ask-for-help-here

[half glade]

whats the strategy to beat germany as France

not being in the allies

[scenic nacelle]

Build some roach inf

[half glade]

thats a new term to me

[scenic nacelle]

And I guess do howi heavies day 1

[half glade]

what does roach mean

[scenic nacelle]

One second

[half glade]

okay

[half glade]

special project?

[scenic nacelle]

16w infantry with shovel and support AA

support arty if u want

[scenic nacelle]

It’s a tank design

Do u have the no step back dlc

[half glade]

yeah i have all DLC

[scenic nacelle]

Yeah France starts with the medium howitzer gun

Just put it on a heavy tank as soon as possible

[half glade]

like this?

[half glade]

do they not need to research the upgraded arty?

[scenic nacelle]

I think so yeah

I think they have the gun but not the tech for it

[half glade]

they have the gun

thats cool

didnt know that

and they have basic heavy tank already

whats the best heavy howitzer design

this is what id do with my mediums

does it need to be set to Artillery role

[scenic nacelle]

Yes

[stuck garnet]

how do i design carrier planes

[half glade]

look better?

[stuck garnet]

why

why like

why not give it best armor

[half glade]

limitations in research

[stuck garnet]

but not that +20% stuff

[half glade]

you need to do the armour research

[scenic nacelle]

Ye

[half glade]

awesome ill do that then

[half glade]

and did my roach inf look good?

[scenic nacelle]

Do the SPG doctrine when u get it

[scenic nacelle]

Yes

[half glade]

awesome thank you

[half glade]

okay will do

better start saving army xp

[slate hazel]

hi, what minor nation can join Axis and help Germany cap UK? tried Fascist Portugal and Fascist Argentina, both to total failure. either I lack powerful enough navy to get dominance or I lack sufficiently powerful medium tank divs to beat UK on home turf

[sinful vessel]

Is one of the DLC i mis good to pick before i start a game with Russia ?

[oak jasper]

Is there a way to change a country's color on the map? It is getting a touch confusing fighting blue France as a blue US.

[half glade]

whats the strat with these guys?

since they dont seem to have the greatest stats

whats so good about them

[scenic nacelle]

they defend

[half glade]

and then heavy howitzer go brrr and attack

?

[scenic nacelle]

tank attac

yes

[half glade]

i also need like tons of fighters right>

for air superiority

[scenic nacelle]

ehhhh

u can ignore it enough

[half glade]

okay ill focus on my heavy howitzer production then

[oak jasper]

16-18W infantry is cheap, can entrench well, and basically just hold a line. I think what you're supposed to do is give them a front line order without an offensive line order; that way they just follow your attack and hold what you've taken.

[half glade]

how many mils should i try put on them

[half glade]

shouldnt you always draw offensive lines but not activate them for planning bonus?

[oak jasper]

Probably true?

[scenic nacelle]

yes

[austere roost]

Yes but planning bonus is only applied when you're attacking

[half glade]

i see, "yes" amount of mils

ah got you

[vital plinth]

Hey I just got turkey as Greece they have a lot of free buildings , should build civs to be able to build stuff faster or keep producing mills but then it will take longer to fill the slots

I also only got 3/5 infrastructure at capital should I max it too ? I have 12 buildings there

[cursive trellis]

Hey, I just started hoi4 and I am completely lost. anyone have any good resources I could use to get started?

[tiny sphinx]

B1tt3rSteel

[half glade]

whats a good template for the heavy howitzers

[scenic nacelle]

10 heavy howis

uhhh

[glacial steeple]

segl, asking people

[scenic nacelle]

8 camels/mechanized

flame tanks are nice for a support

AA

hospitals

i would say logi

idk the 5th

choose ur own

[glacial steeple]

logi with indiv excellence is goated

[half glade]

are mechanised difficult to get before war with germany

cause i need to research them then get production efficiency up

then train them

[glacial steeple]

flame, hosp, ranger/lt rec, assault engineer

then logi cuz hp

AA in line

[glacial steeple]

as france?

[half glade]

yeah

[glacial steeple]

as france you shouldnt get them

just make tanks

[half glade]

what do i use in the div then?

[scenic nacelle]

tank only?

[glacial steeple]

camel

[half glade]

okay

[scenic nacelle]

i said that 🥀

[vital plinth]

Hey I just got turkey as Greece they have a lot of free buildings , should build civs to be able to build stuff faster or keep producing mills but then it will take longer to fill the slots

I also only got 3/5 infrastructure at capital should I max it too ? I have 12 buildings there

[half glade]

look good without supports right now?

[half glade]

i didnt know if casey mightve been about to say something else lol

[rapid urchin]

is there any way china can get rid of this -78% recruitable population factor debuff?

[glacial steeple]

if spg why heavy

use medium or light

theyre all 40 per batallion

[half glade]

idk https suggested it

[rapid urchin]

not a big fan of this in some ways ngl

[glacial steeple]

its much cheaper to do lights or mediums

[half glade]

is it?

i swear mediums are more per battalion

[glacial steeple]

ok so

normally youd have to add cost per batallion

[half glade]

they were like 520 to make 10 batallion of them

[glacial steeple]

but spgs and tds are set at 40

[rapid urchin]

heavy's are 12IC per mediums are 4IC

[glacial steeple]

so you can just look

without needing to do math

[half glade]

IC?

[glacial steeple]

theyre all 40 per

[rapid urchin]

cost in a sense

theyre 3x as expensive

[half glade]

yeah if you do the maths its 40 per batallion

i mean ive built up my production efficiency now with 20 factories

i cant really change

[glacial steeple]

so are med spgs

and light spgs

[half glade]

oh crazy

idk why https suggested it theb

[glacial steeple]

td versions too

[half glade]

ah

[glacial steeple]

hes bad

[half glade]

maybe cause france start with basic mediums

not interwar

[glacial steeple]

you start with iw

which is fine

basic heavies

improved lights

efficiency on basic lights, artillery, support equipment and guns

[half glade]

welp

ive done it now

[glacial steeple]

howi 1

[half glade]

cant go back

if i die

[glacial steeple]

welded armor

[half glade]

then

can always try again

[scenic nacelle]

france starts with basic heavies

might as well

[glacial steeple]

okay so

when doing spgs in this version just go light/medium

[stuck garnet]

hey

ngl

[glacial steeple]

theyre so much cheaper heavies are just bad for it

[stuck garnet]

how many mils should be on support equipment?

[glacial steeple]

idk i usually have like 5-10 MAX

[half glade]

oh rip

[glacial steeple]

but i also dont put many supports in my inf

[half glade]

welp if i die then ill try it again

[glacial steeple]

maybe ranger recon

[scenic nacelle]

its sp u will be fine either way 🥀

[glacial steeple]

i should play guam again

[rapid urchin]

bump?

[glacial steeple]

something focus tree

kmt china sucks

[tight vector]

Should I even make battleships and carriers or are screens and cruisers fine?

[scenic nacelle]

search "corruption in the armed forces" in the focus tree

[rapid urchin]

because it cant get rid of the modifer fully?

this is the only focus that repairs the recruitable pop somewhat

[sinful vessel]

Is there a year when game stop ?

[scenic nacelle]

no

[sinful vessel]

ok. No "message" to say it's over but you can continue ? (like EU i think)

[pliant condor]

yes but in general you don't want to play like into the 1950s

for one your cpu would suffer

also if you have not finished the game by then you were probably playing quite wrong

[half glade]

do i create a field marshal frontline here

or section it off like this

into 2 armys

[sinful vessel]

That's true, i'm not playing very good. In some situation i "stop" the game around 46, but i know i would have been able to eat more with more time.

[scenic nacelle]

just there

no need to section it

dont forget about italy btw

[half glade]

so do a field marshal one?

[half glade]

yeah ill cover that

[pliant condor]

if you would battleplan into Germany just make one big front

if you are defending make two fronts on maginot

and benelux

so most your divs are on benelux

[half glade]

i mean i gotta defend

its france against germany

[pliant condor]

also you only have like 70 divs which is very concerning

[half glade]

but i need to push at some point with my heavy SP art

[half glade]

got heavy sp art training

[compact goblet]

guys how do i leave a faction

i just want to surrenderrr

[proven lichen]

Does anyone know how to fix this error? This shows up when I want to change the playset

[pliant condor]

you would die instantly with this amount of divs

[half glade]

not really lol

ive held off with this many before

for ages

[pliant condor]

assuming that all those are inf

[half glade]

roach

[half glade]

yeah wow i got stomped on

that did not happen before

last time i had even less troops

and less forts on the border

i seriously just cannot beat germany whatsoever

[scenic nacelle]

once im done doing this i can do a test game as france and see how i do

[half glade]

well

[half glade]

please do

they break through my level 10 forts every time

makes me wanna crashout

max entrenchment too

[scenic nacelle]

i feel like the main issue is ur micro

do u make a fort line on the frontline

[glass hinge]

how can i get naval dominance in english channel, i have 2k navalbombers and about 100 fleets

[scenic nacelle]

because a lot of it is plains

[scenic nacelle]

patrol ur navy

gives dominacne over time

[glass hinge]

they are

[half glade]

yeah you can do alpine forts and extend the maginot focuses

then i max the ones built by the maginot focus

so maginot has lvl 10

and the extended has lvl 7/6

[scenic nacelle]

no like

where are the forts

[half glade]

on the tiles next to the border

like directly on the border

[scenic nacelle]

yeah those provinces are bad

u gotta hold a little bit below calisis

[half glade]

so what about the lvl 10 forts twin

[scenic nacelle]

yeah forts arent that great if ur getting attcked 24/7 and getting de-orged

[half glade]

i give up for today as france

its been 3 days of trying now

[scenic nacelle]

i've had the maginot broken by a player just battleplanning

[pliant condor]

ah you had no divisions

ofc you die

just build level 2 fort

and get like at lest 100 divs on benelux

with gun 2

[half glade]

twin i hate to tell you this

frances economy

is in shambles

[stuck garnet]

whats a good marine template?

[pliant condor]

do you want to exploit special force cap

[static nest]

So im going communist germany to core western europe, which focus is better to get there, revive the spartacus league... or the other one?

[stuck garnet]

yeah uhh for context i sohuld've built up infantry but i forgot to diversify my supply lines cause i was going down my focus tree and spending pp and stuff

[static nest]

And i dont want want democracy which i think the spartacus league focus path gives later

[stuck garnet]

i didn't like swap a few

[oak jasper]

No idea if it's much good, but what I run with: 6x marines, 3x amphibious tanks, engineer, field hospital, armored recon, support arty+AA.

[static nest]

Like .02 but still

[stuck garnet]

i did civ build for a bit cause 15% civ bonus for reconstruction briefly

[native mist]

i am petty new to the game can anyone teach me?

or just a good starter nation

[arctic remnant]

guys can you somehow just fire the advisors without gaving to chose a replacement?????

[vital plinth]

Hey guys I just got turkey should I build some more civs before producing more mills since I have a lot of room in turkey for buildings and could build faster with more civs ? , I’m in 1939 now

[grand iris]

how many of each one

[grand iris]

I think so

but it will still cost thw 150pp

[arctic remnant]

no it does not

i tested it

[grand iris]

oh well idk then

never had to do it myself

[candid ether]

Hi, I've been playing this game for roughly three years now and starting 2025 summer my games started crashing ALOT. This would happen in very specific instances, like when I delete a template or a random peacedeal finishes, or a country declares war, and then my game just crashes. No matter how many times I reload it always crashes at the same specific event. It only happened in kaisseredux and kaissereich for a while but now even base game is crashign like that. It's actually driving me crazy and all my hard work just goes to waste. Does anyone know a fix? I found lke crash reports in the game folders but I'm redownloading the game to see if that helps. I've erified file integrity an ungoldly amount of times already.

[grand iris]

delete game and redownload

if that doesnt help its probably error in codes or smt

[candid ether]

okok

thx m8

[grand iris]

i dont know much but it should be fixed by downloading again

[analog wyvern]

How do I invade countries that are far away from me and have many inaccessible sea regions between us? For example invading mainland Portugal as south Africa

[minor ruin]

i don't remember if you can paratroop over neutral airspaces

but if you could that's probably your only feasible option

[flint lily]

hey guys

any advice for line artillery template

[analog wyvern]

Yeah but I can't do it sometimes because I don't have any land near the country

[minor ruin]

cooked

[analog wyvern]

So should I try invading someone else

[minor ruin]

unless you cac ascess spain or the uk

[analog wyvern]

How am I supposed to get more building slots and cores 😭😭😭😭

[analog wyvern]

Alright

[minor ruin]

cooked regardless 😭

[minor ruin]

the bot might not be reliable cause you can't force them to get their navy

[analog wyvern]

Yeah but idk Spain has flipped fascist so can't access it and UK has faction traitor so no more

[minor ruin]

cooked

good luck

[analog wyvern]

Idk I love the anti colonialist crusade thing but it's very badly implemented

[minor ruin]

i think you might need to build a navy stronger than portugal

[analog wyvern]

Yeah

But how will I access the mainland

If there are the red striped navy areas

[stuck garnet]

what do i do for naval bombers

[glass hinge]

how can i upkeep naval dominance in british channel (im germany)

[stuck garnet]

i mean like

carrier aircraft

do i like

mix them with cas and fighters?

[flint lily]

what country is this

[flint lily]

btw I am bad at new dlcs havent been playing for years so idk

[stuck garnet]

modded

kaissereich

idk

[sinful vessel]

Which dlc could be great to start as Russia ?

[stuck garnet]

maybe i should ask them or smth

[wise heron]

what is the real differnce between cavalry and infantry, imo i see that it is the same but cavalry is faster. But why dont everyone just use cavalry instead its so confusing

[glass trout]

Someone please tell me how I have no supply in that second supply hub.
The railway is undamaged and has direct connection to a supplied hub in a puppet state of mine which in turn is connected to my capital with full lvl 5 railways, as as is evident that hub has supply. [it is connected through the entire soviet union which are for now an indipendent country that I have military access to]
Does paradox not like your supply going through too many countries that aren't you? or what is the issue?

[wise heron]

ahh ok ty

[minor ruin]

cavlary is slightly worse in defense n soft attack but 2.4 miles fast ig

[dusty sandal]

it says it has no supply but it has
also make sure you have enough trains

[glass trout]

the issue is my divisions were dying around it cause it didn't register em getting supply

I had to allow convoys through 20 fully allied controlled naval zones to make that stop, which sure I can produce enough convoys to loose some

[dusty sandal]

cav has more penalities from terrain, consume more supply, don't benefit from most doctrines and cost a little bit more than inf (18%)

[glass trout]

but still not ideal

[wise heron]

ahh okay btw is the best defensive division just an meat wall of infantry?

[dusty sandal]

if that was right after capturing it, it might have been because the railways were being converted, it takes 3days OR because supply passed through the sea and got raided there

[glass trout]

nah it has been a month since capture

[dusty sandal]

basically yes, or mech

but watch the combat width

[wise heron]

ahh ok ty

[analog wyvern]

No step back gives content for the USSR if that's what you mean

[dusty sandal]

although you don't need it if you want historical gameplay (only ahist political tree is DLC-locked)

[sinful vessel]

I have it. Let's start with them then ^^

[minor badge]

dumb question

is reinforce meme in simple terms mean: kill the enemy before they reinforce?

[vital plinth]

What do you mean ?

[grand iris]

how many civs and how many mils

[vital plinth]

I currently have 45 civs and 25 mills

[grand iris]

i think you should go for mils and other stuff

since i assume you got at least 30 civs you can build with

and its 1939 so civs are kind of waste when you gotta prepare for war

[vital plinth]

Im in war been since 1938

[grand iris]

just build mils to increase production then

[vital plinth]

So mills and infrastructure?

[grand iris]

can never have too much equipment

[grand iris]

yes

and oil refinieries(or what ever it is) if your low on oil

[vital plinth]

Should I build infrastructure first at capital I have 12 buildings there and it’s 4/5 atm

[grand iris]

infrastructure basically makes you build faster and you might get more resources

[sinful vessel]

I don't know if it's the right way, but i usually build max infrastructure before building something else

[grand iris]

then you will build faster and it will benefit rest of the game

[vital plinth]

Does “ force attack do anything good or is it waste ?

Im struggling against Romania I don’t know what I’m doing wrong

Could it be because I have surplus of 18k weapons ? Production says it

[austere roost]

Who are you playing as

You want surplus because else you can't equip all your divisions and garrisons

[vital plinth]

Greece

I realized I hadn’t done any trading so from start to 1939 I done production on minus a lot of steel

[pliant condor]

there's a guide somewhere

basically you need to cheese to kill turkey

you need to set up a trap for them to walk in

[pliant condor]

also never leave surplus in stockpile, deploy them

[idle arch]

Check dm

[upbeat arrow]

how do i keep the territories i held at wars end? China took all of the territory i had "Liberated"

[vital plinth]

Im following a guide but mess up eveytime either getting smashed by the Allie’s for some reason

I have question why is it my first save when at war with Romania I can fight them alone but when I go back to a save then suddenly when I try redo Britain declare war on me now every time ?

[pliant condor]

allies should not be involved at all

?

how do you even go to war with them

[vital plinth]

Apparently Romania joins them while I’m at war with them

Il pause with Greece and follow beginner guide as Germany since I need to improve my battle and other small stuff

[analog maple]

how do i tell my allies to help me with a front? they arent sending any troops there

[marble temple]

Anyone have a hint for the Made in China achievement? Did I blow it by becoming PRC?

[tepid umbra]

you can't

if you start getting pushed back I think they might come to help

[hexed meteor]

is motorizEd or mechanized better

[humble oriole]

is this good medium tank?

playing as italy

[tepid umbra]

what gun is that

[humble oriole]

automatic cannon

[tepid umbra]

use medium howitzer

[humble oriole]

i dont have

[tepid umbra]

also prolly put some points in armor

and press the upgrade button next to the MIO for free buffs

[tepid umbra]

research it ig

[humble oriole]

where

[tepid umbra]

one of the artillery upgrades

[humble oriole]

thanks

im a little behind

[vital plinth]

How do you remove some units from a naval invasion without having to remove eveyone?

@pliant condor the guide mentioned the baiting up north with Greece vs Turkey but do you know what it means after saying to encircle the troops west of Istanbul? I don’t get what it means

[cold garnet]

Mech has better stats but cost more

Basically

They are slower most of the time tho

[hexed meteor]

i switched to mech

[hexed meteor]

8 mph is fine

[tepid umbra]

They're faster than that

Iirc

That's prolly your tanks, no?

[cold garnet]

Mech 1 is 8

Mech 2 is 10

Mech 3 is 12

[tepid umbra]

Oh yeah

[balmy dawn]

As USSR, when's the best time to take the Baltics? After the war begins?

[full prairie]

can someone teach me how to play?

[sterile hearth]

I usually take them late 1939, but you can take them later. I try and take them sooner rather than later to build compliance

[sweet summit]

Suffering is the only way

[full prairie]

😔

[sterile hearth]

Yeah, watch some guides and ask for help for specific stuff but time in is the best teacher.

[full prairie]

what path should i play as germany

[sterile hearth]

historical nazi with recovering economy probably to learn.

is your goal mp or sp?

[balmy dawn]

I took them really early last night and UK DoW

'd me

[tepid umbra]

ip grabber

[full prairie]

wym

[tepid umbra]

do you want to play multiplayer or singleplayer

[sterile hearth]

did you demand them or dow them?

[full prairie]

sp

[sterile hearth]

definitely go recovering economy then, that way you won't have a sword of damocles over your head. you don't need to be super minmaxed vs the ai typically so that would be the better one probably.

[tepid umbra]

in most multiplayer games that allow new players you don't need to be super minmaxed either tbh

[sterile hearth]

yeah but they probably won't put you on germany more than likely. point still stands though.

if you do want to min max though don't sleep on some of the faction goals, I play soviets mainly and I have to say the ability to kick stuff into overdrive with faction bonuses is crazy and I am sure germany is the same

[tepid umbra]

yeah the faction goals are insane

[sterile hearth]

build stronger fortifications is crazy 20% mil speed construction buff for a year

[neat widget]

Yeah it's possible to take them in mid 38

[balmy dawn]

DOW

Not sure how to Demand them. That's probably somewhere in the Focus Tree that Im not familiar with

[balmy dawn]

I haven't actually...seen...any bonuses from the new faction stuff. What am I miussing?

[full prairie]

why am i losing to poland

idk what i doing wrong

[royal juniper]

should I give anti air to all my troops as germany?

[royal juniper]

wait

I can help you with poland

[tepid umbra]

if you have coastal garrisons I wouldn't bother putting them on those

but it's prolly fine to put them on the rest

[royal juniper]

also one more question

HOW TF DO I INVADE BELGIUM WITHOUT LOSING LIKE HALF OF MY TROOPOS

bro invading belgium is the hardest part

[tepid umbra]

kill the netherlands first before declaring on them

and have tanks

and air

[royal juniper]

yeah I did that

[tepid umbra]

then they melt

really with tanks and air every country melts

[royal juniper]

I think I always foreget to put anti air into my troops

[tepid umbra]

in singleplayer

[tepid umbra]

it helps but it's not a requirement

[royal juniper]

which is why they fail everytime

[royal juniper]

nah

[tepid umbra]

i've beaten the allies before '39 without even researching anti air

[royal juniper]

the allies have a lot of anti air

[tepid umbra]

ok?

[royal juniper]

I MEANT AIRPLANES

OMG MG

MB

[tepid umbra]

oh

in that case

build more planes

[royal juniper]

ye

the probloem is

how do I speedrun building planes before declearing war on the allies?

[tepid umbra]

do you have the dlcs?

[full prairie]

bro i am losing as germany against poland idk what i need to be doing or what i did wrong

[royal juniper]

yeah I got most of them

[royal juniper]

let me help

[royal juniper]

except the ressistance and arms against tyranny one

[tepid umbra]

do the divebomber focus

and rush 1940 planes

this will get you engine 3 and 1940 planes quickly

then you can get the other stuff through research

[royal juniper]

aight

so what im thinking is that I rush down anuschluss, Get 4 year plan and then do the airplane focus tree aM I correct?

[royal juniper]

so what do u need help with?

[tepid umbra]

not the whole focus tree

just to dive bombers

also get institute price controls

that's usually what I do

[royal juniper]

aight

[fallen jacinth]

I gots a question. So im playing communist Brazil and im planning on invading Columbia and Venezuela soon, but the Amazon is in the way. Whats the best strat to invade through the rainforests?

[tepid umbra]

rangers presumably

[cold garnet]

Naval invasion

Or just go around it

Like if you have to invade Columbia, going through Peru and Ecuador is an option

[fallen jacinth]

Yeah I was thinking I might do that. I have an alright amount of marines, just need to build up a navy for navy dominance then figure out how naval invasions work lol. Should I still push up from the Amazon as well though just to apply pressure and spread out their front line?

[fallen jacinth]

If I were to do this would I also subsequently have to invade Peru or Ecuador or is there another method besides straight up invasion?

[cold garnet]

You invade Peru then Ecu then Columbia

Then Venezuela

Going clockwise is actually the fastest flow for Brazil unless they naval invade

[north jetty]

is there nay possiblility i win

[tepid umbra]

yes

looks like there's an allied invasion to your left

if you can hold til they win

then you win

[north jetty]

thats also a last stand

[tepid umbra]

i'd retreat a bit

so you can hold your VPs

[north jetty]

to where ;-;

[tepid umbra]

like amsterdam

if you can afford losing a few vps retreat back

[north jetty]

also btw i did die

[vital plinth]

Hi is there a way to see what types of plane enemy uses or how many cas ?

[analog maple]

is this a goood inf divison for the soviet

[tepid umbra]

what year is this

and how many guns do you have

[tepid umbra]

do you have the la resistance dlc

[analog maple]

1937

[vital plinth]

Yesh 👍

[tepid umbra]

uhhh

get it up to 36 width in inf then and maybe drop a support

since I think sovs get org debuffs

[tepid umbra]

then build an intel network and look at their air tab

[sterile hearth]

if you complete certain goals you get research bonuses and building boosts plus the theater mechanic is a nice boost as well for military stuff

[sterile hearth]

if you air superiority no, if not yes, assuming vs ai

[sterile hearth]

depends on what you are using it for, defensively its not great but maybe could work offensively, but I would change it

[vital plinth]

Not having that is that also the reason I can’t see troops of other nations except those country next to me ?

[tepid umbra]

I think?

[hexed meteor]

how do i get a faction as japan

what national spirit is needed

can use console commands 🙂

[upbeat arrow]

running ungodly patrols but still cant generate any Naval Dominance

[vital plinth]

Because I was in war with Romania and they suddenly blinked Britain alliance and France colony in Syria started attacking but I couldn’t see their troops icon or anything only my own and other neighbors

[fierce idol]

won the german civil war, how do I fix my economy?

[lucid grotto]

did the war in 1937 cause i could hold them at the great wall, finished the war early enough and became the leader of the united front, kicked out commie china, then annexed them, then joined the germans abit later and managed to get all the soviet sybrian territory i needed now currently working on getting war goals on most of asia, and kicking out and puppeting my faction members 1 by 1

sinkiang is next i just kicked them from the faction

only 3 members aren't puppets of mine or me in united now

i am wondering if i should bite the bullet the bullet and go to war against all of em at once or start eating asia

sadly i have 2 claims in japan and due to me beating they ass they never got the chance to bomb pearl harbour

so they have been spending the last 4 years gearing up and i didn't even touch navy cause i didn't have more than 2 reserach slots for most of the game

i am getting better but fighting in sybria and mongolia did not give me that feeling

is there any way to buy a navy?

alright so i have to keep it as the united front so i can't justify on the rest of not real china

[scenic nacelle]

wtf happened here

[cold garnet]

use licensing to get some ship designs and produce them from scratch

[scenic nacelle]

thy great sheep

can u look at smth i made

and see if im on smth

or onto smth

[glacial steeple]

hello ask for help

[tepid umbra]

can I get a uhhhh

1 help please

[glacial steeple]

sure whats up

[tepid umbra]

the ceiling

[glacial steeple]

what would you like help with?

[left glacier]

[buoyant dawn]

can anyone help just bought the game would be appreciated

[granite patio]

whats your question

[buoyant dawn]

dont know how to play the game brev

[granite patio]

would probably be best to watch a guide. explaining hoi4 in a discord chat would probably take 10 hours at least

haha

[buoyant dawn]

nah ive watched lots of videos

[granite patio]

i wouldnt mind helping them

then

[left glacier]

We have plenty of resources available to learn the game in this channel's pins. I would advice that you check out the official tutorials made in collaboration with some hoi4 youtubers.
#ask-for-help-here message

[granite patio]

if you have some foundation

[buoyant dawn]

join the vc then bro would be appreciated

[arctic aspen]

is there a trick to having enough oil as germany? ive been capitulating france around december 39 but im completly running on E after and cant really do anything to britain.

[tepid umbra]

A: synthetic refineries
B: romania invasion
C: trade
D: invade the soviets

take your pick

[granite patio]

a small amount of trade but mostly refineries imo

[tepid umbra]

synthetic refineries are a heavy investment but kind of worth it if you're struggling with rubber too

[granite patio]

i build a stretch of them in 38 and another before union invasion

[arctic aspen]

i mean im building alot of refineries

prob need some trade

[granite patio]

you aren't using navy yeah?

except for maybe subs

it sucks fuel like crazy

[tepid umbra]

only use navy when necessary

[arctic aspen]

@granite patio nah im not using navy, once i have france beaten id like to pull off a naval invasion of norway then go deal with britian but maybe thats just not realistic without some dlc?

[granite patio]

do you have gotterdamerung

sealion isnt that hard with some specific strategies but you need to plan for it

[arctic aspen]

nah playing vanilla

[tepid umbra]

it's definitely realistic

one of the navy dlcs is free now

the main one

[neat widget]

doctrines? I'm assuming individual excellence / x / armored infantry support / rapid domination?

[wild rune]

why cav recon

[proven rapids]

I'm going fascist as britain
which colonial policy do i do

[tepid umbra]

some people don't have the dlcs

[wild rune]

?

[tepid umbra]

cav recon is the best for infantry if you don't have the dlcs

[versed rose]

even without dlc you get the most stat from tank recon because nothing else gives breakthrough

[tepid umbra]

tank recon is expensive however

not really that expensive

but like

more than 0 mils yk

[versed rose]

yea ig, but if you're investing in big infantry, you need to cram as much break as you can

though with no dlc you're probably better off doing spacemarine inf for break

[glacial steeple]

usually its because people confuse it for ranger recon

[austere roost]

if you want armor for your inf just put a medium aa

[wintry oxide]

I watched some youtubes about US civil war playthrough, in one of them the player trained cavalry and then converted them to infantry. Anyone know why is that? I'd assume it's cause cav was cheaper or faster but it doesnt seem to be the case in my game

[tepid umbra]

prolly to give the ai the cav divisions

and them the inf divs

since cav is kinda crappy

[wintry oxide]

is there a way to force what goes to whom?

[tepid umbra]

no

[glacial steeple]

inf needs break

spaa is like so bad for break

regardless it was always because it uses 36 per batt instead of full

spgs/tds are set at 40 now

so if you want cheap armor+break+attack use an spg

[sweet summit]

Alright

1938

43 mills as lithuania commonwealth

Setting my sights on germany

41 divs for now, 25 cooking (18w)

All infsntry

Should I start building SPGs ?
Or too early and just normal medium tanks ?

[inner sparrow]

only medium tank u should build instead of spg if its „too early“ is a convert tank

if u have the guns for spgs already build spgs

[sweet summit]

But you need mechanised for it to be good right ?

[inner sparrow]

yes rush mech?

[sweet summit]

And that has a 1940 unlock date

[inner sparrow]

or use cav its ai

cav will also work till u get mech

[inner sparrow]

rush it?

[sweet summit]

Chat I had 3 research slots
Just got my last two

Just found out what tanks are 🥀

[granite patio]

for spg's to be good?

no

[inner sparrow]

^

[granite patio]

they can be fine with motorized

[inner sparrow]

using cav instead of spg works fine

[inner sparrow]

cav better

[sweet summit]

Then I'll try to get some plans

[inner sparrow]

no reason for mozorized

its like big nothing burger and wasted ic

[granite patio]

either way you can get them to absurd stats

regardless

[fierce idol]

Non historical Germany, democratic, how many divisions do I need in order to kill the Comintern?

[inner sparrow]

do planes + inf if ur new and struggle research/eco wise

green air and inf will win u anything vs ai and 99% of players

[sweet summit]

Bruh

Researching improved arty for SPGs rn

[inner sparrow]

don’t upgrade your chasis beyong basic medium

[sweet summit]

UH what airframe do i need to research to build fighters and cas ?

[inner sparrow]

researching basic medium is fine ig

[inner sparrow]

small airframe

basic is enough for ai

[sweet summit]

Fuhh, no no with my skill i'll lose

medium is fighters + strat bombers then right ?

[inner sparrow]

go for improved airframe then

[inner sparrow]

no?

improved small airframe

and cas

ignore strats

not important for u

[sweet summit]

Building transports and then I'll small airframe

I don't even have cannons btw 🥀

[inner sparrow]

go heavy machine gun

don’t need anything else besides that

make sure to have bomb locks for ur cas

[sweet summit]

I'll talk to y'all soon

[glacial steeple]

indiv excellence redeems it by 2%

[inner sparrow]

indiv best doctrine

https://tenor.com/view/minnmax-welcome-to-minnmax-btd6-minnmax-minnmax-btd6-dart-monkey-minnmax-gif-13976595009510380324

[glacial steeple]

is this tank meta

[inner sparrow]

yeah that’s so tuff

[glacial steeple]

yay

[sweet summit]

Chat

Uh i can make basic medium tanks now

What should I accessore it with ?

I mean basic medium spgs

[granite patio]

radio, two heavy machineguns

three man turret

wet ammunition storage until easy maintenance

whatever suspension you want really. torsion bar for reliability if you want

and max armor and engine clicks

[sweet summit]

Ooh I put stabilizer

1.5/ week

[sweet summit]

96 18w divs ready

Only 24 more

[indigo sapphire]

should i build a LOT of subs CVs and other ships crafts and vessels as Germany?

so i can take on usn and royal navy etc

[minor ruin]

you know it's gonna take quite a bit of prep to outmatch the anglo saxon navies

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[minor ruin]

air is probably going to be much easier

[left mica]

why is bro researching transport

[left mica]

@sweet summit listen to what this guy said, BUT always keep your small fighter research up to date (ie get improved/advanced/modern small airframe on time if not earlier if you have research bonus or ahead of tie bonus)

[glacial steeple]

?

so you use a worse strategy?

[left mica]

why should he not go to improved frame

[left mica]

motorised is stinky stinky much like line artillery

horrendous terrain debuffs

use horses if you dont have mech, but get mech asap

the thing about fielding good planes is it causes a snowball effect. once you start shooting down a lot of enemy planes its a matter of who has more industrial capacity to replace losses

so if your trade ratio is 1 of your planes for 10 enemy planes (easily achievable if you pick the correct mio stats, appropriate doctrines, high commands, spirits and focus trees) then the enemy will need at least 11x the industrial output to ever hope to overwhelm you

[inner sparrow]

he should, no reason to not go it but basic is enough for ai aswell

he has to research all of them anyways as he has 0 air techs

[left mica]

i mean i figured he would misunderstand it as he never needs to go beyond basic airframe ever

[inner sparrow]

fair enough

[left mica]

yeah

@sweet summit always keep fighter techs up to date. medium and heavy airframes are only relevant if you have a big industry

[granite patio]

in what terrain? mountains lmao

[left mica]

open the game, go to division designer, hover your mouse over the motorised battalion icon and read the tooltip

[granite patio]

why would you ever micro tanks on bad terrain?

anyways?

[left mica]

i have 0 idea what you are talking about

im talking about motorised

did i say a single word about tanks and mountains?

[granite patio]

why would you micro your tanks with cav or with motorized on tiles that are not great for tanks

[left mica]

ill need to check what motorised combat stats look like

[granite patio]

you are also losing

100 soft

100 breakthrough

40 hp

[left mica]

but ive tried 9/4 motorised (9 mot. and 4 towed arty) and it absolutely sucked

[granite patio]

50 defense

[left mica]

im not sure what you're talking about because no way i would micro tanks on bad terrain

[granite patio]

then the terrain penalties are not a big deal and the stats are better

[left mica]

try hovering your mouse over the motorised icon

i wanna see the stats as well

i forgor

[left mica]

thats not how percentages work but alright

[granite patio]

im still not sure where the awful terrain penalties your talking about are comming from

[left mica]

they offset tank battalions' negative modifiers i think

hover your mouse over the adjusters on the right

[left mica]

@inner sparrow why is motorised worse than cav

[granite patio]

again. the only thing im seeing here is that there is less movement penalties in some terrain

[left mica]

eh i never use tanks with cav or mot anyway

ill leave clown to answer it for you

hes better than me

[granite patio]

game was bugged and not importing my equipment correctly for the spg design

[still harness]

What are reasons for Japan not surrendering to China after being kicked out?

[granite patio]

To make a nation cap you need to capture their victory points.

Japan doesn’t have any inside China

[still harness]

No, but there is or at least was this feature that if you kick Japan out, they have the decision to abandon Asia and give China all it's cores.

[sweet summit]

Musr have changed

[granite patio]

Was that before or after new update. Granted I don’t really play any of the Asian countries

[sweet summit]

1940, Ukraine dead
110 normal divs
10 SPGs
Army

[granite patio]

SPG’s are so gigameta in sp it’s crazy

[still harness]

Before, maybe it's because it's 1941. I know that decision also had to do with their focus and stuff and time stuff.

[soft ivy]

what causes Chile to get Panzerschiffs?

[compact violet]

Guys, did anyone here ever do the carlist run on SCW?

I need an advice

[inner sparrow]

it was with old doctrines but theres doctrines now that give motorized buffs which they lacked before compared to cav. Old doctrines iirc motorized gave no hp while cav did. Tho when u play vanilla and u have the right doctrines max grinded u should have mech anyways so the discussion is nothing burger as it doesn’t matter

u need to make the comparison of motorized and cav before any doctrine is grinded

as u would only use it for spain as example or early wars before 39

[compact violet]

Need help on this

[dusty sandal]

the irony of devlogs: "we want to make SPGs viable again"

Proceeds to make regular mediums irrelevant by stacking buffs on SPGs

[granite patio]

Yeah like literally no reason to ever really go mediums other than for larp in sp lmao

Like I get so bored with SPG’s that I’ll go for mediums

[dusty sandal]

the thing is you don't want cav in your tanks, but you also don't want mot
you want mech because of HP, defence (for MP) and hardness

Cav is cheaper than mot, doesn't cost any fuel or rubber and even though it doesn't benefit from doctrines, by the time you get to relevant doctrine buffs, you'll already have mech and cav will be replaced

[hollow linden]

It's more expensive for no gain

That's mostly it

Cav also has more HP

[inner sparrow]

unless if 0 doctrines, with max doc mastery motorized would be better in theory

[dusty sandal]

do they ? pretty sure cav has 2hp less than mot

[inner sparrow]

but if u have max doc mastery and no mech

https://tenor.com/view/minnmax-welcome-to-minnmax-btd6-minnmax-minnmax-btd6-dart-monkey-minnmax-gif-13976595009510380324

[hollow linden]

Just checked, it does

[dusty sandal]

alright

[inner sparrow]

only with irregulars I think?

max mastery

[hollow linden]

So by the time mot is relevant you have mech already

[inner sparrow]

or some other doctrines

[compact violet]

Guys, help me on the carlist run

[hollow linden]

Why do camels have the hp that they do kek

Like the fk

[inner sparrow]

camel tanks

🙂

[hollow linden]

I know I'm simply surprised

[granite patio]

They don’t

[granite patio]

Cav has less hp

[hollow linden]

Camels better anyhow

Just use camels cba to get mech 🥱

[inner sparrow]

im certain thats with max mastery on doctrines

cav should have more without any doctrines grinded

[compact violet]

Guys, did anyone here ever do the carlist run on SCW? I need advice

[granite patio]

With no grinded doctrines the health is the same.

214

Although. That isn’t really realistic. As long as you are playing a nation like Germany you can easily grind to 200

And get more hp and stats

[inner sparrow]

for vanilla sp it is yeah

in mp u wanna use the first army experience on guerilla and irregulars

in my eyes the cav vs motorized discussion only really is useful for spain civil and there cav would just be better

but that’s just my opinion

[golden jay]

guys

how do i fix my game crashing when i launch the great war redux and great war redux expanded mods and when i launch millenium dawn the game just automatically goes to vanilla

[hollow linden]

OK so, maybe the mods Are incompatible and for millennium dawn you probably don't have the play set enabled

[compact violet]

Guys, did anyone here ever do the carlist run on SCW? I need advice

[hollow linden]

Bro just ask your question

Also nice AI pfp

[vital plinth]

Does training troops consume weapons or require me to produce weapons for them ?

[left mica]

_ _

[left mica]

> wants to ask a question
> refuses to elaborate on the question itself
what do you mean by this?

if i can read your mind id be in prison

[hollow linden]

Both

If you lose weapons in training obviously you need to produce it to make up the difference

[golden jay]

bro

i have the playset enable

enabled

im not that stupid

[hollow linden]

U sure

[golden jay]

and i checked 30 times

[hollow linden]

Why else would it launch into vanilla

[golden jay]

the version of the game is right

[hollow linden]

Somethings gotta give

[golden jay]

go to vc for a sec

so that u can see my screen

[hollow linden]

Can't rn

[golden jay]

bro

its enabled

i know it

and that shit wont run

[hollow linden]

Take a screenshot

[golden jay]

k

you see

warra do in this situation

and great war redux is the latest wersion

version*

and it dont do shit

js crash

[hollow linden]

Yea probably because the mods youre using along with it aren't compatible

[compact violet]

I keep losing to the republic

[left mica]

a lot of things led you to lose the wa

war

have you considered trying a newer tutorial

[glacial steeple]

usually i do it by trying to control all the mils

and going through mental torture until scw end

youre most likely dying to vols

[left mica]

i dont even bother with spain

[glacial steeple]

make your own large units to counter them/fight like they do

[left mica]

its pain

[left mica]

36w inf brick?

how do you even get enough guns

[glacial steeple]

too large and you dont have xp

use the cav div add supp arty

instead of recon

[left mica]

oh

[glacial steeple]

you can get like 5 xp pre war

if you want to

[compact violet]

No...

[left mica]

thats... a lot

[glacial steeple]

its enough to design a tank

[left mica]

not sure if there is a carlist spain tutorial but try it?

bittersteel probably has one but its probably 5 years old by now

back when he used 9/1.....

[glacial steeple]

and its all gun 0 iirc?

which is 0.1 piercing

[left mica]

yeah nah

you cant even squat a mosquito with it

[glacial steeple]

wouldnt be terrible for spain

but you have neither xp nor equipment for it

[left mica]

yeah

[glacial steeple]

you get a 7/2

but 7/1 kinda sucks

[left mica]

how good/bad is 9/1 or 7/2

for offensive

[glacial steeple]

works against gun 0 and 1

doesnt have break

doesnt have hp

but its cheap if your enemy does like no damage

[left mica]

damn

[glacial steeple]

it punches pretty well against extremely poor nations

central america, mexico maybe, china pre 39

[left mica]

honestly might as well get a 30w inf brick

[glacial steeple]

nah its worse

[left mica]

really?

[glacial steeple]

gun 1 bad

[left mica]

rip

[glacial steeple]

just typically you get good guns/ic for tanks by war

but not always the case

it slaps for china war

for spain its prob fine if you find the IC

for spain you probably want to avoid full gun

your gun sucks and you get veterancy quite fast

[left mica]

interesting

[light knoll]

spike wt and ebeg

[glacial steeple]

youre non aligned

[light knoll]

you can flip fascist before the civil war

[glacial steeple]

tho ig you might be fascist for a bit

[glacial steeple]

he wants to do carlist spain

[light knoll]

yeah, you can flip fascist before the civil war as carlist

[dry viper]

Anyone wanna help me with something with italy at somepoint today it would be lovely! DM me trying to form rome would like to sit with someone and see where im going wrong!

[acoustic zephyr]

What agility should i aim for when making fighter planes in 1940 against the allies because i asked chat gpt and most of the information seems unreliable

[sand ember]

don't ask chatgpt for anything related to hoi4 advice

but uh

i just stole this from the pins and i know it is mathematically very good

[acoustic zephyr]

isnt 3 times 4x heavy over kill?

[dry viper]

i use 2x cannons on all 4 slots lol

[acoustic zephyr]

isnt that expensive?

im not really that big of a country

[dry viper]

depends on cuontry but thats what i use

[acoustic zephyr]

what if i play as the benelux

[dry viper]

i would use 3x heavy

max engines

that you have at war start

[light knoll]

no

[acoustic zephyr]

is this good?

[dry viper]

are small bomb bays better then bomb locks?

[dry viper]

Still would use the 4x heavys over the 2x but thats me

[light knoll]

idts

[acoustic zephyr]

it makes my agility low tho it puts it on 47 if i do 4x heavy

[glacial steeple]

hii marcus hru

[glacial steeple]

more attack = more damage

theres no cap

theres no overkill

its just attack vs defense

[inner sparrow]

gives u the best trades and means u just kill their air faster and have to produce less air initially

[acoustic zephyr]

hmmm that does make more sense yes

[inner sparrow]

overall u can do whatever u want, u can beat ai air with basic airframe if u just outproduce them

[acoustic zephyr]

its so difficult to understand templates but ill try to work with this

[glacial steeple]

most dont matter

air does

the rest doesnt

[acoustic zephyr]

does it go the same for bomb planes? i should put all slots with bomb locks?

[glacial steeple]

trash unit in 2 battles

modifiers > raw stats

[acoustic zephyr]

that is crazy so much soft attack

[glacial steeple]

again that unit and those modifiers are pretty bad

but it gives an idea of how much difference it can make

when you see good players play and youre like how do they do it

they know beforehand what battle modifiers theyre grinding/getting and thats how you make any unit work

veterancy, general skills

general attack levels

and you dont wanna start with a high level general because they grind slower

less chances to roll for attacks

[vital plinth]

If there is no attrition from weather will I still lose weapons from training ?

[hollow linden]

Yes, because training has base attrition of 4%

It does say so on the tooltip

Reading is hard.

[compact violet]

Is it?

Hmm

I just don't know which focus tree to take first

[hollow linden]

Well you only have a few choices here

Like it's not that hard

I can probably make a focus order in a few minutes

[compact violet]

And i keep losing to the other faction

[hollow linden]

OK we got that, what exactly are you doing

We can't do much if you say the same thing over and over again

[compact violet]

Ehmm, i keep attacking on Madrid but failed

[hollow linden]

Well maybe don't? Focus on killing one faction first

Better yet, take out the republicans before you rise up

[compact violet]

Should i attack the communist first? Or the Spanish directory?

[hollow linden]

Whatever you're able to kill first

[compact violet]

That's the thing, i don't even finish the republican before it splits again

[hollow linden]

Well work on that then

[hollow linden]

Well doesn't matter just kill one faction before your uprising

[compact violet]

Okay okay

I will try it

[dry viper]

Alot easier said then done

[hollow linden]

I know, but like, apparently this guy can't wrap his head around this

As a concept even

[dry viper]

Divs suck you cant hardly fight for shit in the terrain all the debuffs. i won one time as anarchy spain and its 1940 waste of a country to play.

[compact violet]

I tried many times, but i keep failling, i don't know if it's the template that was wrong or other things

And the other faction keep getting volunteer from other nation

[sand ember]

hi casey pretty good

[sudden quest]

Hi, could someone give me a good design for medium tanks and a good template?

[dusty sandal]

basic rule : You're not using all the thrust = you're doing something horribly wrong

also, electronics suck for anything but strat bombers
range, air defence and air attack are king
once you get HMG (which you do), only use x4 HMG as armament until you get access to canons 2 (1944 tech)

[dusty sandal]

check pins

[tawny meadow]

hi guys i just wanted to know how do i deploy ships in allied countries? Im trying to build naval dominance in the black sea with bulgaria being the only one in the italian league having a coast there

[dusty sandal]

best designs right now are medium SPGs

topazand's is probably the best here #ask-for-help-here message

[tawny meadow]

i tried assigning a fleet to a naval base in bulgaria but the bosphorus strait doesnt allow fleets to pass

[dusty sandal]

you just can't send fleet there because turkey doesn't let you

[tawny meadow]

yeah

so i wanted to build and deploy ships directly in bulgaria

but i cant select the docks of my allied countries

[dusty sandal]

you need your own territory there, AND it needs to be linked to your capital via a land route (can only be your own territory, this route cannot be from allies/puppets)

[tawny meadow]

ahhhh alr alr ty

it lowk sucks that we cant just deploy them in puppets/allies 😔

[charred bobcat]

My friend wants to go to the King's Party, but he can't go until Edward VIII and Wallis are married. How can I get them married?

[brazen panther]

should i assign submarines to different task forces from the other surface ships?

[cold garnet]

Wait til the marriage event chain fires, make sure they never choose to make him abdicate

[jaunty grove]

somebody sugest some mods

like the fire rises

how long have you played HOI4

guys

[brazen panther]

who

[jaunty grove]

u

[brazen panther]

100 hours

been grinding for like 2 months

[jaunty grove]

it looks like a beginner

[brazen panther]

ngl i know a lot about the mechanics

only thing that i dont fully understand is navals

[modest vessel]

Kaiserredux, The Great War RolePlay

the great war is simplified vesrion of ww1

but still good

[velvet radish]

can anyone like give me help playing this game im kinda new i know some basics

[brazen panther]

i can

[sterile hearth]

i can as well what help do you need?

[brazen panther]

bro wont answer

@velvet radish

[sterile hearth]

yeah oh well

@brazen panther do you have a main?

[brazen panther]

main what

[sterile hearth]

main country you play?

[vital plinth]

Ah ok , do you think I should wait with training then if I have big deficits on weapons ? Or still train ?

I’m about to use the 12 division in a new war while I’m finishing the war with my other main army

[brazen panther]

99% of time i played was germany ngl, i'll try some more countries but thats my main for now

[sterile hearth]

any non obvious tips you have learned, i mainly play soviets but want to diversify like i used too

[brazen panther]

prob spamming naval strike on the english channel

[sterile hearth]

like naval bombers or with ships?

[brazen panther]

CAS

[sterile hearth]

ok

[chilly lance]

is the DLC no step back really worth to buy?

[sterile hearth]

yes

[brazen panther]

if u dont want to spend cash dont, but if u wanna buy a dlc they heavily recommend this one