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neat widget
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yeah i'm assuming we don't have them though

wild rune
errant chasm
wild rune
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What matters is how the ic trades

patent forge
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what sub visibility in single player is needed to make subs invisible?

magic anchor
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where do you guys go for guides? just yt videos or what

wild rune
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YouTube is the way tho

dusty sandal
wild rune
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Segl is very good👍

dusty sandal
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Issorow Production isn't good for most gameplay loops as he uses battleplan builds but he's good at helping players understand the basics in a fun way since his vids are quite entertaining with him still showing off a few tips and tricks around the corner (like hotkeys, niche mechanics etc.)

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for stats specifically, segl has a detailled video about it, very easy to understand

wild rune
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I mainly watch Segl and Sejozwak for my hoi4 exploitation

wild rune
errant chasm
dusty sandal
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it's been a while for me too, but there's always a schizo path he finds out on mods

wild rune
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That one MD YouTuber is peak

light knoll
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he recommended people to swap secret police for ... military governor in one of his last videos

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and like. he has a thing with tanks

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his gameplay is very very micro heavy, which he is pretty good at, but is not a good recommendation for new players

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battleplaning builds are much more recommendable

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especially if playing minors, doing tanks is really not a good use of your resources

glacial steeple
wild rune
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I uhh don't build tanks

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At all

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Except for lights

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To get armored recon

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Maybe heavys to do space marines

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But I don't usually do those

glacial steeple
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36 is like tank mindset

wild rune
glacial steeple
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youre not using tanks

wild rune
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I'll stick to doing 10 rangers 8 paratroopers or just 32.4w mountaineers

glacial steeple
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you dont really care for tank

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because mountain, avoid

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inf is like whatever you just wanna push everything imo

wild rune
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I use my Special forces in every case

glacial steeple
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if you use 36 you will just kinda stall on mountains and rivers lowkey

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and urban

wild rune
glacial steeple
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also its like less units

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anything can work

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paras are good to have large so im not sure whats better

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maybe you hit it with the devious 50 width

wild rune
wild rune
glacial steeple
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cuz you have 1 per tile

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it fills tile width

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kinda

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somewhat

wild rune
glacial steeple
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25% urban attack

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light flame tank

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uuhh

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logi

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ranger recon

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and probably field hosp idk

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i dont think youd need AA

wild rune
glacial steeple
wild rune
wild rune
glacial steeple
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hp maxx

wild rune
glacial steeple
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its a bad idea

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well, ok

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you have what

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+10% hp from hosp?

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i forgot

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let me go in game

wild rune
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I can do Mass Assault with deep battle

glacial steeple
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you dont see the vision

wild rune
glacial steeple
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one min

wild rune
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18w inf and 50w paratroopers for pushing

glacial steeple
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you have so much hp buffs

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use it everywhere

wild rune
glacial steeple
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wait

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wow howitzer doctrine is not good for hp

pliant condor
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the new mass mob only preserves the irrlevant part of the doctrine

wild rune
cyan garden
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why cant i change the three months?

neat widget
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does anyone know what is going on

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the German plane is a classic 3x4 hmg engine 3 plane, the Polish plane is the same but with engine 4

neat widget
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no mios involved

glacial steeple
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look at this cretin

wild rune
neat widget
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nope

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i gave poland territory in the air zone

neat widget
glacial steeple
wild rune
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"Peso"

spark gorge
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I dont have götter

wild rune
spark gorge
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I like it use stormtroopers

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are they any good

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or is my goat washed

wild rune
wild rune
# glacial steeple

although I might replace engineers with the regular helicopter company and the medical helicopters with field hospital

glacial steeple
glacial steeple
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well, yes

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you should probably

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you cant do howitzer

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but

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more hp

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doctrine

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also didnt have heli MIO

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couldve bloated stats more

wild rune
wild rune
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The engineer one or the helicopter one

patent forge
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do SPG buffs work on modern SPGs?

wild rune
patent forge
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alr, ty

glacial steeple
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it gives +5

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its like the obvious choice for hp max para

spark gorge
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I like horse divs

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I dont do the polish cavarly thing bc I dont have no step back tho

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I just like cavarly divs

wild rune
spark gorge
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I wish mongolia was real

wild rune
spark gorge
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its funny how poland gets more cavarly buffs than mongolia lmao

spark gorge
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I should really buy the dlcs

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they are on sale too

indigo kraken
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does anybody have played the fire rises?

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the mod

spark gorge
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its decent but for the love of god avoid the discord

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PLEASE

indigo kraken
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why?

onyx hemlock
spark gorge
indigo kraken
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oh

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yea im just gonna ask here

spark gorge
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I played a few runs with it ask away

indigo kraken
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what is better the CAS planes or UCAV?

indigo kraken
spark gorge
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id build up a good normal airforce if I were you

indigo kraken
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ok

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thanks

spark gorge
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np

indigo kraken
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and with what countries have u played?

spark gorge
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just bc there are so many paths

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and one run takes like gazillion years

indigo kraken
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oh ok

glacial steeple
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hmm

indigo kraken
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lol

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im playing usa

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but ive played as germany

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and damn it was so hard

onyx hemlock
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Usa is so painful 😭

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The tree is just

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💀

spark gorge
real warren
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and you gotta use navy

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🤢

wild rune
real warren
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meta is hard

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and idk how to make task forces

indigo kraken
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i saw yesterday a guy with only DD and CL that won all the battles against the royal navy idk how

wild rune
indigo kraken
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is that possible?

wild rune
real warren
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Oh that’s easy

indigo kraken
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rlly?

wild rune
wild rune
indigo kraken
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idk how to make one

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design*

glacial steeple
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well it was like 200-300 subs and like idk maybe 100-200 destroyers but still

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thats not particularly much for like 1944 or whatever

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especially considering the bad tech available

wild rune
onyx hemlock
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Is it possible in sp to make irregulars work as afghanistan

indigo kraken
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ig

onyx hemlock
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U get alot of bonuses yes but is it enought to be viable

glacial steeple
glacial steeple
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they were very bad

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i sacrificed like 100 subs or something to make the uk run out of fuel

glacial steeple
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its a pretty solid strat if you have time and dockyards

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all their oil is imported

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if their convoys die they die

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ai doesnt use land-based aircraft against subs so they run out of fuel trying to counter you

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or out of screens or convoys

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or all

indigo kraken
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ok

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thanks

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so i just build subs, dd and cl only?

glacial steeple
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theyre good for asymmetrical warfare but they suck at giving supremacy

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its like, if you plan to win the naval war you shouldnt build them

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and if your enemy knows how to use a plane you shouldnt really build them

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but you can definitely destroy like convoys or force an unequal cost to counter them

wild rune
glacial steeple
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the raided party can block off seazones and have full RADAR/air coverage

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like subs are countered, but at a cost

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surface navy doesnt have any hard counter besides enemy surface navy

wild rune
onyx hemlock
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Gb overall is ofc the best doctrine but also for irregulars?

onyx hemlock
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Alr gotcha

glacial steeple
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it was me with at the start like 17 surface ships and like maybe 20 subs vs france uk and usa navies

glacial steeple
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because they were having a lot of ships in the channel

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and it was annoying

patent forge
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im doing world conquest as germany. Is it better to form reichskommisariats or integrate with compliance?

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i want less lag in end game

iron coral
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might as well just occupy everything thats what i do every game even as tiny nations

patent forge
iron coral
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i dont know

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i always would rather invest into compliance

wild rune
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-0.5 consumer goods or smth like that iirc

errant chasm
wild rune
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and get insane health

glacial steeple
red grove
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Are 7/1/1 (medium tanks) good singleplayer spacemarines? And what support companies should I use?

red grove
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How should they look?

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Im trying to learn to design good divisions since I’ve never really understood it

wild rune
# red grove How should they look?

imo don't use space marines as they are too costly, one fact is that line arty is most of the time bad, if you really want space marines then use heavys

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as heavy tanks have more armor

red grove
wild rune
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and specialized pushing divisions

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9/0s are amazing

red grove
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Ah ok, thank you. And what do you mean with specialized pushing divisions? Like tanks and motorized/mechanized?

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Sorry if im asking too much questions i really wanna learn

wild rune
red grove
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Okay, thank you I will try this on my Sweden game, rn my manpower is not very high even with all adults serve.

wild rune
glacial steeple
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which is fine

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norway you only need to focus south, finland is naval invasion to helsinki, denmark is small front

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germany would just be defending naval invasions and kiel river

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ofc you can push too, but you only do that when confident

red grove
magic anchor
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dw

light knoll
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what could be the reason I didn't get cores on the US when doing imperial fed (Canada had it cored)

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and they approved of the fed

glacial steeple
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like they dont produce a lot and everything that they make besides air is just inherently kind of bad

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now their ai isnt the worst? but it definitely is not capable of all that much as a nation

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its main saving grace is either having a ton of exiled units, or having the navy (which again, bad MIOs so its not that great) to save it, as well as its general distance

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but you can close the distance by invading either through canada (low supply) or guyanas (naval invade or over land)

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the guyanas are only like 8 tiles total and shouldnt be too difficult to land on

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canada might be harder to push, but its a supply island kind of scenario

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where once you take the supply in the northeast, the enemy has no nearby supply

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which is a powerful defensive tool, but it sucks offensively

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theres ofc the general east coast, but since you dont have air, defenders have a strong advantage

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they can bring planes and because of good supply are able to field many units locally

candid burrow
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As Greece are there multiple paths you can do to get I swear im not a byzantophile? Either way whats the strat for the achieve?

keen hemlock
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pretty sure theres only the one

hardy pewter
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I got 0 civ factorys

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what can I do to fix?

lilac wave
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I am so horrendous at this game. Every time I try to play as the soviets I just get decimated. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I’ve come back after a long hiatus (no step back dlc) and what little I did know feels completely different.

silver wind
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Why is this happening?

gritty ferry
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So been trying to play as Italy in historic mode and slowly getting better; however, just had an event where Ethiopia just declared independence on its own in 1939 for the first time in like 5 attempts. Switched over to them only to find out they have a focus to just leave whenever they want. Does anyone know how that is typically prevented, or is it just like a 1/10 chance they'll just beeline it?

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Oh and grabbing land from yugo, seems like a coin toss on whether they say yes or no?

lilac wave
winter tide
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What is construction engineering and why is it munching on my political power

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playing with road to 54

serene karma
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Is that a new mod lmao

winter tide
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i don't remember what it's called rn

serene karma
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Its a focus

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Stop doing the focus to take ur 1pp a day back

winter tide
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okie doke

serene karma
quiet sphinx
gritty ferry
edgy field
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hi, my steam workshop mods dont work at all, and only ones i find on paradox launcher do. How do i fix this? There are some mods that are on steam that i want to use but arent on paradox launcher

quiet sphinx
solar coyote
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Hello there! I have a question regarding collaboration governments. If I have cores on some states of a country and the option/decision to set up a collab government is taken, will my core states be transferred too? Is there a way to keep core states when releasing collab governments, just like when releasing a puppet? (Ping reply please)

thorn ferry
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my main fleet in the mediterrean will NOT go to the port i directed in the nglish chanel even though my submarines DID go there

serene karma
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No way to get it

molten needle
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so i went kaiser and im in war with france but usa joined how do i cross such a big gap?

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also japan is in my faction and ussr is dead

twin finch
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or try to get britian in your faction

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they may attack the US themselves

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How am I supposed to complete this when these focuses are mutually exclusive?

gleaming grove
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Is the timespan of a game limited? Or can you play forever in theory?

gleaming grove
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is there something like a winning condition? Or just do whatever you want?

twin finch
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but it gets laggy as time goes on

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whatever you want

gleaming grove
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ok nice

molten needle
molten needle
twin finch
glacial steeple
molten needle
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there are 58 more but they are being trained

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By 58 i mean submarines

twin finch
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There must be something I'm missing here

glacial steeple
molten needle
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all the best modifications possible

glacial steeple
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go into portugal, cape verde, guyanas, or go into iceland, greenland

molten needle
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The nordic countries formed one big alliance

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im playing unhistorical

glacial steeple
molten needle
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Cant i do from france?

twin finch
keen hemlock
twin finch
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they are

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I justed tested them

keen hemlock
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Damn

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Gotta be a bug then

twin finch
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ikr? I've seen one other achievement like this in RT56

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something with china, I think

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I assumed it was something I was missing. The person who put that achievement in must've had something in mind

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or maybe they just want me to use console commands? lol

serene karma
twin finch
glacial steeple
serene karma
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Or just go rt56 server and ask

glacial steeple
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@cold bloom wake up

serene karma
twin finch
glacial steeple
twin finch
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yes, but where is it? lol

serene karma
glacial steeple
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why would it not have one

twin finch
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I don't see mod servers 😭

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I'm not super experienced at discord lmao

serene karma
serene karma
twin finch
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thank you, friend

serene karma
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Discord has gotten better with its public server discovery

twin finch
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ahhh okay

glacial steeple
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just joined too so i can send like 3 messages and never chat again

twin finch
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I'll keep my eye out in here in case that @cold bloom guy comes by

twin finch
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I think I may have talked to him before, actually

cold bloom
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Can report on our Discord server, I cant forward it rn

indigo sapphire
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should i use Modern and Mbt tanks as Estonia?

patent forge
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Which nations have the best buffs for Navy even if they are minor ones? I want to build up a navy from scratch.

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Not interested in carriers

light knoll
orchid idol
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so im playing non historicol and my soviet union ally just insta capitulated mid civil war even though they were winning hard??? anyone know why

indigo sapphire
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can some veteran come into helping lounge 2

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i have a couple few questions

hoary glen
hoary glen
fast cargo
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i have no idea how to use the navi, so if i play germany and want to invade the brits how can i do that?

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do i have to pick divs and put them into a ship and then "attack" or how does this work

hoary glen
# fast cargo i have no idea how to use the navi, so if i play germany and want to invade the ...

First you have to make the water save to travel. That's Naval Dominance. You get that by having more ships on Patrol than the enemy. Best for you to do is put all your ships in one stack, build like 30 Torpedo DDs and maybe 10 light attack Cruisers. Always split of submarines, they are only good for raiding.

Then you put that fleet into the English channel on patrol and fly all your fighters and bombers with naval strike capability over the channel as well. The zone should be red initially, but slowly turn blue.

The next step is invading. There you need to use the General order "Naval Invasion" and select a friendly port and a target port. Then assign some divisions to it. Use Marines for best effect. That will need some time to plan, when it's done, hit launch (like starting a Battleplan) and see your troops go. Always force attack as soon as they arrive so your units have a better chance at landing.

When you touch down instantly move in a whole army and try to expand as much as quickly as you can to not run into supply issues. Also switch your Air to south England and put everything on CAS

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P.s. put your ships on always engage and never repair. But repair them manually if they have taken a lot of damage.

scenic nacelle
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We need a gif on how to make a naval invasion

fast cargo
orchid idol
obsidian badger
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is this a glitch

quaint bear
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Armored vehicles are tanks or motorized infantry? which perk should the general choose?

dusty sandal
dusty sandal
quaint bear
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thx

hoary glen
hoary glen
glacial steeple
glacial steeple
solar coyote
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Playing as Austria, going for Austria-Hungary. Should I cover Phonix Insurance or no?

dusty sandal
patent forge
dusty sandal
patent forge
dusty sandal
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yup

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and night raiding navy spirit

glacial steeple
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theres a new spirit thats better

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its -10 where night is -5

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ill get a screenshot dont have video game open

dusty sandal
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I never heard of it

glacial steeple
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1.17 thing

hoary glen
patent forge
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this one?

glacial steeple
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yes

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that one

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and its free because patrol boats is great anyway

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so is trade interdiction to roll for blockade runner

patent forge
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blockade runner is also meta id assume

hoary glen
patent forge
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thanks for intel, im gonna try Mao Zedong navy build cuz decent buffs and has raider mio

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want to build up a navy from scratch

vital plinth
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So I was told the world tension mechanic is very different from a recent update within 2025 , how do I increase it a lot or how does it work now ? I’m playing Germany as kaiserich non aligned and my world tension even after including France and Italy is under 40%

gleaming grove
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If i put mobilized brigade into my infantery brigade does that mean my infantery units use the trucks to move, or are they additional infantry in those trucks?

glacial steeple
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theres a thing you can do with those, but not with licensed ships sadly

slender junco
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hi, I'm a beginner in the game, i have a question: how can I put planes in a aircraft carrier? (sorry for my english but I'm not a native english speaker)

glacial steeple
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if you edit them and change anything, even MIO/MIO level you get to keep all the techs on it and hull

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for production/designing

glacial steeple
wild rune
slender junco
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so i just take aircraft and click on the ship?

glacial steeple
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yes

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or click on the plane icon on the ship

slender junco
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thanks, and how i can recognize an aircraft carrier?

gleaming grove
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Is there like a template database with current templates for simple tasks? Like 1 for holding a frontline (defense), a heavy tank template and maybe a "Blitzkrieg" division for fast breakthroughs?
I searched on youtube but every video has comments saying its bad or outdated

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(for single player)

dusty sandal
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special forces

gleaming grove
dusty sandal
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nope

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just make sure you have 8 or 9

gleaming grove
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and the support AA/Art is that what you put in the first row or what you can put in an extra row?

dusty sandal
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you can add support engineers if you want but that's a steep 20% increase in cost. It's fine to do so

gleaming grove
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Would it make sense to add AA and Art in "Combat" if the army is only supposed to work defensive?

dusty sandal
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if by in combat you mean as frontline bataillion there is no point doing so for arty (it's mid) and the only reason to do so in singleplayer with AA is to save a support company slot (which you don''t need anyway since you still have 3 available)

gleaming grove
dusty sandal
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yeah we call that frontline or batallions

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and no, don't put arty there like, ever. Produce latest guns instead, it has more stats
and only put AA there is you need to save up a support company slot

gleaming grove
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so AA in support doesnt stack with AA in Batallion?

dusty sandal
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there are uses for line AA in multiplayer but not really in singleplayer

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it can but the whole point of putting line AA is to not have a need for support AA

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you need 13 air atk in a div to reduce CAS damage by 75%. everything after that isn't needed in singleplayer. In MP you have what's called "CASfarm" or "AA meme" that abuse the air attack calculations by stacking AA batallions or tank divs with 3 line AA to mitigate damage even more

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you don't need that in singleplayer simply because AI planes are abysmal dogshit and because AI doesn't know how to pick and grind good doctrines

gleaming grove
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i see thx

vernal cipher
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what is an ideal italian division template? i prefer infantry though i can work with anything

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and what doctrines

dusty sandal
# vernal cipher and what doctrines

doctrines are almost alwyas the same in singleplayer : Assault infantry (best) or individual excellence (good) ; the one that buffs SPGs or the Super Heavy howitzer one ; streamlined deployment ; grand assault
all on grand battleplan

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(SFP is fine but best for defense, GBP is excessively powerful on attack due to extremely high coordination buffs)

wild rune
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in 1.17.3 it was changed to 55AA to reduce CAS the max amount

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one line AA and one support AA is meta with 1940 tech iirc

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i have no clue what you are asking here tbh

wild rune
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like foxsy who for some reason is not in this server

wild rune
blissful nova
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Im winning but im taking a lot of casualties and attrition and going slow

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my planes are basic ones u start with

wild rune
blissful nova
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I am bro

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wdym

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my screenshots are at the end

vernal cipher
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or the eastern front is gonna be real fun

wild rune
jolly musk
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how can i beat the soviet union as germany?

subtle socket
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put up air and battle plan with bricks (simplest way)

subtle socket
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do ur units have anti air

blissful nova
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no

subtle socket
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yeah thats why

blissful nova
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ok

subtle socket
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air is king in this game whoever has air is gonna win the front

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good anti air can remove up to 75% of the dmg and even shittier ones remove 30% ish percent

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dont worry about logis on ur inf until barb

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nad make ur tank dif fatter

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div*

hoary glen
blissful nova
subtle socket
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i mean ai is shitnu can dec anytime and kill them np just having air is the most important

hoary glen
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Mistake 😆

subtle socket
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its worth to take a 1000 day research hit pentality for air day 1

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in almost every scenario

hoary glen
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No

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Unless you play MP

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Tbh in SP you can probably just use 1936 fighters until fall of France

red grove
hoary glen
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@blissful nova For your Tanks make them 8/8. 8 Tank and 8 Cav or Mech. Just please never use Motorized. It's a troll battalion.

dusty sandal
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oh yeah, they did
big

hoary glen
dusty sandal
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but to be fair they did reduce CAS damage by nearly 3 times but idk if that's up to the men,ace

glacial steeple
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imo

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inf battleplan is BACK

subtle socket
subtle socket
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just make plane as early as possible

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and gun

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against ai

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and click battle plan

hoary glen
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Playing optimally and not doing stupid larp? Cringe

subtle socket
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lmaooo

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forget ic ant swear

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if u wanna larp just do 10 km light tanks

glacial steeple
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production

subtle socket
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ai gets over run in a day

glacial steeple
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radio

subtle socket
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u dont need radio until war

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gun yes

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production yes

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1 on plane 2 on production one onngun

glacial steeple
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probably like logi

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for ie

subtle socket
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4 rs slots

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and once eco is done

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u can use it sparelingly

glacial steeple
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just war earlier if you wanna roll

subtle socket
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zzz

hoary glen
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AI dies anyway, so yeah. I mean ofc you can just insta rush stuff, I'd fall asleep at the wheel tho

subtle socket
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war early = no larp

glacial steeple
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thats true

subtle socket
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justdont play against ai

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big brain

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play mp

glacial steeple
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i dont like people

subtle socket
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or play the sly save game lol

hoary glen
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Sp is just the tutorial

subtle socket
glacial steeple
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but also playing germany and studd is really boring

subtle socket
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solo nations

glacial steeple
subtle socket
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no

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scream at canada for mech

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scream at usa and uk for trade

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all the cokmubucation u need

glacial steeple
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idk im just not rlly interested in mp too much

subtle socket
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and u scream for dday when ur dying

glacial steeple
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besides with a few people maybe

subtle socket
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3 screams for a 5 hour game is pretty low

subtle socket
glacial steeple
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its just kinda like preference lowkey

oblique hound
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cenn anyone kidna teach me the game?

subtle socket
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yeah bro youtube videos

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u can play like 50 games and still be learning stuff idk watch a yt video for basica

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and experiment

hoary glen
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Most important part is play, fail, understand why you failed and improve that next time

oak jasper
#

@junior wasp Support AA is a very common addition to infantry divisions. In addition to reducing penalties caused by enemy aircraft (and shooting the occasional aircraft down), it adds a bit of piercing. This helps when facing armored divisions, though fortunately the AI isn't very good with tanks.

junior wasp
#

Is this a good template? I’m waiting for my stuff to stop reinforcing so I can begin producing more arty and AA

oak jasper
oak jasper
subtle socket
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replace engy with aa

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engy is meant for entrenchment and or pushing divs

patent forge
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anyone know how to fix projects using resources? I used sp_research_all and its stuck at this for month

subtle socket
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small units will be pushed when entrenched

molten cape
subtle socket
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u should

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unleash ur save game slu

oak jasper
subtle socket
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ull send these single player warriors

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to a new realm of cope

subtle socket
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is not gonna break those tiles

molten cape
subtle socket
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or defend them adequately

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for the investment

junior wasp
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Okay since it’s June 1937, should I wait to reach 100 factories so I can do finish five year plan and the do the third one?

subtle socket
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ur going for reinforcement maxxing

junior wasp
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I’m at 97 and I should get the rest I need by 1938

subtle socket
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not stats

dusty sandal
subtle socket
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so having jusr more of them out as cheaper is far better than lifhtly better ones rhat r shit

patent forge
molten cape
dusty sandal
#

if it doesn't work and ou don't have any mods on, you may want to submit a bug report even though you used console

subtle socket
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never said they will

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i said ur going for reinforcements rather than putting engy on ur 16 widths

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for"defensive stats"

oak jasper
#

In fairness, 18 width.

subtle socket
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yeah same shit tho

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more 18 width better than engy 18 width

junior wasp
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Should I do that thing where I put a tank battalion in my infantry divisions?

dusty sandal
subtle socket
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im well aware

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but ur stacking modifiers

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on a div with 0 base defense

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ur just throwinf support equipment into the garbage

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and engy is def thanos for pushing specially w the new update

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any pushing div should have engy in it

dusty sandal
#

it's rarely a waste, especially in specific defensive scenarios where the front can't move much (France historical) but yeah, I get your point and it's fair

glacial steeple
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its usually a waste

subtle socket
#

yeah but if ur going for a front that not moving using bigger units with engy is a far better investment

glacial steeple
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just make larger inf or dont use engis

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its not that hard

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large inf is better in sp anyway

subtle socket
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yup

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large unit tactics is king of sp

glacial steeple
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ai wont crit, deorging is kinda rare and you lose way less

subtle socket
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and desperate defense if u can click it

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@molten cape

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LMAO

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no way rhey block that

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@glacial steeple

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do u see it

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@molten cape release the sp files

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i need to see people here try it

molten cape
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Nobody here will try that

glacial steeple
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its chill tho

subtle socket
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i dont think bro is neither politicila

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and i hope not controversial at this point

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we have it in 4k😭

glacial steeple
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yk how it is

subtle socket
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oh yeah

glacial steeple
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people here will defend hitler so its strict

subtle socket
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casey

glacial steeple
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is it bad

subtle socket
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wanna do a save game thats 10x harder than sheep

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ai has annexed stuff

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right templates

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and right everything rly

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u play as germ with some minors annexe

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and try to win

glacial steeple
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i mean you are germany

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statbloat makes the difference between you and ai just large

subtle socket
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yeah but like

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uk has 40k fighters

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for war

molten cape
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He doesnt know

subtle socket
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with like

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80 tanks

glacial steeple
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i dont know

subtle socket
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u get battle planned in this mod

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save**

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not even mod

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yes u have stat bloat but if ai is given like eevrythint under the sun they put up a good fight

molten cape
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I lost the last time I tried that save as I took france march 41 but the soviets declared on me so GG

subtle socket
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funny u cant beat ur own save anymore

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send me updated one sly

glacial steeple
subtle socket
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yes ik thats why i thought ud like this

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its right up ur alley

glacial steeple
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yes it sounds fun

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i tried doing samoa vs world ai in 1937 but they kept running out of supply trying to naval invade me :(

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that was pretty bad tho

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germany surely cant be that bad

subtle socket
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i mean samoa u can islamd defense max alor

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roll like bizzilion stats

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idk if u can do that as germ actoss a whole front

glacial steeple
subtle socket
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i seen a lux hold roll 10k defense on a mexh

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was funny

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mech 3 gun 3 max entrenchment

glacial steeple
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this was like their first invasion LMAO

subtle socket
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higjkey hilarious

glacial steeple
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i ended up holding but its really silly

subtle socket
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i like how prob all the garbage units with 0 naval invasion stats

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are prob taking combat width

glacial steeple
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my units also sucked

subtle socket
glacial steeple
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not even 32w because no xp no manpower

subtle socket
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lmao

subtle socket
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500 manpower weekly

glacial steeple
junior wasp
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Is there a way to end the whole Political Paranoia thing?

glacial steeple
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no time to prep

subtle socket
#

u cant civil war?

glacial steeple
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1 state

subtle socket
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rush civil war

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yes

glacial steeple
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no mil high command

subtle socket
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back in the day

glacial steeple
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so no civwar

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no xp

subtle socket
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if u did civil war as one state

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it just flips u

glacial steeple
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yeah but you cant

subtle socket
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idk if still the same

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why not?

glacial steeple
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it requires 2 states or a state occupied

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if you have a occupied state it still does that

subtle socket
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they changed it??

glacial steeple
#

yes

subtle socket
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sad

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very sad

glacial steeple
#

also no 500 weekly manpower unless you take time to do the army focuses

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for xp

subtle socket
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just 1 high command no?

glacial steeple
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and you need 280 days pre war for mils

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you dont have

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i think i played with free div edits but still

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no xp

gleaming grove
#

i keep seeing in tutorials on youtube that people select several tiles when creating their frontline. I just cant do that. I either get the whole line or 1 tile. Is there a setting i have to activate or a console? command

red grove
arctic aspen
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Are the 1940 planes even worth getting anymore just seems to slow

gleaming grove
#

Can someone explain to me whats the point putting that 1 tank in the 5th row instead of the first or second on lowest position?

vernal cipher
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though gameplay wise it makes no difference where it is placed

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so they probably just didnt have that bottom spot available yet

gleaming grove
#

so all the positioning is irrelevant? Like support order and where the tank is placed and where the motorized brigade is placed

oak jasper
#

The one limitation I know of: you can't mix battalions of different categories in the same brigade, i.e. "no brigade of mixed infantry+armor", though you can mix similar-ish battalions (e.g. mixing standard infantry with marines)

glacial steeple
oak jasper
#

It's an older template, but it checks out There's always issues when using older guides.

patent forge
#

best country to form EU in non historical?

inner sparrow
scenic nacelle
patent forge
#

monarchist, right?

scenic nacelle
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Any alt hist path leads to some sort of EU

patent forge
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alr ty

main yew
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am trying to naval invade but wont allow me

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what to do

gleaming grove
scenic nacelle
main yew
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wont work

scenic nacelle
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Ohhh

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U blocked the red

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Click on the seazone and look at the bottom left

main yew
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isnt working

subtle socket
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ur navy isnt there

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oh ur using only light cruisets

main yew
subtle socket
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as well

oak jasper
# gleaming grove gimme a better

9x mech infantry, 8x med SPG, motorized AA, armored engy+recon, hospital, logistics, med flametank.

If you don't yet have 5-size brigades, swap the AA for more infantry, and the armored recon for support AA.

If you don't have the flametank DLC, slot the AA in there.

If you don't have mechanized infantry yet, I'm unsure if you should go for leg or motorized infantry.

subtle socket
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u need capitals

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for supremcy

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  • ur ships are still not patrolling
main yew
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ohh

subtle socket
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they are in coast

main yew
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now better

subtle socket
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take a full screenshot of ur screen

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on the navy tab

main yew
gleaming grove
oak jasper
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You do not need capital ships to get naval supremacy, at least not in vanilla. In theory, a sufficiently large pile of subs will do, though light cruisers and carriers tend to be your most IC-efficient sources of supremacy.

scenic nacelle
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U have no range as well

oak jasper
# gleaming grove im looking for a tank template

Regular tanks are a bit underwhelming in the current meta. For single-player, the increased soft attack of SPGs favors those, while in MP, I'm given to understand you see a lot of heavy tank destroyers.

main yew
#

this

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?

errant folio
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how can i update the game the update dont shown on me on steam

hoary glen
main yew
#

ok ty its landing

scenic nacelle
subtle socket
oak jasper
#

(Also, pure tank divisions are worthless. No organization, which is why good armored divisions are typically around 50% infantry of some sort)

subtle socket
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move them closer then pagrol the sea zone

proven rain
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wzhat armys

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should i use

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italy

cerulean sand
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What is better, +20% attack in mountains or +10% attack in forest?

oak jasper
#

You can use tanks fairly effectively in forests. Its mountains where they struggle, so I'd specialize mountain divsions for, well, mountains.

cerulean sand
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I am going to do mountain tanks then

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I never did them, but the concept of mountain tanks is fun

subtle socket
cerulean sand
oak jasper
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just burn down the forest

grand iris
#

Is this fine for fighting againts AI or do i need to improve it?

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the tank could have some improvement but idk really how to create perfect templates

stuck garnet
#

Spgs

dusty sandal
oak jasper
#
  1. 36-width is currently preferred.
  2. I'd prefer armored engineers.
  3. SPGs, not regular tanks. Crank soft attack to the roof.
  4. Add field hospital and logistics companies to reduce casualties and the... modest supply consumption of SPGs.
  5. May as well crank armor to +4. A small amount of IC to get more armor+breakthrough. Unfortunately, past +4, it costs more steel.
dusty sandal
# grand iris

and yeahSPG are best but it seems you're playing with some mods ?

dusty sandal
oak jasper
#

I really ought to look up the details of HOI 4 damage calcs at some point.

stuck garnet
#

Lowkey if youre using howietzers just use spgs

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You have no reason not to use spgs

oak jasper
#

In theory, standard tanks have higher breakthrough and less supply use. In practice, for single-player, the higher soft attack of SPGs wins out.

subtle socket
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specially in europe

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if ur fighting mostly in europe id do just do the rangers but ur call ig

glacial steeple
grand iris
#

i got subs and ships in same fleet, how i take the subs out of the main fleet?

subtle socket
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counter argument

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3 motorized aa

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lmaooo

gleaming grove
subtle socket
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dude that tank is 6k ic

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his is 8k

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even 7k estimated

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the difference in cost is minimal

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and the stats are more than 3x

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like a difference of maybe 1.5 ic per tank

grand iris
coarse finch
grand iris
#

i can barely get to 30

subtle socket
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thats rhe tank he was advocating for!

subtle socket
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and mech

open radish
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What is the minimum speed for a battleship?

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And for a carrier

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20knots is good?

subtle socket
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idk but speed good

open radish
#

I made a hella good BB, but it only reaches 22knots

subtle socket
#

speed make enemy miss ur ship when attack

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if boat live longer boat better than big strong boat that sink fast

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yamato roleplay not very effective

open radish
#

I did used very armored BBs with good screen cover, AA def and a shiton of figgters to guard the sky

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I smashed the enemy fleet

subtle socket
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if its against ai

open radish
#

I think it all comes to good screen and air cover

subtle socket
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u can win with just destroyers

open radish
subtle socket
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destroyers are extremely over bloated in this checksum

open radish
#

I never played navy versus a player

subtle socket
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ai splits navy and gets caugjt and dies

open radish
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Im asking this cuz im planning to play japan vs usa with a friend

subtle socket
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u dont even rly need a sophisticated navy but uust controlling it

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refit all basic cruises to max light attakc light cruisers refit carrier to max deck refit all bbs to max aa then just build torp dds

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or if u want u can maxamize on max armor siper heavies but its like

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10x the cost on resources time and research

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go patrol boat screen sub doctrine and take -10 visb

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ul beat 90% of players

open radish
open radish
#

I know spotting is very useful and important

subtle socket
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air give u max spotting anyway

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  • almost all mp battles are faught on both sides patrolling
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with always engage

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its far less important than sp

subtle socket
#

just refit all the useless modules to aa

open radish
open radish
open radish
#

Thanks man

red grove
#

Anyone know what the cause of this is?: When I capitulate Britan (Leader of communist alternative) the Netherlands take over since they are a major and immediately the US' entire faction just transfers into the communist alternative

gleaming grove
oak jasper
#

Line artillery is not self-propelled artillery, nor is it very useful.

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SPGs are a tank variant at 2-width. Line artillery is 3-width, and isn't very useful in the current meta.

gleaming grove
#

i can only select that art or aa

oak jasper
#

Do you have By Blood Alone, which gives the tank designer?

indigo kraken
gleaming grove
indigo kraken
#

spa*?

indigo kraken
gleaming grove
#

i dont even have a research facility

indigo kraken
#

research

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u know what is research?

gleaming grove
#

yes

subtle socket
#

simple law or hoi4 line arty bad sup arty god

indigo kraken
oak jasper
#

With the base game, SPGs are a little side variant research off of the main tank.

With By Blood Alone, you'd get SPGs by designing a tank variant with a howitzer (or close support gun) and designating it as an SPG.

indigo kraken
scenic nacelle
#

No step back is tank designer

oak jasper
#

Ah, got them mixed up.

gleaming grove
indigo kraken
#

yes

oak jasper
#

The middle ones with the explosion icon are your SPGs.

indigo kraken
#

one is for tank destroyer, another for aa, and another for artillery

indigo kraken
#

yes*

gleaming grove
#

but you want the spg on artillery not on tank or am i missing something

subtle socket
#

spg is self propelled gun

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thats a tank

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not arty

gleaming grove
#

"9x mech infantry, 8x med SPG, motorized AA, armored engy+recon, hospital, logistics, med flametank."

So 8x the medium tank with the middle extra researched (spg)

indigo kraken
subtle socket
#

he doesnt have dlc

indigo kraken
#

yea

subtle socket
#

u just research tank

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and the spg thing

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with dlc its completely different

indigo kraken
#

and im saying that

subtle socket
#

with the tank dlc they go one to one

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the better ur arth research the better ur tank is with the dlc

gleaming grove
#

so this but instead of light tank medium tank with spg researched

subtle socket
#

tbh its hard to say ur missing alot of content with dlcs but i think that is prob correct with logis and field hospitals

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im not sure if u can get flame tank and the recon tank with tbe special research facilities if u can replace ur arty w flame and engi with the tank one

dusty sandal
#

no dlc templates

gleaming grove
#

wth why they justify war against me now?

dusty sandal
gleaming grove
#

should i stop building convoys in naval dock, if i have enough for current trades

dusty sandal
#

always have 500 in reserve

feral salmon
#

if you need resources then stop building convoys

dusty sandal
feral salmon
subtle socket
gleaming grove
#

guess its over anyways KEKW

feral salmon
#

this is why you play non historical

dusty sandal
scenic nacelle
#

It’s not that much 😭

dusty sandal
feral salmon
gleaming grove
feral salmon
#

well if you play as iran you gotta prepare till 1941

#

it can be hard for beginners

gleaming grove
#

at least i managed to encircle a unit 😄 but now UK gets involved from the south east

scenic nacelle
#

A predictable historical mode is better for new people

subtle socket
gleaming grove
subtle socket
#

in other paradox games its entirely game changing

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in this even if u have 100 relation but they have a focus to attack u ans are stronger enough or just have strategic interest in ur land they will dec

dusty sandal
delicate latch
#

how do I do the special forces exploit now?

gleaming grove
#

tried argentina, but failed when i tried invading chile cause i thought owning the capitol=win, than i tried iran cause i thought its a rich country thats far away with smaller nations next to it, but than udssr invades...

uncut narwhal
#

try

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hungary

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or just germany

gleaming grove
uncut narwhal
uncut narwhal
#

you get a lot handed to you

gleaming grove
#

afaik they lost

uncut narwhal
#

and its just super strong

uncut narwhal
#

its a video game

#

germany is the strongest nation in the game

gleaming grove
#

hm, idk im kinda afraid that its overwhelming

#

i thought about canada or mexico

uncut narwhal
gleaming grove
#

or australia if it wasnt a damn island

uncut narwhal
#

very weak nations if not played correctly

#

like your just gonna sit

#

if you arent good at the game

#

as i said

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try hungary id say

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or maybe even italy

gleaming grove
#

thoughts about brazil, just get all of south america?

uncut narwhal
#

if you have the dlc then yea

gleaming grove
uncut narwhal
gilded shuttle
#

quesion, where can you get more "special forces" cap?

scenic nacelle
#

Doctrines

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Bigger army

#

Or exploits

delicate latch
#

how to do the exploit pelase?

vocal breach
#

im trying to make an OP template are these any good

#

idk much about template making

#

this is maybe my 2nd attempt