ask-for-help-here

[pliant condor]

because it is mandatory in certain situations

while tank is never

production tech and concentrated techs and gun techs

all you ever need

[vital plinth]

Concentrated tech ?

[pliant condor]

industry

[last sage]

need advice on germany playthrough in this vc

[vital plinth]

Mare armored cars good for combat ?

[errant chasm]

For most cases, no. But apparently they could be used for snaking. But I could be wrong

[scenic nacelle]

Yes

[scenic nacelle]

But we are obv forgetting about the 1 in 3 billion chance to happen scenario where it’s 10.5% better than infantry

[vital plinth]

What scenario?

[scenic nacelle]

Idk

[spice dagger]

anybody knows how i can impove relations with spain more? i literally only need +1

[light knoll]

can't have more than 100

[spice dagger]

ffs imma have to bnaval invade gilbraltar

[quasi citrus]

can someone help me pls
idk why the game is lying to me

it says here the cost to refit my CV is 2.4k IC
but when I then refit them it jumps up to 4.6k IC

[runic basalt]

why cant i do this?

[pliant condor]

the first cost is accurate

the second cost is fake

it's the cost of the entire ship

[quasi citrus]

oh i see
so the dock one is wrong?

[pliant condor]

you can see from the time that the first cost is accurate

[quasi citrus]

it is the cheaper one?

[pliant condor]

yes

[quasi citrus]

ok thank god

i thought the game was dumb for no reason 😭

[glacial steeple]

the game is correct but incorrect

it shows the total cost, but as you convert a large portion is already completed

[quasi citrus]

yeah I see
it doesnt subtract 🙏

[vital plinth]

Fate of checoslovakia is it better to set up as puppet or annex it all ? I’m Germany

Feel like with 50% compliance it’s better to annex it all no?

[untold monolith]

yea annexing it is the best option

[red sundial]

so i only have the base game and im struggling massively to do anything, should i buy a dlc and if so which one/ones?

[tepid umbra]

No step back is usually a recommendation

[vital plinth]

Is it normal that my axe pilots gets shot down a lot ?

Should I just replace with new ones or should they be pulled to main land be under training ?

[red sundial]

can i call you in a vc?

[tepid umbra]

Not rn

Maybe in a bit

[tepid umbra]

Wdym

[radiant crypt]

i think his pilots are killed a lot

[vital plinth]

Do I get the Calvary experiment if all my divisions in an army has panzer but the template has moterized infantry and tanks mix ?

On my general *

[tepid umbra]

I dont believe so

[wet crater]

How do I bring down the soviets when not playing as historical germany, but instead fascist britain

I have capped every other starting major minus the soviets and italy, and imperially federated

Last time I stalled out very badly in russia

[tepid umbra]

Tanks and planes

[wet crater]

Planes I got

In spades

[wet crater]

Forgot about china

They survive

For now

[wet crater]

Tanks I litterally just dont

I did all this with only infantry

Mostly since when playing fascist britain you basically constantly have an equipment shortage for like the first half of the game

Thanks garrisons

The soviets got the full balkan states

None of poland I have it all

I whacked down a bunch of max level airbases and anti air there

And built some rails for supply

Never mind china declared on me

I have to go fight china first

[trail rapids]

anything saving the US

[late lodge]

Press the ~ key, type “annex all,” hit enter

In all seriousness though, you may wish to restart

Or try uploading to disastersavior.com

[wet crater]

Um

Honestly, just send it to bitrsteel

Would make a fun vid to watch

[wet solar]

Whats the difrance betwen many small with devisions and litle big devisions?

[austere roost]

smaller divisions can retreat back, reorg, and cycle back into the frontlines, which prevents your units from losing all org and being forced to retreat when they can still fight

problem is smaller divisions have lower hp so they take more damage

[wet solar]

Or in better terms biger and smaller combat width when defending or atacking

[austere roost]

also, if support company production is an issue, smaller divisions require more units for support companies

bigger is always better for attacking

but for defending you have to make a choice

[wet solar]

Whats ur choice?

[austere roost]

what's your choice?

you are asking

did you read what i wrote?

[wet solar]

Nvm

[glacial steeple]

ai? or you?

cant even see the situation because youre just zoomed out

probably speeding through waiting to die

depending on your forces its either fine or 12 months too late

[glacial steeple]

you have to pick 🤷

larger less losses (might even deal enough damage for ai to not be able to attack) or smaller but hold longer at higher losses

and also, smaller units can cover more tiles

[wet solar]

Yea ig

Thank you dear community

[wet solar]

Wait are there any other downsides to larger devisions?

[glacial steeple]

no? not really

[austere roost]

not really, except that if you can't build enough equipment to equip enough divisions to fill the line then you will have gaps

[glacial steeple]

you just have less org/chance to reinforce battles

[austere roost]

but that's a production problem

[glacial steeple]

not always

sometimes you just dont have manpower/industry

id do large inf as afghanistan since its a small front, easy to defend

but say you have to cover idk china-russia border then youd do small inf because 1: you can afford the losses on the defense

and 2: small units just move more fluidly with frontlines

so it depends

minimizing losses defensively is not the most important factor; not all your units need to "pack a punch"

i like playing with tanks, special forces as "elite" units and you reduce a lot of casualties just bt using offensive divisions to attack instead of regular infantry

[trail rapids]

ai, I'm helping in the invasion tho

[compact violet]

How do i take the monarchist path on US?

[glacial steeple]

theres none

[compact violet]

I just realized that

My bad

[glacial steeple]

you could

as monarchist uk make canada form north america and thatd be with a monarch

and then like tag switch over

[compact violet]

Thanks

Man, what's the solution to defeat Japan as ROC?

[compact violet]

Should i focus on the government or the army first?

[onyx trout]

When will the dlcs go to sale?

[cold bloom]

Latest it could be is probably easter in early April

[obsidian badger]

is it vanilla that turkey joins axis after soviet capitulation
or is it one of my mods
im trying to find the event in the mod files but i cant find it

[onyx trout]

Sometimes they join in vanilla, but rarely for me. But usually that happends when im trying to do the byzantium empire thing

[obsidian badger]

i went to germany and saw event id gersovwar.31

im just guessing thats from reichskommisariat+

but i cant find it in files

[indigo sapphire]

are supersonic jets GOOD?

[obsidian badger]

u need the second special research project

the first is bad

and only then its good but hella expensive and youll probably wont make much

if u have lots of chromium then sure

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[open void]

Hello! I haven't played this game much, so I decided to play with friends using the mods: Millennium Dawn Modern Day and Millennium Dawn Directors Cut. Quite a bit of time has passed, so I'm looking up what I need for the "start forming Scandinavia" solution. I noticed that for some reason the requirement "Sweden is under control, at peace, and all national territories are under control" isn't met when I'm playing as Sweden. More precisely, I've already created the Swedish Empire focus. This requirement works in new games. Could this be because I have war goals against Finland?

If necessary, I can send screenshots

[obsidian badger]

Ask in the millenium dawn discord. Millenium dawn is a complete overhual and everything is changed

basically a new game that has hoi4 mechanics

[open void]

oh okey

[daring gorge]

who should i promote to field marhsall as germany? guenther von kluge right?

[stoic prairie]

anything goes

you are already so powerful just do what you want

[dense stone]

Is capturing spies completely RNG? Because I can't catch any with 7 counter intellegence but my own spies get caught in USSR after 1 week

[daring gorge]

alkett or rheinmetall?

[patent cloak]

could someone explain whats going on?

they both have the same flag and name btw and no civil war indicator

they arent even at war

[barren spruce]

I think it’s just Ai shi

[patent cloak]

makes sense

[formal python]

are basic cruisers capital ships?

[hoary glen]

With Medium Batteries, yes, else no.

[onyx trout]

should i learn aviation before navy. Navy seems to be kinda useless, but at the same time useful since every tree has that "pupper britain" or "conguer war gola britain".

[sour mountain]

i dont see it

[cold bloom]

Top of the faction overview then IIRC

You do need to kick Gansu unless theyre your puppet

[sour mountain]

noooo

am i cooked

man

[strong pond]

anyone looking for mpo

oh wrong channel

[misty wagon]

guys

i need. help

im sorrounded by soviets and their puppets, im thinking of kicking them from my faction but idk

i want to conquer them

[onyx trout]

I would take the allies out first.

[misty wagon]

i am the allies tho

[onyx trout]

oh my bad

[light knoll]

seems easy enough to beat them

[misty wagon]

How is it going

[light knoll]

i hope you have triple collabs

but also how are they pushing you on the balkans

also get your support up

you have enough pp

[hexed parcel]

Yea its going well

[daring gorge]

Does anyone have a save were they alr did all the work 😭 i just want to declare war and have fun

[misty wagon]

erm

we kinda

won

[hexed parcel]

Awesome

[misty wagon]

teritory is so messed up tho

[light knoll]

nice
now kill Poland to fix the borders

[misty wagon]

real

[hexed parcel]

True

[subtle socket]

lol

[misty wagon]

guys how do i speed this up

its been ages

[dapper pilot]

hey, i puppeted austria but i fear germany will try and anschluss them, can they?

[slate cedar]

im a bored beginner what country should i play to entertain myself?

[hexed parcel]

Finland

[rapid urchin]

i belive they will refeuse but pull you into a war either way

[misty wagon]

what does balllistic missles do

@hexed parcel ?

[hexed parcel]

Idk

[quasi citrus]

did I send too many planes or what
germany is losing in 1943
or are they just incompetent these days?

i am USA

[hexed parcel]

Rockets u build rocket site and stock it with like 100 rockrts and u can use them to launch rockrt missile barrafes

I tink u can launch icbm from rocket site nuclear raid if its close enough

[thin merlin]

Hi, very new player here. I'd like to get help with combat. Before i get to some real fighting, i ofc issue frontline order, but once the fight starts my units start to shuffle around and lose all entrenchment. what can i do to prevent it?

[misty wagon]

huh

oh

IVE BEEN IN A WAR WITH CHINA FOR 3H

NO SUPPLY ITS SO ANNOYING

i might cheat and go delete their units

@hexed parcel would it be cheating if i go delete all their units

its just annoying atp

[scenic nacelle]

Factually cheating

[misty wagon]

Im loosing it like 7% supply

[scenic nacelle]

Build supply

And no supply in China

Is normal

[glacial steeple]

build railways

[sand ember]

A bit late but if you don’t like your units moving by themselves you can lower frontline cohesion, it’s in the bar where you make the frontline. Set it to none or strict or whatever the options are called

[thin merlin]

THANK YOU! would that also help with them moving away after they captured a province?

[glacial steeple]

no

[thin merlin]

oh

so in that case how do i prevent that?

[sand ember]

If you set it to none they will literally only move when you manually order them to

basically they’re just not on a frontline

[quasi citrus]

When did consumer goods get reworked
I remember being able to reach 0% back in the day 😢

[thin merlin]

thanks big dawg. The Sudetenland won't fail this time

[low vector]

For MP do is this good enough or do i need more?

MP: Military police for territory managment

[rapid violet]

what dlc should i buy? i got no step back, arms against tyranny, götterdammerung and by blood alone

[dark thistle]

can someone tell me why i can't use my ships here

[glacial steeple]

no

you want to fill the div with cav

because it will use less divisions, which matters when you have supports but doesnt when you dont

[raven lagoon]

You need to assign a home naval base of the fleet in the area, so Vladivostok

[dark thistle]

how do i do that

[raven lagoon]

Click on that little gear above merge fleets

[dark thistle]

ty

[raven lagoon]

Its to the left of where it shows stettin, and make it auto chose a home naval base

[dark thistle]

i got it thx

[raven lagoon]

You're welcome

[thin merlin]

hm, set up defensive lane at the beginning of the game, want to move them to actually guard borders to stinky neigbrours and once they arrive, they just turn back (cohesion - immobile, Area defense - guard borders)

[quasi citrus]

Do I want planes or radar on my subs?
Or can they kill convoys with torps alone

[rapid violet]

are la resistance and no compromise no surrender good dlcs or arent they worth it?

[stoic prairie]

I saw a video on YouTube that says if you stack subs each one in a task force and put them on patrol always engage it drains your enemy fuel is that real ?

[raven lagoon]

From a real standpoint, If i was deciding, La Resistance is a much more needed DLC.

No compromise is just too expensive for me, especially for a DLC

almost the game price

[rapid violet]

what features does it really add? I just want the game mechanics

[raven lagoon]

Adds trees for France, Spain, Portugal, reworks the resistance and garrison system, adds collaboration governments, and adds the spy agency

[rapid violet]

I meant no compromise no surrender. I don’t really care about the focustrees since I don’t really play in Asia

[raven lagoon]

ahh

Trees for Japan, China, and Philippines, the navy system is a little different and rangers

Doctrine rework is a base game thing, you also have the reworked hist japan tree so

I think you dont need it

[rapid violet]

okay

[raven lagoon]

Unless you REALLY want to go alt hist japan

but there are good mods for china so

[rapid violet]

so it’s just bad?

[raven lagoon]

In my opinion, for the price yes

if it was $20 i would say grab it

but other dlcs are cheaper and add more content

[rapid violet]

my pockets are empty after the dlcs I’ve bought

so la resistance is the last one

[raven lagoon]

Ya, unless No compromise is on sale (It wont be) I wouldn't get it

coming from someone who has played since 2016

[rapid violet]

also are the dlcs good I’ve bought? No step back, götterdammerung, by blood alone and arms against tyranny and songs on the eastern front

[rapid violet]

I was 6 there

I’ve been playing since December

since hoi4 was on sale

[raven lagoon]

Nice, it costs so much less on sale

[rapid violet]

it was only 15 bucks

so worth it

[misty wagon]

its slowly eating my brain

but yes very worth it

[sour mountain]

whats the strongest possible divion possible? idc abt cost

[glacial steeple]

why would you not care about cost

maybe this? maybe you do heavy SPG tho

[sour mountain]

this is why

[glacial steeple]

that shows me you have guns

you always care tho because investing into air is good if you have excess IC

[sour mountain]

i can mass produce anything i got like 300 mils

[light knoll]

rookie numbers

[sour mountain]

im just waiting for things to do while i get an achivement

this sucks

[glacial steeple]

this is how i dedicate my mils if i have air resources and enough ground weapons

[pastel saddle]

Whats the better economy focus for germany in endgame? Does the four year plan realy achieve 0% consumer goods?

[glacial steeple]

wdym endgame

[glacial steeple]

if you never ever go to war then do left side i guess

[pastel saddle]

and if i do?

[glacial steeple]

then MEFO

also go to war before 1939 typically

your relative strenght is a lot better

[pastel saddle]

Okay

When is better? early 1938?

[glacial steeple]

like mid to late 38

[pastel saddle]

okay

[glacial steeple]

whenever you run out of other focuses that arent like

military buff

[pastel saddle]

okay 👍

[glacial steeple]

the mil buff focuses are amazing to do tho still

[light knoll]

1936 war

[sour mountain]

Intresting

[light knoll]

sudetenland right after anschluss

[thick storm]

What are some good early-mid game mechanised infantry templates? I spam infantry for almost all my playthroughs, since mechanised are way too expensive, but are there any good builds that use them?

[light knoll]

not really in sp

in mp they're used for stuff like the Atlantic wall

[thick storm]

What's the atlantic wall?

[light knoll]

the coast garrison Germany has to prevent the allies from landing in Europe

in sp its just pointless because you can use normal inf and the ai won't ever get through it

in mp, if the allies land, Germany is cooked

so mech is best to hold because it has the most hp

[thick storm]

I see! I never play MP, but I've always been interested in Mechanised divisions just because Canada gets so many boosts for them

[glacial steeple]

war is over

300mil+ deaths for this

[dawn mica]

is the Russian empire path removed? Idk y its gone, i swear i had seen it before 😔

[light knoll]

🔥

time reignite the war and this time finish all of earth's population!

[glacial steeple]

no this is great actually

theres gonna be less late game lag after all the death

[light knoll]

true

[light knoll]

no? its still there

[sour mountain]

SECRET FOCUS TREE>

???

[fierce citrus]

One of my puppets just dropped a nuke on an enemy, is there any way to find out which one did that?

some sort of log perhaps

[feral forge]

how do I raise compliance?

[topaz yew]

what?

ohh can you not attack an enemy from a puppet that isnt in the war?

[lavish torrent]

yo can someone give me tips on how to get a lot of manpower

mods i use :tfr and rise of radicalism

tfr: soviet russia

[raven lagoon]

You can raise your conscription/volunteer law, allow females equal combat roles, or reduce draft exemptions

[lavish torrent]

conscription isnt allowed in tfr

[raven lagoon]

You can change it, only at war though

[lavish torrent]

ohh ty

i think i can win european war easier

almost won without changing conscription once

[austere roost]

yes

[onyx trout]

Should i get the no compromise dlc or graceyard of empires or trial of allegiance. I dont have a preferance on gameplay and stuff but which one should be better or fun. And is it true that if I dont have them dlc focus trees do the ai still use the dlc focus trees?

[dawn mica]

i dont see it tho

it should be on the right side, but it isnt

heres the normal tree for comparison

[proud bolt]

My millenium dawn is missing the descriptor file, how do i fix it?

[low vector]

How many tank divsions should one have? Should I just infintily make more and more at all times? Here is my template. Im making 4 bet they are set to inifinite

[austere roost]

it should be 36 width

you can choose 8-10 armor and the rest be inf/mech

also spg and tds are meta now in sp and mp respectively, convert your tanks to spgs or tds

[jagged hull]

Can anyone help me to learn the Soviet union please

[edgy pendant]

Just do purge focuses, industry focuses make some infantry. Really all you need tbh

[low vector]

Oh i mean how many divisions should I have for a template like this

[austere roost]

that depends on how many you can produce

[low vector]

Should i just continously make them? infinitly?

[austere roost]

i can produce 120 36 width spg divisions before barb as ussr but that's because i know how to fine tune the industry and design

you need to figure that out yourself, do you need that many? can you produce that many? can you supply that many?

and will focusing on armor divisions take away your air production or navy production if you need navy?

[low vector]

What is SPG and TD?

are those heavy tanks?

[grand mortar]

Can someone help me with my stalemate in germany?

[austere roost]

Self propelling guns and tank destroyers

Tank variants

[grand mortar]

Can someone help me with my stalemate I went down to oppose Hitler but now the war is in a stalemate with a slight edge to me the rebels

[slim parrot]

why cant i form greater germany?

[elfin burrow]

probably because of the Reichskommisariat Moscowien

if i had to guess

[slim parrot]

isnt it fine if my puppets control the states?

[elfin burrow]

i dont think so cos YOU dont control it

[slim parrot]

thats dumb

[bright mantle]

how to counter attack germany soviet turk and italy

[flint epoch]

are u still at war? if yes, all currently worldwide states need to be under german controll

[slim parrot]

so i need to take out america?

if so thats also weird because ive seen the ai do greater germany while britain was still at war with them

[austere roost]

Speaking of Germany, did PDX ever fix the bug around the focus that needed you to cap two majors?

[flint cypress]

Do I go Adopt New Panzer Doctorine or The Prussian Legacy in Army focuses

[flint cypress]

For the Supreme Leader focus?

[austere roost]

yeah, it was bugged during gotterdamerung

you couldn't do the focus

[flint cypress]

Did it eventually

[spare cradle]

anyone know a good offensive template as austria hungary?

[flint cypress]

I made UK and France Capitulate

[austere roost]

yeah that's easy but for a long time the game couldn't recognize that you capped those two already

[flint cypress]

Yeah well happened as well in same game

I capitulated USSR and France in that time and didn't count

[wet crater]

Any countries good for learning that are harder than playing as germany and britain?

[austere roost]

ussr

[wet crater]

Oh boy

[flint cypress]

Truth

[wet crater]

Also japan

[flint cypress]

Ahh

[wet crater]

Japan is honestly very fun

[flint cypress]

Not really

[austere roost]

you get to learn how to bonus focuses, how to build an industry, and how to use your army

but playing ussr doesn't teach you navy

[wet crater]

One run I should do is the destroy the traitors revere the emperor

I did historical and its actually so fun

[mystic otter]

https://youtu.be/qOI8t9qyq3M?si=pYBXF2J10ENs2sZD

Isp beg to differ

[wet crater]

How much of that is shared with japan?

[austere roost]

idk i don't have ncns

haven't played new japan

[wet crater]

Just trying to guage where im at in the learning process from nations I have been successful with

[flint cypress]

Any help guys?

[wet crater]

New japan is fire

[austere roost]

depends on what you want to build

[flint cypress]

See the division I mean

[wet crater]

Historical or civil war?

I assume historical

[austere roost]

both

the goal is always to prepare for barb

[wet crater]

And then absorb it

That will be challenging

[austere roost]

or just out produce germany so much that you need to dec on hungary to start barb

[wet crater]

Also heard italy is good for learning the game

[wet crater]

Also valid

[flint cypress]

Adopt New Panzer Doctrine or The Prussian Legacy for this division

[austere roost]

97.2 hp

do armor cars really have that low hp?

[flint cypress]

I don't know, I took it from here

I want to try this division

[flint cypress]

So I asked which way I go

[austere roost]

you really shouldn't, hp is too low

idk anyone who knows which side gives more buffs to armor cars

[flint cypress]

Dang

[flint epoch]

but yet they held all the mainlands territorry. its not about the war. its about having controll of each province you currently have a foot in

[vital plinth]

Is USA fun to play ?

[edgy pendant]

Depends

[mystic otter]

Usa is more late game nation
It's beginning and maybe mid game kind slow which is boring for some

[mystic otter]

If you want to build this div aka go with the speed divs i will say watch the yt guide some ytubers do and get an idea about it and how to set it up

[fading ibex]

whats the best way to get naval superiority after the new uptade? If there is a video abt it i would love to see it

[cold bloom]

Spamming light cruisers with good light attack is probably the best tldr

[mystic otter]

Honestly it is still pretty much the same
Have a couple of ships on patrol to spot the enemy and the rest on strike force to save fuel

Just a small mechanic's changes here and there

[tepid umbra]

Neither do

[glacial steeple]

hp is fine but its bad for newer players, you just move fast

relies on proper modifier usage to push

[austere roost]

i don't think newer players have the ic to replenish the losses

but is armored car hp really supposed to be that low?

i thought armored car is a very bad replacement for motorized inf

[tepid umbra]

Yes

It's on its own, after all

Armored cars are more like weaker tanks

But faster

[austere roost]

oh they're inferior tanks

that makes sense now

[low vector]

Should I rush for fighter 2 as Germany?

[forest token]

any all around good tank template that works for any country? low supply, can be stacked on a tile, can push, etc

like ive been trying a number of division templates and none seem to work very well idk, might just be because im missing smth

[glacial steeple]

no

tanks are situational, depending on general, MIO, terrain and supply

you can push them into bad situations in sp and be okay but theyre not good at it

[glacial steeple]

well theyre better if you go for speed and have like 5 hp each

[forest token]

if you had to suggest, what would a good division template be, and what should i prioritize when making my tank

[glacial steeple]

where tanks are like 0. something

[forest token]

in tank designer)

[glacial steeple]

for general usage or

what are you looking for

[austere roost]

In sp maximize soft attack/production cost

[forest token]

i want one that can shred infantry

so ik soft attack is essential

but ive tried prioritizing it and it doesnt work out too well, it might be because of my template

or poor design choices

[glacial steeple]

here youre asking for a div to use anywhere no?

[forest token]

yes

[glacial steeple]

is that still the goal?

[forest token]

and i also just have the issue where i cant have more than 2 tanjs on a tile before it starts suffering from logistic issues lmfao

ok i have a better idea of what i want

[sterile robin]

You can try light tanks for hills, but the IC isn't really worth

[forest token]

i want a tank that can have like 6 divisions on a tile and not suffer from supply issues

i feel like its not asking for much because like sometimes you gotta push a stack of inf

[austere roost]

What is your template? What is your division? How about air? Supply?

[forest token]

actually most of the time

[forest token]

i neglect air, usually i just do anti air, supply i usually dontr upgrade railways that could be the issue, my template is 11 infantry or motorized and 4 tanks (this always changes though, i used to do more tank heavy divs)

[stuck garnet]

Dawg air is crazy

[glacial steeple]

you dont

its 2-3 max 4 per tile

with tanks

[stuck garnet]

Dont neglect air😭

[forest token]

if its 3 then it wont push apparently

lol

[glacial steeple]

it will

your generals are just bad

or theyre untrained etc

youre probably missing 90%+ of stats

which like losing idk 60% or 75% of stats in sp is still fine because youll still insta win

[sterile robin]

SF space marine is top tier

[forest token]

how do i drain enemy org fast, just soft attack? idfk

oh mb i pinged him oof

[glacial steeple]

good stats are 6K and up btw

[forest token]

how tf do you reach that leel

level

[glacial steeple]

it says in the screenshot

[forest token]

i get to like 500 soft attack MAYBE

[glacial steeple]

yeah so youre missing 90%+ of stats

and thats why youre struggling

[forest token]

😭

how do i get 900 soft attack on a division, and how tf am i supposed to have 3 of THOSE on a tile without suffering a lgositical nightmare

[glacial steeple]

modifiers?

more green is better

i have an example of a shitty overpriced div where its like -1000% modifiers vs slightly positive modifiers

one sec

[forest token]

how do i get a 90% planning bonus, all ik how to do is a general has a +10%, and so does grand assault and grand battleplan

[glacial steeple]

same div

[forest token]

as well as commander skill being plus 60&

60%

[glacial steeple]

this is before doctrine changes screenshots but your stats should be higher now with correct doctrine choices

[forest token]

bruh

[glacial steeple]

thats just substitute for veterancy

by force attack stacking which you shouldnt do

[forest token]

i think im doing so many things wrong, like where do i even begin lol

[glacial steeple]

unsure because i cant see your game

[forest token]

like i said i get 500 soft attack maybe lol

[glacial steeple]

probably start at the general

and supply

[forest token]

should i upgrade my railways

where i want to attacki

[glacial steeple]

if you need more supply yeah

what nation do you play

[forest token]

any, a lot of the time i do soviets, but genuinely i just want a division and tank design that can just break a stack of infantry

[glacial steeple]

infantry can do that in sp too

just youre missing so much of your stats

[forest token]

what 5 doctrines do u suggest, im assuming grand battleplan and grand assault are in there

@glacial steeple how tf did u get 300 breakthrough on a ranger only div wtf

[stuck garnet]

You can read my bio

[last sage]

how do i successfully naval invade uk as germany

every time i try i get destroyed

[stuck garnet]

Depends on hardness

[forest token]

ok is ther edeadass not a single good all around division, atleast for sp

like bruh

[stuck garnet]

Dont give too many shits about hard attack ai makes bad tank divisions

[austere roost]

The 36w armor division or 25w mountaineer

Replace mountaineer with ranger if you have ncns

[forest token]

just pure mountaineer?

[glacial steeple]

supports, MIO

[forest token]

whats an mio again, isnt that the like

[austere roost]

That's the design company for your equipment

[forest token]

oh

i just dont get howe people get such good stats are mio's and supports really that goodm like i look at the supports you put on yours casey and it gives like plus 8 breakthrough and thats it like i dont get it

[glacial steeple]

cuz you didnt design a light tank with high break?

or flame tank

[tame shore]

How on earth do I export MORE than I am extracting?

[glacial steeple]

because youre on free trade?

[tame shore]

I am, but thought it would max out at my extraction

[glacial steeple]

it gives things to the market

if it goes to the market, its like the invisible void

[tame shore]

Cause isn't free trade 80% to market and not 157%

[glacial steeple]

you get none that goes to market

[tame shore]

What is that?

[sand ember]

soviet union decision for stalin paranoia system

i'm joking

[tame shore]

Ohhh, not played than yet lol

[glacial steeple]

youre extracting 872, 698 is going to the market so you have access to 174

[tame shore]

I am extracting 51, 80 of which is going it market, and I am using 1 rubber

Which is the issue, why is export higher than extraction to being with?

[glacial steeple]

ohh youre a puppet

[tame shore]

Nope, free

[glacial steeple]

odd

[austere roost]

Some supports give percentage based stats, which is why flame tank is so op

[tame shore]

Oh wait, realised I was at war with Siam and lost 66 rubber there

[pliant condor]

design it

[vivid lotus]

Is there a reason why Neglected Countryside's research speed hasn't changed? For the past few years it's been the same. I'm playing as China

[oak jasper]

For an offensive infantry/arty unit (thought I'd switch things up), is it worthwhile to stick with cavalry recon over motorized to keep fuel consumption at zero?

[pliant condor]

both are pretty useless

fuel consumption is also not relevant

the best recon to use with doctrine is light tank recon

or ranger

[oak jasper]

Ranger requires DLC, and armored recon buffs tanks, not line arty.

[halcyon cave]

what do i do in this situation

just as i got the indians to leave me alone the turkish start jumping me

turkey also declared on me even though i was in the saabad

germany is stuck in a stalemate bc they kicked out hitler and apparently also the thought of going through benelux

[fierce idol]

so communist france has capitulated, how do I deal with the soviets on the maginot?

[hexed parcel]

Hahs ice cream

[glacial steeple]

push them out?

[fierce idol]

but like, how do I deal with the level 10 forts?

[glacial steeple]

you attack from multiple angles so the forts are less effective?

and probably use like actual pushing divisions with CAS

[wanton frost]

Any tips for Nationalist China? I think I've got the hang of it but as soon as I lose one port, the Japanese balloon really quickly esp if they take one near Nanking

[glacial steeple]

retreat, artillery gives better stats than gun

stat per MIC anyway

you do need guns to stay alive

[wanton frost]

I usually start with 6 factories on gun and 2 on Artillery, should I buy Arty from my neighbors?

[glacial steeple]

no

just go higher on arty than gun tho

youre not gonna fix the guns

[wanton frost]

Alright so I should focus on Arty then?

[celest shuttle]

I have a question: in real wars, food for soldiers is one of the most important resources. Why isn’t it mentioned in this game?

[fierce idol]

that's just logistics i think

like it's implied that's some of what's in the trains and trucks

[glacial steeple]

food and ammunition are both just not in the game

imo ammunition is kind of needed

[celest shuttle]

@fierce idolthank u

@glacial steeplethank u

[hoary glen]

You can open the achievement tracker in the game. Top right corner is where you find it. If the achievement you want is still highlighted you can still get it.

[cold prism]

Guys, whats the best templates??? Idc if it's cheap or not, idc if it takes many equipment

[verbal arrow]

for what? tanks?

[hushed mauve]

does anyone know how can i beat UK as germany in historical mode?
played for 100H ( well mostly as iran )
still can't beat UK
i can't even get into their land

[verbal arrow]

Assuming you beat France. Set up ur naval invasion with inf on 2 tiles 1 which is port across the channel. Wait until the invasion is fully planned then put ur main fleet on patrol never repair never engage so the supremacy ticks up. Then click the go invasion button and it’ll launch when you have supremacy. As soon as you land make sure you don’t get encircled. Once you’ve got a few tiles send the rest of your army and battleplan

Easier than it was before the supremacy change imo

[hushed mauve]

yeah eu is basically done only uk left for me

ill give it a try ty

[hoary glen]

Check pins

[calm forge]

are these good volunteer divisions

[sour wadi]

ay, i wanna do an austria hungary playthrough. but i want to war germany solo

is there any way to either get the allies not to garantuee poland. or to make germany not attack poland?

i dont wanna be on a timelimit to defeat germany before they attack poland

[hoary glen]

You don't need the cav recon, but you might want to add AA. Else this is a good early game Vol. If you want to do Tanks you would want to use Cav to grind a Combined Arms guy tho. And if you have free spending you want to use Mountaineers. If you want to improve on this add Field Hospitals and Scout LTs or even Flame Tanks.

[fierce idol]

is it ever worth spamming light tanks instead of mediums ?

[hoary glen]

imo if you make them really cheap and don't have howi 2 yet they are better.

If you make cav Lt's you can get something like 40-50 lt's in 1938 as a major iirc

[light knoll]

not really

[mystic otter]

I think poland get guaranteed if the world tension get high enough i think in the 20s or at 30%
For Germany attacking Poland that smth will always happen even in alt ger path
Unless they go danzig for guarantee
Or Slovakia for danzig

[daring gorge]

is my game bugged? i have 4 30width aa beefy infantry fighting against 1 barebones infantry div and even if its green i cant attack/take them they just keep on existing

please help me

[verbal gate]

It is because in spanish civil war there is offensive decisions per state, if nationalist o republican spain didn't take the decision for that state you are fighting with -75 % attack

[daring gorge]

what 😭

[onyx trout]

I've been trying to use this desing. But the game tells me that it exceeds thrust. what is wrong

[daring gorge]

is that cause of a dlc? i just bought some new ones

[verbal gate]

Yes, the resistance dlc

[daring gorge]

how do i counteract this?

[verbal gate]

You need to wait for one side to meake the offensive decision

[daring gorge]

i see

[verbal gate]

I think you can see it by clicking on the state, but maybe they removed it

[daring gorge]

so i just attack states if i see that the other are currently attacking it

[verbal gate]

Mmmmmm yes, but no all the time, some times one side attack with the -75%

[daring gorge]

what am i supposed to do then 😭

[verbal gate]

Just try to atack one province and try if it works or you have the -75%

[daring gorge]

how to see if its the -75

[verbal gate]

Time ago you can saw it on the state info, but i think they removed that option

[daring gorge]

thats bs

[verbal gate]

Yep

[verbal gate]

And for you to know, is not only -75% attack there is to more things that annoy you, like units speed, etc etc

[daring gorge]

but the bubbles are green?

even if its -75 if im winning the battle shoulkdnt i still win

[verbal gate]

Yes, because you are winning

But

You will have a battle of 500 days and will take you a bunch of resources

[daring gorge]

is that only for the spanish civil waR? or generally for volunteers

[verbal gate]

Only spanish civilwar

It is made for the war can reach 1938 - 39

[daring gorge]

yeah ima just NOT do the civil war

is there a way to disable it

[verbal gate]

Mmmm maybe by mods, but in game idk

[daring gorge]

if i pull out wil facist still win? it probably doesnt matter right

is this bugged? im germany and im still producing bf109s

[verbal gate]

Do you have the resistance dlc?

[verbal gate]

I played germany like 3 times, i don't know to much

[daring gorge]

germany usually alr gets basic stuff like basic air

all these dlcs are messing me up man 😭

[verbal gate]

Yes I know that, but I can not tell to much

[daring gorge]

to pull out do i just delete the divs

[verbal gate]

Hahahah yeah, i have all the dlc and when you try some noew country is confusing

[verbal gate]

Yes, or stay in madrid and wait the war to end

In madrid or another city

[daring gorge]

yeah i just disband them this civil war is bs 😭

[verbal gate]

It doesn't matter

[daring gorge]

i cant even anschluss yet cuz my military is too small

FYM 24 TIMES THE BATTALLIONS

ID HAVE TO MAKE LIKE 200DIVS

[verbal gate]

For the anchluss you can make divisions and early deploy them

[daring gorge]

yeah im currently doing that

[verbal gate]

Make smaller divisions

[daring gorge]

but its based off the battalions

[verbal gate]

I think game ia counts how many divisions, not the batallions

I can tell it because i did ultimatums with divisions of 2 batallion

[daring gorge]

ive seen some playthroughts and they say battalions

[verbal gate]

They updated it so

It was divisions time ago

[daring gorge]

also one que stion is it worth forming the reichskomissariats? i would get their factorys and such but is it worth getting naval invaded 24/7?

[verbal gate]

You can put your own troops

For coast defence

And

For me it is worth, because when you get som state occupied you don't get all the bonuses

But depends on the situation

[daring gorge]

yeah im pretty sure its the new austria dlc. They added a giant one in austria so they make it more complicated to do for the germans to anschluss

[verbal gate]

Maybe, but idk

[daring gorge]

yeah and i can still get them with compliance eventually right?

[verbal gate]

Yep

Do you refer to the bonuses?

[daring gorge]

atleast i alr have enough for the czechs and yugoslavia then

[daring gorge]

yes and cant you still annex them through compliance?

[verbal gate]

Yes, but I think you don't get the bonuses anyway

[daring gorge]

is retrofitting a good strategy?

im making some heavys with a bad gun rn to retrofit them with the 7.5pak once i unlock it

the advanced at

[verbal gate]

By complilance you can get more bonuses, but you can not reach it like and essential state

[daring gorge]

and i dont have to garrison

[verbal gate]

Yep

[daring gorge]

thx bro ur a big help

[verbal gate]

Yes, but not focus on them, you need tu produce by the year you are

I mean is good to skip one tank model for a modern one, but don't skip all the tanks just to reach the modern one

[daring gorge]

yeah thisis just for france poland and mayb early soviet war

reliability is just a number 🥱

[verbal gate]

In that case is perfect

[verbal gate]

Np

[daring gorge]

is there a way to get compliance up in states like czechoslovakia or slovenia?

[rapid violet]

yes by using secret police or military govenour and using cavalry divisions with no support equipment

[misty wagon]

attacking asia is making this game for me so boring

i swear

[wary jay]

Yeah, change your garrison template and occupation laws. You can do that in the "manage occupied territories" tab in your main country menu. As the other person said use some cavalry divisions for some cheap but effective garrisons, make sure they're pure cavalry and nothing else (at most, put military police as a support company) and lower your occupation laws. I'd suggest local police force to raise it quickly at first, and then when resistance gets under control more easily, shift to civilian oversight / local autonomy (only available if you're democratic)

[plush mauve]

When will paradox devs update the anti-cheat instead of making bad DLCs?

[hollow linden]

Update? By brother in christ, we don't even n have an anti cheat lmao

[dry dome]

Not anytime soon assuming

[hollow linden]

Pdx doesn't give a shit about mp

As seen when they removed garrison planning

[plush mauve]

at some point there was

until there wasn't

[hollow linden]

When?

I wouldnt know when tbh

[plush mauve]

t'was years ago

[hollow linden]

I've been playing this game for years I think I would know

So when

[plush mauve]

like 2018

[hollow linden]

I'm genuinely not aware of it

[hollow linden]

Really?

Interesting

[plush mauve]

yea

[dry dome]

This was 8 years ago 💔🥀

[cold prism]

Guys, what's the best endgame template???

Idc if it's cheap or expebsivr

Infantry, tanks, artillery, paratroopers and garissons template?

[dry dome]

https://tenor.com/view/tank-jumpscare-funny-meme-drift-gif-24951985

[dry dome]

Assuming 36w Heavy spgs

(for sp)

[plush mauve]

most of the time in the end-game i have like 20-battalion infantrys w/ large unit tactics on, and i either do double special forces (marines-mountaineers, three lines for mountaineers & two lines for marines) and push with that, and/or (depending on my industry) i just do medium SPGs-mech + armored engineer support company, support anti air, and a medium flame tank (in singleplayer)

for naval invasions i use amtracs w/ massive soft attack heavy tanks in them

only one cavalry battalion suffices for garrisoning

[dry dome]

Isn't maxed out cav battalion better and overall cheaper?

Like whenever I add cav to my garrison's it says it needs less equipment

[plush mauve]

2w and maxed out width doesn't change anything garrison-wise, just tested it out
nevermind! it does change suppression, which is better but it'll use more manpower most likely

[dry dome]

Idk whenever I get home I will need to check it

Maybe nerd it out

Although bigger battalions will probably benefit more with MP and motorized MP

[plush mauve]

tested the results of using 2w & maxed width on Hawaii and in fact it looks like the maxed width retains his suppression even when the state only uses 0.14 division-worth of it

so technically the maxed out width is much better!

[dry dome]

Assuming you played with USA?

[plush mauve]

yep

[dry dome]

I ain't home and I won't be for a day or two so I will ask you to try it on a newly conquered territory

Bcuz ik I will forget

[plush mauve]

i'll test it out yea

Alright so I tested out both divisions on two newly conquered (((annexed via console))) states, that being Fujian and Zhejiang, and nevermind, it looks like the suppression bonus of both cavalry divisions are the same as they are scaled depending on the division's width : the maxed out (40w) cavalry is only used at 0.16, and the 2w cavalry is used 3.21 times, it's the same suppression, the same equipments & manpower used!

so in conclusion, no matter the width of the cavalry division, it'll give the same effects!

And then I tested out the light tank suppressions, the bit-more expensive garrison option, and as expected you lose even less manpower with this, so obviously a very cheap light tank division is the way to have the best garrison in order to lose the least manpower possible!

@dry dome ^

[arctic aspen]

Whenever I send an attached to china I only end up with 28 pr 29 percent war support any ideas what the problem is?

[mystic otter]

Let me guess playing as usa?

[dry dome]

Oh shiiii thanks ❤️

Btw

Did you use MP?

[plush mauve]

nop, but i assume it gives even more suppression

(i never used military police in my life)

[dry dome]

It gives a % on the suppression of the units/base suppression hence less resistance and slower growth early on

That's why I am asking lol

36 MP give 20% with motorized MPs giving 30% and with each tech being another 10% at 1943 you end up with 40% and 50% unless I am dumb with numbers and or missing smth

[arctic aspen]

@mystic otter yes my bad I forgot to specify that

[mystic otter]

Yh i always notice china attache never give up to 30% even in my games
I think that normal cus the game doesn't want a US with full industry by 37/38

[misty wagon]

something is wrong here

[dry dome]

Wow

Somebody has enough guns for 2 infantry spam Russia's lol

[indigo sapphire]

should i spam out a lot loads of CHEAP and easy to train divs?

[heady carbon]

someone can give me nice template for Infantry?

as 3rd Reich

[vital geode]

Your default template with support aa added

Add more support companies if you want

[indigo sapphire]

answer

[misty wagon]

i have. 0 manpower

its going to waste

[heady carbon]

Oh thanks , Would i win with them against Belgium? since last update they are very strong

[dry dome]

Thankfully I said guns and not MP 🤣

[vital geode]

If you have a ton of air support

Otherwise you make tank divisions to push

Which should still have air support assisting them

Infantry only is lame

[heady carbon]

Do you know tank ( medium ) template?

[vital geode]

36 width

I have 3 ready by war because I dont rush anything lol

[heady carbon]

oh F , i have 18 width on my

[vital geode]

They melt AI divs

8 tanks 10 motorized/mech

Until doctrine mastery

[heady carbon]

Yeah ik that , Bots aren't making tank divisions

[vital geode]

Then it can be 10 tanks, 8 mech

Or 9/9

[heady carbon]

tysm!

[analog maple]

anyone know what the problem?

[vital plinth]

Is it a waste of time and resources to train strategic bombers or tactical bombers to bomb buildings on enemies does it even do much or hurt their productivity? Feels like they can just repair it fast

[pliant condor]

you mean produce

it does hurt a lot but it's not an efficient way to use your industry because ai doesn't have much stuff to begin with

it's more efficient to just make divisions and kill them

[vital plinth]

What about later when mills are built ?

[pliant condor]

hm?

it's more efficient to build division/cas yourself and just kill the ai in open combat

[austere roost]

most likely there are 43 factories related to trade or maybe dockyards? not sure if dockyards count

but how do you finish ww2 and only get 217 factories? did you do the trotsky path and release all the vassals?

[manic radish]

is there a guide for ground warfare, how stats work, how to counter what with what etc ?

[pliant condor]

no good one exist

https://youtu.be/1IIjk4bAh68?list=PLYkrQ0Xgl419BoaNjdLcRqWXz4QakRVc5 this is a good starting point

[misty wagon]

HOW TO MAKE thermonuclear bomb

[misty wagon]

india humbled me so bad

[honest ginkgo]

i havent even played the game before, its downloading right now. does anyone have any tips to give before i try to learn?

[gilded karma]

make sure to read all the tooltips, they helped me a ton when i started

it might seem very complicated (it kinda is) but it gets better

by better i mean more comprehensible

[fathom thistle]

it's better to just ask once your are playing for specific things u dont know but generally dont follow any reddits tips. I would watch segl on youtube for specific templates cuz thats the thing that will win your wars. Industry wise you will get the hang of it without guides i think, generally you would build military factories instead of civilians cuz you get decent amount of them from focuses and more from conquering.'

[honest ginkgo]

ok ill give it a read, how many hours will it take for it to become more comprehendible ?

[fathom thistle]

If you are not a big country I would mainly focus on pure inantry play just bcs tanks are very costly and long to make as minor. Just make sure you have anti air in your support companies

[honest ginkgo]

when u say playing for more specific things, what do u mean?

i mean right now im doing the tutorial so im italy

[fathom thistle]

Like if you open a menu and you are not sure what does it like for example production and etc. you can ask about it here. The more specific thing you ask for the easier it is to help ya generally

[honest ginkgo]

ah right i understand, thanks!

[oak jasper]

So, I queued up a low-priority railroad upgrade. Even with zero factories assigned, it dropped from 12 to 11 buildings needed, and it looks like there might be a tiny bit of progress on the next. Do railroads passively build themselves? Am I hallucinating?

[austere roost]

for building civs, unless there are extreme cases (like germany needing 50 civs for 5th research slot and you haven't built to 50 yet for some reason), you should start building mils 3 years before war to maximize your production when the war begins

[misty wagon]

guys, im thinking of taking poland, for it to capitulise, do i have to take all its land? or only its core so OG poland

[oak jasper]

Capitulation requires taking a large fraction of the victory points in their core territories. So, giga-Poland should capitulate unless they somehow extended their cores into conquered lands.

[misty wagon]

Alr, ima.play cheeky and just kick them and insta war so thry dony even have.time.to send tropps

Btw wtf do i do abt my manpower, i dont even have any troops geyting made

[misty wagon]

Also.so just take the land poland started with gotcha

[oak jasper]

Conscription laws affect the fraction of population you can recruit into your military, though anything past limited conscription comes with at least some downsides. You can also conserve manpower via methods like using a good garrison template, and you get a little bit of manpower from occupied territories, especially at high compliance.

Good garrison templates:

1. Horse cavalry with an MP support company.
2. Armored cars with an MP support company (more expensive to build, less manpower, takes less damage from resistance).
3. If you lack the armored cars DLC, substitute with light tanks.

[quasi citrus]

hey guys
does the company bonus for equipment apply retroactively?
or only to new research?
or only to new production?

say i have the grumman company for USA
and i have 1940 fighter already researched
does it apply new traits to all the planes I have?
or only to those i produce in the future?
or only to fighter 1944 when I research them?

[oak jasper]

With base game (no DLC):

1. It automatically applies to aircraft you research in the future.
2. You can make a variant of your existing aircraft to apply the designer bonuses. It's the little button on the right in the production menu. This will cost some air XP, and switching to the new design will set your production efficiency back a small bit.

[misty wagon]

Im noy sure my army is crumbling and ill tty those garrisons, im at the 3rd to last consctiption level, and i dont wanna go more than thag

[oak jasper]

... however, doesn't Grumman only apply to carrier aircraft and naval bombers? Worthless on land fighters, so no need to worry about those.

[quasi citrus]

oh sry my mistake i forgot which is which

but yeah i only used it as an example

so do u recommend i make a new template after I unlock 3-4 traits?
or just wait for future research?

same for every other equipment?
like tanks and artillery?

[obsidian badger]

my troops arent moving via sea

like whenever i want them to move by sea

they dont

whenever theyre gonna get convoy raided like shit

they go thru the sea

theyre on a port and going to another port

mainly tripoli to sicily

[oak jasper]

Are you right-clicking the port icon on Siciliy? Are the troops actually on the correct tile (Tripoli isn't so bad, but some ports it's confusing which tile they're on)?

[oak jasper]

Template? If you're talking about aircraft/tank designer, no clue, I don't have that DLC.

If it's like the ship designer, though, one thing I'll do with the US is design an ASW destroyer missing only the sonar, then redesign it to include that sonar the moment I get my naval designer. It costs me a bit to refit the older ships to the new design, but I'm a touch obsessive about naval range.

[obsidian badger]

oh it says 100% chance of being shot and intercepted....

ok but how

we control suez

whatever lemme get my stolen navy

ig

negative oil moment

[pliant condor]

kill subs with your air

[obsidian badger]

im hungary

i have none

[pliant condor]

ah

[oak jasper]

The game isn't always correct on its assessment there, and I wonder if part of it is "there are neutral navies with convoy raiding missions in those zones".

That, or there are hostile convoy raiders there, in which case deal with the convoy raiders. I prefer using patrol, not convoy escort, to slap down enemy subs.

(Also, naval bombers can hit enemy submarines with the naval strike mission, so you don't 100% need a navy there)

[pliant condor]

that number doesn't mean anything

if you don't have air you just won't cross a raided seazone

[obsidian badger]

we legit have air superiority over the seazone

and i got 77% naval escort with the entire soviet navy

they still

arent

going

[oak jasper]

You have no convoys.

You're landlocked, you have no convoys.

[obsidian badger]

i have 99

i have stevastapol djoroawbfouwf whatever its called

and more

[oak jasper]

The chance of being raided shouldn't stop you from sending troops. Do you have unused convoys?

[obsidian badger]

99 unused

120 total

[oak jasper]

What the risk of convoy raiding will do is mean the game thinks you might lose troops en route, but it will let you send entire armies straight past the coast of Japan if you forget to set the right naval zone avoidances.

[arctic aspen]

Any tips on how to get 30 percent war support as usa? I always have 29 after sending attache to china

[obsidian badger]

i gave myself 2000 convoys to test

still not working

im trying bengazi too not working

[oak jasper]

Radio propaganda and a cooperative moustache man. Or, in alt history runs, sometimes Mexico thinks it can totally take you.

[obsidian badger]

ignore all the notifications lol

[oak jasper]

... Maybe try sending only some divisions at a time? Those are a lot of tank divisions you have, and those take a lot of convoys to transport.

[obsidian badger]

i gave 2k convoys to myself to test

whatever

ill go back to an older save to get them there via land

guh

i need to get to portugal before spain dies

western med is a dead zone tho

[stone kayak]

the famous hungarian africa cops

[obsidian badger]

technically middle east corps

i moved thru turkey thru then levant and then egypt

[quasi citrus]

Thanks
I meant designer yes since u said the bonus from company only applies after u redesign it
Or maybe I misunderstood u

[oak jasper]

Basically, AFAICT, "any design you get with a certain designer gets that designer's bonuses", and research gives you a free design for some kind of equipment.

[stone kayak]

why didnt u sail ?

[obsidian badger]

sail into libya?

well at that point we had no naval supremacy and i wouldve been convoy raided to hell

also my fleet was trapped behind the bosphorus

[pastel tiger]

Do special forces divisions count as an infantry division?

[glacial steeple]

sometimes

[hardy sequoia]

how do you defeat germany in 1948 as portugal? germany has 700 divisons but i own all of america china and brazil and iberia

and i am also able to field 600 20 witdh infantry is this posssible to do?

[glacial steeple]

infantry sucks at pushing but you should have more manpower available and industry should be fine too

[hardy sequoia]

i have 3 million manpower and a good industry

[versed rose]

only amtrac and amphtank are the exceptions no? every other sf is Leg Infantry and Special Forces category

[glacial steeple]

hence the sometimes

[dense stone]

Does Fate of Yugoslavia has 100% rate to succeed like with fate of Czechoslovakia?

[austere roost]

no and you shouldn't go down that stupid path

just justify a war goal on them

spend your focuses on other more useful ones

[low vector]

when prodcuing tanks, should i start production after all the uprades i want are researched?
Or, do I want to start production of lesser modules to get production efficiency up?

for example her is my Medium tank build.

I will eventually upgrade it to radio 2

[thick storm]

Do you guys have any tips for going down Latvia's Communist Opposition path? I always end up getting dominated by both Germany and the Soviet Union. Is there any way that I can play that path well? Or is it impossible.

[pliant condor]

for one use a howitzer gun and not the small machine gun, use the extra machine gun module

and give it the role of a spg

your tank has like 1/3 the attack than what there should be

you can run conversion

just put a heavy machine gun on the main arnament slot first and convert when you have the modules

(real modules like howitzer, not radio 2)

[pliant condor]

win

core all of baltics and you have enough stuff to kill soviet

[thick storm]

Really?

[pliant condor]

pick desperate defense and you have manpower

as long as you keep building stuff

easily

make sure to collab them to you capitulate them earlier

then after you annex soviet go fight germany

[thick storm]

How the hell do you capitulate the Soviet Union with just the Baltics cored? Like, their combined manpower and industry is still no where NEAR as strong as the Soviets.

[pliant condor]

it's very strong

pick desperate defense and since you are communist u just go up conscriptiojn

manpower shouldn't be an issue

make more division

soviet would bash into you and kill themselves

then you can start pushing and encircle their divs

[thick storm]

Should I just fortify my border with them and let them waste their manpower before making a counterpush?

[pliant condor]

don't waste industry on forts

build mils

let me find a screenshot

[pliant condor]

like this is the amount of division you can get

those are all 35 width

[low vector]

Thank you! Is it better I upgrade my current panzer template or make a complete new one based on my medium tank?

[pliant condor]

if you use small divs you would have like 4 - 5 per tile

research gun 2 and your division would have much more stat than soviet

the most correct answer is this

[thick storm]

Damn! What kind of infantry template were you using?

[pliant condor]

in general that's not a good way to train tanks

[low vector]

Whats the best way to train tanks?

[pliant condor]

and the starting light tank template is only used as a volunteer template

[pliant condor]

in this message

[pliant condor]

it's just pure infantry

[low vector]

Why is that? Is it so my troops are already on the field and they get upgraded as resources are available?

[pliant condor]

it's one of those small things that have huge impact to your game

so basically if you directly edit a template

instead of using the convert button

the division doesn't lose experience if the edited template doesn't use more manpower

normally, what people do is they deploy the tank and train them in the field

which is very very bad since you lose tons of equipment to attrition

[low vector]

Right

[pliant condor]

it's like 0.6 * (1 - reliability)

so the correct method is that you first deploy a large calvary div with same manpower usage as the tank

train taht up

which only attrition gun obviouslty

then directly edit that template to your tank template

similarly you can edit your volunteer templates(which should be 36 width) which are veterans into your tank template

so you get veteran tanks

[thick storm]

What width though? Did you change the starting Latvian infantry template or did you just keep it?

[pliant condor]

35

if you use small division just keep it

yeah

probably better spend your xp on doctrine

you very deseprately(lol) need 200 xp to pick desperate defense

so you get the 5% manpower

[dusky fern]

How do i make my divisions stronger and win more

[thick storm]

Desparate defence is under mass assault right?

[weak zealot]

use this template to attack (these stats are basically at the max in the end game) ((you also want to replace the logi company with helo logi when you can and then replace arty or aa with heavy flame tanks when you can; you can also replace engineers with pioneers if you choose to go down the marine tree instead of the mountaineer tree although i recommend the mountaineer tree as you just get more stats)) (((also those are recon rangers not cav recon)))

[gusty egret]

Any grand doctrine works. Mass Assault is probably the worst of the four.

[thick storm]

Is grand battleplan the best one? Thats the one I've always been using

[gusty egret]

GBP is fine.

[weak zealot]

and use whatever template to do coastal defense and increasing special forces cap; you can honestly just use the starting inf templates for majors

[gusty egret]

It takes a while to pick up compared to Mobile Warfare, but once it does, it's better at attacking if you are making use of planning. Mobile Warfare's main advantage is that it has a lot of command power thanks to Quick Improvization (50 xp spirit), so you can use commander abilities a lot. Superior Firepower has a similar slow start, but it's stronger defensively compared to GBP once you have your Operations subdoctrine maxed out.

[weak zealot]

you can also get logi focus as a spirit when using grand battleplan which gives you -10% supply use and -10% fuel use for air and navy

[pliant condor]

doctrines are not correlated with grand doctrines now

pick gbp

since you won't get full bonus anyways

the starting ones are the best

[hardy sequoia]

can somone tell me a powerful late game tank template to defeat germany? all my templates keep getting obliterated by the germans even when their 40 witdth

[weak zealot]

if you don't have green air and cas then get that and then you'll win otherwise refer to #ask-for-help-here message

[mellow yoke]

anybody that have the petoria mod for hoi4

[weak zealot]

you might get a better response in https://discord.com/channels/183787140671471616/191407123249233921

[austere roost]

mobile warfare is and for a very long time has been the worst

[austere roost]

tank divisions should be 36 width and now spgs and tds are a direct upgrade over tanks in sp and mp, respectively

[gusty egret]

Mass Assault is generally worse.

[austere roost]

no mobile warfare has been shit for a very long time

[gusty egret]

Mobile Warfare, like I said, has the specific advantage of having exclusive access to Quick Improvization.

And Quick Improvization is absolutely necessary if you're the type of player who needs to use commander abilities a lot, for whatever reason.

[austere roost]

which is very gimmicky

[gusty egret]

Depends where and how you're playing.

[thick storm]

Whats wrong with it?

[gusty egret]

It doesn't really give anything.

[austere roost]

because it only gives org which is useless for tanks

[gusty egret]

That's been (mostly?) shifted to subdoctrines.

[weak zealot]

the others are just better

[austere roost]

and speed is a rp stat ever since supply became a thing in nsb

[gusty egret]

The only thing it gives is through a spirit exclusive to it, Quick Improv.

Which gives a lot of command power recovery and command power cost reductions.

It also unlocks Subsidized Contracts, but you can also get that through Armored Cavalry, too.

[austere roost]

why pick those when you can just pick the logistics spirit in gbp

also is tip of the spear still around?

I can't seem to find it anymore

[weak zealot]

tip of the spear is middle spirit

[granite shell]

What’s the best country to play if you’re just starting?

[gusty egret]

Quick Improv is unparalleled if you want command power efficiency.

Subsidized Contracts is middle spirit anyway, so doesn't compete with GBP logistics spirit.

[gusty egret]

Canada's pretty decent.

Assuming you're playing historical.

[weak zealot]

usa to just get a feel for the game and then prob uk for like an actual game