the game

hold on

alr so

wdym?

[uncut narwhal]

you see where it says los angeles?

[shadow crypt]

yh

[uncut narwhal]

click on the gear left of it

that puts it to automatically set its home base

[shadow crypt]

like this?

[uncut narwhal]

yes

[shadow crypt]

ty

[glacial steeple]

hello chat

[shadow crypt]

hi

[hardy sable]

Hey hey. i have a question: let's say i design i fighter plane with an MIO. As the MIO upgrades, it refreshes the current production line, and starts making the newer type planes.
When i click on an airport to deploy planes, i don't just see 1 type of fighters, i see multiple as it always shows as a different variant.
This is annoying for me, as i can't merge those different types, and i have to scroll through a lot of variants usually. Is there a way to make them seem stacked in the reserve?

[glacial steeple]

you can turn it off

in the MIO tab

so its only manual

and then click update only when youve got important stuff

[ashen knoll]

as the mughal empire after doing the "unite the subcontinent" focus, i dont core my cores. is that a bug or am i doing somrthing wrong

[glacial steeple]

it is cored

resistance just still has to tick down

[ashen knoll]

ohh okay thanks

[hardy sable]

but this turns off the automatic mio upgrade variants no? i'm happy that the newest mio's are applied, i'm just not happy that it creates multiple type of planes, and consequently, lot of clicking when i'm deploying them.
Like, if i have 1500 fighter, i want to see them as 1500, not 223 - 101 - 402- 22 -33- 502 - 2 -4- 99- and so on. you get me what i'm saying right?
If that's not possible that's okay. I would rather have them as modern as possible

maybe paradox should change the UI. i should see the 1500 planes as one type, but have a little tab i can click on, and then see what kind of variants i have and how manny different planes

[zealous verge]

is this devision design good? for 1938?

[glacial steeple]

it will always create new types you cant avoid that

its because they are seperate units to the game

because like their stats/upgrades are different

[hardy sable]

it's going to work yes.
I just personally don't like this huge tank divisions, you can only make a few of them. But they do pack a punch
Make sure you use good tanks in them, apperantly they don't seem to be very fast. if they could go 8-9 km/h, you can very easily circle normal divisions with them.
I like to use artillery tanks inseatd of normal ones. You could get 70 - 100 soft attack / tank

[glacial steeple]

its a tiny bit too large, motorized is pretty bad and the supports suck

[glacial steeple]

they also use 20% less equipment compared to mediums (normal)

40% for lights

[zealous verge]

this is the design

[stuck garnet]

is this a good scout ship?

[sacred shoal]

please someone help

[foggy rune]

when I start as Russia is it a good idea to just standardize all my divisons to infantry? there some cavalry, MP, and light tanks which don't seem helpful

[true tapir]

if i declare on a yugoslavia and romania gurantees them will the gurantees of romania also join the war?

[foggy rune]

I don't believe so, I think it's only guarentees of countries you declare on, and since romania is joining the war they declare on you

[brisk apex]

No only the immediate guarantees

[half glade]

whats the historical tree for france?

[idle arch]

Can someone check my save game as ussr and see whether I hold

[hollow linden]

Popular front democratic

[hollow linden]

How have you been handling armies before?

[half glade]

okay thanks

[hollow linden]

U don't want 20 billion different templates

And some of them are straight ass anyway

[inner mountain]

whats the meta fighter template in 1944?

[foggy rune]

pretty much exactly this way, replace all the crap templates with infantry

[hollow linden]

Good

[foggy rune]

I just wanted to be sure that was the right idea

[hollow linden]

Soviets is no different

[foggy rune]

ok good

damn this civil war is hard

Russia big

any tips for winning the civil war as the provisional goverment?

[hollow linden]

Snake all the way to vologda and cut central Asia off via the urals when you take states before the civil war

Convert the Soviet army to 1w aa before the war

Convert your army to cav at war start and snake

[foggy rune]

ah yeah I accidentaly had the war start before I could take much because of paranoia

[hollow linden]

Yea watch that

[foggy rune]

yeah it kinda hit 100 and I didn't realise it would start the civil war

[hollow linden]

🤔

[foggy rune]

I've never played soviets before

[hollow linden]

It does say so on literally every tool tip about paranoia

Oh well

[foggy rune]

it said if it got over 25 there was a chance of purges, and something about 75 but I didn't see anything about it starting the war

it's alright though I'm expecting to lose and then I'll try again

[hollow linden]

It should say in that same tooltip "above 90 Stalin has a daily 20% chance of detecting treason and at 100 will mobilise the armed forces"

Or something along those lines

[foggy rune]

I'll take a look when I inevitably restart lol

[glacial steeple]

are you doing SSSR or fascist/non aligned?

[light knoll]

fascist/non aligned

[glacial steeple]

purge everyone

you dont get them anyway

[idle arch]

Can someone check my save game as ussr and see whether I hold

[foggy rune]

fascist, and it looks like I might actually win

I've evened out my divisions and the other pop up nations are really spreading them thin

plus I keep getting more defectors

[glacial steeple]

yeah its not that hard

your eco is dead tho

i only play fascist russia because its the only way to have the country split up normally :3

[foggy rune]

I'm playing them cause I want to join Germany

[glacial steeple]

oh yeah people play with hist ai

i forget

[light knoll]

weird people
its so boring

[glacial steeple]

its so predictable

[foggy rune]

I'm trying to learn the game

[glacial steeple]

just play?

have wars?

[foggy rune]

so I don't want to make things too complicated

[glacial steeple]

losing is genuinely how you learn

by making it easier its more likely you learn nothing

[foggy rune]

if I just get crushed every game then I'll just quit the game

I won't have fun

[glacial steeple]

its really easy to learn not to

[light knoll]

yeah
half the fun in the game is never knowing whats gonna happen next
not playing the same game over and over

[foggy rune]

so I'll play historical on an easier difficulty until I can win consitently

maybe for you

[glacial steeple]

defending is easier vs ai depends on the odds you give ai

[foggy rune]

I enjoy playing historical

[glacial steeple]

difficulties also dont change the ai

[foggy rune]

it buffs me though

[glacial steeple]

yeah

[foggy rune]

makes the game easier

so I practice until I feel confident on civilian

then bump it up until I feel comfortable on the next difficulty

then go to regular

[light knoll]

i feel like playing with easier difficulty does help learning
you have time to play around with stuff and figure out what each thing does without being in a constant crisis

[foggy rune]

exactly

and on historical I know my timelines

so I can get comfortable with the mechanics without randomly getting stuff I wasn't prepared for

[half glade]

when you sell something, what are the civ factories with spanners on them?

[vital plinth]

When you annex a country do you get their planes and ships too or they dissolve?

[shadow crypt]

guys

can anyone explain why i am struggling against romania?

[serene karma]

Whats ur template

[shadow crypt]

i have some african troops but imma show my main template

oh

it's my combat width

isn't it?

???

[true tapir]

what does it mean i controll all of the states?

[shadow crypt]

You need cores i think

Or smth

[cold garnet]

all states you own

must be fully controlled by yourself

[true tapir]

yeah i do control them

[cold garnet]

fully

did you actually read

[cerulean tangle]

I think you need to be out of a peace deal

Like

[true tapir]

ok

[cerulean tangle]

Take them in a peace deal

[idle arch]

Can u check my save file as ussr and see whether I hold

[bitter fulcrum]

@granite patio Should I show you in a VC (by screenshare), and so I can get some direct help with tactics and stuff?

[viscid abyss]

With converting does it work if the tanks are already deployed into divisions

Or do they have to be in stockpile

[scenic nacelle]

Give me it

I can prob check it faster than him

[analog maple]

Does anyone know how to get the "strike down" decisions in Japan,? i forgot with focus give it and cant find it

[serene karma]

[serene karma]

Send ss its easier for us

If u want u can still send save

[scenic nacelle]

It usually takes u an hour to respond since u have a life 😭

[serene karma]

Bcs ur using milita inf without buffs

Not bcs combat width

[serene karma]

lmao true

Sometimes

[shadow crypt]

no its not militia

it's just an icon

[serene karma]

Whats the template

Dont just show the stats

Also what gun are u on

[shadow crypt]

carcano it's 1938

[serene karma]

That is shit stats

[serene karma]

Probably gun 0/1

[shadow crypt]

against romania?

and it's 1938

[shadow crypt]

?

[serene karma]

U should quickly rush and make the next gun asap

Ignore the time debuff

[shadow crypt]

so it's the carcanos fault?

[serene karma]

Its not researching and making the Next guns fault

[shadow crypt]

it's 1938...

i should prob leave my faction

and join axis

and beg for help

for some reason

these 9 divisons

are doing better

[indigo sapphire]

hello yalls

[shadow crypt]

than mine

😭

[indigo sapphire]

should i do and design Historical and Real life templates

[shadow crypt]

nah i don't understand

why can't i invade romania?

[narrow grail]

How can i see full list of claimed states in these 3 focuses?

[idle arch]

https://filebin.net/ijbmyiealy9zbw57/autosave.hoi4 Open the link u will see save

I don't have 1.17 or new dlc

[narrow grail]

The game files say CHI_greater_game_states without giving a list, and wiki pages for focus trees are still not updated for NCNS

[lone sigil]

is there any uptodate only pazific mod?

[lone sigil]

no resoan

[shadow crypt]

guys

for some reason

when i send troops to atttack

they attack for a bit

and then fall back for some reason

[cold bloom]

Wanna see the code?

(if its vanilla)

[scenic nacelle]

Should be vanilla

In the fascist China tree