ask-for-help-here

[faint dirge]

I took out Russia when i let the AI attack Poland and take the Baltics, then i didn't have to deal with the allies. But everytime i try to take france through the benelux / paradrop, i can't handle fighting on 2 fronts

navs?

I made that stupid rookie mistake again and designed my units with too much equipment. Putting 4 arty with 12 infantry is ridiculous, no wonder i ran out of artillary depite having like 10k in the bank

[keen hemlock]

just do 9 infantry

supp arty engineers and aa

for barb put logis

[faint dirge]

too many support companies sucking up all my support equipent

i know thats what your supposed to do but its so boring

what are logis? i built a railroad but each rail can only carry 40 supply max

[keen hemlock]

logistics

also just cap the allies before u fight the ussr

[faint dirge]

I can't get the UK early game cause i can't get naval superiority, and when i tried to do a naval invasion i could only send out two 36 w amtrac + amibious tanks

I have way more tanks than i can realistically use

[keen hemlock]

bro what

[faint dirge]

Trying to command tanks manually is a pain, i think i should just use them to push

[keen hemlock]

one sec

[hexed meteor]

can i win this (not at war yet)

[faint dirge]

seems like they overstacked their border so they are going to run out of supply and be very weak

[keen hemlock]

okay dont spend your factories on amtracs

just make normal marines

wait untill the uk moves its naval out of the channel

[faint dirge]

I only had 2 special forces picks and chose paradroppers

[keen hemlock]

paras are good too

just cap a port and flood in

[hexed meteor]

i need manpower

how do i get manpower

[faint dirge]

guess i'm just stuck. marching through russia is a slog

change your conscription laws

[faint dirge]

what country are you playing?

[hexed meteor]

poland

but

its 1955

i got capitulated and then liberated and then capitulated and then liberated and now im a world power

rt56

[faint dirge]

what does the tooltip say are the requirements for going up a conscription level?

so do you have cores on your territory?

[hexed meteor]

i can get to all adults serve but i need surrender progress and 70% war suport

im authoritarian

im actually the politcom idk if that changes anything

[faint dirge]

cause if you don't get cores your manpower is like nothing

[hexed meteor]

is there a mapmode for cores

[faint dirge]

i forget how to do it

[keen hemlock]

resistance

[faint dirge]

i think its a popup when you highlight claims on territory

[keen hemlock]

if it has no number on it it should be a core

[keen hemlock]

ones with numbers arent your cores

[hexed meteor]

romania and germany are my pupppppet

should i give back to them

[faint dirge]

so i guess he is cored

[hexed meteor]

i have a massive military

[keen hemlock]

wait

what is your garrison

template

[keen hemlock]

show me

the template

[keen hemlock]

of that div

[faint dirge]

is there an advantage to making a puppet when you have high compliance? seems like you get more factories with high compliance

[hexed meteor]

its supposed to be cheap

[keen hemlock]

okay make a new one with one cavalry

and put that on garrison

should free up some

[hexed meteor]

what cw

[keen hemlock]

one

just one cavalry

[keen hemlock]

you do

[keen hemlock]

i dont think that transfers over to factory gain from a puppet tho

only if you own / control it

[hexed meteor]

did i show my alliance

[keen hemlock]

yes

[hexed meteor]

oh

[faint dirge]

is it better to just let the ai push on its own and not send units on unplanned attacks? I notice when i push with unplanned attacks my guys get chewed up and it consumes a lot of equipment

[keen hemlock]

yes

[hexed meteor]

switzerland is whippppppping my ass

[faint dirge]

i worry i try to push too fast and too hard

[hexed meteor]

i invaded austria and they joined

[keen hemlock]

get mountianerrs and cas

[hexed meteor]

i have

i have another 12

[keen hemlock]

use them on the attack

[hexed meteor]

i dont have manpower

i lose

[faint dirge]

why can't you increase your conscription level?

[hexed meteor]

because im authoritarian

and i have no surrender progress

[faint dirge]

do you mean unaligned?

[hexed meteor]

is this a rt56 thing

i lwok never played vanilla

[faint dirge]

there strength isn't 50% of yours?

[hexed meteor]

its switzerland

they have 30 divsi have 240

[faint dirge]

well if you outnumber them, disband a bunch of units and let them reinforce the others

[hexed meteor]

ok but i need a large army for nato

when i do that war

[faint dirge]

better to have 100 full strength battallions than 200 half strength ones

[hexed meteor]

i pushed a little

oh

the game ended

oh i can hit continue

[faint dirge]

when you disband your units any manpower remaining in the unit will go back into your pool to reinforce the units you do have

[hexed meteor]

i just disbanded 48 divisions

[faint dirge]

thats a lot of units to cram into very little supply

[hexed meteor]

its ok ill build a suply hub

[faint dirge]

did you set your army group to motorized supply?

[hexed meteor]

i just did

[faint dirge]

its kind of a hard button to find, you click on the army and there are these tiny buttons, one looks like a plane and tells an air wing to follow it without having to set up air manually

you have CAS up?

[hexed meteor]

yea

i have green air

is my mountaineer template shit

[faint dirge]

do you have fuel? any stockpile deficits?

[faint dirge]

thats good. you in the red for any of your equipment on the logistics tab?

[hexed meteor]

no

all green and yellow

i cant get chromium

there isnt enough chromium in the world

[faint dirge]

I'm that way with tungston

do you have bad trade relations with turkey? he hsould have a lot more to trade

[hexed meteor]

idk

i gotta go to bed tho thanks for the help

[faint dirge]

yup

anytime

[hexed meteor]

should i start a new game u think

1939-1956

[faint dirge]

did you want the NATO war to kick off?

[glacial steeple]

get tahiti, turkiye or similar

annex it

build it up

[neat widget]

chromium rip

does cuba have less chromium in rt56

[austere roost]

@glacial steeple do you know if there's any study on whether double buff rangers or tank recon is better for armor divisions?

9 max hanger carriers, 9 roach BBs, and enough dds

[inner sparrow]

as long as its not winter it doesn’t really change and tank recon is still better

[north jetty]

Any tips for navy? this is a lesson learned

[vital plinth]

What about light cruisers ?
And isn’t it only max 4 hanger ship in a task force ?

[austere roost]

You want meta

Lcs take too long to build even if they have better range

With base strike and mass carrier force you can get 9 carriers without penalty unless they changed the equation again

[austere roost]

Check pins

[north jetty]

thanks

[glacial steeple]

huh

[neat widget]

terrain dependant

and you can swap them out as needed

but this probably only applies to fighting in mountains or in snow, whichever route you go

[hoary glen]

Most of the time it will be rangers. Especially for Barb with the Snow Ranger Buff. If you really only fight open terrain use the scout tanks.

[lofty laurel]

why is the "release nation" button gereyed out in the occupied territories menu?

[glacial steeple]

which nation are you?

country specifuc the devs block you from releasing sometimes

theres a mod that disables that

[lofty laurel]

that was it thx

[light sail]

anybody knows why my millenium dawn has no nuclear?

[cold bloom]

I think it has its own nuke button

[proper crescent]

Are these good tank designs? Found in Imgur

[glacial steeple]

the guy isnt even winning and has no manpower in these screenshots 💔

its 1941 theyre fighting poland still

[dusty sandal]

no
first things first : light tanks are basically only useful as recon tank by late 1937 (mediums are way better)
Then, when designing a medium or light tank, Always use the max number of secondary guns
tanks are good at atk because of breakthrough, you want 30-50brk on all tanks, if you mix it with less breakthrough tanks you want more on the fewer that do have brk
close support gun is bad, it cost A LOT and has 2 fost atk more than autogun 2 that takes 2ic and 2 steel less

Also, don't trust random images from a nobody or a random steam guide (the frontpage one is especially awful)

[proper crescent]

Could provide me some tank designs, please?

[proper crescent]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[dusty sandal]

you can replace armor skirts or easy maintenance for a radio if you prefer
adjust the speed to your liking

don't forget to make it a SPG (change the tank designation), the current doctrines only buff the stats from armored variants, making SPG a stat bloat

[proper crescent]

Could you tell me why SPG is important? I tend to use only Light, Medium, Flamethrower and Support

[dusty sandal]

SPGs get a soft atk buff from artillery techs (5% per in-between arty tech) and a base 15% soft atk bonus from the designation, paid for by a negligible -30% breakthrough
Now, add the fact you only want soft atk and ignore hard atk in singleplayer, and it already makes sense to use them. But add to that the new doctrines that add around 35% soft atk buff to SPGs, increase coordination (more damage concenrated on a single division in battle) and the fact that you can get absolutely busted divisions with flat stats in the thousands (see below) which translates into multiple thousand soft atk with modifiers (terrain, country buffs, generals, planning etc.)

Now, remember that the design you used before the doctrine rework was basically the same (see pic under) and that it had half the stats of the new SPGs

by simply changing the designation of the tank from a regular medium tank to a spg and adding 4 armor clicks, you now get the same tank but with 2x the stats

[safe umbra]

how do i justify war c its saying i need tension and idk how to do that

bc

anyone

[glad lichen]

World tension has to go up first. It increases when countries do aggressive stuff like wars, taking land, or big focuses. Just wait a bit or let other countries start conflicts, then you’ll be able to justify a war.”

[safe umbra]

ok ty and why isnt the day timer moving even tho its son

whats does the tree technology have to do with the timer

[glad lichen]

Not that , Ignore that .

[glad lichen]

There’s also a focus tree that lets you declare war directly without needing world tension. Some focuses give you war goals instantly.

[safe umbra]

i just went albania since one of my friends said its good

[safe umbra]

ohh thats nice

[glad lichen]

Good luck!

[safe umbra]

tysm

[hoary glen]

He trolled you :D

[safe umbra]

damn

and why is it saying my civilian factory is never gonna be finished

[glad lichen]

Huh

[glad lichen]

Lol bad country

[safe umbra]

then what country is good for a beginer

[cold bloom]

Germany/maybe Sweden if you own its DLC

[safe umbra]

no i just got nromal game wait you need to pay money to play other countries???

[cold bloom]

no no

you can play all countries but the content is generic if you dont own the DLC for some countries

[safe umbra]

wdym by generic

[cold bloom]

Hard to explain if you havent played the game

Id just do Germany

[safe umbra]

ok then nvm

[cold bloom]

Some Balkans do have a focus tree without DLC but theyre likely targets of expansion by majors so Germany is probably better

[glacial steeple]

anything is ok

some will be harder/easier and have different challenges

[safe umbra]

oh ok

[gleaming grove]

Wouldnt it make sense to pin like 5-10 viable division templates?
Some early, mid, lategame
Some inf, tank, special

Just so new players can get a good overview on what unit needs what and how many of it

[fathom thistle]

There are few in pins if you scroll down a bit.

[gleaming grove]

there are 3 pins from 2025 with lategame units

none of those is helpful as a new player who just gets started

[fathom thistle]

#ask-for-help-here message

Those ones are pretty basic ones.

[gleaming grove]

yeah like that, just all together and for a little wider variations

[serene karma]

Big divs doesnt mean lategame

The ones in pins are the viable ones for beginners

[gleaming grove]

cant build any of those on top pins before 1942

[oak jasper]

Have you gotten a Chief of the Army? 0.3 army XP/day may not seem like much, but it adds up over time.

[gleaming grove]

of corse

before you can even research these its 1941 or something

[oak jasper]

Some of the substitutions seem obvious, e.g. regular mechanized infantry, or leg/motor/cavalry.

[inner sparrow]

ofc u can

just because some of it is timed as 1941 tech doesn’t make it not researchable before it

research bonuses exist

and even without it, if yk how to properly juggle u can get 43 at or aa tech as example without a single bonus in 1941

and with bonuses u can easily get it sooner

[proper crescent]

Thank you, I really appreciate it

[gleaming grove]

well you need to research the starting tank, the heavy tank, the medium tank, the medium tank sidepiece, the truck, the mechanized infantry and than you still need to have the economy to actually build like 5-10 of those divisions

[silent grotto]

hello i need help. how to play with egypt (from the start)? its part of brittain so i cant choose it. thank you

[inner sparrow]

u don’t need to research heavy in the template u sent, its all medium. U only need inter war medium so no medium research needed, u can ofc but its not necessary. Most nation start with trucks so big nothing burger bc its fats tech anyway if u dont have it and if u struggle with building the eq for a tank ur either playing a wrong country and shouldn’t do it

or u suck

you’re trying to make a problem with something bc u probably don’t understand how to properly do research and what u even need to research

[gleaming grove]

yeah no shit i suck

jesus christ

[inner sparrow]

but there isnt any problem

[gleaming grove]

THIS CHANNEL IS FOR PEOPLE WHO SUCK

[silent grotto]

@inner sparrow u sound knowledgable

[inner sparrow]

yes so instead of trying to argue that it’s not feasible, try to understand and learn

ur arguing with me about something that is easy doable

[inner sparrow]

never played egypt so I can’t help u with it

u have to release it or with a mod

probably

[silent grotto]

well i mean like any nation that is occupied

probablyh would be same method

aka india etc

[inner sparrow]

u have to release them as the occupier

[silent grotto]

so i have to start as brittain

[inner sparrow]

yes

[silent grotto]

alright

[gleaming grove]

well yes, because "help" should always orientate at the capacity of the new player and not a routined player who knows every skill he has to pull to somehow get it all done. If a template for beginners is too hard for a beginner to pull of, than its not a good beginner template. Thats all im saying

[inner sparrow]

It isn’t the only template in pinned, if you don’t know how to pull it of ask and else just go to another template that is easier

if u aren’t playing a big major, don’t do the template u sent in

if u play a very weak minor, don’t do tanks in general

[gleaming grove]

mk

[light sail]

i saw couple youtube videos about the nukes, but mine doesnt have

and the console command of debug_nuking also didnt work

do ue need dlcs in order to have nukes features?

[subtle socket]

do u have green air?

oh ur palying a mod

nvm

[dusty sandal]

replace easy maintenance for radio and you can do the same thing but with howitzer 1 by early 1938

don't forget the research bonus you have on mech

[subtle socket]

i tried helping u with this

just dont build tanks

they arent even worth the ic in single player

[gleaming grove]

is that first screen from the tank facility you can build on the map

[subtle socket]

just build air big inf and battle plan

also u said earlier ur trying to play iran

def do infantry only as a nation like iran

and ofcourse air

[light sail]

oh its not working on mods?

[gleaming grove]

yeah iran failed when ussr invaded out of nowhere. Im playing hungary atm and i wanna try brazil or argentina afterawrdas

[subtle socket]

i just dont know how to help h in a mod idk supreme def has it millenium dawn

[light sail]

saw some comments on youtube saying that theres no nukes / icbms anymore

[subtle socket]

fair enough but if the tanks are complicated for u just do big infsnyry units

and air

[dusty sandal]

you don't need a facility for the tank design ?
you only need it for the flame tank (priority) and armored vehicles
and you can get both by 1938 with any country as long as you build a facility early, which you should nearly always do anyway

[subtle socket]

ah im not a millenium dawn enjoyer so idk

[gleaming grove]

for air only intel and fighter?

[light sail]

ah okay thanks for replying me tho

[subtle socket]

intel?

[light sail]

last question

[gleaming grove]

how do i open that screen than?

[dusty sandal]

the tank designer ?

[gleaming grove]

ye

[dusty sandal]

you need No Step Back DLC

[subtle socket]

u need a doc for that cot

cpt*

[gleaming grove]

oh

[dusty sandal]

if you don't have the DLC, these are the templates you should use

[subtle socket]

without the dlc cpt tanks are far different

[light sail]

i had a problem that when im recruiting mass divisions on a province, it says lack of manpower, whilst my manpower is like 10 mil

[dusty sandal]

the right one can be done as early as mid february 1936 as germany

[subtle socket]

? uhhh

ss?

@dusty sandal do the french people ever host still

[dusty sandal]

yup

mainly on vanilla+ mods or HMM

[subtle socket]

i havent played one of their games in a year+

are they good now

[dusty sandal]

there are quite a few discords bu only 2 are quite active and a 2 others that have random activity spikes

[subtle socket]

the 2 we have in common?

[gleaming grove]

i mean the first ones in line

[light sail]

wait

[subtle socket]

just only produce 1940 small air frame cpt

[dusty sandal]

depends on the discord
HOF is basically the good players
Sargistes are casual players (and part of the HOF players too that come there for full roster games)

[light sail]

theres no nukes aswell in the vanilla?

[subtle socket]

before that focus on ur infantry stuff

and hard research the plane day 1

[dusty sandal]

nukes are vanilla

[subtle socket]

assume u have one less research slot

[subtle socket]

there are

[light sail]

ahh found em

what about icbms

[subtle socket]

u can build like rocket launching sites

ig

and like self propelled gun

kinda like icbm

[light sail]

got that thanks

[subtle socket]

when i played there

there was maybe 1-2 people that were better than ai

[gleaming grove]

Only fighter, or also CAS?

[subtle socket]

cas doesnt work unless u win the fighter war so focus on thag first

[light sail]

whats a breakthrough point

[subtle socket]

look to the left of screen

u need ur scientist to like

be experienced and know stuff in that category either throuhh time or or researching nuclear related stiff

[light sail]

any console commands to skip it?

[subtle socket]

and he gets breakthrough points

theres a console command to just have all the stuff but i forget

look up

[light sail]

ahh ight thankss

[subtle socket]

i wanna play their games again

they used to put me on teams w the noobs

and have me to try to 1v10

[rough storm]

Is here somewhere a channel dedicated to hoi4 future content suggestions?

[dusty sandal]

there's a friday night game in Sargistes tomorrow night
the level will be mixed, if you want to join, you should let them know that youre a good player though, if they don't remmber you they'll probably think you're a starter

[dusty sandal]

that would be paradox forums

[rough storm]

thanks!

[rough storm]

do you have any links?

[dusty sandal]

no link but you'll be able to find it easily

[rough storm]

nevermind

[formal python]

are these enemy mines? they don't provide info when i hover over them.

[sinful quartz]

click on the sea province youl see some % about friendly and enemy mines

[formal python]

ok, they are mostly enemy mines. what do you normally do with this? avoid this sea zone?

[sinful quartz]

if you have a bigger navvy there will be an option minesweep which will remove enemy mines if you have a smaller navy just avoid it for the time being

[formal python]

what kind of ship is capable of minesweeping, the option is disabled for my taskforce.

[sinful quartz]

are you at war?

[formal python]

yes

[sinful quartz]

do you have submarines?

[vital plinth]

What’s the mod that makes navry battles more competitive?

[formal python]

yes

[sinful quartz]

try with them

[vital plinth]

An generally are navry worthless to use or build currently with how they work ? Naval invasions seem so easy to defend and paratroopers seems cheaper to use instead of ships to have dominance and set up naval invasion

[keen hemlock]

They need the module

Minesweeping rails iirc

[keen hemlock]

Paras require air control

But they are more cost efficient

Although you will usually lose a few before your units can link up

[glacial steeple]

no?

marines better

paras are just like, more accessable than navy

and have some extra hp ig

[royal oxide]

Hello, is this a good flexible/offensive template for Poland? I want to make a good number of them and use it for attacking the Soviets

[keen hemlock]

I mean you can produce the transport planes much easier than a navy to get dominance

Well it depends

[royal oxide]

Shall I add or remove something? Im not experienced

[keen hemlock]

You’d also have to do the naval research

[glacial steeple]

its mils instead of docks

[dusty sandal]

always use medium flame tank, light ft are only for paratroopers
cav recon is useless
line arty is a waste, just do 18w infantry or 36 width bricks and rush 1940 gun tech

[royal oxide]

Doesnt cav recon add more soft attack for arty?

[dusty sandal]

not enough to justify using either line arty or cav recon

gun stats matter

[royal oxide]

So I'll replace with medium flame tanks for sure

[dusty sandal]

guns 2 would have about 350 soft atk and 260 breakthrough here

[glacial steeple]

cav recon isnt free

[royal oxide]

I see

I just need cheaper one for poland

[glacial steeple]

16 mountaineers, rangers, maybe engineer, supp arty, if you have it flame tanks

and make a few

and just make a lot of 8 inf support arty support AA guys to hold line and increase SF cap

[royal oxide]

Special forces cap limits me

I can make a few tho

[keen hemlock]

You’d have to construct those tho, as opposed to mils you already have

[wind lotus]

I believe you can bypass this but I'm not sure

[glacial steeple]

thats fine

you dont want too many offensive guys

[keen hemlock]

It really depends on who you are fighting

[inner sparrow]

yes u can with an exploit

[glacial steeple]

you also usually have dockyards

so it just depends on nation

if you can make navy, you should, its free

[wind lotus]

I think you recruit a bunch of small width divisions, convert them to a bigger infantry division, recruit the special forces, and then disband the infantry divisions

[ashen sigil]

Does Stalin lose paranoia when everyone he is afraid of is executed

[wind lotus]

Unless they fixed it

[keen hemlock]

After the purges?

Yes

[ashen sigil]

Oh that's good

What happens if his paranoia reaches 100 tho

[keen hemlock]

Purge

[wind lotus]

People die

[keen hemlock]

Untill you complete the final focus

I forgot what it’s called but it’s just above that small group that leads to father of nations

[ashen sigil]

Is Stalin schizo

[royal oxide]

I can try but I need good normal inf template too

[glacial steeple]

.

[royal oxide]

Is it good for offensive actions?

[glacial steeple]

or 16 inf if you wanna reduce casualties, then add engineers, you sacrifice org/battle lenght

might be okay

tbh you might wanna go larger but idk how much ic you get out

[glacial steeple]

no

[royal oxide]

8inf is the max I can do looking at industry

[glacial steeple]

not all your units need to be offensively oriented

[glacial steeple]

no?

you need to fill width anyway

if you have too little guys per tile you will lose, same as having too many

you want to fill combat width where youre fighting

so its the same cost per full width battle

and youre in europe where you need to fill width because everyone has good industry per tile to cover

like its the same ish end cost

[vital plinth]

So navry still very relevant if fighting country’s that requires crossing oceans ?

And if I start as country with no navry para trob is alternative option

[glacial steeple]

its free

but yes its good

[royal oxide]

So something like this could work?

[light knoll]

make it smaller or bigger

30-36 width or 16-18 width

[royal oxide]

18 width looks like what

[light knoll]

also engineers are meh

[light knoll]

is this with large units tactics

you should have 17 width in that case

so one less battalion

[royal oxide]

Should I remove 3 from the bottom?

[royal oxide]

No

[light knoll]

then 18 width is 9 battalions, yeah remove 3

[glacial steeple]

dont do shovels unless your unit is really large :( so much cost

35 whole support equipment

[royal oxide]

Can I replace it with recon rangers?

[glacial steeple]

yes thats 15 supp equipment

less than half cost

actually kind of affordable

[light knoll]

also like. just actually useful if you're not purely defending

[proven rain]

how to spawn special forces

[keen hemlock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85DK4xmi0jY

[royal oxide]

@light knoll @glacial steeple This???

[light knoll]

yeah

[vital plinth]

What do you mean free ?

[proven rain]

dont work

[versed rose]

flametank on an 18w

[boreal ferry]

what is this...

[glacial steeple]

you have dockyards

what else are they gonna do

[royal oxide]

Template

[boreal ferry]

convoys for 100 years

[boreal ferry]

uh why flame tanks

[glacial steeple]

useless

[light knoll]

its fine
you can just have empty flame tanks if you can't afford it

[royal oxide]

Good offensive

[boreal ferry]

why are u pushing with 18w

[royal oxide]

Im new

[light knoll]

if you can't afford building flame tanks, you can add flame tanks to your division and have the equipment turned off

you still get yhe terrain buffs

[royal oxide]

Im pretty sure I can

[versed rose]

lmao ghostflame exploit still isnt patched out?

lovely

[royal oxide]

At least I could light

[light knoll]

yeah its not that expensive

[boreal ferry]

he might as well just start building air atp

[light knoll]

its the same with many other stuff

like

shh doctrine

[royal oxide]

Not a problem

[proven rain]

how to get special forces

[light knoll]

many other doctrines that give buffs to line battalions based on support companies

[boreal ferry]

research them

[proven rain]

i cant spawn them

[boreal ferry]

capacity?

[proven rain]

ye

[full jay]

i might buy an DLC soon, idk which one to get tho :(

[royal oxide]

If I do the Habsburg Poland I get Czechoslovakia and they have like 700 planes

[light knoll]

that's nothing

and they're not good planes

[royal oxide]

I can make mine too

[light knoll]

you should

[royal oxide]

Idk if the basic polish CAS is good

Karaś

[light knoll]

cas template doesn't matter that much

cas 1 is fine

but for fighter you want fighter 3

[boreal ferry]

u can always

[proven rain]

i canttt

[boreal ferry]

spam 2w and convert them into 30w

[light knoll]

50w

[proven rain]

waht is w

[royal oxide]

Yes

[boreal ferry]

doctrine

[light knoll]

then 40w

[boreal ferry]

eh js saving him xp

[proven rain]

w?

[royal oxide]

Couldnt I add maybe 1 line arty to my template?

[boreal ferry]

combat width

[light knoll]

not worth it

[royal oxide]

Is it useless or what

[royal oxide]

I never had arty shortage

[light knoll]

its not good in vast majority of cases

[proven rain]

so what should i do

[boreal ferry]

still not worth

[light knoll]

you should have just 1 factory on arty

[royal oxide]

On AA too?

[boreal ferry]

make a 1 infantry template

[light knoll]

aa you can go 3-4

[boreal ferry]

make a 30-40w infantry template disabling the equipment

[proven rain]

with 40 w

?

ok

[boreal ferry]

then convert the 2w into that template and spam out as much special forces u want

[royal oxide]

Later on what should I add to it?

The template

[proven rain]

tihs

[light knoll]

if you're gonna use it for offence you ideally will make it 36w
and add stuff like field hospital

[boreal ferry]

disable equipment and remove support companies

[royal oxide]

So more inf

[light knoll]

light tank recon is also good

[light knoll]

yea

[dusty sandal]

36 width at max

oh wait

[boreal ferry]

hes not making an actual template

[dusty sandal]

my bad

[royal oxide]

And for that 1 support comp left field hospital or the logistics maybe

[boreal ferry]

exactly like that

u can remove 2 infantry

if u dont have the xp

wont change much

[light knoll]

field hospital is really good for 36w division yeah

logistics is good depending where you fight

[proven rain]

this

[boreal ferry]

yeah that works

[proven rain]

ok so i save it

[royal oxide]

I wanna reap the soviets

[boreal ferry]

yup

[light knoll]

yea the logistics is good

[proven rain]

and now?

[royal oxide]

Thanks!

[boreal ferry]

spam out your 2w

[proven rain]

so i do another with 2 w

[boreal ferry]

yes

[royal oxide]

Even for 24w I will be running till mid game

[light knoll]

24w is kinda just mid unless your only fighting in mountains
which Poland and the USSR don't have a lot of

[proven rain]

this

[boreal ferry]

keep equipment on

also just

[royal oxide]

So from the 9 battalions I should have, i just shall keep adding 3 more to the right?

[boreal ferry]

theres a cheaper way to do that lol

[light knoll]

yes

[proven rain]

ok now

[boreal ferry]

create empty

[royal oxide]

Tysm

Thats all

[proven rain]

?

[boreal ferry]

yes now add the 1 infantry

[proven rain]

now

[boreal ferry]

well judging by your xp u already did that 😭

save it

[boreal ferry]

and spam out infantry

[proven rain]

how much

83

[boreal ferry]

idk depends on how manu special forces u want

which u should have enough with 83

[proven rain]

ok

[boreal ferry]

more*

[proven rain]

now

[boreal ferry]

wait till they spawn in

[proven rain]

spawned

[boreal ferry]

change them into the 36w

[proven rain]

?

this

[boreal ferry]

yes

[proven rain]

now

[boreal ferry]

make your special forces

[proven rain]

i can do 9

[boreal ferry]

which are u doing anyways

[proven rain]

mounten

[boreal ferry]

24w right?

[proven rain]

36

😭

[boreal ferry]

do 24

mountains are 50w

24w u can fit 2 units

[dusty sandal]

32width is ideal for mountain attack

[boreal ferry]

is it?

[proven rain]

i cant ad more

[boreal ferry]

wouldnt that be with doctrines

[boreal ferry]

spam more 2w

[proven rain]

this?

[boreal ferry]

those arent

mountaineers...

[proven rain]

ik

but its good for 24w

[dusty sandal]

yes
you can get up to 33% over the width limit

[boreal ferry]

you suffer penalties

[dusty sandal]

going around 20-25% over the limit is ideal in terms of penality-stat

[proven rain]

ok i gtg

thank

[boreal ferry]

alr then

[lean sandal]

hopefully it'll hold, theres like 2 generals commanding 24 divisions and 1 general commanding 14 on the frontline

the air force is trained and deployed, navy is deployed too and its absolutely wrecking the kriegsmarine

any help would be appreciated

on how to win this

[dusty sandal]

use field marshals

free stats

don't deathstack on the marginot in mountains under stasburg

a single div is enough there

[lean sandal]

good idea

did that

anything else?

the navy is like i said taking good care at destroying the german navy

the air force is ehh

50/50

[dusty sandal]

don't build crappy planes

build good planes or none

don't train divs until you can equip the ones fielded

[lean sandal]

yeah dw

i got that covered

[obsidian merlin]

Where can i get the game's sound effects? (i am only here for them)

[lean sandal]

the planes are trained to experienced

while some of them are early war (cause i have no idea how to switch them)

they are experienced

alright so far the lines are holding

[dusty sandal]

they'll be swapped for newer once there's enough to replace them

[lean sandal]

oh aight

well still

i managed to research the uh

MAS-38 early

so its kinda helpful r

rn

[last arch]

if you don’t have by blood alone you can use air xp to make your planes much better at no IC cost, if you do have it then you want to stack mgs/hmgs and balance range with armor plates

just getting a newer model does not make your planes much better, at least with dlc

[lean sandal]

okay good news

for some reason

the soviets managed to puppet the baltics

(i got no idea how. probably invaded them cause the game is already in chaos)

and uh

germany declared war on all three of them

and the soviet union

oh my god

the germans already lost

70.1k to me

while i lost 8.5k

[fathom thistle]

Exercise till you get silver bar.

[hoary glen]

Patrol with like 2-3 cruisers is enough for stab, then the rest can exercise

[analog sparrow]

is it good that i made french empire puppet russia? (in peace deal)

[astral heath]

what is historical hungary focus

[inner sparrow]

you don’t need to patrol your entire navy for stab, just patrol a few necessary ships and then train the rest

ofc if ur navy is to small for that don’t even bother training

[keen hemlock]

it really depends

usually you puppet if you dont want to fight on that border

[proven rain]

how to assig someting

to factory

[keen hemlock]

you mean assign factoires to produce things?

[proven rain]

ye

[keen hemlock]

go to your production

theres gonna be a new card for everything you are making

click the plus on the top right

[verbal star]

What is the easiest way to get a full world conquest vs ai?

[trail reef]

i dont have the option to create a faction

[fathom thistle]

easiest by which country or strategy?

Going for Germany is always good idea for world conquest

[fathom thistle]

If your country cant create factions then there is usually a focus which gives you that option

[trail reef]

i am playing the uk

[fathom thistle]

Arent you allies then?

[trail reef]

not anymore

[rustic sparrow]

Hi guys! Tryna naval invade UK rn, but says I have 0 convoys available to transport troops? How do I fix this

[trail reef]

but i need a faction to do the federation stuff

[fathom thistle]

how many divisions did you assign for naval invasion?

if you assign more than is your cap it wont start filling up progression

[keen hemlock]

I would do facist uk > imperial federation, gives tons of cores and take out the usa early

You will also have all the resources you need

You basically can’t lose

[rustic sparrow]

I tried assigning but they said I had 0 transport LOL

Like it’s greyed out here

[keen hemlock]

Do you already have one planed

[rustic sparrow]

I can’t even assign eh

[verbal star]

I’ve tried playing Germany, and it has worked pretty well. But I always find myself in a pretty tough war against the Japanese a bit later in the game

[rustic sparrow]

I definitely have superiority in the English Channel

So lowkey what’s the issue

[keen hemlock]

Take the allied navies

Then use them for superiority

[fathom thistle]

It's probably the supply lines. Make sure it's blue or at least yellow. Put logistics companies in your template if you still have that problem.

[empty kite]

hello! I'm a complete beginner, would anyone like to teach me how to start playing the game? I learned about most of the menus, and I currently just want to learn how to conquer a country as germany

[trail reef]

did they change the garrison and resistance mechanics?

[tall lynx]

why is my game autosaving every week even tho i set it to save every half year

[dusty sandal]

it's ironman mode, it's bugged

[tall lynx]

oh my god 😭

this will be so awful

[dusty sandal]

yup

[dusty sandal]

not since 2020

[toxic plaza]

question to someone who ineterstes battle of atantic: is there huff-duff in hoi4?

[shy schooner]

How do I make My army go back to My country after I won the war?

[keen hemlock]

whats wrong with it?

is it unable to move?

[toxic plaza]

how can i know what supplies i am missing?

[fathom thistle]

go to logistics

everything red is in deficit

[gleaming grove]

do units only die when they are surrounded?

[fathom thistle]

pretty much since they dont have tile left to reterat to

[gleaming grove]

thats a weird mechanic, isnt it? You can lose millions in manpower but the unit doesnt disappear unless its encircled

[glacial steeple]

units dont lose manpower to attrition

and they dont delete unless theyre either out of weapons or out of manpower

any time you retreat, youve likely already taken good losses

and hp isnt just relevant when a unit fully deletes, it also reduces the casualties taken during the other engagements

[gleaming grove]

so how am i getting rid of units i dont want to have anymore?

[shy schooner]

I don’t know how to move Them back. Now I do.
Idk if it’s the right way or not, but I just change Their front line area

[glacial steeple]

you can just delete them

theres a button for it

[keen hemlock]

you can click on the army, then left click your capital and they will move there

[shy schooner]

Okay
Thanks

[gleaming grove]

ic

[cosmic vine]

anyone have any tips on how to build a good military power?

[keen hemlock]

Have frontline units and attacking units, an Air Force, an a big stockpile of everything you need

[cosmic vine]

how does one grow their stock pile

i was told to play germany as a first playthrough and ive restarted like 5 times lmao

[keen hemlock]

Produce equipment

[cosmic vine]

ok thanks

[keen hemlock]

I’d watch a guide

[cosmic vine]

ive been watching some its helped a bit only thing that i am having trouble with is distributing military power across the french and polish front

[keen hemlock]

Get 5 full armies of divisions

Put one on the French border

[cosmic vine]

so 5 armies with 5 divs?

[keen hemlock]

One in east Prussia

[keen hemlock]

5 with 24

[cosmic vine]

okok

[keen hemlock]

And the other 3 on the main polish border

[cosmic vine]

ok ill try that thank you

[tiny dawn]

how should armies be typically set up?

for example for barbarossa, should i have atleast 12 tank divisions and then 12 motorized divisions?

and should this army be put under the army group which will hold the entire soviet front line?

or standalone

[storm solstice]

How do i organize my napoleon france navy? i had it exercised to lv2 and it didnt even survive one engagement against UK

I want a navy that can solo uk by 39, so how can I prepare it

[storm solstice]

have like 5 armies of inf under one AG on the border and med tank divs (i usualy keep 16-24 overall) for encirclement
also have green air and shred sovs with cas

And put ur supply hubs on motorized

[storm solstice]

i dont see any guides with the new system

[fathom thistle]

shbb + torpedo dd's/carriers + torpedo dd's combo

[halcyon creek]

Hey is it worth getting No Compromise, No Surrender this steam sale or not yet?

[storm solstice]

Death stack them?

i dont know how to organize a navy group 🥲

[eager juniper]

Hi everyone. Every time I play Germany in vanilla, I can't focus much on the navy or air force, only the army. Could someone give me some tips on how to have a strong navy, and at the same time a good army and air force?

[storm solstice]

you dont need navy as germany at all

[fathom thistle]

with carrier doctrine and base strike you should be fine with carriers 9 per task force

[heady skiff]

Which should I go for?

[keen hemlock]

It’s up to you

Pretty sure that’s their facist path

[storm solstice]

how do i get mastery

you cant spam doctrines anymore

[obsidian badger]

How many new players are clueless today

[obsidian badger]

Its pretty hard for carriers because you wont have much

And it scales on how many you have and how much combat they see

Problem is if you have that many carriers you just wipe the ai

[toxic plaza]

afetr 25 horus of game i do not know what next. I understand economy, tree, decisions, factories

[obsidian badger]

Combat

Lol

[toxic plaza]

yeah i only click to attack

frontline

offensive line

and go

[obsidian badger]

You micro?

Know navy?

[fathom thistle]

training for example

[obsidian badger]

Know air?

Know best designs?

[obsidian badger]

It gives basically nothing

[toxic plaza]

no , i do not know

[obsidian badger]

Carriers are like tanks but navy

[fathom thistle]

ik

[obsidian badger]

You can train your armor divs all u want

[toxic plaza]

i wann alearn land armies first

[obsidian badger]

U aint getting much mastery

[fathom thistle]

otherwise you can also engage your fleet

[obsidian badger]

Well you know the best division templates?

[toxic plaza]

nope

[obsidian badger]

Well begin with that

[toxic plaza]

i use "autocreator"

that game gives me best template of idivison

[obsidian badger]

Im not gonna explain a college textbooks worth of mechanics rn but learn about soft/hard attack, org and hp, combat width, etc

[obsidian badger]

Vanilla templates are usually bad

Depending on country

But mostly bad

[storm solstice]

Putting them on patrol gives enough to max before uk war?

and how do i level my general without war

admiral*

[obsidian badger]

you cant for the most part

If you want a better admiral

[storm solstice]

So im cooked against UK (As france)

[obsidian badger]

You can select some spirit of the navies

And hire a new one

[storm solstice]

Like i want to larp as naval power

[obsidian badger]

That might be better than base

But germany has donitz dont they?

Oh france

Yeah

Go to like

[storm solstice]

Germany i can shred with cas

[obsidian badger]

Best of the best

Instilled aggression

And anything that adds +starting trait

In navy spirits

Then you can hire a new admiral with command power

[storm solstice]

Okay so
remove all 1/1/36 ships in construction
make shbb, dd, carrier templates and spam them by 39
all under one death stack
fill CVs with interwar planes
train to level 3 with soviet oil
have 500 fighters and ~200 nav bombers over the channel

and i should be good?

[proper crescent]

KUZE?!

KUZE HIMSELF?!

[obsidian badger]

Uhhhhh i feel like thats overkill but yeah i dont see it failing

[glacial steeple]

just take the uk navy?

[calm cloak]

f16 in 1939

[storm solstice]

whats the fun in that

[glacial steeple]

you win :)

[heady skiff]

Whats a template for inf only?

[toxic plaza]

@obsidian badger

u there?

[proven rain]

guys why i cant spawn more spec d

[torpid otter]

you mean spec ops divs ?

[proven rain]

ye

[torpid otter]

its proportional to the overall size of your army

you can see that on the top right corner of the interface just under the speed selection buttons

[proven rain]

an

why i losing

france

[errant chasm]

Click on the red bubble and see the battle stats?

[proven rain]

bruh

just say it

[errant chasm]

Okay if you can hover over the divisions

It should give a breakdown of the modifer

But from the looks of the first pic you sent me low org and low supply

[proven rain]

how i get org

[errant chasm]

Better supply and do you have air superiority?

[errant chasm]

Oh i see some of your divisions are low on supply

[glacial steeple]

no equipment, no stats

[red sundial]

why does germany have so much manpower?

[red sundial]

9 mil though

[keen hemlock]

All adults serve

Idk how much they are getting from the extra land

I’m pretty sure they can get extra manpower thru focuses

[glacial steeple]

yeah they have a lot of land too lol

[glacial steeple]

prob like 0.5-1% of the recruitable pop there

maybe more

[keen hemlock]

Pretty sure demonstration of military achievements gives 1.5%

[glacial steeple]

?

no thats like factor

base non core factor is like -98%

but then you get compliance and other buffs and high conscription law

[keen hemlock]

Do you know exactly what percent comes from noncore

With 100% compliance

In my runs to try to get the 501st legion I can get a whole army group + ranger space marines and still have like 350 with the Netherlands and the East Indies annexed

[glacial steeple]

its like +30%? factor

might be wrong

so like 70% less than cored

[heady skiff]

L France

[proven rain]

what should i do

[heady skiff]

Same issue tho 😭

[errant chasm]

Could you hover your cursor over the division list in the battle details screen rhat you sent to me eariler

[proven rain]

?

[glacial steeple]

i didnt even know that overview exists

no

over any of the attacks like the 4

[errant chasm]

Do that instead and it shoukd explain the buffs/debuffs

[proven rain]

say

what should i do

[shy schooner]

Do I change building civillian factory to building military factory?

[errant chasm]

Stop attacking if you are on the offensive

[proven rain]

ok

like bruh how do i win

[errant chasm]

Now you just need to go on the defensive until you get enough guns for your divs

[proven rain]

guns?

[errant chasm]

And get mountaineer divs

[proven rain]

i cant

idk why

its dont work

[glacial steeple]

move units away

youre taking too much supply

[errant chasm]

Yes get rifles and artillery for your divs

[glacial steeple]

your army has no weapons

[heady skiff]

Its fineeeee

[proven rain]

how do i getr

i gonna explde bruh

[shy schooner]

I thought changing trade laws from limited to free would make My resouces more
But why it become less instead?

[keen hemlock]

Because you give more away to the international market

[glacial steeple]

more are exported to the greedy market tab

and you get access to none that you export

[shy schooner]

Owh I see
I did wrong move there
I will just load My autosave ig

[glacial steeple]

even if theyre not bought up

theyre going to market

[keen hemlock]

Ah that makes sense

Cuz there’s no way, even with the manpower focused Belgium gets, I’m getting that much

[obsidian badger]

??

[silent vessel]

how do you assign Civ Factories to a building, I’m invading Australia and my supplies are so low that 200 DIVS CANT DEFEAT 2

[lusty bluff]

guys im doing cossack king on rt56, any div templates that are good?

[glacial steeple]

yeah thats genuinely normal when you have no supply

[obsidian badger]

??

As in how to build fast?

go to the queue and drag or shift click to the top

If you need more

If theres a reorganzize supply/rail network decision you have use that

Construction engineering focus

Etc

[heady skiff]

I HATE Germany bro 😭

I was about to naval invade the uk and Germany declares war on me

WE ARE BOTH FIGHTING THE UK 😭

I wish the ai was like in the slightest competent

[full jay]

What country are you playing

[uncut narwhal]

are you playing napoleon france?

[heady skiff]

Italy

[uncut narwhal]

wraps

[full jay]

Id be screaming so loud

[heady skiff]

Lwk so annoying

[uncut narwhal]

what year is it?

[heady skiff]

I can prob bring it back but like still 😭

jan 1941

Literally biggest issue is no experience 😭

So my divs have like a -20% debuff so they cant defend 💔

Used to look so good 😭
Destroying the French navy, marching on Paris. And the British about to get capped

Then Germany suprise attacks me

[coral pivot]

how to carry infantry through water?

[heady skiff]

Put it on a port and right click on another port

Make sure strategic redeployment is off

[digital gyro]

hey is there a guide to make holy roman empire with all dlcs? i can only find guides that dont have the german one

[uncut narwhal]

just ally with the british in the kaiser tree

or wait

nah

you dont gotta do that

just go down the main expansion tree

theres a secret focus

at the end

[digital gyro]

i wanna get the achievement

[uncut narwhal]

what are the requirements?

[proven rain]

what should i do bruh

[uncut narwhal]

stop attacking

also

[uncut narwhal]

the divisions your using are horrible

[proven rain]

germany gonna get faster

[uncut narwhal]

theres a focus to coup facist italy

[uncut narwhal]

bruh just watch tutorials

[proven rain]

worth nothing?

i watched but i still cant play

[uncut narwhal]

you gotta understand that you cant attack with trash divs

into mountains

[proven rain]

you said to use this

[glacial steeple]

you dont equip your army

[digital gyro]

but idk when i rekindle imperial sentiment if that bypasses carve up czechoslovakia or i wont be able to vcontinue in the tree if i do that

[glacial steeple]

like, chill

take time to actually see what things do in game

read

[uncut narwhal]

not sure what you mean but just go down to the bottom of that tree

[glacial steeple]

it will take longer if you dont read

[proven rain]

?

why you cant help

we are in a ask for help ch

[uncut narwhal]

cause the fix isnt in a single sentence

you cant just ask for a simple fix

it takes understanding of the mechanics

[proven rain]

bruh if people know the game why the cant say in 2 word

[uncut narwhal]

because you dont know the game that well

[proven rain]

then say it?

[uncut narwhal]

ok

stop attacking with trashy divs

use good mountaineers

[proven rain]

say what div good

[uncut narwhal]

attack from 2 sides at least

[proven rain]

its good

[errant chasm]

can you show us the division template

[uncut narwhal]

36w mountaineers

use those

then attack from 2 sides at least into the tile

get some aa ofc too

if you dont have an air force

[heady skiff]

Am I just bad or is this an easy win? 😭

[errant chasm]

okay that is not too bad.

[proven rain]

then why i lose

[uncut narwhal]

2 more of those mountaineer battalions

[heady skiff]

Equipment

[proven rain]

and stop blame while i do everything best

[uncut narwhal]

you dont