ask-for-help-here

[glacial steeple]

try it with like 32w inf

guerrilla warfare too or whatever

[fathom thistle]

How much you can stack capture trait?

Like you can get some from trait

[glacial steeple]

militia or no

also nation specific or no

[fathom thistle]

Ah, that's the combo

[glacial steeple]

militia makes it 32% on 16 inf

otherwise 16% base

[fathom thistle]

That's more than I thought

[glacial steeple]

armored maintanance is like 40% too

so that could be like 72% not nation specific bonuses/traits

well you need militia

otherwise its 56%

on 32w inf

[fathom thistle]

So basically that with HP maxing combo can create like a zombie unit

Would that be worth it?

[glacial steeple]

you could make it larger

[fathom thistle]

Oh yeah

[glacial steeple]

50w militia armored mainantance is 90%

no traits/bonuses

could go higher with scavenger tactics (ethiopia/iraq)

i think afghanistan too i forgot

might have the iraq one wrong idk

then you can also get general traits ofc

[fathom thistle]

Can you overcap that?

[vital plinth]

Hey I’m with Soviet Union fighting whole of Europe as USA . I noticed Soviet doesn’t have the great amount of man power in use for some reason ? They have 300 divisions but 0 man power left and seems their man power in divisions is slowly getting low they haven’t increased their conscription law either only at limited. It’s 1941 June. Will they have some focus or something that increase their man power a lot eventually?

[glacial steeple]

prc has a special one, otherwise its like 3%

[glacial steeple]

try

[fathom thistle]

Alr bet

[full jay]

Is it wortg nuking countries, and what debuffs does it give to the enemy?

Worth*

[half glade]

what do i do here

its not getting better

its actually getting worse

[barren pond]

What would be good naval invasion division ?

[pliant condor]

expect the ai to do nothing and die

[dense rivet]

can anyonw tell me wtf is happened to the navy since no compromise no surrender? i can't play

[twin kayak]

Well, it was at 0 before and only went up

[glacial steeple]

compliance go up resistance then go down

[twin kayak]

I will try again later, am currently busy invading the pesky americans

[glacial steeple]

just leave it on civ

you want to build up compliance

[twin kayak]

ok, I trust you

[glacial steeple]

itll give more manpower atp

it will be a bit of resistance for a bit but its ok

[vital plinth]

I need the sheep mod or expert AI ?

[glacial steeple]

its because youre more manpower capped anyway

[twin kayak]

how do I get more stuff repairing ? I know that I'm only in a lvl 2 port, but even if I get into a lvl 10, it'll take ages to repair even a tenth of my 800 ships

[devout canopy]

if i build factories in occupied territory do i only get to use a fraction of it?

[scenic nacelle]

spread fleet out

[twin kayak]

how ? you mean different admirals ?

[scenic nacelle]

fleet

dont have everything in 1 port

[twin kayak]

I don't have a clue on how navy works, I just yolo it

I'll just put it on never repair

problem solved xD

[glacial steeple]

paraguay ^w^ fun country

[remote sedge]

Which countries is dispersed industry good for?

[pliant sentinel]

Any country that you expect to be bombed extensively in, or if you’re going to be swapping factory production a lot. Dispersed industry is good when you need to keep your industry safe and flexible. Concentrated industry will allow for your factories to pump out more goods.

[barren pond]

what would be best naval division to invade britain ?

[pliant condor]

you need to play instead of the ai

[pliant sentinel]

Make sure you have superiority in the English Channel and invade from France

[barren pond]

I got more ships than them but

Also staging a coup rn

[scenic nacelle]

marines

[pliant sentinel]

So send in a decent sized task force to keep subs out and launch, then make sure the task force assists the invasion

[barren pond]

Yeah but like what template

[scenic nacelle]

pins should have some divs

just look a bit

[barren pond]

thx

[glacial steeple]

not even that

its like only better if you need like better production within 1 year, railway guns, have significantly more output than manpower so you can swap better equipment faster

and for ger its 6 months so never do it as ger ever

[austere roost]

Dispersed is good if you're only playing for a year

[vital plinth]

Im still new I can’t play multiplayer I like the AI just want them to be a bit more competitive

[pliant condor]

they werent

well obviously sheep make them more cometitive but Germany also is

[vapid gate]

dispersed or concentrated for NZ?

[austere roost]

Dispersed is only better if you plan to only play a year

[glacial steeple]

i mean you could do dispersed ig

[vital plinth]

Isn’t dispersed standard for most countries?

[glacial steeple]

your manpower pool is small until you form polynesia

then you get taiwan cored

[vapid gate]

I only started with 1 military factory tho

[scenic nacelle]

No

[glacial steeple]

you get more

[raven snow]

are there any mods that automate the navy

or at least ship designing

dont play navy much anyway but when i do ship designing is always the most tedious part

[lost socket]

this is quite a silly question but, i quite like my 3d models, and i love the casemate tanks germany had

does anyone know where they went for germany? i used to make my medium tanks have that model but they disappeared one day :(

[austere roost]

Idk who gave you that standard because the standard is concentrated

[unborn mason]

Trying to make the Holy Roman Empire as Germany. How do I make sure Belgium doesn’t agree to split the Congo? (Easier to get a war goal that way)

Please @me so I don’t lose the chat 🙂

[glacial steeple]

usually they agree afaik

but just turn off hist ai and its more random

[glacial steeple]

maybe because you need to select the tank destroyer role ?

[heady skiff]

How bad is my ship design 😭

[glacial steeple]

what is it trying to do

[lost socket]

Ahhh shit that's a shame

It used to be able to go on any model

But it's also odd it won't work for the artillery role, cause there were short stugs

[heady skiff]

Just for naval invasions

So naval dominance ig

[glacial steeple]

???

[heady skiff]

;-;

[glacial steeple]

then why does it have all of that

[heady skiff]

Who knows

I just spammed a bunch of stuff on it

[glacial steeple]

naval dominance is decided by the 625 on the right

[heady skiff]

Incase it needed to fight

[glacial steeple]

its a carrier

[heady skiff]

Shhhhhhhh

[glacial steeple]

youve designed it like its a cruiser

[heady skiff]

Its fine fr

[heady skiff]

xd

[glacial steeple]

im just confused

[heady skiff]

Hey bro it worked

I dont do navy

So I just spammed a bunch of stuff

[opaque zealot]

yo what are some crazy good divisions for majors customized that you use cuh i suck at infantry

[glacial steeple]

what does this mean

[opaque zealot]

like

great divions you made

for attack or the best you have or use

for majors

[neat widget]

singleplayer or multiplayer

[opaque zealot]

singleplayer

@glacial steeple

@neat widget

[austere roost]

Just check pins

[astral heath]

what dlc should i get? ( I got no step back and it was ok)

[carmine lichen]

Europe before Iraq💔

[heady skiff]

Iraq is a puppet twin

Also I didnt even want europe

[heady skiff]

I tried to go for Greece, and ALL OF EUROPE went to war with me 💔

in 1938

Started off as me vs Greece and Italy

And just spiralled

[keen hemlock]

can you not get cores on it?

[heady skiff]

I can but I just needed to use Iraq's troops at the moment

And was a lil too busy to annex it

[keen hemlock]

ohhhh

[heady skiff]

I had like 0 manpower so I took Iraq's troops and took over northen Africa and cored all of Northen Africa

Since its wayyy more worth it than coring Iraq

[vapid gate]

isn't partial mob simply better than early mob?

[vital geode]

Sure is

Only in some mods there might be a reason not to

[vapid gate]

then why are they at the same 150pp cost

[vital geode]

Sometimes you can't get partial

I.e. not enough war support

[vapid gate]

oh yeh forgot about that 25% support

switching the civilian economy is better early than switching to free trade i think

[vital geode]

Mobilizing is better than trade laws

[proven cargo]

what do you do when your troops cant take a port in england

[bitter venture]

does anyone wanna play mp and teach me how to play along the way?

[glacial steeple]

civ eco is terrible

even early mob is bad so get attaches to nations at war

10% war support if you send one somewhere (until that war ends)

[spiral seal]

Cry

[rustic sparrow]

Hi

Can someone help me

I can’t exactly naval invade

And idk why

I have control of the sea?

[neat widget]

screenshot?

[rustic sparrow]

Is there smth to do with my convoys or nah

I can’t assign divisions to the naval invasion

@neat widget

[neat widget]

Just set up the order first

You can add units to them later

[rustic sparrow]

Alr

How do I add the units into the order tho

I can’t seem to do it

It’s always no divisions

@neat widget

[austere roost]

Click on the units and then apply them to the order

Like when you apply units to a frontline

[rustic sparrow]

E

Ye

Wait

It says I have

0 transports

But I literally have 488 convoys

[neat widget]

control click on your order

after selecting your units of course

[austere roost]

You have 488 unused

[rustic sparrow]

Does it mean I need to produce more convoys

[rustic sparrow]

Ye bit why does it say 0 transport

[rustic sparrow]

Kk

[austere roost]

Cuz no units are in the naval invasion order

[rustic sparrow]

Got it

Thanks

[rustic sparrow]

Yep

My mistake

Thanks @austere roost @neat widget

👍🏻

[neat widget]

sometimes it does act up like that unfortunately

[jovial elk]

Need sum help

My game crashes every time i try to load the mod en union y libertad

That latin america overhaul mod

And even when i try to load it alone

Idk if its a problem of the mod itself

[proven cargo]

So if you're trapped in a port for UK how are you meant to push more

Cuz I end up getting trapped in dover and unable to push the British

[spiral seal]

How many divisions do you have on the port?

[proven cargo]

5 on port and 10 at the 2 provinces around normally

[spiral seal]

Maybe just the division template? I’m not certain though sorry I can’t help more

[vital plinth]

Oh really? But don’t you get more stuff out of dispersed with the retention and efficiency?

[austere roost]

or you know, just don't switch production lines

and concentration obv has higher efficiency because it has a higher cap

[solemn whale]

Hey guys, got any ideas on how to win this?

[vital plinth]

Ah ok I had thought dispersed was the general go to , what’s the case when you choose that or concentrated ?

[vital plinth]

Maybe free Britain first if they still with you and have them help you after with their own man power , then maybe Japan to cap their main island
Then you could try Africa or Europe

[spiral seal]

does it matter how I respond to this?

[austere roost]

when you plan to only play the game util 1937, use dispersed

that's how useless every stat with production in name but not named production efficency cap is

[edgy mica]

How do I beat Britain as germany?

[neat widget]

yeah it will change the inner circle advisor

[neat widget]

probably defend france, clear africa, and then defeat germany and italy from there

and make fighters to defend them

[edgy mica]

I see

Whats a good fighter division?

And cas?

[proven cargo]

But he's playing as germany

Also is dispersed industry better for europe

Cuz you'll get bombed?

[neat widget]

ah

okay i will show you guys the british fighter design and then the german one

British plane design

[proven cargo]

But yeah how do you win as Germany if I can't get sea lion going

Cuz I'm able to get France and Poland easily but crossing the channel and actually taking London are a different story

[neat widget]

German plane design

[proven cargo]

Which dlc is this

[neat widget]

by blood alone

if you are without dlc germany you should go messerschmidt

CAS design for once you gain air supremacy, and naval bomber for gaining supremacy over the english channel

[glacial steeple]

good morning chat

[neat widget]

someone tried suggesting a 5/5 mountaineer/artillery division to me

[glacial steeple]

i saw that

i need to respond to that i got pinged

well it was in gen chat

responded now though

[proven cargo]

How do you beat Britain if sea lion doesn't work out tho cuz when I have my planes do missions in UK they suddenly spawn 2000 planes from no where

And my navy isn't working out

Or is it a lost cause and I restsrt

[chrome sedge]

@glacial steeple hellllooo

[glacial steeple]

who are you????

[neat widget]

oh hello h4wkf0x

weren't you the guy who did soviet tank only in sheep's and won basically instantly?

[left mica]

No policies?

[neat widget]

take cost reductions / production buffs

[left mica]

What does production output cost reduction do

Or whatever modular assembly does

[neat widget]

reduce production cost

which means you produce more with the same number of factories

[left mica]

thats not how it works doesnt it

Thats something else iirc

I cant quite remember

[neat widget]

in that case i believe it is applied on mio production level instead of design level

[left mica]

one is not as good as the other

hm

i suppose?

[glacial steeple]

reduces cost of production

[left mica]

i mean the modular assembly mio policy

right?

[glacial steeple]

production cost- its - cost on design
production output cost- its - cost on the production line (rare modifier, multiplicative)
output- +% to output
cap- +% to output

[left mica]

thanks

[spiral seal]

Anyone have the meme cruiser design for Germany?

[dusty sandal]

Meme cruiser ?

[spiral seal]

Idk how to explain it I got told about it but it’s basically a heavy cruiser with light cruiser design or smth?

[dusty sandal]

Is it a panzershiff with light cruiser modules ? Or coastal defense ship ?

[spiral seal]

1st one I veliehe

Believe **

[dusty sandal]

Then just pick the panzershiff and put light cruiser batteries everywhere, but I think you might be forced to use it as capital ship

Icr

[spiral seal]

Alr thanks 🙏

[glacial steeple]

coastal defense ship

[glacial steeple]

no

you can do it with coastal tho

its not very good but it is a capital ship

[dusty sandal]

That' what I thought

[glacial steeple]

its also better

you can put a battleship gun on it

[dusty sandal]

Pzc must use 1 heavy battery

[glacial steeple]

instead of the cruiser gun

[spiral seal]

Is that good against British navy? To my understanding at some point during the game they literally give you sea lion for free anyway

Germany is literally the most boring nation to play on god I can’t wait for this to be done

[remote fractal]

How do we drop a nuke nowadays?

[twin kayak]

Is there a guide to the production « exploits » with converting equipment ?

[normal jetty]

Hi, are there any tactics you recommend for playing Austria and form Austro-Hungary without any DLCs?

[neat widget]

basically a way to save resources

there are a few high-end items that use a lot of resources, like tank cannons and self-sealing fuel tanks. you make one "obsolete" design without those items, and then one with those items. this works since the conversion cost is a small fraction of the "obsolete" chassis cost, thus you put less factories and thus use less resources on those high-resource items

[twin kayak]

How does it work ? Do I have a production line for crappy equipment (tanks and planes I guess ? And does it work for ships ?) and another one, that converts the crappy designs to better more costly ones ?

[neat widget]

yeah basically

but the two have to be similar except for the modules in question to work

[vital plinth]

Is it even worth to refit heavry crusiers or better to focus on other ships ?

[glacial steeple]

remember it wont save resources per factory

but the conversion speed essentially lets you produce like 10x+ as much per factory

besides for planes

plane conversion is hard

[twin kayak]

Can you explain ?

[glacial steeple]

the factory will still use the same amount on final line

but like

ok so

you have 2 tanks per day on 1 factory both cost 1 steel

or you have 2 factories creating 2 tanks per day both costing 1 steel

[twin kayak]

I saw a guy saying that by doing a certain thing, you can save ressources.

[glacial steeple]

the former saves 1 steel

but per factory assigned, its the same amount

so you do save resources by making the production go up a lot

but you also dont save resources per factory assigned to final line

[twin kayak]

Oh, I get it

[glacial steeple]

you still have to pay that in this case 1 steel

just be aware that say

you need tungsten for your tanks

and you go to war with spain and portugal

you wont be able to magically get that tungsten

or chromium, or steel etc etc

it only lowers the resource need, and its exponentially better with a larger economy

[twin kayak]

I’ll try it next campaign

What do I need to be able to play Luxembourg ?

Is there a mod ?

[glacial steeple]

a keyboard, a mouse, a computer

probably hoi4 installed if you want to play it in hoi4

i guess you could have another game

[twin kayak]

I have a keyboard and mouse, but idk what a comuter is xD

[glacial steeple]

shhh

[twin kayak]

Where do I chose it when I start a campaign ?

I don’t remember being able to chose it

[twin kayak]

Too late

[glacial steeple]

you click on the empty portrait

[twin kayak]

:)

[glacial steeple]

it will bring you to the map

and you can click on any nation

you can have fun playing peru

[twin kayak]

I heard about mods that give special focus trees

[glacial steeple]

or you can suffer playing saudi arabia

[twin kayak]

Or something like that

[glacial steeple]

then look on the workshop?

steam

steam workshop hoi4

[twin kayak]

Idk how that works

I will later

[fossil dove]

Hi! If the amount of hard/soft atack you can do to a unit is equal to its hardness/softness, then my units should have around 100 soft/hard atack?

[glacial steeple]

what

no its scaled by the hardness/softness

like if you deal 2000 soft and 1000 hard and the enemy is 50% hardness it deals half of each

so 1500 damage

[fossil dove]

Aaaaaa

Ok, thanks

[narrow lotus]

What exactly am I meant to do here

[glacial steeple]

nothing afaik, they should do one of the things

if not, you go to war

[oblique dragon]

BEST LIGHT TANK TEMPLATE?

[dusty sandal]

would be a budget build like this considering light tanks are obsolete by mid 1937 once you unlock the 1938 medium chassis

except if you don't have No Step Back DLC, in which case you'll use light SPGs

[twin kayak]

Depends for what ? Most ressource efficient or best in terms of stats

[oblique dragon]

i want something fast and also good soft attack

like 10 km/h and maybe 250-400 soft attack

[dusty sandal]

what year ?

[oblique dragon]

earlier than 1940

[dusty sandal]

also, the template above is without doctrines

[oblique dragon]

its good but slow

[dusty sandal]

just use trucks instead of cav
it'll cost about 800ic more though, which is almost 25% of the total cost

[twin kayak]

Why light tanks ?

[glacial steeple]

hello chat

fast units?

[twin kayak]

I go heavy spg and tank destroyers because I like funny big numbers, but I should try smaller, cheaper stuff

[oblique dragon]

they are fast and have been working for me in my last games so i just want to make them better

[dusty sandal]

show us the armored cars

[oblique dragon]

i dont haev no step back

[dusty sandal]

TDs are useless in singleplayer. You're wasting half of their stats

[dusty sandal]

oooh

[twin kayak]

I have 1 in the template for the armour

[dusty sandal]

these are the templates you want to use anyway then

[dusty sandal]

just use a regular tank ?

[twin kayak]

Yeah, but no funny big number

I’ll try

I’m pretty bad at designing stuff myself

I copied that template from a polish guy on youtube

[oblique dragon]

what about armored cars

[twin kayak]

Hell no (at least, that’s what I get told when I ask about them)

[oblique dragon]

the stats look amazing

[glacial steeple]

theyre singleplayer meta

but you do need AC 3

[twin kayak]

Air conditioning 3 ? XD

[glacial steeple]

yes

its meta because you like move across the map faster and therefore win faster

[twin kayak]

Wait, it’s unironically air conditioning ?

[glacial steeple]

their stats are not better

armored car

[twin kayak]

Oh

Makes sense

[glacial steeple]

but we can call it air conditioning

thats fine too

[twin kayak]

Hell yeah

[oblique dragon]

maybe because the cars have air conditioning

[twin kayak]

Luxury armoured cars

[oblique dragon]

but why no support anti air

[left mica]

why would you need aa when you already have air superiority

what will your aa do when there's no enemy planes at all?

[left mica]

90hp my beloved

[oblique dragon]

maybe your playing a weak country and dont have a strong air force

[left mica]

if you're playing a weak country you wouldnt be building any armoured cars at all

lol

honestly i would put every single extra mil i have on planes

[oblique dragon]

well maybe hes a noob like me and cant get air superiority over southern england ever

[left mica]

and push with inf

[twin kayak]

You playing germany ?

[left mica]

support aa is redundant if you know what ur doing

[oblique dragon]

yes

[left mica]

*feels the aura*

https://tenor.com/view/ara-aura-aura-meme-auraa-benjammins-gif-15022532522951268332

[glacial steeple]

you dont want battles to be that long

[narrow lotus]

Ah

[spiral seal]

anyone got an early game germany infantry temp?

[dusty sandal]

same as late game for holding : 9inf, support arty, support aa

[left mica]

why support aa

[magic phoenix]

Im having a difficult time choosing between building artillery or self propelled artillery, could anyone tell me the strengths and weaknesses of each. comparatively?

[left mica]

ur literally germany

just build air

[left mica]

what self propelled artillery

[magic phoenix]

tanks with howitzers

[left mica]

well

spgs are faster but needs more ic

so use them as your shock troops

never use line artillery

just use support arty

[dusty sandal]

because 1 - counter air support on the ocasion you fight under contested or red air
and 2 - to pierce AI tanks and not get critted

also, AA doesn't use tungsten unlike AT

[left mica]

fair enough

[dusty sandal]

arty bad (no hp, low stat per IC, high combat width, no org, no recovery rate, no defense or breakthrough, high resource cost)
SPG good

SPG example

[left mica]

35 piercing goes hard

[magic phoenix]

never at all?

[dusty sandal]

AI tanks never exceed 25 armor
it's a miracle if you get to 35 armor with their modern tanks

[magic phoenix]

ok thanks 🙂

[left mica]

never at all

[slender magnet]

guys i am new to hoi4 and i play with Germany but i don't have any dlc so i want to conquer the France and soviet union but every time i want conquer Belgium i cant because france and uk guaranteeing Belgium and i cant do anything am cooked i have78.3 hours

[left mica]

ip grabber

[dusty sandal]

very small save indeed

[spiral seal]

1401 soft attack is genuinely insane

[spiral seal]

bro if you want my address i'll just send you it 🙏

[twin kayak]

Are these heavy or medium ?

[dusty sandal]

mediums

[slender magnet]

nah bro i just need help that's it

[glacial steeple]

francis how do i get manpower

ive recruited so much

[dusty sandal]

you're getting manpower rght now

[glacial steeple]

maybe i should go military governor

because i have a 0.05 extra compliance guy

XD

its also fine the goal of this game was to make missiles

[daring condor]

Hey, I am very new to this game, I bought it like 5 days ago and have played 5 years worth of Germany 3 times now, and I am very slowly understanding things but still don’t understand most concepts and mechanics. Is there a video anyone would recommend for me to watch to help my understanding?

[proven ginkgo]

bittersteel germany guide

[woeful relic]

Segl Germany guide moggs

[inner sparrow]

both are mid

[woeful relic]

Zug Germany guide

[inner sparrow]

truth nuke

[proven ginkgo]

i find bittersteel one easier to understand tho

[inner sparrow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1225597737681031282/1491039722246508694/caption.gif

[proven ginkgo]

and less complicated for new ppl

[inner sparrow]

its also filled with misinformation

which is good

because we love to gatekeep

[limber drift]

What does combat width do

[fair sandal]

this channel is for help? may i ask for help with everything? xd

[limber drift]

What does combat width do???

[jolly escarp]

why didn't I get britzkrieg?

[limber drift]

What does combat width do??? Is higher the better?

[jolly escarp]

basically every province has its combat width

and every division has its combat width

[limber drift]

What does it do?

[jolly escarp]

see how the combat width for the troop is 18 and the province is 60, 3 of these divisions will be able to fight the enemy division the rest will be in reserves

[limber drift]

Oooh

That’s why I have like 15 divisions in reserve

[jolly escarp]

yeah, if you attack one province from two different sides the combat width is even larger

[serene karma]

lol

[jolly escarp]

that's why encirclements are so effective

[serene karma]

Anything more specific

[dusty sandal]

each additional direction with attacks increase combat width by 50% of it's base

[serene karma]

Theres an explanation in pins

Scroll all the way down

[dusty sandal]

attacking a 70 combat width tile from 2 directions will open 70+35 = 105 combat width

[jolly escarp]

why didn't I get the britzkrieg achievement?

[dusty sandal]

show the achievement conditions

[jolly escarp]

I mean I can't really see british france anywhere

[dusty sandal]

france must not exist or be capped (in exile)

press F and search for france

it'll show you the tag

[jolly escarp]

bruh

I have it puppeted atleast

[dusty sandal]

annex it and you'll get the achievement

no idea why they chose this to be a requirement though

[limber drift]

is there a good infantry template for the infiltration tactic

[dusty sandal]

that doctrine isn't great

it's grand assault but worse

[limber drift]

what's the best doctrine

for hungary

[dusty sandal]

and there isn't a specific template for it afaik, templates are always the same for inf
9inf, sup art, aa is to hold the line. Universally the best cost/effectiveness ratio in singleplayer

[left mica]

grand battleplan

[dusty sandal]

GBP as main
assault infantry (individual excellence is fine for defense or tanks), super heavy howitzer (inf only) OR self propelled support (tanks), streamlined assault (something like that), Grand assault (desperate defense is fine but breakthrough and coordination from grand assault is best)

[left mica]

why streamlined deployment and not armoured spearhead

you never pick anything other than grand assault i think

[inner sparrow]

armored spearhead is better if tanks

[stark bay]

guys

how do i play italy

<@&916727971820240976>

[marsh trench]

Good USSR strategy? What do I build first? Mills, Civs, Infrastructure?

[marsh trench]

Very simple, at the startm move all your army to Ethiopia, take it, build civs in your 80+ states, at 1938, start building mills, build up a military, fight the UK in Africa and take their colonies, germany wont take over the UK so you can naval invade them.

[stark bay]

i mean like

what should i make

[glacial steeple]

mils in 38 is suuuper late

[stark bay]

cuz like

i mastered france

[glacial steeple]

air

[marsh trench]

I do it, works great

[stark bay]

so heavy tanks and that stuff but italy is a no no for tanks

[marsh trench]

Medium Tanks

[glacial steeple]

dont do tanks as italy

its like really bad

you dont have generals for it

your terrain sucks for it

its double bad

[marsh trench]

Special forces also works

[glacial steeple]

sure

[marsh trench]

Mountaineers

Mountaineers good for the itallian terrain

[marsh trench]

Wait if no tanks, how do you advance into a country?

Only special forces?

[stark bay]

yeah i know so what should i do instead

[marsh trench]

Special Forces, mountaineers

[stark bay]

got a template for that? ;)

[glacial steeple]

air mostly

but also those yes

[marsh trench]

I use this, but I usually add logistics support company, and usually 2 arty and 2 rocket arty.

[stark bay]

thanks

[marsh trench]

👍

[glacial steeple]

ough

use these lol

theyre a lot better

[marsh trench]

But it has FlamPanzer support company

Its tanks

[glacial steeple]

?

make a land facility

[marsh trench]

Yeah, but didnt you say no tanks

[glacial steeple]

flame tanks arent tank divs

[marsh trench]

That has flam panzers

[glacial steeple]

you need like 1 factory on it

and no research

maybe up to 3

[marsh trench]

Alr.

[glacial steeple]

its a significantly different level of investment

light tanks suck

so dont even start with that

[marsh trench]

Anyways, can you help me with this

[marsh trench]

Agree

[glacial steeple]

@inner sparrow where sov guide

[marsh trench]

What should I start building at first?

[inner sparrow]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hgaIttaRMXz5Qo6WYsGJqOCAle5ul4-XyXRFWHr2pos/edit?usp=drivesdk

[marsh trench]

Thanks

[inner sparrow]

its a mp guide tho

[marsh trench]

Oh, for single player?

[inner sparrow]

works for sp aswell but stuff like research, production and template design aren’t for single player

ofc they will all work but they are very ic inefficient vs ai

templates just look at pinned in this channel

[proven ginkgo]

is it mathematically best for the worst general to be field marshall or the best one to be field marshall

[fathom thistle]

Some starting generals and marshals are decent but with lvl 1 new generals you can grind more attack if you know what you are doing

[twin kayak]

does someone have a mod that make Luxembourg playable (better focuses etc.)

[proven ginkgo]

so should i put a 5 attack general into field marshall or a 1 attack one

and use the 5 attack one on normal stuff

[fathom thistle]

What lvl is he and does he have any bad traits?

[proven ginkgo]

hypothetically no traits

and lv 4

[fathom thistle]

Sounds good honestly, I would probably make him general instead of marshal

[proven ginkgo]

aight

thx

[fathom thistle]

Sounds too good for him to not be one

[proven ginkgo]

general or field marshall

[fathom thistle]

Also one more note you can still promote that general to marshal and take offensive doctrine trait for extra 1 attack

[proven ginkgo]

(im kidding)

[fathom thistle]

Even if he is general he still gets that attack

[proven ginkgo]

never knew that

i thought field marshall traits only apply when it is in field marshall slot

[fathom thistle]

They do, but the +1 attack is just the normal attack stat

[marsh trench]

What is the support company at the very top and bottom

[proven ginkgo]

pioneers + super heavy arty

[marsh trench]

How do I get those

and also how do I get rangers

[proven ginkgo]

pioneers from marines doctorine
super heavy arty from special research facilities (land)

[proven ginkgo]

NCNS dlc

[marsh trench]

Full name of dlc?

[glacial steeple]

depends on traits

usually you wanna grind like 2 guys for fm/general

and the one that rolls worse on attacks (you want to grind brilliant strategist/inflexible defender/camo expert in that order) you use as field marshal since it still gives units half the buffs but not full

tho ideally theyd be the same

[proven ginkgo]

no compromise no surrender

[proven ginkgo]

😭 i dont have enough focus for tha shii

but thanks anyways

[glacial steeple]

then your battle stats will be like 10x worse

[proven ginkgo]

il try when i settle down for a long session

[glacial steeple]

unironic btw

[twin kayak]

hell yeah

seems like a great mod

[proven ginkgo]

wha-

heres a better question

why are no focuses done in 1937

[oblique dragon]

Send mod pls

[twin kayak]

I zoomed out, you can't see them

[proven ginkgo]

oh i see em now

the left side of focus

the tiny tiny bit

[oblique dragon]

he did the industrial ones

[twin kayak]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3373428965

[oblique dragon]

tyyy

[honest bloom]

I'm having trouble with fps in mid game to end game especially in war I have an rtx 4060ti idk why is my fps 30 to 40 in end game is the game too heavy or there is a problem in my PC can someone help

[fathom thistle]

Maybe turn off sync? But yeah the game generally lags later in game

Clearing the stockpile off old equipments also helps

[twin kayak]

are mods on steamm checkes for viruses ?

or do I still have to be carefull

[proven ginkgo]

can breakthrough tactic be used on inf

[bitter venture]

does anyone wanna play mp and also teach me the game along the way?

[limber shoal]

how do I get Nuclear bombs fast? At the moment I get them normaly round about mid 1944 but I thought there must be ways to get them way faster

[torn mortar]

why do u need a nuclear bomb tho

they are kinda useless

but if u rlly want to, just research them faster, build ur facility quicker

[limber shoal]

its just funny to nuke people when they dont expect it

[keen hemlock]

get a research bonus as fast as you can then research nucelar tech, then do special projects

pretty sure india has like a 300% bonus

i know for sure in their old focus tree they do

[tacit geode]

how can i get my finland to turn chinese?

do they have to be owned by china or is there another way

this must be done

[proven cargo]

Do you need dlcs to get the defeated to pay war reparations and seize their navy?

[left glacier]

Yes. Extra peace conference decisions is part of By Blood Alone DLC

[proven cargo]

Ic

So I'm just better off sending 2000 naval bombers to English channel

[left glacier]

You need naval supremacy to launch your naval invasion into Britain unless you decide to use paratroopers

[proven cargo]

Don't I build naval bombers and destroy their navy so I can just send my weaker German navy in?

Cuz none of my sea lions have been successful

Keep getting kicked out

[keen hemlock]

do the sealion focus, get the improved transport tech, and land at each of the 3 ports on the south coast

[proven cargo]

The train one?

Can u send a screenshot for the transport tech one

[keen hemlock]

not at my pc atm

but its in the naval technology tab

[proven cargo]

Alr

Once I get in how do I deal with the multiple divisions in south coast

Am I meant to send a diversion of paratroopers

[left glacier]

I find that invading the north tip of Scotland is a lot easier than trying to push through the south of England

[proven cargo]

So you go through Norway and Denmark?

Do you also send your naval bombers on the sea east of uk

[astral heath]

do i have to restart romania and yugoslavia are both garunteed by the british and french and im playing austria hungary

[slate badge]

guys is this any good? it's the fist time i open this sheet

[left glacier]

Scotland is a lot less defended and Scapa Flow is a good naval base to invade, provided that you have naval supremacy on those sea tiles.

[left glacier]

I would downsize it to 10 infantry battalions and fill up the support company slots

Are you going to use tanks as well?

[jagged grail]

How do I successfully paratroop invade Britain?

As a beginner

[slate badge]

i am 100% honest when i tell you: i have no idea what you are talking about

[keen hemlock]

16 or 18 width of inf is the most optimal

[hexed birch]

Any idea why my consumer goods is so high already? Do I have to do start the war to lower it? Thanks

[left glacier]

For infantry with line artillery, usually 30 is the optimal

[keen hemlock]

^

30 is optimal for rangers

Too

[hexed birch]

or are price control measures the only way to reduce them?

[left glacier]

Remove an extra infantry battalion (11 -> 10) to reduce the combat width to 30. This change makes it optimal for combat in various terrain

[left glacier]

You need price controls and defeat other countries. It's a conquest economy

[glacial steeple]

CLICK THE DECISIONS

raahhhh

YOU HAVE 1300 UNUSED POLITICAL POWER

[left glacier]

[uncut narwhal]

always mefo exploit ☝️

[frigid brook]

right can someone give me some context as to why the launcher version and the actual game version are different because this TEENSY LITTLE DIFFERENCE has rendered me completely incapable of playing multiplayer and how to fix it

[scenic nacelle]

Mods?

[frigid brook]

ill try that now

yep

[astral heath]

is it better to take austria by force in order to bypass the secretrearmment and bled agreement?

only if u take out austria in less than 140 days to it depends

jus wondering

[fathom thistle]

secret rearnament is good anyway just bcs it gives you that mobilzation speed modifier which stays, as for justifying against austria, when could you declare war potentially?

bled aggrement is not neccesary tbh, you can save those days and use them to get burgerland from austria

before germany does aunschluss

[woeful minnow]

i need a serviceable template for fighters and CAS w the dlc that lets u edit them, can anybody give me a model? thatd be appreciated

[woeful minnow]

why havent u remilitarized the rhineland???

[somber spear]

probably didnt feel like it today

[woeful minnow]

GENUINELY have so muych questions

[woeful minnow]

tysm bro

[devout canopy]

how do i punch through this stalemate?

[fathom thistle]

dont use cas unless you have green air btw

[woeful minnow]

alright

the only problem i have w airforce now is the production

it takes so long for me to make fighters

or cas

[fathom thistle]

it builds up eventually,, also it depends how many mils you have on them

[woeful minnow]

usually have 10 on fighters and 5-10 on cas

[fathom thistle]

sounds decent

[woeful minnow]

do u reccomend adding the heavy air defense to cas so fighters cant easily kill it or will it make it too heavy & slow

[fathom thistle]

that's counterproductive pretty much, thats why u make sure you have green air.

and only use them if you have it green

[woeful minnow]

tysm bro

ima try it in my next run

[fathom thistle]

anytime, have fun!

[somber spear]

is radar a need for naval centric playthroughs?

[tacit geode]

is this possible or not?

would i have to play AS finland/china for it to happen or can i do it through soviet union

[tall zodiac]

Hey guys , someone can explain why my ships are not shielded from torps?

[fathom thistle]

torpedo ignore armor

[tall zodiac]

so they ignore screens or what?`

that sounds dumb because the screens are there to do that aint them?

[fathom thistle]

depends on your schreening efficiency

the more schreening you have the less they target capitals

[tacit geode]

do i just have to keep playing and see where this goes

maybe i need to be more specific but like

[tall zodiac]

the tooltip said 2 capitals for the 2 carriers and well you see they are not enough

[fathom thistle]

capitals are not schreening ships

[tacit geode]

if i want to see a specific country get conquered by a specific other country, do i need to play as the countries involved? or can i do it as a third party?

[fathom thistle]

dd's and cl's are

[fathom thistle]

it's good to have a capital per carrier tho

[tacit geode]

help channel
nobody is helping my finland turn chinese

[tall zodiac]

so why is the shield not on 100% when the tooltip sugesst 1 :1 ratio?

[tacit geode]

im more concerned because china wouldnt naturally have a reason to go after finland right?

[fathom thistle]

nvm I meant normal dd's and cl's schreening for capitals, as for that if its not 100% there will be some dmg

[tacit geode]

how can i give them that reason

declare war on finland with china as my ally and call for their aid?

[tall zodiac]

The BS and the BC on this fleet are 20k IC so I dunno what they want from me 😛

[tacit geode]

please somebody'

[somber spear]

i usually have a cheap ass ship just for screening and that will usually help

[somber spear]

no not usually unless ur in a faction that they are at war with

[fathom thistle]

Try adding few more dd's

[tacit geode]

thank you

[fathom thistle]

it might be like a penalty issue

[tall zodiac]

Those are basic DDs with a highspeed because one of the Carrier groups is a fast moving 36kn Strike force

[somber spear]

oh

[fathom thistle]

If you are facing torpedos then you can bump out more schreens

[somber spear]

i usually make my task forces about 30kmh but thats cause i usually have more heavy hitters

yeah

for my most recent naval centric playthrough I just bumped out 10-15 ships just for screening subs and other ships

and considering your greece if you get radar on the med you can get more screen i think

[tall zodiac]

my fleets have way to crazy BS because I have no other capitals to shield them right now
I guess to shield the carrier groups is mor effective to just build half baked heavy cruisers

[somber spear]

yeah if i were you

build some cheap ass shield ships

that way they can take the brunt of the torpedo damage while your cruisers deal with the subsw

[glacial steeple]

battleships are bad

shock

[somber spear]

that too

i build them for the larp

i have no mouth and must larp

[glacial steeple]

theyre only good as air targets

very effective AA platforms

[somber spear]

well he has carriers im pretty sure

but tbh i only put naval bombers on my carriers

[tall zodiac]

noting beats big guns, feelings wise

[somber spear]

but yeah just get like a task force set up with that in it

my normal task force is 4 carriers + 4 cruisers and some destroyers and cheap ass screen ships just for the extra

[glacial steeple]

im not playing in europe, isnt ai bordergore a greater feeling

[somber spear]

should be about 50 ships

oh

wow

[glacial steeple]

western europe isnt better

[tall zodiac]

how is this 😛

[glacial steeple]

thats mid war occupation so meh

[keen hemlock]

Why does Iraq own the south Russian steppe and the don

[glacial steeple]

also looks fine

mine is all post peacedeal

[tall zodiac]

not really most are preewar and their own states

[glacial steeple]

idk

[somber spear]

yeah my napeon playthrough i just puppeted africa

but i only play with the puppet color mod

so i dont have to look at the colors

[tall zodiac]

How do I quit a faction when it is allowed? I am not finding any buttons 😛

[somber spear]

are you in a war with your faction?

[tall zodiac]

my faction is at war and I want to quit to fight my faction. I did not create it

[somber spear]

yeah if you were dragged into that war you have to finish it before leaving it

[tall zodiac]

to be honsest I startet the war

*honest

I draged the faction in it

[somber spear]

yeah thats why

you gotta finish out that war

then leave

[tall zodiac]

oh thats fun, so I have to defeate the US with greece oky

[nocturne trout]

How to not get bent over and mercilessly pounded by Japan as the chinese soviet Republic? It's now 1940, half of my land is gone and I think it's over soon but if anyone has some pointers for my next playthrough I'd appreciate it, I won the border war with shanxi didn't get further since the war broke out with Japan, been holding and trying to take back any lost land but it's not looking good

[somber spear]

do you have the new dlc

[astral heath]

its for austro hungarian route

[radiant tusk]

trying to get as fast as necessary to start playing as a minor in multiplayer

i am currently streaming a new game with italy in helping lounge

if anyone wanna join and give advices

thanks!

[fathom thistle]

It can be viable especially if Austria refuses early on

[dense stone]

Is there a way to stop greece from joining the allies? Whenever I play as Germany(historical), I want 100% of war score, but even if i don't call anyone in, Italy attacks Greece, it joins allies, and now Italy steals a lot of score because of it, allied troops in it, and especially because of naval fights in Mediterrannean

[spark gorge]

how do I get better at using anything other than infantry

I just cant manage building so much diffrent equipment

all I can do is produce infantry divs

I dont know how to use my factories to get tank production going at a good pace

[fathom thistle]

as which country?

[spark gorge]

minors mostly

like rn am tryna play poland

idk how people make tanks

I need alot of factories for everything as is

I tried making motorized which just made me go short on guns AND trucks

I cant mke good airforce either

[fathom thistle]

there is your answer, if you are minor you just cant effectively build them, or in other words by the time u are able to have like 4 tanks divs its already over the war.

[spark gorge]

but I suck with most nations

like I cant manage too many production lines

even as germany I just make one universal infantry div and only produce that

[fathom thistle]

dont, motorized is bad

[fathom thistle]

You just have to build it up gradually

[spark gorge]

also is there no such thing as 1936 medium tank chasis

[fathom thistle]

no

[spark gorge]

Pluh

I was playing without no step back untill like 2 days ago

there were 36 medium

[fathom thistle]

welp

[fathom thistle]

btw even if you dont have 38 chasis u still want to have medium production line just build up some efficiency

[spark gorge]

another qquestion

is airforce worth building as a minor

Now I understand that cas is meta

[fathom thistle]

even after you change it to 38 you still get some efficincy which is good

[spark gorge]

and arguably more importnt than your army

[spark gorge]

are spacemarines still goo

[fathom thistle]

You wont be able to outproduce majors, so no

[spark gorge]

but there is no way that minors can get air superiorty

[spark gorge]

yeah

just all on aa ?

I think ill try to make space marines this run

never done em before

space marine aa tanks

[fathom thistle]

pretty much, support aa is fine but having 2 line aa's is viable too cuz more air attack and you free up a support slot

[spark gorge]

spacemarines are heavy tank right

[fathom thistle]

good early on, will get pierced mostly later

[spark gorge]

aa heavy seems like the way

[fathom thistle]

too much ic, if you want to fully equip your 2 first armies as spacemarines you wont be able to do it with heavies, even mediums is pushing it really close, still decent armor

you could do it as major

[spark gorge]

are light tanks any good

[tall zodiac]

depends, if you make them to go behind lines , yes

[fathom thistle]

nope, except if you are using light tank recon

[fathom thistle]

might as well use cav at that point

[tall zodiac]

Well I am talking about tghe fastest desing you can make that can also somwhat fight

[spark gorge]

also as poland

do I refuse danzig ?

the time it buys me just seems not enough to do anything

[dusty sandal]

top speed you can get is probably around 16km/h with max engine, latest chassis and basically no reli

[dusty sandal]

if you're not gonna leave the east to soviets, then think if you can fight both ger and sov at once

[tall zodiac]

what are you guys doing if you cant get the resources with the extra MILS that cant work or what do you build with the CIVs?

[dusty sandal]

you build more mils and import the missing resources

[tall zodiac]

When I said CANT I meant it

import doesnt work because no one has the resources

[dusty sandal]

rubber ?

[tall zodiac]

that and iron

building more synts yeah

[dusty sandal]

the refineries (upgrade with techs) and reduce export law

[tall zodiac]

not enough

[dusty sandal]

do the techs

[austere roost]

build infrastructure and electricty grids

[dusty sandal]

you're playing as poland, right ?

[tall zodiac]

na, greece and I have 220 surplus in AL but cant build planes because of missing rubber and I already import I buy everything from the market I get but I have embargo's on my head and they increase at the moment

the rubber is good atm but it will be negativ in a moment again

[dusty sandal]

why do you need that much rubber

[tall zodiac]

I totally neglected my airforce and I am to enter the US

[dusty sandal]

87 factories on planes is more than you'll ever need

if you're really short, ditch the self sealing tanks

replace with a MG turret

[spark gorge]

I got no plane designer

[dusty sandal]

then you don't need 2 rubber per plane, meaning you have 87 factories on planes

you don't need more

60 of them on fighters, 30 on CAS and you'll still have enough rubber

or, if you're that short, 90 on fighters

[tall zodiac]

jeah I did it to get it lower but still I need planes fast. I also canceld everything that isnt a plane , Mech or truck

well I also prepare to enter japan

and my carriers need the fighters

[spark gorge]

there is one fella in the poland political advisor section which is so goated

[dusty sandal]

you can also produce with minimal penalities for some factories

[spark gorge]

-20% consumer is just insane for just 150pp

[dusty sandal]

under -5 resources you basically take no penalities
with 50 factories you'd need to be missing about 10 resources to be getting a whooping 5% output penality

[tall zodiac]

thanks, will try that

[vapid gate]

do i need deployed divisions for garrisons?

[tall zodiac]

by trhe way

this will be ugly with the amount of fighters the US have

[dusty sandal]

no

[dusty sandal]

you producing 1944 fighters or better, right ?

[tall zodiac]

1944 yeah

[glacial steeple]

coal...

[dusty sandal]

yeah no, that one's just bad if deficit

[tall zodiac]

japan is a bit better but still

[glacial steeple]

japan has no research now

its sad

[tall zodiac]

yeh, its sad that the stock AI stops researching after a certain time

[spark gorge]

ho do small nations get good navy

I dont hve the opiton to get them on peace deal

am I just cooked

another question

[fathom thistle]

during peace confference you can take enemies navy if they had one

idk which dlc gives u that option tho

[spark gorge]

why does just changing one point on the tank designer eat up all the efficency

like armor+1 on the exact same tank

[pliant condor]

u have a focus for -35%

[spark gorge]

limited time

[spark gorge]

its plane designer one

dont have

[fathom thistle]

do you have a coast? if so build docks, around 20 is a good starting point

like 5 for carrier 5 for heavy cruiser 10 for torpedo dd's

[fathom thistle]

for this I meant

[spark gorge]

why is ai for allies so incompetent

this goes for axis too but still

There were 2 german infantry per tile near the maginot

just 2

they still managed to get through the forts lmao

the last save

[tall zodiac]

is there a way to choose the home port faster then open the interface and scrolling trough that bad UI?

[pliant condor]

well

which advisor was that?

i don't think usually you have pp for that

[spark gorge]

staunch aristocrat

am not spelling the normal name

[spark gorge]

k so

almost time for danzig

do I decline and take care of germany

or buy time to attack soviets

[fathom thistle]

it's easier taking soviets than Germany, lets put it that way

[spark gorge]

one question

how likely is it for the germans to declare on me while amfighting the soviet

[fathom thistle]

close to 0

they dont really have a focus past danzig against you

so you can just 1v1 soviets without calling allies and get whole ussr

[tall zodiac]

Hmn looks like there is some bug when I change the docks on my ships. I just lost 10 or so

[spark gorge]

What happened to the opiton

that let you build supply hubs faster

is that just not a thing anymore

[somber spear]

i think it is

the one in decisions?

[spark gorge]

not there

[somber spear]

i know there is one there for hubs above commonder civ trains

it just gives you buffs to railway building

[tall zodiac]

-.- is there a way to save a Iron man save when the game is crashing after a only a few days?

[fathom thistle]

did you become major country?

[spark gorge]

idk

also

is my game bugged

am stuck at 4.28k manpower

dropped to that from 700k instantly

still wont move up or down

[tall zodiac]

oh man how nice is this my iron man savgeme is kinda coruppted now.

after freeing a agent the game crashes all the time

[spark gorge]

can you help

my manpower suddenly dropped to like 5k and now its just stuck there

all my divs are fully manned

[fathom thistle]

did you annex someone?

[spark gorge]

no

only 21k to garrisons

[fathom thistle]

in training?

[spark gorge]

none

no reinforceent either

[fathom thistle]

no clue then sry

[spark gorge]

just when I was going to attack russia

awesome

[spark gorge]

turn the conscription up

instantly shot up to 100k

without the population even mobilizing

its still the same recruitble pop

bruh I lost like atleast an armys worth of manpower to a bug

[spark gorge]

yeah ok am about to lose to that

bc I just lsot like 400k manpower to nothing

[tiny forge]

can someone give me tips on how to fix my checksum, its on 4567 rn

[spark gorge]

Are you kidding me

I was just about to encircle alot of russians

then romaniajust gave them ehlla land

[obsidian badger]

Wat

[astral heath]

if i dont give up sutenland will i get slimes?

slimed*

im in faction

sm1 pls help

[tacit geode]

you're good bro dw

[glacial steeple]

1: they cant declare since youre in a faction

2: wheres your army

you should be like recruiting as much as possible for a while since AH is manpower limited

but your eco is crazy good

[spark gorge]

question about wojtec

or whatever that bear is

I need to fight in italy while having the caucases to get the bear to pop up right

then I get moscow to get him king

if I get moscow first does that ruin it

[glacial steeple]

i dont think the caucasus is related?

but i forgot

[honest bloom]

I want to try mods but I don't know any good websites Can someone suggest some

[tropic igloo]

I low-key need a teacher,
i have 1300 hours and i cant even take France on basic difficulty

[astral heath]

fighting romania

[astral heath]

i meant to reply to this

[cold bloom]

Why not just the Steam workshop?

[glacial steeple]

yeah thats what i mean

44 guys