ask-for-help-here

[sonic tulip]

Quick question how do we validate a faction goal ?

We can only replace it ?

[keen hemlock]

validate?

you mean finish/

[terse mango]

I'm trying to play as Germany and I want to send volunteers to Spain, but the Spanish Civil War is no longer available.

[sand ember]

Huh

[terse mango]

I don't know if I'm bugged

[keen hemlock]

you mean it ended?

[vital plinth]

How do I set America to join axis as facist they don’t and also don’t become facist just non aligned

[obsidian badger]

Invade and change ideology idk lol

[iron veldt]

you can always change the ideology in the command line i guess

[vital plinth]

Im seeing facist increasing at Them by themselves will they join axis when they. Become facist ?

[iron veldt]

they should as long as they don’t have something locking them out of joining a faction

especially if they declare/get declared on

[obsidian badger]

Declare war on the democratic civil war faction

Maybe thatll work

[junior light]

as germany should i do four year plan or prioritize economic growth?

[iron veldt]

four year

[sand ember]

What happens if you just afk as Spain until the civil war

[dusty sandal]

the opposite side of the civil war gets 80% of your stockpiled equipment (instead of 50-50), more starting land, more generals, you gets more debuffs, less units

[sand ember]

fun

I’m not sure what answer I was expecting here

[wind canyon]

depends on what your comfortable with, prioritize economic growth is the safer option since the four year plan places your economy on a timer since after 1939 your economy goes down the drain if your unable to conquer lands fast enough

also depends on what your trying to do as Germany if your going non historical its almost always better to go prioritize economic growth if its historical then either you need to play aggressive with four year plan or play it safe with economic growth

[junior light]

alr

[wind canyon]

hey man not to much now, i just got that achievement using that path

im not sure what you did and also it seems you had some crappy rng with italy joining but i just use the armies of my puppets, ik they suck rlly bad but its more then what germany has and as long as you can keep encircling divisons you can make it out

since the german ai spreads all their units out on the long boarders they have with poland and chesolvokia it means that even tho ur puppet armies suck its enough to break through the thin lines the germans have on your boarder with austria

and encircle one after the other

and i used my actual divisions as cheap and less effective break thru units its gets the job done

[iron veldt]

is this good

[red mesa]

not really, average at best. Probably enough to beat crappy AI units but could be much better

check the pinned messages here for designs and templates

tank designs should be maximising soft attack and breakthrough while being as cheap as possible to produce

[terse mango]

no, There is no Spanish Civil War in the entire game.

[red mesa]

@glacial steeple have the pins been changed again? I swear there's some missing

[errant chasm]

II also see most of the pins are removed.

Probably redoing the templates

[iron veldt]

seems so

[errant chasm]

oh looks like chemist has changed them

[iron veldt]

is chemist template certified

mods ban this guy

[errant chasm]

<@&846894118219022336>

[fluid verge]

i did do it eventually but god those divisions suck so much

even if italy joins im fine

[wind canyon]

i get it brother

it sucked so bad there for a couple of months

but yk hoi4 ai keeps battle planing bashing

if you have alot of crapy divisions even they can hold against that

[austere roost]

That's not good but it might be because you haven't researched howitzers yet. Also set it to be SPG or TD

And if you want special modules always begin with two second turrets for mediums

[edgy pendant]

Just mid

[rustic sparrow]

Thx

[warped osprey]

Anybody available to guide me through fascist britain airforce and navy rn

Not exp in these

[digital bluff]

Im new Its my second day, i dont know how to use marine and aircraft(and anything else )😢

[serene karma]

I updated it

If u have any feedback or want to add anything lmk

[serene karma]

[fluid verge]

how am i supposed to kill them

[fluid verge]

*sis

[fluid verge]

theyre stuck on the islands

ahistorical so they decided to be bad

[serene karma]

Apparently im discord friends with u?

Do i know u

[fluid verge]

yes

my previous nickname was shadept

[serene karma]

Naval invade

[serene karma]

U remember me?

[fluid verge]

ye

[fluid verge]

dude

they have

400 divs

on their islands

even these wont cut it

[serene karma]

Why are u sending mountaineers to naval invade lol

Use some amphib tanks

And get air superiority

[fluid verge]

i have air superiority also i have not researched amtracs ever

[serene karma]

💀

Its fine

[serene karma]

Just land some marines and expand the invasion while transporting some tanks to the port

Then use ur tanks to encircle

Use pinned design for tank

[fluid verge]

arent tanks crap now

because spgs exist

[serene karma]

Yea i meant spg

Spg is a type of tank anyway

[indigo sapphire]

how good are CVs?

[fluid verge]

improved medium howitzer?

cuz if i use medium cannon i can only make it a tank destroyer

idk

idk if moderns are worth it lategame

ill replace wet ammo storage with easy maintenance once i get it

[keen hemlock]

They don’t get doctrine buffs

[fluid verge]

SPGs you mean

also it literally says tanks here

not mediums or lights

[serene karma]

Good

[serene karma]

Yes

Dont use modern tanks

Also make the role artillery

[indigo sapphire]

alr

why are Modern tanks/MBTs worse than other tanks?

[fluid verge]

why

the AI uses them and they have much better stats for everything

i was clowned on for using 1945 mediums in 1950

[indigo sapphire]

@serene karma

[red mesa]

because it's a different chassis (lose production efficiency) a different battalion type (requires remaking templates) For stat gain that is redundant by the time you unlock them

[serene karma]

Not just that

[serene karma]

By who

Those players probably do larp

[serene karma]

They have minimal advantage and u can mount fewer additional turrets

[fluid verge]

i dont wanna use outdated shit

its probably bad

[serene karma]

Thats larp and its fine

But for stats its mediums

Unless ur super duper late game

[red mesa]

still obliterates anything the AI makes

[serene karma]

Like when i fix disaster saves

[versed rose]

interwar heavy tanks can have more stats than MBTs if you have NSB

[fluid verge]

good luck dealing with AI when they make something lategame that you cant just cheese with only soft attack

[versed rose]

but you can, ai divs can get high armor but their hardness are always garbage

[red mesa]

I guarantee you, the difference between late mediums and MBTs isn't the thing that tips the balance late-game

[versed rose]

the difference is MBT can mount heavy gun in a turret

but doesnt have extra turrets so its garbage anyway

[red mesa]

yup

[versed rose]

if you need lategame stats you swap to heavy tank instead of mbt lmfao

if you have nsb anyway

[fluid verge]

can you people make up your goddamn mind? first you tell me "dont use howitzer soft attack bad" and then now for some reason its "build shitty old stuff and max out soft attack in SP"

[red mesa]

who the hell says don't use howitzer?

[versed rose]

a clown maybe

[fluid verge]

i already made 7 whole divisions with MBTs

[versed rose]

some pepeg that doesnt know ai is garbage at the game and pretends its harder than it really is

[fluid verge]

womp womper

i guess ill kms

[red mesa]

good lord

[fluid verge]

im 900% sure someone here told me to use a heavy cannon/medium cannon instead

[red mesa]

You would only need piercing and hard attack if the AI was making high armor and hardness divs, which is very rare until like 1949

the infantry techs and artillery techs usually do enough in the mean time

[versed rose]

they dont swap to full mech until mid 50s

[red mesa]

AA pierces most AI tanks

[fluid verge]

im in 1950

dude

pretty much 1950

march 49

like early game yes but very late game just to make sure the AI cant stack 4300 divs on one tile and win?

[red mesa]

AI deathstacking helps you

they lose stats from supply problems

combat width exists

[fluid verge]

yeah except they end up having units i cant pierce without literal AT

[red mesa]

Then drop a TD into your tank divs and have fun blasting

like why is this such a big drama?

[versed rose]

their armor is high, doesnt mean their hardness is lmao

pierce them and they die

they dont swap to full mech and get actual hardness until mid 50s

[fluid verge]

like i know how to design a TD

i never made those

[fathom thistle]

why are you playing so late? are you larping or sum?

[fluid verge]

i thought they were MP shit sweat crap

[fluid verge]

because go to hell thats why

if i wanna play so late why do you care

[red mesa]

if you used the cannon main gun you already did, just have to change the designation

[fathom thistle]

lol

[versed rose]

TDs are 'MP shit sweat crap'

like that's a bad thing

interesting perspective

[fathom thistle]

just curious, as for piercing u might not even need AT just more line AA's

2 or 3 will suffice

[fluid verge]

because most MP players are extremely toxic and act like singleplayer doesnt exist and they make everyone hyperoptimize

[versed rose]

and hyperoptimizing is wrong somehow?

[fluid verge]

muh line arty bad

[red mesa]

line arty is bad

[fluid verge]

just because you said that im going to make a line arty div

lol

[versed rose]

not gonna fix the problems you're already having

[red mesa]

enjoy not winning as easily then

[fluid verge]

next game though i need to get the doctrine for it

[versed rose]

but if you wanna cope more have at it

[red mesa]

Like what do you ask advice for if you just throw it back?

[fluid verge]

because i dont wanna listen to MP sweat crap

[red mesa]

I've never played MP

lmao

I fix disasters and chill major games

[fluid verge]

literally every youtuber ive seen uses line artillery

[versed rose]

because they're bad

[red mesa]

they mostly suck bawls

[fluid verge]

and the ones that dont suck are MP sweats

cough cough

[versed rose]

and that's a bad thing?

i dont see how

[red mesa]

maybe they know what they're talking about then

[fathom thistle]

dont watch those for templates maybe 😭

[versed rose]

if you want help on something you go to the guy that knows what they're doing

just sounds like good logic to me idk

[fathom thistle]

they can make entertaining videos it doesnt mean its good

[left mica]

whats causing my ships to lose all strength when repairing? it cant be due to overflow?

[serene karma]

Are they being port striked

[left mica]

im not at war

[serene karma]

But if ur asking how to win smth or best way to do smth usually mp people have the best ans

[serene karma]

Are they gone rn

[left mica]

?

what are?

[serene karma]

Like is this just the view here or are the no strength ships actually gone from ur fleet

[left mica]

um

[serene karma]

I dont think ive seen no strength ships in port before

[left mica]

they are still being 'repaired'

ive had this happen in another playset as well

only happens when i have a lot of productivity boost

ie raw ic or % output

apparently they just died after i took them off repairs

i wish there was a way to see how much repair speed i have

[fluid verge]

people are such sweats

[visual zodiac]

Could you please raise a ticket by messaging the PDX bot with the details?

[calm bough]

why does hoi4 lag very much after some time

[visual yacht]

Quickest way to end brazil civil war?

I tried that 1 division exploit but it didnt work

Im assuming just naval invading horses is best way to deal with it

[nocturne cradle]

GEN.LEUT. MR.BEAST!

https://tenor.com/view/mrbeast-ytpmv-rap-battle-squid-game-squid-game-vs-mrbeast-gif-25491394

cat also great general btw

[glacial steeple]

chemist wanted to redo it idk

[proven cargo]

Trying to make austria hungary with both railroads and 100 opinion but theyre not accepting

will save scumming work?

[serene karma]

What mod is this btw

[left mica]

the fire rises

[serene karma]

Do u anything u want to add

Ill add it too

Or any feedback

[glacial steeple]

rangers, paratroopers

uhm

lots of things

its why things were pinned

to be added

patrick knows better :3

[hoary glen]

It auto completes if you've completed it and then you can choose a new one. The reward is automatically given.

[hoary glen]

Navy: All surface ships in one Fleet you use to patrol or convoy raid, all subs to another admiral and split them to small groups to raid somewhere.

Air: use 80% of your Air mils to build fighter and 20% to build CAS, after you have more fighters then your opponents swap to 20% on fighter and 80% on CAS (can also be done more gradual)

[hoary glen]

Just spam Destroyers with DP guns, one torp and you're good.

[hoary glen]

You reset your 100% efficiency line with something that is so marginally better that it makes no difference vs AI and vs a Player the production loss would make you lose.

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[serene karma]

I consolidated some of the previous pins

Theres rangers there too

[serene karma]

@hoary glen any suggestions for the pins

To add/remove

[light knoll]

for the inf templates, the big inf template has AT, replace that for flame tanks/shh/signal/aa
for the small inf, remove engineers, they're #1 noobs trap

[cedar swallow]

As Germany what should i do with the captured weapons and equipment , Sell it ?

[hoary glen]

I see the template suggestions as something to guide people who have no idea what they should do, so I don't think something like a jack of all trades mountain-marine template is that bad. These templates should guide players in the right direction, not print 1:1 MP meta.

The brick template is kinda all over the place tho as it has a bit too much supports for a defensive template, but it's lacking critical supports for an offensive one.

The only thing I would add is some Space Marine Template with Heavy Tanks for easy mode if someone does not want to micro Tanks and just Battleplan.

Tho it's always good to have some extended template list, just so people here who write about a pure mountaineers template or something have a point of reference.

[royal rain]

yo guys whats the new best path for the czech? like an order i have to follow you know

[hoary glen]

Sure if anyone buys it. Keep guns for garrisons tho, you'll need them

[neat widget]

I've been experimenting with brick type templates recently, with the focus of trying to enter a defensive battle before tanks will

The only viable brick template for that purpose seems to be a 39.6 width mountaineer template (so 22/0) or you just go with mech (which makes sense tbh)

You can go for an in-between (like a 13/5/2 ranger template i've managed to get working with the use of motorized recon - which are used here for their defense value)

yeah i was using multiplayer tanks (and sidenote, I was also told that 10 mech 9 tanks was a mess to make work, so they do 9 mech 10 tanks now, and with that brick templates are more forgiving)

[visual yacht]

shovels are noob trap?

halp ive stepped into the trap

would you put recon in its place for better tactics?

[neat widget]

they're noob trap for small inf

they're okay-ish for large divisions

[light knoll]

for small divisions yes, they're very very expensive for what they do

and people use them when they definitely don't have the eco to afford it

[visual yacht]

hmm ok, with infinite eco but with small divisions (thinking brazil here) shovels are good?

[neat widget]

because engineers cost 126 ic roughly and your small division is likely somewhere like 700 ic without it

[neat widget]

Brazil goes large divisions with its vast manpower pools

[neat widget]

and what you get is like 4% buff to your defense, which is basically nothing

But let's go to the 22/0 mentioned above, the infantry alone costs 2125 ic, so 126 ic is a small fraction. But it also boosts your defensive capabilities by 6.4% as well as boosting attack capacity and movement speed, so it stops being bad

Engineers aren't worth it when they increase your division cost by 18%, they are more worth it when they increase it by only 6%

[visual yacht]

makes sense, ty

[visual yacht]

they do? even for line holders?

[wind canyon]

Oh mb sorry

[neat widget]

I have a save where a Brazil player has 200 holder divisions and 100 large divisions by 1943, both special forces divisions

Of course you need to get going faster than 1943 in South America, but Brazil literally starts out with 44 million core population

At extensive you already have 2.8 million men

[half glade]

i need a good mountaineer div for 1939 iran

its still 1936 but i wanna get my tech up

[uncut narwhal]

if you dont have the doctrine combat width reduction

make sure its 36w

[light knoll]

they're not gonna have any of those supports as iran
so use something like recon rangers, arty, aa, field hospital, logistics

[uncut narwhal]

you can get flame tanks

lwk

[light knoll]

(probably not gonna have all of those either)

[uncut narwhal]

but yea shh

[light knoll]

uhhh

no not really

not without griefing yourself

badly

[uncut narwhal]

even putting them in the divs with none in stockpile

gives you like 15%

buff

[light knoll]

you need to make a facility and research tanks

[uncut narwhal]

not too bad

[light knoll]

you don't have neither an industry nor research

[half glade]

awesome thanks

[light knoll]

its just not worth

[half glade]

you can get flames as iran

their industry isn’t even that bad

[uncut narwhal]

flame tanks are always worth it

you can lwk get them

[light knoll]

you can its just not worth

[light knoll]

no they're not always

[uncut narwhal]

and in 39 you can get them

[light knoll]

empty flame tanks are not worth more than other support companies

[half glade]

flame tanks are so good

[light knoll]

you really don't have the industry for that early game

and research is almost equally important

[uncut narwhal]

does iran not start with inter war chassis?

[light knoll]

i don't think so?

[uncut narwhal]

idek

but even then

its only like 200 days

to research

[light knoll]

yeah no

[light knoll]

you have 2 research slots

[uncut narwhal]

ok then flame tanks probably would have to wait

maybe shh would be more worth it

[glacial steeple]

no

[glacial steeple]

needing the wiki smh

[uncut narwhal]

why is iran so bad bro

[glacial steeple]

play some iran

iran is good

[uncut narwhal]

only 2 research slots

[glacial steeple]

production + gun

well its bad

but i have fun as iran

communist path is really funny for doing self defense build

[uncut narwhal]

i only played iraq and afghanistan

[glacial steeple]

theyre much stronger

[uncut narwhal]

i tried doing the iraq arab uniting path or whatever its called

and the brits just wouldnt leave me alone

[glacial steeple]

iran is only for the true hoi4 players

liv knows iran better than me but

[light knoll]

i wanted to make sure im not delusional

[glacial steeple]

if you do communist path and you get the uprisings you can do the surrender tree

and so

you can get it done besides last focus

and so when majors actually invade you only have to hold like 30 days and can get their concessions

which i find fun to do

especially because you can make quite a lot of 9/0 inf to roach

and your terrain is good

and theres no airfields nearby

[glacial steeple]

delusion maxxing

[hoary glen]

The Brazilian DDAY menace :D

Just for SP it will be good enough to just have 36w with Support Arty and Logi

as a defensive div

[sick ginkgo]

What is the best tank template? With only truck tanks infranty techs, no amphibians n stuff like that

[hoary glen]

Look at the pins and instead of Mech you use Cav

[bright acorn]

is the civil war you get from teh fascist USA path broken?

[final estuary]

i cant load the map

as in with a mod

anyone can help

im using millenium dawn with 1.17.3

[lunar notch]

what is a battlecruiser and how do i build one?

[hoary glen]

If you take a Battleship Design you can equip Battlecruiser Armour

[lunar notch]

thank you so much

[novel spindle]

Does anyone know how to fix the "you shall not pass" achievement bug with Switzerland?

[left mica]

ask in the MD discord almost no one here plays md

[final estuary]

i am

wait how do i switch versions on paradox launcher

[dreamy egret]

How do i put a nuke into a submarine?

[tired moon]

someone please explain how i enter britain

[red mesa]

plan naval invasion, assign airforce to superiority and naval bombing over channel, once invasion is fully planned put surface fleet on patrol

don't put subs there, they will die, put them in the atlantic

invade with marines or well-equipped inf

invasion target should be dover and the tile next to it

if your airforce sucks this will not work

[keen hemlock]

It’s a special project

[dreamy egret]

Thanks

@keen hemlock which one?

[keen hemlock]

I think you have to add missle launching bay

Wait

1948?

Oh this is modded lol

[tired moon]

so I get fighters, put them in the english channel?

and then put my ships there when i have air superiority?

how do I expand my navy

so I have ships to get naval superiority over britain

[red mesa]

were you not building ships from the start of the game?

[hoary glen]

build destroyers with like 2-3 guns and 2-3 Torps. Doesn't really matter how much as long as you have some

[heady hemlock]

I just bought the death or dishonor dlc but it the new focus tree doesnt appear for me

this doesnt appear

[hoary glen]

Isn't death or Dishonor part of the basegame now?

[red mesa]

no

this person is simply silly

[hoary glen]

Then I'm confusing it

[red mesa]

DD has been base for ages

Pretty sure that's the GD tree

[heady hemlock]

parts of dd has been added for the base game

but this is not it

[red mesa]

yeah you have Götterdämmerung don't you

[heady hemlock]

this is the base game ft

[red mesa]

I misread, mb

[red mesa]

this is the DoD tree

[heady hemlock]

tf then why was it 10 euros 🙏

[red mesa]

what?

DoD was made base game years ago. You have the GD tree which is relatively new

[hoary glen]

Don't tell me you bought a key on a reseller :D

[heady hemlock]

no, i bought it from steam

[keen hemlock]

It’s supposed to be unable to purchase

Like they took it off steam

[heady hemlock]

apparently not

[red mesa]

https://tenor.com/view/benny-fallout-fallout-new-vegas-what-in-the-goddamn-confusion-gif-24924085

[timber jewel]

How do you combat resistance in the game?

[woven lotus]

change garrison law, make good garrison template

look for national spirits in focus tree that weaken resistence

advisors

lotsa stuff

[timber jewel]

what advisor do you recommend as fascist germany? heydrich?

[heady hemlock]

well time to get a refund

[woven lotus]

yeah he reduces resistance growth a lil bit and adds an extra operative slot so u can supress resistance with another spy

doing the himmler foci is also good

nice -25% damage to garrisons is helpful

and if u go gestapo route u get more efficency with the toot out resistance misson

also stability impacts how much resistance grows in ur occupied states

[vital plinth]

I play India and when I demand goa from the Portuguese they keep saying no ? Is there universal rule regarding this demand lands back ? Do I need bigger milletary ?

[light knoll]

no it is not

you should do todt, goring, hess and replace todt for speer after todt did his thing

[austere roost]

No get Hess, todt and then spiel. Once you get spiels path over todt's and you have hired organization todt as industrial advisor, get Goebbels and replace todt. By the time Himmler buffs apply to you you already won the game

[light knoll]

those are all irrelevant stats

[woven lotus]

dude specifically asked about resistance

dont care about allthat

[light knoll]

ok and? because they asked about how to reduce resistance doesn't mean you need to recommend them bad things just because they reduce resistance

[woven lotus]

its more about helping them figure out what parts of the focus tree actually affect resistance tho

[last quail]

i'm french and i started hoi4 since months but i'm bad; do u think guys can help me to get better pls?

[light knoll]

generally, just ignore it

its very rarely relevant

use civilian oversight or local police force

and so collab governments if you can

the fact that the game gives you notifications about high resistance doesn't mean its relevant

[austere roost]

check the videos in pins first and then try to follow bittersteel's Germany guide

[last quail]

i've alr did that but when i'm doing the same thing in my side, its not the same

[austere roost]

That means you didn't do the same thing

Do you have all dlcs?

[last quail]

nope, i've NO STEP BACK and Blood alone

[austere roost]

That should be good enough

Try to follow it. If you have questions about specific things let us know

[last quail]

last game i was combatting ussr and i took kiev, stalingrad, leningrad, moscow and ussr didnt ff, wtf i need to go to siberia to make ussr ff or what

[austere roost]

Yeah

[last quail]

and usa invade me so i alt f4

[austere roost]

You need to go to the aa line

[last quail]

no ravitaillement

[austere roost]

You need la resistance to get 3 collab governments in ussr to be able to cap them when you reach leningrad-moscow-stalingrad line

[keen hemlock]

does todt die in 43

like he did irl

[austere roost]

No

You kick him from the cabinet by then anyway

[last quail]

yes but the dlc us expensive ive no more money...

[austere roost]

Then just push to aa line

[last quail]

okay

btw

do u have a goat template tank and the best tank config pls ?

[austere roost]

Read pins

[last quail]

which one

there are alot

[austere roost]

Read them

[keen hemlock]

they are changing them

[austere roost]

There are also other tips if you have other questions

Yeah but the army template one is still there

[last quail]

how to put that at the bottom rught ?

[austere roost]

You need arms against tyranny for that

[last quail]

for real i red them and i dont found tank disagn

[orchid leaf]

how do you get the unique model for the IS-7 super heavy tank? shown in the first image is a unique model that someone else has and in the second image is my model which sucks and is the generic heavy tank model

[austere roost]

Is it related to dlc?

Idk cuz no one really builds super heavies sry

[orchid leaf]

its not just with the super heavy tank it's also with the Soviet Advanced Light tank model (T-60) and a few others, idk if they we're preorder rewards or something

[last quail]

i have to do heavy tanks ??

[orchid leaf]

what

who is the king of paradox maybe they can tell me

[austere roost]

No super heavies are memes and heavies are for mp

[orchid leaf]

does a single soul know how to get the unique models🥺🥺🥺 who could say no to these eyes

id like to speak to @Fredrik Malmberg, @Lars-Åke Thor, @Johan Arve, @Klas Berndal, and @Roger Undhagen

brrroooooooo pleeaaaasseeeeee e

wow just wow the hypocrisy here at hoi we stick together bcus its the community that makes the game so great and wow just wow

[keen hemlock]

couldnt you just like stick them on an island somewhere as a defenseive unit

[austere roost]

If you have enough ic for that why not get land cruisers? Also which one of the support companies do you plan to replace

[keen hemlock]

i would use them as a unit

not as a support company

but yeah landcruisers would prolly be better

max armor and entrenchment

[tired moon]

i wonder how many people stalin will kill for this encirclement

[orchid leaf]

hey thats interesting speaking of stalin and the ussr where are the T-60 and IS-7 ingame models

[full jay]

How do I get wsr scrore

I capped 4 Nations and Ihave 21% and italy has gotten bested up on and has 60%

Literally done nothing

How is this fair😭

[orchid leaf]

the best way to quickly get warscore is to engage and destroy enemy ships

[full jay]

Im Austria Hungary 🫰

[orchid leaf]

ohhh

[simple pewter]

Hello, do you have any mods you can recommend to help me avoid the lag caused by AI?

[orchid leaf]

have you tried endless human wave offences to drive up your own casualties

[full jay]

Yes😭

[orchid leaf]

sorry dude youre just going to have to kill italy after

[full jay]

Italian litterally have fone nothing than retreat to rome and just make my attacks harder

Why is Italy like this in HOI4

Greedy mussolini

[orchid leaf]

still incompetent as well

[marsh trench]

Why cant I park my ships in germany as italy?

[orchid leaf]

do you have docking rights or are you in a faction

[full jay]

Ive gone insane because of this, I literally didnt get even sea accsess last time so I restarted😭🫰

[marsh trench]

Yes, docking rights not an option, but in a faction yes

[orchid leaf]

have you changed the home base?

or whatever it is called

[marsh trench]

i tried, but I cant change it into the one in germany

[orchid leaf]

ok so you click on the change home base button on the admiral youd like to move (button next to 'select all') and it should show all the docks you currently control, click on faction members and you should see the docks in your faction. select a german dock (eg, wilhelmshaven) and then move youre navy their

[keen hemlock]

Do you have the suez or Gibraltar

[marsh trench]

THanks

[marsh trench]

No

[keen hemlock]

Wait are you at war

With the uk?

[marsh trench]

Yes

[orchid leaf]

oh yeah that might also be a problem if youre at war

[marsh trench]

Yes

Oh do I need to take gibralter?

[keen hemlock]

Well you can’t move thru an enemy controller straight

[marsh trench]

Yeah my bad, Im bit stupid

But thanks

[keen hemlock]

just take gibralter via naval invasion

or

you can take suez and sent your navy around africa

[marsh trench]

Thanks

[orchid leaf]

can anyone please answer this im so sad and confused it isnt just for super heavy tanks but also other tank models i hate the stupid generic design

[marsh trench]

How the hell the britian just destroy my entire navy....

[orchid leaf]

this must go in a hoi4 iceburg video as the biggest mystery ever ever in the history of ever in all of hoi

dude i am trying to entice any of you to help me pleeaaaassseeee o pretty pleeeaaaseee

wow so no one knows not a single hoi4 pro?

[last quail]

@austere roost this is my tank disagn

is it good ?

[orchid leaf]

wow not a single person knows not a singluar person

[last quail]

and my flamming tank

[orchid leaf]

brrrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not one person knows why the soviet tank models arent there broooooooooo

why is this the biggest mystery in all of hoi how does nobody know better yet why does nobody care you could be famous if you figure out where the soviet tank models are but ig no one is pro enough to know

the community is meant to help one another, thats what makes a community so close but wow the hoi community is well and truly screwed and filled with foids and idiots

WOWO JUST WOW NOT A SINGULAR SOUL

[scenic nacelle]

No way bro wants it this bad

[orchid leaf]

yes i do bro

[scenic nacelle]

But I will look when I get home

[orchid leaf]

THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU I OWE YOU MY LIFE

i will be waiting

[scenic nacelle]

It’s gonna be like 4 hours ish

[glacial steeple]

hi

i was video gaming

whats up

[glacial steeple]

choix du modéle button on this screenshot

should be the place to choose it

[keen hemlock]

Get the reliability wheels

Suspension

[glacial steeple]

its fine not to

[keen hemlock]

Ig so

Do you know what the base wheels buff

[glacial steeple]

1 ic less

[keen hemlock]

Ah

So if it’s for an actual spg div then I wouldn’t

But if it’s for space marines I will

[glacial steeple]

you wouldnt tho

youd want more reliability so you can use them in bad terrains with less losses

[keen hemlock]

Yeah

So I will add more

[glacial steeple]

its a reasonable choice sometimes to do bogie but its kinda like

you can save more with other stuff maybe

[keen hemlock]

Tbh I never balanced out my spg speed with my mech

[dusky heart]

I just got the Game and watched the tutorial vid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCqXIRRVZIY&t=1059s) and the guide said, that he exercises all of his navy at 56:48. The problem is that he "equippes" "chooses" (i don´t know the word rn) and clicks some kind of button wich he doesn´t say. I know that i can press k as a shortcut for excersising, but it doesn´t work when i use it when i have all of my navy "equipped". Does anyone know what i need to press?

As a note, i know how have multiple navys 8if taht´s the right term), just hold shift and Leftclick. I just don´t know how to excersise them all at once, without having to do every single navy one by one

[iron veldt]

screenshot your navy screen

[dusky heart]

The lower2 i did manually to test the shortcut on a single naval army

[iron veldt]

so you see have them highlighted

put them all into one navy group

or any navy group

[austere roost]

He pressed g to group all the navies into one task force

[dusky heart]

Do i need to have them highlighted? If yes, it doesn´t seem to work with g

[iron veldt]

yes

[dusky heart]

I can only group them seperatly

[austere roost]

Don't need the 6 engine and 4 armor and the wet storage. I would say even the radio and heavy mgs aren't needed until you can equip enough of your SPGs. If you research maintenance 2 you can put easy maintenance on.

[iron veldt]

right click one of the ships on your right side

i think that puts the ships you’ve selected into that group

[dusky heart]

Do you mean the anchors?

[austere roost]

Remove the 9 engine. Flame tanks should be cheap as possible until you have like 200 mils where you can start considering adding breakthrough

[iron veldt]

yeah

whatever gets it into one group lmao

[dusky heart]

Doesn´t work....

right click doesn´t work :[

[iron veldt]

highlight the ships

not the anchor s

then try it

[dusky heart]

?

Ok, did it. It was not to accept that. Just click g, like bmh5470 said.

Thanks you 2 :]

[iron veldt]

lololol no problem

[dusky heart]

other question: do you all still have the mousewheel as a movement tool

[iron veldt]

yes

[dusky heart]

i always want to press wasd

[iron veldt]

also youre playing as italy so im not sure they can exercise their ships for that long

[dusky heart]

The guide said, that it`s a good starting nation with etheopia as a playground to test stuff

i just trusted them because i know nothing about the game

Are there other good starting nations?

[iron veldt]

no it definitely is

canada, eng, usa

canadas a little boring but it’s a good starting place

[dusky heart]

I´ll try my way around. I´ll have to look into them more during the weekend

I usually try to get everything right from the 1st seconds in game but i wanne take it slow, because i already feel overwhelmed

[iron veldt]

i feel you, i played once, gave up & didn’t pick it up for another year lmao

[dusky heart]

I actually bought it once already but gave up during the tutorial. I just watched a lot of videos recently and really wanne get into it

[formal token]

Does anybody need help at learning the Game? I can help, I am bored...

[dusky heart]

I guess you could help me make a set up (my first one)

I am playing as Italy

[signal fern]

Hey guys just wondering whats the best way to gain naval superiority without building a big navy

[formal token]

Ok, ig

[dusky heart]

Do we go into the heloing lounge or smth?

[last quail]

i'd like to invade uk how can i naval invasion

[formal token]

Uk is a hard 1

[formal token]

Build Dockyards and build a strong Navy, when you have 4 Year Plan though, go after the Sowiets first

[last quail]

oh okk

[formal token]

https://youtu.be/i0wgBJbBbPQ?si=-5fXeQRP6--3kaM5 Watch this, it will help you out

@last quail do you want to go in a call?

[dusky heart]

The Tutorial guy in the vid i sent a link in the top) is currently dealing with this problem during his setup, but for some reason i only see the lone regiments or what they are called

[last quail]

yep if u want

[last quail]

but my english is so so

[dusky heart]

Bottom right. The red one

When i click it, i only see one division, while he sees all of them

[formal token]

Shift+ left click

[tough siren]

i need someone to teach me the basics of the game please, i have 12 hours on the game but they were back in 2024 so i literally know nothing. If any kind people would like to help please dm me

[dusky heart]

I need help with my 1st ever setup. the tutorial just confuses me

[iron veldt]

dm me

[iron veldt]

dm me

[viscid kayak]

how do i invite the ottoman loyalists?

[scenic solar]

Guys how do I design my divisions? I know this is not Vanilla, but I just need a basis to start and build on. Like what exactly should I aim for when designing a division? I have barely any experience with the game (I only played the tutorial) and I got a lil excited so here I am playing a modded game.

(This division is from the mod not by me)

[iron veldt]

what mod is this

[scenic solar]

Novum vexillum

I don't want help with the mod I just need to understand how should I make a decent division

and maybe how should my army composition be like

[iron veldt]

try to get it like this except make the SPG your tank

[scenic solar]

I don't understand the base

[iron veldt]

which part

[scenic solar]

I want to be able to design my own division

I never dealt with that before

[iron veldt]

oh you can’t even go to 36 width

i have no idea how to help you with that mod my bad

[iron veldt]

@uncut narwhal

[dusty sandal]

know what the stats do first and foremost

[iron veldt]

i would learn regular hoi4 before mods

[dusty sandal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcp1ooD_YqY

and yes, obviously don't go too much into mods before you even understand the basics of the game

[scenic solar]

Yep I just started reading it now. I was overwhelmed by the stats because of the amount of them

But It sounds simple till now

Though I don't exactly know how much is good or badof every stat

Like I can't determine it because I don't have a comparison

[floral patrol]

why

[scenic solar]

Ok ty

[floral patrol]

why artillery line is bad

explain me please

9/1 meta

[hoary glen]

It's a lie spread by big INF

[fathom thistle]

3width, less hp, less org

it will work against ai but its not really optimal

[floral patrol]

im know

im amybe crazy but im adding 2 artilleries in template

for get 6 width

[fathom thistle]

if you want ig

[floral patrol]

btw

for majors yes divisions with artillery is bad

but for minor this real meta

9/1 is good for greece and romania

[fathom thistle]

it isnt

[floral patrol]

21 width

[fathom thistle]

but you do you

[signal canyon]

I have a question on Ethiopia and Italy. Has anyone, when playing as Ethiopia, gotten Italy to go “a-historical”, when the historical is turned off?

I have found it impossible for the AI to withdraw, by themselves, and hard for me to realistically push until a much later time, like 1937-38, by which point Italy has already done enough diplomatic focuses to block themselves from ever going non-fascist.

Thoughts 💭? What am I doing wrong here?

[floral patrol]

what this is mean

[scenic nacelle]

Italy goes alt hist since Ethiopia surviving messes them up

[scenic nacelle]

Total soft attack in division

Divided by width

[marsh trench]

Why wont my parratroopers attack??? Ihad 70%+ air superiority????

[signal canyon]

Right, supposedly. But my question is how do you achieve Italy going alt history when the player plays Ethiopia?

[rain hawk]

transport planes

[marsh trench]

I do have transport planes??

[rain hawk]

in the airfield where your paratroopers are stationed in

[marsh trench]

Yes

[floral patrol]

im asking that lot of times in chat but all talking about enginer support and etc

give me please cheap infantry template

[coral musk]

how do i move the map without having to move the mouse to the top of the screen every time ?

[floral patrol]

im think this is 24 width with artillery, rockets and sapper

[scenic nacelle]

Umm

The starting infantry division is fine

[floral patrol]

because im researching mechanisation in 1940

[floral patrol]

What is better

What

[scenic nacelle]

Both work fine

[floral patrol]

Ok thanks

[coral musk]

how do i move the map without having to move the mouse to the top of the screen every time ?

[dusty sandal]

middle mouse button or arrow keys

[coral musk]

thanks

[floral patrol]

In mountains 25 width?

Because in mountains divisions lot of russian players advice add 1 artillery

to make 25 width for mountains

[uncut narwhal]

if theyre purely for mountains then 25 is good, but 36w is best for attacking in general

[vital plinth]

Aside from vanilla navry rework which other mods improve navry AI ?

[brazen panther]

am i doing good? (ik theres no generals im organizing the whole thing)

[uncut narwhal]

if your winning the civil war then yes

[brazen panther]

we're all losing but im slightly ahead

hello????

whys this chat always dead right when i step in

[sour mountain]

Can anyone save this

[brazen panther]

man im js gon reset

what do i prioritize?

[hoary glen]

as whom?

[brazen panther]

nationalists/carlists

[hoary glen]

focus north

[brazen panther]

kk

[hoary glen]

Bilbao and the one west of it on the coast

[brazen panther]

im only getting challenged there

i juist tried

[austere roost]

Don't add line artillery unless it's line aa

[hoary glen]

you bounce west east all the time and will have like 2 strength in both at the end

You can do something else, but consolidate the north is easier that way

[charred fable]

I am once again asking why I can't assign all 10 divisions to the naval invasion

[austere roost]

because lvl1 naval transport tech means max 6 divisions in one order

[charred fable]

It's 10 isn't it?

[hoary glen]

open staff tab

[austere roost]

in ONE order

[hoary glen]

and look at naval invasion cap

[austere roost]

you can make 2 orders, total division max 10, and each order has 6 max

[charred fable]

Where?

[charred fable]

ooooh

[hoary glen]

the other, with spirits etc

[austere roost]

where you get army spirits

[hoary glen]

hover these

[charred fable]

oh my god... never even knew they were there

[floral patrol]

Hi

If im have 4 slots

Im need research outdated?

for example

👍

[keen hemlock]

Yeah

You can

[vital plinth]

Aside from vanilla navry rework which other mods improve navry AI ?

[floral patrol]

glitch is legal?

[keen hemlock]

Glitch?

I think every country need to research the first support weapons

[floral patrol]

Is this good division?

[uncut narwhal]

no

dont use motorized

[floral patrol]

WAHT

Im started game

IM not have mechanized

[uncut narwhal]

yea so just use tanks

with cavalry

smth like this

[errant chasm]

Has motorized battalions been useless now thanks to tanks being designed to be slower thanks to infantry imo and armor clicks.

[uncut narwhal]

not really

for me its just not worth the extra mils

[errant chasm]

Yeah i could see why, not surprised honestly.

[uncut narwhal]

but mechanized is just the best out of the three

[charred fable]

El-Alamein sucks. Legit zero supply and it takes forever to build a port on top of it.

[uncut narwhal]

just build a port

[old ocean]

how long does a round of multiplayer usually take?

[uncut narwhal]

very cheap

[charred fable]

That's what I'm doing

[uncut narwhal]

anything from 2 to 8 hours ig

[uncut narwhal]

are you italy?

then just build like 2 ports

infront of it

and your fine

[old ocean]

and is 8 hours the max and does it happen often?

[errant chasm]

Indeed, the armor is nice

[uncut narwhal]

depends tbh

[uncut narwhal]

ai rarely pierces

[floral patrol]

Hi im gived reward to my good division

[uncut narwhal]

have to flex stats but ai doesnt even pierce 38 armor in 1947 in kx

ok wait they do

thats the wrong ss

but its not even relevant

if they pierce or not

[floral patrol]

does the division retain its training after the division is converted from one template to another

[uncut narwhal]

no

[royal rain]

someone got good inf temp, tank temp and tank design?

[uncut narwhal]

what kind of inf?

holding or attacking

[royal rain]

attacking and holding

[floral patrol]

im think

[floral patrol]

This is good for holding?

[uncut narwhal]

yes its fine for holding

[royal rain]

please get me some good stuff

[uncut narwhal]

so a 36w inf brick works well enough

against the ai

and in general

36w special forces also work great

[errant chasm]

Super heavy artillery how much ic does that cost?

[floral patrol]

This is dora?

Very expensive gun

[errant chasm]

No its a super heavy arty

[uncut narwhal]

its a super heavy howitzer

[uncut narwhal]

no idea

is lwk optional tho

[errant chasm]

It could be cheaper to remove it?

[errant chasm]

Yeah that might be better if you have to cut a corner

[floral patrol]

No this is

[uncut narwhal]

ok?

[floral patrol]

Wow

[floral patrol]

Oki

[royal rain]

and a tank design/temp

[brazen panther]

how do i even win as the carlists???? i fight off the nationalists and always get crushed by republicans

[brazen panther]

and the ahh stats of my infantries wont allow me to even execute an encirclement

[floral patrol]

What

51 relabilityino

[uncut narwhal]

doesnt matter at all btw

[brazen panther]

hello???

yeah thats ignorance

i guess

[uncut narwhal]

ig just try holding and not attacking

i dont really play spain

[floral patrol]

This is good autoplan

[uncut narwhal]

dont battleplan

always try to micro

[brazen panther]

just do both

battleplan gives plan bonus

[uncut narwhal]

yea but dont activate it

then

[brazen panther]

yeh

[floral patrol]

Btw

If annex czechoslovakia in january 1939 you get more factories

Fun fact

[uncut narwhal]

its better to annex them early tho

always rush annex

especially now that you get the good mio

with the new focus

[floral patrol]

If im get 4-5 biggest cities in USSR im can cap him?

If im make 4-5 times collabrarion agency

[uncut narwhal]

if you get a like max collabs the big cities should be enough

[floral patrol]

Ok

[full dock]

When will the next DLC sale be?

[floral patrol]

Hi

What im need to do

[lapis wasp]

what cores am I missing?

[fathom thistle]

for greater german reich?

[lapis wasp]

for autarky

it says I don't fully control all the cores

[fathom thistle]

schreenshot it

[lapis wasp]

am I reading this wrong?

[sand ember]

you don't have tungsten either and idk what core you're missing

[fathom thistle]

the problem is that you dont have resource on X

[lapis wasp]

ok

[fathom thistle]

get that building that increases the resources extracted

[wise roost]

Nice amout of oil u got there

[loud skiff]

im trying to do anschluss and it says that my army needs to be 24x bigger. Does this mean i just have to recruit and deploy more units?

[uncut narwhal]

Yea

Day train 22 divs

And 18 mils on guns

You can do anschluss on like may 1st then

[loud skiff]

cool

ty

[lapis wasp]

oh yeah thanks

[loud skiff]

so put 22 divs in the training tab

[viscid parrot]

same question

[uncut narwhal]

Yes the normal inf div

[loud skiff]

sorry for all the questions but i want to make sure i dont mess up. Do i press the train button 22 times or can i just add 22 units

[uncut narwhal]

You can add 22 divs lol

[loud skiff]

ah thank you

[charred fable]

So as Italy I get the event to create a collaboration government. I think it was Yugoslavia and Greece, which didn't appear do anything. Then I did it with Ethiopia and they became a puppet, annoyingly because they then go down the rebellion route. What gives. Aren't collaboration governments meant to just increase compliance?

[loud skiff]

Theya are taking quite a while to train

[uncut narwhal]

They should be finished around may

[loud skiff]

of 1936?

[uncut narwhal]

Ofc

[loud skiff]

well its 4th of july at the moment

[uncut narwhal]

Then you did smth wrong

Did you have 18 mils on guns?

[loud skiff]

i have 20

[uncut narwhal]

Then what is missing for the troops?

[loud skiff]

oh wait

There was another division being trained above it that i forget to cancel

now its going faster

sorry

lol

[uncut narwhal]

You can deploy them as long as they are fully equipped

They'll count

[loud skiff]

okay

[loud skiff]

mhh i still cant do the focus

[uncut narwhal]

Yea might have to restart

[iron veldt]

what range should you have as germany on planes

[loud skiff]

why

[uncut narwhal]

Because usually you won't get them then until like 38

[loud skiff]

get what

[uncut narwhal]

Just do the meta design with focke wulf

[uncut narwhal]

Austria

[loud skiff]

oh

So what focus do u think i should do instead

[uncut narwhal]

Restart

[loud skiff]

Whats the difference

[uncut narwhal]

You either get them in 36 or 38

[iron veldt]

do you put fuel tanks on it if you’re using f wulf

[uncut narwhal]

Self sealing and 2x armor plates

[loud skiff]

but it doesnt even let me do the focus

[trail lava]

What did they do to navy? My fleet was docked in a sea tile and it still said I was out of range of the area

[iron veldt]

self sealing on fighters or cas

[uncut narwhal]

Yes because you did it wrong

[loud skiff]

what did i do wrong?

[uncut narwhal]

Def fighters for cas it doesn't matter too much

[uncut narwhal]

Just day one train 22 divs and 18 on guns

[vital plinth]

Is there a place where I can see beta updates that will be made into next patch ? Or something?

[loud skiff]

okay

[iron veldt]

dev diary ?

what gun for recon tanks?

[loud skiff]

so should i deploy them aslong as they are fully equiped

and can be a green

[iron veldt]

when you’re about to to ansch just deploy whatever’s deployable

[loud skiff]

okay

[iron veldt]

is this good for light tank recon? (1936)

[loud skiff]

im running out of equipment fast

[iron veldt]

that’s fine

[loud skiff]

should i just let the 5x speed run

Or

[iron veldt]

what part are you at

[loud skiff]

wdym

[iron veldt]

you’re trying to rush anschluss right

[loud skiff]

yeah

[iron veldt]

what focus are you on

[loud skiff]

reorganise the wehrmacht

[iron veldt]

yeah once you finish that just deploy them

[loud skiff]

the thing is i have no equipment

cause i deployed it all

On the troops

[iron veldt]

yeah that’s fine

[loud skiff]

Its gonna take 261 days so should i let the 5x run?

[west knot]

Trying to capitulate Austria with Hungary any tips (playing road to 56)

[iron veldt]

yeah yeah

you won’t go to war for 3 years

[loud skiff]

i didnt know were going to war with austria i thought we just annex them 😭

[west knot]

Same thing fr

[iron veldt]

no you do annex them

but the deficient is fine

[loud skiff]

What should i do in the meantime

[west knot]

Everytime it seems they have the greatest attack known to man

[iron veldt]

between what

[vital plinth]

Where can I see this v

[loud skiff]

wdym

[iron veldt]

in the meantime of what

[loud skiff]

of the 3 years

just prepare?

[iron veldt]

ohhhh

you’re not talking about anschluss anymore

[loud skiff]

bro what

I thought we were waiting till i deploy what do i do in the meantime

[iron veldt]

oh

once you finish the focus before anschluss deploy them

& then do anschluss

[loud skiff]

i have to wait 200 days so yh

[iron veldt]

no you don’t

you don’t need all the equipment for the focus to start

[loud skiff]

but it says the army needs to be 24x stronger

and it doesnt let me deploy them

nvm

I got anshcluss

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lmaooo

W

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I had spare troops i realised xD

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💀💀💀

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rush czech too

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I HAVE AUSTRIA WOHOO!!

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hi

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Okay do i need a focus or?

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this is good division?

[iron veldt]

yes

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ima tell you something. I just started the game 🤣

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Which one do u know

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it’s not optimal

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demand sudetenland > first vienna award > fate of czech

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at least 725k in divs manpower now how do i do that

[iron veldt]

this will show you

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in the field is 500k

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just force deploy enough troops

good

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250k more

[iron veldt]

yeah just add units

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okay now i lit have no equipment to train

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& turn on high equipment priority

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kk

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do four year plan focuses in the mean time

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grrr 1k more lol

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wheres that in the tree

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to the left

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Should i help sudetenland?

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yes i think

show me

that’s a new decision

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for some reason i cant take screenshots

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you’re good i’m too lazy for ts

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so yes?

[iron veldt]

oh no

just take a picture of it

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ok

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What