ask-for-help-here

[violet maple]

so if i want a 10m men army i would need like

1m guns

[violet maple]

lock in bro

[twin kayak]

wrong screenshot

[carmine thunder]

I dont see the difference its more divisions with less equipment or less divisions with more equipment

[tall zodiac]

Welp their HQ is london right? why cant I decrypt? There are two factions of brits. civil war is ongoing in a global war with a lot of factions. this is my main enemy.

[twin kayak]

why are you defending there anyway ?

there's nothing to hold and nothing worth holding there

[carmine thunder]

Because im running out of land to defend

[twin kayak]

man, you're in estonia

you still have plenty of kilometers to retreat

.

[carmine thunder]

It would be really hard to organise a fallback line you would have to draw it on the entire front and not get pushed beyond that elsewhere

[twin kayak]

I just let them come to the fallback and then switched to a frontline once I was getting pushed back

idk why, it just seemed good to do

[carmine thunder]

The field marshals are assigned to the whole front so I have to draw a fallback line across the whole front

if I get pushed somehwere in the south the divisions will break cohesion meanwhile the germans havent pushed to the fallback line in the north

[twin kayak]

I had 2 fallbacks of 120 infantry each

[austere roost]

When did you complete 2nd 5yp

[vapid gate]

how do i shut these beggars

every few days they spam this on me

aint helping

[twin kayak]

If you play historical, you just ignore them :)

[carmine thunder]

I think after completing focus workers dictatorship

[twin kayak]

(like in real life)

[austere roost]

When was that

[carmine thunder]

I do not remember maybe early 1937 late 1936

[austere roost]

That's not too late

[twin kayak]

what are these ?

[carmine thunder]

Whenever I waited for political paranoia focus I did five year plan down to industrial modernisation

[austere roost]

Did you go down the 3rd 5yp path. And did you finish tankograd?

[austere roost]

You can choose a preferred tactic that your general has a higher chance to pick from

[twin kayak]

is it worth it ?

[austere roost]

Also when did you get war economy?

[austere roost]

Yeah, it's just 20 cp

[twin kayak]

and which one is the best ?

[carmine thunder]

I did down to industrial modernisation but I didnt do tankograd

[austere roost]

You only have one to choose

[austere roost]

It's at most 10 mils so the problem isn't that, but tankograd is nice to have

[twin kayak]

should I create 1 production line for the newest infanrty equipment and slowly put the mils on it ?

(I'm at war with germany)

[wise dew]

how do i get the last row in the division designer

[austere roost]

By completing the relevant subdoctrine, every doctrine has a different subdoctrine that when finished unlocks the last row

[austere roost]

That's too much micro, either upgrade guns or don't

[twin kayak]

I don't wanna run out of them

and they are more expensive in steel, so I might end up producing even less ?

[austere roost]

Yeah

[twin kayak]

tried it anyway

I made a save in case it doesn't work out

[north whale]

um . can i join vc and see mp playthrough

[violet maple]

hi guys this enoguh to defend barbarossa?

[keen hemlock]

24m

Holy canoli

[violet maple]

i know not a lot

i try my best

[twin kayak]

ehh, you might wanna add a few zeros to that number

with that "much" manpower, you'd probably lose to Lichtenstein

[glacial steeple]

losses scale

lower strenght units always lose more

[vapid gate]

its interesting how u can modify stability from officer corps

[glacial steeple]

and useless

bold attack and theatre training are the only good ones

theatre training for when you dont start with a brilliant strategist

[austere roost]

lvl 5 10 atk generals my beloved

[glacial steeple]

you can hit it on level 3

its rare though

[austere roost]

that's kind of extreme case

[glacial steeple]

ive hit it on level 3/4 before

[austere roost]

haha 3k atk in 1941 go brrrrr

[keen hemlock]

I like meticulous prep because it’s 2 buffs not one

[glacial steeple]

2 buffs that are worse

but its good once your general has high attack

i used to use it and its just kinda mid

more RNG on rolling attack is bad imo

[violet maple]

oh god

[carmine thunder]

the end is near

[austere roost]

you can also promote generals to field marshals and click the trait that gives +1atk which still applies if they're kept as generals

[vapid gate]

dumb question but can subs equip light battery?

[austere roost]

cruiser sub tech has a module for that but it's one of the worst modules

subs just attack using torpedoes

[keen hemlock]

Never knew that

[twin kayak]

are the attack buffs (and any other buff) additive or multiplicative ?

[austere roost]

yeah so with around 55 cp you can get free +1 atk on general

[glacial steeple]

thats cheating

i think you can hit level 2-3 attack on level 1

from recruiting

well i know for 2 attack for sure

not too confident about 3

[glacial steeple]

click on battle to find out

[austere roost]

with bril strategist and offensive doctrine your lvl1 general can have 3 atk

[glacial steeple]

no no

like from just rolling

not from FM trait

[austere roost]

instructions unclear, rolled admirals until i got sealion

[glacial steeple]

blockade runner gambling

[carmine thunder]

oops wrong screenshot

it is joever 😔

[glacial steeple]

hmm

yeah

thats bad

[twin kayak]

how would that help me ?

[twin kayak]

not enough men and too much different equipment

wait, did you just put the 3 armies on top of eachother ?

I divided the front into 2 and 1 army had 1 half and the other one had the other half

[glacial steeple]

it tells you the different modifiers ?

if its a seperate one, its multiplicative

if it adds to an existing one its additive

[south horizon]

Should I be doing anything else with my planes? It doesn't feel like they're doing a whole lot right now

[vapid gate]

Sell them for eco

[austere roost]

old fighters are useless, just bring two fleets that can do cas damage to spain

[twin kayak]

february 1944: the allies haven't done anything except getting encircled

is there still hope ?

[south horizon]

What's cas damage?

[twin kayak]

the AI is really doing it's best at losing

but when I'm germany, they are geniuses ...

[hardy oriole]

who gives best tutorials for hoi4?

[austere roost]

close air support

[hardy oriole]

on yt

[austere roost]

deepnds on your level

[twin kayak]

no one

[hardy oriole]

dang

[twin kayak]

I like the machiavellian strategist

and a random polish guy

[hardy oriole]

i know the basics i guess

[keen hemlock]

Same

He’s goated

[twin kayak]

(it's not his youtube name, the guy is just polish)

[austere roost]

well if you can recreate bittersteel's guide, maybe you can start watching people like segl and 71cloak (might be outdated)

[twin kayak]

what do you think about this guy ? https://www.youtube.com/@HeartsofIron4guides I found him one day on youtube and I quite like him (I might be biased towards his polish accent)

[hardy oriole]

alr

ill watch him he uploads a lot i see

[glacial steeple]

the allied ai is truly inspiring in this game

idk how people as axis are scared of d day

i highly suspect they just have like nothing as coast guard

[twin kayak]

how can I ask someone not in my faction to join the war ?

no barbarossa in 1944

the germans have enough troops to push the stupid allies

[austere roost]

ger won't barb until every other continental european nation at war with them has capitulated

[twin kayak]

well, that sucks ...

[wise dew]

the game is biased towards the ussr and every time they capitulate they activate their final defense and crash my game is there a way to counter this attack

[carmine thunder]

Does anyone know how people get around 300+ factories by barb as soviets

I cant get past 150

[austere roost]

war economy, rushing down industry tech with good timing from the 3rd 5yp focuses

your goal is to get 1943 production and 1941 concentrated by 1940

[scenic nacelle]

War eco by Spanish civil war

Civs until around Spain dies

Then mil spam

I usually spam the -15% cg for propganda missions too

[austere roost]

ofc there are tricks like giving tuva a piece of finnish land so they finish industry path early so you can annex them earlier

tbh you can do that with estonian land

[keen hemlock]

How do you stop the “demobilize the economy” mission

[austere roost]

is it for when ws drops under 50?

[keen hemlock]

Idk

[austere roost]

you don't wt increases first in late 1936 when xinjiang wars arise and then when japan invades china

[jolly escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/ninja-gif-26229659

[keen hemlock]

That would makes sense

[austere roost]

as long as you have 50 ws by mid March 1937 you're fine

[keen hemlock]

Alr

Do I do the focus or just use pp

[austere roost]

for what?

I sure hope you're doing both

granted for different things

[glacial steeple]

yes

[glacial steeple]

dockyards dont use cg

/j

[keen hemlock]

Like there’s a focus for war eco

That puts you on war eco

[austere roost]

the left and center side of the stalin path is a newbie trap

don't take those paths

[keen hemlock]

You want me to go with bhukarin?

[austere roost]

wdym

we're talking about stalin

[keen hemlock]

The left and the center

[austere roost]

if you take stalin's path, only take the right side of the purge path

[keen hemlock]

Oh

[austere roost]

the left and center focuses are noob traps

[keen hemlock]

😭

Mb

[austere roost]

why would you waste like 2 years worth of focuses to get war economy when 150 pp does so?

[keen hemlock]

Idk if it had like some secret effect

Like reintegrate the railroads does with Austria Hungary

[austere roost]

doesn't that focus give you -5 stab -5 ws?

ig that's the secret effect

[keen hemlock]

Oh

[glacial steeple]

you save 150 pp duh

[keen hemlock]

Iirc the ussr doesn’t have a pp gain guy

[glacial steeple]

well yeah

but focus time is worth more than pp

[austere roost]

you def have enough pp

[crisp ledge]

I'm a bit wary of turning off historical AI for a new player, but if I'm going monarchist Germany is there any point in keeping it on? It seems like the driving force behind WWII going non-aligned would be a big enough change in its own right.

[vapid gate]

whats difference between naval base and naval supply hub

[blissful nova]

U can dock and repair at anval base

Naval supply hub is a upgrade for high level anval bases and allow fleets to increase range from their besides their home base

[vapid gate]

bru this thing is pointless it never gives me any factory

free trade sucks

[cold bloom]

It also gives other stats

research speed....

forgot the others but theyre good

[vapid gate]

yeah but its a tiny bonus compared to export focus for like 30% more resources

[versed tapir]

ok so basically me and my friend were wanting to play hoi4 together a while ago and we kept getting different numbers when we booted up the main game even though the numbers in the launcher was the same. then here recently, i was trying to do something with the other drive in my laptop and all of my saves were erased and the mods in the playset were different (i dont really care about this part lol). so me and my friend tried again and the numbers in the launcher were the same, but when i booted up the actuall game, the numbers in the parenthesis were different, but his were identical. also i turned off my dlcs that he didnt have and we were on the no mods playset

[keen beacon]

guys i was playing this game pirated, but i really liked it so i bought it. My question is, where are those attributes that were here? The ones that u can pick them by using military xp, 3 each one

[wind canyon]

it is part of DLC by blood alone basically by spending army/navy/airfoce xp you could get boosts in certain areas of each branch

[keen beacon]

i know what they do, just didnt know where they were. Btw, the DLC its Blood alone?

[final estuary]

<@&916727971820240976>

[wind canyon]

yep

[keen beacon]

is it worthit to buy?

13 dallas

[wind canyon]

imo yes but i suggest you do research of the other dlcs too off the top of my head from what i remember it gave Italy and Ethiopia a new focus tree and gave the designer feature to planes and cz of that changed their tech

[keen beacon]

man, a lots of things are different, where are those things on the left that u needed to research, like the engine and planks?

also a DLC right?

daem this DLC's xD

[austere roost]

That's nsb

Nsb is usually the first to buy

[keen beacon]

whats nsb

[austere roost]

No step back

[tropic igloo]

What time in game and what unit

And if its for attacking or defending

[plain mason]

If the war is stagnated, the first thing you should do is look for places where the enemy is most vulnerable. Tiles with only one division, plains and desert tiles, tiles where you have good supply and the enemy has low supply. Concentrate your attacking divisions there, max out planning bonus and you should breakthrough in no time.

If you really cannot break through, then it's likely you don't have green air. If you have a sizable economy, work towards making a large airforce to control the skies. CAS can give large advantages to break the stalemate. If you have a small industry, you should put anti air in your division templates (especially line AA in attacking ones) to help mitigate the effects.

Going further this route, if CAS really doesn't work you can try stratbombers (which are dangerously effective when done properly) to heavily damage the enemy's industry so that you will outscale them.

If you have a large navy and the enemy is highly dependant on trade, do convoy raiding and strike force your raiding zones with your main fleet + assign naval bombers. This way the enemy nation should slowly lose war support, resources and consequentially production, making you industrially superior even if your industry is small. Particularly useful when fighting a country which imports most of its rubber by sea.

Naval invasions can often break the stalemate.

If you tried everything and still can't break the stalemate, you're either playing in 1970 and the AI has 50 inf per tile or the problem lies in your division templates and/or doctrines.

[neat widget]

129 soft attack on 30 combat width?

[glacial steeple]

15x 6.0 is 90 so its better than 15 gun 1 inf

[wise dew]

how do i beat germany as hungary for austria hungary i literally cant protect czechoslovakia cause germany will declare war on my whole alliance and then blow up my whole army

[glacial steeple]

actually

hmm

12 inf 2 artillery with support engineer i think

gun 1

arty 1

or gun 0 maybe

because arty is like what 30 soft attack at arty 1?

so youd have 60 from that, 60 soft attack inf, 9 from engineer or something

idk tho its tricky to guess divisions correctly

[glacial steeple]

get a larger army of larger units

make more mils, make more guns

[wise dew]

ive been trying that

[glacial steeple]

what is your production like

[wise dew]

they are brokenly strong

[glacial steeple]

yeah germany is like that

[glacial steeple]

not the ai tho

why 3 on trucks

[neat widget]

Yeah you're definitely right

[glacial steeple]

support equipmentt you should just not be doing with this mil count

[neat widget]

it's definitely a 12/2 with only engineers as support company

[glacial steeple]

go 1 on arty

0 support

2 artillery

rest on gun

your supports are less relevant than getting actual frontline batallions

[neat widget]

what dlcs does this guy have

[wise dew]

me?

[neat widget]

yeah

[wise dew]

all of them

[glacial steeple]

you also have 6000 guns unused

[plain mason]

the stats are not that great

[glacial steeple]

what division template are you making

[neat widget]

this guy is hungary, this guy is probably fighting in mountains

i might recommend recon rangers

[neat widget]

but not much else

[glacial steeple]

you cant do that

thats way too many supports for such a small unit

for 9/0 you want to have max like 2 supports imo

[plain mason]

reduces org and hp so it's bad

[glacial steeple]

just add more inf to it and you can get more supports

support costs arent proportional

so its more effective if your division is larger

[wise dew]

how many

[glacial steeple]

it costs less yk

idk

early wars are kinda vibe based

[plain mason]

signal company + support aa + logistics company is worth it

[glacial steeple]

not in sp thoo

[plain mason]

but get the width reduction asap

[glacial steeple]

its so expensive

[plain mason]

i mean if we're going to be counting only things that work in sp might as well do inf bricks

cuz the ai cant push even that

[glacial steeple]

most people here want sp advice

so yeah inf bricks good

but also IC and research limits and all

no one has doctrine mastery

stuff to keep in mind when giving advice imo**

[neat widget]

yeah

[austere roost]

Doctrine mastery is ez, just train inf

[neat widget]

it's probably going to be artillery + aa + maybe recon rangers

[austere roost]

You can max out inf and operation that way

[glacial steeple]

people wont do it

[neat widget]

they'll only do it if they manage to ask topazand

[plain mason]

mastery should be copemodded i hate the current system

i liked that one hmm fork mod or something in which you do nothing and gain free mastery before the war starts

[neat widget]

defines.lua might have something for you

of course don't edit it directly, but yeah

[plain mason]

im a modder ik

just commenting my thoughts on how every mod should copemod mastery 🙏

[glacial steeple]

copemodding mastery to be stuck at 0 forever

[honest bloom]

4 year plan or recovering economy for Germany?

[glacial steeple]

what year war?

if you plan to go to war before like 1942 you should do 4yp

[left mica]

just buy everything EXCEPT graveyard of empires, battle for bosphorus and trial of allegiance

im sorry but base game is horrible

[glacial steeple]

you get more tank types tho

[left mica]

yeah tank types i never use

[glacial steeple]

amphibious tank 2

[left mica]

amphibious mbt:

[glacial steeple]

you can get the pt-76

its aura

[left mica]

or just basic tank with amphibious

no

[glacial steeple]

i know the pt-76 from warno

its not very good there

[left mica]

its not very good

its just a tin can with a 76mm heat lobber

[plain mason]

you can leave out battle for the bosphorous too

[left mica]

it only gives balkan content right

[plain mason]

yeah

[left mica]

damn

[plain mason]

not even for all of the balkans

[left mica]

then yeah

[plain mason]

and it's one of the most infamous hoi dlcs

[neat widget]

might as well just bring a bmp-1

[plain mason]

for being bad

[left mica]

damn

[left mica]

real

[plain mason]

leave out GoE while we're at it 🙏

[glacial steeple]

but bmp-1 isnt capable of naval invading smh

and also the bmp was invented later i think

[left mica]

i did mention that

[balmy dawn]

I thought there was a National Focus for USSR that gave you a free intelligence agency. Am I wrong?

[wind canyon]

can't say i have seen that there are focuses that give extra opp slots tho

[austere roost]

they'd rather complain on reddit than do this

[late whale]

How many divisions would you recommend per landing?

[late whale]

In naval invasions

[neat widget]

didn't even get max armor doctrine

rip

[neat widget]

as many as you can

[austere roost]

oil runs out in 60 days if i train all of them

[neat widget]

in as minimally defended of places as you can

[neat widget]

then train a part

[austere roost]

too late, that's the day when ussr invades hungary thus breaking the molotov-ribbentrop pact

[late whale]

So, let’s say that I am doing 3 landings and each landing can support 7 divisions.

You would recommend landing 21 divisions in total?

[neat widget]

Yeah, all 21 of them

[viscid bay]

I'm playing as Germany, and right before Britain capitulated the US joined the Allies. What does the US do when they are alone? Do they still plan for an invasion of Europe?

[unreal shuttle]

Does anyone know if there are any mods (compatible with Road to 56) that allow for the editing of divisions to more detail? Like being able to edit brigades, and even battalions, companies, platoons and squads? I know it would get really gritty, but the army editing is like my favorite part of the game.

[vital geode]

That sounds like Hoi3 with the amount of stuff you want to do

Even if hoi3 doesn't have a division designer I believe

[unreal shuttle]

How does it have those abilities but not division designer?

[vital geode]

It doesn't i believe

It just has all the nitty gritty detail

Like no frontlines, so you micro everything

It has HQs

It is a spreadsheet simulator

Otherwise your doctrines adjust your composition of your divisions on an abstract level

MIOs customize your infantry equipment

[unreal shuttle]

oof yeah that's not what I'm trying to get. I just wanna be able to like choose how my smaller groups are laid out rather than just choosing what brigades i have in a divsion

[vital geode]

There might be a mod to further design inf equipment, but they would most likely be highly unbalanced

[unreal shuttle]

what's MIO's?

[vital geode]

Do you not have Arms Against Tyranny?

[unreal shuttle]

no

[vital geode]

Unfortunate

They allow you to customize your equipment stat wise

[unreal shuttle]

ok I'll check that out

[vital geode]

Do you want more breakthrough at the cost of extra production cost or just some breakthrough

Do you want your artillery to have extra hard attack or your AT to have extra hard attack

That is your MIOs

[unreal shuttle]

I just like the customizability of editing army groups. Like having more options to go into higher detail on how the divisions are set up by editing the smaller groups just adds more interesting things into the game

got it

I'll go look into that.

[vital geode]

Yeah, there might be a mod, but that isnt something id use

Play black ice

Probably does that to a degree

[crisp ledge]

Are any of the Chinese warlord states better than the others?

[unreal shuttle]

Black Ice, got it. Also, this is the structure of what i was talking about if anyone was confused

[gritty ferry]

Does Germany ever actually go to war with France if you decline the remilitarizing of the rhineland? Been trying for the big entente achievement for three weeks and its been a continuous shit show of either the UK just eating everything or the Soviets declaring war bypassing Poland. Any tips on this?

[minor ruin]

er... yes? i think you have an option to rally the uk to join in on the war, but if they refuse iirc you get a chance again to attack them by yourself or back down

if the uk joins in both of you should be in a war with you as an aggressor

if the uk declines then uh you just fight the germans alone

[gritty ferry]

Typically the Germans only ever back down is the problem ive been having. And waiting for them to go demand Sudetenland doesnt happen as Austria never gets taken by the germans

My latest attempt had my faction and the axis team up against the Soviets with Austria eating hungry. Its been so odd.

[austere roost]

Because the British response is determined when game is set up

It won't change unless you start a new game

[bold zephyr]

what's the easiest way to get a world conquest

[gusty briar]

Were there changes to how flexible lines worked in the last few months, I used to always have it on, but since I started playing again about a week ago it seems like it makes my divisions move in stupid ways, like walk to the opposite end of my line and then change direction to a different spot before ever reaching their destination

[proven cargo]

Why wont my divisions attack I created a battleplan set borders up and everything

[visual yacht]

Did you click the little "go" button above your generals head?

[proven cargo]

yes

[visual yacht]

Are you attacking from your border and not an ally that isnt in the war?

Are your divisions assigned to the offensive line and not just your frontline?

[proven cargo]

Im just outright attacking uk from norway

and when I land in UK they arent immediately attacking

[austere roost]

could be because you're not on aggressive

[glacial steeple]

truth,,,

[glacial steeple]

just micro,,,

[lavish sierra]

How to change my checksum on HOI4? Im want to play with my friend but he has another checksum

[final estuary]

Oh yeah I have like 1 nuke and I'm against japan

I sought permission from Russia already

Does airfield capacity also matter

[plain mason]

Wdym?

It does 100% matter for your planes

Don't ever overfill airports unless you're training all the planes in said airport

[glacial steeple]

hii tac !!

[glacial steeple]

if youre over cap your planes just wont work like at all

so it matters

[final estuary]

have you even seen the indian airfields 😭

theyre ass i cant fit my planes in there

[glacial steeple]

make more

[final estuary]

uh bet ig

[glacial steeple]

but yeah ive seen

especially useful considering ai cannot make airfields

so if you want to fight india vs ai even having AA isnt too relevant

[final estuary]

oh im not india

[plain mason]

will you sell me your SOUL

i have a very good offer

[glacial steeple]

okay !!

[final estuary]

i have colonies in india but india doesnt exist anymore

[plain mason]

yes... thank you...

[glacial steeple]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1076598143577231361/1468136226375602290/magic.gif

[plain mason]

you may now enjoy free public transport for a week

[final estuary]

holy shit

[glacial steeple]

a WEEK?

wow

[plain mason]

yes

[glacial steeple]

amazing deal

[plain mason]

innit

[final estuary]

this shit boutta launch the war into the stratosphere

what the hell is russia doing 😭

[final estuary]

tac i cant build stuff where my front is (xibei san ma)

uh what do i do

i have no air there

makes it worse that sinkiang cant build airfields

[plain mason]

don't push through xibei san ma then

[final estuary]

bet

[plain mason]

just naval invade

if you cant then do paratroopers

and naval bombers + radar + dd w sonar 2 to prevent raiding

[autumn quail]

Guys are there any good tutorials on youtube cuz i'm kinda confused

Like on everything

[final estuary]

oh aight

[lavish sierra]

How to change my checksum on HOI4?

[uneven osprey]

This is not ending, waiting for it to finish loading but it doesn't

What to do

[plain mason]

segl videos are pretty good at explaining stuff

maybe the paradox tutorial and the (new) bittersteel tutorials are good for the basics

once you're settled with the basics learn some of the meta and you're fine

[final estuary]

uh theres no airfields and i kinda need to test out my nuke

no i dont have carriers

[dusty sandal]

Build airfields

[dusty sandal]

Change your game version or the mods you're using

[lavish sierra]

Ok thanks

[hoary glen]

The Checksum in the Launcher is always the default one of your current Version. It has nothing to do with DLC or Mods. When you launch the game you launch the loaded mods as well and those can change the checksum. If you use the :no mods: playset and get a different checksum your launcher has an issue.

For these fixes always have the game and launcher closed and only start them again after completing all steps.

Easiest fix is this: Go to Documents/Paradox/Hoi4 and delete the Folder named mod.

If that doesn't work google how to delete the Paradox launcher. It will auto reinstall when launching hoi through steam. Important: Back up your playset as they will be gone after

If that doesn't work google how to make a clean Hoi4 install. Important: This will delete all your saves so make sure you have copies of those in case you want to play these on.

[twin kayak]

are random events decided at the start of the game and or can I just load a save and get a different answer ?

[light knoll]

depends which

[twin kayak]

are there categories that are defined from the start ? if yes, which ones

[light knoll]

idk if there are rules to it

[twin kayak]

How do I make the game stay paused after clicking "ok" (on focuses or research) ?

[tropic seal]

are amtracs better than mech for tank divs?

[hoary glen]

Most events are RNG, in more recent years paradox has started to make events in games where the RNG get's decided the first time you get the event, so if there is a follow up choice the outcome will be the same. Hoi probably has some as well.

[hoary glen]

Check the settings. If there's nothing perhaps someone made a mod, else you'r sool

[hoary glen]

Better terrain stats, you can click across rivers and into marches more easily as well as doing naval invasions. They are better, but you need to think are they worth the effort just to go from 1k to 2k attack vs AI.

Also they cost double IC, so you will get less/ need more mils on them

If you want to invade some people go for it

[hoary glen]

shut down with Task manager and restart the game

[hoary glen]

Install mods/ change game version

[hoary glen]

you can take a look at the pins

[hoary glen]

You two are not on the same Game version or are not using the same mods. Make sure you do. Always make sure you load the right modset. Gameversion is listed in the launcher

[lavish sierra]

Ok, we are need to use same DLC or no?

[hoary glen]

no

[lavish sierra]

Ok

[hoary glen]

Host decides the DLCs everyone get''s

Every player has all DLC installed at all times. You just pay to unlock them basically ^^

If the host uses a DLC you don't need to own it

But if host doesn't have a DLC you have, you can't use it either

[uneven osprey]

Did it multiple times but it didn't work

Somehow it fixed itself tho

[sacred patrol]

btw when does romania stop gauranteeing the independence of turkey

[final estuary]

Buddy I did

[dusty sandal]

then wdym "there's no airfields"

[final estuary]

Bc I need to test on japan

And there's no airfields in Russia

I'm currently still in india

Air sucks and I don't have the transports needed

[dusty sandal]

who are you playing as

[final estuary]

Austria

[dusty sandal]

that explains it

just test it elsewhere, no ?

[sacred patrol]

my dumbass read australia

[dusty sandal]

or get extreme range bombers

[final estuary]

How

[dusty sandal]

gimme a sec, I'll show you

what year are you at ?

I'm gonna assume around 1944

[lavish sierra]

How did change that was in () im delete all mods but it still 9045

[dusty sandal]

no MIO, from delhi
don't use them from anything else but raids

[patent pulsar]

Hello. How do I get rid of the Swiss Citizen Militias thing? How can I train an army as Switzerland?

[final estuary]

1948😭

[final estuary]

You have a plane designer..?

Meh I'mma do all at next campaign

It's way past any worth

[dusty sandal]

oh if you don't then yeah, it's an issue
but honestly in 1948 just invade the countries in between

[final estuary]

Aight

Which dlc gives that tho

[versed tapir]

If I delete the mod folder, are the mods and saves gonna be deleted?

[dusty sandal]

by blood alone for plane designer

[dusty sandal]

not the saves but the mods will need to download again

[final estuary]

Wait which one is that

[thick steppe]

is the manchukuo independence war actually an independence war or is it a 'you have to take all japan's territory for it to be over' war

[dusty sandal]

italy swiss and ethiopia's

[dusty sandal]

you have to kick japan out of mainland and korea then should get a decision to peace out

[thick steppe]

oh nice that's what i was hoiping

thanks!

[glacial steeple]

hi chatroom

[lavish saddle]

how do I increase World Tension as a non-aligned and without War goals

[dusty sandal]

focuses, wars and that's about it

[oblique dragon]

what is best special forces for forest tiles

[serene karma]

Rangers

[serene karma]

Is this in game or launcher

[oblique dragon]

i only have paratroopers mountaneers and marines

[serene karma]

What checksum are u trying to get

[serene karma]

Vanilla?

[serene karma]

Oh might be dlc locked

[oblique dragon]

i only have la resistance dlc

[lavish sierra]

Game

[serene karma]

Are u trying to get vanilla game?

[lavish sierra]

Yes im delete all mods and im disabled DLC but it still 9045

[serene karma]

Dlc doesnt affect checksum

Have u verified file integrity

If u have and its still not vanilla

[zealous pond]

can anyone tell me how to get to the uk without navy ? (im hungary)

[oblique dragon]

paratroopers

[indigo sapphire]

hello

should i export arms as USA

[languid trout]

did u kill germany

[next pewter]

Is the AI division limiter mod even worth it anymore or do the newer updates fix the spam issue

[autumn quail]

If I don't have said dlc?

[scenic nacelle]

Ur fine

If the host owns all dlc

Hosts game with all dlc

And u have none

[autumn quail]

I get for free?

[scenic nacelle]

U can use all dlc that the host has

During that game

[autumn quail]

Oh ok

[hoary glen]

It's just a pathing file to where the mods are located on your PC. The launcher will update that in a few seconds on start. Saves are not affected unless you delete the save file a few files downwards :)

[hoary glen]

While you play that game it will be as if you owned the DLC. But you can't load any saves in SP from it.

[lean osprey]

guys what's a good infantry template against germany?

[ashen sigil]

What should be my attack priority while playing as Germany
Like which countries should I try to take first

[subtle socket]

historical works p well

[subtle socket]

for holding prob just 16 width aa and arty

support aa and arty obviously

[wise dew]

is this a good infantry tempalte for singleplayer

[ashen sigil]

Wouldn't it be smarter to take Netherlands first so I don't get blockaded by the British?

[boreal ferry]

no need for engineer company u could replace that for recon rangers

[dusty sandal]

9inf support aa and arty is best to hold

no point making it bigger or adding more support, just cost too much for the stats you get

except maybe super heavy howitzer

[candid moss]

The british blockades don't get fixed by annexing the netherlands. As long as the UK has naval superiority, the blockades will pretty much always be there

the only way to get rid of the blockades is to beat the british navy

until then you should mostly try to trade for resources on land routes

[ashen sigil]

But wouldn't it still make my job easier?
Like I would not have to deal with the ''Pressure Dutch Government to Increase Trading'' decision

[candid moss]

oh lol that decision is basically worthless, if you're playing on historical, even if you win, i don't think it does anything

[candid moss]

it's just a waste of political power

i usually just ignore that decision

[daring gate]

millennium dawn mod keeps crashing for me can someone help?

[hoary glen]

On launch or when loading save?

If it's on launch make sure your only mod is MD and make sure you are on the right game version for the mod (Might not be the most recent one). If it's a save the save is outdated and you need to start a new game or find a old version of MD.

[austere roost]

you take netherlands first to get oil and rubber, not for blockade reasons

[ashen sigil]

Oh alr

[somber cedar]

brazil hoi4 will countries join me regardless which tree i pick nonaligned or democratic

?

in united states of south america

[analog wyvern]

How do I build a proper army? You have to build guns and support and artillery and trucks and tanks all at the same time while having a bunch of divisions and not enough mils

[harsh bane]

For some reason when I start the game as Italy my fuel goes into a deficit and then starts going up again later

[analog wyvern]

And also naval invasions 💀

[keen hemlock]

which of the 3 bottom modueles do i remove for dive brakes?

[glacial steeple]

do you need defense on CAS

just dont fly it in contested

i wouldnt use any of them besides range

[uncut narwhal]

only use range and get 3x heavy bomb locks too

[grizzled minnow]

anyone know how to fix we were unable to verify ownership of this dlc?

[keen hemlock]

that was my fighter design just with bombs on it

but thanks

damn it i clicked on my naval hq and my game crashed

[austere roost]

if you want cas that can fight back just do one bomb and rest be heavy mgs, and abuse the high air support mission efficiency modifier from battlefield support to get even more aerial combat stats than pure fighters when they're doing cas missions

[last spade]

how do i navel invade? I need naval supremacy

Im USA and i want to make it to europe > middle east

[austere roost]

you need to patrol the related naval zones

[last spade]

i have clicked on "naval invasion support"

[austere roost]

patrol gives base supremacy, strike force gives a multiplier to your supremacy, and convoy raiding decreases enemy's supremacy

then don't click on it

they're pretty much useless even before the naval change

and your fleets don't have enough range

try to remove subs and dds or build support ships if you need more range

[vital plinth]

Rorcket artillery how good is it compared to normal artillery?

[wooden kite]

how should i improv my template, its what ive been using as attack. i am the great iranien empir and i dont have a lot of steel

[austere roost]

read pins in help

36 width + flame tanks + ranger recons are a good base to begin from

[carmine thunder]

AHHHHHHH

[grizzled minnow]

make 20 or 30 width for 30 add 3 more inf and 2-3 more artillary and add medical tent

[vital plinth]

Rorcket artillery how good is it compared to normal artillery?

[austere roost]

not good enough to spend 4 research slots on

maybe rocket rail is ok but you can get by with bomb locks

[keen hemlock]

i thought the best cas had 2 rocket rails and at cannon

[austere roost]

the difference is minimal

cas unlike fighters is more forgiving for designs

[fathom thistle]

adding line artillery in a template is just a bad advice

[grizzled minnow]

not if its a basic inf template

especially early game before mch

mech

[fathom thistle]

even worse for basic infantry

he could go for pure inf build but without the line artillery

support is great tho

[austere roost]

line art sucks especially post 1939, check the relevant post in pins

[vital plinth]

Ah ok what about middle tech ?

[austere roost]

middle?

[uncut narwhal]

sheeps ai?

[carmine thunder]

yes 2nd run against it

[vital plinth]

Sorry missle*

[honest lintel]

why not just hold the river

[carmine thunder]

sheeps ai mod gives modifier for each state based on how hard you hold it

and I think completely abandoning 1 gives -1% war support and stabillity

[honest lintel]

thats marginal

theres like maybe 8 states then the river

[carmine thunder]

for each state

[honest lintel]

state or province lol mb

[tall zodiac]

What are those empty plane slots? Is this the reserve stockpile or what because the carrier have fully stocked 9 wings so technically 90 planes on a 60 deck?

Also those planes never get replaced, why the hell? I have enough in stock with the same equip tag, CV naval bombers with the eagle head

[austere roost]

If you want to use missiles then yeah. Also I believe the highest naval damage module for planes is behind flying bombs iirc

[brazen panther]

is this a good idea:/ first time playing as the UK

idrk but the germans will prob not have any troops there

[sturdy river]

im a new player and im playing germany its 1937 with no dlc, is this template decent?

[left mica]

No

[brazen panther]

hard attack is useless on single player

[left mica]

wrong

ai still makes tank divisions

you still want to have some hard attack

[brazen panther]

this one is good (replace normal engineer with assault engineer and flame tanks if its there (dont think so)

also they spam infantries

u rarely will be fighting tanks so u shouldnt prioritize it

[sturdy river]

aight thanks

[brazen panther]

ok can anyone actually tell me if im making a good plan over here

:/

[tall zodiac]

No paratroopers? why?

[runic basalt]

when making tank singleplayer divisions how high should my org be?

[brazen panther]

ask someone else but maybe 30-40 if ur going for a blitz

[glacial steeple]

why engineer

also why attack with that

[runic basalt]

what about any other doctrine

[glacial steeple]

org is irrelevant

focus on hp though

more hp is good

you take less losses

[brazen panther]

is it a good idea to strike germans while they at Polen :P

[glacial steeple]

why not use the french border

[runic basalt]

just thinking of what tank division i should make for japan

[glacial steeple]

none?

the terrain and generals are bad for tanks

[brazen panther]

german divisions in there but that might be better now that i realize

[tall zodiac]

and will not take a fight that takes a long time because there is mabye a big stack the enemy has and the combat width is limited I really dont agree on the average, ORG is not important

[runic basalt]

what about uk

[brazen panther]

or i could just do both

should i train my army as the UK btw?

(to regular, im obviously training rookies)

[fathom thistle]

to silver bar if you have time

[brazen panther]

i mean the equipment

i do have time its 38

[sour wadi]

do i need to worry about this when designing my light cruisers?

if so, how can i make it so they are screening ships

i want light cruisers that can cover my big ships like my battleships and AC. i assumed it being a screening ship is mandatory so it can cover them

im afraid cuz it has an X by it

OOH WAIT IM DUMB

NVM

disregard me

[brazen panther]

Are the 3 starter tank divs good for the UK?

[glacial steeple]

marine

air

[rain hawk]

can someone pass mountainers

template

[austere roost]

All light cruisers are screens

[sour wadi]

i realised

mb lol, i completley misread it

[austere roost]

No starting tank div in the game is good

[sour wadi]

wym? the starting itallian tank division is pure peak

[cosmic rain]

I just randomly remembered this. Does it not matter that mils require less construction (so more total factories will build for the same construction requirement) cost yet contribute the same number of CG as a civ per factory, thus meaning that the CG factor while building mils will scale faster per-day, resulting in nuking your construction speed very early on? Civs, being larger investments, will take more construction per factory thus less CG taxes.

[brazen panther]

i mean the amount

not the template

[flat vigil]

Any templates for mp?

[hoary glen]

What kind? What Nation are you playing?

[austere roost]

that depends on what you want to do with tank divisions. You can make every division a tank division or use them as 1-2 divisions that will pierce through one point

[hoary glen]

While that is true you also need to consider IC output. Mils are the one actually building what you need. Usually it's better to have equipment out for war rather than a high mil count. Feel free to test your theory in game tho. Easiest test is just buiding the same equipment through the entire test and vary the time you start building mils. See what your 1939 and 1941 stockpiles are and judge from there.

[glacial steeple]

dockyards take no cg so theyre good

fr

[gilded plover]

Casey

[glacial steeple]

hii!

[gilded plover]

You need to do something for me

Also heyyy

[glacial steeple]

what is it??

[flat vigil]

I play most nations but I need a tank division, a defense infantry and offensive infantry

[near glacier]

Tank and def inf is all you need

[keen hemlock]

special forces?

[neat widget]

pretend they're inf

[waxen sluice]

is this a good offensive infantry template?

[glacial steeple]

is that hungary or romania

anyway its not good because it doesnt really like crit when attacking

and it just loses a lot due to the low hp

and line artillery is only really reasonable to use before getting the 39 gun

[proper birch]

It’s probably dumb, but is there a way to both scrap outdated ships to get material for new ones, and have those old ones being replaced with the new productions?

[glacial steeple]

no

you can refit new guns on old hulls though

never swap armor/engine it will cost more than making a new ship

[proper birch]

Like in the production templates?

[glacial steeple]

unless you have 0 armor then its ok to add armor

[glacial steeple]

i can show you if you want

usually i do this by clicking the design after clicking the ship (because its also how you can get techs from ships you steal or whatever)

add the new modules you want

then after you save and re select the ships you can click this button

now click on this icon and refit them

[wind canyon]

uh that's more closer to a line holder div then anything but i suggest for an off div use mountaineers or regular inf and make it bit wider perhaps closer to 25-30 width and additionally line arty say about 3-4 and add support aa and field hospitals since it will help save mp and level them up quicker

[glacial steeple]

if you delete ships in the production queue when refitting they wont be deleted but will go to the old design

this refit costs no resources

(some do it depends on modules added)

[neat widget]

is this armenia or something

because you will suffer from some serious manpower limitations if so

[glacial steeple]

no

[neat widget]

which country is it then

[glacial steeple]

idk

it reads as hungarian

but idk

[waxen sluice]

i have enough manpower i am armenia

im playing collapsing world which let me take azerbaijan for extra MP

im also invading turkiye and that template is very good

[glacial steeple]

ohh ok

well it isnt a good template but it may work

its not necessarily the same thing

[waxen sluice]

oh, whats a better template then

[glacial steeple]

well idk depends on what you have

id add more inf for hp at least

and probably use mountaineers if research allows

like large divisions because they attack better (more combined attack on 1 target, higher hp takes less losses too)

[waxen sluice]

hmm ok, i have really good research compared to the others in my region

[glacial steeple]

well its not like that

its more that id have 1 research slot on gun and 1 on production minimum

its also like 200 days of research time invested into mountaineer

which you could use on other things too

[waxen sluice]

tru

once i get into the like 200 thousands in terms of manpower ill buff the infantry

[glacial steeple]

why not buff the inf now

[waxen sluice]

ive also got really good mountain spec research (only takes ~120 days)

i dont have enough manpower to support them all with another couple units

[glacial steeple]

i always have 1 research slot constantly researching gun tech ahead of time

like way ahead of time as to get it earlier

its a big buff vs ai because ai just doesnt do that

and so your units are just better

[glacial steeple]

then use less?

its actually like the same thing if you fill. combat width

and if you dont, you should still use large divs because like

theyll take less losses

this is like a negative feedback loop

[waxen sluice]

sure i guess

[glacial steeple]

"i dont have enough stuff so ill keep it small" - > take more losses - > dont have enough stuff

im not trying to be mean btw, sorry if i come across as rude

[waxen sluice]

nah your good

i just dont reeally wanna change because its working really good >D

[glacial steeple]

do what you want :D

[waxen sluice]

@glacial steeple this is honestly why i dont want to change it lol

[neat widget]

turkiye might have issues with just existing in that mod i imagine

[glacial steeple]

i can do that too (only the second one was inf only)

[neat widget]

i would use mountaineers in this terrain, but normal infantry should do okay

[waxen sluice]

wow...

[glacial steeple]

XD

[vapid gate]

how is this calculated

[glacial steeple]

hopes and prayers

i dont think it actually does anything for naval invasions unless you spot the units

[neat widget]

no clue

doesn't even matter

[wind canyon]

understandable its a good template against the AI for sure and I used it a ton in my early career of a hoi4 player but try and understand this that template is trying to be a jack of all trades, because while it can do both defending and attacking doesn't mean its particularly suited to just one or the other witch may be the difference in MP or an actually competent AI cough cough sheep's AI

[cosmic rain]

it is important to note that factories at game start produce both horrible equipment and in low numbers because they lack better equipment tech and production efficiency technologies which are unlocked later in the game.

that being said, I DO think people civgreed more than would be ideal.

[proper birch]

Oh shit, that’s cool af

Okay, why does it say that the ships I build in production are “outdated”?

Like even if it’s a brand new, freshly researched carrier?

[cosmic rain]

building up production efficiency is also an overstated concern, as production efficiency builds up slower and slower as it approaches its limit, and the speed gained per day is directly proportional to capacity ANYWAY which means faster absolute efficiency scaling on new mils

[cosmic rain]

myself included. watching the civ number go up is so satisfying 😍

[cosmic rain]

^ and I've noticed this seems to ONLY be on ships too. equipment doesnt do this unless it's actually outdated

[proper birch]

TRUE! like, if the equipment is outdated, it gets a brown tint, but ships just say outdated

I assume it just indicates that there are modules that are better in the rest of the world?

Dunno

I just made the Commonwealth of Nations, so I need to rump up my navy

If I want to be the world superpower before US

And it’s just 1941 still too

[vapid gate]

when u justify war goals on an enemy does the AI go for naval dominance asap and does he put all of his troops next to mine?

like ive seen the ai before the war as lazy as possible with barely the same divisions as the start of the game

[proper birch]

Speaking of navies, do carrier groups automatically fly air missions if put on patrol/strike team?

Can you manually put them to do air patrols?

[tight vector]

Am I ready for war against Brittan?

[keen hemlock]

if you move your navy to a certian spot yeah

[proper birch]

Like where there’s already an enemy fleet?

Also, how do you scrap old planes and boats? I keep getting pop ups about having to assign my interwar fighters, but I lwk don’t need them

Same goes with the early variants of the boats I wanna get rid of

[keen hemlock]

no just whenever

pretty sure

[keen hemlock]

international market or lend lease to puppets

boats you have to delete

but i really wouldnt delete boats unless you really need the manpower

even then its barley any

[proper birch]

Fair, just send them to mothball fleets I suppose

Is there a way to gain resources from trade without just having to constantly sell civilian factories?

Like trade for other resources I have?

[keen hemlock]

the ai does trade with you

[proper birch]

Because I got a lot of rubber and oil but little aluminium and ship metal

[keen hemlock]

but theres no way to get resources from other nations any other way without having resource rights

[proper birch]

Ah

Sad

[proper birch]

How do you access international market?

[keen hemlock]

dlc

arms against tyrranny

[proper birch]

Damn

Money for the machine it seems

[left mica]

why am i not gaining dominance in here????

i have like 500 ships assigned to scout

[austere roost]

I bet it's the cats

Do they have range?

[left mica]

what

<@&916727971820240976> sorry i really need help rn

[keen hemlock]

42 shbbs

[left glacier]

Naval dominance is gradual gain. It takes a few days for it to build up

[left mica]

ive been waiting for 5 months

[left glacier]

You certainly have enough fuel. Could it be auto-reinforcement bugging out?

[left mica]

um no i dont think

i have 1% control in the western approaches

[left glacier]

Have larger capital ship fleet on patrol in that sea zone

[neat widget]

what is the issue here?

that your navy is led by a cat?

[left mica]

im not gaining naval dominance in the english channel

despite having 500 ships patrolling

[left glacier]

He's trying to get naval dominance in a sea zone despite having the ships on patrol to do so and fuel

They only thing I can think of is automatic reinforcement bugging things out

[left mica]

i turned taht off but it wouldnt do anything

[neat widget]

oh i see

some of your task forces are exercising

[left mica]

because they're new

[neat widget]

ah i see

[left mica]

i think what floof said is right

i turned automatic reinf off and put everyone back to port

including the raiding subs and scouting ships

lol what

[visual yacht]

Navy would be bearable to play with if the UI navigation was smoother and clearer, idk if something has bugged or if im looking at the wrong spot

[left mica]

there we go

[glad sphinx]

So I’ve been thinking about getting all the dlcs for the game, would it be more cost effective for me to buy them all or subscribe to the dlc subscription thing and cancel it when I don’t need it? I feel like this is an obvious answer

Would it be worth it too, I’m really playing the game because I enjoy working towards the achievements

[vital geode]

Do you plan to play hoi4 for over 2 years?

[glad sphinx]

Maybe on and off

[vital geode]

If so, buy the dlc

Do you like to own things?

Buy the dlc

If neither, do the subscription

[glad sphinx]

Ehhh doesn’t really phase me

I’m more of a phase gamer, like I play a bunch of a game and then go back to it later

[vital geode]

That sounds like subscription then

Since all dlc cost quite a bit

[keen hemlock]

I bought every dlc on sale so I own all of them

[glad sphinx]

The subscription does come with them all right

[keen hemlock]

Yeah

[north jetty]

any tips for increasing world tension, i have wargoals but not the tension to declare

[austere roost]

can you justify? You might also need to change faction rules

[hushed void]

guys do you have any good ship designs? i cant beat UK becausr they have a ton of ships and id really like good ships designs to offset that

[serene karma]

What mod is this

[left mica]

lene's map mod

[serene karma]

Oh nice

[serene karma]

What year is it

So many ships

[left mica]

1945

Its 1946 now

[proven cargo]

do I need naval superiority to move troops to a friendly port

cuz why arent my troops moving to UK

[uneven hinge]

Are escort carriers worth building if you're America?

and what are they useful for?

[austere roost]

you're kind of wasting your research points that way

cuz fleet sub should be what you're trying to get with naval projects

[native gorge]

Do we have any relevant tierlists for support companies?

[light knoll]

https://youtu.be/mnWyeqP9RPQ?si=YWRVoLlHwPMoYP52

[glacial steeple]

i should make one for sp so people yell at me

[native gorge]

Thx

[sick ginkgo]

What’s the second thing in this template

Look like massive tank

Amphibia or not

[hoary glen]

Well, it's different what you do on most Nations. But I will give you some general purpose Templates then:

Tank: 8 Heavy/8 Mech; Assault Engi, Scout LT, Med Flame, Field Hospitals, Logistics.

Defense Inf: 36w or 35.7 on Large unit tactics. Support AT3 (else don't bother), AA, Logistics

Offensive Inf: 36w Mountaineers, if you go through mountains use 32.4w; Ranger, Med Flame, Scout LT, Logistics, Field Hospitals

[neat widget]

amphibious mechanized

[neat widget]

1.8w per mountaineer, so 32.4w

[hoary glen]

Girl, theory will only get you so far (to quote Oppenheimer). Go out and prove this theory :)

A lot of nations still have a use for early mils. There's some equipment you will build through the entire war that will not get new tech levels. Among these are Basic Heavy Tank, Support Equipment, Trains and Trucks. These things you will build anyways, so having a few mils on that stuff already stockpiling it is really good. So I can't entirely agree with you on that point.

[sick ginkgo]

What year is this tech

Like I wanna be ready in 1939

[hoary glen]

If your Carriers get into a battle your Planes launch automatically. Else they do nothing. If you manually put your carrier in a sea tile you can use them like a normal airfield.

[neat widget]

1941 tech

[hoary glen]

They will put up troops on your border, yeah

[sick ginkgo]

Ah okay

[neat widget]

you probably should be able to get it in 1939 as germany if you rush it, you also have focus tree bonuses

and also canada

but i'm not sure about anyone else

[proper birch]

Oh nice nice, so I could launch manual base assaults with them?

[hoary glen]

Yeah, it's quite funny. I've even seen it happening in MP when the AC is asleep on the wheel 😆

Just remember to have planes that can actually port strike

[proper birch]

Just a bunch of cas and bombers

[hoary glen]

And you will need a lot of them to really do damage bc they don't get the 10x damage boost they get in naval Battle

[proper birch]

Plus fighters for air superiority

[proper birch]

That’s why you make task forces with 10 of them

[hoary glen]

Torpedo 2 is your friend to any AI deletion operations.

Tho drop bombs are also good

[hoary glen]

Ty

[proper birch]

How do you equip planes with those?

[light knoll]

you can do 36w mountaineers still

if you aren't using them specifically to fight in mountains

you can make them exactly 36 with width reduction

[hoary glen]

Do you have BBA?

[proper birch]

Uhhh

Not sure

[hoary glen]

By blood alone?

[proper birch]

No

Got no DLCs

[neat widget]

yeah

[hoary glen]

It adds the plane designer. Just build current year of tech level planes then :)

[proper birch]

Ah ok

[visual yacht]

Whats the idea behind mixing rangers and marines or mountaineers? Do those divisions still specifically serve as naval invasions units or are they more general purpose since theyre mixed

I recall reading in here that there was a cap on amphibious attack which is why you add mountaineers, but when would you add mountaineers over rangers, arent there more forest costal tiles than mountains? Or is it for hill coastals

[glacial steeple]

patrick!

[rain hawk]

brainless meta, embrace line art

[neat widget]

you could go for rangers

mountaineers are somewhat more effective due to their -0.2 combat width reduction and slightly higher org

[pseudo depot]

Anyone know how to fix?

[neat widget]

that said, why did i forget this, but rangers are good for forest/jungle/urban terrain of course

[versed rose]

ranger marine better for landing on urban ports

[proven cargo]

Puppet or annex as historical Germany?

[versed rose]

annex

[hoary glen]

Hiii Casey!

[glacial steeple]

hru??

[glacial steeple]

why dont mp players just hack to win their games

[hoary glen]

Doing good. Hby?

[glacial steeple]

kind of like an ocean where its like seemingly infinite and sometimes violent, but its also chill

[hoary glen]

Marines are the worst of the special forces as all they have is amphibious attack, so you want to substitute Marine divs with actually good stuff. So when making Marines you just want to have 50% amphibious attack, that means your landing will have no penalty from invasion.

Good Marine div filler is:
• Tanks, big damage
• Rangers, forest and Urban attack bonus
• Mountaineers, most damage per combat width from an inf template bc of combat width reduction in the SF tree

[hoary glen]

In MP you want ranger bc Brest is all Forest, Urban and Plain. So better odds of landing. Afterwards Mountaineers do help as well tho. In SP do Tanks 😆

[glacial steeple]

what about paratroopers

their buffs besides org death button kinda suck

[hoary glen]

Well I wish you a calm ocean with a soft breeze and always have one handful of water below the keel! :)

[hoary glen]

They can org wall well

Best Barb Inf Div

Also when it's not banned it's way more funny to paradrop someone rather than naval invade

[versed rose]

paradrop org nuke will never not be funny

until its used against you

[carmine thunder]

as soviets is not annexing baltics for the shorter barb front worth not getting the factories

[cold bloom]

the river in Latvia seems a pretty nice place to put the line even if its longer that way

[scenic nacelle]

Factory good

[glacial steeple]

you should be doing collabs on them

thats like half your eco

what

let me just have half eco

[cold bloom]

Doesnt it take ages to get that compliance?

[glacial steeple]

???

as soon as theyre annexed

or capped

i forgot which counts

how can you be a (former) hoi dev and not understand compliance /lh

[cold bloom]

🤷‍♂️ I usually play short games and I see it tick really slowly so I feel like I never get collab gov puppets

[glacial steeple]

you

spies

you do collab missions

spies

dont do puppet

puppet bad

puppet is way less eco

[cold bloom]

You mean before annexing the Baltics?

[left mica]

whats lh

[glacial steeple]

yes

[glacial steeple]

lighthearted

[cold bloom]

So collab mission on baltics before asking to annex them?

[glacial steeple]

collab puppet is like

what if you want 75% of their eco instead of 125% of their eco

[glossy gazelle]

Im a beginner and can't win the german civil war any tips?

[carmine thunder]

btw is this a good tank design for 1942

[carmine thunder]

Can you send a screenshot at the start/during the civil war

[left mica]

use okmo for ur converted design

[rain hawk]

yes

[left mica]

replace support aa with medium flame tank and engineer with assault engineer

and replace signal with hospital

[glacial steeple]

why not TD

[carmine thunder]

is that best for soviet union?

[glacial steeple]

its just better in general

more stat

[rain hawk]

td wermacht ss larp

hetzer larp

[carmine thunder]

Make sure you use political power for army/politcal advisors, Organise your army to a field marshal and generals with 24 units each and if battleplanning doesn't work then attack where they look weak

and make sure to put any air up

[tall zodiac]

Can Paratroopers fight with naval invasion on the same tile at the same time?

[fathom thistle]

Like they land on the harbor you mean?

[tall zodiac]

yeah, paratroopers start the fight and the marines should reinforce them. its and island and it only has one tile.

[signal fern]

Hey guys just wondering

How can you get naval superiority as Germany now