ask-for-help-here

[uncut narwhal]

its good now tho

with the new doctrines

so

new meta

[late river]

im playing single

[uncut narwhal]

yea?

you have like 45% more soft attack

with spgs

[late river]

theres no point on using a new meta if i just made my first tank line

[late river]

very good bro, but i'll keep here

[uncut narwhal]

for the next time you might wanna keep that in mind then

[late river]

never

so

[uncut narwhal]

whats your hate against spgs?

[late river]

i dont knmow how to make them

its confusing for me

[uncut narwhal]

when your in the tank designer

you can easily switch it

its like 2 clicks

[late river]

this mytank

@steven

@uncut narwhal

[uncut narwhal]

where it says medium tank

[glacial steeple]

hi

[uncut narwhal]

that bar

click on the arrow there

[late river]

ik but idk if it lemmes

[uncut narwhal]

and switch it to artillery

then its a spg

[dusty sandal]

keep radio and extra MG it's fine

[late river]

?

whats that image for

[lone cedar]

If i join a multiplayer game while having no dlcs, and the host has all the dlcs, do i get access to the dlcs the host has?

[uncut narwhal]

yes

[lone cedar]

So im only playing multiplayer then

:D

[late river]

or just steal host mind

and then u got his life

@dusty sandal do i change to this?

[dusty sandal]

don't forget arty techs

it buffs it

[late river]

but what SPG is for

?

[dusty sandal]

best template you can have in singleplayer

[dusty sandal]

soft atk maxing

[lone cedar]

Im cheap asf

[late river]

for what is soft atacck

infantry?

[hoary glen]

yeah well i wont produce basic tanks

There is your answer to the problem

[late river]

yeah well i wont produce basic tanks

[lone cedar]

Is there a channel that has templates

My infantry templates are dogshit

[late river]

tf

[lone cedar]

Also is putting anti air support useless if i put an artilerry and support artilerry in it

[dusty sandal]

low hardness troops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcp1ooD_YqY

[hoary glen]

No way you need 35 on support. More likely 5-8 is fine. Same goes for artillery unless your Divs use line artillery, but if do just don't.

Daimler Benz

[lone cedar]

Soft attack maxxing

[late river]

i have just artillery company on my infantry

[hoary glen]

Use 8 Tanks and 8 Mech. Also use scout tank, if you have the DLC add Flame Tank and replace engi with the assault Engineers. Also add field hospital

[late river]

which companys do i use

jst tell me

[late river]

and ok ill use 8 tanks and 8 mech

do i give my tank production line to henschell or MAN?

Henschell: +5% armor , -5% max speed

MAN: +5% max output

[dusty sandal]

production line : daimler
designer : SPG for SPGs, henshel for the rest

[late river]

MAN has 10% more output for me

do i still use them?

i think i have too much support equipment and too much towed artillery

do i low them?

[hoary glen]

Check pins

[late river]

@hoary glen

do i low support equipment and artillery?

you told me its too much

[neat widget]

what year is it?

[late river]

1940 december 7

[dusty sandal]

no

[neat widget]

you should upgrade to gun 3 soon

twice the soft attack

[late river]

ill produce MP39 rn

[dusty sandal]

1 mil on arty per 30 divs at maximum

[neat widget]

what does your infantry tech look like?

Might not even be worth switching to MP39

because they you will have to switch twice

[dusty sandal]

it's ALWAYS worth to do so

[late river]

just producing the basic

[dusty sandal]

missing vital support AA

but yeah, 1 mil on arty per 30-50 divs

[late river]

so do i add anti air support

24+24+24+24+24

[keen hemlock]

why armor skirts over sloped armor

[late river]

48+48+24

96+24

110

167

[hoary glen]

For tanks Daimler Benz

[late river]

120x2

240 divs i have

so 5 milis factorys

but ill put 7

livadeia

how much support equipment do i produce?

do i low it?

i have 240 divs

[dusty sandal]

sloped armor doesn't give brk and it's useless

[hoary glen]

Reduce the assigned factories by clicking the minus

[late river]

ik dude..

[keen hemlock]

ah

[late river]

just tell me how much support equipment i low

i have 35 milis on it, should i low them to 25?

[languid trout]

8 mils on it

[late river]

k

ill put 10

[dusty sandal]

with the current template 3 fac per 30-50 divs

[late river]

cuz why not

[late river]

ill add AA soon

3 fac per 50 divs

mmmmh

240x3

67

[hoary glen]

You can look at the logistics tab. It shows your stockpile and your balance of gains/ combat losses.

[dusky kraken]

can i do this with ships and planes?

[neat widget]

So let's say you're producing guns 3 and the artillery 3, then let's do some math
you get 50 factories worth of infantry equipment and each equipment cost 0.69, so you get 72.46 * factory ic worth of infantry equipment
Likewise, you get 8.75 * factory ic worth of support equipment
and 3.24 * factory ic worth of artillery equipment

Thus for every 1000 infantry equipment you have you are pumping out 120 support equipment and 44.7 artillery equipment

[neat widget]

where could you possibly need 120 support equipment

[late river]

is this balanced?

[late river]

forgot abt changing the Henschell on tank

[neat widget]

I can also assume you have like 1-2 line artillery in your divisions too

[late river]

ok its balanced now

ill change karabiner to MP39

[neat widget]

this infantry division should use 30 support equipment and 12 artillery for instance

[late river]

how to reduce lag

?

[hoary glen]

Planes go into stockpile and need to be manually deployed. Ships get auto deployed in your largest harbor and go into the reserve in the naval Tab. Then you can assign them to a task force for use.

[late river]

im on x5 speed and its one day per 5 seconds

[hoary glen]

@late river please show your logistics tab

[dense stone]

Should I add field artillery for marines? I know it does give debuffs but soft attack seems good

[late river]

you mean this?

[hoary glen]

No the one right of deployment

[hoary glen]

Yes that one

[late river]

do i have 418k rifles?

[hoary glen]

Yes

[neat widget]

You should have like 10 on support equipment and 5 on artillery for every 50 factories you have on infantry equipment, well, depending on how your tanks look like you may need more support equipment but not that much

[late river]

i should have rifles that have never seen a soldier

[late river]

i didnt understand but ig im fine for now

[neat widget]

it's time to make a choice

mountaineers, or forest rangers?

which way german officer

[late river]

mmmmmh

infnatry spam

yes

infantry spam till my logistis breaks and i get encircled my whole army so i quit the game for 3 hours

[hoary glen]

You basically have enough artillery and Support equipment for 3 more playthroughs. You can stop producing them at all.

[late river]

i need more

i have soldiers that have never seen a tank

[hoary glen]

You do you, it's 40 less mils on tanks

[late river]

like i sent 100 divitions to italy to take over afrika and all is gone

[late river]

wdym?

is this good?

also, how much divitions should i have of tanks

i was thinking on giving 6 tanks divition for each army i have

[hoary glen]

More mils = more tanks. Why waste mils on stuff you'll never need?

[late river]

who said i will never need it?

maybe i should need it

for ussr

ill start to produce mechanized too

in 200 days when i get them

im so laggy

a day happens every 5 seconds

is there a way to reduce lag in settings

[hoary glen]

You have 37k support equipment in stockpile and produce 33 new ones per day. Good luck with killing that stockpile.

[late river]

wdym

dont i need it?

[keen hemlock]

if u have 33k in stockpile

u do not

[late river]

why not

33k isnt that much

[hoary glen]

No, by the time you've burned that stockpile you can assign a few new mils to it. But it's unlikely you will need more than 20k to 30k total through your entire game.

[late river]

so

should i put more milis on tanks?

[hoary glen]

Ofc

[neat widget]

Well you have 400k infantry equipment and 30k support equipment, but you're using 900 infantry equipment and 30 support equipment per division

[late river]

alright

[neat widget]

You have more support equipment than you can use

[late river]

i have 240 divitions

[glacial steeple]

2w engi build

[late river]

do the maths

[neat widget]

that's fair

[late river]

so its my first good run

?

or even wrose

[neat widget]

216000 infantry equipment and 7200 support equipment

so yeah

[late river]

needed

[hoary glen]

Enough to lose your entire army 5 times

[late river]

W

[neat widget]

things like support equipment and trucks you can easily end up with more than you can use

[late river]

yes i already lost 100 divitions on afrika

[neat widget]

you can also easily end up with a deep and unrecoverable shortage

there's like no in between it feels

[keen hemlock]

wait how

[late river]

sent 50 to fight

[hoary glen]

Bc you're building tanks in 1942 vro

[late river]

and 60 to italy as expeditionaries

italy just killed em all for nothing

[keen hemlock]

dont send expiditonaries to ai

[late river]

k

[keen hemlock]

they are far better used by you

[late river]

all my beautiful army is dead

[late river]

i dont think so

[neat widget]

don't, unless they're landlocked

[late river]

also

why syria join ed axis instead of portugal

[glacial steeple]

trucks kind of?

its only when you dont make motorized divs

if you make motorized divs they will melt

[late river]

iraq

and they are so cooked

[keen hemlock]

yeah iraq usually dies

same with iran

[glacial steeple]

this is holdable

[keen hemlock]

you could prolly hodl that if you had troops there

[late river]

umm

[keen hemlock]

like 2 armies

[late river]

im not sending troops there

def not

[glacial steeple]

as a iraq player you could hold this i mean

you could live

[neat widget]

yeah

[late river]

ofc i can

[neat widget]

that is what the second part where i talk about shortages is about

[late river]

these AI are so bad that iraq is cooking em

[glacial steeple]

you can hold against the world if you want as iraq

you got a pretty powerful supply island

[hoary glen]

Desert power

[neat widget]

you might have to send expeditionaries to save iraq tbh

[late river]

should i?

[neat widget]

and a large amount of airpower

all they need to do is take Basra btw

[hoary glen]

https://tenor.com/view/stilgar-fremen-house-atreides-dune-2-shai-hulud-gif-11311559307945986419

[glacial steeple]

if you hold bagdad to mosul you have a supply island

[late river]

i will send them 24 divs

[glacial steeple]

and ai doesnt make supply hubs

[neat widget]

and Iraq will surrender

[late river]

is that good enough

?=

[glacial steeple]

idk fo you care about them>

?

[late river]

ofc

[glacial steeple]

id send like 12 max

[neat widget]

yeah also that

[late river]

any axis member is my friend

my good oil partner

[hoary glen]

Bro you're in WW2 already. Just justify in 10 Days :D

[neat widget]

but iraq can be valuable if you send them like 30 divisions and let the AI push the Allies out of Syria

could be funny if you're in a lull period where you're not quite ready for sealion or barbarossa

[glacial steeple]

but they do the focus where they betray you

also 12 is plenty

[neat widget]

only when they lose a state

[late river]

holy shit

[glacial steeple]

its a small front if you push kuwait

[late river]

did italy waste almost 100 divs

[hoary glen]

You can't send Divs to Iraq? Like how

[glacial steeple]

they can do that

[late river]

bro they lost so bad on afrika, wtf did they do

[glacial steeple]

they have a port

[neat widget]

well wouldn't the expeditionaries be under ai control?

[hoary glen]

Lmao. Lmfao even

[glacial steeple]

it is

[glacial steeple]

mil access from iran or turkiye would also work

[late river]

should i push to athens?

[neat widget]

you can get military access from Turkiye?

[hoary glen]

The same port that's being taken in the next 5 Days :D

[neat widget]

you're attritioning, you need to change strategies

[keen hemlock]

not with those logistics

[glacial steeple]

depends on the wars youre in usually

[glacial steeple]

just send like cas or something idk

they could live but its unlikely

[late river]

which companys was i gonna use for my panzers?

[late river]

yep i got good relations with them

[late river]

field hospital, logistic and hwat more

[glacial steeple]

uuhh depends on dlcs

i should play some hearts of iron IV

[keen hemlock]

i just got off

[late river]

rip iraq

bro didnt last 1 month

[keen hemlock]

accidently joined a war and ended my achivment run

[late river]

what should i do with yugoslavia?

puppet state?

[glacial steeple]

why would you ever puppet if you have the choice

like theyre okay as fascist for the mils ig

[keen hemlock]

i always take

[late river]

bc they never accept fate

ill invade them

ill anext them

and make a croatian puppet

cuz why not

[keen hemlock]

one automaticly spawns

it might be italys tho

[indigo kraken]

they will join the allies

[neat widget]

manpower, but otherwise there is no reason

[late river]

mmmh

[indigo kraken]

so u cant annex them

[late river]

bc

then what i can do with them

they dont wanna join my faction cuz

war

they can be drawned into

which do i choose

[keen hemlock]

up to you

[late river]

annex?

[keen hemlock]

you can

[late river]

they decline every choose i gave to them in any run so ill just conquer em

[keen hemlock]

id make a croation puppet but thats only because i like historical accuracy

[wind tundra]

Can someone help me with getting all the newest content on the game

Specifically MIOs, spirit of the army navy and stuff, and espionage

I need to know which dlcs I need for this

[keen hemlock]

the spirits are no step back iirc

the mios are arms against tyrranny

spies are la resistance

[indigo kraken]

is not new

[wind tundra]

I have all of them

[indigo kraken]

or yes?

[wind tundra]

But they’re not in the game for some reason

[indigo kraken]

in the launcher there is an option that says dlc's

maybe u havent activated them

[wind tundra]

How do I activate

It only shows old DLCs

[indigo kraken]

wait me

oh

idk

[wind tundra]

I uninstalled and reinstalled the game

Now I can see them for some reason

[indigo kraken]

well

good

its bugged ig

[red sundial]

can anyone help give me tips to play italy

[late river]

dont joinww2

[late river]

@neat widget

@glacial steeple

this div template is good

?

[neat widget]

why do you have so little soft attack

[late river]

idk

what do i change

[glacial steeple]

terrain debuffs

also tank template doesnt exist or is very bad

and did you not research guns or something

are we using the 36 gun

[late river]

...

just

just

tell me

[glacial steeple]

i see that you use cheats to test, thats chill, probably add some mastery

[late river]

what to change

to make it good

[neat widget]

also yeah you should do something to alleviate the terrain too

[red sundial]

???

[late river]

which cheats

[glacial steeple]

thats what im telling you

better gun, better tank

[late river]

i dont even know how to open console brother

[glacial steeple]

oh okay

do your doctrines

use your xp there first

its a lot more important than your units

[indigo kraken]

how can i get more spy's?

i have 3

[glacial steeple]

advisors, national spirits

[indigo kraken]

yea i got the advisor

[late river]

where do i do doctrines

[glacial steeple]

faction spy master

[late river]

should i use 6 tanks and 6 mech?

[glacial steeple]

you can do 9/9 ideally

[indigo kraken]

and if i dont have a faction?

[glacial steeple]

but youll need doctrines

[glacial steeple]

3 is usual

[indigo kraken]

ok

thanks

[late river]

casey

how much meidum tanks and mech do i put in div

[glacial steeple]

9 of each ideally

[late river]

but i have 8 of each

isnt that enough?

[glacial steeple]

its fine

[neat widget]

It's fine but not ideal

[glacial steeple]

work on the terrain, you want it to be positive

support AA is terrible in this checksum

its better to have AA as motorized or SPAA

you just have much better options to make your terrain better

[late river]

so

what do i use

[neat widget]

also useful if you want to push through the maginot because mountains, but i'll be honest you probably want mountain rangers + medium flame tanks for that one

[glacial steeple]

like ranger recon, flame tanks, assault engineers

[neat widget]

you know mastery tricks so that you can get the 5th slot earlier?

[glacial steeple]

uuhh i havent learned them because i havent really played a whole lot

and when i do play its like

i dont really care to

[neat widget]

fair

[glacial steeple]

i know it takes a lot of manpower

[late river]

i alr own maginot

whats the point on it..

[neat widget]

but yeah there are ways of getting it quick

[keen hemlock]

should you use rangers in your line divs

[proven magnet]

Hello, i need some help with my game

if someone knows more about it

for some reason bots started mass producing desctroyes

destroyers

[dusty sandal]

is that an issue ?

[proven magnet]

minor countries are making 1000+ jf them

[dusty sandal]

it's the cheapest ship after submarines so AI build a lot of it

[proven magnet]

combine it with the ammount of minor countries

[dusty sandal]

by any chance did you use console commands ?

[proven magnet]

and the game starts lagging heavily

[proven magnet]

only for focuses

[dusty sandal]

the "ic" command makes all buildings, all productions (ships included) be instantaneous

[proven magnet]

ohhhhh

god

[dusty sandal]

including AI's

[proven magnet]

thats why

i forgot to turn it off

[neat widget]

Yeah, don't unpause when you are on ic mode

[proven magnet]

found it interesting that italy had 8k ships in 41

[autumn mural]

Hi, I need help understandin what am I doing wrong in HOI4

[neat widget]

what's happening

[autumn mural]

I dont know rlly, I do research, do national focus, create an army but then when im go to atk i get beaten pretty easily

[neat widget]

what do your division templates look like

and your air force

[proven magnet]

whats your templates

[neat widget]

honestly the ai isn't strong at all

[proven magnet]

if your playing against bots

they succumb to tanks

[autumn mural]

I tried startin in Central america to kinda get the hang of it.

So its literally 3 inf soldiers

[indigo kraken]

u should prepare more before attacking so

idk

[neat widget]

btw you're getting defeated by other central american nations?

[autumn mural]

I can try making more inf divisions, Im starting as El salvador.

[autumn mural]

yup that pathetic i am rn

[proven magnet]

how do we tell you

usually people dont play those nations

[autumn mural]

Ig but I tried the tutorial and well, im not doin that good with Italy either,

[neat widget]

don't do the tutorial

it doesn't even work

[glacial steeple]

theyre good

theyre cheap

[neat widget]

cheaper than engineers

:)

[glacial steeple]

engis are good if you commit to large inf

theyre just bad because people insist on putting it on small units

[neat widget]

actually yeah

but then you might want to use assault engineers

[glacial steeple]

entrenchment tho

also MEVs are insanely expensive

its just on a tank its like nothing

support vehicles are just like no dlc tanks

[neat widget]

Engineers cost like 127 ic, assault engineers cost 320 ic, so yeah there's some expense involved. Whether you think it is worth it or not probably depends

[keen hemlock]

yeah fs

if im a major

i do them always

if im not i just do space marines

[glacial steeple]

in a like 3K ic div its a big difference imo

[keen hemlock]

how much ic does each civ put out per day

same with mil

[finite arrow]

How can i more CP easily?

[lyric agate]

anyone wanna play?

[lyric agate]

im american

[glacial steeple]

tho civs hardly matter because you want a larger and better army before your opponents

[keen hemlock]

is that portugese

or spanish

[neat widget]

portuguese

casey's from brazil i'm pretty sure

[keen hemlock]

i thought so

[neat widget]

spanish mentioned english or spanish

[keen hemlock]

i just couldnt tell for sure

[keen hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/shrug-idk-dexter-innocent-gif-10412116

[lyric agate]

come back

please

[errant chasm]

I thought Casey was middle eastern this whole time 💀

[neat widget]

the time zones match up? sure, why not

[errant chasm]

Casey never sleeps /hj

[neat widget]

casey sleeps at really weird times

[rustic monolith]

does anyone have a good good motorized inf template?

[wet crater]

I dont understand how to get the collapsed government spirit as belgium

To try the burgundy formation path

[indigo kraken]

isnt there any focus that gives u that?

[wet crater]

The focus requires the spirit

[wet crater]

I cant find any focus that explictly gives the required spirit

Is it based on fascism support in belgium?

[indigo kraken]

idk so

i havent played as belgium

[wet crater]

fair

[cyan garden]

does anyone have a link to a fps map for tno on paradox mods site?

[lament mason]

how tf does the AI win the russian monarchist civil war in like 2 months

[foggy junco]

why cant my paratroopers drop?

its green all around

[vital geode]

Do you actually have 70% air superiority?

Green isn't 70

Or is it 75 for paradropping

[foggy junco]

how do i even see air superiority then. i though color was that

oh found it. yea i have 100% air superiority

[vital geode]

Interesting

What i usually do is have multiple individual orders

Did they finish preparing?

They take time to prepare now

[foggy junco]

yea they did. its only 7 days

[neat widget]

No

But I can try creating the best one I can

In short probably use special forces

also if you're willing to reduce speed a bit

[vital geode]

Hover over the orange exclamation mark

[visual yacht]

I recall having a similar problem, i just waited and they eventually went

[vital geode]

On the divisions

Might say something

Same with the green arrow over the general

[foggy junco]

it just says they cant reach the province.
theres nothing over the genral

[vital geode]

I mean where it says 24/24

[foggy junco]

yes

[vital geode]

The green arrow to launch the order

[foggy junco]

theres no info there

[vital geode]

Really says nothing when hovering?

What about the general icon down there

[foggy junco]

only the typical info

[vital geode]

Well

This is where we delete the order and try again

Maybe have like 2 troops per order

[foggy junco]

have. multiple times. and multiple countries and continents ive tried

[vital geode]

Instead of 24

[foggy junco]

yea that i can try

[vital geode]

Or is it because you have 3000 transports and overstacking the airport

[foggy junco]

ive tried that too

[neat widget]

you can also try this

[lament mason]

if I go to partial mobilisation as russia before the civil war, do I stay at that after the civil war starts?

[left glacier]

If you are going left/right opposition, you don't get the mobilization bonus if you do it before the war start

Preferably, you'd mobilize after the civil war stars

[obsidian kestrel]

uhm... i js bought tthe game yesterday, anybody know any good tutorial videos on how to play?

[last arch]

do you have at least 3061 transport planes

[pliant condor]

😂 1979

[halcyon trench]

can anyone help me, I am trying to improve as Japan

[stuck garnet]

gun 4s?

[mellow pelican]

How to do naval

[halcyon trench]

Hey, I am learning right now myself 😭 🙏

[glacial steeple]

yes

[feral spoke]

if its against ai usually just get a bunch of light cruisers to patrol (put them at do not engage) and have your subs and main fleets as usual

[neat widget]

nope 1939 infantry equipment

[worldly blaze]

How did I lose pearl harbor (world ablaze)

[devout lintel]

Easier said than done for neew players or naval players.

[magic anchor]

playinbg japan, should i turn a lot of my infantry into marines and do my naval invasions or should i just naval infade with my infantry

i also heard 21w is a good template for them from a reddit thread lol

[left glacier]

For naval invasions, yes. If you plan to go late into late game, you want to use amtracks and amphibious tanks instead of marines

[magic anchor]

no I'm terrible I haven't even beat China yet 😭😭

this is my only goal

[left glacier]

Marines will still help you out with river crossings

So It's not a bad idea to have them against China

[magic anchor]

ok bet

[left glacier]

[magic anchor]

ty ty!!

[toxic plaza]

hey why my divions stay ionstead attack?

@left glacier

[left glacier]

You are not at war with lithuania

[toxic plaza]

lol. yeah

but what if they are tired and what to do if i want them not to be

[left glacier]

increase supply/lower supply usage. They'll automatically attack when they have enough org and supply

[ashen sigil]

Can y'all give me any tips for winning wars

I am playing as Peru fighting Ecuador

[toxic plaza]

thsi is hub supply?

[left glacier]

Yes

[toxic plaza]

they stopped attack beacsue they are tired

how rto supply them?

[left glacier]

Motorize your supply hubs, put less troops in the front line, or have logistics support companies in your divisions

[neat widget]

how are you losing against latvia

actually this is fine

you can get the soviets and the allies at war this way

that said

you should not be attritioning

[devout lintel]

RAHH

[visual yacht]

did you figure it out in the end?

[foggy junco]

No

[neat widget]

huh

they should have went

[coral glacier]

ok i just got the game 🙂

[misty zephyr]

Hey guys, could you please give me some tips on how to manufacture heavy tanks? Every time I try to make them, they consume my entire industry and I never make enough in time for the war against the AI.

[glacial steeple]

its not losing tbf

he didnt get pushed

[coral glacier]

oooo this games actually quite cool, playing it for the first time

[tropic seal]

Is pure light cruiser spam viable in sp?

@thin nebula

[thin nebula]

eh its doable but not advisable

heavy guns still hurt

[tropic seal]

whats the best way then for someone who likes to just throw navy on a patrol order out

sub spam?

im doing an italy majors conquest run now so i actually have to use the navy

[thin nebula]

carriers and battleships with a bunch of destroyers

few cruisers if you want

[tropic seal]

you got any templates I can use?

[thin nebula]

oh just make some carriers and light cruisers if you're italy

not in game rn but ill load it up

[glacial steeple]

how so

heavy guns do very little damage vs screens

[thin nebula]

they dont

they still hit like a truck

[glacial steeple]

its the same for light attack to heavy but like

screens gone

navy dead

[thin nebula]

heavy guns always pierce cruiser armor so they do double damage to light ships

they dont hit that often ill give you that but they definitely do damage

[glacial steeple]

always invest in blockade runner

[thin nebula]

germany's scharnhorst sunk the HMAS Darwin which is level 2 cruiser armor

it was full health in the battle

didnt even have a chance to leave

[glacial steeple]

oh yeah level 2 armor gets pierced by light guns

level 3 doesnt

[thin nebula]

3 costs more resources

not worth

[glacial steeple]

it so is

italy also starts with armor 3

[thin nebula]

anyways hovering over it during the battle it died to heavy guns

didnt say it took any damage from light guns

[glacial steeple]

ai doesnt really get a lot of light attack

[thin nebula]

no and also that was germany's last surface ship

but if and when heavy guns hit a light ship it doesnt matter what armor they have

and britian is the only one to my knowledge that uses light battery 2+

[tropic seal]

uh

so what should i do

[thin nebula]

honestly battleships are kinda mid so you dont need to make any more of them

designs are literally just this simple

[glacial steeple]

slop carrier

[thin nebula]

:(

I KNOW BASIC IS BETTER

[glacial steeple]

when refitting into CVEs make sure the armor is the same as the original ship

[thin nebula]

I JUST DIDNT WANT CRAPPY SLOW EARLY CRUISERS

[glacial steeple]

or its gonna cost 5 million cost

[thin nebula]

i didnt want them slow

but you are right

[glacial steeple]

ive used them as iceland

theyre okay

[thin nebula]

basic is better for ic

[glacial steeple]

they work if you have nothing better

[thin nebula]

a basic 40 is less ic than a converted 40

[glacial steeple]

iceland gets to spawn in CLs

[thin nebula]

it does?

[glacial steeple]

for like some convoys and a prayer

yeah

[tropic seal]

does sub spam work in sp?

[glacial steeple]

you can change the design/name to spawn in good ones

its fun

[thin nebula]

manpower

[glacial steeple]

but youll have a few initial designs

[glacial steeple]

it spawns them not in construction queue

you just get them

[thin nebula]

right i mean delete them for manpower

norway style

[glacial steeple]

not worth it

just go communist

[thin nebula]

i mean it does but its still just subs and imo not worth it

[glacial steeple]

if you have low stab you can go communist through strikes while doing fascist path

meta

[thin nebula]

if you want a subspamesque thing just go with torpedo destroyers

get lancer and loading drill master

ez capital deaths

[glacial steeple]

it can be good if you have no industry for navy

and want something unkillable

still takes grinding admiral tho

[thin nebula]

i think id rather go with it if i had industry and manpower to spare

[glacial steeple]

it gets killed by players tho

[thin nebula]

but like as a minor? im just gonna build a fleet

[glacial steeple]

surface fleet sometimes just isnt viable

i showed you my trinidad and tobago game there was just no way to make a viable navy

no manpower, no steel

no dockyards

[thin nebula]

you had a navy

[glacial steeple]

subs will do something

[glacial steeple]

yes some stolen venezuelan destroyers

which never left port because i was scared theyd blow up

[thin nebula]

fleet in being

probably had like more manpower than one of those divs too

[glacial steeple]

no

divs were like 32 width inf to reduce casualties

[tropic seal]

do you have a template for that

[thin nebula]

main gun good engine and put torpedoes in every slot they can

also casey this is how i know they can hit light cruisers, tells you what kills them here

[glacial steeple]

i think with 5 or less dockyards + no starting navy vs ai youd do subs

anything more and surface navy is good (vs ai)

[thin nebula]

i could build a small functional navy off 5 dockyards

[glacial steeple]

vs player its always better to surface navy unless you wanna sacrifice subs

for like, killing supply temporarily during naval invasions

and stalling troops

[thin nebula]

or harassing fleets so they cant shore bombard

[glacial steeple]

theyll die

[thin nebula]

thats fine

[glacial steeple]

like even faster

it is fine but troop convoys are easier targets

[thin nebula]

if they're in battle the enemy doesnt get shore bombardment bonus

[glacial steeple]

losing troop convoys can be crippling

[thin nebula]

i mean the subs

subs can hold down fleets

[misty zephyr]

Hey guys, could you please give me some tips on how to manufacture heavy tanks? Every time I try to make them, they consume my entire industry and I never make enough in time for the war.

[thin nebula]

dont make them if you dont have the industry? or make less units using them

grabbed the wrong one but yeah battleships have little issue hitting small ships

[uncut narwhal]

mediums are better

just use them

[coral glacier]

ok i played for 1 hour to see if i like the game after getting it and so far i am enjoying it, i dunno what i am doing but i have managed to keep my supply resources in the positive but no war yet.

i am assuming this stable income is not going to last when the germans declare war as i am playing as allies.

[analog maple]

if britin is going communist. would they have a civilwar?

[coral glacier]

would not know, Britain is different countries and also capitalist in rl.

[light knoll]

if they don't decolonize in time

its rng

[coral glacier]

is there a mature vc group on here?

[coral glacier]

just got the game, looking for mature people who i can talk with and maybe get some games with.

[keen hemlock]

#historical-multiplayer #alt-history-multiplayer

[violet sinew]

The best sp canon is a mediumcanon anyways, so it’s almost pointless to heavys. Lights can also be enough against ai

[uncut narwhal]

its a medium howitzer

you dont need hard attack in sp

[misty zephyr]

thanks

[vague coral]

im playing as netherlands and i need rubber

can i somehow get it from my colony dutch east indies for free?

[analog maple]

why am i only able to puppet half of india?

[pallid copper]

trade w puppet states is only 1 civ per 80 recourses

or u can annex them
through the focus tree i think

[vague coral]

ok thanks

[pallid copper]

yw

[vague coral]

thought i could get it free

[ashen sigil]

Can someone explain why Germany is the easiest nation for beginners? Wouldn't it be more difficult since you are fighting an offensive war against the whole world?

[analog maple]

you are really powerfull+no start war on you, you get to decide when ww2 start

[ashen sigil]

But if I mess up?

[analog maple]

it hard to win ww2 but it good for learing

[analog maple]

you arent gonna win ww2 as any country as a begginer

[ashen sigil]

I've got 50 hours in the game and I know the basics. Which country should I play?

[full forge]

Bhutan

[ashen sigil]

By beginner I meant 50 hours
I don't really know when to stop calling myself a beginner

[analog maple]

germany or italy

maybe soviet cause you get alot of help

[ashen sigil]

Oh yeah USSR is good
I only need to be defensive

right

[deep axle]

I'm still learning the game but how do I manage to not get obliterated by Germany in 1938 as Austria? I'm not using Götterdämmerung as well

[coral glacier]

hi, just got hoi 4 this morning, is there a channel on here that is a mature group who are interested in discussing the game/ tips/ maybe play?

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here is here if you need help about the game. don't forget to check the pinned messages before asking !

[coral glacier]

oh ok, sorry, and thanks.

[sly spoke]

okay so when i am starting playing as lowky weak country what should i do first?

[dusty sandal]

as always with such large questions, it depends

[summer nymph]

Why is the AI so bad?! Like, I made sure Japan won vs china etc, yet mid-late game they are -100s of steel, coal etc and wont' trade with any of their puppets for it...

[sly spoke]

Which one should i develop military or economic industry btw on focus tree which one should i do political, military Or economic

I am doing economic first

[dusty sandal]

it depends
there's an extreme number of factors that can change that
for starters, who are you playing as, what do you plan to do ?

[sly spoke]

Idk man i am asking in general, alr for example i choose Romania what u would recommend me to do at the very beginning

[lyric agate]

i need help im newish

and lonely

[river narwhal]

what frame do naval bombers use?

[dusty sandal]

they can use any

best are medium airframe, you make it a heavy fighter with torps

[river narwhal]

thanks for the template

[river narwhal]

why 2 hmg not 4?

[fervent rampart]

my game keeps crashing outa nowhere and i don’t know what’s happening, im playing vanilla no mods, my game at first freezes then closes with a paradox message, i verified the game files and theres no new gpu drivers, my pc can handle hoi4

[dusty sandal]

lighter

[lyric agate]

anyone wanna play?

[dusty sandal]

#historical-multiplayer #alt-history-multiplayer

[stuck garnet]

Hit take but

Take off the thinga

[river narwhal]

does it matter that much in singleplayer?

[dusty sandal]

what

[dusty sandal]

can't fly if it's too heavy

[fervent rampart]

my game keeps crashing outa nowhere and i don’t know what’s happening, im playing vanilla no mods, my game at first freezes then closes with a paradox message, i verified the game files and theres no new gpu drivers, my pc can handle hoi4 (sent second time since none responded)

[devout lintel]

tech support it is my friend.

[ashen sigil]

How do I get rid of Stalin's paranoia

[dusty sandal]

finish the purge focuses

[dusty sandal]

switch your resolution settings

[keen hemlock]

you dont put any electronics on there?

[fervent rampart]

1440 960 if i remember, but my game was allways running fine

@dusty sandal

[dusty sandal]

what for

[dusty sandal]

the other resolution settings

[analog maple]

is it possible to make a collaboration government puppet with every country? like if i wanna make a collaboration government puppet of France, as Germany is that possible?

[quasi sigil]

i just got the game and have 0 knowledge and want to play with sommone or talk and play the game at the same time to know the basics and start playing it

[hexed parcel]

guys what are those numbers? te 15/15 what does that mean

and the 9/15

[dusty sandal]

number of factory building

hover over it

read the tooltip

[keen hemlock]

buffs to naval strike

[dusty sandal]

there's no such thing

[keen hemlock]

istg one of them gives buffs

[hexed parcel]

i did but is there any way to change the number and spread production or what

[dusty sandal]

yup, any country that's capped

[keen hemlock]

when i get ghome ill send an ss

[dusty sandal]

all 15 factories go on the first, then the overflow of facotries go on the second line, rinse and repeat

[hexed parcel]

oh and also, im trying to play china atm. anybody got any tips? im mad new

[hexed parcel]

ah amazing got it

[dusty sandal]

don't play china if you're new

[analog maple]

is there any requirments? it wont lemme do it to france for some reason

[dusty sandal]

you need to be fascist, non aligned or communist

faction leader as well

iirc

[hexed parcel]

can you still give general advice

im playing with a friend in coop and he really wants to try china out

[dusty sandal]

supply hubs are important don't leave them ever
don't get encircled
don't forget port guards

[hexed parcel]

arent supply hubs automatic

like as long as they connected i mean

and it reaches my people

i should be fine

no?

[rustic marlin]

is there any mod that lets you have saves between computers?

[dusty sandal]

yes, but you must not let the enemy take them

[dusty sandal]

just use cloud saves

[hexed parcel]

what if they do

how do i give supplies if that happens

how do i set up trucks for supply

[dusty sandal]

you don't have supplies and they get supplies

[scenic nacelle]

No but u can manually send save files between computers/cloud

[dusty sandal]

if they don't have supplies they can't push nearly aas much as if they have supply and you can't hold as much without supply either

[hexed parcel]

okay thanks

i have a question

if im playing as china, should i be doing infrastructure or mils or civs?

[delicate latch]

did they patch the SF exploit?

I tried to do it by spamming these, then converting to a duplicate of it which initially is the same, but before hitting save, editing it to be all mountaineers, and then clicking OK to convert

but it just didnt convert my units?

is it because I had 2 mountaineers volunteered to Spain?

[dusty sandal]

you need to convert them to 50w infantry and only then can you convert to special forces

[delicate latch]

so this video is a lie? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85DK4xmi0jY&list=PLobTa5ObevQMzpsja9C3LbGIe4GA3oz-V&index=3

[mental marten]

does anyone have a good tno map mod thats up to date

[spark gorge]

do I not have image perms

what the hell

[trail reef]

how do i get everyone to accept the imperial federation

[cerulean sand]

Defensive postures or great war infantry? What's better?

[fathom thistle]

for pure defense defensive posture, gwi is more jack-of-all-trades

[cerulean sand]

I am playing as austria and everything goes extremely well except for the fact that germany eats Czechoslovakia later...

[runic lotus]

Hi, I'm pretty new to the game. I've figured out combat, however my divisions keep running low on supplies. What do I do?

[cerulean sand]

There can be many reasons

Doe example, having a lot of supply usage; having no supply gain; getting too few supply

[fathom thistle]

are you in surplus tho or are you in deficit of some equipment?

[runic lotus]

I don't think I am in deficit of equipment. I play germany 1939 to practise combat on Poland

[cerulean sand]

Double motorisation can help if the problem is in getting too few supply from available supply hubs

[fathom thistle]

like if you are just going to be static go for defensive postures, if you would also want to attack I wouldnt pick either of those

[hexed parcel]

hey i have a question and maybe someone could help

infrastructure level on china is too low. should i still do military factories or upgrade infrastructure? im doing principles of the people and then will do subjugate the warlords

and thanks in advance

[glacial steeple]

francis why did you crash my game when i ended the peacedeal

[keen hemlock]

If you are playing hist

[hexed parcel]

yes

[keen hemlock]

You are gonna need mils

[hexed parcel]

japan will attack

[keen hemlock]

To produce guns to fight Japan

[hexed parcel]

so mils now infra and civs later?

[keen hemlock]

I’ve only played alt hist China so that’s really all I can tell you

Yeah

[dusty sandal]

https://tenor.com/view/krol-gif-19996608

[glacial steeple]

its rude :( it was such a fire peacedeal

man

have to do it again

[hexed parcel]

Portuguese

casey do u know what i should do?

[hexed parcel]

mils infra or civs

historical china

[glacial steeple]

how is that even a question

you are getting invaded in like a year make mils

civs take forever to pay off

[hexed parcel]

im new no idea

[hexed parcel]

and infra? cause these infra levels are terrible

lvl 1 and lvl 2 infrastructure max

[glacial steeple]

infra takes even longer to pay off

[austere roost]

By the time you get to max infrastructure the Japanese are already invading

[hexed parcel]

ah alr ty guys

[glacial steeple]

itll be easier for them

better supply

[trail reef]

why is the british raj not cored

i did the federation

[glacial steeple]

it doesnt core raj

[trail reef]

is this ragebait?

not even malaysia is cored

[vast yacht]

im playing the mod "a latin american expansion" with Uurguay and invading Argentina with Brazil but when i reach this point i cant go any further and argentina kills me, pls help

[verbal venture]

do you have stock?

@vast yacht

[vast yacht]

this?

[verbal venture]

yes

very red

also you have 0 manpower

im not that good, i have 1000 hours

can you raise conscription maybe?

[neat widget]

i mean this is uruguay

so that makes sense

[vast yacht]

i can go with every adult serves

[verbal venture]

idk what to say

ask brazil for weapons

are you in a faction whit brazil?

[vast yacht]

no

[verbal venture]

try asking for guns ans maybe geting more conscription

[vast yacht]

brazil doesnt have guns either

[verbal venture]

does the focus tree have anything to help in the war?

[vast yacht]

yeah but i already took those focuses

[verbal venture]

there is chance of doing encirclements?

[vast yacht]

i dont think so

maybe i cant see it

[verbal venture]

hard game

are you building mils?

[vast yacht]

yes

[verbal venture]

maybe you can trap

[vocal breach]

why cant i get naval supremacy for naval invasion

[verbal venture]

if not go to more defensive positions

[vocal breach]

i have the strongest ships in the world and thye dont want to leave the coast

[verbal venture]

do you have dockyards on rapairs?

Rileyelley7

[vast yacht]

look, they strike me like this

[vast yacht]

ill try

[vast yacht]

but they come from the south

[indigo kraken]

i think u should put them in patrol

[verbal venture]

i think you should scape using the port and go to defend behind a river or somethin

[vocal breach]

No matter what i click its red and they wont move there

[verbal venture]

im not good at sea, i make naval bombers

[indigo kraken]

u shouldnt put all ur navy in one tile

like

u see that u have 0/6?

its because u have 6 fleets that are going to there

[vocal breach]

None of my navy is moving there

[indigo kraken]

no

because is in strike force

u have to put them in patrol

[vocal breach]

no matter what mission they have

it still wont go there

[hexed parcel]

i have a question

should i always be producing troops?

because im watching this china guide and the guy doesnt do troops for like a year or so

[verbal venture]

i don't think so

[austere roost]

did you set your home port

[austere roost]

no

[vocal breach]

yes they're assigned phoenix, line, and johnston atoll

[austere roost]

you will run out of manpower and equipment

[hexed parcel]

should i rather train my troops?

or whats the deal

[verbal venture]

make good trops better than a lot

[austere roost]

shift + train button to get them to stop training when they reach lvl 3

and then make enough troops so you can win the war

[hexed parcel]

okay thanks

how do i see their level

im completely new as you see lol

[austere roost]

in that case go to pin and find the beginners guides

and if you're playing germany bittersteel has a beginner germany guide for every major update

[hexed parcel]

thanks

[oblique hound]

uh yeah im completly new to the game anyone wanna teach me stuff in a call? (is this teh correct channel for this?)

[bold canopy]

can you build a warship that reaches anywhere even if you don't have ports nearby?

[austere roost]

no, not even fleet submarines with all tanks can cover the entirety of the pacific

[bold canopy]

acc hacked

[bold canopy]

even if u unlock everything?

[glacial steeple]

nuclear subs should

if you have infinite resources and time

[dusty sandal]

equipped and manned divisions >>>>>> underequipped and understaffed divisions

no equipment or manpower = no stats = you can't push and take more losses = less equipment and manpower

[austere roost]

thats why I use faster special project research mod so I can build an ice carrier by 1948

[glacial steeple]

worst india ive ever seen btw

[austere roost]

i just buff japan to +4 so they actually post a threat to usa and uk

[sonic seal]

can we ask for mod help too?

[austere roost]

and also for me to take over their mega fleet

[mint kite]

How does a naval blockade work?

I got the country blockaded

now what>

[rustic monolith]

I may be going crazy but where do I find battleship armor 4, i have everything researched but i dont see it in the designer

[glacial steeple]

what does it have to do with japan

[visual yacht]

Give up the frontline and use a fallback line to defend the yellow river.
Produce mils and only mils until you have good gun production (keep an eye on your stockpile tab), use the 12w template with no arty they give you by default (juntuan?)
Let the japanese attack you to begin with so they 'tire out', dont waste casualties by taking easy tiles until youre ready to counterpush all the way.
Have 2 troops garrisoned at each port to defend from their naval invasions.
In terms of focuses, i like to unlock the Desperate Defence decision then get the entrenchment focuses then switch to focusing on politics but you can keep buffing army if you need

[keen hemlock]

not the partisans bruh 😭

also does anyone have the a google doc on the best combat widths?

[neat widget]

i wonder how good a plane like this could be

[glacial steeple]

i dont have the brainpower for the frontline situation im in

this is sad because i wanted to like play the game longer

but ougjh

[neat widget]

oh what's happening

[glacial steeple]

imagine europe

i will admit a lot of it is due to me underestimating units in certain positions prior and kinda just battleplanning but its so bad

most places have no units

its awful

half the nations are neutral because its europe

faction

[wild rune]

Bipartisan country

[keen hemlock]

what happened to austria hungary

now its just hungary

[neat widget]

ah i see

oof

try to consolidate in poland ig

[errant chasm]

I think the 2 x Cannon II be better as an end game plane. Actually isn't the advanced planes the middle child where it's suboptimal in the mid-game and the true endgame plane is the modern plane?

[wild rune]

Supersonics are better

I stay with improved and 3HMG until I get Supersonics