ask-for-help-here

[tepid umbra]

is your air assigned properly

[tropic seal]

I enjoy Gray Europe

[civic hare]

kinda

?

[tropic seal]

What's your template

Cuz red bubbling on the Benelux is insane

[tropic seal]

remove that line art

battalion

[tepid umbra]

what are the tanks

also why so many supports on your defense divs

[tropic seal]

you also dont need signal, recon or logi for 18w

[tropic seal]

swap out those 3 with anti air

[tropic seal]

yeah remove supoport art

i assume you dont have dlcs?

[tepid umbra]

don't run motorized recon

[civic hare]

cal?

[civic hare]

yea just the subject one

[tropic seal]

nawr

run armored recon

[civic hare]

but I dont make light tanks

[tropic seal]

then start making them

[civic hare]

dont use em

[tropic seal]

they dont have to be good

[neat widget]

the cheapest light tank is better than and cheaper than motorized recon

so you just have to get something

[tepid umbra]

si

[neat widget]

but you're also germany so you can really stack

[tropic seal]

is germany the only major that runs disp industry?

[versed rose]

what

Germany dispersed what in the world

[tropic seal]

dispersed industry

uh

i thought they did?

[versed rose]

no

[vital plinth]

Ah damm I hadn’t thought about that I was investing a lot in naval dockyards etc

[versed rose]

only major that runs dispersed is US

[tropic seal]

why? theyre not under any threat of being bombed

[versed rose]

the bombing is the least important part of dispersed

US goes dispersed for base efficiency capacity

[glacial steeple]

only ai country at all

actually

[tropic seal]

ah

[glacial steeple]

as player never

[tropic seal]

aight

[lapis wasp]

Should I refuse and join the war immediately?

[light knoll]

you'll have much easier time with the Czech being involved than facing Germany owning Czechoslovakia

[civic hare]

LOOK AT THAT

[daring osprey]

If you know your stuff you can get the germans capped

[lapis wasp]

could I refuse and join in a year or two?

[tropic seal]

Germany struggles to break through the czech forts

[errant chasm]

Big encirclement make sure the soviets dont rescue them

[civic hare]

ik

thats at least 500k

[light knoll]

if you refuse there won't be a war now

and you'll face full power Germany in 1-2 years

[neat widget]

I mean the dockyards are useful, you still need a navy

[lapis wasp]

nah they declare as soon as I refuse

they just don't do anything

[errant chasm]

Then its your chance to attack

[errant chasm]

They are too scared of you

[vital plinth]

I have 60 ships in total 16 costal ships and rest are destroyers with 1 module

[civic hare]

nvm that wasnt 500k it was 700k

[vital plinth]

They would get destroyed pretty quickly tho

I don’t have air frames destroyed tho and not building any mills yet but got a lot from taking the baltics think 70 mills and a biiih stock pile of infantry stuff

[neat widget]

Maybe? but i don't necessarily think so

you just need them to go out once

and then perhaps for some convoy defense

[civic hare]

the soviets have like AT LEAST 80 less divisions then me now

[vital plinth]

Issue is I have very low man power so can only fit 40 divisions and 24 was used to take the baltics the last Baltic country was guaranteed by British and France so that’s what started the war but needed it to get cores on all and Finland

[tropic seal]

once you have more divs than the soviets its over

[civic hare]

ik

[neat widget]

ah i see

point still stands

[vital plinth]

I could send the 16 and hold until I finished the last Baltic country and then send the rest to the north of British that I hold ?

[neat widget]

oh

don't naval invade if you don't have the land forces to do it of course

but yeah you can send your forces to the north of britain

probably mountaineers since that area of britain is all mountains

[blissful nova]

I am trying to do danubian federation as austria by holding elections, it says i need otto von hasburg as a leader but he is not in the election menu

how do iget him?

[civic hare]

alr they are done the soviets are ours

[errant chasm]

Yeah at that point you won the game. You can do a world conquest

[civic hare]

ik

[tulip jolt]

My game lowkey won't run it immediately crashes

[errant chasm]

Is japan and usa fighting you rn? @civic hare

[errant chasm]

That is unfortunate. Disable your mods and update your game

[blissful nova]

pls help #ask-for-help-here message

[tulip jolt]

I have no mods and I've tried two different patches

[errant chasm]

Even the latest verison 1.17.4 and verified your files

[tulip jolt]

The game technically will run but I can't get the paradox launcher. I've verified twice, one time after deleting the paradox launcher files

[neat widget]

Oh my

[tulip jolt]

I'm just reinstall at this point

[neat widget]

hit rate increased to 2%?

oof

[civic hare]

OFC THE SECOND WE ARE DONE JAPAN DECLARES its finna be eays but its annoying as hell give me a break

[errant chasm]

So what does that mean? In terms of naval battle context?

[errant chasm]

Oof its time to build a navy

Is china alive or dead?

[civic hare]

wow my navy is trash and no

china is still fighting

[neat widget]

a lot more dead people

[errant chasm]

Okay good make sure china is alive and that you dont piss the usa yet

[neat widget]

i think

i don't know myself

but i'm scared

[pearl kestrel]

do I core konigsberg and emraud-mausen with this decision?

[errant chasm]

click on the state after a day passes does it say core

[neat widget]

I think yeah

wait no

[pearl kestrel]

really?

[civic hare]

oh usa is in this war

[pearl kestrel]

then what does gains core in all polish states mean?

[lapis wasp]

is this an ok fighter design?

it's all i got rn

[errant chasm]

Did you click on the decision yet?

[errant chasm]

Againist japan or you

[pearl kestrel]

not yet. i need 30 more compliance

[neat widget]

wait yes these are what you get as cores

[civic hare]

japan idk what happened

[pearl kestrel]

what do the striped lines mean?

[errant chasm]

Oh they did pearl harbor good just make sure you dont piss the usa off for now.

[civic hare]

oh yea

[errant chasm]

Optional states

[neat widget]

not required but you get cores

[pearl kestrel]

maybe wait for 1940 tech, you could do AA if you are screwed

[pearl kestrel]

cool

[opaque zealot]

i tried these myself and their are dogshit

[worn needle]

is this alt history enough?

[pearl kestrel]

is this a good template for against a mega allies?

[tepid umbra]

wtf is the circle shi

[neat widget]

I would use welded instead of cast

also i don't think you need that much armor

[pearl kestrel]

bug, its a inf

[neat widget]

not bug

that's where mouse is

also you definitely don't need support aa with that much aa

[tepid umbra]

use light armored recon

[neat widget]

also i would get light tank recon too

[daring osprey]

I played a lot of games with them.
They are not dogshit

[tepid umbra]

256 air attack kinda crazy

[opaque zealot]

i played 1 game with them and they are indeed dogshit

[pearl kestrel]

my mouse is here

[daring osprey]

Only 1 game
It explains it all
But you do you

[neat widget]

huh

[neat widget]

yeah

[pearl kestrel]

its necessary

[neat widget]

210 would still be crazy

[opaque zealot]

could not stop germany could not stop japan

[daring osprey]

Defeated both with ease

[opaque zealot]

with those infantry the only thing you stopping is the police

i would use them for coast defense ngl

[austere roost]

Supply and air might be the reason

[daring osprey]

I dont use planes

[opaque zealot]

supply maybe but air not quite

[daring osprey]

And still managed to win

[tepid umbra]

you need like 86 for -75% cas

[austere roost]

These are super cheap divisions, what are you using your mils on?

[pearl kestrel]

is 75 the cap?

[daring osprey]

Inf eq

And the others

[opaque zealot]

you see i told you they are ass

[austere roost]

You need like at most 30 for guns

[daring osprey]

How come

[tepid umbra]

yes

that's the max CAS reduction

[pearl kestrel]

oh, okay then

[daring osprey]

I won with em and you say that they are bad

[opaque zealot]

these divisions don't stop anything

[daring osprey]

That one game ismt doing much a favour for you

Isnt*

[opaque zealot]

i used them to defend philipines for 2 seconds and they got blown fast as shit didn't even realize

[tepid umbra]

they can

they're not horrible divs

[daring osprey]

Phillipines?

Buddy

[tepid umbra]

they're not far off of meta offensive inf

[daring osprey]

These divs are for majors

[opaque zealot]

they are not horrible they are super shit

[daring osprey]

Or countries with lots of mp

[red mesa]

imagine using mass mob bricks for defense instead of just battleplanning them into continental frontlines

lmao

[opaque zealot]

i was usa and i use them to defend philipined coastlines 36 of them and they got wooped in 2 seconds

[daring osprey]

I just battleplan with em

[opaque zealot]

you talking about me

[red mesa]

yes

you don't use mass mob bricks for coastal defence

[opaque zealot]

who the hell invited you sir

[tepid umbra]

it'd still work

[daring osprey]

These are not coast guards buddy

[tepid umbra]

you'd just melt your equip

[opaque zealot]

i used them for germany too to attack and they did not do shit neither

[daring osprey]

You said 1 game

Now there are 2?

[opaque zealot]

1 game

[tepid umbra]

I use them for germany to attack and they do amazing

[opaque zealot]

multiple battlefronts

[tepid umbra]

I used them in a mp game with line AT

and they destroyed a good soviet build

with heavy tanks

[pearl kestrel]

is this better?

[opaque zealot]

i used them to attack manchuria with the soviet border and it went good for like 2 monhts and then 1 monht after manchuria recapture everthing

[tepid umbra]

no

[opaque zealot]

and also used them for the soviet german borders to help the soviet union and they did not do so great ony defense

[pearl kestrel]

then what do i do

[daring osprey]

At this point I have a feeling that you are inventing stuff now

[opaque zealot]

i swear im not

[daring osprey]

3 people minimum said that these divs are good

[opaque zealot]

gng

[tepid umbra]

drop support AA, add one more spAA, drop the tanks

[tepid umbra]

36w is better for them btw

[red mesa]

it just sounds like a skill issue tbh. If you're using mass mob bricks you should to have the doctrine to compliment it and actually build enough of them to matter

it's not just an auto-win template

[pearl kestrel]

this?

[tepid umbra]

add one more spAA

[pearl kestrel]

wait

yes

[tepid umbra]

and drop a few inf prolly idk

wait is that for offense

[pearl kestrel]

yes

for all

[tepid umbra]

then add more inf

[pearl kestrel]

okay

[tepid umbra]

36w

[pearl kestrel]

its 30

[opaque zealot]

i guys who are those people begineers??

[tepid umbra]

get it to 36w

[pearl kestrel]

okay

is this good enough?

[tepid umbra]

add light armored recon

then it's prolly good

[daring osprey]

True

[tepid umbra]

are you a beginner?

[red mesa]

36w mass mob inf bricks were strongly recommended offensive units prior to NCNS. They still work. They still have absurd soft attack and HP for such a cheap unit, but it you're using them to defend and haven't built up your eco and gotten the good techs for it, it won't work as intended. Ergo - skill issue

[tepid umbra]

cuz those are really good divs

besides that they'

[pearl kestrel]

i dont have lights

i have rangers

[opaque zealot]

i had like 150 divisions of those and 34 tanks

tanks carried

[glacial steeple]

what

[red mesa]

150 is nothing for a major

[tepid umbra]

get lights

[tepid umbra]

yk

these are supposed to replace tanks

[glacial steeple]

the thinking is there

but what is that

[tepid umbra]

offensive

[pearl kestrel]

these good?

[opaque zealot]

bro is your life in here gng

[glacial steeple]

why not replace inf with mountaineer

[opaque zealot]

you always been here

[glacial steeple]

thatd make it good

[glacial steeple]

mine is

[opaque zealot]

wth

[glacial steeple]

baba isnt always here

[tepid umbra]

oh yeah do that too

highk forgot about that being a thing ❤️‍🩹

[pearl kestrel]

i did, parallel template, just not enough manpower for cap

[opaque zealot]

this game is just stressing

[red mesa]

I'm just old mate, been playing since 2017

[opaque zealot]

i always see youhere too

[opaque zealot]

wut a nerd

[red mesa]

yes

[opaque zealot]

i have been playing this since 2023

[glacial steeple]

you dont need all your units to be it

imo special forces are great for new players

it forces you to somewhat concentrate ic because your attack divs are limited

[vital plinth]

@neat widget seems British deploy their ships very fast when I try to set up naval invasion and set my ship they get 2k dominance instantly it happen also in another game as Austrilia i remember

[opaque zealot]

show me your infantry

[pearl kestrel]

i have puppet divisions

[daring osprey]

And you guys say that 36w is better than 34?

[glacial steeple]

they dont count to cap

[vital plinth]

When invading Japan I set naval invasion and waited until to declare war to launch and instantly Ithey had 2 k dominance

[pearl kestrel]

i know, i just have them, on all my borders for defense

[opaque zealot]

these are my tank divisions they are not the best that i can do because i wanted to have a good realibility

[pearl kestrel]

27 org?

[tepid umbra]

that kinda suucks

like a lot

if you have all dlcs (which it looks like you do)

[opaque zealot]

i told you realibility

[opaque zealot]

not all

[daring osprey]

Reliability aint that important

[opaque zealot]

lemme see yours

[tepid umbra]

do you have nsb

[red mesa]

My go to is 9-0 w/ engis, supp art, supp aa, ranger recon
I make actual attacking divs in small numbers like tank divs and special forces.

[daring osprey]

If you dont forget your tanks in the desert

[tepid umbra]

this but I have armored signals

[glacial steeple]

just supports

the rest is fine really

[tepid umbra]

tanks are cringe!!!

[opaque zealot]

you cannot be talking sir u did not used tanks at all

[glacial steeple]

true they kinda suck with indiv

[opaque zealot]

i said tank divisions

[tepid umbra]

spgs

[tepid umbra]

spgs are better

for sp at least

tds better for mp

[tepid umbra]

27 org kinda dumb but it's fine in that situation

since those tanks look decent

[opaque zealot]

then why u said they suck

[tepid umbra]

divs kinda sucks

the tanks themselves are fine

I think

[opaque zealot]

then what is ur divs when u use tanks the main problem is choosing what company

[tepid umbra]

what

[opaque zealot]

show a pic

[tepid umbra]

fym show a pic

of what

[opaque zealot]

nvm

you are dumb

[tepid umbra]

???

[opaque zealot]

of your tank divisions

[tepid umbra]

@glacial steeple what does this say

[opaque zealot]

what part dont u get

[tepid umbra]

what do you think these are

[opaque zealot]

those are not tanks

btw

im talking about medium heavy and light'

[tepid umbra]

those are tanks???

[opaque zealot]

i guess they are

spg is not tank

well it is

but not the ones im saying

[errant chasm]

Do you own nsb?

If so use spgs instead of tanks if not, tanks are fine.

[tepid umbra]

well my tanks when I do pure tanks

are swapping the spgs for tanks

it's basically just the same div but worse soft attack

and better breakthrough

[glacial steeple]

just FA

[tepid umbra]

huh

oh force attack

that's why I said "fine in that situation"

[glacial steeple]

then what is your div[ision template] when you use tanks? the main problem is choosing [which support] company [to pick]

[tepid umbra]

ohhh

[vital plinth]

I barely get any navel doctrine points I can’t do much with my feet the brtish is very close and has huge fleet to attack me with

[tepid umbra]

not rly necessary

[oak jasper]

1. Do you have a Chief of the Navy?
2. Assuming you're playing Germany: exercise your navy in the Baltic Sea, protected by the Danish Belts.

[tepid umbra]

I believe he means mastery

[glacial steeple]

was that hard

[tepid umbra]

thought he meant MIO

[glacial steeple]

you can always call me to come translate texts (assuming im allowed to text and all)

[tepid umbra]

[glacial steeple]

you have to ask for permission for everything nowadays

[tepid umbra]

@glacial steeple translate ts

[glacial steeple]

no

[keen hemlock]

does anyone know why my paradrop wont go off?

[copper ferry]

How do nuclear weapons work? Even when using cheats, i cant find a way to set em' off.

[light knoll]

are u at war with them

[keen hemlock]

yes

[neat widget]

bottom arrows on your generals says they're going

wait a few hours

[vital plinth]

Can someone pls help me its getting so frustrating with this i don’t know you guys are able to use tanks to piece and en encircle I go one tile and if someone is defending then I run out of fuel instantly I even added 3 fuel tanks to the support unit and now I’m stuck like this , pls help

[neat widget]

Yeah the supply's terrible here

Just naval invade them or pull back and encircle them

[stuck garnet]

Same but with arty logi signal aa

[light knoll]

first of all pls don't use motorized

they're eating your supply

for nothing

they're useless

[stuck garnet]

Tanks in africa?

You are not desert storm

[red mesa]

historical libya experience tbh

[civic hare]

my army is trapped exiled in china

[glacial steeple]

historical libya is really bad

[vital plinth]

Ah ok I see yeah I saw the supply hub also didn’t reach that tile anymore

Hey @glacial steeple are there other ways to Increaw manpower a lot aside from limited constription? I’m playing the Baltic Sea dominion so have Scandinavia and Baltic together but struggle with man power am at 800k

[civic hare]

anyway to get em out

[glacial steeple]

doctrine

foci

waiting on month tick

scandinavia just has terrible population

[tepid umbra]

doctrine

evil paradox devs

[glacial steeple]

irregular inf

[tepid umbra]

das cringe

[austere roost]

Turn communist and Marx's portrait will give you 500 men every week

[vital plinth]

Im monarch unfortunately

What if I take more areas under control won’t I get more manpower through that ?

Also I’m Trying to get milletary acres to Turkey but I improved releanship to 100 but why do I only get 10 points for that ?

I don’t understand that shouldn’t I get 20 or how do I get more ?

[tepid umbra]

not always

depends on your garrison and occupation law

[vital plinth]

If I resseach MP ?

[tepid umbra]

idk 🤷

[tepid umbra]

oh that'd help a bit

but you'd have to put more production on support

and change your garrison template

[oak jasper]

MP support companies help quite a bit with reducing garrison size and expense.

[vital plinth]

Do you know how to Increase this ?

I improved relationship to 100

[tepid umbra]

improve relations

and various other things

[tepid umbra]

oh wait nvr mind

[vital plinth]

But still I can’t get any points

[tepid umbra]

one thing is if they're in the same war

[vital plinth]

And to get milletary access is I only got 10 positiv

And this is my man power situation I seem to have good population but growth is low no ? Or what you think

[tepid umbra]

that's normal growth

[lapis wasp]

I need some help. After defeating Germany, my alliance got attacked by the comintern

[hoary glen]

Make a Land bridge to Gdansk then push south to Romania

[lapis wasp]

how?

is this still winnable?

[wild ember]

hmm

lowk

Ok

Firstly, you need to neutralize the balkans

keep your infantry on the soviet border and close the balkan pocket with your main attacking force

secondly, plan naval invasions about 4 tiles behind the frontline, since the soviets have basically no navy, support the naval invasion with tanks and encircel

repeat

[lapis wasp]

oh ok

[wild ember]

but make sure that you arent battleplannnig the soviets

at the start

only when youve destroyed a big chunk of their army

[lapis wasp]

I just hope the germans don’t collapse

[wild ember]

why are your borders so ass 😭

[lapis wasp]

wdym?

[wild ember]

why do you have 2 germanys 😭

2 italys😭

[wraith patrol]

my nuclear strikes keep being insta cancelled. Can som1 help?

[wild ember]

it says here that you dont have a nuclear bomb

[wild ember]

is the special project still ongoing?

the bomb one

[wraith patrol]

yes

[wild ember]

ah you need to wait for it to finish first

[wraith patrol]

wtf is that

why would i ever accept the +1 nuke decision then

paradox coding at its finest

[wild ember]

[lapis wasp]

the british puppeted a few states

[wild ember]

are you also at war with england?

[lapis wasp]

no

[wild ember]

ahh nice

[drowsy raptor]

Nearly just took over Europe for the first time then I got bummed ✌️

[lapis wasp]

but bulgaria and hungary are majors somehow

[vital plinth]

But isn’t that a lot that I’m not accessing ?

Or does growth increase when I lose man power ?

[lapis wasp]

Is manpower growth important, even?

[thick yoke]

so uh what is the core coastal states protection? I have never seen this before

[tepid umbra]

not unless you're a small minor

[vital plinth]

I have only 800kr man power

[lapis wasp]

I would just use puppets to make divisions if possible

[vital plinth]

@tepid umbra do I get alot of power too by puppet?

Germany is invading Soviet and I own Finland as core I could join that war and try win and annex or puppet some for more man power no ?

[lapis wasp]

idk

it doesn’t seem that worth it

unless you puppet all of the soviet union

[lapis wasp]

or a big part of it

[tropic seal]

what country

[visual yacht]

hey so im going down nationalist china and subjugating the warlords through the faction, but idk how to get them if they decline?

[lapis wasp]

do you only have waking the tiger?

if so, you have to conquer them

[visual yacht]

no compromise

[lapis wasp]

oh nvm

[visual yacht]

went down many to one

but i think im being silly, idk what to do if they decline XD

[lapis wasp]

i think you can conquer them later on

[visual yacht]

i cant remove them from faction so i cant do it manually

[summer nymph]

since when can I not declare war on a country I just finished justifying a war goal on, simply because I'm not considered a major currently?

[sour wadi]

for carriers, what planes should i be putting on em?

[feral drum]

focus or ideology can cause that

[lapis wasp]

naval bombers at least

[sour wadi]

yeah but have you got a design i could copy? or

ive never really bothered w navs

[lapis wasp]

i’m kinda new to designing, sorry

[sour wadi]

fair

i just never really bother w carriers

if i got em i use em, but ive never really had to think about carriers against ai

[feral drum]

out of coal, at war with the whole world so cant really trade is it over? lmao

[lapis wasp]

I don’t think coal is your main problem lol

[feral drum]

currently. it is

yet to grab tanks and planes since i had a horrid early game. just now producing 5 years after start date

[lapis wasp]

are you at war with everyone?

[feral drum]

yep

im lowkey chilling tho. just have to wait a few in game years to actually obtain proper tank divisons to push.

[lapis wasp]

wow

gl

[feral drum]

not really sure how to obtain coal other than trade and the conquer side of it

thanks mate

[lapis wasp]

you should build infrastructure and maybe add power lines

[feral drum]

all max

yeah man playing liberia sucks

[sour wadi]

i assume you've researched coal efficiency and resource extraction

always worth a check, you never know

i assume you occupy alot of land aswell?

[feral drum]

yeah thats about where im at

it just honestly seems my only option is to take land that produces coal...

currently in syria tryna push out. closest place off the top of my head for coal is ukraine

[sour wadi]

check your lands for any coal provinces that arnt cored, and put them on forced labour

also check for decisions that let you make mines in certain states

ofc also make high capacity electrical grids in coal producing provinces, and reinforced electrical grids in states with alot of factorys

[visual yacht]

i was being dumb, in case anyones in my position - you have to remove the "Faction Rule" for kicking faction members

[feral drum]

ehh sadly have done all of that already. all this coal and electricity shit is new to me i havent played in a while so im just tryna learn

[feral drum]

that would do it. totally forgot this was a thing icl

[sour wadi]

even put coal provinces on forced labour?

damn

other then all that, i got no clue XD

wait, are you at war with everyone, or are some countrys at peace with you but embargoing you?

[feral drum]

yessir

[sour wadi]

hm

try using spys to influence the neutral nations trade maybe?

[feral drum]

only dlc i dont have

[sour wadi]

damn

well i assume then that your only option is to capture coal provinces

[vital plinth]

Is super heavry howitzer good to resseach ?

[vital plinth]

Soviet Union

[tropic seal]

what

why are you worried about manpower

as the soviets?

[lapis wasp]

wait I thought he only had 24 M core pop

[feral drum]

pretty much lmaooo

25 enemy divs a tile just makes this a whole lot longer than it needs to be

[vital plinth]

Im Scandinavia wondering if invading Soviet and taking regions gives man power if so , puppet or annex better ? Il share some of it with Germany

[feral drum]

puppet

using more mp for garrison than anything

[lapis wasp]

why did every country decide to declare war against liberia?

[feral drum]

i decided to declare on some random african country and they joined the allies and it all just spiraled from there

germany died in 1939

[lapis wasp]

oh

are you playing on non historical?

[feral drum]

yep non hist player

[royal juniper]

yo is there any way to uhh be able to spam tanks before 1939?

[lapis wasp]

why?

[feral drum]

depends what nation u play

[royal juniper]

germany

cuz Before I try out any other nation I wanna try take over the world as germany first

[lapis wasp]

just use your light tank divisions

[feral drum]

u dont rlly need to spam tanks as germany lol

just have 5-10 solid tank divisons and u basically win

[royal juniper]

invading the uk is pretty hard tbh

[feral drum]

just paratroop

[royal juniper]

ah

ty :)

[royal juniper]

do I need to naval invade too?

[feral drum]

not really just paratroop and once you have a foothold then send an army over

[royal juniper]

got it

[feral drum]

build planes early for air sup

[royal juniper]

got it

even naval bombers?

or just fighters and CAS?

[feral drum]

dont need bombers

u really only need fighters and transports

[royal juniper]

cuz my idea was everything got 15 mils each

[royal juniper]

ty

[feral drum]

js make sure u invade england before 41-42

[royal juniper]

cuz my idea is 20 mils on fighter 15 on cas and 13 on transport

is that a good idea?

[feral drum]

i usually do 10-15 for fighters and cas and only 5 for transport

[royal juniper]

aight

thats all before 1938 right?

[feral drum]

39

i hit england mid 39 usually

[royal juniper]

got it

cuz I defeated france and the others before august 1939 pretty fast tbh

maybe cuz I spammed trucks

instead of tanks I jst spammed trucks instead

[feral drum]

that works if you have the supplies for it

[royal juniper]

ye I did

[feral drum]

spamming tanks is just too much for early game anything

[royal juniper]

I maxxed out my railways for poland and belgium before invading it

[feral drum]

thats good i usually max infas before anything

[royal juniper]

same tbh

only for western and centeral germany tho

[feral drum]

thats rlly all u need

[royal juniper]

damn

no wonder why the allies kinda sucked

[stuck garnet]

Dont spam tank divisiojs

[stuck garnet]

??

Irl or in game

[royal juniper]

by spam I meant by 20 divs

[royal juniper]

in game

cuz I managed to beat them in 1939

[stuck garnet]

Thank god

[royal juniper]

dw Ik history the allies were always going to win

[stuck garnet]

I thought you meant irl😭

[royal juniper]

nah If I meant irl you can go cut my balls off

[stuck garnet]

Lowkey theres not a timeline where germany wins

Ww1 germany > ww2 germany

[royal juniper]

without any help from any unatural shit

[royal juniper]

eh ww1 germany relied too much on its infantry rather than its art but ig

[balmy dawn]

When playing UK, do you all request troops from Managed Subjects?

I find that when I do that, they have a tendancy to just.. suddenly leave

[royal juniper]

tbh I prefer nazi germany because of their battle tactics but thats my preference ig

[stuck garnet]

Idk i dont like axis battle tactics

It reminds me of modern us tactics

[royal juniper]

true

[stuck garnet]

Nazi germany tactics relies too much on your opponent being worse than you

Which like

They thought about everyone

[royal juniper]

but they did kinda caught the uk off guard

but they were kinda behind

especially the french

took them an entire 3 years just to catch em to germany

[stuck garnet]

I say the french didnt do that bad they just kind of slipped and they got punished for that

[royal juniper]

true

[stuck garnet]

Did the germans ever break through the maginot line?

[royal juniper]

nah they didn't

they relied on the ardene forrest for their ww2 strat

and then through that breakthrough they managed to invade paris directly

[stuck garnet]

Idk i feel like germany wouldve gotten its ass beat if the allies had an extra braincell

[feral drum]

lol never do that

[balmy dawn]

Never request troops?

[stuck garnet]

I mean

[royal juniper]

yeah

never

[stuck garnet]

Harder than it did historically

[royal juniper]

true

tbh the allies just though germany was just another angry nation waging for war so they didnt try

[stuck garnet]

Nahh mate they knew

They knew what they were doing in auschwitz i think

[royal juniper]

tbh I would use all the french forces or half and just send them on garrison force

[balmy dawn]

Just out of my own ignorance can you be specific why? (Other than their owner randomly taking them away?)

[royal juniper]

Nah they knew after the soviets invaded

[sour wadi]

any way i can make hungary attack?

[stuck garnet]

I think it'd take a prime idiot not to know

They knew before

[royal juniper]

since like defending your own territory and your other colonial territory would require much more percission and micromanaging as by requesting them troops you would also have to give them back somehow and not to also mention to the amount of shits that would happen ig

and also to mention it makes your subjectaged nation harder to defend itself

[royal juniper]

uhh just defend poland ig or try to guearentee poland

if your non alinged

[sour wadi]

i want hungary to attack poland

[royal juniper]

alright well try to non aligned and guarentee them and then when hungary declwars war you can join in when they sent help

[sour wadi]

im allied to hungary

already non-alligned

[royal juniper]

just dont be allied to hungry then

[sour wadi]

it was part of this focus

[sour wadi]

by not being alligned to hungary, they are more likely to attack poland?

[royal juniper]

oof

[royal juniper]

ye ig so

[sour wadi]

wat

[royal juniper]

well uhh if germany is defending poland then uhmmm

[sour wadi]

im germany

im allied to hungary

i did a focus that said "oi, poland. give hungary land"

poland refused

hungary now has a wargoal on poland it isnt using

[royal juniper]

well uhh

u could invade poland

[lapis wasp]

is danzig or war available?

[royal juniper]

and then hungary could join it

[royal juniper]

nah

[sour wadi]

monarchist

[royal juniper]

only for historical

[sour wadi]

issue is im doing tank only

[royal juniper]

danzig or war is for nazi germany

[royal juniper]

OOf

well thats going to be a challenge

[sour wadi]

thats why i dont have the mp to do it myself

[royal juniper]

then maybe wait ig

[sour wadi]

</3

[royal juniper]

or

just use console commands

[sour wadi]

ironman

[royal juniper]

....

yeah idk how to deal with that ig

or tbh

just wait and idk try to make hungary attack ig

[coral stirrup]

how do i kick them from the faction, im in mp

[lapis wasp]

i think you gotta end the war or change the faction rules

[coral stirrup]

I cant kick them at all

none of the rules are something i can do

[balmy dawn]

How can you tell where your "attrition" is happening? Is it jsut units that are low on supply?

I'm bleeding like 5 or 10k a month in troops and Im not even at war right now. wtf

for reference

this is UK... 1946

[tepid umbra]

yes

and things exercising

[glacial steeple]

sometimes when you attack a tile kts forced

[slow tree]

For anshullus, do i need all my inf to be fully equipped(full orange bar)

Or can I just spam 1 cav as many times to count

[languid trout]

u just need to have 24x more manpower in ur army than how many manpower is in the austrian army

its not about division count

its about how much men is in the army

just spam ur infantry div template

[pliant condor]

only having very low supply(red) give attrition

you can see it by clicking on the division and there's a skull telling you it is attritioning

[pliant condor]

you mean manpower?

attrition doesn't affect manpower

it's probably garrison or something

[pliant condor]

it doesn not matter what width you do

[neat widget]

no

[pliant condor]

and yes you do need it fully equipped

[neat widget]

you need to be fully equipped

[languid trout]

i meant that i was telling him not to spam 1 cav divs

accidentally replied to the wrong thing

[neat widget]

ah i see

[slow tree]

aaaaa

so basic inf spam

[deft yew]

Hello, would it be justified for me to use console commands to take back a state? I’m playing as Fascist Finland, and held off the Soviets after having annexed Norway and Sweden, as well as Iceland. I puppeteer Denmark. Now when the Germans declared on the USSR, it was easy to push the Soviets and make Greater Finland. However, here is the problem: despite me having a renewed non-agression pact with the Germans, they declared on Denmark and I was forced to fight the axis, and they took a state from me. Would it be justified for me to use console commands to annex the one-province island state of Denmark to unite the Nordics? It’s the only thing missing, I can’t get naval supremacy, and the fact they could attack Denmark feels weird to me.

[glacial steeple]

you should but not cav

do it with inf

[languid trout]

thats what i said

[glacial steeple]

cant read

[languid trout]

wdym i told him to spam infantry

scroll up

[glacial steeple]

no like me

cant readf

[languid trout]

oh

[glacial steeple]

ur fine

[deft yew]

I mean it’s not fun having to take that state and it’s such a small thing so probably should do it. Also declaring on Denmark and me is complete nonsense, idk why the AI thought this was a good idea. Oh well.

[neat widget]

Yeah those are things you have to decide on your own tbh

but yeah I'd do it there

[deft yew]

Alright thanks.

[deft yew]

Yeah seems reasonable at this point, if I’m not having fun then what’s the point.

[fathom grove]

does anyone have any good templates for motorised/mech/cavalry

[worn shard]

can someone go in helping lounge 2

I cant convert my tanks

[slow tree]

can yall say a good design for medium tanks

[uncut narwhal]

did you decommision the old design?

[slow tree]

yall

how many troops to defend against france

and attack poland

[uncut narwhal]

1 army on the maginot is enough

[worn shard]

How do you do that

[uncut narwhal]

and just one army group one poland will always get them

[slow tree]

bet

[worn shard]

Am kinda new

[slow tree]

is rommel good as a commander

[uncut narwhal]

did you grind any generals in spain/japan?

[slow tree]

not really

japan kinda hurts me

and spain i had

[uncut narwhal]

just use infantry generals for infantry

and smbdy like guderian for tanks

but usually you want to grind a specific general

for your tanks

[worn shard]

can someone watch my stream

to see if Im doning something wrong with tank conversion

[glacial steeple]

guderian kinda sucks but at least hes not manstein

[uncut narwhal]

but if you dont have anybody grinded id take him

or make him field marshal for the tanks

[glacial steeple]

why not bohme

[uncut narwhal]

ohh true

[glacial steeple]

hes so easy to level up you can do it while sleeping

[uncut narwhal]

and he has like 6 attack

[rustic canyon]

cant access the market just because, done anyone know why

im playing as italy

[glacial steeple]

ethiopia war? afaik

[rustic canyon]

its way after

i defeated them like a full year ago

i oly have access to germany, manchukuo and el savaduor, all other countries include japan, nationalist spain are all greyed out with no reason given

[cedar pebble]

Right bought the game and finding it a bit overwhelming!!!

Are there any really good guides out there on how to build armies / plan focus trees?

[rustic canyon]

bloody hell there are several threads on the paradox forum on the same issue

[daring osprey]

You got embargoed
I dont think that they remove it after the war

Might be wrong

[languid trout]

theres guides on the hoi4 yt channel

[rustic canyon]

cant be right, i remember playing a save where i only defeated them around april and the market was fine

[daring osprey]

They dont embargo you instantly but prolly you are right

[slow tree]

alr

wish me luck

starting invasion of poland

[glacial steeple]

not all nations play the same

but theres some fundamentals

if you have rubber, aluminium and an overwhelming amount of factories (can outprodufe enemy) you should do air

if not, maybe not

you should look at the research ans MIO buffs you get

[rain shore]

can anyone play co-op germany with me and teach me how to parratroop and invade ukµ?

[uncut narwhal]

you can also naval invade

[deft pawn]

anybody can give me a way to invade uk with germany?

[uncut narwhal]

naval invade in the south of the uk

[uncut narwhal]

is subjugation or annexation better for habsburg austria?

[glacial steeple]

idk

[uncut narwhal]

ok

[light knoll]

annex

[uncut narwhal]

ok thx

[light knoll]

rush it. you want to have Austria Hungary formed before Germany try to anchluss/sudetenland

before forming you have no manpower

[uncut narwhal]

yea

i played non hist

so i was safe

[light knoll]

yea its 50/50 on non hist

[uncut narwhal]

i got also got lucky cause germany couldnt get their mefo bills right

[marsh trench]

How does the UK know where I will be naval invading all the time? Cause everytime I try to change my invasion plan, they will send all their ships there

[hollow linden]

It doesnt. It just defends it's southern coast more heavily

It's scripted that way

And they keep their ships generally around the islands

Any yes it does notice when you shift your ships somewhere else

[marsh trench]

Alr, can you maybe tell me how you usually naval invade UK? What do you do usually? Btw, I am building that cruiser you told me to, that other time

[hollow linden]

Yea Just keep doing that. I just try to get supremacy in the channel and then invade Dover and places around it

[honest lintel]

honestly the best way to play a game and to have the most fun is to learn yourself, but i get this is the help channel lol

[marsh trench]

I try that, but UK sends 180 ships there, I cant get supremacy

They destroy like all my ships

[hollow linden]

Then make more ships

You need to fight the UK fleet

Otherwise they just sit in port with 20 bbs

You need to raid them aswell

[sour mountain]

yall know a hoi4 youtuber that can fix this

[hollow linden]

I could. Im technically a Youtuber, I stream hoi and other stuff

That aside looks very doable

[sour mountain]

can you fix this tho

[hollow linden]

Seen worse

So yes

[sour mountain]

you do understand youre at war with the entire world right

?

[hollow linden]

I can read, yes.

[sour mountain]

hm

[hollow linden]

As I said, seen worse

[sour mountain]

you should try this

fr

[hollow linden]

Send save in dms

[sour mountain]

ighyt

add me

[marsh trench]

Should I build more dockyards?

[hollow linden]

Did

[hollow linden]

How many you got

[marsh trench]

10

[hollow linden]

After taking France?

[marsh trench]

Im in the start of 1939

[hollow linden]

Yea then put 5 on dds and 5 on cruisers

[hollow linden]

Don't.

Just don't

Play 1936

The 1939 start sucks so much ass

[sour mountain]

accidently pressed reject
can you do it agian
ik im dumb

[hollow linden]

Did

[marsh trench]

No, I mean, I did start in 1936 , Im just in the beginning of 1939

[hollow linden]

Oh ok

[marsh trench]

So, I put 5 on destroyers and 5 on cruisers?

[hollow linden]

Well yea then just do what I said and then make more with French dockyard

[hollow linden]

Yes.

[marsh trench]

And I shouldnt build more dockyards?

[hollow linden]

Prob not

U get up to like 20 after France right

[marsh trench]

Alr, I am also building naval bombers.

[marsh trench]

Ye, but recourses are gon be a problem

[hollow linden]

Don't

Mostly useless

Just use your cas

[marsh trench]

Oh.

[hollow linden]

Bro it's steel and chromium

[hollow linden]

You don't lack these things

Just trade with the Soviets

[marsh trench]

Alr, Ill do everything you said, I'll get back to you if I need more help,

Thank you btw

[hollow linden]

Don't forget to research armor 4

[marsh trench]

👍

[marsh trench]

Oh yeah, should I start building subs once I get french dockyards?

[hollow linden]

Nah

[marsh trench]

Alr, thanks

[hollow linden]

Subs are mostly pointless

Use the starting ones

[marsh trench]

Alr

[violet maple]

in tno requiem is there a way to win the 2wrw without germany nuking all of the worlds

[marsh trench]

It worked! Thank you man

[light knoll]

ask in tno server

[daring osprey]

Lads
Whats a good marine div?

[marsh trench]

Any advice?

[opaque zealot]

you suck

[marsh trench]

Ik 😢

But advice?

[opaque zealot]

how

[marsh trench]

What is everything I am doing wrong?

[opaque zealot]

you need mp

[marsh trench]

mp?

[opaque zealot]

and supply hubs if you don't have them

mainpower

and air superiority

[marsh trench]

I built supply hubs

[marsh trench]

I have air superiority, mostly

[opaque zealot]

i can't help u rn ask someone else

[bold zephyr]

I playing vanilla and did democratic Germany and when I do the decision to integrate whatever members of the alliance decision which is supposed to puppet them it crashes the game

Andy one know how to solve that?

[light knoll]

the issues i can see in this picture is that you have no manpower, no generals, and no fuel

and that you're still battleplaning

there are many more possible issues that can't be seen from this

especially since you clicked off all your notifications

[patent brook]

Are you using the default division templates?

Because that’s quite a lot of divisions you managed to train there

[marsh trench]

Nah, I changed it up a bit, I did 9 infantry, like defualt, with engineer and support AA, and also an artillery battalion

[patent brook]

Ah ok that’s not too bad

Are you still struggling

[marsh trench]

I gave up, they started pushing me back

[patent brook]

Oh 😭

[glacial steeple]

yeah dont use infantry for offensives

its really bad

[patent brook]

Yeah next time change your conscription laws

[glacial steeple]

ai also runs like 9/1 9/2

which are bad units

but if you both sides do it tjen its just

whoever defends and produces more

/ has air

with a horrific kd in both ic (industry) lost and manpower

its fine to use if you have like literally just 1918/1936 gun

but otherwise please dont

theres so many better things to use in the pins here

[patent brook]

Try searching for space marine templates online

If u can afford it

😭

[glacial steeple]

why

they also kinda suck

[marsh trench]

What should I use to push?

[glacial steeple]

like its good in a certain timeframe

and certain conditions

[patent brook]

Well he’s trying to do offense so space marines usually excel there

[glacial steeple]

but its not some like OP win all at all times

[patent brook]

Yeah ofc

[glacial steeple]

they dont tbh

its good if its special forces to add break and piercing to it

infantry just sucks at pushing

but it also depends on your combat modifiers

generally, special forces are the best offensive unit rn

[violet maple]

arent they just infantry with terraian buffs

wouldnt tanks be better

[glacial steeple]

no

they get special forces attack buffs, which applies based on the % of division thats special forces

thats how all buffs work

and they also take inf buffs

[violet maple]

ill try them out

[vital geode]

Casey pre NCNS: Mass Assault Right, big inf template. Battleplan and win

[glacial steeple]

nuh uh

always been a fan of tank gameplay

its fun

[vital geode]

Wait quick question

Camels in tank divisions in 2026

Yes or no

[glacial steeple]

its ok

i mean you have IE now

[vital geode]

What's IE

[glacial steeple]

so if you have access to logi 1

[bold zephyr]

Anyone can afford it

[glacial steeple]

its like chill

+5 hp all inf

camels are still better than moto tho

[bold zephyr]

Adding armored recon is space marine because it adds armour

[glacial steeple]

indiv excellence

[vital geode]

Ah okay

[opaque zealot]

yo casey check dms

[glacial steeple]

no

[vital geode]

So camels then mech

Got it

[opaque zealot]

why not

[glacial steeple]

im watching a stream VOD

for another 2 hours

[opaque zealot]

i need help thought cmon

[glacial steeple]

then ask here?

[opaque zealot]

it's just 2 pictures

[bold zephyr]

What do you need help with

Yk he’s not the only person

[glacial steeple]

or make a mod ticket if its mod related

[bold zephyr]

That exists

[opaque zealot]

i don't know what divisions on multiplayer

[serene karma]

Send here

[opaque zealot]

to do i only play ai

[serene karma]

Its the channel to ask for help

[bold zephyr]

YouTube

But

[opaque zealot]

i can't it's gonna take too long

[bold zephyr]

First of all it really depends

[serene karma]

Start by playing minors on mp servers

[opaque zealot]

i need a picture

[serene karma]

Ull learn

Save the save game and see what the majors make

[bold zephyr]

What do your enemies use

?

[opaque zealot]

we haven't started the war yet

[bold zephyr]

What do you play as

[serene karma]

What are the pics about

[bold zephyr]

And what is your role gonna look like during the war

[opaque zealot]

i need about infantry and tanks

[bold zephyr]

Offensive or defensive?

And what country do you play

[opaque zealot]

uk

[opaque zealot]

offensive

[bold zephyr]

Hm

If your enemies use a lot of tanks try tank destroyers

I had a lot of fun with those

[opaque zealot]

template??

[bold zephyr]

And if you’re gonna fight in a good terrain you can go for heavy

[bold zephyr]

I forgot bruh

But basically get around 30 org

For specific templates lowkey use the internet bro

And idk what is the current meta my templates (I don’t remember them and can’t get them rn) worked before the doctrine upgrade

[opaque zealot]

do you have any picture for infantry??

[bold zephyr]

For offensive inf I would go for 12 inf battalions

And add tanks if space marines are allowed

Just build the cheapest medium tank with highest armor possible

[opaque zealot]

rn im using these but they are horrible

[bold zephyr]

Isn’t 30 width the current meta?

I always go with around 30w

12 inf + tanks

[opaque zealot]

what do i use for tank destroyers btw medium heavy or light

[light knoll]

drop 2 battalions

[bold zephyr]

Never light

[opaque zealot]

wdym

[bold zephyr]

Medium if you’re gonna fight in ok terrain and heavy if you’re only fighting in like plains etc

[light knoll]

remove 2 infantry battalions

make it 36 width

and get gun 2-3 asap

[bold zephyr]

Yeah 36 is really good

[bold zephyr]

wtf have you been researching all this time?

And why signal companies

[opaque zealot]

like this

[bold zephyr]

They aren’t really useful unless you use 3rd doctrine