ask-for-help-here

[zenith zephyr]

so like

i got encirlced

bcs only 3 troops managed to get there

[hoary glen]

Also force attack the landing

Gg

[zenith zephyr]

I got a save

[hoary glen]

Next try with Marines

[zenith zephyr]

also

why are they saying

"Unable to find path to target"

[hoary glen]

Also when you land use one unit to attack the port and the other to encircle the port

[zenith zephyr]

and like not moving

[zenith zephyr]

I tried that

and that's how they encircled me

they cut off the unit that was at bay

[hoary glen]

Who is they?

[zenith zephyr]

brits

[hoary glen]

.

[zenith zephyr]

what?

[hoary glen]

Wdym by that

[zenith zephyr]

like

I put the front lines, so my other units could come too

and this is what appears to me

when I select them

[vital plinth]

Don’t have the dlc so only attilry tank

[austere roost]

Not even nsb?

[vital plinth]

What about infantry am I doing it wrong or is fine ?

[zenith zephyr]

Seems that bcs I didn't take a naval base they can't come in

[zenith zephyr]

But like when I try to take hull for example

they kill me

Imma try to make landfall initally with my tanks

[hoary glen]

Build a port first

[zenith zephyr]

How

like

they insta kill me

[hoary glen]

Construction

[zenith zephyr]

yeah but like

it will take too much

they'd have killed me by then

[hoary glen]

Well then you need to take a port

[zenith zephyr]

imma try to use tanks just for that

[hoary glen]

Use Marines

Tanks have no Naval Attack

[hoary glen]

They are good. Just let those hold the line while you push with Tanks

[zenith zephyr]

I mean my navy got

[hoary glen]

You didn't remove the subs 🥀

Also did you do the refits I told you about? Or what kinda ships do you have?

[zenith zephyr]

nah, imma use the ones they give me

and also

why do I remove subs

and what do I do with them

[hoary glen]

Subs increase your total Navy size compared to enemy, so you get less total stats, but subs don't do anything in a normal battle, so you're nerfing yourself

Let the subs raid somewhere else

In small stacks

Of like 5-10 ships

[zenith zephyr]

do I just put them on convoy raiding somewhere then?

[hoary glen]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-then-you-are-lost-gif-13935229

[hoary glen]

Yes

[zenith zephyr]

I actually win the naval war to invade

the thiing is

once I invade

I get decimated

[hoary glen]

I told you already why. I can't further help you

[zenith zephyr]

you sure that getting the subs out was a good idea

bcs now

I got 50 casualties

instead of 10

in 1 battle

[hoary glen]

Are you repairing your fleet at all?

[zenith zephyr]

nope

but with subs I didn't have to

[hoary glen]

Google Lanchester Law

[zenith zephyr]

Idk how to kill them icl

imma go

and tmrw figure it out

[onyx trout]

How do should i approach playing minor nations? I feel like most minor nations have the "old day hoi 4" philosophy of focustrees. For example most of the focuses are 70 day focuses and a bit of unsymmetric in the means of historical or ahistorical may have more focuses to do. One that kind of fits to it is romania or yugoslavia. I'm not here to talk about the old days of hoi4 and shyet I just need to know how should i approach since every youtuber playing as yugoslavia or bulgaria has like the half of europe annexed and shyet

[slender whale]

hii where can i find meta designs for both ai and multiplayer

[cold bloom]

pins

[slender whale]

ok thanks!

[deft plinth]

guys anyone played MD how i can get those

[runic magnet]

goy

[coral whale]

How do nukes work? I’m playing Austria-Hungary and did the research for it but can’t figure it out

[tight flicker]

okay

[dense haven]

yo i have sent volunteers to a country but i wanna recall them how do i do that?

[onyx trout]

does the meta change in singleplayer

[glacial steeple]

IE is good for hp regardless

[lime citrus]

I'm in VC Helping Lounge 2. Could use some more help with the game.

[subtle socket]

@lime citrus whats ur question

[subtle socket]

cant in vanilla unless theres a mod for that function

u have to delete them

[dense haven]

wow ok

even the most basic functions are locked behind a paywall ok

[lime citrus]

Just need some guidance through the game.

I'm green, so I need someone to help me figure out where is what, how to use things, when to use them, and in real time.

[subtle socket]

not a paywall the game just doesnt have an intended function for it wether on accident or on purpose

if u declare a war they will be auto sent back to you after a week or so

[subtle socket]

well im not sure if anyone is gonna sit there and explain every small thnig i recommend a detailed youtube video and asking smaller more detailed questions here

[dense haven]

alright

[lime citrus]

I learn best with someone telling me what to do first as I play.

Don't need to learn everything RN.

Just as much as can be taught.

[subtle socket]

there are alot of videos that tell you pratically step by step on the nation you wanna play to succeed

as long as ur aim is p

sp*

mp is a whole diferent game lol

[lime citrus]

I understand that, but I would much rather learn it in real time with help. Especially since much of HOI4 is DLC, which I don't have much of, if at all.

[reef solstice]

how can i get better at hoi 4?

[lime citrus]

Trust me, I learned very quickly that online MP is unfair (from other games).

[subtle socket]

its pretty fair just needs a good ruleset

dont play no discord games they're just pure anarchy

[lime citrus]

Trust me, in light of recent news, I know...

[glacial steeple]

i mean the skill gap is huge so maybe they mean that

[civic hare]

this enough for barbaraossa?

[wet crater]

What templates are those?

[subtle socket]

yeah true but hoi4 imo has 2 skill curves

the first one once u get over it ur with 90% of the mp playerbase lol

[wet crater]

Also why does the USSR look weird?

Did they go trotsky?

[civic hare]

non his

also britain is comm

[wet crater]

the worst path because of course

[subtle socket]

combat with all over the place my friend

[wet crater]

Line artillery is not great

[stuck garnet]

?

[wet crater]

Large infantry blocks outperform it

[stuck garnet]

More losses

[civic hare]

soo

[stuck garnet]

Less org

Terrain debuffs

[subtle socket]

90% of the player base is about the same skill lvl

all random non hist players

[wet crater]

I am inclined to think those tank divs are actually fine?

I am not really sure

Since I normally aint assed to use them

[subtle socket]

140 hp 24 width tank is far from fine

but in sp just about anything works so it doesnt rly matter

[wet crater]

Yeah I dont really know tanks too well

[civic hare]

so what should I do then

[wet crater]

Get up to 36 width infantry

Without line artillery

If you took large unit tactics you cap out at 34 width

Also, what conscription law are you on?

Your manpower is quite low

Since you if you have no collab have to push to like baku to cap the soviets

And you have to garrison everything between poland and that

[subtle socket]

@civic hare air is completely king in this game

[wet crater]

100%

[subtle socket]

using ur mils on arty for small soft attack boost is not as worth as using those said mills on fighters and cas

[wet crater]

What planes you have

[civic hare]

ik

[subtle socket]

andcreating big ionfatry bricks that create long battles

that makes the cas do most damage

[glacial steeple]

its a few

[subtle socket]

allows for the cheapest and most effective cas

and gameplay basically

[wet crater]

Having support artillery is good though

[glacial steeple]

casual sp to actual math sp/casual mp to comp mp

[civic hare]

at this point

[glacial steeple]

are the 3 main dividing groups

[subtle socket]

yes specially in the new upate

its king

[wet crater]

I meant template

[civic hare]

the only thing I could do is invade the soviets

[wet crater]

Like design

[civic hare]

oh design

[subtle socket]

naw not rly tbh

[civic hare]

havent been working on that hard other then Fw190

[subtle socket]

u can skil the first 2 skil curves pretty easily

[wet crater]

Please tell me you are producing the 1940 plane

[subtle socket]

ik of people at 600 houirs who are rly rly good

[wet crater]

Yeah you need to work them

[wet crater]

I have 400

[civic hare]

basically most things other then heavy fighters

need to put more factories on em tho

[wet crater]

But have experience in 2 other paradox games so I learned decently fast

[wet crater]

I normally use the small fighter class

This is honestly just me though

I dont see why larger plane hulls couldnt work at face value honestly

But you need to design your planes to be actually good planes

[civic hare]

ik range aint that good

[wet crater]

Instead of bad ai planes

[wet crater]

range is uh, I mean its nice enough to have but not the biggest priority

[civic hare]

(I dont have the dlcs for plane design so I can only really do engine, attack/weapons and reliablity)

[wet crater]

For fighters you need air attack

[wet crater]

Oh

I dunno how it works no dlc

[civic hare]

whats best area to attack I have options

[wet crater]

Now I get why you cant show a design

Thats fair

DLC be expensive

[civic hare]

do got some but not alot

some basic ones

[glacial steeple]

it depends per person

some people just learn better

[wet crater]

You dont have la resistance

So yeah you have to push to baku

[glacial steeple]

i knew someone with like 200h who was like pretty good

[wet crater]

And the urals

To win that soviet war

It for me took irl 5-6 hours for that

Wait did you not release vichy?

That explains the manpower

At least in part

Did you take a ton of causalties?

[civic hare]

soviets have similar amounts of troops to me

so it depends on strat

actually in terms of my alliance

my army is bigger but size doesn't mean everything (dont say it)

if we take out the USSR

game basically ends

no one that can challenge us

[civic hare]

you said my templates could use changing

[wet crater]

Thats not related to templates when I said urals

Thats how deep you have to march into russia for them to cap

[civic hare]

no I mean earlier

[wet crater]

I stand by that

Tank I admit I dont know properly

But infantry get your infantry up to 36 width

With only infantry divs

This should also let you move factories from anti tank and artillery to planes

Since infantry equipment is cheap

Realistically to invade the soviets you need planes

In bulk

To shred the red air force

And good infantry

Also you will want to keep an eye on supply

[civic hare]

imagine if the soviets only had 2 million troops that would be funny as hell

[wet crater]

Realistically

You will need to kill at least 3 million

And they will still somehow have gas in the tank to fight

They can out attrition germany on manpower

[glacial steeple]

templates hardly matter

its like a modifier to your eco/MIC in the field

it can help

but sufficient amounts of better weapons than the enemy usually does more

[small holly]

Hello Everyone, I am new to HOI4 and I have no clue what I am doing LOL! Am I allowed to join a Helping VC?

[civic hare]

I am so sad man

I lost the war

I got pushed back

🙁

wanna see the screen shot?

[tepid umbra]

mfs say "templates hardly matter" but when my 1 battallion of AA doesn't win wars they blame it on templates...

[civic hare]

do you wanna see the screen shot?

wrong ss

so sad...

@wet crater right?

[wet crater]

This looks

Workable

If you can push to the caspian and break off the caucases it would relieve some of the pressure

[civic hare]

but no seriously they are so cooked

[wet crater]

Since you can drive a chunk of their army down toward azerbaijan without it messing with the main front

[civic hare]

only having trouble in north america

I have like what 500k loses

they have what

[wet crater]

North america?

[civic hare]

2.59 million

[civic hare]

didnt expect britain to join and I was fighting mexico

[wet crater]

Oh

[civic hare]

luckly my allies came

[wet crater]

Yeah..

[civic hare]

and I caped em

[wet crater]

Faster you cap the soviets the better

You probably want to cap the allies sooner than later

To fix, that

[civic hare]

its not the allies

its a communism britain

[tropic seal]

this aint bad

nvm

u have zero manpower

whats your concsrption law

[civic hare]

service by requirement

[tropic seal]

what

and you have 4k mp??

[glacial steeple]

you can win with that

[tropic seal]

when did you last up it

[tepid umbra]

I mean you can

[civic hare]

around a few months

[tropic seal]

up it again then

you have no mp

[glacial steeple]

AA is pretty effective per width tbh

[tepid umbra]

doesn't it still have less org than hp

[wet crater]

Okay thank goodness somebody else also mentioned this

I warned them they would have to garrison up to the urals on ussr

[wet crater]

Still kill it

[glacial steeple]

thats fine

less org than hp is good

[tepid umbra]

other way around

[glacial steeple]

means you dont die

[tepid umbra]

I meant

[glacial steeple]

both are bad

but probably

[tepid umbra]

i'm pretty sure AA, art, and AT all have less hp than org by itself

[tropic seal]

what is he using to garrison?

[wet crater]

Not sure

They were at 450k manpower prior to the war starting

They also gotta cap commie britain

Dunno if some ai capped japan or not but the us is dead

And he is also garrisoning that

[civic hare]

and moscow fell

[wet crater]

Thats likely whats causing the manpower issue

Whats your garrison template

[glacial steeple]

their base org is like none

their base hp is like none

[tropic seal]

bro what

[glacial steeple]

doctrines just add org

[tepid umbra]

yeah I know

but even if the base org and hp is low, if the org is less than the hp they won't insta die

[glacial steeple]

just make like more

[tepid umbra]

yeah but that's annoying

[glacial steeple]

AA only seems pretty fun as germany

maybe i should do it tomorrow

[tepid umbra]

pretty sure I saw someone do AA only sovs

[glacial steeple]

as a counter to allied air or something

[tepid umbra]

😭

[wet crater]

I mean i saw a dude conquer the world with only a tank division

[tepid umbra]

line artillery only germany

[wet crater]

As in, one tank div

Period

[tepid umbra]

so have I, but one tank div is prolly still stronger than like 100 1 width AA divs

[wet crater]

True

[glacial steeple]

done that

well i had supports too

[tepid umbra]

do it again in the chuds of iron 4 game

line artillery gets buffed in the mod

[glacial steeple]

itd probably win

!

[tepid umbra]

not against me 🥶

[glacial steeple]

AC + arty build

[tepid umbra]

ewww

[tepid umbra]

😍

ac ❤️‍🩹

[glacial steeple]

youre allies right

[tepid umbra]

yuh

south africa

[glacial steeple]

sucks

[tepid umbra]

yes it does

neeilu keeps insisting that axis is super underpowered

[glacial steeple]

come axis so we can cook up a troll build

and lose

[tepid umbra]

but I still think axis will win

[tepid umbra]

I might...

[glacial steeple]

but like lose in a funny way

[tepid umbra]

i'll swap with goofy guy

apparently romania is like really important for the axis in this mod anyways

[glacial steeple]

awesome

having him is like having -3 players

[tepid umbra]

he's not that bad 😭

having him is like +0 players

eggman is -3 players

[glacial steeple]

HE DIDNT MAKE MILS

[tepid umbra]

no he did

he just forgot for like half the game

he's a good bulgaria at least

also he's getting like an exact guide from neeilu

[leaden jay]

why arent i building any rockets?

[tropic seal]

You need to produce them separately

Rocket sites dont build rokcets

[leaden jay]

how do i build rockets?

[civic hare]

THAT WAS FRICKING TORTURE

it took over an hour of just PLEASE SURRENDER USSR

[grim ice]

how do i form the french empire?

[vital geode]

Do you have La Resistance?

[grim ice]

i dont have any of the dlcs

is it exclusive?

[vital geode]

Then no can do

[grim ice]

damn

that sucjs

[scenic salmon]

So im playing as Northeastern Army for the achieve I Have Avenged You, Father!, but i have difficulty because Qing China always forms and demands subjugation, I refuse but my neighbors always join as puppets, anyway to avoid that? playin in non historical

[tropic seal]

research the special project

[leaden jay]

Which one

[tropic seal]

flying bomb then ballistic missile, irbm and icbm

[wet crater]

Not 5-6 hours?

Good job

[civic hare]

alr

now just to sink the british navy

[wet crater]

How deep into russia are you?

Or did they cap

[civic hare]

I have jets and working on nukes

[civic hare]

caped em around june or early uly

july

of 1945

[wet crater]

Nice

[civic hare]

I needed to get them to 15% NOT 20%

so it sucked

[tropic seal]

how do you have jet engines but the british navy still exists

throw out some naval bombers and theyre gone

[civic hare]

I just got here

[tropic seal]

fair enuf

[civic hare]

200 to 300 ships to go

[tropic seal]

whyve you got so many air wings with like 60 planes

[scenic salmon]

oh what division template do people use for chinese warlords border conflicts?

cant seem to win any

[mystic relic]

Hello, any guide regarding planes and ship design? thanks in advance

[civic hare]

finally

we took britain

[wet crater]

Uh

Does stealing a template off a puppet and then using it as a garrison template using the puppets manpower to garrison?

Based on subject autonomy manpower contribution

[tepid umbra]

pins

[tepid umbra]

I think?

[mystic relic]

Ty for reply

[wet crater]

I mean it seems like it cause I gained 80k manpower?

But the game isnt super clear

[elder wren]

how do i do the anchluss? i got all of the requirements except for the 50k in infantry equipment in the army

[slim parrot]

for some reason i cant justify a war goal as a fascist france because the game still thinks im a democracy, anyone know how to fix this

[oak jasper]

So, if I'm understanding things correctly: it's useful to mix your standard tank design with one battalion of very expensive TDs, since division armor and piercing are partly determined by the best armor/piercing of any battalion in the division?

[tired furnace]

dude why cant i play multiplayer with my friend

it keeps ssaying connection timed out, anyone else getting this ?

[tepid umbra]

it can be useful

however in singleplayer piercing really isn't that useful

[daring stone]

Question how to create tons of planes as Germany?
by 1939 i only have 3000 planes and the allies 7000 planes

[austere roost]

as long as your planes are good that's not a problem

in a few months allies will run out of planes

[gilded herald]

Quality over quantity 😉

[daring stone]

I know but by 1942 i don't have anymore planes
they still have 500

[fierce idol]

freebie conquest before 25 world tension, take the netherlands and puppet the east indies

or just take advantage of the german focus tree to have above average rubber production from refineries

[daring stone]

https://tenor.com/view/fire-writing-writing-fire-his-writing-is-fire-is-this-fire-hold-up-gif-15400153686296022809

[hoary glen]

Happens when you join to quickly. Abort and retry. Else compare the checksum of each other. If it's not the same you need to disable mods/ update the game.

Also can happen if you tried to join, your name is already in the lobby and now your friend needs to kick you. Both of you are not named "Player", right?

[daring stone]

Now what about tanks?
i heard the conversion exploit exists
Does it still work?

[hoary glen]

I thought that's changed

[languid trout]

wdym

u already have a lot of steel

[fierce idol]

wdym?

[languid trout]

as germany

[daring stone]

Yeah but 8 tanks a day isn't enough

[languid trout]

how many mils do u have on it

[daring stone]

50

[languid trout]

what tank r u producing

med?

[daring stone]

Medium tanks

Yeah

[fierce idol]

you're germany, you don't need tanks to murder france if you just rush them down

[languid trout]

show me the full ss

of the production

[hoary glen]

I heard UK can guarantee sooner with the new factions now.

[languid trout]

correct

[fierce idol]

ahh, i have no dlcs

[languid trout]

u dont need to generate 10 world tension to get them to guarantee

[daring stone]

Lowkey it has increased to 12 but dayum its expensive

[languid trout]

as long as ur in a faction

[languid trout]

just wait for it

8-13 per day is good

in like pre war germany

[daring stone]

Thing is does the conversion trick still work?

[fierce idol]

what if you just justify on netherlands as soon as you get the political power?

[languid trout]

u need to justify on indonesia

not netherlands

[languid trout]

idk

mightve been patched though

its been 3 years

[glacial steeple]

which

[glacial steeple]

welded armor moment

use riveted, also use a better gun

[daring stone]

For tanks

[glacial steeple]

youre using csg

[glacial steeple]

pretty expensive gun for like pretty poor stats

howitzers are much better

[daring stone]

So SPG's?

[glacial steeple]

and you get howitzers spawned in after researching basic chassis if youve done german tank foci

[glacial steeple]

well, yes, because its more stats and 20% less tanks per batallions

but you dont have to

the howitzer still allows normal tank role

[neat widget]

yeah what casey said

[glacial steeple]

going from riveted to welded armor is also a 20% cost increase

[neat widget]

also 13 a day is around 4.7k a year, so if you're getting that amount in like 1938 early 1939 it isn't too bad for singleplayer

[glacial steeple]

so youre paying 40% more tank cost than necessary even if you use the same design

csg also allows spg role

[daring stone]

800 hours of this game and i haven't even learned the meta

[glacial steeple]

it happens, dw about it

[noble summit]

what's the main use of spaa? i recently tried expert AI mod and tried building some since i saw some youtubers doing the same, but it seems to me they are just worse than normal tanks in every way except air attack

[worn shard]

can anyone tell my why I cant convert my tanks

[glacial steeple]

thats it

better air attack

they suck otherwise

[glacial steeple]

different chassis?

[noble summit]

so what's the best choice for space marines/cheaper tank divs? TDS?

[glacial steeple]

regular tank for extra break or tds for cheaper/higher piercing

its not "cheaper tank divs"

[noble summit]

i see

[glacial steeple]

space marines can be very potent

[noble summit]

i'm aware, but can't tds be also used to fill in a few armored slots in tank divisions since they are 24 per battalion as opposed to 40?

[glacial steeple]

heres a space marine i designed/made

and even if pierced its a potent offensive division

utilizing the breakthrough and piercing stats still

[glacial steeple]

tds are 40

[noble summit]

my bad

[worn shard]

Dont work

[glacial steeple]

no like

you cant convert from different chassis to different chassis

[cedar wigeon]

Hey, can someone explain me what is the "core land" i have heard about in multiple videos

[ashen sigil]

Should I care that much about Duce's missions

[tropic seal]

whats the second from the bottom support company? is that at

[tropic seal]

basically key parts of your country

offers a lot more benefits than just regular annexed land

[ashen sigil]

The original lands of the country

[tropic seal]

not really

you can core parts of or even entire other countries

cores can be gained

[ashen sigil]

oh

[ashen sigil]

.

[cedar wigeon]

like capitals and key cities ?

[tropic seal]

no

states

[cedar wigeon]

ok but i was thinking state with the capital or key cities

like where berlin is located or frankfurt

[tropic seal]

Doesnt have to be that either

You can have core states with no cities in them

[cedar wigeon]

is it indicated anywhere ?

[tropic seal]

uh i forgot

but if you own a state and you dont need to garrison it then its a core state i think

[ashen sigil]

Like he tells me to get 750k+ manpower in the field but I don't think that I can get that in time

[tired furnace]

It was because i had to open the launcher then the game i usually go in the game skipping the launcher thanks though man

[glacial steeple]

you dont have to equip them

[ashen sigil]

You mean do the mission?

[tropic seal]

He means like

You can dump out 750k troops with zero supplies

[ashen sigil]

oh...

So like

not even train them

[tropic seal]

Yeah they just have to exist in the field they can be green

[indigo sapphire]

hello

[tropic seal]

Easy way if you have no inf eq to train them is convert a small template like 2w

Into a wider template

(After the 2w temp has been deployed)

[ashen sigil]

And also, how do I get breakthrough points

[tropic seal]

lots of ways

mios

equipment

doctrines

template compositions

they all add

up

[jade sparrow]

rate my tank div (i used cav instead of motorized because it had more org)

[tropic seal]

where are your support companies?

i usually run 36w for tanks though

[jade sparrow]

i forgor

[tropic seal]

💀

[jade sparrow]

i cant i already got 40 org

[tropic seal]

ah i only use mech

[jade sparrow]

still havent got them

[tropic seal]

ight

the support companies are way more important though

[jade sparrow]

true

[honest nexus]

Please please help. I have been in stalemate for hours. I want to go to bed but I need to win

For whatever reason they won't dieee

[jade sparrow]

div design?

[tropic seal]

Click on the red bubbles

[honest nexus]

I mean I'm dying now because I'm outnumbered. I've fought back and forth across America 4 times

[jade sparrow]

what if you add 1 arty for soft attack and another inf to balance the org?

[tropic seal]

line artillery is bad

[honest nexus]

And I do not understand how I'm supposed to get naval supremacy when my ships can't go more than 2 blocks outside of a port

[tropic seal]

? what

[honest nexus]

New update is cool but somehow doesn't understand ships

[tropic seal]

just throw them out on a patrol order

[honest nexus]

Can't get any friggin closer it's all blocked out with lines

Greenland is my closest port

[tropic seal]

are you patrolling multiple seazones with one navy

and you dont really need naval dominance anyway

just tank a few convoys

[honest nexus]

I can't get more men across the ocean. It won't let me

Oh for clarification I'm not mexico. I'm Germany.

[tropic seal]

thats not an issue of naval dominance if you already have ports controlled

[tropic seal]

where are you in this ss?

[honest nexus]

It literally will not let me

[tropic seal]

draw a fallback order

[honest nexus]

Europe. I'm mittel Europa

[tropic seal]

i meant in thsi screenshot

where is your position

[honest nexus]

Wdym

[tropic seal]

are you fighting wiht the cofederate d statese or what

like who is on your side

are you already in ameirca?

[honest nexus]

Yes, I have no direct allies. Mexico is enemy of enemy

[tropic seal]

or have you not landed yet

[honest nexus]

I'm in America, but I can't build logistics, I can't build roads, I can't park ships

[tropic seal]

where are you in ameicfa

can you take a screenshot the colours on the photo are hella off

[honest nexus]

I think you're misunderstanding. I own zero land in america

It's all going to mexico

[glacial steeple]

make your own landing

[tropic seal]

are you allied with mexico?

what

[honest nexus]

Nope

[glacial steeple]

also mil access lets you make rails

[tropic seal]

how is your conquered land going to them then

[honest nexus]

Can't. Ships won't go that far

[honest nexus]

Cus hoi is stupid

[tropic seal]

he says hes not fighting with mexico

[glacial steeple]

uk iceland canada

or cape verde brasil/guyanas

[honest nexus]

Id have to start more war:(

Why can't the ships go further? I mean we had ships crossing the gap in WW2

[glacial steeple]

if you share the war with mexico

just ask for mil access

[honest nexus]

I have it

[glacial steeple]

then send troops and make rails

[tropic seal]

ship templates, doctrines, mios change range

[honest nexus]

Still can't use their ports because surrounded by enemy ships

Game wont let me land them

[glacial steeple]

click manually

or send fleet over to fix

or both

mil access also gives port access

[honest nexus]

I did, and my fleet can't go that far

[tropic seal]

wont drawing a fallback order work?

he acn get his armies through without naval dominanc

[glacial steeple]

it does if you change the port its set to

[tropic seal]

shift right click

[glacial steeple]

no sometimes it wont send because of too high raiding risk

[honest nexus]

Yes I'm aware. Don't have a port close enough.

[tropic seal]

oh dang

[glacial steeple]

does mexico not?

[honest nexus]

Won't let me park in their ports idk

[glacial steeple]

what ideology are you

[tropic seal]

mexico controls the west side i think

hes sending it from europe

[honest nexus]

Nonaligned

[glacial steeple]

it does

[tropic seal]

it should

[honest nexus]

Correct

[glacial steeple]

control right click their port

[honest nexus]

Yes but I can't operate in the area

[glacial steeple]

your fleet will then move there

[honest nexus]

It's just red lines

[tropic seal]

yes

because you have to

move to the port

first

[glacial steeple]

because you need to change the port the navy is set to

[honest nexus]

I thought you couldn't set enemy ports to home base?

ah wtf it let me

[tropic seal]

dude

you have

military access

[honest nexus]

I tried this two hours ago and it wouldn't let me

[tropic seal]

theyre not your enemy

[honest nexus]

Dawg I'm not joking my game is fighting me to work or something

[tropic seal]

you cannot give military access to a country your fighting

[honest nexus]

Yeah I know they're not my enemy, idk it wouldn't work earlier. Games bein weird

Thanks

[glacial steeple]

game is usually pretty normal

very rare it bugs and especially old mechanics like these

you likely didnt have mil access or didnt change the port

[tropic seal]

hearts of iron 5 when

[ashen sigil]

Mios?

[tropic seal]

military industrial organisations

[glacial steeple]

it will be out by the 60th century mark my words

[ashen sigil]

oh

[tropic seal]

bit too optimistic over there

[honest nexus]

Something something ports always glitch out on me. I probably need to just uninstall and reinstall the game at some point

[tropic seal]

naw that wont fix it

[celest shuttle]

In this game, there is a very annoying mechanic: when I attack a territory occupied by another faction and then that faction releases the country as a puppet government, my troops get pushed back to the border.
Even though the puppet government that was released will still continue fighting against me.

[ashen sigil]

where do i build mios tho? In the construction menu?

[tropic seal]

no

theyre not something you build

do you have dlcs

[ashen sigil]

None

[tropic seal]

then yeah theyre dlc stuff

[ashen sigil]

Oh bruv

[ashen sigil]

And uh wdym by equipment exactly

[tropic seal]

better equipment = more breakthrough

99% of the time

[ashen sigil]

You mean like military equipment?

[tropic seal]

might be 100 but like idk there could be some dumb edge case

[tropic seal]

yes

like your infantry equipment

your tanks

etc

youe mech

[ashen sigil]

oh alr

ty

[honest nexus]

Question. What would be the best type of dog to absolutely steamroll Americans on their own turf?

Div*

[tropic seal]

tank divs are the best offensive divs in most cases except in terrible terrain

[honest nexus]

Fair enough. Isn't most of America pretty terrible terrain tho?

[tropic seal]

eh

i think its just the rockies that are the biggest problem

throw a mountaineer div through those

mountaineers are basically tanks when fighting in the mountains anyway

air supports more important than getting tanks out

you can push with 18w infantry if you have good cas

[honest nexus]

Yeah I'm having the issue of no air bases in America. Slowly swapping my planes for ones with extra fuel tanks

[tropic seal]

you have mil access in mexico

build air bases

[glacial steeple]

you cannot

[tropic seal]

ah

i thought you could

i might be confusing it with puppets?

yeah i am my bad

[honest nexus]

Allies you can

They're not my ally. Simply tolerant

[tropic seal]

ah maybe thats what i was thinking about

[oak jasper]

Is there a way to one-click build ships with a default MIO? I keep being prompted to select an MIO for each production line, despite having set an MIO in the ship designer.

[spiral delta]

can anyone help im playing as germany its 1939 and all my trades randomlly out of nowhere got cancelled and i have civs but 0 avaliable

[tropic seal]

theres your problem

if you have no available civs you cant trade

[spiral delta]

no whats causing it

[tropic seal]

did you take four year plan?

[spiral delta]

yes

[tropic seal]

did you manage your mefo bills

whats your consumer goods index

[spiral delta]

idk what that is lowkey im new

[tropic seal]

go to the porduction screen

like

for factories

press t

youll see a toaster

hover over the number next to that toaster

and send a ss of what it says

[spiral delta]

here

[uncut narwhal]

if your a new player just do the other economic path

[tropic seal]

youre getting cooked by the mefo bills

how many civ factories do you have

[spiral delta]

how do i remove mefo bills

[tropic seal]

well

usually you would pre war have decisions

[spiral delta]

135

[tropic seal]

to lower their factor

[tropic seal]

yeah so 135 of them are on mefo bills

[spiral delta]

how do i fix it

[tropic seal]

you have to invade and capitulate countries now until you reach autarky

its kinda late i would reset the run unless if youre really confident you can get moving and fast

[spiral delta]

autarky efforts?

[tropic seal]

yes until autarky achieved

that gets rid of this

taking gold reserves will help decrease it by a bit

but itll stay until you hit autarky

[spiral delta]

alr thanks

btw

do u have any good template suggestions

[tropic seal]

theyre in the pins of this channel

[spiral delta]

alr

[tropic seal]

if you do reset just go prioritse economy growth

[jade sparrow]

modified version so it's 30w with support companies. Thoughts?

also should i get a tank destroyer in the mix?

[short loom]

anyone got a good mecha division for encirclements ?

[tropic seal]

pins

[short loom]

thanks

[red mesa]

Low armour, low breakthrough. What is the point of this?

[hollow linden]

Try to get closer to this

For now yours is good enough

[versed rose]

200 soft for a 30w means something is wrong with his tank design

[jade sparrow]

i didnt get the time to make them its just the italian tank destroyer from the tankette focus with a close support gun

[jade sparrow]

i got no mechanized so i used cav

[hollow linden]

Ye that's fine

What's ur tank design

[jade sparrow]

this

its shit cause i got it from a focus

[hollow linden]

Get closer to this

[tropic seal]

at what point does levelling the engine and armor give diminishing returns compared to the prod cost

[jade sparrow]

should i use improved light or IW medium? i havent researched meduiums yet as its 1937

[obsidian badger]

i cant refit my ships

[jade sparrow]

@hollow linden

[obsidian badger]

the button to do so is there

and i can do the confirmation

58 days yada yada

but once i do so

the ship refuses to go refit

[jade sparrow]

maybe you got no docks available idk

[obsidian badger]

i have at least 3 available

[hollow linden]

It doesn't since it's flat stat buffs. The engine clicks are only there to balance out the speed debuff

[obsidian badger]

8 are on repairs

[hollow linden]

Armor clicks are there for break

[jade sparrow]

then no clue

[tropic seal]

ah ight thanks so stack till 20 20 if possible?

[hollow linden]

Prob doesn't matter but I'd use basic just do be safe

[versed rose]

only thing i can think of as 'diminishing returns' in a way would be needing more resources for higher level of armor

[hollow linden]

Right

But you're already making tanks

[obsidian badger]

a shpi finished, i now have 12 dockyards open

[hollow linden]

If u couldn't afford that 1 extra steel I doubt u could make tanks

[jade sparrow]

as is basic light or researching basic med?

[hollow linden]

Basic medium

Iw Medium has too little rel and speed

Basic makes a lot of things easier

[jade sparrow]

ight

barbarossa wasnt coming that soon anyway

and dont ask me why but im doing commie italy

[obsidian badger]

the ships are from ett60

that might be the reason

idk

[jade sparrow]

idk navy but i know production decently good for a guy thats barely played for like 2-3 months

[hollow linden]

That's cute

Dunning Krüger Strikes again

[jade sparrow]

who?

[hollow linden]

Yea exactly lmaooooo

Look it up

[jade sparrow]

was he the crackhead german engineer who invented the Maus?

[hollow linden]

.....

No

[light knoll]

when you know nothing, you know you know nothing. when you know a little, you think you know a lot. when you know a lot, you realize you know a little

[hollow linden]

I'm not making some random reference

[light knoll]

that's basically the graph

[jade sparrow]

oh lol

[hollow linden]

Just look up the dunning Krüger effect

[jade sparrow]

anyway

[hollow linden]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1195828404897984593/1363476790374563951/attachment.gif

Literally this

[jade sparrow]

time to spam train a bunch of infantry to prepare against Germany attacking the USSR although they havent even done the ancshluss

yes i know i might have mispelled it suck it idk german

[tropic seal]

ur playing as the ussr?

[jade sparrow]

no

[tropic seal]

what country then

[jade sparrow]

communist italy 💀

[tropic seal]

lol just hold the alps

you dont need to spam out inf

[jade sparrow]

i wanna get austria for no reason

me want war

[tropic seal]

fair enough then

[jade sparrow]

or just try and puppet all of Africa for no reason

[tropic seal]

i hate fighting in afirca

north africa is the only place i ever bother to fight

all that suffering for nothing

[jade sparrow]

i gave up on fighting in ethiopia during the civil war

[tropic seal]

ethiopia shouldnt be bad to cap

but yeah i usually just avoid africa

its mostly useless anyway

[jade sparrow]

blame the 2 guys that decided to join my cause in all of Africa

that was all my African corps

[tropic seal]

you can get all the resources for everything you need from europe and the pacific

[jade sparrow]

true

maybe ill justify against Portugal just for Macau and then go to war against Guanxi for the mp

[tropic seal]

if you cant core it theres no point

[jade sparrow]

oh yeah i forgot

[tropic seal]

non cored territories give an abysmal amount of mp

[hollow linden]

Unless u have a core mp modifier

And most countries havevone

[jade sparrow]

lemme see if i got any Asian expansion focuses

[tropic seal]

fair enough

[hollow linden]

Also countries like USA, USSR, China and raj pay for themselves

[tropic seal]

as italy?

[hollow linden]

Pls never puppet China

[tropic seal]

i dont think so

[jade sparrow]

idk

[tropic seal]

tell japan that

[hollow linden]

Idc about AI

[tropic seal]

the games ai is a profesional brick muncher man

[hollow linden]

🤯

Almost as if I play this game

6k hours btw

[tropic seal]

ive seen too many people complain the games too hard

[hollow linden]

Don't talk like u know

I remember u doing the same

A few weeks ago

[tropic seal]

that's fair enough

but i had like 3 hours of playtime

[jade sparrow]

tbh only the div designer is hard but it makes the rest hard

[tropic seal]

people are well into the hundreds and saying that

[tropic seal]

just copy a template

[hollow linden]

Not really. As with everything u Gotta learn

[jade sparrow]

true

[hollow linden]

Just because u don't know doesn't mean it's hard it just means u don't know yet

[jade sparrow]

true x2

[tropic seal]

even if you dont want to learn it takes nothing to copy a template lol

[jade sparrow]

i somehow forgot to redistribute my airforce across my country

[hollow linden]

Better yet, ask why a specific template is good and work your way back

[tropic seal]

yuh

[hollow linden]

As in?

[tropic seal]

he might be getting strat bombed

[hollow linden]

AI doesn't know how

[tropic seal]

5000 ai fighters over the urals (theres five of their divs in that airzone)

[hollow linden]

It becomes a problem late game when it has 10k strats

[light knoll]

even without modifiers they still most of the time pay for themselves
especially if you have collabs

even smaller countries

[hollow linden]

Harsh quota and boom

Free stuff

[tropic seal]

no la resistance gameplay

[hollow linden]

Skill issue smh

[tropic seal]

what the hell is a spy network!?!?!?

[hollow linden]

WAHT THE FK IS A MILEEEEEERE

[light knoll]

i love getting 100 factories out of the 80 existing ones in france

[jade sparrow]

something i thought would help me raise my compliance in ethiopia

i was wrong

[light knoll]

just use the occupation law

[hollow linden]

Just white peace Ethiopia tbh

[light knoll]

you have a lot of compliance modifiers

as italy

[jade sparrow]

i had none that increased my compliance

[hollow linden]

20% comp growth????

[jade sparrow]

i want the land and infantry xp for no reason

[noble summit]

the 3 rubber ethiopian hills are totally worth it

[jade sparrow]

idk

[tropic seal]

who needs malaya when you have the vast ethiopian rubber plantations

[hollow linden]

U get it from King Emmanuel

[jade sparrow]

i was playing commie

[hollow linden]

Yea then gg

But didn't ur leader have a trait?

[trail reef]

whats the easiest way of getting rid of the kurdish rebels

[hollow linden]

If you fully upgrade it

[light knoll]

as turkey?

[hollow linden]

Let them rise up

[jade sparrow]

no

[trail reef]

yes

[jade sparrow]

it only gives production and wastes pp

[noble summit]

you could argue commies aren't meant to have colonies

[hollow linden]

What?

The fk are you talking about

Gramsci gives compliance

[jade sparrow]

who?

[hollow linden]

.....

Your leader.

As commie italy

[noble summit]

gramsci was communist

[jade sparrow]

wasnt old ben the leader?

[hollow linden]

YES I CORRECTED IT

[noble summit]

he also dies in an event i think

[hollow linden]

Are yall illiterate

[hollow linden]

He doesn't if you save him

[jade sparrow]

yes matter of fact i got no degrees

[hollow linden]

And you never finished primary school

Gg

[trail reef]

when do they do that

[hollow linden]

When resistance reaches 100%

[trail reef]

ok

[jade sparrow]

i didnt finish secondary which is when i get the diploma

so therefore i am technically iliterate

[tropic seal]

why are we going band for band in illiteracy 😭

[jade sparrow]

no clue

[hollow linden]

I dont know

Bro has a degree in special studies

[light knoll]

set occupation law to no garrison

[trail reef]

i did anything else i can do?

[light knoll]

no

[trail reef]

how do i invite the ottoman loyalists back to service

[hollow linden]

Just wait I guess

[hollow linden]

It's an event when you fire the civil war

U need to let the Demokratik Parti win

Then fire the civil war

And then you get the event

[trail reef]

and if the republicans won?

[hollow linden]

Restart lmao

U fked it

[trail reef]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-s-patrick-patrick-star-bottle-dumb-gif-1741625486363070335

dumbah game

[tropic seal]

save scumming!!

(i forget to save for like 3+ years at a time)

[swift burrow]

my games aren't saving

why

[jade sparrow]

Opinions on this cav regiment?

dont ask me why i consider doing cav i just have free tank destroyers

basically just want to make a bridge between inf and mot

[trail reef]

do i root out kemalists in the state

and i let the kurdish rise up and nothing happened

[hollow linden]

Nah

[hollow linden]

Wdym nothing happened

[trail reef]

their still uncored

[hollow linden]

U can kill them and then the modifier goes away

Now u do the focus to get the decisions to core them

Simple

[trail reef]

ok

[trail reef]

why did i let them uprise if everythings just the same?

[jade sparrow]

.

[hollow linden]

The modifier went away

It's easier to core them

[trail reef]

well okey

[hollow linden]

The kurdish states have an annoying ass modifier that increases resistance

So u let them rise up so you don't have to deal with that

[trail reef]

they still have it

[sour wadi]

for this focus. does that mean that i need a majour country to have a state in europe?

im warring the USA rn

[jade sparrow]

is reserching newer ship models worth it?

[sour wadi]

ive taken out every single majour in europe

WAIT

ooh nvm

[trail reef]

how do i raise the chance of winning

[sour wadi]

if you do it in the same state multiple times, it decreases the chances of the next counter working

so just alternate states you do the raids in

[trail reef]

ok thanks'

[mystic otter]

Only t3 are all you need

In single player even good build t2 can work

What matters is the modules

[analog maple]

is it possible to change the name of a ironman save? i

[mystic otter]

yes go to document>paradox>hoi4>save games

and rename the file

make sure the .hoi4 doesnt get remove

[supple jungle]

if i want to go communist as czechoslovakia do i use civil war or flip by decision?

[covert plover]

is it possible to convert a 1934 tank into a 1940 one

[fierce citrus]

if I want to port strike these English ports, do I port strike the English Channel region, or the Southern England region? It's not immediately obvious.

[viral gyro]

southern england

well docks aint on the sea last time i checked

[swift burrow]

my games aren't saving for some reason

[mystic otter]

you port strike the area the port are in
aka if the port are in southen england you need to port strike the air zone that cover southern england

[swift burrow]

like when I open a game

it doesn't save the run

[wet moss]

For project sea lion should I do four year plan or prioritize economic growth? Also this post civil war, going for the achievement of going with a n admiral leader to capitulate them.

[mystic otter]

depend tbh four year plan for early war and put you in a timer
while priotorize is more late war

[wet moss]

Any idea as to which might be better @mystic otter