ask-for-help-here

[glacial steeple]

wdym like fuel or whats the struggle

give some context

like as finland for example if axis is dead, no trade, id make refineries for fuel, but as anyone else thats a waste basically

[lone isle]

Will the ncr attack me if i attack the shi, they also guarantee me

[torpid flax]

Like as italy but axis is alive and do i build refinery?

[glacial steeple]

no, you trade

or annex romania ideally

[violet maple]

guys what do i do

im germany

i always lose at baarbarossa

aanswer quickly pls

im gonna lose

[glacial steeple]

dont battleplan? lol

also use air, soviets shouldnt have like almost any air unless allied airbase access

in which case, you should still be able to win

youre losing only because the ussr doesnt surrender at as little as a breeze of wind like the western europe allies

and there must be like a million things wrong, but these cropped screenshots give no information of use

[violet maple]

what do u want me toss

to screen shoot

i will sea lion UK first bcuz US is not in war

if i can capitulaten the allies it will be great victory for me

[glacial steeple]

just everything

unless you want to point something specific out you shouldnt crop

the reason all like, images to help are cropped, is because you dont need to see the whole screen

but if youre looking for help then cropping things is really detrimental

[violet maple]

@glacial steeple better?

i managed to land sea lion

[glacial steeple]

idk where to start

[violet maple]

what

good or bad

[red mesa]

There’s some weird stuff going on there

7k guns but 36k support?

Production must be off

[violet maple]

i capitulate the UK

[red mesa]

Seems you have no air superiority in a least some of the eastern front also

Army comp is weird as most don’t have 24/24

[violet maple]

i try my best ok

i only have 150 hours

[red mesa]

Doing fine then

Probably small things to make a big difference

Like not neglecting notifications

Research, MIOs, spending pp

Etc

[violet maple]

how do i garrison africna colonies

lot of resistence

i form mittle afrika

[red mesa]

Might have to change the garrison law and template if you haven’t already

[violet maple]

ok i will try

[violet maple]

i tell u if barbarossa fial or success

[serene karma]

What ships do u have

[violet maple]

it worked

i win WW2

[warm umbra]

This is fine...

[uncut narwhal]

how tf did austria hungary push you out of the alps

[warm umbra]

I had my entire army pushing through Romania

and Yugo

and Greece

and Poland

But no need to worry

This is not a disaster just yet

Since I truly believe what I said: "This is fine"

I lured them into a false sense of security

They over-extented their forces

[uncut narwhal]

maybe put the divisions "garrisioning" your cities

[warm umbra]

And I am now counter attacking

[uncut narwhal]

to the front as well

lwk

[warm umbra]

I did actually

[vital plinth]

Any advice on how to build a navry from scratch how many dockyards should I aim to build ?

[warm umbra]

See... how usefull garrison troops are

[uncut narwhal]

yea when yo use them

[vital plinth]

Because I play Iran I don’t have access to any ships only few small counties ships and when I start my first possible war the big war already started so I can’t get the big nations ships

[warm umbra]

HAHAHAHAHA

[uncut narwhal]

your not gonna build a navy as iran

[warm umbra]

Told ya

[uncut narwhal]

how did they conquer that much

bro you had all that land

and lost it

[warm umbra]

A tactical withdrawl

Now. Should I make one big puppet or several smaller ones

[uncut narwhal]

annex all

[warm umbra]

I do not feel like annexing it

[uncut narwhal]

why not

big rome

[warm umbra]

Not yet atleast

I can always annex my puppet later

and gain their troops aswell

How does one take territory in the name in a puppet again?

[uncut narwhal]

giving it territory in the peace conference

or making a puppeet

[warm umbra]

I want to create a big Austrian puppet

but I cannot give Austria any territory

[uncut narwhal]

you cant puppet and them give them more territory

just get a toolpack

mod

lwk

[vital plinth]

How so ? Because they start too late on their war and areas taken ?

[uncut narwhal]

no industry and no time

you want to play till 1950?

just paradrop

the uk

and steal their navy

[vital plinth]

My first war is first able to start around 1939

But I can’t with other nations that are small that start with ?

Build a good navry

[warm umbra]

You know what's so funny?

I joined the Axis shortly before going to war with Yugoslavia, Romania and Czechoslovakia. Hungary then puppeted the Czech Republic and annex slovakia so that was one less enemy. Germany then declared war on Greece. It's fine. More territory for me to annex. Germany then also declared war on Poland and the Baltic countries. Shortly before I won the war against them, Hungary declared war on me and Germany refused to help me against Hungary when things were looking bad. Now, Germany is falling to the allies in 1939 and I left the Axis to go do my own thing.

[torpid flax]

A ok thank you

[ornate marten]

Can anyone advice me some good defensive templates for mobile warfare germany focusing on tanks, trucks and mechanized mainly against AI but MP too?

• Mobile infantry doctrine
• Blitzkrieg doctrine

[uncut narwhal]

just use normal inf then lol

and for a tank build

you want individual excellence doctrine

[ornate marten]

Can you elaborate?

[uncut narwhal]

the infantry doctrine

[supple jungle]

As monarchist japan, is there any benefits to not attacking china and if so, what do you do instead?

[glacial steeple]

your army is temporarily a bit better

but china is like all your eco

[supple jungle]

ah

ok

[glacial steeple]

you want to do collabs on them too

for compliance

it will eat all your civs for a while

[supple jungle]

i am a lunatic, i have never done a collab but have beaten china many times

[glacial steeple]

but its okay

it does pay off

[safe onyx]

whats best division template

[glacial steeple]

its easier without collab

you have more army to use

[supple jungle]

hmm

well]

[glacial steeple]

and dont have to worry about taking the state with the apies

spies*

usually nanjing

[supple jungle]

ok

[supple jungle]

i will try that
-# (once i have eaten lunch and inevitably throw it back up)

[supple jungle]

what

[glacial steeple]

mathematically the best division template afaik

its not situationally the best necessarily

just overall

[supple jungle]

mathematically good, kills my eyes

ah

[twin kayak]

why this mix ?

[glacial steeple]

cheap tank

infantry cheap

special forces buff

need the exact combat width for tiles

[final estuary]

I have a stagnating war

What do I do

It's mostly in like central asia

[zenith nest]

Is there a way to get doctrine xp when your not fighting anyone?

[sacred patrol]

yoo can someone rate these stats

[vital plinth]

Why are tactical bombers used for taking out AA as focus instead of railways and costal forts and normal forts ? Bounch mentioned AA on Reddit

[twin kayak]

what can I use instead of rangers ?

I don't really want to but the last dlc just for them

[sacred patrol]

cehofortalia

[sacred patrol]

hey can i ask a stupid question

[glacial steeple]

well you dont have to use the unit

its mostly for MP anyway where you need hard attack more

[glacial steeple]

#ask-for-help-here

[glacial steeple]

thats an image

[sacred patrol]

what do i change

thats what my friend handed me

[keen hemlock]

What exactly are you trying to make

[sacred patrol]

attack

[keen hemlock]

Go for. 36 width with infantry only

[keen hemlock]

Does that mean mountaineers are just overall better

Even if I’m a wooded country

[sacred patrol]

why no arty?

[glacial steeple]

yes because they have reduced combat width

well its worse in forest

but like better in general

[clever yoke]

you can add support arty but not the batallion one cuz it sucks and plus it's 3 combat width

[sacred patrol]

so just 36 width all 5 rows?

looks stupid but idc

its 39 germany hasnt done anchulus

[clever yoke]

do u not have any other support companies?

[sacred patrol]

i do that was just a quick show

[clever yoke]

and the engineers are unnecessary cuz these are ur offensive divs not defensive

[sacred patrol]

tho am airforceless

not in a rush

germany hasnt done anchulus

[clever yoke]

oh didn't see that

who are u even playing as

[sacred patrol]

czechslovakia

and i took the little entente path of course

[clever yoke]

The faction path right

I don't really play too much czecho

[sacred patrol]

same thats why i am replaying spain

[keen hemlock]

Yeah I was using them as one of my general attacking dibs

[clever yoke]

also u shouldn't be building 36w then

[sacred patrol]

why?

[ornate marten]

czechia mentioned 🇨🇿

[keen hemlock]

As space marines too

[sacred patrol]

i have the men and industry

[sacred patrol]

no dlc

[clever yoke]

cuz you'll be in the defensive for the first year of the war

just hold and let them throw themselves in ur forts

[glacial steeple]

omg its grasshopper from the mod

[sacred patrol]

i know

[clever yoke]

pls don't mention that shi

[sacred patrol]

i basically prepared forts both at austria and sudetenland

[glacial steeple]

😔

[sacred patrol]

no spot is weakened

[clever yoke]

very epik

[gaunt imp]

is this 1938 template horrible?

ok that's all i need to know

[clever yoke]

@glacial steeple average goofy guy template

[gaunt imp]

???

[ornate marten]

how should it be improved?

[clever yoke]

make it 36w

what year are u in

[gaunt imp]

1938

[glacial steeple]

yes

[ornate marten]

this is the starting template I use, does that suck too? xd or just improve it through 36-38?

[glacial steeple]

well its bad regardless of year

[clever yoke]

prob will still work against ai

🥀

[keen hemlock]

Why are they not good even if I have dlc

[glacial steeple]

it has no attack for 3K cost

[sacred patrol]

idk

[gaunt imp]

how can i improve it?

[ornate marten]

what would you change?

[glacial steeple]

same cost btw

you can take out the TD if you want

itll still have more stats

[clever yoke]

the tank

mediums or heavies

[uncut narwhal]

mediums bro

[ornate marten]

so what's a better one for light tanks from 36 until you research medium?

[clever yoke]

just use lights for recon

[uncut narwhal]

just use medium tanks

light tanks are only for recon

[clever yoke]

yep

[ornate marten]

well by 38 mefo kinda starts kicking in slowly if you don't go to war

[glacial steeple]

you START with mediums

also dont make civs as germany

your CIVS get murdered by MEFO

nothing else

[clever yoke]

don't listen to him

meta is build civs till 1940

[ornate marten]

the inter-war ones? I always thought those are shits

[glacial steeple]

annex build meta

[glacial steeple]

its better than lights, they just have less like speed

so the newer one is a bit nicer to use sometimes

[ornate marten]

I see

[glacial steeple]

well not if you use it with inf

then it literally doesnt matter

but if you use it with mech then it matters a bit

motorized is also horribly cost ineffective

its like 2.5x the cost of cav for like no real stats added

so

[ornate marten]

in my nearly 500 hours, I'm still learning about the combat stats, combat width an designs xd

[glacial steeple]

use cav or camels until mech

you can also like

research things ahead of time

do that

[obtuse pine]

howdy
How is the game meant to be played? Do I need to do battleplans? If I do so, I have no more control. AI does alot of nonesense as I expected.

[glacial steeple]

dont wait until the "right time" and miss out on stuff you want

if you research things earlier you get it earlier

[ornate marten]

yeah. I also try to utilize the focus that gives you 1 year boost to researching mechanized

[glacial steeple]

no like

just research ahead of time

not just when having bonus

[ornate marten]

I know what you meant

[uncut narwhal]

battle planning is usually not very optimal, micro your troops to not lose too much equipment and actually win

[glacial steeple]

its okay to lose research time on navy/oil refining

or like, armored cars

[ornate marten]

okay

[glacial steeple]

you typically dont need them

you want production

guns

and then artillery if doing tanks (for the guns)

and air if doing air

dont do all because then all of it will be gotten later

and so youll have less of any

[ornate marten]

also before the war I spend some time building like 5-7 refineries with the construction buff from focus, is it more worth than just spending some civs to trade the rubber and oil?

[obtuse pine]

But are there not lots of bonis I miss when doing it manual?

[glacial steeple]

and then the issue is that youre not really specializing

[uncut narwhal]

what kind of bonis?

[glacial steeple]

and if you dont specialize your army just isnt very good

[glacial steeple]

you need it for rubber if you do air

[clever yoke]

too much yapping just spam 16w inf and put everything on guns map paint and ez 🤑

[obtuse pine]

From generals and doctrines

[glacial steeple]

you need like idk

300 rubber if you do 150 on air

ish

if you have less than 50-100 on air whats really the point

[ornate marten]

okay

[uncut narwhal]

you still get them when microing lol

[hexed birch]

Any way to save this game? Or did I already lose too much manpower? (Germany)

[glacial steeple]

you did lose a lot

well its probably savable but i have 0 in format on the game to help you with

please, dont crop screenshots when asking for help

it limits available information

well unless you wanna troll someone or like intentionally leave information out

[glacial steeple]

or you wanna show someone a specific thing

then like sure you can crop stuff

why are you not researching

are your garrisons like, did you fix them

[hexed birch]

I've researched everything

garrisons i'll have to look into, still a new mechanic to me

[clever yoke]

1958

insane

[glacial steeple]

unlikely

[clever yoke]

how is your device still running

[glacial steeple]

but okay do projects then

supersonics and all

if you have the dlcs

[hexed birch]

i'm not lagging at all

[glacial steeple]

hes a billionaire look at the screen size

smh

probably using a NASA supercomputer for hoi4

[keen hemlock]

I saw someone in 1980 yesterday

[calm bough]

anyone else has this problem?

[glacial steeple]

my furthest ever was 2058 but it took me a while

[keen hemlock]

Gah damn

My furthest was 1956

[glacial steeple]

but also i wasnt doing like a world conquest

i was chilling, playing china

sending vols to stuff

[calm bough]

yeah this isnt a ask for help channel

[glacial steeple]

#tech-support?

idk what to help with

reverify game files on steam or something

[kind hedge]

Hello, im playing as germany and im trying to design a medium tank, but all my designs just dont have enough soft attack, or have small reliability. I need some help on how to deskgn a good tank.

[vital plinth]

Hey what is the kaiserrich mod and why is it so popular what makes it so popular I saw a lot of ratings and even it’s own Wikipedia page lol ?

[glad sphinx]

its a alternate universe where germany won world war 1, with lots of content

[glacial steeple]

if you care about reliability you can do something similar

on the self propelled artillery role now though

you could also do like diesel engine + engine clicks no armor clicks

[kind hedge]

How to get the last 2 modules from the first design

I dont have them

[glacial steeple]

you dont have to do wet ammo

[kind hedge]

Alr

[glacial steeple]

its radio and easy maintanance

maintanance from company research

[kind hedge]

Oh i see now, ty

[proven rain]

how to get

[calm bough]

tried it, doesnt work. even the built in dlc doesnt work

[glacial steeple]

i cant really help with tech support 💔 sorry

[calm bough]

well what am i supposed to do now, i deleted all my dlc to see if it would work, that also didnt help

[vital plinth]

Ah ok what makes it so popular of mod some new stuff or same mechanics just different storyline ?

[glad sphinx]

pretty much everything is different id say, full overhaul and its extemely well made

[twin kayak]

not in an optimal situation

[glacial steeple]

looks good

youre in deficits though

what is ai lend leasing you?

youre missing it

[twin kayak]

not anymore

they just canceled

and I'm pretty happy about my "deficits"

[glacial steeple]

all good then

probably delete the airforce lol

[twin kayak]

most industries still running too

[glacial steeple]

support equipment youd like to be up on bit i assume its not reasonable

you need more mils

make some in east indies

your industry is like super mega bad

[twin kayak]

I have 0 civilians left

[glacial steeple]

why did you research arty 2 btw?

and what focuses?

[twin kayak]

and to go communist, I had to decolonize

so no more easy indies

[glacial steeple]

i dont remember ever running out of civs as netherlands

ah

dont do that

[twin kayak]

was mandatory

[glacial steeple]

indies is like a lot more manpower than communist gives you

if you annex

[twin kayak]

I should have gone fascist

[glacial steeple]

political path is irrelevant

[twin kayak]

idk how that works

[glacial steeple]

just do your industry/colonial trees

to get rid of pacifism and annex them with the stuff

you get state bonuses which are very strong

i usually dont even do the first political focus as netherlands for a while because the leader is nice

tho you would want to if youre rushing benux

benelux**

democratic tree

or ig the queen is an okay path

its just like, you dont have many focus buffs

and your strenght lays in your OP colony

and ability to have a medium sized industry

holding 3 tiles is fine but not if you only have mainland industry ykwim

[twin kayak]

Too late ...

[glacial steeple]

its fine

[twin kayak]

Will try it next time

[glacial steeple]

youll prob still win

its just like more optimal XD

[twin kayak]

I just don't know how the colony/puppet/... thing works, so I just don't use it

[glacial steeple]

its still free industry?

[twin kayak]

ehh ...

[glacial steeple]

let me log into the game ill show you

[twin kayak]

like I said, I don't know how it works

[carmine thunder]

is this possible to break through

[glacial steeple]

sheep ai right

its possible

youll just need to crit with tanks/use CAS/battleplan

might take some lives and its not worth it

[inner sparrow]

stats of doom and despair

[glacial steeple]

hi art guy

[inner sparrow]

hey

100 soft tanks, meta

[subtle socket]

ur roling 100 soft on a heavy tank

we have bigger problems

[inner sparrow]

nah vro he will do it

with the power of friendship

[subtle socket]

out soft attacked by like a 10 width

[carmine thunder]

this is the design

[subtle socket]

yeahhh

[glacial steeple]

local cat build never cooks

[subtle socket]

i figured

honestly i could

[inner sparrow]

fries -> bag

[subtle socket]

feel the squeezebore

[twin kayak]

I have divs staying on that tile. What do they do ? (all of my divs are assigned to a frontline)

[subtle socket]

armor skirt

from the 100 soft attack

[glacial steeple]

they reorg

manually move back

[inner sparrow]

even with that he should role more than 100

[glacial steeple]

i love when my tank costs more IC than its attack

[inner sparrow]

theres a lot more wrong with it than just the design

[carmine thunder]

how make it better?

[subtle socket]

LMAO @glacial steeple

[subtle socket]

change riv

change squeezebore change armor skirt

[glacial steeple]

just change the whole thing

[subtle socket]

if u wanna stat max just put cannon but ur against ai

[glacial steeple]

riveted armor

[subtle socket]

so like

[glacial steeple]

in sp just use heavy machine guns for attack per IC

[subtle socket]

ig

[glacial steeple]

sheeps mod also has no hardness

[twin kayak]

@glacial steeple which path would you take ?

[subtle socket]

bruh

[glacial steeple]

none

[twin kayak]

the oranje boven one ?

oh

[subtle socket]

the demo one is way better than all of em

[glacial steeple]

but yeah thats the best one ig

i wouldnt do any

[subtle socket]

imo

[glacial steeple]

id go for eco then plane buff

[subtle socket]

lmao

[glacial steeple]

dutch plane funny

[inner sparrow]

something like this, u can use heavy cannon 3 instead of high velo

ur fighting against normal ai or sheep?

[subtle socket]

oh the 2 ic plane exploit

[glacial steeple]

sheep

[subtle socket]

dont u need another player to do it with u?

[glacial steeple]

netherlands can do it alone

for 365 days

[subtle socket]

funny

[carmine thunder]

Where do you unlock easy maintenance?

[glacial steeple]

you can do it on any design

but whatever

[inner sparrow]

maintenance 2 research

[glacial steeple]

its not an exploit even

its just stacking your buffs

[subtle socket]

im not a believer in easy maintenance on heavy tank

[inner sparrow]

its op

u have so much more tanks

[subtle socket]

might as well do mediums if ur gonna be 2 cannon

[inner sparrow]

and the stats are whatever

for sp sure

but in mp medium sov is slop

[glacial steeple]

voya vs clown 1v1 when

[subtle socket]

u play sov mp and do easy maintenance?

[inner sparrow]

voya first needs to play rb again

and not his non hist no dics games

[inner sparrow]

yes

[subtle socket]

ew rb

[inner sparrow]

u are missed frfr

[subtle socket]

rb used to be based now its just

[twin kayak]

how can I get ally divs on my soil ?

[inner sparrow]

slop aswell

[twin kayak]

Where do I ask

[glacial steeple]

they hate you

[twin kayak]

nah

[subtle socket]

missed by who lmao the people i used to play w all quit hoi

[glacial steeple]

no like in ai strategy

theyre coded to avoid defending you

so they do hate you

[twin kayak]

even if I'm in the allies ?

[inner sparrow]

everyone is missed, id rather have u over paul and pierre in my game

even tho I never played with u

[glacial steeple]

yes because its the allies

[subtle socket]

LMFAOOO

THATS VALID af

omg i cant even say f word

[twin kayak]

welcome to the censorship channel

[subtle socket]

fr

[twin kayak]

Already got muted once

[subtle socket]

be happy ai isnt helping u

they can get u memed

[glacial steeple]

this is how you recruit units using puppet manpower btw

you copy the INS template and can convert your entire starting army to it

[twin kayak]

thx

[twin kayak]

I'll think of that next time

[subtle socket]

just use this 🔥

[twin kayak]

you'll find so many people claiming to have the best meta divs. I just made something with funny big numbers and that's it

[glacial steeple]

people can yell at me if im wrong but for factory allocation id do something like this

[subtle socket]

tbh with u

[glacial steeple]

ask voya when theyre on, they know quite a lot afaik

[subtle socket]

there is already a set meta on everything

discovered by smarter people than us lol

[glacial steeple]

i dont claim to be smart unlike most people claiming they have the best stuff just saying

[subtle socket]

personally ive grown to hate gun1 if my nation can rush it early i wait but as dutch u prob need gun1 bad

[glacial steeple]

i just share the best information available to me, and that could be wrong

[glacial steeple]

well its day 1 prod

you swap gun later

its the only thing you have efficiency on

[subtle socket]

i use dont build gun 1 on most nations lol

just**

[glacial steeple]

its your only line tho

and you should go dispersed

[subtle socket]

eh aa 1 and support

[glacial steeple]

since 39 output and all

[subtle socket]

im a disp enjoyer as much as the next but apperantly these rb goons are claiming conc is just better even on usa

magbe like spain only ud do disp

[twin kayak]

the end is close I fear

[glacial steeple]

it is but not on nl

[subtle socket]

next time go demo

rush down it

[glacial steeple]

nl, bel, pol, fin can go disp

[subtle socket]

i dont play any of those nations but finland

and yeah finland u do

bc u want as much gun 2 output for the minimum manpower u have

[glacial steeple]

well yeah its just info to remember yk

[subtle socket]

u have infinite ic to mp

i go disp on usa idc what the metards say

my new 150 mils in 41 will have 0 outut on conc

[glacial steeple]

disp is like about the same on us

so yeah

its a small difference

and disp is probably more friendly

[subtle socket]

all these us metatards claim conc is better for output

but idk.

u get plane so late and so much late mills

[glacial steeple]

well yeah in 2 ish years

so if you get eco in late 37/38

those mils will have putted more out by 40

but also you get a lot of mils in between that time so its prob fine

[subtle socket]

yeah i mean i agree

[glacial steeple]

by 41 conc is better for sure

[subtle socket]

but most numbers for us come in 38-39

[glacial steeple]

but youre also manpower capped

[subtle socket]

and then in 41

so idk how conc is better but ig

[subtle socket]

not in mp have i ever been mp capped as usa

[glacial steeple]

like for long game no?

if you go conc i mean

[subtle socket]

whats a long game maybe it has more inpact in 43

[glacial steeple]

like youre looking at 41-43 d day or whatever for it to be worth it

and then i think youre a bit manpower capped

[subtle socket]

idk i dont think so

nost games ur just marine tank air nation

ur not doing filler inf to soak mp

[glacial steeple]

but like whatever

just go disp

easier to manage

not a huge loss

[subtle socket]

i do regardless of management

i think it sjust better

u convert every civ to a mil day one of war basically

[twin kayak]

when does brittain attack italy ?

[subtle socket]

thats 120 mills spasned in a day in 41 on conc they have 0 output

[glacial steeple]

i get u

disp is rlly good when low cap anyway

the US has no cap

sorry they get 5%

i lied

[subtle socket]

tbh

i never get that advisor anyway

tho hes def good

i just larp air production

since its allowed prob better

[twin kayak]

why do I get this stack of countries canceling their lend leases ?

[glacial steeple]

they only send when youre in negative

[subtle socket]

yeah

once no longer negative they stop

[glacial steeple]

i would make a reference but thats not allowed because modern politics

you can imagine it im sure

bad

[subtle socket]

💀

[south horizon]

Is there anything else I should be doing with my volunteer planes? I'm still kind of confused about how aerial warfare works

[carmine thunder]

ahhhhhh

[proven rain]

how to get

[lilac light]

How do i change the multiplayer muskateer version so I can do a multilayer game without incompatible game error. A friend has version (d733) and I have version (5c02), all numbers before that are the same.

[glacial steeple]

different mods (versions)

most likely

[lilac light]

Different mod versions?

Because the mods are all the same.

[glacial steeple]

like, some mods not updated

try resubscribing with your game and launcher closed

it may have been updated recently (past 7 days usually causes issues)

or someone may have just not updated

[lilac light]

Well, we will try to get them updated. Thanks.

[wind canyon]

You gotta lower their autonomy level to the lowest tier either as an integrated puppet or a reichscomisariat (depends on your ideology but there the same thing) you can do this by building in that territory, sending them lend lease or taking the continuous focus that lowers their autonomy

[subtle socket]

ur doing imperial fed?

looks like ur facist are they puppets?

[hexed verge]

chat

[paper knot]

is it worth trying to play mp if i barely got 200 hours pretty ass at the game but i can take germany and ussr as poland

[subtle socket]

@paper knot yes mp is so good u wont wanna go back however

sp skill to mp doesnt translate at all

i played 1k of sp before touching mp i was doing world conquests as dismantantled england having to reconwuire the homeisles first and stupid things like that

even if u can luxembourg and world conquests it doesnt translate to any skill in mp

just go into it thinking ur a noob and play commonwealth nations they're very easy to learn and teach u mp easily

usually ur uk/usa is decent and can answer ur questions

[carmine thunder]

If I put no garrison infront of my defensive line, then when the germans occupy it will the resistance go to them?

[vital plinth]

Is warships of the pacific a ekspansion or an patch ?

[half glade]

are these good designs to produce?

[subtle socket]

yeah

its banned in most mp games but yes

[glacial steeple]

yes

but why not hold the line where the resistance is then

[subtle socket]

i think early game if u rly wanna make basic planes u make cannon ones

[glacial steeple]

force them to fight in the resistance

[subtle socket]

but i dont rly think f1s are even wirth it u can get f2s against ai in 39 and still win air

[half glade]

i mean idk whats the best play as germany for air force

[glacial steeple]

just dont make 1936 planes?

theyre very bad

[subtle socket]

^

[half glade]

oh lol do they suck

[glacial steeple]

you can make weapons that will hold up

[subtle socket]

tbh double cannon against ai will keep up till like early 40

[glacial steeple]

like tank chassis stockpile will hold up

for longer

double cannon is great for early war

[subtle socket]

but f2 to f1 is like a complete day and night

[glacial steeple]

like go to war in 1937 win with double cannon

uk doesnt get cannon

france doesnt get basic

you can win

[dusty sandal]

CAS is alright even if lacking range
on the fighter swap 1 MG for canons x2 and use fockewulf MIO (should be used on CAS too for range)

[subtle socket]

ai so garbage u can out trade for a long long time

[half glade]

im assuming this is f2

[glacial steeple]

uk fighter is actually decent

[subtle socket]

correct

[glacial steeple]

like their spitfire design

[half glade]

why are we indexing from 0 this is not programming

[subtle socket]

yeah but they prob put 200 per region

[glacial steeple]

well assuming they have the tech

[subtle socket]

dont click right doctrines or double mot their airports

[glacial steeple]

its like 12x hmg and double armor plate and range iirc

its great

[subtle socket]

ai never does the small micro thats super inportant

[half glade]

so i jus tshouldnt make planes for now?

[glacial steeple]

well they also dont have enough out

but that doesnt mean their planes are bad, especially if countered by F1

[dusty sandal]

in singleplayer you can produce safely 1936 airframe until 1940 but I wouldn't advise producing a lot of them (put 5 mils on it and call it a day) and get 1940 airframe+engine by 1939

[subtle socket]

i dont the 2 plane is so much better at everything u could make all the other equipment u need until u get fighter

[glacial steeple]

F1 are like paper planes unless theyre double cannon in which case theyre paper planes that might trade like 1-5

instead of 1-20 or whatever

[half glade]

okay well time to put mils somewhere else

[subtle socket]

omg a hof person

[carmine thunder]

I think dniep river line is better they still need to spend manpower and equipment to fix the resistance

[subtle socket]

i love french people hoi

[dusty sandal]

I believe we talked here a few days ago too

[half glade]

well anschluss is done in august 36

good start

[subtle socket]

yes we did

i talked to another one of u

and he said yall doing games again

im gonna come play in ur games again soon

french hoi4 was super peak

[dusty sandal]

there's a game in Les Sargistes tonight at 9pm Paris time if you want
Bumba's already in if you know him, there's Anthony as well

[subtle socket]

nope idk them

[subtle socket]

i gotta see if i can make it. do they do weekend games and have they like... improved lol

[glacial steeple]

some meta information is super accessable now no?

maybe my pov is like very biased but i feel like its a lot more accessable than it was like idk 1-2 years ago

[subtle socket]

i wouldnt say more rb stuffs been there for years

but most of them didnt rly take advice and use line arty and have

lets say not optimal micro

[dusty sandal]

on Les Sargistes the level is very fluctuent
the regular players or trusted ones are basically all from HOF while the general community is marines+line arty tier (there are exceptions and a few people learning quickly though)

[subtle socket]

i played on hof mostly

i remember my last game there it was a poverty small game australlia got india annexed came war

i encircled his whole army in a week of war

was most boring game of my life lol

[hexed birch]

By the way, as Germany when I start conquering more countries is it bad to own the land? Is it better to puppet those countries (should also help with the manpower since I can train using theirs right)?

[warm umbra]

Stresa front focus came in clutch

[subtle socket]

no

[subtle socket]

do u have the spy dlc

if so u can use them to buuld collab governments giving u compliance when u capitulate an enemy

practical giving u cores if u stack 2-3 of them

id argue 3 collab is better than core

but even without its better to own as germany bc u can deal w resistance

[glacial steeple]

puppeting is bad unless its peacedeal puppets then its ok as fascist

still not amazing

but its okay

[hexed birch]

Only have the Goetterdammerung DLC but I think ill buy the others too. Any recommendation which one to buy next?

[keen hemlock]

no step back

[steady pecan]

What does this focus do? Can I integrate any subject or only special ones?

And what does "developed asian subjects" mean?

[half glade]

am i in good time

slovakia in march 38

[keen hemlock]

yeah

[half glade]

sweet

im super happy with this

france and poland gone pre 1939

[unborn ginkgo]

My hoi4 keeps crashing during the launch

[crisp ledge]

After looking through the pinned messages, I found the template I need, but to follow up on that, what garrison policy should I use?

[cold bloom]

subject = puppet*

[austere roost]

One cav is enough

[cold bloom]

As for "developed": you need to have done the industrial development decision towards them

[steady pecan]

Yes but what does it do, like can I "integrate" (meaning annex) for cheaper or something?

[cold bloom]

you can annex them instantly yeh

the AI chance for them refusing the event it gives is 0%

[steady pecan]

Ooo thats pretty good then no? Just puppet all of china then when I get that focus I insta annex them

[south horizon]

Should I be doing more with my planes? I feel like I'm using fuel for nothing at this moment

[cold bloom]

If you can get cores on it, Ig

[crisp ledge]

I've been trying cavalry, and I'm always short on manpower. This comment got pinned for a garrison template, so I'm mostly asking about policy. I've heard Military Governor isn't much good.

[austere roost]

This is if you want to waste ic

[steady pecan]

So to clarify, If i puppet china at the end of the war; then eventually reach that focus, I will be able to just swallow China whole for cheap/free. No downsides?

[austere roost]

The difference between cav and tanks + all super heavies + land cruiser is minimal when it comes to garrisoning

[cold bloom]

100pp and must have done an industry decision towards them

they also have to have the idea JAP_yen_bloc_idea, not sure what that is, I assume something easy

[crisp ledge]

So just one cavalry division? Do I need MP or anything?

[austere roost]

For manpower ofc you have a problem because mil governor requires a lot of manpower

[crisp ledge]

That's why I'm asking about an alternative. Secret Police seems to give the best "bang for your buck," but I still have manpower troubles with that.

[austere roost]

Go to your garrison law tab and pick the one with lowest manpower requirement unless you're communist in which you take liberated workers

[uncut narwhal]

go with local police force

[austere roost]

If you have the land xp to make 25 cav + mp then sure

[crisp ledge]

Civilian Oversight has the lowest, but I always have trouble with resistance. Should I go Local Police Force instead?

[austere roost]

Resistance shouldn't be an issue if you have enough manpower and equipment

Local police force is like default unless you can do civ oversight or liberated worker

[crisp ledge]

What's the difference between one cav + MP and 25 cav + MP? Wouldn't the former give you more garrison-specialized units?

[vital plinth]

Is warship of the pacific a patch or a ekspansion ?

[austere roost]

Yes so more ic waste

[keen hemlock]

It’s a cosmetic pack

[crisp ledge]

The first one's the main issue, I'm doing Balkans Dominance Romania, so I need 800K+ manpower on the field to take my focuses.

[austere roost]

On the first case you are using one mp per battalion and in the second one it's one mp per 25 battalions

[crisp ledge]

Which one's IC again?

[crisp ledge]

So MP modifies the cavalry templates? I thought it was a separate unit.

[austere roost]

IC just means industrial capacity in general, leftover term from pre hoi4 times

[austere roost]

It's a support company

[unborn ginkgo]

My game is crashing during the launch

[crisp ledge]

I see, I see. Apologies, I'm still fairly new to the game, and I got saddled with administrating the whole of the Soviet Union after they tried to take Bessarabia and failed.

[austere roost]

Garrisons are easy. You learn it once and never have to worry about it again

unless you want to build all super heavy supports + land cruiser for suppression maxx meme

[crisp ledge]

Yeah, I'll probably just use your cavalry template. I'm not looking for some sort of meme build, I'm just trying to stop Yugoslavian nationalists from bombing my factories.

[paper knot]

yea i watched alot of mp on youtube it looked so fun but i dont wanna ruin the experience for others cuz im still not rlly that good

[dusty sandal]

there are a lot of different MP
there are modded MPs (for example Bokoen1 with the TFB mod, one of the best conversion mod for MP) with different levels
there are vanilla+ MP games, with a level that varies greatly between servers (most notably HMM which is probably the most worked on in vanilla+ scene)

in any case, if you find a good server to play on, you won't have to think about being good or bad as people will give you advice, as long as you tell them what you need and a rough estimate on your level. You'll probably start on very minor nations to get the hang of things, then might move to Coop slots and larger minor nations and, if you've reached some skill threshold (that avoids you getting rolled on by other players) you may get a major slot

of course, that's assuming you're playing in MP games with rosters and a balancing effort, some servers will organize "savage games" where's it's free for all and no balancing is made pre-game

[subtle socket]

just play games best way to learn thats how everyone did just let others know and ask them to help u pick, depending on the lobby different nations have more tasks

in about 90% of games u can perform mediocre as a new player playing like australlua/canada or maybe romania u just have to ask questions

[paper knot]

i nuked portsmouth and failed to paradrop cuz of superiority if i paradrop 100 days after the nuke will the uk divisions still have bad organization or should i drop another one

[harsh bane]

This guide tells me to sell most of my planes and all of my close air support

[glacial steeple]

you can

i mean you could use it against yugo in 37

but your eco will be better for when you get the actual plane in 38

[crisp ledge]

Yeah - with hindsight and a bit of experience, it's not what I'd have picked, but I still managed to conquer Ethiopia even with that. By the time you get to a proper war, you'll have done enough research to make better planes, which he also covers in the video series.

[harsh bane]

Which makes the war against Ethiopia harder (I’ve won the war in Ethiopia before they took boarding the train but that’s like the farthest I’ve gotten into the game)

[glacial steeple]

you use them there

sell after

tho you could sell naval bombers day 1

guides in general are usually not by the best players if theyre not in text

and if theyre in text theyre usually guided towards multiplayer

so it will usually be a bit different

[keen hemlock]

Yeah

Each person plays differently

I like civ greeding

[glacial steeple]

i love how you have an awful army debuff as portugal but any time you feel like it you can just get rid of it

[crisp ledge]

Nothing I particularly need help with regarding this, but since you brought up Portugal, I keep seeing them join the Axis for some reason, it's weird.

[keen hemlock]

Ai will do alt hist stuff if you do it

If you are on hist

[glacial steeple]

historically they were fascist

and its probably the german ahist focuses for iberia

[vital plinth]

Does subscription give access to all cosmetics and contents ?

I had issue with my subscription I made a new one. At first most had the red then most were normal again but now these few are red idk why to do any idea ?

[carmine thunder]

helppppp

[limber marten]

CAS is king

[carmine thunder]

i did no air soviets and germany has almost 2k tac bombers in ukraine alone

[paper knot]

can someone please help i have like 900 transport planes i have 20 paradropers and it says i need additional 2 i add 2 still says i need 2

[obtuse pine]

is the historical names group only cosmetic?

do I need subdetection on a ship only if I have depth charges?

[glacial steeple]

idk are you using the ships against subs?

[half glade]

what is the historical france option

[subtle socket]

i think historically france did

popular front into review foreign policy

[glacial steeple]

hist france is left yeah

[subtle socket]

but revive national block is far better

and its like histish? still demo

just not commy demo

[glacial steeple]

historical parts

hist

althist demo

communist

[half glade]

okay thank you

its a bit confusing tbh

[glacial steeple]

fascist/non aligned

[half glade]

i did try non aligned once

[obtuse pine]

lets say a light cruiser spots a sub but has no depth charges, but destroyers in the fleets has, does it help? or every ship needs to spot itself?

[gritty marten]

the fascist path (ignoring the diplomatic part) is so dry 😭

[keen hemlock]

If you think it’s confusion you should look at spains tree

[half glade]

do i wanna make little entente??

i thought i wanted the allies

[half glade]

spains is easier

[glacial steeple]

buy time if hist

tho entente is better

[half glade]

left to go nationalist right to go republic

[glacial steeple]

you can just disband entente too

[half glade]

oh really??

i just wanna beat germany

thats my goal

[glacial steeple]

yeah cuz it gets rid of the workers debuff

read

and you can still do french union too

[half glade]

oh full employment

i wanna get rid of disjointed gov

thats my priority

little entente it is

[keen hemlock]

France has so many debuffs

Like

You can’t get rid of them untill like 41

[warm umbra]

Possibly another Rome. With Mussolini this time.

[keen hemlock]

If you wanna get another research slot

[uncut narwhal]

how is it 1946 and nothing has like happened in europe

[warm umbra]

Plenty has happened in Europe

[uncut narwhal]

what exactly?

[warm umbra]

Germany died at some point

The allies and I beat up Russia

I destroyed Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia

I destroyed the Balkan...

I destroyed Spain

Lots of things that happened in Europe

[warm umbra]

But the final event is starting

[glacial steeple]

you dont

[glad sphinx]

ive just had a glitch when at war with england, I was winning the war and the game gave them all the land back and put my troops back in my country?

[keen hemlock]

I do

[glad sphinx]

im on ironman mode

[glacial steeple]

its detrimental

[keen hemlock]

Is it really that bad

[glacial steeple]

yes

you should be able to get rid of everything like late 38 early 39 ish thats when france is strongest

[keen hemlock]

Oh shi

[glacial steeple]

like youre spending a whole year on the research slot

[keen hemlock]

I’ve never tried it

Also I hate how Frances industry tree is

Like just give me the civs when I do the focus

[glacial steeple]

you also dont do that lol

you go for the politics because thats all your debuffs

everything else is like, it would be nice, but its optional

[keen hemlock]

Yeah

[glacial steeple]

actually i think you do army and politics iirc

[keen hemlock]

Like

When I went for

The facist French achievement

I could never naval invade the uk

Or produce what I needed

Although I think if I make light attack dds and wait untill 42 I can get it done

[forest spindle]

why doesnt the navy do navy stuff😢

how do i get naval dominance

its not eating fuel

[keen hemlock]

Patrol

[forest spindle]

but why doesnt naval invasion support work

[keen hemlock]

Because it only goes out if there’s a naval invasion

[forest spindle]

how do people even say eu4 is harder

theres s many more buttons

here

[half glade]

its not looking bright

[vital plinth]

I had issue with my subscription I made a new one. At first most had the red then most were normal again but now these few are red idk why to do any idea ?

[carmine thunder]

I am gonna dieeeeee what doooo

[hushed void]

guys how do you win against uk as germany

it stalls me long enough for usa to join the war, and then when i land my troops on their island combined forces of usa and uk encircle my armi and kill half of my global divisions

[violet maple]

hey guys

for the ussr

what path givesd u the most manpower

[keen hemlock]

slavic union

but you shouldnt need to worry about manpower as the ussr

[crisp ledge]

Not as Germany, but as Axis Romania I've had some success establishing naval dominance using Vichy French naval bases first. If you can control the seas, you can intercept American reinforcements and let your own through, whittling them down over time

[keen hemlock]

you can get 500 weekly pretty early on if you really need to

[violet maple]

i wanna like

play the USSR

get as much men in the army as possible

like 15m

and then kill germany with 15m men

[keen hemlock]

slavic union gives you tons of cores but

[dusty sandal]

how are you missing so many trucks and aa

[keen hemlock]

they need to accept your annex request

[dusty sandal]

what templates are you using

[keen hemlock]

pretty sure you can get more thru focuses id have to check

[wintry matrix]

Focus on air planes and prepare paratroopers relatively early.
Then land on and around Hull and ship your army over.
The south of UK has much flak and could shred units before they land.

[violet maple]

is it historical or not

[hushed void]

ahhh i tried to use my fleet in la mache at first but i see

[carmine thunder]

since germany has so many tac bombers I kind of had to put motorized anti air batallion in all my divs

[hushed void]

i think the way to win is to rush allies before usa joins in

[crisp ledge]

If you control the Channel you can normally do pretty well. Try taking Ireland first, it's a solid staging area for a long-term assault on Britain.

[hushed void]

it just fuctions as a timer

[carmine thunder]

idk about trucks but germany has 3x the mils and civs

[hushed void]

if you dont snowball quikc enough, usa will kill you

[dusty sandal]

1 - why motorized
2 - why so many

[hushed void]

i TRIED to use lmfao

[keen hemlock]

yeah

[hushed void]

uk just killed whole fleet without any losses

[keen hemlock]

but just take the army spirit that gives 500 weekly

[dusty sandal]

add support AA first, then an AA batallion if you can afford it

[keen hemlock]

theres also a propaganda campaign that gives like 800 weekly

[dusty sandal]

you shouldn't need more manpower as sov

you basically can't run out

[hushed void]

uhhhh youd need a ton of equipment to equip all that manower

[keen hemlock]

he said he wants to get 15 million men then kill germany

[hushed void]

ussr never has problems with manpower

it has roblems with equippin it

[austere roost]

Then you're killing your production

[hushed void]

thats gonna be mostly waiting

[austere roost]

You're on scraping the barrel then

[hushed void]

i think this will take like 10 years to get that many dudes

[keen hemlock]

yeah

[dusty sandal]

you can just go up to 5% pre war, then 10% at war and you're fine

you'll get about 13 millions base

then come the focuses buffs

and desperate defence 5% or irregulars 2.5% based on what you like

[hushed void]

allies will kill germany before you get that many divisons i think lol

[keen hemlock]

wait irregulars gives 2.5?

never knew that

[carmine thunder]

oh crap I put motorized in my inf whoops

[hushed void]

unless you send most of that manpower with pointy sticks

[carmine thunder]

still 5k in the hole cause support company isn't enough

[violet maple]

what support companies should i sue

use

[austere roost]

Unfortunately you didn't build enough factories pre barb, ideally you should have 300+ in historical

Can you still build enough planes or did you abandon air

[twin kayak]

what div template ?

[carmine thunder]

abandoned

[carmine thunder]

I built civs till late 1937 then mils idk how in the world your supposed to get that many mils

and invested into five year plan focusses

the germans have 0 supply issues from transport planes and my logistics is getting bombed to pieces

[vapid gate]

can i mount these things in a sub

[twin kayak]

When I did my soviet campaign, I didn't use any line artillery nor support anti tank and aa

You're the ussr, just shit out divs and hold the line

[carmine thunder]

I cant shit out any more divs

[twin kayak]

what is your production tab ?

[keen hemlock]

Yeah I’m pretty sure

[keen hemlock]

If you can’t it prolly comes with the next sub tech

[twin kayak]

this was my template (I just replaced engineers with recon rangers)

[twin kayak]

too much stuff imo

[carmine thunder]

I had a bigger template then that at the start of barb but it still got pushed

[twin kayak]

why 2 infantry ?

[carmine thunder]

I cant really change now cause I would lose xp and have to train more

[twin kayak]

I don't think you need the anti tank

the aa is debatable

[carmine thunder]

I dont think you get the situation

[twin kayak]

fix your trucks for your support companies

[twin kayak]

I didn't give a shit about planes

and it worked out great

[twin kayak]

I didn't say don't use aa anyway

[vapid gate]

is it better if i switch to war eco or limited exports first?(i think eco)

[carmine thunder]

you didnt build planes or aa

[twin kayak]

no

I had something better

[carmine thunder]

idk how that worked out for you

[twin kayak]

a gazillion men

[twin kayak]

I defended where it was logical to defend

and redeployed my troops somewhat smartly

this was the start of the defence

and this is the max I got pushed back

[carmine thunder]

I did try holding dniep line

[twin kayak]

I didn't manage to keep that line tho

They focused ukraine

[carmine thunder]

oh deer

[twin kayak]

are you getting pushed back by finland ?

I just put 24 infantry divs and battleplaned my way through it

didn't take long

[violet maple]

its so over for the germans

its like 1937

once barbarossa comes i will be on like

scrappinng the barel

50m soviet men will charge

[carmine thunder]

Finnish militia has crazy stats

[twin kayak]

I also didn't have an offensive build. I took everything that said defence of entrenchment

[glacial steeple]

thats really low

[twin kayak]

yeah, but you got funny big numbers in the manpower section

[plain mason]

It's low for what Finland can achieve

[glacial steeple]

140 soft is bad

[glacial steeple]

its ai tbf but still

i wouldnt be scared

[twin kayak]

Be a real soviet and sacrifice your men for the motherland

[vapid gate]

do continuous focuses consume pp?

[plain mason]

Yes

[violet maple]

for every 2m men i need 150k guns