ask-for-help-here

[vernal knoll]

mh

[uncut narwhal]

its called diversify special forces

[vernal knoll]

ohh i heared about it

hera it

thanks man i totally forgot about thats

[uncut narwhal]

np

[rapid urchin]

you need branch specalisms

some nations can get it from their focus trees

[vernal knoll]

tx

[rapid urchin]

this is a good example

[vernal knoll]

ohh thank you

[rapid urchin]

its not often you will see so keep that in mind

and theyre often bured deep

soviets have a free branch speclaism

for example

Buried DEEP in the all terrible soviet navy focuses XD

[vernal knoll]

i see

[harsh bane]

I finally annexed Ethiopia but I don’t think I did it in time

When does the annex Aussa event usually occur

[scenic nacelle]

Once Italy gets the Tigray province in northern Ethiopia

[oak jasper]

Wait, if piercing < armor, does that affect only hard attack, or both hard and soft attack? I'd assumed it only affected hard attack, but if it also does soft attack, that makes Space Marine divisions make sense.

[austere roost]

no it reduces overall damage you take

[oak jasper]

So, high armor also mitigates soft attack taken?

[austere roost]

you take hard attack according to your division's hardness percentage, the rest is soft attack

so if your hardness is 25% and enemy soft attack is 300 and hard attack is 100, then you take 300*75%+100*25%=250

and then having piercing < armor further reduces your damage based on how less piercing you have

[random harbor]

Hello, I need the help with the game crashing,does anyone have advice?

[oak jasper]

(I'd assumed It was [(1 - hardness) * soft atk] + [hardness * hard atk * piercing effect], but it sounds like piercing also impacts the (1 - hardness) * soft atk portion.

[oak jasper]

One channel down, #tech-support ?

[sour wadi]

what keybind pulls up the achievement list?

if any

[hollow linden]

Don't think that's a thing

U can just click on it

[sour wadi]

saw it on a video once. might of been modded

[sour wadi]

where?

[hollow linden]

The trophy icon in the bottom left corner of the world tension icon

Or just pull up the game on steam

[sour wadi]

alr cheers

[harsh bane]

Well I have all of Ethiopia and didn’t get the event

Does the event not have a 100% chance of firing?

[heady skiff]

Is ts even winnable? 😭

I lwk dont even care about casualties atp

[light knoll]

what

this seems extremely easy to win

[heady skiff]

Vro I have no navy and the Allies have like inf manpower ;-;

Well the axis

Have inf manpower

[light knoll]

build a navy or paradrop

[heady skiff]

My plan was to sweep into India through Iran to destroy the Axis manpower reserves

[light knoll]

that's useless

just win the war

[heady skiff]

Vro ;-;

Ofc

Why didnt I think of that

;-;

[light knoll]

invade the uk

then invade japan

is anyone else a major

Brazil

?

you can paradrop the uk easily

don't even need to have air superiority

ofc ideally you do

[heady skiff]

Since WHEN vro

[light knoll]

but don't require it

you just need them to not have planes up

it'll happen at some point

but really just build a navy

it isn't that hard

just spam light cruisers

this design

[heady skiff]

Ill have good cruisers any day now trust 😭 ✌️

[light knoll]

you don't need much research
and annex your puppet Italy

for free fleet

[heady skiff]

Yeah but like

That takes garrisons ;-;

[light knoll]

so who

you get way more equipment worth in factories

than garrison cost

like way way more

[radiant escarp]

Just liberate it afterwards lol

[pearl kestrel]

Why arent my plane doing anything? The enemy is wrecking me(it is kaiserredux)

Im the one on the right

[hexed parcel]

Same energy as why did germany onvade i rhought nonagression pact

[analog maple]

how does "capitulating" for achiements work? like if an ally help me invade uk do i still get it?

[tardy pulsar]

Is this bad

[spice zenith]

Yes you can absolutely join the Axis against the UK, in fact if you didn't it would likely be a whole lot harder. So long as you physically launch a naval invasion yourself as Iceland into the UK mainland and contribute to the capitulation then you should get the achievement.

[fast bear]

can i ask here questions about playing and stuff with rd56 ?

[analog maple]

do i need to do the naval invasion? if i make wales declare indpedance too invade would that still work

[spice zenith]

You might aswell send your men into the firing sight of a Browning

[spice zenith]

I've never seen it done this way, so I'm going to say no.

A lot of people will first naval invade the Netherlands, puppet the DEI and use their resources to build up an army in which they then use the Netherlands as a foothold to naval invade.

Speed is really the key, if you can be speedy enough before the UK AI reinforces the home islands you're home free

[wild ember]

https://giphy.com/gifs/army-soldier-1000-yard-stare-bmeDJaFPfstSxbdiGV

why

are you pushing with bare infantry

[wild ember]

yea its the help channel after all

[fast bear]

is realiabillty in small arms important?

[wild ember]

reliablity is overall not that important

its pretty much useless especially if ur a major

[fast bear]

not so much "a major"

[spice zenith]

Yeah, so long as you have enough industry to churn out loads of them to reinforce your army you're fine.

[wild ember]

what country?

[fast bear]

israel

[wild ember]

cuz if ur not a major why max the other stuff out tho

[fast bear]

uhm

yea im in trouble

[wild ember]

https://giphy.com/gifs/skeleton-prowler-xV2FGoMfz0iDJyzKHv

[fast bear]

also

so the war is not far from home

[wild ember]

dude what year are you in

[fast bear]

48'

[wild ember]

HOLY

[spice zenith]

Lmao what kind of wack alternate reality is this

[fast bear]

idk israel was established in 36'

[wild ember]

the allies have still not capped germany

as usual

id say at this point

start a new game

cuz the ai churns out divisions like a madman

[fast bear]

starting as israel is basiclly like fighting cancer in rd56

[wild ember]

honeslty i think playing a minor not in south america is useless

[fast bear]

but ill just load a save just before my indapendce

[analog maple]

is it possible to make Denmark leave me alone as communist iceland? he just rejected my independence and declared war and now we both just stare at eachother

[tardy mesa]

how do i form the benelux as belgium

[spice zenith]

I know if you're doing historical you can just wait till AI Germany invades Denmark, then there is no issue.

[pallid wadi]

is this good in 1938

[austere roost]

127 factories in 1939 is low

also you should convert mediums to spgs in sp

[tepid umbra]

Why so much political power

[pallid wadi]

wdym

[pallid wadi]

why not

[tepid umbra]

Cuz you could spend it instead

The longer it sits there is the longer it's not used for anything

[austere roost]

you change the tank into a spg (artillery) in your tank designer

your factory is so low because you didn't get war economy because you haven't sent out military attaches

and you can use the other pp to hire military advisors to get land xp, improve working conditions, and for agitprop

[tepid umbra]

And the longer it's not used is the longer you don't get bonuses

[pallid wadi]

So i need war ecconomy and to send atachees

attaches to which countriez

[austere roost]

you need to get to 50 war support

spain or china

you should have done it immediately when spanish civil war began

if you do that you can get to 100 factories by May 1937

[pallid wadi]

bruh

good template?

[austere roost]

36 width

and once you switch to spg production change these templates to spgs

[pallid wadi]

whats a spg

[austere roost]

didn't I just tell you?

also you can just follow pins

[wet moss]

Going for the Kaiserin (Victoria) and The Woman in the High Castle achievement should I placate Eric Raeder or no? I feel it would slow me down due to focuses needed to avoid him rebelling later.

[pliant condor]

missing like 60 at least

[pallid wadi]

where should i set up defense against germans when barbarossa comes

[dull flicker]

Ideally behind rivers

Do not let them take Kiev

You're gonna need 2x full army group stacks, the germans will hit hard af.

[wet crater]

Yeah so full collab on france is huge as an axis power

Wonder if italy is strong enough to leverage the same thing

[noble summit]

you can generally hold AI germans at the border by just spamming infantry

[austere roost]

not necessarily

that will depend on your air

the safest bet is to do it along the river from riga all the way down to kiev

but you also need to hold kiev

[harsh bane]

What’s the difference between spearhead

[sour mountain]

accidently annexed insted of puppet

can i make a puppet

ik its a mod

[neat widget]

what is going on lmao

[sudden sentinel]

Can this Tank do something?

[neat widget]

if the country already exists you can't puppet

but if it doesn't you can

[neat widget]

Nah

[sudden sentinel]

Sure?

[neat widget]

The RT56 extra modules aren't worth it imo

reconnaisance isn't a particularly useful stat in hoi4

[pallid wadi]

am i cooked

[sudden sentinel]

I follow german tank doctrine

[neat widget]

it's not worth using cast armor

[fast bear]

im playing a rd56 minor nation what supports should i use?

[sudden sentinel]

Quality over quantity

[neat widget]

don't run MAN as Germany, run Henschel because the buffs are better and apply for all tank equipment

[sudden sentinel]

but the Speed nerv with henschel

[sour mountain]

idk either

i got free war score

i defeated romania

got everything

and somehow got free war score for greece

[pearl kestrel]

Why arent my plane doing anything?

Im the one on the right

[sudden sentinel]

Can this tank survive sea lion?

[sour mountain]

also mod broken

[neat widget]

more breakthrough

mainly by increasing the turret

also your design is invalid

also don't use amphibious chassis if you can

[fathom bramble]

How do I oppose Hitler and then win the civil war?

[neat widget]

This is probably the medium tank you want in RT56

[sudden sentinel]

I already have an SP Artrillery (Wespe)

[sudden sentinel]

And this think is way to slow

*thing

[neat widget]

Well

I can make it faster

[gilded karma]

holy reliability

[sudden sentinel]

looks great so far i will produce it

[neat widget]

Of course this is interwar chassis and you can upgrade it

[sudden sentinel]

just add maintanance

they will fix it

[gilded karma]

i never make armour with <60% reliability

[cold bloom]

extra turrets are nerfed in Road, I cant imagine that being good modules?

We got extra optics modules IIRC, those are probably preferable

[sudden sentinel]

my first tank had 33% reliability

[gilded karma]

[neat widget]

did you change the tactics system in rt56?

[gilded karma]

most of the time i go with 70-80%

[cold bloom]

dont think so

[sudden sentinel]

The germans never built second canon into tank except for Maus

[neat widget]

Also I guess something might have happened but I don't see any nerfs for the turrets; they still seem to provide 4 soft attack on my end

Neubaufahrzeug
But yeah, other than that no and Maus had a coaxial gun

[sudden sentinel]

nobody cares about the neubaufahrzeug and the Maus had a 7.5cm Heat blaster

[neat widget]

This would also not be that bad

[pallid wadi]

what should I do now

[sudden sentinel]

That our yours?

[verbal gate]

it is good this design? or best I remove one machine guns module

[sudden sentinel]

im wasting my xp btw

[sudden sentinel]

I would add a Maschin Canon

[neat widget]

I give you one better

(replace the oscillating turret with fixed superstructure if you don't have it)

[neat widget]

remove armor plates

[verbal gate]

how many?

[sudden sentinel]

That thing is paper tin

[neat widget]

Two

Wait

You don't need to remove any armor plates at all

Just use one engine

You'll be fine

[dusty sandal]

basic rules of plane design :
1 - If you're not using all the thrust, you're doing something horribly wrong
2 - small airframe = 1 engine, medium = 2 engine. Period. If you don't respect that, then you're doing something horribly wrong
3 - Air attack, range and air defence are to be maxed out in this order of priority from top to lesser
4 - Range should always be at a bare minimum of 800km (it isn't great to be clear), 1000 is what you want to aim for a good light airplane. There is never too much range to have
5 - Light fighters always out-trade against heavy fighters, except in the pacific (where heavy fighters win due to light fighters lacking range and not being able to use superior numbers). Heavy fighters are a almost always a waste in singleplayer
6 - Agility and speed are useful but not primordial
7 - Heavy MG are the gun to use before you get canons 2 (1944 tech)
8 - Electronics are always a waste, except for strat bomber meme

[neat widget]

Also final thing, you should aim for a range of around 1000 km

At least from what I've seen

[dusty sandal]

true, I'll modify my premade msg

[neat widget]

Also 5 should say "light fighters always out-trade heavy fighters" since if you have an equal number of light fighters versus heavy fighters (e.g. in a airbase limited situation) heavy fighters will win. The only problem is that those heavy fighters cost almost twice as much as the light fighters. In singleplayer those would be late-game situations, but by then...

Supersonic jets out-trade everything though. You shouldn't see an airbase capped situation before then

[hoary glen]

Also as a rule of thumb if you have around 3k 1940s Fighters with at least 1000km range you're probably good to beat all AI. Just build CAS from then on

[verbal gate]

thanks

[neat widget]

Also true, but you should replenish them

[dusty sandal]

true as well, but I'll leave that for people to figure out themselves. If they can't see that producing 50 planes a day against the AI's 1 every week that immediately gets blown out of the sky is a waste, then I can't do anything for them

[analog maple]

How do i nuke Japan to surrender? i took those 2 islands i bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the had less then 40 ships

[hoary glen]

Dunno, have you tried throwing more yet? /s

[neat widget]

Do you have the nuclear bomb special project unlocked

[hoary glen]

It's imperative to reach 40k fighters and lag the game to death.

[neat widget]

Do you have strategic bombers?

[analog maple]

yea

the nuke worked. they just didnt surrender'

[neat widget]

On the bottom right there should be a section where you can toggle on and off raids, specifically facility raids, nuclear raids, and paratrooper raids. Select the nucler raids button

[neat widget]

Shouldn't be hard to just invade Japan tbh

[analog maple]

i did

[analog maple]

yea but i want the achiement

[neat widget]

Drop six more nukes ig

and build more reactors

[fast bear]

what tf is wrong with rd56 history im with realistic ai

[glacial steeple]

good morning

[austere roost]

You should make it a pin

[tight coral]

is it possible to invade countries as a minor with the new navy system

i don't understand it at all

like i get barely any naval supremacy

[turbid trail]

cruiser spam

[slate cedar]

why cant i draw an offensive line? im holding right click and dragging but it doesnt do anything

[tight flicker]

is the hoi iv wiki's beginners guide reliable for a new player

[granite shell]

I’m in 1937 rn as the Soviet Union and got a question, should I keep producing more light tanks or just forget about them and research medium

[granite shell]

Make a front line first

[vital plinth]

What’s the best infantry template for Germany I beat the Allie’s and about to fight USA and Soviet

What should my with be ? I have 2 army groups of infantry

[tropic seal]

Don't use light tanks

[tropic seal]

For pushing or in general?

[tropic seal]

If there's no enemy ships left then throw out empty carrier bathtubs if there are just spam light cruisers and some battlesbips

[dusky girder]

How to get more faction influence?

[junior light]

Is their a way to save templates if I make one and wanna use it in a future game?

[untold monolith]

for holding jus use 16 or 18 widths

do u plan on pushing with inf or tanks tho?

[glacial steeple]

why would you ever push with regular infantry

if on a budget, make special forces

[untold monolith]

yea true

[vital plinth]

Pushing

[vital plinth]

I have seprate tank divisions

[tropic seal]

36w

Infantry block with like flame tank, hospital logistics aa recon rangers and assault engineer

I think those are the support companies I might've missed smth

[tepid umbra]

Signals are good

Prolly a good replacement for flame tanks if you don't have them

[tropic seal]

Yuh I'd still run flames over signals if you had to choose between those two

[tepid umbra]

Yeah definitely

But signals are a good cheap option

Flames are better stats wise

[balmy dawn]

As Australis, what can I do to raise my independance from the UK?

[tepid umbra]

prolly focuses

definitely lend leasing and war participation

[low vector]

For micro purposes is 8 tank only divisions good for 1 tank army?

1 tank division is 32w.

Or is it better I just use 4 in one tank army

[tepid umbra]

huh

1st: 36w is meta

at least it was last I checked (like a few weeks ago)

2nd: try to use mechanized instead of motorized

and 3rd: wdym

[low vector]

I mean should I split my tank only army to groups of 4 divsions instead of 8 or 10

[tepid umbra]

why would you?

[low vector]

not sure thats why im asking lol

[tepid umbra]

the only reason why you would is for organization purposes

[low vector]

is it better to stack them all in one? army

[tepid umbra]

technically yes

because of general buffs

but really it doesn't matter too much

[low vector]

i see right now i have 1 army with 10 tank divisions and another with 6

[tepid umbra]

if the stats of the generals are similar there's prolly not a problem

but you get buffs for better generals obviously

[low vector]

in my example whats the optimal way of switching my motorized to mechanized? Should I just make a whole new teamplate?

For example I just started making mechanized equipment.

[tepid umbra]

what year is it

[low vector]

1941

[tepid umbra]

are you planning on doing barb soon?

[low vector]

I want to beat the british first so no

America just joined in 🙁

[vital plinth]

Should all motorized companies be changed to infantry moterize ? For my tanks

[tepid umbra]

?

[tepid umbra]

you can prolly just swap all the motorized battallions for mechanized and wait for them to fill in

since it sounds like you won't be using them anytime soon

[low vector]

ya

[pliant condor]

there's no reason to have it in different army

[pliant condor]

always directly edit template

you can replace slowly if you are producing

don't swap everything at once obviously

[vital plinth]

For tank divisions Medium

[pliant condor]

mech is essential equipment, you won't have hp if you are missing mech

[tepid umbra]

idk what you're saying

[pliant condor]

motorized is the worst you can have

don't ever use it

[tepid umbra]

erm actually!

[vital plinth]

I just unlocked moterized infantry

[tepid umbra]

use it if you're going for motorized speeds

which you shouldn't

but it's an option

[vital plinth]

But if I replace all simple moterized I lose thebuffs in forest and other terrain

[pliant condor]

and you gain nothing

[tepid umbra]

do you mean the support companies?

[vital plinth]

No template the main part

[tepid umbra]

but if you replace motorized battallions you gain stats

[vital plinth]

Sorry mecha not moterized infantry *

I currently have 16% debuff on Forrest tiles tho

[tepid umbra]

what

so you use mechanized batallions?

good, use them

[vital plinth]

No that’s the one I just unlocked

[tepid umbra]

huh

[vital plinth]

But issue is I get more debuff on forest tile and other types when I replace the normal moterized trucks with the mechanized

[tepid umbra]

you sure do

but look at your stats

[pliant condor]

make sure you have assault engineer and flame

fixes some of that debuff

in general just have stats and you would break any tiles

mech do take more terrain penalty

[tepid umbra]

fixes all of it I believe

plus some

[vital plinth]

Sorry I looked at it wrong

They don’t change much on the % buffs on tiles

Il change it all to mechanized

[tepid umbra]

yeah mechanized is better in every way except for ic and speed

however if you can't get the ic for mecha you shouldn't be making tanks

so really all that matters is speed
and tanks are usually slower than mecha

[pliant condor]

remember that the most important thing is to actually have equipment

make sure you make the correct ratio of mech vs tank

spend 100 xp to make mech the cheapest

[vital plinth]

I have big industry to keep up with demand now

[peak sorrel]

my mod just stopped working like all of them because of some disc drive error nothings phucking working

[stuck garnet]

how do you get bulgaria focus tree

[tepid umbra]

dlc

[stuck garnet]

which one

[neat widget]

battle for the bosphorus

[stuck garnet]

also does rt56 have good alternative

[stuck garnet]

is it good

i wanna get trial of allegiance too

[neat widget]

get that first

special forces

[stuck garnet]

wait

wrong one

[tepid umbra]

I believe so

[stuck garnet]

the south america dlc

[neat widget]

oh wait

the special forces one is arms against tyranny my bad

trial of allegience and battle for the bosphorus aren't that different tbh

they're both just country packs

[tepid umbra]

although battle for the bosphorus gives european focus trees, so it affects hist games more than ToA

[gusty briar]

How does divisions dying when they aren't encircled work?

I'm doing a save where Im constantly having divisions get killed without being encircled and didnt even know that was a thing?

What happens differently when they die vs just retreat, my divs are pretty weak only 8 width bc I have very low pop

[tepid umbra]

hp below org for one

[gusty briar]

So is it just like usually divisions run out of org before HP, but if they run out of HP they die?

[neat widget]

Yes

If your HP goes to 0 then your division dies

[gusty briar]

Makes sense thanks

[glacial steeple]

this is a bad thing

[glacial steeple]

running out of org is perfectly fine

you can force attack if for some reason your org is low but hp is high and you wanna force an attack

running out of hp, every % of your hp value lost is a % of all manpower and equipment lost from your division

having low hp isnt just bad "because you get deleted" you also take a lot more losses in general

this is especially punishing on offensively oriented units, but there are times where it can be punishing defensively as well

[mystic willow]

what dlc do i need to buy

[dusky cloak]

The best one's are NSB BBA and MTG aside for the tank plane and ship designer but asides from that you don't really need dlcs

[fierce idol]

what determines when the american civil war starts if I go down the silver shirts path?

[mystic willow]

yea i was wondering because everytime i share my template they talk about tank designe and stuff

[fierce idol]

MTG is integrated so we have ship designer now

[dusky cloak]

Oh neat I haven't played in some time so I didn't know lol

[mystic willow]

left or right ?

[wild ember]

right

[fierce idol]

idk, right looks nice because of laissez faire

[wild ember]

go down the napleonic path

[mystic willow]

where is that

[wild ember]

youll find it the last option to the right

do down

and youll see the bonapartes or smthing

[fierce idol]

is 3 industry research bonuses not amazing?

[wild ember]

you dont need it as the usa

[fierce idol]

oh i was just looking at the french focus tree

[wild ember]

the us starts with 170 civs give or take

[wild ember]

oh ur right

[mystic willow]

yes it is

[fierce idol]

go right

[wild ember]

it is but you also need to take account of when 1939 hits

[mystic willow]

i don't see the napoleon side maybe its a dlc

[tepid umbra]

wtf

never seen ts

[wild ember]

hmm maybe

can u take a ss

[wild ember]

ahh yea its a dlc

unlucky

[mystic willow]

sad i really like napoleon

[fierce idol]

maybe it got nerfed in other dlcs

[glacial steeple]

no

its been there for ages

[glacial steeple]

la resistance

[fierce idol]

oh lol

[tight flicker]

best nations for beginners yall?

[modern osprey]

brazil/romania/china/usa/mass mob russia

[tight flicker]

bet

i have the romania dlcs

is it good?

also i like getting into the action

[modern osprey]

it has early war when you have 400k troops on the field
you will need to learn troop amount abuse to do wars early. teaches basic game mechanics but don't have enough industry to do something other than special forces

[sudden sentinel]

Should i accept?

[left mica]

even if its the us you still do

[left mica]

yes

finishes on sep 1 too LOL

[sudden sentinel]

I sell them the plane when i want to attack them?

[left mica]

except they are crap planes arent they

88 planes dont make a dent

[sudden sentinel]

no good quality

[left mica]

doesnt matter

planes only work if you have a ground army

poland doesnt

[sudden sentinel]

Okay i will

[left mica]

milk the ic off of them

i was about to say if you dont put your air over poland you should be able to seize some of the fighters you sold to them back once they cap, though im not sure if its a good idea to push poland in red air

not that they have cas in the first place

[sudden sentinel]

My Luftwaffe is bigger

[left mica]

shrug then

if you can make 2000 fighters by sep 39 then 40 extra planes dont mean anything

1000 even

[sudden sentinel]

Right

okay then free money i guees when can say to this money

[glacial steeple]

why not

the bf 109 is trash

[slate cedar]

I did

[glossy nest]

How can I play china and win (defeating both communists and japanese) without La Resistance?

[unreal kernel]

Yo, which one do you guys usually go for as Italy?

Is Retention important on the mid-late game stages?

[unreal kernel]

As Italy. *

[hollow linden]

Increase production

[hollow linden]

....Just play china?

LR has nothing to do with China

[gilded shuttle]

hi, i'm newbie.

how do i even play or do at the game?

[analog maple]

anyone got a good marine template for japan?

[sweet summit]

Pray

Watch yt videos, don't do the tutorial

[wraith condor]

i think bro may or may not have meant NCNS (other dlc that had china alr integrated i think)

[gilded shuttle]

but what do i do?

[sweet summit]

Try a game as a minor first

To get the hang of it

OTherwise too many flashy symbols

Like ooh navy dead

Don't do that as a minor

[analog maple]

search a tutorial on yt

[gilded shuttle]

i played a game with italy.

[analog maple]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvHT121_lWQ

[tight vector]

...

every single person i know

[sweet summit]

Waut which dlc

[tight vector]

always italy

[sweet summit]

do you have

[gilded shuttle]

uhhh

[sweet summit]

Interesting

On the loading page on the left you can see all your dlcs

[gilded shuttle]

waking the Tiger, anniversary pack, battle for the bosporus, death or dishonor, la resistance and other things.

[sweet summit]

Uh send me a screenshot of all of them

[sweet summit]

Ok what's that

What's Waking the Tiger 🥀

La Resistance and Battle for the Bosporus seems like the only main game

NCNS is quite important

[gilded shuttle]

ncns?

[sweet summit]

No Compromise No Surrender

No wait

[gilded shuttle]

oh.

[sweet summit]

Maybe that was No Step Back

By Blood Alone allows you to modify plane designs in quite a lot of detail

And another one allows tank modification

[unreal kernel]

Could you briefly explain why do you prefer Increase Production instead of Specialization?
I like seeing the reasons and thoughts behind the decisions...

[hollow linden]

Efficiency cap is more important than effi base and growth

[unreal kernel]

Thanks a lot!!!

[gilded shuttle]

alright but, what do i do?

[earnest notch]

good country to first play as for the first 100 hours I would say is Italy.

[wise heron]

do yall think i can defend all allies as france if i have mechs everywhere with forts and puppets like everywhere except for italy and switzerland so i can buy resources from my puppets?

it’s 1949

[wild ember]

uh what

i need a ss

[sour mountain]

uhm

what can i do

[wild ember]

uhhh

[sour mountain]

yk

i dont thinl we can do it spanish bros

[wild ember]

i would say paratroppers but britian is so op in air too

ur best bet is to make heavy fighters and transport planes

[sour mountain]

germany kinda carrying air

[wild ember]

and do paratroopers

[sour mountain]

so should i sacrifice my guns

?

[wild ember]

how many mills do you have 😭

[sour mountain]

this is my entire air forces dawg

https://klipy.com/gifs/please7tv-beg

[sour mountain]

i hate how bad spain is

cuz i aint gaining supremecy

[wild ember]

i have a easy solution

open console

tag eng

and delete the navy

[wise heron]

yeah wait a min can u hop on call?

@wild ember

[wild ember]

sure but my mic is broken and i still cant fix it

is that ok wit u?

[wise heron]

me too i had an ps5 controller as mic but now it does not work anymore idk why will probably buy one today

[wild ember]

ok then lounge 1?

[wise heron]

yeah

are you in? my dc tweaking

nice

[wild ember]

ok ok

ur templates are good

what year is it it?

[wise heron]

1949

[wild ember]

1940 yea?

9

oof

do u have a navy or a strong airforce?

[wise heron]

i’m planning on doing an big ass defense too then organize my navy to kill the others

no airforce

but i have aa

[wild ember]

ahh see thats a probelm

youll have to kill england rlly fast

[wise heron]

but if i have aa on my units and build like stationary aa will it still be a problem

i could build many super heavy railway guns to bomb their airports

[wild ember]

not so much in europe

but if ur planning to invade the usa thats a problem

[wise heron]

really?

explain i like to learn

[wild ember]

u know what you could do

[wise heron]

ye?

[wild ember]

create a new template with only AA and have them engage along with your main army

[wise heron]

will that kill planes?

[wild ember]

theyll shoot down A LOT of cas

yes yes

open tge template desginer

[wise heron]

but how many do i need ?

[wild ember]

motorized aa will do

bro

aa not arty

yea yea nice

motorized aa

see

the idea is that ur main troops push

[wise heron]

yeah

[wild ember]

ur aa joins the fight but due to windth they dont take any org damage

HOWEVER

they still can shoot down cas

[wise heron]

yeah because my other strong units will take the defense

[wild ember]

youll need a huge amount of factories on aa

[wise heron]

that’s should be easy

[wild ember]

and u have support aa on all ur divs?

[wise heron]

btw can they declare on my puppets?

[wild ember]

no no ur puppets dont join unless u tell them to

no ur other templates

[wise heron]

okay but how many of these max mot aa so u think i need

[wild ember]

id say like 6 divs in each army

of aa

[wise heron]

like 24 normal divs and 6 aa

[wild ember]

yes

[wise heron]

that’s nice

btw do u think i can win with my navy?

i have many but most are subs

[wild ember]

oh yea ez win

the ai makes shit desgins so u dont have to worry

[wise heron]

nice btw

is it bad if i take to much time

like if it becomes end end game?

[tight vector]

I usually use light tanks for infantry support. And medium tanks for breakthrough and less focused on soft attack.

Is this an effective strategy?

[wise heron]

1960 or something like that or will i still be able to win?

[wild ember]

very very you need to blietzkreig thats why u need motorized aa

[wild ember]

as in flame tanks?

yikes

[wise heron]

but my armoured artillery then? they can push trough anything with supply

[wild ember]

see ur speed

[wild ember]

yes but theyre very slowe

[wise heron]

ahh but that’s okay

[wild ember]

take it as a rule of thumb you cant have inf and tanks in the same div

[wise heron]

but in the long run i still win tho?

[wise heron]

nah i think it’s okay

[hexed parcel]

Wow same medium tank for tank division and light tank for inf except i use medium flame tanks, idk if it effective but works for me

[wild ember]

see then why yuse spgs

[wise heron]

like still they push but it goes a bit slower

[wild ember]

use normal arty if ur doing it with inf

the whole point of spgs is to be faster than motorized and normal arty to keep up with takls

[wise heron]

yeah but no soft attack then but thank you for your help i think im going to continue now

[wild ember]

alr tell me how it goes

[wise heron]

yes

[tight vector]

Alright, the only time I have ever used a heavy tank was a playthrough with the German empire trying to mimic all military stuff they had

[wild ember]

gng how do you have only 266 factories in 1949 😭

@wise heron

[wise heron]

tbh idk i only build military factories

[wild ember]

ah

btw

btw

you dont have to garrsion all of france

[wise heron]

im buidling some civs now to be able to buy more

[wise heron]

im just storing them so they dont attrition

[wild ember]

oh ok mb mb

imma go now gl

[wise heron]

thanks

[magic umbra]

How do i naval invade britain?

[austere roost]

you'll need dominance either in the channel or across norway

but you should focus on beating italy first

[magic umbra]

why italys kinda my friend

without them i couldnt have won france

cus i dont know how

[austere roost]

then who are you fighting?

if you can't beat france as germany you should try and follow a beginner's germany guide

[hexed parcel]

Kill italy and uk at once also remember to kill ussr

[magic umbra]

im allied with ussr and i will focus on uk when i get all that crap out from the middle but i dont see a reason as to defeat italy

[hexed parcel]

Ok kill uk need good navy maybe italy navy help

[magic umbra]

alright

what ships should i build

[hexed parcel]

Idk imnoob navy

Build dockyards on ur coasts

[magic umbra]

ok thanks

[austere roost]

once you kill italy you should be able to get their fleet which helps

having good air and naval bombers will also help a bit

if you need to build navy from scratch then you need at least a year or two to get all the ships ready

[magic umbra]

i cant even kill italy cus im in a faction with them and ussr is the leader

[tight vector]

HOW?!?!

why is my soft attack so low?

[hybrid meteor]

show template

[pallid wadi]

am i cooked

[coarse finch]

Whats your template and how well supplied are your troops?

[coarse finch]

Maybe. Looking at the notifications at the top of the screen there's a lot you can improve

[pallid wadi]

im not sure what this means can you explain

[coarse finch]

Look at the top of the screen. There's a lot of notifications which show you stuff you might be missing

Like empty research slots, unassigned military factories, unassigned dockyards, unspent political power, unassigned divisions, unspent army xp and that you're lacking resources for your production

[dusty sandal]

also, you visibly fell for the classic noobtrap of just falling back to the river giving up on good terrain to defend on, especially for no air build (forests reduce air support efficiency ; marshes are a pain to attack, bessarabia also has a river)

[pallid wadi]

ik but Im a noob

last time I tried that I lost all europe by end of the year

[dusty sandal]

that's why I'm telling you this

[pallid wadi]

i mean

last time I didnt fall to river

[dusty sandal]

you aren't losing because of the terrain
If anything I'd be betting that you're dying to enemy air

[austere roost]

If your industry is 186 you're definitely not beating germany

No line will help you unless somehow a Maginot was built on the river

[pallid wadi]

do you thnink

but im on civillian

[pallid wadi]

cant really do anything

[austere roost]

Wait also why do you have 1630 pp?

[dusty sandal]

yes you can, AA is there specifically for that

[austere roost]

Why didn't you spend it?

[hybrid meteor]

did u put support aa in ur divs

[pallid wadi]

yeah

[austere roost]

Just restart the game

[dusty sandal]

civilian difficulty I'm supposing

[pallid wadi]

im spending it on all I can

and yeah im on civ

[austere roost]

Spend your pp and switch to war economy

[pallid wadi]

i did

[austere roost]

Civilian diff and 186 factories in 1941?

[hybrid meteor]

show div templates

[austere roost]

Try to follow a Soviet guide then

It will teach you how to defend and most importantly get 300 factories before barb

[pallid wadi]

its regular 18 width

[austere roost]

What is your stockpile?

[pallid wadi]

ok

[pallid wadi]

how do i check

[austere roost]

It's the notebook icon

[austere roost]

First thing when you start a new PDX game: try all the buttons

[dusty sandal]

that's WAYYY too much artillery and extremely outdated ones at that

[austere roost]

You're red on all the important things

You didn't produce enough

[dusty sandal]

basic thing to understand : you divs hold and deal damage based on stats, stats come from equipment in the division. If you're lacking equipment, you're lacking stats

DO NOT send divisions with no equipment on the frontlines
DO NOT train divisions when you're already in big deficits

[pallid wadi]

so i should as of now stop training divs

I was wondering why my troops were dying to one enemy division

[austere roost]

You're still training?

Stop it then

You're at -400 guns every day

In 3 months you'll have -100k guns at this rate

[dusty sandal]

and please, adress ALL the popups at the top

[austere roost]

You can try saving it but tbh it's better to restart and follow a soviet guide

Also how did you get -10k tanks

How many tank divisions do you have

[dusty sandal]

the orange bar represent strenght (manpower+equipment)
if it's below 75% consider those divs to be unfit to even stand on the frontline

[austere roost]

Like a 36 width tank division requires 500 tanks at most

[tight vector]

Standard USSR template but my infantry have one line artillery

[pallid wadi]

like 12

I dont know what happened

[austere roost]

Wait what is your tank division?

[pallid wadi]

think it was 26w

36 width was too expensive

[austere roost]

You have 800 tanks in each division?

[light knoll]

was it pure tanks

that would explain

[light knoll]

yup

[austere roost]

36w is too expensive which is why I built so many 26w divisions. I have a bigger tank deficit but it is cheaper now

[light knoll]

you always want to mix tanks with mech/cavalry at the beginning

tanks by themselves have no hp and org

[austere roost]

In this patch build spgs and inf/mechs for your tank divisions

[pallid wadi]

ohhhhh

[light knoll]

around 50/50 ratio

[austere roost]

You really should follow a Soviet guide

[pallid wadi]

probably

[austere roost]

Definitely

Also, try playing on regular difficulty

[light knoll]

i mean its saveable just
not worth it

[austere roost]

Can Alex the rumbler fix it?

[light knoll]

i think its fine for learning to start with civ difficulty

just for learning what each thing does

without being as pressed about losing always

[pallid wadi]

k ill restart

[deft plinth]

guys i declared war on usa how i can go to usa while i am in asia

[bold rivet]

What country are you?

[deft plinth]

Jordan

[bold rivet]

Do you have like military and docking rights at the soviet union?

[deft plinth]

no i am using MD mod

[gilded shuttle]

how can you make a civil war?

[bold rivet]

Oh then i dont know maybe islamd hopping

[gilded shuttle]

y'know what, i'm gonna play has france and try to beat germany.

[bold rivet]

You need to hire an political advisor for another thing like communism then you need to hit some buttons to get 25% support then you can start it i think

[gilded shuttle]

question, where and how can you use tanks?

[bold rivet]

You need to go to division traning and there you can change divisions and just add tanks

[minor peak]

its good ?

[austere roost]

Make it 36 width and replace the tanks with spgs in sp and TDs in mp

[minor peak]

Can you explain more?

[austere roost]

About spgs/TDs?

They have higher attack and demand less equipment and can receive buffs from both artillery and armor subdoctrines

[violet nimbus]

elo I'm new and I have a question about how to set up troops to take over on their own and there's no need to sit on it

[minor peak]

You mean in support

[austere roost]

Replace tanks with spgs/tds

Where are your tanks located?

Also when you get flame tanks you should add those

[minor peak]

whats spgs mean

[minor peak]

i got it

[austere roost]

Artillery tanks

[minor peak]

oh

[austere roost]

Go to your tank designer and change tank role

[gilded shuttle]

bruh, how can you have supply?

[minor peak]

I guess I didn't search for it

[austere roost]

Tank designer

Not division template designer

Also you don't have flame tanks produced yet

[minor peak]

yes

[gilded shuttle]

shall i attack?

[minor peak]

no

one gr divs can stop u

[gilded shuttle]

so, what do i do?

[minor peak]

What year are you in?

[minor peak]

oh shit

u die bro

how many divs u have ?

[gilded shuttle]

lemme check.

it's now jan 1940.

[minor peak]

try but u divs on the line if blegium

befor gr take north fr

[gilded shuttle]

i have divs on italy too

[minor peak]

look bro

[gilded shuttle]

u want me to invade belgium?

[minor peak]

try but u divs on revers line

[minor peak]

no

u need just hold

[gilded shuttle]

so, just defend

[hollow linden]

Maybe get some strength firs 💀

Do u have manpower?

[hollow linden]

Yea wonder why ur bars are low :thinkge:

[gilded shuttle]

lmao

[hollow linden]

Maybe get some

[gilded shuttle]

how.

conscription law?

[hollow linden]

Yes.

Do u still have the Full Employment spirit?

Get rid of it asap

[gilded shuttle]

how?

[hollow linden]

its a focus

Check ur tree

[gilded shuttle]

found it.

now germany is attacking benelux.

i feel like i'm placing wrongly my troops.

[minor peak]

but u divs behind the rever

[idle arch]

Good marine template

[gilded shuttle]

rever?

[minor peak]

i mean river

[gilded shuttle]

all the divs?

worst decision.

and i've lost.

[odd bridge]

France is very defensive focused.

[gilded shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/south-park-its-gone-gif-4104229

[odd bridge]

A lot of people will give shit, but extending the maginot is one of the safest ways to prolong. You can beat out germany in the long run in the future

Time benefits france, weakens the axis.

[gilded shuttle]

alright.

[odd bridge]

I wouldn't even bother with tanks or expensive units,

A 21-width inf, and some AT is the easiest way to win.

I notice your supply for your tanks and motorized was extremely low. you'd be better off using their equipment for more inf, or just straight up cutting back on production and making superior fighters

[odd bridge]

And to this; Yes, the maginot is one of the best defended lines in the world. You don't need many troops, especially not offensive divisions. Linf inf, and arty online I'd reccomend, and keep the rest near benelux

Fortify, bunker down, and make small encirclements on the coastline when possible. You just need to whittle down germany, not blitz them.

[gilded shuttle]

i've started a new game now.

[odd bridge]

Best of luck!

[gilded shuttle]

ty, i'll keep making questions soon.

[thick storm]

How do you play as the Yunnan clique? I don't have no compromise no surrender (overpriced af), but the update changed a lot of things. I want to do a succsesful chinese run, but I enjoy playing as the warlords (for some reason). Is it impossible to win as them?

[gilded shuttle]

shall i care about "missing equipment production"?

[minor peak]

if the missing is air plane or somthing not important u can leave

it

[weak vine]

when does the game "click" for you? how many hours did it take

[remote bone]

As native Chile what grand doctrine do i wanna do?

[dusty sandal]

AT is purely useless in singleplayer

[dusty sandal]

see the noticeable lack of a full orange bar on your divs ? it means you never want to attack with them

UI IS IMPORTANT !!

[gilded shuttle]

alot happened after i sended that.

[dusty sandal]

that advice is still a vital part of playing the game

units have no strenght = they have no stats = they are worse than useless

and reading UI elements is absolutely essential to any playthrough

[gilded shuttle]

alright

are tanks good on singleplayer?

[mortal gust]

can anyone halp me with modding here?

[dusty sandal]

yes, but SPGs are best

[gilded shuttle]

and also, how can you fix the "low supply" problem?

[dusty sandal]

don't overstack divs,
motorize supply lines
ensure you don't lack any truck, train or convoy required
don't go too far out from supply hubs
don't get your convoys raided/you railways and trains bombed
if supply hubs are overcharged with supply demand, upgrade railways. That's the ONLY situation where you need railway upgrades

[weak vine]

im playing as italy as my first game what am i supposed to be doing to fix lack of fuel

[dusty sandal]

import oil and do your fuel refining techs (**NOT the refineries techs)

also, don't send out your navy for nothing

[weak vine]

yeh just puttem on hold

[weak vine]

so i take like the rubber and oil line?

[dusty sandal]

NO

you take the rightmost tech, but it's low priority

[weak vine]

so fuel refining?

[dusty sandal]

yes

[weak vine]

well somehow ive got 25 days of fuel left

ok its rising again

[dusty sandal]

refi oil tech is basically useless in vanilla, rubber tech should be required later on if you build air but that's it

[gilded shuttle]

is this a glitch?
i make my troops go to a designed tile, they go there but go back again

[weak vine]

i think i already took the synthetic oil tech though

[dusty sandal]

they are assigned to another order

[dusty sandal]

you start with 1 tech iirc

[mortal gust]

pls

[weak vine]

what part of the focus tree do i go down

[dusty sandal]

no idea

[weak vine]

in ethipia you push and try to encircle right? thats the combat loop?

[dusty sandal]

just put the air support planes up (not the fighters !!! and only use the air support mission) and Bee-line to addis adeba and nearby supply hubs
delete all cavalry and tank units, and most divs in the mainland to get equipment

[weak vine]

i can just have the mainland divisions come in too

im completeley new btw

[dusty sandal]

yes but only bring in mountaineers and regular inf, everything else that isn't in ethiopia you delete for equipment

[gilded shuttle]

italy declared war on me on 1938, wild.

[weak vine]

hey how do i bring the fighters back

[dusty sandal]

select and right click on an airport
but to be fair, they're useless so you can delete them and they'll go to stockpile

[weak vine]

you sure theyre useless?

[dusty sandal]

yes, they're extremely outdated (they have no stats and will get shredded when you go to war) and etrhiopia has no planes to fight you with

[odd bridge]

I thought I clarified, but might have just forgot. Against players.

[dusty sandal]

oh, my bad then

[gilded shuttle]

😭

[odd bridge]

Soft attacks the only thing you really need on tanks in SP, i use howitzers instead of cannons typically

[dusty sandal]

read a bunch of thext too fast

[odd bridge]

no no not at all lol I'm just tired

forgetting what I said

[gilded shuttle]

bruh, i'm so cooked.

[brazen panther]

best tank designs for panzer III bases?

[slate cedar]

easiest country for beginners?

[brazen panther]

afghanistan is the best choice.

[slate cedar]

i dont have middle east dlc 😔

[brazen panther]

oh

[dusty sandal]

sigleplayer?

[brazen panther]

yes but what does that have to do

[brazen panther]

jk germany or US

[dusty sandal]

add support AA to template

[dusty sandal]

because in singleplayer you want soft atk maxing through SPGs
in multiplayer you want heavy TDs

[brazen panther]

ohhh

singkeplayer

[brazen panther]

the tank temlate

[dusty sandal]

yes, there's a support company slot available, add support AA

[brazen panther]

k

and ill do the exact same thing as the 1st image

[slate cedar]

germanys pretty hard imo but thats just cuz im inexperienced i think. and yeah us is easy but its cause you never really do anything

[brazen panther]

i beat uk france us and ussr as germany on like 100 hours

learn the basics with tutorials, germany and italy is also kinda good to learn

[violet nimbus]

elo I'm new and I have a question about how to set up troops to take over on their own and there's no need to sit on it

[brazen panther]

wym take over

[mystic otter]

BitterSteal did a 2026 vid about how to germany its 1h40min

[minor peak]

oh god 1400 soft att

[mystic otter]

but include everything weather you have dlc or not he make sure to include the difrences

[mystic otter]

normal for spg you can get 1k+ soft quit easly

[slate cedar]

yeah im following it but i feel like if i just follow in his footsteps i wont really learn how to play

[mystic otter]

yh just use it as a refrence point for anything you dont get

[minor peak]

bro i never play with spg im play with tank

[mystic otter]

even with normal tanks you can get high soft attack but not this high but atleast you have more breakthrought

[minor peak]

im always play this divs +i make 36 cw.

[slate cedar]

is there any other good country for beginners than germany? i feel like germanys a bit too big for me

[minor peak]

united state

[mystic otter]

not bad but you need to add more support companies

[mystic otter]

canada

[gilded shuttle]

i won against germany has a beginner...

[minor peak]

in this run i play with ussr and i dont have engh time to res.

[minor peak]

bro play as germay

if u are beginner

[mystic otter]

i am not saying your temps is bad just saying that more support will make it better

[gilded shuttle]

i am beating them in a civil war.

[mystic otter]

it can work with just shovel and arty

[minor peak]

yes

i start thinking make spg divs

[harsh bane]

Can this game be learned

[covert thicket]

???

[gilded shuttle]

how can u fix this, it's annoying. (i need 170 towed anti-aircraft)

[tepid umbra]

Fill the supply

Or forcedrop the divs

[carmine thunder]

is there a mod that replays a players game with timelapse styled units

[dusty sandal]

produce more of anti air

[dusty sandal]

you're lacking required equipment, produce more

also, NEVER train divisions that will drain your manpower close or down to 0

always have at a bare minimum 20% of your deployed manpower in reserve (if you have a 200k army fielded, always keep 40k manpower available as a bare minimum if you need to garrison some land or have enough to replenish divs defending (while waiting for more manpower)

[unkempt musk]

HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME
I've mostly conquered south america starting as Columbia, but things are getting scary for me right now
I’m technically at “war” with Germany, but I only fought them while conquering Brazil.
Germany is starting to collapse and I need to continue the war as long as possible, bc the allies will just claim the majority of what I conquered unless I declare war on them soon
America is still extremely strong, even though I caused them to go through a civil war so I’m scared of going to war with the allies
I have 0 ships and like all tier 1 planes
Please give me any and all tips, I’d like to wc, but I’m not sure if its possible atp

I just wish south america had more steel 🙁

[mighty gate]

Hi what are the best templates in general

[tepid umbra]

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[wild ember]

idk gang thats why you need player peace conference

[sand ember]

this is ask for help if you want the best channels in general you have to go to #hoi4-general

[neat widget]

are you in the allies or the axis

[remote bone]

What do i do here

[analog maple]

what do nukes even do?

[cold bloom]

destroy planes, damage units, damage buildings, give a debuff to troop stats in the state

[unkempt musk]

im fighting against the axis, but im not in the allies

so im concerned for when the war ends

[glossy nest]

Its nearly impossible to both eliminate the communist and fight the japanese since I only hage 1 year prep

[glacial steeple]

yes

[glacial steeple]

just fight in europe for war participation points? also dont make planes if theyre trash

i dont like any of your army lol

[unkempt musk]

for me, impossible. in my last game as bolivar empire i fought to retake eastern russia, pushed all the way to just outside moscow and still got literally no points

[unkempt musk]

i am extremely poor in the steel department

[glacial steeple]

its always subjective to terrain and resources/industry

[glacial steeple]

im aware

ive done a variety of south america runs

your tank divs have too low hp and you dont have the terrain, resources, support companies to even make them decent

so scrap them

go for special forces like mountaineers/marines or marines/rangers and combine it with air

[unkempt musk]

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[glacial steeple]

you need to do an air build if you unite south america because thats the resources you have

your attacking infantry also sucks

space marines can be good because you combine the high hp (and thus low losses) of infantry with the breakthrough of tanks (defends while attacking)

your units do not utilize either of these really instead opting for "armor" which, while a nice buff, is a pretty unreliable thing to go for and will see you losing out on much equipment as every time you change tank chassis you lose all production efficiency

doing things like armor clicks is good because you get breakthrough, chassis and welded/cast armor are not typically worth it and will leave your research further behind

in reality, you always wqnt to be well ahead of time on the techs your build uses

as a generic tree nation, you should also have 1942 guns in late 39 maybe early 40

because you get enough research buffs for this

[verbal gate]

what is the diference betwen the normal nuclear reactor and the civillian nuclear reactor??

[plucky otter]

Civilian gives state bonuses

And I think produces nuclear weapons slower?

Civilian reactors are really good though

[verbal gate]

okayy, thankss

[glacial steeple]

afaik no

[plucky otter]

Yeah I didnt know for sure

Thats why I put the ?

Good to know that they dont

[glacial steeple]

same

i dont rlly use normal reactors because nukes are last resort of cringe anyway

[plucky otter]

I forget that the nuke stuff exists lol

[glacial steeple]

in sp

[austere isle]

how to get gud as usa

[glacial steeple]

good for bullying