ask-for-help-here

[buoyant cargo]

[neat widget]

i assume still fighting in mountains?

[buoyant cargo]

I don't force german people on fighting

[neat widget]

so you're still at base conscription law?

[buoyant cargo]

Jungles...

[buoyant cargo]

Extensive

[neat widget]

yeah jungles too

oof

i was about to say go grand assault

[buoyant cargo]

I thought these tanks can do anything ;-;

[neat widget]

but you may have to go desperate defense

[neat widget]

jungles and mountains make tanks suffer attrition

[buoyant cargo]

i have a question too

why v1/v2 suck

why can't they fly around the earth

[jolly musk]

^^^^^^^

[neat widget]

because they can't? if you want something that can fly around the earth there's probably something you can research

huh, i would like a screenshot of this happening

because that's really weird

[jolly musk]

i can stream it in vc

maybe im doing something wrong idk atp

[neat widget]

i see

[buoyant cargo]

Can I join?

I won't open vc

mic

[jolly musk]

yeah bro

[buoyant cargo]

yeah we got to see

[neat widget]

Uh...

Make sure to have units on your flanks? Like yeah, your advances can get cut off

And you do have to be careful about that

[dusty sandal]

Don't use spearhead orders, they will make your units bee-line to their goal without thinking about their rear

[jolly musk]

im not

[glacial steeple]

hi chat

[neat widget]

hello caseu

imagine if tank japan

[glacial steeple]

did before update, was fun

trash tho

now its like easy

[neat widget]

i somehow bluew christigpa's mind by saying those two words

[neat widget]

oh yeah

assign your divisions to generals

[glacial steeple]

you start with real tanks now

[neat widget]

yeah

although they are 14-width, they punch through china

and then buffs galore

[glacial steeple]

something something relative strenght

your weapons matter for the enemy you are facing

[neat widget]

True

I mostly hear tank japan being talked about in conversations with tank india though

but i haven't really seen either being used

[glacial steeple]

yeah because thats like the smart move

[neat widget]

so i have no clue

[glacial steeple]

i thought you meant like sp challenge kinda way

[neat widget]

tank japan in singleplayer is probably a totally reasonable playstyle tbh

i'm not sure about elsewhere, like in sheep's mod for instance

[glacial steeple]

better in sheeps than vanilla

ai spams more

crit good

[neat widget]

Fair

Hopefully you don't have to have tank battles in Burma and Bengal though

[buoyant cargo]

@neat widget my english sucks

[neat widget]

Yeah?

[buoyant cargo]

;-;

nothing

just being honest with myself

[neat widget]

Tell them to put in a field marshal and a general

[inner sparrow]

reason for that is bc japan getes best special forces ppl just use special forces

ur special forces as japan have nearly same stat as tanks

[neat widget]

Yeah fair

I did suspect that is the case, what I mean is that I know how a Raj vs Japan special forces fight looks like but if they both run tanks idk how that would turn out if you know what i mean

Yeah you still have fuel, but your fuel is low so keep that in mind

You can't do that if you're still in the civil war

[neat widget]

I have this idea that Raj is more likely to go tank build than Japan is?

(not like it seems likely for either)

@jolly musk yeah Rugen is its own tile so keep that in mind

Also sometimes the frontlines just don't fix themselves properly and so you end up with weird gaps

[hoary glen]

Word for word it's the body of a ship in the game it's the tech you get from the tech tree. There's Destroyers, Cruisers, Carriers etc and there are newer versions available at later years to research. But if you refit you can never change the hull on which the design is based on.

There's this little tier icon on the picture from which you can tell what tech level this hull is at

[neat widget]

^

[haughty vortex]

What can i do with armored cars?

[hoary glen]

If you want to have a navy you must start early.

[neat widget]

Typically for tanks and ships the main thing that matters is the modules like guns and not the hulls, but the hulls do get better

But yeah, it's where your modules go on

Pretty standard tbh

[hoary glen]

Nothing. Never build them

[haughty vortex]

Ok

[hoary glen]

You can build light tanks that are cheaper but do everything better

[neat widget]

Why are you putting 35 factories on artillery @jolly musk

[glacial steeple]

AC 3 is really fast

and can overrun your enemies with decent stats if youre a good player

everything before it is bad

[neat widget]

Yeah attack Berlin like right now because there's 1 militia with like 10% strength

[neat widget]

Unless you have to do a naval invasion ig

Also pay attention to your production, your tanks have no strength either

@jolly musk you should probably wait for planning bonus at this rate

and shuffle your air

do your industry techs btw

we're probably going to have to restart tomorrow

[weak whale]

does this special forces attack mean for any special forces or just the branch its in?

[glacial steeple]

any

right side at the end is always better

[pliant condor]

even better, it's a division level modifier, so like if your division is 60% special force 40% tank the entire division_(inc. the tank) would get 6% attack

[weak whale]

damn thats vary good

thanks for the info

[deft wyvern]

is this tank template too low org?

[buoyant cargo]

@jolly musk @hollow hatch

[hollow linden]

A bit on the lower side but u probably haven't finished your doctrines yet. Another thing is that mixing tanks is kinda bad. Spgs are just better than normal tanks so there's really no point to having both in the same template

[deft wyvern]

so i should just have all spg?

[hollow linden]

Yes

[deft wyvern]

can i convert med tanks to spg?

[hollow linden]

If they're the same chassis

[deft wyvern]

How come spg is just better btw?

they have like 0 breakthrough

[hollow linden]

Same width, more stats

A little less break but with doctrines it's enough

Just look at this

[cold bloom]

Changing the tank to SPG gives free soft attack without any module change

[buoyant cargo]

GUYS, See the pic above the lovely italy ❤️ they left the faction without any reason when I was helping them in African campaign and kicked my troops out of their territory surrounded and out of supply

[deft wyvern]

am i doing something wrong?

2 breaktrhough vs 58 breakthrough

[hollow linden]

What's your spg Design

[deft wyvern]

i dont have any exp to put into better spg yet

i dont have dlc

[hollow linden]

Ohhhhhh

Yea that changes things

Yea then just get XP then upgrade break on your spg

[deft wyvern]

none of these upgrade breaktrhough

[hexed parcel]

Full spg or tank destroyers? With mech with one is better

[hollow linden]

Spgs

Tds are pretty unnecessary in single player

[hollow linden]

What

Jfc

Not even the gun?

[inner sparrow]

tds u only need in mp

[deft wyvern]

nope only get softattack and armour

[inner sparrow]

on specific countries

[hollow linden]

Fk

Yea then just upgrade gun and leave it

[deft wyvern]

so keep this template?

[tropic seal]

Did they spell iceland as island lol

[hollow linden]

No it's called that in the game. It's not a spelling error. That's what Iceland is called in Icelandic

[tropic seal]

Ohh

[hollow linden]

Yk how the Swedish monarchist path gives it a Swedish name?

[tropic seal]

Alright

[hollow linden]

Same with Iceland for some reason

[tropic seal]

wha

dang id idnt know that

[hollow linden]

Wait any path does that

Svea Rike

Fölkhemmet

Except democratic

[tropic seal]

lmao

how do i unlock stronghold networks

nvm im blind

How does the stronghold network even function

[hollow linden]

U build it and any enemy divs in the state get debuffed

But it's like extremely pointless

10% attrition for over 10k IC?

Bruh

[harsh surge]

why does belgium get insta gaurenteed when i use it play it didnt

[hollow linden]

It's been like this ever since Gtd

[tropic seal]

ah aight

[hollow linden]

So for over a year now

[tropic seal]

does anyone have a very good defensive template

[harsh surge]

do they ever get ungaurenteed

[hollow linden]

Only by Belgium doing a focus in around 38

[tropic seal]

I thought we were meant to aim for 18 combat width though

[hollow linden]

Why?

Plains get oneshot

[harsh surge]

do they do i historically?

it

[hollow linden]

Yes

[tropic seal]

That's just what other people told me

[hollow linden]

16w fits better into forests

[harsh surge]

thanks sir have a good day

[tropic seal]

oh ok

[hollow linden]

Forests

Not plains

U wanna defend forests

[hollow linden]

Other people are stupid 💀

[tropic seal]

does this work for mountains too?

[hollow linden]

Yep

[tropic seal]

aight thanks

[tropic seal]

should i this? or is it not good at defending

[hollow linden]

Don't do this

[tropic seal]

aight

[hollow linden]

Artillery sucks, maintenance is ass, that one spaa isn't gonna do shit, armor meme is shit anyhow

[tropic seal]

oh ok

[hollow linden]

Just use what I sent

[tropic seal]

kk

[tropic seal]

can i swap the armored ercon for anything

i dont really want to make a line of light tanks

or is it the best by far

[hollow linden]

If you don't want to, just use recon rangers

[tropic seal]

aight

how do i get those again

is it like i have to research rangers first

then it unlocks?

[hollow linden]

U also get it from mountaineers

[tropic seal]

oh

[hollow linden]

But rangers are better

[tropic seal]

ok

ive had 3 ai games in a row

where the german ai couldnt push past riga or minsk against soviet ai

[deft wyvern]

what controlling the skies does lmao

34% attrition is crazy

[pliant condor]

what are you trying to play

[tropic seal]

hungary and ill try to hold for fun

[tropic seal]

uh i researched rangers

but i still dont have an option for ranger recon

[hollow linden]

Do u have aat

[tropic seal]

what's that

[hollow linden]

Wait then don't bother with rangers

If ur trying to defend rangers aren't that good

[tropic seal]

oh

ive just been using infa nyway

no special forces

i need ranger recon right

i resaerched rangers but i still dont have that as an option

[hollow linden]

No Dont bother

[hollow linden]

Do u have arms against tyranny

[tropic seal]

yes i think so

[hollow linden]

So u have special forces doctrines

[tropic seal]

oh

[tropic seal]

yes

[pliant condor]

are you going for austria hungary?

[tropic seal]

no

what do i use in the fifth slot then for defense

[pliant condor]

don't use flame

it doesn't matter really

[tropic seal]

ah aight

[pliant condor]

in the new version manpower is no longer a problem

just make more division

pick desperate defense on your first 200 xp

[tropic seal]

so hat 2 support units do i use

[pliant condor]

don't waste it on template

[tropic seal]

yeah i picked defense

[tropic seal]

signal??

[pliant condor]

no

make more division

and don't waste xp on template

pick infantry doctrine when you could

[tropic seal]

i have 183 army exp left

after picking all the doctrines and subdoctrines

[pliant condor]

which infantry doctrine were you on

[tropic seal]

individual excellence

[pliant condor]

ok then add logistics

[tropic seal]

ok

[pliant condor]

that's the whole point of the doctrine

have you been making support

[tropic seal]

yes

[pliant condor]

you can actually disable support in the divisoin and still get bonus from the doctrine in full

just that you won't get engineer bonus so remove that

[tropic seal]

oh

but engineer is good right

entrenchment

[pliant condor]

engineer is mostly just waste of ic

unless you have terrain tiles to defend

and you build a line of level 2 fort

[tropic seal]

yeah i have a whole line of forts

rn im more limited by manpower

than ic

[pliant condor]

if you are at war mobilize

deperate defense usually give you enough

it's 7.5% before war

[tropic seal]

Ah aight

im already on extensive conscription

how is my ai germany losing in terms of mp loss to the soviets

3.2 mil lost by germany to the soviets vs 2.3mil lost by the soviets to germany

😭

[pliant condor]

good idea to kill germany

instead

[tropic seal]

if i wasnt playing a holding hungary game i would man

this ai is something

oct 1942 and they havent takena single major russian city like kiev or minsk or smth

[acoustic zephyr]

is there something i can do so that paradropping doesnt cost me 50 planes per unit to [ara drop

[dusty sandal]

generals can have a trait that gives them the "glider plane" ability which, when trigerred, reduces the number of planes requires per div by 50% I think

[north vine]

is anyone down to help me get a good campaign as germany? i start to mess up a lot once the borders become bigger and stuff
i also dont know much about good divisions

[deft wyvern]

If I occupy a few regions during the war and some of them become 100% compliant does this help reduce the cost in peace conferences for annexing/controlling it?

[deft wyvern]

With Germany, you want to follow the normal focus tree to get lots of war goals and follow through.

Number 1 thing for a new player is to make sure your divisions are supplied with equipment & manpower. Ensure this is always 100% & ideally trained.

Divisions honestly the starting infantry template is fine, just add some support companies like artillery, engineers, anti air, field hospitals etc.

[north vine]

i lowkey have 200 hours and im still garbage lmfao

[dusty sandal]

not as far as I know, but if you were to release a collab governement, you won't have to take the land in the peace deal for some reason

[sweet summit]

SPGs

SPGs are goated 🥀

[north vine]

@deft wyvern do you mind if i add you and we text a bit?

[deft wyvern]

Sorry kinda busy, but focus on these things :). Borders well..

U get sudetland, czechoslovakia, poland.

Then benelux (beligum, netherlands, lux). Shortly after take Paris. No need to do anymore warring, but if you want then go north to Scandinavia + Denmark or go south towards greece/turkey

[deft wyvern]

That's interesting

[dry dome]

If I wasn't playing a cracked version cuz I'm broke I would've helped you in game...but for now I can give you some pointers I found out about after playing for a bit

[deft wyvern]

Well i have 200 hrs too xD so i think ull be fine

[dry dome]

Me personally I just do Denmark and don't bother with Norway cuz idk how naval invasions work

[north vine]

i usually do it like that: declare war on netherlands in 1936 to get dutch east indies as puppet, then go down the focus for austria, czechoslovakia, poland etc. then after i smack the french i capitulate the soviets asap but then i never manage to invade britain and then the US joins and once italy gets cooked it doesnt take long until i get overwhelmed with all the naval invasions

also i go with prioritise economic growth instead of the 4 year plan bcs im too stupid to manage the consumer goods idk

[sweet summit]

That's best 🥀

Naval invasions are your goat for britain ie stealing their ships (france)

[dry dome]

Samesies lol

[north vine]

i always steal the ships yeah

i just dont know what ships i should build

[sweet summit]

Light cruisers

[dry dome]

Imo they are better for sealion and high castle or whatever the conquest of USA is called.... don't usually get to that point but still I am optimistic I will finnaly figure out how navy works

[north vine]

i always finish the ships i have in queue at the beginning and then i just spam subs or cruisers but i dont really know how to use any of that

[tropic seal]

Why does it say that im losing

My divs are supplied

have org

[north vine]

i just click on support naval invasion and hope i getthrough lmao

[tropic seal]

i have a lot of defense

theyre the one attacking

why am i lsoing the battle 😭

[north vine]

probably because of the general level diff and because youre outnumbered idk

i feel like thats a bit weird sometimes lol

[north vine]

Real

do u mind if i add u

[dry dome]

Nah dw I don't mind 😄

[sour mountain]

chat can anyone help me with brexit (achivement)

[sweet summit]

Bro they have 1000 defense and you have 20 attack
Just lie down atp 🥀

[north vine]

i think he is hungary

[dry dome]

Do you have any offensive units?

[sweet summit]

Lie down 🥀

[dry dome]

Like special forces or tanks?

[tropic seal]

none

at least theyre taking 26 to 1 casualties to my defenders

[sweet summit]

Start praying 🥀

[dry dome]

I would suggest making some mountaineers and push with cas

[sweet summit]

Cuz if they start attacking 🥀

It's gonna collapse

[dry dome]

Just to clarify

Are you hungry or onion?

[tropic seal]

I'm playing a defensive hungary for fun

hungary

[dry dome]

Not going to ask how that is fun but still...you should be able to spam something to maybe help le Germans cuz I am assuming you are near your cores ATM based on the mountain

[tropic seal]

i am actually in my cores

i just built a buncha forts

they havent broken through any of them yet

but ill see how long they last

[dry dome]

In that case since it's ai Germany

You should probably start making aa

[tropic seal]

yes ive maxed all my aa

[dry dome]

That's peak

[tropic seal]

34 anti air guns in my airspace lol

but i dont have an airforce

so ill probbaly eventually lose

[sour mountain]

how do you get more spies as iceland

[deft wyvern]

I read somewhere that the AI won't try to claim land you control first unless it has cores on it

[dry dome]

can any plane size type nuke something?

[deft wyvern]

You don't really need ships tbh, I've found a lot of success with naval bombers

[misty wagon]

guys

please.need,help

[deft wyvern]

How is it 1948

[misty wagon]

is that too late or too early

BUT HELP

[deft wyvern]

Urhm way too late

[misty wagon]

its not ww2

i left allies

and declared war on them

[dry dome]

wtv you do dont call anybody into the war and hold on for dear liffe

life*

also try to shorthen the frontline as much as possible

[deft wyvern]

Good luck:), idk I find late game is much harder than early

[misty wagon]

too late 😭

[dry dome]

well sht

[misty wagon]

can yalll at least lmk HOW i launch my 3 nukes

[dry dome]

hey my pc does the same XD

[misty wagon]

says i need 10 bombers

[dry dome]

buddy

if history taught me anything its that sealion through the channel is impossible if you dont have a navy and or understand how it works

[deft wyvern]

Wiki saved me

[tropic seal]

how do i use a railway gun

pretty hilarious casualty ratios

[glacial steeple]

nicee

good job

unless youre the ussr

[tropic seal]

fortunately no

this is the first time ive seen this much defense on my stuff

i just regret not building an airforce

[dire jackal]

Is it okay if I focus on the spanish civil war as germany if I have nothing to do?

[acoustic zephyr]

how can i remove my entire hud as some sort of photo mode or isnt that a thing

[sudden tangle]

@glacial steeple we still going

[glacial steeple]

nice job

idk how you handle playing constant war until 2007

usually in those long games i just chill

you might beat my longest game which was like 2058 iirc but youre still some off

i just messed around with vols and stuff tho

[sudden tangle]

The map is a bit old India Germany Thai Burma Palestine Iran and Congo have been slimed

What takes forever is that some of the British islands are independent and a justification takes 300 days

[sudden tangle]

World conquest will be complete by around 2020

[glacial steeple]

neat

delete foreign equipment in stockpiles

will speed the game up

[sudden tangle]

Remind me how to do that

Because I have like too many planes in my stockpile that are not Brazil made

[glacial steeple]

click logistics tab

use the left mouse button (on the left) to click equipments

hold enter (keyboard button) as you left click the equipment deletion button

[sudden tangle]

Thx

[vital plinth]

I started getting dockyards at 1941 and building a lot in 1942 while I have peace atm

[tropic seal]

nevermind lol i wouldnt have had a chance anyway

[glacial steeple]

why not

that number gets lower as they lose planes

[tropic seal]

fair

i just didnt realise how much of an impact air had

before i had red air they never even came close to breaking through my forts

[wild rune]

Yeah ngl as germany you produce the best airplanes

And I think without AAT there is a design thing that produces planes for like 15% less IC iirc

[tropic seal]

u was playing hungary

it was 20:1 at one point until i got encircled

next time ill build air

[civic hare]

more like allies

[quasi citrus]

guys is there like a quick checklist for designs for everything
like navy planes tanks units?

i rly cba to learn it all again 😭

[dire jackal]

are my logistics and production good or do I need to change anything?

[quasi citrus]

my best source rn is copying random youtube vids i find but i was hoping something better exists 🙏

oh there is some in the pins

[civic hare]

why is infantry so low

[vernal knoll]

how i beat soviet union?

[dire jackal]

which?

my divisions?

[civic hare]

factories

[dire jackal]

uh

[vital plinth]

Im in faction with Germany but I want to fight UK for Egypt and then I want to help the Allie’s is there a way to make peace with UK ? Or do I have to wipe them first ?

[dire jackal]

.

wait its sending

ae

[civic hare]

JESUS STOP

MAKING SO MANY CIVS

[dire jackal]

amen

im still a beginner dont know what im doing

[versed rose]

you build 8 civs as Germany max, you dont need more, you need mils and refineries

[dire jackal]

oh dear god

made too much

i kinda worried about the consumer goods factor

[pastel tiger]

Under which label/country are casualties by volunteers listed?

[glacial steeple]

the thing that specifically makes your civs worse...?

[dusty sandal]

any civ built as germany is honestly a waste except for ahist ger gameplay maybe

[dusty sandal]

they're not listed afaik
and any kill they do is listed as the country that receives the volunteer

[vital plinth]

@dusty sandal is there a way to go to war with Britain and America to get Egypt and then leave axis and join Allie’s ?

[dusty sandal]

no, you'd need to cap them

[vital plinth]

Will they still remain “ Allie’s ?

Or how does it work

[dusty sandal]

if yuou can them and get peace conf, I believe that the faction is disbanded
but even if it wasn't, you'd never be able to get in afterwards because of world tension and claims

[hoary glen]

F9

[dry dome]

hey guys which is the better option?

[vital plinth]

But I can still join their side without being allied with them ?

Or what should I do ?

[glacial steeple]

heavy water is cheaper building slower nukes

[vital plinth]

I want Egypt from Britain but I also want to beat Germany

[glacial steeple]

but faster project completion for getting civ reactors afaik

regular reactor is better if youre making reactors for nukes and dont somehow have a low build budget for it

[dry dome]

i am playing as the usa

role playing if you will

so i am assuming normal reactors ftw?

[glacial steeple]

us doesnt have build slots so id wait for civ reactor

[dry dome]

also are there any other uses for reactors?

[rapid urchin]

The CAS buff has made 1944 endsieg mod unplayable as germany

[dry dome]

besides the fun stuff

[glacial steeple]

i love bloatslop

[dry dome]

wait civ reactor?

[rapid urchin]

Before the CAS buff it was beatable but now nope

[dry dome]

that isnt here ;-; is it on a later iteration?

[glacial steeple]

yeah they make nukes too

its a project post nuke reactor project

assuming you have gotterdammerung

[dry dome]

ooooo fun 😄

[dry dome]

idk

but still thanks for the help ❤️

also one more thing

i need medium airframes for the nukes right?

[glacial steeple]

large

[rapid urchin]

Large airframes to deploy them

[dry dome]

oh

duck

[rapid urchin]

@glacial steeple unless I’m. Or doing something right these endsieg scenarios arent possible

*arent

At least I think so

[glacial steeple]

you could do AA bricks

keep in battle reserve and theyll eat through CAS

[rapid urchin]

That’s my problem tbh

There isn’t enough time for them to work

[austere roost]

Build mils 3 years before you start war to maximize production. Stop all civ building immediately

[rapid urchin]

If one has time?

Because I tried 4 months in 44 endsieg and by then things were already collapsing

I can be wrong though ig

[austere roost]

Tbh nuke path's best thing is nuclear engines for late game navies

[glacial steeple]

the time of designing a division?

and then converting guys on tiles with the most combat

[dry dome]

too bad i am not making it to late game in any reasonable sp game 😭

[glacial steeple]

its micro intense tho

[vernal knoll]

the cas is that strong?

[glacial steeple]

man discovers fire

[austere roost]

No one wants to play late game because the lag is just too much

[dry dome]

yeah i understand that

[vernal knoll]

kavsi

[rapid urchin]

Time for it to work mainly

[dry dome]

me and my r7 200 series gpu are not mentally (and physically) ready for that xD

[rapid urchin]

Soviets have a MASSIVE stockpile of CAS

and when they do their offensives things go downhill fast

[dry dome]

ummmm am i blind or is the nuclear reactor missing?

[glacial steeple]

it can kill up to like 100 per cas tick

[austere roost]

You haven't researched it yet, you can't build it

[rapid urchin]

Hmm 🤔

I didnt realize it was THAT fast

[glacial steeple]

its additive value

[dry dome]

i have to wait for the whole project to end?

[glacial steeple]

if you put all AA in 1 spot it does all its damage there

and AA works in combat reserves too

[austere roost]

Yeah ofc

[dry dome]

dammit

[glacial steeple]

not just in active combat

[rapid urchin]

Okay

[austere roost]

You can't design a flame tank when you're still researching it

[rapid urchin]

If the CAS is all shredded then fighting under red air won’t matter as much?

It only affects stats and I can org cycle

[dry dome]

yeah but you get no iterations for that....

[glacial steeple]

well yeah but you still gotta kill it

and CAS bricks are hard to have in multiple places/micro

AA bricks*

sorry im a bit dumb

[rapid urchin]

Yeah but it should still give me enough time

Especially since I have a somewhat decent ish Airfoece I can commit when starting off

Just need to retrain it and refit ig

[austere roost]

You get events for all special projects, you just ignored the ones for flame tanks

And nuclear is optional, you don't need it to win

[dry dome]

yeah ik but its still something i wanna try 😄

[dry dome]

apparently yeah lol

assuming its size related but i still am going to ask....why do some islands have max airport lvl of less then 10?

[austere roost]

Size

Hover over the levels and it will tell you why

[raw magnet]

How can I win as Italy? Usually I go with Rome protocol's which allow me gain quite the amount of allies and i managed to control the entire Mediterranean sea, but I got stumped when Germany decided to justify a war goal against my puppets states, while my whole army is in a stalemate war in Africa with the allies.

[civic hare]

tf

[viscid abyss]

Demanding Bessarabia probably

[civic hare]

?

oh right

[viscid abyss]

There’s a Soviet focus to demand Bessarabia from Romania, the ai always accepts

But if Romania rejects then the Soviets get a war goal

[civic hare]

btw whats the best thing to do for second vinnea

vienna*

[viscid abyss]

In single player doesn’t matter, I just give northern Transylvania

[glacial steeple]

flames dont give choice iterations

[civic hare]

sealion is one of the most annoying parts since my navy always dies to the RN any tips?

[velvet radish]

can sm like help me real quick how do i make my troops at wanter invade

[fathom thistle]

u mean winter?

[velvet radish]

water

i mean

t

[fathom thistle]

U mean naval invasion?

[velvet radish]

yea

im tryna invade england as germany

[fathom thistle]

Just set up nav invsaion order from your port to the port u want to invade. You also need naval supremacy in the region you are crossing through, U get anval surpemacy by putting your ships on patrol missions

[half glade]

how do you become a major as a minor

it seems to be the hardest part of the game for me

i watch this guy do formables a-z and he never seems to lose a battle

[velvet radish]

can i show u like in stream idk what u mean by this

[half glade]

and his troops get through really easy

[fathom thistle]

U dont even need to do formable to become major (even tho thats kinda the fun in doing that) Just defeat Ussr. Their army is shit.

[half glade]

again easier said then done lol

how do i gear up to fight the ussr

its so hard

infact fighing any major

[velvet radish]

can u hope

[fathom thistle]

I can give ya my template and doctrines if u want. I use it for 90% of time

Works always

[half glade]

yeah please do

which nation is the easiest to play in the region around bulgaria btw?

[glacial steeple]

hollow?

[half glade]

yeahh

[glacial steeple]

i tried teaching him to play well

hes a lost cause

[half glade]

the meat shield, i like it

[glacial steeple]

hes BAD at the game

i had one of his game saves somewhere

from the ottoman empire vid

[half glade]

but he never loses lol

so like

better than me

[glacial steeple]

he restarts

[half glade]

oh right

[glacial steeple]

or keeps playing in terrible ways

ofc you can win if youre moderately better than ai, with patience and restarting saves

but its not at all the same as always winning or anything

[half glade]

okay

who should i play in the region near romania?

[fathom thistle]

U only need like 3-4 armies before u attack. Stat wise you would just need like 3 but the frontline with russia is like the biggest in game so you might need the 4th one eventually, but u can start war with 3

btw u dont need any tanks or planes with this tactic

[half glade]

oh are they just for attacking russia?

[glacial steeple]

bosnia

[fathom thistle]

No. You can use this pretty much for world conquest.

[half glade]

do they even exist

[half glade]

okay cool

[glacial steeple]

yeah

[half glade]

where are they?

youre lying to me

they dont exist yet

[glacial steeple]

yugoslavia releasable

[half glade]

theyre in yugo

ohh

[half glade]

ill rephrase

whos the easiest

minor

[glacial steeple]

for what purpose

[half glade]

just to like

[glacial steeple]

to just live or to world conquest or what

[half glade]

win

[glacial steeple]

whats your goals

[half glade]

eurasian conquest

idk how to even get across seas

[glacial steeple]

communist china?

theyre a minor

[half glade]

is there focus tree like japans

japans tree is hell

[glacial steeple]

they have focuses

[half glade]

okay i might cry if they have clans

[glacial steeple]

its pretty straight forward

[half glade]

or whatever was going on in japan

[glacial steeple]

interservice rivalry my beloved

[half glade]

it was awful lol

stressed me out

[glacial steeple]

did you know the IJA made an aircraft carrier and the IJN had their own army?

among many many other things

[half glade]

i also had no clue who was who

[glacial steeple]

aircraft production and development divided

[half glade]

i swear all the politicians had really similar names

genuinely gave me a headache

[glacial steeple]

thats just not true

[half glade]

wow holy infrastructure in china

[half glade]

maybe im just bad with names then

is it ever worth building infrastructure

[glacial steeple]

no

well, rarely

[half glade]

okay thanks

[glacial steeple]

practically no

[half glade]

is this the best china path

seems to have the most war in it

sounds fun

[glacial steeple]

oh main china is harder than communist china kinda

and more boring

[half glade]

so i should go commy?

[glacial steeple]

you kinda have all the resources to unify china already there but they have a lot of debuffs

[glacial steeple]

its a different nation

[half glade]

oh sorry

what china should i have chosen

[austere roost]

oh interesting never knew that

[glacial steeple]

prc

[glacial steeple]

the little red one

its fun

[half glade]

are you lying to me

you know how bad i am

i was tryna play czech the other day

[glacial steeple]

no its genuinely fun

[glacial steeple]

you have no economy to mismanage

you can do captured weapons only even

[half glade]

okay

who declares on me

[glacial steeple]

https://youtu.be/zxM0qbvSaz4?si=dVMamX8QJItve-1-

he did it

[glacial steeple]

usually no one

[half glade]

cause idk what even happens with the chinese wars

[glacial steeple]

but maybe big china

youre the one declaring wars

[half glade]

okay good

[glacial steeple]

also play ahist if you want it to yk be easier

[half glade]

sounds nice to me

[glacial steeple]

otherwise you have japan which is like kinda strong

[half glade]

i dont know anything historical about asia apart from japan go boom

but ill figure it out

[half glade]

do i want Mao Zedong or the other geezas?

[lament quail]

should i even go for tanks

since ill probably be doing mostly defensive actions

[vital plinth]

I made Soviet puppet how do I annex then again ?

[lament quail]

lower their autonomy

[vital plinth]

They have a lot of ressocues and factory I want again instead of trading

[vital plinth]

How Do I do that ?

[lament quail]

send them lendlease, build buildings in them

[vital plinth]

Where can I see how much factory I get from my puppet ?

[lament quail]

you can also use the suppress subjects focus if youre REALLY desperate

but dont do that

because it wastes time you could use on better focuses

[tawny meadow]

im trying out mexico but why does the usa guarantee literally every single country in the south americans bro 💔

like how am i even supposed to expand my country

i was thinking of changing the usa's political views but idk if thatd remove the guarantees

[glacial steeple]

up to you

[cold bloom]

The guarantees dont activate if they guarantee you as well

though they might decide to intervene through special decisions, I forgot if those need them to do focuses or if theyre available for them at game start

[tawny meadow]

alr tyy

ill try to push the countries to the south then and see at around which one they decide to remove my guarantee and declare war

but eventually ill have to fight the usa somehow

[cold bloom]

if they can do those decisions at game start thats probably a flaw in PDX' updating of the Monroe Doctrine

[tacit moth]

regarding Supply Depots. it tells me that i am supplying about 3 times as what is being used, with my troops , and it still shows a negative number for attrition? what would i be doing wrong?

[tawny meadow]

cuz i dont think ill get past columbia before they declare

[tawny meadow]

yaeh that would make mexico terrible

i sure hope they cant

[glacial steeple]

you can just go to war

[glacial steeple]

no

its only for nations from outside invading into the americas

[velvet radish]

can sm experienced help me win the war real quick i only need sm to help me naval invase england and america

[half glade]

i lost both border wars lol

[glacial steeple]

happens

[half glade]

i mean i dont think i couldve influenced it

couldnt really control my troops

[left glacier]

[velvet radish]

tails can u help rq

?

@left glacier

[idle arch]

I can help

[velvet radish]

ok can u get in a call whit me so i can stream my situation?

[idle arch]

Send ss 1st let me see situation

[velvet radish]

map?

[idle arch]

Yes

[velvet radish]

i sent

[tribal skiff]

How does naval blockade work? I have Dutch East Indies, and British Malay as Germany, but the Tommies are blockading me left right and center, so I can't get that juicy rubber. Even After I helped Italy get the Suez canal, and took France, it didn't seem to help.

At one point I saw a message saying I was blockaded at the Bay of Biscay... So should I just contest they naval supremacy at that area? Why can't I just bring the raw materials through Suez canal and then to port in Jugoslavia I hold, and from there via landroute to Berlin?

[wintry pasture]

Guys i need help with the philippines.
Why does the election overturn still give me the "sore loser" outcome despite 56% support for the sakdalista and 0% support for democracy

in other words, how do the philippines work

[tribal skiff]

Also, it seems I was blockaded by UK (and USA) before I was at war with them?

[hexed parcel]

How do I not run out of manpower as the Soviets?

[glacial steeple]

naval blockade is exactly as it sounds

you cant move convoys through blockaded sea zones unless you take control back

[glacial steeple]

you can do it at peace yes

[tribal skiff]

So even during peace time, you build up naval superiority at some region, it's not a decision, diplomacy or anything? How do you know WHERE the blockade is?

[glacial steeple]

you look on the map and the seazone is red

also its likely on your coast/a chokepoint

[vital plinth]

Do I need a big fleet if I want to patrol ?

[glacial steeple]

you need a fleet

usually with better stats than the enemy fleet

[tribal skiff]

Oh right, of course. The pretty colors actually mean something.... that's serious flaw in the DOW Netherlands in 36 approach, as you probably can't compete with Royal Navy? Could you put Italy to help you?

[glacial steeple]

its usually only a small task force blockading

but the strat sucks regardless because you want to produce planes while at war

and not go into eco of conquest early

you contest blockades the same way you do normally but theres no fighting

assuming youre at peace

[hexed parcel]

What a good all around infantry devision for the Soviets?

[vernal knoll]

why my plans doesnt work?

[hexed parcel]

Not quite what I had in mind

[idle arch]

9/0 support[aa,engineer,arty]

[hexed parcel]

Will 10inf 2arty work?

[wintry pasture]

You forget about the purge and this is all you are left with

[glacial steeple]

thats like actively worse

[hexed parcel]

How so? I meant they seem to melt enemy divisions? 🤷

[austere roost]

you should have a pin that says stop adding line artillery

[wintry pasture]

i use line artillery when im playing nations that dont have an industry for tanks

[austere roost]

line artillery is worse than just plain inf, any inf + art division can be improved by removing the line artillery

you can get a light spg for 5 cost, so if you have industry for artillery you have industry for spgs

[hexed parcel]

Im guessing the hit to organisation for a bit of soft attack is not worth it?

[austere roost]

you don't have to guess

it is just plain true

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYmklEwTh6k

[austere roost]

the thing about line artillery is that they're worse even when compared to regular rifles

[chrome river]

Need help with naval invasion (NCNS) from Brazil to Portugal - is this literally the only way? I need dominance in 4 effing sea regions just to island hop from Cape Verde to Madeira?? 🥲

[idle arch]

No I'm not gonna make 685 divs to 24s

[vast yacht]

In the mod millenium dawn im doing the ussr, how can i gain war justifications against the old soviet nations?

[hexed parcel]

If it works for me it works so imma keep using it

😂

[red grove]

Is there any way to get out of the late-game world tension soft lock?

[austere roost]

What we mean is that you will have better results if you switch your divisions to all inf, that's what meta means

[hexed parcel]

I know what meta means

[austere roost]

You should also really try out spgs, they are a direct upgrade to line artillery

[hexed parcel]

In what divisions should I use these?

Tanks and mech?

[vital plinth]

But what kind of ships and how many?

[wintry pasture]

i will admit, i do underestimate spgs

might consider using them more

now that we have an actual spg dedicated doctorine too

[pliant condor]

anything

it's better version of line artillery that has like triple the soft attack and has breakthrough

[austere roost]

Spgs are a direct upgrade to line artillery and SP tanks

[hexed parcel]

What design should I use for spgs?

[austere roost]

Start with the cheapest and see what you need to add on

Close support guns and howitzers allow you to build spgs

[lament quail]

what do i do

[night obsidian]

As who?

so I've just finished a germany run. Any recommendatins for the next one? I was thinking Soviet or USA

[wintry pasture]

Germany run but monarchy

[night obsidian]

ha, nah im going to wait for that one until ive played some more historical

[sour mountain]

help rq why cant i see my divions and only my field marshall

[idle arch]

Usa 2nd easiest nation in game imo

[sour mountain]

pls tell

[hexed parcel]

Best mid game design for medium tank devisions?

[civic hare]

who tf thought it was a good idea to not defend part of the cacasus

smartest idea

[night obsidian]

so i'm new (<200 hrs), but been watching a lot of guides.

for 1939 basic medium I run a support gun/howitzer (dont need hard attack) on a 3man turret (breakthrough). Then radio, wetstorage, and 1-2x fuel (so they don't immediately run out). I try keep speed above 8kph.

For improved medium, I run Medium cannon 1 or 2, 3man turret

Stabilizer (for breakthrough), wet-rack (reliability), radio, fuel. (always fuel with mine as I like to do deep breakthroughs supported by a separate army of motorized). I also try get speed up to about 10kph

[sand ember]

you should replace radio and wet storage for heavy machine guns for more soft

you don't need more break on normal tanks

[night obsidian]

Once there, and this is optional but I enjoyed it, I convert my old basic mediums to AT and SP guns.

Also if you make lights for flame and/or scout, put like 2-3 fuel

[night obsidian]

no? I thought reliability was important and break was important to lower the damage you take on assault

plus HMG only adds like 1 soft

but radio 2 adds a bunch of break

[sand ember]

well it depends if you're training your tanks alot and being careless about where you move them (you don't have to do either of these things) then yeah you want at least like 70% reliabilty

[night obsidian]

this is single player only btw

[sand ember]

yes

[pliant condor]

break is irrelevant

you always get too much

so you want to put the role as a spg, and use two hmg

that give you the most soft attack

not that machine gun

it's the one in the extra turret

[night obsidian]

oh really? Whats the cap then? Like if my division is over a number I shouldnt care

[pliant condor]

yes

watch this

https://youtu.be/1IIjk4bAh68?list=PLYkrQ0Xgl419BoaNjdLcRqWXz4QakRVc5

[night obsidian]

ok so probably listen to this other guy, but also as a beginner I LOVE fuel

and reliability is important

[night obsidian]

I watched this

[pliant condor]

it should tell you something

empirically you don't need more than 300 breakthrough on a division with hardness

and any design should have more than that value easily

[hexed parcel]

I love how unhistorical vanilla hoi4 is

[night obsidian]

good to know, thanks

[pliant condor]

as long as you don't use a fixed turret you have enough

and it's also why you want to role it as a spg so you get extra soft

[night obsidian]

what you mean?

role it as spg?

[light knoll]

you have an option the set the tank role to artillery

[night obsidian]

ah, i do that when I convert them but I don't for the initial part so I don't have to change my divisions...

like 1939 I just run it as a regular medium, then I convert to better howitzer once I have replacement with cannon, so I dont have to redo and retrain division...

[pliant condor]

you should do that by building the base as a tank with hmg and convert to howitzer

although it doesn't make sense to change division

[pliant condor]

the only weapon you use is howitzer

cannon has no use

[night obsidian]

not even late game? Interesting...

[pliant condor]

also you can(and always should) directly edit the template in the field

[night obsidian]

right, i think I already do that if I undertand it properly

[pliant condor]

this is the complete method

basically, you want to have unlimited trained/veteran tank divsion without attritioning tank from training

[glacial steeple]

hi topa

[pliant condor]

^

[night obsidian]

Im not sure I quite understood that, so you hotswap the division template in the field, but start with a big cav division?

[pliant condor]

🥺

[night obsidian]

i mean, for me who barely can play regular difficulty yet, it probably not a huge deal, I just wait until 1938ish to train tank divs

[pliant condor]

you directly edit the division template in the field

you never want to train a tank in the field

[glacial steeple]

how are you?

[pliant condor]

the thing is that division xp is linked to manpower, not battalion

so when you directly edit the template you don't lose xp as long as manpower usage is not increased

[pliant condor]

buried in the snow

[night obsidian]

okay, sorry im slow but just so I know I understand, you're saying just swap out the "red box" or you saying also to make changes on the blue box? (last question on this I'll figure it out)

[pliant condor]

you make a template with only calvary

which you can get for free with proper heritage

or only infantry

but that's not important

the template need to use more manpower than your tank

then you train it up to level 3

then, directly edit the template to the tank tempalte

this way, you get a tank that is fully trained without the need to train them

[night obsidian]

completely different topic, I'm curious about this. I trialed a Mechanized support build to follow my tanks around, mostly to hold the line after them but also to push into terrain that doesnt like large width, so I specifically aimed for close to 15 width (according to vid linked below). Am I dumb for doing this or is it actually an okay idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZQncfAcamU

[glacial steeple]

what is that

[pliant condor]

just use normal infantry to follow your tank

it doesn't matter afterall

just a waste of ic

[night obsidian]

okay I think I understand, I will try this on my next playthrough

[pliant condor]

better put the mech in your actual tank

[night obsidian]

my mechs are usually slower than my tanks

[glacial steeple]

this is a really bad division to make

[pliant condor]

speed is irrlevant

[glacial steeple]

it doesnt have enough of any stat for the cost

[pliant condor]

for the most part

motorized is one of the(relatively) worst unit in the game

[night obsidian]

daw.... and they seemed to be doing so well... especially in trees

[pliant condor]

among all infantry

[glacial steeple]

indiv excellence kinda made motorized better

assuming you have the doctrine

[neat widget]

watery eyes moment

[night obsidian]

but roleplay... lol. Okay noted

wait but this is mechanized

thanks for the help all

i see the pinned stuff but is there like a list of like "good" base templates to work off. I've followed a ton of youtube stuff but everytime I come on here and go off those, people say they arent that good

[junior radish]

How many hours I must have to play multiplayer?

[night obsidian]

and like ive probably watched 15 hrs of youtube lol

[light knoll]

mech is not really worth as line holders

in sp they're mostly just for tank divisions

[pliant condor]

uhm i mean in the other template

[night obsidian]

they were only there in the same army as the tank line breakers, and only there for forrests and stuff

[light knoll]

make rangers

[pliant condor]

also don't trust any youtube content

[light knoll]

way better

[night obsidian]

oh that was a random one, but wait you say just have reg infantry with tank?

[light knoll]

the only good youtuber is segl

[pliant condor]

it's better than motorized for sure

[light knoll]

use cav

when you don't have mech

or camels if you have them

[night obsidian]

damn I should just sit in a multiplayer lobby and watch someone stream a game or something, I'd probably learn a bunch

wait seriously? like 1941 med tank and cav?

I mean i'm realizing that on single player I can just cheest it and space marine evrything by putting a tank in my infantry divisions.... but I don't want to do that, it feels wrong

[light knoll]

yea

space marines isn't really good anymore

[night obsidian]

thats good to know

[light knoll]

and tbh, tanks in general are not even worth it

[night obsidian]

it helped me yesterday against the UK

[light knoll]

just build air and use infantry

its more efficient than using tanks

[night obsidian]

i find my infantry doesnt breakthrough fast enough

for surrounds

[light knoll]

if you have green air and CAS, you can just battleplan

just 36w block of infantry

cas is crazy overpowered in the current update

[junior radish]

Bosporus DLC?

[night obsidian]

I mean 80-90% of my army is infantry, I just use tanks to breakthrough

ok, im going to do a USA run now, i'll just use infantry

[light knoll]

yeah, but the research and ic you put into tanks to be good is way more than that

which is just better used on air

[pliant condor]

you can use the same template

just with leg infantry

it's better because it has less terrain penalty, are cheaper, and take infantry advisor bonus(if you don't grind an advisor)

special forces are even better

[night obsidian]

I will take all of this advice and use it, to a point though because on my first play through with each country im playing easy and just having fun so I wanna use tanks lo. But as i get more serious I will do your guide

oh yeah my special forces yesterday were crushing it

so i'm guessing amtracs are a WASTE of time / ic then?

just marines with some hardness?

and line artillary seems like a dumb idea too yes?

[pliant condor]

amtracs are the best unit to use with tanks

even better than mech

although for a different reason

it's because they are classified as special forces and (in mp) not a spacemarine

[night obsidian]

oooo, okay, i'm liking this idea

[pliant condor]

which means your tanks get the bonus from special forces without having to make amphibious tanks(which are terrible_

using amtracs as marines on the other hand is a waste of ic

just use normal marine

[night obsidian]

so I was rockign this yesterday (okay the ratio is wrong but the general idea?)

[pliant condor]

this is the correct idea

well if you replace all the tanks with spg

[night obsidian]

got it, replace all tanks with SPG as heavy cannon not needed

[pliant condor]

also the left branch of marine doctrine reduces amtrac cost

[night obsidian]

have some tank hunters i guess rihgt? 1944 soviets have tank

[pliant condor]

but you can swap to the right branch after you take it and the cost reduction is stuck on the equipment

[pliant condor]

ai tanks are terrible because they have no stat

so you don't raelly need to care about it

just add like one tank destroyer if you are worried

so you can pierce

[oak jasper]

Is there any way to figure out how much fuel an enemy nation has? I was operating under red air against 4000+ Axis fighter aircraft, when suddenly that stopped, and I wonder if the Axis just ran out of fuel to run their air force.

[pliant condor]

tag ger?

[night obsidian]

its more just "feels right" than anything

[oak jasper]

... I suppose the intel screen does say "6 oil produced, 8 imported"; that's probably an indirect indicator that Germany just flat ran out of fuel.

... something which didn't stop them from sending out Emden to die.

[night obsidian]

So, in summary:

• Use SPG not medium
• Dont use motor, instead infantry (so like 10x SPG, 8x infantry) for breakthrough company
• train large cav divisions then hotswap into tank to keep xp
• amtrac good w/ tank, mech bad
• in general intantry better

So for an infantry based company, should I use like a 7/2 but use an SPG instead of a field atry? (so like 8/2 inf/SPG?)

[inner sparrow]

mech is not bad its good but if u can get amtracs take amtracs bc of special force stats

[inner sparrow]

the best hoi4 yt is clearly paul

not the fraud seagull

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1449942974019670066/1458462764501827644/JSBF_9XVATAAS7_YNB8HE.gif

[glacial steeple]

look at this guy i just promoted from a div

[lofty locust]

if they have 4000+ planes they definitely ran out of fuel

Ngl I seem just incapable of making decent divisions, I was struggling to beat an Austria-Hungary union as Germany

which is crazy

[inner sparrow]

division design will be in most cases the smallest problem if u play vs ai

[lofty locust]

67

[lofty locust]

either they have the strongest units i've seen in a long time or I'm doing something really wrong lmao

maybe i just need more troops

[light knoll]

no, infantry build is just 36w brick of infantry

no arty, no spg, just pure inf

[light knoll]

if you have aa on your units, that can pierce pretty much any ai tank

so you never need to worry about it

[glacial steeple]

well, no

not in 1944 maybe

tho typically ai only really gets high armor values in the 50s

its possible AA isnt enough

but even then AT is relatively cheap if it ends up being an issue on every tile

if it isnt an issue on every tile, go around

[light knoll]

not even with inf anti tank tech?

[vital plinth]

In trying to take a port from Britain in Spain it would block my whole home sea from outsiders , but I can’t succeed with a naval invasion I put a big fleet to support naval invasion what am I doing wrong ?

[glacial steeple]

i mean you only get so much

ai designs post 1943 do change for the better a bit

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Yeah that stops being viable about that time

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it just is too little too late compared to any decent player

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but by that point you should have a lot better divisions like mech divisions and the like

[glacial steeple]

also because while the ai ground units late game do change for the better

the inverse is true for the air

it is trash

[lofty locust]

AUSTRIA DECLARED WAR ON HALF OF EUROPE LMAO

[glacial steeple]

like around improved airframe the ai makes the most reasonable ish planes

with like double armor plate spitfires with 4x hmg on all slots or whatever

it still doesnt have self sealing and isnt ideal but yk, pretty decent

then they go to like cannons machine gun mix with like 1 armor plate or so

on advanced planes

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what am i saying

[glacial steeple]

heres the best post 43 ai tank ive seen, do note their moderns even though worse can get lile reasonable armor and 80-90% hardness

and its like, its not all terrible, just

ai always has a big gaping hole you can poke through

early game thats pretty prevalent because they dont know how to do tech, their designs are just not good

and then they kind of go to okay air but trash ground

and then late game it goes to trash air okay ish ground

with still terrible modifiers, generals etc

but some players struggle 🤷

[analog maple]

any tips for the Soviet counter-invasion(as the soviet)? i do the defence part pretty well. Axis gets only to around kiev but i cant manage to push back i only get to around warsaw before the allies reach berlin

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i admit i did struggle against american air in 1947

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atp you should have supersonics

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They hadn't come online just yet

when they did the americans were indeed blasted out of the air

[glacial steeple]

i havent ever seen ai get supersonics