ask-for-help-here

[wind lotus]

I only use logistic on my tanks tbh

[wind lotus]

Sometimes

[twin kayak]

is it useful on marines for naval invasions

[uncut narwhal]

nah

[twin kayak]

I have a free spot

[wind lotus]

Not really?

[uncut narwhal]

whats the template like?

[jade tulip]

cant wait for devs to patch it

probably will happen lmao

[uncut narwhal]

nah

[uncut narwhal]

there always gonna be a way to rush anschluss

[uncut narwhal]

too small

[twin kayak]

how many do I need

[uncut narwhal]

this

[twin kayak]

I don't have rangers

[uncut narwhal]

switch out armored engineers

with pioneers

[wind lotus]

At least 30w I'd say

[uncut narwhal]

you got mountaineers?

if not

[twin kayak]

how do I get them

[uncut narwhal]

just use inf ig

[uncut narwhal]

marine doctrine

[twin kayak]

nope, not now

[wind lotus]

As long as it's not above 36

[uncut narwhal]

then use inf

[twin kayak]

what is the reason to mix them ?

[wind lotus]

Special forces cap

[uncut narwhal]

because the amphibious bonus only works till +50%

after that

it does nothing

[wind lotus]

You have a limit to the amount of Special forces you can have

[uncut narwhal]

so you want the rangers

to give you buffs

in tiles where marines would give you debuffs

[uncut narwhal]

no

different topic

[twin kayak]

I don't understand that argument, since you mix marines (sf) with rangers/mountaineers (also sf)

[uncut narwhal]

yea idk what he thought

[wind lotus]

What he said

[neat widget]

do you guys know about the video

[wind lotus]

To allow you to have more divisions with marines on it

In case your cap is low

[uncut narwhal]

but the cap doesnt matter

if you also use other sf

[wind lotus]

Ok

[uncut narwhal]

in the div

[wind lotus]

No

[twin kayak]

no

[wind lotus]

Which video

[neat widget]

oH shoot

[uncut narwhal]

wrong channel lol

[neat widget]

Yeah

every so often i have to post this video

[deep pagoda]

How many transport planes do you need on supply dropping to make it worth it? I have 700 on one army and their supply is still red, feels like it's doing nothing

[errant chasm]

I only use transport planes for paradropping. Not really worth it imo

[rare sleet]

when invading somewhere like england, whats a good paratrooper division to use, default paratroopers dont cut it XD

[neat widget]

they are definitely useful for supply

but you get 1 supply for a whole air wing

so 7 in total

[proper oasis]

i really want to get into this game but goddam this learning curve sucks is there a tutorial or beginners guide anyone reccomends or any tips?

[twin kayak]

wth does that mean

[errant chasm]

their autonomy is changed

[neat widget]

they probably fought in your wars or lend leased you some equipment, and thus autonomy increased

[twin kayak]

I can read

[neat widget]

you can bring it back down by building in them

or lend leasing to them

[twin kayak]

I don't know how that part of the game works (puppets, colony etc ...) so I might have done stuff wrong

[errant chasm]

Colonies are a higher ranking than puppets. The more higher the rank, the more freer they are. For the UK their client states ranking are Integrated puppets, puppets, colonies, dominions, then free (not a puppet).

[glacial steeple]

hiii liv hiii vistula hii phoenix

[errant chasm]

hi casey

wanna play hoi4 tomorrow, casey?

[glacial steeple]

ill see if i can

i couldve today

[pale cove]

is big-high quality inf viable in mp as france?

[errant chasm]

oh

[glacial steeple]

sorry for not communicating T-T im dumb

[errant chasm]

it's fine

[pale cove]

or is it a waste because france gets such good buffs to tanks

(mio)

[scenic nacelle]

ehhh

if u want

but focus on tanks primarily

[pale cove]

idk i js never seem to get my tanks out in time for germany

and if i can get them out they are to weak

[twin kayak]

hi Phoenix ? haven't we talked like 1 hour ago ?

[glacial steeple]

long time

[twin kayak]

might be another day in you country tho

[scenic nacelle]

guh

[twin kayak]

idk

[scenic nacelle]

when do u start making tanks

do u do mils?

where do u make mils

[pale cove]

yes lol

i make mills when i have 50 civs

so like

37

[scenic nacelle]

dont do civs as france

just mil greed

in africa

[pale cove]

rlly?

[scenic nacelle]

yeah

[pale cove]

ill try that out

[scenic nacelle]

it makes germany stronger

since more civs and mils for them

[twin kayak]

can someone explain me how I can influence this tab and these fancy little bars ?

[pale cove]

tru

[glacial steeple]

also release algeria as puppet

[pale cove]

send lendleese to them

to get them down

[glacial steeple]

you annex them with focus

[scenic nacelle]

hover over the bar

should say so

[pale cove]

i know man

[pale cove]

or build in them

[glacial steeple]

you can do it with all colonies in sheeps mod

[pale cove]

to make them go down

[glacial steeple]

good mod you should play

[pale cove]

to cheesy

[glacial steeple]

it also has austronesian formable

[pale cove]

im palying sheeps rn

js practicing

[twin kayak]

how do I get this lvl up ? and what is the opimal strat ? is integrated puppet always better ?

[glacial steeple]

its a bit weird in cores but its peak

[pale cove]

think ill build like 8 civs and switch to mills

because i need early mob

[glacial steeple]

scroll mouse to the right

hover over bar

[neat widget]

yeah

it's always better for your puppets to be lower on the scale

[scenic nacelle]

when do u start making tanks

[pale cove]

uhhhhhhhhhhhh

[glacial steeple]

i dont enjoy being one :(

[pale cove]

at the start of 38 or late 37

[neat widget]

true

[pale cove]

i thin,k

think

i can get like 2 tank divs but thats not nearly enough

i dont think

maybe i can try medium tanks?

cuz i get the mio

[glacial steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/silly-dog-silly-dog-propeller-hat-propeller-hat-dog-gif-4764495627579170054

[twin kayak]

what do I give them ?

[pale cove]

convoys are the best imo

[twin kayak]

is this number at the bottom per month or just once I give them the transports and never after ?

[glacial steeple]

thats for 10

[twin kayak]

yeah, but since I give them 10 transports/month, do I get 7/month (idk what the unit is)

[glacial steeple]

youre giving them 10 once

[uncut narwhal]

can you undo a focus via command?

[glacial steeple]

no

[uncut narwhal]

im doing an infantry only build but i lwk forgot

[glacial steeple]

i dont get it :(

[vital geode]

TWR style?

[uncut narwhal]

nah

[glacial steeple]

jonathan how win war

[uncut narwhal]

how are you already in full debt

two years in

[vital geode]

annex 'tag"

Otherwise it depends

[glacial steeple]

im like full occupied

[twin kayak]

what can I do ?

[uncut narwhal]

this better work

[cold bloom]

@uncut narwhalNo nazi symbols please

[uncut narwhal]

oh shi mb

didnt see it

[oak jasper]

I'd assume you can get the resources by getting military access to the USSR, but otherwise, landlocked regions are Fun (TM)

[late river]

@glacial steeple

i just got this random

plane

[oak jasper]

I'd use Focke-Wulf for more range, aiming for at least 1000 km with a combination of MIO boosts and extra fuel tanks. Otherwise, that's the standard 1940 design.

[uncut narwhal]

im using focke wulf?

[oak jasper]

I thought that's Messerschmit? Maybe I got the icons mixed up in my head.

[uncut narwhal]

messerschmit is the red one

[uncut narwhal]

focke wulf

not messerschmitt

[scenic nacelle]

sheeps mod france

[scenic nacelle]

12 nov 38

[oak jasper]

I'm guessing you accidentally have light machine guns, not heavy machine guns there. Go for 3x quad HMG, put in self-sealing fuel tanks, 1-2 armor plates, and 0-1 extra fuel tanks.

[late river]

yes?

[oak jasper]

Yes, self-sealing fuel tanks are worth the extra rubber.

[astral heath]

whats the best dlc to buy

[sand ember]

no range moment

[late river]

no step back

and for fun gutterdamerung (which adds somethings to germany and anptjer countries)

and one i would buy is trial of agallaince cuz south america is fun tho

[twin kayak]

man ...

[neat widget]

it's disconnected from your capital

so you can't get any resources from there

[twin kayak]

@neat widget and for this ?

it just happend

idk how

[neat widget]

did you just load a save?

[twin kayak]

no

(what do you mean just ? if you mean just like 1 minute ago, it's no)

[neat widget]

ah i see

[neat widget]

okaya, it's just that you're using more steel than you are producing

did you change your trade laws recently?

[twin kayak]

nope

and it doesn't let me

[neat widget]

which country is this

[twin kayak]

so I'm a bit lost rn

UK

[neat widget]

huuuh

does it say something when you try to change conscription laws

[twin kayak]

wait, lemme send a smaller screen shot

[oak jasper]

Did you recently reload your game? I've noticed that when loading a save game, sometimes it'll show a huge resource deficit until the day ticks over.

[twin kayak]

going 1 law up (or down, depends on hoy you see it) would resolve the problem

[twin kayak]

no

I've been playing on this save for like 4 hours

[oak jasper]

I'm a bit surprised that the UK is chewing through so much steel.

In the meantime, you can try trading for steel, upgrading infrastructure in your steel-producing states, adding high-capacity energy grids in said states, trying to up compliance in any occupied territories with steel, and ensuring your steel-producing states have a supply hub or naval base.

[storm solstice]

how do i depoy nukes in the new update

[glacial steeple]

CL gun 3 type gameplay

[oak jasper]

The way HOI 4 does resource use is kinda screwed up.

[glacial steeple]

idk if its true but if he uses CL gun 3 he will eat the world steel supply

[twin kayak]

Well, for the parts of the game which I don't know yet, I kina yolo my way through. so that might also be the issue (idk how to manage ressources)

[glacial steeple]

are you making ships

[twin kayak]

no, stopped making them when I reached -250 steel

[glacial steeple]

what ships were you making

[twin kayak]

(wasn't producing anything anyway with such a big deficit)

[glacial steeple]

did you research ship atuff

stuff*

can you trade

what is costing so much steel

[twin kayak]

10 yards on dds and 15 on convoys

[glacial steeple]

thats fine

you can keep doing that if u want

[idle halo]

What command completes the entire doctrine tree?

[twin kayak]

about that: nothing more I can get

[glacial steeple]

mastery

[idle halo]

Ty

[glacial steeple]

ok show production lines

[twin kayak]

why does mechanized equipment cost so much !

[glacial steeple]

ok so

you dont need that

ever

[copper mason]

If I attack a puppet state would the owner state join the war?

[glacial steeple]

if you ever have a much larger production than your enemy make air

youd be fine with like IDK 100 on tank stuff

in sp you should never go above that because if you outproduce your enemy air is just a better investment

its also like what you have resources for

if you look at the resource tab youll notice a lot of unused rubber and aluminiu

m

use it

[twin kayak]

Yeah, I just put so much in the armoured stuff because I was on a 3 front war

not that I'm at piece, I replace all of my equipment and then produce air

[glacial steeple]

in this case because youre maiking 40 mech per day, as long as your template has equal mech to tank ratio, your tank production does not need to exceed 50 a day

your gun on the tank is also still old

[twin kayak]

I was just waiting for some research stuff

[glacial steeple]

air is like free damage

if you can play to win air you play air

its much stronger

or rather you should

you can do whatever you feel like doing but yk

it will win faster

[twin kayak]

I'll listen to you (and the others in the channel) first

and then, once I've mastered the game, I'll do whatever I want

[glacial steeple]

then youll be bored

[twin kayak]

why ?

[glacial steeple]

because youll always win

theres no suspense

[twin kayak]

Yeah, that's also true

I meant: once I understand the mechanics etc

[glacial steeple]

so play however you want/find fun, help should be the best possible but if you ask too much it will get more boring :P

[astral heath]

what focus tree path do i go for ussr

i just got no step back

[uncut narwhal]

Rush down the political paranoia if your doing stalin

[astral heath]

so the centre?

[rose plover]

is there any trick to get regions from countries in your alliances when you asking them during the war

[uncut narwhal]

yes

[rose plover]

in this menu, france doesnt wanna give me specific regions from germany

[twin kayak]

kinda overkill imo

[neat widget]

winner: bhutan

[twin kayak]

(other country but same opponents) has been holding for 1 year

holy nepal

[rose plover]

i mean

they have no border with any enemy

so ofc they hold

[twin kayak]

they probably just trow rocks off their mountains and win like that

[twin kayak]

india is in my faction

I think the others have land access

but I'm not sure

[rose plover]

well

india have to join the war

otherwise no one can attack nepal either when they have access

[neat widget]

yeah

pretty much

[twin kayak]

I still prefer the theory that nepal is bravely resisting against the allies

[final tartan]

new here, is there a way to get out of a truce?

[rose plover]

waiting

[final tartan]

lol was going to try to invade them, thanks

[rose plover]

the truce will end at some point

you can look in the diplo menu when it is

[vagrant stratus]

How exactly do I go about defending Ethiopia, Somaliland and Eritrea as Italy after things start going to hell? Supply gets a bit complicated after the Suez gets shut down

[rose plover]

well

if you need that long to take ethiopia that the suez gets shut down you did something wrong in the first place

[vagrant stratus]

Well no, not what I meant lmao

[rose plover]

i know what you mean

but if your suplly doesnt go through the suez anymore i´d say its almost impossible to hold ethiopia if the distance for the supply route doesnt make a difference in their efficiency

[vagrant stratus]

Mm. So is the strat for defending Ethiopia to just take the loss until I can wrench the suez open myself? lmao

[rose plover]

what

no

thats not what i meant

i meant that if you take that long to defeat ethiopia you did something wrong

normally you should take ethiopia way before the suez can get closed

[vagrant stratus]

Ah. I think there has been a misunderstanding mainly from my own bad wording

Ethiopia I clear out and occupy no later than May of 1936 at absolute worst

The question is about defending that territory when things go to hell I.E I start trouble that causes the UK to join in, or I get dragged into such a war due to factions, and I am no longer able to supply or move troops through the suez as I am at war with the UK

[rose plover]

ah

ok

first of all

dont defend ethiopia

xD

its just not worth it

[vagrant stratus]

So I see this was a bit more correct than first anticipated-

[rose plover]

you dont have cores in it and you will only loose troops there

[rose plover]

yes

but if you really wanna defend ethiopia than you have to attack in egypt to conquer the suez in first place

[neat widget]

You should be able to both push from Egypt and Ethiopia

Especially since you should clear it out in April 1936, allowing you to form the Italian East Africa puppet

This gives you the supply needed to push into Sudan and then Egypt

If you try to push from Libya there's the chance you get stuck in El Alamein

You might also try naval invasions / paradropping, which do work

[vagrant stratus]

Gotcha, so the puppet states will help with the supply issue, making it easier to push from Ethiopia up to the suez if I'm understanding correctly? Or is there another thing there that I missed lmao

still trying to get used to the game, so bear with me haha

[rose plover]

the puppet alone is fine

[vagrant stratus]

Mm, Naval shit is.. Definitely my weakest area, as in I have no idea how any of it works unfortunately.

[rose plover]

you get the supply then from his capital

[vagrant stratus]

Gotcha gotcha. Will I need to like build anything else as I push up?

Like railroads and such

[rose plover]

if the suppliy appears red yes

railroads and supply hubs

[vagrant stratus]

Alright. I'll see how that works out. Appreciate it o7

[keen hemlock]

i wouldnt even recomend pushing from ethopia

[left mica]

if im playing italy i would release all ethiopian, somali and eritrean puppets there so they can get more factories via the generic focus, and not call them into the war

@vagrant stratus

your focus should be in libya

[stone river]

@sterile brook we have a guy in the call whos not playing with us were in axis and were not letting him join, he wont leave

[vagrant stratus]

Ah, I just realized, the whole puppeting thing is dlc, of which I have none of them LMAO so anything revolving around puppet states isn't really an option for me

Though for future reference if/when I get them, why would the puppets getting more factories after I release them benefit me? Wouldn't they no longer be under my control therefor I wouldn't benefit? And why is Libya better to focus on?
Like I said, very new to the game so I'm trying to learn as much as I can haha

[left mica]

in my opinion the base game itself isnt worth playing

paradox's business practice holds you hostage by locking a lot of features behind a paywall

every single game like hoi, eu, stellaris

if you only want to buy just the base game i would recommend not buying a paradox product

[vagrant stratus]

I mean I'm having a pretty good time. I wanted a game that was kinda like civ but with more of a focus on military stuff, and that's what I'm getting lmao

plus I wanted to ensure I'd actually like it before I committed to the dlc

[left mica]

otherwise if you do want to play you're basically forced to buy all the dlcs

ive played hoi for a while and i will simply not touch base game

dlcs just add that much more flavour to the game

[vagrant stratus]

I mean I do intend to get the dlc at some point now that I know I enjoy it, but I'm assuming it's best to wait for a sale

[left mica]

i also own stellaris and eu4 with full dlcs

for hoi4 i only dont have goe

i agree wait for a sale

but yeah just keep that in mind next time you feel like buying a new pdx game

its a pretty big investment

civ6 is w

[vagrant stratus]

Well like I said, I'd like to make sure I actually enjoy something before just jumping in with all of the dlc haha

[left mica]

thats fair

just know that 70% of the game is behind dlcs

[vagrant stratus]

Aye, I gotcha. I'll definitely look into it next time there's a sale. Hopefully I won't have to wait too long

In case I have to do it like bit by bit, what would be a good order to get the dlc in then?

[left mica]

la resistance (for collab govs), by blood alone (air designer), no step back (tank designer), arms against tyranny which i think adds mios

doesnt together for victory let you release puppets?

get that as well

graveyard of empires and trial of allegiance arent worth it since they're only focus tree dlcs

idk what ncns adds

[vagrant stratus]

Gotcha, thank you!! I dislike stuff like this but I may just do the subscription thing until they all go on sale again. I did get base game during the spring sale but I didn't get to playing it and learning until now cause it seemed a bit daunting lmao

I'm assuming that the game changes enough that I wouldn't want to spend too much time learning base game then?

[candid mist]

whats a good medium tank division

[keen hemlock]

yes

[left mica]

thats my point

[keen hemlock]

faction stuff, new china tree and japan alt hist stuff

[left mica]

so just focuses?

that sucks

but i mean japan is fun to play

so idk

[keen hemlock]

factions

stuff

[left mica]

at least its not goe

[keen hemlock]

like the whole machanic is reworked

[left mica]

the factions mechanics is ncns locked??

bro

[keen hemlock]

the new one

[left mica]

how does it look like in base game

like the old one?

[keen hemlock]

its just faction

[left mica]

bruh

[left mica]

in that case its definitely a different game

[vagrant stratus]

I mean old factions are still in tact
at least I could join the axis and create the Italy first one lmao

[left mica]

same as eu4 and stellaris then

[keen hemlock]

^

[vagrant stratus]

Gotcha gotcha

[keen hemlock]

you should

[left mica]

check pinned

[keen hemlock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCqXIRRVZIY

[vagrant stratus]

Ah, I've already watched that actually!

[keen hemlock]

good

hold on

[vagrant stratus]

I'd say the only base game stuff I don't understand mechanics wise is like navy shit

[keen hemlock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lhOueDAB5o

[summer nymph]

Dutch East Indies is a puppet and has barely any factories, they are a major. I am Italy with 100+ factories, I am not a major. I don't understand.

[keen hemlock]

nnot understanding navy is a meme in the community

dont worry most people struggle with it at first

[vagrant stratus]

Oh? lmao

Nods nods

[left mica]

navy is easy

lmao

like

[vagrant stratus]

I'll give this a watch, thank you!!

[left mica]

genuinely

[keen hemlock]

subs are still bugged right now

iirc

[left mica]

i would say its easier to understand than army

but thats me

the reason why people refuse to learn navy is because they usually learn army first and then realise navy is a whole other kettle of fish

and they just cant be bothered to learn it

at least thats what i used to think

[vagrant stratus]

..Did I miss something with regards to the army stuff? I thought it was decently easy :O

[left mica]

i dont know

oh yeah you did

dont forget to read the tooltip

tutorials are a thing but more often that not you have to have a fundamental understanding of how hoi4 combat mechanics work, and for that you need to pause the game and take in everything the game shows you

like click on a tile and see what terrain modifier or cw it has

go to division designer and see what battalion type does and how it performs

hover over any icon you see

the more info you have the more and better informed decisions you can make

hence my name

[vagrant stratus]

Ah
lol
the division designer I have hardly touched atm 🙃

I've done at least a chunk of the other things you mentioned

[left mica]

thats why you never fw line artillery because it sucks

3 cw for a smidge more soft attack per cw compared to infantry

[vagrant stratus]

And I know the division designer is like essential

[mild crown]

Why is a country in my faction taking land when they aren't in this war?

[left mica]

division designer is vital

you never use what the game gives you by default

[vagrant stratus]

But any time any game gives me free reign to build something like that I am always TERRIBLE at actually making something good

[mild crown]

Italians are taking my land ;(

[left mica]

for line holding you use 9/0 and for offensive you use 32.2w for mountains and 36w for tanks

[left mica]

in my first ger game i couldnt push past belgium

[left mica]

install player led peace conference

its a mod

[mild crown]

No, it's not the peace conference

[vagrant stratus]

It's not just this game, anytime I've given freedom with like a build or smth if I'm left to my own devices I will in fact find a way to make the most mid decisions possible-

[vagrant stratus]

Uh.. Unfortunately I don't know what those numbers mean haha

[left mica]

ur just like me lol

[summer nymph]

I feel like there's a place for line artillery for some minors with low manpower and the buffs from Superior Firepower doctrines, etc.

[mild crown]

I'm fighting in the war, my ally borders the country I'm fighting, but my ally is getting land when they ain't in the war :(

[vagrant stratus]

🤝

[left mica]

36w tanks (i would just do normal heavies)

for marines/mountaineers i put them in the same div with 8 marines and 10 mountaineers. i research the marine and mountaineer doctrine tree, with mountaineer going down holding the line which reduces mountaineer cw

line holding inf divisions are just 9 infantry battalions with field hospital (hence 9/0: 9 inf and 0 line artillery), support artillery and engineer (optional) or signal/logistics

[vagrant stratus]

Mm, I probably should branch out of just infantry and mountaineers lmao

[left mica]

dont push with 9/0

[vagrant stratus]

Uh, what does 9/0 mean? And the 36w?

[glacial steeple]

mid decisions are good

[left mica]

@vagrant stratus

[vagrant stratus]

I dunno man, I feel like if people saw my research/focus tree paths, or if I tried to make something in the division creator and showed people they'd probably throw up LMAOO

[vagrant stratus]

OHH THE WIDTH MB
and I c I c, so infantry is just for holding?

[left mica]

yeah

its still dependent on air though

you keep the infantry cheap so you can put more mils on aircrafts

air is utterly vital for the war effort

you cant hold anything under red air

[vagrant stratus]

Mm I probably should be putting more focus on that then

Here I was primarily focusing on infantry, though I did have a bit of air

[left mica]

with green air and cas you can even battleplan with 9/0

air is the be all and end all

go down concentrated industry and put maybe 20 mils on guns

i dont see why anyone would do dispersed unless they play as finland

[vagrant stratus]

I went dispersed because I don't understand the game fully yet LMAO

Alright, then are mountaineers/marines the ones I use for actually attacking? And under what conditions are marines better?

Or are tanks the ones I want to attack with.. And if so when cause tanks take a bit to build up I imagine- see this is the stuff that gets utterly confused about games like this haha

[keen hemlock]

if you need to naval invade

[keen hemlock]

use medium spgs > tanks

soft attack is what matters

[vagrant stratus]

Ah, even against other tanks?

[austere roost]

no, but ai doesn't produce tanks

just copy the templates in pins

and templates are at most 5% of the game, industry and production is 80% of the game and newbies don't care about it for some reason

[vagrant stratus]

..Real shit?

[vagrant stratus]

In that case, am I doing good considering most of my focus tree/research prio is on boosting my industry? lmao

[austere roost]

if you call tanks made out of paper tanks then yeah

ai really only starts producing tanks once they're +3

[vagrant stratus]

Huh. Interesting. I thought they would start rolling them out way sooner lmao

[austere roost]

Who are you playing as?

You build mils 3-3.5 years before war and everything else (mio, infrastructure first or not, resources, etc.) just depends

[vagrant stratus]

Been playing as Italy as I get used to everything, though maybe it's not as good of an idea since I have no idea what I'm doing with regards to navy rn

[austere roost]

You can try

It's easier to do Germany or usa first since you don't need to worry about navy

[vagrant stratus]

Mm, maybe. I have been considering giving Germany a try, though I hear they're quite powerful and I wouldn't want to just be carried through my bad decisions by a really strong nation haha

Not sure about the US though :O

[austere roost]

Your first playthrough will likely be worse than AI

Follow bittersteel's Germany guide his guide is for newbies

[final estuary]

Anybody can give me tips on how to win defensive or offensive wars

[vagrant stratus]

Gotcha, I'll look into it! I'm assuming I would have to look into another guide for navy though?

[austere roost]

Navy is not hard once you know what to do

Tbh first just get used to what everything in navy is then look for "meta" stuff

[vagrant stratus]

Aye, the problem is I have no idea where to even start when I look at the navy stuff or how to do anything with my ships without them getting demolished lmao

[errant chasm]

Iirc ya build destroyers and carriers.

Oversimplifed but I dont know too much about navy

[neat zenith]

ive been able to mostly ignore it for the time being. but machiavellianstrategist has a good short video on navy

also I think subs are still bugged sadly

[vagrant stratus]

Ah, how so?
and considering that I'm assuming don't bother with them?

[vagrant stratus]

As nice as ignoring it sounds, something tells me I'd be better off knowing how it works haha
thank you for the suggestion!

[magic phoenix]

Does anyone know if the engineers subdoctrine buffs apply to armored engineers?

[neat widget]

it doesn't

[magic phoenix]

aw that is disappointing, ty

[final estuary]

<@&916727971820240976>

[serene karma]

Any more specifics

I assume vanilla?

As who?

Do you have a screenshot of the time you struggle

[final estuary]

Vanilla with dlc as austria

And estonia

[serene karma]

Ur not new to the game right

[final estuary]

Yes

[serene karma]

Who are u fighting

[final estuary]

For both germany

[serene karma]

Are u trying to form austria hungary

[final estuary]

Yea

[serene karma]

Try not to go to war that fast then

Whats forcing u into war

Czech?

[final estuary]

Sudetenland

[serene karma]

Use spy dlc to see when germany does the czech focus then time it exactly

It should work

[final estuary]

👍🏿

Aight

[serene karma]

Also a nap should help

[final estuary]

Huh

[wild rune]

have full strength 18w or 36w divisions that cover the entire frontline

[crisp ledge]

I have a somewhat general strategic question - after watching some tutorial videos, I finally managed to complete the HOI4 tutorial as Italy, then kept playing. Currently, I've dethroned Mussolini and the Grand Fascist Council, restored the House of Savoy, and have annexed Albania and puppeted Yugoslavia. Other than that, historical AI is on - if I was going to continue down this path, is there anything in particular I should look out for as a first-time player? Is this even a viable route for a first-timer?

[final estuary]

What kind of templates should I use for that case

[crisp ledge]

For the record, I've been judicious about my focus picks - I managed to get both Power to the King and Glora al Regno d'Italia, so it's pretty much the absolute monarchy route.

[final estuary]

As well as what if I ran out of manpower already

[wild rune]

pure inf

[final estuary]

Bet

[finite terrace]

Nothing really other than being on historical and then doing non historical things can occasionally make other countries do weird things so just be aware random things can happen

[wild rune]

up conscription laws uhh convert your primary divs into 36 width and just have less divisions on the field

[finite terrace]

And once above 25% World tension people will start getting guaranted so you can't just keep going before others get involved

[wild rune]

reduces losses that way

[final estuary]

I hate estonia 😭

[crisp ledge]

Sounds good, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't some pitfall or major structural flaw with the Monarchia d'Italia branch that I should be aware of.

[finite terrace]

I think there are very few focus trees you have to worry about in that way tbh

Sometimes fascist Belgium feels that way ever since they changed it a bit but that's all that really comes to mind off the cuff

[crisp ledge]

I've heard some things about some of the Spanish trees - something about Carlist Spain having some sort of clear-cut benefits and Republican Spain being a structurally flawed pick - and I just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything like that.

But if Monarchist Italy isn't too complex for a first-timer, I'll probably try and continue my revanchist campaign.

[wild rune]

Carlist Spain gets the broken Against Democracy national spirit(by broken I mean it is super strong not actually broken)

[wild rune]

It really is not

[crisp ledge]

As a follow-up question, Romania's positioned itself in the center of a bloc of states I'd kind of like - Germany only just conquered Poland, and nobody's guaranteeing Romania yet. Is it safe to manufacture a war goal against Romania, or should I hold off?

[wild rune]

It is safe

[austere roost]

historical romania can join axis early if you invade them after like winter of 1938

[crisp ledge]

I've heard things about Romania being the oil dealer for most of Europe, and I want that for Italy.

[crisp ledge]

It's something like Feb 1940 - will they join on being invaded?

[austere roost]

if you joined axis obv romania can't

but idk if they will join allies

but like romania will join axis by default

just invade through north africa into iraq and iran

[crisp ledge]

One final question - it seems like Italy's focus path pushes you hard towards tanks. Is this a decent path to take?

[austere roost]

yes

[wild rune]

Foxsy would probably know but I haven't played Italy in a while

[austere roost]

as long as you produce them

check out pins for help

there's nothing unique about tanks, they're just equipment with different numbers

[left mica]

Cheese are you familiar with how eaw handles ban appeals

[crisp ledge]

Fortunately, I'm fairly good with Paradox game economies - I have a solid stockpile of light and heavy tank chassis.

[left mica]

I appealed my ban but idk when and where they will get back

[austere roost]

and you already screwed up

[left mica]

Hoi4 economy is just jack up production cap

[austere roost]

really, check out pins

[crisp ledge]

I'll take a look.

[wild rune]

Nah

[austere roost]

the template/division part is the easy part of this game because it matters at most 5% of all things

[left mica]

It still matters

its just there are other things

like supply and modifiers

there are a thousand modifilers

hoi4 is juts a glorified numbers game

[austere roost]

yeah it matters 5%

industry/production is 80%, air is 10%, supply is 5%

[left mica]

i wouldnt split it into a sum 100% equation

air is just as important as industry

An army only works if you properly feed the soldiers and give them adequate equipment and cas cover

[austere roost]

I mean a big part of air is included in industry

By 10% I mean plane design, radar, etc

[serene karma]

Non aggression pact

But if ur physically tired naps help too

[final estuary]

Ah

But see Germany doesn't want one

[serene karma]

Spies

Diplomatic pressure them

[final estuary]

Aight

[left mica]

and logistics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_logistics_in_the_Northern_France_campaign

After Operation Cobra, the advance was much faster than expected, and the rapid increase in the length of the line of communications threw up unanticipated logistical challenges. The logistical plan lacked the flexibility to cope with the rapidly changing operational situation; the rehabilitation of railways and construction of pipelines could not keep up with the pace of the advance; and resupply by air had limited capacity. Major shortages developed, particularly of petrol, oil, and lubricants (POL).

Motor transport was used as a stopgap. The ADSEC organized the Red Ball Express to deliver supplies from the Normandy area, but there was a shortage of suitable vehicles because of political interference and production difficulties. The tardy delivery of vehicles slowed the training of motor transport unit personnel. As with many other service units, the European Theater of Operations (ETO) was compelled to accept partially trained units in the hope they would be able to complete their training in the UK. Approval for additional relief drivers was also slow, and the US Army's racial segregation complicated personnel assignment. The cost of inadequate training of truck drivers was paid in avoidable damage to vehicles through accidents and poor maintenance.

would be nice to have a decision to use a couple thousand trucks in storage to temporarily supply your armies as you wait for your rail network to come online

more often than not my biggest problem with battleplanning is once i overran the enemy line my armies would push 100kms before the railway is available

so they're always in a supply deadzone

[wild rune]

real

use transport plane supply trust

it is definitely the most efficient thing ever made

[hoary glen]

They shouldn't be your main focus, but if you'd like to have a few you can go for it.

[celest shuttle]

hi we dont have MIO for medium and heavy tank if play china ?

[keen hemlock]

you just need to do the focus

[left mica]

me when no infantry tank mio

[celest shuttle]

@keen hemlocki will find it 😄

i dont see it before

@keen hemlockthis is dont have DLC yet ?

@keen hemlocki cant find that focus ingame

[keen hemlock]

mabye you need ncns

[celest shuttle]

i have DLC but cant find it

this is base game only ?

[keen hemlock]

idk

[celest shuttle]

@keen hemlock only this one for Germany

i cant find that focus at your picture

[keen hemlock]

mabye its alt hist

let me boot up and find it

[celest shuttle]

maybe it only in base game

maybe base game have it

when i add DLC it gone

[keen hemlock]

mabye its basegame only

[celest shuttle]

oops

why they remove it from DLC

[keen hemlock]

because the focus tree changes

idk

[celest shuttle]

so can we have another way to got it ?

[keen hemlock]

idk

[austere roost]

do the soviet diplomacy track and hope they accept so you can use okmo

[celest shuttle]

@austere roostwhat is that?

[glacial steeple]

i dont think you get that?

[austere roost]

the focus that asks for soviet experts

[glacial steeple]

isnt it always mozorov

[celest shuttle]

@austere roostwe dont have that focus too

my mean is china not soviet china

[austere roost]

the okmo one is without the three custom soviet traits

[glacial steeple]

also prob no dlc china

[austere roost]

i only watched someone analyzing the new mios

but roc might be able to get okmo just like prc does

but the one you get is random

[glacial steeple]

if its not refurb im checked out

[austere roost]

there's like three choices and each has one third chance

[glacial steeple]

they get a buffed standard anyway

[austere roost]

you do, search for soviet related focuses, it's after the one where you ask stalin for 5k guns

[austere roost]

that's prc, not roc

roc just gets one of the three non-mystichy soviet mios randomly

[celest shuttle]

@austere roostok i will try that

[austere roost]

so just hope it's weaker okmo

cuz there's no way i'm working with the fast or heavy tank mio

[keen hemlock]

Yeah

[glacial steeple]

ethiopian tanks #1 in the game!!

never beaten

[keen hemlock]

Bro built tanks as Africa

[glacial steeple]

renault (with special traits) + mystichy combo 😍

only nation that can do it

[keen hemlock]

I want them to add all the African and Asian puppets from like France and the uk

Like indochina, French central Africa etc

But that would lag the game a lot

[austere roost]

but China got like the strongest navy mios

[jagged ice]

i really want to know what are the best liek basic templates to fight germany with as france im so confused and i have no idea what the meta is in hoi4 currently

[glacial steeple]

do they?

[keen hemlock]

Mystichy?

[glacial steeple]

i saw the prc like +30% plane output buff but it only applies to modern airplane specifically, not supersonic or anything

[austere roost]

9/0 + armor engineer + support art + support aa, meta never changed for defensive inf

[glacial steeple]

i lowkey am wondering if modern planes are worth it as prc because of buffs

[austere roost]

Yeah roc gets a navy mios that has like -30% ship cost

So you can get like max hanger cv for like 6k cost or something

Puts usa to shame

[jagged ice]

what about attack? for inf and armor and should i use heavies since france has chromium?

[glacial steeple]

crazy

[austere roost]

There's pins for that

[jagged ice]

oh okay thank you

[glacial steeple]

well you can also tell them why

for france youd like to do tanks, you start with like, every technology you could possibly want for it other than heavy guns

[austere roost]

It's 1am now I'm going to sleep soon. Trying to fix Skyrim modding bugs kind of kills your passion to do anything

[glacial steeple]

id ignore adding "better" armor because it steeply increases tamk production costs by 20%

armor isnt too relevant anyway

[jagged ice]

so i only really upgrade the gun and not the chassis or anything else?

just add radio and the basics?

[austere roost]

But tbh if you want to do tanks, you need to understand that production is the bigger problem than templates

[jagged ice]

yeah i realize

d

[austere roost]

You want to maximize your production cap and mils count

[jagged ice]

so at what time do i stop building civs?

[austere roost]

And also selecting infantry mios for your tank design and standardized mio for production if you can

Build mils 3.5 years before war

Also learn that you should research 1937 and 1939 industry tech earlier

[jagged ice]

so like july 1937

is when i stop

[austere roost]

1936 rifle tech doesn't matter in 1937 but getting 1937 concentrated 3 months earlier matters a lot

[jagged ice]

alright

[austere roost]

3.5 years before July 1939 is not 1937

[jagged ice]

oh

thats

1936

[somber salmon]

why are my units attacking when i dont give an order? its losing me my front line over and over again. really annoying

[jagged ice]

do you have the battle plan on?

[austere roost]

Maybe they have order in another line that is on so everyone is attacking

Give separate orders to every line

[somber salmon]

i just have the front line thing on, not sure if that counts

units are not put on aggressive either.

[austere roost]

You have the front line plan on so ofc they're attacking

Turn off the plan

[jagged ice]

is the arrow moving on the map if so turn it off

[somber salmon]

i thought this was the case but ill delete all orders, put them back at the frontline, and some units just start throwing themselves at the enemy and kill themselves, breaking my frontline

[jagged ice]

you can just delete the order

[somber salmon]

no, i didnt draw any plans

[jagged ice]

oh

[glacial steeple]

it depends on nation, but france cant really make civs if they want production

[jagged ice]

ehh

[austere roost]

Is it your allies units

[jagged ice]

so do i not make civs?

[somber salmon]

i didnt think just putting a frontline down made them attack? i swear it didnt use to be that way

[glacial steeple]

you should make them if you wanna olay free france or vichy

[austere roost]

Yeah you said it yourself start building mils in 1936

[austere roost]

If enemy occupies the tile your unit is moving to it will attack. That might be the reason why

[jagged ice]

yeah i dont plan on doing that

ill just get civs from focuses and then build only mils i think

[somber salmon]

that makes sense, ill pay attention and see if this is the case

[jagged ice]

its very irritating for me aswell

thats why some good players dont use frontlines

im clueless on how they do it

[somber salmon]

i cant imagine that much micro lmfao.

[jagged ice]

neither

i love micro i dont love too much of it though

i only dont draw frontlines for my tanks

unless its a fall back order

[keen hemlock]

I always pause my game, micro everyone, then resume

[somber salmon]

im playing china atm and i just hate micro against the japanese. so many naval invasions to watch for.

[jagged ice]

yeah same with germany after france for me

[dusty sandal]

Casuality ratio maxing my beloved

[jagged ice]

china loses 5 million men and they still hold me off

[somber salmon]

just trying to get historically accurate casualities for the japanese china war 🤣

[jagged ice]

donut we should play together you seem like youd be fun to play with

[somber salmon]

add me brother im about to sleep but we can run it tomorrow

[jagged ice]

where are you from?

ahh you arent accepting friend requests youll have to send me one

[keen ivy]

what makes a tank division good ( 1938 dec)

[austere roost]

Maxed out 1944 cv for 10k cost

[austere roost]

Turn it to SPG and max out soft atk/cost ratio, or hard attack/cost ratio if you are doing td

Also use okmo for your tank designer and mystichy for tank production after you get cut corners with okmo

[hoary glen]

Attack and Breakthrough

[keen ivy]

I was just going to leave it as a medium

[keen ivy]

dont have mo things

[austere roost]

So make medium spgs

[keen hemlock]

^

[austere roost]

No aat?

[keen ivy]

ok ill try to

[keen ivy]

what does aat mean?

[austere roost]

Just use mios that add soft attack or make it cheaper to build then

Aat dlc gives you customizable mios

[keen ivy]

I dotn have mio sorry

[keen ivy]

ohh

[hoary glen]

<@&846894118219022336>

[hoary glen]

Arms against Tyranny DLC

[keen ivy]

yep thanks

[austere roost]

For example

This one is good enough, you can add 2 heavy machine guns to it to further improve it

[hoary glen]

Arty 2 my beloved

[keen ivy]

this is the best I can get keep in mind its 1938

[remote fractal]

Which one is the "modern ship torpedo" ?

[keen ivy]

I just swapped out the machine gun for another small cannon

[austere roost]

Small cannons aren't worth it

[keen ivy]

just stick to machine guns im guessing?

[austere roost]

And reliability isn't an important stat

Why are you giving tds soft attack

Just leave them empty

[keen ivy]

I have been ignoring reliability

oh I confused spg with tds

[austere roost]

You are making your TD 50% more expensive for at most 10% improvement

[keen ivy]

ok spg is artillery right?

[austere roost]

Yes

[native gorge]

What's the best most cost effective ship design you can make

[austere roost]

So use howitzers

or close support gun if you can't get tungsten

[keen ivy]

ok fixed the issue thats fixed the low soft

I dont even have howitzers I need to research that then Ill add it

does radio matter for spg?

[remote fractal]

Which one is the "modern ship torpedo" ?

[austere roost]

Check pins navy guide they have ship designs and templates

[austere roost]

The only thing that matters is attack and cost so until you can mass produce armor you don't need radio

[keen ivy]

ok makes sense

[austere roost]

Thinking breakthrough is important is one of the number one noob traps

Other one being using double engines for planes

[light knoll]

huh what

breakthrough is important

you do want radio on spgs

[austere roost]

The intersection of the group of people who think breakthrough is important and the group of people who knows what breakthrough does is an empty set

It's better to have more breakthrough but it's not important

[light knoll]

???

[austere roost]

Especially when facing ai

[light knoll]

not getting critted is important

[fast matrix]

im not good at making stuff is this good?

[light knoll]

its not as important as it is in mp and it is capped at some point, but it is still important

[austere roost]

Or just stack enough attack that you defeat the other unit before getting critted

That ic used for the radio is more valuable as cas or fighter production

[light knoll]

the difference between radio to another machine gun is negligible increase in soft atk but a big increase in breakthrough

so

that doesn't really work that way

radio is not even that expensive

[austere roost]

Enemy has like 200 atk, so any breakthrough over like 250 is just a waste

Like obv if you only build small amounts of tanks it doesn't matter

It matters a lot if you're trying to mass produce them

[light knoll]

you know that the base stats barely matter when you wanna consider something like that

[austere roost]

Yes I know

Usually attack is way less than what you see on template screen

[light knoll]

that depends

we're talking about being on the offensive here

your breakthrough is also likely nerfed

[austere roost]

It's just much harder to equip 120 SPG divisions if you add other modules

If you only build 5 divisions then yeah sure build radios and max out heavy machine guns

[light knoll]

what are you offering then lol
use empty tanks? just gun slot and nothing else?

[austere roost]

The emptiness slots means you produce more of them which allows you to equip more of them

Especially for newbies who can barely get 250 factories as ussr before barb or 150 factories as Germany before danzig

[inner sparrow]

Main issue is that a lot of ppl that value breakthrough come from mp where it is way more important compared to sp

and ppl hear this and think it has the same value in sp aswell

which it doesn’t

[austere roost]

100 atk and 100 breakthrough vs 98 atk vs 1000 atk and 1000 breakthrough vs 980 atk are two completely different games

[inner sparrow]

yes

[left mica]

i had a stroke reading this

[left mica]

why medium and not heavy td

[austere roost]

The first one does 10.6 atk which barely causes a dent and the second one causes 106 atk which will defeat units

[inner sparrow]

why tanks at all in sp is the question

[keen ivy]

idk

[austere roost]

Cuz it's sp

[left mica]

sp?

i mean

[inner sparrow]

single player

[austere roost]

Who uses heavies in sp

[left mica]

i can man the frontline myself wearing a soggy diaper and the ai would still lose in sp

[inner sparrow]

truke

[left mica]

btw

mind if i call you clown

[inner sparrow]

sure

im a clown after all

[left mica]

if you have to choose between every possible buff in hoi whats the single most important buff

[inner sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/clown-cat-cat-clown-juggling-cat-gif-3056072263479825324

[left mica]

idk if you played evil diarchy in eaw

[inner sparrow]

veterans

[austere roost]

Air mission efficiency

[left mica]

division veterancy or grinding generals

[inner sparrow]

division veterancy

[left mica]

fair enough

[austere roost]

Actually I want to see air generals

[left mica]

wish there was a way to grind divs in eaw

[inner sparrow]

u can grind ur entire army to veterans fairly easily

[austere roost]

So I can grind air generals to 10 atk

[inner sparrow]

and if u have 90 veteran tanks pulling up

[left mica]

air generals dont exist

there's no spanish civil war in eaw

[inner sparrow]

ofc this is very mp oriented my decision

[austere roost]

Airfleets had commanders

[light knoll]

its like

[runic sorrel]

guys does NO step back change combat between troops?

[left mica]

fair enough

[light knoll]

10% more cost

[left mica]

no

also

[light knoll]

for double the breakthrough

[left mica]

for context i was playing evil diarchy and i had the option to pick production cap but have to sacrificie a bit more stability

[light knoll]

10% less tanks is really not a big deal

[austere roost]

And how much more damage do you do with that breakthrough?

Your tank division already has enough breakthrough in sp

You don't need 600 breakthrough in sp

400 is enough

There are other ways to gain breakthrough that is much cheaper like just slapping a light tank recon

[left mica]

big numbers are funny and i live for it

[light knoll]

its about how much less damage you take

[left mica]

why have 600 breakthrough when you can have 26000

[light knoll]

you don't have 400 either with empty tanks

[left mica]

Looks like the blocks on the right in this picture

[austere roost]

You do. Three man turret SPG has base 21 breakthrough so 10 of them is 210 and the rest can come from light tank recons and doctrines and mechs

[austere roost]

Horses run the tanks 💀

[austere roost]

Against ai a 70% hardness division is enough to mitigate most damage

[light knoll]

they all together reach just barely lower than that
eith terrain debuffs and everything, it'd be decently lower

[inner sparrow]

what in the slop am I seeing on this screen

[austere roost]

And I tell you that's enough because AI is really that stupid

Even with +4 ai

[left mica]

fun

[inner sparrow]

nice generals vro

[left mica]

yeah

hes quite experienced

[austere roost]

Things do change with ca or sheep mod but in base game breakthrough is not an important stat unless you purposefully sabotage your division's breakthrough

[light knoll]

its not enough always, and the cost increase is small enough so that it'll be worth having just slightly bit less but better tanks

[light knoll]

(i mean. if you really wanna do tanks that is, which i wouldn't recommend anyways)

[austere roost]

So like yeah you don't tank more than 500k deaths as ussr against +4 Germany and Italy with my "not enough breakthrough" build

[bold canopy]

what is template good unit late game? infranty

[austere roost]

Because I'll say it again: breakthrough isn't that important for sp and even if you need breakthrough your division breakthrough is what matters and there are many ways to get breakthrough. For example, instead of just mass building spgs with high breakthrough you can just design a breakthrough tank for your division

[light knoll]

i didn't say not good enough? im talking about optimal
very different things lol

[austere roost]

Optimal is building so many spgs that the enemy just gets blown to pieces everywhere

[light knoll]

and I'll sat my point again: yes breakthrough is not the most important stat in sp, but it is not useless, and getting it on tanks is cheap enough to be worth it

shrug

[light knoll]

1 more ic per tank isn't gonna make the difference

[austere roost]

You want to know what makes it cheaper?

Instead of fixing breakthrough with your -40% breakthrough spgs just build a breakthrough light tank recon

Or build a breakthrough tank for your SPG divisions if you really need that extra breakthrough

[light knoll]

you do that as well yes, light tank and flame

[austere roost]

Unless you're using 36w 18 SPG divisions there are much better ways to get breakthrough

But if you want to give every SPG 50 breakthrough you are free to do it but this is sp and newbies have no idea what the stats do and it's misleading to tell them to get all the breakthrough they can

This game is about choosing which things to omit from your build

[bold canopy]

how do i create that thnik i just need producing a light tank?

[short loom]

anyone got a good mechwall division template ?

[tulip flax]

okay kinda offtopic, but how do you guys manage to stay concentrated during MP. Like i got an attention span of a goldfish (Its probable I have ADHD) and get bored fast as minors, ESPECIALLY during night when im barely awake most of the time

[hardy elm]

doomscroll till u get a notif

[tulip flax]

any advice?

[tulip flax]

i do that and it sorta works on minors

but wont work if im major

[hardy elm]

surely if ur a major u wont be bored cos u have a lot to do

[inner sparrow]

learn to properly minmax the major country ur playing, on most majors u wont have time to do much else then

unless ur playing on perma 2-3 speed the entire game

[tulip flax]

yea i hate playing on 3 speed

[unborn mason]

Is a naval invasion of the British isles just impossible after NCNS? I can’t possibly keep up with their ship production and their navy always just stomps mine

And even when I do get a successful invasion launch, their ports are so defended I can’t make a beachhead

[hardy elm]

paradrop

[unborn mason]

What’s a good paratroop template?

[boreal vale]

How to download road to 56

Do we need dlcs to play a game with someone else

That I don’t have

Nvm road to 56

How the dlc question pls

[cold bloom]

no

[cold bloom]

[vale wyvern]

as germany? spam torpedo destroyers, in early 1940 merge your fleet and put them on patrol (always engage, never repair) in that east sea zone of the uk. 90% of the time you wipe them in 2-3 big engagements. after that you can repair and sea lion effortlessly

paradrops for that are bad since
a: uk has AA in the north so your paradropers will have huge organization debuffs.
b: u still can get intercepted when transfering your main army to the isles.

[bold canopy]

can someone answer me plz

[vale wyvern]

yes, but you should stack initiative on the design since it is was the tank is made for

[bold canopy]

it is a type like medium tank, flam tank sup?

[vale wyvern]

just make a light tank, but add modules that will increase the initiative stat of the tank

[gritty bobcat]

Its just light tanks

[bold canopy]

oh ok sorry i am stupid

[near otter]

Where can I find meta div templates

[fathom thistle]

pins in this channel

[inner sparrow]

meta for sp or mp?

[twin kayak]

how can I declare war or justifiy on someone with 0 world tension ?

how do I get this up ?

[strange echo]

bro wtf

[near otter]

sp

[twin kayak]

what's the difference between these ?

is it worth it to produce the new ones ?

[inner sparrow]

no

[glacial steeple]

sp meta : armored car

mp meta : slowass tank

[twin kayak]

what do I need to drop nukes ?

I have a modern large airframe with 5 or 6 large bomb bays

[meager gull]

whats the most op tank divison rn

keeping in mind that im cheating

[proven cargo]

how do you beat UK as germany right after france without the dlc?

as in arriving in UK and not getting kicked out

[sick ginkgo]

hard...

(idk myself)

[remote sedge]

Do i have a chance of winning this? I have an army of 3 million against around 12-20 million

[twin kayak]

I would say, you shit out naval bombers and the meta ships from the start of your campaign, wipe the royal navy and navaly invade them

[proven cargo]

so its just use the air to get rid of the royal navy before US joins

[remote sedge]

Are repair ships good and how many should you put in each fleet?

[wind yoke]

im playing a huge muliplayer game later, im awful at the game lol. does anyone have some good CAS and infantry templates?

[twin kayak]

How do I get world tension up ?

[jagged hull]

I'm willing to teach a few beginners of hearts of iron 4 how navy works

[glacial steeple]

whats up askers

[final estuary]

yall i need tips

[final estuary]

wsp

uh how do i play as iran

like what do i focus on, what focuses to go for

i dont have the la resistance bc the dlc's too expensive

[glacial steeple]

make some civs then mils

dont make support equipment maybe

i mean you can if you have ranger recon support

make guns

you need a lot of troops to hold borders especially if ahist uk attacks

focuses are kinda vibe based

eco tree is good

[final estuary]

ah in that case uh what kind of units do i use

[glacial steeple]

mil tree spawns some mils

which help reach eco focuses and yk produce stuff

you dont really get military buffs so

political tree is wargoals/free tech

[final estuary]

i did play them once and you need a ton of factories to do eco stuff

[glacial steeple]

the infantry you start with without engineer

and also mountaineers later

but first youre gonna need like 30-50 units just to defend places and get SF cap up so

[final estuary]

whats sf

might sound stupid

[glacial steeple]

you make civs first because ai trades with you early

and like you need factories

[final estuary]

ah

[glacial steeple]

and the trade will stop

so youre gonna need like idk 10 civs total or something

just do it in high infra states

you have a 60%

and tehran later can be 80%