ask-for-help-here

[glacial steeple]

they have quite a few units per tile but only they start shuffling weak points will open up

you can also manouvre north instead

[lament quail]

left: battelplanning with field marshal(24 divs)
right: battleplanning with general(24 divs)
do i still get buffs from the field marshal if i do as shown in the right image?

[fluid verge]

tf am i doing wheres my aluminum i own like most of it

how do i stop being convoy raided like i got my fleet out but its doing shit

[vital plinth]

Hey can someone help me out ? I’m really struggling with this annex issue

[edgy pendant]

You are only producing 33 aluminum

[fluid verge]

are u stupid

i own a lot of it in puppets

[edgy pendant]

Brother, literally what do you think the extracted means for resources

You don’t get your puppets resources, you still have to trade for them

You need 161 for whatever you’re producing and only extract 33 and are trading others for 21 hence you have -107

Please have some reading comprehension

[lament quail]

your resource rights prolly ran out

[lament quail]

anyway i still wonder abt this

[modest maple]

I am trying to do communist USA which one of these do I select it's unclear what they really do

[vital geode]

Cowards option

[glacial steeple]

go to war for fun

[modest maple]

Well I plan on doing civil war and winning

[vital geode]

Funny how Kentucky and Missouri remain as border states

[glacial steeple]

only interesting part about a US playthrough

[vital plinth]

Guys I need help pls I’m at war with Italy and some reason a new Italy faction appear before I’m close to winning and then when I need to annex they get to own some land and I can’t do anything about it they become reichsprotecter or something

[lament quail]

first encirclement of the war 🥹

there were 6 or 7 divisions there and two died instantly

[hexed meteor]

67???

[lament quail]

they broke it instantly 🥹

[fluid verge]

well they arent even on the list for whatever reason

[lament quail]

whats a good fighter template

for advanced light airframe

[fierce matrix]

So guys, I have trouble with many things, such as templates, navy, air-force, logistics, supply, organisation, building and many other things, so much so that I struggled so much in the Benelux that Italy ended up taking France

[lament quail]

something happened i think

i pushed in the middle but the soviets kept pounding me in the south

am i using my 24 medium sp artillery divs correctly(cant call them tanks bc they arent)

they are also about to break through in the sudetenland

as you may be able to tell

[neat widget]

the puppets own them but you get a hefty discount

[lament quail]

which one is best

[errant chasm]

did NCNS change anything with the Navy meta?

[edgy pendant]

Export laws. They probably have very strict ones

[glacial steeple]

why are you exclusively attacking where the ai has a lot of units lol

[neat widget]

this one produces more nukes

[glacial steeple]

tanks out of supply too

[neat widget]

the heavy water reactor is cheaper but produces half as many nukes

[glacial steeple]

why would you ever do this

[lament quail]

situation fixed

[lament quail]

yeah i chose the graphite

[neat widget]

wait no that's the other decision

[neat widget]

we all know the actual better reactor is the commercial nuclear reactor

[glacial steeple]

it is

but like

why ever pick heavy water

[neat widget]

i mean i guess you get there slightly faster with heavy water

[glacial steeple]

does it affect nuke prod of commercial?

or no

[neat widget]

because both reactors give the same breakthrough points (i.e. 0.01 a day)

[neat widget]

no

[glacial steeple]

oh okay then heavy water has a use

commercial is good because it produces nukes

idk if its slower

but the state buffs are nice

[neat widget]

commercial produces nukes at the same rate as the normal non-heavy water reactor

[lament quail]

how do i fix my supply hubs Turning Red™

[glacial steeple]

you have too much there for the supy they give

[lament quail]

can i upgrade the supply hub?

[glacial steeple]

no

[neat widget]

No but you can upgrade the railways

[glacial steeple]

you could make more

or just capture them

[neat widget]

also that

[lament quail]

more supply hubs?

[neat widget]

also the state names are a bit off

[glacial steeple]

typically you dont want to

[vital plinth]

Guys I need help pls I’m at war with Italy and some reason a new Italy faction appear before I’m close to winning and then when I need to annex they get to own some land and I can’t do anything about it they become reichsprotecter or something

[lament quail]

uhh

[vital plinth]

Do I need to be faster to capitulate them ?

[neat widget]

You might seriously need logistics companies btw

[lament quail]

yeah ive had this bug for like 6 or 7 months

[lament quail]

i will research those next then

in the meantime, now that I have advanced light airframes and engine iii, what is a good fighter template

[glacial steeple]

six seeven

[lament quail]

sun i am crime

[glacial steeple]

advanced means you should have e4

[lament quail]

i only have e3

[glacial steeple]

it doesnt really work well mismatched

then make improved until e4

you should be able to line the tech times up anyway?

unless you dont research ahead of time

[lament quail]

should i tell you?

[glacial steeple]

well im assuming youre not here which is kinda not a great choice

you have the choice between fighting with better equipment before your enemy has it, or not doing that

[vital plinth]

Anyone free to help ? 😅

[glacial steeple]

youjust got the italian civil war event yeah?

it happens when their balance of power is low

[vital plinth]

Yeah think so they pop up and declare war right before I’m close to annex

[errant chasm]

Doesn't the MP community (like Red Baron) rush tech or is that because of the mod allows them to rush like Historical Multiplayer Mod?

[vital plinth]

And then I can’t own the few regions in buttom

[glacial steeple]

just integrate the puppet at worst

[glacial steeple]

yeah but you should in sp too

every country has some form of tech advantage besides ethiopia

[vital plinth]

Do I need to win faster to get the whole Italy main land ? Or before the civil war declare war on Italy

[glacial steeple]

no theyll likely always have it

[vital plinth]

No I mean win before they pop up

[errant chasm]

How far is too far when rushing tech (since the farther you go the higher the longer it takes to research)

[glacial steeple]

they lose BoP from losing state control

[glacial steeple]

like however long you feel like?

[vital plinth]

They pop up or declare war when I’m 2 tiles away winning the war 😅

[glacial steeple]

in mildawn id do it like 10 years agead of time so you get it like 3-5 years early for example

[vital plinth]

But I need the whole Italy main land to make it into core with a desicion that’s the issue

[glacial steeple]

the closer you are to finish time the smaller the difference actually is between "expected" time and having it earlier

[lament quail]

how much factories should i put on mech

[glacial steeple]

usually in vanilla it depends on nation, buffs and stuffs but 2 years shouldnt even hurt really

you dont need every tech

just the ones your army dominantly uses

its fine to not do everything

[glacial steeple]

as many as you need to equip ypur units?

[glacial steeple]

idk

[lament quail]

i havent added it yet

change all trucks to mech right

[vital plinth]

Ah ok makes I read on Reddit many say it’s a stupid bug but most suggested i don’t take big cities or victory points until later when they lost a lot of land

[glacial steeple]

i mean you could but youd have no supply

[fluid verge]

how big do i make them

[noble forum]

hello

im new

[fluid verge]

im doing large unit tactics

so like

do i just add 6 more

and ez

[glacial steeple]

attack?

[fluid verge]

no like do i add more inf battalions to them

esp on large unit tactics n stuff

[glacial steeple]

are you playing a nation that cant afford to fill combat width or

[molten needle]

what should i do

[glacial steeple]

because otherwise id remove supports and keepnit the same

[fluid verge]

i have good manpower cuz i annexed some countries

like 2 mil rn

still mobilizing

i <3 non core manpower

[noble forum]

can anyone help me? im starting out as germany in 1936

[molten needle]

cancan someone tell me what do i do

[errant chasm]

Back to my original question did NCNS change the navy meta?

[lament quail]

oh crap

the soviets broke thru sudetenland

🙁

[neat widget]

Sudeten is firm but not invincible

unless you're fighting units like these, then the Sudeten isn't much of a problem

(btw this is basically the template I used to beat the Germans by may except with assault engineers and hospitals instead of armored engineers and signals)

[neat widget]

but the ai doesn't make templates like these

[versed rose]

triple line aa 3

someone doesnt like air superiority debuff

[errant chasm]

Do you have any more templates/know where you got them from? Im just trying to get better at hoi4 mp as sumzer0's discord has recently been inactive?

[neat widget]

yeah someone really didn't like air superiority debuff

also this is multiplayer so yeah CAS is even more punishing there than whatever the AI throws at you

[vital plinth]

Should I train medium tanks or soft tanks ?

I’m a bit confused what’s the difference between the 2 are or why the one and not the other. I understand heavry tanks are bad or not good because they mainly for countering enemy tanks ?

[lament quail]

the front hath frozen once again

i am pulling my armor back until i finish reequipping them with mechanized

[wild rune]

why does czechia exist

[lament quail]

Puppet

[wild rune]

smh

[lament quail]

Of my puppet swarm, they(and Spain and Albania) are the only ones at war

I got them through Mitteleuropa

And puppeted them through the mechanic

[wild rune]

Puppet swarm versus average annex fan

[lament quail]

I never went to war with them brochacho

How would I annex

Well

[wild rune]

since you are posting in #ask-for-help-here whats ur production line look like

[lament quail]

I can’t check rn

[lament quail]

This is most recent edition

But imagine 50 factories on mech

Instead of 20

[wild rune]

300 factories on tanks and only 50 factories on mech

💀

ykw

its fine

what does your stockpile of tanks compared to mech look like

[lament quail]

See above what my stockpile looks like, excluding a massive lack of mech and sp artillery

This is inaccurate btw bc I can’t open my hoi4 rn

Be back next morning

[pine cargo]

you should always make spgs or soft tanks in singleplayer unless youre playing expert ai and its kind or multiplayer

vanilla ai's tank is very incompetent that you dont need hard attack

[quartz jackal]

Has anyone done the Belgium focus tree to take France and won but the German still form Vichy France even though they didn't claim any French land?

[quartz jackal]

Found talk about this issue on reddit where it doesn't matter if Germany did anything or not Vichy France is still formed. Its a 6 year old issue, fantastic.

[glacial steeple]

solution is to take france before axis gets involved

[sweet summit]

What's the best path to play for Germany ...
Wait i'll try the normal path

[hollow linden]

Historical by far

[hexed parcel]

Are there any good guides on how to design tanks and planes?

[indigo sapphire]

should i make Estonia into a SUPERPOWER

[hollow linden]

That's all I got

[vital plinth]

Ah ok , I don’t know what spgs mean haha. 😅

[hollow linden]

Self propelled guns. In this case tank artillery

It's a tank role

U know how u make flame tanks? Same you do for spg

[vital plinth]

Never made a tank before only producing the tank I have finished reaseached 😅

[hollow linden]

Oh right no dlc

Forget what I said

[vital plinth]

I have la resistance and battle of borhus

How should I make the template then ?

[hollow linden]

Just replace whatever companies you don't have with smth else

[sudden tangle]

must get achievement...

actual hll

hell

[hollow linden]

Brazil is not that hard what 💀

What in the fk did u do

[vital plinth]

Oh ok and I can use both medium and light tanks ?

[sudden tangle]

air

lol

what else

cas mostly

explains how i am pushing those tiles

[hollow linden]

No don't

[hollow linden]

No I'm asking why is the game going into 1961

I did this within the 1940s

[sweet summit]

Chat

Chat

[hollow linden]

Brazil is pretty strong

[sweet summit]

Who do I put in my inner circle ?

[hollow linden]

Todt, Speer, replace Todt with goering, Hess, replace Speer with goebbels

In that order

[vital plinth]

Which tank type to train or focus on ?

[hollow linden]

Mediums

[sweet summit]

Man the Czech said nah

🥀 do I have to invade them now

Chat

Is it invasion time?

[hollow linden]

How 💀

[vital plinth]

Ok thx for help 🙏

[sweet summit]

Man I dunno 🥀

[hollow linden]

Did u invade France?

[sweet summit]

Uh no

It's 193y

[hollow linden]

Tension is high

[sweet summit]

1936

[hollow linden]

That's why they refused

[sweet summit]

🥀 tension is 21%

So i guess I'll restart

[pine cargo]

how did you get 21% tension in 1936

that is the allies wet dream

[sudden tangle]

unified south america late like april 44 got a handful of achievements but decided to go even further and cap the us even if it wasnt the original goal

seems doo able

even with low war support

[hollow linden]

Late 44??? 😭

U can do that in 39

[sudden tangle]

early 44 ye

[hollow linden]

Whatever

Way too late

Flip commie, justify asap

[sudden tangle]

fascist mexico did faction and allied peru and venezuela things got complicated ig

but its whatever honestly

[hollow linden]

So?

It's just Mexico

That's good no

[echo night]

how do I release a country or pupper if someone has claims on it

[sweet summit]

Man how was i supposed to know anchlusd was 12% in oct 36

[echo night]

only option i see is return territory

[sweet summit]

Uh kill them and the release it

[obsidian jackal]

Is there really any reason to keep the tank instead of going tank destroyers? They seem to way better considering the new doctorines seem to be giving a lot of buffs for them

[glacial steeple]

not really but breakthrough higher

[hollow linden]

Hard attack isn't relevant in sp. So u make spg

For more soft

But ye normal tanks suck now

[glacial steeple]

id only use normal tanks if i wanted to do 1 batallion for break on SF or something

and piercing

[obsidian jackal]

What performs best against spacemarines?

[hollow linden]

Tanks

[glacial steeple]

spacemarines

[hollow linden]

Inf with at

[glacial steeple]

you go back to it being inf v inf

[obsidian jackal]

Im playing on a rt56 save with my friend, how would i design my units against his? Do i play spacemarines with modern tank destroyers?

[hollow linden]

Don't make modern tanks or space Marines

Either make dedicated tds or large inf with At in it

And tank frontline doctrine ofc

[obsidian jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/dave-chappelle-need-gif-21451408

Bad news

[glacial steeple]

early game space marines are the only way to counter space marines tho

but he said modern so its like late game

just use AT then

[obsidian jackal]

AT?

Does this work or nah

[glacial steeple]

space marines are really good for a short amount of time

[obsidian jackal]

We in 43, but focus tree allowed me to rush it down, thats why

[hollow linden]

Yea nah

[glacial steeple]

thats lategame

[hollow linden]

Don't make modern chassis 😭

[obsidian jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/charles-barkley-disbelief-charles-barkley-eyes-closed-charles-barkley-in-shambles-gif-7737665004661831002

[hollow linden]

Anti Tank

[obsidian jackal]

Ive already invested half an industry

Whats wrong with the modern ones

[hollow linden]

Less stats than heavy

Just stay in basic heavy

Chassis doesn't matter

[obsidian jackal]

Okay, so i just go anti tank on inf and just hope that the tank workes well enough?

[light knoll]

does rt56 not change it

[hollow linden]

Still can't put turrets

[light knoll]

oh

[hollow linden]

Also armor clicks dont give break literally unplayable

[light knoll]

🧱

[hollow linden]

Man road just fking sucks

Shit mod

[indigo sapphire]

watta quack?

[glacial steeple]

tbh thata fine for sp

terrible for road due to its size

[versed rose]

road to 56 dumps on tanks and planes while inf get statjacked to high heaven

hate that bloatmod

[stoic prairie]

Hello i 'am kinda new to the game what should i do to raise stability ?

[wintry matrix]

Usually when you do the Monarch Path with Portugal, you rush the Political branch for unification and don't do any other focusses.

If you have the SouthAmerica DLC it can be more tricky to get Brazil non-alligned support up enough, but in that case you have to do things like improved workers conditions and raiding political parties in the decision tab.

Not sure what political advisors Portugal had.

[stoic prairie]

oh brazil was 100% non aligned but i was having stability problems so now i should just try raise non aligned and improve workers condition ?

and can i enter wars with low stability or it doesn't matter that much

[wintry matrix]

Having high political support gives you a bit stab.
And workers conditions too, yeah.

Being below 50% gives you debuffs like strikes when at war and reduced production.
You can hover over the number for more information.

[stoic prairie]

thanks + cornflakes with hot milk is like eating corn milky dough

[wintry matrix]

Good idea actually.
Well, hot milk is nice for the winter.

[stoic prairie]

yeah i do agree

[lament quail]

what are cruiser submarines used for? i just accidentally researched them

[indigo sapphire]

they are better subs

you can get more out of em then vanilla subs

[lament quail]

Are they worth producing

Completely replacing regular subs

[indigo sapphire]

yes

they are worth it imo

[lament quail]

ok thank

[indigo sapphire]

np

[hollow linden]

Improve Worker Conditions, do raids against other ideologies

[hollow linden]

Yea nah 💀

I like my soup cold

[fierce idol]

what divisions do you use to defend as france and counterattack?

[hollow linden]

Pure inf

And many divs

[fierce idol]

width and composition?

[hollow linden]

8/0 16w

Engineer arty aa

[cosmic cedar]

guys i "won" with germany, what shouldd I play next? it was my first nation and i dont like italy

[fierce idol]

france

[cosmic cedar]

i kinda wanna chill and get strong is france good for that?

[lament quail]

yeah, just not on historical 💀

[forest hedge]

Can get strong on both

[lament quail]

Fair, but not so chill on historical

[forest hedge]

Build forts

Some proper defense infantry

And afk at some point

Build up air

Kill Germany if staying democratic can try form eu

Just do not join allies

[sudden tangle]

Didn’t border Mexico at the time
And was still building an airforce

[glacial steeple]

finland is great to practice

[forest hedge]

Japan

But do not try jump over your head

Try play properly

Using fleets invading islands with marines

Like using hard mechanics

[sour mountain]

someone pls come vc

[forest hedge]

What happened?

[sour mountain]

more tehnical stuff

nukes and stuff

[hollow linden]

So you wanna know how to deploy a nuke

[sour mountain]

No

i know how to

just that

im doing a world conquest

[hollow linden]

Can u write in complete sentences

[sour mountain]

ok

[hollow linden]

So?

What about it

[sour mountain]

so im doing world conquest as britain and chile only has 1 island in the pacific left and i cant invade it

[hollow linden]

Why cant you

[sour mountain]

cuz they destroy my 17 divions with thier 4

idk how my divions work anywhere

[hollow linden]

Cas

[sour mountain]

i beat germany in 3 months w them

[hollow linden]

What div are you using to invade

[hollow linden]

Yea no fking surprise

Make marines

Without artillery

Get cas

Get shore

[sour mountain]

ok

[hollow linden]

Get planning if possible

[sour mountain]

just 5 more countries

[hollow linden]

Gotta invade your faction members too

[forest hedge]

Invading with art is tuff

[hollow linden]

Pro tip: don't justify multiple wars at once

Do one at a time

[sour mountain]

i will

[forest hedge]

Kick them rn if u can

[sour mountain]

btw how do you make battle cruisers

[sour mountain]

its mostly just italy and thier puppets

[hollow linden]

Use battle cruiser armor

[sour mountain]

i will soon

[hollow linden]

Easy then

[sour mountain]

does this count

[hollow linden]

Is the armor battle cruiser armor?

[sour mountain]

yes

[forest hedge]

Do it as cheap as possible

Remove everything u can

Just to deploy faster for achievement

[sour mountain]

ok

[sour mountain]

it saved me around 5 days

lmao

[forest hedge]

Still good

[sour mountain]

it took me more time to beat chile than ussr and germany combined

dude

they got repelled agian

[hollow linden]

What's your template

Did u have air

[sour mountain]

deafult one

[hollow linden]

I don't see you having shore

[hollow linden]

.... What template

Show me the template.

[sour mountain]

ok nvm its dogshit i need to change it

[hollow linden]

Also invading with 17 divs does nothing

[hollow linden]

Ya don't say

[sour mountain]

what works best for marines

[hollow linden]

Make it 36w. Add support companies

Similar to this

[sour mountain]

ight

[sour mountain]

which one of these is the best cuz i didnt reaserch those

[hollow linden]

Which one of what

Pick the ones above

[gentle verge]

can someone explain to me what just happened

i was playing as democratic france and turned communist because of popular support some time after ww2

but i didnt lose

i kept playing unttil 1952

and i jost lost suddenly out of nowhere

[cosmic cedar]

guys i wanna play a country where i can get a nuke the fastest no dlc

[gentle verge]

i did the petite entente focus at the beginning so i had the us in my faction and they paratrooped me apparently

and my color changed from blue to red

[hollow linden]

Civil war lmao

[sour mountain]

didnt work

[hollow linden]

How do you miss that

[hollow linden]

What does the template look like now

Do you have shore Bombardement?

Do you have green air and cas?

[sudden tangle]

Belgium has good buffs for that

[hollow linden]

...... Add pioneers, add flame tanks.....

[calm forge]

So would you like to tell me which country dropped the first nuke

[hollow linden]

Do you have marine doctrine to get planning?

[sour mountain]

i dont have air cuz its way to far awawyt

[hollow linden]

Carriers?

[sour mountain]

i dont have them reaserched

[hollow linden]

It's 1950 😭

How

[sudden tangle]

What country you playing btw

[gentle verge]

i was already communist and it made me a communist civil war?

[hollow linden]

Well apparently you weren't

[gentle verge]

i was the commune of france but blue

and it made me red commune of france

[sour mountain]

take a guess

[sour mountain]

idk

[hollow linden]

My bother in christ, you're clicking the buttons

[sour mountain]

these are all the onces i have

[hollow linden]

You mean to tell me that you don't have a land facility!

Its a special Project bruh

Or just make a design with it

U have to Design and produce the tank too

[hollow linden]

Yea alright then add pioneers at least

[hollow linden]

Also this is too big. Show me the entire div

Including the stats

[sudden tangle]

Mb cuh I’m at work didn’t notice the division name mb

[hollow linden]

I said 36w no

[sudden tangle]

But yea

[cosmic cedar]

america

[hollow linden]

Why is it 40w

[sudden tangle]

How do you not have carriers

[cosmic cedar]

realy

[sour mountain]

oh

[hollow linden]

Yea reading is hard

[sour mountain]

anything else

[brazen panther]

why do my supplies randomly turn yellow for a few weeks then turn back blue/light blue?

[sour mountain]

quite dificult indeed

[sudden tangle]

Belgian Congo

Shared focus tree

[hollow linden]

..... Now it's 34w no

[cosmic cedar]

ok

[brazen panther]

im on vanilla

[hollow linden]

I'm not talking to you

Nvm wrong reply

[hollow linden]

Flame tanks

[sour mountain]

holy moly im so dumb

[hollow linden]

Mhm

Reading is hard.

[sour mountain]

uhm

[hollow linden]

Looks at supply meter

[sour mountain]

im so dumb bro

[hollow linden]

Probably missing trains, trucks convoys or all 3

[sudden tangle]

Understandable eyes go blurry after spending that much time on a save game

[hollow linden]

You have to make a flame tank design.

Otherwise it won't unlock

[calm forge]

Then go America bru

[cosmic cedar]

ok

[broken trail]

whats the best way to naval invade the uk in the gotterdamerung dlc

[sour mountain]

alr 1 sec

[broken trail]

i invade i take 2 ports

[hollow linden]

Through the channel with green air and cas

[broken trail]

then i just cant push inwards

[hollow linden]

How is the supply

[brazen panther]

i spam naval strike missions on the english channel but im on vanilla

[hollow linden]

Are you getting raided?

[hollow linden]

... We know you're on vanilla

What about it

Or do you mean to say no dlc?

[broken trail]

supply on the island is green

[hollow linden]

What about your units?

[calm forge]

If ur really trying for nukes even though they buns at the start of the game build nuclear facilities since ur civs don't matter anyway

[brazen panther]

meant non dlc lol

[hollow linden]

Do you have green air?

[broken trail]

no

[hollow linden]

Tight

[sudden tangle]

What about just paradrop ?

[cosmic cedar]

is there a mo dthat makes the mstrong

[hollow linden]

Wow no surprise

Almost like having red air reduces your stats by up to 50% 🤯

YEA RED AIR IS BAD

DON'T FIGHT UNDER RED AIR

[calm forge]

Why would you want war to be more hell

[broken trail]

so i gotta make a shit ton fighters and cas

alright

[cosmic cedar]

becuz bomb

[calm forge]

Wha

[lament quail]

after encirclements killing about 80 soviet divisions, yesterday's situation looks like this now, but the front stalls once more. Should I call in Poland or Lithuania to push on?

[cosmic cedar]

boom is fun

[calm forge]

No war is hell

[cosmic cedar]

howdd u put al the troops on one order i thought i ha dto make one for each 24 divisions

[cosmic cedar]

😭

[sudden tangle]

Heavy fighters are better

Self sealing fuel tanks drop tanks and best engine you got (if you have the resources go for jet)

And as weapon systems just 4x heavy machine guns as many as you can fit

[calm forge]

😭 bros a hoi4 chungie

[lament quail]

i have 5 armies(4 of 24 divs, 1 of 30 divs) and put them in an army group

this army has 30 divs bc kissler here has become a skilled staffer

[cosmic cedar]

ohhh s o u jsut do it for the whole army group

[cosmic cedar]

whats chungei bro i mjust new 🥀

[calm forge]

Noob

[cosmic cedar]

wow

[broken trail]

what kind of tanks should i make so i can actually push

[lament quail]

so should I call in Lithuania, or annex Poland(through focus tree)

[broken trail]

heavy?

[cosmic cedar]

sorery bro 😢

[forest hedge]

Kekw

[lament quail]

medium sp artillery i think

[forest hedge]

One man in chat sent this, I guess it's usable

[lament quail]

something like this i think

[lament quail]

oh hey thats the thing i used

[forest hedge]

Kekw same screens

[forest hedge]

Yesterday or 2 days ago AgeDE sent them i think

[hollow linden]

Looks very familiar 🤔

[sudden tangle]

That’s not my field of expertise as I don’t have the dlc for tank designs

I rely on my CAS and my infantry that is cheap and great in org

Using my CAS to de-org the enemy and push with my div with superior org and that’s how I push

[broken trail]

alright thx

[lament quail]

yeah i think its bc i asked about it here and someone suggested it

[hollow linden]

Behold: my stuff

[lament quail]

oh yeah it was yours i think

[hollow linden]

It was literally me

[broken trail]

imma steal that rq

[forest hedge]

It got forwarded through my server for saving stuff, it lost your tag

[hollow linden]

I have all my designs saved on my phone lol

[forest hedge]

Sorry

[hollow linden]

Lmao

All good

Stealing from me?!

[lament quail]

mb kind associate, my memory is kinda bad

[hollow linden]

Unforgivable.

[broken trail]

can i make any of those semi early as italy?

im trying to form rome

[hollow linden]

Hmm the tanks maybe not. I would focus on inf and planes

U have the range designer as Italy so I recommend you do double armor plate fighter 2

[forest hedge]

All depends on u but Italy weak asf in early production

[hollow linden]

I mean you can take UK in 36

So there goes that issue

[broken trail]

i have noticed

cant make actual divisions untill the firearm problem is fixed 😭

[forest hedge]

Yes but u can do even with 6 inf and support companies

Ai is just bad

[hollow linden]

And then you can go from there

[hollow linden]

That's not what I was getting at

I'm saying that your eco will be huge after annexing literally half the world

[forest hedge]

Still true at some point

[forest hedge]

Yes

[hollow linden]

That goes without saying

It doesn't need to be repeated

[sour mountain]

FINALY

[lament quail]

nice

how crucial is org

to attacking

[hollow linden]

Fking

yes

[broken trail]

very

[hollow linden]

Also Holy XP 😭

All untrained 😭

[lament quail]

I barely used them

somehow pushed to here

from yesterday's position

[broken trail]

did you do a civil war or smth you have some good stats on the fm

[lament quail]

1946

it is

actually no

1947 now

[broken trail]

gah

[hollow linden]

Hmm almost like having planning and having guns helps with pushing 🤔

[lament quail]

🤯

[broken trail]

and youre just now fighting soviets?

[lament quail]

they invaded me while I was fighting the brits

i had to fight the british twice bc in the first peace deal, my puppets and the enemy turkey managed to steal JUUUST enough warscore for me to not be able to take the home isles

[broken trail]

you get everything on the soviet front and forget about dday 😭

[sudden tangle]

Or just better org

[lament quail]

by guns you mean sp artillery?

[hollow linden]

No I mean infantry equipment

[lament quail]

im not low on infantry equipment that's a fact

[hollow linden]

Wdym "Better org" you have org passively

That's not something you actively have to build

[broken trail]

holy infantry eq

1.6m?

gah

[hollow linden]

1.6M guns but no planes 😭

Dawg

Fries bag

[sudden tangle]

Reroute production of the infantry guns to something that is of a lower stock

[lament quail]

i already have

i just spent so much time with 150 factories on infantry equipment

[hollow linden]

Yo dawg you don't need 300 mils on mech

I think 30 are enough

[lament quail]

i just switched the trucks in my armored divs to mech

but they ARE fully equipped now so should I put some on the sp artillery

[hollow linden]

Using Messerschmitt

Ouch

[lament quail]

oh yeah

forgot to switch

focke wulf for more range right?

[hollow linden]

U don't switch though

[lament quail]

?

[hollow linden]

U dont use Messerschmitt to begin with

[lament quail]

well i was

[hollow linden]

Never use light aircraft it sucks

[hollow linden]

Bad. Use fw

[hollow linden]

Hmmmmm

Green air important yes :clueless:

[lament quail]

?

oh yeah the skull ratio is in fact kinda bad

[lament quail]

how do i gain air superiority then

w/o fighters

[hollow linden]

I meant the MIO

Ofc u use fighters wtf

[lament quail]

oh

i see

[hollow linden]

Just don't use light aircraft MIO if possible

[lament quail]

understood

[hollow linden]

Range designer is good, agility Designer is even better

UK has the best air designer in the game

[sudden tangle]

FYI you can also assign the air to army groups so the planes change bases and and deploy themselves

Just a tip

[lament quail]

Oh yeah forgot you could do thaqt

whats the optimal way to split up my planes

[sudden tangle]

Useful for when you have to invade the us as Brazil in 1952

[lament quail]

*planes

or as Germany in 1952(if youre me)

[sudden tangle]

If you ever reach that stage where the enemy has more enemies than you get nukes and nuke the org out of their units and their airbases to destroy planes they might have

When I did the Brazil run my army had this template:

[lament quail]

mm

I will develop this after the war when I have time to research towed anti tank

[sudden tangle]

You might have red dot on map when you attack nuked enemy or cas enemy but basically what happens the enemy loses their org and the enemy leaves the tile for open season

And you walk in

[sudden tangle]

Also this is what I have to rely on since I don’t have the tank dlc so my tanks divisions would push like wet paper

This is cheaper and better

In the end great success

[lament quail]

nice

that first achievement is also something I am attempting to get

[sudden tangle]

Shouldn’t be hard

[sudden tangle]

The AI smashes against you because you’ll have less divisions than it

and I was able to hold 20 or so American divisions (mod.1948) with 5 of these

[sudden tangle]

Good times

[sudden tangle]

Oh forgot to respond

nah communist Brazil post civil war is in no position to fight anything lol

Except maybe Uruguay

Not until the air was made

Which is hard with undiversified economy

But my goal was the research slot so the air wasn’t ready till like 1940 when I made the good airframe

[fathom thistle]

I'm still wondering if 16w is the best for pure defense or is 18w just a bit chunkier and better..

And does the anti tank support company also help in defending via piercing or does the piercing bonus only apply while attacking ?

By applying I mean if it actually does help the unit to defend better

Also what companies also help for defending. I already use AA, engineers and signals, with what I could fill out 2 last slots with?

[chilly lance]

how long does a wargoal lasts if its done manually?

[sudden tangle]

Depends what it’s for

If you hold your mouse above the available wargoals icon it shows you all wargoals you have and how long they last

[chilly lance]

im soviet making early war and making a war goal on poland as soon as i got the 50 political power

[chilly lance]

oh

so theres no generall time it lasts?

[sudden tangle]

Then it will expire if it was conquer

If it was a justification to retake a core or puppet it would not expire

[sudden tangle]

Should say on screen

[chilly lance]

yea but my question was how long will it last ;-;

yea ok immaa just look

[sudden tangle]

Btw how many hours do you have

[hollow linden]

6k

[sudden tangle]

Don’t remember

[sudden tangle]

Interesting

[glacial steeple]

hiii askers and helpers

whats up

[glacial steeple]

smaller is longer battles larger is less losses

[fathom thistle]

So the ideal for lux is 16w I assume. What about the 2 free support slots? Anything that helps actual defense?

Excluding AA, signals and engineers cuz I have those already

[lone sigil]

support arty

[fathom thistle]

How do arties help? Like stat wise.

For defense

[lone sigil]

well its add cheape stats to your divs and attack is also importiant for defense

[glacial steeple]

i mean if youre just gonna last stand you can go large

you need to hold a maginot tile tho to reorg

[fathom thistle]

Like 30w since forest?

[fathom thistle]

So bolding just lux tiles is pretty much impossible after the doctrine update?

Cuz I could do it with Mass R pretty easily

[glacial steeple]

anything

just reinforce rate is rlly bad now

[glacial steeple]

orgmax or try to bounce them

i dont think you get enough doctrine tho

maxed SFP would be good

[dusty sandal]

1.1 recovery rate my beloved

[glacial steeple]

you can get it up to like 2

[dusty sandal]

[topaz yew]

Hello, ive heard people say that support artillery is usually better to use than line artillery, but ive also heard that self propelled guns are better to use than medium tanks, so if theyre the same im a bit confused on whats decent for an army

[dusty sandal]

they aren't the same. Line arty is the same arty you put as support but as a frontline bataillon and it's bad because of low sstats for high cost mainly
SPGs are artillery tanks and those are broken due to how powerful they get. You can stack extremely high stats on them for little cost
for example, this is 12 inf divs worth of IC and it will absoluetely demolish anything the ai can throw at it. it benefits from doctrines and from advisors

SPGs = good, line arty = meh at best

[topaz yew]

Ohh okay, thanks a lot ill try to use this

[glacial steeple]

francis are you a hoi4 pro gamer

[dusty sandal]

would be an exageration ut I'm good enough

[glacial steeple]

is this savable

[dusty sandal]

what is this, 2014 ukraine ?

[glacial steeple]

no

[dusty sandal]

but yeah, it's probably savable

[glacial steeple]

heres save if you wanna try its pretty bleak

[dusty sandal]

what mods ?

[glacial steeple]

i had mods but its all vanilla compatible so this save is converted to vanilla

[dusty sandal]

alright, will take a look in a bit

[feral forge]

does someone have a good paratrooper template?

[feral forge]

thanks

[red grove]

Does anyone have tips for beating the Soviet Union? I am playing as Sweden and am fighting on the finnish and Turkish front but man this war is a slog.

I manage to push them back a good bit, exploiting their low org and stuff but eventually they just crush my frontlines

[feral forge]

so I should research the marine special forces instead of the paratrooper special forces? bcs you have pioneers in the template

[sour mountain]

the huh

[glacial steeple]

ranger recon is good from mountaineer/ranger paralights are good from para doctrine

any work, but imo ranger recon is the best support out of them especially if you do both doctrines that buff it

[feral forge]

I dont have that dlc which adds the rangers

[glacial steeple]

but thats where you get pioneers

from the doctrine

[feral forge]

I get them from the marines

[glacial steeple]

idk if youve gotten to it by now but hows it going either way?

[glacial steeple]

yeah

ranger recon is from mountaineer and ranger doctrines

[lament quail]

are these things worth forming when I get there

[glacial steeple]

theyre puppets so typically no

but you could

[lament quail]

for resistance management

also

[dusty sandal]

didn't try it yet, gotta finish some stuff first. Will ping you when I do

[lament quail]

speaking of puppets, i can call in poland here to push from the south right?

or i could summon the ubd

unsure

[red grove]

God i freaking hate the soviet union

[proven rapids]

speaking of X3

[somber berry]

i started the game again after 4 months, are tanks still in the Meta or can i win with infantry only? (Singleplayer)

[proven rapids]

im playing as the soviets with ahistorical focuses for other countries, just tryna do a world conquest
ive conquered iran and now have war goals against turkey
but britain and france are guaranteeing it
now normally i wouldnt declare
but britain is doing the fascist path
if i declare now and they declare on me, but then go fascist, will they still be at war with me?

[dim kraken]

a lot man i don't really know cause i've never played it but it's so powerful

[somber berry]

yes, they will still be at war

[proven rapids]

aw shucks

welp imma wait half a year till theyre fascist and rn imma start new war goal against turkey lol

[somber berry]

btw

[proven rapids]

i assume theyll stop guaranteeing everyone if theyre a different ideology, right?

[somber berry]

can u answer me?

[somber berry]

.

i rly hate building tanks

[proven rapids]

ive been playing for a month
i have no idea

[somber berry]

world conquest, AFTER A MONTH?

😭

[dim kraken]

you mostly have to

cause only some countries have enough manpower to just conquer by spamming

[proven rapids]

i mean it is the soviets
and i put ahistorical in hope of dividing my enemies

[dim kraken]

and using tanks or mechanised is the best method to conquer

[somber berry]

ok, where can i see templates? reddit?

division+tank ones

[proven rapids]

wait no britains going COMMUNIST

AN ALLY

yooo this gonna be fun

[proven rapids]

also is that as in its too early or too late

[somber berry]

too early, WAY too early

[dim kraken]

best templates are 36 width

[somber berry]

what should i use for org?

[dim kraken]

it's mostly 11-8 (tanks-mechanised..)

[dim kraken]

wdym

[somber berry]

organization

mechanized?

[lament quail]

should i wait for railways and supply hub to finish being built before calling in/annexing the ubd

[dim kraken]

yeah

[lament quail]

and bringing them into the war with the ussr

[somber berry]

okay

tysm

[dim kraken]

just as i told u use 10-8 or 11-7

cause only tanks in a template is chaos

use medium if possible

then lights if you cannot but do never use heavy in early as they need so much resources and its for late game

[proven rapids]

dam
i mean me trying doesnt mean ill succeed

im pretty bad at the game

i cant seem to figure out naval invasions for example

[somber berry]

the new naval system is confusing, yeah

[proven rapids]

like why do i always only get like 8 or 6 divs for my invasion

when i give the order to 24

[vital plinth]

Is heavry fighters better for interception than normal fighters ?

[fathom thistle]

they are just better but the ic cost is not really worth it. Just stack normal fighters with heavy machines guns

[fathom thistle]

bcs thats the max divs u can invade with, you get more by researching the naval invasion stoff via research

[flint lily]

guys do you have any idea how to complete draculas revenge achievement? I have to give all romanian core lands to translyvania but I can't do that due to new peace conference system that came out with together for victory

I tried to take communist path but at the end I couldn't give romanian core lands to translyvania which caused to me to fail achievement

[fathom thistle]

did you try conquering romania as yugoslavia?

and then giving lands to autonomouse region of transylvania ( or how its called)

[untold crescent]

How do I execute case Anton (taking Vichy France) it always just doesn’t work

Even if I move all my unit out of Vichy France

And I can’t take ussr

Always push them back a little bit then get folded

[sour wadi]

ello lads

[fluid verge]

how do i properly organize my fleet i stole from others to protect my convoys

the new system is confusing

[lament quail]

Hello

[lament quail]

Frontline

[rapid urchin]

is this a good design that japan could use agains the allies?

[fluid verge]

how do i get my navy out of the caspian sea

[narrow grail]

Does mounted infantry subdoctine work with elefantry?

[hearty tusk]

why the near florida there is no patrol

[sweet summit]

There prolly is for a different task force / fleet

If not assign it

[narrow grail]

Maybe not enough range

[chilly lance]

can i somehow make the special project in no time

(with the in game console)

[narrow grail]

I think this

[chilly lance]

omg thank you

where you got that lisst from?

its your owwn?

[scenic nacelle]

hoi4 wiki

[narrow grail]

Yeah I've been helped with that earlier

[glacial steeple]

?????

what is that

[scenic nacelle]

a plane with range

and btw

do u know any pregrind general mods

[glacial steeple]

no i like character building

[light knoll]

they want the planes to reach from japan to the UK

[edgy pendant]

A reasonable request

[glacial steeple]

and then lose all air trades??

also jet engine reduces range what\

[hearty tusk]

why can I autarchy also I controll all of the wolrd at this point

[vital plinth]

I don’t have the DLCs

[glacial steeple]

you dont fully control (occupy) all your core states

[hearty tusk]

.d

[shadow jewel]

A question, if I build synthetic refineries do I also get oil with that?

[light knoll]

(i wasn't being serious)

[untold crescent]

How do I execute case Anton

[velvet radish]

anyone want to help me kill ai china new world dm me

[glacial steeple]

well i wanna KNOW

whatd the thought process

[lament quail]

try northern italy, northern schleswig, switzerland, that weird belarus thing

[hearty tusk]

annex them?

[lament quail]

yeah

invade denmark for northern schleswig, annex puppets everywhere else

or just click around on your border provinces

until you find some that are your core

do I wait for the supply to finish

to call the ubd into my soviet war

yeah imma wait

no reason to try pushing into the ussr during winter amirite

[vital plinth]

Hey how do I check which city controls the state ? ?

[lament quail]

?

why is my supply cooked

[brazen panther]

can u change doctrines and still keep the bonuses u earned in the previous one?

[brazen panther]

ur tanks

[lament quail]

PAPIUS?

[lament quail]

so I build rails right

and hubs

[brazen panther]

the great papus

[brazen panther]

ye or move ur tanks to another front

[lament quail]

alright i am building the hub

s

needed

[brazen panther]

btw u already have hubs i would upgrade their bottlenecks

[lament quail]

whats a bottleneck again

also when does the snow end

or should I just use my tanks somewhere else

yeah i think imma js bring my tanks to poland right?

because who is tryna push in that snowy ahh terrain

[fathom thistle]

How do I abuse special forces cap now?

[humble oriole]

is field hospital best for keeping deaths low

[edgy pendant]

Same way

[cold bloom]

Yeh, and with right doctrine it buffs units' HP too

Am I stupid or does supply for special facilities not work properly? Regardless of railways, supply setting or infra, remote ones always seem undersupplied

[humble oriole]

should i research with this mio? it seems unrelated

it does decrease the time by 10 days tho

[edgy pendant]

Should buff HP despite what doctrine

[sterile hearth]

no i dont think so

[cold bloom]

Mhm, the doctrine does have a much larger increase though

[coarse finch]

It'll also level up the MIO

[cold bloom]

It does consume a tiny bit of political power

[topaz yew]

hello does the quality of the light tank matter for armoured recon companies?

[lament quail]

hello

i am having problems

with wt

how to raise

(i am germany btw)

[wintry matrix]

Check your focus tree for additional war goals or sth that raises world tension there.
If there are any ongoing wars, sending volunteers slightly increases world tension too.

[lament quail]

there is nothing left

i can only get a wargoal on my russian puppet

[wintry matrix]

Other than that, check your focus tree or your political advisors if there is sth that allows you to justify on things earlier.

[lament quail]

oh wait, japan is justifying on my russian puppet

[topaz yew]

does anyonehave general strategy tips? the front lines havnt moved in a year and a half, both me and the axis are stuck on rivers

and also i have no resources which is a bit of a problem

and the 1 spg i was able to make hasnt really done much

[austere roost]

do you have specialized mountaineer units? You are crossing the mountains after all

if you're using tank divisions there you'll at least need engineers and flame tanks, preferrably with an adaptable general

[topaz yew]

a few but most of the areas im pushing are into plains

[austere roost]

so you're pushing to the north?

maybe you can concentrate offensive forces to the north and push through krakow

[topaz yew]

and im working on both of those but the experimental thing is taking a very long time

[austere roost]

the german forces are like 1/3 equipped

[topaz yew]

trying to get into hungary and slovvakia

[austere roost]

it's like 9 months, but anyways flame tanks are almost always the first land project you should make

[topaz yew]

yeah, started it not too long ago

[austere roost]

the poland side is weaker now, you really should try pushing into it

[topaz yew]

will give it a shot, thankls

ah wewll its instantly all red wwhich doesnt seem like a good sign

[austere roost]

ah try to find a weak point then

it looked much weaker in your first screenshot

also you might want to concentrate your offensive troops instead of spreading them out

[topaz yew]

there doesnt seem to be any

[topaz yew]

as in leave the soviets tokeep the front line?

[austere roost]

then you should spend time to build better offensive divisions

and cas

[topaz yew]

i tried putting all 24 onto 2 tiles and hitting 1 tile but it didnt work

[austere roost]

no i mean put your mountaineers in one general

[topaz yew]

its not mountains its hills

[topaz yew]

as in just keep waiting for a couple more spg divisions?

[heady skiff]

Finally found out that the Ai has NO clue how to defend tanks 🥹 ✌️

I can literally cook frontlines with 1936 tanks in 1942 Lmaooo

[topaz yew]

i dont think i can do cassince i dont have air superiority, and no where near tthe industry to get it

are tanks/spgs even worth it as romania? idk if i have the industry to sustain it

how on earth isplaying as romania harder than soviet china

[hexed meteor]

what these do

waht this do

[heady skiff]

Who KNEW the game was fun when it wasnt an infinite stalemate 🥹 ✌️

[hexed meteor]

yes

fun

[heady skiff]

Just had to make a tank

[topaz yew]

I think ill try restarting and going 100% into mountaineers and into yugoslavia? Since tanks and spgs seem pretty overrated?

[lament quail]

how do I get Japan to act on their wargoal

[hexed meteor]

fun

?

[lament quail]

new atomwaffen js dropped

[topaz yew]

How do you get your tank to actually do anything useful lol

[heady skiff]

I have the worst template of all time...

The Ai just doesnt make any armoured divs

Or very few

[topaz yew]

My tanks can't kill infantry lmao

[heady skiff]

Like actually the worst template of all time

Its ALL about the breakthrough

And armour

[lament quail]

use medium tanks

[topaz yew]

#ask-for-help-here message
Im using this one which i thought would be decent

[heady skiff]

I dont have any Dlc's so

[topaz yew]

That one has more breakthrough too 😭

[heady skiff]

Idk wtf im looking at lmao

[topaz yew]

Neither really

[heady skiff]

I mean I just get like 24 of the tanks

[topaz yew]

24????

I got q

[heady skiff]

And its shredding through the lines with infantry filling the gaps

[topaz yew]

1

[heady skiff]

To be fair I have 65 mills on it so

:P

42 tanks a day

[topaz yew]

Actually tell a lie after a year ive almost got a second

[topaz yew]

So do tanks not work for minor powers?

[heady skiff]

I just go target supply hubs and shi

[heady skiff]

I dont play enough to tell you that

[topaz yew]

They put 12 infantry on the supply hubs lmao

[heady skiff]

My tanks just take it vro

You just take the tiles around

And attack from like 3-4 angles

[topaz yew]

My 1 tank is not pushing anywhere

[heady skiff]

With tanks

[heady skiff]

Let it join the battle first

And then add inf

[topaz yew]

In 1950 ill have 4 tanks to achieve this lmao

[heady skiff]

I used a 1936 tank to destroy Usa in 1941

Lmao

[topaz yew]

I usually have 1 spg and like 7 infantry pushing from 3 directions and they dont budge

[heady skiff]

Just need good supply

[heady skiff]

I have absolutely no clue what an spg is

[austere roost]

first one looks like amtraks, second one is the vehicle used for armored support groups like armor signal