ask-for-help-here

[glacial steeple]

i have to use stuff like deep battle still

on the fourth sub

[tepid umbra]

I wanna run a great war inf build someday and just farm defensive casualties

[tropic seal]

i never really make heavy tanks so i dont really use deep battle

i usualyl go like grand assault i think

[tropic seal]

yes its beautiful

[glacial steeple]

its not for that

good reinforce rate

[tropic seal]

ah i see

[tepid umbra]

same

[tropic seal]

yeah i run like

IE
Field engineering
armored spearhead
grand asault

usually

[sleek remnant]

Assault infantry >

[tepid umbra]

I should actually go through the operation doctrines someday cuz I really only run grand assault or sometimes desperate defense

[tropic seal]

if you have logi then IE is way better

if im running 36w infantry i always go ie

[sleek remnant]

And if I don’t?

[tropic seal]

oh yeah i run dd if im playing as like

[tepid umbra]

I run streamlined deployment and that one spg doctrine instead of armored spearhead and field engineering

[tropic seal]

some small state

[tepid umbra]

yeah

[sleek remnant]

Better than large unit tactics?

[tropic seal]

then run asssault inf

[tropic seal]

yes since ie helps withj tanks too

[stuck garnet]

Yeah

[tepid umbra]

yes

[sleek remnant]

Would you even use both tanks and 36w inf on offense though

[tropic seal]

even without 36w infantry ie is better

since you would only use large unit tactics on 36w infantry offense

u would never use it on 18w holding inf builds

assault inf and ie are both good

[spiral delta]

is there anything i should change

[tepid umbra]

drop the motorized AA and art

[spiral delta]

remove them or change it?

[tepid umbra]

and put in more mecha until it hits 36w

[tepid umbra]

change them to mecha ig

[spiral delta]

alr

[spiral delta]

good?

[tropic seal]

i wouldnt use support artillery

or support anti tank

use

flame tank, recon rangers, support aa, assault engi and logistics

for tank divs

[tepid umbra]

prolly not support AT

[tropic seal]

you only need at in multiplayer

[tepid umbra]

you can swap flames for signals if you can't research them in time

[tropic seal]

ive never ever made anti tank in singleplayer

[tepid umbra]

same

[tropic seal]

the ai tank divs are so bad that infantry can pierce them

😭

[spiral delta]

i dont have flame tanks

[tepid umbra]

use signals then

[tepid umbra]

😭

[spiral delta]

cant find signals do i research them?

[tepid umbra]

they are a support company you have to research

[tropic seal]

yes

[tropic seal]

make them

flame tanks are broken

[tepid umbra]

prolly better to just do flame tanks if you don't have them researched tho

[tropic seal]

like theyre used in everything

speical forces and allat

[spiral delta]

so i just research flame tanks and signals

[tropic seal]

flame tanks are a special project

make a land warfare facility near the start of the game

to get both flame tanks and assault engineers

those are the only 2 things you need

from the land facility

[spiral delta]

alr do u have any tips against germany im ussr i keep losing to it

[tropic seal]

whats your inf template

infantry are the best defensive tool

[spiral delta]

the ai made it i use it

[tropic seal]

dont

the default templates are garbage

[minor peak]

what is support aa

?

[spiral delta]

what should i use as my inf template

[tepid umbra]

no

don't use signals if you have flames

[tropic seal]

the support comapny

[tepid umbra]

support anti air

[tropic seal]

flames are direct replacement for signals

pre much

[tepid umbra]

germany default infantry is pretty good

[minor peak]

ah thank

[tropic seal]

This

You'll be using this template

on almost every single country

this holds like a brick

[tepid umbra]

isn't 8 inf meta now or sumn

[tropic seal]

oh yeah i heard like 16w was meta now

or something

[spiral delta]

so i just add two more support?

[tropic seal]

knock off an inf battlation if you awnt but 18w wills till dof ine

[tropic seal]

yes support aa is a must for the ussr

the ussr airforce is garbage

for a beginner ussr player its not even worth it to invest in air

or navy

ussr navy run when

!!!

[tepid umbra]

i'd accidentally auto click the get rid of admiral stuff

[spiral delta]

so when germany attacks do i attack back or be defensive

[tepid umbra]

be defensive for a bit

one of your focuses can only be done when at war with a major

and it takes 365 days to be able to do the next focuses

but once you can do the next ones you get huge buffs

[spiral delta]

i have 180 units defending the german border is it useless cause they will be shredded

[tropic seal]

lol ussr gameplay

[tropic seal]

defensive for a while

[tropic seal]

dont defend the border

[spiral delta]

till like 1943?

[tropic seal]

hold the riverline

[tropic seal]

no set date

[tropic seal]

riverline + supply hub cities west of it

like iirc kiev

dnipropropevsk

[tepid umbra]

you should be able to get way more

[tropic seal]

smolensk

[tepid umbra]

180 is close to the starting amount iirc

[tropic seal]

leningrad

[spiral delta]

i made lvl 5 forts on the border tho

[tepid umbra]

hold those then ig

[tropic seal]

i had like over 800 divs as the ussr

[tepid umbra]

exactly

[tropic seal]

when going an inf build lol

[glacial steeple]

i usually use desperate

[tepid umbra]

ewww!! 😂

[glacial steeple]

i dont have manpower....

[tropic seal]

even on heavy mp nations like the ussr and america?

[glacial steeple]

no

[spiral delta]

as ussr do i stay mass assualt?

[tropic seal]

ah then eyah

[glacial steeple]

but i dont play those

[tropic seal]

i use desperate on tiny nations

[tepid umbra]

manpower is FAKE

[tropic seal]

fair

[tropic seal]

no

grand battle plan

[tepid umbra]

you don't need manpower if your one guy has the strongest guns in the world

[tropic seal]

is the best grand doctrine

[tepid umbra]

ehhh

I prefer spf

[tropic seal]

its insane you can draw a nice little arrow and everything dissapears

[tropic seal]

yeah that works too

but i like battleplanning and alt tabbing to watch youtube

when im lazy

[tepid umbra]

fair

you can still do that with spf

[spiral delta]

alr thanks for helping me

[tepid umbra]

it's singleplayer after all

[tropic seal]

true

[spiral delta]

is medium tanks good or heavy or light which is best

[tropic seal]

medium

never use light

and i only really see heavies in mp

[tepid umbra]

medium for sp

[spiral delta]

i just made 100 units of them

[tepid umbra]

heavies for mp

[tepid umbra]

light can still be feasible

but like

[tropic seal]

cooked might as well use armored recon then

[tepid umbra]

you gotta know what you're doing

[tropic seal]

yuh fair

[tepid umbra]

lights are still better than infantry

[tropic seal]

if youre new to the ussr though

dont even bother with tanks

[spiral delta]

what do i use heavy for

[tropic seal]

throw out like 800 inf divs

[tepid umbra]

nothing 🤷

[tropic seal]

and the germans are never even seeing the state moscow is in

[tepid umbra]

space marines 🥶

[tropic seal]

only multiplayer

[spiral delta]

too late its 1941 jan imma try on new run

[tepid umbra]

I did an inf build and the germans didn't take a single piece of my core territory

[tropic seal]

fair enough

[spiral delta]

im on single player

[tropic seal]

lmao

[tepid umbra]

my first time ever playing ussr too 😭

[tropic seal]

then dont make heavy tanks

[spiral delta]

on my next run do i just spam infantry like this

[tepid umbra]

yeah prolly

[tropic seal]

yes

the germans are not breaking throuhg that

even if they do

[spiral delta]

alr

[tropic seal]

you can have multiple defensive lines

since its the ussr you can pump out like 20 armies

easily

[spiral delta]

yeah im making a huge fort line 20km away from moscow from leningrad to stalingrad

[tropic seal]

forts arent great on ic

i only fortify

the cities to the west of the riverline

since you dont have the river bonuses

theyre going to bomb your forts into the ground anyway

since im assuming you wont have an air force

[tepid umbra]

REAL men build max level forts on EVERY river

from kiev to vladivostok

[tropic seal]

60 mils by 41 🔥

[spiral delta]

REAL men go to the other country and delete all their units

[tepid umbra]

REAL men uninstall the game

but highk ✌️

[tropic seal]

truth

[spiral delta]

this my first run without using cheats

[minor peak]

can i add one Heavy tank

[tepid umbra]

REAL men use cheats so that they can annex all the territories after the war rather than giving it to their allies

[spiral delta]

fr

[tepid umbra]

why the modern tank

[tropic seal]

no

dont bother

[tepid umbra]

also what is that tank design

[tropic seal]

thats not modern

thats medium tank

[tepid umbra]

you chud

[tropic seal]

oh

[tropic seal]

wheres waldo ahh tank template

😭 😭 😭

[spiral delta]

btw do u know whats the best modern mod

[tropic seal]

whys he got one modern tank

[tepid umbra]

true

[tepid umbra]

depends on what you mean

[tropic seal]

black ice

!!!

you will love it

[tepid umbra]

millenium dawn is good if you want the realistic experience of nothing ever happens

[spiral delta]

like 2026 or 2000s

[tepid umbra]

[tropic seal]

ive never seen a happy black ice player

[minor peak]

i replace the med.

[tepid umbra]

I have

[minor peak]

whay

[tepid umbra]

aldrahill my goat

[tropic seal]

impossible

[tepid umbra]

[tropic seal]

use the same design of tnaks

dont mix and match

just go all mediums man

[tepid umbra]

erm actually it's meta to mix and match

but that's boring

and tedious

[tropic seal]

why do you have one mech

and others motorised

[tropic seal]

oh

[minor peak]

i see in youtube add one heavy tank

[tepid umbra]

wait 😭

[tepid umbra]

I mean it's meta but like

[tropic seal]

you never ever need to do this in singeplayer

[tepid umbra]

it really doesn't matter

[tropic seal]

like absolutely never

even if you crank the ai to max buffs

you still dont need this

[tepid umbra]

really does not matter

[tropic seal]

i walloped max buff germany as the ussr

without allat

[minor peak]

i dont have engh number if modren

[tropic seal]

then use all mediums

[tepid umbra]

so

don't use modern

[minor peak]

ah thank us

https://tenor.com/view/ابو-رقيه-gif-16677172031676854642

[tepid umbra]

?

[tropic seal]

also use all mech

dont use motorised if you have mech

[minor peak]

its good man i love it

[tepid umbra]

yup

[tepid umbra]

honestly if I don't have mech I js don't make tanks

[glacial steeple]

100 is nothing

[tropic seal]

same lmao

[minor peak]

good ?

[tepid umbra]

why is the speed so high

and why is the reliability so high

also the hell is happening in japan 😭

[tropic seal]

easy maintenance instea dof wet ammunitions torage and use christie

suspension

iirc

[minor peak]

bro im fight with gr and japan enter my land 😂

[tropic seal]

ur stil fighting with germany in 47??

[tepid umbra]

doesn't easy maintenance give reliability

fake stat 😂

[minor peak]

to do circl

[tepid umbra]

[tropic seal]

true who neds reliability if you can just produce more tanks

[tepid umbra]

genuinely tho reliability doesn't really matter unless it gets REALLY low

like below 30%

on tanks ofc

[minor peak]

no i win

[tropic seal]

ight fair enuf

[tropic seal]

i was just following this channels template

i think

[tepid umbra]

why only 429 divs by '47

[minor peak]

bro its the the first time play with ussr

[tepid umbra]

yeah it has high reliability in there

but rly you don't need that much

[minor peak]

i make mr

all my tank reliability is bt 75-85

[minor peak]

Don't worry about Japan, I deal with them.

[glacial steeple]

basic air production in 47 is wild

tank chassis upgrades dont rlly matter but for air it does

[minor peak]

I didn't focus on aviation because Germany destroyed my aircraft, which were powerful at the time. I said I would strengthen the aircraft before entering the war with the Allies. Currently, I am focused on Japan.

[ashen sigil]

Does the ideology I pick to stage a coup make me decrease the popularity of that ideology in that country or does it increase it in favor of that ideology

[glacial steeple]

thats fine

why waste mils on it tho

[wild tiger]

does anybody know how cas damage / support planes being taken down per fight is now calculated in the beta?

[sleek remnant]

Isn’t it used for reduced production cost?

[tepid umbra]

🤷

[light knoll]

yea

[sleek remnant]

30 xp too much 😔

One day vanilla will have 1 xp template designs too (hopefully)

[glacial steeple]

just do the bandit decisions for 30 xp

[heady skiff]

Hey casey

uh I am rather confused on something

Sooo the plane template you gave me

Is just not winning

[tepid umbra]

show me the template

the one you're using

and also if you have enough intel, show me their template

[tepid umbra]

it might be cuz of no MIO

[heady skiff]

MIO?

[tepid umbra]

dlc thing

arms against tyranny

[heady skiff]

._.

[fierce idol]

for USA, what happens to the great depression focuses if you've gotten rid of slow economic growth?

[heady skiff]

So uh

What do I do about that

;-;

[tepid umbra]

🤷

[heady skiff]

OHHHH I see my issue

[heady skiff]

I used the wrong airframe 😭

[glacial steeple]

do you even have them deployed

also 14% efficiency

[glacial steeple]

no just

probably partially bad planes

untrained

no doctrine

no efficiency

[heady skiff]

I have 105% efficiency

Just -30% from storm

To be fair

That might just be numbers

[tropic seal]

even with no mio this should still be doing fine though

[heady skiff]

It was me being stupid and not training it ;-;

[tropic seal]

oh

💀

[velvet radish]

anyone got tips no idea about navy hours:50

[hoary glen]

You can sell equipment and if others buy it you get construction boost points that increase your civ output until they are used up.

If you buy something the amount of Civs you're using are gone for the months it shows you.

[solid quail]

4k text looks buggy. Someone in the forums suggested mods (see picture), but they're for stellaris. Anyone aware if same kinds of mods exist for hoi4?

[hoary glen]

Spawn ins from focus only work on territory you own. So if you can get more spawn ins from having more territory you want to get the territory before finishing the focus.

Sometimes the spawn in states change when you gain more cores or you build a civ etc somewhere.

[hoary glen]

I think there is an option for UI scaling. If that is not satisfactory maybe search the workshop if you enter UI

Nice 👍

[solid quail]

The whole point is the ui scaling option leaves the text blurry, that is literally the whole issue. Couldn't find a mod my self, thats why I asked here

[indigo sapphire]

hello

[hoary glen]

You may be sol then. Problem of games predating 4k. I guess if you don't upscale everything is tiny?

[solid quail]

Yep

[hoary glen]

I don't have 4k, so I can't help unfortunately

[hoary glen]

Hiiii

[indigo sapphire]

wassup today Patrick

[hoary glen]

Put it all on red (Big death stack with everything except Subs on never repair and always engage) tho manually repair after tough battles. Use subs in small groups to raid across the Atlantic.

[hoary glen]

All g

[indigo sapphire]

nice me too

[hoary glen]

Awesome

[indigo sapphire]

question: how do i win as estonia vs ussr

like whats the best path

[idle zealot]

any mod that make transport planes deliver equipment and manpower?

[hoary glen]

Probably some where you can annex stuff early. If there's like some Baltic union thing or smth like that.

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[lucid torrent]

You can still captured a spy even when you don't have a agency?

[tropic seal]

yes

[glacial steeple]

random japanese man walks into the government building of the uk in 1936, gets captured for not being british

[fathom bramble]

How did this Happen I’m playing on historical as Irland

[hollow linden]

Irland? Bist du behindert?

Also this

[fathom bramble]

Ich dachte warum nicht

[hollow linden]

Diggi 💀

[fathom bramble]

Aber wie passiert so was

[hollow linden]

Ye what about it?

Did u think just cuz it's historical Germany is gonna lose?

Hoi isnt a sim

It's a sandbox

[fathom bramble]

Ik it‘s just How did this Happen I mean the USA did a Lot but Britian just chilled

They nuked moscow the germans i think

[cold bloom]

#server-rules

[fathom bramble]

Ah sorry

[toxic burrow]

Hey

why is my game crashing?

[hollow linden]

No clue, what are you doing and when does it crash

[toxic burrow]

when its downloading

it says paradox Crash reporter

[hollow linden]

Wdym downloading

U have already downloaded the game

U mean when u start the game

Do u have any mods turned on

[mystic rock]

Why can't I make a landing? I need to gain air and sea superiority, or why aren't the divisions following my orders?

[toxic burrow]

Wth is this

[abstract pike]

@pulsar jungle

[cursive fiber]

<@&916727971820240976> can i get somehelp pls ?

[stuck garnet]

Are the axis buffs really needed to make them playable

[glacial steeple]

maybe

[cursive fiber]

Can you join VC?

How to cap Italy as greec no dlc can I exploit it ?

[glacial steeple]

naval invade

[spiral delta]

why cant i trade with other countries and turkey for more reso

i got enough civs

[dusty sandal]

because the rest of the resources are already bought by countries

[spiral delta]

wdym like other countries buying it

[dusty sandal]

that's the simplified facts

[dusty sandal]

see those "trading partners" ? take a guess as why they're called that

you can also see the details in the trade tab by hovering over the trade

[spiral delta]

i need more reso is there a way to make my resources higher?

[hollow linden]

Excav research, decisions, infra, focuses

[spiral delta]

alr thx

[dusty sandal]

import from somewhere else
do your excavation techs if you have the resource on your territory
build up infra on states you control that have a lot of resources on it

[spiral delta]

thanks

[hollow linden]

If its non core u can also do forced labour for 25% more resources

[dusty sandal]

(that's an occupation law, you can change it for a single state by clicking on it and then on the button next to the resistance and compliance bar of the state)

[spiral delta]

do i have to increase my trade influence to trade with turkey

[dusty sandal]

you could try but it's a lost cause

[hollow linden]

Nah, just trade with someone else

[hexed parcel]

if i on streamlined deployment is signal armored company or recon armored company better if only one of them

[hollow linden]

Why can't you do both?

It's an odd distinction to make

Because they both do entirely different things

[hexed parcel]

so both?

[fast bear]

im playing a minor nation in road to 56 what supports should i reserach ?

[dusty sandal]

you should ask that on the rt56 discord

[vale cypress]

hey i need a good motorized design and a medium tank template and design

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here message
best medium tank in singleplayer is SPG

there is no good motorized template because motorized is overpriced inf with more penalities that uses fuel and is only meant to hold the line behind tanks/special forces, just as regular inf

[vale cypress]

what the hell's that tank design? It makes my eyes burn

[dusty sandal]

it's literally the best design you can have right now in singleplayer

it's a medium SPG

[vale cypress]

ah SPG

i dont really enjoy SPGs

are there any other designs?

[dusty sandal]

if you want to do mediums (which I don't know why you would since the doctrine rework) then you do the same but without designation or armor clicks

this

it's basiclaly the same thing, but with less stats (old screenshot btw, it cost 0.8 ic more)

[vale cypress]

look how they massacred my boy...

[dusty sandal]

what do you mean ?

[vale cypress]

i feel sick looking at this tank design so much

[dusty sandal]

welp, them are the designs

[vale cypress]

wait, one sec lemme get the design i usually use

these are the templates i mostly use, @dusty sandal (just switch the fuel barrels for the easy maintenece, 12 engine and 3 armor)

(this was before the rework of the doctrines btw)

[dusty sandal]

bruh

[dusty sandal]

that's old template (before special projects)

[dusty sandal]

the design of the tank itself isn't that bad appart from the armament which is abysmal dogshit (even pre doctrine rework, there was only 3 armaments in singleplayer : automatic canon (2), howitzer (1 and 2) and heavy howitzer)
fuel drums are basically useless
the template should use either cav or mech but not motorized
template should be 35 or 36 width
signal should be replaced for medium flame tank and recon rangers would have been advised if not trying for speed memes

and, as said before, mediums are basically the same as medium SPGs now but with less stats

[vale cypress]

like i've said, i didnt have the easy maintenece tech available yet, but nowadays, i use it CONSTANTLY

[fleet moth]

Would this work in multiplayer?

[dusty sandal]

you can ignore easy maintenance entirely and use a extra MG or extra ammo instead, it's no big deal

[dusty sandal]

that's basically anti DDay and anti sov tanks for germany, except it has no support AA (instead light tank recon)

[oak jasper]

Easy maintenance is nice, but sometimes you really do need something good enough now instead of perfect later.

[vale cypress]

maybe the SPGs arent that bad. I mostly use SP, and uh, i really need infantry, medium tank and motorized/mechanized templates so i can bust Equestria's lvl 2 forts and spam troops

[fleet moth]

So should i use it for multiplayer?

Look at the stats

[dusty sandal]

it's research intensive, basically 300 days for a single slot

[fleet moth]

Currently i use these

[fleet moth]

But these absolutley one tap inf

[dusty sandal]

this is MP current meta for SPGs under red air (DDay tank for germany)
just replace the cav with mech and don't pay attention to the soft atk, it's because the design used was using howitzer 1 (early design, against france)

[vale cypress]

@dusty sandal can ya help me with this, please?

[fleet moth]

Ah lol

[dusty sandal]

that's good but AA should be a motorized bataillion like the above ad be replaced by logistics

[fleet moth]

I mostly main france and wondering if i should use these

[vale cypress]

Man, what the hell ar ethe multiplayer players pumping out

[fleet moth]

So i have green air

[dusty sandal]

SPGs are the best
there is absolutely no contest. They're now medium tanks but with more stats
they have the exact same terrain multipliers, same design, same cost but have more stats

[dusty sandal]

no SPG as france in MP

[vale cypress]

what abt the infantry template and motorized template? (im a sucker for motorized and I need them to grind the civil war thingy)

[dusty sandal]

hard meta isn't pretty and is kinda boring tbf

[fleet moth]

Then td?

I use td's tbh

[dusty sandal]

infantry holds the line, the base design is 9inf, support AA, support arty
there is no motorized template

[vale cypress]

luckly i'll never step foot in a mp game ever

[fleet moth]

Just wondering if i should switch to spg

[dusty sandal]

if you want to grind the motorized trait, you grind with cav

[dusty sandal]

that's what you need to do

[fleet moth]

This is my inf

[dusty sandal]

then again, depends on the game ruleset

[vale cypress]

cant cuz im doing EAW

[dusty sandal]

what mods

[dusty sandal]

well, dunno what that changes

[fleet moth]

Road to 56 and road to 56 rp discardian

Td's might be nerfed here ngl

I think but i'm not sure

[dusty sandal]

Meta in those mods is nowhere near vanilla

[fleet moth]

Damn

[dusty sandal]

these are total conversions

everything is changed, you should ask that on their discord

[hasty belfry]

For militia divisions with people’s militia and guerrilla war, should I keep them 18 width, or should I go up to 36 width to maximize equipment capture ratio (the 18 width has 18% while the 36 width has 36%).

[vale cypress]

@dusty sandal sorry for piging, but can you tell me where's the templates? I cant find em

[dusty sandal]

pinned messages

[rugged isle]

can anyone take a look at my save file and help me decide my next move. im fighting the soviet union.

[hoary glen]

Build more Fighters and CAS, research 1942 Gun Tech and build that with 80% of your mils then activate Battleplan.

[rugged isle]

i know how the game work just asking for someone to look at the save to help me get out my current situation. and im not doing a really historical timeline. i have moscow and am going towards stalingrad but they are putting up a fierce resistance and my fuel is out supplies low and resources. well the rich resource one's are the allies. its almost 1946

i can send it in dm's if u want

[errant vale]

how do i get navle superiority in a sea zone

[hoary glen]

If it's not a zip sure

But if you need oil build up romanian Fields

And if you have no supply you need to build supply hubs/ Upgrade railway

[hoary glen]

Ships on Patrol

[hoary glen]

Using Logi in Divs helps too. And double motorise

[stuck garnet]

hey uhh

what good template

do i do mountaineer doctines first

[errant vale]

after i set them to patrol how do i move them to the sea zone i want them to

[hoary glen]

Select the admiral and then rightclick the Zone. If you want to patrol multiple zones you need that many Fleets at least

[proper tartan]

I should have fullfiled all of the criteria, but why is it not completed yet? “Fortify Singapore”. Which province i need to build more

Also, if i have 2 Nuclear Research facility, will my research for point or the item (like Nuclear reactor) become faster?

[glacial steeple]

more than 9

[proper tartan]

Alright i will try

[austere roost]

Is the new faction system fun? I've been thinking about getting ncns after the new patch gets out

[sleek remnant]

Bandit decisions?

[glacial steeple]

yeah you get them after the first focus as manchukuo

[glacial steeple]

factions merge

which is nice

if they share enemies and stuff

[sleek remnant]

Oh 😅
Where did Manchukuo came from, I missed

[sleek remnant]

More spies

But requesting manpower doesn't work I think since ai just doesn't give any manpower

I can't get garrisons from India or Indonesia puppets anymore which is sad

[glacial steeple]

nowhere, thats just the easiest way to get 30 xp

flame tank project too

or MEV project can give it as well

[opaque garden]

will this work?

[cyan quiver]

do space marines still work?

[pastel tiger]

You should be able to combine them with under 1 army. That makes it more manageable.

[cobalt shadow]

can u please explain me why I can't land to Norway?

[opaque garden]

broski its nowegian controlled sea

you need naval dominance

[cobalt shadow]

yes but why I don't have dominance ?

I got 120 ships they got 30

I am on convoy attack

[opaque garden]

you need patrol

put them on patrol

[cobalt shadow]

is it new?

[stuck garnet]

i cannot tell you how much i dislike this without breaking the rules

[real cave]

has anyone seen invisible units yet? thats a first for me

[opaque garden]

OK BUDDY

[stuck garnet]

you are ragebaiting me and 13 other people 😭

[opaque garden]

NO

[stuck garnet]

put them under 1 general and do normal paradropping operations pls

[glacial steeple]

should work yeah

tho idk why youre hitting places without vps

[opaque garden]

I trained 30

[glacial steeple]

nothing to brest </3

[opaque garden]

and there aren't 30 vp

[glacial steeple]

okay so

there are many vps youre not targetting

[opaque garden]

youre overestimating the range of my transport planes

[glacial steeple]

just send 3 dudes and snake then

[opaque garden]

oh sh I need air superiority in west germany aswell

well

[glacial steeple]

yes

[opaque garden]

in that case historical it is

and hopefully my civ greed doesn't come back to bite me

[glacial steeple]

it always does as germany

germany has some of the worst civs compared to mils in the game

theres no reason to make more than 1 civ

[opaque garden]

i have been a bit greedy

nvm i got it

[gritty marten]

not greedy enough

[glacial steeple]

well in singleplayer you can win only ever making civs

but its a bit harder

[opaque garden]

ok nvm it wasnt 70 percent

i got 68 percent supremacy

[mystic rock]

Why can't I make a landing? I need to gain air and sea superiority, or why aren't the divisions following my orders?

[vale cypress]

i need airplane designs (small airframe) for fightern and CAS

[vale cypress]

you gotta wait, its the preparationg cooldown

[marble saddle]

why are my ships violently entering and leaving the reserve

[opaque garden]

WHY DID SWEDEN EMBARGO ME AS GERMANY

[spark turtle]

how does ships even work bruh

[supple pendant]

Does anyone know a good infantry division for siam

[green nova]

bro can somone help me install a mod i managed to sub to it but idk how to start playing with it

[analog maple]

Put it in the mod tab before booting the game

[analog maple]

Pinned messages

[green nova]

and how do i do it?

[analog maple]

Ship=control sea

[spark turtle]

what about landing

[analog maple]

Naval invasion

You mean?

[spark turtle]

yes

i waited when it get ready

click to start it

nothing happend

[analog maple]

Okay so you put ur ship to patrol over a certain sea area. Then you put then to petrol.

This will raise ur naval dominance. Hover above the sea to see ur dominance.

If you have enough dominance to naval invade it will say "sea controlled by us" in green

[spark turtle]

oh

ok

[analog maple]

https://youtube.com/shorts/NyDiqAh2-44?si=BJU7skTgFQg2PjOO if ir struggling

[analog maple]

When you click on the hoi4 icon it open a menu. There is a mod tab. Click it and add ur mod

[green nova]

can u send me a pic? cuz im bad at text quides

[sacred patrol]

@tired citrus hey bro no mic but can i join yalls game?

@subtle rune sorry for ping do yall accept people with no vc?

like a minor nation

like yugo

[subtle rune]

sure

just play a minor

[heady skiff]

More a question about mods. Does soviet Russia have a actual game or is it just like not ever worth going for in the great war redux

[vital plinth]

Hey is there a way to get a king as ruler in India ?

[sacred patrol]

gimme a sec to download it

[molten kite]

most op cas and fighter?

for singleplayer

[idle arch]

Can I watch a pro play poland I'm relatively new like 75hrs

[uncut narwhal]

theyre pinned in this channel

[molten kite]

aight

[molten kite]

like watch a tutorial?

[uncut narwhal]

i think he meant watching a player

[molten kite]

oh alr

[spare cradle]

anyone know what the open beta does

[atomic pine]

i need someone whos helping me understand the game. i know the basics but still need help😭 🙏

[uncut narwhal]

how many hours do you have?

[atomic pine]

not much tbh started 2 days ago watched couple of tutorials but im still struggling with some things and i dont really know where to find help haha

[uncut narwhal]

this discord should help you a lot

whats like your main problems tho

[atomic pine]

bist du zufällig deutsch?

[uncut narwhal]

ja

[trail reef]

is this good for attack?

[uncut narwhal]

no that is horrible

[trail reef]

more mountainers?

[vital plinth]

Anyone who is expert on British raj / India ?

[uncut narwhal]

go for smth like 36w

[atomic pine]

hast du später vielleicht zeit für dc call mit screenshare weil wär glaub ich bisschen viel zu erklären. brauch mässig hilfe das spiel richtig zu verstehen und ja so basics und mehr mehrere probleme die ich habe

[uncut narwhal]

ja schreib mir einfach

[atomic pine]

okayy dankee

[tepid umbra]

oh my god bruh

[trail reef]

what does initiative do

[tepid umbra]

hover over it

[trail reef]

a thank you

[vital plinth]

I just got all the new DLCs with the airframe and tank frame stuff , should I only resseach small and medium air frame ?

[heady skiff]

So uh in the great war redux. Does anyone know how many casualties I need to take before the Russian civil war starts to kick off?

[tepid umbra]

I never go for medium

I usually just do small, hmgs, engine 3s, survivability studies, and that one fuel tank research

that's for fighters

for cas i do heavy bomb locks and small airframe

[vital plinth]

Oh ok thx , and do you know much about British raj or where can I find guides that explain well all different paths ?

[tepid umbra]

nah not really

you can always read all the focuses yourself

it's a lot less tedious than you think

[heady skiff]

Wait im so stupid

I didnt research gas masks 😭

[trail reef]

does this mean more cas damage?

[supple pendant]

Superior firepower or grand battleplan for the philipines

[vital plinth]

Yeah it just what’s best to do first

[green nova]

bro can somone help me load the mods thingi when i open the game that paradox launcher dosent appear the normal one does and i got it put on launch game . skip launcher

[vital plinth]

That i dont know

Im a puppet so idk if I should focus getting independent first and then do industry focus

Peole says not to build civs after 1938 but I’m also far away from major powers except Soviet so could also wait for longer and not worry

[green nova]

is there any way u can change tabs when in the game cuz i cant use f11

[pearl kestrel]

what do i do to fix this?

[trail reef]

press H

[uncut narwhal]

control + tab?

[green nova]

omg i hate that overwolf i knew i had to not install it

[sacred patrol]

@subtle rune rehost?

[subtle rune]

most people left

Even before crash

3 people left

[chrome river]

yo is Iran (imperial path especially) fixed?

[harsh bane]

Yes

[slow locust]

So I am very new too hearts of iron

Looking for a server that can tolerate me not being the best

[spare cradle]

yo is non historical german ai fixed

also does the beta include the new czechoslovak focus tree

[heady skiff]

How does Russia have so much manpower even on volunteer only

I have 3M casualties and a spare 2.2M manpower ready to be conscripted

Whilst on volunteer only

Still have 2.3M men in my army aswell

[spare cradle]

its the soviet union. they have infinite men

how many do you have

[spare cradle]

oh i realized your playing as russia

the soviet union had 174 million out of the world's 2 billion at the time

i was incorrect. it was actually 195 million in 1940

[carmine thunder]

Does hoi4 base this on individual plane vs plane comparison or the total amount of planes in the region adds up to a certain number

[spare cradle]

(which was the figure i was using)

so @. that was how you have so many men as the soviets. good luck giving em all guns

[heady skiff]

Its 1917

[spare cradle]

oh, so your playing great war redux

uh same point just lower the numbers lol

[trail reef]

anyone wanna try help me salvage this

please hoi4 community i need this

[autumn fjord]

im new to the game and im playing italy, i just annexed ethiopia and i dont have a clue of what i should do now can anyone help?

[heady skiff]

Demand Dalmatia off of yugoslavia

[autumn fjord]

can u help me in vc?

[heady skiff]

Iont got a mic

[autumn fjord]

its fine u can text me

just to show u

cus im so confused

i got only 2 hours of playtime

[pearl kestrel]

I can help

[autumn fjord]

thanks

[pearl kestrel]

Where do we talk?

[autumn fjord]

can u come in helping lounge 1?

[pearl kestrel]

Sure

[spiral delta]

its 1944 im ussr why hasnt usa done d-day yet

do i have to push germans to a certain point?

[light knoll]

the ai doesn't really follow history

just push Germany, get more war score

[uncut narwhal]

just kill germany if its 1944

[spiral delta]

this is my first real hoi4 game tho so its kinda hard

i got 30m deaths

[uncut narwhal]

ohhh

[spiral delta]

and i pushed them back only 10km'

so imma just cheat atp imma try my best in a new run

[uncut narwhal]

yea maybe restarsting

is the good thing

[copper maple]

on this channel can i ask about mod?

[uncut narwhal]

check the modding channel

[fierce citrus]

Is there a way to make army divisions being trained automatically get assigned to a specific army when they are deployed? Something a bit like the reserve fleet/auto reinforce system that navies have?

having to constantly manually assign my integrated puppets' armies when they get deployed is... very annoying

[uncut narwhal]

you can assign them to a specific army

[fierce citrus]

How?

[uncut narwhal]

they have to be your own troops tho

[fierce citrus]

but how though

[uncut narwhal]

let me send you a screenshot

@fierce citrus

[fierce citrus]

That's assigning them to an offensive line though right? What if I have an army that's on defend coastline, and I want troops being trained to automatically attach to that?

[uncut narwhal]

let me try

i only ever did it on fallback lines and offensive lines

[uncut narwhal]

you have to click on the leader portrait then instead

but it works

[fierce citrus]

lmao, what if the template list is literally in the f**king way of the portrait

[uncut narwhal]

yeeaaaa

just saw that

no idea

[fierce citrus]

amazing UI jank

guess I can reorder the army groups

[uncut narwhal]

ig you move it into another theater and move it back

or just collapse an army group

[fierce citrus]

hm, it only lets me assign them to an army group, not to an army

will the recruited divisions automatically join existing armies in that group, or will they make their own

guess we'll find out

[uncut narwhal]

nah armies also work fine

[fierce citrus]

not here they don't

clicking the circle button and clicking on the portrait of an army within an army group doesn't register anything

[uncut narwhal]

the army has to be on area defense for the portait

otherwise you have to use an offensive/fallback line

iirc

[fierce citrus]

okay, so in my case it's because the army group is the one with the defense order

not the individual armies

weird, but ok

[uncut narwhal]

ok then the divisions will probably be split among the army group

[fierce citrus]

that's acceptable

[uncut narwhal]

any general has 72 capacity so it should be fine

[fierce citrus]

yeah

and even if I have to split some armies up every now and then to keep it stable, at least that's less micro than having to assign each new division

[uncut narwhal]

if i may ask for what do you need all of those garrisons for?

[fierce citrus]

I'm near the end of a world domination run and have lots of puppets who constantly train and deploy garbage divisions, and rather than having to individually add each one to an army when it appears, I would rather just drain their manpower myself by training lots of infantry divisions and using them as garrisons to defend their coastlines and borders from anyone I might end up at war with (at this point, that's mostly USA)

[uncut narwhal]

ahhh i see

[fierce citrus]

such garrison duty being about all those puppet divisions are good for anyway

silly foederati

[uncut narwhal]

yea

[fierce citrus]

oooh, I just discovered a new behaviour

there is an alternative to clicking the portrait on the bottom row

you can also click the army group icon in the theater listing

these wreath things

[uncut narwhal]

oh thats cool

[dark thistle]

Can someone tell me why i can't make special units?

[uncut narwhal]

lesen?

[dark thistle]

wie mache ich es aber höher

[uncut narwhal]

mehr divisionen einfach

[dark thistle]

oh

gibt es irgend ein system

wie z.b 20 division 1 speziale?

[uncut narwhal]

die grenze kannst du in dem menü über den divisionen sehen

[dark thistle]

wo sehe ich die divisionen?

[uncut narwhal]

das menü aus dem du den screenshot geschickt hast

[dark thistle]

ah

das hier?

[uncut narwhal]

ja

[dark thistle]

oh

okay danke

[wet crater]

How do you barbarossa as bonapartist france?

My assumption is its similar to a germany barb

But as france its so hard to gain manpower

Even after the buffs

Plus the soviets have so many divisions

[dark thistle]

Is this a good Infantry template

[wet crater]

Line artillery isnt good, just use infantry

Otherwise your good

[dark thistle]

so i should remove arillery?

[wise roost]

What country are you playing?

[dark thistle]

italy

[wet crater]

Italy is, weird

[wise roost]

Show your logistic rq

[dark thistle]

u mean this?

[wet crater]

The logistics tab

[wise roost]

I mean artillery is not bad to have extra soft attack but not if you have low stockpile

[wise roost]

The logistic tab

[dark thistle]

im in 1936 rn

[wise roost]

Well yes add artillery later

[wet crater]

Italy hasnt really got the best industry for a major honestly

[wise roost]

But not now

[wet crater]

Even japan and france are in a better position

[dark thistle]

Ive used the template before and i can easily get the equipment till 1939

[wet crater]

Of the big seven italy is weakest

At game start

[dark thistle]

They have great stability and war support tho

[wet crater]

And yes I am including france, france is, deceptively strong

[wise roost]

That‘s what I managed with Italy

[dark thistle]

danggg

[wet crater]

Yeah no italy can get stronger

I mean specifically in 1936

[dark thistle]

This was me playing as germany yesterday

[wise roost]

So you conquered Ethiopia right?

[dark thistle]

yes

[wet crater]

You failed the barb?

Or got naval invaded later?

[dark thistle]

i didnt play normaly

i wanted to declare war on the world in 1941

[wise roost]

Seeing Croatia that big for the first time

[wet crater]

Yeah germany is a hit early and profit tag

[dark thistle]

I just tried a challange tbh

and i lowkey cooked

[wet crater]

Starting the two front only works with a dead france

[wise roost]

I recommend building many fighters and CAS

[dark thistle]

i conqured spain portugal france italy

[wise roost]

They are the game changer against AI

[wet crater]

Or a lot more suffering

[dark thistle]

i don't understand planes

And i can't have good tanks because i dont have the dlc

[wise roost]

But you have by blood alone dlc then?

[dark thistle]

yea

[wise roost]

Tank is No step back

[dark thistle]

oh

well my card is kinda homeless

[wise roost]

Wait Ik a yt guy that explains plane design very well

He also thought me how navy works lol

[dark thistle]

ive only played hoi iv vanilla

are mods fun

[wise roost]

So if you want to have a nice mod then try road to 56

But it could be too complicated for beginners

[dark thistle]

oh okay

[wise roost]

But it adds nice focus trees to any nation

[wise roost]

https://youtu.be/7S-C6FfEhzs?si=OtS836IDpxN3CRoR

[dark thistle]

thanks

[wise roost]

This video will help you for sure

[dark thistle]

Do i need to buy no step back?

I never use tanks in my games

[wise roost]

Up to you

[dark thistle]

i can win aginst every country but germany is way

to hard

[wise roost]

Well if you have air superiority and a decent template then for sure you can beat them

[dark thistle]

well i never have air superiority

[wise roost]

Germany builds many planes and goes aggressively so that’s why

Watch th video I sent you

[dark thistle]

ok

thanks

[wise roost]

Yw

Also don’t Build planes in 1936 just start in 1940 with your well designed plane

Because the beginners plane are just trash

[dark thistle]

start producing in 1940?

[wise roost]

Like the 1940 models

[dark thistle]

oh alr

is it better to use small mid or big planes

[wise roost]

Just listen to the guy explaining how everything works

[dark thistle]

alr

[trail reef]

how do u uncapitulate a country that has regained their land

[wise roost]

Can you give me an example

[trail reef]

iran capitulated and i have now retaken their land for them but they still count as capitulated

aight nvm

are there any debuffs for capitulated countries?

[wise roost]

Well they lost half of their stockpiles

[trail reef]

no but like to construction/production or smt like that

[dark thistle]

Is it alright if i just use this for the whole game and should i only use one plane template or multiple?

[wise roost]

No

[tropic seal]

This will work fine until very late game

[trail reef]

aight

[dark thistle]

ok thx

Should i go small mid or big planes

[wise roost]

U need fighter and CAS

[dark thistle]

what are cas

[wise roost]

Close air support

[dark thistle]

oh

[tropic seal]

Sorta. If you Annex a non core territory you won't get 100% of the resources

[wise roost]

Fighters destroy enemy planes

[tropic seal]

Small

[dark thistle]

ty

[wise roost]

CAS Supports your ground force

[dark thistle]

okay

i dont think he explains cas tho

[wise roost]

He does

[dark thistle]

oh

found it

[wise roost]

Go to 4:13

Alr

[tropic seal]

What's Ur inf template

Germany should've be hard to beat

Shouldnt

[dark thistle]

inf?

[tropic seal]

Infantry

[wise roost]

Well also useful would be naval bombers but you can ignore them and produce them later when you have many military factories

[dark thistle]

ohh

[tropic seal]

Remove the three line artillery and it'll be good

I think the meta is 16w now though

[dark thistle]

Is the arty bad?

i can afford it

[tropic seal]

Yes

[dark thistle]

oh

[wise roost]

Well for cas and fighters and naval bombers you only need to research the small airframe btw

[dark thistle]

Ive used this template many times as germany

[tropic seal]

Line artillery is bad

[wise roost]

Mid is tactical bombers

[tropic seal]

This isn't a pushing inf template anyway

[dark thistle]

and i could easily beat usa soviert and japan before 1942

[wise roost]

Heavy is for strategic bombers

[tropic seal]

You can easily beat them with anything

This games vanilla ai is a joke

Propel have done camel only runs

On max ai buffs

[dark thistle]

ty

[dark thistle]

crazy

[tropic seal]

Camels are better than horses and motorised anyway

[dark thistle]

i didn't even know that theres camels

are horses good?

[tropic seal]

For garrison and if you don't have much in a tank template yeah

[dark thistle]

o

and motorised?

[tropic seal]

Motorised is worse than horses in most cases

[dark thistle]

ooo

i lowkey just spam infantry

and win

[tropic seal]

Yeah this games ai is cooked

[dark thistle]

sadly i can't make tanks cuz i have no step back

[tropic seal]

You can still run tanks they're just a lot worse without the dlc

[dark thistle]

non historical is so cursed

france isn't even fascist

[wet crater]

Dear god thats cursed

Britains still democratic too I think?

[dark thistle]

yea

[vital plinth]

Can someone help me with British raj ?

I don’t know which path is best I tried independent democracy but it’s very slow and maybe seems bad

[dark thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/i-could've-sworn-there-was-a-gif-of-this-whatever-squid-game-squid-game-edit-squid-game-edit-meme-i'm-so-scared-gif-12360771953743496060

well good run

or maybe not?

[neat widget]

check your logistics

your units in yugoslavia are starving

[dark thistle]

oh

im already making trains

[neat widget]

Check whether your units are in supply range

[dark thistle]

ohh i know why nothing is working

i don't have steel

[fierce citrus]

Is there any mechanical difference betweenInf Inf Inf Inf Inf Inf Inf Inf InfandInf Inf Inf Inf Inf Inf Inf Inf Infor is it all the same?

[neat widget]

No

No difference

[fierce citrus]

ok

[neat widget]

But do look at this

[versed rose]

you cant do the second one until you unlock last battalion slot

[fierce citrus]

Yeah, I meant other than that, obviously.

[neat widget]

also that

[fierce citrus]

The second one is also obviously more flexible for expansion to include more other unit types

(but in this case it's just defensive infantry, so lolno)

is there a screen somewhere in the game that shows ALL your MIOs?

[stuck garnet]

idk i wanna do the second one to ragebait certain mfs

[wise roost]

Well if you click on your country flag and below the law

There should be a list of all MIOs

[fierce citrus]

ah, that shows per-category, but I see you can uncheck the filter buttons and see them all

thanks

[fierce citrus]

Why am I getting a "warning: raid incoming" alert when I'm not at war

[gritty marten]

Inf Inf Inf Inf Inf
Inf Inf
... Inf

XD

[gritty marten]

god damn, you need to fix that supply

[vital plinth]

Hey @neat widget do know about British raj / India playstyle ?

[neat widget]

What do you want to know about it?

In general though you should do either special forces (more recommended) or tanks (less recommended but heard it could be fun)

[neat widget]

Yeah I was telling C that

[vital plinth]

There is different play style in trying to play independent India but idk which branch is bad the guides are a bit mixed

Is getting independence via democracy bad road ?

[neat widget]

I don't really know about independent india path tbh

Probably one of the weaker paths but should still be doable

And India's still India

[trail reef]

can facist afghanistan core anything?

[neat widget]

So it has good population, good army focuses, and you build up well long-term

That said, since you're facing mountains, 32-widths right

[neat widget]

Yeah

[trail reef]

what

[river narwhal]

what support for medium tanks?

[trail reef]

what can it core

[neat widget]

which path

[trail reef]

left one

contact amanullah loyalists

[neat widget]

medium flame tank, assault engineers, logistics, light tank recon / ranger recon, flex slot (typically hospitals or signals)

[river narwhal]

lets say im very poor or its early game?
no flame tanks yet etc

[neat widget]

In any Afghanistan path you can gain cores on Pakistan and Bangladesh, for the amanullah path I think you can get cores in central asia as well

[neat widget]

flame tanks are cheap enough

you should be able to get them

[river narwhal]

i dont have any facilities yet

[gritty marten]

just use mountaineers

[neat widget]

which country?

[gritty marten]

oh wait i thought that was about afghanistan

[river narwhal]

Poland, 1940 just started

[neat widget]

poland 1939 start?

[river narwhal]

no, 1936

[gritty marten]

too risky to get tanks as poland if you are under threat by germany and sov