ask-for-help-here

[neat widget]

military police is better at giving defense than cav recon, and as germany you might need that just for garrison duty

[candid abyss]

im not germany

im finland

[neat widget]

what dlcs do you have btw

[neat widget]

ah

[hushed gorge]

all

[neat widget]

then, i see that you took that to heart

[candid abyss]

so i'd like your opinion on the next step because im very confused rn brb

[neat widget]

switching everything to special forces, like mountaineers, is a good idea because they just straight up outclass normal inf now

[candid abyss]

here

[candid abyss]

yeah i have 2 armies of defense templates, a third on the way and i'll have a full army of mountaineers

[neat widget]

and with finland's low population it will struggle to field divisions, so having artillery is okay-ish

your next step should be to get light tank recon and flame tanks

[candid abyss]

i did research flame tanks but i have 0 tanks on the production lines

[neat widget]

right now you have 97 breakthrough, which is low

[neat widget]

yeah if you can change that, then do so

also maybe expand your division to 12 mountaineers 4 artillery here

if you can

[candid abyss]

i think i could yeah but the question is do i liberate norway or what do i do, the end game is the soviets ofc but im not invading the soviets with 3 armies

[candid abyss]

i also could i got xp wait

[hushed gorge]

get support equipment

[candid abyss]

yeah the deficit isnt much i will pump it up

[neat widget]

you can try

norway isn't that strong

[candid abyss]

germany invaded it

[hushed gorge]

livadeia do you know a good marine template?

[candid abyss]

so sweden is in my faction, but they are democratic, i need to annex the nordic countries to get enough mils to invade the soviets

[hushed gorge]

game might be over there

[candid abyss]

sweden isnt letting me pressure them at all

they keep refusing

[hushed gorge]

how much experience do you have

[candid abyss]

in the game like experience?

hours

you mean

[hushed gorge]

as in how long have you been playing hoi4

ye

[candid abyss]

3 days

https://tenor.com/view/lebron-lebron-james-nba-basketball-player-shades-gif-17549011

actually 5

but yeah

im pretty new to all this

[neat widget]

what special forces doctrines do you have

[hushed gorge]

i havent started a game yet

i just wanted to know if their was a best in general

normally i go to the right side of the doctrine

[hushed gorge]

i would use this as practice to see how well you can hold

[candid abyss]

yeah so invade norway or kick sweden out and invade them then invade the germans in norway or wait till the germans invade the soviets and 3rd party the northern areas with my mountaineers then fight the germans

[neat widget]

okay then what country are you playing

[candid abyss]

end game is annexing the nordic countries and getting rid of the soviets

[hushed gorge]

usa

[neat widget]

thinking of intervening in northern europe?

[hushed gorge]

fighting japan mostly

its a player if that changes anything

[neat widget]

okay then you will probably go for mountaineers as doctrine and have 9 marines, 9 mountaineers, and 1 tank in your division

along with support companies such as medium flame tanks, light tank recon, assault engineers, super-heavy artillery, and support artillery

also btw regions of the world where you want to use mountaineers versus where you want to use forest rangers

[vast pier]

i wish there was a map key

green is forest and red is mountain?

surely not

is grey mountain

also what do the pink lines mean lol

[glacial steeple]

THERES A MARSH TILE ON THE URUGUAY-ARGENTINA BORDER??

i never noticed but thats messed up

also good night chat

[neat widget]

For the Americas it's a simple west-east split, with the western Americas and Central America being heavily forested and the eastern Americas being rocky (and the Antilles secondarily). Appalachia is an exception, being mountainous and hilly.

For Europe it is a north-south split, with northern Europe excluding Norway, the northern UK, and Iceland being heavily forested, while southern Europe being mountaious and hilly

Africa is relatively simple: Northern Africa and the southern Cape are nearly devoid of forests, and Madagascar is still mountainous. Central and West Africa, however, are filled with jungle

As for Asia, the entire continent is mountainous except for Siberia and parts of southeast Asia and eastern India. You definitely don't want to be without marines attacking through Burma, Java, or eastern Papua though.

And finally, Oceania. The Indian ocean islands, northern Australia, western Australia, and northern New Zealand are forested, while southeast Australia and southern New Zealand are rugged and mountainous

So yeah that's the general guide to whether you should go mountaineers or forest rangers

Most countries, like Japan or Iran, will use mountaineers, but countries like Finland or the Congo will probably use rangers

[glacial steeple]

why fight in congo tho

[neat widget]

well, you could be the congo

[glacial steeple]

no supply... paratroopers both for paradrop and less supply usage

you cannot push that front comventionally, ive tried

it takes forever

[neat widget]

fair

although even then i might not go for paratrooper doctrine

also not sure where you're getting the ic for that as the congo

[glacial steeple]

factory

you use mil

i think i did it as like rwanda tho

like youre not the philippines

you have usable mils

[neat widget]

perhaps, but it is also questionable whether you can maintain a sizable air force that way

[lofty moss]

could someone help me im tryinbg to do a offensive and defensive in hoi 4 rn

[tropic seal]

you have to be a bit more specific man

[lofty moss]

can i just show u

[tropic seal]

just send a screenshot here

[blazing jolt]

How am i supposed to attack germany as usa

I dont see how i can do naval invasions while having to have supply lines for my troops?

[tropic seal]

wdym

is britain alive?

if britains alive then its simple

[blazing jolt]

Yes and i just started a day ago 😭

[tropic seal]

britain should have naval dominance in the english channel pretty much 24/7

[blazing jolt]

My troops get pulvarised within a second of landing

[tropic seal]

so you dont even need to move your navy in for the invasion

[tropic seal]

send your templates

what are you using for the landing

[blazing jolt]

I dont understand how to use temppate i just know theres a couple of things u can put

like artillery or smth

[tropic seal]

yeah

if you dont understand how it works there are example templates

in pins that you can just copy

[blazing jolt]

Oh ok thanks

[tropic seal]

i dont think you even need marines to d-day but if you really want a succesful landing then make them

[blazing jolt]

Is there a difference

[tropic seal]

between marines and general divs?

obviously marines would perform better in naval invasions

i mean youre the usa youll be naval inavding a lot anyway

so might as well make them

[tropic seal]

i wouldnt start with the usa though

they have a lot more to juggle than almost any other major country

[blazing jolt]

dang idk i just thought of it would be fun

[tropic seal]

sure play whatever u think is fun

im just saying from a beginners pov

[blazing jolt]

the germans successfully advanced into moscow and me and britain can barely make any naval invasions

my world is cooked

[true geyser]

in order to puppet spain as the soviets do you need to not seize the gold reserves

[vital geode]

You need the civil war to last until mid 1939 i believe

They really delay using that focus now

[true geyser]

oh

[slender lodge]

Tips for stoling barbarrosa?

stoping*

[keen hemlock]

build forts on the river line and hold

[vital geode]

Produce a ton of infantry with anti air.

Micro troops into losing battles and counter attack low org units.

No need to fallback to the Stalin Line

[slender lodge]

@vital geode

this works?

yes or no

[dark thunder]

I think it’s a little wide imo but yeah perfectly fine

Infantry divisions are kinda whatever and the exact specifics don’t matter

[vital geode]

I usually use my 18 widths, but I also use the large infantry tactics doctrine as Soviets

[slender lodge]

too late

[vital geode]

24 widths should be fine

Just have enough of them that are equipped

[neat widget]

you're not japan

why are you doing this

you're also not the usa

[slender lodge]

i love you babehhh

[neat widget]

but 24 widths aren't toobad

[slender lodge]

ofc babe

this me rn

[celest shuttle]

I'm facing a very frustrating issue: I've tried multiple ways to launch a naval and paratrooper invasion of Alaska, but neither the sea nor air routes are working. The game doesn't specify any clear reason; the divisions just stand still and won't move

I'm not sure if this is a bug, but the units are just standing still without any error messages. The invasion won't trigger even though everything seems ready.

I've encountered this issue at least three times now.

[red mesa]

do you have the relevant supremacy across all the zones those invasions cross?

[celest shuttle]

@red mesai did

i try restart game

not work too

[red mesa]

does it work if you target a different part of alaska?

[celest shuttle]

@red mesa it not work too

this is bug ?

[red mesa]

not as far as I know. Normally there is something missing from the preparations like equipment, supremacy, range etc

[celest shuttle]

my paratrooper not work too

[austere roost]

Check your naval invasion general's plan execution button. It might tell you that you need another sea zone. For transports, the range is not necessarily accurate

[native gorge]

yall is this template cursed

i only put in less medium SP tanks cause the org was shit

[light knoll]

@glacial steeple

[light knoll]

its just bad no cursed

it gives very little for its cost

[bold canopy]

What is the diff from infrastructur and hight capacipty grid? the second one doesnt give energy?

[native gorge]

What do I improve

[light knoll]

check templates in pins

don't use motorized

[languid trout]

<@&846894118219022336> can we send this guy to the trenches

oh nvm

he got executed already

[native gorge]

How much org does mechanized give again?

[light knoll]

idr the exact number

but if you don't have mech, use camels, cavalry, or just infantry

[jagged grail]

Guys how do you improve performence on hoi4? My pc can barely handle it

[native gorge]

still dont feel like there's enough org but ig there's alot of soft atk

[light knoll]

make the division 36w

[violet maple]

top 5 worst divisions of all time

no offense

[light knoll]

small tank divisions aren't good. you take too much losses

[violet maple]

just go for the doctrines that give orgs to tank

like deep battle

streamlined deployment

[light knoll]

deep battle is not that good

go grand assault

don't worry about org

hp should worry you more

[violet maple]

what

hes lying

org is more important

[light knoll]

its not. you can force attack/last stand

[violet maple]

it determines ur offensive capability

[light knoll]

and when you have an spg divisions against the ai

you'll be fine

[native gorge]

oh right i forgot i can spam that

[violet maple]

why is he using cavalry??

use mechanized

[light knoll]

yeah that's better. the support companies are not good tho

[native gorge]

it's still being researched, it's just a placeholder till i have enough to fill out the divisions

[violet maple]

ok

also use logistics

[light knoll]

you want medium flame tanks, light tank recon, assault engineers

[violet maple]

4.5 supply use is brutal

[native gorge]

no assault engineers yet unfortunately

[light knoll]

ok then logistics is good yea, field hospital too

[violet maple]

i wouldnt even use spgs if i was him

[light knoll]

if you're fighting under red/yellow air, aa is mandatory

either line or support company

also what is your spg design like

[light knoll]

yea inf is easier and arguably better
but its fine to use spgs

[violet maple]

i'd use medium tanks

[light knoll]

no they're worse

spgs = soft atk maxxing

soft atk is the most relevant stat for sp

[violet maple]

medium tanks are all arounds

plus they'e cheaper

[light knoll]

they're not cheaper

and they're just worse

in most cases

[violet maple]

higher org

higher armor

higher piercing

higher hard attack

[light knoll]

3 of those are 100% irrelevant

[violet maple]

less supply use

2 you mean

[light knoll]

org is a little relevant but not that big of a deal

[violet maple]

armor is very relevant

[light knoll]

not really

the ai uses at

[violet maple]

if u cant get pierced ur tank cannot get beaten in defense

[light knoll]

you're gonna get pierced

[violet maple]

they only have like 60 hard attack

i can get 300 armor tank divisions

[light knoll]

for what cost tho lol

[violet maple]

none??

[light knoll]

uh that's not how that works

armor maxxing is at the cost of other stats

and costs ic

soft atk is just more relevant

since 1.17, spgs been the meta for sp

[native gorge]

it only gives .5 less supply usage tho

also here

[fossil bobcat]

Does anyone know how to install a third engine on an advanced small aircraft for the Reich without doing the necessary research (the focus to form a Jagdwaffe doesn't help)

[heavy spruce]

better wait and build supplies or all in first time invading america

[slender lodge]

why finland is so easy to take as USSR but romania isntw

also could someone tell me how to make my troops lose less supply?

Like They lose more supply Before combat

[light knoll]

remove whatever is the 5th slot on the top is
add armor skirts or easy maintenance

add more armor clicks

engine clicks are not necessary

[native gorge]

So radio ain't important?

[light knoll]

radio is

the other one isn't

[native gorge]

Oh

[glossy hatch]

can i put 1 line aa or would it break the template somehow?

[native gorge]

Mb Idk what was my thought process in that sentence

[light knoll]

you can't mix aa and mountaineers on the same column

you'd need to remove 2 mountaineers for thst

[glossy hatch]

not worth right?

[light knoll]

it depends but generally no

[inner sparrow]

just get the locked batallions so u don’t have to remove two and add line aa

[glossy hatch]

whats a good design for light tank recon?

[light knoll]

maybe replace engine for higher rel

[glossy hatch]

i just want it as support company, isn't this to expensive?

[light knoll]

you can do less armor and engine clicks

[glossy hatch]

alr

can i use the interwar chassie?

or atleast the 1934 one?

[light knoll]

yea

[glossy hatch]

are for flame tanks the light tanks fire or medium?

[tropic seal]

medium are better

[dusty sandal]

Light flame tanks are only for paratrooper. In all other cases it's always med flame tank that's best

[glossy hatch]

these good?

[teal jewel]

what dlc do u need to buy weapons

[dusty sandal]

Close support gun is so bad now
Just use autogun 2 (2 soft less for 2 ic less and no steel) or flamethrower 2 (more break)

[dusty sandal]

Arms against tyranny

[tropic seal]

no

use that extra ammo storage for more breakthrough

[glossy hatch]

so should i replace all fuel drums by extra ammo storage?

[tropic seal]

sorta your reliability is kinda terrible

so i wouldnt put 3 of them

[teal jewel]

kk

[dusty sandal]

Fuel drums have no use. Use flame tanks to stack breakthrough on it.
Radio, 2 extra ammo, armor skirts, max armor clicks, 3man medium turret and adjust speed and reli to your needs

[dusty sandal]

Wdym, 75% is very high and even more so for a support company that takes way less attrition

[tropic seal]

not enough to stack multiple extra ammo storage on it

im saying once he stacks those his reliability will be in the gutter

[dusty sandal]

You'll go down to 35% in total and it won't change much the losses you take because there's so little esuipment in support companies.
And if that's so much of an issue, just swap the engine or suspension for more reli

[tropic seal]

i thought it was 15% each

[dusty sandal]

-10%

I'm taking into account the engine and armor clicks for the 35% avg reli

[tropic seal]

ah fair enough then

[west tinsel]

i can't paratroop on uk

as germany

i have ussr allied

and usa joined

idk why i have air domiance on the region

[tropic seal]

is the air zone green?

[grizzled estuary]

you need to first make sure your division is paradropable at least 50 transport planes/division in the same airbase as the units you wanna paradrop and you need to have at least 70% air supremacy across all regions

[fossil bobcat]

Why didn't I get the 3rd engine?

[sage portal]

Guys i got question are strat bombers worth it?

[tropic seal]

no

[sage portal]

Ok

[bold canopy]

can u guys give me a tips, how should ships be organized? for example, Japan, which holds 2103,120 ships between defense, cruisers, etc., how do I arrange them with the generals? all of a kind?

[sage portal]

Not really good with ships i just ussuly steal them and build ton of naval bombers

[bold canopy]

same, i always play with bomber/trops ecc

[west tinsel]

i think its mainly bc i thought italty had cleared the british out of africa but ig not

any tips with the african camapinge

i put rommel and my armor devsions

infatry

but im not advacing due to logistics

[grizzled estuary]

build supply depots in Lybia or naval invade if you can

[west tinsel]

my navy is pretty much cooke reduced to only 20 ships

and my airfoce

plus my manpower

how do i gain more manpower

[glacial steeple]

hi

[grizzled estuary]

up conscription law in the government menu

[left mica]

Light tanks have the same suppressiom but lower ic

nevermind

[glacial steeple]

you dont tho

like your hardness

the the tanks are just expensive

[left mica]

Oh

[tropic seal]

i only use screens, carriers and battleships in my normal navies

subs are like a side show

if your screens are bad i would do like 2:1 ratio of screens to capital ships

maybe even higher

[half glade]

can anybody hop in a vc and help me beat the uk as france

[left mica]

You have 4

2 engine 2s, 2+2=4?

[proven rain]

how to win civil war

[jagged grail]

Is there a mod where you get to play as tribes or any other fun mod?

[dusty sandal]

Which one

[jagged grail]

Does anyone know how to activate the German civil war in road to 56 because I known in vanilla how but I wanna do it on 56

[dusty sandal]

You should probably ask that in the rt56 discord tbh

[light knoll]

hi

lowkey embarrassing for Germany

why can't they beat the soviets alone when they don't have the allies to fight and they have ×3 the industry and army

[glacial steeple]

mogging the americans

[left mica]

Why are you brazillian

[proven rain]

how to win civil war soviet

[vital plinth]

Why is the Ethiopia focus tree so bad ? It’s so big but almost most of them take 70 days it’s nearly impossible to finish any tree like before wars over or starts

[celest shuttle]

@red mesa@austere roost i know why i cant do it now USA still not join the war LoL, i finish japan so soon that why USA not join the war until 1947 that why i cant naval invasion and paratrooper too

[light knoll]

huge

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here message

please answer before asking again

[inner sparrow]

soviet onion

[half glade]

how do you beat pretty much any nation?

like what is the best strategy

[devout jasper]

is anyone willing to help guide me thru fighting a war? per my understanding its a difficult war to win (its scripted thru a mod) and im new so idrk what im doing lol

[inner sparrow]

battleplan inf with air

u dont need anything else than that vs ai

even works against 99% of players

[warm marlin]

does anyone know why my divisions at the bottom wont advance no matter what i do

[dusty sandal]

they don't have any order telling them to

[warm marlin]

i do its right there

[dusty sandal]

just move them manually or activate the order
also reorganize these fronts

[dusty sandal]

it's not activated

[glacial steeple]

this game is hard

[proven rain]

thanks for the answer

[glacial steeple]

clown what if you were red

[warm marlin]

mate thats what im asking, how do i activate it

[dusty sandal]

I don't know how exactly to help you but you still need to tell people which country you're playing if you want useful help

[dusty sandal]

click the activate plan button on top of the general portrait

[proven rain]

i said it like 6 time i playing with soviet unio

[warm marlin]

all of them are active look at the pic

[dusty sandal]

you said once, after I asked. I'm not all knowing

[dusty sandal]

click again

[warm marlin]

i did

didnt work

[proven rain]

just say how i gonna win it

[dusty sandal]

orders created after you activated the battleplan don't start off active

[dusty sandal]

idk

[half glade]

bruh turkeys focus tree is so confusing

[dusty sandal]

like I said, I'm not all knowing

[proven rain]

thank but u have helper

[dusty sandal]

and I know for sure there are tutorial about this

[proven rain]

idk why while u cant answe a question

[dusty sandal]

doesn't mean I know everything ?

[warm marlin]

nvm i was clicking the wrong commander

appreciate it

[proven rain]

like you cant help to this guy

and cant for me

its not hard bruh

nvm i just know it

[dusty sandal]

https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4/comments/1eim43c/how_do_i_win_russian_civil_war/

[dusty sandal]

because they have a problem I know how to fix. I only played russian civil war once in my lifetime, and it was years ago

idk how to win it, I'm not gonna missguide you

and I'm in no obligation to put everything I'm doing on pause to help you. I help when I can

[proven rain]

ok

thank

[proven rain]

lemme ask smth

if i need weapon should i build factory?

or there is more way to fix it

[dusty sandal]

yup

[proven rain]

thanks

[dusty sandal]

you need more mils to build more equipment

[proven rain]

ty

[dusty sandal]

then there are technologies (industry) and focuses that improves the output of each factory

[visual citrus]

Aren't there some focuses that give mils

[half glade]

how do i complete the pacify ethiopia mission?

[modest aspen]

Yo, how do I make USA Fascist? Is there a guide for this?

[dusty sandal]

depends on the country but usually they all have

[inner sparrow]

guh

[dusty sandal]

hover over the mission and see the requirements

[storm solstice]

I htink its part of the focus tree
CSA if i remember correctly. You also have a civil war

[bold canopy]

i m japan adn i am using a lot of oil but i am trading with Russia why it doesnt go up ?

[storm solstice]

ur navy use is more than ur production

[dusty sandal]

math not mathing

don't run your navy and air for no reason

[bold canopy]

i am scarred by USA

i no want democracy

[storm solstice]

What year r u in

last i played japan was when waking the tiger came out. back then u could easily cap half the world by 1940

[dusty sandal]

use it when you need it

you don't need to whole fleet on patrol everywhere

[bold canopy]

ok, so i made to sleep my navy

[bold canopy]

i ma 1941 vs china and then usa first time playing japan

[dusty sandal]

and don't forget fuel techs

don't build refineries though

[modest aspen]

That's fine. I already knew it was going to be a civil war when I looked at the focus tree. Is there a complete and accurate guide on making USA Fascist? It feels like I cannot trust AI step by step guides or YT tutorials.

[violet sinew]

Consumption just tells you how much you need, not what you‘re actually burning

[dusty sandal]

what

[bold canopy]

i build some but if u build synthetic refinery in a place without oil,, does it work?

[dusty sandal]

consumption is the need you have to fill the requirements of fuel

[dusty sandal]

synthetic refineries generate fuel ad rubber from nothing
but they cost too much for japan

what you want is simply be mindful of your fuel usage and to capture dutch east indies

[bold canopy]

why too much cost? for time

[bold canopy]

mm ok, i will try it thx ❤️

[dusty sandal]

14k ic
that more than a civilian factory and japan has little buffs for them

and japan doesn't have much industry to spare unless you know how to rush china, which by the point you do, you don't need refineries anyway because you know how to conserve fuel

[bold canopy]

oh ok, thx for info

for just a chatting what is stronger 5 nation for you pve?

[sacred patrol]

are tanks as a chinese warlord a bad idea

[spiral delta]

hey im germany and do i priotize more soft attack on my tanks against ussr or hard attack

do i put cannon or howitzer

[subtle socket]

in sp just soft attck

[spiral delta]

alr thx

[subtle socket]

yeah probably lol

[versed tapir]

yea we both had the No Mods play set active

[graceful lance]

how do i disable DLC?

[modest aspen]

I think you pick no mods instead of initial playset

[tranquil coral]

Can I bypass a Non agression pact?

[bold canopy]

this unit cant kill tank right?

[inner sparrow]

random bs go aaaaa unit

[tropic seal]

What is this man

More battalions does not mean better

[subtle socket]

LMAO

[bold canopy]

organization near 40/45

[subtle socket]

little bit of this little of that ahh template

[vale rock]

i need the best tank med tank template someone help pls

[ornate gale]

Is this fighter good?

[grizzled estuary]

org just makes your units fight for longer, which means theyll still lose, but slower and win a bit more than other units

[grizzled estuary]

wouldnt using only a double engine and no aa turret work better?

[bold canopy]

so i should make add more attack ?

[grizzled estuary]

you should remove a bit of infantry to keep the combat width low, since too much can lower your attack

[ornate gale]

well aparently I have less air defense and less air speed than the enemy planes.

So no Ig it wouldn't

[grizzled estuary]

also if you are making defensive infantry then do not bother with a lot of aa/at/arty

[bold canopy]

but what do i add?

i m on late game

[grizzled estuary]

you wanna make a offensive infantry or defensive?

[bold canopy]

offensive

vs USA

[grizzled estuary]

i would suggest removing infantry to make it's combat width around 30

[grizzled estuary]

Still not beating this one

[grizzled estuary]

also more batalions =/= better division

[inner sparrow]

just remove the line arty, all of it

and keep the division at 36w

[grizzled estuary]

that just increases it's cost, makes it use more supply and also gets debuffed by combat width

[tropic seal]

Org isn't everything

[modest aspen]

Can anyone find a guide for this?

[fathom thistle]

try aiming for something like this

+make medium flame tanks, the light ones are ass

[grizzled estuary]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/American_national_focus_tree

[grizzled estuary]

why make it 36 width though?

wouldn't that get heavily debuffed in forests/hills/everything else?

[fathom thistle]

optimal width for offensive templates

for defensive ones its either 16 or 18

also u can do 35w for offensive with one line AA

[grand iris]

how to break non agression pact

[fathom thistle]

if you are into that

[grand iris]

if i dont want to wait

[grizzled estuary]

cant

[grand iris]

You cant?

why i remmeer like you could do that

[grizzled estuary]

or just place a lot of units on the border and wait a minimum period

but you still gotta wait

[bold canopy]

but u need to add armor and build medium tank or it just add flame?

[fathom thistle]

armor for support companies is useless

[tropic seal]

Extra breakthrough

[grizzled estuary]

probably this

[fathom thistle]

I would rather put radio then

[tropic seal]

You can do both

[fathom thistle]

sure

[bold canopy]

so like this?

[fathom thistle]

it's like really small number

but if you want to minmax sure

[modest aspen]

Is there a popular step by step list for going through with this?

[tropic seal]

Three man main turret

Extra ammo storage

[fathom thistle]

research advanced flamethower

[bold canopy]

qthere is also that how do i get it?

[bold canopy]

thx

[fathom thistle]

tanks tree right side

[grizzled estuary]

dont you need Gotterdamerung?

[bold canopy]

got it

[fathom thistle]

if he has flame tanks then it should be there

what template are u using?

[proven rain]

like this crazy

[fathom thistle]

do you have air superiority? do you have tanks?

[proven rain]

yes

[fathom thistle]

Use those tanks for encirclements then

[proven rain]

dont wrk bruh

like wha tshould i do

[fathom thistle]

forcing attack with 18w units aint the best idea

[proven rain]

idk how they win

then

everyone saying its the best temp

[fathom thistle]

for holding and filling frontline yes, not attacking

[proven rain]

then what for attack

[fathom thistle]

use your tanks

[proven rain]

dont work

[fathom thistle]

what is your tank template?

[proven rain]

like

[finite zinc]

I went to war with turkey as germany and I was attacking from the small bit of border I had with them, as I advanced further into turkey everything that says german reich keeps swapping to italy, why? what I do to fix this?

[proven rain]

so?

[fathom thistle]

it's bad but I want to see stats too

Im curious

[proven rain]

what

[finite zinc]

me and italy are both in the comintern also

[fathom thistle]

the stats of the template,, you made the schreenshot small

[fathom thistle]

so first of all you dont have enough soft attack, how to fix that? Instead of medium use spg's, second remove the light tanks from the template they are useless, 3rd use light tank recon instead of motorized

4th instead of having 8 tanks/ SPG's use 10

[proven rain]

nice

[fathom thistle]

self proppeled artiellr

[proven rain]

how to get

can you do it and send

[fathom thistle]

do you have NSB DLC?

go to design, where it says mediun tank there is a small triangle

click on it and you can change to artillery

but you have to have howitzer in design

[proven rain]

?

[fathom thistle]

that small arrow

[bold canopy]

menawhile how do i get that tank

[fathom thistle]

special projects, it's called something like military engineering vechicle

after that research it in engineering tech

[blazing jolt]

guys whats a beginner country to pick to learn the basics

i played usa and i learnt abt naval invasions but it was pretty hard

[proven rain]

temp

[covert plover]

why torsion bar?

[fathom thistle]

you dont need that much reliability btw, usually around 75 is fine

[covert plover]

nah bro

reliability is useless

my tanks have less then 20 most of the time

[fathom thistle]

it's just the quickest one I found here, you dont need it

u can also change the engine

[fathom thistle]

sure but he is beginner, he might not look at attrition that much

[covert plover]

ye thats valid

[dusty sandal]

it's a base design for an infantry tank, adjust the speed to your need/liking

[proven rain]

froom the tank

[fathom thistle]

wdym?

[proven rain]

tank

normal

[fathom thistle]

sure i guess but spgs are just better for singleplayer, u can put less points into engine if you want to have more reliability

[dusty sandal]

SPGs are just regular mediums with more stats

there's no reason to use mediums instead of SPGs in singleplyaer, unless you're aiming for spacemarines armormeme where you want to stack 100's of breakthrough

[gusty oxide]

hey i need help can someone help me

i cant understand how this treatys work

[rose plover]

i never understand this, how can a french division attack me from a poland tile if poland is in my alliance

[gusty oxide]

i cant click pass anymore should i click confirm and exit ? when i try to clik on pass it says make your demands but there is no demands left

[proven rain]

from this

[inner sparrow]

it isnt anymore after loss changes

its actually pretty decent on fronts like barb, ofc doesnt matter in sp

[fathom thistle]

why do you still have light tanks?

[proven rain]

its a nwe

[rose plover]

why not, light tanks are good enough for sp

[proven rain]

send what i neeed here

[fathom thistle]

just no

[rose plover]

well yews

i play even fully without tanks and kill everything

[proven rain]

i cant

can u check

[proven rain]

how i get the 2

[fathom thistle]

no tanks work, but when you are doing tanks you just dont do lights

[proven rain]

then how i dont win

no tank work how

[pliant sentinel]

How do I keep the game interesting after the main powers get to peace?

[rose plover]

well either i win before i make tanks or i only make modern tanks in super late game

[fathom thistle]

36w infantry

[rose plover]

theres no in between need for me

[proven rain]

i do the same and still dont

[fathom thistle]

btw the modern tanks are worse than the last medium ones, just bcs the bonuses dont apply to them

[rose plover]

ik

[fathom thistle]

idk how that makes sense but yeah xD

[proven rain]

this

[rose plover]

it doesnt have to make sense

[fathom thistle]

fr

[rose plover]

and the modern tanks are good enough against ai, so it doesnt matter much

[fathom thistle]

add hospitals, flame tanks, and aa if you dont have air superiority

also your stats are still low so idk what doctrine are you using

[proven rain]

still not good

why i cant get it

i do everything

[fathom thistle]

you have deficit in equipment

[rose plover]

no

thats not your stockpile

[fathom thistle]

go to logistics

[rose plover]

click on the logistic tab in the top

barely

[jaunty oyster]

how do i even play this game, ive been playing as germany, i build up infrastructure, attack poland as late as 1940, i can get them to warsaw, supplies are good, then they push me back to berlin

[fathom thistle]

infrastructure as in roads? just focus on getting civs and later on mils

[rose plover]

why you building infrastructure

maybe try and add your airplanes to help

[wind canyon]

Well build mill and civ factories focus on building a strong Air Force and army

[burnt acorn]

And navy

[wind canyon]

Don’t worry about the navy

Learn it later it won’t be as important

[jaunty oyster]

i had 1k CAS and 1K fighters in my laast run

And i do build Mil factories ~50

[proven rain]

can someone help

[burnt acorn]

(Navy is not that hard)

Like when you realize how it works it will be very easy

I randomly learnt navy one day

[wind canyon]

It’s not hard but it’s a bit more complicated then af and army and not as important for Germany

[burnt acorn]

Imo navy is heavily automated

[wind canyon]

Fair it is but for a new player it’s complicated

[proven rain]

bruh why no one can answer in a ask for help channel

nice server overall

[wind canyon]

Whats your situation?

[proven rain]

i losing i sent

and idk how

while everything good

[wind canyon]

Okay but that imagine you sent earlier dosent really give me much to work with

[wind canyon]

How’s your Air Force? Is it doing Cas how is your equipment?

[proven rain]

yea

wdym equp

[rose plover]

what says your manpower?

[proven rain]

so?

[rose plover]

your manpower?

[proven rain]

nice u can asnwer

[wind canyon]

So you have enough?

[rose plover]

what have you in reserve for your army

[proven rain]

when other try to help

[wind canyon]

That’s low I suggest you move up a conscription law

[rose plover]

you still fighting with these?

[proven rain]

still

ye

[wind canyon]

But for now turn off your battle plan

[proven rain]

other

[wind canyon]

Right now your just throwing your troops I to the meet grinder

[proven rain]

yea

but what should i do

[rose plover]

can you show

[proven rain]

this

[rose plover]

thats the standard one, which should normally do it

[proven rain]

yea?

other said its good

[rose plover]

you have enough arty in stockpile?

[rose plover]

yes it is

[proven rain]

nah its the same

can someone littearly say something

[wind canyon]

You got any offensive divisions? Like mortised or armored?

[proven rain]

what i can use

yea

[wind canyon]

Alr show me that

[wind canyon]

Could be your army just sucks the ussr has pretty bad army debuffs

Have you done your army focuses

[austere roost]

If you're struggling that means you did something wrong 3 years ago

It's going to be hard fixing it at the current state

[proven rain]

.

this

[rose plover]

have you enough equip for those?

you also need oil for them

[austere roost]

Like first what is your industry?

[proven rain]

so i in problem with oil

[proven rain]

?

[rose plover]

ye, if you doesnt have any oil those troops wont move cuz they literally cant

same works for planes

[wind canyon]

The ussr in the beginning has debuffs cz of the purges right

In your focuses it’s everything under desperate defense

Doing those focuses will make your army better

[proven rain]

bruh

[wind canyon]

What

[proven rain]

so the ussr is the worst country

[wind canyon]

Uh no there are worst

The ussr can be very strong

[proven rain]

then why the dlc cost alot while its give no foucs

[wind canyon]

Cz the ussr base game already has those dlcs

[proven rain]

o

nvm i start new

[wind canyon]

Right this time

[proven rain]

can u help

in this sit what sohuld i do

[wind canyon]

Is this before Barbarossa?

[proven rain]

yea

[wind canyon]

Year?

[proven rain]

ger dont attacked ussr

1941

[wind canyon]

Alr you have about a year or so before they attack

My suggestion is if you have the industry

Build a fort line

And make sure you have plenty of infantry

Basically your goal is to stall the Germans as much as possible

[proven rain]

so shouuld i help in ussr

[wind canyon]

This is so that 1. Their economy burns out and 2. So that you can finish the army focuses

[wind canyon]

What?

[proven rain]

to ger

[wind canyon]

Aren’t you the ussr?

[proven rain]

nah

i with italy

now

i swhiched

[wind canyon]

Oh yeah sure go for it

Help them out

Make sure your flying your Air Force and make sure the supply lines are good

[rose plover]

but isnt italy 1941 worse with the ai build

[wind canyon]

Yeah but Germany Cary

[proven rain]

what temp should i use for infntr

[wind canyon]

Usually a 3x3 block of inf plus support arty and shovels

This can change depending on ur situation

Like adding support AA if you can’t control the air space

[proven rain]

i joined war

but i gonna get some space?

[rose plover]

you mean land?

[proven rain]

ye

[rose plover]

well you can ask ger everytime in the diplo menu

the 3rd last option in the war is for ask land

i suggest only 1 territory at a time otherwise they might deny

and than you have to wait couple of ingame days

[proven rain]

or they gonna lose without my help

[rose plover]

normally ger wins everytime against ussr

[proven rain]

and i wanna ask

[rose plover]

yes

its difficult

well its more like a you are defending and destroy turkeys manpower

[vital geode]

Nowadays? That is debatable

Allied air on barb is pain

For german ai

[rose plover]

in my runs ger wins everytime

[vital geode]

Germany has been crushed in the last few games I've played

So I guess it is balanced lol

[rose plover]

but the ai situation is anyways dumb cuz why do they declare wars if they are still in wars and all that

[vital geode]

Germany usually holds off on Barb until France dies

[rose plover]

thats not the problem

i mean i never played a historic game

[vital geode]

Whoever plays nonhistorical is a masochist

[rose plover]

but everytime the ai declares wars all over when they are still fighting with half the world

[vital geode]

Why do you do that to yourself

[rose plover]

why would i play always historic where everytime the same happens

[vital geode]

You make things different

You okay random wacky path

And everyone has to deal with it

Instead of you having to deal with the ultra omega faction with 5 majors

[proven rain]

why i cant getr tihs

[vital geode]

Because everyone decided to join the same party

[vital geode]

You need to wait

Events will pop up

That's why you do that focus first

[rose plover]

you still have the 5 majors in non historic, they are just all different ideology

[proven rain]

o

[vital geode]

They arent in 1 faction

That you have to fight

[proven rain]

can you help how i gonna win the civial war

[rose plover]

british monarch, me austria-hungary, italy and ger are gone

[vital geode]

You take the enemy VPs

[rose plover]

all fighting against japan (who was allied with ger and italy)

[proven rain]

vp?

[vital geode]

It shouldn't be too hard

Victory points

[rose plover]

victory points, cities

[proven rain]

but they capturing me

[vital geode]

I thought the civil war hasn't happened yet

How did you get into a civil war without purging the officers yet

[proven rain]

what

nah i know it

[vital geode]

It really shouldn't be hard of a civil war

[proven rain]

alr

[vital geode]

They spawn in like 3 pre determined areas

[proven rain]

oh

[rose plover]

ye the turkish civil war is really easy

[proven rain]

the soivete?ER

a

like i cant win it

[vital geode]

Istanbul area, south western turkey, northern turkey

How many hours do you have in the game

[proven rain]

20

[vital geode]

Oh no

Do you know the basics of the game?

[proven rain]

yea

bruh i conquered the world with ger

like europe

[vital geode]

At only 20 hours?

[proven rain]

yea

[vital geode]

You even took out the Soviets as Germany?

[proven rain]

yeas

you spam

[vital geode]

Well, good job then

[proven rain]

its not hatrd

but with sov

i dont know how to play

[vital geode]

I'm just saying, you are playing turkey

[proven rain]

i tried grece but its hard

[vital geode]

Turkey is not as powerful as Germany

[rose plover]

soviets are hard to play as a beginner cuz you also have the paranoia with stalin

[proven rain]

i canceled it

[olive oracle]

I'm imagining this: my army is incredibly strong, my tanks are fantastic, I'm going to declare war on Germany, and there are no problems with my supply lines. But the German army is pocketing my troops and decimating them. What can I do in this situation?

[rose plover]

take bulgaria as a puppet first before going to war with greece

[vital geode]

Sounds like you dont retreat

Did you know retreating allows you to not get encircled?

[proven rain]

what is retret?

[rose plover]

the french way

[vital geode]

Okay, falling back

[olive oracle]

Yes, but there's no time left? My provinces, my lands are slipping away.

[dusty sandal]

also, if your tanks are so great with supplies, I higly doubt any pocket created by the germans can be crushed before you can just punch through their lines

[proven rain]

where is peace world

[vital geode]

You are the Soviets, right?

[olive oracle]

İ İmageing, France, Soviet, England, Amerika its changeing

[vital geode]

Who are you playing

[proven rain]

where is

peace in world

[vital geode]

Look in your focus tree and use the search bar there

[olive oracle]

İ usually play france

[rose plover]

the bottom right

[vital geode]

You really shouldn't be getting encircled as France

[olive oracle]

İ actually novice i new at this game i play just 200 hours...

[torpid sky]

hey

how'd u get the little HOI thing tag

[safe robin]

can someone teach me how tro play

please

[proven rain]

is fallback like needed

[olive oracle]

hey i'm novice and if i play in "elite" mode what happening, its hard??

[hoary glen]

Like I said. If you're checksum in-game is different from the launcher there are modified files. If you don't want to use mods run the error scan or reinstall the game.

[dusty sandal]

you get massive nerfs and ai consumes less fuel

see #hoi4-general message

[rose plover]

going to naval invade japan as austria-hungary with 10 ships total xD

[proven rain]

how

[rose plover]

you had an event earlier

when the civil war started

[proven rain]

dont

its before

[rose plover]

xD

[proven rain]

where is the other

[proven rain]

how

[proven rain]

where are u from

[rose plover]

ger

[proven rain]

o

[rose plover]

either way

you get an event where you have to choose the sultan back or something like that and something different

and you want the sultan back

[tired moon]

why cant i assign a scientist

[rose plover]

cuz you dont have one

click on the green plus

[keen hemlock]

never seen this before

[tired moon]

i cant

[keen hemlock]

you also have 0 supply

mabye its cutof

[dusty sandal]

not it's just 0 because there's no scientist

[rose plover]

https://prnt.sc/fEDsYgP7Dk2T

[tired moon]

I have a scientist

[dusty sandal]

don't forget to verify that you're hiring the correct type

[rose plover]

ye

[tired moon]

look

correct type

[bleak helm]

how can i win ?

[rose plover]

did you conquer it?

[tired moon]

conquer what

[rose plover]

the facility

[glacial steeple]

are you guys winning the video game

[rose plover]

about to after naval invading japan with a total amount of 10 ships xD

[light knoll]

i thought i could beat the axis with 80 heavy spgs alone but turns out you need infantry 🥀

[glacial steeple]

as whomst

[rose plover]

austria-hungary

[glacial steeple]

as whomst

[light knoll]

Japan

[glacial steeple]

big

[light knoll]

i own all of asia and america

the axis had no manpower

[glacial steeple]

oh.... just do mediums.... youll have more...

[rose plover]

but the japanese navy got crushed by uk, france and ussr

[light knoll]

after 10 years of war with the us

[light knoll]

its 1952

[glacial steeple]

also ethiopia tank build when, im too lazy to test and make it work

[light knoll]

I have unlimited industry

[glacial steeple]

i need to play vic

[light knoll]

i designed the most expensive i can

well. turns out it wasn't unlimited

[glacial steeple]

they get the best MIOs for it in the game

/gen

[safe robin]

can someone please teach me how to play

[twin kayak]

would this help my mountaineers ?

[proven rain]

how to get

[fathom thistle]

yes

[rose plover]

like i said 3 times before, you get an event and have to choose the right option

[proven rain]

i dont got the event

[rose plover]

you sure got it

[proven rain]

i dont

[rose plover]

you get it right when the civil war starts

[proven rain]

the civil war dont started

[rose plover]

...

ok

[rose plover]

you can get that only after the civil war

[proven rain]

its 9

193

and still

[rose plover]

show me your focus tree

plsssssss

[rose plover]

ok

so than you did something wrong

[fathom thistle]

sure, anything specific?

[rose plover]

you get a ton of events where you can choose between (i will call it now) hardcore democratic or semi-democratic

you have to choose everytime the hardcore democratic

[proven rain]

i chooed dem

its dem now

[scenic nacelle]

I may remember this wrong, but I don’t think that counts towards special forces

[fathom thistle]

it does

[proven rain]

?

[rose plover]

well you must have done something wrong otherwise you would have been in a civil war

[proven rain]

which

[rose plover]

the one with more democracy

always

[slender lodge]

i got out of stars to continue template

but im gonna add logistic and anti air companys, and 4 more mechanized infantry

[dusty sandal]

no tank designer dlc ?

[slender lodge]

im poor dawg

[dusty sandal]

don't save this then

[slender lodge]

the wut

[dusty sandal]

this is better

[slender lodge]

mmh

[dusty sandal]

the right one is for early builds

you can produce the left one as soon as 1938 with germany, but using the right one for a while is fine

[slender lodge]

do i use 6 tanks and 6 mechs or 8 tanks and 8 mechs

?

[dusty sandal]

7 mechs

[slender lodge]

wb tanks+

[dusty sandal]

you can go down to 6 but it's not that great

HP is important but you need stats as well

[bleak helm]

What’s the perfect division to play communist china ?

[dusty sandal]

anything you need to reach 36width
you can go up to 38 but that's not required and requires stricter micro

[slender lodge]

killing innocents

[bleak helm]

Well

Not really go divs

[slender lodge]

francis

do i add anti air company or enginer company to my tanks?

[dusty sandal]

you can do both

vanilla doesn't have many good support companies

#ask-for-help-here message
use these supports

[fathom thistle]

heavy spaa for armor meme. Valid or is it too much IC for that extra armor compared to medium SPAA?

[slender lodge]

this works?

[vital plinth]

What are escort carriers for ? Are they good to resseach ?

[slender lodge]

im playing vanilla singleplayer

[vital plinth]

Or should I ressexh something different in naval special project ?

[slender lodge]

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[mild linden]

hey can anyone like coach me in hoi4 in just in any way i have 130 hrs and still dont get some parts of the game

[slender lodge]

i got like 70 hours

[fathom thistle]

4 more tanks and one more mech but preferably you would make those tanks spgs

[slender lodge]

dont even talk to me about spg

[fathom thistle]

why?

they are just better

[slender lodge]

i dont like spgs

[fathom thistle]

spg racism wasnt on my bingo card this year

[dusty sandal]

medium SPAA should be enough for a LONG time
but ironically heavies might be cheaper in the long run because itr equires less tanks per batalions

[fathom thistle]

gotcha

[dusty sandal]

in vanilla they're not broken, they're just good

it's the tank designer that makes them busted

[slender lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/bunny-rabbit-angry-attack-gif-8318612315233716848

[mild linden]

?

[slender lodge]

just ask chat gpt bro

he told me that herrman goring was wehrmacht commander

[fathom thistle]

sure, if you want you can stream your game and I just tell ya if you are misssing something

[mild linden]

sure

[rose plover]

he was the guy for the aircrafts