ask-for-help-here

[tropic seal]

yeah thats what i did

[vague willow]

I did it once as germany lol

[vague willow]

Bet that was my mistake cause last week i played ussr and only did mills and germany had more shit than me

[real elk]

kind of figuring out hoi4 for the first time here, i'm not typically one for grand strategy games
doing a germany run first on recruit and im trying to eyeball the wiki to see what all i should be doing
i feel like i should be doing something else instead of just staring at the game while stuff builds
its feb 14 1936

[tepid umbra]

in early 1936 there's not really anything to do

you sort of sit there and do the alerts at the top until spanish civil war if you wanna do that

[languid trout]

the time when u actually start doing things is 1939

[real elk]

i guess i'll run through my national foci
i skipped ahead to fuhrerprinzip instead of reorganize wehrmacht lol, i'll go back and do that after

[languid trout]

or 1938

[vague willow]

Yall suggest i rush down the stalin tree to end the purges asap?

Or is there a better meta

[glacial steeple]

spies??

[tepid umbra]

I meant like micro

like wars and shi

[glacial steeple]

do you know how to speed the game up btw

[tepid umbra]

since that's prolly what they were talking about

[glacial steeple]

its usually meant to be played at 3-4 speed

[tepid umbra]

yes

[glacial steeple]

nah

[real elk]

yes

[glacial steeple]

awesome

[real elk]

i'm taking it slow to take everything in

[glacial steeple]

thats fine 👍

[vague willow]

Aight and then after i finish it do i go down the industry or military trees?

Which is more importsnt

[wet crater]

Okay

The sleeping giant is dead now

Now what?

[tropic seal]

the hell even happened?

[wet crater]

Damn

I just capped the us as britain before 38 though

Yeah

I havent even changed any templates yet

They just could man the border so I punched hard

[steady ginkgo]

anyone know why all my ships are scrapping?

theres no naval theatre no reserves

[jaunty flame]

Hi I'm new to this game, is there a way I can make the camera move using the WASD buttons?

[glacial steeple]

your capital doesnt have a land border to your port

[tropic seal]

I kinda hate how war contribution is calculated

Why does casulaties taken add so much to war contribution

im getting punished for not taking casulaties man

while my ai allies just rush in and get encircled and get insane amounts of war contribution

[glacial steeple]

it doesnt

it used to be the only factor

[tropic seal]

it desont?

oh

[glacial steeple]

now its like, kinda nothing

planes killed goes crazy

[wet crater]

Sinking ships of all things is huge

[glacial steeple]

ships are a bit

[tropic seal]

why's it saying that ive got like 0 contribution

[glacial steeple]

ground combar can be a lot

[tropic seal]

when ive been doing the most casualties by far to the japanese

[glacial steeple]

integer overflow, which is silly because all faction related stuff has a pretty low integer

[tropic seal]

-437 contribution and ive gotten 210k out of the 240k japanese casulaties

[tropic seal]

bruh so what do i do

am i just cooked

[wet crater]

It can get out of hand real quick. like more war participation versus the allies than germany from just whrecking the royal navy

[tropic seal]

i cant annex the warlord states

if i have no contribution

[wet crater]

Capital ships are a lot of participation

[tepid umbra]

do you have that one thing unlocked

the division thing

with doctrine

and theaters and stuff

you can put in manpower into the pool and it gives more participation

[tropic seal]

UH

NOT SURE

oop caps

but im taking a break from this china playthrough

playing china has been like the least enjoyable experience ive had

japan just throws 50 naval invasions at you every month so you have to always be on edge

[civic sluice]

guys

How the hell does navies actually works now??

I used to understand it back then but now?? Nawh

I'm stuck in a limbo with Portugal. I played as anarchist Spain and Portugal, well they didn't capitulate and instead went to some island

[civic sluice]

The number doesn't seem to go up

[tepid umbra]

They barely changed it

What do you not understand

[vital geode]

Patrol is the new strike force

You need to have a task force for each zone you patrol

Strike force is a multiplier of anything patrolling as well

[civic sluice]

The number are just not going up

0 supremacy despite having like 20-ish ship with 2 battleship and 3 cruiser

[vital geode]

What mission do they have

Set your home base to a nearby port

Ctrl right click a port or click the cog near the home base thing (it is under the stats of the admiral kind of when you select the fleet)

[civic sluice]

All patrols

[vital geode]

How many task forces, how many sea zones are you patrolling

[left mica]

sounds like they only have one

[vital geode]

That's what im thinking

[glacial steeple]

thats plenty isnt it

[left mica]

each task force must stay in one sea zone to increase dominance

[glacial steeple]

do you really have to cross 2 sea zones

[civic sluice]

Only one zones, and like 4 of them

4 task force

[left mica]

ok thats weird

[glacial steeple]

1 task force is good then

patrol

always engage

[civic sluice]

Okay

[left mica]

screenshot

[glacial steeple]

never repair

[civic sluice]

Only one then

[left mica]

yeah do a bit of a deathstack idk

[glacial steeple]

just split off the subs

[civic sluice]

Wait I'm about to do my shift by now

I'll sent the screenshot laters

[left mica]

i set my task forces to medium priority & turn auto split off off

never repair doesnt do anything

[glacial steeple]

stops them retreating from battles automatically

[left mica]

you mean the entire fleet or heavily damaged ships

[glacial steeple]

both

[vital geode]

I just group the entire surface fleet in 1 task force and patrol

[left mica]

ive never seen my fleet retreating on medium repair

[glacial steeple]

when they retreat they get shot but dont shoot back

[civic sluice]

Uh, the thing is guys. There's no Portuguese ships there

[left mica]

but eh set it on low repair

idk

[civic sluice]

Only mine

[vital geode]

Rear mounted turrets waiting for their purpose:

[left mica]

in case you need to micro

[vital geode]

Screenshot so we can troubleshoot

[left mica]

ew w*rk

[civic sluice]

Waittt

[civic sluice]

Exactly 😔

[vital geode]

Ah

[civic sluice]

I need to paid off my rent

[left mica]

yeah im sorry you have to work

[glacial steeple]

its ask for help not ask for a waiter

[civic sluice]

It's alr

[glacial steeple]

smh

[vital geode]

Go get money

[wild rune]

lol

[civic sluice]

Grind type shi

[vital geode]

That sounded bad

[wild rune]

obtain job

[vital geode]

Uhh, thank you for being a productive member of society

[wild rune]

do application

[vital geode]

He already has one

[wild rune]

obtain more job

[vital geode]

They are light-years ahead of some people in this community

[wild rune]

as is custom in USA

[glacial steeple]

cheese just woke up because hes from like britain or germany or whatever

how was your night mr cheese

[left mica]

i do freelance drawing for work

[wild rune]

not bad

[left mica]

im eating you

[wild rune]

I am the largest consumer of cheese

As they say "you become what you eat" or whatever the phrase is

[vital geode]

He will become "The Cheese" then

[wild rune]

There can only be one "The"

I ate all others before and those reaching for the throne of "The Cheese"

[hidden monolith]

I sent you a dm with help figuring out the navy

I’m a new player myself so I tried xD

I had to send a dm because I got timed out for an hour for some reason idk it was a long message I apologize

[tepid umbra]

Isn't there a bug where even if you have patrol you don't get dominance

[wraith condor]

chat

[dark thunder]

what

[tropic seal]

yes

[chilly spruce]

Hello everyone started playing this a few months ago and was wondering if there is a comprehensive division guide wrt to the latest update

Steam is filled with a ton of different guides so cant really zero in on something

[gray hull]

Check the pins for the beginners guide video

[chilly spruce]

Thanks mate

[gray hull]

Np

[outer matrix]

what would y'all recommend as planes against tanks? what should I prioritize?

[upper dagger]

enough fighters to get green air then CAS spam

this is most important

tanks are good but not as important

[outer matrix]

are heavy bombs only for warships? or I can use them against tanks as well?

[fathom grove]

i was recently told gbp is the meta now, does anyone here know which picks of it for infantry are best?

[inner sparrow]

gbp was always meta

and sub doctrine for infantry its large unit tactics and for operations desperate def is good

arty and tank subdocs don’t really matter that much for inf in sp

[wintry oxide]

anyone know how come my task force provides 0 domination from patrol missions?

[gray hull]

Large unit tactics

[fathom grove]

thanks

[gray hull]

If you do use line artillery fire concentration makes it pretty good against the ai

[inner sparrow]

it’s still ass

fine for china war in 37 if u play japan but after that just waste

[fathom grove]

does anyone have good unit designs for SP

[inner sparrow]

just use 16-18w full inf with support arty, logi and aa support or whatever else u need

if u don’t struggle with eco and production and play a major u can do 36w pure inf

ur template matters less than other stuff like having green air and cas or stacking combat modifiers the right way in general

[fathom grove]

i am playing bulgaria so i don't have much of anything

[short loom]

yo anyone knows why i can't update my hoi4 ? I got the version of the game from like before the release of NCNS and yeah i just cant get the updates

[inner sparrow]

just do 16w then

pure inf

[fathom grove]

does anyone know which foriegn companies are best to get as bulgaria

[inner sparrow]

all of them

try to get as many mils as possible for free

just improve relations with the countries

[upper dagger]

Can anyone help me? I'm trying to invade "Imperial Italy". I can't because they are my Subject. Is there any way to release them?

[dark thunder]

Give them loads of convoys in lend lease and you can lower their autonomy until eventually they are annexed.

Hover your mouse cursor over the blue and brown bar to see how many points are needed to reduce autonomy.

[upper dagger]

I've tried all of that but their autonomy hasn't budged even one bit after thousands of convoys. Still says 750 required.

[dark thunder]

What about building?

[upper dagger]

Not built anything yet will try that now.

[short loom]

yes building is very effective

mostly infrastructure and factories

will help

until you can annex them

[minor ruin]

or if you run out of focuses just do lower autonomy

focus

[wintry oxide]

is there a way to know where enemy ship is located exactly if I have 100% naval intel?

or better question how can I engage ships asap in an enemy region

[light knoll]

no, its who can spam the most fighters and cas

the land army is only secondary to the air in the current meta

[hoary glen]

when you stop finishing the build before the war ends ;D

[light knoll]

suoer heavy battleship should cost around 15-17k. light cruisers should cost around 5-6k

you don't really need much destroyers
you need to have enough to screen, but not more than that. your actual fighting force is spamming light cruisers and ideally having one super heavy battleship

most nations that play navy start with enough destroyers at the start

[wintry oxide]

what am I doing wrong? 0 naval dominance when I got lots of fleet in there

[light knoll]

uh, looks they're on mine laying mission

you need them to be on patrol

also click the gear button

and separate the submarines from the rest

they're making the entire fleet slower

[wintry oxide]

nah they are on patrol

or am I missing smth 😄

nah pretty sure it's patrol

I managed. Not sure what specifically helped, I moved the whole fleet to another region, combined it into 1 fleet, moved it back

[light knoll]

the issue was probably that you need to click this button

the cog

to have homebase be automatic

otherwise you can be out of range

[wintry oxide]

oo

I see

but still, doesnt it show I had 62 ships in there?

[hollow linden]

Supremacy is now only given when on the patrol mission. You can also increase your supremacy by going on strike force in sea zones you are also patrolling in. Strike force on its own does nothing

[jade tulip]

what does this page give? Base stats change as time goes on?
https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Land_units_by_year

[hollow linden]

This page "gives" you nothing
It puts the stats of certain land equipment side by side with advancing research

Since as time goes on you're supposed to get better tech

[jade tulip]

oh alr

[chrome river]

Fengtian clique, whats the play here? Push for Liaoning or turn south and reclaim lost land? Not too familiar with the China war mechanics lol

[hollow linden]

Try not to die first

I see red too close to your capital

So, go south

Though taking liaoning for the steel

[chrome river]

that was a single China unit trying to push lol

[hollow linden]

Man doing this in historical is awful

I did this on non hist. Not a fan of CBT

[chrome river]

So far I've only done hist+ironman runs

[hollow linden]

Good.

I also Play on ironman exclusively but non hist is funny

[jagged hull]

Can anyone give me good tip to invade china as Germany

Because I have two choices air or navy

And china has 5 Million manpower

So I'm going to do air and navy both

[hollow linden]

Only 5 million?

[hollow linden]

Just naval invade

Show me a map?

If you've killed the Soviets, you could invade from siberia no

[jagged hull]

I have the reichkommissar russia

[hollow linden]

Ouch

Yea dont do rks they suck

But anyway so just invade from there

No need for a naval invasion

[jagged hull]

I have a lot of puppets

[hollow linden]

Yea bad

Annexing is always better than puppeting

[jagged hull]

Thay are using 1940 units but they are pushing me back

[hollow linden]

Wdym 1940 units

That doesn't mean anything

That's just a name

[glacial steeple]

theyre using 1940 units

[hollow linden]

Well get more units, get air

[hollow linden]

I got what they're saying

It doesn't make sense

[steep socket]

Improved suggestion for HOI4 Kurdistan focus tree

The Kurdistan focus tree feels incomplete and underdeveloped compared to other regional content.

Many mechanics and ideas seem to be copied or transferred directly from Iraq without being adapted to Kurdistan’s unique political, military, and social context. This creates noticeable gaps in gameplay and breaks immersion.

The focus tree itself is very small and lacks meaningful long-term paths. There are almost no branching choices, internal politics, or alternative outcomes, which makes playing Kurdistan feel shallow and repetitive.

Kurdistan should have its own distinct focuses covering areas such as:
– Internal political struggles and autonomy vs independence paths
– Relations with Iraq, neighboring states, and global powers
– Militia organization, unification, or centralization
– Economic development, oil control, and regional trade

Expanding and reworking the focus tree would greatly improve balance, replayability, and realism, and would make Kurdistan feel like a fully realized nation rather than a side extension of Iraq.

[glacial steeple]

this is not the channel for that

if you want to make game suggestions go to the forums

[steep socket]

Which channel?

[glacial steeple]

none

paradox forums

[steep socket]

Link?

[glacial steeple]

#hearts-of-iron-news every post links to the forums

[steep socket]

Okey thx 🙏

[glacial steeple]

manpower is just reserves

doesnt mean too much

[outer matrix]

should I stick to tanks always if I can no matter the terrain?

[hollow linden]

Not when Terrain is like swamps mountains and jungles

if youre in europe, sure whatever, but like if you're anywhere else, maybe do special forces

[glacial steeple]

terrain, resources, available generals are the factors on whether or not to do tanks

if you have good generals, high factory output per manpower, steel/tungsten in good quantities and arent in jungle/mountains you should do tanks

otherwise its typically mountaineers

or rangers

or marines

or air if you have mostly aluminium/rubber

[outer matrix]

thanks, should I use tanks when naval invading or do them with special forces then move the tanks in?

[glacial steeple]

theres base terrain penalties

and tanks can make them worse

[wintry oxide]

what the hell are these battles? I've lost over a half of my army in almost an instant

is there a way to check why did it happen like that?

[languid trout]

u already see why u lost so much men

its deserts

they got some annoying debuffs

[hazy quiver]

what Self-Propelled tank good at i do use only light and medium but what an Self-Propelled light or meduim will be better at?

[wintry oxide]

ohh

thanks 😄

[languid trout]

i dont recommend using tanks in deserts

ur divs were also prob already undersupplied

[wintry oxide]

they were I think

but how come not a single enemy troop died

[hazy quiver]

what Self-Propelled tank good at?

[wintry oxide]

it cant be that bad 😄

[swift fiber]

Can someone please join me in a VC and teach me how to join a multiplayer game because it says the server name is already taken?

[split pelican]

Guys how do I win offensive wars I started like a week ago but I cant win any wars without allies

[misty wagon]

guys im playing italyt what is better towards a greater italy or mare nostrum

[cold bloom]

mare nostrum

they start with an idea that makes them cap much more easily

[jagged hull]

Well I tried world conquest but I think it was my fault for liberating china in my world conquest

After all I managed to defeat Japan and their puppets of asia

But I thought I pressed the puppet to make china as a puppet but instead I pressed liberating china

[jade tulip]

is this a good tank div template for late 1938?

[misty wagon]

which one do i need for mare nostrum

[glacial steeple]

you could have all stuff from pinned by then

[inner sparrow]

no

[earnest notch]

Will I survive against the Germans as the Soviet Union when operation Barbarossa happens?.

I build military factories first from january 1936 until may 1939 and then civilian factories when it's around may 1939.

Do I need to prioritize making infantry divisions over tanks Until Germany starts to get exhausted?.

I want to know if my factory build up is the problem or more the units.

[misty wagon]

can i become roman empire whithout france

or i need ALL old teriotories

[carmine geode]

guyz how do i ask for navy ?

[jade tulip]

12k cost per division... is that viable for 1938?

[icy sequoia]

im confused pls

[glacial steeple]

i mean yeah?

why wouldnt it be, 12K isnt absurdly much

you can probably get it just from not making expensive inf

[spare cradle]

what is a good offensive unit for hungary?

[spiral thorn]

Yeah hey, I have a question. Are there any modders here that are willing to teach me how how to make a mod myself? I know how to download mods but not make them, but I have a cross of burgundy obsession. Plus I have other good ideas for mods I just don't know how to code or. Do anything. Since I have Visual Code Studio, I'm willing to learn how to do it myself. I just need somebody to teach me because Youtube videos aren't helping and neither is Claude AI. I'd be willing to learn, I'm just curious. Also, sorry if this is tech support, I'm just posting this anywhere hoping somebody will respond. f anybody wants to teach me then just contact me in my DMS.

[scenic nacelle]

Mils then civs is definitely a new Strat

And infantry only works fine

[jade tulip]

why resistance is rising though garrison is full?

[dark thistle]

Can someone give me a good Template for early germany

for infantry

[scenic nacelle]

Just use ur starting template

It works fine

[dark thistle]

okay thanks

[frigid urchin]

Guys, is there any topic where there is an explanation for every stray in the division templates? I mean this -

[jade tulip]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Land_units

how Its missing equipment when Its literally available

[frigid urchin]

thx

[glacial steeple]

it takes time to reinforce

[jade tulip]

is there a way to know when?

[glacial steeple]

it takes like a week or so

it just isnt instant

[jade tulip]

well Its been like 2 months and still not filled

I have garrison equipment priority set to high

nvm I set it to military governor and resistance is lowering

[austere roost]

i'm pretty sure reman paradox had a video that explained all of this but the armor part is outdated since they introduced tiered piercing during nsb

like really the important ones are hp, org, soft/hard attack, armor for sp, and defense/breakthrough

[light knoll]

https://youtu.be/Dcp1ooD_YqY?si=6fxlYEb4dZHDRbk3

[wanton salmon]

there are no men

poland ran out of soldiers 10 years ago

the german army is entirely chinese conscripts

el salvador

why when i build an airfield in cotnested territory it builds it ont he enemy side

and i cant build it one region back either, as the region is too large and buulds it on the wrong end

[pliant condor]

did you disable foreign equipment in the template

[stuck garnet]

hey how do i tell whether or not a battle plan is good

[left glacier]

Buildings are on a set province

You would need to liberate the airfield on that state to use it

[wanton salmon]

but thats so stupid

paradox, can i build an airfield?

yes, for the enemy

[twilit canopy]

Can I form Greater Greece for the achievement "This is Madness" by doing the focus "Horror and Fear" then do "Nenikikamen" or do I need to do "The Gordian Knot" before "Nenikikamen"

[night obsidian]

is it me or do naval invasions get a bit buggy, sometimes I have an entire fleet in an area on patrol and naval domination never goes above zero...

im probably missing something

[charred bobcat]

what can I do

[wooden ocean]

anyone know how to fix this? and what can i do

[spare cradle]

did they fix the dumb germans getting softlocked politically on non historical in the beta?

[inner sparrow]

rehost the mp lobby, if it still occurs even after new lobby u have to make a fresh start from 36

[charred bobcat]

hey

[wooden ocean]

maybe it’s a mod fault?

[inner sparrow]

possible but usually not the case

[torn mortar]

did paratroopers get changed? i dont remember having to wait 7 days for them to prepare?

[wooden ocean]

so what’s triggers this thing?

[torn mortar]

no

[flint epoch]

ANYONE FEMILLIAR WITH RASPERRY PI SYSTEM SETUP? i could need a full blown helping hand 🙂

[inner sparrow]

idk exactly but as far as ik it’s usually a paradox sided issues with early hotjoins in 36ish

idk if the new update beta patch they made fixes the issue bc they talked about some mp issues there

[hot star]

anyone can help me i cant attack to england

btw i am new

[wild ember]

what do you mean cant attack to england

[hot star]

can dm

[wild ember]

sure

[royal glade]

what is the best working in this version mod for realism?

[fathom grove]

hey does anyone have any good mountaineer templates?

[royal glade]

what is the best working in this version mod for realism?

[idle arch]

Wdym by realism

[royal glade]

like black ice

[scenic nacelle]

None

[hazy quiver]

What self propelled tank good at?

[austere roost]

they're better because they pack more soft/hard attack than regular tanks, require less in a battalion, and can get buffs from both artillery and armor subdoctrines

[runic basalt]

when i start out as a country like Japan should i change the troop template to the default one?

[pliant condor]

yes

you can keep a few large division with engineer in them to naval invade

and convert the rest to the 12 width infantry

[runic basalt]

Why shouldn’t I convert them to the default one and not smaller

[pliant condor]

I said to the smaller one

idk what you mean by the default one

[vital plinth]

I finished my first game how do you play new counties is also guides until you can can play without guide ? Because I’m playing with a dlc so there sooo much national focus for Germany

[runic basalt]

Why should I use the smaller one

[pliant condor]

the large one has engineer and recon which is a waste

and you won't have enough units to cover the front even if you use the small oen

use the large one to naval invade

[runic basalt]

Okay so should I use the smaller one for china war?

[runic basalt]

That’s what destroyed my 3 hour game

[pliant condor]

yes

[pliant condor]

one trick you can do is to make a bunch of 2 width infantry

deploy them

then convert to a copy of the 12 width template, with guns disabled

then only manpower but not gun get in the template and you can hold the front with those

like the front with mengkukuo

[noble summit]

can't you just, not call mengkukuo into the war

[runic basalt]

No they declare as soon as it starts

[noble summit]

i see, must be from the new dlc

[runic basalt]

Okay so they game I’ll start making divisions using the smaller version

[pliant condor]

ah it's better not to waste time on that focus

so you annex them eventually

it's like 10 factory

[terse spade]

guys

i tried to play after not playing for a while

i dont remember anything

anyone have any good tutorials?

[dry dome]

Bittersteel uploaded a guide for Germany not too far ago

Would suggest watching it

[terse spade]

thank you

[dry dome]

https://youtu.be/UadQ3euApmM?si=1vjh0CBaXCRZ9D5g

[terse spade]

thank you

[vital plinth]

What about games with brain ?

[dry dome]

Then use your brain

[vital plinth]

His name is ‘gameswithbrain

Lol

[dry dome]

Oh

[vital plinth]

Not insulting you

[dry dome]

What about him?

[dry dome]

Yeah now I get it lol

Is he like a youtuber?

[vital plinth]

Yeah
He is playing Germany and going through as beginner guide it’s my second game I tried Greece
But I have a dlc I think something for Germany that makes me have so much more nation focus stuff and even characters as national focus and “inner circle “

Should k watch his guide or play the video you mentioned because mine is very different to this YouTuber I think he plays basic Germany dlc

I*

[dry dome]

You have the German DLC gotdamerung or smth like that and you are on a newer version

[dry dome]

Not really since the video is old and meta changed a lot since then

[vital plinth]

https://youtu.be/m0j03YLtcXI?si=mH3SbfXozNn0KjLU

[dry dome]

Like 2-3 dlcs came out after that video atleast

[vital plinth]

Oh ok 👍

[dry dome]

Based on what you're describing

[dry dome]

Btw

Why would you watch a 2 year old guide when you have a brand new one?🤔

[vital plinth]

I have la resistance and “ historical German portraits and anniversary pack and battle for the bosporus

[vital plinth]

Only played 1 game and watched a bit of to learn the basic stuff but don’t know about meta and what’s been added as new

[dry dome]

Don't worry bitter also tells you what to do even with dlcs lacking

[vital plinth]

I even thought I had all the important dlc until I found out I have 1-2 out of 20-25

[vital plinth]

👍

[dry dome]

The ,, important DLCs " are the more recent ones like No step back, Arms Against Tyranny and one other that adds MIO's (not that important compared to first 2 but still)

[vital plinth]

Yeah I was told il get the monthly subscription once I finished 3 games and learned more of the basic to play with the newer DLCs

[dry dome]

Yeah that's actually a smart move considering how much content the game has

[sour mountain]

how do i make the balance of power more twords pope

[dry dome]

Assuming focuses and waiting on old decisions to appear is your best (and only) bet

[sour mountain]

Figured it out

[vital valley]

what are the best cliques to play as? wanted to play some chinese cliques

[tropic seal]

what is the third thing on the top row

first 2 are bomb locks

nvm

heavy bomb locks

got it

[tropic seal]

whys mine so much lighter?

[slow vessel]

Does anyone know of any good templates for Germany? I don't know much about them.

[glacial steeple]

click the mission type

[tropic seal]

where is tha tbutton located

[glacial steeple]

adjusters

[tropic seal]

ahh aight thanks

it wont let me save it?

when i esc it resets

[junior light]

is there a way to have the tank presets in the reasearch tab with having the no step back dlc enabled because I like the presets of the tanks but I also wanna have the DLC.

[dawn mica]

y is it im finding videos of base games of hoi4 with spies? I cant seem to see anything when i play it, but i swear hearing about spies all the time in the videos is making me annoyed. Can anyone help me understand where are all these spies stuff about? I thought it might just be in NCNS mod but i might be wrong.

[tropic seal]

pre sure spies are added in the la resistance dlc

[tepid umbra]

No

[vital plinth]

Hey I’m following this guide https://youtu.be/UadQ3euApmM?si=G99GlsD6CeWJK4OK

but my Austria event has not popped up that some relationships stuff with them not sure why

[spare cradle]

any reason why this strat to cap USA as greenland wouldnt work?

1. release yourself as greenland ( indepdent, obvious)
2. flip to communism
3. equip the marx portrait and do the focus "indoctrination" (for +700 weekly manpower)
4. train enough divisions to form paratroopers
5. join the axis
6. execute the paratroopers instantly capitulating france
7. puppet france
8. use french divisions to declare on nordics (they will probably join the allies to protect themselves bc world tension)
9. paratroop UK with french manpower
10. take all nordics and proclaim nordic unity) and puppet canada
11. use canada to invade USA
12. cap USA
13. profit

[tepid umbra]

"join the axis"

also puppetting france

[spare cradle]

true lol

[spare cradle]

they have disjointed governement and you dont want to garrison it

[tepid umbra]

I mean how are you gonna puppet it

[spare cradle]

your communist. and indepndent

[vital plinth]

Hey I’m following this guide https://youtu.be/UadQ3euApmM?si=G99GlsD6CeWJK4OK

but my Austria event has not popped up that some relationships stuff with them not sure why

@tepid umbra any idea why the Austria event don’t spawn that gives some points to me it consumed political points but I haven’t seen it spawn

[spare cradle]

i dont see the issue

[tepid umbra]

i'm not gonna watch the whole vid, what austria event

[tepid umbra]

the war isn't over

[spare cradle]

oh lol right france will probably be in the allies by then

[tepid umbra]

if france is in the allies, and you cap france, there's no peace conference

[spare cradle]

ngl i assumed france was not in the allies atp

[tepid umbra]

esp if you join axis prior to that

[spare cradle]

but yea realisitically that would happen

just go on non historical then Kappa

[glacial steeple]

hoi4

[tepid umbra]

also you'd need enough stuff for paratroopers

[tepid umbra]

sucks 💩

[spare cradle]

communism

oh right you need planes

[tepid umbra]

which is 500 a week

[spare cradle]

uh...

[glacial steeple]

youre relying on a lot of things to go as planned

[spare cradle]

true lol its hoi4

[glacial steeple]

germany can early war, you need to produce enough transports

[spare cradle]

its hoi4.

i realize that now

[glacial steeple]

nordics may fight back, you could get naval invaded if you have no garrisons

[tepid umbra]

also france could just like stop your paratrooping

doubtful but it's possible

[spare cradle]

yea

[glacial steeple]

no thats possible its just

[spare cradle]

they might have 1 troop on paris lol

[glacial steeple]

ehh

[tepid umbra]

yeah that's why I said doubtful

[glacial steeple]

you dont need axis for it

you can get airbase access now

so thats nice

can get it from like spain

[tepid umbra]

i'd still join the axis tho...

[vital geode]

Why do people break rp and do a pre 1939 war

We dont need to paradrop Paris

Just break through Sedan

[glacial steeple]

he wants to play greenland

form nordics

take usa

[vital geode]

Oh

Greenland is a releaseable?

[glacial steeple]

that reminds me i need to do a greenland game

it sounds fire

[tepid umbra]

you don't need to

[glacial steeple]

they even get a formable

[vital geode]

The more you know

[vital geode]

They are Nordic, so i assume they have that one

[tepid umbra]

you could just like

not

[glacial steeple]

yeup

[glacial steeple]

no i need to

[tepid umbra]

you won't die if you don't 🥶

[glacial steeple]

i will die regardless on if i do it or not

thats typically how humans work

or rather the human body

[spare cradle]

oh lol

[spare cradle]

yea but it will take 60 or so years either way

assuming your in your mid 20s and having a healthy lifestyle lol

but no one who plays hoi4 has a healthy lifestyle lol

[glacial steeple]

early 20s (21)

[spare cradle]

same

[tepid umbra]

unc

how were the dinosaurs

would I be able to recruit you as a political advisor in hoi4

[glacial steeple]

youre like 13

[spare cradle]

you mean birds

[spare cradle]

maybe in modded lol

[glacial steeple]

hoi4 is like older than him

[spare cradle]

hoi4 is 10 years old

[glacial steeple]

thats pretty close

[spare cradle]

also he better be 13+ or so help me

[glacial steeple]

no he is

barely

but he is

[spare cradle]

cool lol

[tepid umbra]

I am 13+

[spare cradle]

i dont have to report you for being underage lol

[glacial steeple]

id have banned him dw

[spare cradle]

oh i didnt know you were a mod (i didnt see your roles)

[tepid umbra]

[glacial steeple]

its the blue

[spare cradle]

cool

[glacial steeple]

i liked having red

helper red looks much nicer and people arent as intimidated

[spare cradle]

your doggo is cute btw

[tepid umbra]

trade me your blue

[glacial steeple]

you need to be 18+ to even apply

[tepid umbra]

ik

[spare cradle]

you arent

[spare cradle]

didnt you say you were 13?

[glacial steeple]

no i said that

[tepid umbra]

I said I was 13+

[spare cradle]

oh lol

[glacial steeple]

i believe hes the old age of 14

but idk

[tepid umbra]

this was sarcastic if you could not tell

[spare cradle]

oh ok i have a hard time telling sarcasm and jokes from... not

[glacial steeple]

olive you probably dont even know how to use calcs yet

short for calculators btw

[tepid umbra]

😭

[spare cradle]

oh i thought that meant calculus LUL

[tepid umbra]

how would I not

[spare cradle]

i was like "i only took intro to calc that stuff is hard"

[glacial steeple]

no hes not at the age where he knows what that is yet /hj

[spare cradle]

lol. btw am i allowed to use swear words

idk btw

[glacial steeple]

no but you can say like shit

[spare cradle]

that is what i meant lol

[glacial steeple]

most swear words are censored

[spare cradle]

ah ok

crap

[glacial steeple]

as in, anything that could be directed at a person

[spare cradle]

ah ok.

lmao

also ty automod for censoring my message.

||the one time censorship works||

anyways imma tired so imma head out

cya yall

[vital plinth]

The federal state of Austria bans DSNAP
@tepid umbra this event

It doesn’t pop for me some reason I can’t find anything online about it

[spare cradle]

you have gotterdammerung?

[tepid umbra]

man idk

[vital plinth]

Nope

[tepid umbra]

that's prolly why

[vital plinth]

Ah ok 👍

[rapid umbra]

im trying to get hail to the qing but is there any way to not have to fight the soviet union, the sinkiang part of china just joins the comintern so i have to fight them, its not impossible but it just ends up going for too long cause i have to invade them from siberia and they stack more that 20 units in some tiles in mongolia

[foggy junco]

this game is beyond annoying and stupid
i spend like 3 years taking all of africa, just for it to be spains for who even knows why.
and russia declares war on italy, which thats fine, then breaks the ribbentrov pact for no reason (other than they are now big enough to beat me) and thus i lose

for essentially no reason aside from the pure dice roll of if russia is crazy or not. which so far has been like 70/30 in my 3ish good runs

but i dont understand why when i am winning all the battles, taking the land etc, the territory NEVER becomes mine. never. i took portugal. i took spain back from the brits when they push in. and never get jack for my effort.

ah yes. "soviet italy" thanks historic mode. so awesome

so tf do i do

[rapid umbra]

did u try asking for control of the state?

[foggy junco]

yea. never seen that ever be an accepted option

[glacial steeple]

for africa its because you attacked from spanish territories

for ussr its just a your stats/economy/air issue

ai soviets are really not that strong

[foggy junco]

im not trying to fight the soviets. thats the point.

if i were to try to do africa, soviets, brits and turkey id have like. 24 divs per front if that. and 0 defense. id be screwed

i just let the soviets do their thing, with a non agression pact. sometimes it works, sometimes they decide to attack the rest of the axis and then break the pact

[glacial steeple]

well yeah youre supposed to barb

the allies are like a sideshow

[foggy junco]

barb?

[glacial steeple]

barbarossa

attack ussr

[foggy junco]

i know im "supposed" to
but its legit suicide to do that
theres a reason we arent speaking german today.

[glacial steeple]

or play with ahist ai

thats also fine

[glacial steeple]

it isnt in game

[vital geode]

Where is your army?

[glacial steeple]

germany in game is OP

[foggy junco]

if you hella min max meta autismo schizo the game, prolly sure. im still learning whats what.

[glacial steeple]

not even, just if you play relatively fine theyre still the strongest

[vital geode]

The reasons the Germans lost was because once the Soviets got their crap together, they were able to resist when the Germans overran their supply lines

[glacial steeple]

by quite a lot

[vital geode]

Luckily, soviet ai is more brain dead than June 1941 Soviets when it comes to military strategy

[foggy junco]

2ish armies on defense for the bulk of western europe.
3ish armies for attack wherever im trying. this attempt was africa.
ive tried russia. ive tried against the brits. ive tried against norway and such. and literally every time i get screwed by the other axis both sucking, and simultaneously taking all the land i conquer

[vital geode]

Why 3 armies

[foggy junco]

wdym

[vital geode]

By 1939, I have a full army group ready for war

In 1941, I basically have 2 full army groups

[foggy junco]

yea?

[glacial steeple]

he seems to have some units

[vital geode]

I can actually man a frontline

[glacial steeple]

though it looks to be only infantry probably

[vital geode]

Oh

You actually made theaters

[glacial steeple]

it doesnt seem like theres an organized tank army

[vital geode]

Nvm

[glacial steeple]

idk about airforce

[vital geode]

I usually have everything under 1 theater

[foggy junco]

that sounds like organization hell

[vital geode]

Ignore what I said

It is 2 army groups and a tank army

Doesnt fill the screen that much

[foggy junco]

its like. 2.5 armies and the rest is tanks for attacking. tanks take so long to make, its not helpful for how much it was making me have a deficit

[fierce idol]

what's a good infantry template for chinese soviets?

[vital geode]

9/0 works alright

[fierce idol]

also when's the best time to take back china?

[vital geode]

Whenever you are strong enough to make offensives

Usually when Japan overstretches itself

Remember, integrate your puppets before joining comintern

[glacial steeple]

you dont just make more per se

for your eco id probably go for like 10-12 tank divs

maybe 20

[vital geode]

You can easily peacefully take over the Chinese United Front and peacefully annex China as 28 1/2 bolsheviks

[glacial steeple]

you do not need infinite tanks, their main strenght doesnt lie in their base stats anyway

their main strenght is in battle modifiers

[vital geode]

Tanks are nice for breakthroughs and encirclements

[glacial steeple]

if youre making tanks you really want to have a ton of green mosidiers

tho first is inf i couldnt see screenshot properly sorry

but you can kind of see the peak stats either can get regardless

[vital geode]

Casual 91% planning bonus

[glacial steeple]

old screenshots...

idk how much it is now

[vital geode]

Who needs planning bonus anyways

[glacial steeple]

if your stats are low the difference between tanks and infantry is marginal

so youd be best off doing like special forces infantry + air

[foggy junco]

i have like. 15 tank divs if that

[glacial steeple]

thats fine

dont send them into low supply/mountains/jungles

what do they look like

[tropic seal]

no you can just battleplan barb

[tropic seal]

honestly? you dont even need tanks in singleplayer

if you dont really like keeping an eye on like the supply network and terrain

then just use infantry

infantry is less penalised by terrain than tanks

[tepid umbra]

you can battleplan barb with only inf, no air and still win

[tropic seal]

yeah the soviet ai is terrible

[tepid umbra]

you'll have a ton of casualties but that doesn't matter

[tropic seal]

i had to crank the ai scaling in the pregame settings up to the highest or second highest option

for them to not immeditaely lose everything to my barb

and even then it just took micro

im a bit confused about why the ai isnt programmed to hold in like good positions

obviously im not a game dev

but cant they make it so that the ai likes to hold behind rivers and places with supply

the soviets chose to dig in in like plains with great supply for me

[tepid umbra]

I genuinely don't know why

[tropic seal]

yeah then their lines get punched through and encircled

at least its much harder to break lines behind a river

[tepid umbra]

I understand the argument of like, "it would be really difficult for new players and it would keep them away from the game"

but

that's what difficulty options are for

[tropic seal]

yeah

make it an option

😭

the ai is so bad at defending

and when thers a breakthrough they dont really try to stop it

[tepid umbra]

and attacking

[tropic seal]

yes

its just bad

[tepid umbra]

only thing they're good at is spamming naval invasions into a wall

[tropic seal]

yeah

and the moment you get a navy

even that stops

since theyre somehow worse in the sea than on land

[tropic seal]

i've never gotten invaded by ruissia first as germany though

[tepid umbra]

I have once

[tropic seal]

even on my firs playthrough so im confused how this happened

[tepid umbra]

I was just about to invade them tho so I whooped their ass

[tropic seal]

on my first playthrough i literally capped the allies and russia still didnt do anything

lol

and never fight in africa

its just not worth it apart from north africa

[vital geode]

Sounded like Soviets declared war on Italy for some reason

[tepid umbra]

you can fight in africa

[tropic seal]

really?

[tepid umbra]

just don't push too far

[tropic seal]

i only ever bother with like

libya and egypt

i never go south

since theres barely anything to gain and theres 0 supply

[tropic seal]

ah that might be why

i mean it is 1945

[tepid umbra]

I mean too far is like into south sudan

[tropic seal]

if you havent capped britain or the ussr by 1945 as germany itll be a bit annoying

[tepid umbra]

maybe if you're feeling good you can take ethiopia

[tropic seal]

ah yeah

[tropic seal]

yeah i did it once but it didnt really do anything for the game

so i just never went south again

[tepid umbra]

hype moments and aura

[tropic seal]

lol true

[tepid umbra]

taking north africa has never done anything for the game for me either tbh

[tropic seal]

encircling 40 soviet divisions in barb is even more hype though

[tepid umbra]

true...

that's why you waste time in east africa so they can build up

[tropic seal]

even if they just gave the svoiet preset fallback lines

behind the rivers

[tepid umbra]

and then encircle even more divisions

[tropic seal]

that would make barba lot more fun

right now if you get one encirclement then its over

it cannot be that hard to give the ai preset lines of defence

😭

[royal juniper]

should I go non historical germany?

[dry dome]

Yes

[royal juniper]

aight one question

HOW DO I INVADE BELGIUMM

AAA

[tepid umbra]

you get units

and you take their victory points

until they capitulate

[royal juniper]

true but the probloem is either that They fortify too quick or idk

[tepid umbra]

get tanks

or planes

optimally both

[royal juniper]

aight

so I put my tanks around belgium?

[dry dome]

Funny thing is that with planes you can just do special forces with line infantry or motorized with motorized artillery

[tepid umbra]

You can but that's boring

[grand iris]

Its just flat plains, tanks best there, push and encircle the divisions in belgium

Then push to france through belgium

[west knot]

I’m trying to rock a different template but it seems I can only put the unit I start with how do I mix them?

[versed rose]

use a different column

[west knot]

I can’t make the part in blue it only allows me to make infantry

[civic sluice]

Guys guys

Should I make my fortification on Odessa or Dniepr?

I play as USSR now

[gray hull]

That requires a mod just put it in its own column

[west knot]

Oh thank you

[gray hull]

No problem

[neat widget]

Yeah that's also a 14/4 it's a bad template

[west knot]

Do you have a good one preferably a picture?

[neat widget]

which doctrines are you using

[vestal sonnet]

is this hell? pls help burh

[gray hull]

Just research, work on getting more research slots you'll be good

And you should use mountaineers mixed with rangers for attacking

Infantry works as well but not as good

[vestal sonnet]

yay and what abt motorized?

[gray hull]

God no

Not unless its on plains

Or hills

Motorized suck in forests and jungles

[vestal sonnet]

whos this chopped mf

[vestal sonnet]

oki

[tropic seal]

How do i choose an adjuster

[compact violet]

What focus tree as KMT to choose to defeat Japanese as Republic of China?

I choose KMT with the left focus tree

[fierce citrus]

Is it just me or does COMECON giving the overlord 50% of the subjects' industry really not play well with the coal energy consumption mechanic? As soon as I founded COMECON, coal went into massive deficit. Is there a solution to this other than just eating the penalty to production speed, or should I just avoid founding Comecon/Warsaw Pact?

[pliant condor]

😂 buy them?

or research excav

lol when does having too much industry become an issue

[fierce citrus]

when your coal deficit is in the hundreds despite demanding basically every scrap of coal your entire bloc produces, because per-factory coal costs apparently escalate with more industry

[light knoll]

conquer Germany and the uk

[fierce citrus]

Germany and China are already my puppets, this is part of the problem

[red mesa]

cap infra out in coal states, get excav tech, build a supply hub in any coal state that doesn't already have one, use the coal cost building, go down to partial mob

[fierce citrus]

I didn't know having a supply hub in a coal state did anything special

also, what is the coal cost building?

[light knoll]

well take the uk then

[red mesa]

hubs boost resource extraction

[light knoll]

they have half the worlds coal

[fierce citrus]

And then I'll get half of their industry, escalating my costs further lol

[light knoll]

you get more coal than that's worth

but yes

[tight vigil]

Is there a chance for yugoslavia accepting the ultimatum for annexation from the "subjugate yugoslavia" focus of poland?

[fierce citrus]

I still think "Hey, have 50% of your subjects' industrial capacity, btw coal per factory is a function of number of factories you have access to" is a very sus interaction lmao

[pliant condor]

it no longer does

it caps

[pliant condor]

if???

what

[red mesa]

I believe if you invest in nuclear power the reactors reduce the coal cost as well but I never play late enough to see how that works

[pliant condor]

you have access to your puppets resources as well

and like what's bad in having MORE factory????

COMECON is like the most op thing in the game

[pliant condor]

if you max out everything, build high capacity electrical grid, full infra in stalino

[fierce citrus]

Two countries with 100 factories each use less coal between them than one country with 200 factories.

[pliant condor]

also you should get excav decisions if you have i think excav 3

[pliant condor]

yes that's how the game works

but your puppet having 100 factory is worse than you having 10 factory

because they don't do anything with it

comecon is basically you take all your puppet's industry for free which is insanely op

in no world should goal be an issue

like if you take germany

there's infinite coal there

[fierce citrus]

Yeah, and when you throw in COMECON giving you half of their factories, your coal consumption shoots up by more than your puppet even generates

[pliant condor]

you can also build infrastructure in germany as well

[pliant condor]

????

i have no idea why you think it's a bad thing to have more factory

if anything, just delete factory in yourself

lol

so you don't have a coal deficit

[fierce citrus]

I'll take "things I didn't say" for 600 alex

[pliant condor]

but again in the latest version there's more coal in the world than you ever need

and it doesn't scale infinitely like the old version

[pliant condor]

then i don't get what you are complaining about

do you want comecon to NOT give you factory...?

[fierce citrus]

Look, you're clearly not listening to me, so I'm going to end this interaction here. Bye.

[pliant condor]

if you think this is a bad thing it's only because you are trying to play the game as if ai nations were your teammates

[pliant condor]

but in reality

taking 60% factory from a puppet = 60% of their industry become useful, taking 0% = all industry are wasted(like germany reichkoms)

[inner sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-cat-is-this-bait-cat-is-this-ragebait-gif-10902073105296387701

[fierce citrus]

yeah, topazand's comments probably are lmao

[inner sparrow]

I meant yours but its fine

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

[civic sluice]

What's the best fighter build now? The old "meta" build are stupid by now

[fierce citrus]

I'm not the one who claimed the other was saying something they weren't, but lmao ok

[civic sluice]

German keep shredding my fighter as I play ussr

[inner sparrow]

ig bro

[inner sparrow]

fighter designs didnt change

[civic sluice]

Really?

[inner sparrow]

just do improved small fighters with 3 heavy mgs and eng3

and ur fine

[civic sluice]

Okay

[inner sparrow]

self sealing is also nice and extra range ig

[civic sluice]

Yea

Always do this

Thanks

[red mesa]

ussr with air can be really funny but sucks what little challenge there is out of it

[outer matrix]

I got a modern sp artillery template I made and produce (game has not labeled it that way I just did) but I can't add it to the division template, can someone enlighten me?

[tropic seal]

How viable is going through the Maginot? Is there any real reason to do it in sp over going through the low countries

[pliant condor]

well for one you can capitulate france faster

before you do the foucs

also like if you want to grind on maginot or something

[compact violet]

What army focus tree should i take as ROC?

[pliant condor]

or not declare on netherland so you can buy rubber

[pliant condor]

the one on the left, but remember to pick a subdoctrine like large unit or assault infantry before you do the focus that put you on the ass subdoctrine

[compact violet]

The defense?

[pliant condor]

yeah

[pliant condor]

or if you are asking how difficult it is forts are basically non-existent in the game

[compact violet]

Thanks

[pliant condor]

or ok i guess it depends

i said left path because i play china mp

where the relocating factory focus is crucial

if you are going to just kill japan day 1

in the long run the other path is much better

attack is much better thand efense

this focus

if you push japan day 1 the other one is probably slightly better

although you shouldn't have too much time on those focuses

do your industry focus first

[tropic seal]

Nah I just meant compared to how easy it is to just run through Belgium

Belgium and the Netherlands might as well be empty tiles

[pliant condor]

i mean, both are pretty easy

[tropic seal]

Yeah

[pliant condor]

if you want for some reason not to capitulate belgium and netherlands

[tropic seal]

But the Maginot would be comparatively harder

[pliant condor]

then

click fort buster and the forts are gone

if you have the correct template

[tropic seal]

Fair

I think I'll stick to going through belgium

I want to cap them anyway

[celest shuttle]

Hello, I’m new to this game. When I start, I see so much information that I feel overwhelmed. May I ask what I should begin with first? What should I prioritize doing at the start?

i play eu4 before but this is more complex than i think

[open sundial]

guys, what s mean in version?

i cant join in friend host

error like " your version does not match the server version "

i have all dlc, but when friend gonna join in my host he got this error

[pliant condor]

do you have mods

[open sundial]

road to 56

and russifier

[open sundial]

.

[fierce idol]

build civilian factories in states with high infrastructure the first year and a bit, research the industrial techs. then after that year and a bit has past, start building military factories instead.

[open sundial]

we have both version

[dusty ember]

hey guys 🙂

i need help. I am looking for a mod that enhances peace deals or diplomacy

[celest shuttle]

@fierce idolthank u

[pliant condor]

you need to have the same checksum

which you don't

498e

[dusty ember]

i need help. I am looking for a mod that enhances peace deals or diplomacymy friend played as brazizil and was in war for a time and suddenly after a long while paraguay joined allies and he was in all out war and died. Wie have this often and eventhough the new faction system helps, its not enough. there is no way to exit this war and so you are doomed as a minor nation

[pliant condor]

most likely reason is that you have different mods enabled

you need to ensure that both of you have the exact same version of the same mods

[fierce idol]

when should I take china?

[cold bloom]

About now

[tropic seal]

What country are you playing?

strategy changesa lot between countries

and whether you have dlcs or not

[tropic seal]

alllat with only 40 divs is pretty impressive

how did you deal with the naval invasions

[celest shuttle]

@tropic seali dont have country to play just start tutorial with italy

[tropic seal]

ah yeah then youre playing as italy

yeah italys pretty standard

except its kinda navy heavy

compared to like germany

do you have the dlcs or no

[oak mantle]

navy is pretty simple but most people dont want to understand it because they prefer making billions of naval bombers

[tropic seal]

its just that the enemy naval ai is so bad that therse no point in making a navy

your resources are better spent on the army and airforce

[oak mantle]

150 submarines and call it a day

[tropic seal]

not even i sealioned britain with 15 ships

none of my subs were in the channel

[oak mantle]

(put it on patrol and always engage to drain enemy's fuel 🤑 )

[tropic seal]

and the new update seems to have broken the ai

[oak mantle]

british channel gives +100% visibility debuffs to submarines

[tropic seal]

i see them sitting in port doin gnothing now

[tropic seal]

ah i didnt even know that lol

[oak mantle]

as long as your capital ships have more heavy attack most of time it will snowball to a win

[tropic seal]

ive only ever used paratroopers and naval bombers to sealion britain

honestly theres no real reason to make a navy as germany

even invading america is fine

just use your starting ships

[oak mantle]

when i play on 36 i try to make a decent navy to sealion uk without issues

[tropic seal]

i end up just shoving all my dockyards on convoys

[oak mantle]

but the only time i played germany on 39 i made minelaying subs to lay mines

and gain naval supremacy

[tropic seal]

i usually try to cap russia first since the uk isnt a threat

russia only gets stronger

the d-day attempts from uk are like easy to repel with 2 or 3 armies stationed in france

[oak mantle]

i prefer to cap uk shortly after defeating france to gain rubber and resources to make my army stronger to defeat russia

and i dont want usa to join the war

[tropic seal]

ah i just build synths lol

thats probably why

[tropic seal]

i like invading america most of the time

its fun to go through mexico

[oak mantle]

jjust hope usa hasnt built 500 military factories

[tropic seal]

even if they have its still a joke

i capped the usa with like 4 armies normally

and you could probably shrink that number with better micro

the enemy ai absolutely doesnt understand the concept of falling back to avoid encirclement

theyll keep engaging even when armored divs are almost around them

[oak mantle]

the only time i invaded usa was through alaska to seattle but it was in 1945

so i struggled a lot through mountains

[tropic seal]

ive tried the canada / north rotue but i hated it

[misty wagon]

guys

[tropic seal]

no supply at all

so i just go through mexico now

[misty wagon]

what are best divisions for italy

[tropic seal]

what type

tank

infantry

pushing

special forces

?

[misty wagon]

uhm

infantry and tanks

i want to do those

[tropic seal]

k infantry go 18 width

[oak mantle]

usually you should want to build medium tanks that focuses more on soft attack if you're playing mp

[tropic seal]

use artillery aa and engineers as support