ask-for-help-here

[light knoll]

they're good

no no

2 battalions

not 8

battalion is a single one

[opaque zealot]

like this

[light knoll]

yes

[opaque zealot]

this is multiplayer remember

will this even work??

[light knoll]

if multiplayer them you'd probably want AT in there

[opaque zealot]

what

[light knoll]

anti tank

[opaque zealot]

alr

[light knoll]

replace one infantry for anti tank

[bold zephyr]

Should he take support at?

Maybe swap it with signal

[light knoll]

nah line at

signal is very good

having all those support companies is better than one more inf battalion

[bold zephyr]

Depends

It works well with grand battle plan

It’s a good support bat but there are other better options

[vital plinth]

If I play as USA and don’t help the Allie’s will they eventually lose or uk just never be invaded by sea ?

[rustic canyon]

are generals with a high defence rather than attack useful

[bold zephyr]

They prolly will win anyway

[worldly solar]

is there a way to auto assign aces

[bold zephyr]

Are you talking about skill one or army command role

[bold zephyr]

Maybe with a mod

There most likely isn’t a way in vanilla

[worldly solar]

damn

[bold zephyr]

Hoi4 barely automises anything

[worldly solar]

this is not doable

mentally

more so because not all aces are created equal

[bold zephyr]

Idk I always forget to assign them

And sometimes forget to use aviation at all

[opaque zealot]

like this??

[vital plinth]

What will USA do in historic if Allie’s are defeated before they join the war

[bold zephyr]

Impossible because they will join before

And take over

World tension is usually always high enough if allies are at war

[rustic canyon]

skill

[bold zephyr]

Then attack is attack

[opaque zealot]

@light knoll

[bold zephyr]

And to answer your question perhaps always take attack

And bold attack for army command spirit

[opaque zealot]

@bold zephyr

[bold zephyr]

Yes ?

[rustic canyon]

dont really have a choice sometimes, the random roll keeps going defence

[opaque zealot]

like this??

[bold zephyr]

Oh you mean like the generals spawn with high defense?

[bold zephyr]

I don’t really know abt mp templates

But this looks ok

[bold zephyr]

If your generals spawn like this then just take bold attack and their attack skill will go up over time

And to earn skill they just have to fight

[opaque zealot]

gng i can't find the firts armament to make it a tank destroyer???

[bold zephyr]

Volunteers are quite good if you can send those

[bold zephyr]

Take a heavy turret

And fixed superstructure

[river narwhal]

do cavalry bonuses count for camels?

[bold zephyr]

Then take a canon that has high hard attack and piercing because mp

[bold zephyr]

I’m quite sure camels are just a better version of horses

And they are buffed in desert

[river narwhal]

better? i thought theyre worse, but i never used them

[bold zephyr]

That’s what the internet says

I never ever use cavalry other than Russian imperialist civil war

And garrison so idk

[river narwhal]

how can i spawn these units?

[bold zephyr]

Hm

Normally you can’t

You can with specific nations

Examples

[river narwhal]

so i wasted it

[bold zephyr]

Switzerland before a specific focus you can ONLY train militia

[river narwhal]

yeah ik

[bold zephyr]

Germany can arm militia through SS decisions

[river narwhal]

i thought i can train them with this

[bold zephyr]

And India can train them

[bold zephyr]

Why use them?

They are basically a really weak version of infantry

[short arrow]

battle plans w/no units?

[river narwhal]

thought it would be fun to play with these bonuses

[bold zephyr]

Not really this is only good for like India because they can spam out these divisions

You shouldn’t even use them they suck

I think the only thing worse than militia are penal battalions and those really weird civil things that for example socialist Germany can use

[opaque zealot]

like this???

[bold zephyr]

Add maxiumum armour

Some people say you should always have max armour and engine

But I usually ignore speed

Completely up to you

[opaque zealot]

like this

[bold zephyr]

If you want really fast divisions then add speed

[bold zephyr]

This is quite good

If you can mass produce this is good

If not take out the small canon. And one machine gun

@opaque zealot also you should research more armour and upgrade it as soon as you can

[opaque zealot]

okay

let me make my divisions and you rate it real quick gng

[bold zephyr]

Because if your enemies know ball they will easily pierce your armour and win

[bold zephyr]

Use motorised inf

If you can afford do mech

And build like 30w div

With around 30 org

And it’s good

You should have like more mech/mot than tanks tho because otherwise you get bad terrain debuff and it will use too much supplies

For support use logistics

At least

I usually do arty engi and logistics as support

You can add whatever else based on your needs

If you wanna fight in mountain add rangers

Add motorised recon

That’s quite useful

@opaque zealot wrap it up because I gtg soon

Also you can make some super heavy railway guns

Those work well with tank divs I always like to use them

[opaque zealot]

yo when are you leaving cuh i need to researhc the mechanized

[bold zephyr]

Idk whenever the plane takes off

[bold zephyr]

Build with mot

And then swap with mech

I do like 12 tanks and rest mot

Welp bye

[bold zephyr]

I’ll be back in like 3 hours

[opaque zealot]

yo wait

almost done

well guess it's too late

[blissful nova]

How am i supposed to win this?

they have 50 infantry divisons that i can only push thru a mountain naval crossing

[glacial steeple]

???

[glacial steeple]

paradrop, naval invade, or go through the straits

also change your starting army

a lot of them are just bad, keep it to hohei shidan and the 12w inf

convert most if not all of the rest

[blissful nova]

ok

thx

[glacial steeple]

only redeemable other unit is the tank

[vital plinth]

How do you use paradeop effectively?

[tropic wolf]

yo should i use cannons for my fighters or just heavy mgs??

[glacial steeple]

click

youre never gonna have the best k/d with it

you just hit victory points/strategic areas and hold it with some guys ideally

[fathom thistle]

heavies

[tropic wolf]

Thanks

[vital plinth]

So supply hubs or ports ?

[vital plinth]

What’s the difference between morterized and armored recon I can’t find much of difference except the ekspenses

[opaque zealot]

at this point i consider myself a expert hoi4 play ngl

[delicate plover]

im playing Germany and everything is falling to bits. i have huge resistance, 100k infantry equipment debt and no man power. any tips?

[opaque zealot]

that game is lost ngl

[delicate plover]

well thats what im thinking

it feels like i have the tools to win but just no clue how to do it tbh

[thin zealot]

You have no manpower and no guns

[vital plinth]

How do you move fast in snow all year round Soviet has deep snow it’s impossible to push with tanks pretty annoying how do you guys do it ?

[ashen sigil]

Should a beginner start with a major country or a minor country

[errant chasm]

Try a major since you have a large economy. So USA is a good pick

as for a minor maybe Canada or Hungary or Romania

[ashen sigil]

USA seems good
Since it is not in Europe it is difficult for me to get invaded too right

[glacial steeple]

tank uses tank stat

and gives hard attack

[errant chasm]

Yeah you are protected by two oceans. Ony canada and mexico have the threat of attacking you but even then it's canada and mexico

[glacial steeple]

doubt

asking me for help when im not rlly an expert 💔

[trail reef]

does any faction rule give more mp as a buff

[ashen sigil]

I mean as long as I have historical AI on they both should not attack me

right

Unless I attack them of course

which I won't

[errant chasm]

yep as long as you don't piss off the UK. You are good

[glacial steeple]

no

[ashen sigil]

I'm gonna just join Allies and try to beat Germany in the normal way

[light knoll]

there is a faction rule that gives you mobilization speed

so

[ashen sigil]

I got all the way to WW2 as Italy but then I realized that playing a major in Europe is difficult

[light knoll]

that can help with manpower

[ashen sigil]

I thought that I should play a minor country instead but forgot about the USA

[opaque zealot]

you are not an expert

dang

[opaque zealot]

sarcasm

[glacial steeple]

unless by expert you mean like above average knowledge

[opaque zealot]

yes above average

last time i fought you was more than a year ago and you fried me

but now im way better

[glacial steeple]

were you that guy who insisted on a 1v1

[opaque zealot]

don't remember

i did not insisted

you were the one who offered me to 1 v 1

[glacial steeple]

cuz i remember invading the US in a 1v1 once

and thats all

[opaque zealot]

idk

[glacial steeple]

its just people get overconfident

at best im like maybe top 1% hoi4 players but thats not really a super high bar imo

[opaque zealot]

i haven't mastered the supply lines or the production yet but

when i do i wil be way better

[opaque zealot]

how you always here

[glacial steeple]

unemployment, autism

they go hand in hand

[opaque zealot]

oh

[trail reef]

which ethiopia path has the most stuff to do

[opaque zealot]

i have a question do you get paid for being a discord moderation aren't you part of the team???

[glacial steeple]

prob lion stands

[trail reef]

which path gives the most cores

[glacial steeple]

im part of the team now but its not paid so

[glacial steeple]

the jah path cores cuba, some other path cores up to like palestine

[opaque zealot]

dang

[glacial steeple]

african union might be able to core all of africa?

but idk

[pearl kestrel]

how do i core USA after civil war?

[trail reef]

is boarding the train or keeping the emperor best

[vital plinth]

Does it never stop snowing in Russia it’s April and there is still snow doesn’t make sense lol

[glacial steeple]

keeping emperor unlocks the most paths

[trail reef]

ok good

[glacial steeple]

boarding the train can technically let you go democratic

if you want that

[trail reef]

why would i ever want taht

[glacial steeple]

idk its a path

gotta have haile sailassie in exile and demo support ticks up

[river narwhal]

what does this mean?

i cant naval invade through 2 sea territories with just 1 fleet?

[trail reef]

is this like production cost?

[glacial steeple]

no

its when you design it

[trail reef]

oh

[glacial steeple]

like designing a tank for example

its rlly bad if you have all dlcs

its okay if you dont

[runic sorrel]

no it is for when you desgin tanks and planes

[runic sorrel]

i hate how expensive the dlcs are ngl

you need by blood alone and the No step back for them btw

[trail reef]

can i remove the ethiopian power struggle stuff

[glacial steeple]

no

you can mostly ignore it tho

the only good decisions are free infra and getting the general

[trail reef]

which one core stuff

[trail reef]

plz i need this

[glacial steeple]

well you cant

[trail reef]

no core africa?

[glacial steeple]

pan africanism and jah

and maybe another one too i lowkey forgot

let me check

oh yeah solomon too

solomon gets a lot of compliance troo

too*

[trail reef]

what does this even do

[trail reef]

they dont even give me guarantes

[glacial steeple]

oh its the path where you make a faction

[fossil rain]

If I attack Korea, and I win, will there be a white peace or am I forced to go to war with every single country in the Allies...I just wanna try to go historical, so basically the Korean War, but im unsure

[vital plinth]

What’s the difference between naval base and naval supply hub in totally confused lol

[glacial steeple]

and have some mutual buffs

[trail reef]

i dont have a faction

[vital plinth]

I need to build a supply fast to kill and encircle a large group of enemy division but my tanks are out of fuel at that edge

[glacial steeple]

thats the african union path right

[trail reef]

i dont know

[glacial steeple]

doesnt give a single core

but it lets you have mutual stuff

forgot if you can annex them

[trail reef]

so which ones give cores

[glacial steeple]

all other 3 ?

[trail reef]

so pan africanism is the worst

[glacial steeple]

not rlly

pan africanism can core all of africa

solomon cores less but is way more compliance which is really good

jah is probably the worst because you core the carribean

[trail reef]

how do i do that

[glacial steeple]

conquest iirc

[trail reef]

ok

[glacial steeple]

i could be wrong btw

[vital plinth]

What’s the difference between naval base and naval supply hub in totally confused lol

I need to build a supply fast to kill and encircle a large group of enemy division but my tanks are out of fuel at that edge

Should I build naval base instead? I have connection to coast close by

Supply hub is gonna take like 4 months to complete

[idle zealot]

there any mod that make the collab governement use the nations focus tree if the original have one?

[glacial steeple]

naval bases are cheaper and need a railway to get 15 supply instead of 8

[tight vigil]

Was there an Update to 'Proclaim the Austrian Empire'?

I remember it giving cores

[graceful lance]

so i am new to HOI4 and i am wondering how i get my soldiers to keep fighting in battle cause they keep leaving the battle to go back to the frontlines area

[glacial steeple]

do they have 0 org?

are they getting bounced?

[graceful lance]

what do you mean?

they leave when they are winning or losing

just keep going back to where they were before

[opal lake]

Hey so is there anywhere i can like report a bug or smth? My hoi4 keeps crashing whenever i try to open it and i think i may have figured out why

[glacial steeple]

play at a sliwer speed and click the bubble

[graceful lance]

the one that shows if im winning or not?

[glacial steeple]

click it

left click

[graceful lance]

alright i did

[glacial steeple]

it doesnt show if youre winning or losing anyway

it shows a prediction

[graceful lance]

oh

ok

[glacial steeple]

now you should be able to see your units vs enemy units states

stats*

if you have low breakthrough, more damage is dealt to you

[graceful lance]

already thanks i gtg for a second

thxs for the help

[glacial steeple]

https://youtu.be/1IIjk4bAh68

watch this for help with battles

[graceful lance]

ty this will help me with my afganistan invasion

[vague willow]

Ok yall

Whats the best inf for soviets

not line inf

[hollow wing]

man, I am having such a bad time trying to play as France in historical mode but trying to form the EU before I turn into de France Empire, and the AI in general go death after that, like Germany wont fight the URSS cause GR attacked the Baltic countries and the URSS did the same too, making the UK declare the war both Germany and the URSS.

[vague willow]

Cause lwk i havent played the game in so long 😭

[hollow wing]

Someone would like to try to save this game?? I think the major problem here was I didnt fortify enough to level 4-5 and I didnt change fast enough my military laws having I enough PP

[light knoll]

your issue is not forts no. you're not supposed to build forts. the issue is that you have neither an army nor an industry

[cursive mason]

Any tips on how to successfully invade and maintain the offensive in Brazil? Because my forces are always suffering from logistical losses whenever I try pushing in from Venezuela and the Northeastern Brazilian coast.

[lapis wasp]

do transport planes actually help with supplies?

[vital plinth]

There isn’t even snow and I got more supply but still my armor tanks are so slow ?

[uncut narwhal]

maybe cause the base speed is at 4.7kmh?

[vital plinth]

But my infantry has the same debuff and walks faster ?

Theirs is 1.6

I adjusted my light tanks to be faster but it’s still slow

[native gorge]

Oh

[uncut narwhal]

dont use light tanks

[native gorge]

I think it's because it's on combat?

[native gorge]

So like divisions won't move until they've either lost all org or the enemy lost all org

Also unless I'm missing something what kind of division are you using to the point where LIGHT TANKS are only 4 km/h

[austere roost]

use cas, transport planes, or naval invade the other ports

[native gorge]

Light Tanks really only should be used if your making really and I mean REALLY (7km/h bare minimum) fast divs

[native gorge]

That's just my opinion tho

[vital plinth]

It’s medium tanks but my support company recon one had light tanks with only 5.0 speed

[native gorge]

A

[lapis wasp]

are logistics companies worth it?

[rugged isle]

chat is this saveble? if so how? cause i tried and china invaded from the east uk from turkey and they had like 5 milion men in the west which i managed to kill but by then the alies already took half the soviet union under my rule

[rugged isle]

yes if you have a nice industry yes

and if u have alot of arty trucks and inf equip

and support equip

[lapis wasp]

should it be used on regular infantry or tanks?

[rugged isle]

start with tanks then when ur strong enough and have enough inf aswell

[lapis wasp]

ok

[potent idol]

i need a good division for fascist britain against nazi germany

i have this division but i don t know if is good

[stuck garnet]

hey if i wanna 1v1 someone

whats like good method for france?

[stuck garnet]

org is decent

soft is amazing

supports uhh

swap recon for armored recon

what do your tanks look like?

wouldnt reccomend space marines

what are you using it for?

[native gorge]

Just how much piercing do they have now

[dense rivet]

hey there, the naval invasion cap (with no landing craft) is it always been 2?

i remember it was 10

[stuck garnet]

for an infantry division 😭

[barren copper]

Does any one have meta medium tank template

[native gorge]

Post NCNS yeah

[errant chasm]

Yeah it should be a howi tank

[barren copper]

I mean like what i should put on a tank what modules and such

[errant chasm]

Let me find it

[barren copper]

I dont have the latest dlc sadly

[native gorge]

I've looked at the battalions

You don't need it, just No Step Back

[dense rivet]

got it. so doing naval invasion before 1940 i don't think it will worth it

[barren copper]

I have all but i dont have the latest for japan and such

[errant chasm]

From red baron games

[barren copper]

Thx

[native gorge]

What tech gives armor skirts again?

[barren copper]

Is this a Special research

[native gorge]

Afaik no

[barren copper]

Afaik?

[native gorge]

As far as I know

I'm pretty sure only the MEV (Military Engineering Vehicle) and Flame Tanks are the only ones you need to special research

[barren copper]

Thx

[errant chasm]

Armor 2 in the tank tech

[native gorge]

Gotcha

[errant chasm]

No

[barren copper]

Alright

[glacial steeple]

uwah

whats up chatroom

[glacial steeple]

no you gotta click the lil box that say medium tank to change role

or light/heavy whatever

[barren copper]

Erm sorry im not really getting what you mean? In the template or reaearch in quiet new

[glacial steeple]

when you design it

[barren copper]

Ok ok i get it ill try in a bit

[errant chasm]

Hey Casey

[glacial steeple]

hiiii whats up

[errant chasm]

Good

[barren copper]

Whats better mechanized or motorized

[vital geode]

Mech

[barren copper]

K

Thx

[vital plinth]

Can someone help me out with this fighting Soviet and supply issue I’m struggling a lot

Idk why this wasn’t on my past games now I’m having big supply issue because I don’t own the state army tanks are only 28% supplied

[dusty sandal]

there's too many divs on a single tile too far away from a hub with a motorization level that's too low

[vital plinth]

I turned off ally apply

Supply

I only have 2 tanks in that spot

[dusty sandal]

3.14 supply is only 1.3 proper tank tank divs

but then again, depends on templates, weather, local modifyiers, etc

on the first ss you can see the units close to the hub that are supplied

[lapis wasp]

should I upgrade my divisions? I still have a lot more manpower and I have much more factories now.

[vital plinth]

But how should I break through and encircle I struggle to do that with the tanks

Because when i set them to the front line they become low supply fast

[dusty sandal]

do so from areas where you have supply, along supply routes

if you'r ein no supply zones with tanks, you either fall back or build hubs (not recommended)

if you're standing in no supply areas with tanks, you're doing something horribly wrong

you want to aim for hubs in priority, cut the enemy supply before cutting it off. You also aim for smaller encirclements if hubs are scare, bigger if there's a lot

[dusty sandal]

no, it's perfect

if you don't know how to spend your ic, the answer is always more planes, more tanks, more special forces

not make your inf divs bigger so they waste more of everything doing the same job as before which is, strangely enough, a very popular trend in the hoi community, no offense

[sleek oar]

What mods do i need to form the EU?

[balmy dawn]

Based on the current game, in Single Player, is ther any reason to build Tanks, instead of SPG's? Im doing the math right now and Im confused

If I just swap my tanks for SPG's, I almost double my Soft Attack, with no real penatly... what am I missing?

[cold bloom]

If you mean DLC, gotterdammerung adds the easiest ways I believe

[pliant condor]

no

[balmy dawn]

That's crazy talk sir

[pliant condor]

well always have been how the game works

one thing is better than the other

[light knoll]

infantry units are the most recommendable offensive units. making them 36 width is not a waste, and its not more costly than making 16 widths lol, you just make less bigger units then more smaller units lol.

most people don't micro or aren't good at it

telling them to just battleplan with inf

[balmy dawn]

I haven't designed SPA's since like.. HOI2. :\

[light knoll]

will be better

than telling them to micro tanks

special forces is like, nice to use to mix with your inf, but you can only make so much of them

[sleek oar]

ye i mean dlcs mb. but thank you

[light knoll]

more planes is fair but again 36w is not more expensive so

[dusty sandal]

I see no reason why to do this
either invest into planes and CAS and battleplan as awlays or just use special forces/tanks

a little difficulty scaling is no reason to not try to learn game mechanics and how to use them propoerly

[barren copper]

Which focuses should i pick for the inner circle of Germany

[idle arch]

I saw ur rb game

[light knoll]

again what i said, it doesn't come instead of planes, its literally cheaper overall to make 36w because you take less casualties

[dusty sandal]

yeah, no I concurr with topazand. SPGs are better in all ways to mediums in singleplayer
just like TDs are better in every single way than their TD counterpart in multiplayer

[light knoll]

microing, besides difficulty, just takes more time and effort, and is not even always better

[pliant condor]

😭 ac canada

[light knoll]

instead of playing on speed 3 you can be playing on speed 5 and getting the same results

[dusty sandal]

they playing france
don't throw away mils like that, just build planes, stick with 18w
36w pure inf still isn't made for attacks

[light knoll]

was not talking about that specific case, not saying you always should use 36w either, but it is NOT throwing away mills its literally cheaper on ic

36w is very good for attacks against ai

[glacial steeple]

you lose some break

[warped knoll]

can someone help me like rn

very urgent

i landed in uk w paras

it won’t let me send my army

[glacial steeple]

you need a port

[warped knoll]

oh shit

i have one bro

[glacial steeple]

you do not

you have a tile without a port

[warped knoll]

is that not a port

[glacial steeple]

click on the province, it shows you the level of the port on it

the tile to the left, and the tile to the right of it are ports

yours is not

[warped knoll]

ok what should i do

i have 15 paras

[glacial steeple]

idk what do you expect

[warped knoll]

you think i could push dover?

[glacial steeple]

thyere going to die

no, youre pinned

low strenght

probably bad units

[vital plinth]

@dusty sandal is there a way for me to get out of a battle when I’m trying to move to a tile I’ve been stuck with tanks who are trying to move for days

[warped knoll]

template not even that bad

[glacial steeple]

eh theyre fine

but yeah they will probably die

next time, whether its marines or paras

[warped knoll]

so what should i do

[glacial steeple]

try to encircle dover and then kill whats in it

[warped knoll]

redo it?

ok

[glacial steeple]

do what you want

put CAS up next time

[warped knoll]

i have cas on too

should i upgrade the template in anyway

[vital plinth]

@glacial steeple @dusty sandal do you use your tanks doing winter against Soviet ? The trucks and tanks are getting heavey nerfs can’t move fast at all even at 11 base speed

[glacial steeple]

the question is if you want to

[vital plinth]

Im asking because my tanks and moterize get nerfed to 1.00 speed

Pretty impossible to move at all idk what do you guys do to counter this ?

[tepid umbra]

huh

I thought they could only go at 4.0 km/h

[glacial steeple]

well you attack

typically people in mp/equal level dont rely on speed because its better to kill your enemies

but if speed is a concern to you then just chill

no reason not to farm ai air

[versed rose]

minimum speed on template, but on-map, you can get reduced further

[glacial steeple]

this game is broken btw

in certain tiles you can attack through impassable tiles

and it wont create actual combat but it means the unit being attacked cant retreat but dies to like attrition

[vital plinth]

I have 12:00 km on the moterize but doing winter it’s down to 1:00 🕐

[tepid umbra]

cuz of terrain nerfs and weather

[vital plinth]

Yeah but how , you can’t move fast enough to encircle only push like normal and waste man power

[vital plinth]

Do I have to wait winter out then ?

[tepid umbra]

recon can help

[glacial steeple]

then have divs that dont lose a trillion men when pushing?

infantry tends to do that

but infantry isnt fast so it shouldnt care about winter

its actually an issue specifically and only with low hardness tanks/motorized units

[vital plinth]

You use tanks for defense doing winter or just push with infantry ?

[glacial steeple]

use tanks to push if tank build

[vital plinth]

I have 9 medium tank divisions

But can’t do anything when they move 1 speed in winter

[balmy dawn]

For the puposes of Doctrine, are SPA's and TD's an "armor variant"?

[tepid umbra]

yes

[vital plinth]

Atleast encirclement only push them back so I don’t kill their dogs

[glacial steeple]

9?

for barb?

[tepid umbra]

although if you want TD buffs there's a better one

[tepid umbra]

[glacial steeple]

thats like france numbers maybe

9 for barb in NCNS patch

insane

[tepid umbra]

ik 😭

[glacial steeple]

shocking

you go teach him i go nappies

[lapis wasp]

how do I win this?

*at war with japan

[red sundial]

whats a good game plan as german reich?

[lapis wasp]

my navy is too small and outdated to beat Japan's, and china signed white peace with Japan

[balmy dawn]

Starting a new game as USSR

Is there a trick to taking over the Baltics without having them join the Allies or anything? Do I need to do it early?

[errant chasm]

The should be a focus to take the Baltic through pressure and they should fold easily

[balmy dawn]

I'll look. Not very familiar with the Soviet focuses. My strategy sheet's not very good for them

[lapis wasp]

get the purge done first

[errant chasm]

Thats the one

[wild rune]

0 for barb

[normal relic]

If you attack a member of the allies, are the rest of the allies automatically pulled into the war? Wondering if I can attack Brazil as Argentina, it doesn't say that there will automatically be any allies added to the war

[serene karma]

Yes the ai will ask them for help and they will accept

[normal relic]

Crap :(

[wild rune]

I ❤️ inf and cas build

[vital plinth]

Hey for navry agairb British on my main fleet what should my main fleet destroyer be like V

Just cheap ones ? That can soak damage and sink ?

I tried going to battle with 4 of my new battleships and mostly costal ships no cruisers lost badly

[balmy dawn]

There's a strategy of going with "disposable" Destroyers. I don't buy into it. Every IC counts, imnho.

[vital plinth]

So still make good destroyers you think ?

[scenic salmon]

whats better stat for tanks when its between armor or defense?

thought theyd be the same thing mainly

[daring osprey]

AT guns have a piercing stat
High enough armor doesnt let the ATs pierce so it doesnt lower the unit's capabilities.
The defense stat is well..the one you know

Someone correct me if im wrong

[balmy dawn]

That's what I do. Maximum ASW, Sonar and Radar, plus other goodies. My Destroyers usually cost ~1000IC or so

[scenic salmon]

ah okay

[vital plinth]

Late to unlock them but navry super army coming soon

[stuck garnet]

How many tasksforces youre making goddamn

Make 4 carriers

No more no less

[glacial steeple]

y

45+ iirc is fine

[stuck garnet]

I heard the 5th one is usually a suck

[glacial steeple]

5th is fine

then it sucks for like

30?

[stuck garnet]

The us navy if it was based

[glacial steeple]

or something

bad memory

and then its good again

[stuck garnet]

Why doesnt washington just mass produce carriers

[glacial steeple]

expensive, easy to make inoperable

[stuck garnet]

But like

[upbeat arrow]

a bit overkill but this should see enough to almost annex them by the end of it with my buiding

[stuck garnet]

Planes are genuinely the best boats you can have overseas imo ofc

[vital plinth]

Oh I can’t have more than 4 ?

[plucky otter]

You can, but sortie efficiency

[vital plinth]

I need to smash British and USA fleet but should I make it in strike force or patrol fleet ?

[plucky otter]

Aircraft carrier will be less effective

If you have too many aircraft carriers and aircraft they will all be less effective

[vital plinth]

Also I have policy I forgot I can do , I can reduce cost by 10% or output cost by 5-%

The isssue is reduce cost by 10% days it will give debuff 25% less range on my shops using it that means my carriers and cruisers

[vital plinth]

Oh ok I can’t keep it in spare maybe

[plucky otter]

Dont use an MIO that lowers range

[vital plinth]

But is range important cruisers and cairrers ? Since they only strike force and not patrol

[plucky otter]

yes

[glacial steeple]

you can

[glacial steeple]

its fine really if you have ports

[vital plinth]

But policy only last 180 days no ?

[glacial steeple]

no

forever

can only change every 180 days

[vital plinth]

so the debuff on range only last until I change no ?

After 180 days I can change then they don’t have that less range stuff ?

[left glacier]

[vital plinth]

Also what’s difference between production cost reduction and production output cost ?

[glacial steeple]

no

buff and debuff are until you take it off

you can only pick a policy with 180 day cooldowns

but they stay forever if you want that

[glacial steeple]

production output cost is on production line

instead of design

its quite rare so its pretty good

[sweet summit]

As afghanistan, can i form the timurid empire and then go down the communist path ?
I don't think there are restrictions right ?

[vital plinth]

I had In the skill 5% and also policy option

But I’m producing ships with 1 module then I refit because I made doctrine and spirit / focus that gives 50% refit speed in total

[wet crater]

Which country even is this?

I think your playing finland?

[glacial steeple]

den afaik

general portrait

[wet crater]

Den?

Like denmark?

[glacial steeple]

yes

its a guess tho

[wet crater]

I am pretty sure fascist finland gets the other scandinavians characters when it annexes them via keepers of the north

the reason I think this

Is when I went to assign new admirals and stuff after that focus

One of the admirals had the timer from changing command posts

I didnt assign that admiral to any actual naval command

Fascist greater finland is such a fun path but god the war with the USSR is so slow

Probably could have been way faster if I had realized recon rangers were a thing

And added them to everything earlier

[glacial steeple]

ok but why would you use those

they all suck

[wet crater]

I have one logical answer

You, you ran out of finnish ones

Somehow

[glacial steeple]

field marshal?

[wet crater]

Yeah

Honestly, for that slot

[glacial steeple]

2+ army groups as finland

[wet crater]

1000% better to promote a finnish one

[glacial steeple]

with carrier tech

when finland has noo good navy tech

[wet crater]

Taking down the soviets as finland works with the scandinavian fleets merged

The red fleet doesnt quite have the ability to fight it

Since the ai cant use fleets

But I had to split my navy in half

And send half to murmansk

Got naval invaded for not doing that

so I had half the navy patrolling there the entire war

[wet crater]

finland can get to that point

Its just not really worth it

Since you can crush the soviet onion with rangers

And recon rangers

And just

[potent idol]

this is good?

[wet crater]

Infantry

Lotta infantry

You can basically break the soviets with them taking like 3m losses

Before germany barbarossas

[stuck garnet]

3 mann

[wet crater]

Without planes

[stuck garnet]

2 heavies

Highest radio

Armor skirts or easy maintennance

Up armor and engines

[wet crater]

With forts in the south

[stuck garnet]

Christle

[wet crater]

Since what my strat was

I used rangers like tanks

Where they did my punches

so i made a punch

Split kola from the main front and cleaned it up

Then just punched with rangers to seize supply hubs and get encirclements

[vital plinth]

I play Denmark

But formed the Baltic uniion

I went monarch

[wet crater]

Then whats finland doing being so beefy

[vital plinth]

Baltic union gets white color

[wet crater]

Is monarchist denmark at risk of being declared on by the germans

Or can you hold them off

Assuming historical ai

[vital plinth]

Btw for cruisers light attack is best right ? And I can unlock dual guns are they better than the single guns for cruises ?

[wet crater]

Are you planning to invade the uk?

By winning the arms race yourself

[vital plinth]

I went in axis because I needed Lithuania and Britain was guarantee them

[wet crater]

And that just, works?

[vital plinth]

Yeah but my navry is bad it’s end of 1943 about to finish my navry so I can invade

[wet crater]

the germans let you in?

[vital plinth]

Yup

[wet crater]

Huh

Might need to try such a campaign myself

Seems fun

And will force me to learn how to make good boats

[vital plinth]

I followed a video guide but his version Britain wasn’t guaranteeing Lithuania

[wet crater]

Normally, i just steal ai navies

[vital plinth]

So he didn’t get war with Allie’s but I did

[wet crater]

To invade things

[vital plinth]

Issue is Norway Sweden and Denmark only have costal ships pretty bad

I had to make a lot of dockyards and made 17 lines of battleships 😂

[wet crater]

I have a non historical byzantium file with hungary and austria in my faction

And i want to cap all majors

My assumption is the best major to cap first is italy

the problem is that the austrian ai is, kinda dumb

and picked a fight with the german empire

And got destroyed

For like, no actual reason

So I will try the good old naval invade strat

I just dont want to have to sit there until 1950

To capitulate all the majors

And core all the stuff byz can take via decision

Eg, if i defeat and annex italy

I get to core italy

If i conquer down to the border of italian libya

I get to core the whole region

Also in my save the us is stuck at war with iceland

The ai is too stupid to ever actually pull off the invasion

Britain and us are also at war, canada joined us faction, and britain sponsored a monarchist civil war there

Britain is also in a stalemate versus iraq

And france is communist

And spain is also at war with the supreme soviet

Along with basically all of hispanic south america minus communist mexico

Which joined the soviets

Along with yugoslavia

This whole situation is just painful

I dont know how to really handle non historical

Honestly

[pliant condor]

dual guns are worse

they just give you aa value

use normal gun 2 if you don't have a lot of steel

armor is more important

get armor 4

[potent idol]

2 heavies?

heavy what?

[stuck garnet]

Hmgs

[potent idol]

?

[oak jasper]

The T2 dual-purpose secondary batteries are pretty good IMO. A decent amount of light attack and AA for only 1% speed penalty.

The T4 light cruiser dual-purpose guns are pretty neat, though end-game. There's also a niche for T1 destroyer dual-purpose batteries on ASW destroyers and other "should not be in surface combat" auxiliaries, though I switch those to T1 standard batteries the moment I run into steel shortages.

[vital plinth]

Are you sure other guides were saying dual guns better for multiple targets ?

Also why doesn’t uk use its navry anymore it’s 1944 and I finaly built mine and set it to patrol and strike force but can’t find any of the British big navry to come out

Ouch

[pliant condor]

T2 is specifically worse because you get less light attack

T3 is the same as T2 normal gun

but it's still worse due to the cost

[pliant condor]

no, that has nothing to do with dual guns

dual gun just have aa value in addition to light attack

[pliant condor]

because they are on strike force

set your navy on raiding

[civic hare]

how do I get my stuck exiled divisions out of china (they are kinda land locked and not near a port)

[tepid umbra]

they'll move out prolly

[civic hare]

been there for like months

[full lava]

1938 germany best templates pls
and light cruse aswell

[vital plinth]

Convoy raiding ?

[upper dagger]

is the game trolling me?

[strange comet]

who woud like to give me 75 euros to buy expansion pass 2

[celest shuttle]

hi I understand that when playing China, forming the United Front to fight Japan is the best strategy. But is there any way to unify all the warlords without having to wait until the late game?

[austere roost]

0 destroyers because they have low range. Just use destroyers for convoy escort

[cloud wasp]

How tf hasn’t Germany declared war on me yet

Is it a glitch

Can someone help

I’m America

[indigo sapphire]

should i build max land and coastal forts

[scenic salmon]

is there something going on with ai battleplan? cuz its leaving gaps in my front line each time

its like clumping my units into groups and putting them in encirclements

[noble rain]

germany doesnt declare war on you

japan does

and you join the allies and join their war against germany

[indigo sapphire]

should i build a Large defensive network of land and coastal forts as Estonia?

[final creek]

any1 can help me with how to play one country as two with friends? for example I want to be with Hungary and I want my friend to be with me so we can play cooply

[tough summit]

For subs it's just the best engine and best torpedoes

[tough summit]

And light cruisers for patrol would be best engine, and plane thingies

[tough summit]

Maybe u could try freeing some countries as yugoslavia and then rejoining?

[pulsar tree]

Are there any interesting countries with many core territories? And what is the path?

[thorny herald]

sweeden, undermine the fascist

fascists*

[pulsar tree]

thx

[final creek]

isnt there a way to play coop? I asked chat gpt just in case but it said something like request to play the nation cooply

which I have never heard of

[scenic salmon]

needing help to prevent things like this happening

[wild rune]

shift click on field marshal frontline

[scenic salmon]

i assumed it was agressive battleplan, but even on medium or low aggression, still had this happening

[visual yacht]

troops are stuck on these 2 tiles

is this a known bug and is it fixable?

[scenic salmon]

are they in afghanistan?

[wild rune]

build supply or smth idk

[scenic salmon]

afghanistan has dumb blockade lines

[visual yacht]

mongolia

[wild rune]

remove current frontline and click frontline button and then on field marshal shift click frontline order

[visual yacht]

so sad, i think i have to delete my lvl 5 mountaneers 🙁

[wild rune]

have you built supply there

or tried building a railway over their position

[cloud wasp]

Guess Japan didn’t join the faction

How can I make sure that they really follow historic

Cause I have it on

I never got the option to join the allies

And also Germany dos declare war on you

It terms of historic

After Japan declare war on me I never got the option to join the allies

Before I did

[noble rain]

japan doesnt join the European axis

is this your first game

[cloud wasp]

No

[noble rain]

you get an invite from the uk after japan goes to war with you and the allies

[cloud wasp]

And Japan did became part of the axis in 1940

[cloud wasp]

No

They never did

I’m using road to 56

[wild rune]

they used to i think

[cloud wasp]

Maybe that’s why

[noble rain]

maybe a few years ago

[cloud wasp]

It terms of historic it was

[noble rain]

they still can if you change some rules

[cloud wasp]

Why rules

[noble rain]

but their factions are separate due to game mechanics

otherwise you'll have really cursed games

[cloud wasp]

What”

Dang

[noble rain]

game options

[visual yacht]

Its allied territory, i built one close by but ill try putting a hub intop of them

[cloud wasp]

Ok imma start up a new game

Hold up

[noble rain]

japan in hoi4 and irl had something called the Greater East Asian Co Prosperity Sphere

[cloud wasp]

Should I keep using road to 56

[noble rain]

idk i dont play that

[cloud wasp]

Ok

I’ll turn it off

It add more reasearch and focus

[noble rain]

if they had japan actually be a part of the axis faction in europe in hoi4 you'll have germany at war with china and japan at war with poland among other very weird things that'll happen

[cloud wasp]

Ok

You know what

Imma not change nothing

Keep it as it and do it without mods

[bleak wedge]

How can i take that focus?

Why does that focus has those bypass condition?

How can I prevent the Bypass?

[zealous hazel]

Can someone help me understand this math? If you have 50 civilian factories and need 30 for consumer goods, why is it 15 left over and not 20

[arctic stream]

Yall I need help. I can defeat poland and Netherlands fast and stuff as germany, but I can't get past Belgium defenses. How bro, it's so fortified

[tepid umbra]

bad math prolly

[tepid umbra]

tanks

and air

[dusty sandal]

You did not lose india so you don't need ceylon as a fob
Bypass is almost always positive

[dusty sandal]

The forts aren't the issue.
My guess is you're under enemy air, with too many ortoo little divs with equipment issue and a template not adapted to attack

But without ss or more info I can only guess

[hushed mauve]

how can i take my volunteers back?

[cold bloom]

You cant without mods

[echo breach]

You gotta delete the units or wait till the country you sent the volunteers to ends the war

[slow tree]

is 33 org for a heavy unit too low?

it has 8 mot and 10 medium

[oak jasper]

I'd prefer more org, but 33 org is workable. I'm a bit surprised you have 33 org with an 8/10 split: did you not max out on support companies? Early game, I usually have less org with 10/8 divisions.

[slow tree]

i dont have them maxed

they are lvl 1/2

[celest flume]

Why cant i make greater italy?

[glacial steeple]

do you have malta

[celest flume]

jupp

[indigo sapphire]

is it worth it to build ALL ships as Germany?
to build a global empire

@glacial steeple

[glacial steeple]

hi

like the starting ones or what

[indigo sapphire]

yes and the future ones

like ALL of em

all TYPES/VERSIONS

[glacial steeple]

its not the most efficient way to play but you could

[indigo sapphire]

alr

i like building large armies navies and airforces

[blazing jungle]

If u playing vs bots just build a lot of cruisers and heavy ships (maybe with a subs)

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[red mesa]

you're missing ticino from switzerland

[indigo sapphire]

i do it to take on the British

then ussr and then usa

to invade em

[red mesa]

you only need enough to cap the uk, then you steal their fleet in the peacedeal and use that to take the rest

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[sonic wraith]

I finished it in 1940, can I still do the Jerusalem focus? If it can, how?

[glacial steeple]

did you do lion stands

[sonic wraith]

Yes, That's why I asked

I haven't done any industry focus yet, so I doubt if it will still be possible.

[glacial steeple]

why not

[copper badge]

help

[glacial steeple]

youre in a pretty bad spot

save?

[copper badge]

Yunnan somehow pushed to north

[wet crater]

How do you design good ships

I think I need a naval buildup as byzantium to challenge the regia marina for italy

[glacial steeple]

light attack, lotta torp, visibility

LA and vis are most important

[wet crater]

Light attack and vis, got it

Is aa important?

And how do subs work

I cannot out quantity italy in total

My hope is to out quality them with the turkish, romanian, and geece fleets merged

Combined with my own naval production during the playthrough

[potent temple]

turkey has lots of chromium

[ashen sigil]

Which one is easier for a beginner: US or Canada

[cold bloom]

Id say neither

[glacial steeple]

both r easy

but not super powerful

[wraith cypress]

When i make tsar Ferdinand 1 to come back to rule as bulgaria and make the Great balkan federation and then puppet Turkey, Greece and yugoslavia i get attacked by Italy and then by the whole axis? So what should i do if I want to play with Ferdinand and go to the third bulgarian empire path?

[ashen sigil]

Well all super powerful countries are in Europe and I don't wanna get invaded since I don't know how to battle against another major nation

[glacial steeple]

why not fight the axis?

also puppeting is terrible for you since you have infinite compliance

[wraith cypress]

I fight with all of the divions of the puppets and everything but still loose?

[glacial steeple]

youre using ai divs vs ai divs

so then its just whoever has more manpower/eco

which you lose

[wraith cypress]

So what you recommend me to do in order to still go to the third bulgarian empire path and win the game?

[glacial steeple]

dont you get hella cores?

[wraith cypress]

Because when Ferdinand comes back he cant join any faction

[ashen sigil]

Does Canada have a simpler focus tree than the US?

[glacial steeple]

just annex, core, make your own army

[glacial steeple]

both are really simple

[wraith cypress]

Well if you just make war with any neighbour they join to the allies and then its the same thing?

[glacial steeple]

no?

what

they can only get guaranteed when world tension is 25+ and youve generated 10+

regardless, i cannot see your game so most of this is most likely (with all respect) a genuine skill issue

bulgaria is very powerful

[ashen sigil]

Well
Then is there one of the two that you recommend or are both the same level

[glacial steeple]

idk i dont play them like ever

do whatever you find fun

[ashen sigil]

Understandable

[wet crater]

Yes, yes it does

I just dont want to build docks over building things like

Mils

[indigo sapphire]

is the pre dreadnought and the panzershiff ships worth it for Germany?

[vital plinth]

Can someone explain when you should puppet and when to annex or what to take into consideration when choosing the 2

[indigo sapphire]

@glacial steeple

[glacial steeple]

panzerschiff maybe

but pre dreadnoughts are bad

[indigo sapphire]

alr

ill take whatever i have

[pliant condor]

annex with collab

no puppet

or ok only puppet under very specific situations

probably the only example is italy in ethiopia(because you split individual tags)

or if you annexed the allies as a minor and did not have collabs so you can't garrison everything

or like soviet puppet finland in one state to get finnish goods

[austere roost]

Ai also doesn't attack puppets

[grand jasper]

gng why is the uk terrorizing me

[pliant condor]

generally, never puppet anything if you are not fascist

only the fascist puppet type give you anything

(note that this does not include reichkommisariats)

[tired furnace]

help bruh
connection timed out connection timed out
PLEASE

[rustic canyon]

do you need asw for you main battle fleet

or will screens do that already and asw destroyers just have their own squadrons

[austere roost]

no

subs shouldn't be in main battle anyway

[vital plinth]

Im monarch non aligned

I have made 1 collab goverment , about to make a second and stalling my win over Soviet

[crystal lance]

Why?

[analog maple]

annexing land that isnt ur core cost equipment to garrison. and the industry get debuffs because of resistance and compliance. with isnt the case with puppets.

also puppets can defend themself so if you have a far away land like India. it sometime better to puppet so they can defend themselves

also if you have a puppet and you get into a war, you can not add the puppet so the enemy wont be able to take the land. for example if i am in war with the usa and i have canada as a puppet i can just not add canada. and usa wont be able to take the land.

also some countries get bonuses on thier puppets. the ussr for example have a focus that make puppets give a bigger cut of the industry to them

[light knoll]

yea all of that still doesn't make puppets good

in most cases

its better to annex

[barren kelp]

how i win against germany as britain, spexificallg in navy and east africa (no clue how to work new navy)

[left glacier]

In the current naval system, you need to gain naval dominance by having your ships on patrol. Sea zones that have your ships on patrol will gradually gain naval dominance which is needed to launch naval invasions.

You need to make sure that the entire naval invasion route that your army takes to their destination is secured by naval dominance.

[idle arch]

Hi did u see message

[worn shard]

Can anyone explain how armor memes work

[oak jasper]

For USSR: am I better off spending my first bit of political power on improved worker conditions or on the captain of industry?

[idle arch]

Idk

[errant chasm]

Its like a space marine you put one heavy armored tank variants into your tank division

[errant chasm]

Making the stats have more armor

[worn shard]

Ok

[dusty sandal]

neither

you save it up to 250, send an attaché to republican spain, the change eco law to war economy

then you pick captain of industry
you never have to pick worker conditions as soviets

[oak jasper]

Ah, a bit like the US "send an attache to China to get that magical 30% war support" trick.

[slow tree]

WHY DOES IT TAKE 2 MONTHS FOR 1 CIV FAC

[past dragon]

infra

[oak jasper]

You can also speed it up by ensuring you're on a good economy law, preferably partial mobilization or war economy. But yes, if you plan to build a lot in a province, get max infrastructure built first.

[light knoll]

building infra is not worth it for most nations

[oak jasper]

I typically first identify provinces with high pre-existing infrastructure and a fair number of open building slots, and begin building factories there.

[light knoll]

you need to have a lot of build slots for it to be worth

like

12+

free slots

it can be worth sometimes with less

but generally as most minors, don't

[past dragon]

and it is better where a dam

[vital plinth]

Issue is I need mostly man power right now

[light knoll]

as Germany you just build in the 4 western states

[analog maple]

then it better to puppet

you can just puppet some and annex some

[past dragon]

you bulid in the 3 dam states

[vital plinth]

I have very low man power but probably the biggest industry and a ton of gear

But have collab goverment

About to finish second of Soviet

[opaque zealot]

yo how yall see these tank divisions for multiplayer???

[past dragon]

mid

[opaque zealot]

how to make it better thought

[past dragon]

more breakthr and hard attack

what cannon?

[past dragon]

the 1

thze worst

[opaque zealot]

the 3 people on the main cannon??

[past dragon]

you need to research the anti tank arti for better cannon

[opaque zealot]

or the basic heavy cannon

this??

@past dragon

bro mark stop dissapearing

[past dragon]

im not

no the artilery

icon

you research the right side anti-tank

[opaque zealot]

can you send me a picture

[past dragon]

give me a moment

need to start

[opaque zealot]

multiplayer too

[past dragon]

too big

[opaque zealot]

yo can you send me the picture to get the research pls

[past dragon]

you will probably havet early

[opaque zealot]

oh i need that to get it alr tysm bro

[past dragon]

and the inf

[opaque zealot]

yes??

[past dragon]

only hold

[opaque zealot]

wait what??

[past dragon]

bot you can put anti tank if you fighting tanks

[opaque zealot]

ik i alr did

[past dragon]

it is cheap and good

[past dragon]

so you can hjave tanks

anti tank you can have it in support

[opaque zealot]

okay

[past dragon]

max inf should be like 20 width

[raw magnet]

How fun is playing the soviet union?

[opaque zealot]

and this bomber??

is it too expensive??