ask-for-help-here

[signal fern]

Cause unless you go naval germany

Naval bombers dont do enough

[fathom thistle]

Yeah but at that point you don't need to plan the nav invasion

Since paratroopers already capping the tile

[tall zodiac]

okay thanks.

every ship has their dominance in their description, general it depends on range and speed, the class of the ship is the most important part though. Naval bombers will boost your dominance. You need a standing fleet. Subs wont help, only when you want to take from someone else.
as you can see , this is a early light cruiser and the cruiser actually has more naval dominance when its totaly empty but has the biggest engine because it only count the speed.

the ship with the most dominance is a empty carrier

[obtuse pine]

does ligth cruiser count as screens or cruiser?

[tall zodiac]

screens

[glossy gazelle]

thanks the war is going 70% in favor of me

[fathom thistle]

cruiser is a ship type, you either have dd's and cl's (schreening) and capital ships, only exception is that normal capital ships do also schreen carriers

[half glade]

im playing austria in ahist trying to reform austria-hungary

what troops should i make

[fathom thistle]

the standard templates will do

no need to make any specific changes honestly

[obtuse pine]

I was just confused because light c are from a cruiser hull. Its about choosing the right mili org

[tall zodiac]

nope , turrets change the cruiser from light to heavy

[obtuse pine]

playing with t interdiction, would you take only blohm n voss for all your ships?

[tall zodiac]

I cant answer that because I dont play germans as a german 😛
In general I have two MIOs one for heavy ships because it boost the armor and piercing for heavy cruisers BC and BB.
The other one that is more for speed and visibility goes for everything else in the fleet.

[obtuse pine]

Doitsch bin ich auch^^
I m almost thru the blohm tree by 38, so I wonder if I shouldnt distribute more on MIOs

think I need carriers when its goes for USA in the endgame

[plain mason]

overall don't use trade interdiction if you plan on doing an actual navy

since other doctrines are better for large battles

do trade interdiction if you plan on doing subs for convoy raiding only or mostly subs

but use the mios that apply the biggest and most relevant bonus to the ships

usually try to stack air attack and light attack

[glacial steeple]

but the blockade runner gambling tho

(fleet in being is better)

[final estuary]

is there a specific focus that lowers the anschluss time

[vital plinth]

How long does it take for a divison to get supplied ?

[glacial steeple]

no?

[final estuary]

ah

[glacial steeple]

you can schluss in 36 tho

[final estuary]

how

[vital plinth]

And can you see in supply mode where the current convoys are ?

[glacial steeple]

make units

do you have gotterdammerung?

[final estuary]

yea

[glacial steeple]

ok so

put like 20 factories on guns

use the 5 xp from rhineland to make a 1 inf unit

make 120 of them and force deploy them

this will let you send more guys to spain and schluss

[final estuary]

ah

[glacial steeple]

20 on guns day 1

not later

[obtuse pine]

how exploitiv, whers the fun?

[glacial steeple]

if you do it later you have no mil efficiency

[glacial steeple]

he asked how to do it

you can decide not to

that is your right

[quartz tartan]

Paradox, I will sacrifice my empire if the game goes on sale.

[half glade]

is there a viable infantry only build

i want a decent infantry attacking unit

[glacial steeple]

yes

[half glade]

because as a nation like austria im going to struggle to make spg

[half glade]

you got any templates?

[glacial steeple]

yes

[half glade]

may i see them please

[glacial steeple]

take this pinned message from livadeia

itll probably work

[half glade]

okay ill give that a go

could marines be swapped for mountaineers?

im playing austria

[glacial steeple]

yes

[half glade]

ill do that

[glacial steeple]

its just made like that so it can naval invade

[half glade]

ah okay

thanks :)

[final estuary]

didnt they say fully equipped tho

uh

im confused

are they

[glacial steeple]

yes

you can fully equip them

it just takes guns

[versed rose]

anchluss rush big stonks

11 volunteers in Spain big stonks

[vital plinth]

How long does it take for a divison to get supplied and can you see where exactly your convoys are ?

[rich saffron]

There do i post ideas/suggestions where people know the devs check regularly?

[glacial steeple]

convoys are a mystery

and time depends on supply fullfillment like trains

but its usually up to like idk a week

it should normally be like every 2 days

no convoys means never

[glacial steeple]

forums

[rich saffron]

I mean on this discord server

[glacial steeple]

you cant

youd have to post on the forums

[rich saffron]

I mean i can but i know they might not see it

[half glade]

can somebody PLEASE explain what the hell this means

why can i not subjugate people anymore

its so confusing

anybody???

its so frustrating this is my 3rd run now and this always happens

[glacial steeple]

you cant do multiple decisions at once

gotta do them one at a time

[half glade]

i wasnt doing any bro

i was focusing on czech

and now i suddenly cant do any

[glacial steeple]

you clicked one of them

gotta wait

[half glade]

no bro i literally didnt

[glacial steeple]

game says you did

probably a hungarian one

[half glade]

but theres none in progress

[glacial steeple]

or yugo

or whatever

well idk

[half glade]

its fine ill start over

[glacial steeple]

just unpause for a bit

see if it changes

[vital plinth]

Ah ok thx and how does it work when you lose some convoys used for trading. ? Do you lose more ressource numbers with more convoys lost ? And how long til it becomes normal again ?

[glacial steeple]

uuhh for a bit idk

i dont exactly know

[vital plinth]

No worries

[vapid gate]

What if we were separated by a sea will they put them along the coast or stack them in ports and will their ships start getting active?

[final estuary]

I'm sorry I went to take a shit but uh is it better to just deploy them early or no

Bc I don't think that counts

[glacial steeple]

you deploy them when you anschluss

should be like fifth focus

down to todt or hess then schluss

[final estuary]

Huh

[glacial steeple]

focus

focus from tree

tree focus

[final estuary]

The Führerprinzip one?

I'm sorry I haven't been playing Germany 😭

[glacial steeple]

replace with todt if you want mils instead of research and MIO

[final estuary]

Aight

[twin kayak]

Why not todt first ?

For the close circle

[vital plinth]

How does the refit speed and production output work on dockyard system work ?

[glacial steeple]

thats what most people do

i like hess

i like research speed

[subtle socket]

go todt first then hess

[hoary glen]

AI will always put up port Garrisons, but always does so haphazardly they can be ignored. What they do with their Navy is a true mystery, but 10-20 DDs can be enough to beat most nations.

[proven cargo]

why wont my troops move to my frontline?

theres no frontline anywhere else but next to the soviet union

[hoary glen]

screenshots pls

[proven cargo]

only a few have

and no movement here

[hoary glen]

Where do you want to have one?

[proven cargo]

soviet border

[final estuary]

What I suggest is you delete it first then redo it

[hoary glen]

Alrigth. Then draw a Battleplan with your field marshal or general and assign units to it by right clicking the Battleplan

You can also click delete all orders first and then draw the battleplan that auto assigns all units to it

[scenic nacelle]

Check unit cohesion

[hoary glen]

Also when doing Battleplans with a Field Marshal always hold shift. The Nromal plan is trolling

[proven cargo]

how do u do that

[scenic nacelle]

Um

Make a frontline

And click the field Marshall with the order

Should be the 3rd one on the battleplan/abilities bar

[proven cargo]

flexible on all

[midnight moat]

is it normal for sinkiang to not join china united on historical?

[proven cargo]

ok I solved it I think

[scenic nacelle]

Yeah

[proven cargo]

probably cuz they were not in mainland europe

[austere roost]

Yeah depends on if sinkiang unified xinjiang and the progress of the war against japan

[midnight moat]

depends how? what's the criteria for sinkiang joining?

[austere roost]

If Chiang is losing too hardly after a certain point sinkiang will quit and join comintern

[proven cargo]

also why are my supplies bad here

[austere roost]

Also sinkiang not unifying the region might cause some shenanigans but I forgot how

[gilded flame]

Is there any way to raise my manpower up as the German empire

[limpid karma]

why when I spawn Anti navy air light improved fighter with torpedos my game crashes 😭 gng dont say I lost 6 hours of progress

[vital plinth]

Naval refit is just at same as dockyard output ?

How does the bonus work exactly when it says 10% or 25%

[subtle socket]

railways 2 much mp in front line

[proven cargo]

so how do I fix that

[subtle socket]

what bro

[subtle socket]

build railways

[brazen panther]

yo should i start war early?

[subtle socket]

what r u talking about

[brazen panther]

i already got a planned naval invasion

[gilded flame]

Who the Allie’s

[subtle socket]

refit is same as production but cheaper ic, it has its own buffs for redit cost

[brazen panther]

france czechoslovakia and dddddd

thats kinda it

[subtle socket]

always say no to suedenland in sp

[gilded flame]

Maybe if you have a lot of divisions

[brazen panther]

(czechs join if i support them)

[brazen panther]

also i got 3 infantryu armies and was about to switch the 2 armored cars for tanks

[glacial steeple]

i just like hess

[subtle socket]

ARMOR CAR ENJOYER SPOTTED

🔥

[subtle socket]

u get hess in 36 still

[glacial steeple]

but i like hess earlier

its a personal choice

[brazen panther]

what 😭

[glacial steeple]

ik todt is like big meta

AC is goated

[subtle socket]

unironically the worst equipment in the whole game

never ever produce it💀

[glacial steeple]

its not,,,,

[brazen panther]

wh

[subtle socket]

it rly is lol

[glacial steeple]

fastest unit in the game if you have AC 3

[brazen panther]

why are we talking about armored cars now

[glacial steeple]

so you win fast in sp

[subtle socket]

just do truck if u want speed

12 km not enough for u?

[glacial steeple]

its unbelievably slow

[subtle socket]

never gonna catch me building afmored card

[subtle socket]

bc u said u were making armored cars lol

[glacial steeple]

you dont get the vision

[brazen panther]

i said i was switching em to tank divs:/

[scenic nacelle]

I think I did once in a 1v1 game

I lost horribly

(I spent half the game using the host’s dlc to look at the focus trees)

[glacial steeple]

your builds are so bad they make me cry :(

[scenic nacelle]

U don’t see the vision

[austere roost]

The worst is definitely the tank destroyer build of armored cars

[subtle socket]

better off using pure light tanks

at that point

[subtle socket]

those are the only good ones

u can alot of hard outta support recon but the light tank one just mogs it now

[glacial steeple]

its so much slower and you have no hp

[subtle socket]

im saying dont ever produce em bro

[subtle socket]

u gave 90 hp on the armor car div...

[glacial steeple]

so then youre stuck at the crippling like 16 kmh max speed

[subtle socket]

surely with ind u can get that ho

[glacial steeple]

as opposed to maybe 10

[subtle socket]

with hospitald and logi

just research the rocket engine thing lol

and u go 50 km w light tank

[glacial steeple]

doesmt give hp

[subtle socket]

if thats the vision

[glacial steeple]

you die

also lights are slower

[subtle socket]

urs dont have hp either thats now what they'rr for lol

[glacial steeple]

lights are worse smh

[subtle socket]

i disagree

[glacial steeple]

i mean sheep started this not me

im no innovator

[subtle socket]

bro 4 years ago i was running out w mac speed tanks ober running ai its always been good for sp but its so bad compared to just air and speedy light tanks lol

ill be honest 700 breakthrough was surprising

wait they have the funny tank as support bruh

[glacial steeple]

you have to see to believe sometimes

[keen hemlock]

Can you still put jet engines on tanks

Or is that meme just gone

[austere roost]

You mean gas turbine? Yeah you can

[subtle socket]

exactly what i was reffering to^

[gilded flame]

How do I get more then 40% dnvp support

[scenic nacelle]

Is armored car Japan in mp good

[scenic nacelle]

I assume that’s non aligned

So non aligned political advisor

Like +.15 or smth

Or decisions

[gilded flame]

Alright thanks

[silent tiger]

i need help

like not with something

like with the whole game.

[dim salmon]

can someone coach me before i go mad lol#

[subtle socket]

armor car in mp is never good

used to be alright before lifht tank recon buff and funny ranger recon

[scenic nacelle]

U sure

[half glade]

is this a good fighter?

[uncut narwhal]

you need focke wulf upgrade so its good

otherwise you have no range

[half glade]

whats that

[uncut narwhal]

the focke wulf mio

[limpid karma]

why when I spawn Anti navy air light improved fighter with torpedos my game crashes 😭 gng dont say I lost 6 hours of progress

[uncut narwhal]

your using messerschmitt rn tho

[half glade]

better?

[uncut narwhal]

yes

[half glade]

sweet

[uncut narwhal]

wait

not yet

you cant save

take out the range module

[half glade]

yeah i had to remove fuel

[uncut narwhal]

you want self sealing

fuel tanks

[half glade]

okay

damn that takes away so much range

[uncut narwhal]

thats why you have to grind focke wulf

[half glade]

okay ill note that

[subtle socket]

yeah

[dim salmon]

i need saving

[wise dew]

bro why does germany take basically all of france even if I invaded half of it before they reached paris as italy

[dim salmon]

what is the eaisiest country ive failed as japan amd germany now

[keen hemlock]

You just want to win with no risks?

[dim salmon]

i want to learn how to play

ive got iteral 3 hours in game

[keen hemlock]

I remember like 2 year ago someone saying you could put jet engines on a tank

But Ty

[proven cargo]

How do you win in Barbarossa without waiting 20 years per push

[scenic nacelle]

Shame

[subtle socket]

france 💀

[dim salmon]

im not that dumb

[subtle socket]

imo its the easiest

just build mills day 1 deny czech dont join war then join the allies

[scenic nacelle]

France is unironically good for learning the game

[subtle socket]

make 18 widths with sup aa and arty

[scenic nacelle]

Not winning though

[subtle socket]

i think beating germany is alot easier than people think

[dim salmon]

i cant even beat france as germany ...

[scenic nacelle]

I personally played the 1939 scenario 20 times as France

I capped every time

[subtle socket]

as germany u kinda gotta do everything

air force tanks infantry

as france u just focus on infantru

its a little easier to handle and digest as a new player

[dim salmon]

and just build a WALL

[subtle socket]

uk does ur airforce for u

exactly

[dim salmon]

so do i research industry and just make best guns possible

[subtle socket]

id recommend for first time going review national block

and going review foreign policy

gives 3 indistry bonuses great output

[dim salmon]

what is the hotkey for construction?

[subtle socket]

rush down to focus streengthen government, when it id available to do click begin rearmament focus

and in 1 year u cant do the final focus under strengthen do like the eco buffs on the right sife of political tree

ur army doctrines will suck for a bit but thats normal

ai germanys only and main pushing power is by cas make sure every unit u have deployed has support aa in it

i recommend 20 divs for maginot 24 for italy in the mountains and 80 in the north dont hold front line fall back to behind the calais river and then follow the forest all the way to maginot sit and entrench there

[glacial steeple]

not rlly

[subtle socket]

put out port garrisons incase uk ai is stupid

[glacial steeple]

use focke wulf

[subtle socket]

someone already told bro^

[glacial steeple]

i just got here

also no self sealing :(

[subtle socket]

casey someone was making this as us in our game

truely a work of art

[glacial steeple]

i cry

[subtle socket]

today i wanna play a usa game and bomb 100 buildings in 1 day

[half glade]

is it a good idea to give all my holding inf flame tank support

lol

[subtle socket]

i will get that ss

[subtle socket]

if u can afford

[half glade]

i can

[subtle socket]

then yeah why not

gives terrain buffs

[dim salmon]

do i hold africa aswell or pull all into mainland france

[meager pier]

why cant i deploy paratroopers? i want to cap france quickly

[fathom thistle]

read the red text

[meager pier]

how do i get special forces cap??

im still relatively new

[subtle socket]

i mean i would hold algeria its very cheap

u can also release algeria as a puppet day one and ur focus on like political down left i forget the name

annexed and cores it to u

gives u good eco there

[fathom thistle]

have more battalions in field

[meager pier]

i have so much tho??

wdym by battalions like divs?

[fathom thistle]

not enoguh apparently

[fathom thistle]

the cap counts how many battalions you have not how many divisions you have

having 1 division with 4 battalions will have the same effect as 4 divisions with 1 battalion

battalion is each filled square in your line composition

[glacial steeple]

i have one saved somewhere

[meager pier]

ohh

[glacial steeple]

bombing burma

[meager pier]

like ts?

5,24,7,3

[fathom thistle]

those are divisions

go to your template

[glacial steeple]

click top right army tab

below speed bar

it will tell you exactly how many batallions you have

easier

[meager pier]

i have 661 batallions

how much do i need

[fathom thistle]

more, especially if your paratrooper division is big

[meager pier]

2 paratroopers

i can make paratroopers if it has 1

[fathom thistle]

Im assuming you are also using other special forces right?

like mountaineers or rangers or marines

[meager pier]

yes 5 mountaineers guarding french border

[fathom thistle]

well, thats why u cant get more paratroopers

you already have too many special forces in field

[meager pier]

alr so do i disband them?

[fathom thistle]

yes, if you want to free up some special force cap

[meager pier]

alr, is there anything else i need to keep in mind when doing air drops on france

im planning to cap it instantly like most people do

idfk if its too late though

its almost 1940

[fathom thistle]

if you want them to actually hold make them bigger

[meager pier]

alr so how many paras in each div?

i have 3 rn

[fathom thistle]

if you are sure they gonna surrender insantly its fine

[meager pier]

you think they will

[fathom thistle]

you cant go wrong with standard 18w

[meager pier]

alr, also what does width actually do, i know its good since 24 width inf does really good

[wary yoke]

is cas still good after the nerf?

[glacial steeple]

width is bad

its the amount of space used in a battlefield

[fathom thistle]

lets say the terrain you are fighting in has 60w, you can effectively fit 3 divisions of 20w, 18w has one of the lowest penalties overall - for holding and defense ofcourse, for attack 36w is ideal overall

[glacial steeple]

width is limited per tile

its just used to explain templates because like

thats the amount of space you wanna use per tile

if you can fit more in its good

[meager pier]

oh alr

[fathom thistle]

technically 15w is like peak but its just too small

[meager pier]

so anything to change for my standard inf template?

i think logi is good?

[wary yoke]

how do u do it so tanks still get plan bonus and u can move them freely?

[fathom thistle]

yeah,, dont use line aretillery, like ever

[meager pier]

alr what instead?

[fathom thistle]

change cohesion, that should do the trick

[fathom thistle]

whats your goal with this template?

for holding you can just stick to 18w

[wary yoke]

ok thx, and are heavy tanks still the meta? i havent played for like 4 months

[fathom thistle]

they never were really, mediums are just better for what they offer stat/IC cost production wise

[scenic nacelle]

Heavies are best in multiplayer, but mediums in Singleplayer are fine

[fathom thistle]

pretty much

[meager pier]

attack

like france

bc france is tricky and if my paras dont work im finished

[half glade]

do you reckon i can naval invade with this

[fathom thistle]

U using any tanks or just pure infantry build?

[meager pier]

mostly infantry but some celere

[fathom thistle]

first pic is for pure inf build (you want to have at least 200 breakthrough eventually or dont use it at all, second pic is if you are planning to use spgs, for the 5th slot either slap in aa if you dont build planes or something like logistics company

[silent tiger]

Hello

[fathom thistle]

again if you have planes you can replace the line aa in 1st picture with infantry

[silent tiger]

I need a trainer for me

I just hoined but im so good i got defeated to estonia as the soivet union🥹✌️

[half glade]

do you reckon this beats the royal navy lol

[silent tiger]

I just joined but im so good i got defeated to estonia as the soivet union🥹✌️

So

can somebody help me?

<@&916727971820240976>

Pla

*Pls

I dont want to waste 50$

<@&916727971820240976>

[floral shale]

anyone know where to find the owb server?

[coarse finch]

There's some tutorials in the pinned messages

[silent tiger]

But

[floral shale]

I need help with a bug

[silent tiger]

I need tutorial for everything

Like

Plscing soilders,invading countries,blah blah blah

[left glacier]

Beginners Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCqXIRRVZIY
Advanced Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgDTSfLAuI0

[silent tiger]

tysm

[left glacier]

Preferrably, your beginner nation should start with Germany or Italy, since they're pretty much the core of the game. If you can learn the basics from them, you should be able to transition the experience you will be learning to other countries

[silent tiger]

Yo

if you want i will friend you smd you will be my coach If you want.

it will be very good for me✌️

@left glacier

[left glacier]

I may not be available at all times of the day, though if you have any other problems you come across, you can send your screenshots here and other helpers/community members can help you out

[silent tiger]

Okay..

brb

back

now

Just asking that how can i make soilders?

like i started with italy once

but i was in war with ethiopa

and i needed soilders to win

[left glacier]

You assign the soldiers you already have with generals and create a front line on the your territory bordering with Ethiopia

[silent tiger]

okay..

i try

[left glacier]

Are you going through the game's tutorial?

[silent tiger]

what tutorial?

the one you sended?

If that i will watch it after i did what you said

[left glacier]

Watch the beginner's guide first before you start your playthrough, preferably the in-game's tutorial

[silent tiger]

okay

[left glacier]

The tutorial under "Load"

[silent tiger]

AHH

i just leaved the game:/

ima join back

accept my friend request btw

[left glacier]

It will start your playthrough with Italy's Mussolini and give you tutorial objectives and hints along the way

[silent tiger]

this?

[left glacier]

Yes

[silent tiger]

okay

i will do it and dm you when im done

so

brb

[left glacier]

If you ever do minimize the tutorial, you can find your tutorial objectives on the bottom right

[dim salmon]

Im playing historical and before Poland even got attacked I did im France now Germany just went into civil war

[limpid karma]

why when I spawn Anti navy air light improved fighter with torpedos my game crashes 😭 gng dont say I lost 6 hours of progress

[silent tiger]

@left glacier

Ima screenshoot some things becuase i think i will need these later like this

@left glacier

[left glacier]

You'll need to allocate military factories to produce equipment for the armies you currently have and new ones you'll make later

[silent tiger]

Okay

uzm

*uhm

im confused

i did what he wanted in the production Butnit still havena green checkmark

i mean

“!„ this

[left glacier]

You may need to unpause and pause the game (spacebar)

[gilded flame]

What are the non aligned political advisors for Germany 1936 I wanna bring back the Kaiserriech

[silent tiger]

i did it

oh

i need more military factory

[left glacier]

If you still have these notifications up there, that means you still have factories/dockyards to allocate for production

[dim salmon]

My first ever win was France vs Germany

[gilded flame]

Not Germany vs Poland?

[rapid urchin]

how can i get mastery quickly for each of my branches?

[silent tiger]

I did them butnone is still doesnt completed and i dont know how can i do it

Its called“A divison is queued for deployment„

[uncut narwhal]

volunteers or just training your troops

also attaches

[left glacier]

For that, you go to recruit and eploy (U key) and train a division

[rapid urchin]

training with one brick?

[uncut narwhal]

not sure how mastery gain is calcuated

[silent tiger]

TUTORIAL 1 COMPLETED🥳🎉

14 remainings..

[left glacier]

Tutorial 2: You go over to Eritrea in Ethiopia and select the 18 divisions already stationed at the border

[silent tiger]

Im at tutorial: 4 rn

i dont find the front line button

[left glacier]

or the z shortcut

Once you create the front line, it should look like half a jacket zipper

Should look like this once you passed Tutorial 5

[silent tiger]

Z doesn't work.Look

@left glacier

[left glacier]

You can also click on the order icon

[silent tiger]

Ah ok

[gleaming grove]

Whats the best way to go fascist church? How do i change the state of my church?

[hushed void]

why cant i move my division over danzig

[left glacier]

You need to assign them to that front line or move them manually to a port and ship them off to the other port there

[hushed void]

can't do either

[left glacier]

Are they assigned to any order other than that?

[hushed void]

ohhhh they just lagged for a moment

theyre in danzig now

[left glacier]

[left glacier]

How are you going so far?

[silent tiger]

Im eating rnnbut i was at the 7th tutorial i think.

[left glacier]

For that, you just need to select the airwings already in Eritrea and then assign them to Danakil air region

Tutorial 8 further asks that you assign them missions

These are the different kinds of missions based on the type of plane you have

[obtuse pine]

field enineering 20% move boni, does it apply to the whole battailon?

is mob warfare/arty&combat support

[left glacier]

It only applies to divisions that already have support engineers, assault engineers, or pioneers

[dusty sandal]

(for ethiopian war this is the only mission you'll ever need)

[dusty sandal]

there are multiple events that do so, some focuses also change it and, if you ever run out, there is a decision that's always available and has infinite uses

[glacial steeple]

ethiopia has an air force now?

[tall zodiac]

someone know why my fleets with the order of patrolling tell me they cant get there? Suez is open to me...

[dusty sandal]

don't make me doubt my phrasing like that

[dusty sandal]

they're assigned to other regions/missions

[crisp ledge]

If I control Yugoslavian territory and plan to go to war with AI-controlled Italy, do you think it's worth giving them Dalmatia so long as I don't give them Montenegro too? It seems like a long, thin area like that will get me better encirclement than I'll get for most of continental Italy.

Because it seems like Dalmatia is kind of a trap, and I'd love nothing more than to take advantage of it.

[left glacier]

The strait is controlled by the axis

[dusty sandal]

It could be a viable strategy, but considering the only supply hubs near dalmatia are ports it might not be the best idea

[left glacier]

So your fleet won't be able to go out of the med unless the allies still control the suez canal

[tall zodiac]

no they are not, even if then they should not tell me no access

[crisp ledge]

So if I spend time building alternate supply routes it might be worth it?

[dusty sandal]

I doubt that because of the cost of a hub
it'll be simpler to farm the divisions that land in zara (never take the tile, just CTRL+Rclick on the port each time a division appear to kill it)

[crisp ledge]

I see, I see. Thanks.

[tall zodiac]

this is kinda dumb, how to build up dominance here then? becasue the last water tile is still not on the other side , I mean when I look at it

IF this is the whole reason then the question standst. HOW to build dominance here. I dont even care about Gibraltar

[keen hemlock]

Patrol builds dominance

But since your ships can’t get out

[tall zodiac]

not really true GB has one side my ships can go out , they just wont patrol there

because they cant acces it

my fleet is allready there and on hunting order

[keen hemlock]

Set the home base to a base on the other side

[tall zodiac]

look at the pic again

algier is my naval base for this operation you want to get out near the atlatik? what?

[keen hemlock]

I thought you were trying to ge naval dominance in the Atlantic

[glacial steeple]

i wish ethiopia started with one tho

[gleaming grove]

Do i wanna evade or trigger these?

[tall zodiac]

na, I want the western mediterranean see to invade spain.

[glacial steeple]

do they sound like theyll help your country XD

[tall zodiac]

this is so borked if I cant set my patrol here

[keen hemlock]

Can you send a full screenshot

Cuz im hella confused

[gleaming grove]

no, but if i trigger them to get rid of them i dont have to worry in the future

[keen hemlock]

Oh

Your patrol fleet isn’t there

[glacial steeple]

well both of them cause a civil war

[tall zodiac]

well they dont want to go there because of the access. IF i set them to hunt, they will go there instantly

[keen hemlock]

Do you have them set to 2 zones

[tall zodiac]

I have set them to only this one

I have more fleets there

[keen hemlock]

Wait

You have no fuel

[tall zodiac]

well a minor hickup but as you can see they still say the same thing

[keen hemlock]

You still have like little to no fuel

[tall zodiac]

11k rising 6,9k , usage 4k

[keen hemlock]

4k per day?

What’s your daily gain

[tall zodiac]

that is per day usage, I get almost 7k per day

[keen hemlock]

If you are gaining more than you use you should be fine

Only other reason I could think of is it’s repairing

[wise dew]

how can i get my navy to the english channel for dominance to invade britain

[gleaming grove]

dont i get a certain timeframe to avoid the civil war after triggering them?

[wise dew]

im playing italy and none of my navy ships are in range

and germany is doing nothing

[keen hemlock]

Move them to a base close enough

And set it as your home base

[glacial steeple]

no

they stay until you get a civil war unless you dont meet the criteria

[tall zodiac]

this is really dumb the only reason why I cant patrol the see here is Gibralta but WHY? I dont want to get out ....

[dusty sandal]

can you zoom out so we can see as many sea zones as possible

[tall zodiac]

I just take gibralta , its all about gibralta. ONLY now it works

this is really dumb and should be a bug

[tall zodiac]

Does this matter when 3 of my fleets already got there?

[lavish sierra]

How its work? In launcher said cdcd in game said 9045

[dusty sandal]

checksum and game versions are two different things

[lavish sierra]

In launcher said checksum cdcd but in game said checksum 9045

[dark oak]

hey dudes

HOW do i win this??

is it over??

i dont want the 1bw to turn into a stalemate cause of epirus

[lavish sierra]

Idk use planes or try to make connect this part for country

[dark oak]

its 1912 aint no planes round these parts...

[dusty sandal]

the only checksum is the one when in the game. You can't know what it'll be beforehand
the numbers in the launcher are the launcher checksum or the game version depending on where you look

[dark oak]

ive done nice encirclements all around and its just these 45 ottoman divisions that got me stuck

ive got them contained i just dont know hoe to attack

[keen hemlock]

use your mountianeers

[dark oak]

i got 2

[keen hemlock]

use them to attack

[silent tiger]

@left glacier

I got knocked out bc i was tired now i will finish the tutorial

[wise dew]

Missiles should help

[dark oak]

ok ok tuff

[glacial steeple]

equip your army

your army is just useless

[gilded flame]

How do you make more naval units?

[wintry matrix]

For ships you require more dockyards.
For increasing the special unit capacity (the marine, you could refer to) you need to have much army.
A percentage of total battalions is used to calculate the maximal amount of special forces battalions.

[gilded flame]

Also is there any way to change conscription laws as a non communist or fascist?

[dark oak]

ok man damn!

rude

[glacial steeple]

thats how the game works tho

the lower hp / strenght you have the more proportional your losses will go up

and youll perform worse

[dark oak]

yea lowk i got em equipped and finished the job

[gleaming grove]

Whats the upside of democracy over facism and communism?

[crisp ledge]

If you're not communist or fascist, you have to actively be at war to get conscription laws above Limited Conscription.
There's a certain ratio of strength you have to have to get some of the higher-level ones - if you're playing Carlist Spain, for instance, you can normally get what you need just from the Civil War, but for, say, Monarchist Germany against Lichtenstein, you wouldn't be able to farm that for legal change.

[twin quartz]

local autonomy laws and unique army spirit giving you (army xp), not as good as before with doctrine changes

can guaranteeing non-democratic countries are now accessible by faction type with dlc if that is even an upside in vanilla

[gleaming grove]

Hm

I wonder if i should go democrat-catholic mexico or facist-catholic mexico

[gilded flame]

Thanks

[spark gorge]

@glacial steeple question

I know one youtuber which plays non historical and he always loses it when germany goes democratic

whats up with that

he acts like its such a big deal which ruins the run

what does demo germany even do

[glacial steeple]

hollowbeing?

[glacial steeple]

they used to make a big all europe faction

and now they changed it so every ahist germany path can do that

[spark gorge]

🦭

I dont have götterdamerung

am I safe

[glacial steeple]

not from demo ger

but youre safe from monarchist ger

also idk who else you could mean than hollow (henri)

[spark gorge]

yeah hollow

formables suffering guy

[wise dew]

Mitteleuropa?

[glacial steeple]

friend :)

[dim salmon]

how do i get troops from the usa to the uk

as i cant naval invade

i wanna attack germany

[feral vector]

🖐️ i ask for help here rigtt?

how do i get the soviots to not atack me

i might have accsidentaly goten the whole world to declar war on be bt tbh i have no idia if i did

[gleaming grove]

Can i annex a country using the focus tree after i already conquered it and garisonned it?

[marble temple]

Depends on who you are playing as, but probably no.

[marble temple]

Not usually.

[wind canyon]

Assuming that your not in the allies or the British are your enemies you need to island hop from green land to ice land to then the uk

[dim salmon]

OK

[marble temple]

Move you guys from a USA port to an allied port, then mount your invasion from there.

[gleaming grove]

whats that supposed to mean?

[wind canyon]

Non aggression pact or do the Berlin Moscow axis if your playing Germany

[marble temple]

No, except in specific cases. Who are you playing, who is the target, and what focus are you talking about? Clarity helps.

[marble temple]

They will likely attack at some point anyway.

[wind canyon]

Fair but it buys time at the very least a year or so

[gleaming grove]

Mexico and the target is basically every nation south of mexico

i wanna know if i can conquer them first and annex them later with the focus tree, or if i have to rush the focus tree to the annex part

[marble temple]

Rush, iirc.

[austere roost]

If you play historically, ussr wouldn't attack you

They will only if you sign Molotov and then not give them east poland

[plain mason]

👆

[carmine thunder]

I think they justify you some time in 1940 if you haven't given them eastern poland

[steep mirage]

Kill them all with guns

[marble temple]

You can pal with them, but even if you give them what they want (on Historical) they typically attack germany late 43, early 44. They have a focus for it, iirc, and once they triggers, it's the Red Sea for Germany.

[austere roost]

No. Ussr is very weak late game

[crisp ledge]

I mean, I singlehandedly beat them as Non-Aligned Romania, on my first playthrough no less - the AI doesn't seem great on the USSR.

[cosmic rain]

hey!! I did say that I think civs are overemphasized by adherents of civgreeding :p

that is definitely true tho, support equipment especially hahaha.

[cosmic rain]

one of the biggest advantages of democracy is that you get to be allied to USA and UK

at least on historical, haha

[zealous vector]

How do I improve my K/D?

Lost too many guys almost 4k

[cosmic rain]

there's an enormous amount of factors to consider that the screenshot doesn't really give information on:

templates
designs
equipment and technology
air support
stat bonuses
I could go on

[glacial steeple]

air, larger divs, field hosp

as in like

larger as in more hp

crit more

shorter battles

nukes

planning bonus

overruns

[cosmic rain]

am I correct in thinking that "crit" refers to the excess of (attack minus defense) since it has quarduple the likelihood to inflict damage?

[serene karma]

Yes

[cosmic rain]

ty

[austere roost]

Have you tried asking your soldiers to stop dying

[glass mist]

how do i get my field marshal assault plans (first image) to look like the ones in the second imaage

im on kaiserredux which might be something

[dusty sandal]

mods like that usually change the UI

[glass mist]

ok

[sharp patrol]

How come whenever I invade a country and set my attack I follow this

1 set my frontline

2. Set invasion plan

Then press go and I make little progress then they just stop

[tight coral]

because battleplanning is not good

[sharp patrol]

How do I fix that?

[tight coral]

micro

manage your troops one by one

[cosmic rain]

could be a million reasons. Do you have air support? are your troops out of supply? is your plan aggression high enough? Do you have enough numbers to actually break through? is the terrain prohibitive of an offensive?

[cosmic rain]

adding onto this, please continue to make battleplans even if you manage troops by hand, because troops assigned to unactivated battleplans build up a stat called "planning bonus" which positively multiplies onto attack stats and breakthrough, which can make astronomically massive differences in your combat ability.

[signal island]

Doing greece rn

Not sure if I should do Metaxism or The Right to Rule

Both look pretty good

Anyone know which one is most beneficial as Greece

[keen hemlock]

it depends

id look thru the focuses before hand and see which ones you prefer

[lyric agate]

anyone wanna play/help me?

[dim salmon]

can someone teach me basics dm im eu and going to bed

[visual yacht]

Iirc "annexing" just gives you a reason to declare war

Only played R56 mexico though so idk if vanilla is the same

[proven cargo]

How many divisions do you need to effectively invade Russia without getting into a stalemate

And how do you fix the supply issues without building railways

[austere roost]

that depends on the division

[proven cargo]

Standard infantry and tanks

[austere roost]

wdym standard

also depends on your collab status

[proven cargo]

No collab

[austere roost]

and you can also "fix supply" by using transports and ports

idk maybe 120?

[proven cargo]

K

[austere roost]

Like is this standard? With these 48 should be good

[keen hemlock]

Yeah

How did you get those

Uh

Extra support companies

[austere roost]

Mod

[pulsar plover]

so im on RT56, im unsure if this is a bug or maybe im missing something, I am trying to line up my army against Austria and Bohemia (Hungary is doing the AH tree) and for some reason whenever I draw a battle plan some of my troops either dont listen, or they focus on one spot of the battleplan and dont move from there. I have messed with cohesion, I have restarted my game, cleared cache, maybe I am just missing something. I did shift+click with my field marshal to get one large lineup and that had the same issue with every single division focusing on one spot. I have also tried deleting my field marshals and merging all units into one and that also didn't seem to fix the issue. I havent played hoi4 in months so i wanna make sure that there isnt something going on.

[neat widget]

Idk, probably vanilla issue I think

[pulsar plover]

It seems my game is dead though, sucks that my first game in months is ruined by a bug, especially as i was having fun from being burnt out.

[pulsar plover]

So I am not sure what the issue was, I had to cheat a little, I used console commands and forced Hungary to annex Austria and Bohemia and that seemed to solve it, it must have been a bug, after more testing it was only allowing me to deploy my army on every border except the Bohemian one, unsure as to what caused it.

[tough wedge]

Did you have any other battle plans like fallback lines?

[nova edge]

How do I fix "connection timed out" while trying to play with my friend?

Feels like we tried alot even removing all our mods I dont really know what the issue could be and I dont think the servers are down because I see other people in lobbies

[noble rain]

how do you get your games to stop crashing after a certain day

[opal python]

guys i need help

im kidna bad in naval invasion

how to naval invade properly?

[dark oak]

youve gotta get naval dominance but thats kinda hard for me

send your ships out to patrol

[opal python]

sun

im not gonna invade albania as italy anymore then 😭

[dull flicker]

someone has a good Carrier Fighter design? 😮

[neat widget]

unfortunately maybe your game might be corrupted

[noble rain]

i hate ironman

[neat widget]

aeugh

[visual yacht]

Is the only reason to use amphib drive tanks to fort bust on naval invasion? And in turn is the only use for amtraks to keep speed high on those amphib tank divisions?

[light knoll]

in sp there is no reason to use amphib drive at all

[visual yacht]

What if i want to minmax my larp

[light knoll]

amtracs are stronger but way more expensive mech

since they get both mech bonuses and special forces bonuses

[light knoll]

sure

[visual yacht]

Oh wow really? Ok good to know, i assume you dont know if this applies to R56?

[light knoll]

probably

they don't change stats too much

[visual yacht]

Iirc mech goes up to 48 if not 52 while amtraks stop at 44 or earlier

[light knoll]

are you playing until that late

[visual yacht]

Could be wrong on that but yeah anyway, ty for the info

Yeah me and my friends do lobbies up to 60

[glacial steeple]

they do

[sick ginkgo]

Can anyone explain light tanks

[glacial steeple]

bad

[fallow orbit]

i got transport planes at the airport and the paratroopers prepped the invasion but they wont go to the airport , do i need air superiority in the region they get dropped in or what

[light knoll]

you need the enemy to not have air superiority

so either you have air superiority, or no planes are up from neither side

[twin kayak]

Is there a mod that gives better visual models ?

[fathom thistle]

The only reason you would use them is for light tank recon

[dim salmon]

I need someone to teach me

[twin kayak]

Good luck finding someone

[dim salmon]

I know

Im cooked

[twin kayak]

I would say to start with finland, since it helped me a lot

[visual yacht]

why cant i see friendly ships in the water tile popup

[twin kayak]

Don’t start with these big op countries

You’ll just learn to spam shit

[visual yacht]

and why dont i have naval dominance (im in the axis as portugalspainbrazil

1940

[twin kayak]

Doesn’t look like you have ships there on the screen shot

[visual yacht]

i dont, but shouldnt i be able to see italys fleet?

[twin kayak]

Yeah, your ships are in norway

[visual yacht]

does ally naval dom not count for me?

[twin kayak]

I don’t think so

[visual yacht]

:/

[twin kayak]

As far as I know: no

[visual yacht]

that is doomed

[twin kayak]

Just shit out torp dds

[visual yacht]

UK insta sunk my fleet and now i cant get over there

[twin kayak]

It’s a braindead strat, but it works very well

[visual yacht]

;_;

[twin kayak]

Naval bombers and torps dds

Only torps

[visual yacht]

probs faster to airdrop para's than naval invade at this point right?

[twin kayak]

And yeah, that’s it

[twin kayak]

Do you have the means to get air superiority ?

iirc, the allies have a shitload of planes

[visual yacht]

US isnt in yet, have yellow air over UK

from germany

[twin kayak]

Yeah, that might work then

But the naval bombers and torp dds strat works the best for me

You can try

[visual yacht]

400 over channel

[twin kayak]

Sometimes, when I have green air, the just /give themselves 4000 planes

Idk

Try it

It’s a bit late to start a big navy to destroy the royal navy anyway

[visual yacht]

yeah havent built any dockyards

may as well do both i guess, i have infinite eco now

just tech bottlenecked

[visual yacht]

like this?

or load it with torps

[inner sparrow]

that’s a torp dd

[visual yacht]

ah ok ty, light guns 2 though?

[dim salmon]

how do i screen shot on pc im new and wanna show smt

[scenic nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/omerrv-snip-snippingtool-life-hack-supertool-gif-19420393

[twin kayak]

is this a bug ? When I change the divs I made using my colonies to my design, they instantly become veterans ?

(if it's a bug, don't fix it plz)

[glacial steeple]

intentional

[twin kayak]

why ?

[glacial steeple]

its because their manpower goes down

and its meant to go back up

but you can consolidate them if you swap them back to get vets

[twin kayak]

it doesn't really

[glacial steeple]

its awesome

[twin kayak]

it's the same design, but with suppot companies

[dim salmon]

HOW DO I EVEN LAND

[glacial steeple]

the manpower in the divs

its at 90

instead of 9000

the puppet manpower will go in

the mechanic is meant to try and retain your old xp

[twin kayak]

naval supremacy in denmark ?

[dim salmon]

land in denmark?

[twin kayak]

your naval invasion is from the UK to denmark right ?

[dim salmon]

was into france but failewd

[twin kayak]

can you hover over the general that should naval invade

it tells you a lot

the little green arrow

and put your troops under a field marshall, it's just free stats

[slender magnet]

Same

[twin kayak]

@dim salmon so ?

[dim salmon]

can u hop in vc wont lemme send

[left mica]

I remember when i first played the us

[dim salmon]

its the only nation ive survived as i failed germany and my japan went into civil war

[left mica]

i had 72 infantry divisions in my entire army and somehow got all 72 of them encircled and destroyed, every single one of them

and i ragequitted

[left mica]

Did you fail to push belgium as germany

[dim salmon]

failed france#

[left mica]

Same

lol

[scenic nacelle]

It’s 1954 bro

[left mica]

For your first game i would recommend following a step by step youtube tutorial

i would recommend bittersteel’s beginner germany video, the most recent one

[dim salmon]

im new

[left mica]

Hi new im dad

that run is cooked

start a new one

[left mica]

https://youtu.be/UadQ3euApmM?si=MjZq5hXoPMswI3-e

I wish there was a video that goes through tips such as reading the tooltip and use your brain

[scenic nacelle]

And u waited until 1954 to ask for help

[dim salmon]

i asked earlier no one helped

[slender magnet]

What if you don’t have a dlcs

[left mica]

wait until a sale to get them

[dusty sandal]

there's a tutorial for templates and such in the pinned messages here

[left mica]

the game isnt worth it if you only have base game

yeah that too

[dusty sandal]

watch it, then watch bittersteel's and skip the parts about designs

[left mica]

once you have committed to a paradox game you have to buy everything

[dusty sandal]

that's simply straight up false

[left mica]

me when i dont have spy agencies

[dusty sandal]

and I know for sure as I have played for about 3 years without a singular DLC

[left mica]

me when i cant design tanks and planes

[dusty sandal]

not really an issue

actually it makes the game harder

[left mica]

i played civ6 without dlcs and i hated it, so when i bought hoi4 i grabbed all the dlcs

[dusty sandal]

becuase AI tanks don't suck as much and you can't stack stupid amounts of stats

[dusty sandal]

civ and hoi are nothing alike

[left mica]

which loops back to this

[left mica]

same basis

like

ugh

dont give me a game with skeleton content

[dusty sandal]

you'd tell me eu4 without dlc is unplayable, sure
vic 2 ? sure
but hoi, much like stellaris is very much enjoyable in a full vanilla experience, at least for a hundred hours until you have done all paths available

[left mica]

i dont even know whats dlc locked and what isnt

[dusty sandal]

hoi definitely isn't skeleton content though

[slender magnet]

I have 2 DLCs i bought it yesterday it was graveyard of empire and Götterdämmerung

[left mica]

i played eu4 without dlcs for a single game

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here message then what are you talking about 😭

[left mica]

bro bought graveyard of empires 😭

[left mica]

yeah exactly

what does base game hoi even have

[slender magnet]

Bro but I don’t have any other DLCs

[left mica]

save up and get them once they're on sale at a reasonable price

so many fun things like designers and mios are dlc locked too

bro

[slender magnet]

Okay so I hope when I get the DLCs beat the shit out France

[left mica]

yup

[slender magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/war-dogs-war-dogs-movie-stressed-facepalm-gif-5727928

[dusty sandal]

basically everything but niche mechanics
4 DLCs are now integrated in base game
you're only lacking althist focuses on some nations (like sov, you even have them on ger since WtT is integrated), and mechanics like designer, special forces doctrines and agency

it's no big deal

[light knoll]

what did you even do

[left mica]

at least la resistance should be integrated

[light knoll]

there are only so many paths you can play without a dlc

they're over pretty quickly

ig you play mp

[left mica]

without it i will never be convinced base game is worth it, even if you pull my intestines out

[light knoll]

but that's different

[dusty sandal]

focuses can be dealt with by playing historical or simply modding the game in 3 clicks
the lack of designer is fine and make the game simpler to understand and harder to play against AI because it can't shoot itself in the foot as much
the only real beef I have with vanilla is that special forces are very meh and there's no real attack inf template

[dusty sandal]

I played between 2017 and 2020

about 1k hours without DLCs

[light knoll]

sp?

[dusty sandal]

almost entirely

[light knoll]

crazy

[dusty sandal]

didn't play MP a lot until covid

now I almost don't play sp at all

[light knoll]

pls tell me you weren't playing with historical on

[dusty sandal]

if I wanted ahist games, I modded the game for it

[light knoll]

wait right without dlcs there is no alt hist

cooked

[dusty sandal]

like kr, fr or other ahist mods

[dusty sandal]

almost none, and it was the time with no integrated DLC

I played 3 years without autonomy system

[light knoll]

could you not annex puppets at some point in the game 💀

[dusty sandal]

that was a together for victory dlc feature

[light knoll]

that's

so bad

how did people play this

[glacial steeple]

hi chat

[glacial steeple]

there is

[light knoll]

hi casey

[light knoll]

close to none

[glacial steeple]

its definitely not the same experience

[dusty sandal]

it was fun as it was
room for improvement doesn't mean the base game wasn't fun
you could still build eco and fight wars and that's the whole point of the game

[glacial steeple]

IDK i dont play mp much not because of skill necessarily but im not a fan of most groups

[dim salmon]

f

[keen hemlock]

💀

[dim salmon]

COOKED

[keen hemlock]

1962?

[dim salmon]

I CANT LAND IN GERMANY

IM TRYING MY BEST

[keen hemlock]

I’d restart

1962 is insane

Ur game must be as slow as a snail

[dim salmon]

WHO SHOULD I PLAY

and slide me a decent template bc intrash

[keen hemlock]

Whoever you want

Casey thinks Finland is good for noobs because it forces you to read

I agree with him on that

[spark gorge]

what the hell have you been doing that you got 6% stability

anyway that run is just cooked

the game stops being worthy of playing past 48

[wise dew]

how can i get my navy to the english channel if they dont have enough range as italy

[royal gazelle]

these will win you the game every time

[indigo sapphire]

are rangers unit worth to use?

[royal gazelle]

its a bit expensive by the time u get it so it'll take a little bit to build up a decent airforce number wise, but once u got that ur set

[spark gorge]

make their home bases closer

[spark gorge]

yes

[indigo sapphire]

nice thx

[royal gazelle]

so was looking through the pins (checking everything above the notification that older tips are not updated for new dlc). i guess old templates still work if u abuse air? i see there's a new tank division using SPGs but thought there'd be more of a breakdown of the new doctrines

i do enjoy me a good brick division of infantry grinding the enemy slowly to dust

i cant remember the last time i even built tanks

[silent tiger]

i got some problem..

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[final estuary]

oh my god its not fully trained its fully equipped

im soryr

[fathom thistle]

What build are you doing? I can help you doctrine wise.

With spgs or pure in build?

[glacial steeple]

hii hope

[royal gazelle]

so i was mostly looking for general vibes and equipment, my brain is still hard wired into the classic infantry block with GPB and just use air/CAS to grind the enemy down

i assume thats still viable

im the kinda guy who uses 1 template for the entire army because i can't be bothered otherwise lol

[serene karma]

???

Could u state ur problem when u ping

Why ping without doing so

[silent tiger]

oh

sry

im gonna open up hoi 4 again

So i need help that how can i make soilders?

i started playing yesterday

[serene karma]

[fathom thistle]

Pretty much, GPB yeah. As for sub doctrines assault infantry 90% of the time cuz you get a lot of soft attack from that. For 2nd field engineers or later on flying cavalry. For 3rd you could use a mobile in its name, I can't remember how it's called but it has a small buff to inf. As for 4fh Grand assault always pretty much. This build is for pure inf keep in mind