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[modern merlin]

is anyone here

I would like your help

which of the following colour pallets for nations are correct?

(the old game colours)
hungary = bright orange
china = yellow
turkey = light green

(changed colours)
hungary = green
china = blue
turkey = bright red

this is what turkey and bulgaria would look like

[gleaming grove]

Do i need 1 nuclear reactor per state? Or does it spread the energy? Is it most important on civ/mil or ressource heavy states?

[cold bloom]

Doesnt spread energy

I dont think it helps resources

[gleaming grove]

so i prioritize the states with most civs?

[dark thistle]

Is there a way to stop exporting materials

[vital geode]

Closed Trade

[dark thistle]

ok ty

[vital geode]

Or if you cant, limited exports to minimize what you sell

[dark thistle]

i think i can

or nvm i need coal

[vapid gate]

this or this

erm

5 slots and 60k people against 4 slots and 3 factories

latter sounds appealing

[torn fjord]

is it a good strategy to min max carriers (put all doctrines admirals and advisors that support it)

[obsidian comet]

Is 7 2 still good?

[vital geode]

Hasn't been since like 2018

[obsidian comet]

Oh shit

Am I that old for ts?

Nah actualy jk I was curios because I wanted less width

[gleaming grove]

Is this valid?

[vapid gate]

does war goal tension limit matter when im fascist

[gleaming grove]

only thing i could add

[vapid gate]

or these in general

[obsidian comet]

Nope they dont matter if you are facist/communist or the world tenison is already 100% It only matters if you play democratic or non aligned

[obsidian comet]

Filed Hospital Mp is for garrison and you dont need AAT in singleplayer

[gleaming grove]

thats why i didnt add those

im cooked if they attack

[versed rose]

add hospital, add flametank, don't use mbts if you have NSB

[vital plinth]

I’m playing Iran and in a moment at 1 may uk leaves guanteee but when I then attack Iraq they join axis very fast too

[gleaming grove]

whats mbts?

[neat widget]

Long term that is a useful strategy

yeah

[neat widget]

get medium flame tank and light tank recon

but other than that yeah

[neat widget]

gah

[keen hemlock]

modern tanks

i think

[errant chasm]

is recon needed in SP?

Also hi liv

[neat widget]

i mean they have 200 break

i think they need it

[errant chasm]

freddy is trying to do a fast build

10km/h

[neat widget]

still need breakthrough for that

[dim salmon]

Need a teacher

[gleaming grove]

i dont think i can without that dlc

[vapid gate]

does the game round up factories

like if u have 6.6 factories for goods does it make it 7

[vital plinth]

Any idea what is best to do here ?

[errant chasm]

true

[errant chasm]

dont have nsb

[heady skiff]

As Japan should I annex China or puppet China?

I heard annexing is good cus like infinite manpower or sum

But idk with garrisons 😭

[errant chasm]

if you have 100 compliance casey told me to first annex china, then skip a turn then annex all the warlords. Then do not make a collab gov

[heady skiff]

Oml I just realised something

I didnt even make a collab gov

Not a single one 😭

[errant chasm]

f

[heady skiff]

Still capped but Idk if I have good compliance

[heady skiff]

It was so I could grind xp trustttt

[vapid gate]

what does this give and should i take it?

[tall zodiac]

Someone know the stats of the Nordljus? Is this focus worth it?

[keen hemlock]

what does it give

[tall zodiac]

So I get a super heavy BB 60% build but I dunno what the ships stats are.
the debuff is bad

If the ship is fully decked with max level equip I would consider it.

[neat widget]

unless you're running out of people then no

[vapid gate]

so its just a 15% manpower for 200 days?

[neat widget]

nope it's 15% manpower forever but that war support and stability is lost forever

[tall zodiac]

Uh nice , thanks

[glacial steeple]

isnt this common knowledge

like water found in ocean

cloud found in sky

[neat widget]

it's better than the japanese i dare say

[neat widget]

not really

[blissful nova]

how do i paradrop from a country i have mil and air acess in

[neat widget]

and it is really specific to just china since most countries don't have cores owned by allied nations instead of themselves

[neat widget]

do you have transport planes?

[blissful nova]

yes

[vapid gate]

does this affect support art

[tall zodiac]

You need 70% air supremacy in that region and also in all regions in between

[blissful nova]

im trying to make a order

not execute it

[neat widget]

no

[blissful nova]

luxemborg doesnt have a airforce anyways

[neat widget]

it is based on the composition of your line battalions

so if you have 9 infantry and 9 artillery battalions, you get 7.5% attack and 5% defense (or half the stated bonuses)

[errant chasm]

hi liv and casey

[neat widget]

hi vistula

[errant chasm]

well thanks i guess

[vapid gate]

is this good?

[glacial steeple]

panama, lithuania, canada, finland sometimes, ethiopia, aussa, ecuador/peru, ireland, manchukuo, mengjiang

[vapid gate]

i plan on researching lots of naval

[neat widget]

okay all of that is true, but generally these are lesser cases

[glacial steeple]

i was just thinking about where you could find it tbh

[neat widget]

yeah that's fair

[glacial steeple]

i think panama has to be the least relevant one

like ooohh youll get compliance on the canal, riveting

[tall zodiac]

Doesnt matter. If you dont have green air you can drop.
I dont know what the problem is to be honest because even if you have not enough planes the order can be made.

[blissful nova]

im trying to find out why i cant make the order bro

not why i cant drop

i cant drop without a order

[astral heath]

whats a fun country to play thats not too hard?

and has good expansion paths

[tall zodiac]

can you at least order it on your own airfield?

[blissful nova]

nah im north ireland

[glacial steeple]

gotta have 50 transports

on no orders

[tall zodiac]

huh since when did north lost the air field?

[glacial steeple]

in a non overstacked airfield

[vapid gate]

isnt motorized inf just better than inf

[tall zodiac]

not always

[vapid gate]

regardless of terrain

[tepid umbra]

Iirc they have worse org, no?

Also they're more expensive

[vapid gate]

they also have more speed and breakthrough

[tall zodiac]

still no because you can run out of fuel and they need in general more supplies

and for naval landings they also need more convoys

[glacial steeple]

its inf but more expensive and worse

well like the stats arent worse

theyre just not better and cant justify the 2.2x cost increase

[fleet reef]

How do I give him one of these traits?

[keen hemlock]

alt hist paths

[left mica]

Congrats LOL

https://tenor.com/view/a-gem-benjammins-chud-door-door-cam-gif-7224643390232569308

[vapid gate]

damn 960 days? by then ive already invaded the country

can u reduce this time or something

[neat widget]

I don't think the british will survive

[neat widget]

yeah

you can upgrade your cryptology department though

[vital wing]

yo how can i gain man power from an occupied state? i always lose instead of winning bc the garrisons

[keen hemlock]

compliance

[vital wing]

there is no another way? i do compliance but it increases very low

[dim salmon]

=the usa has now joined the war and i cannot get a green attack

[keen hemlock]

advisors and national spirits can give non core manpower

but not all countries have those

[keen hemlock]

yeah the probably just spammed units in there

what troops are you using to attack with?

[vapid gate]

how do i determine whether i should go for more stats and less efficiency or the opposite?

[keen hemlock]

well that is certianly a division

[wind canyon]

mmm remove logistic companies remove 1 line artillery and remove the line AA add it to the support companies

that will free up man power and euipemnt

[dim salmon]

think im dead

[wind canyon]

yeah thats esentaily the end of the run what happened?

[keen hemlock]

use spgs with mech next time

try to get to 36 width

supp assualt engineers, med flame tank, logis, arty, aa

[neat widget]

didn't even take czechoslovakia lmao

[keen hemlock]

use those as your attacking divs

i didnt even see that

where are all your allies too

[dim salmon]

didnt realise allys would attack me when i went for baltics so i couldnt ally ussr bc i have been at war all game

[vapid gate]

what do yall go with

[wind canyon]

ah right im assuming you only kept the french boarder lightly protected then?

[dim salmon]

i held against france until usa joined

[scenic nacelle]

This is not ww1 😭

[keen hemlock]

isp ahh video

"can I win ww2 like ww1?"

[deep pagoda]

I have an issue where I am at war with Ethiopia, I have military access with Russia, but I can't seem to manually attack ethiopia or otherwise get to them by drawing a frontline in the nearest area. How do I get to them besides using airborne? And if there's no other option but to use airborne, then how am I supposed to keep them supplied?

[forest ore]

wtf is this bro 😭

[wind canyon]

well the soviets need to be at war with ethiopia to let you go in since all miltiary acces does is allow your troops to freely travel through their teritory

as for your only way in? the only way i can think of is para droping thru yemen and using cargo planes for aerial resuply

[austere roost]

Have you seen the soft attack of the gun it's like no soft attack lost

[vapid gate]

yeah i realized production buffs have more priority

[vapid gate]

this decision is good right?

[plain maple]

I have like 230 hours on hoi4 yet I have not capitulated the allies and it's honestly just getting annoying, the furthest i've gotten was like a few unsuccessful naval invasions on the uk but that was mostly because I accidentally cheated. Anything that could potentially help me?

[red mesa]

Hard to say where you’re going wrong without more info

Typically, people failing at sealion have failed to build a proper air force and move too slowly, allowing the americans to join the war

[tepid umbra]

air

[vale cypress]

wrong chat mb

[plain maple]

Alr ty

[vital geode]

Or they send in too many troops draining their supply and they die that way

[red mesa]

That too

[vital geode]

Who knew sending in 5 armies when only owning 2 ports is not a good idea

Totally not speaking from personal experience

[red mesa]

Imagine using more than 60 divisions for the western front

[vital geode]

Well, I had 8 armies of inf for the eastern front in my recent sov game

I was outnumbered, but I got that quality

[red mesa]

8x24 inf for barb defense? I feel like I’m usually rocking 11 or so if you include SF

[vital geode]

I had a ton of spare guns tbf

I trained another 2 armies during barb

Or whatever me invading Germany day 1 is called

Germany bashed their heads into my not fully geared out molotov line and deorged themselves

[red mesa]

Classic, sweet juicy casualty ratios

[vital geode]

I won with a 1:5 casualty ratio because I battleplanned and forgot to turn it off when I was microing in France

I may have prioritized screwing over the allies more than killing germany

[tepid umbra]

I do that all the time and it works 😭

[cobalt portal]

how do i download mods again

i lowkey forgot how to

[tepid umbra]

steam workshop

and then in the paradox launcher you change the playset

[cobalt portal]

can u js go to helping lounge 2 and show me

@tepid umbra

[wise dew]

i just beat japan and peacefully reunited with china should I stop training militias for my army?

[modest gulch]

hello, which are the best templates for infantry and tanks (maybe with mechanized), im starting anew run with russia and i would like to conquest ALL europe

ofc vanilla

and all dlcs

[cloud sluice]

is this a bittersteel level fail?

[blissful abyss]

has anyone idea on how to reduce resistance on Reichsprotectorate? since i cant or at least find the option to deploy garrisons on the region

[tropic seal]

Pins

[terse mango]

chad name

[wise dew]

if i join the comintern can i subjugate sinkiang after they became the sinkiang autonomous ssr

[austere roost]

You shouldn't have had them but since now you do you can try lend leasing if you really want to suppress it

If you only have general government then you barely lost anything

[blissful abyss]

yeah i just realized after investigating a bit 😭

[austere roost]

You can just treat it as rp and then ignore the whole Rosenberg side quest

[wise dew]

is it normal for communist china's warlord puppets to turn into colonies after trying to lower their autonomy

[modest gulch]

thx

[plain maple]

thank you bro

[obsidian badger]

Hoi4 be virus larping

It aint quitting

I got steam, task manager, force quit applications, etc

Tryna put it down

Its not quitting

[deep pagoda]

Bummer since aerial supply is dog water in value 😮‍💨

[red mesa]

Congrats, now pay attention to your notifications and stay on top of things

[plain maple]

👍

[serene karma]

Wow lots of notifications

[plain maple]

Yeah

[serene karma]

Whats ur navy like

[plain maple]

Basically all submarines

[serene karma]

Wha

Did u airdrop

[serene karma]

Or naval bomb the uk fleet here

[plain maple]

Yeah I naval bombed

[serene karma]

Ah i see

I was wondering how u got dominance with subs

[visual yacht]

does navy engagement rule affect retreat chance?

[thin nebula]

Dont make them ever

[thin nebula]

Subs have like 30ish iirc so if they had them all in there it could get supremacy

[shrewd rain]

Hey i have the nuclear strikes but i dont see the path it takes, and i like when i can see where the plane goes from and where to. Is there a button for it or something? Or do i have a mod that disables it

[glacial steeple]

they have like 5-10 in vanilla

[thin nebula]

so only 20-30 for min dominance in the english channel

[glacial steeple]

min dominance is 350 no?

[thin nebula]

not for english channel iirc

shallow ocean i think is 150

[sudden plume]

how do I join random multiplayer games on here I'm new?

[violet maple]

is this good by nov 1937

[serene karma]

He would have to bomb a lot of the uk fleet for that tho

[hoary glen]

Look into the #1239926537512292362

[thin nebula]

i was under the impression that was the case

[glacial steeple]

you have high hopes of the people in this chat

when they say they use subs for dominance they dont know how planes or ships work 99% of the time

[indigo sapphire]

question: are the rangers unit worth it to use

[foggy rune]

so I'm playing Romania, I'm in the axis, it's 1943 and the soviets have been gone over a year. I haven't focused on navy at all because I figured I'd just take the Russian navy and use it to help Germany naval invade. turns out the Russian navy sucks and got demolished. my question is, will Germany ever figure out how to invade the UK or are they just gonna sit there until I research navy and spend years building it up to do Germany's job for them

[violet maple]

they will eventuaally

problably in like 2 years

[foggy rune]

ok thanks, I really didn't want to have to build a navy from scratch this late lol

I just keep playing wack a mole on naval invasions until then

[violet maple]

if u get a navy u can speed it up

[foggy rune]

I don't feel like it tbh lol I'll just wait

[uncut narwhal]

yes

[indigo sapphire]

alr thx

[twin kayak]

how do I hide these useless designs ? I'm deploying my planes, but it's getting annoying to scroll trough the outdated designs

[uncut narwhal]

delete them in the stockpile

theres a flag behind the equipment

so you know which one is yours

[primal silo]

Or put them for sale on the market (but that takes a while)

[glacial steeple]

deploy them?

make a wing with the blue star button thing

and just put all your useless planes in a random airport

thats how i do it

or delete them but yk

[thin nebula]

honestly i was surprised to hear someone was doing it period lol

[glacial steeple]

im not

some people think more ship = more supremacy

[thin nebula]

I meant the naval striking

[glass sage]

ım trying to spawn modern tank but console dont accept

[vital plinth]

Hey I have an issue where Iraq keeps turning to British side or axis side depending on when I strike before uk removes guarantee, my question any idea what to set Iraq to so they don’t join either ?
Or alternatively is there something I can do to Greece so they aren’t guaranteed by the Romanians constantly ?

Romania lifts their guarantee but it’s very late and would like it sooner

[wind canyon]

Ik but it’s better then nothing

[gleaming grove]

Does a nuclear reactor reduce all coal needs in the state its build in?

[pseudo depot]

When i download a mod, it downloads on steam but when i open the launcher it doesn't add to my mod library

[dusty sandal]

it reduces energy upkeep in state, yes, meaning less coal required to power said building

[gleaming grove]

So if i place it in Guatemala the energy usage would drop from 60 to 0?

[dusty sandal]

not 0

iirc it's 75% reduction ?

also, we're taling about civilian nuclear reactor

not the regular nuclear reactor that just produces nukes

[gleaming grove]

i dont have the civ one

i think its part of a dlc

[dusty sandal]

yup, GTR dlc

[gleaming grove]

Should i instead put this?

[dusty sandal]

are you struggling this much with coal ?

[gleaming grove]

kinda yeah

have to import coal

[dusty sandal]

how much

and how much do you produce
what are your excav and coal techs

[gleaming grove]

maxed

[dusty sandal]

you're on free trade, reduce export law

[gleaming grove]

should i first exterminate all trades and than reduce export, or does it not matter?

[dusty sandal]

go into your construction screen and, at the top, how many civs are you getting "from trade"

[gleaming grove]

from trade 9

owned 140

[dusty sandal]

then if you compare with the "traded goods" factories, how many net gain are you getting, if it's negative, go down in export law

[gleaming grove]

im using 44 for trade

nvm

[dusty sandal]

so your free trade law means you're getting a net -35 civs from trade

[dusty sandal]

you're not looking at the right spot

there's a category named "traded goods" with a number

[gleaming grove]

yeah its bugged out tho

cant scroll up

[dusty sandal]

guh

[dusty sandal]

never saw that kind of bug

[gleaming grove]

so

am i gonna terminate all trade before changing trade rules?

[dusty sandal]

36 civs traded, 9 coming from trade

you're at -27 civs worth of trade

if a trade law is that unprofitable and reducing it means you import less, you must go down in eco laws first

[gleaming grove]

ok went to export focus

its the lowest i can without being at war as fascist

Looks like this now

[untold night]

Can anyone help with Navy

[gleaming grove]

@dusty sandal One more question for this building:
Does 10% increase mean instead of 10 i get 11 steel, or since there are 13 factories i get 1,3 steel extra?

btw the bug is gone after adding more constructions to scroll

[dusty sandal]

you get more resources based on the base region output
before infra and supply routes modifiers on region

[gleaming grove]

so it would increase from 10 to 11

[dusty sandal]

what's the base resource output in the region

[eternal grove]

hello

sorry for interrupting you

[gleaming grove]

6

[dusty sandal]

so you'll get base resource (6 steel) x infrastructure (3) x resource buff from building (0.1)

you'll get roughly 2 steel more

then it'll be modified by the infra and supply routes buff

you'll get around 3 steel more in total (before excav techs)

[gleaming grove]

hm doesnt seem worth it

on the other hand there is like 0 steel in the world

[serene karma]

Someones buying all the steel lmao

[fringe hill]

Whatever u want

[vital plinth]

Can someone help me this game makes no sense at all

I keep loading my save before I attack Iran all the first 10 times nothing happend outside of normal I just failed at something but when started the 11th and further attempts suddenly after few days I declare war on Iraq the British first join them as normal but then they also declare war on Iraq who they just joined with war against me

[twin kayak]

do you think, I'll have enough military factories to fight the us ?

[grizzled surge]

How much fighters improve when you train them compared to untrained fighters?

[wintry arch]

Playing as Bulgaria (RO56) why don't I have any manpower?

[analog vortex]

something to do with the treaty of trianon i think

dont quote me on that

[wintry arch]

Think it might be because of that:

There we go manpower is coming

[wintry arch]

I think that's Hungary's thing

[twin kayak]

where can I see why I lose equipment ?

[austere roost]

you can see all your stat modifiers in battle when you hover over the stat in combat screen

[tropic spoke]

Is this a good design for mp?

[austere roost]

any division with maintenance support is a bad design

maintenance gives a percentage buff on your current reliability

[tropic spoke]

what should i replace it with?

[proven rain]

why germany don surrender

[tropic spoke]

U need to take more points

[tropic spoke]

Alr but the rest is fine?

[proven rain]

thanks for the information i really dont know it with 300 hour i just want to know how i supposed to get more land while they have more chance to win it

[tropic spoke]

get some more divs dont battleplan

[proven rain]

tried

[austere roost]

You would want flame tanks and also I can't tell because of your tank design

[hasty belfry]

Is the equipment capture ratio of all divisions involved in a battle added together or averaged?

[rich plover]

I'm trying to figure out how to win a post-WW2 dem-US vs Stalin-USSR PvP in an alt-hist game (no guaranteed Allies for lend-lease/faction support), which I think may just be oxymoronic, as waiting until late-game, given the competitive advantages in starting variables and accrued advantages throughout gameplay (USSR warscore, territory,

[rich plover]

In our MP games, my friend wants to PVP US vs USSR, with the premise being that we fight WW2, and then late-game, which usually ends up being ~1948 to even as late as 1950 him and I fight. The issue is, we play alt-hist, and due to the USSR having gotten much more warscore from WW2 and therefore more territory (on top of his already large number of base building slots, not even counting the puppets he's conquered along the way), we tend to be stalemated, where the only thing protecting me is the navy I've built up the whole game, and for him, his navy tends to be close to parity from all the ships he gets from the peace conf, and he can just spend the following years continuing to build until he reaches parity.

His army and air force, compared to mine, tend to be far larger, due to his larger industrial base and massive manpower. Since I tend to go democratic US, I can't conquer anything until the war starts, and I join the war late, after he's already accrued a good amount of warscore. Getting warscore for myself from lend lease isn't always a guarantee bc of alt-hist, but I try to grab what I can from Europe so I have some territory to fight the land war.

Is there any way for a basically-solo US to fight the USSR late-game?

[thin tusk]

what its better to use at early game? motorized or cav?
i want a secondary template to fill up tanks

[tropic spoke]

mot but get mech as fast as possible

[thin tusk]

how much cw?

[tropic spoke]

I use 34 whatever you think is best

[uncut narwhal]

36w is the best

[uncut narwhal]

if you have the industry you can get motorized

[thin tusk]

i use 35w...

[tropic spoke]

oh alr

[uncut narwhal]

but cavalry will give you the same result

[uncut narwhal]

line arty?

[thin tusk]

yes (this is on early game, i usually use flame mtanks and combat hospitals)

[wise dew]

im playing prc and i did a peaceful reunification and once all the warlords had low enough autonomy i tried lowering them but it sent them to colony level instead of integrated warlord is this a bug

[uncut narwhal]

take out line arty

its horrible

make your tanks spgs

[uncut narwhal]

also get armored engineers

[thin tusk]

okay

and my secondary template should be all 36w mot/mech? + supports

[uncut narwhal]

wdym by secondary?

[tropic spoke]

what is your tank design

[thin tusk]

to fill up tank gaps

[uncut narwhal]

no

just use inf

you dont want secondary templates

just two templates

one for pushing

one for holding

[thin tusk]

three man turret, howitzer, radio and wet ammunition storage
5 engine 4 armour
im beggining my run so im using the default tank design but i will replace it

[thin tusk]

okay, 20w?

[uncut narwhal]

18

[thin tusk]

thanks

[uncut narwhal]

add 2 heavy machine gun

engine clicks also arent really needed

[tropic spoke]

cannon might be better

[uncut narwhal]

less reliability but more soft attack

[tropic spoke]

ye

[uncut narwhal]

just have to a little bit more cautios about terrain

[thin tusk]

im playing kr as evil france btw

[keen hemlock]

Which France is evil

[uncut narwhal]

what path

[thin tusk]

the communists

[thin tusk]

idk is my first time playing evil france

[uncut narwhal]

theyre pretty strong

you can get good industry

and a lot of cores

one path cores all of europe

once youve conquered it

[cloud sluice]

That’s kaiserredux

[uncut narwhal]

oh thats not in kr

damn

kx is really better

[thin tusk]

should i play kx instead?

but i think saying evil france is wrong

saying evil france implies the existance of a good france

when crearly good france is not a thing

[uncut narwhal]

yes

100%

[keen hemlock]

Every country has that

What a mod bro

[thorn ridge]

guys i need help with the strategic bomber cap

is it capped at 100 ?

[keen hemlock]

Per wing yes

[thorn ridge]

so if my design have 180 strat bombing im throwing production

[grand mortar]

So I’m playing as France I have no air I’m currently holding the front BUt they are assaulting threw italy and they might break threw they are also at 100% economy of conquest so they cooked

I’m worried about the Italian front

[glacial steeple]

its not

[torn fjord]

why are my cas not taking off? (i assigned them too)

[thorn ridge]

because i found this

[uncut narwhal]

the malta mussolini rome path is my favorite

[tall zodiac]

How do you guys deal with volunteers from major nation when yourself cant outproduce them? In my case I lose the air war against the US because he is just constantly replacing the airforce and I cant outproduce that infact I lost most of my menpower to this crap...

[glacial steeple]

it just says how many planes per wing?

[tall zodiac]

I mean I cant cut the supplies I could normaly do with lend lease

[glacial steeple]

oh yeah max stats

theyre fake

they only work for no designer planes afaik

[thorn ridge]

hmm okay thanks

[last quail]

hey y'a pas quelqu'un qui peut m'aider a m'apprendre le jeu svp j'ai les bases mais je suis nul

[glacial steeple]

@dusty sandal help

[slate igloo]

Hey, is it a good idea to disband all troops before a civil war?

[fathom thistle]

for countries like czechoslovakia yes, you just want to have single unit in training, for countries like Germany no bcs the opposite site spawns with their own divs

[slate igloo]

oh

I'm playing turkey

Just normal civil war, not anything historical

[fathom thistle]

u can use the disband method on normal civil wars ig

[slate igloo]

ok thanks

Not gonna do it rn tho, Russia just made a war goal

[vapid gate]

which one

[fathom thistle]

if you are not planning to produce that much of navy then go for Siemenes

[gleaming grove]

Is there a way to unlock the last slots?

[slate igloo]

I got absolutely demolished i'm a puppet now

Do someone know why I have this few manpower? Did they all die?

[fringe hill]

Does anybody know how to remove an embargo? I'm playing as falangist (fascist) Spain and I got embargoed by USA, the thing is that now they have +75 opinion on me. When they remove it?

[vapid gate]

try to annex USA and see

[gleaming grove]

wtf im not even at war with the US

[neat widget]

It will launch when you go to war

[half glade]

how do i make the roman empire in nonhist as italy?

[neat widget]

Idk why the US is doing this though

[half glade]

is there any specific buffs or stuff they get

[neat widget]

Beat France, beat UK, beat little Entente

[half glade]

oh ;-;

[neat widget]

That should be your main goals

It's doable by 1939 I imagine

[half glade]

i forgot that the roman empire spans all of the majors

[half glade]

so this is at your level

translating to my level

1956

no but i struggle so bad to beat majors

ive never beaten the allies

ive beaten the UK and France as the german empire

but not the US

[vapid gate]

is this guy good?

[half glade]

how do i do this

[vapid gate]

or this one

[half glade]

how do i beat ethiopia as fast as possible

[gleaming grove]

so they are just threatening me in case i wanna attack?

[neat widget]

Beat France, and then you will have the navy and industry to beat the uk

Put a collab or two on France ideally

[neat widget]

Yeah

[half glade]

this is so much easier said than done

[neat widget]

Your troops are at half strength

Also motorize supply

[half glade]

it was

i think its too late

im gonna restart

do you know if theres a tutorial out htere

[gleaming grove]

do synthetic refineries need to be in a state that has oil?

[carmine thunder]

For using flame tank support company should I wait to research advanced flamethrowers for heavy flame tank comapny or start producing flame tanks for light flame tank company

[dense rivet]

hey there, can someone explain me how tf navy works after no compromise no surrender? i have to do a roman empire run

[dusty sandal]

no, it generates fuel and rubber from nowhere

[sick ginkgo]

Yo guys

[dusty sandal]

first off, only use medium flame tank. It has more buffs than the other two, the only valid reason to use light flame tanks is for paratroopers only since they can be dropped with it. There is 0 reason to use heavy flame tank

then, you can first produce flame tanks with flamethrower1, then upgrade to flamethrower 2 afterwards

[sick ginkgo]

What are the best army spirits? (The thing below doctrine choosing, there are 3 of them for land army and 2 for air, hope you understand bc my lack of English is way too much to bear)

[dusty sandal]

same as before, just that you need fleets on patrol mission to generate supremacy, strike force only applying a multiplayer on supremacy projected
so if you project 0 (no fleet on patrol) and have a x2 multiplier from ships on strike force, you get 0 supremacy because 0x2=0

[dusty sandal]

for air, you just want the mastery one (once you don't have anything else to spend xp on) and the one that gives 10% mission eficiency and fighter detection

for army it depends

for navy same, except the last one where the visibility buffs are best and the -10% is OP

[sick ginkgo]

Okay, thanks

[sick ginkgo]

Uh depends on what

[dusty sandal]

on your needs, ideology and which doctrine you picked

[sick ginkgo]

If generally infranty and close to no tanks? (Around 4 tank divsions)

[dusty sandal]

there's not all available at all time for everyone

[sick ginkgo]

Needs are doing offensive operations

Also

Which doctrine is better; fire superiority or grand battleplan?

[dusty sandal]

depends on doctrine, subdoctrine, stability, party popularity, need for conscription laws, need for research, if you're gonna hire more generals etc.

and I'm skipping A LOT

[dusty sandal]

GBP is better for attack but good too for defense. Coordination is A HUGE buff
SFP is good for defense considering lower supply and insane recovery rate buffs

[sick ginkgo]

I usually do not max out doctrines, like yk I don’t get enough xp so better starter buffs

[sick ginkgo]

For subdoctrines I run assault infranty fire concentration and grand assault (for tanks I run the thing which I can’t translate bc of my English being bad but it gives organisation at pick)

[dusty sandal]

as for subdoctrines,
Infantry : Assault infantry, Individual excellence are very good. Large units and militia are good enough. The rest is niche at best or straight up useless (mobile infantry)
Arty : Siege arty if you don't do tanks, SPG doctrine if you do tanks (SPGs), combat engineers are meh but have a use, everything else isn't good and is abysmal dogshit at best (looking at you rocket arty doctrine)
Tanks : Streamlined assault is best. Armored support if you're on infantry only (5% brk buff for inf/mech). If mech, the mechanized inf is good too. Others aren't great
Operations : Grand Assault is absolute king. Desperate defense and rapid domination are good, the rest is meh at best, abysmal dogshit at worse (expeditionary force)

[dense rivet]

and i need to make task forces?

[sick ginkgo]

Oh so I was running wrong for arty

[dusty sandal]

nope

3 light cruisers/1 old heavy cruiser/6 crappy destroyers on patrol per region with the rest of the fleet on strike force

deathstack win against non deathstack, no matter what big paradox is trying to tell you

[sick ginkgo]

Are these best at maxed out or without maxed out best too?

[dusty sandal]

note that in these ideal conditions, there is no line arty

[dense rivet]

great, thank you man

[dusty sandal]

they have the best buffs. The new system makes it so that most doctrines are either good or horrible
also, mastery is easy to get. Make big divs with cheap equipment and train 10 of them for a month and it'll be over in a year

[devout pike]

are there any good yt vids that explain the game well ?

[dusty sandal]

bittersteel does a fine job even if he's far from the best (not even close, his design are often horrendous)

[sick ginkgo]

I run 1 template with 2 line arty (36 width offensive infranty)

[dusty sandal]

note that to be considered as offensive division, a div must have at bare minimum 200hp and 200 breakthrough

[sick ginkgo]

So I can just make a big inf division with full infranty and just train them to get mastery to full?

[dusty sandal]

for infantry and operation doctrine, yes

[sick ginkgo]

Let me send the template pls, I was recommended to use it by someone in this channel

[dusty sandal]

add support companies and it'll farm arty doctrine as well

[dusty sandal]

also tell if you have arms against tyranny and no stp back DLC please, otherwise it lowers expectations significantly

[sick ginkgo]

I run this one if I don’t have tanks

[sick ginkgo]

All DLCs

[twin kayak]

how do I break a non agression pact ?

[dusty sandal]

read what it says when you hover over it

it's clearly stated

[twin kayak]

go on, tell me

oh

nvm

too many buttons

my bad

[sick ginkgo]

Bro I genuinely do not get artillery xp from support company

Like 10 points from training 48 divisions with arty support company

[dusty sandal]

wait they fixed that ? support arty and support rocket, aa and at don't give any anymore ?

[sick ginkgo]

I had only arty in it, no rocket no as not at

[sick ginkgo]

Deserves to be pinned lowk

Can anyone make same thing about doctrines for planes? I suck at hoi4 lowk

I do not entirely lose but do not win neither; like ww1 trench war

[vapid gate]

should i import oil or invest in refineries

[austere roost]

import

refineries barely give any oil

they're only useful if you can't get rubber any other way

[twin kayak]

hoy long does a war justification stay active ?

[austere roost]

60 days

[glacial steeple]

isnt that what they do irl smh /j

[austere roost]

you will suffer a penalty to stab and ws if you are not at war when it expires (however it doesn't have to be that specific war justification's war)

[dusty sandal]

if it's justification on a core it never expires though

[slate igloo]

Before a civil war, if I "Expand Military Support", does it mean a bigger part of my army will be in the rebellion, or that the rebellion will simply have more soldiers (spwaning) ?

[dusty sandal]

is it a focus ? a decision ? what's the description and the effects listed ?

[slate igloo]

A decision indeed

[gleaming grove]

i guess at least i build a good industry

[dusty sandal]

the decision says you'll gain 10% more divisions/stockpile each time you click it to a max of 70%

[slate igloo]

So if do that, it is in my interest to keep my few soldiers, since most will rebel?

[odd canopy]

Is there any DLC's that's worth purchasing right now besides No Step Back and La Resistance?

[austere roost]

bba gives you plane designers, aat gives you mios, and ncns gives you faction quests

[carmine thunder]

if the germans will have supply planes is there any pointing to hold dnipropetrovsk in dniep line or go behind river

[austere roost]

as ussr?

You only retreat to the river line if you can't hold them on the border

and if you can't even defend the river then you might as well start over because if you can't even block them at a river crossing how can you block them on a plain?

[carmine thunder]

I had a fair share of stopping the germans at stalingrad/moscow also its sheep ai

[dusty sandal]

first off, supply planes are useless for supply. I can elaborate if you need me to but I'm simplifying it rn
then, AI doesn't use transport planes
then, if you lose dnipro, you lose all supply in the southern part
finally, falling back to the river is a stupid idea as you have way better terrain to hold before the river which is both more defensible and more concentrated as well as less vulnerable to CAS

[austere roost]

yeah but why would you give up all the industry supply river crossings and Stalino coal

even if you can only hold them at the volga you should try to cause as much casualties as you can against germany along the dnieper line

[dusty sandal]

red line is 34 tiles
with 20+ plain tiles

the green and blue lines are 24 to 26 tiles with the only plains being in the south, near romania

the orange areas are heat spots the AI smashes in endlessly for some reason. Makes the whole line easy to defend
yellow lines are extensions possible (and highly recommended) holds

[wild rune]

I used to hold the red line now I just hold the molotov line

making sure that I have supply

[dusty sandal]

red line is the noob trap

[austere roost]

what's the reasoning behind defending in front of riga in the yellow line? I feel that you should just defend on memel or riga and not in between

[dusty sandal]

or what I call the "give up good terrain, good supply and lots of pop and industry for no reason only to hold a poorly supplied and hardly defendable land that's now overstretched with no backup"

[dusty sandal]

forests

and AI only being able to supply from one hub, meaning it's permanently overloaded as well

I could add the memel hold but it's kinda hard for new players because no advantage whatsoever appart concentration

[austere roost]

or just don't annex lithuania

[dusty sandal]

doesn't ger AI kills it then ?

[austere roost]

oh maybe, they do have that focus

[wild rune]

they don't do that for a long time

but yeah I am a huge fan of the Molotov line

[keen hemlock]

for yellow

[wild rune]

"Not one step back"

[keen hemlock]

why not hold behind the river

[wild rune]

supply and airports

[dusty sandal]

you mean why not give up extremely good marshes to defend into and a forward base that reduces the frontline, uses good terrain and allows for easy counterattacks ?

and kiev airport still gets supply that way because you don't have to deathstack units on it

[wild rune]

ohh

that yellow line

[dusty sandal]

if the other yellow line, I'm guessing it's talking about the north, which is hardly holdable (it is if you know what you're doing) because germany holds memel, meaning you don't have a clean line, you have 3 plain tiles with no defensive advantage

[austere roost]

tbh those tiles' defensive pressure is not as high as it seems because you have 3 supply hubs there and there is only one direction germany can attack from

[vital wing]

anyone knows mods to improve the performance of the game?

[keen hemlock]

porlly because people like rivers

they make them feel safe

[dusty sandal]

oh it's definitely holdable
but for players that tend to fall back to the dnieper right away I doubt it's a viable solution as there's a lot to bet on that they'll die to CAS in plains

[bleak jetty]

why is the mod not here?

[cold bloom]

Did you close the launcher after subscribing?

[bleak jetty]

yes and restarted pc

[cold bloom]

I think it doesnt install while the game is open

Ah

[austere roost]

if you're defending the borders the two pressure points are Shchuchyn (I believe it's that city in the Belarus salient) and that province in Stanislawow because those two provinces are the hardest to get supply to and face attack from 3-4 sides

but also hoi4 borders are not historically accurate for some reason

[bleak jetty]

idk

jjust dosnt work

[blissful nova]

Playing turkey without dlc

Why

[winter ledge]

just out of curiosity, why dont I have a lot of the manpower im supposed to have?

[uncut narwhal]

why are you supposed to have a lot?

2 million in the army is a lot id say

[winter ledge]

i mean it says total mp 6.98m

but if you add it up i have like 2 mil less than that

i have 4.58m in reality

[uncut narwhal]

total manpower doesnt account for deaths iirc

not sure tho

[winter ledge]

ive taken less than 1 mil casualties in total though

maybe its because im still at war with many of the countries supplying the mp

[vapid gate]

why is the change 0.04 when i have this guy alone contributing 0.1?

[winter ledge]

the more popular you get, the less effective it is

[vapid gate]

oh

[slate igloo]

because I don't have dlc lol

and it looked fun to play turkey

[uncut narwhal]

until 1953 is crazy even with a focus tree

[slate igloo]

yeah, it's been a few years since I used the focus tree lol

[vapid gate]

does anyone know what this focus gives

[vapid gate]

does improved artillery affect support art?

like the new model that can be produced

[thin nebula]

Used it

Casualties arent counted in that

[serene karma]

Yes

[digital quarry]

can someone help me manage my production lines?

[carmine folio]

how to fix this

[wind canyon]

uh yeah sure whats sup?

[serene karma]

💀

I can count the pixels there

Post smth with a higher res

[digital quarry]

is 261x170p not high res?

[serene karma]

Its just very slightly lower than high res

[keen hemlock]

if you are

im pretty sure you geta civil war'

theres a menthod to do it but

[civic hare]

if about to go into ww2 then the naval dominance for 0.0000000000000000000000001 is op

[plucky otter]

Thats better than 4k

[tall zodiac]

Someone know how the game sets the location for the refit of ships?

[glacial steeple]

hiii chemist

[glacial steeple]

hiiiiiii Tank dempsey™®

[plucky otter]

hello

[molten kite]

whats the best french path?

[empty latch]

How to remove national provincial spritits?

the decesions wich you would click areant loading in so how to use consol commands to remove them

(or get the decesions)

(furrhreich btw)

[twin kayak]

which path should I take as austria ?

[light knoll]

bring Hungary back into the fold

but make sure to rush it

you need to have Austria Hungary formed asap

[glacial steeple]

hiii haafy

[light knoll]

hiii

[glacial steeple]

hiiii phoenix!

[glacial steeple]

hows the you?

[twin kayak]

great :)

[slate igloo]

There's a lot of bugged achievements, I didn't get the one for forming the ottoman sultanate somehow

Or do I need to be non-aligned?

[vital plinth]

Hey if I park my fleet at Hawaii will I actually lose some ships to a pearl habor attack ?

[obsidian badger]

i think they just get 99% damage or somthing

[cloud nimbus]

Are you in iron mode ?

[slow tree]

is this plane good enough?

[pale jolt]

im playing the tutorial and currently invading ethiopia but all my divisions are saying maximum attrition and cant advance. How to solve this?

[primal silo]

Pretty standard fighter, I would use self-sealing tanks instead of either armor plates or navigation, but it's more personal preference than anything

[slow tree]

i did that

[slate igloo]

yes

[winter ledge]

Self sealing tanks use a ton of rubber which Germany might struggle with

[primal silo]

yeah, depends how much refineries you have spammed for oil

I tend to end up with a surplus of rubber

[glacial steeple]

self sealing is like half your defense but ig

also focke wulf is better

[exotic fiber]

Hello, I'm currently in a ironman game with belgian congo. That's the 3rd time I try to rush down the independance, so I can move into forming United state of latin africa.

I'm done with the independance war, both again belgian congo & rwanda/burundi, but I'm still locked out of taking that focus, why? Has the game f*****d me again?

[light knoll]

just justify wargoal or something the focus doesn't really matter

[hexed verge]

why cant my tanks push 😭

they HAD full strength btw before this offensive

[meager goblet]

some1 can teach me? o started 2 days ago

[dusty sandal]

show the template please

I'm guessing it's pure tanks and it's getting killed because of it

[gloomy vector]

Should I patrol day 1 as france for stab even if it means I have to buy fuel

And is going to war over rhineland worth it in sp

[clear tide]

Hello can i do naval invasions for example im japan i wanna invade the dutch and have mil access with germany?

[dusty sandal]

you can patrol with one heavy cruiser and destroyer per region (3 in total) for 10% stab. It's worth it

[clear tide]

Can u do naval invasions from territory u got mil access from?

[dusty sandal]

yes, you can start naval invasions from neutral land

[carmine thunder]

Their supply planes are working very well

[clear tide]

How?

[dusty sandal]

wdym
you place the start point in a country you have mil access in and then the target in the country you're at war with

[gloomy vector]

What's a good france build for sp

Do I build air

[dusty sandal]

air and inf is best
but build good air or build no air

build mils day 1
go national block, not popular front
don't forget to change garrison law to local autonomy day1

[clear tide]

Am i just stupid?

[gloomy vector]

So 36w inf bricks right? What doctrine/support companies?

[dusty sandal]

they might have change dit then

[clear tide]

Im.already at war

[dusty sandal]

no brick
18w inf, support arty and aa

you build montaineer bricks to push then infantry bricks once you lack fs cap

[clear tide]

How do i kill the dutch now

[dusty sandal]

you could just start the naval invasion from taiwan, split your fleet for supremacy, micromanage it to use the long range ones

[gloomy vector]

How do I decide when to go gbp or sfp

[jovial wigeon]

how can I make a fallback line only for defense? if the province is lost I don't want to attack back

[gloomy vector]

Make multiple fallback lines and if you lose a tile ctrl left click to assign to the one behind

[clear tide]

They all are in the east indian ocean tho

[gloomy vector]

Since your units will try to maintain the line

So if you lose a tile they'll try to go back

[dusty sandal]

assign other missions bro ...

[clear tide]

Did

[dusty sandal]

split the fleet

in multiple fleets under different admirals

[gloomy vector]

For which countries is spg build the best

[dusty sandal]

and then change their attached port to get the range

[dusty sandal]

any country that can afford it, really

[clear tide]

With whaz range?

[dusty sandal]

#ask-for-help-here message
that and micro which ship you send where based on their range

obviously you don't send long range cruisers near the port from where they get supplies

[gloomy vector]

Are non soviet majors the only countries that should build air

[jovial wigeon]

level 3 fort, good defense on divisions and still loosing, why? 😿

[gloomy vector]

Or are any minors capable of doing so as well

[uncut narwhal]

plain tile

and the germans are attacking from 3 sides

[red mesa]

4

Plus the air

[barren warren]

https://tenor.com/view/old-lady-germany-gif-7155520919524888740

[left mica]

why is ireland a major

[red mesa]

Ah wait it is 3, but they could attack from 4

[dusty sandal]

the red/green of the bubble indicates if you're losing more org than the enemy
the number is the proportion of org in the battle you have (you have 38% of total org in battle rn)

by the looks of things, you're just losing because you're outnumbered with similar stats

[left mica]

lol my games been like this for 15 minutes

[glacial steeple]

hiii

[jagged grail]

Is this happening to yall too?

[vital plinth]

Hey I’m playing Iran in axis I declared war on vichy France and I let Germany and Italy help me they took out the Europe side of vichy but it took a while to take out their African side and in peace deal I didn’t get much points I only had enough for Syria and Lebanon and one of the fleet but I wanted to take their other ships any idea how to get more points in peace deal

[fathom thistle]

Bigger cities you capture give more victory points

So try to focus on taking those next time

[light knoll]

don't call in Germany and italy

[whole sinew]

Can i have this foto for my account?

[vital plinth]

In Iran so not as strong as the bigger power I have maybe 1 full army group of 24 divs I can use for attack while rest is guarding borders and one is training

[vital plinth]

How should I beat them ?

[light knoll]

they're not that strong

if you built your industry properly you shoybe able to beat them with no issues

[vital plinth]

Oh ok 👍

Il load old save and try

How do I get access to their main land should I just use German land to attack from ?

[light knoll]

ig you have no choice but to call Germany in but you can do the pushing

[dawn epoch]

hello I’m in a ww2 game as Italy (tutorial game) how do I peace out with the allies??

do I have to leave axis

[untold river]

What does it mean when a battle bubble is a pentagon or has bullets coming out of it

[vital plinth]

Ah ok so they need to be called in to be able to attack from their land ?

I could just call Italy no ?

They don’t have guards at Italy border so could rush there

With motorized vehicles

[light knoll]

they'll call each other anyways

[dawn epoch]

Anyone can tell me how do I like ask for peace how do I peace out with countries I’m at war with

[versed rose]

win or lose the war

there is no such thing as conditional peace because ai will never accept it

[slender magnet]

Guys I need with resistance in Poland is 61%

[serene karma]

Do u have lar

[fair hare]

whats ur occupation law?

[serene karma]

Whats ur occupation law

Have u fulfilled garrison?

[fair hare]

sniped

[serene karma]

Pentagon means urban warfare

Bullets mean either shore bombardment or railway gun effects

[slender magnet]

It Martial law

It’s

[fair hare]

do the garrisons actually have stuff in them?

[dawn epoch]

fuuuuuuuuuuuhhhh

i should just start a new game atp

[vital plinth]

Also when I declare war on vichy France they are under the British German war but not in Allie’s but how do the point system work then is it still only with vicjy France or is it now overall war contribution from the Allie’s war when at peace deal. ? The peace deal happens while the Allie’s war still on going but their flag is under the same section but as no faction

[humble flare]

how did i not cap greece i marched by troops all the way to the capital and took it but i still dident take greece then their soldiers starting liberating stuff i captured

[light knoll]

its just from the war against them

points are per faction

[serene karma]

Naval invasion or u missed an area

[humble flare]

Do i have to capture every city?

[serene karma]

Depends

It looks like u occupied some of their core

If that happened before the war

[light knoll]

getting capital doesn't cap nations

you need enough victory points

[serene karma]

Then u need to seize the greece islands too

[light knoll]

you don't

if you get everything on the mainland

they cap

[serene karma]

Depends on what cores u start with

[light knoll]

but like exactly everything

yeah if they lose anything you need to take the islands

[wintry matrix]

The Island has some valuable Victory Points too.

[dawn epoch]

how can you win against a country, fully occupy the,? Get their capital? What do I have to do

[wintry matrix]

By winning you mean capitulating them?
Yes, control enough of their Victory Points/states.

If they are in a faction and they are not the faction leader, you may need to invade the leader to get into the Peacedeal.

[dawn epoch]

what if I’m fighting th UK and I take all their African colonies

is that enoigh?

[wintry matrix]

No.

You need to land on their Island.

[dawn epoch]

how do I naval invade

I tried to naval invade Albania but it says I don’t got dominance

it didn’t LET ME put ships to land

I tried putting ships but no low

allow

Adriatic Sea

[serene karma]

Its 80% of core victory points

[wintry matrix]

Ships go water. No land.
And yes, the Allies have tons of ships, it's annoying.
Focus on getting supramacy on one water area instead of too many.
And try to get Gibraltar.

[serene karma]

Colonies are not cores

[fair hare]

gibbie is so esports

[dawn epoch]

try get gibralter?

ok

I lowkey don’t understand how navy works

[vital plinth]

Ok so it doesn’t take in contributions from the ally war ?

Because it says I only have 25% contributions

[dawn epoch]

I just send my navy to where I see enemy ships

[vital plinth]

Also does it count when I attack from Italy border into vichy and the land gets owned by Italy but I’m the one who took it ?

[serene karma]

Occupation score goes to Italy but casualties and damage score goes to u

[warm lava]

can someone help me unfuck a save

[serene karma]

What happened

Unlikely to be recovered

[warm lava]

im currently getting molested by germany

[serene karma]

Oh

That type

[warm lava]

its not good

i started as 39 soviets

[serene karma]

Send to bittersteel discord disaster save

[fair hare]

do u tanks?

[warm lava]

i have no clue what im doing

[fair hare]

tank go brrr

[warm lava]

i want to do multiplayer so i can learn too

[serene karma]

Ull get a lot of advice there plus they win it for u

[charred fable]

Nah easy fix that.

[warm lava]

instead of doing it for me would they be able to hop in multiplayer with me and help me learn

[serene karma]

Possible

Ask them they might be free enough

If not they may record it all for u

[warm lava]

is anyone here available

[humble flare]

how do i check how many victory points i need to win

or like the points i already have

[warm lava]

it should show in the war screen under percent to capitulation or something

[vital plinth]

Hmm then I don’t know if I will get enough points 😅

I’m Iran so idk what is best way

I need to take out vichy

What would you recommend to get a lot of points in peace negotiations?

[vital geode]

Sees red numbers.

Doesnt question why usually white number is red

At least you got field marshals lol

[warm lava]

white?

[vital geode]

Your generals are over div cap

Those numbers are red showing that something bad is happening

I.e you are losing stats

[lusty basin]

how can i get both Preserve Army Traditions and A Bandit's War so i can access the other national focuses?

I still dont get what im supposed to do

[dawn epoch]

guys if I’m playing historical geemany but.. I don’t attack or war on anybody, does anything happen?

[plucky otter]

you cant

They are mutally exclusive

[lusty basin]

so how do i get the national focuses that require both of them???

[plucky otter]

If you pick one, you cant get the other

[lusty basin]

guh???

[plucky otter]

You dont

None of those require both

They only need one or the other

[lusty basin]

oooh i was reading it wrong

my bad

[dawn epoch]

Can anyone answer this?

[plucky otter]

Italy and the soviets will eventually declare on the allies

and japan will still do their thing

[dawn epoch]

What if I befriend Italy ?

[plucky otter]

They will declare on the allies

But you dont have to join the war

[dawn epoch]

cool

[warm lava]

can someone go multiplayer with me so i can figure out how to not suck

[dawn epoch]

I want to sit back and turn geemany into a friendly superpower

[warm lava]

i wanna start as 1939 soviets because i value nothing in life

[dawn epoch]

does putting trucks in infantry template make infantry faster or get more supply?

[plucky otter]

Your unit is only as slow as its slowest unit

[dawn epoch]

oh

does trucks give any good boosts.

?

@plucky otter

[plucky otter]

no

Its just infantry but fast

Thats it

Motorized is useless

[dawn epoch]

oh.

what’s line artillery

[plucky otter]

Mech is pretty good

[dawn epoch]

Like armored truck

?

[plucky otter]

yes its the armored truck

[dawn epoch]

is if stringer than infantry?

[vital geode]

Speed is power in its own way

Not entirely useless

[plucky otter]

If speed was your power, what are you without it?

[vital geode]

But overruning troops funny

[plucky otter]

it is funny

But other things do it better

[fair hare]

mot is mostly useless but trucks arent

[vital geode]

Special forces divisions

[plucky otter]

Trucks are one of the most important things

Moterizing supply is something you always need to do

[dawn epoch]

guys I heard of spies and stuff

What do they do and how do you get them?

[fair hare]

they go into other country

and tell u info

[dawn epoch]

how to send them

[fair hare]

do u have la resistance dlc?

[dawn epoch]

no

I do t have any dlc

expect for some I got from buying the base gmae

just got the game, 2 days ago

[lusty basin]

How do you deal with the balkans as Italy?

Mainly because of france

[fair hare]

then u sadly cant get spies

[dawn epoch]

What dlcs should I get

are they worth it?

[fair hare]

no step back is the most important

[dawn epoch]

Ins fthat soviet

isn’t

[fair hare]

yes, it also gives tank designer

which is probably the best thing in the game

[dawn epoch]

how is that useful tho

[fair hare]

it lets u get op tanks

[dawn epoch]

mmm

any other?

like that are more economy

based

[lusty basin]

question..?

[dawn epoch]

that’s the thing

I don’t think you can

Without triggering a world wae

they’re all garuntee by someone who’s in allies

[lusty basin]

I see

is there like any strategy to work around them then?

[dawn epoch]

I don’t know.. I’m not a good player

Prolly do the focus tree

Or do demands

or if your too good, just cap France and uk

[keen flax]

Hey so I need help with my game so basicly my mods don't load In-game I reinstalled the game turned off and then on the mods but they still don't want to load what should I do?

[vital plinth]

@light knoll @serene karma if I get vichy France solo do you think it’s better I puppet or annex vichy France ? And Algeria ?

[hexed verge]

LITERALLY meta 34w tanks

[light knoll]

annex

always annex

[dusty sandal]

not meta, but good enough
you are lacking strenght, either because you used force atk/last stand or because of lack of equipment, simply
it's likely that your actual tanks don't have those stats but lower because of old equipment/lack of or specific penalities

[hexed verge]

this is the save right before the war, i have equipment, tanks supply, air and a 50% planning bonus, yet when i declare i simply cannot push the germans

[dusty sandal]

show the actual stats of those tanks

[hexed verge]

i have equipment

look let me declare again and show u

i literally cannot push

[dusty sandal]

you're also lacking supplies on some tiles

[hexed verge]

not so much to as it would matter

[dusty sandal]

you have 50% hardness, meaning you take quite a lot of damage too

[vital plinth]

What about reasscoues I get more from puppet no ? Via trading

[hexed verge]

i meann

i just have to encircle and cut down the german army

[austere roost]

That is not a meta division

[hexed verge]

but even if i push 2 tiles they constantly deathstack those tiles and i cant push at all

[hexed verge]

Yeah but it should be good enough for the ai

[austere roost]

You need to push on a wider front

[hexed verge]

i used flame tanks assault engineers

[austere roost]

Yes but you only have 10 of them and they can atk into like 3 provinces. Germany can easily move troops around

[hexed verge]

i have 18

[candid storm]

Can someone tell me what I need to do to for fill the requirements here?

[austere roost]

Only 10 there

[hexed verge]

he does it on its own

[hexed verge]

yeah 8 more on the front

i can bring them over

but

idk if its gonna matter

[candid storm]

So I just wait and he does it himself?

[hexed verge]

yeah you should get an event tho

"todt's industrial plan questioned"

[vital geode]

You wait patiently

[hexed verge]

just keep him in power

[candid storm]

Thank you very much everyone

[austere roost]

You attack through Memel and Allenberg to form an encirclement. Remember to build the railroad to connect through Allenberg

[lusty basin]

Does helping the civil war in nationalist spain do anything for fascist italy?

if so how do you help them?

[hexed verge]

you sure i can push through memel? 😭

i mean im gonna try but yeah

[austere roost]

Or you can just let Germany attack you for a while

Then push

[keen flax]

Hey so I need help with my game so basicly my mods don't load In-game I reinstalled the game turned off and then on the mods but they still don't want to load what should I do?

[austere roost]

Also idk wym with you have air. Can you get green air?

[vital plinth]

As Iran I have bonus for 10% complinance and 2,5% non core man power more
But i currently have low man power and behind in building mills 31 mills in total should i annex or puppet vichy France ? My issue is i need Syria and Lebanon to core them for man power and i automatically get war with vichy and they have good amount of civs and rrwsocues