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[hoary glen]

Do 16 Inf Divs or 8 Inf for defense and Tanks(8/8) for attack.

[carmine pier]

any artillery?

[hoary glen]

You can use artillery, but you need so many of them and they don't offer that much bonus

[hoary glen]

Support artillery. It's goated

But line Arty is kinda bad

[carmine pier]

ill probably look into this tomorrow

[hoary glen]

I think it's even better to build a light SPG and add that to a Div rather than Arty. But I need to check that.

I guess you have fuel need from that

But rather build planes than Arty. Planes are really good. Fighters for green air and CAS for winning any battle

If you use line Arty you need like 8 mils or more on them. Support 1 or 2 is enough

@carmine pier also always update your gun tech and build those. Strongest tech in the game

[oak jasper]

Line artillery has Issues (TM), many of which relate to having very little breakthrough, defense, HP, or terrain bonuses, plus being 3 wide. It'll deal a fair bit of damage, but take substantially more in return than other unit types.

If you're willing to throw away lots of equipment and manpower for a short offensive, maybe, but I'd rather throw in more infantry, specops or armor than line artillery.

[visual yacht]

nvm

[carmine pier]

on the research menu you mean?

[violet bramble]

I wanna learn the game where can I go to like get some 1 on 1 training?

[serene karma]

[serene karma]

Vcs here or maybe mp games

Have u tried watching yt vids

[hoary glen]

Yes

[foggy junco]

anyone willing to take a look at my save pre poland invasion as germany? i am 90% sure i am good to go
however. im sick of getting into france and such and getting blasted after that... and i dont know how early in im losing the game

like i cant tell if im starting to lose in the 39s or if its a sudden shift from winning france to losing after france.

if that makes sense?

[fathom thistle]

blasted from who? as in after you took France?

[foggy junco]

yes.

usually england and russia

depends how i play

sometimes turkey or greece makes it up thru the east.

sometimes spain falls

the main issue that causes that, is when i say, take north africa or something, it goes to spain because I go thru gibralter

[fathom thistle]

if you dont care that much about exactly attacking as in history attack poland in early 1937 then take USSR. Allies wont join. + Dont take anyone in axis since italy is just a liability same as other axis countires.

[jade tulip]

Does annexing puppet states give core territory?

[foggy junco]

yea

[fathom thistle]

Let most of the balkans live so u wont get yeeted from south, your priority is france and then UK

[foggy junco]

when do i do russia?

cause ive tried to just leave them alone too. and eventually when the allies breakthru then they attack

so technically. if i dont lose to the allies, russia might be chill for a long time
but. idk cause ive never made it that far

[fathom thistle]

Do you use tanks?

[foggy junco]

med SP

[hoary glen]

Maybe minimize your fronts if you're still learning. Don't involve Spain, just trade from them, don't attack Turkey, establish Vichy. Just garrison all ports of France and Benelux to Denmark, just the port is enough.

Then either take over Africa or ignore it and garrison all of south Europe. AI can never successfully invade as long as you don't lose a port.

Then you can solo focus Russia.

[fathom thistle]

Oh well. Then one army group of standard inf should be fine + do as much encirclements with tanks as u can

[foggy junco]

i dont attack anyone but france and poland directly. then the UK or russia.

the rest i lose to are because they blow up the other axis powers

i havent even succeeded with an africa campaign yet tho that has been my most successful one

[fathom thistle]

Watch out for the supply lines in deeper ussr

[hoary glen]

Are you doing Molotov? If not they attack very quick. Else you have time to at least 1942 or 1943

[hoary glen]

If you play on Hist Spain will never join unless it's like 1946

[foggy junco]

no. i dont do that. because then i lose all of poland, just for russia to break the pact

spain loses more than it wins. its not an issue of them being an enemy

[jade tulip]

If you can take poland within a month, you should be good, then you take netherlands, then belgium, then france, then research paratroopers, send 10 of them to a brits port, 3 provinces to each other and then change their template to infantry and send one army from france so enough supplies for everyone, if you have tanks, Its over for them, if you did prussia legacy, it will take at max 6 months to get brits down, when you get them down, Its pretty much over for allies, then do focuses for war with italy, spain and portugal, if you helped spain in war, nationalist spain should become your puppet so easy win, then take yugoslavia (you can do it earlier but thats another italian front but whatever works I guess), then take hungary, then do soviet union, after that get to war with canada and then prepare for usa, or instead go for japan first, whatever works at that point

[hoary glen]

Well if you alternate from the historic path so does the AI. If you don't hand over half of Poland get ready for Soviets coming for your ass.

[foggy junco]

hard disagree
ive had them attack more times due to doing molotov than i have had them not

[foggy junco]

i started poland dec '38

its mar '39

about to take warsaw

thats with 3 armies

[hoary glen]

You literally get an NAP that takes minimum like 1 year to break for the AI

[foggy junco]

i know. doesnt matter. russia has attacked me more often, earlier, with the molotov than havent

and such as rn, i cant even tell if my units are even actually going on the offensive

now they are. we good

[glacial steeple]

i mean for a large army thats probably not enough

[rigid venture]

is hoi4 real

[scenic nacelle]

No

Everything within the hoi4 universe is fake

Ww2 isn’t real

We just skipped to ww3

[dense glen]

lmao

[proper furnace]

.

https://tenor.com/view/mega-mega-me-up-shark-mega-shark-megalodon-gif-17616446

[gleaming dragon]

I know someone said to look in pins for best infantry template but ive got to be blind or sum cuz i cant find it

i know abt tanks and all

[foggy junco]

ok aug '40
i just took france as germany
now i go UK and/or russia?

idk if im gonna be alright to do that cause it feels like i shouldnt have taken so long for poland and france tbh

[warm sable]

what is a good navy bomber template? for 1941.

[viscid kayak]

for some reason my game crashes very often, i have one mod for more states and thats all

[wild wolf]

yesterday i paratroped drop the east side of the UK and captured the port of hull and new castle and the tiles between them and then moved my army , but i noticed they had no supply and when i hover over the red crate it says "no supply route from capital" , why did that happen , do u need naval dominance in the naval tiles where is the supply is going ? help please ( i have all dlces ON)

[hoary glen]

Huh? That Number is fixed. You always need 12 Arty per Support and 36 per line.

[hoary glen]

Small Frame, Engine 3, Torp 2, Dive breaks and one range mod. Or Medium Frame double E3, 2x Torp 2 and one Range or can even skip that.

[hoary glen]

It's that mod.

[viscid kayak]

okay, but it worked fine and nw since a few days it crashes

[honest seal]

Is there a command to realise countries?

I'm trying to release an Island country as uk but it doesn't allow me because it says that i need to decolonize

[cold bloom]

release TAG

if you dont know the country tag, you can try the first 3 letters of the country name, or use my Toolpack which has a releasing tool

[honest seal]

Well I'm playing road to 56

[cold bloom]

I could tell you the tag or you could use toolpack

[light knoll]

bro is shamelessly advertising smh

[cold bloom]

😎

Fits the question

I used to look up tags every time, now I got a release button

[honest seal]

Does it work for road to 56

[cold bloom]

yes

[honest seal]

What is it

[cold bloom]

What part of that message are you referring to?

[honest seal]

With mod is it

[cold bloom]

Toolpack without the Errors

[honest seal]

How do i make it work?

[cold bloom]

Simply install and enable and it should appear as a little arrow in the bottom right

[violet maple]

how to play fascist france?

like what path do i go

[fathom thistle]

French empire

[idle arch]

Cand someone tell me how to make good screens,spotter and carriers

[sour wadi]

what does this mean

do i just annex a bunch of random states or?

[dusty sandal]

it's very straightforward

[sour wadi]

idk what contiguous means ngl </3

[dusty sandal]

not connected to each other

[sour wadi]

oh so i should take some random states that arnt connected to anything else?

alr

[dusty sandal]

yes

pretty easy to do, especially if you go for the "I'm not locked in here with you" achievement

[sour wadi]

ah ye

alroigght

[glacial steeple]

well yeah per batallion

different countries need different amounts of offensive guys

also morning chat

[light knoll]

evening

[swift blade]

would anyone be kind enough to take me through a game and explain the basics to me? Watched a guide and im still hella confused

[fathom thistle]

Sure in like 30 minutes?

[unique ingot]

how do i become non aligned?

[austere roost]

does anyone know why my troops will not man the general government border?

[light knoll]

im not sure how did it let you set up a frontline to begin with. but in general you can't set up a frontline for more than 1 country unless you're at war with both

maybe you set up yhe frontline before general government existed and now that it exists it doesn't work?

[austere roost]

i reset it, and I can still set the frontline on both countries. Guess I'll just have to redo the frontline

[light knoll]

hmm. maybe it does work for puppets? I can't remember

[swift blade]

check dms

[austere roost]

only after this patch did i begin to notice this. Maybe devs forgot to check if soldiers will man the frontline before allowing us to set the frontline

[autumn steppe]

Guys, had a question. See, me and my friend wanna play together (only both of us), and we were looking for countries that could ally, not wanting to play western europe or USSR. We wanted smaller countries that could be good together, and we thought about Turkey and Iran, going fascist. Y'all have any suggestions of countries, and if yes, any help for the focus trees ? Thanks

[light knoll]

Poland and Bulgaria

[autumn steppe]

won't I just get destroyed by USSR and Germany in 1939 as Poland ?

[light knoll]

no

you go Habsburg Poland

get Czechoslovakia as cores for free

Bulgaria gets the balkans

you can easily kill ai Germany and ussr

[autumn steppe]

hmm🤔

[light knoll]

if you're really feeling not ready, you can always give them Danzig and go back to fight them later

[autumn steppe]

and when should I start the war, and against whom ?

[light knoll]

but you shouldn't have an issue beating them

[autumn steppe]

should I just wait for germany to claim danzig ?

[light knoll]

Germany probably

[light knoll]

you can

actually they might comr for you for sudetenland

[autumn steppe]

tru

[light knoll]

they're much weaker before annexing Czechoslovakia so

[wise heron]

what am i even suppsoed to do i want to from austria hungray

[light knoll]

leave rhe axis, declare war on Croatia

[wise heron]

and then im at war with the allies and axis

[light knoll]

yup

it is what it is

[wise heron]

i can take out allies and then axis

[light knoll]

sure that works. you can kill Germany while they're busy with the soviets

[keen hemlock]

Id just wait for the axis to go in on the Soviets, backstab them, take their navies, naval invade or paradrop uk

But you’d need to do all this before the us joins the Allies

[analog maple]

damn i hate when this happens. maybe you can wait until the soviets and germany fight to betray axis

[gleaming gust]

Hey so I was wondering if anyone could do a co-op game with me for germany to show how to exactly break stalemates? I got only 500 hours and can usually win up until soviet union. I have always had a problem with fighting through stalemates from Twr, TNO, Kaisereich and more. Could anyone possibly show me EXACLTY how to win wars against nations like the soviet union? I got a save already for the current versoin right before september 1939.

[coarse finch]

What division templates are you using?

[dark thistle]

Whats a good tank design?

[coarse finch]

Since a well designed tank division should easily be able to defeat the soviets. That or just spamming CAS

[coarse finch]

There should be one in the pins

[gleaming gust]

I will have to load the game again give me one sec

[dark thistle]

ty

[gleaming gust]

these

[coarse finch]

Whats your tank design. And how many fully supplied divisions did you have?

[gleaming gust]

I do not have the dlc so currently I just have the base tank design

i have full supply

[coarse finch]

So just medium tanks?

[gleaming gust]

yes

[coarse finch]

And full strength?

[gleaming gust]

yes

if u would like i ould host a co op game so u can see if im missing anything

[coarse finch]

Do you still have the save where you're in a stalemate against the soviets?

[gleaming gust]

I have one right before i declare war, right before i declare war on poland, and one right before i attack belgium france ect

[light knoll]

I'd usually just recommend to use only inf for starters. much easier snd simpler, you can battleplan

do big 36 width division of inf

[coarse finch]

For germany tanks are fine

[gleaming gust]

Would u like me to host it?

[coarse finch]

You mean before you declare on the soviets?

[gleaming gust]

yes

[coarse finch]

I can't join a coop game atm

[gleaming gust]

oof

[light knoll]

they're definitely fine, but they do require more micro and understanding of the combat

[coarse finch]

Could you screenshot the frontline?

[light knoll]

while with inf you just battleplan and the enemy runs out of guns before you

[coarse finch]

Yea but for infantry you'll need CAS

[fast bear]

which one?

[light knoll]

you don't even really need it
its certainly helpful but in no way required

[light knoll]

but its easier to do than tanks anyways

[coarse finch]

And they've already got a save in which they have tanks. Better to help them with what they've got rn than recommend a whole different strategy

[light knoll]

yea, im just saying that as a general adivce, not specifically for the game they're currently playing

[coarse finch]

You'll need more than 12 tank divisions to push them for sure

[gleaming gust]

ah alr how many more I got the supplies for sure

[coarse finch]

At least 24 and even better if you can get 48

[coarse finch]

Yea true

Cas spam + infantry is easier

[light knoll]

convert all those motorized divisions to infantry

motorized is not good

[gleaming gust]

ah alr

[light knoll]

the cavalry as well

[coarse finch]

Switch all your non tank divs to infantry

And look at your stockpile. If you have enough guns you can swap as much production as you can afford to tanks

[gleaming gust]

is 1941 kidna too late if i dont have the supplies>

[coarse finch]

Wdym don't have the supplies? You can always trade for materials

[gleaming gust]

i mean like tanks

like if i dont have enough tanks

[light knoll]

1941 is the normal year to invade Soviets

[coarse finch]

Can you screenshot the supply and production screens?

[light knoll]

do no dlc tanks scale with chassis for soft atk and such

or is thr soft atk just fixed

[coarse finch]

It increases with each level

[light knoll]

oh

that kinda sucks

[wise heron]

yeah i need to beat the allies first but i seriously have no idea how with no navy

para troopers but they suck so much

[light knoll]

either go way down on everything and go up on tanks, or just give up tanks altogether

you have huge stockpiled of everything

[glacial steeple]

thats not really true, the main weakness of the soviets is their research and therefore airforce

[coarse finch]

Tanks still work

[glacial steeple]

your production balance is extremely poor

you typically dont want both AA and an airforce but rather either or

[glacial steeple]

huge deficits too

[coarse finch]

Yep. Should be able to afford putting way more into tank production. Also @wise heron you can click the x5 and x10 to put more factories into a single line. That should help with keeping stuff organised

[wise heron]

huh?

[light knoll]

just tanks
fighters are just dead lol

just have completely empty fighter stacks

[coarse finch]

On the production screen. Click the x5 next to where you assign factories

[glacial steeple]

nah its recoverable

[wise heron]

is it even possible to make good paratroopers

[glacial steeple]

just make more

[coarse finch]

So you can assign more than 15 factories

[wise heron]

yeah i know that but why do you say that to me?

[glacial steeple]

tho no rubber

go down on trucks

[light knoll]

i don't think they have airframe 3

or rubber

[glacial steeple]

rubber is the issue

[wise heron]

combat width

[coarse finch]

Wait I pinged the wrong person bcs you have the same pfp

[light knoll]

needing a bunch of research to make good fighters is also an issue its both

[glacial steeple]

you dont

its no bba

you just click fighter

[gleaming gust]

dang i might need to restart lol

[coarse finch]

Doesn't look like they have BBA so planes should be a bit easier

[glacial steeple]

its 100x less research

[light knoll]

oh right

true i forgot planes are with tanks

in that

[wise heron]

but seriously what are the best paratrooper divisions because i need to beat britain

[light knoll]

36w pure paratroopers

nothing else can drop, not like you can make anything else

[wise heron]

no support companies?

[coarse finch]

Some support companies can paradrop

[light knoll]

just usual good support companies, pick out of arty logistics signal aa field hospital

[wise heron]

u saw my screenshot i was playing czehckoslavakia and i hade everything of austria hungary except for Croatia, and now i want to cap the allies so i can leave and attack the axis. i think its like late 1939, do you think i will have time to build up an airforce and attack uk?

[light knoll]

build an airforce from scratch no
paradrop without an airforce yes

just don't put planes up, uk will take their planes down at some point

just wait for it

and drop

[wise heron]

i mean i have an prepared 1940 fighter with all the equipment ready

[light knoll]

then sure
have the paradrop ready, and only then put your airforce up and immediately drop

[wise heron]

where is the best place to attack tho?

like i only need one port

[light knoll]

hull ig

[wise heron]

yeah smart

[cloud pawn]

whats the best beginner tutorial?

[keen hemlock]

I’d play the one in game first

Then find the one that has the dlcs I have

[sand current]

the in-game tutorial is on italy which is, i tell you, not the most beginner-friendly nation lol

[hexed meteor]

this is so stupid

why do they get the alliance???

how am i suppose to win this

it literally took away 75% of my divisions

they get my puppets too

wtf

[ivory void]

can someone start a mp game rq i need to check if i can join because i wasnt able too before

[wise heron]

can u help me tomorrow with that?

[stuck garnet]

i saw this division in a youtube video is it good

https://youtu.be/BukSzJ4TrwM?si=nW9clZMohLLAetXq (video for context)

[light knoll]

no

lol

heavys are not worth using in SP

motorized AA is not really needed against the ai

[stuck garnet]

i want it

[light knoll]

in the current patch, maybe 1, if you can't get air supremacy

[stuck garnet]

i dont wanna have another germany situation

[light knoll]

the tank destroyer is ???

not sure whats supposed to be its purpose

[stuck garnet]

got cas'd so hard in kaiserreich as communard france by imperial germany i started sympatheizing with al quaeda 🙏

[stuck garnet]

armor meme

probs

[light knoll]

not really worth it

nowadays

[stuck garnet]

can i have a div and a different div with some aa capabilities

"just do aa support" i dont wanna give up a support slot on a tank division

[light knoll]

you can replace the last spg with motorized aa sure

[stuck garnet]

doctrines?

[light knoll]

grand assault, streamlined deployment, self propelled support, assault infantry

[stuck garnet]

why not individual?

no dlc?

[light knoll]

worse for spg build

[glacial steeple]

expensive

[glacial steeple]

?

[stuck garnet]

how so?

[glacial steeple]

its especially good for tank builds cuz tanks lack hp

[glacial steeple]

probably because of break

[light knoll]

iirc, assault infantry is better than individual excellence for spg build, tho both are fine

[ember path]

okay kinda doing bad in this game because I didnt actually unlock the slots for rest of the inf how bad did I mess up and what should I do next time?

[stuck garnet]

Just make a tank division at this point

There is no such thing as "offensive line infantry" unless you go special forces

In fact

Why dont you go special forces?

Make a mountaneer division

If youre proxy warring add some line arty

[ember path]

what would be a good mountaineer div?

[stuck garnet]

Idk i went like

8 mountaineers 3 line arty for kaiserreich with engi support arty and some logis iirc

Either logis or ranger recon idrr

Ask casey or someone casey adjacent

[arctic aspen]

@bmh5470 what speed are most miltiplayer games played at?

[glacial steeple]

i mean its fine to mass mob but it got nerfed a lot

[worn pendant]

why is heavy bomb locks better then the small bomb bay

[glacial steeple]

cost

[worn pendant]

Okay good to know

[autumn steppe]

hey, so I've been playing with a friend on 1.16, and the problem is that he took the doctrine "Assymetrical Warfare", and went further down, to an option that gives him a national spirit which gives him restrictions : max divisons per commander is reduced by 12, max commanders by marechals reduced by 2. I've tried removing the national spirit using "remove_ideas all", but it still remains, since it's related to the doctrine. Anyone have a command to take it off ?

[light knoll]

2

[light knoll]

its fine. could use a few more support companies tho

and ideally more infantry battalions, you can unlock the last one by gaining mastery on your doctrines

[light knoll]

either pure mountaineers or half mountaineers half rangers usually

[light knoll]

line arty is bad

[stuck garnet]

but soft 😭

"oh but what about hp org and whatnot" that only matters for defensive divisions

"terrain penalties" its mountaineers

add a ranger recon

[austere roost]

hp matters a lot more for offensive

and org determines how long you can do damage

and you also have widths, ic, and outright tech buffs that all favor guns

line art just sucks

especially on special forces since they make your special forces get less terrain buff

[light knoll]

and all of that for not even that good soft

its barely more soft per width

especially if you got proper guns. which you should.

[mystic otter]

like if you want good special forces mixed forces will be better than line arty

[worn pendant]

can i get a good marines template

[light knoll]

half marines half mountaineers/rangers

[worn pendant]

what width

[light knoll]

36

you basically want to reach 50% amphibious attack

and from there to use other types of special forces

[worn pendant]

so how many of each battlaion and any support batallions?

[austere roost]

really only engineer and flame tanks are mandatory for attack divisions

and maybe aa if you can't guarantee green air

[worn pendant]

how do i get a second branch specialisation

[glacial steeple]

theres 5 mandatory now

its kinda crazy

[austere roost]

what other 3?

[glacial steeple]

field hosp, LT recon/ranger, logi

[austere roost]

signal logistics light tank ranger?

that's why I just use the 12 support mod so I can as many support companies I want

[gleaming gust]

Would anyone want to try and help co-op a germany game that is right before invading france and or invading russia? I got two saves

I want to learn how to break the russians lol

[left glacier]

You usually get it through your decisions or focus tree

"Diversify Elite Forces" decision after January 1, 1940 for most major countries

[dusky girder]

Is Japan ever going to sign a white peace ong

[civic hare]

this is hard to decide

[tepid umbra]

isn't it only the ones that can't get it through other means

[neat widget]

Yeah

Or should be, there may still be some exceptions

but basically none

[neat widget]

imagine letting a country called "germany" exist

[civic hare]

a

[neat widget]

also your factory count is low

[fathom grove]

hey does anybody have a good amtrac template?

[neat widget]

do you want to use it to naval invade

if so your amphibious bonus needs to be around 40% or above roughly, otherwise no

[chrome bough]

Ok, because I can't remember how, how do I get help, like the helping lounge type of help :D.

[neat widget]

yeah this is the right place

[chrome bough]

oh ok

Makes sense

[fathom grove]

The us have a -15% for construction cost and other buffs for them? i am not really looking to play meta i just don't know what general template to use

[fathom grove]

also what are the good helicopter companies agian?

[neat widget]

Mainly just the helicopter logistics

there are some strats with hospitals + helicopter brigade double-stacking trickleback

[neat widget]

try these

tank looks like this (that said you can probably remove some of the armor and breakthrough clicks, as well as decreasing the suspension to bogie)

[fathom grove]

thanks you for all this info!

[oak jasper]

Playing Italy His Holy Empire, which gets a lot of cavalry buffs. Is it a good idea to go very funny and use cavalry instead of motor/mech in the armored divisions?

[neat widget]

For multiplayer do something on the left if allowed, the right otherwise I think

But you should generally just use marines like these

Because ic effectiveness is important in multiplayer with compressed timelines, especially with force attack versus last stand dynamics common in mp

[stiff jewel]

Hi!
Where can i find up to date templates?
Which is good now for what? Advanced setup?
Thanks the answers!

[grand sky]

tank destroyer template is it 36 width with as many tank destroyers for around 30 organisations just like tanks?
How are they used in mp? u just try to fight their heavy tanks with them?

[inner sparrow]

tank destroyers function the same way as any heavy tank so idk what ur question is

the reason they are used instead of heavy tanks in mp is bc they have more hard attack which is more important for tanks vs tank combat

[grand sky]

aren't they used to counter tanks that try to break through?

[inner sparrow]

no?

[grand sky]

oh so they are just used like normal tanks

[inner sparrow]

yes

[grand sky]

so do you even make normal heavy tanks then

[inner sparrow]

heavy tanks are rarely used and only on countries that fight under red air like soviets

[grand sky]

heavy tanks are not the meta?

[inner sparrow]

u build heavy converts and later on convert everything to tds when u have final design

[inner sparrow]

tank destroyers are heavy tanks

[grand sky]

I thought that the tanks that are main ly used is heavy tanks
so people use mostly heavy tank destroyers? no medium and light right?

[inner sparrow]

yes mostly heavy tanks destoryers

[grand sky]

and line artillery is dead fully right?

[inner sparrow]

lights are useless and mediums can be good in certain scenarios and situations

[inner sparrow]

always was

[grand sky]

8 infantry battalions for defensive units and then 36 width for offensive?

[inner sparrow]

16 pure inf for holders unless u have good inf minors and 36-39 width offensive depending on what country and where ur fighting

as germany u should have 2 different tank templates for barb and dday for example

[grand sky]

whats the difference

in the templates

[inner sparrow]

on barb as germany u have green air and cas meanwhile on dday u will be fighting under red air and get cased

[grand sky]

is there

any up to date template collectio nor smth

i sincerely

cant find any good updated guides

for mp

[inner sparrow]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1II2zx0knDc_uvNeAOJOVTzSLdhC-ybzitQmuEDu1dn4/edit?usp=sharing

theres a lot of guides for country specifics

in there are also template designs and so on

[grand sky]

this is

gold

thank you

[inner sparrow]

but u have to take those guides with a grain of salt when doing them because its from a vanilla base mod that changes some things like army xp gain and mastery gain

just adapt it to whatever mod ur playing, u don’t have to do the exact thing that is written there

[grand sky]

its mainly

the templates and designs

i need

[inner sparrow]

those are in there aswell

[grand sky]

thanks

yeah

its exactrly

whjat i need

hell eyah

[hexed parcel]

Germany meta is just 36 width inf prussian legacy with air

You just battleplan everything and they die

Then again though play against tank roach soviets and ur probably dead

[grand sky]

in multiplayer?

[grand sky]

quick question what does this mean

"After that is done,you switch your last heavy td line back to heavy tank with cannon 2,and then back to heavy machine gun heavy(check templates)"

there is only 2 designs for heavy things

these 2

[inner sparrow]

he means convert template

u produce a convert tank till u get ur research for the main tanks

[grand sky]

so like with

the interwar heavy tank?

[inner sparrow]

no with basic

ill send it in

[grand sky]

ah so the basic heavy tank

with a different weapon

then u switch out the weapon?

[inner sparrow]

this one

and then u put on the main weapong, highest radio u have and max armor, swap the production line with it

and AFTER u swap it to a tank destroyer and swap the production line again

with that u wont lose efficiency on your mils

[grand sky]

oh so oyu use a template in the middle

just to swap it

i see

[inner sparrow]

yes because if u change the role to the tank destroyer instantly and swap u will lose efficiency

I can also show it to u how its done in vc stream if u want

[grand sky]

so this is the one u start producing to gather some efficiency?

[inner sparrow]

u always produce it as long as possible

[grand sky]

cant really join vc rn but I think I get it

[inner sparrow]

till u have everything for ur final tank

when u have the research for ur final tank u swap and convert everything

[grand sky]

wait so you keep producing it with 1 factory

[inner sparrow]

no

all on it

this way u will get 70 tanks divisions fully equipped with your final tank

because usually the research of your final tank finishes in 1940 late or early 1941

[grand sky]

wdym by

final tank

[inner sparrow]

what you do is producing converts till u have the research and then u swap the production line and convert all of those cheap designs into the good one

[inner sparrow]

the final tank design from your heavy tank

[grand sky]

the bototm one?

[inner sparrow]

no those are just for 1939 and france

this one

what u do is u produce this convert tank as long as possible till u have the research for ur final tank as shown above, and then swap the production lines as I told u and then click in the convert button

[inner sparrow]

and convert all your cheap tanks into that tank design in a few months

[inner sparrow]

this way ur gonna have 20k+ of those in stockpile

depending on how many mils u went on tanks

[grand sky]

but you only ever produce one of this right?

like as a line

[inner sparrow]

yes u only produce this one

u only swap it off, if you need some actual tanks to fight (as africa as example)

this is why in the guide u can see them use 2 tank lines

one tank line has 10-20 mils on them and the other 100-150

and the line with 10-20 tanks gets swaped to the templates u sent in so they have tanks for france

[grand sky]

does anyone but germany ever do this

so u start producing

2 lines of it

u swap one of for the switch thing

and the other then later for the final one

[inner sparrow]

france does

soviets dont because they dont have to fight early on

[uncut drum]

japan too

[inner sparrow]

japan on air

but not 2 lines

[inner sparrow]

u swap it to the 1939 tank destroyer line for france and then as soon as you dont need it anymore, u swap it back to the cheap tank

it sounds very complicated through text but its actually very simple if u have seen it once

[grand sky]

oh so

you just produce one

then swap it for the one for france

then when thats done u swap it to another one

back to the chea pone

[inner sparrow]

yes

basically the longer u produce the cheap tank the more tanks u will actually get later on

[grand sky]

huh

[inner sparrow]

and this is so u can have as much of the final tank design as possible

[grand sky]

u swap it off of the france tank

cuz u just dont need more right?

[inner sparrow]

?

[grand sky]

thats the cheap one right

[inner sparrow]

yes

[grand sky]

why not just produce more of the heavy tank for france

[inner sparrow]

because they are more expensive and worse than ur final design?

u dont need them besides france

and u dont want them later on because all of those could have been ur final design instead

[inner sparrow]

U have to think like this the cheap tank u produce every single one of it will be this design later on

[grand sky]

i see

[inner sparrow]

ur basically producing this design, without having the research for it yet

[grand sky]

and you just do this to keep the efficiency right?

[inner sparrow]

not only to keep efficiency but to get tanks out

every single tank u produce from the cheap ones will be converted into the final design

so if u produce 20k cheap tanks

ur gonna have 20k of the final design

[grand sky]

how

how can u conver tthem

[inner sparrow]

one sec ill show u with some images

Okay heres 4 images.

First one is your cheap tank also called convert tanks. You produce this basically the eniter game till u get the research for ur final tank (armor+engine 3, at3 and radio3)

When u get those research u put them on the design. It should look like the 2nd image. U leave the role as a heavy tank and then u go to the production line and swap it from the cheap tank to the heavy tank with all the stuff on it.

After u swaped the line to ur upgraded heavy tank u go to the design and change its role from a heavy tank to a tank destroyer as you see in the third image. Then u swap ur production line again to the tank destroyer.

After doing this u see the gree icon on the left as u can see in the 4th picture. You click it and it will convert all of the convert tanks u produced into the final tank destroyer design

[uncut drum]

not reading all that ^

[inner sparrow]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1255677931196256297/1258480258726891530/Meow.gif?width=684&height=682

[grand sky]

oh god

i didnt know

a convert mechanic exists

u can do this with planes too?

[inner sparrow]

yes

[grand sky]

that makes alot of sense

so u just

swap the role of it

ok got it

with planes u just do the same thing? u get the 1940 plane thing as japan and then u just produce it with whatever weapon u got and then swap it out to the other weapon later?

and then convert it

[inner sparrow]

yes u just produce it with the same moduls as you have as the final design

u jsut want your convert to be as similar as possible to the final tank/plane while also being as cheap as possible

[grand sky]

the modules have alot of impact on the efficiency or why

[inner sparrow]

yes the more similar it is the less effi u will lose

when u swap it

[uncut drum]

yes ^^

[grand sky]

ohhh

that makes

alot of sense

i didn't know the convert mech

existed

......

holy

thats crazy

[inner sparrow]

yeah a lot of ppl dont know it

but its very strong and important esp for mp

[grand sky]

so the modifier

to convert things

alsoaffects that?

thats

crazy

wt

[inner sparrow]

yes

it makes u convert faster

germany gets very fast conversion as example from a focus and a guy they can put in high command

and tools give u faster conversion aswell

[grand sky]

i thought

the stat was for factories only

so i deemed it useless

but holy

also theres

only a CAS template inthe guide

[inner sparrow]

italy researches air

[grand sky]

i assume the 1940 fighter is just engine 3 (once ? ) with 3x heavy mg? or cannons

[inner sparrow]

and if u produce air u produce their gesign

[grand sky]

i need the templates

in general :d

[grand sky]

hungary makes air too as a minor no?

[inner sparrow]

u can also put 2 armor plates on it if allowed

[grand sky]

thats banned cuz op or why

[inner sparrow]

depends on what ruleset and server ur playing

[uncut drum]

cuz op

^^

[inner sparrow]

if u do 2 armor plates tho u have to take range mio and do as many range clicks as possible on it

[grand sky]

is range mio

not the meta

or the guides are that outdated?

[uncut drum]

https://tenor.com/view/arima-kana-arima-kana-yapping-yap-gif-17008337194109585790

[inner sparrow]

range mio is the meta

[inner sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-shoo-away-gif-13653609800890535042

[uncut drum]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cake-cat-cake-meme-gif-24537247

[grand sky]

thanks for the help @inner sparrow

[inner sparrow]

np

[grand sky]

oh quick question, what countries make heavy tanks? all majors? and japan too?

[inner sparrow]

germany, france and soviets

[grand sky]

so what do the other push with

36 width infantry and mountaineer 36 width?

[inner sparrow]

depends on what country but usa and uk do marines to naval invade for dday and latter special forces if they are needed for pushing

japan does special forces aswell

and marines ofc aswell

japan mostly does mountaineers

[grand sky]

special forces = marineers/mountaineers no?

is it still a thing to do 9 marines 9 mountaineers

[inner sparrow]

yeah

on japan

uk and usa do different design

[grand sky]

ok ok tyy

[wise heron]

guys can anyone help me in helping lounge please?

[marsh trench]

When are allies programmed to do d-day? Cause im playing USSR right now and Im struggling like hell to hold germany back.

[light knoll]

they're not

they don't do a big dday

[marsh trench]

Ohhh, then Im cooked, allies are useless

[light knoll]

they just do naval invasions which sometimes work and sometimes don't

they usually land in italy pretty soon

but often don't manage to push from there

[light knoll]

get generals asap

generals give a lot of bonuses. you can't afford not having them

give your generals traits as well, tho that's second priority for using command power after getting generals

hold shift when making your frontlines

that will make them not messy

why is your stab so low? did you not assassinate trotsky?

your industry is much much smaller than it should be

[marsh trench]

Not sure

[marsh trench]

yeah, cause they took all my flippen factories

[light knoll]

if you're not sure you can hold, then you should not build factories in the west

but even if you did, your industry should be bigger in 1943

[marsh trench]

They took 8M casualties, yet so strong

[light knoll]

if playing historical ussr, you usually wanna build civs until like end of 1937, then build just mils from there

well, but you'll still win this

just hold, they'll run out of manpower and equipment before beating you

[marsh trench]

Im trying, but they're so strong

[light knoll]

whats your divisions templates

[light knoll]

remove that line arty and add in support arty instead. line arty is not good. make the mountaineers 36 width pute mountaineers and the tanks 36 width

remove maintenance company from the tanks, there are much better choices

also remove engineers from them

do you have the latest gun tech?

[marsh trench]

Yes

[light knoll]

good

[marsh trench]

Done

[marsh trench]

Done

[light knoll]

i suppose you don't have flame tanks, so what you can add instead to the tanks is field hospital, recon rangers, artillery

what is your tank design?

[marsh trench]

Rangers?

[light knoll]

ypu unlock recon rangers by doing the mountaineers tree

what are your doctrines btw?

[marsh trench]

What do I do?

[light knoll]

okay this is not exactly optimal
ideally, you should use spgs instead of tanks.

one sec I'll send the design

[marsh trench]

spgs?

[light knoll]

you see it says artillery on the top here? that's spg

[marsh trench]

How do I make this

[proper crescent]

Doing concentrated industry will help me get much more equipment? And if no, how can I get more equipment?

[marsh trench]

What do I research

[light knoll]

ok the doctrines are fine BUT you don't have an operation doctrine which is the most important one get that asap, the best one is grand assault

mass assault is also a bad grand doctrine but you start with it as soviets and its too late to change now because it'll reset everything

[clear tide]

Concentrated industry will give you facrories more in the longrun

[light knoll]

yes, you will get more equipment with it assuming you don't switch around production too much, which you shouldn't

[marsh trench]

What do I need to research to get that spg?

How do I build it?

[proper crescent]

And I have another question, should I until 1937 build civs and from 1938 build mils?

[light knoll]

ypu should also research your industry early, prioritize it, use research bonuses smartly if you have them. prioritize researching tools (the left column) first

[raven river]

can you still do the garrison on general/battleplan on fieldmarshal for the bonus or nah, cuz i either forgot how to or they removed it

[light knoll]

you just need to have a gun that fits the role, which is usually improved medium howitzer, you get it by researching artillery 2

[light knoll]

depends on the country

[light knoll]

no, they removed it

[proper crescent]

On a major country?

[marsh trench]

Alr got it, do I replace that with the improved medium tanks, and how should the division they are in look like

[raven river]

what an amazing update

is there a mod that adds it back or sum?

[light knoll]

like this

[light knoll]

for what purpose do you want it?

so you can micro, or to have more units per general?

[raven river]

so i can utilize the bonus w/o the ai moving my units around thefrontline

[light knoll]

then there's a different settings for it

you can set them to not move

[raven river]

where?

[light knoll]

forgot what its called, right next to the aggressiveness settings

set it to immobile

[raven river]

ah thanks

[hexed parcel]

You dont need to research the newer chassis

The basic medium and heavy chassis work fine

It's only reliability that will be an issue but if you're a decent hoi4 player you'll keep your tanks in supply

[jade parrot]

lasted 5 mins as Belgium after war broke out 😭 how tf do I win

[foggy junco]

im basically cooked i think. it took me wayyyy too long to actually take poland and france tbh
my equipment is low.
so
idk if i can salavage this.
im not gonna be under direct threat for a while. but i wont be able to outpace the enemy production of equipment either, making future attacks hard AF.

so do i just restart or what

[hexed parcel]

-55k guns 😭

[dense glen]

how do i produce this early 😭😭

thats like too much

[light knoll]

you don't. you can produce a a cheap variant using the same chassis, and then convert them later to this when you get all the techs

or just producing late, you don't need much of them, and you only start thw war at 1941

[dense glen]

how you will use that on 1939

[dusty sandal]

delete inf divs until you have enough guns
put 30mils on guns and only train when you have 5-10k stockpile after training

[foggy junco]

ye

[slender lodge]

Why is germany AI so good

They take over europe in some minutes without good armament or divisiones

I spectate the AI they took over france with less than 15 divitions (bebeluxnincluyed)

[twilit stratus]

can someone help me no mod works anymore

[violet maple]

holy shit

[foggy junco]

I fixed that issue with deleting 4 of my 5 extra armies Lul

[dark thistle]

Can somone give me a good tank design

[mild portal]

what do you guys think is better for japan?

like i feel i want to take the more armored, motorised focus

but i feel it wouldnt be suited for the pacific and Asian war theater

[sour wadi]

how do i get rid of this

?

i didnt surrender

i just got it when i invaded the netherlands

even though the war is over

[mild portal]

ask the king

[sour wadi]

</3

[buoyant robin]

How to de ploy paratroops im new to this

[shadow moon]

i mean im guessing you have a good amount of mils just go w the reform

[shadow moon]

i suppose you could increase the tank and decrease the inf

you already have a solid amount of extra tanks

[fathom thistle]

check pins

[mild portal]

well i dont have many mils but not little too

like mid

[hot sinew]

sup yall, i'm new to the game and im playing with my more experienced vitamin D deprived friends, but i dont want them to cook me that easily, i want to win if possible. Can somoene hop on vc with me and guide me thru how to play w germany and win the wars?

1st time i tried i lost like 40 divisions in belgium while helping italy somehow

[mild portal]

are you playing MP?

[hot sinew]

MP?

like

multiplayer?

yes

[mild portal]

yes

[hot sinew]

with my friends

[glacial steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/pearl-spin-spinning-golden-retriever-dog-gif-1822514565548314153

[mild portal]

ok what help do u need?

[hot sinew]

well i jus kinda suck

[mild portal]

??

[hot sinew]

and they have like 5k hours

can u help me? like show me how to win combats more specifically

ik about the research trees and the focus

and somewhat how to build an industryu

but i suck in combat, on making good templates, and in naval too

[scenic nacelle]

If ur new and they have 5k that’s literally just bullying

[hot sinew]

😭

bro

jus

help me

tbf only 1 of em

[glacial steeple]

who vs who

[hot sinew]

me vs normal friend (new to the game too) vs 5k hour friend

im germany

5k is france

normal friend is italy

[glacial steeple]

oh thats easy

[hot sinew]

is there any tricks or something i can do wtih templates to win combats

or

idk

somehting

[glacial steeple]

if you like dont troll

combat modifiers really matter and germany gets the most

dont make civs

[hot sinew]

whoops

ok

noted

[glacial steeple]

do anchluss in 1936 by spamming 2 width inf

make the template with the xp from rhineland

put like 20 mils on guns DAY 1

not later

so they have efficiency

[mild portal]

ok dont worry

[glacial steeple]

use bohme as your general

[hot sinew]

ok ngl i think i gotta restart cuz i lost 40 divisions in belgium, its 1948 and i still didnt no anchluss and now they're plotting to end me

is there any way i can comeback?

[glacial steeple]

make like howi tanks you can research basic medium to get the StuG spawn in

it has a howitzer

after doing advanced panzer focus or something

[mild portal]

bro dont kill the fun

let him play the way he like

[hot sinew]

is that avaliable with no dlcs?

[glacial steeple]

i want him to win

[mild portal]

dont tell him what to do or what to not

[hot sinew]

bro im asking for help

[glacial steeple]

uhh no but i assume youre hosting all dlcs

[hot sinew]

i want to win against my 5k hour friend

[mild portal]

just tell him the basics and let him decide himself

[hot sinew]

nope

[mild portal]

like we all have diffrent strategies

[glacial steeple]

like

dlcs are based on host

and i assume the host has all

[hot sinew]

ohhhhh

shit

we didnt know that

ok

[mild portal]

yeah if he doesnt he shouldnt be host tbh

[hot sinew]

well thank you, now i have a good excuse to restart the game

[mild portal]

yessss

do it

[hot sinew]

because like

[mild portal]

no dlcs game is shit

[mild portal]

5k hours?

[glacial steeple]

hours dont mean anything

[mild portal]

i know but you should not be told what to do specifically you should be taught not instructed

[sour wadi]

is there to paradrop france as facist belgium before they join the allies

[glacial steeple]

hes not asking for that right now

i can tell him that later if he likes

[mild portal]

means experince

[sour wadi]

rexist belgium

[hot sinew]

him, yeha

[glacial steeple]

doesnt do much in hoi

maybe you memorize terrain and supply hubs better

[hot sinew]

yes i agree but i'll do that after, for now what i want to do is like

win

ok @glacial steeple help me summarize everything u told me in a text

so

dont build civs, build mils

uhhhh

[mild portal]

no it does for me idk what about you

[hot sinew]

what else 💀

[glacial steeple]

alright so youre gonna do the rhineland focus

then go down to fuhrerprinzeship

[mild portal]

build civs if you want to snowball

[glacial steeple]

pick todt then hess then speer

[glacial steeple]

civs are awful as germany

[mild portal]

build mills if you want rapid militirisation

[glacial steeple]

what

[mild portal]

no they can be good

at least in my strategy

[glacial steeple]

they really arent

[sour wadi]

and the UK garantueed france's independence </3

[hot sinew]

what about reorganizing the wehrmarcht?

[mild portal]

if you have many civs you could spam mills very quickly

[sour wadi]

how do ppl do ts as luxembourg

[glacial steeple]

thats good you do that after you get todt

[sour wadi]

gah dauhm

[glacial steeple]

you go down to anschluss

you spam 2 width inf

so like just 1 guy

120 of them is good

[hot sinew]

ok so rhineland, fuhrerzinp, todt, the todt thingy that takes 140 days, anschluss

[glacial steeple]

yes with no efficiency and germany gets consumer goods and bad mil speed while they get the best mils in the game

in cap construction speed etc

so civs are really bad

because they take like 6 years to pay off

in MIC

[hot sinew]

damn

ok

[glacial steeple]

yes thats the basics

not the 140 days

thats automatic

then it kind of matters which focuses you do but just make sure you do the panzer focus in the army branch that gives the StuG

it gives you a howitzer to put on your tank design if youve researched basic medium

after that you will make a design

[hot sinew]

uh

damn

ok

[glacial steeple]

#ask-for-help-here message

similar to this

make sure to research all related supports

if you dont have mech, use cav

send volunteers to spain

youll be able to send like 7

if you do the condor legion focus

it will give you a lot of veteran divs

[mild portal]

yes that is right but i used this strategy and that is what i got in 1946 as germany

[glacial steeple]

you want these divs to be large so you can later edit them

[mild portal]

let me show you

[glacial steeple]

if you edit them and the manpower is equal they retain veterancy

[glacial steeple]

no one plays that long whose like decent at the game

[mild portal]

and i had around 527 mills

[hot sinew]

so the order is: rhineland, fuhrer, todt, anschluss, wehrmarcht, army, panzer, legion condor, and then idk somehting else

research: all the basics, medium armor, inter-war arty, idk ill think of something else. Also what are "all related supporrts" @glacial steeple ?

also wdym "it gives u the stuG"? how do i get the stug if i do the panzer focus

2 more things

[glacial steeple]

condor legion before panzer

research guns and tanks AHEAD of time

youll be fine

[hot sinew]

1- should i get a tank template against heavies and another against soft?
2- what do i do about intelligence agency? this is MP so they will be active too ig

[glacial steeple]

it gives you a design

[dark thistle]

design not template

[glacial steeple]

based on the chassis

you dont wanna use it

but it gives you free technology

[glacial steeple]

just do 1

your enemy will not have high enough hardness for it to matter

[hot sinew]

heavy or soft

?

ok so

soft

[glacial steeple]

just do spgs

[mild portal]

i play that long on purpose to have fun in historical playthrough and not grind using meta stratigies to conquer the world by 1938

i like to have fun not grind

[glacial steeple]

so you acknowledge it isnt a strong way to play, you can play however you want, but, as advice, especially for mp, it can be bad

[hot sinew]

focus: rhineland, fuhrer, todt, anschluss, economy (four year plan, price controls), wehrmarcht, condor legion army, panzer

research: basics, tanks, guns, inter-war arty

[fathom thistle]

Should be there if you scroll down a bit

[hot sinew]

whats dat

[glacial steeple]

this is ask for help for a reason, people want like advice to win the video game

[hot sinew]

?

[glacial steeple]

self propelled artillery

[mild portal]

maybe that is right regarding MP

[glacial steeple]

you change the role in the tank designer

[mild portal]

no economic focuses?

[hot sinew]

oh, how do i do that int he tank designer???

[hot sinew]

well ig 4 year plan, but when??

[glacial steeple]

you click on the thing that says medium tank and change it

[hot sinew]

after anschluss?

[glacial steeple]

MEFO is good

go down MEFO and annex things when youre bored

like czechs

[hot sinew]

what

wym mefo

[glacial steeple]

right side

[hot sinew]

so 4 year plan

[dark thistle]

theres only a heavy tank one

[hot sinew]

?

[glacial steeple]

yes

[hot sinew]

ok

[mild portal]

i think the autobahn focus is good early on too

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after the 4 year plan

price controls

but the thing is, when do i do that?

after rhineland?

after todt?

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after anchluss

you schluss in 36

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okay

what about

production

and navy

idk how navy works

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navy ignore

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ok

good

what about production then

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unless you wanna sealion its irrelevant

make tank

put like 20 on gun

3 on truck

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U Boat????

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idk 4 on support equipment

rest tank

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SPG?

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For single player

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yes

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doesnt matter

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thanks

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inf company right?

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his goal is to beat france and maybe barb

for that you dont need navy

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italy too

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Wdym?

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harm the UK war machine?

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italy and me are now beefing, cuz i tried to steal ethiopy capital bc i got more war score than him

and we ended up both getting nothing

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it doesnt matter

its ai uk

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navy is useless as germany just take the british and french navy

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they dont harm you

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@glacial steeple do you have a template for the SPG?

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i linked you the message

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Oh and also, how do i get around the maginot line???

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is this designed to be placed among infantry divisions?

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ok i didnt know

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For this

Armtracs are kinda overkill but yeah.

Mechanized is fine

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what the hell

isnt it too expensive?

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@glacial steeple ty, is there any dirty tricks or something i can do to beat them easily

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what cannon you use?

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click the button that gives you state attack

from the army stuff

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what button?

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sac his equipment?

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Well, it is. But it does what it's meant to do. If you can't afford armtracs either do mechanized or cav

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what are amtracs better for?

than mech

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@glacial steeple when fighting i often run in the problem of supply, i dont get enough supply and my armies always end up unorganized and without health

how do i fix that

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Stats

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also wouldnt it be better to put this SP ART among regular inf units so that they could have larger effect ove the whole army

rather than few expensive divisions?

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more soft ?
more amrour?
or more what?

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block off english channel

take lux

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That defies the whole point of this division which is meant to be used for encirclements and micro

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Hardness breakthrough etc.

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if u have enough trucks enable supply motorisation

also make sure your units are withing supply hub range

and make sure your supply hubs have enough supply for your armies

and dont involve many amount of division ( specially) large divivsion in remote areas

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oh ok

but would SP ARTillery still be good to be used along regualr inf instead of normal artillery for more soft and armour stats?

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Compared to regular line artillery for sure.
-2w instead of 3w
-u can stack armor (Space Marines)
-more breakthrough

Just keep in mind in later years u will get pierced anyway most of the time