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[cold bloom]

Respect to the devs for leaving good comments

[narrow grail]

Thanks, in what file is that?

[cold bloom]

scripted triggers folder, forgot the file but probably named CHI

any weirdly named trigger is in there

[narrow grail]

I've been looking for it in chinese focus tree folder

thought it would be there

Damn, these are regions, not states

But anyways thanks it will help me figuring out with finishing faction goals

[lone sigil]

they stopp attacking?

[vital geode]

Send screenshot of the situation

[narrow grail]

In case if someone else wants to play fascist China these are territories required for faction goals

[lilac forum]

yo is there a mod where you can have navy on a river?

[vital geode]

Old World Blues

Because rivers base game are not ocean tiles

[lilac forum]

but i mean like in vanilla

[vital geode]

I know

I dont know any, and that mod would be the worst thing that ever happened

Because that would mean all rivers are ocean tiles

Meaning you need 10 thousand strait connections

Meaning every river is a chokepoint that borderline requires marines to cross

Or you play Paraguay with Trials of Allegiance and get a modifier for your river navy

Which gives like 20% core defense

[lilac forum]

well cos i've been playing a mod recently ( rise of lions) where ive been playing as slovakia and i wanted to make a small navy for mysself that could be on the danube river

[lilac forum]

yeah ik

[gentle crest]

i hate how like imposdsible it is to get armor doctrine

just makes special forces more powerful

[glacial steeple]

just make convert tanks

[gentle crest]

i do

[left glacier]

Training armored cars also count towards armor mastery

[gentle crest]

I seen

[glass hinge]

what is the best way to invade uk as germany?

[gentle crest]

Paradrop

[glass hinge]

im trying to paradrop but they get killed instantly

[gentle crest]

Make them 36 widths

[glass hinge]

they are already

[gentle crest]

Land in dover and the tile next to dover

So they dont just die instantly

[glass hinge]

ok

[gentle crest]

Then immediately rush in with tanks and some infantry

[idle arch]

Which country has more core pop usa or ussr

[glass hinge]

i tried paradropping there but they still died instantly

[gentle crest]

put up cas in southern england

[glass hinge]

i already have

[gentle crest]

do like 2 paratroopers on dover and if you have enough paratroopers and transport planes 2 on the tiles next to dover

these 3 tiles

so if theres anything in dover it gets an encirclement penalty

and you can kill it and land

[glass hinge]

ok

im gonna try this

[gentle crest]

so basically 6 paratroopers if u have them

in total

[vital plinth]

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

[gentle crest]

you can take the ships through the peace deal and you can get some (not many) but some of their planes and equipment when they capitulate

if im not mistaken

[vital plinth]

Ah ok , and I will only get 25% of their civs and mills when I annex if I dont have core states ?

[gentle crest]

depends on your compliance and garrison law

[vital plinth]

Ah ok 👍 thx

[shadow crypt]

guys

what's the best way to turn occupied states into core states

fastest*

[zenith anvil]

There is only one way

Play anarchist spain

Bc normaln you cant

[subtle thorn]

Does someone know why do i have the dlcs when i have canceled my subscription month ago?

<@&846894118219022336>

[upbeat arrow]

does coal actually do anything in the base game or am i just not noticing problems because america

[wise heron]

when causing civilwar on for example uk with la resistance what amont of civilwar ideology support is needed for them to win?

[shadow crypt]

like

50%

atleast

depends

anything thing above 50 should be good

guys i sent an atache to germany

and there's no troops on the border

should i try to invade?

[foggy rune]

you're italy?

[blazing jungle]

nah, Germany will capitulate France and then all troops will go straight to your border, i dont thinku will win. Better ally germany

[shadow crypt]

i won't

ally them

but i won't attack yet

[vital plinth]

Hey guys I think I didn’t get all the dlc from stream when k brought the game I only one ekspansion the la resistance and anvessery pack , battle for the bosporus, historical German and Poland united

Is there a lot I’m missing ?

[hollow linden]

When you launch the game it should tell you on the side

[vital plinth]

How do people afford all the ekspansions or dlcs there is a lot on stream

[hollow linden]

Subscription is a thing

But ye they usually dont

[vital plinth]

Then I brought the wrong thing from stream I thougt it was all the important dlcs to play

[reef stream]

What are some templates for infantry and light tanks for Germany?

[vital plinth]

Seems I only got 3 out of 20 or something DLCs

[glacial steeple]

its not rlly how hoi4 works tbh

pretty much all major dlcs do add some sort of game mechanics

content packs are technically just content but do mess with game balance

[vital plinth]

I think I’m just confused lol i thought I brought the important ekspansions for game but seems im missing a lot or only got 1 and I don’t understand or don’t know how to navigate the other ekspansions or have a understanding of it

Sounded weird , meant I’m just very confused now about if I’m missing alot of stuff

[glacial steeple]

well, dont worry too much

youll miss some stuff but its not like bad

it is probably harder though

[vital plinth]

Or better to wait if I’m new player ?

[glacial steeple]

no its actively harder with less dlcs

well, less info to take in too

but ai has less to mess up

with best play the difference between you and ai power is smaller with less dlcs

[vital plinth]

Won’t any guide work for me what will it mean for me ? Will I just be able to play mostly western countries or with limited focus on smaller counties until I get the rest of DLCs ?

[glacial steeple]

guides will work, we can provide help too

all majors and finland content are free (historical anyway)

youre missing out on ahist + a lot of minor powers

depending on dlc youll miss out on the best general for germany gameplay because hes austrian

[subtle thorn]

Casey

[glacial steeple]

me

[subtle thorn]

i have canceled my sub for dlc

month

ago

[glacial steeple]

okay

[subtle thorn]

and i still have all dlc

why?

[glacial steeple]

idk probably a bug

[subtle thorn]

good bug?

[glacial steeple]

has it cost you money?

[subtle thorn]

nope

but

[glacial steeple]

but?

[subtle thorn]

only on one of my pc i have all dlc

on my laptop

not

[glacial steeple]

im just a discord mod not a dev or steam support

cant do much to fix that

you could report it

[subtle thorn]

i could

[brazen panther]

which country should i play next? i conquered most of major powers as germany on my 3rd playthrough.

[vital plinth]

Hey @glacial steeple so this what I brought thougt it was evrything important only a small potion lol

[subtle thorn]

yugoslavia

[subtle thorn]

have the same just get subscription

[brazen panther]

yugoslavia?

[subtle thorn]

yeah facist or communist path prob

[brazen panther]

i dont have dlcs, is this dlc or vanilla?

[subtle thorn]

or go for trotsky mexico

[subtle thorn]

yugo doesnt have focus tree expansion

vanilla is the same as the all dlc

it has bit more focuses with road to 56 base mod i think

[brazen panther]

k ty!

Also, why am i losing naval dominance here though i have like 2k CAS on naval strike, full air superiority with kriegsmarine on strike force, submarines on convoy raiding and 2 destroyers on patrol?

[subtle thorn]

dont do convoy raiding maybe?

submarines mine laying would be ok

[brazen panther]

also im tryna naval invade japan

oh wait i think they're other types of submarines

[subtle thorn]

you have to add mine laying in their template

[brazen panther]

vanilla sowy forgot to say that

i dont think theres ship designers in vanilla

[upbeat arrow]

probably 15 divisions have infantry 2 in their template, can anyone tell me why the upgrades are still 70K+?

or should i just use that number as a benchmark to grow my stockpile to before switching?

[glossy stump]

Hello i am new to the server but can somebody help with this game pls

[glass hinge]

why is uk so hard to invade

[bright flicker]

is there a way to see nations focus tree before starting the game?

[rustic spoke]

Is there a way to auto asign divisons or do i have to do each one manualy?

[brazen panther]

still kinda newbie myself but i can help with some stuff

[brazen panther]

nuh

[glass hinge]

you can shift click

[rustic spoke]

Thank you

[austere roost]

if they're updated on wiki then yeah

[edgy pendant]

you only have 65 mils in 1941?

[upbeat arrow]

yeah, its civillian and i had a bunch qued still so its up to 70 now, but its not like im hurting for space or civs lol

[edgy pendant]

yeah, dont build civs as usa

[upbeat arrow]

why? you want a weak usa?

[edgy pendant]

you already have more than enough at start

[upbeat arrow]

you only get like 30 or 40 at start

[edgy pendant]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1379192925275291708/1441072773576392826/image.png?ex=696e3f9b&is=696cee1b&hm=2c5b0a09a945bf43099828dec4eb66cd1f1144b1f18e62c14b0b18270c11eb5a&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=2179&height=1220youre weaker when you build civs because you wont have enough building slots to build more mils

[upbeat arrow]

just convert?

[edgy pendant]

guh, usa has 120 at start

[edgy pendant]

youre wasting IC doing that

[upbeat arrow]

id rather build 20 building at once, yes but only about 30 or 40 can be used on construction project due to great depressions

[edgy pendant]

post a certain point civs are irrelevant

[upbeat arrow]

right, i stopped late 37 lol

[edgy pendant]

you can pit your US against mine and id win 10/10 because i have more equipment than you by a significant amount

[upbeat arrow]

at about 130 civs theres no more point

[edgy pendant]

which is already what the US has around, you built like 70 extra civs, a complete waste of construction

[compact kettle]

somethings wrong with my game guys, thers no south american nations or saudi arabia

[upbeat arrow]

no, 130 usable civs. not total, because at best ive only been able to squeeze about 60 total factories out of advisors that reduce consumer goods, and its not like war is coming RIGHT NOW, i have at least 6 months and with a massive civ base like i have i can afford to just switch them to mils inside of 2 months id have 100+ mils and with a standing army of only about 90 divs a heavy military factory base is useless to me

[brazen panther]

just spam CAS with naval strike on the english channel (they destroy british navy which lets u make naval invasion)

[edgy pendant]

You’re literally handicapping yourself because you don’t understand. I mean you are playing sp so it’s fine but it’s completely useless

[upbeat arrow]

so, explain this then, why creat a massive military to only have to spend years making upgrades?

[edgy pendant]

Wym upgrades. You should have just about everything you need for the entire game by 1941 as well

[upbeat arrow]

if you have say i dont know, 200 divisions, id call that alot, thatd probably be about a 200K deficit from M1 to Thompson?

in just upgrades

not counting new divisions

[edgy pendant]

Right. And with your build that deficit would be significantly bigger because you haven’t been producing the equipment for as long as someone who doesn’t build civs has

[upbeat arrow]

my deficit is under 75k rn

for upgrades

[edgy pendant]

Equipment doesn’t magically appear just because you convert factories. You have to build efficiency over time and the longer you wait the worse your production

[glass hinge]

im going to ry this next

[brazen panther]

it worked for me the first time i somehow invaded the UK with 6 divs

[slate hazel]

hi guys, I'm trying to get Axis victory using a minor nation, but I'm having lots of trouble due to Germany and Italy AI being very hard to carry. Once succeeded to Sealion using Fascist Argentina, but failed coz Germany didn't follow and I couldn't crush UK alone.

What minor nation works best for Axis victory and should I be capping UK before Barbarossa or after?

[upbeat arrow]

exactly, and with a smaller military the deficit goes away faster at a lower efficiency because the requested upgrades number total is smaller. with a large military waiting for the efficency to rise is a death sentence. building civs like i do allows you to actually focus on more than one kind of project. for instance im converting civs, building defenses and upgrading suppky line all at the same time instead of having 45 factories working on 3 projects i have over 10 running simultaniously, with that in mind, my play style is much less push push push, and more wait for them to tell mewhere theye going to make a mistake by showing their hand and then reacting, because i have this many civs i can afford to have the philippines hardened along with guam and wake and midway. there is nowhere japan can push and not take massive casualties by comparison. and by the time im done in the pacific ill be abe to fully ramp the rest of the way into mil production for europe.

[edgy pendant]

💀

[brazen panther]

also if u have tanks do NOT naval invade with them, they have like a -90% penalty, use infantries/marines near a port, take the port and send the tanks

[edgy pendant]

“If I produce less, I make less”. That’s not a good thing as USA

[glass hinge]

im glad for the help, i have been defeated so many times by uk because idk how to invade them

[upbeat arrow]

"if i make more, theyll run out of ammo eventually" isnt great either...

very soviet

[edgy pendant]

I mean you won’t even have an Air Force to contest anything other than incompetent ai

[upbeat arrow]

even in ironman my pacific usually takes less than a year, i have 800 planes in manila, my air wings are fine since the P-40 is only ok without the disigner

[edgy pendant]

I could play the exact way you do where I just sit and react but have significantly more military resources to deal with any situation that happens

If you want to play that way

[edgy pendant]

And I can have close to 5,000-10,000 advanced heavy fighters with engine 4 in the same time frame

I mean it’s cool to larp and handicap yourself by making more civs, but it’s not optimal at all if you’re going for efficiency

[upbeat arrow]

i mean its cool to have a massive military too ngl, but wars of attrition arent won with bullets, but a lack there-of

and thats what im doing to japan

bleed them in china, make the pacific a hell hole with even 1 division defending. not stack 5 divisions on a tile. 1 well supplied division on a fortified tile can repel a poor naval invasion

[edgy pendant]

i mean, youd be the one with lack of equipment in this case

[upbeat arrow]

and not to mention, my navy is pacific heavy right mow in early 41 so japan will get no help from anyone oversea. about 200 total ships in the pacific with another 150 in the atlantic. everything is pre planned so that hour one of the war japan has no ND unless the mass fleets, they have NO safe convoy routes, their pacific islands cannot get resupplied regularly. and that means that after about 2-3 months, islanding hopping is trivial with only 4-5 marines per landing with naval support and mainland japan cantsustain a proper defense.

[jade sparrow]

how do I grind for Anschluss as Germany?

[upbeat arrow]

thats where youd be wrong, at least in my client, i have a lack of divisions, not equiptment, all divisions are full strength, and can be fully supplied to china. due to the supply line upgrades i was able to build

can you tell i dindnt pass english? lmfao, commas forever

[edgy pendant]

Which is only something you can do in vanilla because the ai is terrible. Play sheep mod and watch your idea crumble

[jade sparrow]

.

[upbeat arrow]

right, well im in vanilla because that would have been important to mention if i wasnt, and thats like saying "try having convoys as tv town in old world blues" ... huh?

[edgy pendant]

Well it also means I can make 1 division the entire game and win

[upbeat arrow]

cool?

[edgy pendant]

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean it’s good

[upbeat arrow]

mkay

so just cause i can play sheep mod i shouldnt?

[edgy pendant]

I mean you can larp if you want to that’s on you, I’m just letting you know it’s not good

If you get offended by that that’s on you my man

[upbeat arrow]

also, what does coal do?? i cant tell

[edgy pendant]

For USA. Nothing really

Most majors it doesn’t affect them much because they have so much. USA especially

[upbeat arrow]

im not offended, just trying to justify my playstyle i guess, more defensive than offended.
and thats what i thought, ive done the tech for the caol stuff in the research before, and left it out before and didnt notice a difference

[brazen panther]

i think it powers ur factories

[edgy pendant]

They updated coal like a month or two ago and practically made it useless

[upbeat arrow]

gotchya, i havent been playing very long, but ive been playing alot if that makes sense

[brazen panther]

lot of times but a short time each?

[upbeat arrow]

kinda, weekends and freetime, last month or more

[cloud wasp]

hey guys im doing a four year plan just did it what is the next step i done this twice and i failed with research now im coming here asking for it real time

so any advice

[brazen panther]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbpWbSD6hEY&t=5441s

[cloud wasp]

i watch that video thi

tho"

it sucks

for me at least

[brazen panther]

gng just check the description

[cloud wasp]

kk

[rustic spoke]

How do i increase logistics fullfilment im at 0% rn

[brazen panther]

making railroads to increase supplies, its prob bc u put too many units in one place

[rustic spoke]

okay thank you

[upbeat arrow]

what triggers pearl harbor? ive never seen it fire 🙁

[edgy pendant]

Eren Yeager moment

[brazen panther]

what is an eren yeager

do u eat eren yeager

[rustic spoke]

How can i become at peace with bulagria i have been just improving relations but it only improves their opinon of me but mine stays negative still

[brazen panther]

they have to improve ur relation of them

[elfin burrow]

Would it be beneficial for me to cancel my MEFO bills after doing price controls? Does it still allow me to do other focuses in that branch, I can't look at the moment

[brazen panther]

i wouldnt ever cancel the MEFO bills

it kinda screws up ur economy

[elfin burrow]

It gets rid off having to worry about consumer factory percentage

Surely that would be good no?

[brazen panther]

thats what price controls help with

if u cancel MEFO bills u give intel lose factory output retc

[elfin burrow]

For me, when it gets to around barb time, I really struggle with consumer factory percentage

[brazen panther]

aint htat economy of conquest

[elfin burrow]

Yeah it is

I mean, if u think about it, I loose some factory output, but there will be more factories to produce stuff cos of my consumer goods percentage

So, i dunno

Economy of conquest usually does me over late game

[brazen panther]

do u seize gold reserves?

[elfin burrow]

Ofc

[brazen panther]

oh

[elfin burrow]

When I sieze like smolenks reserves, it only puts it down by about 5 and within a month it is already back to where it was

[brazen panther]

idrk how to help then sorry, i've never had these problems

[leaden jay]

do you guys know where minesweep research is?

i cannot find it

[smoky swallow]

Hello where can i see the requirements for achievements in the code?

[tribal stratus]

I am the British empire currently, I have 80% of the world dominated expect for Japan, Italy. Italy is allied with me but even as the Uk I don’t know how to naval invade Japan I kinda just stationed all my ships in valdivstok and put them on patrol but I don’t have Domiance

What do I do

[smoky swallow]

use paratroopers

get transport plane and build airfield in South Korea

inter-war is enough

[oak jasper]

Did you assign any regions to your patrol fleets? Is their home base anywhere near the relevant region?

[smoky swallow]

you can toggle automatic home base assignment by clicking the cog in the top left.

make sure you assign your fleet to that single region if you really need it (check if no other irrelevant regions are occupying your fleet)

make sure you turn on ALWAYS engage for more dominance

make sure you have enough fuel

or just paradrop lol

[light knoll]

if you're gonna cancel mefo, then just go for the other side of the tree to begin with

[vital plinth]

Whats a good template for mountaineers ?

[mystic otter]

24 width if you want them to fight in the mountains only

[tribal stratus]

Hmmmm okay. I have infinite factories and all since I core the USA Canada France etc. I’m just doing 20 million mid infantry units as my push

[mystic otter]

36 if you want them to use them as general offensive units

Do note that the amount of units you can put in 1 div is affected by your special force cap

[mystic otter]

Also how is your greece game? Beaten turkey?

[vital plinth]

Yup I did multiple times I’m trying to do it faster , I just beat them much faster this time

[mystic otter]

Aye congrats
Yh progress no matter how smart is still progress

[vital plinth]

Will see if I can make the time line but going better this run

[mystic otter]

Good luck

[vital plinth]

Can I ask about dlc , so I learned there is a lot more dlcs i thought I brought the important ones but seems im missing a lot. Is it a lot of stuff im missing out on or better to wait to learn current stuff ?

[smoky swallow]

I'd produce amtracs or mech if i were you,
cheap, easy to manage and has a lot more punch

[plush fossil]

how do i naval invade

[mystic otter]

Which dlc you got?

[vital plinth]

I want them for offense vs Albania and yogoslavia then later for defense

[vital plinth]

The one on picture those one

[mystic otter]

La resistance and the bosporus?
Hmm by biggest advice buy the subscription for 5$ idk how much it is for you
It will give access to all dlc for 1 month
This will allow you to try all of them without ending up buying a dlc and regretting it later

You can cancel the subscription immediately and you will still have access to the content for the rest of the month

But generally you want to buy dlcs that add new mechanisms/features
Like no step back and gottermang
But again try the subscription for 1 month
5$ loss for 1 month better than potentially 10+ on smth you might not like

[vital plinth]

Ok thx all the dlcs seemed very ekspensiv lol should have resseached when buying when it was on Black Friday sale

[mystic otter]

You dont really all dlc for pure content more for new mechanisms as i said
Mods got the contents side for you most people dont play the game without mods these days or with some mods enabled

Or if you play multiplayer with friends or other people
You automatically get access to the Host dlcs

That why in the multiplayer chat host says what dlcs they got

[vital plinth]

Ah ok thx , the sup seems ideal then

About the mountainairs I have a lot of mountain tiles and italy( Albania ) and yogolsavia have too so was wondering should I add any arttily or other kind of battalion or support stuff

[mystic otter]

Pure mountainers
Arty while adding alot of stats
Their costs to benefit are bad
For support equipment:
Support arty
Support aa
Engineer
Those 3 are enough
You can add hospitals and signal companies but not mandatory
They are expensive equipment wise tho so keep that in mind

Again remember if your gonna attack a mountain tile
Keep them at 24 width
You can increase them to 36 or keep them at 24 if they arnt struggling against the ai

[vital plinth]

Should I start researching trucks produce they add a lot of soft attacks ?

When my industry resseach is finished I can begin trucks and first tank I got weapons updated so far

[mystic otter]

You only use trucks in tank template not on infantry template
Maybe if you want to add truck recon support companies but other than that you will only need them for supply

Same with mechanized the only difference is that you only use them for tank template not supply or support companies

[mystic otter]

For trucks idk which trucks greece start with but the one before mechanized should be enough just put like 1 or 2 factory on it to produce a stockpile
If you want to make a tank divs
Go for medium tanks

Even medium 1 is better than light tank

[cobalt crystal]

how? math isn't mathing

[mystic otter]

You can build a heavy tank divs if you want after you reasher medium 2 and then heavy 2
Considering you will have all the chromium in the world after taking turkey but those will be mid/end game stuff

[mystic otter]

Are you in a war and took too much casualties?

Cus you got low garrison so that shouldn't be the problem

[cobalt crystal]

no, i mean no more, and i didn't take that much causalities

[mystic otter]

Maybe try and go up 1 recruitment level?

[cobalt crystal]

i'm trying to change manpower pool rn

[vital plinth]

Ah ok I see but for mountainairs focus on with and just add artillery if I can afford it , or more battalions to make it more width?

[glossy ore]

Whenver i do barbarossa i feel like im slamming into a wall and never getting any gains, mostly red bubbles even at the start and cant really gain much land, anyone know why?

[unborn mason]

Is there a way to core Germany as Russia early? I capitulated Germany as the Soviets in 1936 then just had the issue of them revolting because resistance was too high

[mystic otter]

Increase complaince in occupied territories should give you manpower

[cobalt crystal]

huuuh

[mystic otter]

But that slow

[mystic otter]

Add arty as support companies
Add more mountainers for more width

[mystic otter]

I assume your playing as stalin?

[unborn mason]

I was

[mystic otter]

First change your templates from regular inf to horses

And change the occupation law to liberated workers/military government

[mystic otter]

Ah rip he gives a lot of compliance gain later in the focus tree

[cobalt crystal]

it's funny (no it's not) it's looks like there something draining my manpower...

[unborn mason]

Okay. I did have garrison divisions there (12W horses with MPs) and the occupation law was Martial law, I just couldn’t get resistance down

Even building infrastructure and stuff didn’t help

[mystic otter]

Weird that shouldn't happen

Btw when using a MP company
Increase the horse to full template if you can

Less equipment loss

[unborn mason]

Yeah?

Oh ok

[mystic otter]

If you can its need alot of xp tho :)

[unborn mason]

And I’m assuming the resistance is where all my millions of manpower went? I had like 4M then dropped to 0 out of nowhere

[mystic otter]

If you right click on German state on the rebellion bar it should show why it's increasing i think

[mystic otter]

Hover over your manpower pool it should show a where you're manpower went

Check the Garrison manpower

[mystic otter]

I really cant help you because i am not the most knowledgeable on the recruitment problem other than basic information

[light knoll]

there isn't a way to core Germany as Russia at all. just have it on local police force and have garrison priority on high

ideally you use collabs but you won't have time to finish that in 36

you can use harsh quotas if you have enough equipment on states with a lot of factories

[vital plinth]

Should I pick this skill or always pick ? Or is it bad if I want to invade a lot ?

[pliant condor]

it's useless

[vital plinth]

So best not to upgrade ?

[glossy ore]

Can someone help me i have a question

[pliant condor]

you can always assign it as a field marshal

then pick offensive doctrine

free 1 attack pip

[surreal depot]

I only have the first two DLCs. Is it recommended I get No Step Back, I am a beginner

[pliant condor]

which two

[surreal depot]

I believe LA Resistance and Battle for the Bosphorus

[dawn hill]

Anyone know how seaplane tenders work?

[pliant condor]

then yeah nsb is good

[pliant condor]

it doen't

it's just a float plane module on dd

useless

[oak jasper]

AFAIK (I do not have DLC), they just passively boost your ship's surface and sub detection values. Scout cruisers tend to spam them; on ASW destroyers, I'm unsure on whether the better sub detection is worth losing a depth charge slot.

[balmy dawn]

How do you turn off all your mods? (Something's not right in my setup)

[balmy dawn]

Depth charges are worthless if you can't find anything to drop them on.

That's how I look at it, anyway

[neat widget]

Most powers have quite a few subs tbh

You can just naval bomb them though, so you don't need depth charges unless you're range constricted

[glacial steeple]

hi chat

[fathom nova]

whats the best german divison template

?

[neat widget]

guy's playing world of tanks

[neat widget]

for

[fathom nova]

like offense

[edgy pendant]

Cas

[glacial steeple]

depends on if you use good generals

or trash like manstein

[neat widget]

Manstein being a trash general 😭

[glacial steeple]

4 attack

cant grind him

high command role set

no terrain traits

[neat widget]

Something like these two can be good

[neat widget]

Yeah that's rough

grinding is fake anwyays beyond level 4 tbh

[balmy dawn]

Honestly, I dont understand grinding. I mean, any time Im in a long, drawn out fight, mny atrtrition goes to like 10000% and I lose tons of men and material.

So I get it in the abstract, but don't see how to make it work in the real world.

[glacial steeple]

you grind pre war

with units of mostly guns

[edgy pendant]

Yeah, that’s your issue. You don’t grind during ww2

[sweet summit]

You grind pre ww2

To build an army

And then use the civs from your conquest to accelerate the creation of your empire

What do y'all think is the most fun path ?
I might try Austria-Hungary (begging simulator)

[glacial steeple]

kumul khanate, peru gameplay, fascist argentina are really fun

communist china is good

i personally love playing japan

[sweet summit]

Hmm communist china it is then

China china or some warlord

[dire flower]

I deadass don’t even know how to naval invade

Somebody please give me me the base ground for navy

[rain river]

you ignore navy and paradrop on your target

its what i do anyway

[dire flower]

Those take a lot of transport planes

[glacial steeple]

click patrol

put all ships besides subs together

always engage

no repair

patrol

[rain river]

did they rework how navy worked at some point because i thought i was getting a handle on it and all of a sudden i cant get it to work

[runic basalt]

as japan i capitulated uk and usa and all of asia, how do i stop this war to go into peace conference?

[sweet summit]

Chat commie china is what path

I don't think it's the league right ?

[gilded herald]

Paper tiger

[sweet summit]

What

I'm so confused with this focus tree

[gilded herald]

Are you trying to figure out what the historical path is for the Chinese Soviet?

[sweet summit]

Wait how do you play communist china ?

[sweet summit]

How do you play as commie china ? Is it not as china ?

[gilded herald]

Are you playing with the latest dlc?

[sweet summit]

Yeah

[gilded herald]

So todo well as the Chinese Soviet, you’ll want to do doctrines and divisions using militia. You get big bonuses to doing so, the historical path is the far left focus tree. Form the Chinese united front with you as the leader, ally with China, kick your neighbors out and war goal- invade them before you go to war with Japan to get extra industry

[sweet summit]

Wait so Chinese Soviet Republic is what i want to play as ?

Fuhh

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-patrick-water-bottle-bottle-head-gif-27083229

[gilded herald]

Yup that’s it

Chinese Soviet republic

[sweet summit]

Let's try this one last time

[primal crown]

Hello I need help trying to figure out what is even going on in this game

[gilded herald]

Are you new new?

[primal crown]

Yes I am I have never played the game my self and started my first campagain today

[sweet summit]

Do i go Mao or Bolsheviks

[gilded herald]

Mao is historical

[open night]

Hiii!
Dipping my toes with Canada, when's the right time frame go down the military focus tree?
I am overwhelmed with options

[primal crown]

I tried playing as Yugoslavia

[sweet summit]

I would advise you to try a minor like lithuania or latvia or.. afganistan

[gilded herald]

I highly recommend watching this https://youtu.be/WCqXIRRVZIY?si=wxWz_7wRdztzQfhm

[sweet summit]

Try hungary, they get free land
Ltihunaia gets all of poland

[gilded herald]

Normally around 1938 but it all depends rly

[open night]

Ohhh

[primal crown]

Is Turkey a good nation try to play as to learn it

[sweet summit]

Turkey has nothing and everybody around it is guaranteed or better

Try lithuania.. trust
Go down monarchism

[primal crown]

Okay I tried playing as Yugoslavia first and got curbstomped by italy

I will try Lithuania

[sweet summit]

You gobble Latvia and estonia pretty easily dw

[open night]

One last thing, consumer goods doesn't just spike our of nowhere and controlled by whatever economic law right?

[primal crown]

If I play as Lithuania Will I have to Deal with the Soviets if So How

[sweet summit]

Also focuses

[sweet summit]

That's like 1941, just turn off historical probably and they'll have a civil war

You'll feel it

[primal crown]

Okay I am going to try and play thank you for the help

[sweet summit]

But you can annex poland peacefully

[serene karma]

Discord moderator role is for issues with this discord

Game helper is for game issues

[gilded herald]

Correct the economy law effects what proportion is on consumer goods

[hidden robin]

anyone know why the germans aren't invading? they completed war with the ussr 3 focuses ago

[gilded herald]

They will given enough time

Have they done Molotov ribbon pact?

If so and you accepted it they might have a non aggression pact with you

[hidden robin]

yeah it expired like 4 months ago now, they usually declare on me immediately after completing war with the ussr focus

[hidden robin]

they cancelled it

long ago now

[gilded herald]

Alternatively, sometimes the AI won’t declare if they see it as being disadvantageous for them

You might need to declare on them

[hidden robin]

a little worried because as you may be able to tell i have done extremely well this game and my plan kinda hinges on playing defensively for the first part of the war with the axis

i just annexed spain too so like

cmon germany

do something

[hidden robin]

ugh god the war support and stability penalty for an offensive war is gonna be annoying if that's the case

[gilded herald]

Give it a little time

If they don’t within a year then you might have to declare on them

They should declare on you within the year though

[hidden robin]

okay will do

i'll have to train another couple armies if not because the tripartite pact already went through too so gonna have japan on my ass early

[sweet summit]

Chat I killed menjiang with pure skill

Totally not cuz I had 16 divs to their 9

Are you supposed to be able to win the border wars?

[gilded herald]

I never really bother with them

Just annex my neighbors as Chinese Soviet

[sweet summit]

.. I won all of them with some help

[gilded herald]

With China help

Nice!

[gilded herald]

Keep me posted on if Germany declares

[sweet summit]

Yeah but it's like one state

I have like 9 mills finally 🙏

[hidden robin]

will do 🫡

[vital plinth]

Lol apparently if I declare war too late checkodlovakia will join and then the Allie’s will join , had to restart back to Turkey war as Greece because I justify 1 day too late and but seems random when checkoslovakia supports Bulgaria. And Germany wont annex if checko is at war

Turkey has a lot of building slots , would it be better if I stop with some mills and build some more civs ?

Should max infrastructure first at my capital I have 12 factories too

[hidden robin]

took ages but they did

[gilded herald]

Knew they would lol

[hidden robin]

and they screwed over their allies who just redeployed everything to other fronts too lol

only germany and norway have manned borders

[gilded herald]

Typical

[boreal hamlet]

I have two AI light cruisers that will not die. They have 0 health but dont sink when bombed or engaged in battle. they are the only two ships in their fhe fleet

[neat widget]

ther'es absolutely nothing

woah

[boreal hamlet]

Zombie Cruisers

[bronze geyser]

guys how do i win vs the benelux and france as germany?
after i invade poland i go for netherlands -> Belgium -> Luxembourg ->France
but when i invade poland they join allies so i'm already at war vs france; i manage to annex netherlands but belgium is impossible to get through

idk what im missing, if it's my doctrines or templates

[boreal hamlet]

you have green air?

[shrewd coral]

Guys this basically my second "real" save of hoi4, i did allies with the Czechs and that was cool and all, but too passive and felt like the AI lost more than i won, so i decided to take germany for a spin for the first time, but i'm lost at what to do now, it's 1940 september:

• Poland, Benelux, France, Yugo, Greece are all done
• Italy and Vichy control all of north Africa and the middle east (With my help) and italian ethiopia is holding
• Hungary and Romania are in the axis but bulgaria for some reason just won't flip facist
• Spain is in the Axis (Not in the war yet but barely)

Also for some reason i'm struggling for manpower even though i only lost like 105K

[bronze geyser]

it's red

i sent them quite late cuz i forgot

[boreal hamlet]

It take a few seconds for the planes to be at full effect

go to the louhge an share your screen

[tepid umbra]

Invade the uk ig?

[bronze geyser]

where?

[molten needle]

i need help with sea lion i tried multiple times but i dont have enough naval superiority or air supremacy

[tepid umbra]

What aircraft are you using

[molten needle]

mix of focke wolf and bf 109

ans i got no dlc

im basically using any fighters i can scavenge

[tepid umbra]

Which of those are 1940 fighters

[boreal hamlet]

in the left bar the helping lounge channel

[tepid umbra]

Put like

A lot of mils on them

Until you have (iirc) 1.5x the uk airforce

[molten needle]

focke wold

[tepid umbra]

Also for ship, use light cruisers

[molten needle]

and navy?

[tepid umbra]

.

[molten needle]

Ok

[bronze geyser]

oh
i can't voice call rn

[boreal hamlet]

ok

you are attacking from more tha one direction?

[tepid umbra]

Is that inf template all of your divs?

[bronze geyser]

yeah, i have another template for tanks but not enough army xp so can't edit it

[tepid umbra]

Do you have any dlcs?

[tepid umbra]

Alright uhh

[bronze geyser]

only the expansions ones, missing the finland and brazils ones

[shrewd coral]

How? i have no idea how navy works, like at least not enough to get supremacy in the channel

[tepid umbra]

Wdym only the expansion ones

[bronze geyser]

yes, two borders one for netherlands / belgium and one for france

[tepid umbra]

Use a ton of naval bombers on the english channel

And then eventually the british will make their ships stop patrolling

And then the supremacy is free

[tepid umbra]

Yeah both of your templates are not very good

[boreal hamlet]

I mean you are not just attacking from one square at a time. You are attacking from at least two squares into the square you are attacking?

[bronze geyser]

ah, yes

i tried to micromanage but seems useless

[tepid umbra]

Is this offensive or defensive inf

[bronze geyser]

i took it from a yt channel, he said it's offensive

[tepid umbra]

It's lacking in some areas

Mostly org

And the other stats aren't very good to make up for it

[bronze geyser]

i thought it was good, 22 width and 190 soft attack, that's why i kept spamming it in my runs

[tepid umbra]

22 width is ok

Not horrible but not great

I'd aim for either 36, or 18

Actually idk if it's 18
Whatever 9 inf makes

[bronze geyser]

yea 18

[tepid umbra]

remove the anti tank, recon, and field hospital too

that's good defensive infantry

good offensive inf is that template, but swap out recon for recon rangers, anti tank for anti air, 36 width of infantry, and prolly smth else I forgot

but i'd stick to doing offenses with your tanks

[bronze geyser]

ah, i don't have them researched, i'll keep it mind for my next run

[tepid umbra]

have what researched

anti air?

or tanks

[bronze geyser]

both

but i have base 1936 antiair artillery and antitanks
and for tanks im only going for medium tanks

[tepid umbra]

1936 aa is fine

for tanks, i'd reccomend using sp artillery

medium

[bronze geyser]

sp?

[glacial steeple]

pretty bad for cost effectiveness with bad break

[bronze geyser]

what should i focus on? breakthrough, soft attack or hard attack? or what's the move

[glacial steeple]

idk why the inf is anything other than indiv excellence

you mix

break is your defebnse while attacking

it keeps your units more alive

[tepid umbra]

is great war inf good for countries that struggle to get army xp?

like minors

?

[glacial steeple]

no

only for KMT china

[bronze geyser]

oh, by the name i thought break was legit how easy my divisions could break through them

[tepid umbra]

I was thinking about it while I was running lithuania but I decided to run sumn else

[tepid umbra]

is kmt the big china

[glacial steeple]

yeah

kuomintang

[tepid umbra]

oh i've only ever played them as democratic

[glacial steeple]

if you really wanna do offensive inf use this

tank is for break + piercing

ignore its armor stats and use interwar hull

[bronze geyser]

this is late game no?

[glacial steeple]

as ger you can get it by war

as japan i could get it by war vs allies

[tepid umbra]

isn't that kinda heavy on the special forces
esp for someone new

[glacial steeple]

SF are great wdym

[tepid umbra]

well yeah they're good

but not everyone knows how to get a ton of them

[glacial steeple]

tho maybe you now replace the howi for logi

because +5 hp per batallion

[glacial steeple]

okay thats fine?

you dont need a huge offensive force

your eco is probably bad then too

[tepid umbra]

default ger special forces is like 2 of those 💔

[glacial steeple]

do your doctrines

[tepid umbra]

doctrines give more?

[glacial steeple]

youll have at least 12-24 by war

SF doctrines yeah

[molten needle]

usa joined im abandoning my play through

[tepid umbra]

usa is really not that much of a game changer tbh

the only annoying thing with it is now you have to go all the way there

[tepid umbra]

oh those

I forgot about those

[molten needle]

nah they are trust me i tried to invade uk when usa joined and it was a meat grinder at the ebaches

[tepid umbra]

they couldn't get enough xp to change tanks tho so that might be a problem

[glacial steeple]

its more new player friendly anyway

the new doctrine system theyll get like 2 nodes maybe

[tepid umbra]

are special forces doctrines bba or aat

[glacial steeple]

AAT

BBA is just plane

[tepid umbra]

they don't have aat

[glacial steeple]

sucks

can still do it tho

[tepid umbra]

but they don't get pioneers or rangers right

[glacial steeple]

no dlc version

[glacial steeple]

brother do you have a minute

i have to go through my saved images smh

[tepid umbra]

I was just wondering 💔

can't even ask questions in the ask for help here channel 🥀

[glacial steeple]

everyone can except you

new rule

[tepid umbra]

❤️‍🩹

[bronze geyser]

so i just go this?

[glacial steeple]

if you dont have any dlc it should be good

[tepid umbra]

they have other dlcs apparently

[glacial steeple]

its just 3K IC

[tepid umbra]

all of them but ToA and AAT

[bronze geyser]

i do have this ones

[glacial steeple]

do i need to make a version for every dlc combination

not having AAT sucks

[tepid umbra]

yes ❤️‍🩹

[glacial steeple]

its like the goat

not rlly for content tho thats fine too

the mechanics are really nice

[tepid umbra]

would spa divs be better than the sf offense divs without aat?

[glacial steeple]

i mean this is all old

from before NCNS

[tepid umbra]

oh wait I can't ask questions

spa divs are better than sf offense divs without AAT correct me if I am wrong

[glacial steeple]

rn spgs are meta yeah

tho id still do regular tank for SF

since its for break

[tepid umbra]

I should run an SPAA build someday

[bronze geyser]

btw is there any website for templates?

[tepid umbra]

wdym

like optimal templates?

[bronze geyser]

yea like template guides

[tepid umbra]

check pins

most of them are in there

and if they're not just ask in here

[bronze geyser]

ah yea, theres for tanks and infantry

but on the infantry one, what are those support? i've never seen them

[tepid umbra]

which infantry one

send it

[tepid umbra]

those are:
pioneers (AAT only)
medium flame tanks
armored recon
field hospitals
super heavy howitzer (iirc)

[bronze geyser]

oh ok, how do you get the pioneer and super heavy howitzer? by research?

[molten needle]

anyone got tips on what do i produce when i just start the game in 1936

[tepid umbra]

pioneer is in one of the dlcs you don't have

super heavy howitzer is a special project

[tepid umbra]

guns support equip and artillery

rush researching good planes and tanks

then produce those

[molten needle]

Ok

[shrewd coral]

holy shit i did it

first try as axis

nice

[molten needle]

nice

[tepid umbra]

GG

[molten needle]

after the last time i did that i could never do it again lol

either small navy or airforce or both

And even if i landed i somehow got decimated

[shrewd coral]

Had very few losses too i think

also no tanks lmao just plain old artillery and a shit ton of planes

[molten needle]

fr?

[shrewd coral]

Yeah i didn't check at the end, but about 4 months before the peace conference i was only at 105k losses

my absolutely baller totally not terrible template, literally the only division i built the entire game

[quiet lance]

currently in this situation as france but I can't justify against the benelux since they haven't created any world tension.
Any way to still secure those 3 countries?

[dawn hill]

Ohh, thats a bit pathetic. So the only real benefit of seaplanes is, well, converting naval bases to use them? Otherwise we can just use normal planes on carriers… thats a shame

[molten needle]

why arent there any mp games going on

[mortal imp]

ikr

[molten geyser]

I'm going for the New World Order achievement ("Make all nations Fascist") as Britain. Do you have to make all of your subjects (like Mandatory Palestine) Fascist for the achievement? Presumably by freeing them and then conquering and puppeting them?

[mortal imp]

i think its easier with germany

[mortal imp]

you can just annex them

and there will be only one nation and it will be you

[molten geyser]

Through autonomy mechanics?

[mortal imp]

which means all the nations are fascist

[mortal imp]

no jsut annex them in the peace treaty

[radiant dirge]

Leave the faction and declere on someone in the faction

[quiet lance]

so what happened was I did little entente and basically the entire world is in it now except for the benelux and a few other nations
but 2 really small factions also exist who we're at war with

[radiant dirge]

Oh my bad i thought you were in the allies

[quiet lance]

Can you think of a way still or is it joever

[radiant dirge]

At that point i would restart but keep asking someone maybe has an idea

[quiet lance]

I really hope so

because I doubt another campaign would go as well as this one has

most do not turn out in my favour

[tepid umbra]

kill the factions and try to generate a ton of world tension with it

[quiet lance]

it's already 100% world tension

[tepid umbra]

oh wait they need to create world tension

change the rules of the faction

wait you dont have the dlc

fuh idk

disband the faction

[quiet lance]

might have to huh

[shadow crypt]

Ok tuoj

[molten needle]

how do i rejoin a mp server

my wifi did

died

[pliant condor]

no

it's not a plane

it's just a detection module

it has nothing to do with a real plane

carrier plane is something completely different

[deft wyvern]

why are my units suffering 30% attrition?

[glacial steeple]

resistance in state

but in the future please dont crop this much

[wet condor]

also.

[deft wyvern]

thank you

I lost 10k guns bc of it

🙁

[wet condor]

my friend is crashing for some reason he unstailed checked files did everything but when he opens hoi4 it crashes

[granite patio]

do you air superiority in every air zone that the plane goes through

have you deployed them?

wait

you just answered that

can you screenshot map?

maybe add three more airwings of planes?

[dusty sandal]

you have 224 transports
this means that all orders with more than 4 divs assigned to it won't drop because you don't have enough transports (50planes per div on the same order)

[dry otter]

Is this alright?

[granite patio]

is that final design or convert

it would be better to do medium cannon or howitzer

if this is final design

[dry otter]

pal, its 1937

[granite patio]

hence why i asked if convert

[dry otter]

I just got basic medium

So im designing a new tank to put on production

Is this a good design?

[granite patio]

personally i would use interweaved wheels suspension for the breakthrough and then two heavy machine guns and the maintenance module you have. then when you get medium cannon or howitzer you put that on there and convert

[dry otter]

wdym maintenance

[granite patio]

that wet ammunition module you have. was confusing it with easy maintence.

you already have it on there

i would keep that for some reliability

[glacial steeple]

why MAN

it sucks

[dusty sandal]

use howitzer
ALWAYS use the max number of secondary turrets (HMG)
you only need between 30-50brk, no need to strive for more
always use henschel for mediums, or the SPG MIO if you use SPGs (which are way better than regular mediums in SP)

[dry otter]

Bro, everytime i post something here, i get flamed for MAN

[granite patio]

he literally just wrote that he didn't have the cannon

[dry otter]

ITS 1937

[glacial steeple]

cuz it sucks

also you have a focus

it gives you the StuG

it comes with howi 1 if youve researched basic medium

so you should have it

[dry otter]

Idh it

[glacial steeple]

army tree

on the left

[dusty sandal]

then use automatic gun OR use HMG to convert the tanks once you get howitzer. CSG is quite bad in terms of cost/stat ratio
you can get howitzer tech early enough

[dry otter]

I changed it to henschel

[granite patio]

dont leave out radio

replace that second to last module with radio

[dry otter]

kinda forgot about that, so i replaced extra ammunition

[dusty sandal]

yeah radio is better than extra ammo, especially since you're worried about reli

[granite patio]

i like more breakthrough but you could go for torsion bar or some other suspension here for lower ic. usually this is what i go for. i typically dont go spg's though. just med's with howitzer

im also aware i didn't select mio

just loaded up the game

[glacial steeple]

just make it self propelled artillery role

20% less cost

it uses 40 per batallion instead of 50

[indigo sapphire]

hello casey

[glacial steeple]

hola

how do you say hi in estonian?

[indigo sapphire]

tere

is there any way to make new mbt tanks variants and models to hoi4?

[glacial steeple]

im not sure

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[granite patio]

but you lose a ton of breakthrough

im a simple man. i like seeing 1000 breakthrough and 1000 soft attack

[granite patio]

what armor do you have selected?

[dry otter]

welded

[granite patio]

in sp you really dont need to change from riveted

no point

[dry otter]

Well it has breakthrough

[granite patio]

AI doesn't make divisions that will pierce you really

also

[dry otter]

So i thought it would be nice

[granite patio]

you should get more armor clicks

[glacial steeple]

you dont need that much break in sp

also its a lot cheaper

[granite patio]

im aware.

[glacial steeple]

you should always do it

[granite patio]

i just like it

[glacial steeple]

more stat

[granite patio]

its larp

[glacial steeple]

lower cost

[dry otter]

Alright i put riveted

[granite patio]

its larp

plus seeing the same spg design in every save i do gets boring

[glacial steeple]

this is ask for help not ask for larp /hj

[indigo sapphire]

what types of modern and Mbt tanks should i design and make

[dry otter]

Could someone give me a nice flame tank?

[indigo sapphire]

@glacial steeple got any ideas for this?

[dry otter]

@granite patio

[granite patio]

give me a sec

[dry otter]

Alright

[hollow linden]

Add Mio too

[indigo sapphire]

someone answer this

[dry otter]

Whats that 4th one

[granite patio]

dozer blades

[dry otter]

idh it

[dry otter]

Ill add wet ammunition

[granite patio]

engineer 2 1939

is how you get it

the module

[dry otter]

Alright, ill put on heavy machine gun in its place for now

[versed rose]

None because modern tanks can't use extra turrets = less stats than interwar heavy tank

[indigo sapphire]

damn alr

[hollow linden]

Don't

Rel is useless

[hollow linden]

Also, don't. Kinda useless with a - 90% stat modifier

The only thing you can reliably stack is breakthrough

[versed rose]

Breakthroughmaxxed flame tank is the goat

[hidden pulsar]

im trying to invade iceland as the usa and whenever i send ships to patrol it shows this

what do i do?

it also says "no accessible regions"

[plucky otter]

They dont have the range to reach those areas

[hollow linden]

What's the home base

[hidden pulsar]

Halifax

[hidden pulsar]

how can i fix that

i've seen guys take iceland on youtube a day ago

[plucky otter]

You could change home base for the navy to somewhere closer

[hidden pulsar]

where would you reccomend?

[plucky otter]

Whatever the closest port is

[hidden pulsar]

I think that's fixed it!

thanks so much

saved my game

[glacial steeple]

try taking greenland

[glacial steeple]

also this

[hidden pulsar]

Germany has it and i'm playing axis so im gonna invade via greenland

i never knew about the home base feature

i appreciate it guys

[indigo sapphire]

how many Subs CVs and other ships crafts and vessels should i build and produce as germany?

[hidden pulsar]

update: i've taken iceland but i cant see iceland as an option to reassign my home base to

[glacial steeple]

look for reykjavic base

[indigo sapphire]

@glacial steeple answer this

[hidden pulsar]

cheers

[lucid torrent]

If i naval invade with jungle, both terrain debuff will be apply, right?

[hidden pulsar]

if i want to gain naval supremacy should i also do convoy raiding and strike force ontop of patrol?

[open night]

I been reading stuff about the game(new player) and come across a lot of complains about the naval Ai. Is that been fixed yet or if there's any mod that fixed it?
I am not that interested in multiplayer much

[wicked hollow]

yo uh i just downloaded hoi4 how do i play

[serene karma]

Very relevant

And relatable

[frosty perch]

Chat i need tips for minors mainly, how do i fight and not suck off to some other minor which invested only into aviation, like if im on Argentina, i have 48 division fighting poor 8 paraguayan hobos but they have strong aviation, what do i do in this case if Argentina is too poor for tanks or aviation

[wicked hollow]

HOW DO I PLAY T-T

[frosty perch]

Go as Germany and you'll learn everything after few runs of capitulation, thats how i learned

[wicked hollow]

oki ty

idk why im italy

[spiral crag]

hey so what best here for defense? this is the division im planing to use

[wicked hollow]

tf is thi

[spiral crag]

what?

[frosty perch]

Italy is great, you get war in beginning of the game, and it's overall a universal major that has everything but not much of it

[wicked hollow]

what the hell is this

[wicked hollow]

oh alr

[spiral crag]

wdym wth is this cant you see

[frosty perch]

Tbh too much for defense, its more of universal I'd say

[spiral crag]

im playing as ussr got to stop the germans somehow

[frosty perch]

Oh well, tbh i never played as germany

Bssbd

I mean USSR

[spiral crag]

why

its fun

[spiral crag]

anyway can you tell me what is here best for holding

[frosty perch]

Idk i mainly play Italy because you get alot of political power, then you get a buff for submarines with some focus, you rush 1940 submarines and sink britain

Turkey is lowkey cool too

[elfin burrow]

iirc, up the hardness of ur division so it is harder to pierce, thus harder to break. I think that's a good choice, but I'm relatively new, so idk

Armour*

[spiral crag]

what does iirc mean?

[elfin burrow]

If I recall correctly

[spiral crag]

oh ok

so how do i buff the armor?

[elfin burrow]

If I had to guess, I'd probably say that the subroutine that says defense is probably gold for defense

[elfin burrow]

Mech, tanks, etc

Sorta like space marines

[glacial steeple]

assault inf/large unit probably

focus on attacking

[spiral crag]

how? by the time i get tanks in good numbers its better for me to just hold the line than to attacking

and im not attacking with inf if that want your thinking

[compact bluff]

I always use Inf to attack. It is decent as long you have enough equipment

[spiral crag]

if I attack with inf ill just lose shit ton of manpower and equipment

and i did try attacking with inf but it dont work even from 3 sides i just get a red bubble

at like 80

[glacial steeple]

probably an eco issue then

the USSR definitely has power to push ai germnay day 1

[wicked hollow]

wow

[glacial steeple]

assuming you dont hold the stalin line

which is kinda really bad now

like a good germany has enough stats to roll you over there, and your best bet is to just attack from the start

not give up land

[spiral crag]

what stalin line you mean behind the river?

[glacial steeple]

it was fine before like gotterdammerung

because germany was weak

[glacial steeple]

yeah

[spiral crag]

im not holding that

i just put them on the border with germany

and let them hold(if then can)

[glacial steeple]

ok did you double your army size

[spiral crag]

ill try attacking them from day 1

[glacial steeple]

thats like the bare minimum you need to do

is have 2-4x the starting army by war

thats the minimum

[spiral crag]

yeah i make 2 big armys

[glacial steeple]

do they have real weapons or only 1936 gun

[spiral crag]

with this template

[glacial steeple]

ideally you get 1939 and 42 gun way ahead of time

[spiral crag]

1939

[glacial steeple]

because otherwise you have a large but bad army

[glacial steeple]

click army tab top right

itll show you whats deployed

if any of it is gun 0 and a lot of it is gun 1 (1936) thats really bad

[spiral crag]

ok

im at 1937 now so i dont have them

in like maybe 400 days ill have them

[wicked hollow]

how do i make troops

[frosty perch]

Yo azmeer, wanna try playing in coop together? Im pretty much an amateur, youre a novice, sounds like a perfect pair to capitulate together as Italy and Germany, what do you think?

[wicked hollow]

uh

i havent bought the game.

its the cracked version :sob

😭

ALR BET

but how we gonna play multiplayer

[frosty perch]

Uhh i believe theres a site it was online fix or whatever

[wicked hollow]

alr

sure

[glacial steeple]

@frosty perch @wicked hollow be wary of the #server-rules and dont talk about piracy here :>

@spiral crag you too

[spiral crag]

im not im pirated

but ok

mb

[frosty perch]

My bad

[bitter fulcrum]

Is there any way I can claim Vichy France? They took half of the mainland, share half of the colonies with Free France, and took the navy. All of it should belong to me, not them.

[spiral crag]

you can annex them

they are you puppet

and there is an option when you cap france ether make vichy france are get all theland

[bitter fulcrum]

Aight, where do I that? Is it a focus or on the options of what I can do with their land?

[spiral crag]

well now you have to annex them

you can do that by build stuff on their land

[bitter fulcrum]

Aight.

[spiral crag]

or trading whit them

[elfin burrow]

I think the decision called "Case anton" allows u to annex them also

[bitter fulcrum]

Aight, thanks

[bitter fulcrum]

according to a video from 2018, if I save the game after Vichy France exists, I can't do Case Anton, is that still a thing?

[clever yoke]

Can someone tell me why my subdoctrine (Mobile infantry) is not gaining any mastery?? I have 527 divisions with 1 battalion, half of them are a single inf, the other are just a single motorized battalion, they are all fully equipped, so why tf am I not gaining any mastery for exercising them??

[elfin burrow]

No clue, didn't even know that was a thing

[elfin burrow]

U'r prob gaining such minimal xp from training those tiny divisions u don't notice it

[opaque garden]

no? just no

you gain a decent amount of xp from training stuff

[reef stream]

What's a good light tank template for Germany?

[tribal stratus]

Willl Italy or like Mexico develop nukes or any of the Chinese countries in the British empire it’s 1944 or so, every major other than Italy and Mexico is gone rn

Just South America left

Will any of them have Nukes

I probably have over 1,000 divisions now

[spiral crag]

should i do this part of the focus

and if yes what focuses should i do?

[tribal stratus]

Obviously go down to fathers of nation

And yes

It has many good bonuses

I believe the servant of Lenin is slightly better

[vital geode]

Mantle of Lenin gives military bonuses i believe

[rotund root]

hello i just bought the game and idk what i need to do can someone help me

[half glade]

whats the best way to form the European Union?

i assume its as France

but then how do i defend against Germany

[chrome sedge]

Yeah but there’s better focuses before 42

[light knoll]

Germany

or Hungary

or italy

[half glade]

oh i thought it was a democratic nation thing only

[light knoll]

Germany can do it with monarchist

italy can do it with democratic king

Hungary can do it with Austria Hungary path

which is monarchist/non aligned

the other nations have to be democratic

democracy just suck because you can't justify wars
you can still do it with france, you just don't join the allies, wait for Germany to cap Belgium amd Netherlands, then take them and italy

[half glade]

okay ill try this

thank you