ask-for-help-here

[dusty sandal]

add in support AA if you don't have air, or support logi

[languid trout]

what does recon do again in stats

[nova talon]

if my faction have naval dominance , can i naval invade using ally's naval dominance without buidling any ships?

[languid trout]

i forgot

[languid trout]

yeah

[tepid umbra]

Nothing too good in stats

But terrain bonuses mainly

[languid trout]

but thats only if ur in a faction with them and u all are in the same war

[sly kettle]

Can anybody give me instructions on how to make my mod?It's similar to Stellaris economy,migration,slavery and purges

?

[vocal gust]

dm if you can teach me navy we can go on a call

[idle arch]

Only 4?

[potent compass]

Yoo guys

[idle arch]

Can I see the sp arty design

[potent compass]

Man I've been trynna get annex France for the past 12 hours with paratroopers

I'm jus not being able to get the air superiority

I need help

I even used command and sent like 2300 fighter to Northern France with air superiority mission

But I still had 0 air superiority in that region

[idle arch]

Show ss

[potent compass]

Ah damn I can't do that rn not on my pc

[dusty sandal]

the last slot is open because you either want aa or logi depending on your situation
check the pins for the design, it's topazand's

[idle arch]

Oh ok what the best nation to do tank only build

[potent compass]

What do y'all think is the easiest way to annex France as Germany

[dusty sandal]

I'd say sov

[idle arch]

No I mean no inf like yk in mp how germany can go all in on tanks cos minors do mass mob inf to cover the front

[calm cloak]

does anyone know how I can invade France as Germany

[dusty sandal]

yes, sov içs good for that

I know because I tried it before and after NCNS came out to see the difference

and you can now get 160 medium SPG divs out by barb

[inner sparrow]

???

germany exists

[glacial steeple]

false

[inner sparrow]

better ic, better tanks, better industry, better grinding for gens

[inner sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/rabbit-cute-gif-14063524

[dusty sandal]

never said it wasn't
just said sov was a good pick for it

and it objectively is

[inner sparrow]

he asked for the best tho

which sov clearly isn’t

[dusty sandal]

imo it is

simply because you have enough time to build a big ass frontline for it

and because tankograd production buffs are stupid

[inner sparrow]

theres nothing that soviets can do better than germany tank wise

[dusty sandal]

and because 20mils spawn in
and because single frontline

and because you don't need the extra stats from MIO

[inner sparrow]

it doesn’t matter germany ic clears sov ic

[dusty sandal]

germany still needs coast guards, it's tanks wasted

[inner sparrow]

germany gets higher tank count on barb while having tanks for dday aswell

[dusty sandal]

it's simpler, chillier and honestly not hard to do at all

while germany has requirements of guns and army size that force you to build inf at the start, which isn't very much tank friendly

also, sealion with only tanks is gonna be hard

[inner sparrow]

while on soviets u cant build tanks early as you dont have basic medium nor heavy and on barb u dont wanna to inter war :)

and u take longer to research that as ger has to do guns till anschluss

ger gets anschluss 5th focus

[dusty sandal]

you just don't build units and use light tanks in spanish civil war to pass time

[inner sparrow]

like what

[inner sparrow]

u still get mogged by ger in civil war

ger gets way better gens than u

[lusty charm]

How can this happen? I read that Germany has to be at war with Czechoslovakia Britain and France in order for the Oster Conspiracy event to trigger but Czechoslovakia is in a faction with Germany

[dusty sandal]

you get medium frame in 1937
build converts
convert in mid 1938
roll over finland
have 160 medium SPGs with mech by 1941

[inner sparrow]

yeah lets fight vs the hyperboria 10 attack guy from ger they get every game with eyes closed on spanish civil

[inner sparrow]

160 medium spgs into one shot

gg

nice

[glacial steeple]

dont fight, love

[dusty sandal]

?
you don't care about winning, it's about farming generals or passing time, and ger AI tanks are ass

[inner sparrow]

im not talking about winning, germany gets way better gens than you

[dusty sandal]

I really don't see the issue with crappy light tanks in SPCW when ger AI rarely even send one

[inner sparrow]

ger tank gens clear sov all game

ger gets 10 attack guy with eyes closed on civil war

[dusty sandal]

it's not about 40% more soft atk since it's not required

Germany is just a slog for tank only challenge because of the requirement of inf and army size to progress in focuses

sov has none of that issue

[inner sparrow]

you don’t need to produce guns for the army size progress besides for danzig start

after that u can just do the aa convert trick

and insta do all focuses

big nothing burger?

germany does everything better than soviets for tanks, any day any moment

[hollow linden]

Yea then go deal with that and then just roll the entire game? Like, just because there's 2 hurdles early doesn't mean sov is automatically better.

Ger is still so much stronger than sov

[dusty sandal]

you ... kinda do ? you need army size of fully equipped divs, now if you don't want to mass produce useless arty or crappy tanks you need to build inf don't you ?

[inner sparrow]

the 2 hurdles in question, have 20 on guns for 5 35 days focuses

its over

[hollow linden]

Crazy

🤯

[inner sparrow]

u dont

[hollow linden]

Hoi players when minor inconvenience

[dusty sandal]

requires to deploy inf, which isn't possible for a tank only challenge ???

[inner sparrow]

u can do 2w inf convert to 2w aa into comvert to 50w

and it works

[dusty sandal]

still not tank in tank only

[hollow linden]

Depends how we define it

[inner sparrow]

do it with tanks then?

u can do it aswell with tanks

[hollow linden]

And that yea

[inner sparrow]

like mp is only thing that counts

u don’t need to do it with inf, it works with tanks too

and it uses nearly no tank eq

[dusty sandal]

Except if they changed it recently, the focus doesn't work if the units aren't fully equipped

[inner sparrow]

THEY ARE THO, LEARN TO READ

[dusty sandal]

that was a big issue for new players that didn't read the tooltip btw

[inner sparrow]

2W inf or tank, into 2w aa with no eq, into 50w inf/tank with no eq on and the 50w is fully equipped

[dusty sandal]

oh, is it the usebug for the mastery grind you use for anchulluss ?

[inner sparrow]

for anschluss and all other focuses

[dusty sandal]

personally I hate those exploits but yeah, would work

[inner sparrow]

u can use them as converts for ur actual tank divisions aswell

[cinder spindle]

its some random mod i found

[cold bloom]

@cinder spindleYou cant post screenshots fulled with nazi symbols in this server

[cinder spindle]

my bad i js though that it would be fine because i am playing Germany

sorry tho

[hollow wing]

Hello everyone!! Which one is supposed to be better for a general/marshall that is supposed to be in the Offenssive? Organization, Charismatic or Fast Planner?

[glacial steeple]

thorough planner

[upbeat arrow]

can i get someones oppinion of my navy setup? i need to know f i need more screens throughout

and does the "division still planning: -10%" tooltip do anything? it is there even on ground war plans, but i can never seem to get it to go away, even if i wat for max org and strength

[hollow wing]

yes that is what I though so but I am France I have already a +25% planning bonus and a deficit to planning speed. Little use I have for Max Planning when each time I attack I cant keep the initiative after a breakthrough, also which one is better for offensive: division recovery rate or division reinforcement rate??

[glacial steeple]

just click staff office planning on your general?

more planning is just more attack modifier

reinforcement rate lets you enter battles

recovery just recovers your org

[spare cradle]

how can an ai country call itself into a war

[lament quail]

as military directorate latvia, should I pick sun shines equally or latvia for latvians

[half glade]

how do you win wars?

like

what troops do i need

what specific troops do i need that are dedicated to a single thing

[hollow linden]

Do you wanna go democratic or Fascist lol

I'd say Latvia for Latvians

[hollow linden]

Too broad of a question, be more specific.

U definitely need infantry

but its not just about your army, your airforce is important too

[lament quail]

im going nonaligned

military directorate

[hollow linden]

How much you can produce, how many men you can field

[hollow linden]

Its not just about what divisions you use

[empty latch]

Is there a command to make nations hate each other?

[empty latch]

(Opinion negative)

[half glade]

this seems so difficult as a nation like czech though, when you cant spare industry on making planes

[hollow linden]

I guess give them claims on each others territory?

[hollow linden]

See if you said that first I woudlve said something different

Maybe say what country you are playing first

[empty latch]

How?

[hollow linden]

I thought u were just asking a general question

Idk state transer tool?

Idk if theres a command for it

[half glade]

it is just a general question

because i seem to struggle against majors in every game i play

[hollow linden]

Depends on what you play no

I need you to be more specific

At baseline I can tell u that getting mils early, getting gun tech early is important

But thats about it

[lament quail]

this is the latvia path I am doing

[half glade]

what about troops

like

what do i need

[hollow linden]

Infantry.

[half glade]

do i need dedicated breakthrough troops?

[hollow linden]

What does that even mean

[half glade]

just a general idea

[hollow linden]

Those terms dont apply

[half glade]

well light spg for example have awful breakthrough

[hollow linden]

No they dont?

[half glade]

so do i make dedicated units for breakthrough

[hollow linden]

Light spg can get break

[hollow linden]

No thats not how that works

[half glade]

not like 400 needed for germany

[hollow linden]

Breakthrough is stat that all units have. But break without attack does nothing

you need both

[hollow linden]

400 is enough in sp and l spg can get more

Your design is just bad

[hollow linden]

If you want to or afford them sure, but I gather that you only play minors a lot so doing tanks isnt really an option

[half glade]

show me your design

[half glade]

so what do i do instead

[hollow linden]

Infantry

Hence I said, gun tech is important

you can win any war just with inf

Tanks are expensive and unecessary

[half glade]

infantry never work for me

thats why im looking for solutions

[hollow linden]

Dont have light spg on hand

[light knoll]

rushing gun 3 would do you more good than starting to research and produce tanks

[hollow linden]

Imagine these are light

And reduce stats

[hollow linden]

What did u do for inf

did you rush gun tech

I reckon you used artillery and didnt rush gun

[hollow linden]

The solution is gun tech

[half glade]

yeah flame tanks are out of the question for me as a minor

[hollow linden]

Yea dont make tanks as a minor 🤦‍♂️

I have been trying to tell you that

Just make inf and rush gun tech

Thats literally it

And make enough inf

[half glade]

yeah but that never works

[light knoll]

it works very well

[hollow linden]

Do you know what rushing gun even means

[half glade]

my troops just dont beat any other troops

[hollow linden]

Do u know how to do that

[half glade]

yeah ahead of time

[hollow linden]

Ok u clearly dont

Not how u do it

[half glade]

okay please tell me then

[hollow linden]

Well, kinda, but not hard tech it

Its kinda complicated

You need a feel for what to research when

[hollow linden]

Well how do u attack

I can tell u it works

Maybe you pick bad doctrines, have bad high command, not enough units

and ye maybe as a minor, you arent supposed to beat majors

Minors can only beat majors by becoming majors themselves

Poland is a good example

[half glade]

so how do i become a major

[hollow linden]

A minor that can get strong very quickly

[hollow linden]

Expand asap

Depends on what you play

As something like belgium or czechia you're kinda boned

[half glade]

right now im latvia

[hollow linden]

But poland, Netherlands, Austria can get strong very quickly

[hollow linden]

Yea thats like bottom 3 countries lmao

Dont play latvia

shit country

[half glade]

oh

[hollow linden]

Play lithuania

Strongest minor

[half glade]

okay i will

[hollow linden]

Go plc

[light knoll]

take the other Baltics, you get easy shit ton of industry

[hollow linden]

Beat russia in 1940

[light knoll]

give them some time to do their industry focuses

you can get major size industry in like 39

and its free cores

and they have no real army to stop you

[half glade]

plc?

[light knoll]

Polish lithuanian commonwealth

[half glade]

easier said then done

[half glade]

ohh

[hollow linden]

Pretty easy, acutally

Russia is comically weak, germany cant do danzig and u just pump out inf and battleplan

make collabs

boom done

[lament quail]

will this get removed

i have 83% war support

[hollow linden]

No?

Only if you drop below 50

[lament quail]

ah

me being nonaligned doesnt change

anything?

[hollow linden]

No

[lament quail]

alr then

[hollow linden]

Just war support

you theoretically could keep total mob lol

[lament quail]

so which is better as nonaligned latvia

[half glade]

as a minor should i ever build civs

cause honestly i always just build mils

from day 1

[upbeat arrow]

does nation building increase or decrease autonomy?

[lone sigil]

how do i dontgrade my game version?

[lone sigil]

if you build in your puppet in uh doas the autonomy to the left

[upbeat arrow]

this?

[plucky otter]

Building in a puppet decreases it

[plucky otter]

That does nothing useful

[upbeat arrow]

ok, thank you!

[plucky otter]

Literally nothing

[lone sigil]

nah this just gives them pp

[upbeat arrow]

i was worried about that, waste of PP

[plucky otter]

yep

[upbeat arrow]

ty

[pure stream]

What do i do with the brits here? should i just ignore them completely?

[south zephyr]

Why is the sea striped with red?

[plucky otter]

You can either do air supremacy and paradrop

Or you can build a navy to naval invade

[upbeat arrow]

think that indicates an out of range region for the selected task force

[south zephyr]

But my navy is right beside

[pure stream]

they have 3x my air and 5x my navy

[lone sigil]

nvm i found out how to downgrade

[light knoll]

click the gear button

your home base is too far

[lone sigil]

you neeed to seleckt a home base

[upbeat arrow]

ctrl+right click on new home port

[lone sigil]

if you can invade them yes

[plucky otter]

With some good planes that wont matter

[south zephyr]

where is the Home port? Is it the headquarters or just a naval base xD?

[plucky otter]

A good plane will shred anything the ai can make

Im going to guess that you dont have by blood alone

So you need to use the old plane designer upgrade thing

[plucky otter]

No

The home port is just the home port of the fleet

[upbeat arrow]

you can see your current home port in the task force where my mouse is

[plucky otter]

Thats where the range will be calculated from

Along with a majority of the supply

[idle arch]

Is Bulgaria fun for tank only build

[south zephyr]

Can i choose whatever naval base and make it a home?

[plucky otter]

You can pick any port to be a home base

[south zephyr]

I figured

Thanks

[upbeat arrow]

if you own it yes, but keep in mind that not all naval bases are high enough level to supply all fleets, so for me my carriers are in honolulu because thats a lvl ten port, it only needs chokepoint upgrades to allow full supply

[pure stream]

Are you talking about research&national focus?

[plucky otter]

no

[pure stream]

experimental facility?

[hollow linden]

Say you have the 1940 fighter, go into production and create a variant, there you can add stats to your plane

If you dont have by blood alone

[upbeat arrow]

well i just learned something too

SO THATS HOW I GET MY FIGHTERS TO MATCH THE BOMBER RANGE!

[mighty arch]

I've been majority fascist for quite some time yet no referendums have happened

do I just have to wait until the next election?

[hollow linden]

You should have a decision for it if you have the demagouge

Or wait until 65%

[idle arch]

<@&916727971820240976> how to rush anschluss

[glacial steeple]

remove factories from stuff like planes

put 20 factories on gun day 1 (january 1st 1936) and not a day later because youll get full production efficiency

do rhineland focus

use the 5 xp to create a division of 1 infantry batallion

make like 120 of them and force deploy the units

especially right before doing the focus

if its not enough because of a mod or whatever, allocate more factories to guns on day 1

[idle arch]

Which focuz

[glacial steeple]

any mils after day 1 dont matter

[glacial steeple]

schluss

[glacial steeple]

because they wont start with full efficiency

[idle arch]

After ut done with a campaign how do u return to main menu

[glacial steeple]

escape, quit game

[pliant condor]

just put like 20 mil on gun 1

[shadow jewel]

hey, what is the best option for me as germany in 1941 (controlling most of europe) to gain manpower?

[boreal hamlet]

How can I increase war score? I have an easy war but there is not enough total war score to annex or puppet the country. I tried killing off more of their units but there was no increase.

[hollow linden]

do you have a navy?

Navy gives good war score

otherwise taking territory and destroying planes

[oak jasper]

I'm assuming you are spending a lot of manpower on garrisons? If you have allies, you can request garrison support; they might lend you manpower for your garrisons.

Speaking of which, the best two templates I'm aware of: cavalry with an MP support company, and light tanks with an MP support company. The latter minimizes manpower, but is a lot more expensive to build.

[deft wyvern]

hey sorry to back track, but i think the left hand side is actually a dlc division. what would i replace spg with?

[leaden jay]

Do any of y’all know the mod that makes puppets for another colors like the masters?

[deft wyvern]

I struggle with this too :(. I feel like navy is crazy OP for warscore

[oak jasper]

And to add a bit: convoy raiding is often a big source of warscore, because the AI isn't smart enough to realize "maybe don't send convoys through submarines"

[deft wyvern]

look at italy in my recent war vs Germany...

Imo Germany done so much more but navy just crazy

40k sunk ships is actual madness

[shadow jewel]

yea i still have alot of normal infantry templates divisions and i started to delete them to gain some manpower but as soon as i do that they already dissolve again haha. and my mates (spain, romania, italy,...) dont want to support my garrisons (and i spend fing 1 million manpower on them)...

[oak jasper]

I know navies are expensive in resources and IPC, but yeah: I'd agree that warscore overly favors navies.

[oak jasper]

That's not how garrisons work? Go to your country screen (leftmost button, Q), hit occupied territories, then you have options for managing which template to use and what occupation law to set.

[deft wyvern]

is this an ok sp tank template? no dlc

[vital geode]

Now why do they have huge resistance

[shadow jewel]

dunno

[vital geode]

Are your garrisons equipped?

Did you do no garrison for some reason?

[vital geode]

SPGs are part of base game

Use those

[deft wyvern]

i dont have dlc

[vital geode]

When researching a tank, click the little explosion icon next to it

Those are your SPGs

[deft wyvern]

you mean this ?

[vital geode]

Yes

You need to research the base tank first

[shadow jewel]

no i didnt put no garrisons, its on local police force rn

[vital geode]

Are your garrisons equipped

[shadow jewel]

i think so, where can i see that

[vital geode]

Click I believe

Send screenshot when you do

[shadow jewel]

thats the garrison log in garrison menu

[vital geode]

That is not what we want

[shadow jewel]

and my logistics

[vital geode]

We want to see if your garrisons are fullfilled

Stopped giving me cropped screenshots please

Just show me the whole screen

[vital geode]

That is what im looking for

Hover over the icon next to the raised fist

To the right

[shadow jewel]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[vital geode]

The information you want is in

For more information

[shadow jewel]

never noticed that 😭

[deft wyvern]

tyyy thank you

[lament quail]

if they accept, do i gain the ability to create factions even after abandoning the baltic entente?

[shadow jewel]

so just need to produce more of them and then may replace the infantry division at territory management with tank divisions so i get more manpower?

[vital geode]

Oh nonononono

You want to have a resistance division that is cheap

Probably like a solo cavalry with no support companies

Or a full 50 width cav division with MP

If you change garrison laws to tanks, you will take less losses, but you need a crap ton of tanks to deal with the resistance

[shadow jewel]

true but still alot of manpower they need innit

[vital geode]

Mostly based on equipment

Same manpower required

It is the number of equipment that is needed

I believe

More effective equipment means less manpower required

So yes, tanks do suppress well enough, but you would need a lot of tanks

[shadow jewel]

hm okay, so i created a division with 1 cav and without support; should i replace the infantry division as resistance division now?

[vital geode]

Yes

It should only cost guns now

[shadow jewel]

did it rn, still 500 per division and missing 162k of manpower for garrisons :c

[idle arch]

Focke would is the best air mio in the game right

[vital geode]

If it is manpower being an issue, raise conscription law

[upbeat arrow]

if a state is a core i.e. if i core hawaii, can i train divisions there?

[vital geode]

No

Has to be connected

[upbeat arrow]

okty

[vital geode]

But you get their manpower, more factories, and core stats

Puerto Rico is actually good to make a state because it has a decent amount of manpower

[shadow jewel]

and tanking the -10% factory output?

[vital geode]

Oh no, is it that bad already?

Of course

You need men

0 manpower is bad for your military

Sacrifice the economy for the military

Just wait for things to fully mobilize

No point in going from limited to service by requirement immediately

[shadow jewel]

okiiii thx for ur help c:

[lament quail]

how do I defend against the reds(lithuania is a soviet puppet)

(theyre coming soon, as indicated by the commie influence modifier)

(therefore I have decided to begin preparations early

)

[idle arch]

@glacial steeple @pliant condor ty I got anschluss 3rd focus with only 2 days wasted

[lament quail]

should I make a faction with estonia or guarantees from the us(which reintroduced the gold standard)

[glacial steeple]

why would you trust the US ai to protect you

instead of doing a formable

[lament quail]

what formable

[glacial steeple]

baltic union

[lament quail]

i cant finish the baltic entente tree as nonaligned latvia

[glacial steeple]

bottom focus

you can get wargoals and stuff

if they refuse

[scenic nacelle]

the min maxing is crazy 💔

[vital geode]

Muh historical accuracy

[lament quail]

i cant reach the bottom focus

because im nonaligned

and the baltic economic union focus

[idle arch]

How is that min maxxing

[lament quail]

requires me to complete "renew the constitution of latvia" focus

aka

the democratic path

from what i can tell

so the only thing i get from the baltic entente

is an alliance with estonia

[glacial steeple]

then do the other side ig

doesnt seem reliable tho

[lament quail]

yeah, the us is probably gonna have a civil war

[gilded herald]

USA isnt going to protect you though they are too far away

[lament quail]

the alf landon of doom and despair:

[gilded herald]

They could still go democratic

If you notice non alligned or facism tick up you know what’s going down tho lol

[lament quail]

wait i could still be in a faction with these threee

how helpful are they

*would they be

in a war with the ussr

[boreal hamlet]

they have neither its manchuko

[lament quail]

yeah im gonna go with the baltic entente

to keep the front slightly small

is there a white peace with the soviets if i hold out long enough

hows this defense plan

[glacial steeple]

no

[glacial steeple]

hold both sides of the river

you need the vp

[lament quail]

i see

[glacial steeple]

and longer retreat times lets you reinforce units

because during regular retreat (as opposed to forced with clicking) they are eligible for replenishing equipment and manpower provided theyre on your tiles

[idle arch]

What political advisors do I get as germany

[supple jungle]

Is it better to have vsync on or off while playing the game?

[arctic aspen]

Can anyone explain to me why sometimes when I research medium tanks as germany i have a 35 percent boost and it takes 430 days and other times its 20 percent, and other times I have no boost at all?

[shadow jewel]

shouldnt i gain more manpower after founding the greater germanic reich cuz i gained more cores?

nvm HAHAHQHQHQAHAHA

[lament quail]

is this better fallback line

Or should I push it a little bit more to the Polish border, to prevent the Soviets and Lithuania from becoming one front

[gentle delta]

Hi guys

I am a lover of the topic of WW2 and I bought this game

Yet I am lost

I'd like some help

[lament quail]

is this a solid defense line

its both side of the river

and guards my vps

[shadow jewel]

sorry for pinging u now but i tried everything now. have researched all possible focusses and this stuff but still no manpower

should i now change the conscription law?

[gentle delta]

Can somebody help me

[lament quail]

if the soviets are at war, can they still do the baltic annexations?

[vital geode]

Yeah

[lament quail]

do i happen to get wargoals if estonia refuses

[vital geode]

You can tell whether you need to increase conscription law if you have mobilized the full percentage it has available

[gentle delta]

Come on can someone pelase help me

Please*

[lament quail]

should i formalize the baltic entente here

[idle arch]

<@&916727971820240976> there no real difference between inter wars and improved medium right

[left glacier]

Improved medium has better stats than interwar mediums

Interwar
Basic
Improved
Advanced

[idle arch]

By alot??

[left glacier]

Yes

[idle arch]

Oh ok

[left glacier]

Each tier improves the stats of the medium tank until you reach advanced

[idle arch]

Thank god advanced panzer research

[glacial steeple]

only reliability and speed

[idle arch]

So should I start producing interwar or wait for better chasus

[left glacier]

Base armor stats also increases by 10

[coarse finch]

And production cost

[glacial steeple]

i use iws, some people use basics

[hollow linden]

Nothingburger stats

Theres isn't a difference in hard, soft or break so upgrading chassis is pretty pointless beyond basic

[hollow linden]

Speed, rel and armor, 3 stats that don't really matter, so you're fine if you use basic chassis for the entire game

[idle arch]

What is iws

[glacial steeple]

interwars

[idle arch]

Oh ok I'll do the same ig

[idle arch]

What the best medium tank mio

For germany

[dusty sandal]

you have undermanned, under equipped divs, and are about to fight on two fronts
you're basically dead

you may try to hold riga and 1-2 tiles nearby

[lament quail]

Fortunately the Soviets are at war with Commie Germany, so we aren’t fighting anytime soon 🥳

[glacial steeple]

inf tank

[grave obsidian]

yo guys
can someone help me with the navi real quick?
preferably in a vc, havent touched the game in a whole year, not sure if this is new or if it was before

[idle arch]

Who is better speer or todt

[vocal gust]

dm if you can teach me navy

[shadow jewel]

since im playing with the RT56 mod sometimes the game only creates those "temp" saves and i cant load them. how can i fix that?

[glacial steeple]

that save is just broken

like fully corrupted

[upbeat arrow]

will annexing the phillipines pre war discourage the japanese ai from trying to invade there?

[light swift]

so what does attrition mean? Im new.

[cold bloom]

Insufficient supply or bad weather/terrain or active training = extra equipment consumption

[light swift]

ok thanks!

[glacial steeple]

only if equipment reliability is below 100%

[restive silo]

Is it possible to turn France to fascism without doing the National Regeneration focus?

[glacial steeple]

theres a fascist civil war in the communist path you could lose

you could also be vichy france

[restive silo]

What I want to try is, let’s say, turning France fascist first and then turning it monarchist. I guess that can’t be done or can it?

[glacial steeple]

but why

i think you can?

but like why would you

everytime you flip all your compliance on non core states is halved

[keen vine]

What im doing wrong

[glacial steeple]

a lot

[analog maple]

anyone know how Italy got into war with Britain and France in 1937 on historical? that so weird

[glacial steeple]

but mostly invading paraguay is hard

just take every nation surrounding them in wars ASAP

dont wait with your wars until you "feel ready" if your enemies are equally ill prepared

your relative strenght in say 1938 is way better compared to the chilean, urguayan, argentinian armies

[keen vine]

Thank you!

[hollow wing]

Damn. Note: keeps the levels at the border with Belgium at least level 5/6. One the Germans cracked my code, it was an easy cakewalke for them, miserable me...

I dont even think Bittersteel or Spidersomething can fix this mess... I was boring waiting to Germany declare war in the USSR but somehow they were at war with the allies cause Britain guaranteed the Baltics...

[spiral crag]

is this a good division for novum vilexium (idk if i wrote the mod name right)

its my first time playing this mod

[glacial steeple]

novus is the opposite of md

in that tanks are really easy to just upgrade and arent bad

prob should use them

[spiral crag]

so just spam tanks?

idk if i get what your saying right?

[spiral crag]

something like this?

or this?

[glacial steeple]

this looks better

look at inf stats btw, there is no piercing in the mod

even if you do everything in your power theres like none

hard attack is also bad iirc

no line AT

[spiral crag]

ok thank for the help

so just spaming tanks?

[glacial steeple]

spamming is a big word

you still need holders

you should just note theres no good counter for them especially one the ai uses

[spiral crag]

i just looked at the inf stats and yeah there is no piercing. Its always at 4

thanks for the help again cya

[molten geyser]

Can someone help me understand what I'm seeing for Consumer Goods needs here. I have War Economy (base 20%) and nothing but negative modifiers. The UI says the expectation is 10%, but "Factors multiplied together" is somehow positive, and about 50% of my factories are still making consumer goods. Am I missing something?

[glacial steeple]

conc is usually always better

dispersed gives better "transitionary" production

say you swap a line

for a year it will produce more (assuming no modifiers such as higher prod cap or other output buffs which make this shorter)

after a year of a mil making anything it is just worse

[restive silo]

Cuz a Sabaton song brainwashed me

[feral forge]

how is it unknown how does this happen

[narrow grail]

How many % dockyards I get from annexing puppet?

[narrow grail]

maybe attrition is insane, or losses due to sunk convoys count as unknown but I doubty about this one

[light knoll]

factors multipled together is by how much the base % is multipled. in your case the base % is 20%, multipled by 47%, its around 10%. can't get lower than 10% anyways, 10% is the lowest you can ever go

you have 347 factories, and 34 on consumer goods. that's 10%

[molten geyser]

I see, thank you 👍

[velvet radish]

I can't but pictures idk why but I I'm playing as Germany and I have by far to 1937 9 Dec puppeted Netherlands I have 17 hours of game time

[idle arch]

Erm I was playing germany and i lost my surface fleet what do I do now

How do I do sea lion

[upbeat arrow]

whats a good marine template?

[idle arch]

Someone pls help <@&916727971820240976>

[vague willow]

Are these good for line infantry as the soviets?

Real talk i havent played vanilla in years so idk the meta

[tepid umbra]

AA is not really necessary

[vague willow]

is playing air soviets necessary?

[tepid umbra]

waitt not AA

I meant AT

mb

[vague willow]

oh ok lol

[tepid umbra]

air soviets is still helpful

[glacial steeple]

CAS is stronger than ever rn

[tepid umbra]

keep support AA on

[tepid umbra]

look below that

[vague willow]

But the rest of the template is good right

[tepid umbra]

doesn't sovs get org debuffs

[vague willow]

what about tank templates?

[glacial steeple]

also if it interests you you should apply as game helper and youd be red

[vague willow]

-15% org the red army

[tepid umbra]

huh

how

[tepid umbra]

maybe drop the signal then?

[vague willow]

But its removed crom the lessons of war focus

from*

[tepid umbra]

that takes 365 days tho

[vague willow]

damn

[vague willow]

Aight no signals then

And no AT

[tepid umbra]

how much inf equip do you have

[idle arch]

Can someone help please

[glacial steeple]

either dm @hearty wave or its in #server-news i highkey forgot

im pretty sure i had to dm for it

[tepid umbra]

with what

[vague willow]

Its still 1937 and im js experimenting with how much i should put on production and templates and whatnor

So rn 38k inf

Equipment

[tepid umbra]

if you have good inf equip production, you might be able to up to 36 width inf

[idle arch]

.

[vague willow]

Add more inf battalions?

[tepid umbra]

yuh

[tepid umbra]

either you get enough air to paradrop

or you start building up your fleet again

[vague willow]

This???

[tepid umbra]

yeah

[idle arch]

Not doing that

[vague willow]

Thats crazy lowkey

[tepid umbra]

if you're gonna do that you can prolly have support artillery

[tepid umbra]

it's easier than rebuilding a fleet

[idle arch]

I started building destroyers

[vague willow]

Are u sure this is a good line inf template?

[vital geode]

Is this going to be your offensive unit?

[idle arch]

That's to easy

[vague willow]

No its just line infantry

[vital geode]

This thing is going to get reinforce memed

Oh no...

[tepid umbra]

i'd use light cruisers

[tepid umbra]

maybe 🤷

[vital geode]

That is too expensive to be just filler inf

[vague willow]

Experimental game im hs figuring out the meta

[tepid umbra]

for sovs tho

[vague willow]

Yeah i was wondering that

[vague willow]

So 16 width is good right

[vital geode]

And?

Do you want to have battles that just have 3 divisions at most in a battle?

[tepid umbra]

sovs have like infinite manpower and they can get insane production for guns

[vital geode]

That is how you get reinforce memed

[vague willow]

This is my initial template

I want to know what tank template is best

[vital geode]

How did your default become smaller

Sure 16 widths work, but the 18 width is fine

[vague willow]

gimme a break i havent played vanilla in 3 years 😭

[vital geode]

Oh

[vague willow]

bet

what about tank templates

[vital geode]

In any case, large unit tactics will wack your combat width

[vital geode]

36 width

[idle arch]

Show a design

[vital geode]

10/8 or 8/10 depending on doctrines

[glacial steeple]

heck

[vague willow]

Kinda like this??

[tepid umbra]

this

[tepid umbra]

2 more of mech or tanks

[vital geode]

2 more tanks or mech and it would work.

Just add support companies

[vague willow]

Oh i forgot thr support companies lmao

[idle arch]

I'll kill soviet by that time it should be ready

[vague willow]

What companies are good for tanks

[tepid umbra]

those can be built kinda quickly

that's why I said paradrop

[lament quail]

as latvia, how good are these axis tank licenses? (I'm on nonhistorical so this probably won't be German tanks)

[vague willow]

do you recommend i play heavy tank soviet or medium tank

[idle arch]

Ye I'll just kill soviet in 5 months

[tepid umbra]

also you don't really need enough to sink the british fleet, you need enough to stay alive while your naval bombers bomb the british fleet to oblivion

[glacial steeple]

wait until they give the panzer III its better

they need to have teched basic mediums tho

[vital geode]

I use support arty, support aa, medium flame tanks (if I remember to make them) field hospitals, and armored engineers

[idle arch]

Inf only

[glacial steeple]

also its always german tanks

no matter their ideology

[tepid umbra]

🔥

[vital geode]

Either works. Heavies overkill imo

[idle arch]

Ehh I'll just do a new run

[lament quail]

but the focus reqs only list that a major fascist nation has to exist

and last game

when germany went communist

[glacial steeple]

ik

[lament quail]

this changed to italian

[glacial steeple]

ah

maybe im dumb

[tepid umbra]

you can just paradrop

[vague willow]

Should i focus on alot of breakthrough on my tank design

[tepid umbra]

breakthrough and soft attack iirc

[glacial steeple]

panzer III possible ai designs

[tepid umbra]

so sp art

[glacial steeple]

note stats arent fully accurate because of some mod i need to disable

[lament quail]

can it even give me something other than light tanks

[tepid umbra]

the panzers above i'd assume

[idle arch]

Nah this run was not optimal enough for example I should have started building interwar after I did anschluss then started war by 38 I was too slow

[lament quail]

and if the major fascist nation in the world changes?

[tepid umbra]

it's ai, you don't really need "optimal"

you can beat the ai as germany with just inf quite easily

[glacial steeple]

yeah it usually gives mediums

but before basic mediums are researched it gives lights

[lament quail]

what year does germany research the panzer iiis

[glacial steeple]

idk

[lament quail]

alr

tbf ill probably be stuck with italian garbage since its nonhistorical

[glacial steeple]

maybe japanese

or american/russian

would be rlly rare to have it be french

if its french you should lmk

[lament quail]

alright

[glacial steeple]

cuz thats cool

[lament quail]

i heard that

historically

french tanks were superior to german ones

[glacial steeple]

well yeah but not in speed/doctrine

[lament quail]

so maybe that might mbe nice

ah

[glacial steeple]

just in firepower and armor

[vague willow]

Oh and lastly what doctrines should i go

Mass assault or superior firepower?

[tepid umbra]

prolly superior firepower

[glacial steeple]

mass assault is bad now

[tepid umbra]

or gbp

[glacial steeple]

its gbp or sfp

i mean mass assault isnt the worst

[vague willow]

So superior firepower great war infantry?

[glacial steeple]

you have guerrilla tactics and hp

[tepid umbra]

mobile warfare 💔

[glacial steeple]

why great war inf

[tepid umbra]

great war inf isn't that good

[vague willow]

defensive postures?

[glacial steeple]

consistently trash since its inception

[vague willow]

What should i add as a subdoctrine

[tepid umbra]

but what about speed!!!!!

how am I ever gonna do my speed armored car build

[glacial steeple]

its funny

[glacial steeple]

great war inf is the best option for kmt china

because you get like no doctrines done

[vague willow]

i see

[glacial steeple]

but in any other situation you shouldnt use it

[vague willow]

And as soviets?

What should I use

[tepid umbra]

I think individual excellence for inf line

[glacial steeple]

do you have NCNS?

[tepid umbra]

I forget the rest

[tepid umbra]

oh uh

I think assault inf?

or defensive postures idk

[vague willow]

Assault inf gives me +20% soft attack for my inf and other buffs for companies

[glacial steeple]

yeah

assault is great

[vague willow]

Defensive posture gives me +20% entrenchment, 10% defense, 10% soft attack, another 20% entrenchment and +10 org for inf and mech

[vague willow]

Alr

this meta works only in singleplayer right?

Like even if i build an army and like 20 tanks i’d get mauled in multiplayer

[glacial steeple]

20 tanks is very little

[tepid umbra]

I mean some of the meta holds up between sp and mp

like out of those, assault inf should still be the best

[glacial steeple]

olive whats a country to play

[tepid umbra]

irregular inf italy build

that's what I was gonna do next

[vague willow]

Aight lemme try this template in singleplayer first then

[glacial steeple]

italy :(

[tepid umbra]

no one else has irregular inf

to my knowledge

[glacial steeple]

when i think irregulars i think of aussa, ethiopia, afghanistan

[tepid umbra]

I didn't know they had any lol

run ethiopia irregular then

[glacial steeple]

aussa can edit their irregulars

only nation which can

[tepid umbra]

I mean technically italy can

[glacial steeple]

no like with designer

not through scripted foci

[tepid umbra]

aussa irregular inf world conquest

[gusty briar]

Is there a way to make the mouse cursor smaller? Can find it in options?

I got a laptop which can run the game but had to scale the UI down, but it seems like the cursor is the same size and it covers up text boxes

[tepid umbra]

africa would be easy to push since you can get 0 supply use

[glacial steeple]

uniting china as aussa would be silly

idk how yet

maybe ill cheese and paradrop france but thats like immoral

[tepid umbra]

just push ✌️

go through spain

[glacial steeple]

maybe i wont cheese exactly but im still gonna use paras

[tepid umbra]

but then that's not irregular only

[upbeat arrow]

contested by who? why cant i generate ND? help please?

[vague willow]

How important is building planes as the soviets?

Like should i focus on cas and air superiority

Or just air superiority

[tepid umbra]

a decent amount

I mean it's as important as building planes on anyone

planes win wars

[vague willow]

But in multiplayer a UK and US would also give me planes right?

[tepid umbra]

in mp, yes

it would be one of the two

depending on who rushes air

[vague willow]

so on multiplayer i should build planes but not as much as singleplayer

Since a person playing UK or US would also supply me with planes

[tepid umbra]

other way around

but yeah

I think

[vague willow]

Alr 😭

[solar robin]

Planes, as any country is the most important thing

[tepid umbra]

assuming you have the industry to make them

but every major does

[solar robin]

Figthers then CAS then tanks

[tepid umbra]

and a good portion of minors do too

[solar robin]

thats how your IC should be divided

[vague willow]

Well yeah duh but i mean as the soviets since i have AA in my divisions and tanks

[vague willow]

i see

[solar robin]

Even as a minor. depending on your country and situation

[tepid umbra]

even with AA, air is still important

[tepid umbra]

that's why I said good portion of minors

[solar robin]

AA is to protect against CAS. fighters is for air superiority. with air superiorty you get better combat scores

[vague willow]

so fighters and AA are a good combo?

And i should build cas but not as much if i have AA already

[tepid umbra]

AA defends against cas

fighters make air superiority

[solar robin]

CAS is to target enemy troops

[tepid umbra]

cas does org damage

plus some other stuff

[solar robin]

AA defends against enemy CAS

CAS provides a lot of good combat modifiers aswell

[vague willow]

damn i hate building cas but aight then

I don’t remember how i used to manage all of this as a soviet a few years back

[solar robin]

CAS is easy, 1936 is 2 bomb locks with a drop tank (air brakes arent as good anymore so just use those on your 1940 design)

[solar robin]

You can attach air to divisions

You can just put them on their mission and the game handles it

[vague willow]

Nah i mean managing everything ab the game not air

[solar robin]

you just have to deploy them and assign them to the divisions

[vague willow]

Im too unc

[tepid umbra]

do you have any of the dlcs

cuz the dlcs add a lot more stuff to manage

like designs

[vague willow]

Yeah except for thr last 2

[vague willow]

I have designs

[solar robin]

Thats valid...

[glacial steeple]

im here to have fun

[tepid umbra]

2 on planes?!

yk what, I should run that too

hol up

can't wait to get my ass kicked cuz i'm bad at the game

[vague willow]

Aight thats enough hoi4 experimenting i have exams to study for

[solar robin]

Good luck mate

[vague willow]

Thanks bro

[vague willow]

Also js one last thing AT company is good for a line infantry right?

As Soviets

Or nah

[glacial steeple]

its easy

do focus to get unit spawn ins dfown to mils

[tepid umbra]

yeah but i'm horrible

[glacial steeple]

fallback line on capital

mil access from eth

5 speed

[tepid umbra]

I know a lot of the hoi4 theory but i'm bad at putting it to practice

[glacial steeple]

assuming eth doesnt die

[solar robin]

I like adding anti tank, but only do it if you can get the factories assigned

[glacial steeple]

if they die it sucks

[vague willow]

alr good

[neat widget]

Yeah that's a multiplayer template

[solar robin]

But ofcourse as the soviets you should be good

[vague willow]

Yeah thats what im trying to do lol

[vague willow]

And for medium tanks what companies are good for barb?

i have a 10 tank 8 mech template but idk what to add for companies

[tepid umbra]

oh god

[solar robin]

The usual, armoured recon, aa, armoured engineers, flame thrower and logistics

[vague willow]

Bro playing bhutan

[vague willow]

Aight

[solar robin]

Your tank designs should just be maxed on armour

[tepid umbra]

sultanate of aussa

[vague willow]

Dont armored engineers and flame throwers need this new scientist bullshit?

[solar robin]

yup!

But as the soviets you can easily build it

[vital geode]

Yes. But no tech prerequisites

So buff(?)

[vague willow]

Damn do i have to build the labs then?

[vital geode]

*after you invest like 10k IC into a facility

[solar robin]

Yes

[vague willow]

Bru

[solar robin]

The earlier you get it the better

[vague willow]

[vital geode]

Meanwhile me who forgets they exist half the time

[vague willow]

Yeah prolly

[solar robin]

like 1937/1938ish. Before building mil factories

[glacial steeple]

yk what im mobile warfaring it up todat

today*

[heady skiff]

It aint over till its over frrr

[neat widget]

depends on your ruleset and mods but you probably aren't making mediums on barb

it's probably heavies

[solar robin]

No grand battle plan? Adventurous

[vague willow]

And should my cas designs have air attack or should i fill it with ground attack?

[solar robin]

Ground attack

bomb locks

[vague willow]

Really

[vital geode]

Pure ground attack

[vague willow]

I see!

[glacial steeple]

POWERRRR

[solar robin]

2 of them. and then a drop tank

[vital geode]

Multi roles absolutely suck in this game

[vague willow]

someone said heavies are a bit overkill

[neat widget]

and your template probably looks like that

[vital geode]

I made multi role fighters and having 2k of them fly and do CAS gave me a solid 1 ground damage

Heavies are overkill in SP

[heady skiff]

How do I invade Usa as Austria......

[solar robin]

not 36w? (I dont play MP at all)

[vital geode]

You should use medium spgs technically, but everything in sp works if you have air support

[neat widget]

Okay tbh this 38 width template is an ic conservation thing but you get less stats and then the extra motorized aa on top provides break under red air
36w with 8/9/2 should work

[solar robin]

I usually toy around with them as Germany, the USSR or the USA just because they are so fun

[neat widget]

You can also do heavy tank destroyers

[vague willow]

Lowkey forgot how to unlock these bottom spaces/slots

[neat widget]

ah i thought they were doing multiplayer

[wind lotus]

Is signal company necessary for frontline infantry? (singleplayer)

[lament quail]

so like which is better(as nonaligned militarist latvia)

[vital geode]

Changed in a semi recent ish dlc?

[lament quail]

is managing the perkonkrusts after "latvia for latvians" worth it for the bonuses

[wind lotus]

Im asking because i've seen a video from that guy saying it's a must have, and his videos have been shared here
https://youtu.be/3Tgt9z9JdM4?si=V_vqnoJNjFwb7hDR&t=184

[solar robin]

So its situational depending on how you manage air and mil factories?

[vague willow]

Yeah idk how to unlock em lmao

[vital geode]

I never use signals

I just use smaller divisions

[vital geode]

Doctrines

[neat widget]

https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vTlv8qubYg-c86-bMtzY6VJWBhBQYrr1UXbRnkAb3cpr-c5RM6eHqdJid_Wm0jWY8XF0NrIgJfOnLAl/pub#:~:text=Even better method to grind mastery in 1.17.3

but yeah you need at least two doctrines

[vague willow]

Oh my god 🥀 🙏🏻

[neat widget]

Yeah

[vague willow]

So basically spam divisions with 1 battalion and train em?

[neat widget]

mastery is a bit broken

[glacial steeple]

more tanks than the netherlands had before ww2 🔥

[solar robin]

I dont know all of the stats but yes they are definetly worth it. Along with engineers which wasnt mentioned in the video

[wind lotus]

So signal, aa, support artillery and engineers?

[vital geode]

Did you know if Germany simply had 5000 tank crews do jumping jacks, they would have had maxed out armored doctrine pre war?

Why didn't they just do that irl

[tepid umbra]

ethiopia insta capped for me

so now I gotta solo the italians

[solar robin]

and logisitcs if you have the equipment

[heady skiff]

Sooooo once Russia caps how the FUH do I invade The United states...

[solar robin]

Dont flame my beautiful country like that

we had like 50 in the Dutch east indies

[solar robin]

Take over the Russian navy and try to launch a naval invasion I guess...

[glacial steeple]

not pre war

[wind lotus]

Got it, thanks

[glacial steeple]

you wont believe the amount of france scummery im about to commit

[tepid umbra]

lol

shouldn't you kill ethiopia first

[glacial steeple]

whats the point in that?

[tepid umbra]

cores

[glacial steeple]

im not even gonna do the foci to core them idc

[tepid umbra]

you don't even need the focus to core them

[glacial steeple]

im not here for ethiopia

[tepid umbra]

they have a core by default

[glacial steeple]

a singular core

not on all

idc

[tepid umbra]

which matters

8.5k to 33k lol

[glacial steeple]

just gotta do this in like 2 weeks no pressure

[tepid umbra]

it's nov 37 and this is all i've done 😭

[glacial steeple]

oh they added prep time to paras

7 days

okay just gotta cap france in like 5 days then

no pressure

[tepid umbra]

italians forceattacked

omg

[sacred mica]

Does 'leg infantry' bonus work on militia, irregulars etc.?

[glacial steeple]

its over

france got ri dof disjointed

ending it all

[tepid umbra]

lol

I might have to restart bruh

or like do it on ahist

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We did

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you had 1 tank

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im not restarting smh

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finally got the irregular doctrine 🥹

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i always play ahist tho

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and now I win

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In the mainland of the Netherlands, we had like 50 tanks in the indies

And 50 m3's enroute but too late

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As japan i js beat china, ive got the peace deal and all but i have 12 points and 0 warscore for sm reason even tho i did everything. Any help?

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i dont think this is savable

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why do you have like no troops

wait I should try and go communist next game

for the marx portrait

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well i put it all into the paratrooper budget

and then they died for no cause

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lol

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but im not giving up until im capped

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ssame

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god is on my side

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italy has thrown 260k men at me

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djibouti rebelled and gave me 2 new veteran divisions and a new tile

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i've only lost 30k

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i have a way out of this war

which is undeserved

cheesy

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I don't

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but i can do a civil war since i have 2 states

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italy just got albania

wait

I just realized germany will join

eventually

and there it goes

fuh

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nvm glad i took a save

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ooh nice