ask-for-help-here

[lament quail]

i see

[mystic otter]

I forgot the name of it

[mystic otter]

Also not not let your pop tick a bit

[lament quail]

how, they're all "?"'s

sneaky ussr

[mystic otter]

Build some radar

[lament quail]

i need to research that first

[mystic otter]

Special project

By blood alone

[lament quail]

that is what the air designer is called?

[mystic otter]

The dlc that gave us the plane designer

You can access the designs same way as the tanks

[lament quail]

arent they only to research faster

[mystic otter]

?????

[lament quail]

what DO they do

[mystic otter]

Allow you to customise your plane similar to your tank to make it better

[lament quail]

ah

anyways my current one for the fighter is messerschmitt

[mystic otter]

I do not like this ah

[lament quail]

why

[mystic otter]

No go fockl wolf

They give more range

[lament quail]

i see

[mystic otter]

For fighters range is always the better thing to have

[lament quail]

what modifications should i put on the plane

[mystic otter]

For plane designs

Heavy machine guns
Armor plate ( that why you need range so you dont put a range module in its place ) and self sealing fuel tank

Btw air production might hit your rubber hard so be careful

[lament quail]

i have none of that researched

[mystic otter]

Welp

[lament quail]

i think

[mystic otter]

Time to do that

[lament quail]

i have resource rights in malaya

thats the least of my worries

[mystic otter]

Yh your game is salvageable

But you need to spend a bunch of time fixing it first

[lament quail]

i should research up to advanced small airframe right

[mystic otter]

Yes

[lament quail]

alr

i probably shouldve gotten 5th research slot earlier

[mystic otter]

If its gonna take alot of time basic with a good design can still work

[mystic otter]

The one in the middle of the economy tree?

[lament quail]

heraeus

yeah

[mystic otter]

The one that need civs?

50 civs right?

[lament quail]

that one

[mystic otter]

Yh that thing is always rushed first

Or as early as you can

[lament quail]

mmm

i will keep this in mind for when i inevitably fail this run

[mystic otter]

No no this run is saveable

Just will take time to fix some stuff

[lament quail]

should i get victoria

i could make a collab in uk

and ask it for restoration of the titles

but erich raeder is the sword of islam

and grants me 100 weekly manpower

so im not sure

[mystic otter]

You need the manpower now

[lament quail]

yeah

it would also waste 150 pp

[mystic otter]

As long as resistance is low ignore it

[lament quail]

ok then

so what are ideal plane things

well, not ideal, but what are things i can make on a budget

[mystic otter]

Honestly just wait for heavy machine guns but you should have them right?

Oh yh engines

[mystic otter]

Put the most powerful single engine possible

[mystic otter]

Light machine guns for now
Or wait till the heavy machine gun research

[lament quail]

4x right

[mystic otter]

• the most powerful single engine you have

[lament quail]

acceptable

bomb locks better for CAS right

[mystic otter]

See which one give better bombing/cas stat and put as many as possible

[sweet summit]

Chatt

I've restarted

Grand battleplan or mass assualt doctrine ?

[mystic otter]

@lament quail I need to leave it's 4:34AM i need to sleep
Although sending the file to bittersteal wont be bad even funny if he did a vid

[mystic otter]

Gp for offensive

[lament quail]

thank you for your help

[mystic otter]

MA+desperate defense for old doc mass assault

[mystic otter]

• inf subdoctine that give -0.3 width

[sweet summit]

Gotxha

[sweet summit]

LUT ig

[mystic otter]

No problem just ping me i will respond once i wake up

[north jetty]

last one in mainland europe

[hexed meteor]

how do i orginize my navy

like

can i throw every type of ship into 1 taskforce and patrol

or should a taskforce be all subs, all destoryers, all lc's

[versed rose]

separate subs into their own taskforce, throw everything else into one taskforce

[thorny vale]

does research speed matter at all?

i have spent every game going for a tech lead until now. rush electronics, build facilities, take the research speed option every time. it has not once in my life mattered. i could have randomly slapped the keyboard and inexplicably still been perfectly equal to every other country in tech

[vital plinth]

Ah ok thx for the help

[thorny vale]

1. get doomstack
2. get patrols
3. (optional) get minelayers for all the places you cant be bothered putting the doomstack
4. if there are multiple fronts, split the doomstack and send half of it to wherever else

[vital plinth]

Hey how do you rescue a captured spy i thought the odds said “excellent but somehow got captured 2 days into the mission

[thorny vale]

this is because the espionage system is a waste of time. you just have to reassign another guy to the mission to get them both back but i must note the espionage system is a complete waste of time and youre better off saving your factories

[dry otter]

Should i build civs as the USSR or mils?

[versed rose]

civs until late 37 or early 38, only mils after

[dry otter]

Alright thank you

[vital plinth]

What about cypher ?

[versed rose]

assuming you're playing singleplayer, agency is pretty overkill outside of collabs

ai doesnt have the stats for breaking ciphers to matter

[thorny vale]

if you are so desperate for 15% breakthrough that you willingly form an agency, upgrade it, and then wait like a year to decrypt the enemy cypher just to get it, you have already lost

[vital plinth]

Ah ok I’m following a guide that’s why it said to build cypher stuff

[thorny vale]

the electromechanical computing tech gives me a 3% research bonus. that means every tech is reduced by about one week, and the tech pays for itself in 7333 days. that is completely useless. even if you account for other research slots i cannot see any reason to pursue a tech advantage at all and i play with mods that massively increase the number of techs. i have never gained any noticeable advantage in tech over anyone important

[thorny vale]

when was that guide posted and who wrote it

[austere roost]

it's better if you get it early and have a lot of research slots

[austere roost]

build civs until 3 years before the war begins for you

[thorny vale]

yeah but 1) by that point you were already guaranteed to have a tech advantage 2) the tech advantage has no material benefit because every country is always at a roughly similar tech level anyway

[austere roost]

the goal of tech advantages is to get the important earlier

like 43 concentrate by 1940, or the tank chassis that you need, or a specific artillery gun

tech advantages mean nothing if you don't know what you want to prioritize

[versed rose]

you save more time hard-teching those techs than researching computing unless you have a research bonus for computing like US

you research computing for other stuff (electronic mechanical engneering is required for radio, mechanical computing for more cipher)

[austere roost]

i'm talking about things like focuses and advisors

[versed rose]

he was talking about the techs

[austere roost]

the computing tech is for radio and fire control

[thorny vale]

i was doing both because i was hoping to get bombers online early but i dont think there would be any actual difference if i completely ignored tech speed

[versed rose]

then you have your answer

dont get computing techs if you want tech advantage specifically

[dry otter]

Is this a good defence unit?

[versed rose]

add signal

[dry otter]

Signal???

[versed rose]

signal company

[dry otter]

why?

[glacial steeple]

reinforce rate

probably replace engineers for cost

[grizzled surge]

How fast can u mechanize Russia

And how many planes are enough to cover the area?

[dry viper]

whats the best pushing inf div for italy against the uk in 1937/1938?

[hexed meteor]

i have to control the entire pacific

[vital plinth]

No date sorry

Question about enemy using bombers only in a region, should I only send figthers ?

And does exercise also increase my general exp?

[glacial steeple]

hi chat

[glacial steeple]

why

[hexed meteor]

to beat the americans

[glacial steeple]

???

just go through africa/europe

its easier and you cap important nations

[verbal flax]

Will i have any fun if i play iceland in a RP game

Sounds like the worst possible Nation

[hexed meteor]

im playing as japan genius

[glacial steeple]

idk if you can make iceland work

[glacial steeple]

i know?

you still sealion

[hexed meteor]

the africa that germany controls?

[glacial steeple]

japan is like my most played nation

[glacial steeple]

mil access

[hexed meteor]

ok i get that but thats not fun

[verbal flax]

0 manpower 0 eco 😭

[hexed meteor]

thats called cheesing

[glacial steeple]

also you might highkey not have enough naval range after taking hawai'i regardless

[verbal flax]

Will prob be more fun to just quit the mp game and play another game

[glacial steeple]

because the pacific is huge

[hexed meteor]

wcs i go thru alaska

and canada

[glacial steeple]

no supply

its gonna take a million years

[glacial steeple]

you get an advisor for weekly mp

[hexed meteor]

true..

[glacial steeple]

and can spawn ships in

[hexed meteor]

i can reach midway

and midway can def reach hawaii

[glacial steeple]

trust me going through europe even if it feels cheesy is a lot more consistent

[hexed meteor]

well ww2 ended

[glacial steeple]

oh getting to hawai'i isnt the issue

[hexed meteor]

the brits americans and canadians didnt get involved

[glacial steeple]

but getting to the americas is

[verbal flax]

Thinking about canada but since im new to multiplayer im scared lol i only played estonia belgium and dutch east indies

[hexed meteor]

ww2 was just me and germany & italy crushing the soviets and france

for some reason england lost all their dominions and they became independant nations so i cleaned up australia nz burma and india

[austere roost]

wdym mechanize? ussr has enough trucks to mechanzie supply from day one, especially if you remove some of the useless motor and tank divisions

[vital plinth]

Question about enemy using bombers only in a region, should I only send figthers ?
And does exercise also increase my general levels ?

[austere roost]

if you only want to fight bombers, use interception. your fighters won't try to get air dominance and only focus on fighting when there are enemy planes detected in the airspace

exercise troops does nothign to general levels, they can only gain experience in combat which is why SCW is such an important occasion because you can train generals to insane stats there

[tepid umbra]

I think they mean mechanize

like replacing all trucks with mecha

[austere roost]

well that depends on how early you take the focus that gives 100% bonus to truck research

and how fast you can commit 100 xp to half 1940 mech production cost

realistically you can get 120 36 width armor divisions with 8 mechs as ussr by 1941

[glacial steeple]

hi bmh hru

[austere roost]

hey

still recovering from the cough

[glacial steeple]

damn that sucks :(

[indigo sapphire]

should i buy get lend lease and get production licenses as Estonia?

[patent forge]

which axis nation better when playing with friends who already took italy and germany? Romania or Hungary? (with all dlcs)

[chrome river]

yo, does anyone know a good guide/video for pulling off an early (july/august 1939) UK naval invasion as a minor (Spain) and with NCNS? the youtube videos I've seen are all either pre-NCNS or with a major like Germany. Thanks!

[chrome river]

Legionary Romania has the better tag, so I'd play that one

[hexed parcel]

How to get the peace deal for ethiopia?

[plucky otter]

You have to beat them fast enough

[hexed parcel]

I beat them but they just capitulate

[plucky otter]

thats what happens if you dont beat them fast enough

They go into exile

[hexed parcel]

Well how do i do that

[plucky otter]

By beating them faster....

[hexed parcel]

Should i use all my troops?

[plucky otter]

24 in the north 22 in the south

and use your planes

all planes on cas

[indigo sapphire]

hello yalls

[indigo sapphire]

answer

[left mica]

step 1 is you restart

[hexed parcel]

Ok

[hexed parcel]

I did do that

[left mica]

alr cool

i commit everything into ethiopia

you do also have to micro a bit as well

the south is a supply death zone so you cant have too many divisions there

put your elite troops (ie mountaineers) in the north

because well... northern ethiopia is, you guessed it, mountains

[indigo sapphire]

should i buy get lend lease and get production licenses as Estonia?

[left mica]

never heard of anyone using production license

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[left mica]

unless its like

sheep's mod

where the ai actually tries to get ahead of time techs

its hopeless in vanilla i reckon

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[indigo sapphire]

im the one that Does A LOT

since i need equipments and techs as estonia

[plucky otter]

I've only ever used it in mp

Because its useless with vanilla ai

[left mica]

because licensed stuff is viable in mp and sheep

[indigo sapphire]

what stuff should i buy from others

[plucky otter]

In sp that would mostly be, Artillery, anti air, guns and support equipment

Tanks and planes the ai just make way to bad designs of to be worth buying

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[chrome river]

anyone know?

[indigo sapphire]

really?

[plucky otter]

yes

[indigo sapphire]

oh jesus alr

ill still buy whatever i want

[glacial steeple]

what pmo is that the US is the only one to sell planes in quantity

and in this version they keep CANCELLING

[cold garnet]

Its actually very useful for Hungary

Or at least used to be

Until PDX fked it

[glacial steeple]

its very useful if you can license the spitfire

it has 4x hmg and armor plates

[cold garnet]

If you steal techs then it is a different thing altogether

[glacial steeple]

tbh all air licenses are good

allows you to catch up on air tech with ai

like you wont gain a meaningful advantage like teching it normally

but it allows you to compete

[tough oak]

gng how do I fix this

wait swastika

let me

edit it

[left mica]

yeah if the uk ever produces it

[left mica]

how come

[tough oak]

the production lines are invinsible

[hollow linden]

You probably clicked one of the filters

Click on the one that isn't ticked

[tough oak]

Still doesn't show though

[indigo sapphire]

are all supersonic and modern aircraft planes and helis good?

[cold garnet]

they used to produce more equipment through license

they still do

but you no longer get MIO bonus

[left mica]

huh

never seen it

[left mica]

yes but heli isnt as impactful

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[left mica]

if you have 2 breakthrough points use that for radar or jet engine

radar because you have to learn navy

its a rite of passage

[glacial steeple]

they usually design it by like 41 or so

[pine cargo]

how do you declare war as tannu tuva with this faction rule now, i tried to rush faction initiative to change the rule but when completed it just doesn't appear? (maybe the soviets or mongolians spent it instantly)

[glacial steeple]

leave the faction

or become a major

[pine cargo]

how can i walk to my target then

im tannu tuva

[glacial steeple]

plane

or just go to war with ussr

they have no supply they cant be that threatening

[pine cargo]

well that is what im prob gonna do

10w infs with spgs tanks

hope thatll work out

[glacial steeple]

whats that even meant to do

just make a dedicated spg unit atp

[pine cargo]

yes that is what i meant

my bad

10 widths inf with dedicated spg tanks

[glacial steeple]

tho tanks suck for you

better to do mountaineers

less supply usage, better in terrain, cheaper

generic tree lets you rush 1942 guns and have them late 39

use that

your generals also suck so your modifiers are just terrible

no flame tanks or MEVs

[pine cargo]

thats true but spgs yield better soft attack to cost and manpower ratio

[glacial steeple]

but

you have 900 weekly

thats tons

your industry is worse than your mp pool

just use the resources you have instead of divesting into something that doesnt work in your location

you dont have tungsten

you dont have the research time

you dont have the generals or terrain

you dont even have a land facility to help negate terrain debuffs

tanks are generally bad because you need a lot to make them good in terms of cost to efficiency

guns already yield the most cost efficiency with all the batallions having a lot of hp

if you instead of teching arty tech logi you get +5 hp on all SF from indiv excellence

thats 25% more hp

which means a lot less losses

[pine cargo]

good point

is the current meta still 36 width mountaineers?

or isnt ranger a good option?

im not sure

[glacial steeple]

32.4

[glacial steeple]

no you dont get cw reductions

but its good to take if you have a lot of army xp to further buff ranger recon

very good support even for holder units

[hollow linden]

Rangers are probably better cuz forests are a more common terrain

36w is still good

[glacial steeple]

forest isnt rlly a major debuff tho

and easy to deal with just by having flamers

[hollow linden]

Well you cant have too much forest attack

[glacial steeple]

also its likely a lot of asia fighting

which is like

[hollow linden]

U want Giga stats

[glacial steeple]

hills mountains

tannu tuva yk

[hollow linden]

Then mix?

[glacial steeple]

yeah that works

but imo mountaineers are better

[pine cargo]

which is more cost efficient in this situation

[glacial steeple]

theyre the same cost

you should always be making enough guns if its like the only thing youre making

1 mil on arty/supp equipment maybe

[pine cargo]

alr

main doctrine is gbp

desperate defense then individual excellence?

[pine cargo]

recruitable pop is completely useless for tannu tuva

but the soft attack is really juicy

[glacial steeple]

thats last node

you wont get it in time

grand assault is better

[pine cargo]

planning my beloved

[glacial steeple]

or rapid domination

that also works for you

keep in mind youll prob mostly have inf the entire game and will struggle to grind doctrines due to small army size

[pine cargo]

tho grand assault gives better stats overall

[glacial steeple]

kinda?

not for inf

but better break

less reinforce rate

[indigo sapphire]

hello casey

[glacial steeple]

its probably rapid or grand

rapid is kinda rare to use since its not great

[pine cargo]

@glacial steeple does 1 div training work for mastery

[glacial steeple]

no

[cold garnet]

they have a national spirit that gives 50% license production speed

the normal penalty is just -25%

so they have a positive 25% output on license production

in the past you could apply MIO to production line and even some designs

so it was outright better than producing your own equipment for anything that has similar stats

[sour hazel]

i just installed the great war mod but i need to be in 1.17.3 but i don't see it where do i update pls

[dusty sandal]

go to steam library, Rclick on hoi4, properties, beta, select the version you need

[sour hazel]

i only have this

[dusty sandal]

top right

select no beta for current version

[sour hazel]

there is no 1.17.3

[dusty sandal]

read my last message

[sour hazel]

ok thank you

[left mica]

😭

[trail reef]

playing philipines what should my navy look like?

[brazen panther]

it should look like a navy

[glacial steeple]

probably like CLs or DDs

[trail reef]

ion what that means

[nocturne cloak]

Probably like

Maybe

Ships

Ye

Id do ships for a navy

[trail reef]

this is not helpfull

[nocturne cloak]

Light cruisers

[trail reef]

and what design should they have

[nocturne cloak]

Alot of light attack

[hollow linden]

Make these

[trail reef]

aight thanks

[hollow linden]

🤯

U don't say

Man your so helpful

[nocturne cloak]

You're*

And I know right!

[hollow linden]

https://tenor.com/view/yourre-your-youre-gif-22326107

[nocturne cloak]

Gotta start w the basics

[glacial steeple]

creep i have a challenge for you

create an artillery div template thats not the worst thing ever

like with the artillery auto icon

[hollow linden]

😭

Impossible

[nocturne cloak]

Ez

[glacial steeple]

it should be fun to try as like finland or denmark you get the artillery advisor

[brittle creek]

was planning on getting into the mp for some matches what's the allies minor powers Canada Australia south africa and india's role normally in matches just so i know who to reserve

[lament quail]

@mystic otter My Germany is still kinda cooked

[charred bobcat]

how can ı throw nuklear ı did research

[mystic otter]

Special project the reactor
Make a facility if you dont have

[mystic otter]

What happened?

[lament quail]

nothing since yesterday, the situation remains the same

aka bad

[trail reef]

i was promised peace after 1 year what is happening its 1.5 years now

[mystic otter]

Well yh that's the whole point to buy as much time as possible until you reorganize everything

Or did you already do everything needed?

[lament quail]

i made changes to my fighters & cas

i unlocked the subdoctrines

i SHOULD also convert my 48 tank divisions to infantry for now right?

while I refit

[mystic otter]

Is your tank divs build good enough?

[lament quail]

one moment

[mystic otter]

You still using the spg template right?

So the same design as yesterday

[lament quail]

yeah after the suggested changes

[lone sigil]

mechanized?

[lament quail]

should i research

[lone sigil]

put line arty out

[lone sigil]

its better than trucks

[lament quail]

you mean the support artillery?

[lone sigil]

yes sry

[lament quail]

alright, once one of my 4 research slots opens i will

i do still have to research up to advanced planes

and heavy mg for planes

[mystic otter]

Yh you need to continue fixing stuff
It will take time

[lone sigil]

what nation are you plaing

[lament quail]

germany

[mystic otter]

Unless you can get green air above the area i told you to push yesterday+cas to encircle the ussr army

[lone sigil]

you should do the focus for the 5th reserach slot

[mystic otter]

We had a whole talk yesterday

[lament quail]

i need pp to go up from limited conscription so no foci in the meantime

[lone sigil]

well after that than

[mystic otter]

As much i want to stay and continue helping i have an exam tomorrow and need to continue studying

Good luck

[lament quail]

alright then good luck

[mystic otter]

I will make sure to pop up every once and while and read chat

[lament quail]

sure

[west talon]

i have barely played marines before and would like some tips and tricks on which template to go for, i saw someone using 10w but could that really be good?

[hollow linden]

Make them big

A split of marines and rangers, keep amphib stats at around 50%

Don't go over 50% because it can't go positive unlike other terrain stats

[west talon]

alright, how do i go abt soft attack and hard attack, hard attack must be good?

[hollow linden]

Uh no

Why would hard attack need to be good

You're fighting AI no

[west talon]

oh okay i thought piercing would be good

[hollow linden]

No that's something else entirely

Do you know what any of these do

[west talon]

any of what

[hollow linden]

Do you know what soft, hard and piercing do?

[west talon]

ye i think so? soft attack is for like infantry and hard attacks hit hard but not as much so not so good against infantry?

and piercing is for armour?

[hollow linden]

That's the one you got right

[hollow linden]

Alr so, hard and soft attack interact with the hardness stat of a unit. More hardness means hard attack is more effective against this unit and less means that soft attack is more effective again this unit. Units with high hardness include tanks and mech

Hardness gets averaged on the division

So mixing tanks and inf has less hardness than say, tanks and mech

[west talon]

oh alright

well ik that soft attack is better for infantry and vice versa for tanks, so that is because infantry has less hardness?

[hollow linden]

Yes.

[west talon]

oh okay ty

[hollow linden]

As I explained above.

[west talon]

and so then piercing is really stupid as there is mostly just infantry guarding ports

[hollow linden]

Yes.

AI doesn't know how to do tanks anyway

[west talon]

alright so what template would be ideal, infantry and artillery with support?

or marines

i mean

[hollow linden]

.

This

[lament quail]

it was recommended to me to call in poland and push with my 48 tank divs to lithuania, but how much of the polish-soviet border should i guard

?

(im playing germany btw, soviets are pushing me)(

[hollow linden]

Maybe assign all your divisions to the front?

Also why do you not have Intel

[lament quail]

i do

[hollow linden]

And what does the air look like

[hollow linden]

Mmmmm

[hollow linden]

Classic Case of over stacking and not making an airforce

[lament quail]

the soviets have been fighting japan for 2+ years btw

[hollow linden]

No surprise here

[lament quail]

i JUST picked my subdoctrines and changed my tank divs to use medium spg

thing

[rapid urchin]

@hollow linden is it better for construction to build 3 levels of infrastructure for 6 civ slots?

[lament quail]

in circa 140 days i will move up from limited conscription

[rapid urchin]

this is mainly in regards to where to build civs in soviet union

[hollow linden]

Don't you have a state to build them somewhere else

[hollow linden]

You build Moscow, Stalingrad, Karkhov and Ufa

That's it

Don't build 3 levels of infra

[rapid urchin]

the IC invested into those levels isnt worth the return?

[hollow linden]

Nope

Building 3 levels is always bad

[rapid urchin]

what about 2?

[hollow linden]

That's fine

Hence u build in ufa

Also why u asking me theres like people more knowledgeable about this than me

[glacial steeple]

smh all this yapping and yet no arty div

[hollow linden]

Did u read the guide?

[glacial steeple]

0/5 stars

[hollow linden]

I'm in uni 😭

[rapid urchin]

okay

[glacial steeple]

https://taw.github.io/hoi4/

[hollow linden]

Noooooo

[lament quail]

do i need a coast guard

bc i have 102 of my puppets' division that i could throw at the front

while my panzers are replaced

[north totem]

second round Guys, just so you know, I'm playing France for the first time

[hollow linden]

Puppet divs are shit

Don't use them

[indigo sapphire]

is the cold war iron curtain mod a good cold war mod?

[hollow linden]

Maybe try to get green air

[glacial steeple]

do you have tanks

[lament quail]

i plan to get green air in eastern poland and then call in the polish puppet to encircle the soviet divs

but i dont know how much divs the soviets have on that front

[north totem]

yes

[glacial steeple]

like heavies? mediums? spgs?

[hollow linden]

... Maybe get green air where you're actually fighting...

[lament quail]

see above

[lament quail]

so just wait?

[hollow linden]

Holy strength bars

[hollow linden]

I mean yeah

[glacial steeple]

you dont fight the ussr ai with divs you fight them with a disgusting amount of CAS

[hollow linden]

Make planes

[velvet radish]

can anyone help me know the game better im tryna fight as japan rn

[north totem]

medium

[glacial steeple]

japan :D

what are you struggling with

[velvet radish]

why not?

chinese war

[glacial steeple]

japan is fun

[velvet radish]

5 hours of gameplay time so

im no good

[glacial steeple]

ah its not a very good learner country but its okay

[lament quail]

how do i get my allies/puppets planes to gtf out of my airbases so i can put my planes there

[glacial steeple]

you can learn as japan if you really lock in

a good micro/stat/modifier practice country is finland imo

[velvet radish]

what should i pick then

finland ?

dosent it like

get invaded

by ussr

[glacial steeple]

you start with good generals and you have the ability to at minimum win the winter war decisively

[glacial steeple]

yeah

[velvet radish]

i mean i have axis on my side whit right choises

but

[glacial steeple]

you dont need them

[velvet radish]

i dont?

[glacial steeple]

finland is like the second most buffed country in the game

and you only have to focus on inf in your build

forget tanks and air

[fierce idol]

how do you play japan?

[glacial steeple]

make special forces and AA tho, and use generals with the commando -> camouflage expert trait to further negate CAS damage

[velvet radish]

casey i dont understand half of this but thanks

[glacial steeple]

make agency do collabs on china, rush flipping government then cap china as soon as collabs and government are done

then produce inf equipment and air and invade indonesia/raj and then into either iran or into ussr

[fierce idol]

what if I only have base game?

[glacial steeple]

then no collabs

less micromanagement

less eco tho

[velvet radish]

can u make new units in the game

[glacial steeple]

yes

[fierce idol]

bar on the top left has a lot of menus, one of them lets you train units and change templates

[brazen panther]

i recommend germany for learning

[velvet radish]

but it says train

not like recruit or som

[glacial steeple]

yeah theyre not instantly ready

[lament quail]

how can i raise wt to go to war with luxembourg

if i annex them i can form eu and core france+britain

and italy

and benelux

[hollow linden]

Can't you get a wargoal

[lament quail]

nonaligned

[hollow linden]

How is tension so low 💀

[hollow linden]

Focus?

[lament quail]

and i can only justify at 50 wt

[hollow linden]

It's in there

[static nest]

Can you go down the path further ti get claims on the southeast, or try to demand denmark?

[lament quail]

i bypassed the second schlieffen plan thing

[hollow linden]

Playing as who

[static nest]

Are you playing nonaligned germany?

[lament quail]

i almost exclusively made puppets wherever i conquered

[lament quail]

i am yeah

[hollow linden]

Why?

Puppets are kinda useless

Just annex and harsh quota

[lament quail]

also have canada

[hollow linden]

😭

[lament quail]

i dont have manpower to garrison

[hollow linden]

Just go up

[lament quail]

i have 5 pp rn

im waiting to go up from limited

conscription

[static nest]

Ok, so as germany, theres a focus where you can demand parts of denmark at down the kaiser tree, and for the international side tge bottom 3 should give you extra world tension too

[hollow linden]

1946 and bro is on limited 😭

[lament quail]

i havent had pp

due to mitteleuropa mechanics

[hollow linden]

How

Omg

[lament quail]

i did it already

the only thing i have left is expatriating the communists for 3 wt

also i recognized british naval dominance or whatever

bc i need kaiserin victoria later in the run

(woman in a high castle)

wait no

[lament quail]

i did this too

do i send the save to bittersteel atp

i have time

to save it

[glacial steeple]

if you dont care for archievements you can change the game rules pre game

[lament quail]

i care for achievements

this is an achievemnt run

i still need to fight japan and usa

[static nest]

Its something, at least

[lament quail]

i did it

already

i had forgotten

[static nest]

What about the colonial empire side? Can you get claims on southeast asia?

[lament quail]

i took this side for kaiserin victoria later

(i have erich raeder rn but he isnt forever)

(we keep him until the war is over bc i gave him the sword of islam)

[static nest]

Can you declare war on those guys, and hope it raises tension then?

[lament quail]

no

[indigo sapphire]

is the cold war iron curtain mod a good cold war mod?

[lament quail]

i dont have any wargoals

wym

[static nest]

Cant you declare war to annex siam?

[lament quail]

already have

[static nest]

Oh :/

[lament quail]

(japan conquered china btw)

(and now the soviets occupy it)

(so no yunnan and guangxi clique either)

[static nest]

Youre fighting russia, so keep going, conquer them, steal all their land?

[lament quail]

theyre pushing me

they fixed their army

bc theyve been at war with japan for 2+ years

[static nest]

Can you call in poland, encircle the pushing force from behind?

[lament quail]

i could try but they have ??? divisions along the entire border

(i dont know how many bc their counterintelligence is on steroids probably)

(i started to infiltrate their army js now but it takes 155 days to complete)

also i need to refit my 2 tank armies from modern tanks

to medium sp artillery

[static nest]

Hmmm im sorry but the best i can say is fight off russia, maybe naval invade leningrad, or use mil access to hel japan build their logistics up

[lament quail]

ok then

this japan right

(the thing with capital in hong kong is my chinese puppet btw)

[vital plinth]

Hey is this a bad naval designer to pick ? Seems a bit weird I get minus 50% debuffs or am I underestanding it wrong ?

[glacial steeple]

its 25% less base cost

same attack stats

less range

[indigo sapphire]

should i build Mbt and modern tanks

[hollow linden]

Range is kinda important so this is pretty bad

[indigo sapphire]

answer

[static nest]

With chinese puppet can you call them in, and give mil access to japan, then? It might soften up your side

[lament quail]

The Soviets have divisions surrounding all three of the ports that my Chinese puppet controls

[rotund root]

hello im new to this game and idk to do nothing if someone can help me with some tips

[vital plinth]

My other naval designer is the same , can I use it to build fast and then remove it will the debuff get removed too then ?

[hollow linden]

Good question

I think if you swap and then refit the company will update

[vital plinth]

Another thing is when I try produce tank only 1 out of 3 factories are green the other 2 are red but when I use those 2 on another thing they are green what does that mean ?

[hollow linden]

Red means damaged

And the higher the production line in the list, it gets the mils that are available first

[lament quail]

what dlcs do you have

wait a minute

could i use von lettow-vorbeck, 13 weird divisions and a marine to naval invade leningrad

[hollow linden]

Maybe drawn an arrow?

[vital plinth]

Ah ok it’s at the buttom

[lament quail]

hows thois

*this

those are div templates btw

theyre the funky ones you get from focus tree

idk if i should put them to use like this or just dissolve them for manpower

and equipment

[uncut imp]

Why can't I minimize the game using the button Win?

[dusty sandal]

dissolve, they're not worth a penny

[lament quail]

alr

[ripe escarp]

anyone knows why my navy can't enter the mediterranium? I control italy, spain, portugal, the uk...

[dusty sandal]

looks at uspicously hostile ceuta

[hollow linden]

Do you control both sides of the strait?

🤔

[ripe escarp]

OOOHHHHHHH

[ripe escarp]

daaang i feel dumb now lol

thxx guys

[hollow linden]

Reading is hard.

[inner mountain]

what would be a good a good inf template for attacking in low supply areas like africa and the middle east?

[lament quail]

GREEN AIR ACHIEVED

boosting nonaligned ideology in luxembourg until they flip naturally so i can invite them to mitteleuropa and annex them

is this a waste of time

and resources

sad

(czech republic is also at war btw)

[vital plinth]

Hey I started getting my first tanks produced , I never made a tank template before any suggestions on what’s a good build to make ? And should I only resseach light tanks or also medium ?

[lament quail]

research medium when you can

light tanks are not good tanks, or so ive hear

d

why does czechia have 58 divs

and should i steal them

should i retreat behind the sudeten forts

(two tank armies in poland btw)

[analog maple]

is it bad that my troops almost completely red as the soviets against the german at 1942?

ik im suppuse to be weaker but im not sure if that much

[light knoll]

just a 36w block of inf with support arty and logi company

[light knoll]

first of all, why do you not have grand marshals

[analog maple]

a what

[lament quail]

field marshals

right?

[light knoll]

yea

[analog maple]

what that?

[lament quail]

observe

the big guy

he is a field marshal

[analog maple]

what his point?

[lament quail]

he can command up to 5 armies

[light knoll]

more stats

[lament quail]

and he uses his own stats

yeah'

[light knoll]

nsd can set up a frontline for 120 units at a time

[dusty sandal]

free stats, literally

and yeah, better frontlnes

[analog maple]

sorry what "nsd"

[light knoll]

typo

*and

[analog maple]

oh mb mb

[lament quail]

the plan is to fortify poland and then use my refitted tank divs(they are now medium sp artillery, js gotta wait for them to be resupplied) to push to lithuania

will it work

who knows

czechia is also in the war btw, should i use the sudetenland forts

[light knoll]

is Poland in the war

[lament quail]

not yet

but i will call them in when i am ready

no one you see on screen is at war except me(german empire) & czechia

[light knoll]

you better just not call them in and remove every troop from their border

until you're ready for the offensive, in which case you don't need forts

forts are only for defense

[vital plinth]

Hey @dusty sandal I started getting my first tanks produced , I never made a tank template before any suggestions on what’s a good build to make ? And should I only resseach light tanks or also medium ?

[lament quail]

but wont the soviets invade through the rest of the polish border if i leave it open

[fathom thistle]

Check pins

[dusty sandal]

check the pins for designs and templates. SPGs are the way to go. Mediums. the template by topazand is the best imo

[lament quail]

ignore the allied division stacks btw, none of my puppets are at war

[velvet radish]

I might be cooked

[lament quail]

(except for czechia's 58 divs and albania)

[velvet radish]

can anyone help me?

[lament quail]

uh

i cant

[dusty sandal]

1 - don't defend on the border, hold near hubs, rivers, in forests ... like this

Then, use only 1 div template, you have cavalry in forests ... and what looks like the base finnish templates. You also don't have any port garrisons, and you can bet you'll need them

[velvet radish]

i have 5 hours of gameplay

idk what u mean

[dusty sandal]

then don't play finland

[velvet radish]

i got told its good starter contry

huge buffs

[dusty sandal]

it isn't, the one that told you that trolled you

[lament quail]

you should play italy

[velvet radish]

a mod told me

[lament quail]

or germany

i think

[velvet radish]

even mods arent nice

[dusty sandal]

it has good buffs, but it's so limited in terms of eco, manpower and resources and need to face a war alone for a while
this isn't starter country

starters are USA, Germany, soviets, canada or hungary. These are good

[sour mountain]

how do yall get troops all tehw ay across the world

[lament quail]

what about italy

[sour mountain]

can someone vc fr

[dusty sandal]

awful templates, crappy industry, complicated focus tree and new players will try to defend africa only to die there

[lament quail]

at least the ethiopian war is a good practice ground, no?

[dusty sandal]

not even

awful terrain, players will deathstack their armies in no supply zones, won't use airforce, won't macro because they'll be zoomed in on red bubbles everywhere and then they'll get locked in a forever war

[lament quail]

ah

[lament quail]

i have received conflicting suggestions for this

one person said I should push to lithuania

another says not to

I dont even know how many divs the soviets have

[dusty sandal]

first things firts, don't train your tanks and delete some of them until they're all equipped

then try to cut off the advance by reaching lithuania and raiding the baltic
OR
aim for tactical encirclements here and there

[lament quail]

alright

where should i retreat to to hold the line

[dusty sandal]

you don't

bring in more divs

[lament quail]

just slap the infantry on the border?

[dusty sandal]

with equipment

[dusty sandal]

yes

[lament quail]

alright

[dusty sandal]

also do you have air ?

[lament quail]

yeah

[dusty sandal]

green air ?

[lament quail]

uh huh

now that i deployed like 10 more fighter wings

and picked subdoctrines

[dusty sandal]

then way less mils on fighters, more on anything you're lacking and on CAS

[dusty sandal]

also, you CAS must not be a medium airframe or use 2 engines

only produce this

[lament quail]

what is the weapon

i dont have that one

[dusty sandal]

tacticals are a complete waste of time and resources
you MUST upgrade those fighters to this asap before you start getting swacked back

and go down to 10fac on fighters, you have 10k in stockpile 😭

[dusty sandal]

heavy bomb locks

[lament quail]

yeah i dont have those

[dusty sandal]

get them, or use regular bomb locks until then

[lament quail]

i am

[dusty sandal]

also you NEED the 1940 airframe

like this is probably the most important tech in the game along with guns 2 and industry (and engine 3 to make it fly)

[lament quail]

i get 1940 improved small airframe in 26 days

[dusty sandal]

what about engine 3 ?

[lament quail]

i dont have a research slot open for that

84 days tho

[dusty sandal]

do it asap

you need it before you can use 1940 airframe

[lament quail]

so after advanced engine right

can i use this somehow

i have set up my armored divs like so

they can sit there and look pretty until they are reequipped yes?

[dusty sandal]

it'd be better to consolidate and stay with 30 fully equipped divs than stay idle for months until you can use them

[lament quail]

alright

how do i choose how much divisions i want to consolidate into

when I select all of them, it says that "the following 1 divisions will be..."

[dusty sandal]

delete those with less xp

[dusty sandal]

yeah, no don't do that

[lament quail]

they are practically all green

[dusty sandal]

or select divs 2 by 2 and colidate those

[lament quail]

so i should have 1 army?

[dusty sandal]

yes

[lament quail]

alright

[dusty sandal]

as long as it's fully equipped

no euipment = no stats

[lament quail]

understood

i thikn

[vital plinth]

What is spg?

[dusty sandal]

tank arty

[lament quail]

iran surrendered

they were my ally

😭

now the soviets threaten to naval invade saudi arabia

(also my ally)

[inner mountain]

is this good?

[vital plinth]

@dusty sandal hey do you know what this do ?
I don’t understand this invent I did a national focus to see what it does it says unlocks investment schemes

[velvet radish]

canh anyone help me

[civic garden]

They might agree to spend some of their factories to build some stuff in you

[vital plinth]

Oh ok is it worth it ? ? I have British and Germany as option but France capputaled and I’m with Germany

[civic garden]

I don't remember enough about the details to know, sorry

[lament quail]

how is this air production

[analog maple]

for what country?

[lament quail]

german empire

im in a bit oif a pickle

[scenic nacelle]

Why so much on CAs

And why so much on basic airframes

[analog maple]

to destroy the fr*nce

[lament quail]

ussr

[analog maple]

ohhhhhh it like a joke cause you have 100 on cas?

[lament quail]

no, someone suggested to put as much as i can on cas

[scenic nacelle]

Why basic airframes

[lament quail]

and leave 10 factories on fighters

[lament quail]

isnt that how you make planes

[scenic nacelle]

Yes but

[analog maple]

nah that ass

[scenic nacelle]

Get a better airframe

What year is it

[lament quail]

im in the process

[scenic nacelle]

Like 43?

[lament quail]

1946

i forgot to research planes

[scenic nacelle]

U SHOULD ALREADY BE ON PLANE 3

[lament quail]

researching improved small airframe rn

these planes beat the british

[analog maple]

this is good trust. and all you need is 1 research

[lament quail]

i didnt see a need

[scenic nacelle]

Genuine ragebait 🥀

[lament quail]

nah, im js bad at the actual game

[analog maple]

you defeated britin but cant make a airforce?

that crazy ngl

[lament quail]

for my entire 2,378.9 hours i have been using the game as a glorified map sim

[lament quail]

i think

[lament quail]

now i am doing achievements to learn the game normally

i have all i need except for woman in a high castle and weltpolitik

(all i need from monarchist germany)

also would be cool to get my general promoted from division commander and reach lvl 8

but thats secondary

[tight vector]

Technically this server is just hoi in general

So can someone help me get hoi3 running?

[analog maple]

anyone know why did germany not declare war on me(ussr) already when it late 1942

on historical

[tight vector]

They are preparing....

[lament quail]

you should too...

[tight vector]

https://tenor.com/view/war-vietnam-ptsd-shell-shock-moment-gif-3022747568394546158

[analog maple]

historicaly they didnt

[lament quail]

did you do anything ahistorical

like

[analog maple]

no

[lament quail]

acknowledge warnings of german invasion

and prepare

(unlike a certain georgian man in 1940)

[tight vector]

Forts and anti air

Build build build

[lament quail]

mhm

[analog maple]

forts my ass im going to push

also im gonna win air

[tight vector]

Rally the "workers"

[tight vector]

Alright

[analog maple]

unpaid workers

[tight vector]

Good luck comrade

[lament quail]

air

[tight vector]

Ah okay

You're good

[analog maple]

i slimed out all of his allies before they even join

[tight vector]

Supplies?

[analog maple]

who need supplies there is plenty of sand to eat

[tight vector]

Yo dude! That's insane

Isn't Hungary supposed to be axis?

And bulgaria

And Romania

[analog maple]

yes i attacked them before they joined

and puppeted

[tight vector]

Nice

[analog maple]

wait are you sarcastic? i cant tell

[tight vector]

No I just don't play Soviet too often

[analog maple]

oh mb

[tight vector]

My biggest accomplishment in hoi4 was defeating the low lands 😭

And Dunkirk

But whatever

And nuking Japan a few hundred times

[lament quail]

Do the soviets benefit from the anti air I built in east Prussia

(In the parts they now occupy)

[analog wyvern]

What's a good division template to fight majors

[analog wyvern]

Mine is capping German Reich with Italy and allies on.... Non historical 😭😭😭

[tight vector]

Ah

One time I invaded Taiwan as USA

And then the japanese destroyed like 200 naval vessels 😭😭

I thought 1 type of destroyer could carry me

[analog wyvern]

I did it today

I just put a bunch of companies and like idk 15 inf battalions and spammed divisions

[scenic nacelle]

yes

[analog wyvern]

I saw a ytber do it and tried it but I ended up with 15% war contribution 😭😭😭

[lament quail]

I’m cooked then, I built max level AA in all my core states before the war

[tight vector]

One time I got a paratrooper in Paris

I have no idea how to do air force

[analog maple]

how do i make germany attack me as ussr? i cant attack him cause of japan

[tight vector]

You declare war

[analog maple]

i dont even know how japan did this shit on historical

[tight vector]

...

[analog maple]

i cant fight both of them bro

[tight vector]

Deal with them first

[analog maple]

look at this guy

[tight vector]

Wait how was that done in 1942?!?

[analog maple]

if i attack japan germany will join viece versa

[analog maple]

1943

[tight vector]

Well then start garrisoning your southern front 🥀

[analog maple]

i am not fighting both of them bro😭

look at him bro

[tight vector]

Well you kinda have too

[analog maple]

i just got a crazy idea

i just join the allies

[velvet radish]

can anyone help me

[analog maple]

nvm they wont lemme

[velvet radish]

i want to learn the game more

[analog maple]

best to just watch a yt video

[velvet radish]

oh

yeah im not getting it by yt vids

[charred bobcat]

are hoi4 subscription had all of dlc or not?

[sour wadi]

does anyone know what math the game does to decide if me as hungary gets all of transylvania, half of it or none of it?

through the "demand transylvania" focus

[stable vortex]

ayo does hoi4 run on linux?

[pliant condor]

it's rather complicated

it opens an event chain

first you get this

which romania is guaranteed to reject

then you get the an event back

Romania refuses to hand over Transylvania

obviously we would pick prepare for war

then romania get the event again

they are again 100% going to reject

the other two options are prepare for war and ask for mediation, on historical they always pick the third option

[trail topaz]

how can integrate a puppet in a fast way

[pliant condor]

which opens up the mediation events

you have the choice between uk, france, germany, italy

where normally it's 70% chance to accept mediation

or if you are in faction with that nation it's basically 100%^

basically you can fail to get a mediator once