ask-for-help-here

[tropic seal]

you can just overwhelm them with raw manpower anyway

but yeah you shouldve had every nation in south america in your faction by now

and at least most of them cored

[gleaming grove]

wdym by cored?

[tropic seal]

cored means to have a state / nation as a core state

[gleaming grove]

but you need to attack to achieve that right?

[tropic seal]

brazil and argentina are broken because you can gain cores on the entirety of south and central america

no

coring a state

and gaining control of a cored state

are separate things

you can also take states diplomatically anyway

[gleaming grove]

how

[tropic seal]

for brazil for example you can invite other nations to join your nation

if they accept (all of them will on historical except the fascist countries in south america) you will gain cores on them

and they become a part of you

[blazing jolt]

i didnt know that was possible

[gleaming grove]

is that with the South America DLC, or in the main game as well?

[tropic seal]

thats why brazil is broken

[tropic seal]

dlc

[gleaming grove]

kk

[tropic seal]

if you let brazil buildup they can rival america in industry

[gleaming grove]

guess thats why i didnt see it

[tropic seal]

easily

with a buttload of manpower too

i have 5.10 million manpower on LIMITED conscription

which is hilarious

[blazing jolt]

bro peru is beating me and im brazil 😭

[tropic seal]

because your divisions are terrible

you should use one main template and stick to it

anmd you have no supply

and by 40 you should have like 200+ factories

[blazing jolt]

wdym template like division designer?

[tropic seal]

yes

[gleaming grove]

i managed to capture almost all of brazil and i still dont have more than 100 factories

[tropic seal]

you can gain cores on all of south and central america + portugal + have portugals colonial holdings

[tropic seal]

did you core the states?

i forgot how argentina gains the cores

[gleaming grove]

im not playing the dlc

[tropic seal]

if you are occupying a non core state

ah

thats why

if you occupy a non core state

firstly theyll be able to rebel

secondly youll only have access to a tiny % of manpower that hte state actually has

if you hover over your manpower tab

youll see its in two sections

core population and non core population

see how you can access a massively higher % of core pop than non core pop

[gleaming grove]

wont the manpower and industry from occupied states rise over time?

[tropic seal]

4.72% vs 0.094%

[tropic seal]

they will but that % accessed ratio wont change

itll still be a tiny tiny tiny amount

you wonmt even notice it

compared to the mp your core states are giving

core states also have a bajillion other bonuses

brazil i and many other coutnries gain attack and defense bonuses on core states

i know japan gains a lot of stat buffs on core states

[ashen sigil]

Do y'all think that it is ok for a cutie potatie like me who is a beginner to use console commands because I can't invade France

[tropic seal]

i mean just do the math 5% of 100mil vs 0.1% of 15mil

[tropic seal]

sure mate its a game

if the game aint fun why are you playing it

do whats fun

[ashen sigil]

true

[tropic seal]

id still suggest you try to beat france as germany

since theyre hardcoded to capitulate

so its probably easier than you think

[ashen sigil]

Well I actually do not want to start the war right now, the only reason it started is because Yugoslavia refused to give me Croatia so I had to annex them

which caused the war

I am gonna use yesman command to make them accept giving me Croatia

So the war does not start right away

[tropic seal]

croatia is really really low on your bucket list as germany

it has a grand total of like five coal or something diabolical

[ashen sigil]

I know, but I am just tryna get as many lands as possible before the war

[tropic seal]

did you anshluss and czech?

[ashen sigil]

Yep

[tropic seal]

i butchered that spelling but whatever

thats enough for the war getting croatia is just going ot raise world tension unecessarily

you dont want world tension to be too high too quickly as germany

democracies like america rely on world tension to do their war focuses

[ashen sigil]

I see

[tropic seal]

no world tension means they cant industrialise effectively

and if you let the us get running then its a freaking pain

[ashen sigil]

So should I declare war on Poland?

[tropic seal]

are you ready? whats your situation like

declare if you think youre ready

[ashen sigil]

Well I've got about 100 divisions, allied with Romania and Hungary, Italy is gonna get Athens soon so Greece won't be a problem

I am still training divisions

[tropic seal]

what year is this

[ashen sigil]

40

[tropic seal]

its a tad bit late to start but i give it a try anyway

germany usually wants to go to war like as soon as possible

you scale the fastest out of any country in the world

[ashen sigil]

I tried to start it late on purpose because I didn't know about the US thing

[tropic seal]

nah its started early cuz the us joins like late 1941

and if you dont cap britain and france by then

you have to do a lot of pain and suffering to get to the us

[ashen sigil]

Hm

Perhaps I should restart the save to try again

now that I know what to do

I would not wanna waste time with the US

[tropic seal]

sure

[ashen sigil]

So after I do anchluss, annex Checia and befriend Romania & Hungary, I should declare the war on Poland?

[tropic seal]

you can declare even before you befried

theyre kinda useless

[indigo sapphire]

is the landcruiser and super heavy tanks worth it to mass produce/build?

[ashen sigil]

Still, an extra front would help

[tropic seal]

not against poland

[tropic seal]

no

theyre good as ajoke

[indigo sapphire]

wdym

[tropic seal]

but in terms of how efective they are compared to cost no

like theyre funny to use

but thats about it

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[blazing jolt]

is there another country i could play other than brazil where i wont get wiped within like the 1st second

[dusty sandal]

landcruiser is OP in singleplayer but honestly by the time you get it, you've probably won the game already
SHT are ass though

[dusty sandal]

usa, canada etc

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[heavy spruce]

what dlcs are worth to buy?

[tropic seal]

any nation thats like got a significant sea barrier between it and any threats

the ai really dislikes invading across multiple sea zones

[blazing jolt]

turkey seems solid i think

im gonna give it a try

[tropic seal]

turkey is a bit fiddly but sure

i think the best way to do it was civil war

to crush kurds

[indigo sapphire]

which tank type is good?

[tropic seal]

medium is the best for sp all around

well technically spgs

not tanks

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[ashen sigil]

USA

[tropic seal]

usa needs to carry the allies too much

if a beginner plays usa the allies get wrecked

[ashen sigil]

I mean doesn't the player need to carry their faction anyways

[tropic seal]

no

if you play like

canda

the allies will win whether you do anything or just afk

if you afk as the usa the allies get rolled

even if you play like brazil despite how strong it is the allies dont care if youre there or not

cuz ai brazil is useless

[rancid sigil]

im playing as nazi us (no dlc,im learning the game) and trying to invade japan. i tried to invade with 5 armies but all failed. they have like 200 divisions all over the mainland. are nukes the solution?

[gleaming grove]

i took until 1944 before my first battle as argentina

[rancid sigil]

i also put 2k bomberson over japan but they seem to contribute nothing at aall

[tropic seal]

firstly chill out ont he navy what the helly is that

secondly use marines

nvm its 1960

it all makes sense

use marines and pray you reinforce meme them off a port

nuking a port before you attack it is also good

[tropic seal]

yeah strat bombing is pretty useless

wish it actually did more

logi striking japan doesnt matter too much anyawy since they have good infra and its really small

[dusty sandal]

startbomb doesn't assist units in battle

[tropic seal]

yuhu need more cas

cas, naval invasion support, marines and at worst a nuke should get you into a port

[glacial steeple]

depends really, if you bomb them hard enough theyll attrition :P

[supple pendant]

What doctrine should i use for this template as germany

[tropic seal]

dont use line artillery

dont use heavy flame tanks

id use support aa and field hosptials too

• logistics if going individual excellence

also you never need anti tank units in singleplayer

anti air piereces all the enemy armor its very sad

[supple pendant]

So medium flame field hostpital no line artillery and no anti tank

[tropic seal]

yes

swap out signal company for logistics

and pick the individual excellence subdoctrine

for main doctrine you can choose between superior firepower and grand battleplan

i like gbp for planning bonus

[supple pendant]

Alright

[dim mantle]

hey guys, how do I change the UI scale? there is a setting for that but I can't change it

and I can't even find a mod to do that

[tropic seal]

options under video

[dim mantle]

yea I can't change it, its stuck on 1x. maybe I have to change something else first?

[ashen sigil]

@tropic seal Hey are there any QoL mods you recommend for beginners to help them?

[tropic seal]

i dont run any mods but if you hate border gore id use player led peace conferences

[tropic seal]

probably yeah ive never used it myself

[dim mantle]

😩

well i am on laptop, maybe thats why

[glacial steeple]

gotta click apply and possibly restart game

[ashen sigil]

oh yeah i use that already

[dim mantle]

I just can't change the value from 1x, the arrows are gray and dont let me change the value

wait maybe since its experimental I have to activate experimental features somewhere

[glacial steeple]

IDK but im on windowed so might change stuff

[dim mantle]

maybe

[hazy quiver]

is the fire rise an good mods

[floral breach]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-ishowspeed-speed-stream-ishowspeed-stream-speed-nod-gif-1082323842437565509

[frail gull]

hey guys new to hoi 4

getting rekt by france any help what to do

[jagged grail]

Guys how do you win against the ussr as Germany first time btw

[cold fiber]

I acn

I can help bro Im so pro I have 13 hours

[supple pendant]

Is this what you want

[dusty sandal]

those light tank and medium flame tank design must get more breakthrough or they barely serve their purpose

otherwise this design is worse than the 9inf sup arty aa

[glacial steeple]

hi francis

[tropic seal]

if this i a pushing template id make it 36 width

swap ou tthe support artillery for a support aa

[glacial steeple]

hi derpy

[glacial steeple]

do you win with this?

[weak island]

how the hell i use navy

[vital plinth]

Is this fine for naval invasion or should I get bigger one I don’t have enough army points yet ?

[obsidian badger]

whats your regular infantry template

just dupe it and add as many marines as possiblwe

[vital plinth]

3x3

[obsidian badger]

yeah ok

42? that should be like 8

so 17 battalions

marines bigger = better

so just go big

[glacial steeple]

it wont crit

[vital plinth]

But I only have room for 2 naval invasion plan should template be a big stack of infantry and marines instead of?

But the bonus attack caps at 50% no ?

[obsidian badger]

if you have less naval planning than its more important to get more battalions per division

[fathom thistle]

Torpedo destroyers for schreening combined with capital ships like battleships. I would say use carriers but the thing is if you are using them against ai for example like UK that the whole British fleet will get there. So if you are like a Germany just finish the capital ships in production and then just produce torpedo destroyers

[obsidian badger]

torp dds?

its gunboat cruisers

[fathom thistle]

Current meta

[fathom thistle]

?

[obsidian badger]

well technically if you only want dominance you spam naked cruisers lol

[weak island]

how do i naval inade

[fathom thistle]

Cruisers are fine but compared to torpedo DDs they are too much ic wise.

[vital plinth]

Crit?

[vital plinth]

So more infantry and marines ?

Im already at 75% attack

[obsidian badger]

infantry are mostly fine for naval invasion already

[vital plinth]

So is infantry better now ?

[obsidian badger]

marines are just specialized

[fathom thistle]

Click on the army there is a small anchor icon

Select your port then select port you want to invade

[obsidian badger]

it depends if youre gonna be landing on a ton of enemies

[weak island]

what ships do i need

and stuff

[vital plinth]

I think k got the max 75% buff so more marines don’t make sense no ?

Since k can make more divisions then

[fathom thistle]

#ask-for-help-here message

[obsidian badger]

if you have special forces cap, then ig?? ive honestly never seen people do that

but mixed divisions are fine anyways

special forces + anything is normally a good idea

[weak island]

how do i get the icon

i cant clikc it

[vital plinth]

Ah ok maybe you misunderstood my question
The amblous buff is at 75% attack with pioneers and 4 marine battalions

So would it not waste more marines if I add more marine bataljons to that template? Instead of adding infantry?

[keen hemlock]

I even restarted the game

[fallow orbit]

i been tryna get the rising sun flags for japan but none of the mods i tried worked , who made that mod

[floral peak]

does any1 has good tank desing and template?

[final estuary]

How do I not get destroyed by Germany when trying to anti-anschluss them

[proven rain]

how to boost democr

[keen hemlock]

Advisor

[proven rain]

but i dont find

in it

[keen hemlock]

Focuses then

Or capitulate to a democratic country I guess

[fathom thistle]

9inf + 1 armor stacked spaa / support companies - engineers and support artillery. Try to make 2 armies of these and you good

[final estuary]

Uhh that's the attacking force?

If it ain't then what's the recommended one

[fathom thistle]

wdym attacking force? Just use this template and try to get 2 full armies of it

idk which path you are choosing but generally this will repel germans if they are not able to do auncshlus

or even after aunschluss it works for czechoslovakia

[vital plinth]

Can someone help me out with the marine template I’m very confused about how the naval invasion buff works and I change around in bettalions

When I add 1 marine I get 50% attacks buff and with pioneers I get 75% only in the first spot top left corner. If I add marines else where the naval buff is much lower and I have to use a lot of marines

Can anyone explain how it works

And second question then why do I need more marine bataljons if one gives enough % buff ?

[final estuary]

I'm saying that my line randomly broke in czechoslovakia and I got destroyed

Also I did hear that you can also use militia

As like Austria does get insane bonuses with like certain people

[fathom thistle]

with Schuschnigg/Heimwehr path yea. As for the czechoslovakia idk what template u used but with the one I told ya u can counter attack, prefferably you want attack them before they get czechoslvakia

[final estuary]

Huh wdym yea

[fathom thistle]

like it really depends what path u choosing cuz austria has a lot of them

[final estuary]

I went fascist

[fathom thistle]

with those path u can get militia

[light knoll]

you need to form Austria Hungary before the anchluss

[proven rain]

how?

[final estuary]

BEFORE

[fathom thistle]

thats viable too

[final estuary]

😭

[light knoll]

yeah its easy

[proven rain]

after etio

[light knoll]

you rush the focuses

[final estuary]

Yea you just speed run that shit

[light knoll]

you always make sure to not miss days and demand annexation immediately

[final estuary]

Do you also do the mills like the rearmament thing afterward

[final estuary]

IMMEDIATELY WHAT

[light knoll]

like

you have the decisions

to demand non aggression pact with the nations around you

[final estuary]

Yea but like no non-aggression no nothing???

[light knoll]

no no do them

[final estuary]

Got me frightened

[proven rain]

can someone help?

after 6 month without fight

[light knoll]

if you don't want to risk you can wait until it says very likely to accept. if you're ready to risk it or restart worst case

you can do it when it says likely

[keen hemlock]

You are down in equipment

[proven rain]

but how

[light knoll]

it still most of the time will work

[keen hemlock]

Because you use it

When fighting

[final estuary]

Wait then use militia to attack?

[proven rain]

i dont

fighted

and its go up

[keen hemlock]

Are you recruiting divs?

[light knoll]

you can, idk if its actually better

[proven rain]

no

i fighted etio

[light knoll]

make sure to have support aa + 1 line aa on your divisions tho

very important

[keen hemlock]

Ethiopia?

[proven rain]

yea

[final estuary]

They're pretty cheap however they're like 12 width

[glacial steeple]

hi people

[light knoll]

or you will get cas'ed to death

[final estuary]

👍🏿

[light knoll]

can you have aa in them

[final estuary]

Yea

[keen hemlock]

Did you convert any divs?

[proven rain]

?

nah

[glacial steeple]

no

militia are same cost as normal inf

irregulars are 30hp and cheaper tho

[proven rain]

with italy is there anyway to get europ with only

infantry

[glacial steeple]

lose like 15 org

[proven rain]

so?

[final estuary]

Wait uhh should I use heimwehr or the 1936 cav

Or just irregulars

[storm solstice]

does base hoi have the comically op battleship sprojects?

[glacial steeple]

idk

germany doesnt get irregulars tho

[keen hemlock]

Super heavy yes

[glacial steeple]

they get militia which suck

[proven rain]

so?

[final estuary]

I'm not playing Germany I'm playing Austria

Uhh

[keen hemlock]

Well it must be occupation then

[glacial steeple]

oh oki

[final estuary]

I'm sorry I'm very confused

[storm solstice]

mothership, modern carrier, etc

[glacial steeple]

you get crazy militia buffs

so theyre usable

[final estuary]

Yea

Uhh what focuses do I speed run though

[keen hemlock]

Or your units in the field have no guns in them

[proven rain]

bruh what happened

[obsidian badger]

i need to get my dumbass allies out of airbases

ive already made so many in britain

but

THEY WONT GET OUTTT

GET OUTTTT

[glacial steeple]

youre just like not playing the game is what happened

stop playing on the fastest speed and read and take care of your notifications

and also like, build factories lol

[storm solstice]

whats the point of researching radar in sprojs

[proven rain]

i build

but how etio just capturing me while its got captured

[storm solstice]

when u also research radar in teh research treee

[obsidian badger]

how do i kick my allies from airbases

[glacial steeple]

you dont

[glacial steeple]

yeah no youre just not paying attention, going into crazy deficits, no manpower, no research, no eco

you are just not helpable unless you start paying way more attention to a lot of things

[proven rain]

i have no manpower bc i now training i in defi i trying to fix it and no research i cant resarch anything

[keen hemlock]

Like he said

Ur playing too fast

[proven rain]

?

wdym

this 3 enough i cant research more

[dusty sandal]

you literally have another research slot

[proven rain]

yea but idk what to research

[dusty sandal]

like I said yersterday : we can't help if you don't follow advice and lie

[proven rain]

no one lie?

and i follow but the guy yesterday with 2 messeage just said everything what i wanted

[final estuary]

What should I be paying attention to as austria

[dusty sandal]

you say you can't research anything, then you say you can't research more

there's always something to research

[keen hemlock]

^

[proven rain]

i said idk what to research

[final estuary]

And like what research should I focus on

[dusty sandal]

and this is honestly what I think too

[indigo sapphire]

hello franci

[keen hemlock]

Infantry tech, and industry

[proven rain]

but u still dont read what i said

[keen hemlock]

In general those are the best

[final estuary]

Makes sense uhh on top of that AA if I'm not wrong

[proven rain]

i fixing it but i cant while etio and uk and france getting me

[keen hemlock]

Yes

[dusty sandal]

stop playing on 5 speed to start off
don't train units if you don't have manpower or equipment for it
ADRESS THE DAMN ALERTS AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN
if you see something red, something's wrong. DO NOT UNPAUSE until you deal with it or are in the process of doing so

[glacial steeple]

you are not fixing anything

[keen hemlock]

U for sure need aa if you are austria versus Germany

[final estuary]

Yea otherwise they're gonna obliterate you

[proven rain]

how u want it while uk and

others targeting me

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here message

[proven rain]

nice if i dont this i gonna defeat them in 48

[final estuary]

However like half the time I'm grinding out 500 units so I have no man so I can't really do air

[proven rain]

38

[dusty sandal]

I'm just gonna repeat the same thing over and over until you understand that you need to pay attention to that tbh

[sinful trench]

With command to get mastery for sub doc artillery and combat support?

[keen hemlock]

You don’t have the industry for planes anyway

[final estuary]

Makes sense so don't focus on air but focus on AA

[heavy spruce]

for every game you have like 10 first reserches for any faction or depend by faction?

[keen hemlock]

Yeah

[final estuary]

I get it now thanks all of y'all

[proven rain]

but 1 thing what yall cant tell why etio just capture me while i captured it

[glossy hatch]

are 36 width pure Inf blocks good for luxembourg?

[glacial steeple]

prob fine just make sure to take a maginot tile to cycle

[dusty sandal]

if you took too long to kill ethiopia, which is likely to be the case, they go into exile and you won't get a peace conference until you cap the allies

[proven rain]

o but if i want to do the dlc italy

how i gonna

[dusty sandal]

you have to kill ethiopia before they do "board the train" focus
you have about may 1936 for that

[glacial steeple]

no its more insanje

[final estuary]

@proven rain I can just tell your screwed just restart and follow the advice

[proven rain]

alr then

[glacial steeple]

they went into exile and then resistance got so high that they got their country back and could call the allies in

[proven rain]

ik how to do this but

i never talked with this problem

[dusty sandal]

in 38 ? I can't believe that

[glacial steeple]

otherwise allies wouldnt join so early

[proven rain]

nned pic

[dusty sandal]

yugo is in their faction

[glacial steeple]

thats the only way for them to join so early

[proven rain]

s

[keen hemlock]

No way

[dusty sandal]

that would be awfully bad

[coral stirrup]

Why wont my naval invasion start

[glacial steeple]

im like pretty sure from seeing no manpower no guns

[keen hemlock]

Never seen that ever

[dusty sandal]

not at war with turkey

[coral stirrup]

i forgot to declare

[glacial steeple]

yugo got puppeted by the demands so it cant be yugo

[coral stirrup]

Heh

[dusty sandal]

the war's called yugo-brittish war : maybe it has to do with their coup ?

[glacial steeple]

i mean this raises resistance target, mil governor kills any compliance and then eth does resistance boost stuff

[proven rain]

yo i ahve 0 stab

lol

[dusty sandal]

no way man

[glacial steeple]

also being at war does too which he is with exile nation

[dusty sandal]

did ethiopia rise up ?

[glacial steeple]

libya maybe too? but idk, this looks like divs trapped in unpassable area

not nearly as sure about that tho

[dusty sandal]

graphical glitch I'm guessing

from being zoomed out

[glacial steeple]

they can get trapped there

ive seen it a few times

[dusty sandal]

how

[keen hemlock]

Wait how

[dusty sandal]

that would be so funny

[glacial steeple]

when the nation rises up the units tp to your nearest territory and the impassable terrain is transferred to the nation rising up like a tick later

so the units get trapped there

[keen hemlock]

Ohhh

[glacial steeple]

but prob not what happened but like it can happen

[dusty sandal]

oh yeah

reminds me of volunteers that used to spawn in wastelands

[glacial steeple]

its also rlly rare for it to happen to a player

[keen hemlock]

I’ve heard the Congos units can spawn in lakes

[glacial steeple]

but like hes still in the area so its prob fine

[dusty sandal]

units force retreating from a port can also become stuck in the void

[glacial steeple]

anyway lowkey i need to get 2% literacy in like 1.5 years any tips

[dusty sandal]

at sea but unkillable by navy or planes, and stuck

[glossy hatch]

template for luxembourg, can i keep it like this?

[jagged grail]

how do you defeat the russians as germany first time?

[slate cedar]

is there a mod that makes the game easier to understand for beginners?

[keen hemlock]

Full colab, try to encircle as many divs as you can, rush Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad

[proven rain]

how to win against china with japan

[light knoll]

consider field hospital

if possible

also

i think your tiles are forest

so that's not ideal width

32w would be better

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here message

[proven rain]

how to win

[dusty sandal]

pay attention to the game

[proven rain]

cantr

u just say it

[dusty sandal]

then can't win

[proven rain]

what should i do

[dusty sandal]

I'm sorry but that's literally it. If you don't pay attention and keep going too fast, you can't win

#ask-for-help-here message
apply this and it'll work better already

[proven rain]

so if i do this

i gonna win

[dusty sandal]

no guarantees but it'll definitely go better

not smashing your head against a wall usually helps

[proven rain]

but why not high speed

[dusty sandal]

because it seems quite obvious that you can't manage it for now

especially when at war

[proven rain]

its good?

now

[keen hemlock]

Bro

Click on the icon

And see what it means

[dusty sandal]

the only two you can ignore are the officer corp and the no div in training

[blazing jolt]

why does my icons look like this

[dusty sandal]

you enabled nato icons in game settings

[blazing jolt]

oh ok thanks

[brazen fog]

What are good defensable positions against the USSR as Finland?

[dusty sandal]

can you show me the map, I'll draw it up for you

[dusty sandal]

don't forget port guards

[brazen fog]

ok

Like this?

[dusty sandal]

no, not a single line

[brazen fog]

ahh i see now

[dim mantle]

if you create reichskommissariats as Germany while fighting the USSR, and then when you win the war you puppet or annex the USSR, you can't recreate those same reichskommissariats bruh

kinds defeats the purpose of reichskommissariats

you would have to create them after defeating the USSR but at that point you can already puppet or annex what you want

[brazen fog]

So smth like this?

[dusty sandal]

if you can hold the cross too, it's best

[blazing jolt]

can someone show me which is the pathway to the turkish civil war

[brazen fog]

K thank you very much

[keen hemlock]

you take the land then use decisons to make them

[proven rain]

how to capture china

with japan

[slate cedar]

by train units you mean exercise them?

[dusty sandal]

train new units

[slate cedar]

ah alright

[proven rain]

how to capture china with japan

[dusty sandal]

please don't spam questions just minutes from each other

[proven rain]

answer?

maybe

[dim mantle]

yea but dont do it before capitulating the soviets or you will lose those reichskommissariats im saying

[dusty sandal]

I already did

[dim mantle]

tanks

[proven rain]

?

[proven rain]

i dont see

[dim mantle]

when i play germany i send a few panzer divisions to Japan as volunteers and they get the job done

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here message

[proven rain]

but im not with germany

[proven rain]

i did this

[dim mantle]

the only problem is supply

then build tanks as japan i guess

[proven rain]

yea

the normal tank is good?

[dim mantle]

which one

[proven rain]

like the normakl

or should i do better

[dusty sandal]

then now use your airforce, land on ports, encircle and push china, follow the supply hubs and railways

[dim mantle]

they can be even light tanks but you need a better division

[dusty sandal]

ignore the warlords

[proven rain]

dont wokr

[dusty sandal]

don't build tanks

[proven rain]

then bruh

[dusty sandal]

then you're doing something wrong

[dim mantle]

bruh

[proven rain]

bruh so?

[grizzled estuary]

you have most of your plains in manchuria, which you already control

[dusty sandal]

where are the landings

[grizzled estuary]

move your cas into china

[dusty sandal]

you don't have supply

your airforce is out of range

and I can't see any of the other useful UIs

[dusty sandal]

they can't reach the front

[proven rain]

ik but

[sacred patrol]

👍

[dim mantle]

im telling you man the answer is tanks, who cares about the mountains

[keen hemlock]

thats why i always do them after

[dim mantle]

mm hmm

[proven rain]

and japan in early dont have supply

as a video

[dusty sandal]

you do by 1937

[proven rain]

?

[dusty sandal]

stop making excuses

[proven rain]

no one doing it

[dusty sandal]

you produce useful equipment you need until you do the china war focuses

[grizzled estuary]

how to never lose guns: step 1 do not declare war step 2: keep your units out of high attrition zones step 3: never lose one gun

[dusty sandal]

you have supply if you follow the supply hubs

you have equipment if you're nott hrowing stuff away

[proven rain]

?

i follow it

but still dont

[proven rain]

i have

still

[sacred patrol]

its not that

[dusty sandal]

idk how but you didn't even take mengukuo before the war

[proven rain]

i need to know it?

thats why i type here to someone help

btw mengukuo

[dusty sandal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xql9BHs9DbA
not the best tutorial but will work fine

[proven rain]

i dont have the dlc

[dusty sandal]

you still have the historical focuses

[sacred patrol]

btw quick question

[dusty sandal]

sure

[sacred patrol]

whats gonna happen at the peace conference

i didnt do this solo

[slate cedar]

best beginner nation next to germany?

[sacred patrol]

nvm i found the actual war

[sacred patrol]

hist or alt hist?

[grizzled estuary]

UK or USA if you can figure out navy

[dusty sandal]

wdym

[sacred patrol]

but for me it shows like the first one

[grizzled estuary]

pretty sure youll peace together with the germans and split the territory

[sacred patrol]

and

am dead

deadass

civil war started

and the other romania joined axis

[grizzled estuary]

how even?

[sacred patrol]

idk event

support for fascism was like 30%

[slate cedar]

whats the difference?

[slate cedar]

navy confuses the crap outta me

[grizzled estuary]

then try soviets or italy

[slate cedar]

i cant win against ethiopia 💔

[grizzled estuary]

but they are much harder imo

[sacred patrol]

nvm i though you meant as in country near germany like poland or chezc

[slate cedar]

nah nah

what about best minor beginner nationm

[sacred patrol]

what dlcs you got?

[grizzled estuary]

probably romania

[sacred patrol]

mid game yea late game you can have event which starts civil war

[grizzled estuary]

not even sure about what you did to make it happen

[slate cedar]

every dlc till after gottedammerung

[sacred patrol]

its a historical thing

[sacred patrol]

just dont play spain

they made sure to make it S tier pain

[slate cedar]

lmao how come

[grizzled estuary]

you need a decision to be able to attack in states

[glacial steeple]

you can always attack

its actually good to attack in debuffed states so you get veteran units

[grizzled estuary]

i know but it just drags the war

[glacial steeple]

without the debuffs spain would be worthless to anyone else

but its rlly good because of them

to send guys

[grizzled estuary]

but dont the debuffs make it harder to actually play spain as you spend a lot more time in the civil war?

[glacial steeple]

not really?

you have to be a bit more strategic i guess, but it lets you have good units post war

and mostly you just kinda need to defend, and most of your units arent able to attack anyway

theyre just like 3 or 4 inf

[full jay]

How do I get the Greater Germanic Reich of the German Nation

Do I not have all the land I need?

[errant chasm]

it's because a state you own is right now contested by a nation you are at war with.

[full jay]

Oh so, basically I need to defeat the country im at war with and I can do it?

[dusty sandal]

owned = you started with or annexed in a peace conference

[dim mantle]

ok yes it was because i had it on borderless.

[full jay]

I did that

[errant chasm]

just make sure none of your states you own are contested currently

so if you own some island (from some peace conference) in the pacific and its occupied by another nation, then you can't form GGR

[full jay]

OOOHHHH

[dusty sandal]

apparently you're not holding all of it

even a single island is enough to block

[full jay]

Yea USA own some land I had in south america

Ill defeat uda snd ill check

103 division to usa now

[glacial steeple]

:(((((((((

[sacred patrol]

carlist spain def easy 100%

[glacial steeple]

im dying

1% literacy

[thorn hull]

Ok, I need to ask about how I should properly address this. What should I do for this? I am aiming for infantry mainly with tanks doing most of the work ideally. Of course with CAS as well. Are there certain ones I should focus on more or does it not matter too much?

[sacred patrol]

btw do you have a cheap light tank template

[glacial steeple]

not on hand

[dusty sandal]

GBP
Assault infantry
the tank one
armored support
grand assault

[sacred patrol]

alright just like should i use something like the chezc template

[glacial steeple]

what is this

its terrible

if you do lights, use light TDs

[thorn hull]

I thought GBP was not that great? Unless if they have completely changed it?

[proven rain]

why is my naval invasion dont work

[sacred patrol]

its chech

czech

[thorn hull]

Oh my bad, I am thinking of mass assault.

[half glade]

what is the key to making a good army?

[oak jasper]

It's quite strong in the current version. There's a strong synergy between large max planning bonus and the extra command power gain, since the latter gives you more opportunity to hit "staff office plan" and get planning bonus quickly.

[thorn hull]

I was thinking of mass assault

[midnight bolt]

want to send my navy here but its all striped red and my fleets wont go there, i tried building naval bases - didnt work - any help?

[oak jasper]

Good division templates help a lot.

[thorn hull]

I realized my mistake

[half glade]

i always struggle with this. i dont know what is the best of the best

because sometimes ill make a template and still struggle against a nation i shouldnt

[fathom thistle]

Making one good army is better than 3 bad armies

[half glade]

ill keep this in mind

what templates do you guys usually use?

[oak jasper]

That means your fleet(s) is out of range. You need to set a closer home base, assuming there's a naval base in range.

[fathom thistle]

for example

assault infantry

[proven rain]

why is my naval invision dont work

[half glade]

the manpower hurts me

[oak jasper]

The vast bulk of the army: 8-9 infantry battalions, support AA, support artillery. Give them a frontline order, draw an offensive line, but usually never activate that order. They'll still benefit from planning bonus if you need it.

[half glade]

yeah i like that planning bonus thing

[fathom thistle]

you need around 430k for whole army of this

[half glade]

what about offensive units?

[oak jasper]

A small fraction of the army: 2-4 division spearheads of specialized offensive units, typically 36 width armor or special forces.

[half glade]

let me try using this as finland >:)

[fathom thistle]

but its better than having 3 full armies of 18w

[oak jasper]

That's why you don't build a full army of them.

[half glade]

spearheads are actually used?

[fathom thistle]

that's exactly while you build them as full army

whole frontal coverage of big hp units with big soft attack

hp is king for smaller countries

since more hp less casualties

[proven rain]

why is my naval invasion dont work

[half glade]

im not sure what nation i want to play really

but i just wanna get an idea of how to build up an army

[oak jasper]

That would be neat, except defensive units typically don't take heavy casualties anyways, and you may simply not have the manpower and equipment to man the entire frontline with large divisions.

[half glade]

whats a nation that just requires a lot of fighting and army buildup?

i dont want to do germany because thats quite easy

[oak jasper]

Narrower divisions have more total organization to chew through, let you man broader frontlines, and conserve resources for making a handful of more expensive, 36W offensive units.

[proven rain]

why is my naval invasion dont work

[scenic nacelle]

Pretty much every allied country

[fathom thistle]

thing about defending is that you want to attack at some point, and these can hold well but also attack, as for frontline thing lets say for example against ussr you need like 3 armies of these for full coverage, against germany you might only need on of these

[scenic nacelle]

Be a bit more specific and I can prob find one

[fathom thistle]

2 at worse case scenario

[scenic nacelle]

Make navy patrol the 2 sea zones

[fathom thistle]

and most countries can get full group of these or at least those 3

[half glade]

i could do belgium? whats their focus tree like

[scenic nacelle]

If ur bad at the game ur gonna get cooked

[fathom thistle]

it's just depends what you value more, I like the smallest casualties as possible

[oak jasper]

So, back to the actual point: typically you have your defensive units just hold the front line, then use a handful of big, chunky units punch through, seize supply hubs, make encirclements and generally advance.

[fathom thistle]

even when on offense

[half glade]

next nation

[scenic nacelle]

The Dutch/french have a good exile mechanic

[proven rain]

?

[half glade]

i should really start looking for supply hubs and doing this

[scenic nacelle]

U can play the colonies and retake Europe

[half glade]

like syria and the congo?

i played the congo once

it was a bit boring

I WAS SO CLOSE TO THE FORMABLE

[scenic nacelle]

No

[half glade]

BUT THE UK TOOK MY LAND

[scenic nacelle]

Dutch become Dutch East Indies

Fight Japan

And all that

French become either Vichy(axis)

[half glade]

oh you mean when the germans wipe them out

[scenic nacelle]

Or free France (allies)

[scenic nacelle]

Yeah

[half glade]

thats like 1939 though

[proven rain]

why is my naval invasion dont work

[oak jasper]

Just remember to not buy US torpedoes

[half glade]

also this looks tedious

fighting japan just genuinely looks like the worst thing ever

[fathom thistle]

assign your navy for patrol

[scenic nacelle]

Did u ever try it?

[half glade]

i was gonna as commy china but

i didnt get to that stage

[proven rain]

why no one can answer to 1 simple question

[half glade]

i still dont entirely understand navy

[proven rain]

but 3 people sayin to 1 poeple which country should he play

thats crazy

[half glade]

have you got naval dominance

[proven rain]

yes

[half glade]

im not sure what else can stop it

research?

landing crafts

[proven rain]

done bruh

[half glade]

have you waited for them to prepare

send a full screenshot

[proven rain]

yea?

[oak jasper]

At least when playing US, it's pretty easy. They usually have almost their entire army in China: so long as you can get naval supremacy (the hard-ish bit), you just need to take Taiwan and Okinawa, land a dozen divisions and roll the whole thing up.

If they've taken China and returned much of their army to the home islands, um...

[proven rain]

wait

lemme repoen

[half glade]

so trying to do this as the east indies seems... not fun

[oak jasper]

(It's still not that hard, but you do need a much more substantial landing)

[half glade]

assuming the dutch east indies dont have the most formiddable navy

also the US just sucks i genuinely have no idea what the hell the senate and congress actually are or do

[half glade]

send your entire screen

dont crop it

[oak jasper]

Welcome to reality If you need more Congress/Senate support for a focus or decision, use the "Small Lobbying Effort" decision, with "Pay Farm Subsidies", medium lobbying and special measures being less efficient ways to get support.

[keen hemlock]

you need it in both seazones

[half glade]

yeah get supremacy in that other zone

[half glade]

do you have to balance it

[oak jasper]

The key to getting the US really going is getting 30% war support early.

[proven rain]

?

[oak jasper]

No.

[half glade]

can i just abolish the government and turn facist

[oak jasper]

Somewhere, a bald eagle cries.

[half glade]

not on my watch

ill play usa

[proven rain]

?

[half glade]

god bless our troops or whatever

holy

holy war goals

[proven rain]

so?

[half glade]

https://tenor.com/view/legobatman-gif-14443780454512952596

[half glade]

get naval dominance in both zones and youll be good to go

whats the best side here

[oak jasper]

Anywho, the focuses I beeline:

1. Agricultural Adjustment Act. Starts the process of getting rid of the Great Depression.
2. The extra science slot.
3. Neutrality Act, timed to land shortly after the 1936 election. It gives you -5% war support, but since you're already at 0% (base) war support...
4. Selective Training Act. If you get this before war support reaches 10%, it sets your base war support to 10% and gets you on limited conscription.
5. The next New Deal focus.
6. Arsenal of Democracy, so that I can hit "The Giant Wakes" the moment war support reaches 30%.

Additionally, send a liason somewhere, usually China. That's another +10% war support. On historical, you may have to wait until the Panay Incident to get you that last tiny bit of war support to hit The Giant Wakes.

[half glade]

man idk if i wanna be democratic...

i lowk just wanna take everything

[oak jasper]

🦅 😢

[half glade]

oh my days they have the stupid islands in the pacfici

do i even need to keep those troops there

[thorn hull]

What about artillery?

[oak jasper]

Not really? The most important islands to keep: Wake Island, Johnston and Midway Island, forming a chain to the Philippines.

[dusty sandal]

the tank doctrine, for SPGs

[half glade]

okya

[rose plover]

how can britian declares wars as democratic without choosing their political path and world tension way below 100%

[thorn hull]

Sorry, I don't see that one?

[oak jasper]

Unlike reality, where the US armed forces were pretty badly underprepared in 1941, HOI 4 makes it pretty easy to hold onto the Philippines, and if you hold the Philippines, it's much easier to grab Okinawa, Taiwan, then the HOme Islands.

[dusty sandal]

the only one with a tank on it

self propelled support

[thorn hull]

Thanks

[oak jasper]

(Oh, I forgot Guam. I usually station a full infantry division on it, and build it up to level 8 naval base + naval supply hub, though the latter is fairly expensive)

[half glade]

god i hate stupid islands

[thorn hull]

What is a decent production cost for medium tanks 1938?

[oak jasper]

Welcome to the Pacific Ocean.

[rose plover]

why is this system so dogshit, why do i lose every single division when i capitulate but the ai keeps their and can still do everything

[oak jasper]

When a country capitulates, they should lose all of their divisions on core territories, but:

1. Their allied divisions do not disappear.
2. They will often retain divisions on non-core territory.

So, if Japan's in a faction when they capitulate:

1. You take every tile on the Home Islands not occupied by a division from Japan's faction.
2. Japanese divsions on the Home Islands disappear.

[rose plover]

ok, i was fighting germany as austria-hungary, had all my divs on german territory, capitulated to romania and yugoslavia (britan could declare on yugoslavia only god knows how as democratic without war goals and below 100% world tension) and i lost all divs

[oak jasper]

They probably got the war goals via their focus tree.

[rose plover]

they didnt choose their path

1941 and they didnt chosed

they only went economy

thats all they did

happened many times in my games

[oak jasper]

Are you getting that focus tree via intel, or by using the console to switch country and inspect their focus tree that way?

[rose plover]

i´m in their faction

i joined before i capitulated so i could still live

[oak jasper]

If it was an offensive war declared by the UK, you can just ignore the call to arms, or delay it while you move divisions into position.

[rose plover]

no no

i wasnt in their faction as they declared on yugoslavia

[oak jasper]

Then how did Yugoslavia cap you?

[rose plover]

by joining ger

in their faction

and i was fighting ger on my own

ger declared on france (france, italy and britain in allies) > i declared on ger on my own cuz easy target > britain declared on yugoslavia> romania joined with their guarantee on yugo > both joined the faction of ger and killed me from behind

i mean i can already new start cuz i cant beat us, britain, france and italy as austria to get the lands for the achievement

and fascist italy wont leave cuz their joined via focus

[signal fern]

Hey guys just wondering how to navigate past the new naval range mechanism (red marker area)

[oak jasper]

Change the home base, use longer-ranged ships, or use the (Gottdamerung) special project for underway replenishment.

[half glade]

whats a good inf template to hold lines

[oak jasper]

(And/or build naval supply hubs)

[thorn hull]

What is a good battlefield support? I am using medium CAS and fighters.

[oak jasper]

8-9 infantry battalions, support artillery, support AA.

[half glade]

decent?

also, what template(s) do i use when i try and invade a nation like japan via navy

[oak jasper]

The engineering company is marginal. It's quite expensive for what it provides versus just getting more divisions (and thus more guns) on the frontline. But yes.

[half glade]

okay ill remove engineers

[celest shuttle]

i dont understand why allies is surender but world tension still 100% ?

[keen hemlock]

oops

1958 is insane

[oak jasper]

Marines, amtracs and amphibious tanks have significant bonuses to amphibious landing, but at least against the AI, standard infantry works reasonably well in most cases..

[half glade]

like the ones above?

i wanna try make some spg

[celest shuttle]

@keen hemlock i take all world sooner 2 years for the first time

at first time i got 1960 to world conquest

this time is 1958

but why world tension still 100%

[oak jasper]

There's some templates in the pins. What I would say: regular armor has significant penalties to amphibious assault, so typically you don't have standard armored divsions in the first wave of landings.

[half glade]

having 6 research slots is also BEAUTIFUL

i can literally have all i ever wished for

[half glade]

okay so; naval invade with infantry, move armoured divs to a captured port?

[oak jasper]

Yes. Though sometimes I'll still have armor "naval invade" so they're at full org when landing, just timed to hit a few days after the infantry lands.

[uncut narwhal]

airspace dominance and pinpoint strikes

[half glade]

ohh so they lose org when moving to a port?

ill keep that in mind

[thorn hull]

Thank you!

[half glade]

i think the gov like me

[vital plinth]

How long does it take for new man power to arrive to my divisions ? I’m USA fighting Japan main land

[oak jasper]

You know I can reliably reproduce a 1936 election where I get absolutely hammered, to the point at which in order to get Selective Training Act on time, I need to begin some boosting decisions before the election.

[oak jasper]

Depends on how much manpower, but you're looking at weeks to a couple months to replenish heavily damaged divisions.

[half glade]

what does one do here

[uncut narwhal]

demand compensation should work on historical

[half glade]

idk what im tryna do

[oak jasper]

Demand compensation is the historical path, and best preserves stability/war support.

On historical, my usual trick to get into the war a bit early:

1. Wait until 75% world tension.
2. Guarantee Ecuador.

Once the Peru-Ecuador white peace fires, Peru will cry uncle and go running to Daddy Germany for help. Bam, you're in the war.

Just note that frontal assaults in Peru are murder, since Peru is 90% mountain. Try a naval landing in Lima.

[half glade]

how do i increase war support as usa

[uncut narwhal]

attachées work

[oak jasper]

1. If going that route, take Neutrality Act early, since if you're already at 0% base war support, the -5% penalty is ignored.
2. Selective Training Act, if taken early enough, gives +10% base war support.
3. Attaches.

[half glade]

oh shi

uk not happy with my navy growth

[oak jasper]

In addition to the two Yorktowns under construction at the start, you can usually get at least one more capital ship built.

Fortunately, you can spam screens and submarines to your heart's content.

[half glade]

what do i do

i dont want them to get the war goal on me

[oak jasper]

(And, of course, once the naval treaties are abrogated, you can go ham on building octabajillion carriers)

YOu can either spend 150 pp to withdraw from the treaty, or scrap 1-2 of your oldest battleships?

[half glade]

uh so

i guess ill have to take the mission?

i probably cant fight the uk right now lol

[signal fern]

Ur fine

[oak jasper]

The biggest issue isn't fighting the UK.

It's the Canadian border. I play a lot of ahistorical US, and Canada is so incredibly annoying.

[signal fern]

Dont back down

[half glade]

you know what

come at me uk

[signal fern]

Historical uk never declares war on the us unless it's a different ideology

Ur chill

France is a little different tbh

Still very much not gonna

Italy will if you have 20 or less divisions and Japan will regardless of any condition

[half glade]

how do you invade japan as the usa

like how do you even get there

[uncut narwhal]

with naval invasions

[half glade]

yeah but like

theres a pretty big ocean in the way

[uncut narwhal]

you just island hop

[half glade]

with all my troops?

[uncut narwhal]

no with your marines

[half glade]

bro i do not have marines

i have infantry

[uncut narwhal]

then get marines

holy

[oak jasper]

Especially if their army is in China, you don't even need marines. They have almost nothing in the Home Islands if they're still fighting there.

Just take Okinawa and Taiwan as staging bases, and plan invasions starting from there and/or the Philippines.

[half glade]

is this good enough?

[uncut narwhal]

add pioneers and make them 36w

[half glade]

i dont have pioneers

[uncut narwhal]

then just use engineers

[oak jasper]

There's a pinned marines template. In general, special forces (with the exception of mountaineers) should be 35-36 width, just like armor.

For support, I usually add field hospital, engy/pioneers, support arty, medium flametanks, and logistics.

[half glade]

okay

[half glade]

i dont have flametanks sadly

[oak jasper]

Big wide chunky divisions like that:

1. Tend to take less manpower/equipment losses than narrow divisions. Especially useful for offensive units, which take disproportionate losses. This is due to having high HP and breakthrough/defense.

2. Amortize the cost of support companies. Yes, field hospitals are a bit expensive, but if you only need one per 18 battalions, you're spending less IC.

3. Are at less risk of getting critted by focused enemy fire.

[oak jasper]

Slot in support AA then? Lets you get away without including any line AA battalions.

[half glade]

here we go

lets see how many i can pump out

1

holy bruh i hate special forces

why do congress hate me

[oak jasper]

Probably because of awful RNG on the 1938 midterm election. USA is like that.

[half glade]

lmao#

[oak jasper]

(On a sidenote, you can mix in some line infantry battalions. Less breakthrough, less terrain bonuses, but cheaper and actually has a bit more HP)

[half glade]

should i try take mexico while i wait to arm up

[oak jasper]

There's not a huge deal to be gained in Mexico; if you're strictly optimizing for historical US goals (i.e. defeat the Axis), it's not worth the hit to war support/stability and the garrison required.

Though, on ahistorical, Mexico almost always decides to invade either the US, or Latin American countries you can guarantee/invite to faction.

[half glade]

i mean i just wanna get the most land possible

thats usually my aim in every game lol

[oak jasper]

(On a very related note, I have become very practiced at first separating Baja California from the rest of Mexico, driving down Baja, then driving down the west coast of Mexico for a bit, cutting eastwards to cut Mexico in half, deleting the resulting pocket, driving down the east coast for a bit and repeating).

[glacial steeple]

its not a hard nation to kill

they only have like 1 defensive area and its still bad

[oak jasper]

I mean, you could try a frontal assault straight down the mountain range in central Mexico?

[half glade]

dude

this genuinely messes me up everytime

i have no clue how im supposed to increase it

[oak jasper]

Bigger army. The larger your army, the bigger your special forces cap.

[half glade]

i dont wanna pump out more inf though

hmm

[uncut narwhal]

you dont have that much inf rn

so more wouldnt be bad

[half glade]

idk where im gonna put them though

[oak jasper]

As pretty much any nation, you should be pumping out a lot of infantry so you have something to hold front lines. As the US, I typically aim to have 16 divisions in training (constantly) by 1940 or so.

[wintry kernel]

yo anybody wanna play toghether i have 1k Hour as minor

[half glade]

also where do i launch my assault on japan from??

[finite terrace]

Islands in pacific

Phillipines

Whatever

[half glade]

whats the easiest

also how should i arrange my navy???

[finite terrace]

did you make more navy or did you just roll with what the US has

[half glade]

i made more

[finite terrace]

if you want to make it braindead you can just make like 5/6 patrol groups (depending on what youve got, 3 destroyers, spotting cruiser w/destroyers, etc)

then you just throw everything else into a giant strike force and itll blow anything to shreds

theres technically size penalties for strike force deathstacking but in single player against AI you should just annihilate them still

[half glade]

how about uhh

shi idk

navy is still a bit daunting

[finite terrace]

with new navy mechanics you need to have patrolling groups which get their dominance multipled by strike forces

[half glade]

i have so much of it

[finite terrace]

combine it all into a single stack and then parse it out from there

[half glade]

where do i even get dominance

[finite terrace]

you need to put ships in range (ie ports in the phillipines, set this as their home base)

then you need to have the small fleets patrolling i mentioned

then you need to have a strike force that will respond when your patrols find things

patrol adds dominance, strike forces multiply it

[half glade]

wait so what should my patrols consist of

and what should my strike forces consist of

[finite terrace]

what i said before, you usually just use cruishers and destroyers for those

[ionic dagger]

Hey. i'm new to the game i just downloaded it but have no idea how to play

[finite terrace]

strike force is just all the big stuff, carriers, battleships, leftover cruisers, destroyers for screening

[half glade]

should i put my light attack cruisers in patrol then

[finite terrace]

literally dont overcomplicate it just do exactly what im telling you xd 4/5 patrol groups of destroyers or cruisers

then throw everything else into 1/2 massive stacks

and set them to strike force

[half glade]

im overcomplicating it and panicking lol

alright hold on

let me sort this

[ionic dagger]

like at all

[finite terrace]

if you hold shift and select every single group

you can press G and itll merge em

[half glade]

i kinda dont wanna do that

otherwise ill confuse myself

[oak jasper]

Play through the tutorial, watch some videos, try a game for yourself, die in a fire, watch more videos, die again, ask some (preferably specific) questions on a Discord, manage to last five more months, repeat until you have it halfway figured out.

[safe ferry]

i have an issue with resistance in some countries. it´s >60 >70 %. I have some agents placed. But not enough armies. I lack people. I play Germany. I have a supression unit 6xhorses, 1 light tank. But currently not enough light tanks. Is there a "light" way out of my desaster ? My supression commands are on the "lighter side"

[half glade]

can destroyers go in patrols?

[uncut narwhal]

remove the light tank

[safe ferry]

Currently they destroy a lot of my units (when i had no tank). I was not able to compensate.

[ionic dagger]

thabj you

[finite terrace]

Yes, they're fine. Ideally it's like 3 destroyers and a light cruiser with spotting techs

[half glade]

wait thats it?

tiny ahh patorls

[finite terrace]

If you don't have the LCs built for it literally just destroyers works

[oak jasper]

The four best templates for resistance suppression:

1. A single cavalry battalion. Costs very little army XP.
2. A massive block of cavalry with an MP company. Costs more army XP, but reduces the cost.
3. A massive block of armored cars with an MP company. Saves some manpower, costs much more IC.
4. A massive block of light tanks with an MP company. Like #3, but doesn't require La Resistance.

[finite terrace]

Yeah patrols domt need to be big tbh

They can be if you have a million ships i suppose

[half glade]

okay