ask-for-help-here

[fathom thistle]

huh 😭?

[candid abyss]

ok so i annexed yugoslavia then suddenly everyone is at war with USSR and im so overwhelmed, my army is not organised whatsoever and my screen has like 19201238019238102983 notifications

[twin kayak]

should I already have built carriers ?

[fathom thistle]

pretty much

at least like one or two

[twin kayak]

I never used the navy anyway. Never saw the point since they all get sunk in 2 seconds

I'll have to learn it

[fathom thistle]

usually you would do 4 per task force but with the carrier doctrines you can put like 9 I think without so many penalties

[fathom thistle]

thats good

[west knot]

Who are you

[twin kayak]

yeah, but no one ever explains to me how and why

[candid abyss]

italy

[twin kayak]

italy I think

[candid abyss]

my screen rn

[twin kayak]

and I don't have the resouces to build anything at the start

can someone help me ? I have no airforce nor good navy

how do I invade the uk

[west knot]

I would pull away from the war and wait to take land closer to your cores

[cinder niche]

well you'd have to build an airforce or a navy

[twin kayak]

what is the best ?

[dusty sandal]

thousands of political power, dozens of unread alerts, 8 different templates in one single army

[west knot]

Prob navy

[dusty sandal]

airforce

[cinder niche]

airforce is easier probably

[rose plover]

airforce is cheaper

[agile rivet]

Woah am italy in ww2 and germany is doing barberossa how unexpected is that?

[dusty sandal]

you won't land without CAS anyway

[candid abyss]

idk how to pull away or do anything, the only actual planning i did was annexing ethiopia i need to restart the playthrough after watching some guides about how to organise unit training and automating the process and organising the army to avoid this shit im trying to take odessa with camel battallions rn lmaoooooo

[candid abyss]

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-12869046600151364058

[west knot]

Yikes man

[twin kayak]

@cinder niche @dusty sandal problem is: I can only have 3 paratrooper divs rn

idk how to extend the limit

[cinder niche]

make more regular divisions

[west knot]

Research

[cinder niche]

that too

[dusty sandal]

you germany ?

[cinder niche]

and focuses

[twin kayak]

even more ?

[candid abyss]

i did have some fun, i think i only queued infantry and cav in the training thats why im being slapped

ok time for some guides

[twin kayak]

which one ?

[west knot]

It’s near the bottom of the infantry research bracket

[dusty sandal]

do the focus for paratroopers under air force branch

and you get more cap by shitting out non-special forces batallions

there is no tech but special force doctrines

there is the army spirit that gives you 24 for free if you're on grand battleplan doctrine

[twin kayak]

infantry research ?

[cinder niche]

that buffs your special forces

[west knot]

Yes

[cinder niche]

no cap increase though I believe

[west knot]

It does to a extent

[twin kayak]

this ?

[west knot]

Yes

[twin kayak]

how big do these divs have to be ?

[cinder niche]

Oh I never go bottom

But it does increase the cap I see

[west knot]

That depends on what you’re producing and reserves you have

[dusty sandal]

as many batallions in there

the more batallions, the more cap you get

[twin kayak]

I was told to go top, but to defeat the pesky brits, I'd even sell my soul

[dusty sandal]

but just do the paratrooper focus germany has

it's literally free cap

[cinder niche]

yeah do that first and see where it gets you

[twin kayak]

à propos divs and batallions: do I need to change stuff (except the support companies)

[gleaming grove]

This production is stuck exactly on 0 reinforcements... it just doesnt build up so i can create an airwing. I already cancelled it once and restarted, but still not working

[candid abyss]

guys will i need the navy on my italy play through on recruit or do i just make submarines and let germany do the heavy lifting? I'll focus on the army, air is easy i just move the planes to a nearby base and have them run bombing and air superiority missions

[cinder niche]

Technically Italy was supposed to do the heavy lifting navally

German AI never makes boats good enough to beat UK

[candid abyss]

yeah well i need to master the army first

[cinder niche]

sure

[scenic nacelle]

if ur new to the game

just ingore navy

figure out army/air first

[candid abyss]

I am yeah

[candid abyss]

air is the easiest unless there's something i don't know

i just rush enemy air bases and move my planes to it then the war is basically over did that with romania and yugoslavia

[hazy quiver]

is its worth it to do the event in the 80% compliance?

[dusty sandal]

what's that supposed to mean ?

[hazy quiver]

i mean the event when i can make them an pupet if they get 80% compliance

[rose plover]

depends on what you want, if you can make the lands to core states or not, where they are, if they have a lot res or not etc.

[dusty sandal]

oh, collab governement ? there's rarely a point

if you're on ironman trying to achievement farm, never do it, it can lock out some achievements

[cinder niche]

lads, does anyone play MP much and can answer some questions of mine

[dusty sandal]

sure

[cinder niche]

thanks

Most mp games require all dlcs right

[dusty sandal]

nope

[cinder niche]

From what I see

Is it just the competitive ones?

[dusty sandal]

the DLCs used by the HOST apply to everyone in the lobby

no matter if you own them or not

[cinder niche]

woah!!!

WOAH

[dusty sandal]

it's like that in all paradox titles btw

[cinder niche]

I've never played mp

ok

[twin kayak]

à propos divs and batallions: do I need to change stuff (except the support companies)

[cinder niche]

also how long would an mp game usually take?

[dusty sandal]

nothing to change

[storm solstice]

whats the best dlc after no step back?

i only have the ones before

[dusty sandal]

depends on the scenario, host and mods used
would take around 4-6hrs for a regular historical competitive game on an optimized mod

[dusty sandal]

Arms against Tyranny, no questions asked

[warped heron]

how do i properly do space marines? every time i try to do them i end up not having remotely enough equipment, while everyone else i watch has more than enough, how do i get enough equipment? should i just invest in light tanks, or are medium tanks more worth it despite its high cost?

[storm solstice]

nvm i have that too

i dont have gotterdamerung, the persia one, south america dlc, no compromise

[random tartan]

I need help to understand

What do I do with

"Due to increasing complexity of logistics our next civilian factory will be 21% more expensive to build"

[dusty sandal]

build more mils, add more mils to the production line, don't shuffle factories around lines (production efficiency is a thing, it takes time to build up and resets everytime you swap a factory)
the designs are very costly, usually sitting around 18ic, which is very low considering the amount you need

[storm solstice]

i generally use 9inf and build up medium SPAAs/SPGs/regular tanks from space marines to full tank divs over time

[random tartan]

It gets more expensive to build a factory everytime I build a new one

[twin kayak]

does this also increase the cap ?

[dusty sandal]

idk where you're reading that from but it just means that the cost of a civilian factory (11800ic on base game) cost 21% more

[dusty sandal]

yup

[twin kayak]

should I also go for this

[twin kayak]

but only for 180 days ?

[warped heron]

thank y’all, I’ll try to use this advice to the best of my abilities 🙏🙏

[dusty sandal]

only if you don't have anything else to do tbf

[dusty sandal]

doesn't matter, you fill your cap in that period of time then ignore it as it fall down, you'll exceed the cap but it won't do anything but prevent you from training more

[storm solstice]

is Gotterdamerung good

[dusty sandal]

meh

[storm solstice]

only one that isnt review bombed

but its content doesnt look important

like nsb, aat

[cinder niche]

how does the pausing situation work?

[dusty sandal]

focuses are good, austria's especially great
the special projects are basically useless. there's like 8 of them that are remotely useful

[random tartan]

Ah, it was from a mod, my bad

[dusty sandal]

only pause for specific situations (crashes, important war declarations to call in everyone and prevent lag, if there's a rule break or something going on etc.)
no one pauses for no reason. Game speed is generally 4speed until china war, then down to 3 speed (in vanilla speed) for the whole game

[cinder niche]

ok

what's the rt56 mp add to the game? I see a lot of mp games using it

should I play some rt56 to learn the focus trees before trying a game?

[dusty sandal]

focuses and Rt56 mechanics
can't help withh that though, don't play with this mod

[dusty sandal]

depends on the skill level you're playing with. If it's chill casual there is probably no need

[cinder niche]

cool

Thanks!

oh wait

One more thing, what kind of skill level do you think I should play with? Probably a casual to learn, but I have played single player for more than 1000 hours

[twin kayak]

I should really learn how to design an navy

[cinder niche]

If you don't just set them all on convoys

For now

[twin kayak]

is there a doctrine to get better special forces ?

[cinder niche]

I think that only comes with Arms Against Tyranny DLC

[edgy pendant]

Probably the special forces doctrines

[cinder niche]

@dusty sandal

[twin kayak]

I'm already in 1939: still no real airforce to dominate the channel and a big supply deficit

[cinder niche]

strength is not looking too hot

I think you just have to wait for your mils to work

[twin kayak]

well, by pumping out divs to increase the cap, I wasted tons of equipment

[cinder niche]

Probably need more mils on guns for that

[twin kayak]

I have them currently on the airforce

idk what I need

roast me

[cinder niche]

I would never

But you don't really need naval bombers

[rose plover]

well you def need more mills

[cinder niche]

if you're not going to fight navy anyways

what does the airforce look like right now?

[glacial steeple]

whats up chatroom

i was away for a bit did everything explode

[twin kayak]

same as always

[glacial steeple]

why arent you making guns

[rose plover]

and how many inf equip did you put in there, i see 2 karabiner, just put 15 mills in one karabiner at this point

[glacial steeple]

just put 25 on it from the start of the game

[twin kayak]

complaining about others while ignoring that fact that I'm mostly incompetant

[glacial steeple]

so they have full efficiency from day 1

[glacial steeple]

that seems to be most of chat today

[cinder niche]

Yeah why do I only see 2 factories on guns

[twin kayak]

It's because I need an airforce :(

[glacial steeple]

guns first

[rose plover]

guns>airforce

[glacial steeple]

everything else second

[twin kayak]

I don't wanna start again like the last 30 times

[glacial steeple]

you can make more mils

its fine

just put 25 on guns from day 1 from now on

new factories can go air and stuff

like no wonder youre down 80K guns

youre just not making them

[cinder niche]

Did you do Economic Growth or MEFO bills path?

[glacial steeple]

eco growth is like cooked and chopped

[cinder niche]

Noooo

[twin kayak]

better ?

[rose plover]

yes

[cinder niche]

Yeah, but probably don't need 15 on support

[twin kayak]

mefo

[glacial steeple]

also click the x5 on the left

or x10

you dont need so many lines

[twin kayak]

what does it do ?

[glacial steeple]

assign more factory

[rose plover]

mills x5

[cinder niche]

It makes each icon 5 facotires

[rose plover]

so the 15 mills you have there becomes 3 5x mills

[glacial steeple]

it doesnt change anything

its just like, organization

[twin kayak]

so no need to have 2x guns now ?

[rose plover]

no

[glacial steeple]

idk its fine to have

doesnt matter

[twin kayak]

good ?

[glacial steeple]

youre cooking on everything but your equipment deficits

you should never even accept having them

and always fix them ASAP

you can check in both the logistics tab, and the army tab below the speed bar

in what youre missing and what you have deployed

[silk abyss]

I dont know but that is kinda too much factory for transport. i would have more factory in gun

And yeah you can see logistics tab

[glacial steeple]

you should also always aim for better guns in this game, because 1936->1939 is a 50% attack increase

[twin kayak]

I need them fast, that's all

[cinder niche]

He needs some for paradrops

[glacial steeple]

and 1939->1942 is a 33% attack increase

[silk abyss]

Ah okay then it is fine

[glacial steeple]

germany starts with 80

thats like, a lot

[twin kayak]

how many do I need to paradrop ?

[cinder niche]

True

[silk abyss]

50 plane for a single division

[glacial steeple]

50 for first division, 45 for anything after assigned to same order

but they will drop one after another

[twin kayak]

regardless of the size ?

[glacial steeple]

so its like chill to not technically have enough

regardless of size

id prob go down to 2 max on it

its just like, good to have mils on stuff you need

[twin kayak]

I have 250 transport

I guess I can stop ?

[cinder niche]

Yep

[glacial steeple]

in this case your army is eating up support equipment and guns

[glacial steeple]

you can stop at the start of the game if you want, but having some extra is a luxury

and you can afford it

[twin kayak]

gg

it just keeps going down

[cinder niche]

What’s your garrisons doing !?

What’s your garrison law

[twin kayak]

martial law

[cinder niche]

That is not necessary at all

Just go military governor

[twin kayak]

yeah, but the france and poland spike in resistance

[glacial steeple]

thats why you make more

[cinder niche]

That’s ok

[glacial steeple]

also stop infinitely training units

its a bad habit of new players

you dont need infinite units

[cinder niche]

If your garrisons aren’t properly supplied it’s worse than a lower law

[glacial steeple]

just make them when you have big stockpile/need units

sometimes

[twin kayak]

Might have to start again

[cinder niche]

I think he’s trying to get his special forces cap up

[twin kayak]

It was a good run until now

I should produce planes earlier

and stop touching tanks

[cinder niche]

Has dude been playing the whole entire day

[glacial steeple]

you could fix it

just like the resistance yesterday

its fixable

germany is OP

[twin kayak]

yeah, but usually by the time it's fixed, the us are involved

[glacial steeple]

ok so what

its like a fake nation

[twin kayak]

Never won in a week of playing

and somehow had fun the whole time

[glacial steeple]

try a more manageable nation?

germany just is a lot of stuff

[twin kayak]

nah

[glacial steeple]

finland is fun

you get like infinite stats

[cinder niche]

Gonna get fried winter war

[rose plover]

try poland on historic

[glacial steeple]

thats the learning experience

[twin kayak]

do I still learn to do the navy stuff etc with finland ?

[rose plover]

no

[glacial steeple]

uh no but you dont need to yet

[rose plover]

finland doesnt have a navy

[glacial steeple]

they do

its just not very good

[rose plover]

i know, but its like 10 ships

[glacial steeple]

thats optimistic

its like a few ships and a few subs

[twin kayak]

I wanna learn navy some day. I just feel like if I knew how to use and produce the navy, I would win every time

[glacial steeple]

but like, focus on land combat and picking the correct generals

finland will do that for you

and also how to counter enemy air superiority

[rose plover]

you dont need navy if you are a beginner

[glacial steeple]

then, you can learn all other stuff later

[cinder niche]

Yeah there’s a lot more nuances to land to know

[twin kayak]

It works great tbh. Only when it'sonly when it comes to beating the uk that I have problems

[glacial steeple]

finland is good for learning only how to fight under red air, pick good general, and land combat

which you do not have under control

you are simply winning by overwhelming force

not because your units, or generals, are good

[twin kayak]

ok

finland it is

[glacial steeple]

thats the power of germany, its very hard to tell all the things you do wrong because theyre stupid OP

like trust me, its a really good learning nation

your only concerns are 1: get as much trust in your balance of power

and 2: recruit as much manpower as possible

and also make like a land facility and mils, but youll have enough mil output for any amount of troops you can get out

so thats chill

you just need to give them the best equipment (such as newer/ahead of time guns) and the best combat buffs

which you can see when you click the battle bubble

and yeah youll lose a few times

[twin kayak]

I'm used to that

[glacial steeple]

i can tell you which generals are good

[twin kayak]

sounds so depressing xD

[glacial steeple]

mannerheim seems good but hes like trash, because the enemy has air

which is like his main weakness

theres 2 generals that get the camo expert trait

mattio, which you get from a focus

[gleaming grove]

This production is stuck exactly on 0 reinforcements... it just doesnt build up so i can create an airwing. I already cancelled it once and restarted, but still not working
anybody know why?

[glacial steeple]

and another dude you start with

this trait gives -50% cas damage from the enemy

[hexed parcel]

does anyone wanna hop in a call and help me out, i just bought the game and have no clue

[glacial steeple]

when you have a field marshal (promoted general, general for your general) they also get half their buff applied

so just those 2 alone is -75% enemy CAS damage

you also have an advisor for another -10% and support AA for some more

meaning enemy air will really not significantly damage you

[glacial steeple]

its reinforcing into existing wings

its not stockpiling yet

[gleaming grove]

But why does it say "0"?

[glacial steeple]

youre also not producing an awful lot so you might be losing them faster than youre gaining them

[glacial steeple]

because its 0 in stockpile

[gleaming grove]

im not at war

[glacial steeple]

theres some in your existing air wings

you can check below the speed bar in the top right with the airplane symbol

it will tell you the planes you have deployed

[twin kayak]

@glacial steeple this guy ?

I guess yes

[glacial steeple]

hes good yes

the other one is focus locked

also for what youre producing, i want you to look at the resources you have

if you want to do air/tanks, do you notice what resources would make this unviable for your country?

[twin kayak]

I mostly looked at these stats tbh

[glacial steeple]

traits matter more

like brilliant strategist is amazing

which finland also has, but you cant use due to enemy air

[twin kayak]

never payed attention to ressouces too

[glacial steeple]

youre also gonna learn about terrain and supply

you will not have forces to hold everywhere

[twin kayak]

can we voc some time ? it will be easier

[glacial steeple]

so youll want to deny supply, and use terrain

now or later?

[twin kayak]

I have to switch between tabs all the time

[twin kayak]

not now, I can't during the week

[glacial steeple]

dw about it

ill just yap

finland is a good reading exercise, youll have to look at what your leader wants too

your first leader is hard to appease, so you can get rid of him with a decision in your government tab

[twin kayak]

ok, 1st question: what do I do with the divs I already have ? Do I convert them to infantry ?

[glacial steeple]

the second one is easier, but really doesnt like communism/fascism

[glacial steeple]

you should standardize yes

[patent forge]

which nation has best submarine buffs (advisors/focus tree)

[twin kayak]

khazakstan

or mongalia

depends if you wanna paradrop them

[patent forge]

they have default focus tree and landlocked

[twin kayak]

I wasn't serious

[glacial steeple]

honestly IDK

[cinder niche]

Probably germany

[glacial steeple]

try like denmark or brasil or something

[patent forge]

germany comes to mind, but i was thinking maybe something else

[twin kayak]

Mongolia has good mountaineer submarines I heard

[gleaming grove]

hm yeah there is 2 in a wing. idk it looks different than for all other units and fighters

[glacial steeple]

ok so you have 3 research slots as a minor nation day one

what do you do?

[twin kayak]

@glacial steeple what can I get out of these infos ?

[glacial steeple]

you can look on the map

theres a resource option

[rose plover]

that you dont have any res left

[glacial steeple]

also some focuses will give resources

[twin kayak]

probably industy, construction and research speed ?

[glacial steeple]

but basically youre broke

but noticeably

no rubber, no oil, no aluminium

those 3 are good for air and tanks

tanks can be done with steel but youll still have to import fuel

[gleaming grove]

Do you need to defend the whole coastline, or only harbors? And with what template? 5-6inf + engeneer equip and AA?

[twin kayak]

yeah I know, but you talked about how tank/air wouldn't work because of the limited resources or something like that ?

[glacial steeple]

yes you will have to see this as any country

germany for example would need to trade for fuel, and build its own rubber

but if you have to trade for all resources thats like, bad

[twin kayak]

so, with these infos, what path should I chose and why ?

pure infantry ?

[glacial steeple]

you only have 1 path for your focuses right?

im pretty sure

[glacial steeple]

yes, special forces will be better as infantry

youre also gonna assign 2 or 3 of your mils to guns on day 1

[twin kayak]

mountaineers ?

[glacial steeple]

and you notice that when assigning this factory

[twin kayak]

I put 2 on guns and 1 on support

[glacial steeple]

unlike factories later in the game, it has full efficiency

but if you make a new line, it will not

try making a new line

and notice how much difference in output it is

[twin kayak]

yeah

[glacial steeple]

this is important, because later on your mils will be like the second one

they will have significantly less output

for like, a good while

and its why you dont want to ever make mils too late, because theyll be bad by the time you need them

you can go dispersed as finland btw

because like, you have so much economy per population

youre gonna be limited on manpower before the excess production of conc is even a factor

it will also allow you to get newer equipment in production earlier with efficiency base and retention

[cerulean sand]

How to guarantee winning border wars as CSR early game?

[cinder niche]

I always go dispersed, more flexible for shuffling mils

[twin kayak]

"probably industy, construction and research speed ?" (you didn't answer and I don't wanna f up this run at the start)

[glacial steeple]

i would do this

youre gonna need to find time to research mountaineers at some point

but mostly, make sure you have the gun before your enemy

ai never researches ahead of time

so every day you have this tech before they can start it, isnt just a time where you get buffs

but its also a time where you can produce it, and therefore have more out by war

even if its technically bad for research time spent, its like, a great buff to your army

because like again, early mils are bad

even when swapping

so youll have higher production on it, and just have out more in general

youll want some production lines for at least AA and artillery later

but its not worth wasting your day 1 efficiency on it

and probably convoys unless you feel like making more ships

but, your navy wont do much

[twin kayak]

so, for the army part. how do I know that my army is big enough ? (to secure the border with russia)

[glacial steeple]

it wont be

[twin kayak]

nice

[glacial steeple]

youll have to garrison ports, and ill let you decide where to hold

you can check supply and terrain maps in the bottom right, or just click tiles

and try to see which terrain and supply favours you/hurts the enemy

and then take into account your army size

if its too small for anything

you can hold helsinkin+ 1 other victory point like 3 tiles away

and youll go to 99% surrender progress

which is less than 100

its not like the line youd prefer to hold, but thats the furthest you can go back

basically as long as you hold helsinki you never have to go into full panic; you can just retreat

[twin kayak]

I'll go for this part of the tree first

fir the civs

[glacial steeple]

why?

[twin kayak]

I guess that I won't really attack much against russia

[twin kayak]

vivs ?

[glacial steeple]

you would like to do your army tree ASAP

[twin kayak]

civs

[glacial steeple]

it has your other good general, remember

[twin kayak]

ohh

[glacial steeple]

and also other military buffs

[twin kayak]

yeah

but why have a military if I can't equip it ?

[glacial steeple]

look at your population pool

you can do factory focuses when possible

but its not top priority, your primary concern are getting the most manpower you can, the best equipment you can give your small manpower pool, and getting army buffs so they can win

you do have an advisor for 200 weekly men

which you should also look to get really ASAP

[twin kayak]

and for building stuff ? mils or civs ?

or neither of them

[glacial steeple]

civs are ok for trading, but your focuses give them

you also really dont care to have a mythical large eco in the far future

youll kind of always be manpower limited

so economy is kind of an afterthought really

[twin kayak]

so what do I build ?

[glacial steeple]

you make mils for better equipment earlier

unless you want to build an economy to get annexed

then you civgreed

[twin kayak]

I'll put the mils there

[glacial steeple]

thats good

[twin kayak]

I feel like it's the furthest from russia

[glacial steeple]

uusimaa first

its the area youll always hold

enough info for now?

[twin kayak]

what is the name of the good general ?

in the focus tree

got it

[glacial steeple]

mattio or something

[twin kayak]

mattio

ok

this guy

[glacial steeple]

yeah

[twin kayak]

how do I garrison supply hubs ?

or whatever you said about that

[glacial steeple]

with units if you can

your starting army isnt enough for really anything lol

[twin kayak]

how does that work to specifically garrison the supply hubs ?

is there a button to do it ?

[glacial steeple]

you use fallback lines

[twin kayak]

found it

[twin kayak]

thx

wait

area defence or fallback ?

[glacial steeple]

fallback

or the units move automatically and you cant pick specific tiles

[twin kayak]

that doesn't look very right

[twin kayak]

isn't that area defence where you can select specific tiles ?

I'm gonna trust you and do fallback

[pure lark]

Hi Im new to the game and I thought if somone knows a good starter country

[twin kayak]

depends

Just read my last conversation with Casey

he convinced me to go finland

[pure lark]

Oki thx

[twin kayak]

cuz you learn the mechanics

and he's right. I played germany and probably only won because I have many units

[dusty sandal]

motorize supply lines (trucks will get bombed by soviets if you don't have armored trains or static AA

[terse notch]

can I have help with a mod that won't work that I made just to have a country

[dusty sandal]

usa, germany, soviets (watch a guide for focuses)
canada is fine as well, or historical brazil if you have the DLC

[twin kayak]

so, what do I do ?

[dusty sandal]

stick closer to hubs or motorise supply lines and buiuld armored trains (which you should be doing anyway otherwise you won't have supply outside your capital))

[terse notch]

sorry if I am interrupting

[dusty sandal]

lvl 1 static aa in all regions you hold too, but later on. Or you'll get stratbombed into the ground

[twin kayak]

will have to wait if I want them

[dusty sandal]

that's no armored train

do you have no step back DLC ?

I forgor

[twin kayak]

yeah, but what do I change with the fallback order to improve it ?

[twin kayak]

where do I get them ?

[glacial steeple]

you dont need these

[glacial steeple]

no dlcs

[twin kayak]

@glacial steeple

[glacial steeple]

no it just lets you select states

[twin kayak]

then you mean area of defence

[dusty sandal]

that's no step back dlc feature
just get lvl 2 static AA in all states with supply lines going through, lvl 1 on the rest

these 5 lvl 2

[twin kayak]

done

[twin kayak]

how urgent is it ?

the aa stuff

replied to the wrong message

[twin kayak]

Good night to all of you

gonna continue tomorrow

[last arch]

armored trains are in vanilla

but you’re better off investing in an air force

finland gets 2 free refineries i think

[blissful nova]

How should i play this path?

It gives a ton of dockyard output and convoy raiding buffs

But what ships should i make cuz i have a small industry

Destroyers, coastal defense, or submarines

[thin nebula]

all are kinda crap without real capitals to go with them

you could do carrier+ costal defense + destroyers

and you'd only need a few carriers

i assume finland?

coastal defense ships are just worse versions of heavy cruisers with few exceptions

[candid abyss]

ok so i have managed to defeat Ethiopia quick enough playing italy to annex it, do i disband all the armies and re arrange them again on the mainland? already started building a supply hub and an air base near the border with yugoslavia

[thin nebula]

you dont have to disband them you can move them by doing an area defense or bringing them to a port

[candid abyss]

i mean like arranging them under proper generals because i just grouped the Eritrea army (north) with mountaineer and infantry reinforcements then the somalia army south with tanks and more infantry so it's not ideal

because once i annex yugoslavia romania will fight me then as soon as i deal with them USSR vs axis will start

so i wanna be ready early

[thin nebula]

oh yeah do that

[vital inlet]

I need a solid inf template

for pushing

[onyx grail]

hello guys

i just downloaded the game yesterday

does anyone have any general tips to get better? i'll watch some tutorials tomorrow, but i did the in-game one and i'm still kinda confused

also it'll be a while until i can respond but i'll try to reply as soon as possible

[civic hare]

as the soviet union when doing the early war with turkey and romania strat is it better to just annex both or puppet

[fossil phoenix]

guuys help yyesterrday i can play hoi4 normally but when today i start my pc, i notice that my one drive is auto saving all the file so i close the one drive then my hoi4 just broke like everytime i try to start the game it crash

[pliant condor]

annex

[civic hare]

k

[pliant condor]

never puppet anything as a communist nation

hi

[fleet reef]

What's "coverage"?

[pliant condor]

it doesn't have range to reach the zone

[fleet reef]

k, thanks

[echo star]

so im new and uh

things dont look good

how do i fix this supply issue

[feral salmon]

yummy

[languid tartan]

Расцветали яблони и груши
Поплыли туманы над рекой
Выходила на берег Катюша
На высокий берег, на крутой
Выходила на берег Катюша
На высокий берег, на крутой
Выходила, песню заводила
Про степного сизого орла
Про того, которого любила
Про того, чьи письма берегла
Про того, которого любила
Про того, чьи письма берегла
Ой ты, песня, песенка девичья
Ты лети за ясным солнцем вслед
И бойцу на дальнем пограничье
От Катюши передай привет
И бойцу на дальнем пограничье
От Катюши передай привет
Пусть он вспомнит девушку простую
И услышит, как она поет
Пусть он землю бережет родную
А любовь Катюша сбережет
Пусть он землю бережет родную
А любовь Катюша сбережет
Расцветали яблони и груши
Поплыли туманы над рекой
Выходила на берег Катюша
На высокий берег, на крутой

[white mantle]

Click F4 rq

And send the ss

[feral salmon]

i got a bit hungry

[echo star]

its a developing situation

[white mantle]

Motorize your supply hubs

You can either do it by clicking on the supply hub and going to the two trucks manually

Or through your field Marshall/genedal

[vital geode]

Your tanks dont have tanks

I assume you made a heavy tank template without having any heavy tanks in stockpile

[echo star]

I believe I may have

[echo star]

So like

[vital geode]

Press that

[vital geode]

And look at the stockpile

[echo star]

Oh my days 😭

0.7+ 7k-

[vital geode]

Oh no

[echo star]

Im a tad bit new

[vital geode]

Also how is the air war

Press F3

[echo star]

It's eh

Idk what the best missions are for planes

So I just put eveyrthing

Cas and strategic bombing

[vital geode]

You seem to have a lack of fighters

You need air superiority

No air superiority, no CAS or bombing

[echo star]

Is this enough

[vital geode]

Air superiority also prevents the enemy from effectively bombing you

[vital geode]

You usually want a few thousand fighters

[echo star]

My main issue is this

Like im losing to flipping poland

[vital geode]

Your main issue is you lost the air war

[echo star]

Is it actually?

[vital geode]

Also you have no generals assigned

There are many factors to you dying

[echo star]

I see

[feral salmon]

supply is calling

[vital geode]

Also you are attacking when losing

[echo star]

Any tutorials I can watch that sum this up

[vital geode]

Don't attack when losing

[echo star]

Do I delethe atack plans

[vital geode]

You stop the advance arrow

And press H to halt selected units

[feral salmon]

yes

try to hold the line

[echo star]

Im getting dogged

I need supply

[vital geode]

Supply isnt the issue

[feral salmon]

it is one of them

[vital geode]

The issue is lack of air and tank less tank division

[feral salmon]

tanks do nothing without supply

theyre literally useless

[echo star]

So do I restart

[vital geode]

He is 7k tanks in deficit

That isnt the issue

Probably

Or you can try and salvage the situation

[hybrid skiff]

Notice how the tank divisions have no tanks

[vital geode]

You also really need to assign generals

Otherwise your divisions have even less stats

[echo star]

How do u see that it has no tanks

[hybrid skiff]

Orange line under the division

[echo star]

How do I get moreh eavy tanks then

[hybrid skiff]

Make more tanks

[vital geode]

Orange bars determine strength

[vital geode]

What does your production menu look like

[vital geode]

How many mils do you own total

[vital geode]

-99 chromium

[hybrid skiff]

1. Get materials
2. Give up on tanks

[vital geode]

1 factory on fighters

[vital geode]

Oof

[echo star]

This is what my entire thing looks like right now

[gilded herald]

I will be in helping lounge 2 if anyone needs help within the next 30 min

[hybrid skiff]

If your a beginner playing Germany infantry would probably be fine pre-1941

[vital geode]

No research, no focus selected, dockyards needing to be assigned, government positions needing to be filled

[echo star]

Right

Im going to restart

This is too much for my head

[vital geode]

No doctrines it seems

[echo star]

Alright as germany whats the first step

[hybrid skiff]

Build some civs

Start industry research

[echo star]

Here we are

Are these alright

[hybrid skiff]

Yes

Throw some civs on any province with 80% infrastructure

[echo star]

I did it randomly ibr

[hybrid skiff]

Good enough

[echo star]

Okay now the rhine land right

[versed rose]

you build a max of 8 civs

as Germany following historical dates

[echo star]

Wasnt it like

1 civ factory is for 1 military factory or sm

[versed rose]

no

[hybrid skiff]

I like building civs but I guess some people don’t

[versed rose]

you want mils as soon as you can as Germany

you go to war in 3 years

civs take 4 years to pay for themselves

[echo star]

I made it 70/30 mil civ

[versed rose]

only reason you're building civs as Germany is to get the research slot

[echo star]

Right

[versed rose]

Germany also gets war economy really soon

[echo star]

That makes sense

[versed rose]

there is 0 reason to make civs tbh

[echo star]

What's the best infantry template

Is the 9 just fine

[versed rose]

yes

add aa

[hybrid skiff]

It will work

[echo star]

Aa?

Artillery?

[hybrid skiff]

Anti air

Support company

[echo star]

Oh

Also what is that supply thing

The motorization of supply hubs or sm

[hybrid skiff]

Germanys supply is fine in the beginning don’t worry about it

[robust hemlock]

how to move 1 unit only not all of them

[echo star]

But when I invade poland I get dogged

[echo star]

I'm not the right guy to ask

😭

[robust hemlock]

lol ok

[hybrid skiff]

Right click on 1 division, left click where you want it to go

[robust hemlock]

thanks

[echo star]

How do I keep good supply whilst invading poland

[hybrid skiff]

That’s a matter of you not having guns or tanks not supply

[echo star]

Right okay

Should I even worry about tanks too much

[hybrid skiff]

No

Not as a beginner

[feral salmon]

yes

[echo star]

Is this alright

[hybrid skiff]

That works

[feral salmon]

yes

[echo star]

Lovellyyy

[feral salmon]

this is the basic defensive/line holding troop

[echo star]

How much shoild I train

[feral salmon]

and you use tanks with that to push

[echo star]

Woah okay

So

How do I battle plan it

[versed rose]

double the size

[echo star]

Like front line with those infantry but spear head with tanks?

[versed rose]

if you dont want to think about tanks

just double the infantry size

[echo star]

Okay

How many should I train early

[wind lotus]

That would be micromanaging

[echo star]

In terms of infantry

[echo star]

Hm

Elaborate

[hybrid skiff]

Micromanaging is dragging individual divisions around

[echo star]

Oh thats tedious

[wind lotus]

Battle planning would be drawing a plan and telling your divisions to attack

[echo star]

Yh

[wind lotus]

It's amazing actually, sometimes at least

[echo star]

Sounds promising

Should I train 5 infantry

For now

I just started germanby still at 1936

[hybrid skiff]

You have till 39 to make as many as you think you’ll need, just make sure they have guns, aa, artillery, and support equipment

[echo star]

Got it

Thank you guys for the tips

Also one final thing

Do I worry about nationalist spain

[hybrid skiff]

It’s good micromanaging practice if you send volunteers I guess

[summer geyser]

How do I make division templates? Because whenever I put my front together it just falls apart ;w;

So I think i need better than the base templates

[hybrid skiff]

What templates are you using?

[summer geyser]

lemme get them im waiting for hoi4 to load

[echo star]

How do I get lots of mil factories

They take a while to build

[summer geyser]

Civ factories

More civ factories the faster they build

[echo star]

Ah ok

[hybrid skiff]

That’s why I said build civs

[echo star]

Right okay

[summer geyser]

Also construction related things (construction I to V and construction focuses)

[echo star]

I gotchu

[hybrid skiff]

Also make sure to do your economy tree as Germany

[echo star]

Elaborate

[hybrid skiff]

Start with the 4 year plan focus, continue down that path

Otherwise the mefo bills will steal all your civ factories

[summer geyser]

Ive got Gyalogdandár, Huszár Dandár, and Lovassági Társaság

[echo star]

Okay

[summer geyser]

(Hungarian Infantry and Hungarian Calvary)

[hybrid skiff]

Can you get to this screen

[summer geyser]

Going against Romania

[feral salmon]

guys am i winning air there?

i'm not sure

[summer geyser]

What should my soft attack and org be?

[summer geyser]

Nah they have too many planes you need more /j

[hybrid skiff]

No perfect number

[feral salmon]

fuuuuuuuck

[summer geyser]

For Hungarian infantry 1936 if im fighting other minors

[feral salmon]

how do i make planes

[summer geyser]

Well when a mommy plane and a daddy plane love eachother very much-

(Production tab aircraft then the one you need, the air view and deploy air wing)

[feral salmon]

do i deploy this one

or those ones

[hybrid skiff]

Why not both

[summer geyser]

All of them

[feral salmon]

well one looks older

im not SURE though

[summer geyser]

Your right those IL-2's are pretty dusty yk

[sand ember]

why not both

[feral salmon]

true

the Letov S-16's look better

[sand ember]

anwyays the answer is deploy the one that says "improved" and looks more modern than the one that says "interwar"

what

how

[feral salmon]

is this enough trucks?

[summer geyser]

Im pretty sure Socrates is making a joke

[sand ember]

no

[summer geyser]

Nah you need atleasy 900000

For minimum

[feral salmon]

should i be concerned?

[sand ember]

yeah cause now you're gonna have to go fight in no supply and it's gonna be really annoying

[feral salmon]

that is true

[summer geyser]

Romania has a lot of mountains ;w;

[robust hemlock]

How is your map like that

[hybrid skiff]

Fps map mod

[summer geyser]

Which is better for attacking generally 12 width infantry or i width horsies?

[keen hemlock]

12 width inf

[hybrid skiff]

Whatever you want, mountains hurt eitherway

[keen hemlock]

but 36 width is optimal

[summer geyser]

I

8 width

[summer geyser]

Kk it'll be a bit before I can do that though Hungary is not the most powerful at first ;w;

[feral salmon]

is uk winning?

[hybrid skiff]

Close call

They can pull through

[summer geyser]

Real close call I think they might even push into your mailand

Mainland

Time for Hungarian civil war

[hybrid skiff]

This happened to me once as France, both naval invaded eachother at the same time and they killed me first

[keen hemlock]

you should have 18 width for line infantry and 36 width for attackingdivs

[feral salmon]

results

i could finish off the japanese but i'm too lazy tbf

i already got all i wanted

[robust hemlock]

is this singleplayer or mp?

bro i just started playing this game i feel its too advanced

idk

[ember wolf]

dont worry

you'll get the hang of it

just some trial and error and youtube vids

and a friend helping you if you need

I had a dude who had like 10k hours before on hoi4

teach me everything about hoi4

[robust hemlock]

lol lucky

[ember wolf]

the rest i learned from trial and error and some tutorial vids

[ember wolf]

I can help you if you want to learn

[robust hemlock]

my 2 friend just downloaded it a few days ago too

[robust hemlock]

thanks

[ember wolf]

np

[hexed parcel]

Uhhhhhh

Can someone help me to do Naval?

[river oxide]

What do you need

Naval invasion?

[pallid lichen]

Hi

[glacial steeple]

hii marcus 👋

woke up too early and now feeling so sleepy chat

[sand ember]

hi Casey 👋

stayed up too late going to bed now bye

[lucid torrent]

naval invasion or naval warfare 101?

[hexed parcel]

All

I mean

Navy Guide

[glacial steeple]

good nightt

[lucid torrent]

First thing first, naval suck.

The best ship is a naval bomber.

[hexed parcel]

Uhhhhhh

How about production?

Ship

[light knoll]

morning casey

[river oxide]

unless your britain

then u js win

[bleak mountain]

Hh

[hexed parcel]

And America

[glacial steeple]

hru ?

[light knoll]

im fine
in a linear algebra zoom class
wbu?

[glacial steeple]

idk, bored

[slender lodge]

CASEY

CASEY

CASYE

CASEY

OMGGG

ITS YOU

CASEYYYYYYYYYY

I MISSED YOU ALOT

PLS UNBLOCK ME

AND COME BACK HOME

[light knoll]

yeah the server is also pretty dead

[glacial steeple]

?

i never blocked you nor really know who you are

[slender lodge]

oh

i just said it in wrong chat

.

[slender lodge]

you know me

bro i donno know how to cook

the kids are hungry casey

[glacial steeple]

vaguely

[slender lodge]

they miss you

casey plscome home

the kids miss u

[light knoll]

what

[glacial steeple]

no clue

[slender lodge]

Casey

Good night babe

[indigo sapphire]

hello

[glacial steeple]

please stop saying things like this, its just harassment/uncomfortable, thanks

[twin kayak]

I found the perfect meme for this situation

[slender lodge]

ok sorry

casey

Why you left the kids

gng they burn da home

we had to move

We’re living on da street rn

[light knoll]

why are you continuing

[twin kayak]

isn’t casey a mod ? Just ban or mute him

[indigo sapphire]

whats going on here

[river oxide]

what on earth is happening

[lucid torrent]

still suck, using long range naval bomber will be better to deal with subs than using your fleet.

[river oxide]

what

[reef field]

what is spg used for and how do i make spg

?

[hoary glen]

More soft attack and in the tank designer switch from medium tank to SPG below the name of the tank

[reef field]

is it a support company?

[hoary glen]

No

[reef field]

so it's basically a more op tank

?

[hoary glen]

Less break, but that's irrelevant in SP, so yeah

[lucid torrent]

more op artillery to be precise.

[reef field]

ohhhhh ok

[meager heart]

What is the best country to learn hoe to play the game i have played romania bit dont realy underst it

[reef field]

id say finland or germany (surprisingly enough)

[river oxide]

kaiserreich india

[reef field]

why

ive never played kaiserreich india

[river oxide]

it has good straighforward focuses

they tell u a war will happen

first war is super easy

second one is good begginner challenge

[dusty sandal]

advisors, decisions or focuses

balance of power might affect it as well

[echo star]

why am i losing to belgiunm and france as german reich

[dusty sandal]

you don't have equipment, you don't have air supremacy, your divisions aren't made to attack or lack supplies, you have a bazillion alerts at the top of the screen
and, most of all, you are currently smashing your head on a wall on 5 speed
if you see red bubbles, you're doing something wrong and continuing to do so will not do anything but kill your faster

[versed rose]

1.9k pp at 1939

capped out xp

so sad

[reef field]

bro

what could you possibly have been doing

against ai

to perform this badly

i mean

you barely have equipment

no air supremacy

actually

other than that and the fact you arent doing and focuses, assigning your divs and all the other alerts

idk what else

focus on getting equipment

stop attacking

build up your planes

and use tanks if you really cant punch through

you should try invading belgium through luxembourg too as an alternative

[dusty sandal]

it's very common. Generally new players not reading tooltips or info bubbles
there is no salvaging this but by retooling industry and most importantly templates and learning to micro a bit

this is just a regular lesson and, to be fair, they did better than in most cases (they have fuel, decent factory count, supply requirements are filled up, just divs are overstacked, and they don't have 20% stab + they killed the netherlands

[light knoll]

nah just ignore planes atp

its fine they're Germany

[dusty sandal]

yeah, they can get back up, just gonna take a bit of learning about templates and how to attack

[light knoll]

it'll take a whole let of research, building refineries, and factories

too late to start now

get your stab and war support up, use your pp

[dusty sandal]

by the way, quick advice unrelated to the situation but you should turn river display back on in game settings. You must be able to see them to plan accordingly

it's like not seing a mountain otherwise

[light knoll]

they're probably using the default tank divisions

meaning useless

don't build normal light tanks

[dusty sandal]

they somehow managed to punch through the maginot though

which is a feat considering the situation

[austere roost]

345factories and can't equip inf?

Kind of sus

[dusty sandal]

mass battleplanning and civgreed is my guess
these divs probably lack more manpower than equipment considering it takes a month to get a fraction of replacements

[austere roost]

Also this guy got into the Maginot he can just push through sedan

[dusty sandal]

yeah, not so bad of a setup, there's ways to push there

[reef field]

?? he has 3m mp in reserves

OHHHHHH

3M MP IN RESERVES?

bro on what conscription law are you

[river oxide]

he prolly only on infantry

no tank divs

and took tank path

[river oxide]

imagine hes on scraping the barrel

[reef field]

for real

[reef field]

prolly doesnt even have support art

[river oxide]

ye

[small lion]

What’s 20 to the power of 3

[river oxide]

he should have shown his div templates

[river oxide]

8000

[small lion]

Can you help me now;

“Explain how the process of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are interrelated in plants.”

[river oxide]

basically

cellular respiration takes in co2

[small lion]

Einstein here

[river oxide]

and the plant uses that co2 to do photosynthesis

[small lion]

https://tenor.com/view/albert-einstein-lol-think-be-smart-think-wise-gif-8735407

[river oxide]

r u good at hoi4

[small lion]

Yes

[river oxide]

what do umake to beat allies as germany

in navy

[small lion]

Playing for 13 years

[river oxide]

im making cruisers and heavies

[small lion]

I played

Hoi3

[river oxide]

that good?

[small lion]

Back in the day

[cinder niche]

Is this chemistry class now

[echo star]

right

[river oxide]

what r ur divisions made out of

[echo star]

hey man

im new

[echo star]

theyre the 9 division template thing

[river oxide]

with support art?

[glacial steeple]

chat