ask-for-help-here

[vital plinth]

It’s January 1941

[hexed verge]

i can

i should win this battle, why do i keep deorging and losing?

[vital plinth]

Also for port defense and border defense is this template fine ? I can’t afford support equipment to my main attack divisions

[hexed verge]

remove support artillery

if u can afford it keep the engineers but you dont need them either

[austere roost]

It means your divisions can't beat them on the offense. What was your division again?

[hexed verge]

but i literally have one of the strongest tank divs u can make in singleplayer

.

[vital plinth]

Why remove the arty ?

[austere roost]

It isn't

[hexed verge]

makes it more expensive

[austere roost]

They should be spgs and 36 width

[hexed verge]

i dont wanna make spg's tho

[austere roost]

And replace motor recon with light tank recon

Why don't you

For rp reasons?

[hexed verge]

the machine building plant gives really good production stuff for medium tanks

[austere roost]

Also 1940 chassis sucks

Mystichy?

[hexed verge]

yeah

the mio

[austere roost]

The buffs apply to spgs too

[vital plinth]

I have no problem with arty production just support equipment or am I putting too few on it ? Should I put a lot of mills normlay on Support equipment so my attack divisions can afford it ?

[hexed verge]

For port garrison you only have to put them on ports, and you just need them to hold the line for a bit so that you can get your better divisions over to clean them up

[hexed verge]

Okay then

[austere roost]

Like you're on the right track but SPGs are better and you should ignore 1940 chassis and use 1938 chassis

Also what are your doctrines?

[lusty basin]

question..?

[austere roost]

Like you have gbp but I can't see the others

You get air and land xp, you help them by sending volunteers

[humble flare]

guys i restarted on a new run and finally capped it

[austere roost]

Also there's general grinding to get op generals

[hexed verge]

grand battleplan defensive postures field engineering

and ill get streamlined deployement

[austere roost]

Yeah those subdoctrines kind of suck

[hexed verge]

i can get a total of 60% planning bonus with my tank general

[austere roost]

Do you have railway guns then?

[hexed verge]

wdym

[hexed verge]

no

grand battleplan is the best doctrine for tanks

bcs of the planning bonus

[austere roost]

The best ones are individual excellence/self propelled support/streamline/grand assault if you're doing spgs

[vestal adder]

im so sorry to bother but in the tech support page i have a mjor issue that i have been trying to solve for like a few years now and i just have no clue man

[austere roost]

Ofc with tank divs you can ignore self propelled support

[hexed verge]

idk i have alot of infantry too so the more entrenchement and less supply use just seemed pretty good

[austere roost]

They're not needed

And individual excellence is an infantry tree

It gives you infantry buffs

You might want to just wait a while and let Germans attack you

So they lose equipment and you gain XP and mastery

One way to get a lot of early mastery is to get a lot of one inf divs with light tank recon and support art and then train them

[hexed verge]

just chill behind the river?

[vital plinth]

So 36 withd?

Is this way too few on support equipment should I have a lot more ?

[austere roost]

See if you can hold the frontlines

[austere roost]

Do you need them? Are you at a deficit?

[wild rune]

1 on AA😭

[sacred patrol]

how do i make the navy reach here

[twin kayak]

set their main naval base there

[vital plinth]

I don’t know haha that’s the issue I don’t know if I’m supposed to produce more aren’t most of my divisions that I use for offense to have enginerr?

[twin kayak]

or lobger range ships

control right click the port

[sacred patrol]

am spain brother

[twin kayak]

iirc

[twin kayak]

1st: how tf am I supposed to know based on your screenshot and 2nd: if you can't go there, don't go there

easy

[sacred patrol]

nah dw its fine

issue is

how the hell do i end the war

[glacial steeple]

theres usually clues

he just has to set it to vladivostok port

control right click

[sacred patrol]

nvm thanks

[vital plinth]

Also I can’t use support company engineer on 24 of my divisions because then I get minus on a 400 or something only on my defense template or same template copy just for defense I can have enough of

But I don’t know if I’m supposed to this or if it’s ineffective

[sacred patrol]

@glacial steeple youre a saviour thanks

[glacial steeple]

what did i do

[sacred patrol]

just saved my ass from struggling with japan for the next 20000 hours

[austere roost]

well then you'll need to ask yourself if you can build more mils to get more support equipment or need to move around mils to do that

[buoyant cargo]

Guys, what tanks are the best against online players? medium or heavy?

I am so good at it but I need some notes and tips how to make good divs and how to build them faster

[errant chasm]

heavy tank destroyers

[buoyant cargo]

The guys I play with use a lot of artillery and artillery doctrines. What should I do for this in attack? I use companies that gives me attack bonus on forts and rivers also flame tanks for higher soft attack

[errant chasm]

medium flame tanks, medium spgs and support artillery is good

[buoyant cargo]

ok brother ty

I will try the tank destroyers and spgs for first time

I hope the spgs are better than tanks in attack

[errant chasm]

spgs are good against infantry but not tanks

[winter vapor]

Does anyone know of any videos that can help me learn how to play?

[buoyant cargo]

yes because we put guns that use HE (soft attack) but in tanks we need to use hard attack

[tall zodiac]

How long does a puppet need to sit at max autonomy to get free? Its at least 1 year at max. still nothing... someone know whats going on ?

[buoyant cargo]

It depends on

[vital plinth]

Yeah I know that it’s more about is it a waste or not for engineer support company since I’m still learning I don’t know if that’s something most do having more mills on support equipment to run that on their main divs

[buoyant cargo]

There are so many videos but you got to learn by nations

start with Germany

[tall zodiac]

on what?

[vital plinth]

Also a different question when I’m about to caputale a country if I encircle a big group of the country divisions do I get their equipment once they caputale and man power or not ?

[buoyant cargo]

If you import from your puppet, this will give it points to free itself from you. Also, when you build inside his country this will make you get more and much points to annex them.

You can import from your puppet 80 steel with 1 civil factory but you will lose points to annex

[primal silo]

As far as I remember, less than if they were not encircled but still some

[buoyant cargo]

Exactly

[charred fable]

Fastest way to expand with Italy prior to WW2 kicking off?

[buoyant cargo]

You're importing from your puppet and importing from puppet is more like them helping you because you take so much resources with 1 factory. Also, you lead them into a war and they fight.

[vital plinth]

So what’s the best way to get enemy equipment? Just destroy them in the field ?

[buoyant cargo]

You make them lose 1000.04 but they gain around 3K

[tall zodiac]

Ive done everything. Its years since the bar is full

[vital plinth]

Also i don’t understand fully how i get the engiener trait on my generals should i just stand on river or how it works fully ?

[buoyant cargo]

If the bar is full you will need 300 political power to annex

[tall zodiac]

well annex him would be the opposite ha.

[buoyant cargo]

You want to free your puppet or annex him?

[tall zodiac]

free him

[primal silo]

unless you have massive capture ratio (ie: commie china), no

[buoyant cargo]

pretty sure there was an option to free him, let me remember

[buoyant cargo]

Should be from occupation territory tho

I will check now for you

[tall zodiac]

I had a puppet that freed him self so its possible.

puppets are not under the occupation option

I would annex him If I could but if I want that I need to stop importing materials from him and I need that stuff

[buoyant cargo]

There is no easy way to free puppets

at least don't build in his land

building in his land make it much harder for your puppet to free himself

[tall zodiac]

I only build the infrastructure up because I wanted more resources 😛

[buoyant cargo]

real

[brazen panther]

is it normal for the italian AI to take THIS long to take ethiopia 😭

[tired moon]

so i have never gone this far in a game, and I cant defeat the other countries armies easily. they always can resist and walking into a tile takes long too. what should I do?

[buoyant cargo]

Itlian war never ends

[buoyant cargo]

This area is totally dead out of supplies

[tired moon]

should I build like supply hubs or smth?

also my divisions are so slow

what could I do to speed them up

[buoyant cargo]

You should take some troops back from the front line becuase you have huge number of troops and you don't have supplies for all of them. Build supply hub nearby them and build railway level 5. Press on the FieldMarshall face, you will find a button

click on this horse twice if you have enough cars to supply your divisions

[buoyant cargo]

This is normal. Your divisions are slow because there are supply, no railway and fighting on big mountains

[buoyant cargo]

Also, weather has much effect to attrition

[vital plinth]

Do I get more equipment if I leave enemy divisions alive on field ?

[buoyant cargo]

@tired moon

[tired moon]

man I wish you could like white peace with others

my allies went and declared war on britain

while fighting the whole china and japan

[buoyant cargo]

you can add mods for this but I don't know what it is

[tired moon]

should I try to go around the mountains or get mountaneers then?

im kinda new to the game

like 80 hours in

[buoyant cargo]

Of course, the mountaineers are so much better

[buoyant cargo]

we all are new 😭

[tired moon]

so get mountaineers

also what exactly is "infantry equipment"

[buoyant cargo]

Can you take me a photo of the whole area?

[tired moon]

?

[buoyant cargo]

Infantry equipment = guns

[tired moon]

im not at war with the british (my allies keep telling me JOIN THE WAR)

[buoyant cargo]

ah what is this

[buoyant cargo]

Build railway from nearest capital to your troops and and build new supply hub

[glacial steeple]

yeah ethiopia goes into exile

[buoyant cargo]

Fighting in Asia is hell

[brazen panther]

ohhhhhh that explains it

[glacial steeple]

guns, ammo, outfits, helmets

[glacial steeple]

depends

[errant chasm]

hi casey

[glacial steeple]

it depends on if you have an inf/mountaineer/air build in the first place

you should specialize and focus on something specific or you will have many things that are all bad

[glacial steeple]

until they save up 300pp

the vanilla ai never does this so

and you usually shouldnt either tbf

[tall zodiac]

so I am blocked because I really need the resources from him. I can not annex him if I keep importing

[glacial steeple]

wdym

autonomy system goes 2 ways

[tall zodiac]

Well I saw Denmark do it. 2 years ago he did free him self

[glacial steeple]

you can annex a puppet

denmark does it through focus tree, its different

[vital plinth]

Hey do I get more of country equipment if I leave the divisions alive on the battlefield ?

[glacial steeple]

yes iirc

[vital plinth]

My equipment ratio is 0 so how can I capture more is there other mechanics?

[vital plinth]

They don’t get destroyed?

[tall zodiac]

well If I import resources my puppet get more autonomy or do I read this whole graph wrong?

[glacial steeple]

they do

also just usually never puppet

unless you are idk saudi arabia and cant afford manpower for garrisons

if your issue are garrison losses theres a small variety of ways to fix that

[tall zodiac]

I still barely can afford garrisons. France did free himself, same with spain. but they are different because I got them because of the war and not with the focus tree.

[glacial steeple]

well youre just mishandling it lol

probably on mil governor with like your inf template or something

[tall zodiac]

na, I have a full template with the crap tank and MP

[glacial steeple]

awesome

are you making the tanks

you have to equip them

[tall zodiac]

yea they only get the crap tanks

[glacial steeple]

like 5-10 factories on it at least from like idk 1937 if youre ger

yeah but do you have enough

if youre in a deficit youll need to go up a lot in production

[tall zodiac]

I would say yes because the 21 is it

[twin kayak]

man, I just watched a guide on how to play autria, and germany has like 5x more divs and is super agressive ...

[glacial steeple]

cool

[vital plinth]

Hey @glacial steeple was your reply to this. ?

[glacial steeple]

im pretty sure you do but idk

[vital plinth]

No worries

[tired moon]

is there a way to automatically assign the troops you get? I want my marines and infantry to be in different armies but doing it manually is tedious

[twin kayak]

@glacial steeple Can you help me a bit with my austrian campaign ? I get obliterated by the germans as soon as the attack (after refuseing to give them sudetenland)

[glacial steeple]

ive played austria maybe twice after the dlc idk

have you tried winning

not holding frontline

making more guns

making AA

using the terrain

communist path militia spam idk

[twin kayak]

whole fron has forts, army will be reay in a short amount of time, holding the frontline isn4t really possible against germany rn and I have AA in every state at the border

[glacial steeple]

forts 🥀

why not mils

[twin kayak]

because equipment isnt a problem rn

[keen hemlock]

well

you want mils before it becomes a problem

[twin kayak]

the problem is this

I just can't hold

[glacial steeple]

well no it is

you can always make tanks or air

[twin kayak]

they had 1400 cas and idk how many fighters

gonna be difficult

[glacial steeple]

ok?

you get rid of them by shooting them down

forts dont do that

[twin kayak]

how am I supposed to contest that ?

[little cloak]

Man its lost

[glacial steeple]

forts are actually countered by air

[twin kayak]

I had max aa in every state

didn't do much tho

[little cloak]

100% lost

[glacial steeple]

theyre likely not producing all that many planes

[twin kayak]

already deleted that save

[glacial steeple]

thats cuz that only works vs strat bombing and logi strike

you need divisional aa or fighters

or tanks to push probably since germany is a lot of forests and plains

[little cloak]

Try change your plan

[glacial steeple]

like IDK forts arent useful

stronghold networks arent as bad

[pine smelt]

how can i get the papal state

[glacial steeple]

they give state debuffs to your enemy

[twin kayak]

support aa or an aa bataillion ? idk what the difference is in terms of effectiveness

[glacial steeple]

both do the same thing just with different amounts of attack

[twin kayak]

what is more optimal ?

[vital plinth]

Medium canon or medium howticher on tank ?

[glacial steeple]

idk probably lin

line

[vital plinth]

Medium canon gives 60 piecing

[glacial steeple]

cuz support slots valuable

[glacial steeple]

it does do that

i usually want to damage my enemy so if they have low hardness id go howitzer with the artillery role

[terse notch]

My mod I made is kinda broken

[twin kayak]

are we playing the same austria ? I don't have any support company except aa, arty, engineer and recon (by the time the war starts)

[glacial steeple]

as austria maybe you want the support slot idk

you can def get like

[vital plinth]

It’s vs AI

[glacial steeple]

ranger recon

flame tank

logi

arty AA

[vital plinth]

I don’t have flame tank yet

[glacial steeple]

their units are soft

[vital plinth]

So just howticher?

[glacial steeple]

probably

[glad sphinx]

Im trying to do the achievement where I invade britain as fascist france and I just cant get the naval supremacy to naval invade. My para troopers also keep dying everytime i try a mission

[half lake]

what is the best motorized division template for single player?

[vital plinth]

I can refit later maybe ?

It still early

Waiting to unlock flame tank

[glad sphinx]

Anyone know a good way to do this>

[tall zodiac]

is it possible to stop the mission a spy is doing?

[rain hawk]

when you do super heavy howitzer do you have to go for the super heavy howitzer doctrine or is fire concentration fine

[glacial steeple]

yes

theres a button for it

[glacial steeple]

best arty subdoctrine vs worst arty subdoctrine

as in fire concentration is the worst one

[rain hawk]

so the super heavy howitzer doctrine is meta atm

[glacial steeple]

well IDK maybe theres another thats even more underwhelming

[glacial steeple]

it gives 25% urban attack

as well as many other stats

[rain hawk]

does it give bonuses for line art

[tall zodiac]

well I cant find that button

[glacial steeple]

why do you want that

[rain hawk]

i enjoy them

[glacial steeple]

its in the operations tab of the spy thing

and you click the mission

and theres a cancel mission button

[tall zodiac]

i dont see that

[glad sphinx]

is minelaying useful?

[glacial steeple]

youve already paid for it tho

[tall zodiac]

yeah, its ongoing. that was the initial question

[glacial steeple]

well you can refund it in the first stage

not the second

[vital plinth]

At start of the war Italy wanted to say yes but now they don’t not sure how to get acesss need it to cap vichy france and if I get them to join they gonna ruin some stuff

[jovial wigeon]

I'm reading some tutorials and curious about one thing, why?
Delete all divs but 1 and train it.

[glacial steeple]

army xp

not generally done anymore

[tall zodiac]

at this point I would just expel the spy to hire a new one but its also not possible

[jovial wigeon]

but can't I keep all my divs and do training with 1 div?

[glacial steeple]

no

it gives xp based on average div size

but it doesnt matter much now

you mostly need mastery now

[jovial wigeon]

can I train it before war?

the mastery(?)

[glacial steeple]

yes

[keen hemlock]

Atachee

Gives some too

[lone isle]

How do i hold speeches?

[glad sphinx]

whats the best way to invade england as france?

[keen hemlock]

If this is a mod, I’d try joining their discord and ask

[uncut narwhal]

probably decisions or just scripted

[lone isle]

Thank god for the collapsing world dev team

[vapid gate]

can turkey even join the axis via this focus?

[vital plinth]

Why don’t I get planes when I beat vichy France ?

Is it because I let them puppet som me areas ?

[visual zodiac]

When you say beat Vichy

As in you've done the peace thing with germany for vichy then declared on them?

[vital plinth]

I’m Iran so when vichy is created I declare war on them and beat them by calling in the axis because I need access to some of their land to attack in their African land but after peace deal I don’t have any planes that they have

[visual zodiac]

And they definitely had planes?

If so It may be that the Axis capitulated them, the capitulation would've shared the equipment with whoever capped them

[vital plinth]

But don’t I get the most of it ?

[visual zodiac]

From my understanding it would depend on warscore/cause of capitulation

If Germany or italy got a lot of occupation score for example, they may receive the equipment

[somber spear]

As a minor nation, how many line holders vs like push units should I have realistically

[uncut narwhal]

4 good offensive units will bring you decently far

[somber spear]

Okay, just wondering cause I feel like I get my lineholders then I forget about my good pushers

[dense stone]

For general use, is 7 or 9 infantry better per division?

[vital plinth]

But I should be able to get planes no ?

A puppet I made got 300-500 bombers tho

[primal igloo]

New to HOI4 but played Stellaris/CK3, why is it saying I have no Close Air Support being produced when I'm building this plane with a small bomb bay?

Is there an easy way to tell what counts as CAS?

[visual zodiac]

It's situational, as Vichy is an odd country in terms of existing and it''s annexation with potential script interactions with Germany its possible it saw it as a german case anton and annex it to germany

If that did happen the planes would've gone to germany

[visual zodiac]

First air module dictates what the plane is

[visual zodiac]

The light mg makes the plane a fighter, adding bomb locks to first slot will change it to a cas, or naval armaments will make it a naval bomber

It can still work as a CAS Fighter hybrid but it's actual class is determined by that first one

[primal igloo]

Easy fix, thanks!

[tropic wolf]

i have a question about concentrated industry when i need to make later game tank chassis or later game guns do i make a new production line and keep the old going or just replace the old with new?? whats better

[gleaming grove]

Why does it say 0???

[vital plinth]

But normally I do get the country planes right ?

[buoyant cargo]

How to design the best SPG?

And tank destroyer?

[visual zodiac]

Not always

[gilded plover]

[visual zodiac]

Start the new line and gradually add more factories on it as production efficiency rises to the cap

Should see a bar fill up on the production line, it’ll be machine tools that influence that, where as the concentrated industry is base output

[visual zodiac]

SPGs you’ll likely want to use the howitzer guns unlocked via artillery research, it’ll have a module that you can then make it an spg

As for the rest of the components it’s up to you tbh, make sure reliability is decent though, same for TDs except use High Velocity

[tropic wolf]

then when it gets kinda close to old line i cant take the line off production?

[visual zodiac]

The idea is to gradually move the production across to the new one

Whether that’s a couple of factories at once or 1 at a time

You can just move them all over, just having both running is useful especially when mid war and equipment stockpile is needing to be constantly replenished at the same rate

[tropic wolf]

thanks man

[visual zodiac]

Gradually moving across will ease any production shortages (I.e. dropping from 50 a day to 8 for example on guns)

[tropic wolf]

thanks

[visual zodiac]

No worries : )

[gleaming grove]

please someone tell my why am i not gaining dominance?

[inland frost]

need ships on patrol mission

[glacial steeple]

naval support is useless

[thin nebula]

need to patrol for it

[glacial steeple]

ohh hi vendrip

[thin nebula]

once your naval invasion starts you can switch to invasion support

[thin nebula]

hi casey

[glacial steeple]

are you knowledgeable about space ships

theyre like ships but in space

[thin nebula]

like irl?

[glacial steeple]

like space ships

[visual zodiac]

Stellaris

[thin nebula]

oh not really, i just spam strike craft

[glacial steeple]

well not stellaris like space ship design

one of my friends is knowledgeable on it and i havent asked them but they havent been liking my design process coming to this creature

those are jet engines at the bottom rn btw so they wont work in space

[thin nebula]

last time i played that game i strapped like 50 solid fuel boosters to the capsule and let it go

[gleaming grove]

@inland frost @glacial steeple @thin nebula Thanks that worked. I was following this video and i just couldnt select it to get green. Guess the video is outdated.

[inland frost]

yea np

[thin nebula]

thats from the old system yes

[vapid gate]

Can someone tell me where i can find some unexplained focuses cuz i dont wanna save scum to figure it out

[serene karma]

Which

[keen hemlock]

id just use the console in a non iron man save

[buoyant cargo]

I wanna spg div design asap

please

[serene karma]

10 spg 8 truck/mech

[visual zodiac]

If I was at my pc I would

[vapid gate]

this

[hoary glen]

Add more delta V 😆

[hoary glen]

Easiest way imo is either looking at the wiki or making a save, starting console, the "fa" and just try out the focus. Afterwards reload the save.

[keen beacon]

whats this T_T

ive tried everything

i downloaded Visual C++ 2015

ive given permission to the game

what is this T_T

[visual zodiac]

Is this first time launching?

[glacial steeple]

its not that easy because the way im designing this thing is dumb

[hoary glen]

Lmao

[keen hemlock]

prolly

[serene karma]

Whats wrong with it

[hoary glen]

I'm just saying it bc of the memes

[vale cypress]

How do I save this run??

[vapid gate]

what does it give when completed

i even unlocked it with console and i cant see a difference

[vale cypress]

just install C++ and .NET

[keen beacon]

i get that error still

[vale cypress]

uhm

reinstall the game?

[keen beacon]

im trying that rn

🥺

[fringe hill]

Do u know if iron smooth or SOO optimization are compatible with achievements and badges?

[pliant condor]

no

it changes checksum

[fringe hill]

And there is any optimization mid compatible with it?

My game is unplayable from 1942 ahead

Each day gives a lag spike

[serene karma]

U can quickly rebuild ships from decision tab iirc

[vapid gate]

there are these but they require different focuses

[rare spoke]

I cannot understand anything other than attack poland and defend from France been playing 4 hours as the German reich I wanna learn something and know what I’m doing

[glacial steeple]

cant tell what youre doing wrong but germany is just really bad at showing you what youre doing wrong anyway TBH

[vale cypress]

help

[rare spoke]

Do you have any tips I could use like countries that could teach instead?

[glacial steeple]

IDK i think finland is pretty decent because your main issues are like, stacking combat buffs, picking the right general and field marshal, your research is just guns and production, and you have a lot of OP buffs and advisors but you just need to like read

and its kind of the same for every nation in that sense

[rare spoke]

Ohhh I got it, I’ll try Finland out watch a couple tutorials also should I learn navy or is it too early

[keen hemlock]

learn the basics first

[vale cypress]

play hungary to learn military inland and industry

[rare spoke]

Alr thanks

[rare spoke]

Alright I’ll try them out after this play through with Finland quickly

Thank you guys very helpful

[blissful nova]

Play china to learn combat

It is 1 dimensional warfare in japan china war

[vagrant cosmos]

hello fellas

do we know if the soviet airforce bug is solved? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bCm-WS4zs8

I don't remember seeing anything in the patch notes and lately I've felt it harder to win the air war against the German AI despite using good templates o.O

[fickle moon]

Are you running fighters with 600 x 4 heavy mgs?

[light knoll]

you're not supposed to do air as Soviets

its just so cooked

you get debuffs, no rubber, and no aluminum

you're better off using the production and focus time for other stuff

[neat widget]

I believe night operations and bad weather are CAS modifiers

Or rather, might be

[vagrant cosmos]

As far as I know none of the debuffs affect anything unless it has been patched

[vagrant cosmos]

I see

[vital plinth]

Hey anyone know how the system with planes work when I beat an enemy?

Do I get planes ?

Because sometimes I do and sometimes not bit confused how it works

[obsidian cedar]

wdym by this?

you can get their planes when they capitulate

[vital plinth]

I’ve done multiple tries on Iraq for example and sometimes I got 200 planes other times 0 or 50 so I’m confused what decied how many planes I get ,

And with vicjy France I got none

[icy jolt]

Does buildings like civ factory and mil factory increase world tension?

[fathom thistle]

No

[echo night]

whats a good mech template for UK

[twin kayak]

tanks or sp artillery ?

what is the best

[versed rose]

mix both without NSB, sp artillery with NSB

[glacial steeple]

hiii

[versed rose]

hello casey

[final tartan]

If you exit the game on Ironman mode during a peace conference does it save the conference?

[light knoll]

it'll restart the conference

if it doesn't, you can also copy the save file, change name, and paste it in the folder back then load it
that will go back a little in time usually

[final tartan]

I’m at the start anyways, thanks

[glacial steeple]

hru??

[dawn epoch]

guys, what does improving relations do?

Does being in equio,ent deficit actually do anything? I can still spawn in new troops that finished training while being in like 5k equipment deficit

and for the anchluss, I need 50k infsntry equipment IN storage to get anchluss focus?

[dusty sandal]

it increases relations with a country, meaning it can unlock some diplomatic actions and somewhat increase trade influence (allows you to buy more resources form them, very limited)

equipment is what gives you divisions stats. If you have old equipment, you won't have as much stats as shown in the designer, same if you're lacking equipment

for anchuluss, without GTR DLC, you need 50k guns deployed in the field. Meaning you must deploy divisions until 50k guns are in said divisions. You can see how many's fielded by opening the army screen (top right) then the equipment tab in the menu (top right of the UI that opens)

[gleaming grove]

If my Naval Invasion doesnt land (goes from 70 to 60, 50 until the invasion breaks off) but i cant build more marines due to specialized unit cap, whats the next best unit to use? Or do stronger ships help? Im trying to land on Haiti or Domenican Republic so i cant really find a tale without enemy units

also does it help to paratroop onto the tile i try to land my naval invasion in to overwhelm the defense?

[dusty sandal]

using CAS is better than this
except if you have the paratrooper doctrine that deletes half the enemy org

[dusty sandal]

show the template, it's likely an issue there

[gleaming grove]

sec gotta launch the game

[dusty sandal]

you need to land with fat marines (fill with inf if not enough FS cap) and land around with regular inf to pin reinforcements or encircle if that's required
fill the combat width ofthe LZ then send the rest on the sides
force attack if you must but ONLY if you're about to win or have massive CAS on your head

[gleaming grove]

So this is the base plan. Last 0 armies in the group are involved

[uncut narwhal]

whats the division template?

[uncut narwhal]

it looks like your trying to land on mountains

land on the ports

[gleaming grove]

arent ports better protected and since im also landing with mountaneers i should have an adventage, no?

[uncut narwhal]

land with your marines in ports

otherwise you wont even have supply once youve landed

your just encircled then

[gleaming grove]

so like this

[glacial steeple]

your army is good

[uncut narwhal]

yes

[glacial steeple]

do you have a navy to get dominance in 2 zones though

[glacial steeple]

havana launches from the north zone no?

since the port is north

[uncut narwhal]

those are paratroopers

the marines are in guantanamo

[glacial steeple]

ohhh

im dumb

[dusty sandal]

first off, land on the port or don't land at all

you're lacking fs cap but you have paras, mountaineers and marines ???

also, what are the actual stats on your divs, not the designer stats

open the stats of a div in the field

[glacial steeple]

looks good

[dusty sandal]

yeah, that's good

[dawn epoch]

I have like 80 of them opionon of me good and I have 10- of them, I can’t do shit bru

No demanding no actions

I’m playing on recruit mode btw

[dusty sandal]

I didn't say it was efficient

it's basically useless for 95% of the game

[dawn epoch]

I’m Germany, how do I get rid of this war economy / mifo bills

[dusty sandal]

the only exceptions being when you have focuses or decisions that require opinion

or to get the 20 opinion for an attaché

[dusty sandal]

go down the prioritize economic growth path

[dawn epoch]

I went 4 year plan sad,y

and I haven’t declared on Benelux or Poland. It’s 1937 December. I’m trying go very peaceful

I did anchluss and sudenlant

and allied with Hungary

and

[dusty sandal]

if you went 4 year plan, first off, remember to read focuses before taking them ; then you need to do the achieve autarky focus and pillage gold from countries you capped until then

[dawn epoch]

How do I lower weld tension?

I got autuarky

[dusty sandal]

why did you go for the economy of conquest path then 😭

[dusty sandal]

you wait

[dawn epoch]

Because I declared on Denmark

I finsihed coal liqueur and I finished subsidize hosech

And estabalish reichwerks

do I finish until autarky?

I can research establish buna werke

[dusty sandal]

Want to go historical and do lots of conquest ? 4 year plan and MEFO it is
Want to do anything else ? PEG it is

[dawn epoch]

I have 6 volunteers in Spain rn, I want republic to capitulate

uh what’s peg

[dusty sandal]

and most importantly, READ FOCUSES before you take them

[dawn epoch]

I just look at the bonuses I get tbh

[dusty sandal]

prioritize economic growth

[dawn epoch]

I’m a very economical giy

I love focuses that give me contrustion speed or more resources

So what now, I’m doing firdt Vienna reward and I’m gonna brefriend Poland and subjugate Romania

[dusty sandal]

you're not gonna befriend anyone

you're gonna conquer stuff

[dawn epoch]

damn

[dusty sandal]

until you can do the achieve autarky focus

until then it's war, war and more war

[dawn epoch]

Also, I capped Denmark and did anchluss but I didn’t get seize gold

[dusty sandal]

or you can say goddbye to your civs (you won't be able to build because 100% consumer goods)

[dusty sandal]

it's a decision

anchuluss is automatic, it just reduces it automatically

[dawn epoch]

Yeah ik, didn’t find it in decision

[dusty sandal]

did you puppet denmark

[dawn epoch]

nope..

annex all

I’m a noon

[dusty sandal]

you control the land, and got the economy of conquest (new name for MEFO once you enter a war)

[dawn epoch]

My consumer goods factor at 40%

[dusty sandal]

is the spirit called economy of conquest

[dawn epoch]

yes

[dusty sandal]

then decisions should be available

[dawn epoch]

how do I remove it. Anyway to like wait it out or does it last oeemanlty?

[gleaming grove]

Why are the mountanees go in first god damnit

[dawn epoch]

Which decisions

[dusty sandal]

provided you're at war and have capped a country

[dawn epoch]

I’m not at war with anybody yet

[dusty sandal]

higher breakthrough div go in first
the mountaineer being larger, they have more so they go first

just make them all 36w marines

why bother with mountaineers when landing :(

[dusty sandal]

once you enter another war, you'll be able to

don't forget price control focus and decisions

[dawn epoch]

I did all the price control I think

The butter something something one

and everything in the same section

[dusty sandal]

oh, but I'(m guessing you did all focuses that give buffs you don't even use until 1939-40, did you ?

like refineries and oil

and foreign industries

[dawn epoch]

uhh prolly

I don’t have foreign I think

Seize foreign?

haven’t reseafech3c

wair should I screen share

[vital plinth]

Is there something I can in settings on historical to make axis the more powerful that wins against Allie’s without player intervention just to make it a more enjoyable game as Allie’s

[dusty sandal]

you can't just do focuses without reading them first bro 😭
these increase consumer goods too, only take them when you need them or can use their buff

[dusty sandal]

buff axis nations in the game settings

[dawn epoch]

so.. what do I do now..

[dusty sandal]

you conquer stuff until you can achieve autarky

[dawn epoch]

Annihilate the polish and French?

[dusty sandal]

look at the resource you need and plan accordingly

[dawn epoch]

I don’t need resources

I’m doing traces

I have 73 cigs

civs

47 mills

[dusty sandal]

READ. THE. FOCUSES.

autarky requires resources

[dawn epoch]

eeee

ok

ohhh

THISE

THOSE

[keen hemlock]

Ye

I know you need like Casablanca

[dawn epoch]

But I need the rest of the autarky things

[dusty sandal]

then work towards it

[dawn epoch]

Like bunra and seize

ok

guess I’m going to war

Im prolly gonna do Danzig or war

so I can

blots the French

[uncut narwhal]

just use a template with mixed mountaineers and marines

[dawn epoch]

Uk isn’t gonan naval invade me right?

[dusty sandal]

oooh they are

[gleaming grove]

im still losing

[dawn epoch]

broooo

that’s why I don’t wanna

What if I get 100% consumer factor, does it stay forever?

[uncut narwhal]

just put up a port garrison

[dawn epoch]

At like all my ports?

[uncut narwhal]

if you want

invading the uk is the best choice thoo

[dawn epoch]

idk how to

[uncut narwhal]

if you cant naval invade then paradrop

[dawn epoch]

I don’t know how paradeopping works at all

[uncut narwhal]

you need paratroopers and transport planes at the airport

[dawn epoch]

Is there a way to put spawn troop at like a certain city instead of areas

[uncut narwhal]

wdym

[dawn epoch]

like when you select a location in recruit and deploy

it gives you areas

not cities

yk?

[uncut narwhal]

it gives you the tiles

not states

you can deploy in any state

that is owned by you

and connected to your capital

[dawn epoch]

ok

@dusty sandal can I make the bills end without war, like make them reach 100% and they finish

Or do they last forever?

until you clear them with wars

[uncut narwhal]

if your a new player just go with the left eco path

[dawn epoch]

I am

[uncut narwhal]

then go with prioritize economic growth

easier to manage as a new player

[vital plinth]

Can I make Soviet become facist and join axis ?

[dawn epoch]

I’m gonna

micro in Spain some more, and wait until I finish Danzig or war and around the maginot

so uk is easy

shoukd I ally Italy??

[uncut narwhal]

yea i use them to distract the uk navy

[dawn epoch]

I sent request, they rejected

how do I make them join

[keen hemlock]

They ally with you

Or they should

[uncut narwhal]

they will want to join in like 38/39

you also have a focus for that

[dawn epoch]

That’s so Jewish

[dusty sandal]

once they reach 100% you just get output debuffs instead of more consumer goods

they don't diappear

you can cancel them but then you're stuck at a permanent 40% CG factor

[dawn epoch]

FAAAAAHHHH

what’s cg.

[uncut narwhal]

consumer goods

[dawn epoch]

Oh

[clear zenith]

how do i form the nation of isroel?

[dawn epoch]

HOLY ENCIRLMENT

[keen hemlock]

Peace deal

[dawn epoch]

I’m gonan do an insane encirlment

in Spain

30 tiles

[keen hemlock]

You can puppet them

[dusty sandal]

start as UK, release israel and tick "play as"
then spend hours of gameplay doing absolutely nothing because it's a shitter releasable not meant to be played

[keen hemlock]

You could do that too

[dawn epoch]

Why do I have DAY AND NIGHT CYCLES

I DIDNT HSVE THRM

HOW DO I DISBAKE THEM

SOMEONE HELP

[vital plinth]

Do you know if I can get Soviet to join axis as facist ?

[keen hemlock]

One of the buttons on the bottom right

Upper middle iirc

[dusty sandal]

or press N

[dawn epoch]

Oh n

Thank you

N

[white sequoia]

Hello, does anyone have an exact number for how much reliability do recon light tanks need in order to move through mountains without taking losses ?

[floral shale]

what's the command to activate resistance?

[dawn epoch]

Holy if you guys ouod see the encirlment I just created

4 encircles, entire 80% of the spanish army and half of their land

from barcelona to Malaga

IVE MADE FACIST SPAIN WINNN

YAAAY

[uncut narwhal]

100% maybe

[white sequoia]

yeah, seems like it's linear, even at 98% there is still some losses, only after 100% they stop

[dawn epoch]

Can anyone tell me how to use 100% of factoried in occupied countries,like Denmark and Iceland?

[white sequoia]

compliance ?

[rain hawk]

how much soft does super heavy howitzer deal

[dawn epoch]

it’s time for me to go down the historical german path

[half lake]

what is the best motorised division template for single player

[uncut narwhal]

yea everything after 100% is useless

[uncut narwhal]

use tanks

[uncut narwhal]

cant you just check that

[rain hawk]

no

[keen hemlock]

you can

in production and when you edit your division

[uncut narwhal]

yes you can

either what the other guy said

or go to special projects

and check

[keen hemlock]

random question, does anyone know what special projects have designers for them besides supersonic jet and mev?

[obsidian badger]

ive seen before

some paratrooper hack where u can make the paratroopers the defenders upon paradrop

is that still possible

how to do it

[rain hawk]

i don't have my pc on standby 24/7

that's why i asked

[uncut narwhal]

usually people ask question while playing the game

[gleaming grove]

@dusty sandal what else could i do if naval invasion fails? Should i just bomb them with CAS and Bombers for months and than naval invade? Or should i just nuke them? Or should i naval invade on several locations and not just 1?

[rain hawk]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[gleaming grove]

Or should i build amphibious tank divisions?

[uncut narwhal]

not needed in sp

marines are usually enough

just get cas

over it

[gleaming grove]

CAS targetting the port or land units?

[uncut narwhal]

uhh both

wdym

its always gonna be over those

[gleaming grove]

no i mean when you assign CAS you can select to attack the tank icon or the harbor icon

[uncut narwhal]

that would be port strike

so no

use ground attack

[gleaming grove]

i had 100CAS assigned for that and it didnt help. So how many are needed usually?

[uncut narwhal]

1000 should be enough

[gleaming grove]

[uncut narwhal]

were they trained and did you have superiority?

[gleaming grove]

1000?

[uncut narwhal]

yea

and whats your marine div?

[gleaming grove]

#ask-for-help-here message

[half lake]

if i could afford tanks then i would use tank

[uncut narwhal]

oh

[gleaming grove]

change them all to marines now

its 8 full exp marine units

[uncut narwhal]

motorized is ass do special forces instead

[uncut narwhal]

make it 36w

add pioneers

[gleaming grove]

cant atm cause that would overstep the special forces limit

[uncut narwhal]

few good units are better than a lot worse units

[gleaming grove]

yeah but ill have to wait until more normal units are recruited before i can enlarge the existing special ones

[uncut narwhal]

whats your cas design?

[gleaming grove]

i dont have dlc

[uncut narwhal]

ohhh

get more planes then

non dlc plane arent that great

[gleaming grove]

i mean im mexico afterall i cant just print stuff

[gleaming grove]

you think this will do the trick?

[uncut narwhal]

probably

[gleaming grove]

Still losing...

ah nvm now its moving in my favor slowly

[twin kayak]

heavy mg or canons ?

medium tanks or spg ?

[rain hawk]

what's a good offensive infantry template rn for this meta, 18/0?

[uncut narwhal]

yea 36w inf bricks are the best for that

[uncut narwhal]

spgs

[rain hawk]

what if you have low mp

[uncut narwhal]

if your about to win you can force attack

[uncut narwhal]

you will take less casulties with big units

[twin kayak]

and for heavy mg or canons ? I just watched a bittersteel video where he says that canons are better, but most of the people I see use heavy mg

[uncut narwhal]

on planes?

[twin kayak]

yeah

[uncut narwhal]

this is the best fighter with the range mio, otherwise use the second one

[vital plinth]

Hey guys when I annex Vichy France I can’t get their equipment except guns ? It’s very confusing

Or planes

[half glade]

how do i complete the pacify ethiopia mission

like what do i actually do

i understand the goal

but how do i reach it

[red grove]

Why doesn't the oster conspiracy fire for me? I have been rejected both Memel and Sudetenland

[vital plinth]

Also what field marshal skilll is good to pick ? I’m playing Iran

[fathom thistle]

not enough surrender progression ig

[fathom thistle]

thorough planner all the way

[verbal venture]

You have gotterdamerung?

[ashen sigil]

Can someone give me tips for the invasion of Poland?

[austere roost]

logistics, offensive doctrine, charismatic, and sometimes the one that gives max planning buffs

[gleaming grove]

Can i delete the civilian train from production?

[fathom thistle]

just click on it and select armored

[austere roost]

yeah and if you have so many trains in stockpile you don't need 6 mils on it

[red grove]

yep

[vital plinth]

Ok 👍

What are naval bomber Designs ? From land with large frames

[vapid gate]

how do i complete this decision?

[twin kayak]

I'm blocked here (ask if you need more screen shots). What should I do ? I've been able to repel any german attack, but I fear I am slowly losing to their air (they out-produce me)

[dusty sandal]

small airframe = 1 engine. Period

you're wasting half the plane right now

[twin kayak]

didn't let me

[dusty sandal]

reduce weight

single engine 2, no armor plates

[twin kayak]

you sure ?

will it not make them shit ?

[dusty sandal]

your inf is too small for anything and cav recon doesn't do anything but cost a lot

[dusty sandal]

no

what's making them shit rn is wasting half the cost

[twin kayak]

I know for the size, I've not been able to get a higher conscription law and more guns

[dusty sandal]

less mils on support more on guns

[twin kayak]

so this ?

[dusty sandal]

1 mil on arty is enough for the whole army

3 or 4 on aa

5 mils on support, one on trains, one or two on trucks, 1 arty (2 if you're in the red), 4 on aa (5 if you're in the red), rest on planes and 10 on guns

[twin kayak]

and this as for the infantry ? (haven't touched the size yet)

[dusty sandal]

prepare offensive divisions too, stop using the crappy ones (remove their recon btw, it's costly for nothing)

you have no step back DLC ?

[glacial steeple]

hoi4

[glacial steeple]

:(

[twin kayak]

I'm sorry, I've not been able to get a better one ....

as long as I hold, I'm happy

[glacial steeple]

why the engineer

125? ic

[dusty sandal]

to be honest, there's forts everywhere

[glacial steeple]

thats like

thats like half your unit cost

[dusty sandal]

forts + hills make for quite the buff

[glacial steeple]

its not half the unit worth of buffs

[twin kayak]

entrenchment ?

[glacial steeple]

3

entrenchment is like a modifier in battle to your stats

and your units they have no stats

engis are like awesome for large divs

but like

it doesnt do a whole lot on 12w inf

[twin kayak]

ok, so I get rid of them ?

okok

how should I train units ? 24 at a time or a small amount set on infinite ?

[austere roost]

you train for all that you need and then you don't need them anymore

although technically the best way is to train 1 unit infs + light tank recon + support art so you can train them until war begins to farm mastery

[gleaming grove]

how can i select what the missile attacks?

nvm

[tired moon]

what exactly is this? I want to do the trotsky path

[manic depot]

thats stalins paranoia if it gets over 80 the civil war will start early

just try to get it low

[tired moon]

okay

what should I do for this

[twin kayak]

do I need 4divs for this tile ?

[tired moon]

what can I do to keep the paranoia low?

[manic depot]

purge the navy or do inspections

[twin kayak]

click the paranoia things like army inspections, falsify records, and if you want to, accept the events like the one you had, to reduce it even more

(army inspections etc ... in the event tab or idk how it's called)

[glacial steeple]

no but youll need units behind it if you hold there

notice the italian border

also why units small?

as austria

your manpower is like really limited no

[twin kayak]

no

well, I used all my pp to get advisors to buff my army

I didn't change the conscription law

[crisp ledge]

I got it by taking the Ministry of Italian Africa, Topple Amhara Rulers, and New Emperor of Ethiopia focuses. When the generals come forward, hire them to get bonuses in their regions. Put your garrisons on a garrison law that doesn't provide a compliance malus - you need suppression, but you need compliance before anything else. Invest in the Ministry of Italian Africa branch to get bonuses to the Colonial Police garrison law, then spend time and resources to develop the region.

[glacial steeple]

you can also do it by making the puppet

[crisp ledge]

Fair, but a lot of Italy's colonial focus options increase non-core manpower, and I think it's best to hold on to Ethiopia.

[obsidian badger]

Im not entirely sure, but if youre gonna start the civil war soon then u can just let paranoia spiral

u only need it low if u need to stall to say do a few more focuses

[tired moon]

should I be worried

[obsidian badger]

ive never seen that

lol

i have two questions

[crisp ledge]

To clarify, the Ministry of Italian Africa branch should have options you can take in the decisions tab that cost 25 PP and some civs to upgrade the outdated infrastructure in that area. Invest in those to boost compliance in the region - basically, you're heavily investing in Ethiopia to demonstrate that Italy can better manage it than their previous administration.

[obsidian badger]

how do i make paratroopers the defenders on paradrop ive seen that before i think

and do the allies ever guarantee chinese warlord states

[crisp ledge]

To the best of my knowledge, no, but they do generally form a faction with the Nationalist and Communist states against Japanese invasion.

If you're fighting one past a certain date, you should expect to be fighting them all, though you might be able to get Japanese support.

[obsidian badger]

i have a very weird run in mind but cutting to the chase im doing the sino japanese alliance

but i wanna eat the chinese warlord and steal them from china

[crisp ledge]

Are you playing Japan or China?

[obsidian badger]

Japan, a taisho japan

[ocean birch]

is this only for ingame mechanics or aswell with truble shoting with the game?

[crisp ledge]

I see, I see. I tried something similar a while back - there's generally some tensions with the warlord states anyway, and without the Japanese threat I don't know that they'll necessarily join forces with the big two factions. You might only be able to get one, though - when I tried it they still formed the front while I was busy.

[lyric geyser]

H

[obsidian badger]

Ta what point do i press h

At

[lyric geyser]

When you are dropping

When you click the button and they launch and start fighting the enemy press H

[obsidian badger]

what does h actually do lol

[lyric geyser]

Idk I just know it makes them the defender

[misty wagon]

MUSSOLINI bro i swear this dude wont help

[obsidian badger]

Well when im in sino japanese alliance i should be able to eat all of them as long as thhey dont get gauranteed

[lyric geyser]

What do you want him to do 😭 😭 😭

[obsidian badger]

China gets annex warlords VERY late in their focus tree, meaning they only have the ability to puppet

Which requires the warlords to be in same faction

And i will not let any in

[lyric geyser]

If you go Facist you get the wargoals early

[misty wagon]

HE WONT EVEN PARTICIPATE I CALLED HIM5 TIMES

[lyric geyser]

Italy ai only joins if you cap France I believe

[obsidian badger]

i know this is hoi4 community, but authoritarianism is cringe

[lyric geyser]

Lol

But free wargoals

[vital plinth]

Hey pls can someone help me

1. the medium plane I can’t see how much it’s bombing stats are not sure what to do

2. The basic heavey fighter is it the big frame or medium frame

3. I don’t have carriers and need to destroy ships should I build large or medium frame for naval bombs both for subs and battleships and cruisers in currently using some small frames until more is resseached

[misty wagon]

MUSSOLINI COUNT YOUR DAYS BRO

[glacial steeple]

hi hazz

[lyric geyser]

Hello

[obsidian badger]

mediums can only be tactical bombers, which cant strat bomb for shit so dont worry about that
heavy fighter are mediums
build small frame ngl with torpedos

[crisp ledge]

Honestly, I feel like the big benefit Italy gives in the war is mostly just opening up new fronts. British divisions that are tied up in Ethiopia and North Africa aren't British divisions backing a push across the Channel.
Of course, that's predicated on Italy actually joining the war. I don't know if you can salvage this, but probably best to push through the Benelux, keep a token garrison to tie up troops at the Maginot, and go historical capitulation of France.

[lyric geyser]

For your naval bombers do a medium airframe add 1 light machine gun then after you can add double torpedos

If you have issues with subs build radar

[misty wagon]

💔

[crisp ledge]

Incidentally, I'd like to ask for a bit of help about the historical AI. If Italy guarantees Austria and stops the Anschluss, am I correct in assuming that Germany won't push on to Czechoslovakia and Poland?

[misty wagon]

I DIDNT EVEN SEE FRANCE omg i do this EVERY time blast thru 4x speed and saw france when it reached berlin almost

[vapid gate]

What diff are u playin on

[lyric geyser]

It depends if they do the focus then they can do Czechs and Poland but if they don’t then they can’t

[misty wagon]

the normal one

[crisp ledge]

Yeah, I saw it as Allied Italy a couple times. The Maginot is a strong defensive fortification, but France can and does push outwards from it if left long enough. It's a solid fortification - you always have a fallback line.

I mean, let's be honest, Germany is essentially not pushing the Maginot, but they have to counter-fortify that border, because there tend to be a lot of troops there (it's their only major front line with the Axis because Italy hasn't joined).

[misty wagon]

i dont know , i put area defense on my coast AND france, and 1 second later bOOM

SIGH

i will NEVER play as reich again

only empire

[crisp ledge]

Imperial Germany's a lot of fun, too, though.

[misty wagon]

I REALLY wanna finish this save but i cant

[crisp ledge]

I'll sometimes just cede naval dominance to the English and join the Allies outright, start an Allied/Comintern war.

[misty wagon]

yes its so much cooler as a german empire, as reich i just die so quickly oh lord

and i started ww2. cuz of yugoslavia

[misty wagon]

i was so close to finishing but sadly i cant

[crisp ledge]

On the ahist focus, I generally see Poland go communist and join the Soviets - it's still a lot of fun, it's just that it's mostly fun on the Eastern Front.

[misty wagon]

is byzantium formable ?

[misty wagon]

what do you think abt this save

HOLY ITS 1976

[crisp ledge]

I feel you. I had a similar thing as Romania - conquered Europe, conquered Comintern, but kept getting stonewalled by the UK in Africa and at the Channel because I didn't understand supply or the navy.

[misty wagon]

yes that, AND the fact that when i press play i get 3 fps and cant move the map

[crisp ledge]

Iron Storm moment.

[misty wagon]

what are some other fun playthru i should try

i did HRE

and thats abt it

[crisp ledge]

Papal States?

[misty wagon]

wats that

[crisp ledge]

Go non-aligned Italy, take Seek Papal Support, then finagle things to get His Holiness over 60% on the Balance of Power, and he'll overthrow the House of Savoy and get you a secret focus tree.

Very heavily tank-focused, gets war goals on most of Europe for being Protestant.

I always love it - it's my go-to "non-aligned world domination" strategy.

[crisp ledge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksIUpFd--CM

Or you could try to conquer the world as a bear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBPdhlwqMwM

[misty wagon]

oh pope

[misty wagon]

hm

[gleaming grove]

What happens to those argentinian troops if i kick argentina out of the faction and immediatly declare war?

[tired moon]

Do I need to get mountaineers for this shit

What even is this

[crisp ledge]

If memory serves, they get "exiled" - have to spend a while getting back to their home territory. You can probably invade then.

[dusty sandal]

you need to get supplies

you're fighting with org capped at 15% and -80% breakthrough, -60% attack penalities

no wonder you're not pushing

[crisp ledge]

Yeah, your soldiers are in critical condition.

Infrastructure in that area's never great, but you need to make sure you're investing as you go in your occupied territories.

[vital plinth]

Can’t I use large airframe ?

Also what should I do with these I can’t see how much bombing they have

[glacial steeple]

its possible

[lyric geyser]

There’s a nav design you can do with large I believe but I would recommend medium for navs as cheaper ic cost

[vital plinth]

Ah ok I unfortunately starred reaseaching large frame

[lyric geyser]

You might have to check the design itself to see

[vital plinth]

I haven’t reaseached medium yet should I start doing it v its 1942 February

[vital plinth]

I can’t see since it’s foreign but i can use it to convert some no ?

[lyric geyser]

You don’t need to have up to date mediums for your navs

[lyric geyser]

I believe you can convert it as long as it’s the same module date type

You can also just use it for cas

[light knoll]

its not actually tank focused

it just gives you bonuses for super heavy tank

which is bad

its funny how bad super heavy tank is compared to how good land cruiser is

when land cruiser is something that couldn't even work in reality

[rain hawk]

what are some chill achievements to do that are fun

[fathom thistle]

great hunger ig

pretty easy

[rain hawk]

done

[fathom thistle]

hmm

[rain hawk]

i need to play on that save to kill britain for palestine

will be ez

i just need to land

[fathom thistle]

canada first?

pretty easy

[rain hawk]

you're right

i need to do that

[gleaming grove]

Damn truce ruins the plan 😄

[gleaming grove]

Wth is going on here? Its always changing between way too much and not enough

[fathom thistle]

new model ig?

[keen hemlock]

i have that somethimes too

i think its need to be delivered to your units

[glacial steeple]

one is on the field other is stockpiles afaik

just keep a certain amount on tho

[hoary glen]

If you look at your logi tab are you in a negative balance? Could be that you are producing less then you are losing, but you still have a massive stockpile

[glacial steeple]

efficiency matters

hii patrick hru

[crisp ledge]

Incidentally, how do I use Land Cruiser? I've researched it, but I'm not sure how to best implement it - do you have a division template I should strive for?

[hoary glen]

good. hbu?

[light knoll]

i never actually get to the part in the game where i use it, but it can have few uses

you can stack anti air on it to some silly levels

[errant chasm]

Patrick a new helper

[hoary glen]

Inf Brick port garrison :D They are best for defence, not really good offensively ironically.

It's more like a Bunker that can move but shouldn't

[hoary glen]

yess

[light knoll]

what design would you typically use for that

[light knoll]

congrats on reddening

[hoary glen]

Whatever gives you defence and soft attack. I think you can gain insane AA, but you probably don't need that. I don't know the modules by heart tho

[hoary glen]

ty

[light knoll]

you can get like

500 aa

[hoary glen]

Also ofc you want to add armour to make the div unpierceable, but you probably don't need much for it

[errant chasm]

Congrats man

[tight mesa]

Does having a spy network in another country do something by itself?

[hoary glen]

You gain more intel and if you fight the enemy gets a Planning and Naval invasion defence debuff.

[tight mesa]

Ok thx

[glacial steeple]

listening music

[hoary glen]

nice