ask-for-help-here

[wispy cobalt]

u can even decrease it

[gritty marten]

you can reduce their autonomy by either lend leasing them (especially convoys) or building in them

[wispy cobalt]

and when an icon on the left begins to shine click on it. so u can decrease to a better level. with each level/decrease u gain more resourses, etc from them

[slow tree]

alr

thank you!

[wispy cobalt]

glhf!

[gritty marten]

there are few other ways too (attaches, focuses) but those two are the fastest

[violet maple]

hover ur cursors over the little pawn things

there are ddiff levels of puppets

[slender lodge]

Any tip for taking countrys like netherlands or belgium pretty fast?

I got defeated cuz netherlands annoy alot

[dusty sandal]

https://tenor.com/view/omerrv-snip-snippingtool-life-hack-supertool-gif-19420393

[slow tree]

are these mountain div good?

[slow tree]

set your armor div on these tiles and set to aggresive to push to the capital

[uncut narwhal]

make them 36w

and go down the mountaineer doctrine

[slow tree]

with more mountaineers or tanks

[slow tree]

i maked it im pretty sure

[uncut narwhal]

if you want to use them in mountains then dont tanks

idk how you feel about space marines

but do mountaineers

[glacial steeple]

32

[slow tree]

what are space marines

[glacial steeple]

max 33.33

50w tile

[uncut narwhal]

an infantry division with an armored battalion

[slow tree]

isnt that armor?

[uncut narwhal]

isnt 36/38w better for general offensive units?

[uncut narwhal]

wdym

[slow tree]

armor units arent space marines?

i kept hearing ppl say armor units when refering to tanks

[uncut narwhal]

no space marines are units that are majority non-armored battalions with only one or a few armored battalions

[slow tree]

aaa

[uncut narwhal]

so armor units are tanks

[slow tree]

so like 16 inf with like 2 heavy tanks

[uncut narwhal]

exactly

it just improves the division massively cause the ai cant pierce the division

[slow tree]

i dont want to "cheat"

to break the game

so i wont use them

how do i complete the objective

[uncut narwhal]

just read below the thing that isnt checked yet

free france tag means the normal france

[slow tree]

im trying to understand it

french capitulated long ago

there are only a few troops in africa

[uncut narwhal]

they have to be facist or your subject or at peace with you or cant control any north african states

[dark thistle]

Is there a way to get manpower without destroying my econemy

[fathom thistle]

Well, everything below extented conscription will give ya some debuffs to your economic output. You can get desperate defense for 5% population factor. Some focuses give it too. Otherwise just try not to loose so much manpower, have hospitals, dont attack with your smaller divisions, the main fighting should be done by larger divisions like 35w-36w

[dark thistle]

ok thanks

im playing as yugoslavia and ive had 0 man power for over 5 years now

[fathom thistle]

Whats your template? + how many armies u have?

[uncut narwhal]

add 2 more tank battalions

and support arty

and signals

[dark thistle]

should i keep using medium tanks or modern

[uncut narwhal]

mediums

[dark thistle]

alr

like this

[fathom thistle]

singal companies always for inf, add one more tank to make it 36w, fill up support companies

[lament sky]

should i put this here

or like in modding

[dark thistle]

which ones

i have all maxed

[uncut narwhal]

get light recon and flame tanks

medium flame tanks

[dark thistle]

i dont have no step back

[fathom thistle]

signals for inf

[uncut narwhal]

ok

[dark thistle]

uhm which one is signal

[uncut narwhal]

fernmeldekompanie

[fathom thistle]

hospitals are always great, light recon for tanks

[dark thistle]

thanks

[uncut narwhal]

get "gepanzerte aufklärungskompanie" for the tanks

[dark thistle]

alr ty

so my infantry should be like this

and tanks this

[neat widget]

remove the engineers and the hospitals probably

[dark thistle]

i just got told to add them

[fathom thistle]

hospitals for free tank div support slot or logistics. Engineers on inf are fine just not so much on tanks without dlc's

[dark thistle]

so i shouldn't put hospitals on

i dont have the dlc

for tanks

[fathom thistle]

The 5th slot depends on what u want, u cant go wrong with hospitals or logistics. For 18w inf the hospitals might be not worth it, same for engineers. If you can afford it sure.

[dark thistle]

I have more then enough logistics

[autumn steppe]

OKAY SO
I'm playing Japan, with RT56. I'm a bit new but not totally, and I've managed to get this much progress. The problem is that I can't manage to cover all that area due to my number of divisions, and I'm already missing a lot of guns, support equipement, and everything. I've tried many times to win this, but it ended up with divisions piercing and encercling my divisions.
Do y'all have any advice ? Feel free to ask for more info and have a nice day😘

[dark thistle]

are u using planes and tanks

and planes

[autumn steppe]

I am, wait Imma send u smth

[small talon]

Please help i have tried saving this for SO LONG NOW.

[dark thistle]

uhm

how do i tell u this

[autumn steppe]

This is the air map. The reason why I don't have air superiority on the Central China is because I don't have an airport close enough

[dark thistle]

alr

[autumn steppe]

I'm using mainly Fighters and CAS

[dark thistle]

well u should firstly get a good econemy before attacking china tbh

and a good army

[autumn steppe]

indeed😔

[spring bay]

you also need to do naval invasions aswell. even holding them with just a few divisions pulls away a lot from the chinese

[autumn steppe]

okay okay I'll try that thx

[spring bay]

naval invade ports and the surrounding tiles, once you have them secured replace them with standard inf to hold and push then use the marines elsewhere

[autumn steppe]

okay okay thanks

[hexed ravine]

guys please

im fighting for germany vs ussr

and my divisions dying

whatefok

what should i do

[spring bay]

stop stacking so many

[hexed ravine]

but how i will win

i dont know, im asking them to attack, and they are going back to the frontline

[spring bay]

by having supply, a strong frontline of good troops and using your motorized / tanks to breakthrough and make pockets

you need to make an attack order

[hexed ravine]

this will help much?

i thinked that if i play with divisions by hands that will be better

[spring bay]

they will attack on their own with it unless you want to micromanage every div individually

[slender lodge]

Try using a spear one

[hexed ravine]

what is this

[slow tree]

i think i messed up

i didnt invade uk or ussr and its 1943

[hexed ravine]

which one

[slow tree]

but i have road to 56

[slender lodge]

Spear atacck perder

[slender lodge]

The threee sights one

[slow tree]

the one right to offensive linme

[hexed ravine]

oh, ok

[dusty sandal]

radio, don't use it in singleplayer

[hexed ravine]

thank you guys for helping me

[spring bay]

i personally love signal companies in my inf and tanks, the roll bonus is pretty good

[uncut narwhal]

watch dankus video when he played japan in singleplayer or the bittersteel video to get an idea

[slow tree]

what more does this guy need

he has like 600 planes

for 24 ppl

[spring bay]

how thick are your paratroopers?

[wet crater]

I think he has 24 individual units in the template

[autumn steppe]

think I'm making progress

[wet crater]

No you are doing well

First time?

[spring bay]

nah with it needing that many wings its a lot of people

[wet crater]

Even more?

Jeez

What is in those units

[spring bay]

yeah, he said he has 6 wings already and it needs 5 more

[wet crater]

thats a lot

[spring bay]

so his template has to be massive

[wet crater]

I havent played around with paradrops nearly enough

[uncut narwhal]

try microing instead of just battle planning

thats the reason your losing

[autumn steppe]

I was doing both😭

[uncut narwhal]

dont battleplan

just micro

[autumn steppe]

Playing japan yes

[uncut narwhal]

all the way

use a few naval invasions aswell

very important

[autumn steppe]

SIR YES SIR

Okay okay🤔

[uncut narwhal]

also do a collab on china

[autumn steppe]

I don’t have enough equipment tho

[wet crater]

Its okay for the first time

[uncut narwhal]

next time i meant

its 39 so you dont even have time

[wet crater]

Yeah with japan ignore political tree early

Rush mil focuses first

Then reinforce the east hebei garrison, and puppet menjiang via focus

You want the mobile units chilling in korea to back up the naval invasion to shanghai

Seize airport

And port

And thrust out

Same time

You slam in north

Down the south toward jimen

Dont bother dealing with the warlords west of shandong, the supply crap isnt worth it

[autumn steppe]

OKAY THANK YOU

[wet crater]

Only the big one needs to cap for the rest to cap

[wet crater]

Honestly I personally cannot be bothered half the time to do this, though I know its not optimal

Its china

They dont have guns

[uncut narwhal]

still makes it faster

[wet crater]

You just punch hard and fast and break them before franco even starts spanish civil war

[uncut narwhal]

and compliance

[wet crater]

As i said, I know its not optimal to not make the collab

Its the human element of I cant be bothered

If was i speedrunning or something I would, in sp its nice, but not a strict requirement

[slow tree]

anything i should change?

[wet crater]

Yeah i normally just puppet it

And stack war reps and resource rights

65% of the mils is, a lot of mils

Plus colonial divisions means you can still suck their manpower pool up

And japan has a few ticking autonomy modifiers

Is taking the land outright with high compliance better?

Hm

Actually not sure

On that one

[uncut narwhal]

yes

[knotty sandal]

Is this operation good?

[dusty sandal]

more range, no electronics

[dusty sandal]

those paras better not be the base template or you'll be wasting 20divs

[neat widget]

make sure to press the button before you go to war so that you get open skies

or just put airplanes up for air supremacy

[earnest tide]

Help... how do i get my divisions out now..

[neat widget]

yeah you have to build a port

[earnest tide]

its not my land.. i cant build

[neat widget]

is it your puppet or ally?

[earnest tide]

nope

[neat widget]

aeugh

i think you may be a bit screwed

so you just have military access to this japan and not the other japan?

[glacial steeple]

you need ally or puppet for port

mil access for railway

[earnest tide]

i dont have access to either one 😭
war enden my divisions were there and i didnt got the land

[neat widget]

i know

this is difficult

[glacial steeple]

declare war

[spring bay]

time to declare war and wait until they tp home

[neat widget]

declare war on the soviets? Oof

[vital plinth]

Hey I’m non aligned and can’t make factions is there a way for me to release Britain and try to get them to build a faction again ?

I want to fight axis who owns most of the world right now

[trail reef]

i did the facist focus for argentina in time but hitler has not yet come

[glacial steeple]

he only comes with ahist germany/berlin fallen afaik

and its a chance

[trail reef]

is it not 100% even if i do the focus in time?

[glacial steeple]

pretty sure not

[trail reef]

what if berlin falls before i do the focus?

[austere roost]

If you don't mind breaking Ironman you can go to event files and change probability of an event happening

[vital plinth]

Hey I’m non aligned and can’t make factions is there a way for me to release Britain and try to get them to build a faction again ?

I want to fight axis who owns most of the world right now

[dense vapor]

did the new dlc change the combat width? Whats a good combat width for infantry?

[analog maple]

should i use anti tank support as the soviet?

[dusty sandal]

no it didn't
still 16 or 18w for defensive units

[dusty sandal]

no

AT is useless in vanilla singleplayer

[analog maple]

it mp

[hollow stirrup]

how to trigger france early mob ?

[sand ember]

do you know the people you're playing with

[analog maple]

nope

[sand ember]

Have they played multiplayer before

[analog maple]

yea

[dusty sandal]

then you inf is 18w with logi, At, aa as support

individual excellence as doctrine iirc

[glacial steeple]

such a broad question

[trail reef]

what does cold acclimation do like what difference would 15% do

[glacial steeple]

it means you get less cold debuffs a bit faster

[trail reef]

what should i change or add its a medium tank template

[errant chasm]

A hospital company

[trail reef]

should i change out the arty for smt

[errant chasm]

Yeah and put the 5th slot a medium flame tank if you have NSB otherwise light tanks recon or signal

[trail reef]

how do i get flame tank i got the dlc

[trail reef]

?

[errant chasm]

Research flamethrowers in speical projects and ocne that is done Go to your tank designer and put a flamethrower and change the rank role to flame tank.

[trail reef]

what should the flamethrower tank look likle

[errant chasm]

Something like this but you do not have to use the Petrol Electric or have that much armor in Single player @trail reef

[trail reef]

ok thanks

[carmine dagger]

is there any good videos on how this game works

[glacial steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/check-pin-discord-check-pin-gif-1835998338632614419

[royal juniper]

should I give heavy flame tanks to my tanks or nah?

or is medium flame tanks better for my tank divisions?

[errant chasm]

Nah medium is fine

[royal juniper]

aight so should I even bother doing a pre war or rush down 1938 medium tank?

[errant chasm]

depends on what nation you are but generally rushing to 1938 med is not neccessary in my opinion

so take this with a pinch of salt ^

[royal juniper]

germany

cuz im trynna take over the world as germany

[errant chasm]

not neccessary but you can if you want

[neat widget]

yeah you don't need 1938 med chassis for a good medium tank

[errant chasm]

Hey, Livadeia

[neat widget]

hey

[prisma igloo]

Why does my logistics fufillment say need 25 trains 0% stockpile when i have 42 in my stockpile

Im at 100% for trucks but when i go to make trains it just raises in need

i fixed it i just had to delete the stockpile its going up in % now

[glacial steeple]

do u have convoys

and trucks

and does it require either of those

[royal juniper]

btw should I do the tank convertion strat to medium tanks or nah?

[glacial steeple]

if you want to

it is a stronger way to play

[spring robin]

hello, i'm playing with mods and doing a motorized and tanks only army, what's the main thing i should research to not get supply attrition ?

[royal juniper]

bro how do u naval invade the yk

uk

can anyone pls show me in vc?

[spring robin]

yes

@royal juniperu hoppin or not ?

[royal juniper]

oops

[prisma igloo]

No, it didnt require convoys or trucks, im playing as qing Manchuria, my supply was stuck at zero because for some reason the trains i was producing was just going into thin air, registered in my stock but didnt exist

[balmy dawn]

Is there a way to download and run the current "beta" patch that they're working on? I thought I saw instructions once, but I can't find them

[prisma igloo]

i fixed it, but it sucked bad cuz im manchuria i had to delete like 3 years worth of trains

lowk might report it as a bug but idk if it was user error or what but i was playing as i normally do and ive never had that happen until now

[glacial steeple]

ah just reload then

[prisma igloo]

i tried

it didnt fix

[glacial steeple]

sucks

[prisma igloo]

when i got peace deal with japan it did it

atleast it was after the civil war

but

still sucked

[glacial steeple]

i cant remember the last time i made trains in singleplayer with less than 100 mils

[prisma igloo]

nobody fw me 💔💔💔💔💔 nobody was tryna give me trains LOL

[glacial steeple]

if you ahve none then just have none

train deficit doesnt fully murder your suppl

y

just slower reinforcements and less supply range

[prisma igloo]

is that really a good idea? given manchurias position

chinas ai got shitty supply as it is

[glacial steeple]

if you have like no mils its usually better to make fighting equipment imo

also ussr always sells trains

[prisma igloo]

even with anti comiterm? i lowk didnt even try them

[glacial steeple]

useful for communist china gameplay but good info

[glacial steeple]

if you do anti comintern theyll dislike you

thats kinda how that goes

[prisma igloo]

ye thats what i expected

thats why i didnt try from them germany basically told me to f myself

[glacial steeple]

they dont ?

just buy like 10 for a civ

also in general you only need like a couple trains

unless you get logi struck

in which case thats just a losing battle

[prisma igloo]

i launched civil war in 1938

i dont got any civs

or enough to do anything relevant with

[versed rose]

i forget how bad vanilla logistrike hurts, nothing fazes me anymore after sheep mod logistrike

[prisma igloo]

without screwing myself

[glacial steeple]

its a sad thing

love how you can lose up to like what

100 or so trucks and trains per tick

per area

[versed rose]

there aint no fixing that

armored trains alone still hurt last i played, i had to make state aa

[glacial steeple]

armored trains are a scam

they do like a bit of AA but you have half the trains

and it takes research time (evil)

[versed rose]

well, i research them anyway for railway gun

[glacial steeple]

ah then its fine

[versed rose]

but yea, less trains but a little bit of aa feels so bad compared to just making state aa as the front moves

[glacial steeple]

railway guns can get logi struck too btw

takes civs to repair them

[glacial steeple]

today i learned they added a free stab button

[warm veldt]

help

[neat widget]

state aa gives stability?

[neat widget]

for what in particular

[glacial steeple]

patrol

[short lichen]

what the hell is a capital and screen ship

[neat widget]

ah i see, if you have oil

[glacial steeple]

just having dominance in your seas is stab apparently

like 6.5% as ger from 2 zones for reference

1-2 traded duvs for what could be like a lot of stab?

need to try as japan later because

you core saipan, iwo jima

thats more zones that give stab

[slender lodge]

i did anchsluss in 1936

now, do i spam mili factorys?

im germany HOI4

[plucky otter]

Spam nothing but mils and synthetics

Mostly mils

[neat widget]

huh

[inner sparrow]

10% if all of them

but ai or other players can sabotage it by having more dominance in the zone

[glacial steeple]

ai doesnt

your friends suck

[minor ruin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1132529643996581910/1293413153564266567/no_way_bro.gif

[inner sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/blow-dandelion-funny-tiktok-twin-gif-15210823194168172336

[slender lodge]

My first time taking over france

Any tips?

it took me three tríes to do, because i had no Panzer divitions so i had to improve flanking all their zones and with fast ataccks

[plucky otter]

Ill give one tip

Use field marshals

Free stats and makes managing army way easier

[neat widget]

^

[slender lodge]

How to? And also, i’d like to Make Panzers división, could you tell me a plantille?

Like How much tanks and motorized i need to produce in one división and these things

[plucky otter]

Shift click on several armies then click the bigger empty portrait

[slender lodge]

Ooohh alright

Also

[plucky otter]

I would give a better example, But I am not able to at the moment

[slender lodge]

Could You tell me how to get resources from a country?

I took dutch bc it has the RSS i need

Are these already getting or i need to do something?

[plucky otter]

By owning or controlling land

As soon as you take the resource you get a portion of it

[slender lodge]

Alright

Also

Do i get them auto?

[plucky otter]

Since its occupied and with low compliance you get less

Yes

[slender lodge]

alright ill try to fix that and more things!

[plucky otter]

All resources are done automatically

[slender lodge]

Thanks, ill use girls marshal

i have another question

Which tanks do i use

medium or heavy

[plucky otter]

Medium spgs

Thats with dlc, idk about without dlc

[slender lodge]

what’s dlc

i just instálales hoi4

installed*

Anyway, thanks man

Im gonna organize my army

[plucky otter]

Extra content that can be bought on the hoi4 store page

[neat widget]

dlc stands for downloadable content, and basically these are big packages of "additional" content

[slender lodge]

I just use the 1936 default map

could someone tell me what generals or officer i use for Panzers división?

Like: do i use Erwin rommel and Heinz Guderian or There is another better?

[plucky otter]

Rommel is a pretty good general

[slender lodge]

Alright, thanks

[slow tree]

yo

bomb locks or heavy bomb locks for cas

i have engine 4

[slender lodge]

Could someone here tell me whats the best goverment?

I need resources + no resistance

[slow tree]

local police force

and if resistance is somewhat high secret police

[light knoll]

the last one where possible

which is Belgium and Netherlands iirc

[inner sparrow]

depends on how high your compliance is and what year ur in

[slender lodge]

Im in 1939

(March)

[inner sparrow]

do u have compliance on any of them through colabs or none?

[slender lodge]

With belgium

[inner sparrow]

yeah do u have compliance opn belgium

[slender lodge]

yes

[inner sparrow]

how much

[slender lodge]

idk i just accepted their offer of civil thing

[inner sparrow]

bro

[slender lodge]

4%

💀

[inner sparrow]

alright

if u want their factories and resc u need compliance, u get it by taking civ oversight which will give compliance over time but at the start ur gonna have higher resistance

[slender lodge]

If i put military governor is better than civilian over sight?

or do i need to change?

[inner sparrow]

no

[slender lodge]

Ok i put civ over shit th ten

?

oversight*

[inner sparrow]

mil governor is to lower resistance but if u lower resistance with it your compliance willm get lowered aswell as a result

[slender lodge]

so i put civ oversight

[inner sparrow]

in the screen u can see the flag is compliance and how much it will be lowered and the hand is resistance

[inner sparrow]

if u want compliance yes

[slender lodge]

Compliqnce Give me more resources and factory?

[inner sparrow]

yes

[wispy cobalt]

which country?

[inner sparrow]

u can also get compliance with collabs from spy agency but u have to do them before u annex them

[wispy cobalt]

or to ask differently: who did u annex

[slender lodge]

Belgium, netherlands, france

[wispy cobalt]

hmm, ok

as germany?

[slender lodge]

i will take denmark and norway for resources

[slender lodge]

Yes

[wispy cobalt]

then i often do matial law, paired with the kav devision as garnisions. u could try and see if this works

[inner sparrow]

again this doesnt give him the factories and resources

it reduces compliance

its not that hard to read what compliance does and garrison laws

[slender lodge]

i started playing like 2 days ago

i dont even know how to use planes

[slender lodge]

Or idk if i do, i just put the missions and move then

them O

Them*

alright i put civ oversight on france belgium and netherlands

[inner sparrow]

thats fine, when it comes to garrison just remember, the higher ur compliance the more facotry and resources u get, u gain compliance by making collabs through your spy agency or by putting your gar law on civ oversight

[slender lodge]

Also

[inner sparrow]

civ oversight tho while giving u compliance over time will also higher resistance

[slender lodge]

Do i get himmler?

[slender lodge]

How much time do i use them?

[slender lodge]

For Gestapo and that

[wispy cobalt]

u can if u want to focus on the Abwehr

[inner sparrow]

you mean for the cirlce or?

[slender lodge]

Yeah That’s it

[inner sparrow]

Goebbles is better

[slender lodge]

Idk what it is

[slender lodge]

I have him too

[wispy cobalt]

arthur, could u look in your DMs pls...

[inner sparrow]

take hess, goebbels and speer or goering

depending on what eco path u went

[slender lodge]

When do i put it as military goverment back?

[inner sparrow]

u can use it forever, all the others reduce compliance. Harsh Quota is good if u have high compliance but it will fall off after 3 years. If u have 70% compliance, harsh quota will be better for roughly 3 years than civ oversight

[inner sparrow]

never

military goverment is bad

[slender lodge]

alright

Imma go play to get the countrys i need for lebensraum

Goodbye and thanks yall

[deft agate]

How to unlock the 5th slot of division template?

[marble temple]

in your doctrines

[dry saffron]

i am playing german reich, no matter what I do, I can't win against the Soviets. What are your suggestions?

[slow tree]

yo

how do i make carpet bombers?

wait no

i meant air supply

[marble temple]

is there anyone that can hop in a vc with me and help me with my modding issues? it's my first time modding and i ran into a brick wall after trying to add focuses

[dusty sandal]

transport planes
keep in mind that air supply is basically useless

[slender lodge]

You all know the section “ Fate of Yugoslavia “ in germany national focus? Well, evertyime i try to do something they just decline my offers and i need to invade, how to sucesfully complete fate of yugoslavia

[dusty sandal]

each plane drops 0.01 supply as per the wiki, meaning you need 100 transports at 100% efficiency (rarely happens) to drop 1 single supply

[dusty sandal]

britain must not pressure them (they alwways do on historical) or they need to be fascist

they are meant to deny it on historical as it's what happened irl

[slender lodge]

Also i put my planes on mision to air superiority agaisnt UK

I sent them but seems like they never showed up

and The planes Still on My bases

[dusty sandal]

send them to a closer airport

[slender lodge]

air base works?

[dusty sandal]

then assign them a mission in the desired air region

[slender lodge]

alright i did

I hope we defend agaisnt damn britains

I just conquered france and Benelux in 1938 and now i dont know what to do

Cuz my navy sucks

[slender lodge]

Im preparing U boats and boats to atacck norway

Then ill try to weak un

Also

When Japan offers tripartite Pact

Do i reject or Accept?

I dont want USA to atacck europe

@dusty sandal

[slow tree]

Well my trains don't do shit

Im the jungle

Even with max lvl everything

[dusty sandal]

jap will declare war on philippines and us will join allies
or
us will join allies anyway

[slender lodge]

So theres no way to get US off me

[dusty sandal]

trains do shit
you're probably overstackign divs or too far from hubs

[slow tree]

Africa is so hard

[slender lodge]

i need to make boats and faster, but for some reason i make one by like each month

[slow tree]

Hubs every 2 tiles

[slender lodge]

How to Make more

[dusty sandal]

max railway doesn't generate supplies, it increase supply cap on hubs. If the hbs weren't overloaded in the first place, upgrading railways won't change anything

[dusty sandal]

screenshot ?

[slender lodge]

If i could send all my divisions i would cook afrika

[dusty sandal]

more dockyards

[slow tree]

Im offline

I crashed put

[slender lodge]

All i do is send expeditions to my allies and let them take it

[slow tree]

Out

[slender lodge]

What abr If i have no space for them

[slow tree]

30 div defending a port

[dusty sandal]

well then I'm gonna doubt your dubbious ,infos

[dusty sandal]

too bad
make some of upgrade techs

[slow tree]

Navy boring

[slender lodge]

wdym too bas

[slow tree]

But kinda good

[slow tree]

You can't make them faster

Like tanks

It takes a long time for each one

[slender lodge]

Yeah well, norway and UK aint getting conquered if i dont have boats

[dusty sandal]

you need more dockyards to build more ships. Can't build more docks ? can't build more ships. Simple as

[slender lodge]

Uk will eventually invade me in europe?

[dusty sandal]

yes

[slender lodge]

Its 1941 (1 Jan) and they are useless

for now

[slow tree]

Paratroopers

[slow tree]

Dday

[slender lodge]

Good idea

Only If

Only If i just KNOW How to use Them

Because i already tried to use them on belgium

I had all ready for it to work

[dusty sandal]

good paratroopers and a lot of good close air support

[slender lodge]

And didnt work

[slow tree]

Build a shitload of transport aircrafts

[dusty sandal]

lack of transport or air superiority most likely

[slender lodge]

How much close air Support planes?

And How much transport for 24 divitions of paratrooppers

[slow tree]

I used 1000 on uk

[slender lodge]

also yugoslavia refused my deal

[slow tree]

Iirc 500

[slender lodge]

.

[slow tree]

Invade

[slender lodge]

But They decline all deals?

[dusty sandal]

50 planes per div on an order

[slender lodge]

50x24=1.200

oooof

It will take me a long time

[slow tree]

Use like 12 para

[slender lodge]

i have 24 of them

Just 12?

[slow tree]

The rest go by navy (thats what mine did)

[dusty sandal]

an order with 5 divs assigned will require 250 transports to launch
5 orders of 1 div will require 50 planes but will only launch every 6hrs
5 orders of 1 div with 100 planes will require 12hrs to drop 4 divs

[slender lodge]

Uk is invading Italy

what do i do

[slow tree]

Send inf

[slender lodge]

A: nothing

B: Nothing

C: send exped and wait

[slow tree]

C

[dusty sandal]

also, if you're gonna use the base paratrooper template, it's better not to even think about using them AT ALL

[slender lodge]

wdym Francis

Anyway ill go take care of europe

[dusty sandal]

make good paratroopers or don't make paratroopers at all

if you're using a crappy para template you'd be better off not using paras at all or you'll be wasting time and resources

[slender lodge]

@dusty sandal Any Good Tank témplate?

I have panzer IV im looking for a panzer template

[dusty sandal]

check pins, go for topazand's

#hoi4-general message
add support aa to template

[slender lodge]

This one? @dusty sandal

[slender lodge]

Do i use this one?

[dusty sandal]

they're the same, yes

[slender lodge]

And why so low tanks there

[dusty sandal]

wdym

[slender lodge]

i just see two tanks

and The rest is motorized

[dusty sandal]

10 tanks is plenty
and the rest isn't mot but mechanized

[slender lodge]

wdym 10 tanks

[dusty sandal]

you either use cav or mechanized, never motorized (expensive ccav)

10 tanks

[slender lodge]

Are those tanks?

Holy

These doesnt look like tanks ig

You mean señores combat Support batallón? @dusty sandal

mb

Auto corrector

Armored combat Support batallions

?

[dusty sandal]

no

these are spgs

[slender lodge]

then

[dusty sandal]

arty tanks

[slender lodge]

Wdym Arturo tanks

artu*

OMG

arty*

[dusty sandal]

they get buffs from doctrines, unlike regular tanks

[slender lodge]

Ooh

So

Im making Panzers IV

They work?

[dusty sandal]

make them SPGs and convert them

[slender lodge]

How to convert to SPGS

[dusty sandal]

make the design then produce it but click on the stockpile icon at the bottom left of the production card (on the production line)

[slender lodge]

So do i créate varíant of PZ with those adjustment?

[dusty sandal]

yup

same chassis as the old tank you were producing

[slender lodge]

Medium or light mantelet

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here message

[slender lodge]

um

@dusty sandal Im gonna use This

Any tip to upgrade it?

[dusty sandal]

no

[slender lodge]

😭

i dont understand the pics u just sent

jst tell me what to change

[dusty sandal]

you need SPGs, not medium tanks
you need mechanized, not motorized. If you don't hjave mech yet, use cavalry instead
don't use support arty support company, add support AA to the template I sent

[slender lodge]

anti air?

AA Ant air

[sour mountain]

any ideas to break hte stalemate

after italy capitulated

the front is kinda ww1ish

[slender lodge]

Im already unlocking mecha no es

To understand

Do i ads anti air support + SPG instead of medium tanks?

That’s all ?

[deft agate]

I tried grand battle plan, mass assult, it did not unlock it

[dusty sandal]

look,
you do the same template I sent first. You add a support company with AA to it in the free slot
you use medium SPGs, not medium tanks
you use mech or cav, not motorized

simple as

[slender lodge]

How to get SPGs

[sour mountain]

what

[dusty sandal]

you need to unlock the "+1 brigade size" milestone in subdoctrines. it changes based on the grand doctrine you picked (which should always be superior firepower or grand battleplan, the other two are worthless unfortunately)

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here message
change the tank designation

[uncut narwhal]

tanks

[slender lodge]

I cant change medium tank to artillery

It Ask for a module i dont have

[dusty sandal]

use the correct armament

[inner sparrow]

your main cannon on the tank needs to be of the artillery type

[dusty sandal]

it's supposed to be an howitzer

[ripe badge]

Do research bonuses for battleships only work on normal research or also for the shbb special project

[dusty sandal]

normal research only

[slender lodge]

Where is the module that let me to change medium tank designation to artillery one

i can’t find it in special modules

[ripe badge]

Alright thanks

[dusty sandal]

it's. a. gun.
the howitzer gun
use the design I sent

[slender lodge]

i dont know how to make the design

[dusty sandal]

design ther whole thing first, then change the designation

not a second before

[arctic aspen]

Any tips on how to cut the leash and stop being reliant on guides? I just tried to play britain and couldn't even get a basic set up that i felt was actually good.

[deft agate]

Witch subdoctrine?

[dusty sandal]

depends
GBP needs inf doctrine to be maxed out, SFP needs arty subdoctrine, I'm guessing mobile warfare and mass assault require one of the two others

[sour mountain]

hello??

what happend bor

MY TROOPS ARE ALL IN LILE NOW

[deft agate]

Okay, now I see it!

Its one of those shiny icons when you select a Grand Doctrine before unlocking it with xp

[uncut narwhal]

yea they got teleported

and also

you shouldnt attack

your troops are barely existing

[sly spoke]

Alr boys wish me luck. Btw any tips?

[daring gorge]

this counts as support equipment right?

im kinda new so i dont know what MIO to choose for it

but surely carl walther right?

[glacial steeple]

no

[daring gorge]

oh ok

[glacial steeple]

you should but thats just because it can give up to +60% research bonus

[celest shuttle]

Hi how much spy i can have if i play china ?

i only have 7 for now

[daring gorge]

should i put regular infantry equipment on cw too?

[glacial steeple]

probably, just remember to change design MIO and produce with the inf stuff

[daring gorge]

alright

is it feasible to shit out a ton of 1battalion inf and convert them to regular to get anschluss and stuff early?

[light knoll]

anchluss requires them to have equipment. but you don't need to convert regardless

[daring gorge]

why is that?

[light knoll]

just spam out a ton of 2w and you can do anchluss mid 1936

[daring gorge]

should i do industry or anschluss first?

[light knoll]

anchluss

[daring gorge]

for the civs a yes

[light knoll]

unless you're going PEG

in which case do that first

[daring gorge]

im just gonna finish reichswerke and then rush down anschluss

i alr have enough men anyway

[daring gorge]

how do i get thsese as early as possible? I alr have max infra in moselland but it still doesnt meet requirements. can i only do it by invading stuff like poland/czechoslovakia?

[slender lodge]

u dont need these that early tho

[daring gorge]

does germany just not have a slot with enough stuff?

[daring gorge]

i just wana get rid of mefo bills as early as possible

[slender lodge]

u should focus anschluss fast

then invade poland and make france falls while you still can

[daring gorge]

alr have

[slender lodge]

trust

me

[slender lodge]

which year u are on

[daring gorge]

early 37

[slender lodge]

you good

ok now get checzslovakia

then start ataccking poland

[daring gorge]

but mefo bills 😭

50percent consumer is crazy

[slender lodge]

dont take care abt that

u will fix it later

[daring gorge]

😭😭😭

[daring gorge]

lemme finish heraeus

[slender lodge]

do u making civ of mil factoryes

[daring gorge]

im spamming mills. im just gonna take them from czech/poland

the civs

[slender lodge]

yeah thats what i do

then i sell all of them to other countrys like Dutch / Sweden for resources to make my production go good

then i start invading dutch / belgic and france

denmark is the easiest you could invade

just declare war and after some days they surrender udont even need to fight

[daring gorge]

is this tuff?

[slender lodge]

for infantry i use 7 soldier / 2 artillery

the classic

but its your gameplay, u can play it like you want to

[daring gorge]

yeah im just using these as tank'ish stuff

alot of soft but im not gonna build alot id say

[slender lodge]

i dont use tanks tho, since i start war early i dont need them

after some years i start using them

[inner sparrow]

besides buna-werke they arent needed, its gonna take till sov or uk cap for u as ger to get rid of mefo anyways so doing the other 2 focuses early is a waste and u just give urself higher cg on mefo for no reason

[inner sparrow]

just straigt up shit btw

line arty sucks and the more u put in ur div the worse it gets

38w with 220 soft and 70 break is extremely bad while also only having 280 hp

[slender lodge]

i could say so, u can easy get in bad terms with making artillery if you put alot

[inner sparrow]

line arty is bad even if u use only 1 or two

pure inf is just better

support arty as support company is good

[slender lodge]

i had better gameplays with pure infantry

a comparation: it took me 4 years to take over benelux (not even belgium) using artillery + infantry and some tanks

but with just infantry it took me 2 years and france was also done

[slender lodge]

• denmark surrender and better preparation time for USSR / afrika / better army

[austere roost]

do you mean starting from 1936, it took until 1940 to conquer benelux, or that you took 4 years after you declared on benelux to take over it?

[slender lodge]

i started to take benelux around 1939

cuz i was playing historical

i used those year to have a great army yeah

but useless strat

so the best you can do is end benelux + france at 1938

[slow tree]

yall

[slender lodge]

what

[slow tree]

is it better to keep sweden independet

[slender lodge]

of course

[slow tree]

or invade them

[slender lodge]

independet

cuz u can trade with them nicely

and also they result in a passive nation

[slow tree]

ye but then i wont have to trade with them

[slender lodge]

u dont need to atacck them

[slender lodge]

u will

thats why hitler took denmark and norway

[slow tree]

alr

[wise heron]

does to many cas in one airspace stack or does it get to an limit, is there an thing to have to much cas?

[slow tree]

how many are we talking

[wise heron]

infinite

@slow tree please hell

help

[slow tree]

uhm

wym infinite

[wise heron]

for example 100,000 cas in one front line

[slow tree]

ye

idk if its possible

[raven maple]

Hey can anyone recommend a path for me I have 300h in game and I have all dlcs but ncns

[tranquil kayak]

can the netherlands not declare on belgium before getting guaranteed by the uk/france anymore?

[raven maple]

Belgium starts out guaranteed

[strange echo]

guys am i cooked?

they doin naval invasion too?!🙏 🥀

[crystal kindle]

i’m playing germany, i beat the allies and the soviet union. i’m fighting china now and im having very bad supply problems, my allies and reichskommisarits are using up my airports and supply, and the chinse have like 9-20 divisions per province, idk what to do someone help plz

[wintry matrix]

Spy Agency bonus outcome:
Can I get a higher chance than +33% on it for Collaboration Governments?
Outside of using two seducers and 100% intel network?

[pliant condor]

use the sea route

[slow tree]

yo

should light cruisers have torpeos?

[crystal kindle]

i don't have supply problems in the divisions near the sea, only in the ones that are farther west

[light knoll]

don't make the RKs. they're terrible. and turn off allied supply

[pliant condor]

you always have supply near the sea

build ports

also i mean you should naval invade them

since you killed the allies

it's much easier to fight in beter supplied areas

[crystal kindle]

the supply hubs r in the rks and i can't change their suplly status

[pliant condor]

just ignore this front

let the ai waste their division in here

use your divs to naval invade china from the south

[crystal kindle]

oh yea thats smart

[light knoll]

next time just don't make them

[crystal kindle]

i control all of japan

[light knoll]

never give your ai allies any land if you can help it

even if its their core

[crystal kindle]

u mean in peace conferences ?

[light knoll]

yea and also when conquering

[slow tree]

where

is my manpower

it is nonexistent

[wise heron]

if i have an army front containing of 5000 combat width does that mean i can have 15000 cas as maximum effect

[slow tree]

yes

[crystal kindle]

okey thanks!

[pliant condor]

basically

but i don't think any front would have that much combat width

def not one zone

[gilded shuttle]

does soviet shall have 1k divisions?

or that is supossed to not to happen

[slow tree]

its normal

also

i will get clappe by the soviets

100 consumer goos

no autarky

[scenic salmon]

is there a particular technique to build supply lines? like building supply hubs on blue tiles vs red tiles?

[wispy cobalt]

red tiles are simply the ones without good supply. so u should try to place them in a region to improve it. i wouldn´t build them right at the front, i would build them right behind it and connect it with railways to the front. so little losses of territory don´t capture ur supplyhubs immidiatly....

[manic yacht]

i need help with field marshals, they are supposed to be asble to commnd 5 armies right? it says mine can hold only 24 divisions

[glacial steeple]

thats a general

or a field marshal in a general position

[manic yacht]

how do i fix it

[scenic salmon]

okay thx, yeah I normally try to put them on blue tiles but wasnt sure if there was a better strategy

[glacial steeple]

its already fine

field marshals are like the generals of your generals

they cant directly command 5x more divs

[scenic salmon]

having difficulty with asia being so low with supply

[glacial steeple]

they can have infinite divs under them if its within 5 armies and not get additional debuffs

but they also only give half the buff a general would

[manic yacht]

im genuinely so confused

[glacial steeple]

why?

when you have an army

theres a button to the right and to the left

to the right creates a new army, to the left creates a field marshal spot

which armies can be assigned to

[manic yacht]

oh

omfg

so thats what i was doing wrong

thank you so much dude

[glacial steeple]

no problem

[glacial steeple]

defendable tiles, vps already give some local supply, upgrading rail and infra can increase supply range

ideally you make new hubs within your supply range and outside that of the enemy

say you have a river; you want it to be on your side as it will be harder for them to take but easier for you

although sometimes like in herat you might wanna make it on the opposite side just to extent your supply further

it really depends

[scenic salmon]

okay, yeah cuz my last playthrough i was having mainly red supply and i think max supply was around 20-25 when I had over 200+ divisions of 36w spg and such

ended up having to delete most of them to get supply steady

spacing between supply hubs, is there a optimal amount of tiles between hubs thats recommended? like if I had a verticle line in siberia, every 6 tiles has one?

[fossil rain]

uhhhhhhh

my first soviet historical playthrough

helppppp

I couldn't even attack finland

or take the batlics

cus the stupid purge

[uncut narwhal]

just rush the purge asap

[fossil rain]

oh

[uncut narwhal]

dont let paranoia reach more then 30%

[fossil rain]

its reached 50 percent multiple times

but I make it go back down

[uncut narwhal]

thats like horrible

do the decisions

[fossil rain]

is it terrible?

[uncut narwhal]

yea

[fossil rain]

I thuoght it was just like that for a long time

yikes

yea half my army has been evaporated

yea moscow has fallen

it was empty

[light knoll]

no army no industry

ggs start a new game

[fossil rain]

usoafjdgrwtegrafs

id had more success as playing as the Whites

yeaaaaa, i give up, just gon play monarchist germany for the 7000th time

[light knoll]

the important things you need to do as soviets:
use your first 250 pp to send attache to spain ans go to war economy
build civs until around end of 37, then build mils. just spam out 18w infantry units with support artillery and aa, possibly other supports like signal, engineers. rush gun techs, use the research bonuses from your tree to get gun 2 and gun 3 as fast as possible

[fossil rain]

i totally forgot about spain, and by the time i remebered, they were almost gone

[light knoll]

do your industry tree and use the research bonuses to get tools 4 and 5 and industry 4, you can get them around 41

[fossil rain]

mhmm

what about the paronia

like, half my generals are gone

I just say yes to killing all of them

expect Zhukov

[light knoll]

rush paranoia tree, you shouldn't lose too much generals, you start with a shit ton. you'll only be left with 2 lvl 1 field marshals tho, so if you grind someone in spain or something, grind the lvl 1 ones, and promote new ones

say yes to the negative xp on navy and air but not on army

get grand battleplan, grand assault, and large units tactics

as doctrines

the middle 2 don't matter much, i would recommend you just build infantry and ignore tanks

you xan use field engineering if using engineers

[fossil rain]

I did mass assult, and the infantry sub doctrines for it

[fossil rain]

I researched tanks, but didnt really use them

[light knoll]

yeah mass assault is bad. never use mass assault. always either grand battleplan or superior firepower

mass assault and mobile warfare are just bad

[fossil rain]

Oh, I always just connect mass assult with China, Japan or soviets

Other than that, always spf

I never go mobile warfare

[dark thistle]

what did china do

[low vector]

Is it worth producing 1936 airframes? Or should I jsut wait to make the 1940 airframes instead?

[light knoll]

which country

[low vector]

Italy

[dark thistle]

no

start 1940

[low vector]

I see so do not make any 1936 airframes until i research 1940?

[dark thistle]

do u have the dlc for planes

[low vector]

yes I have all the dlc

[dark thistle]

ok

then yeah

using planes before 1940 isn't that good

[low vector]

How about tanks? Should I stop production of light and medium tanks until i get to 1938 ?

[dark thistle]

medium tanks are really good

yea just wait till 1938 tbh

[low vector]

Perfect thanks everyone!

[dark thistle]

use this design for fighters

[low vector]

Thank you

[dark thistle]

np

[low vector]

In the meantime, should i just sell all my planes since they are not 1940 designs yet?

[neat widget]

when do you plan on starting war

it can be as early as 1937

in which case you don't want to sell them

[low vector]

maybe 1938 or 1939

[neat widget]

you will probably only get enough fighters in early 1939 tbh

[low vector]

Should I procue fighters then?

[glacial steeple]

omg its livadeia

[glacial steeple]

tank chassis doesnt rlly matter unless you want speed

[low vector]

Interesting... I think I wil lstil lwait for the 1938 tank

[neat widget]

hi casey

[neat widget]

you can probably make do with your original fighter force until you get 1940 fighters tbh

[glacial steeple]

having a terrible time in vic3 knowing that because im the only person stingy enough to want a specific thing that no one can actually help me a lot

(playing independent hawai'i)

[low vector]

In terms of navy, how many units should be in a patrol taskforce?

[glacial steeple]

all of it ideally

[low vector]

true but Im doing a strikeforce with maybe 3 to 4 patrol groups

[thin nebula]

Patrol for a strike force? Depending on the strike force a few destroyers usually works

check the % on your strike force and then check the dominance on your patrol fleet

Id reccomend getting destroyer 3 though

40 supremacy per

[daring gorge]

anyone have a good inf template for germany?

[glacial steeple]

purpose?

[daring gorge]

im planning on having few but powerful inf so stuff that i can still shit out easily but still overpower most other infantry/light tank stuff

[glacial steeple]

or mountaineer

[daring gorge]

what is that 😭

mountain and rangers?

i know special corps buff n stuff but actually what is so much better than them tho

[errant chasm]

Any mountaineer/marine divisions templates for those who are too broke to buy NCNS.

[glacial steeple]

offensive oriented infantry templates for the hitgame 'Hearts of Iron IV' (released june 2016)

[errant chasm]

never mind

[daring gorge]

i alr hv all dlcs

err

maybe not something super meta? i know thats stupid to say but i still want to play "realistically" ish without abusing a feature

[glacial steeple]

what would you be abusing ?

you can replace it with normal inf batallions and its similar but a bit worse

[daring gorge]

special corps buff and stuff

[glacial steeple]

im sorry to tell you this but battle combat modifiers are like half of how the game works

[daring gorge]

also i think those are pretty unrealistic for early germany

[daring gorge]

i am NOT playing mp

[glacial steeple]

and is why theres now a huge stat disparity between bad and good players

[daring gorge]

i haven even done one world conquest 😭

[glacial steeple]

okay ?

these are very cheap

[daring gorge]

i hv like 50hours on the game

[glacial steeple]

idk what youre asking from me

[daring gorge]

.

[glacial steeple]

so you want bad advice that will be worse for you as a player ?

you can use tanks if you want theres stuff for that, you requested infantry

[daring gorge]

i dont want to be a smelly unemployed guy with 10k hours that will sacrifice his mother for 10% attack

[glacial steeple]

its more like 30-40%

but you can experiment and try whatever you want, you have free will

[pliant condor]

research gun

50% attack

very simple

[thin nebula]

Its a massive bonus and not just a 10% bonus

Also even if it was welcome to paradox games

Modifiers add up

[neat widget]

how exactly do you get 30-40% attack by sacrificing your mother

but to the point, yeah, you can get these modifiers quite high

[vital plinth]

Anyone know what are the paths you can play in Spain ?

[neat widget]

"normal example" from wiki

btw you're not getting 40% entrenchment anymore i believe

and certainly not from engineers

[glacial steeple]

i was just thinking 2 doctrines, maybe advisor for the other 10%

[glacial steeple]

its probably possible

oh wait nvm def possible

tanks exist