ask-for-help-here

[heady skiff]

With my entire army in siberia

I was gonna attack Italy for dalmatia and the balkans but I apparently have a non aggression pact with their faction leader ;-;

[pallid wadi]

declare warr on all enemies

[pulsar beacon]

does nationalist china need to be leader of united front for japan white peace to trigger?

[heady skiff]

Main enemies are Italy and Japan. I need Italy to reform the Austria-Hungary and Japan is just a major in the war against The Soviets and The third reich so im just gonna leave them for now

Since Italy has most of Russia

Alr I genuenly think non aggression pacts are broken since I cant break it with PERU so

I just used commands to get rid of it

As its WW2 vro no one actually follows non aggression pacts fr

Not cheating ong

Yo Poland putting in the WORK

Only had to force over 1M men to die ;-;

[tepid umbra]

2 divs

[heady skiff]

I stole the rest

:P

Like over half my army are just Polish divs

xd

[tepid umbra]

💔

[heady skiff]

Im just building in them and keep them as an integrated puppet 🥹 ✌️

[slate sinew]

Can someone explain good div design please 😔

[gusty egret]

Keep costs low, keep HP high so your costs stay low as you take damage from fights, keep enough defense/breakthrough to avoid crits (double the enemy's attack is a good starting point) to keep your costs low as you fight, consider stats in the context of how much combat width is used up, remember to factor in your assortment of bonuses for how your final division stats will be (you can often double or triple your division's base stats through those bonuses).

[slate sinew]

mb if I'm asking for alot but how would one view the enemies attack?

I'm like 100ish hours in and just about learning supply n stuff

[gusty egret]

You usually won't know for sure until you've actually fought them in a battle, but you can predict them ahead of time as you get more practice in the game.

The AI is also very predictable with its division designs and various bonuses, so you can definitely predict it.

[slate sinew]

alrighty i'll try to keep your advice in mind, I play alot of lithuania atm (no bias) and I constantly struggle against the ussr but I don't wanna go facist path and constantly relay on germany and I feel like I'm either undersupplied or just simply lack divisons to fight against them

[gusty egret]

It's probably both. Smaller countries absolutely cannot win against bigger countries on their own unless the bigger country is being played by someone very bad at the game (and the AI is very bad at the game).

You just don't have the manpower and the industry to match what the Soviets could do.

[slate sinew]

well i'll just keep spamming the same run until I figure sum out 😭

[slate sinew]

yeahh but I don't lack manpower tbh I think it's just lacking in divisions

[neat widget]

italy's a puppet i think

[slate sinew]

I constantly spam infantry and I have no idea if I should use other divs like artillery and motorised

[heady skiff]

I just used console to remove my non aggression pact and attacked Italy

[gusty egret]

From what I can tell, the usual single player approach for people playing smaller nations is to spam infantry, expand quickly and early to expand their manpower and industry before the big boys come, and then allow the AI to slam its units into a defensive wall until the AI exhausts itself when the big boys do come.

[heady skiff]

The Allies had ALL of it and I had like venice and I AS AUSTRIA got Italy as the puppet xd

After doing like nothing

Other than running into them

With no air support

[gusty egret]

Line artillery is bad, motorized is bad. Both are very costly for what they give, almost never worth using.

[heady skiff]

And no good tanks

[slate sinew]

Ah I see so it's better to make a somewhat decent infantry div and just spam that?

[gusty egret]

It's better to just rush better infantry equipment than to bother with line artillery, if you're lacking stats on your infantry.

The jump from gun 1 -> 2 is just insane.

[slate sinew]

oooh alright but should I still do support aa and support artillery>

[heady skiff]

Nah vro obv the strat is to keep basic infantry equipment and just bash into people until it works 🥹 ✌️

[gusty egret]

If you're against the soviets, support AA is a must, but you probably won't need it immediately if you're doing early wars against your smaller neighbors. And 1936 AA is perfectly fine, there's no need to upgrade and ruin your production line's efficiency for a year if you are truly in poverty mode.

[heady skiff]

Im just too lazy to make tanks when starting as a minor 😔

[slate sinew]

I can form plc & take the other baltics which gives me around 21 mils which is what I have been doing and since they're cores I get a ton of manpower from it

[gusty egret]

Make clicky mech.

[heady skiff]

I have 500 hours and Im still too lazy to make tanks or planes xd

[slate sinew]

but i'll stick to 36 aa then and prolly spam land forts and state aa

[gusty egret]

State AA is not that useful against the AI.

[slate sinew]

oh really?

[gusty egret]

It's sort of mandatory in vanilla multiplayer, but that's a whole different story of strategic bombing being wildly overtuned.

[slate sinew]

ah..

right okay

[heady skiff]

Tbf pretty much ANY tank will destroy the Ai in my experience

[slate sinew]

I got somewhat of a plan in mind 😭

[heady skiff]

If you just have a basic tank template it obliterates Ai

Because they cant make templates

So most have really bad templates

[gusty egret]

Make enough support equipment and AA to fill out support companies, (armored) trains and trucks for support companies and supply, and otherwise guns guns guns.

[slate sinew]

which support companies would you recommend?

[gusty egret]

Support arty is not as vital as support AA, but it's also nice against the AI. 1918 arty is fine, there's no need to rush any upgrades.

[gusty egret]

For defensive divisions, it's support AA and engineers as "core". Expansions are logistics, support arty, recon rangers, field hospitals, and/or signal companies, depending on the exact division being used, where you're using it, and what you can afford.

If you're in multiplayer, logistics is "core" instead of engineers because there's going to be a lot of supply problems, and support artillery is very niche because players are way better at making and using high-hardness and high-armor tank divisions (so you'll instead need to think about anti-tank).

[slate sinew]

nahh I mostly just play single player so multiplayer isn't allat important to me

[gusty egret]

For offensive divisions, it's the same starting point, but logistics is more important (because offensive divisions are usually very high combat width and so eat a lot of supply per division), signals are less important, and you'll want to switch out some of the other companies for ones that can give you better attacking terrain bonuses (e.g., flame tank, assault engineers) and/or more breakthrough (e.g., light tank recon instead of recon rangers), assuming you can afford them.

[slate sinew]

oooh okay that's really helpful tysm

i'll use this as a basis for my current run

[vital plinth]

Whats. Good template for mountainairs?

[harsh bane]

How do I fix missing main armament. I can’t seem to find it in the modules

Also how do I sell resources

[mystic willow]

HELLO guys i need help about navale invasion

i don't understand why they don't take off

[inner sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/914750971622617119/1380397724771291156/9wet9u.gif

[harsh bane]

Is this a mod

[harsh bane]

“navale”

[mystic willow]

naval invasion

[gusty egret]

For tanks, your main gun goes into the top row, second slot from the left. For planes, your main armament is the weapon you put into the leftmost slot of the top row. For ships, your main armament is the weapon you put into the leftmost slot of the bottom row.

[harsh bane]

Thanks

Now how do I sell resources

[gusty egret]

It happens automatically.

Your trade law sets a certain portion of your resources aside for export. You cannot use these resources for your own production, but other countries can buy them off of you. When they do, you gain civilian factories from them based on how much they buy.

[gusty egret]

Nothing but mountaineers, pure and simple. Make big, thick divisions if you're attacking with them (just don't go too much overwidth), make either big ones or small ones if you're defending with them depending on your priorities.

[harsh bane]

Thanks now do you know how a fleet works because I heard that even the best players don’t know how a fleet works

[analog maple]

anyone know what's the difference between a collaboration government and a puppet?

[wintry rover]

you can look by holding your cursor still over a puppet and a collab and compare them

[wet crater]

I have nukes

How do I use them?

I figured I should wait until I got nukes to fight the giga axis

I am just now realizing I dont understand how to use them

[wintry rover]

on the right side of your screen you should see a raids tab above your map modes

[wintry rover]

then you can click on launch nuclear raid and you select the providinces and all the settings you want

personally I always go high risk high reward

[heady skiff]

How tf does one say, Invade Japan when russia isnt in your faction

Ignore the army group im lwk too done with this game to actually play properly

[wintry rover]

lol

[heady skiff]

When I got all of japan for China they just white peaced them out so I couldnt take out Vladivostok and I had bigger issues than them so now im in the Siberian death war with 2M enemy men

[gusty egret]

It's a land of the blind, and I'm a one-eyed man.

[harsh bane]

That’s so definitely modded

[heady skiff]

Nope

Game just SUCKS

Idk how tf Soviet union joined the axis

[harsh bane]

Austria Hungary is not in vanilla

[heady skiff]

Its dlc's

;-;

[gusty egret]

You go around.

[harsh bane]

I have all dlc

Was historical ai turned off

[heady skiff]

Ok but the Allies guarrentee everything that breathes

[gusty egret]

It's an alt-hist branch of Austria and/or Hungary with the GD DLC.

[gusty egret]

Well... then you go through them.

[heady skiff]

I was hoping Germany wouldnt try ashluss if I went non historical which didnt happen ;-;

WAIT LMAO THE BRUSSELS TREATY JUST REMOVED THE ALLIES LMAOOOO

Finally playable again

[harsh bane]

Guess I’ll never turn off historical ai then

[heady skiff]

xd

[glacial steeple]

why not

[harsh bane]

Because border gore

[heady skiff]

Vro I have too many mills there literally isnt enough resources to survive

;-;

[glacial steeple]

theres settings ironman compatible

both for hist and ahist

[heady skiff]

Its just cus the peace treaty isnt done yet gng ;-;

[glacial steeple]

to transfer parts of warscore to main contributors and player

so theres less bordergore

so its only like a few nations demanding

[harsh bane]

Is this server actually official and owned by paradox

[glacial steeple]

yes

[heady skiff]

Is it even possible to make a supply network which can handle 500 divs?

;-;

[gusty egret]

Yes.

[glacial steeple]

maybe not 500 per tile

but like up to maybe 50-60 per tile

[heady skiff]

Cool how long would that take in russia? ;-;

[gusty egret]

Build up railways, build more supply hubs and naval bases, stack supply consumption reduction bonuses.

[heady skiff]

Also would it work in siberia

🥀

[glacial steeple]

you dont need that much supply

if its that bad just move units off the front

[heady skiff]

I am

I have a plan

Im just gonna move a bunch of troops off the front and get tanks

Cus I literally only have infantry.

[mystic willow]

is this good

[gusty egret]

No.

[vital plinth]

Im about to beat UK how do k get all the Allie’s navry ?

Im Germany

All the counties I own just wondering how I can get their navry

[mystic willow]

what do i need to change

[analog maple]

anyone knows what the "make resistence contact" is?

[gusty egret]

Get rid of all the line artillery.

[mystic willow]

i want attack infantry

[gusty egret]

It is a spy operation that unlocks the ability to boost resistance in occupied states of an enemy.

[gusty egret]

Then use special forces. Or light SPGs.

Line artillery is absolute garbage.

[analog maple]

oh ty

[glacial steeple]

cooked

[mystic willow]

i have this

[glacial steeple]

the third one is ok

[gusty egret]

Left one is hot garbage, right one is probably fine but the medium tank design might be sussy (and you should not use cav recon in tank divisions).

[glacial steeple]

tanks should probably be self propelled artillery or tank destroyers for stats and -20% cost

also cav recon is bad

but its fine

[mystic willow]

i don't have dlc

[harsh bane]

I feel buildings take an extremely long time to construct

[gusty egret]

OK, then it's probably fine. Again, just skip the cav recon and use something like light tank recon and/or logistics company instead.

[glacial steeple]

yeah for no dlc its rlly nice

[gusty egret]

Depends on the building.

[spare cradle]

ngl i finally got the achievement i spent 600 hours on, what achievement should i go for next ( maybe something a bit easier lol) (i did mikolas horthy and the habsburg prince)

[mystic willow]

can i mixte normale unit with special unit

[spare cradle]

? i assume you mean inf/art with mountaineers or something

if that the answer is yes

[harsh bane]

How do I cancel a plan

[gusty egret]

Delete the line you drew for it.

Where the plan's arrow is pointing.

[heady skiff]

Why dont my planes want to fight the air war ;-;

They just chilling at home with fuel

[vital plinth]

Im about to beat uk and their colonies as Germany how do I get their navries ? Including France and other Europe countries?

[gusty egret]

Click the mission button to make them fly a mission.

[heady skiff]

Yeah there on air superiority

[gusty egret]

When the peace conference pops up, one of the conditions you'll see in the left panel is taking their navies.

[gusty egret]

Do they have range? Are they done deploying?

[heady skiff]

This is definitely my fault for being stupid somehow

[gusty egret]

Are they at high enough strength relative to their mission launch parameters?

[harsh bane]

How do I do that

[gusty egret]

Oh, you overstacked your airbase.

[heady skiff]

English?

[gusty egret]

Get the extra planes out of there.

They absolutely nuke your efficiency.

[heady skiff]

I mean some should still fly should they not?

[raven snow]

what do flame tanks do

[gusty egret]

Nope.

If you overstack, it kills all of the planes' ability to fly.

[raven snow]

everyone talks about how good they are but the stats look like ass

[gusty egret]

You need to be extremely careful with overstacking.

[heady skiff]

I love my 5% mission efficiency now 😎

[gusty egret]

Terrain attack bonuses that become better when you finish flamethrower 2.

[heady skiff]

So efficient

[raven snow]

which terrain

[gusty egret]

Basically all of them.

It's completely indifferent to the actual flame tank design you use.

Just the existence of the support company is enough to give you those terrain attack stats.

[heady skiff]

How do I get over like 5% mission efficiency? ;-;

[gusty egret]

Though in vanilla multiplayer, people also use flame tanks as an additional source of breakthrough.

[gusty egret]

Hover over your mission efficiency icon and see why it's so low.

It should tell you in the tooltip.

Usually, it's lack of range and/or lack of supply.

[heady skiff]

No supply

xd

[gusty egret]

So then manually motorize supply hubs near it.

And if there are no supply hubs near it, build one.

[raven snow]

which tank chassis should i use for them

[gusty egret]

Medium. Interwar is fine, just slow, so you can use a later-tech chassis if you want the extra speed.

[heady skiff]

I think Ill first build a railway to it ;-;

[gusty egret]

Railways build faster, start the supply hub first.

Railways also don't do anything if they aren't connected to a supply hub.

If that takes too long, just up your airbases in a different state that has a nearby supply hub you can motorize.

[heady skiff]

I have 308 civs I could probably do both to be fair 🥀

[gusty egret]

15 civs max per line, so it's still going to be a while before you finish the supply hub.

[heady skiff]

Vro I JUST wanted some German land with 'the silesian question' focus

And Germany said no

So Ive been in a war since like 1939

And its 1946

And its the second time im taking down Russia ;-;

[heady skiff]

Is it possible to nuke a country into capitulating?

🥀

[gusty egret]

Yes.

[heady skiff]

🥹 ✌️

Oh im so making Japan uninhabitable

[gusty egret]

They need to be close to surrender though.

[heady skiff]

What if I just nuke eveything like 20 times

[gusty egret]

Since what you'd be doing is using nukes to reduce their war support, which would reduce their surrender limit.

[glacial steeple]

it lowers stab and war support

doesnt make them cap more than however much that moves them

[heady skiff]

Am I insane or were you allowed to coup people before?

Or is that just like in the road to 56

And shi

[glacial steeple]

without la resistance on anyone easily

with LaR only with spies and meeting requirements

[heady skiff]

Vruhhhhh

[light knoll]

also completely indifferent to the question if you actually have any tanks in your division isn't it. you just need to have the support company

[gusty egret]

Yup, PDS never flagged the flame tank equipment as essential.

Side note, if you get any auxiliary bonuses to support companies from subdoctrines (e.g., bonus infantry org from light tank recon with Deep Battle, bonus army defense from super-heavy howitzer with Siege Artillery), none of those require equipment, either.

Has led to some very funny, if not annoying, division designs in tryhard historical multiplayer games.

[light knoll]

lmao

[heady skiff]

Did Italy REALLY think I would say yes....

Are we SERIOUS CHURCHILL

WHY DID THE USSR AND THE UK JOIN THE AXIS

BOTH NOT BEING FACIST?????

[wet crater]

I naval invaded

And good god

The germans have litterally hundreds of divisions on my border

How do you even fight this?

This is fighting a germany that conquered the soviets in 1947

With nukes

They are at 100% eco of conquest but I dont think that matters

I dont totally know how to handle the sheer div spam

I think its not worth my time to, fight this

Honestly

Its, maybe winnable but like

I have a life

[glacial steeple]

good units good general air

[glacial steeple]

its really easy

but you just need to crit them enough

[fierce idol]

how do I get germany to do sea lion?

[tepid umbra]

You don't

Maybe get naval superiority

[fierce idol]

so all I can do is just defend against D-day?

is it worth declaring on the chinese united front so they die quicker? america is already in the allies.

[wet crater]

I have that

Its more just a slog

I am getting the idea that this is a game of be early, be strong early, and hit majors early

If possible

[wet crater]

Dont know how to do that

I assume once I suck less at this game I could do it

I am also getting convoy raided to hell and back

[gusty egret]

Critting is a mechanic where if you have more attack than the enemy has defense/breakthrough in combat, any excess attack deals 4x damage.

[wet crater]

Ah

[gusty egret]

Defense is defense if you're defending, it's breakthrough if you're attacking.

[wet crater]

My div templates arent bad per se

[gusty egret]

And about half the time you see "defense" in the game, it also applies to breakthrough.

[wet crater]

They arent like spgs but they are full infantry blocks

[gusty egret]

Because this game isn't confusing and opaque enough.

[wet crater]

I did at least manage to capitulate the german benelux puppets

Before a monstrous amount of enemy divs showed up

Like, 400 divs

I shoulda declared in 1940

Honestly

Or like, directly after capping the USA

Seriously, is it possible for the soviets to not die if the uk went down pre barbarossa?

Full naval superiority isnt too hard

It would also help to declare before the axis gets larger

[tepid umbra]

Not an ai soviet

[wet crater]

Its hard enough with the starting one but in my game like, iran and iraq joined

[wet crater]

Yeah I figured as much

What even causes the soviets to survive when the uk is left standing?

[modern osprey]

will power

and people with kitchen knifes instead of guns

[wet crater]

Checks out

[tropic seal]

yes

[tropic seal]

? its happened to me on historical multiple times

[glacial steeple]

usually works

[tropic seal]

thats what i dont really like about this game espeically in singeplayer man

it just rewards rushing asap without building like an actually strong army

[glacial steeple]

in sp do whatever

[tropic seal]

yeah but rushing is still easier

[tepid umbra]

A soviet win after british cap?

[glacial steeple]

meh

[tepid umbra]

Never seen that happen

I rarely even see british cap but when it does happen germany wrecks

[glacial steeple]

i have a game in the big 92 rn and ive just watched ai do wars for most of that time

[tropic seal]

? he asked for the soviets to not die

not for a soviet victory

[tepid umbra]

I've never seen that either

[tropic seal]

thats happened before they held until i could bail them out in like 44

[tropic seal]

are you not lagging

my game starts lagging after like 1950

[tepid umbra]

My game lags in '41💔

Only when i'm a major tho so obviously it's just my aura 🥶

[tropic seal]

lmao

i just did a european conquest as greece it was nice

but i think like

[wet crater]

Yeah she did

[tropic seal]

i kinda hate having to naval invade the small islands one by one

its annoying

[wet crater]

Yeah

[tepid umbra]

Just preplan

[wet crater]

Its annoying

[tropic seal]

you need naval supremacy

and to get naval sup in multiple zones

u gotta have multiple fleets

[wet crater]

I built a half decent infantry army

[tropic seal]

cuz the way patrolling works in this game sucks

and i didnt have time to build up multiple fleets

[wet crater]

Realistically, rushing the majors is the play

[tropic seal]

idk depends who ur playing

[wet crater]

Not sure which order, and for which major your on

For non majors, not sure

Ironically japan if you whack them before they get pushed from china, have like nothing on kyushu

Or honshu

So you just win

[gusty egret]

Rushing is also just generally a good idea, even in multiplayer.

[wet crater]

Being strong early consistently seems to be best in this game

[vital plinth]

I can’t see that section

[tropic seal]

isnt that the reason why a lot of mp games have rules like no player on player wars till like 38 or something?

[gusty egret]

The spin-up time for new equipment and new factories is so long that the earlier you can get the stuff you need, the better you can scale for the rest of the game.

[wet crater]

Since it means you crack the enemy before they build up and become annoying

[tropic seal]

the japanese ai sucks if you play as america

you can just ignore the pacific

and go for their home islands

and win

[gusty egret]

Partially, yes.

[tropic seal]

its hella dumb

[wet crater]

Even as brazil I got away with that

[vital plinth]

Should I puppet one region and then annex get the navry ?

[wet crater]

I naval invaded japan as brazil

[tropic seal]

yeah i dont know how they would do it but i kinda wished that they made it so that island hopping

was actually necessary

[wet crater]

Its 100% a peace term option

[gusty egret]

It should be in the same sections where you can do things like ask for resource rights.

[wet crater]

It looks like a small ship

Click it and it goes by country

Lists capital ships if they have any

[gusty egret]

There kinda isn't any reason to for either party.

[wet crater]

Otherwise says take all screening ships

[wet crater]

Yeah in the japan run where I am trying to break germany after frankly waiting too long

[gusty egret]

Japan gains nothing from island hopping in the Pacific vs. going Westward or invading the US through Alaska, Allies gain nothing from island hopping towards Japan vs. punching through Indochina into China.

[harsh bane]

Is Duce pronounced doose or doo chay

[wet crater]

I just conquered canada and invaded that way

[wet crater]

Latter

[wet crater]

This

[harsh bane]

Latter is a weird pronunciation for Duce

[tropic seal]

yes

[wet crater]

Though the ai still tries

[tropic seal]

which is kinda a problem

[wet crater]

Its not a pronounciation, its the answer

Its the latter of the two options

[mystic willow]

is there someone with a good marine template with no dlc

[gusty egret]

Enough marines to get +50% amphibious attack bonus, whatever else for the rest.

[mystic willow]

even tank ?

[wet crater]

Yeah honestly, italy is so weak at game start

[gusty egret]

Some people do rangers, some people do mech, some people do mountaineers, some people do regular inf. Point is, you only need the marines to negate the naval invasion penalty, and PDS in their infinite wisdom lowered the penalty to -50% about a year ago.

[wet crater]

Compared to the other majors

[ruby fulcrum]

fr

[gusty egret]

So you just need +50% amphibious attack and you're good w/ marines.

[wet crater]

Minus china, because they have no guns and dont really count

[gusty egret]

Fill out the rest of the combat width with whatever you want that's good.

[ruby fulcrum]

anyways whats a good mountaineer template, im playing italy (😔 ) if that helps

[wet crater]

Hell even later in the game ai italy is hella weak

Compared to germany

[gusty egret]

The tryhard vanilla multiplayer people have regularly joked that France and Italy are both actually minors and not majors.

[wet crater]

Yeah I can see how france doesnt play like a major

I wouldnt be shocked if a "minor" nation somewhere plays stronger than france and italy

[gusty egret]

I mean, Bulgaria sort of does in historical vanilla multiplayer.

As does Raj.

[wet crater]

I should probably just go play a USSR game

Really the raj?

Huh

Wouldnt have guessed

[gusty egret]

Yes, loyalty tree Raj is insanely overtuned in terms of their industry.

[wet crater]

Nice

I havent touched the raj yet

Japan is honestly the most fun I have had in this game

Behind fascist britain and fascist germany

[gusty egret]

Independence tree Raj is less overtuned, but is generally trickier to play. And because lobbies already struggle to fill up with people who can properly play their nations, people just stick to loyalty Raj even though it's overtuned.

[wet crater]

Its got a good blend of early, mid, and later stuff

Long focus tree

And is in a strong enough position to do what it wants

[gusty egret]

Plus, overtuned loyalty Raj lend-leases the Soviets hundreds of thousands of guns, so it helps make up for how weak Soviets are in vanilla right now.

[wet crater]

Yeah I think the soviets either got nerfed

Or the ai figured out how supply works

Which I seriously doubt

[gusty egret]

Nah, it's that Germany AI lost its last brain cell.

In NCNS.

[glacial steeple]

400mil+ casualties in world wars helps

[wet crater]

I dont think the ai builds rails or new hubs

Since they litterally will just sit and attrition for, basically no good reason

[gusty egret]

Germany AI was already deliberately lobotomized by the devs because people complained about how overtuned Germany was post-GD.

[glacial steeple]

afghanistan gun LL could save ussr

khyber pass 🩷

[gusty egret]

And their solution was to make the AI do deliberately stupid decisions instead of making their stupidly strong Germany stuff more reasonable.

[wet crater]

So they made it dumber?

[gusty egret]

Then, in NCNS, the doctrine changes made the "historical" doctrine picks for Germans and Soviets very different.

[wet crater]

Would explain why the ai germany doesnt get rid of eco of conquest

[harsh bane]

Also why in this game does the British raj have part of Yemen

[wet crater]

Think thats historical

[gusty egret]

Soviet AI went from picking the worst doctrine in the game pre-NCNS to picking a fairly decent set of doctrines post-NCNS, and Germany AI went from picking an OK doctrine pre-NCNS to probably the worst subdoctrines in the game for attacking post-NCNS.

[wet crater]

Weirdly enough

[gusty egret]

They historically did, Aden was transferred away from the Raj in 1936.

[wet crater]

Yeah, but how the hell did germany still cap the soviets

[tepid umbra]

what does germany pick now?

[gusty egret]

#ask-for-help-here message

[harsh bane]

Then why does it stay part of the British raj after 1936

[wet crater]

That is confusing

The soviets, got better

How does that make them lose

[gusty egret]

The transfer is an event chain in HoI4, and either Raj or UK can choose to keep it as part of the Raj.

[tropic seal]

dayum

[gusty egret]

The Germany AI currently does far worse against Soviets AI than pre-NCNS.

[wet crater]

For me they somehow punched to stalingrad

And capped them in like 1942-43

[gusty egret]

Are you playing on the open beta?

[wet crater]

No

[gusty egret]

Then it might be a fluke.

[wet crater]

I had killed the uk early

The germans still started ww2 on schedule though

[gusty egret]

Oh, the air base thing might also play a part.

[wet crater]

I just naval invaded the uk early

Before the US joined

[gusty egret]

Allies AI flies planes in the Soviets post-NCNS.

Because they get airbase access.

[wet crater]

Though I think the us doesnt join if japan never attacks

[gusty egret]

If you cap the UK, then that's way fewer planes flying to help the Soviets on Barb.

[wet crater]

Yeah I noticed by the end that the soviet air force was, shredded

Basically decimated

[gusty egret]

Soviet air force generally gets shredded even in multiplayer.

To the point where the Soviets meta for a very long time has been to just not do air at all.

Which is kinda sad.

[wet crater]

But the uk couldnt help so they got wrecked

[wet crater]

Seriously?

[gusty egret]

Yes.

[wet crater]

That is depressing

[gusty egret]

It got even worse post-BBA.

[wet crater]

Why is their air force so useless?

Does stalin purge them?

[tepid umbra]

germany/axis's is just usually better

[gusty egret]

The three main reasons why:

• Soviets are very tight on focus time, and getting rid of the worst airforce debuffs via focuses means they don't end up with enough time to get their industry and tank production properly set up. So any Soviets that decide to make planes will be unable to make tanks, and because this is telegraphed very early, the Axis can easily counter that ahead of time by just building more refineries (German refineries are extremely efficient thanks to their extra rubber from their focus) and putting more mils on German fighters made with the best fighter MIO in the game, Focke-Wulf.
• Building planes costs a lot of rubber, Soviets don't have rubber themselves and would need to import it, which means they end up with way fewer civilian factories for themselves (refineries are just not civ-efficient enough to worth considering). Soviets' industry is already stretched quite thin as a result of the huge nerfs PDS decided the Allies' industry needed to keep the game interesting, so them losing civs to buying the giant piles of rubber from the Allies is very bad for them.
• Soviets are incredibly starved for research, and the way planes work means they're useless in multiplayer if you aren't able to do about 5-6 1939-1940 techs for them. That's an incredibly tall order for a country that starts with just 3 research slots, only gets its 4th fairly late, and has to spend a lot of time picking up a bunch of tank techs as well, all ahead-of-time to make sure their production lines for tanks are set up properly enough that they can survive the German onslaught.

[wet crater]

Yeah no that makes total sense

I have only had fully successful games as japan, germany, britain

And weirdly, monarchist romania

I built up so hard that I, couldnt get the soviets to attack into my fort line

In bessarabia

So it was kind of a stalemate

But I had everything from turkey to slovenia

So, I think it was successful

Considering its romania

And I am not that good overall

Yet

[harsh bane]

Does this game still get updates

[silk abyss]

yeah probably till 2028 or little later then this game is almost finish o

[tepid umbra]

it literally got a beta version like 2 weeks ago

[wet crater]

Yeah surviving as the soviets, is a challenge

On sp for a relative beginner like me

Havent tried yet

But I can see how survival is, hard

[gusty egret]

Well, it's easier against the vanilla AI because the vanilla AI is bad enough at the game that you can miss a lot of the things that would be mandatory in more tryhard multiplayer games and still do fine.

[tepid umbra]

a lot is kind of an understatement tbh 😭

[wet crater]

Yeah no the ai is 100% worse

[gusty egret]

Like e.g. you wouldn't need to rush 1943 anti-tank or anti-air research to get Heavy Cannon 3 or High-Velo Cannon 3 by early 1941 against the vanilla AI, because that's absolute overkill against it.

[tepid umbra]

I did a soviet run recently for the first time in like a year and I had semi-decent air, no navy, no tanks, only inf and I still won

[wet crater]

Me being unable to break 400+ axis units in 1947 as japan isnt the ai is good

Its a skill issue on my end

[tepid umbra]

if anything anti tank is kinda bad against ai

since they usually don't go high armored div percentages

[silk abyss]

yeah on vanilla focus most on Anti air and Arty to defense the frontline

[silk abyss]

Yeah if yes then they got tank with very low Armor

[gusty egret]

Like, you could probably skip tanks altogether against the AI and still do fine.

Just do inf, air, and maybe clicky mech.

[tepid umbra]

you can definitely

as all countries, tanks are completely optional

[wet crater]

I eventually want to have more successful runs on non majors

[tepid umbra]

and air as most tbh

[wet crater]

Though italy is a major by courtesy

And france has it worse than the soviets really

Maybe making the maginot longer would help as france?

[gusty egret]

At least with France, you can see how it's going quite early and restart if you fail to mainland hold.

[wet crater]

Yeah true that

[tepid umbra]

not historically accurate tho

[silk abyss]

France is pretty strong in my opinion

[wet crater]

Least you dont have to wait like half the game to see if its dead

[wet crater]

Its strong when the AI isnt in charge

[tepid umbra]

if you can get good tanks and possibly good air up and running as france you can just break straight into germany before they do around the maginot

[silk abyss]

yeah exactly

[gusty egret]

France is also probably an interesting early challenge in single player because a lot of the principles you'd need to do a mainland hold against the AI stay relevant at higher levels of play.

[wet crater]

I am just used to france sucking because I have only seen the ai play it

[silk abyss]

Facist France is fun

[gusty egret]

Since a lot of HoI4 is very much about how economical you can be.

[wet crater]

Yeah fascist paths tend to be strong

[silk abyss]

And a good for beginner

[wet crater]

Since fascists get to move earlier

[gusty egret]

And France doing a mainland hold needs to be very economical.

[tepid umbra]

they need to add more buffs to democratic and non-aligned nations

[silk abyss]

U ally with germany to invade britain then u can learn the mechanic of games a lot better

[wet crater]

I figured out how to invade britain as japan

Turns out full marine doctrine and like 3 armies worth of naval invasions works

[silk abyss]

Isnt very difficult

[wet crater]

Including a marine corp to hit the important ports

[tepid umbra]

also just like 6 tanks works

[gusty egret]

And then once you've mastered vanilla singleplayer, fire up something like Sheep's Mod to see how well you'd do against an AI that has at least a dozen brain cells instead of just one or none.

[wet crater]

Not suprised, I just found when I tried that it failed

[silk abyss]

But it need around 4-6 month to beat UK due to supply difficult

[wet crater]

Likely my tanks just suck though

The 6 seperate naval invasions let me capture enough ports to supply my units

[gusty egret]

It's better if you wait enough (or pull some tricks to avoid having to wait) to build up planning on your naval invasions.

[tepid umbra]

prolly just cuz you're japan

[wet crater]

And spread out before I got spam attacked pinned

[wet crater]

Also tried as germany

[tepid umbra]

oh as germany it's prolly that your tanks suck

[wet crater]

Worse results, i lost multiple entire armies

Repeatedly

[silk abyss]

If you want to use Tank very strong then u have to built expensive tank and not much tank divisons

[wet crater]

Same deal as japan in prior runs

[gusty egret]

This is not true.

[silk abyss]

As germany i would invest in light tanks with high speed at least 12 km/h

[mystic willow]

guys how do i beat the soviet union

[wet crater]

I had to invade in quantity

With my good template

[silk abyss]

Then u can run over enemy divison

[tepid umbra]

I wouldn't

[tepid umbra]

air

and inf to hold the line

and tanks to push

[silk abyss]

Always work with me. But u can play ur way

[gusty egret]

TBF, with the right air, you can push even with inf.

[tepid umbra]

yeah any type of tank works against ai tbh

[tropic seal]

you can push with inf even without air

[gusty egret]

CAS got a 3x damage buff this patch, remember.

[tepid umbra]

with the WRONG air you can push with inf

[wet crater]

Honestly, late game it might have helped to add like tanks for breakthrough and also just, realizing I needed to research large airframes for nuclear strikes

[tropic seal]

you can push with inf with straight up red air lol

[tepid umbra]

i've beaten the soviets with just inf, starting fighters and cas, and no tanks

[silk abyss]

Yeah for Multiplayer i cant use that tactican

[tropic seal]

missiles are better if you intend on doing a lot of strikes

[wet crater]

i couldnt figure out how to work them

[silk abyss]

Ok but it is then very boring

[gusty egret]

Missiles are... weird.

[tropic seal]

build a launch site assign missiles and then it works like a strat bomber for strikes

[wet crater]

I also couldnt load the silos inside puppet territory

[silk abyss]

not worth

[tropic seal]

i usually quit after capping all majors / 1947 anyway

[wet crater]

I have to agree

[gusty egret]

Yes, because those launch sites belong to your puppet.

So you'd have to give them missiles for them to use in their launch sites.

[wet crater]

In my defense I expected to be able to load them

Since I am the overlord

[gusty egret]

Because missile sites do not work like air bases.

[silk abyss]

With germany i would 1942 capped all mayor expect japan and italian

[wet crater]

Yeah I was trying to cap all majors

I still had italy and germany that annexed russia left

[tropic seal]

i usually go peg germany so im a bit slower

[wet crater]

I got very close as fascist uk

Only the soviets were left

Invading russia is painful

Unless we are counting china

I kinda dont

[tropic seal]

i hate fighting in china

especially the far western parts

its terrible

[wet crater]

Its very annoying yeah

[silk abyss]

ok but my way has a risk. if you dont beat soviet union then u wouldnt win the war anymore.

[tropic seal]

yeah with peg germany theres really no risk

youre not on a timer or anything

[silk abyss]

doing collarbation

[wet crater]

peg germany?

[wet crater]

Did that

I stalled out deep in russia

And ran out of patience

[silk abyss]

Do that multiple times until 100%

[wet crater]

Thats a me issue

Its not like it was unwinnable so much as I got tired of it and wanted to try another nation

[silk abyss]

if you cant push more then build some hub supply

[tropic seal]

yeah

[wet crater]

What does that mean though?

[tropic seal]

prioritise economic growwth

the alternate economy path

[wet crater]

Ah

Yeah peg germany has a lot less risk

[silk abyss]

Yeah and no autarky

[tropic seal]

yeah but no timer to perform either

[wet crater]

I went eco of conquest in my historical germany

[tropic seal]

pretty much zero

theres no negative modifiers

[silk abyss]

But the growth of economy comparison between both are around 1939 to 1941

[wet crater]

Eco of conquest works for fascist germany since you go nuts early

But dont get me started on the naval invasions

Its so annoying

The ai invading me I mean

[silk abyss]

For eco of conquest u gotta get autarky at the end 1942 otherwise it wouldnt look gppd

[tropic seal]

its pretty easy to have naval superiorit yin the english channel though

so just block that off and the area around denmark

then youre pretty golden for naval invasions

[wet crater]

With the starting german fleet?

[tropic seal]

obviously build more

i think you can get the french fleet too

[wet crater]

Does death stacking that even sink the uks fleet?

[silk abyss]

with naval bomber

[tropic seal]

i use naval bombers

i hate playing navy

so i try to avoid it as muich as possible

[wet crater]

Yeah does that trick where you get the full collab on france and for some reason it eats vichy trick still work?

[tropic seal]

not sure

i dont play with la ressitance

[silk abyss]

U dont need full collab for france

[wet crater]

I saw it in a video once

[wet crater]

No its so vichy gets annexed into the collab

So you get the fleet

[silk abyss]

It isnt worth

[wet crater]

Its not for capping france

The point is so that you take the french fleet effectively intact for almost free once france falls

[silk abyss]

my opinion it is a waste of industry. I better annex all france and kill britannia with naval bommber and ship

U lost around 10 factory. Which seems a good deal but against Soviet union this would look more worse since navy wont help u a lot against union

[wet crater]

The navy isnt meant for them

The other thing you get

All the african colonies

[deft plinth]

guys how i can increase speed to build civilain industry

[wet crater]

Realistically, the red navy is, also useless

[silk abyss]

yeah i know it is still not worth in my opinion

[silk abyss]

u play with a different mod

[deft plinth]

yep mell dawn

[silk abyss]

yeah i figure that but i dont know a lot about mell dawn

[wet crater]

MD is

Weird

I have played with it, the building speed is intentionally shot

You are meant to rely on the investment mechanic

[silk abyss]

MD is gonna destory my PC. too much need Power for my PC

[wet crater]

Yeah I dont find md very fun overall

[austere roost]

No it's not, you get 100 compliance

[wet crater]

Oh i didnt even think about that part

[wet crater]

Does that apply to the african colonies too?

The only problem there is, keeping britain from just walking into them

[vital plinth]

Proply an dlc I need then

[serene karma]

U need bba

[austere roost]

No it doesn't but you can just sealion

Compliance from collabs only applies to cores

[wet crater]

Damn right, since you have the french fleet by that point to smash the royal navy

[austere roost]

Collab govs are almost always worth it, the problem is you're limited by time

[oak root]

must be nice getting the mod that lets you steal navy, why that isnt in the base game is a mystery

[wet crater]

Its still not a mod

[austere roost]

You can with collab france

[oak root]

DLC?..

[austere roost]

Collab france auto joins the war and annexes Vichy so they get the navy

[wet crater]

Uh, I think so since collabs are a dlc thing i think?

[wet crater]

Wait this trick still works?

[oak root]

I gotta pay money to unlock core mechanics

💀

[wet crater]

Thats how paradox be

Eu4 is 1000x worse

In that department

[oak root]

shi, i mean game is game ig.

id put that under a paywall too 😭

[austere roost]

Yeah since they didn't change how collabs work

[wet crater]

Nice

Why does it even annex vichy at all though?

[celest shuttle]

Hi i need help, i try china and i feel this is only try to survice, how i can fight back ?

i cant stop the japan tank

[austere roost]

if france tag owns enough land in france proper, there will be an event for them to annex vichy and ai has 100% chance of accepting it

[harsh bane]

How do I make a fighter with the production lines

[vital geode]

Do you have By Blood Alone dlc

[harsh bane]

I have all dlc

[vital geode]

Get a small airframe

Put fighter modules on it

You got a fighter

[harsh bane]

Thanks

[livid beacon]

Why does union of britain have like infinite ships in meddietarean

They only have Cyprus and gibraltar and yet manage to get 18k dominance in every single sea tile

[vital geode]

Convoy raid to remove it

Or decisive battle them

[livid beacon]

4 patrol 3 strike force 6 convoy raiding

I get maxium 489 dominance

When braitain has 1.8k

[subtle socket]

who r u playing

[dry dome]

You might not want to convoy raid

[livid beacon]

Italy

Trying to get dominance over cordica east coast

Which is my west coast

For greater italy

[austere roost]

do you have naval bombers? carriers? Right now carrier meta is at its peak

[livid beacon]

I used all my ships trying to get malta just to lose it

And used all my airforce over my west coas

[livid beacon]

I got like 12 different 1 division of ships

Like 1 division of ship 12 times

And i producted early ship since 1 january 1936 00:00

I only researched more naval invasion capacity

No dlc but Gotterdammerung

[austere roost]

you should at least research the damage control and fire control techs

[surreal merlin]

how could i push here? i keep losing no matter what and i need to get thru here

[austere roost]

Can you improve supply, and what is your air situation? Also a lot of your divisions are not fully equipped

[surreal merlin]

i dont know how i could improve supply since like there is no supply in the area

my air situation is good i think i have superiority

and i cant fully equip them because of economy of conquest national spirit destroying my economy (and barring all the resources i need)

idk what to do

[subtle socket]

put navy in 1 stack and patrol

[subtle socket]

rought terrain prob no air or supply use mountineer bricks and cas

[surreal merlin]

i use cas arleady so idk

[subtle socket]

can u show me air map mode

[tepid umbra]

?

[surreal merlin]

too late cuz i arleady left the game, but i gurantee you i had air superiority and cas

[fierce idol]

how do you capitulate britain later on?

[tepid umbra]

Planes

Naval bombers, while they may not wreck the british fleet, can scare their boats out of the channel

Or you can just paradrop

[onyx trout]

Does the earliness matter when invading uk or just the speed and amount of fighter and cas? Wanna try the communist path and kaiserreich

[tepid umbra]

?

[onyx trout]

Sorry, i mean is the earliness of naval invading uk the priority or can i invade them a later date, when i have fast moving troops and bunch of cas and Fighters

[red mesa]

Connect the caucasus railways to the ones in Iraq and connect the hub in Tabriz which is currently inactive. Then build up the railways to increase the cap and motorise your field marshal supply if you haven’t already

[surreal merlin]

alr thx

[fierce citrus]

Is there a way to make the game not pop up a notice every time my submarines sink some transports without incident? Ideally I should only be notified if some non-convoy ships are sunk.

[fleet moth]

Can someone share the best templates? My inf templates don't have soft attack they are shit

[red mesa]

Inf doesn’t need high soft attack as it’s mainly a defensive unit type

It’s just an org and HP wall

[surreal merlin]

how to 'motorize field marshall supply'?

[surreal merlin]

actually i cant, the economy of conquest spirit is takng away all of my civs

[red mesa]

When selecting a field marshal there is an icon in the upper-right of their interface with either a horse or trucks. This is their supply motorisation level. Click it to change the level and make sure you have trucks in stockpile to maintain it.

[red mesa]

You’re invading iran through the caucasus which implies the ussr is dead, how have you not got the resources to get autarky?

[surreal merlin]

nvm i got it arleady

i didnt when i was first posting this

[surreal merlin]

this?

[red mesa]

Yeah

It increases the range from supply hubs

They’re capped by the max level of railway from your capital, so in the screenshot there is only a level 1 connection to Baku and in Iraq, those railways need a boost. Think of railway levels like turning on a tap

The more you build them, the more supply can flow

[surreal merlin]

oh alr that makes sense

thx!

[wet crater]

And the collab is the french tag?

Does that also happen to free france?

[hexed parcel]

Is field hospital worth it

is field hospital or recon better

Whats best recon also

[hollow linden]

Fh is good on large divs

Recon is just straight up ass

Except armored

[hexed parcel]

Yes i saw armored recon companies had buffs on one of the doctinres on all 4 doctrines are those doctrines worth it if use armor recon

Subdoctrines

[gusty egret]

Recon rangers or light tank recon, anything else is not worth it.

[gusty egret]

Field hospitals are expensive, but are worth it on divisions with large equipment costs.

[analog maple]

is it possible to increase resistance in my core land as a government in exile? As Poland specifically

[pliant condor]

take the funny doctrine

go mass mob

then there's a officer corp spirit +50% resistance

spirit of defiance

[tropic seal]

Dude finlands generals are insane this is with 0 micro or even sending him as a volunteer

[gusty egret]

Spirit of Defiance requires going Guerilla Warfare or Mass Assault.

[gusty egret]

Well, that's just generally the XP you get from several green bubble battles.

[tropic seal]

yeah but the traits they start with are very very nice

[gusty egret]

Juutilainen isn't as good as some of Finland's other generals (the best one requires Motti Tactics to unlock IIRC).

Since Juutilainen starts with Trickster, Commando, and Mountaineer, but the other guy starts with Ranger as well as Trickster and Commando.

[tropic seal]

ah i think im using him too

hes just not as high of a level

[analog maple]

thx

[tropic seal]

i figured out like ten minutes into the playthrough that finland has zero manpower

[median jackal]

Is it bad to be constantly in a coal deficit? And if yes, how can I fix this?

[cold bloom]

You can hover over the factory count to see how bad it is

If its bad you could downgrade eco law, import coal, or conquer some coal

[median jackal]

Okok I'll do that next time

Generally I have a general deficit of -100 (the number that is up screen), but I have not a clue if it is a lot or not

[stuck garnet]

So special forces for defense?

Offense*

[stuck garnet]

Italy?

[slate cedar]

how do i attack a tile without taking it after i win?

[median jackal]

Yes hahaha I'm still sticking to my beloved Italy

[glacial steeple]

hes the best general for vanilla winter war

because you stack double camo expert

[stuck garnet]

Yo what if we co-oped tbh

Not you casey

[glacial steeple]

CAS/tanks are the only things that can hurt finland

[stuck garnet]

Mrs italy

[stuck garnet]

Is cas really that good in comparison to tanks?😭

Also if im doing cas in an area i send vols to

I noticed how it only supports battles when my units are in it

[light knoll]

yes

[median jackal]

If I have some time why not!

[light knoll]

cas in the current vanilla version are completely busted

[median jackal]

I'm just a bit scared that mp can be terrible for me for my shitty laptop hahaha

[cold bloom]

Probably would be yeh

[tawny meadow]

which dlc changes the doctrines we have now to this one where u can just buy the different slots and go down the different paths as in the attachement?

ive seen lots of people with this

[pliant condor]

it's integrated in base game

[wanton moth]

yall how do i delay the spanish civil war

[tawny meadow]

it is???

this is what im getting when i do my doctrines

only special forces have a doctrine thats shaped in the same way as my first attachement

[tawny meadow]

i think theres decisions for that but im not sure

[gusty egret]

That is the pre-1.17 doctrines system. Everyone now uses the new one, regardless of DLC ownership.

[tawny meadow]

ahh alr alr ty

i was already wondering why almost every hoi4 creator was talking about left and right paths for doctrines and shit

[wild rune]

Check the pins

Specifically the one by tails floofyfloof

Thats updated

[sweet summit]

Control left click on the bubble

[slate cedar]

thanks bro

[tawny meadow]

tysm bro ill defo be watching that

played the game for quite some time now but theres still some aspects that are kinda vague

[grand goblet]

If I need help for modding issue do I ask here or in modding channel

[wild rune]

Modding

[hexed verge]

guys can someone help me with division templates

[sweet summit]

Nuh uh

[hexed verge]

what usually works for me is hitting the alt and f4 keys on my keyboard

yeah but jokes aside good luck bro 😭

are you playing as a minor

[wild ember]

you should be able to build better tanks

[grand goblet]

alr thx

[wild ember]

atp just cas and make heavier tds

[hexed verge]

https://tenor.com/view/drake-computer-notebook-explaning-gif-21152267

[grand goblet]

what u need help for

[wild ember]

😭

[hexed verge]

are heavy tanks worth it for a very specific reason

ik it cost too much but i literally cannot breakthrough at all

[grand goblet]

not really they cost too much

[hexed verge]

i need design to reinforce meme

[wild ember]

theyd also take a lot of time to actually get them into ur divisions

[hexed verge]

i mean im the ussr 1943 and ive got like 1.5k factories lol

[wild ember]

[grand goblet]

oh

[wild ember]

pray to god

[hexed verge]

yeah

also isnt reinforce meme basically just soft attack and breakthrough?

[wild ember]

how

that MANY FACTORIES

[hexed verge]

i got 450 factories before barbarossa

oh yeah i also killed turkey puppeted romania and finland for factories too

[wild ember]

oooooh ok ok

450 is crazy tho

[hexed verge]

BRO ICANT BREAKTHROUGH THO HELP PLS

[wild ember]

before barbossa too

[hexed verge]

yeahh you just rush the five year plan and rush the paranoia tree and build civs until late 38 lol

[wild ember]

noted 🙏

[hexed verge]

ok so what do i do with heavy tanks

[wild ember]

idk

just cas the enemy to death

u have 1.5k factories

[hexed verge]

ok that works too

[austere roost]

You build civs until mid 1938, not late 1938

[austere roost]

Yes, whoever gets french land first gets to annex vichy

[austere roost]

You can start by linking the supply hub with a cross to the network so it's functioning

[grand iris]

how to share navy having problems

i want my recently produced ships into their own fleet instead of with the shitty old ones

but i havent succeeded in that yet

[harsh bane]

There’s so much different equipment that it’s hard to remember which ones to produce

Btw do buildings build faster the more civilian factories you have?

[harsh bane]

Apparently even pros don’t know how a fleet works

[hexed verge]

yeah it doesnt really matter i entrench along the stalin line and build anyway

[grand iris]

If you have 15 civs building a mil it will build faster than 5 civs building a mil

so yes

[grand iris]

Guns, support equipent, arty and possibly AA

then tanks/Air If you got enough mils and resources

[harsh bane]

Also the tutorial doesn’t tell me to build fighters and tactical bombers but I have a notification at the top of the screen saying I need fighters and tactical bombers

[hexed verge]

NO

NEVER BUILD TACTICAL BOMBERS

[next cradle]

GUYS WHY DOES HOOFIN IT DOES NOT TRIGGER

please help me

[hexed verge]

its telling you to build because you have an active tactical bomber group which is undersupplied and you arent building bombers to supply it

[harsh bane]

Why doesn’t the in game tutorial tell me to build them

[hexed verge]

but tactical bombers are genuinelty trash unless your playing multiplayer

[hexed parcel]

I think need to do before 1948

[gilded karma]

nah it doesn't matter

[harsh bane]

Is it because I have dlc and dlc seems to change plains

[gilded karma]

are you still at war?

otherwise idk

[hexed verge]

do you have by blood alone

[harsh bane]

Yes

[next cradle]

nope world conquest run

[harsh bane]

Because I have all dlc

[hexed verge]

what do you mean the game doesnt tell you to build

are you talking about there being more research for like different plane stuff?

[gilded karma]

hmm

idk then

[next cradle]

Omg I have to be the only person who got One Empire but not Hoofin It

maybe its a bug idk

[gilded karma]

perchance

[harsh bane]

The in-game tutorial

[gilded karma]

it doesn't tell you LOTS of things

the div designer for example

etc

[hexed verge]

yeah but in singleplayer... just dont build tactical bombers

[harsh bane]

Ok

[sweet summit]

Fighters + cas spam

[harsh bane]

Cas?

[tight vigil]

The Game doesnt let me assign paradropping orders to a paratrooper division.

[sweet summit]

Close Air support

[harsh bane]

Ok yes I’m producing close air support

[wild ember]

uhh do u have transport planes?

in the airbase

u need 50 for each 1 deivison

[gilded karma]

no i don't think you need that many

its somehow calculated with combat width iirc

[sweet summit]

No he's right
You do need a ton of planes
Build them just in case

[rapid urchin]

This is from sheep mod
but i have green air Good templates Good supply and STILL i cant close the pocket..

[gilded karma]

but yes, you need at least 50 transports & 70% air superiority in order to carry out the order

[rapid urchin]

not sure why its taking so long

[wild ember]

ur playing sheep bro what do u think 😭

[rapid urchin]

yeah but even then i still had an easier timee closing the pockets

[gilded karma]

bro there's a tile with 1 div

[tight vigil]

yes. 119 on the same tile as the divisions

[rapid urchin]

that one wont close the pocket

[wild ember]

are the transport planes idle or on a mission?

[gilded karma]

oh ok

mb

[tight vigil]

idle

[gilded karma]

send pic

[wild ember]

waitttttt

[gilded karma]

i know

[wild ember]

is the division paratroop order grayed out?

[gilded karma]

maybe the airport is full

like more than the capacity

[wild ember]

no no that only affects mission efficiency no?

[gilded karma]

hmm

[tight vigil]

give me a sec

[gilded karma]

i heard somewhere that it stops paradrops completely

[wild ember]

i think that he added a tank or arty that made his divison non paratrooper

[tight vigil]

@gilded karma

I'll try restarting the game. Maybe then it will work.

[gilded karma]

yeah always good to try that

[wild ember]

waitt

can u show me a ss of ur division

like when u try to assign them

[gilded karma]

have you tried different airports?

[rapid urchin]

there arent enough transports in the airport ITSELF

thats i think the problem

[gilded karma]

wdym

[rapid urchin]

like you need to have the transports deployed as an airwing

[wild ember]

oh yeah

[tight vigil]

119 transport planes in that airport

[tight vigil]

yes

still loading

[gilded karma]

they are deployed

[rapid urchin]

is it enough though?

[wild ember]

some are still deploying no?

wait a bit

[rapid urchin]

enough transports though?

[gilded karma]

yeah

119 apparently

[tight vigil]

for one division with 3 battalions definitely

[rapid urchin]

hmmm

[gilded karma]

first of all

that's a terrible division

[wild ember]

gng it says still deploying from reserve

[rapid urchin]

how many transports does the order require they typically tell you

[wild ember]

aait a bit

[tight vigil]

wait, the game has finally started

[gilded karma]

second of all

i gotta go

hope i helped a bit

[tight vigil]

It works!

[wild ember]

ok nice

[rapid urchin]

nice

in the meantime

i finally got the encirclement closed

[wild ember]

ooh nice

[rapid urchin]

soviets have just been BATTERING hard

not the best k/d ratio imo but its whatever

[vernal knoll]

there is no way to change it?

[gilded karma]

you can when you have enough xp

[vernal knoll]

i have all

xp

research

[gilded karma]

hmm

[vernal knoll]

but i think when you start making something you cant turn back

[uncut narwhal]

you need another special forces branch

there is a decision for itt

you have to be at war tho iirc

[vernal knoll]

how is it called?

[uncut narwhal]

i have no idea

it costs 50pp tho