ask-for-help-here

[hardy elm]

24 divs

ur lucky to get 3-5 good med tanks

[fallow orbit]

i think dude told me to convert light tanks to medium but i dont remember

[hardy elm]

esp with only 15 factories on it

japan has no resources better off doing good inf and air

[civic hare]

how do I stop this I already did all t he things for mussolini

[fallow orbit]

i was doing infantry and air and i was gettn smoked hella bad cuz im new i got kinda close tho a few times and i just got the dlc tho , by blood alone , no compromise no surrender , la resistance . u think like the spy shit and a extra medium tank div or 2 will help me

i think the dlc improve air too nah ?

[light knoll]

the bar is in hell

[hardy elm]

supply is the main thing in china

tanks will have no supply

[light knoll]

rt56 is really not historical

[hardy elm]

make trucks and set the supply to motorized

[light knoll]

which is fine

the game is not supposed to be

[fallow orbit]

set the supply lines themself to motorized or the generals ?

[hardy elm]

the gens

[fallow orbit]

ahhh i see

[hardy elm]

they auto put the supply on motorized

[fallow orbit]

somebody had told me that but i aint tried it yet

[hardy elm]

ye its a big help

and when u fight in china

[fallow orbit]

set all of em to motorized or just strong ones ?

[hardy elm]

look for small encirclements and only take roads and supply hubs

[hardy elm]

all

[fallow orbit]

bet

[hardy elm]

naval invasion crucial too splits up their troops and makes it easier to encircle

[fallow orbit]

the dlc converted the starting tanks from light to medium tho so ima atleast have 1 factory make em to kinda help the existing divs

that alone might help me a lil bit that they got converted

[fallow orbit]

yea ima land in shanghai

[neat widget]

i mean

[fallow orbit]

ima make sum marines

[neat widget]

you have to retake cores

[civic hare]

think its decreasing rn

[hardy elm]

how is ts even possible

spam mussolini decisions they shud come back after a while

[civic hare]

dont know how but am at war with ussr but at least am doing well in germany

[neat widget]

you form the roman empire and then you get pushed back

[fallow orbit]

will arms against tyranny help me in any way as japan or should i deactivate it

or will it help my homie hitler

[errant chasm]

keep AAT the MIOs and the special forces doctrine is good

[fallow orbit]

whats mio ima noob

[errant chasm]

military Industrial organization

gives buffs to your equipment

[fallow orbit]

oh those companies who make the shit came from that dlc

had no idea , thts pretty nice then

i thought that was from no compromise no surrender

[errant chasm]

NCNS was the one with Forest Ranger battalions iirc. I don't have that dlc unforunately

[last arch]

iirc arms against tyranny makes special forces better and allows you to upgrade them, and japan usually uses those so its good

[fallow orbit]

what about that global market thing could that help against china or should i ignore that for awhile

[errant chasm]

not needed when I play it imo

[fallow orbit]

bet

[errant chasm]

it's just a way to sell excess or unwanted weapons

[fallow orbit]

ahh i see

thx thx

[civic hare]

this frick makes me bust

[civic hare]

bro

it was because they had one tile

in italian core

how tf does that make you mad

[fallow orbit]

one more thing

[errant chasm]

yes?

[fallow orbit]

do i use east hebei and knock 365 off or do i let it run its full course and build up

[hardy elm]

doesnt i just never seen it so far on the council side usually its impossible to go that far

[fallow orbit]

i tried both ways multiple times and got wacked every time

whats the best thing to do

[errant chasm]

I don't have too much experience in Japan, so I can't tell you much unfortunately

[versed mortar]

Rage Quit??? The submarine repair problem may have broken me. When you reach 300 on Wolfpacks and get “Improvisation Culture” the subs all get a 20% HP boost. This would be great except that they have to be repaired to get the HP. I have 30 dockyards set to repair if needed. But, this is when the artificial unintelligence (AU) kicks in. The eight sub wolfpacks often run off to size 1 ports where it will take a loooong time to complete repairs. The AU also often picks random small ports vulnerable to the enemy. Some of my subs went to Oran (I’m USA), a size 6 port, but one where apparently only one repair can take place at a time. Their home port is Gibraltar. I canceled the repair task and sent them to Gibraltar where they disappeared from the map. I finally found them out at sea and sent them back to Gibraltar and started the repair task. Then they immediately headed off to Naples.... Where they would be more vulnerable to enemy air. The AU is a major disaster when it comes to ship repair. Having ALL subs go into repair mode at once is a major player headache. We need a better system of specifying repair ports – the AU is too dumb currently.

[fallow orbit]

what about you do i do east hebei and knock 365 days off or do i let kwantung army event run its full course and build up , whats the best approach

[versed mortar]

I just found out you can toggle the repair state of a port with <crtl>-click. There is a little red circle slash if the port is closed for repair. This will help enormously.

It means a lot of clicks though to clean up ship repair and point the ships to safe big ports.

[civic hare]

clicked a button and now my stuff is like this how do I change it to the regular when I check on the field marhsall?

[astral heath]

is italian highways or etheopian war logistics better

oh nvm i thought they wewre mutually exlcusive

[civic hare]

DO NOT DO WAR LOGISTICS

its a waste of time

[astral heath]

how do i move troops across water again? i lowk forgot

[civic hare]

are your troops jesus

[civic hare]

cuz it gets off completed

[versed mortar]

To move troops across water - move to port - then right click the destination port.

[astral heath]

what is best to do from here

[glacial steeple]

whats up chat

why so many italy players

[astral heath]

i keep losing as germany

i tried the soviets and i lost to

[glacial steeple]

i dont think either germany nor italy are very good for beginners

[astral heath]

and then i tried the uk and lost to

[glacial steeple]

germany is like

[astral heath]

and then i played france and lost to

[glacial steeple]

you think you do well but really the nation is broken OP

[astral heath]

so now im on italy

[glacial steeple]

italy is like very poor

and if played badly youll get a lot of mussolini debuffs instead of buffs

[astral heath]

what do i play then

i lose as whoever i play or i barley fight any wars and its boring

[glacial steeple]

i think finland is good, you get to test with decent generals, only have 1 front, need to focus on battle buffs and getting manpower and fully equipped units

also you know you can speed the game up

i wouldnt go 5 speed itll not help you learn

but like 3 or 4

[astral heath]

im jus to ass

[marble wedge]

at what

[astral heath]

the game bro

the game

[marble wedge]

im new to the game so ill try for the first time

[astral heath]

what do i do about having no convoys to trade

[marble wedge]

why isnt it avaliable for ps5

[astral heath]

its WAYYYYYY to complicated for any controller

[marble wedge]

well is it allowed for windows

[civic hare]

I am disappointed

this took 3 months to get this

nvm I believe it was 2

[marble wedge]

its basically like the war

[astral heath]

bro what the HELL is germany doing

[civic hare]

i didnt take geramny cuz I was contesting the soviets stupid demands so they got government changed

dont worry

I can steam roll in like may

[tight coral]

what's a meta tank design for multiplayer

[astral heath]

what do i work on for finnish focus tree?

do i focus on increase military budget or enhance southern infastructure as finland?

[glacial steeple]

you want your military to be ready and your army tree is OP

but just try stuff out, read things

you have limited resources so lock in on them

dont be afraid to research ahead of time because you get better stuff earlier and not all techs are relevant, in fact, most arent to you

[neat widget]

yeah, for instance support infantry research isn't as relevant as actual infantry equipment

and artillery research isn't relevant for infantry builds

Most meta builds revolve around limiting the number of categories that need to be researched

[pliant condor]

it's quite literally true that you should not touch any research outside of industry, infantry equipment, and aircraft tabs(+ electronic 1)

[civic hare]

clicked a button and now my stuff is like this how do I change it to the regular when I check on the field marshal?

[worn juniper]

whats meta for france?

[neat widget]

topazand is a tank / aa denier 🙁

okay probably don't research aa ahead of time

[errant chasm]

VC?

[neat widget]

believe you have multiple armies selected

select just an army group or just an army

[errant chasm]

trying to troubleshoot the problem with Foulest, I think he wants the inf list showing when you click on a FM

Update I fixed it, click on the icon next to the motorization priority icon.

[cloud sentinel]

Lowkey need a guide on how too cap the UK after I take out France or sometime after so I can get rid of allies, so sick of UK 😭😭

[tropic seal]

paratroopers if not bothered to make a navy

naval bombers if you have some semblence of a navy

[hidden robin]

is there a way for me to prevent the game from updating and still be able to play on steam without just turning off my pcs connection to wifi?

[cloud sentinel]

Should I fully exercise them and where do I drop them? I'm pretty new too the game and can only takeout France and Poland but not uk

[hidden robin]

or as a follow up question, if i rollback to another version, that being the one before the 2 most recent (live) patches, will i still be able to get achievements?

[cloud sentinel]

Na, achievements are too the latest version pretty sure

[tropic seal]

yeah exercise

drop them around a port

split your paradrop order into like 3 so they encircle a port

[tropic seal]

yes

[cloud sentinel]

Or port particular? Or just like Dover or smt

[tropic seal]

in fact some of the only ways you can get some achievements is by rolling back

since theyre either imposible or extremely dificult on the latest versions

[hidden robin]

why did you send me a friend request? no offence ofc but this has been our only interaction 😅

[tropic seal]

any that you want really it doesnt matter as long as you have one

[cloud sentinel]

Lowkey.. I need friends who play this, it gets boring playing alone 😭

[errant chasm]

what is your navy/air force like?

[hidden robin]

for sure? i do remember hearing that it had to be the current patch for achievements as well, is that not the case?

[tropic seal]

i dont achievement hunt so i cant be 200% certain on that, probably ping someone who does

[hidden robin]

ahh fair, i only play single player though, prefer my long/late games. good luck on your search though o7

[cloud sentinel]

Like 5 heavy ships and 20ish destroyers and just a fk ton of fighters and naval bombers

[cloud sentinel]

Haha ty

[hidden robin]

found this, ty for confirming for me ❤️

[errant chasm]

There is an mp forum on this server if you want games on your timezone

[errant chasm]

good use your airforce to try and destroy the royal navy

can you get air supremacy?

[cloud sentinel]

Yeah, I've had it for awhile now tbf

Just tryna protect the indies aswell for my rubber

[errant chasm]

awww. That's a bust, well irl hitler got stuck in that tbf. Usually if I can't naval invade, I usually fight russia next for the economy + resources.

[cloud sentinel]

I get steamrolled every time😭😭😭

[errant chasm]

how many CAS planes fo youhave?

[cloud sentinel]

like 200😭

[errant chasm]

oof you need to make more for Barb

[cloud sentinel]

Is this a solid template for infantry for barb?

[errant chasm]

remove line arty this is what's divering your production

[cloud sentinel]

Then put it onto cas?

[errant chasm]

yeah

for future games but more on planes eariler

[cloud sentinel]

Okie dokie, tyy

[glacial steeple]

aircraft you can license to be equal level to enemy sometimes as well

done it successfully once as bolivia

[glacial steeple]

electronics a bit more because computing lets you have a research slot as finland

[glacial steeple]

the pain

[red mesa]

Support equipment my beloved

[glacial steeple]

trucks too

so much production

i can also tell you

most of their losses are from garrisons

which can be solved by having more stuff out earlier and not by field hospitals

because ok its 1941

but typically ai will boost resistance and itll take with cav garrisons fully equipped like at least 500K a year or so as germany

less if you do med tank garrisons ofc but he doesnt use tanks anyway so lets assume he doesnt

that means in 2-3 years of war its like 1.5 million casualties with a conservative estimate

and then his ground troops lose maybe idk 2 million to the wars because western europe is trash

my high estimate would be 3 million losses i guess

i dont think hes on a high conscription law either because he'd be looking at at least 1 mil reserves

[errant chasm]

what is the ideal support companies for infantry. I assume don't put too much

[glacial steeple]

it also just shows that garrisons are bad

[errant chasm]

oof

[glacial steeple]

the rest is fine

hes just unnecessarily losing like idk 1 million men a year due to no air support/no sealion

which like field hospitals are idk a 30% decrease in ground losses maybe

maybe thats high

and my high ground estimates are 2-3 mil losses

so maybe it saves him a million men in total but it doesnt solve the air, garrison losses, no ability to end the war with an allied peacedeal

and its also germany so you dont see many mistakes until its critical

like iiidk you could end this war with like 300-500K conventional ground losses with just larger inf units, special forces, with air

your support cost is justified on larger units with more hp

but these are just kind of crap that will lead to the entire thing of "well i cant afford more expensive units so i will make these units" while the units you make are diverting your production across many many places and yet still taking high losses

which means you neither have the advantage of most low cost units of high hp/less losses per combat hour

nor the advantage of concentrated industry in certain tiles being able to trade much more favourably in attacks

youre also not using all your mils, or clicking all doctrines because theres notifications for these

admittably you do use your political power and civs, thats good

[somber spear]

As a minor (im playing as Iraq to form the Hasemite) is there any good templates for infantry that can work well in deserts and still pack a decent punch

[glacial steeple]

you can change supports to better suit what you have available

illl

show some variantions where you only have to pay attention to supports

[somber spear]

are these my push units?

i used to just use my line infantry and only have those

are these better for like having specalized units to push and encircle

[glacial steeple]

yes, but you need to research the better guns

[somber spear]

i see

[glacial steeple]

which you should do well ahead of time

[somber spear]

yeah

[glacial steeple]

because the 1936 gun sucks

[somber spear]

can these work as iraq though?

[glacial steeple]

1939 gun you should have in 1938

[somber spear]

these seem very much like major

templates

[glacial steeple]

yes, you have the budget for guns

[glacial steeple]

how so?

[somber spear]

thats a lot of special forces

[glacial steeple]

smaller divisions will just lose more while attacking due to how hp works in this game

[teal stump]

I haven't played for months, has there been any change in combat width?

Gotta be ready to play, yet, another USSR run

[glacial steeple]

you can just have it be part of your army, or use 32w regular inf which will perform worse at an even lower research cost

[somber spear]

ah okay

[glacial steeple]

but iraq struggles with manpower and you might even want to eventually divest into mech, you have the oil

its more hp per batallion/manpower, just it also costs more

if you edit the mech design you can and should make it half cost

other upgrades are not good

[somber spear]

ah ok

[glacial steeple]

you also get a military high command advisor for it, and other buffs in the army tree

so mech is like a good end goal for a lot of your units if you can afford the industrial cost

[errant chasm]

@cloud sentinel read Casey's advice

[balmy dawn]

I saw a reference in a patch note, once, where they were going to let us save our MIO's, so we wouldn't have to click through them every single game....is that comiong soon, in a patch? (Or did I imagine it?)

[pale cove]

what is the france heavy tank convert meta?

template

[left mica]

you cant show that gif here

[pale cove]

gulp

mb

anyways

is it sum like this

[left mica]

no

[pale cove]

what to fix then

[left mica]

france meta is to delete all your factories on mainland europe so germany gets nothing once they cap you

[pale cove]

i know

but that is for weak french player frfr

[left mica]

unless ur playing sheeps mod i would just slap a heavy cannon (rush hv3), 3 man heavy turret, best radio, 2 mounted cannons and easy maintenance, christie suspension, riveted armour and gasoline engine, and max out engine and armour ticks

[pale cove]

thanks man

[left mica]

keep the heavy tank designation since ur not sweating

[pale cove]

not turn it into td?

[left mica]

and dont swap out for newer chasses since you want to keep that high production efficiency

if you really do care about losing tanks to attrition then get rid of one or both mounted cannons and decrease the ticks, and add wet ammo

[pale cove]

hell nah i want max stats

[left mica]

well are you playing sheeps mod?

[pale cove]

i mean yea but just to practice

[left mica]

dont play sheep

if youre new

[pale cove]

why?

oh im not new

[left mica]

i have 1100 hours and i dont even want to try

o

[scenic nacelle]

ehh

[pale cove]

i have 2100

[left mica]

wild

[pale cove]

hours...

[left mica]

i got burnt out

ok fair enough

[pale cove]

me to js took a break for like 6 months a while ago

[scenic nacelle]

kinda messes with u

sheep is fun

try it

[pale cove]

it is if you know what ur doing

[left mica]

if ur playing sheep france just develop africa then delete all your factories in mainland just before ww2 kick off

lol

[scenic nacelle]

bold of u to assume i remember what to do

[left mica]

then hoard pp to release some puppets and reintegrate them back

[pale cove]

this was my sheeps mod

first time i think i did good

[left mica]

ok yeah i think ur gonna win as france just fine

[pale cove]

got diddled by sovs tho..

[left mica]

3k soft attack is wild

[pale cove]

xdd

want the template?

it was like feb 40 or sum i cant remember

[scenic nacelle]

not to brag...

[pale cove]

i should screenshoted the failed allies naval invasion

like 200 divs all dead

[left mica]

is it possible to sealion the uk in sheep before doing barb

[pale cove]

i dont think so

[scenic nacelle]

i think i killed like another 300 in the UK in that game

[scenic nacelle]

ehhhh

[pale cove]

maybe do rlly heavy air with transport planes?

[scenic nacelle]

a handful yes

most people no

if I remember correctly the soviets justify when u land in the UK

[left mica]

is it because the uk throws like 300 tanks divs and 10000 fighters on their mainland

[scenic nacelle]

same for the USA joining the allies

[left mica]

fair enough

[pale cove]

think maybe do marines with support comps and amtracks and pray ig

all i can say

[left mica]

idk sheep has potential but i would rather play with modded designers

[pale cove]

the thing about sheep is ai has meta builds but 0 micro

[scenic nacelle]

sheep more or less quit future development on vanilla though

[left mica]

well its still ai

[scenic nacelle]

since paradox messed with the AI too much

[left mica]

its impossible to brute code all the possible tactics and play styles in hoi

[scenic nacelle]

what he said

[pale cove]

imo sheeps mod is a good place to practice

[scenic nacelle]

oh 100%

[pale cove]

vannila isnt that baaaaaaaaaaaaaad but still

[left mica]

i prefer low cortisol gameplay

[pale cove]

wish i could send that gif...

[left mica]

theres a point where you get diminishing returns the harder gameplay gets

[pale cove]

oh yeah 100%

[left mica]

im glad i found that sweet spot where its hard enough but you can still get some good moments

[pale cove]

then you dont really get anything out of the game

[left mica]

its also why i avoid mp because people are hard to predict and i want it to be predictable

[left mica]

well i play video games to relax

i avoid fps games usually

[pale cove]

in the friends server im in my boi yector ONLY goes facist britian

and no one has beaten it not rlly

without cheese

[left mica]

lol

[pale cove]

(mostly cuz he does the usa coring exploit)

but still

[left mica]

whats that

oh

[pale cove]

oh yea ofc escapism maxxing

[left mica]

its not an exploit is it

[pale cove]

it has somthing to do with unite the anglosphere and state transfer tool

[left mica]

real

[pale cove]

cuz the game tweaks out and gives him cores instead of canada

[left mica]

low cortisol

[pale cove]

average bosnian submarine

[left mica]

i love reworked navy

[pale cove]

still dont understand it </3

same as the old navy xdd

[left mica]

install vanilla navy rework

trust me

[pale cove]

rlly?

[left mica]

yeah

it reworks vanilla navy

[pale cove]

ight bet ill try that next game

[left mica]

https://tenor.com/view/fant4stic-say-that-again-gif-16690486418948643620

yeah

[pale cove]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1225601797964431525/1377466070872358952/1738178869_new__Clipchamp_55.gif

[left mica]

my most recent brazil game

[pale cove]

https://tenor.com/view/walter-walter-white-walter-white-absolute-cinema-white-walter-absolute-gif-10929974052418095046

[scenic nacelle]

Too much Brazil

[pale cove]

moggs germany ez

bro is making brazil come to u

is this a good factory count as france during early 38

[left mica]

idk lol

70 civs is good

i think its good

[pale cove]

the only feedback i have gotten is go 4 60 civs

and do mills a bit earlier

[left mica]

eh i think having 70 civs is ok

[pale cove]

not rlly sure tho

[left mica]

just keep consumer goods low and keep juicing more mils out

[pale cove]

def does work if your doing a hist and thinking 4 a long game

[left mica]

can you release puppets and reintegrate them as france in sheep

[pale cove]

setteled 4 this as a defensive td (Purely defensive)

[pale cove]

not really sure but ima find out

[left mica]

oh btw since ur doing sheep

yeah do 10 heavy TDs and 8 mechs

do the same as i said above but rush hv3 and switch tank designation to heavy TD

[pale cove]

i will keep that in mind

[left mica]

2 mounted cannons, radio, easy maintenance

dont do welded since ur division gonna be penned anyway so it doesnt matter

[pale cove]

yh i never do welded for tds at all

[glacial steeple]

why fixed turret why welded armor

[pale cove]

(if im defending)

[left mica]

you dont have the industry for it as fra

[pale cove]

ignore that

that was a dumb template

[left mica]

btw

dont do hc1

[pale cove]

why?

[glacial steeple]

20% cost per batallion btw

[left mica]

do hmg then research hc2/3 or hv3 then convert

[left mica]

i didnt know he was playing sheep

[glacial steeple]

idc what hes playing its 20% less tanks

[left mica]

.

wdym?

[glacial steeple]

wait nvm heavies

i forgot

[pale cove]

its not that deep vro </3

[glacial steeple]

dementia

with mediums its 20% tho

with lights its 40%

[left mica]

medium what

[pale cove]

this dud

[glacial steeple]

cost reduction by changing role

[pale cove]

tanks...

[left mica]

oh

[pale cove]

tanks my guy

[left mica]

hes playing sheep france

[pale cove]

anyways ima go to sleep bleh

[left mica]

gn

[pale cove]

thx man

[glacial steeple]

light tds go kinda hard in current sp meta afaik

[left mica]

sp meta is log off and touch grass

[glacial steeple]

no

thats not meta

[left mica]

ok

[glacial steeple]

suboptimal build

anyway sorry for being dumb

[left mica]

lol

[tropic seal]

does anyone have a good marines only template?

i have on ebut its a hybrid of marines and mountainers

[viscid bay]

How am I supposed to invade Britain if their navy has supremacy

[tropic seal]

get rid of that supremacy then

or paratroop them

[viscid bay]

I only have like 80 ships including submarines lol

[austere roost]

It's not the number that matters

Learning navy is also a process

[granite tinsel]

How do I go to war in Hoi2

[tropic seal]

80 good ships would wreck the royal navy

depends on what typa of ships you have

[granite tinsel]

How do I go to war in Hoi2

How do I go to war in Hoi2

How do I go to war in Hoi2

[left mica]

8 marines 4-5 mountaineers 4 rangers, go down marines and mountaineers doctrine trees and pick shore parties for marines/holding the line for mountaineers, keep cw at ~32 or 32.4

[granite tinsel]

How do I go to war in Hoi2

[left mica]

alt f4

[tropic seal]

even if im only going to be using these for naval invasions?

[left mica]

and mountain combat

[granite tinsel]

Hmmmmmmmm is this the truth

[tropic seal]

aight

[tropic seal]

something liek this?

[left mica]

32cw is the max cw you can fit 2 divisions into 1 mountain tile combat

[left mica]

1 more mountaineer

get rid of AA and add support artillery

[tropic seal]

even if ill be fighting under red air?

[granite tinsel]

It's because I'm Mexican isn't it

[left mica]

replace logi for assault engineer

[left mica]

if you have to fight under red air restart and build a proper air force lol

[left mica]

no its because ur playing hoi2

[tropic seal]

its japan

[left mica]

or just any hoi games

[tropic seal]

i have no airfields near it

[granite tinsel]

Nah just say the truth

[left mica]

do yourself a favour and take a break

i am

im asian i dont have racist privileges

https://tenor.com/view/drool-drooling-drooling-emoji-roblox-pizza-gif-9474912281996088743

[tropic seal]

is assault engis till better even if im running IE?

[left mica]

IE?

[tropic seal]

individual excellence

[left mica]

i dunno

i forgot what IE and assault engineer does

[tropic seal]

IE gives very solid buffs for logi

[left mica]

just read the tooltip and decide for yourself?

[celest shuttle]

Since Super Heavy Tanks have so many debuffs, if I use them strictly for defense instead of offense, those terrain penalties won't apply, right?

[left mica]

i usually run assault inf

alternatively dont build super heavies and build planes instead

👍

[keen hemlock]

you will still get the defensive buffs

[celest shuttle]

@keen hemlockyour mean is i still get def debuff ?

[keen hemlock]

yeah

[celest shuttle]

@keen hemlockthank u

[wind lotus]

What if you can't?

[left mica]

then add 2 towed AA to your heavy TD division, leaving you with 8 heavy td and 8 mech

@pale cove

[wind lotus]

Oh

[left mica]

i just realised if ur going against a competent ger player ur gonna get rolled over anyway even if you invest into an air force

that is if you dont have a brazil air controller

and us supersonic fighters

[left mica]

I dont know about inf build tho

but thats only a problem if ur playing mp or sheep

otherwise its never a problem

[granite tinsel]

How do I declare war?

[left mica]

just build an air force because yours will always be better than whatever vanilla ai makes

is that a joke question

[granite tinsel]

Are you talking to me?

[left mica]

Yes

I dont play hoi2

so if ur asking how to declare in hoi2 i cant answer that

[granite tinsel]

Do you know how to create divisions?

[left mica]

in hoi2?

No

[wind lotus]

Did paradox "fix" submarines in the last update?

[granite tinsel]

Is it like hoi4

[left mica]

i genuinely dont even know how hoi2 looks like

[left mica]

dont think so

Just play modded navy either way

[granite tinsel]

I suck at playing Hoi2

[glacial steeple]

there was some guy who played a lot of hoi2 on the server but iirc he got banned for racism

[tropic seal]

the real question is why are people still playing hoi2

[viscid bay]

dude my navy just got destroyed by the brits lol

time to resort to paratroopers

[austere roost]

I made italy and germany +4 and their navy still gets destroyed, is there a way to buff italy to give its navy a fighting chance?

[balmy dawn]

Italy's navy usually does pretty well. You just have to be careful about when and how it get's engaged

[tropic seal]

no

there are mods that try to make the naval ai competent

but in vanilla even if you crank everything to +4 you can still roll them

[tropic seal]

hoi4 beginner german player canon event

[glacial steeple]

cool map

[high basin]

Does anyone know how to design a good tank division

[austere roost]

I didn't mod it

[tropic seal]

36 width - 2 rows of tanks, 2 rows of mech, then 2 more tank battalion

armored recon, field hospital, flame tanks, anti air (if not under green air), i usually like running logistics but thats only becasue i like individual excellence

[austere roost]

don't use tanks

use spgs and tds

[keen hemlock]

use spgs

^

one td

[tropic seal]

ah yuh

[tropic seal]

whats the td for

[balmy dawn]

...because spgs's have more soft attack?

[high basin]

what is spgs and td?

[tropic seal]

self propelled guns, tank destroyers

[high basin]

oh i see

[balmy dawn]

old school grognards like me use the term "SPA" for Self Propelled Artillery... same same

[keen hemlock]

you dont need it really

but its for piercing

incase u come across a good ai tank

[tropic seal]

rare

[tropic seal]

yeah because in sp even aa pierces most things

[keen hemlock]

id put it on like late game

just in case

[tropic seal]

fair enuf

[sand ember]

Spg is artillery spaa is aa smh

What the heck is an spa

[tropic seal]

self propelled artillery

same thing as spg

[sand ember]

yes I know but I like the other name better

[balmy dawn]

If you ever played the old "hex games" from the 70s and 80s, like Wacht Am Rhein, they use SPA, over SPG.

[tropic seal]

oldest game ive ever played in my life was probably star wars empire at war

and thats an extreme outlier since apparently disney doesnt like making money

[austere roost]

td is for if you need to fight against tanks

you don't need it for base game

from like maybe +2 ai you might need it

[tropic seal]

fair enough yeah ive never ran into a situation in base game wehjre the enemy tanks were actually doing tank things

18w infantry stops them in their tracks which is a bit depressing

[rapid mica]

i need hand holding to play this game..

[glacial steeple]

this isnt a dating server ☹️

[left mica]

I think he means he need someone to show him how to play step by step

[rapid mica]

i never said that

[glacial steeple]

no im kidding sorry, ill go sleep now but could help later if you want

[rapid mica]

fair

but im gunna guess no one wants to do that rn

[errant grove]

is this good at all

[austere roost]

no

remove all line art

[warm flame]

hey looking to get a rundown of how to play Germany and sugestions on how to run it

[magic summit]

What's the latest template I'm hearing 7-2 is out of fashion now

[finite terrace]

You play any sheep mod/MP to be able to tell me what kind of inf is supposed to hold the line there? I'm reading 18W traditional templates are just dead when trying to defend against that kind of stuff

Seems people favor fatter templates lately? I've noticed my lines just being melted even being filled with AT and the like if I use smaller templates

[lean shale]

In occupied land, the buildings slots that I can build in, are they the same ones that I always have access to? So if I build a factory in occupied land, will I always have access to that factory? - because its in a building slot that is available

[deep pagoda]

ah, but I had to change it because ships were only going in one at a time to repair which was frustrating in it's own way...

[grim ice]

What is this? Is it important? Playing Japan

[keen hemlock]

what does this mean

[grim ice]

Your trying to get future technology

Like a 1945 tank in 41

[pliant condor]

what are you going against?

[keen hemlock]

its a 36 destroyer in 42

[grim ice]

Idk then ur game buggin

[tropic seal]

nah i dont play sheeps, i know mp has to invest in anti tank apparently though

but dont take any mp advice from me i mostly play pve and when i do play pvp its casual

[copper hazel]

i dowload mod from steamworkhop and it not how in the launcher How can I fix this?

[red mesa]

2017 called, it wants its template back

[fallow orbit]

am i not suppose to set up collab gov in china if im knocking off 365 days with hebei focus , bcuz all that time eating up 5 factories for the spy research made me not even be able to produce a 24 group of 9/1 infantry and im way behind on supply

[glacial steeple]

hii baba

[glacial steeple]

its not dead, you can orgwall

[glacial steeple]

likely just expensive supports on small divs, dont do

[red mesa]

Aloha Casey

[glacial steeple]

hru?

[red mesa]

Doing good, not been playing much hoi lately, went on a big m2tw/ck3 streak. Now got back into Imperator

[neat widget]

larger templates are more efficient ic wise but hold less org and get reinforce memed easier

smaller templates hold more org but are less ic efficient

i have little confidence in just having 18w, but paired with things like tanks it can be effective to give those tanks time

[indigo sapphire]

hello

[versed rose]

in extra simple terms:

Smaller = defend better
Bigger = attack better

[indigo sapphire]

should i make Real life/historical templates in hoi4?

[glacial steeple]

relatable

[glacial steeple]

not necessarily

large divs get crit less, crit attackers more

better at last stand

[inner sparrow]

bigger is better at defending aswell

u would always want bigger if u could, esp when ur using tanks

but its not really possible as a single player alone if going tanks, so only really a thing in mp

[glacial steeple]

hii clown

[inner sparrow]

hey

[glacial steeple]

did you win your soviet republic of china game

[inner sparrow]

OMG CASRY WHERE SOV-

[inner sparrow]

I always win

[glacial steeple]

im banning you from hoi4 btw

the game

[inner sparrow]

😢

im just a little chudling tho

[mighty gate]

Can somebody tell me what are the best templary division?

[glacial steeple]

for what

[mighty gate]

more for atack because I lose everytime

[glacial steeple]

well then it likely isnt your division template, thats just a factor

its equipment, general traits, general attack points, veterancy, battle modifiers, air first

and then unit templates after all of that

[mighty gate]

okey I understand thanks

[obsidian badger]

how can i make an overrun finland build

[glacial steeple]

what

[obsidian badger]

speed

problem is finland support companies give snow bonuses but have a base speed of 4

so idk how to exploit it

[glacial steeple]

you could give inf 50% speed with doctrines

i wouldnt go for it otherwise

[queen cipher]

are these good templates? 1938 and what stats should i typically be looking for when i make templates

[storm solstice]

is it easier to naval invade suez/palestine or take it through libya?

Under green air

[hardy elm]

naval invade would be a pro gamer move

but

uk navy is strong

depends

[river nymph]

hey does anyone know how to fix the checksum changing once booted into game? its cdcd in launcher but when i go in game it changes so i cant join my friend, all the same mods etc. any help would be appreciated!

[daring gorge]

?how do i see what countries are majors and what arent

[dusty sandal]

crappy divs with no supply can't push

[dusty sandal]

in a war screen you can see it because the flags of majors has a golden border

[dusty sandal]

checksum and game version are two different things. It's no bug

[daring gorge]

but pre war? i want to kill the allies but im not sure if i only hv to kill england or also like poland and czechs

[dusty sandal]

checksum can be changed by mods notably

[dusty sandal]

I think when you go to exit to the menu, you can see it in the menu that pops out
otherwise you can guess your way with base majors (front countries in the start screen), faction leaders and countries that have puppets

[river nymph]

well its where it says cdcd usually? in the brackets (cdcd) it changes as in launcher its correct but then tells me ive got a different version of the game when trying to join his lobby. only way to fix it so far for me is to run no mods but i didn't know if there is anyway i can fix it

[dusty sandal]

the version displayed on the launcher is the game version or the launcher version. It isn't the checksum, which only appear once the game is launched

if you have different checksums, ensure you have the same game version, same exact mods and that no one has mod updates pending. If a mod was updated recently, you might have to restart steam or unsub-resub to the mod in order to trigger the download

[glacial steeple]

hi francis

[errant chasm]

Hello Casey

[glacial steeple]

hiiii vistula

[deep pagoda]

I hit the gear thing and now one of the task forces still doesn't have access, I tried selecting them individually and doing the same thing but nothing changed.

[uncut narwhal]

Because the one that doesn't have access is too far away from the home base

It's in miami

Make a new fleet

Just split one off

[deep pagoda]

like put that sub group into a new theatre or move it down one?

[uncut narwhal]

You just have to put it under a new admiral

[deep pagoda]

Just before I was able to do that, it now says the 12 group "has no access" and the 30 group in the screenshot now does lol

[rose pumice]

need somebody to help me beat ethopia

[sacred patrol]

can i ask for just a simple, dlcless, infantry division template?

[dusty sandal]

9inf, support arty, support AA
that's it*

[dusty sandal]

use your airforce (bombers only, on air support mission only), on both fronts. Pay attention to their range
delete all cav and tank units in the mainland (for equipment) and bring the rest down as reinforcements on both fronts
DO NOT 5 SPEED INTO THE WAR, 4 speed tops
once aussa gets annexed, you take the 3 divs that spawn and take the supply hub of hafar and walk into the two tiles next to it. Assign those 3 divs to their own general so you can use force atk ability if you need to pin enemy units

with battleplans on aggressive and air support you'll win in about 2 months without micro (appart from taking the supply hub with the spawn-ins and connecting the railway to said hub)

[dusty sandal]

green is where the supply comes from
red is the automatic tool to swap bases when on mission

and since you didn't connect the 3 zones with missions next to each other, the fleet base cannot be moved automatically

[fathom thistle]

defense 18w (support artillery, AA and engineers if you can afford it)
Attack 36w (same as previous but also add hospitals and for 5th slot either logistic company or signals even when you don't need them in singleplayers really.

[dusty sandal]

there's no attack inf without no step back DLC tbf

[fathom thistle]

Flame tanks?

[dusty sandal]

to be considered an attack division, you gotta have at least 200 breakthrough flat. Anything under is, at best, a general purpose

[dusty sandal]

and light tank recon

[fathom thistle]

Right

[glacial steeple]

what you always can do is play ethiopia, notice what youre losing to and then use this weakness as a strategy for the other side

[final estuary]

what officers do i use for austria

[vital plinth]

Will paradox ever improve AI naval competive?

[sacred patrol]

alright, is is bad i wanna add engi and field hospital?

[raw pawn]

lowkey whats the best heavy tank template?

[dusty sandal]

engi isn't really worth it, it would cost about 20% of the whole division for marginal stat boosts compared to the cost on such a small div
hospital is fine, almost required if you're a manpower-limited nation, but then again it cost a lot and is way more useful on big divs

[dusty sandal]

singleplayer or multiplayer ?

[raw pawn]

singleplayer

[sacred patrol]

and also want a stupid question

[dusty sandal]

then heavytanks aren't really good
they're just expensive mediums that have worse terrain penalities

if you really want to use them, just build Heavy SPGs (heavy howitzer, 3 man heavy turret, radio 3, 3x secondary heavy MG, adjust speed to your liking, 4 armor clicks.
It WILL be extrememly expensive and have low reliability, around 2.5x the cost of a medium for about 1.6x the stats if I remember the spreadsheet correctly

[dusty sandal]

what kind of stupid

[sacred patrol]

have you ever used super heavy tanks

[dusty sandal]

yup, and it was abysmal dogshit ahah

[vital plinth]

For destroyers that target supmarines do they need to patrol or be on strike force ? Or should I add destroyers only built to detect sups and add them to the task force with destroyers with torpedos ?

[dusty sandal]

only good at funny armor meme defense div

[sacred patrol]

wb heavy

[raw pawn]

should i just focus on building on medium tanks then

[dusty sandal]

either convoy escort (come in the combat with engaged convoys) or patrol (if they have detection high enough, they'll engage subs but won't join existing battles)

[dusty sandal]

it's best, yes use radio instead of easy maintenance or armor skirts if you don't have one of them
adjust speed (engine, clicks and suspension) to your liking

[dusty sandal]

used it to statmax but it isn't really good

mediums do the same job better

[sacred patrol]

yea but am dlcless

[dusty sandal]

except for MP obviously

[sacred patrol]

so cant rush 38 mediums

[dusty sandal]

then heavy SPGs can be a strat but imo it's better to stick with light SPGs

no DLC templates

[sacred patrol]

dam that looks expensive

[dusty sandal]

not by much

[raw pawn]

ty bro

[dusty sandal]

you can half the price of mech for 100 mil xp, reducing cost by 1k

for reference, this is with DLC and mech cost reduction
(support companies cost more here, that's why, mainly)

[sacred patrol]

yea am just gonna do netherlands no tanks

unless you got like some cheap template so the tanks are just there to help

[dusty sandal]

you can do air as netherlands, but with no DLC anything you do will be harder

[sacred patrol]

well i have le resistance but that wont add any mechanic to help me

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here message
the right one is 5k ic

it's 10 inf divs

[sacred patrol]

saved em

[dusty sandal]

don't forget to only build mils as ned if you fight ger

you won't get the time nor build slots to enjoy civs

[sacred patrol]

dont think am gonna enjoy civs as netherlands

let alone a building being build

cause yk

[dusty sandal]

do not ghost ping the helper

[dusty sandal]

no HP

this div's gonna lose half its equipment in each battle

[sacred patrol]

what can i change to make it good?

[dusty sandal]

make it bigger, HP must never go under 200
use support companies
don't use motorized, it's inf, cav or mech
line arty is ass, especially early one, even though it's not as bad in vanilla no dLC

[glacial steeple]

wow

[pale cove]

Split you divs up into 2 army's make a battle plan over all of etheopa for both and battle plan

[vital plinth]

But do k need to make separate task forces or put destroyers with topedos and destroyers with detection into one ?

[pale cove]

Is this Germany vro

[dusty sandal]

torp don't hit subs

[pale cove]

If you are making spa as Germany max out soft attack ignore the cost of it

[dusty sandal]

it's already maxed out ???

I mean you could add extra MG but not point, you would lack break

for 1.8 soft more per MG

[pale cove]

If that's a heavy put every slot as mg

[glacial steeple]

people be like 'ignore cost' and add welded armor on their "cheap" tanks

💔

[dusty sandal]

medium

[pale cove]

Ohhh mb

I always go heavy

4 spa

[dusty sandal]

don't use heavies
1.6x the stats for 2.5x the cost

approx iirc the chart

[pale cove]

Hey dont dis

[glacial steeple]

well yeah you should ignore armor value

its really easy to do

just dont look at it

[pale cove]

For the new meta you don't really need armor

[dusty sandal]

"is it good tank ?" post on the reddit be like :
35 IC, maxed out armor, 15soft, 15hard, 40 breakthrough

[glacial steeple]

this is meta afaik

[pale cove]

Cuz tds will get you

[dusty sandal]

spacemarine

[glacial steeple]

meta as in no rules meta

[pale cove]

Yoink

[dusty sandal]

in MP though

[glacial steeple]

would use if allowed yes

[dusty sandal]

"I'm a meta player"

• "What kind of meta" dialogue

[storm solstice]

God my airforce is getting shredded

like butter

[dusty sandal]

bad air is worse than no air

[pale cove]

Tbh I really don't like using space marines

[dusty sandal]

golden rule

[pale cove]

They are not even that good

Imo

[storm solstice]

I have yellow air

[dusty sandal]

bad trades means you lose

[storm solstice]

But cas is so damn strong

[dusty sandal]

can't use CAS properly under yellow air

[pale cove]

Aa can reduce up to 75% cas dmg

[storm solstice]

im making 10:1 trades

[dusty sandal]

in fighters ?

[storm solstice]

Yes

Genuinely how does italy compete with united states in air

[dusty sandal]

then stop producing planes entirely, you're wasting IC
change your design, what does it look like ?

[glacial steeple]

sometimes youll have some guy here going 'give me the strongest division' so i had to make an image

[storm solstice]

all light guns x4

[glacial steeple]

and then NCNS dropped so i had to make a new version because the old one had a regular tank

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here message
basic rules of plane design :
1 - If you're not using all the thrust, you're doing something horribly wrong
2 - small airframe = 1 engine, medium = 2 engine. Period. If you don't respect that, then you're doing something horribly wrong
3 - Air attack, range and air defence are to be maxed out in this order of priority from top to lesser
4 - Range should always be at a bare minimum of 800km (it isn't great to be clear), 1000 is what you want to aim for a good light airplane. There is never too much range to have
5 - Light fighters always out-trade against heavy fighters, except in the pacific (where heavy fighters win due to light fighters lacking range and not being able to use superior numbers). Heavy fighters are a almost always a waste in singleplayer
6 - Agility and speed are useful but not primordial
7 - Heavy MG are the gun to use before you get canons 2 (1944 tech)
8 - Electronics are always a waste, except for strat bomber meme

[storm solstice]

and extra+self repairing tanks

[glacial steeple]

HFs are meta now i think

tho idk youd have to talk to good players

im bad

[storm solstice]

I made light fighters

[glacial steeple]

theyll work

[dusty sandal]

in air gamble games they're absolutely for allies

[glacial steeple]

i havent played hoi in like a week

[glacial steeple]

with new doctrines tho they get more buff

[dusty sandal]

but axis rarely air gambles iirc

[glacial steeple]

i think*

sorry

[dusty sandal]

might need to take a look into that then, these tips are tarting to date

[scenic nacelle]

What does an air gamble mean

[glacial steeple]

the chance of me being wrong is like 70%

[dusty sandal]

invest HEAVILY into air

[storm solstice]

so should i just give up on air

[scenic nacelle]

How is it a gamble

[glacial steeple]

if you dont win air war, you lose air war

[scenic nacelle]

Since if u have more air the enemy is cooked

[glacial steeple]

and then you have nothing on ground

and you die

[scenic nacelle]

Ahh

[dusty sandal]

NO CAS on mission until green air
change your design right now and get engine 3 and HMG ASAP
stop producing this plane entirely, it's a waste of IC

[storm solstice]

why are engines important

what buffs do they give

isnt it just for thrust

[dusty sandal]

because if allies catch onto it they can pivot and outproduce you anyway

[glacial steeple]

speed and thrust

speed is good

thrust is there to be used

[dusty sandal]

more thrust = more modules and better modules = more stats

[scenic nacelle]

Isn’t axis air production more than the UK before USA joins?

[storm solstice]

so ig i leave palestine and wait 3 years till ig et an airforce then naval invade uk?

[dusty sandal]

less thrust = less stats = you're gonna get assblasted

[scenic nacelle]

I don’t play like sweaty lobbies so I don’t see the best either

[glacial steeple]

that isnt censored? awesome

[dusty sandal]

nope, because UK can just produce planes

whole industry on it and maybe 10 mils on other stuff (trains, guns, support eq etc)
that's 140 mils on planes

day 1 of war

[glacial steeple]

trains??

people make trains??

[dusty sandal]

a lot of stuff isn't censorded, including abysmal dogshit which is my favorite

[scenic nacelle]

Can’t Germany get like 150 ish day 1 of war

[dusty sandal]

gotta lend lease your minors to save them 1 mil brotha

[glacial steeple]

well yeah but i have to watch my mouth since mod bypasses automod

[scenic nacelle]

And maybe 50-75 Italy?

[dusty sandal]

they need to build tanks too !

[glacial steeple]

let saf do it

smh

[dusty sandal]

UK can just continuously invest into air
Ger has to invest into other stuff and build refineries

[scenic nacelle]

Oh yeah

[dusty sandal]

AND ger has limited fuel even with a fuel tank romanian player

[glacial steeple]

lowkey in the imaginable full vanilla full lobby game

why not have kuwait make trains

they get a mil

[scenic nacelle]

Who tf would play Kuwait

[glacial steeple]

the train ethusiast

their leader is also pretty hot

[dusty sandal]

of course it's desert down there

get him an ACU

[glacial steeple]

btw isnt removing the levant states a uk nerf

theyre down like 6 mils 3 civs

[scenic nacelle]

@young hill

[glacial steeple]

@plain mason pls fix

[glacial steeple]

what about him

[scenic nacelle]

Train

[young hill]

u finish their trees then host tool into uk duh

[young hill]

yo guh

[scenic nacelle]

U like trains

I think

[young hill]

nah rly 🤯

[left mica]

oh my god

thats terrible

[young hill]

i did not realise it was lmg 😭

[left mica]

yeah

engine 2 too

and didnt use fiat

@storm solstice i would 100% restart

even if you design a new plane it would take a long time to get the new plane into production and you could have won by then

check this air guide

for MIOs you always want to grab range focused (fiat for italy, focke wulf for germany etc.) for fighters and infantry tank for tanks

[plain mason]

the axis can indeed outproduce the UK on air if they do funny airgamble

ive seen mods with giga italian eco too

horrors beyond comprehension

[left mica]

allies with brazil ac:

and us supersonic jets in 41 for some reason

[plain mason]

when the strategy is banned:

[left mica]

when the:

[dusty sandal]

yeah but mods
otherwise yeah, I miss the air gamble oak2 games

[plain mason]

also 140 mils on planes at 1939 war as the uk is an exaggeration

[left mica]

just do it anyway

[plain mason]

vanilla uk is pretty poor but italy is poorer

unless civboost

[dusty sandal]

not with the deterrence you now get

[plain mason]

is that a ncns thing?

[dusty sandal]

yup

faction mechnic that gives 20%mil speed

[plain mason]

i dont play since 1.16.9 but i assumed that they wouldnt make such a difference

[karmic lintel]

why do i get connecton time out ?

[dusty sandal]

it's huge

makes raj even more broken somehow

[plain mason]

holy fricking shite

20% is insane

[dusty sandal]

if the UK choose to use it in 1938
usually they do so around 1937

[plain mason]

what was pdx thinking

[dusty sandal]

axis gets it too, but they have to actually build forts for it

and less impactfull because less civs overhaul in faction

[opaque zinc]

like a hit show from the 2000s

im lost

[sacred patrol]

any advice for taking spain as portugal

[harsh sequoia]

Hi...i need help

How to get more generals in civil war...i am hesitated to complete revoke the peace preservation law

[storm solstice]

are medium tanks stilll meta

i am getting pierced by everything

[scenic nacelle]

Bro

[daring gorge]

promote majors

[harsh sequoia]

can sway generals in the decisions do more?

[daring gorge]

probably yeah. If u do the decision u get some "decent" generals but if u promote them u get lv1 generals wiht 1 stats

but idk too much abt american civil war

[harsh sequoia]

i mean japan

[twilit bison]

i cannot beat China as Japan. Playing road to 56 mod if that makes any major differences. Problem is even if I establish a foothold I inevitably run out of small arms and the army withers in the field.

not trying to look for like cheese tactics just wanna know if there's a legit way to do this

[scenic nacelle]

What’s ur infantry division

/how many mils do u have on small arms

[twilit bison]

using the default one they have that has a ton of inf brigades in it with art + engineer support. also used the bike infantry but added a light tank with high armor values so they can't pierce us. I had the most success pushing from beachhead naval invasions with the cyclist/tank inf but we stalled out before we could get to wuhan because of supply + running of out small arms.

in the file I think I had like 5-10?

The real issue i face is i have no idea how to like manage the economy because the resources are so low. like you have so few civ factories or mil factories

don't know what to prioritize

[scenic nacelle]

Putting nearly everything on guns early on seemed to be fine

And make the divs 16w infantry with support artillery

[vital plinth]

They don’t ?

So only mine laying ?

Also what’s different with escort carriers how are they different?

[dusty sandal]

the only weapon that can hit subs is depth charge

[past tinsel]

guys I need help I’m producing bf109s and yet the don’t go into my stockpile. I also can’t convert any planes from my stockpile to bf109s either

[errant chasm]

Different chasis there's answer

[vital plinth]

Oh ok i thought it was topedos, then what good is topedos on destroyers ? Or purpose

[glacial steeple]

deficits

[errant chasm]

Also that too

[past tinsel]

nah everything is fine

its been doing this almost every run

sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt

[dusty sandal]

torps hit based on visibility and speed
they ignore armor and have extreme damage per hit with high crit chance. this means that big armored ships (slow) are vulnerable to torps, hence the need for fast screening ships (light cruisers and DDs)

in singleplayer, torps are alright now with the doctrines (CLs still better), but they're now meta in MP

[errant chasm]

Okay you see that some of your wings have 81 out of 100 planes. That is whats causing the deficit. Air wings need to have the same model of airplane

[glacial steeple]

same mission type*

doesnt have to align in any other capacity

same mission type and size of frame*

sorry

[past tinsel]

so thats why i cant produce bf109s?

[glacial steeple]

youre making them

[past tinsel]

damn this game complicated

[glacial steeple]

theyre going into your existing wings

your existing wings just dont have enough planes

so theyre not going to stockpile

[past tinsel]

oh i can add them now

ty

producing these planes gonna be annoying asf

[past tinsel]

any tips on producing them?

[dusty sandal]

before the disaster hits, what's the design you're using ?

[past tinsel]

just the ones they give u rn

i just started

[dusty sandal]

then don't

[past tinsel]

the base design

[glacial steeple]

i wouldnt

[dusty sandal]

it's awful, and bad air is worse than no air, but that's not really your fault

[glacial steeple]

its like one of the worst starting plane designs

its pretty awesome

[dusty sandal]

what you can do early on is : one engine lvl 2 and then as armament two x2 canons. Once you get the improved range research, replace one of the canons with 4x light MG and add a extra fuel tank

also, engine tech is as important as airframe tech

[past tinsel]

aight

[dusty sandal]

and fockewolf is better MIO than messershmidt because range buffs but it's fine if you choose messershmidt anyway

[past tinsel]

last game i did alr i just forgot about dday ngl

[glacial steeple]

this is the only early game plane id make, and its to quickly conquer south america as argentina

[dusty sandal]

if you ever want to do your own air designs, use this to-do list #ask-for-help-here message

[dusty sandal]

bro is starved for range

[glacial steeple]

you need it

ive tried small air

[dusty sandal]

crapcas works well too in south america

[vital plinth]

What doctrines are best to pick and grand doctrine?

[glacial steeple]

its not usable

[dusty sandal]

can't recall

[errant chasm]

I'm sorry I can't read portugese. What is that role supposed to say

[glacial steeple]

then you also need some fighters

[dusty sandal]

don't you in all cases ?

[glacial steeple]

Caça pesado

[glacial steeple]

no because no one has air

you wont really die to their planes

you have a machine gun on it

[dusty sandal]

then just crap cas is good

[glacial steeple]

itll be fine until you get to france

its just worse

you need the range

for peru, for brasil, for paraguay

[dusty sandal]

crapcas can have quite the range actually

[glacial steeple]

its very little

in the airzones youre in

its fine in europe

[dusty sandal]

2 bomb locks and 1 extra fuel, you have 750km iirc

[glacial steeple]

you cant get fuel

its too hard to license

ai designs stuff with it too late

you also need the planes like in 1937, 38

better to produce early

you dont need more than like 3 factories on it

but it seriously helps because sometimes youll have to face concentrated units

and your army just doesnt do damage that early

you dont have the tech or xp for mountaineers

you want to divest into air later anyway because south america

like idk, ive found it works better

because theres not a lot of airbases

[dusty sandal]

alright then

haven't played enough SA tbf

[glacial steeple]

id rather save the CIC from airbase construction and spend a bit more MIC

because it also saves time

you dont have to sit somewhere and wait for an airfield

[scenic nacelle]

Heavy fighter?

Too short for tactical bomber

[vital plinth]

What are the weapons you use for naval bombers ? I can only fit 1 topedo module and then can’t put anything else on there rest of the spaces any idea ?

[austere roost]

use heavy planes for naval bombers

you can put three torpedoes on it

[vital plinth]

Even carriers ?

[austere roost]

then just put a torpedo

you don't need any other weapon

[vital plinth]

Ok so small airframes on carriers with 1 topedo ?

And land naval bombers best is large ones ?

[austere roost]

yes

[vital plinth]

Ok thx

[austere roost]

just remember large plane naval bombers are in groups of 10, so it might lag if you make a lot of them

[errant chasm]

Probably that

[vital plinth]

Oh I don’t understand this sorry ?

[austere roost]

so normally planes come in 100s but maritime patrol bombers come in 10s

[glacial steeple]

theyre good if you have ice carriers

[austere roost]

15 knots

i researched them once and now I got converted to modern carrier cuz i want a ship that's faster than me swimming