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[warped marsh]

how th do i even win wars in this game

[left mica]

https://tenor.com/view/67-67-school-6-7-8-9-6-7-meme-gif-9283842523222664778

[vital plinth]

Is puppet rules when playing democracy very different? I can’t build civs or anything in Afganistan only only infrastructure impossible to maintain autonomy

[wind canyon]

As a democracy you get a supervised state witch sucks

I think its better if you annex a nation and then release it as a puppet from the occupied territories

[rustic sparrow]

Gng

I read online that in 1942

Ussr ai finishes its focuses

So it doesn’t suffer from debuffs?

Is that why I’m struggling so hard rn

I’m up against so many damn Soviet divisions

Shld have attacked earlier ffs

[uncut narwhal]

watch segl germany guide

[rustic sparrow]

Okay

So many to watch from 😂

[uncut narwhal]

on germany just build mils day one

rush anschluss

get to institute price controls

and do inf bricks

[rustic sparrow]

I don’t have problem with that

Lowkey it’s just like

During war time

Especially against USA and ussr

I can’t seem to finish them quickly

As compared to the YouTubers

I mean it’s probably because I’m always 1 year late

[uncut narwhal]

then templates/designs are prolly a problem

[rustic sparrow]

I copy theirs too

XD

[uncut narwhal]

which templates exactly?

[rustic sparrow]

Tanks particularly

Infantry as well

For ships and plane designs

Any designs I copy too

I’m gonna try again, this time I’ll try and finish my wars quicker

I feel like being late makes me go agst stronger ai

Especially USA and ussr

Maybe that’s why I’m struggling idk

[uncut narwhal]

just sealion so you dont have to fight the US

[rustic sparrow]

I mean

I sealion first

Then attack USA

Then attack ussr

[uncut narwhal]

i do soviets then US

but yea

[rustic sparrow]

Seriously

But won’t the us be super strong by then

[eternal plaza]

Manageable

[uncut narwhal]

they only get strong after like mid 41

[rustic sparrow]

Ohhh

I mean

They won’t naval invade u right

[uncut narwhal]

who?

[rustic sparrow]

So u wld recommend me to lowkey just take ussr first? Then move to USA

[rustic sparrow]

USA

[uncut narwhal]

if your not at war

then no

[rustic sparrow]

Alright

Wait when does ussr typical get strong

@uncut narwhal

[uncut narwhal]

42?

probably

[rustic sparrow]

I see

[uncut narwhal]

41 is a good time to kill tho

[rustic sparrow]

So logically USA first

[uncut narwhal]

but 1940 usa is weak

[rustic sparrow]

I mean

Ussr*

[rustic sparrow]

Ah yes

Wait but

Do u usually take over uk before 1940?

U finish off the allies in eu before then

[uncut narwhal]

i usually take the uk in like late 39 to mid 40

[rustic sparrow]

Interesting

I mean

Do u invade Poland in 1938 then?

[uncut narwhal]

no like mid 39

usually

[rustic sparrow]

wtf

[uncut narwhal]

sometimes also like late

[rustic sparrow]

How r u so fast

[uncut narwhal]

kinda historical

[uncut narwhal]

tanks with cas/inf bricks with cas

[rustic sparrow]

I see

Maybe I’ll try

Again

Definitely should try and rush

[wild kiln]

How do you actually “manage” your cas?

Assign a boat load to each army or actually micro the wings for each engagement area? Or other?

[uncut narwhal]

soo

sometimes micro them

but usually i just slap them on with the fighters

train everything

and your fine

[wild kiln]

Ty!

What airframes do you use and any suggested builds? Was trying to follow historical references but they’re actually not great when I slap everything in…

[rain bluff]

if im doing a mechanised / spg build, do i just spam out basic 18 width infantry and the rest on the tanks or else?

[uncut narwhal]

yea kinda

[red crag]

yall do i suck or is it possible to have 12 full strength armored medium tank divisions by mid 1939? because my tank production is at like 5/day and its gonna take 2000 days for the defecit to be covered

[uncut narwhal]

on germany?

you can have 16 with ease tbh

[red crag]

i legit start tank production in 1938 its genuinely impossible

[uncut narwhal]

produce a convert chassis early on

[uncut narwhal]

too late lol

start in 36

just convert

[red crag]

how do i start in 36?

[uncut narwhal]

once you have the good design

[red crag]

i dont start out with medium i gotta research that

[uncut narwhal]

put an interwar with heavy machine gun into production

[uncut narwhal]

you dont have nsb?

[keen hemlock]

Do you have one for axial jets

[red crag]

i do

but i only get light amd heavy right?

[uncut narwhal]

you start with medium inter war

[uncut narwhal]

have never used it so nah

[red crag]

i've never seen that one

[uncut narwhal]

its literally there

[red crag]

so i put that in production and then what

[keen hemlock]

Normal jets?

[uncut narwhal]

3 man turret with heavy machine gun and then 2x heavy machine gun

then convert it once you have howitzer 1 to the good tank

and set it to spg

end result in 38/39

[red crag]

ah okay will that be enough to cover the 2k defecit?

[uncut narwhal]

if you start early

then yes

[red crag]

u sure 51 reliability is good? i like to keep it at 70

[uncut narwhal]

dont fight in bad supply

and it doesnt matter

[red crag]

i usually just add a logistics company

[uncut narwhal]

dont fight in bad supply

with tanks

[red crag]

fair enough

and what about my flame tanks

they also needa be produced

[uncut narwhal]

yea

just produce them too

[red crag]

same chassis?

[worn shard]

is heavy td best tank

[uncut narwhal]

not in sp

[uncut narwhal]

ofc

[red crag]

okay so i just start producing this chassis for 2 production lines and switch both once i unlock the tech

got it, thank you

[uncut narwhal]

your prolly fine on one line tbh

cause your converting the chassis

and you dont need a lot of flame tanks

[red crag]

i like to have a constant supply, maybe with like 15 mils

[uncut narwhal]

for tanks put like 30 and you wont run out

[red crag]

bet, il try it this game

[uncut narwhal]

also rush air

[red crag]

i dont have by blood alone

[uncut narwhal]

ohhh

[red crag]

so i legit just spam those shitty fighters

gets the job done mostly

[turbid ingot]

how do i change governemnt

how do i start civil watr

[vital plinth]

I don’t understand how to build a bigger navry as a smaller country from start it takes very long any advice ?

And can’t produce the big ships first or a lot of them since they cost alot of ressouces

[sand ember]

you can steal a navy from bigger countries

[uneven heart]

As Finland with AAT during Winter War (currently 9/40), am I stuck if I can't take Leningrad and then have a White peace?
I've pushed the Soviets back, but now the borders are all along 3 rivers (one in Leningrad) all defended by at least 4 divisions, and I can't push anymore since they'll just immediately get reinforced. I'm severely out of equipment, most of my divisions are at 50 % strength only.
Feel like I can't even hold some of the defences anymore.

I guess Barbarossa is still a year away, but not sure I can even hold on for that long, continue to lose more equipment than my bombed factories can produce/I can lend-lease.

[vital plinth]

If I dont have access to them ?

[sand ember]

who are you playing

[vital plinth]

India

Nuclear ghandi

[sand ember]

oh that's actually tough idk where to get a good navy as india

[turbid ingot]

how do i get more manpower

[vital plinth]

I think democracy India proply the worst I picked for navry the other routes has some better buffs for that

But is there a mod or function that makes AI also take enemy navry when they at peace confidence ?

[sand ember]

not sure sorry

[neat widget]

by the way if you have a range MIO like fiat you should use double armor plates

if you don't that's when you use fuel tanks

[vital plinth]

Hey livadeia do you know if sheep mod or expert AI also gets AI to take enemy navry when they do peace conference

[neat widget]

sheep's doesn't i'm pretty sure

[errant chasm]

have you played sheep or expert ai, lion?

[vital plinth]

Ah ok do you know if any mods gets AI to also take enemy navry at peace conference ?

[vital plinth]

No sorry but I’m thinking if getting it AI seems to easy to beat when equal numbers

[neat widget]

idk tbh

[errant chasm]

honestly i was consider playing it so I don't play big inf germany because the ai sucks at tanks

[neat widget]

Well, it's worth a try

[errant chasm]

so what would a tank build be? Would it be medium cannon normal tank? Or a SP anti tank destroyer

[neat widget]

well it would be a tank destroyer

Or maybe you can try SPG with a tank destroyer meme

[errant chasm]

oh thanks might play expert ai the next time i play Germany.

[vital plinth]

Expert AI makes Ai use meta stuff or better like in multiplayer ?

[neat widget]

i don't think so?

i've never played expert ai btw

[kind crystal]

unrelated, but how come you are named after a greek village?

if i may

[neat widget]

it's actually after a russian boat

[errant chasm]

this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_yacht_Livadia_(1880)?

[neat widget]

yeah

[errant chasm]

you spelt it wrong

[neat widget]

i know

[turbid ingot]

i started a game w japan i lowkey didnt manage to do the february 26th incident and i have no idea what im doing yall got some tipps

[gleaming grove]

Should i do that or not?

(once i can)

[kind crystal]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livadeia

[errant chasm]

gives you a new czech focus tree and that's pretty much it

im sorry I have not play czechoslovakia yet but what weapon were you trying to unlock

is that Skoda thing

[inner sparrow]

send a screenshot

of it

[errant chasm]

@cold bloom I have no clue what this guy is yapping about. What is this new weapon you added in the czech dlc

[kind crystal]

what country are you playing and how do you get reichsprotectorates if not germany

[errant chasm]

oh that I never played czechoslovakia yet

I think this is some kind of mio? I am sure Marjin can explain this better

[warped river]

yo if i want to go armored doctrine as germany in a match where i dont attack the soviets until a really long time later and focus on africa what is a really good armor template for just general mass production purposes and should i go light medium or heavy tank

[inner sparrow]

sp? medium

and 36w 9/9 10/8 is fine

9 tanks / 9 mechs is decent enough

[kind crystal]

personally i prefer light and medium, cos later you can streamline production into modern tanks (for r56 for example or mods that have later research)

[inner sparrow]

modern tanks are shit

they are worse than basic or improved

[warped river]

if i go lighy i can use the leopard

light

[cold bloom]

@proven rain first industry focus

[kind crystal]

how so?

[inner sparrow]

are u playing no dlc?

[warped river]

Nah

I dont have the dlcs

[inner sparrow]

straight up less stats bc of module slot and u nuke ur efficiency

[warped river]

Wish i had gottademburg

[dry cedar]

Why is my carried not engaging?

[warped river]

doesnt medium slow down my 12 kmh mechanized infantry

im gonna put a lot of mechanized

inside the armor template

and is it really better for production

than light

[inner sparrow]

speed is a big nothing burger stat

3 tiles of snaking and u have no supply so ur gonna have 0 speed again

good job

[neat widget]

is this a special project?

[errant chasm]

no its apparently that skoda thing in the czech dlc

[kind crystal]

holy supply issues in Greece

[rain bluff]

when should i start building refineries as germany

[uncut narwhal]

i do it in like late 38

just when you have spammed enough mils

[kind crystal]

also max out infrastructure for them juicy resource bonuses

especially on the rich tiles

[rustic viper]

Can I have a guide how to rush fighters on italy?

[rain bluff]

alr tyty everyone

[kind crystal]

np, it seems trivial and boring, but it acc helps, especially when you research the industry stuff (excavation and all the petrol stuff)

[halcyon perch]

is ur real life name elvi?

[rustic viper]

nah

[halcyon perch]

so why do u have it?

[rustic viper]

I didn't know this name existed.

[halcyon perch]

its my irl name lmao

[kind crystal]

is ur real life name . ?

[halcyon perch]

ye

[kind crystal]

airport security must love you

[halcyon perch]

why

[rustic viper]

Help meeee

[halcyon perch]

nah elvi boi change my name

[wild kiln]

Expanded fuel on both, armored cockpit + sealing tanks on the fighter?

For thematic points alone, okay to add a gun to the cas one?

[uncut narwhal]

uhh no idea what your trying to say but just use the ones from the screenshot

and adding a gun is ok ig

[halcyon perch]

@kind crystal yo i NEED to know why airport security loves me

[kind crystal]

well imagine ur checking a passport and you see the name .

[halcyon perch]

bro whats wrong with it

or right

[kind crystal]

seen the film superbad?

[halcyon perch]

bro js say it

[gleaming grove]

fascist US

[kind crystal]

ah alright

[tender plinth]

question:

I followed the suggested research pathways from bittersteel for germany.
I noticed that by around mid 1937 I still wasn't producing nor developing medium tank divisions.

I am now in April of 1938 and have started mass producing mediums and training divisions.

my question is: In future should i try to rush better airplane / tank designs immediately from 1936?

i just don't think i will have the 6 medium tank divisions i was aiming for by 1939

for poland and france

[neat widget]

Then don't push and maybe ask for peace if you can

[uncut narwhal]

start producing interwar medium chassis early on to convert later once you have the correct tech

you can get like 24x 36w tank divs by war

somewhat easily

[tender plinth]

ok so basically develop the lowest tier of medium tank from 1936 and then convert to the 1938 and 1940 models (respectively) later?

[uncut narwhal]

you cant convert models

you will stay on the interwar chassis

you will only upgrade the gun and modules

[tender plinth]

oh ok

[uncut narwhal]

do not switch the chassis

[tender plinth]

and that will be the case for the entire war?

[uncut narwhal]

yes

[tender plinth]

ok that makes sense

will try that

thanks very much

[uncut narwhal]

whats your tank division and tank design btw?

[tender plinth]

sorry to bother further, but is the same applicable with fighters and cas?

[tender plinth]

one sec

[uncut narwhal]

kinda but for fighters you really want the good chassis

so not really a thing

[tender plinth]

ok that makes sense

i'm opening the game rn

will get you a photo of my tank designs + division template?

[uncut narwhal]

so thats kinda horrible

im sorry to tell you

[tender plinth]

lol

ok

[uncut narwhal]

you want the flame tank support company

[keen hemlock]

for this dont you max armor

[uncut narwhal]

4 armor clicks btw

not maxxing

[tender plinth]

what is the icon next to the horse?

[uncut narwhal]

medium spg

self propelled gun

[tender plinth]

ok

so to summarise

in future use the inter war chassis and develop better weapon systems over better tank frames?

[uncut narwhal]

yes you wait till you have the howitzer 1 tech

and the put it on the tank

and convert all the cheap chassis

youve build

[tender plinth]

hmm that makes sense, thanks very much

is there a website that has a photo copy of the above tank designs?

just because

the website i used was clearly no good

😂

[uncut narwhal]

wdym by photo copy?

[tender plinth]

oh just like a photo of the designs

[uncut narwhal]

i send it?

[tender plinth]

yeah sure

[half kite]

why can't i craft the plane

[keen hemlock]

i thought you wanted max breakthru

[uncut narwhal]

not like "max" break

but the one that has a good price

[uncut narwhal]

no mils assigned

you see that they are grey?

green ones are assigned

grey ones will be assigend once theres one free

[keen hemlock]

what should i shoot for then

[uncut narwhal]

i go for 4 clicks because at 5 it costs more steel

[half kite]

what so how do i make one free

[uncut narwhal]

build more or unassign one

[keen hemlock]

ah

[iron veldt]

how much hardness do you need to counter anti air

[uncut narwhal]

how much piercing does aa even have?

[iron veldt]

25

[uncut narwhal]

so dont you need more armor than 25 then

not sure how exactly stats are calculated

[iron veldt]

bet

[iron veldt]

no one does

only one guy at paradox does

[uncut narwhal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IIjk4bAh68

[obsidian spade]

i built railways and shit why are they still low org?

[uncut narwhal]

railways dont exactly work like that

build a port on the tile behind the front

and supply will be fixed

if possible always build a port

not a supply hub

a lot cheaper

[keen hemlock]

^

supply hubs take forever to build and idk why

[uncut narwhal]

yea especially as a minor nation you can not afford allat

[keen hemlock]

you got the reorganize the railroads

[uncut narwhal]

only once tho

[keen hemlock]

wait really

i feel like ive clicked it more than once

[obsidian spade]

should i trade destroyers with US for carribean islands?

[neat widget]

as the uk you have enough of a navy, and if you want more just steal the french one

if they capitulate

because you might not even need france to capitulate

[keen hemlock]

oh shi

[neat widget]

The UK is one of those countries that can solo the entire Axis when you're the player

[half kite]

how do i assign paratroopers to a general

there in me division designer rn

[iron veldt]

wdym

the same way you do infantry

[half kite]

i don't have them on the map

[iron veldt]

did you deploy the paratroopers

[half kite]

no its says they have to be assigned to a general

[wind canyon]

wdym? take a ss of your recurit and deploy

[half kite]

im so cunfused

[keen hemlock]

so are we

[wind canyon]

take a screen shot

of your recruit and deploy tab

[keen hemlock]

once you design the divison, you need to deploy it, then add ll of them to an army and give them a general

[half kite]

i have a transport plane but i cant deploy them

[wind canyon]

okay do you have air domiance?

over all regions that the troopers will be flying over?

[keen hemlock]

the order takes a week to get ready iirc

[keen hemlock]

oh

[half kite]

yeah

[wind canyon]

okay so they aren't deployed

[keen hemlock]

those guys cant airdrop

[wind canyon]

you don't have any those can't dorp

[half kite]

no wait a sec

[wind canyon]

pratroopers are special forces

[keen hemlock]

yes

[wind canyon]

yes that

[keen hemlock]

you need to deploy them

[half kite]

how

[keen hemlock]

they train over time, that one you already have is trained up

[iron veldt]

train them & deploy like you do regular infantry

[wind canyon]

pick a location for them to dpeloy to

[half kite]

ok

[wind canyon]

where a i drew the circle

[half kite]

do i put them on a friendly air field

base*

[wind canyon]

yes

set up the order with the partroopers in a new army

and ensure you have air domiance

also build up a larger army and don't put them all under the same general

[half kite]

ok thanks

[ancient epoch]

how do i use the plane designer?

[wind canyon]

nws make sure you have an army on the french boarder before you declare war on poland btw

[ancient epoch]

i only have this one

[wind canyon]

so the top row is the primiary purpose of your planes right

[ancient epoch]

how do i access the complicated one?

[wind canyon]

oh you need the dlc by blood alone

otherwise u just get the basic one

[ancient epoch]

ah

oh well

[half kite]

ok

[ancient epoch]

wait how do i get more organization for my templates

cuz i have low org

[wind canyon]

add infantry or the mortized or mechinized variants

[ancient epoch]

what can i do other than putting more units to increase it

[wind canyon]

you can get the mission type tactics in land doctrines

but its kinda bad

[keen hemlock]

tons of doctrines increase org

[wind canyon]

what are you trying to do anyways?

is it an infantry template? armored?

[wind canyon]

yep its just the one that i thought of off the top of my head

[fathom thistle]

special forces get tons of org btw

[half kite]

why won't it let me luanch an invasion

[fathom thistle]

cuz u didnt declare war yet

[obsidian spade]

all my convoys are gone to 0

[fathom thistle]

there are more important issues on this schreenshot tho 😭

[obsidian spade]

idk why

[half kite]

like what

[meager pier]

wheres ur template and plus u got too many units on one general

[keen hemlock]

31 units

[meager pier]

it shows 30/24 the penalty will be baddddd

[fathom thistle]

-low on supplies
-no field marshal + overstacking divisions under one general
-probably no air
-motorized divs and light tanks divs

[keen hemlock]

No equipment

^

[half kite]

😭

this game is soooo confusing

[meager pier]

watch tuts

[half kite]

thta how you learned

[meager pier]

i barely have 100 hours but i reformed the roman empire

[meager pier]

yh and trial and error

try new stuff

[half kite]

how doi declare war

[meager pier]

did you do the focus yet

also get fate of czech first

then focus on poland

[half kite]

im just watching tutorial

[fathom thistle]

either jusifty manually or focus yes

[iron veldt]

mate

[iron veldt]

if you need some more help shoot me a DM

[half kite]

ok

[meager pier]

check pins too

you dont need 50 min long videos unless you really struggle on that specific mechanic

and mate sure to watch bittersteel

especially on those terrible save videos

he gives a lot of tips on those

and start with italy not germany italy is so much more easier to manage

@iron veldt italy is better than germany if you wanna get basics down quick though

[dry cedar]

I am playing histrorical

[elfin perch]

Can someone explain how to have naval dominance around Japan, am playing as the US?

[kind crystal]

cant be, you'd only be halfway in albania by now

[dusty sandal]

patrol with your fleet around there

[celest vale]

invade chinese

[kind lark]

Plenty of carriers and use fighters and naval bombers placed on islands in the pacific

The best way to get naval dominance is air dominance

[meager pier]

guys what do i geniunely do because greece is being guaranteed by the uk

[fathom thistle]

what year?

[meager pier]

1937

[fathom thistle]

capping france and uk before doing greece honestly

cuz the guarantees dont go away anytime soon

[meager pier]

i geniunely dont know how to get air superiority though

like

especially for the battle of britain

[fathom thistle]

dunno as in plane design?

[meager pier]

i can cap france fast with paras but the uk nahhh

[keen hemlock]

take navy prolly

[meager pier]

navy is almost impossible for the uk

paras better

[meager pier]

nah i just dont know how to outcompete the uk

[keen hemlock]

italy + france is def big enough

[meager pier]

ik the design needs heavy mgs 3 times but uhhh

[fathom thistle]

You still want naval dominance for supplies to flow for your divs

[meager pier]

alr so do i just strike force the english channel or what

im still shit at navy

[keen hemlock]

train first

then before war

[fathom thistle]

you can do normal patrols just make sure you have air superiority, as for ships just spam topredo dd's

[keen hemlock]

^

[meager pier]

do i take war with france focus

[keen hemlock]

typin with 1 hand rn cuz im eating popcorn with the other

[fathom thistle]

based

[meager pier]

tbh i skipped most of the eco stuff i wanted to cap stuff quickly before the guarantees kicked in

[fathom thistle]

do you think you are ready?

[meager pier]

did get bulgaria and austria

[meager pier]

uhh i can cap it instantly lmao

i just need to research paras

so war in 1938 ig

also this is shit right

i dont have anything else this is early attack for me

[fathom thistle]

does france join allies that early or nah? I forgot

[meager pier]

they join in 1937

i dont care about the uk if they take my colonies i want to cap them

[meager pier]

i need to get flame tanks

like fast

[fathom thistle]

Okey so, before war you want to make sure your other stuff like navy and air is ready too, just so you can attack uk asap

[meager pier]

theres a bug with the uk that makes them stop doing air sup missions for a split second

so i can carry out paras quickly

[finite bronze]

How to make 1 admiral so he can patrol all the seas that I commanded?

[meager pier]

is this a bug btw all my troops are at 100 strength but it shows 40k deficit

[celest vale]

dont joker with vichi france after i give them italy they even strong more than uk lol

they can even fight with uk and us same time

[finite bronze]

for example when I took one admiral and asked him to patrol 5 seas, it took all his divisions and focused on 1 sea

[keen hemlock]

it might be for garrison or training

[meager pier]

oh yeah it is

dropped a shit ton of attack divs

ehhhh

[fathom thistle]

how many taskforces you have?

[meager pier]

i have 50 holding divs its calm

[elfin perch]

How do i do that because thay just dont reach there

[meager pier]

oh yeah theres a cheese for france that doesnt need paras

[kind lark]

Heavy planes if you need more range

[meager pier]

i use a fallback line right before the border and the french troops will go t othe maginot

then i storm through the south

[celest vale]

you only need 5 tank and move quickly to paris dont need anything more

maybe 4

[meager pier]

i dont have anything for tanks yet lmao

and the light tanks are shit

ill just storm with paras and 50 holding divs

which have 70 soft attack

SHOULD be enough

plus i can get germaany in the war

[celest vale]

dont let tank alone let them come with your infantry and your tank set them in 1 line only

[meager pier]

spgs are way better for me

when i invade ussr spgs tend to do better than tanks

[finite bronze]

u mean how many admirals I have or how many I gave to them commands?

[meager pier]

no taskforces

like ship groups

[fathom thistle]

forgot you sent a picture mb xD, add hospitals and flame tanks if possible

[meager pier]

yep thats what im aiming

[fathom thistle]

or if you cant research flame tanks soon enough add rangers

[meager pier]

i need to build a facility though which takes a whole year for me

sigh

[finite bronze]

well so im translate my game to english so I can send u screens

[meager pier]

this france idea might be a big stupid idea

[meager pier]

select all your ships

every person is a task force

admiral like you say

[fathom thistle]

1 admiral can have 10 taskforces, if you assign your admiral to multiple regions but you dont have enough taskforces they wont cover all assigned regions

[meager pier]

here we go

i dont care im getting germany in ts one

[fathom thistle]

nah dont call them

[finite bronze]

sry I wanna make sure u about that one, so select all?

[celest vale]

spgs is good but it slow if you learn how to use fast tank you can even invade ussr with only 12-14 tank only need focus them in one line and move faster capture supply enemy they will never loosing supply

[fathom thistle]

send full schreenshot

[meager pier]

yeah encirclements are always better since you get rid of the troops not just make them flee

[fathom thistle]

as you can see at bottom that admiral has 1 taskforce

he can cover one region

[celest vale]

they already select all

if you want use many task you need split your ship division

[finite bronze]

but it still focus on one sea patroling

[finite bronze]

cuz I did it

[celest vale]

you split your division yet liek this

and if you patrol ship alway remember dont let them fighting enemy ship or you will waste 1-2 ships patroll

[finite bronze]

So I need to press divide into balanced taskforce?

[jagged hull]

So can anyone help me I'm trying to bet German Rich as austro-Hungarian empire what type of division should I used 15th with or 35th I need to make sure Germany doesn't get a signal land

[celest vale]

after you split them like that just tick team you want patrol and set them patrol like this i dont play game with english so i cant tell you my button is what with english

[celest vale]

15 if you want def 35 if you want attack

[jagged hull]

I need to defend

Like a lot because of Bohemia

[celest vale]

use 15 if you want def because they use infantry and at nothing cheap more than human

[jagged hull]

But Germany will be hard because I'm going to play historical

They will use tanks

[finite bronze]

I got it, thanks for help

[jagged hull]

What type of template should I use @celest vale

I know I need to get anti-air and artillery support and engineers

But they will not stop sending tanks and motorized

[fathom thistle]

15 is too low

Standard 18w is great for defense, 16 might cut it too but I wouldnt use it against Germany

[celest vale]

use anti tank if they keep send tank

[jagged hull]

I'm trying to find a good division for defending because I'm about to fight against Germany

[jagged hull]

So anti-tank anti-air artillery engineer company for support

Just give me a good template please

I could do none historical

But I don't know

[fathom thistle]

AT is waste of production in singelplayer, simple AA has enough piercing most of the time

[jagged hull]

Bro Germany will have medium tanks

The year will be 1938 that is when Germany declare war

[celest vale]

add any suppport you want

[jagged hull]

Is that 18with?

[fathom thistle]

Still, at is not worth it. You can hold out bcs of czechoslavakian forts

their tanks are redundant in mountains

[celest vale]

yes 18

[fathom thistle]

Same with austrias terrains

[celest vale]

or change anything you want

just remeber add at anti air and anti tankj

[midnight pond]

Is Artillery Even good at the Moment ?

[jagged hull]

Ok so should I do non- historical or historical

[celest vale]

no if you dont move with tank faster

[jagged hull]

I'm still waiting like if I do no historical I might get Austro Hungarian empire

[midnight pond]

Can you explain to me Why it’s in the Template ? Im just curious

[celest vale]

defend

not attack

if he attack he maybe need tank medium with 9 engine

[fathom thistle]

you doing it as hungary or austria? If you are going with hungary then stick to historical

[jagged hull]

Austria

[fathom thistle]

non historical will benefit you then most of the time

bcs civil war everywhere

[jagged hull]

Yeah but Germany can become communist or monarchist

I'm afraid of communist how powerful they are

[celest vale]

if you use this template with high engine tank and focus attack in one point you will capture city very fast by your infantry will holding your line and tank can only focus push enemy

i already test invade ussr by only using 15 tank and 3 team infantry

[celest vale]

dont afrair

i still can def my poland with only 0 man power,, so you can doing that

[astral anchor]

what would these big infranty and CAS/Fighter designs look like perchance

[jagged hull]

Ok I will do 18with division so I can do this thanks you two @fathom thistle @celest vale push me luck

[hoary glen]

18 inf (Inf, not width) or (better) on large unit infantry 21 inf, support: Arty, Field Hospitals, Logistics, med flame tank, recon ranger. Make sure you are rushing gun2 and try to apply it broadly before the war.

Air: just rush Fighter 2s and slap on e3, 3x Quad MG, one armour plate and one extra fuel or even two if weight allows it. Actually need to check that out bc usually you'd do self sealing, but that's probably overkill for SP.

CAS can be build on basic frame at first and you just make two bombs, e2 and two extra fuel. Later also F2 frame and triple heavy bomb locks with as much range as you can fit.

If you know how to special forces exploit you can do the same with mountaineers.

[astral anchor]

and if im gonna do the only DDs i should get fleet in being right?

[neat widget]

you should try and have some bbs as well i assume

[astral anchor]

i was told that i should only produce DDs

with the battery on it ofc

[neat widget]

light attack dds or torpedo dds

[astral anchor]

torpedo

[hoary glen]

Mix of both, but tbh pure Torps is fine as well.

Worked for me

[hoary glen]

I wouldn't swap it tbh. Just train to get patrol DDs or how it's called (the one with +5% output and vis reduction) and you're good

If you're really out to spend naval XP tho do what you're heart desires :D

[astral anchor]

so this is what im able to make rn

i just only make this?

wouldnt that kill supply

especially when fighting france on the tiny border

or are these supposed to be elite inf where i dont make that much

[hoary glen]

That's why you add logi

No, you want like 60 of these for Danzig and around 300 for Barb

Probably even more for Barb. Unsure

[astral anchor]

so for rn i should just produce the base inf?

[inner sparrow]

300 is enough for sov ai

by far

more just make it faster at some point

[hoary glen]

You must to rush Anschluss

[astral anchor]

alr

im spamming the new order-izers rn

[neat widget]

anschluss rush is typically done with 1/0 infantry tbh

so that you can guarantee full equipment

[astral anchor]

this is what im going for with DDs this is good for 37 right

[neat widget]

sure that makes sense

[trail lava]

Has line artillery become viable with the new doctrines?

[neat widget]

nah, it's still about as good as infantry in an infantry division

[trail lava]

Alright

[versed rose]

somewhat misleading

they are worse than infantry

[trail lava]

Damn

[dim zephyr]

hi, I'm new to hoi4 and im so confused. I am producing intercontinental planes and it says i have 31 in reserves, but i cant see it anywhere in my fleet

here's what i get when i tried to search inter on air force overview

[neat widget]

click an airbase

also do you have other strategic bombers/

[dim zephyr]

i believe so let me check

hmm i dont see it either

only tactical

all my planes are in one air group

i dont see my strat bombers either, what is going on

[neat widget]

what shows up when you try to add air wings

[dim zephyr]

oh pfff

yeah i see it

LOL

[compact goblet]

is it possible to core austria as fascist hungary, perhaps without taking czechoslovakia?

[vital plinth]

Wow the Soviet ships are bad hehe

[errant chasm]

It is recommended as the soviets NOT to invest in the navy at all

[iron veldt]

what does this focus do

[errant chasm]

Demands the former territory of Austria Hungary from poland

[iron veldt]

thank you

[tight coral]

what if i wanna invade uk tho

[errant chasm]

Do it after you win the German-Soviet war

[astral anchor]

@hoary glen for the med flame tanks do i add anything to the tank or just the flamethrowers

[errant chasm]

I like to put stuff that increases breakthrough

[astral anchor]

alr ill try that thanks

[vale patrol]

is this winnable when germany and italy capitulate

[jagged hull]

@fathom thistle @celest vale I managed to take all south Germany has my core territory in no historical but I have bad news I cannot get the Otto-man achievement because Greece is getting guaranteed by Italy and fascist Italy is all I do the British France is a communist country and it is in the allies side United States as well basically half of the world is with the allies Soviet had the civil war they lost the four international won and they all I like to Romania and communist Yugoslavia

[vital plinth]

I stole them from them need to refit them but this way I can focus on mills and catch up faster

[astral anchor]

alr the war started im gonna see if the advice you guys gave me works

wish me luck

[tender plinth]

good luck

[cloud sluice]

Is it pure luck for goverments to flip?

[blissful nova]

How to become mughal

[iron veldt]

check the decision tab

you gotta do some decisions

[astral anchor]

alr i think im gonna paradrop the uk instead of naval invasion

whats a good paradrop templaye

[celest vale]

italy protect greece ?

that a joker you can destroy italy super easy

they cant even protect themselve

[neat widget]

you can try something like this, it depends on doctrine though

[tight coral]

naval invading is easier trust bro

[wild kiln]

Aside from 30/24 divisions - what is wrong?

I don’t even know what to look for.

[neat widget]

they're also somehow underequipped

how in 1939 as Germany you can't even equip 30 divisions

[errant chasm]

there is only 85 factories

in total

[errant chasm]

how many mils have you built

[magic finch]

who is the best template for beggining? for infantry

[errant chasm]

a good 16 width or 18 width is a good start

[magic finch]

i am novice in hoi4 and lets try to apprentice

and so complicated because idk how make a good template, and i can see in videos but i dont understand xD

[errant chasm]

check the pinned posts for templates

[magic finch]

i play a lot with argentina, but i cant make weapons for create more divissions

any tip?

[errant chasm]

ah argentina the nation that didn't join ww2 until 1945. So the plan is sit down, be in peace and once you feel like you are ready, join the allies and win

[magic finch]

xd, what nation recommend for apprentice? xd

i trying argentina because is chilling, and i can trying conquist uruguay, paraguay, chile, brasil.

for me is a complicated conquist this nations.

[errant chasm]

if you are super new just try to attack a small nation first like uruguay or paraguay. Tho doesn't the usa garentee all of the south america nations

[magic finch]

yep, for capitule uruguay is so easy

but i lose with brasil and paraguay

[errant chasm]

is para garenteed by brazil

[magic finch]

how garanteed? i dont understand

i only want to know how to create a good infantry for defeated all enemies haha

[errant chasm]

During the paraguay war was Brazil allied with paraguay?

[warped river]

Is there a way to stop the us from joining ww2?

I tried by not allying japan by they either way join britain in 1940-1942

i didnt ally italy either

[keen hemlock]

if you kill the allies before japan attacks the us then yes

but

if you take the east asian colonies

japan will attack you

[warped river]

Eh

I wouldnt do that

[warped river]

why does the us even join

they have no reason to fight me

[keen hemlock]

because japan declares on them

[warped river]

as germany

[keen hemlock]

then they join the way

war

[warped river]

Wow

thats stupid

even with really good relations?

[keen hemlock]

its about being in ur faction

yes

[warped river]

so i can dismantle the axis?

and just not deal with them

as i said i did not ally anyone

that game

[errant chasm]

Japan also attacks the uk which makes the usa join in all the wars the uk is involved

[warped river]

oh i see

Wow thats annoying

[keen hemlock]

i mean a faction

[warped river]

would taking out britain entitle that to not happen?

[errant chasm]

Irl it was germany that declared war on the usa. Because hitler said that great powers don't wait to for a war declaration

[warped river]

along with free france

[warped river]

Yeah i know that

so i thought not allying japan

could get me to not fight the usa

but i was wrong

they joined anywyas

like how poland jumped me out of nowhere in 1940

with 50 french divisions

they almost took berlin in a surprise attack but i killed them anyway since my troops were in hungary

how many factories does the us have again by 1940?

[keen hemlock]

us starts with like

~150

186 and 140 pop into my head but idk the true count

it also depends on what the ai does

[magic finch]

noup, i defeated because idk how to manage my divissions and idk how to make good divisions

[tender plinth]

how many infantry divisions and tank divisions should i have by 1939?

as germany

[celest vale]

6 tank and 96 divisions infan

[tender plinth]

ok thanks

do you mind me asking the same question but for 1942 (soviet union invasion)?

[celest vale]

24 tank and 96 division if you know how to blitzkrieg

[tender plinth]

oh ok so just prioritise tanks from now on?

[celest vale]

If you cant invade england soon

You will need more division protect your beach

Make sure you will have 24-30 division defend your beach dont let free france and england attack you from back

[tender plinth]

hmm ok thanks

[lucid torrent]

How long it take for France and Britain to go facist if I set them on this path in the pre game setting?

[celest vale]

1937-1938

[lucid torrent]

I mean fully transform to facist.

[keen hemlock]

The ai is the ai, you really won’t know untill it happens

[lucid torrent]

but it shouldn't be this late?

[celest vale]

If you luck maybe 1939

If not maybe 1940

[keen hemlock]

I’d varies game to game

Really all I can tell you

I saw someone in here who went to like 1960 or something and had the historical us go communist and have a civil war

[magic finch]

a dumb question

if i put a artillery in my template of infantry, i need fabricate that artillery, no?

[neat widget]

yeah

[austere roost]

but you shouldn't put line artillery because line artillery sucks

[cedar swallow]

I am Germany, Hold most of europe and all Ussr, I have 0 population , how do i increase pop?

[magic finch]

any had a video explain how to figth with other nations? im so stucked when i go with my commander and get stucked or defeated by enemies

with the same or more divissions.

[neat widget]

why do you have zero population tbh

[hoary glen]

Waste of XP. It's better to get the scw vols ready. forgot you need them for vol maxing. Still I never struggle to be able to click the focus in time

[hoary glen]

This only shows deployed planes

[hoary glen]

Dude is about to find out what 5/5 state AA does to paras 😆

[warped river]

can anyone give me a REALLY good infantry template for germany stormtrooper path that i can mass produce to an insane rate and doesnt take up too many logistics until theres like 70+ divisions of them

Ive made my own but i feel like there can be better

[hoary glen]

Look at pins, templates, then the brick template and replace Shovel with flame tanks and AT with Arty

[light knoll]

its fine its the ai

you can also use H exploit

[light knoll]

36w pure paratroopers

support arty, logistics, field hospital, recon rangers

[warped river]

That ones way too costly and i dont have dlc

[magic finch]

i want to attack brasil, how can i do?

in the past i use the offensive plan, but always lose idk why

[visual yacht]

Is there travel time with equipment/supply delivery? For instance i have a brazil game where my army is landing in north spain but the axis keeps owning me and kicking me out because my convoys are being raided so my troops have low supply.

Is there a downside if i restrict convoys to only the atlantic narrow and the gibraltar strait, then take the west coast of africa all the way up to spain and to the point i originally tried to naval invade? Does equipment just magically appear regardless of the route it takes as long as theres a valid route?

[wild kiln]

Any idea why parts of the ocean are red for this small fleet on the US east coast? Trying to move them (everything) to coast of california.

[visual yacht]

I have a sizeable navy and infinite eco but im too stupid to figure out how to effectively stop their convoy raids, i figure going through africa is going to be easier for me XD

[visual yacht]

You need to ctrl right click a port with your fleet selected.

That will base its range from that port which i think is what the red is indicating ( out of range)

Or you can set it with this drop down, although im not sure why you have range on the west oceans 🤔

[magic finch]

im so stressed because nobody help me t-t

[magic finch]

anyone can help me? i am novice : /

[visual yacht]

Not much to go off for me, maybe share your division template, what are you losing to?

[visual yacht]

Just the battles?

[magic finch]

yep, look, im trying to attack brazil, and lose and lose t-t

[young basin]

Hi, does anyone know what the cheat code is to stop being a marionette of a given country (I play on Kaiserreich mode as Poland)

[warped river]

Does anyone have an insane tank template thats just a super unit with good reliability, insane soft, hp, and breakthrough with atleast 5 km speed

I wanna make an elite division made to breakthrough whioe the rest of my army is infantry to hold the line

[visual yacht]

Maybe youre out of supply, that area of douth america is really bad to fight in and you have 25 troops there draining supply

Is there a red or yellow gas can icon on your divisions when you zoom in

[magic finch]

this is my supply, what do u think?

im so stressed because im trying to take brazil a lot of times and i failed

[fathom thistle]

Shift click on red supply hub, then click one the middle arrow upgrade icon, it will upgrade railways heading to that supply hub

or do it manually ig

[visual yacht]

Sorry for late replies just getting off work, you can do what Hope said, i would also increase the other supply hubs to double trucks if you have the trucks. Then id focus entirely on pushing up the coast

[tough stone]

this is like the supplies in gaza

[visual yacht]

Increasing surrounding hubs to double trucks will more evenly distribute the supply load. And the coast typically has more available hubs you can take, and you can always build a naval base which acts as a hub for a fraction of the construction cost

[young basin]

Anyone help?

[visual yacht]

Maybe chat gpt can help XD

[gleaming grove]

taking brazil is really annoying from my experience, what really helped me in my last US run was a mix of mounteneers (if you have the dlc Rangers are even better) and marines

[magic finch]

Yes, that's what I do, but mostly what happens to me is that while I push on one side, the Brazilian troops advance on another.

[magic finch]

hahaha, i dont manage : (

[magic finch]

a question, how much infraestructure and civil fabrics i need?

[neat widget]

Depends on the amount of resources you need tbh

[fathom thistle]

maxing out infastructure gives you construction bonus in that region (20% per level)

so it adds up a lot

[tender plinth]

question:

are designs that you save usable in future play-throughs?

i.e. just saved my medium tank design + fighter design

i.e. across different saves / games

[neat widget]

Did you press the save button that costs XP or the little buttons to the lower left of the tank/fighter designer

[tender plinth]

little buttons to the lower left

[neat widget]

yeah then you should be able to access it across games

[tender plinth]

amazing!

life saver

thanks 🙂

[gleaming grove]

do i have to manually assign carrier airplanes to missions or will they just do what they do wherever the carrier goes?

[neat widget]

they will go wherever the carrier goes but i'm not sure if you have to assign them to an air zone or not

[warm hatch]

Is there a way to only hide allied units?

[celest vale]

You cant

[wheat storm]

Can someone help me learn the game

[celest vale]

https://youtu.be/WCqXIRRVZIY

[high whale]

guys what to do when i start someone else mod for example kaiserredux or road to 56 it perfectly works but when i start with my mod it dont work

[celest vale]

I dont understand what you talk you creating mod and test ? Or dowload from community ?

[high whale]

creating mod and testing

[celest vale]

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding you should read this, I only mod language this game so cant help you too much

[hoary glen]

Then build a two width with nothing else. Super cheap.

(the template I've told you about before is the cheapest one you will get, bc the support equipment per cw is way lower and you need to pay the guns anyway and infantry is the cheapest division type by far). I don't understand how you can call it expensive.

[hoary glen]

In Naval Battle they auto join, but if you want to use the Carrier as an Airfield you have to manually assign an airzone and mission like a normal airfield.

[gleaming grove]

i see. So for naval battle i dont even have to assign them at all? Like not even giving them any task?

[hoary glen]

Build mils and conquer civs

[hoary glen]

They only need to be on the carrier

Even if they have a mission and get engaged they fight in the battle like they would normally

[hoary glen]

Next time try to attack in 1938~1939, they will be far weaker

Rush gun 2 and you'll be fine

[tender plinth]

i'm about to invade poland

UK guarantees poland's existence and is allied to the french

will i be facing both france and the UK when i invade poland?

[red mesa]

Ever heard of WWII?

[fathom thistle]

yes

[tender plinth]

just double checking boss

[tender plinth]

thanking you

[celest vale]

You already war with entire world when you invade poland

[tender plinth]

yh literally 😂

entire british empire boutta show

[vital plinth]

Does sheep mods make AI use meta templates or more of the stuff people use in multiplayer ?

[red mesa]

not really, they're programmed not to actually help right away

[tender plinth]

idk feel like i was joking

[celest vale]

France is very strong allied after you defeat paris and dont capture all if you can protect them up to 1940 1941 they will help you navy battle with allied even with battle in africa when you give them Spain

But not with italy dont trust Italy

[tender plinth]

ok,

so vichy france is the strat? or have i misunderstood?

[red mesa]

all unnecessary as you can sealion directly after you establish vichy and end the war in early 1940. In SP there is no reason to drag the war out as Germany

[celest vale]

Last save i play I already battle navy with us and uk 5 years

[red mesa]

why?

if the US has joined you messed up

[celest vale]

Cant even know why, like stalin even dont want surrender after i push him 40% country and he lost all city he only surender after i capture like 60% country

[red mesa]

eastern front has nothing to do with it

sovs will cap just after the urals normally, or at the A-A line if you did one collab. With full collab they cap once you have the biggest 3 cities and everything west of them

I was talking about the western front with the allies

because if you don't finish that quickly the US will join

[drowsy holly]

guys

how do i learn this game

i dont understand anything at all

[agile knoll]

great war redux always crashes my game how to fix

[fathom thistle]

https://youtu.be/WCqXIRRVZIY

[tropic tapir]

Yo I'm stuck in China, My goal is to encircle the Chinese divisions on the Korean border but my offensive Down in Manchuria seem to slow down

What should I do Y'all

[dusky heart]

I am currently attacking Turkey as Germany. I Took the 4-year-plan as a focus and we have may 1944. I already took down Russia, France and the UK. America is friendly towards me and all my current neighbouring countrys are either my puppets or peaceful. Japan has declared war against me agaes ago and i haven´t doen anything yet bc they haven´t really gotten any achievements from the war. My problem is, that my army isn´t attacking. My puppets, wich i called to war, are attacking, but not really pushing at all. Pls Help

[red mesa]

that big green arrow has no divisions assigned to it

[vital plinth]

Which one is better ?

[keen hemlock]

No one is assigned to the big green arrow

[dusky heart]

That´s another issue, i told my marshall, who´s battleplan this is, to move to the other side of turkey and he jsut doesn´t (i drew a frontline)

[keen hemlock]

Delete the one the troops are assigned to and assign them to the other

[dusky heart]

Nvm i found out why he didn´t move

but the problem of not attacking still stands

[keen hemlock]

When they troops are on the frontline and assigned to the order they should attack

[tropic tapir]

Y'all somebody help me 😭🙏

[keen hemlock]

Are they not at the frontline yet

[uncut narwhal]

what are your divs?

[tropic tapir]

2 Tank divs, 7 Mech (3 died), 28 spacemarines, and all Infantry

[uncut narwhal]

send the templates

[keen hemlock]

I haven’t seen signal companies in years

[tropic tapir]

Crazy, I thought they up your initiative?

Cause I have bad Generals Cuh 😭

[red mesa]

betting the issue is the supply dead zone between beijing and manchuria

[tropic tapir]

This all bro

[red mesa]

issues with templates aside

[tropic tapir]

Im trying to cut them Off bro

[red mesa]

yeah, by advancing into one of the worst supplied areas of china

[tropic tapir]

It was the shortest border with Mongolia tho

And I don't have enough Mechs or Armor to Run through a whole front

[vital plinth]

Which one is better ? Can someone help with this ?

[dusky heart]

They are but they´re not attacking

[tropic tapir]

Done brodi

[red mesa]

did you assign anyone to the order yet?

[uncut narwhal]

ok wasnt looking but theyre horrible

[dusky heart]

" marshalls, each with a seperate battlepan

[tropic tapir]

DAMN 😭

[dusky heart]

*2

[red mesa]

yeah, but there's no one assigned

the arrow is "empty"

[uncut narwhal]

this should be your tanks, just replace the cav with mech and the shh with signals

[tropic tapir]

Been playing this game for 500+ hours and still didn't have good templates crazy

[uncut narwhal]

and for your inf

[red mesa]

main issue is you using line arty tbh

[uncut narwhal]

yea

dont use line arty

18w inf with support arty/aa and engineers will work

[tropic tapir]

Bet Bro

[uncut narwhal]

mech also works great

[tropic tapir]

With my Infantry or Mech?

[uncut narwhal]

both

[red mesa]

any/all. It's crap after 1938

[tropic tapir]

Why do? Does it use too much Supply or stuff?

[dusky heart]

I don´t understand this game. I make them move to a frontline, i make a battlepan and they don´t wanne go, and then i do it again and they go on. I don´t get it. (it worked, don´t ask me what i did wrong)

[uncut narwhal]

worse than inf, reduces hp and gives less org

[vital plinth]

Anyone know why the Ai is setting up mass army at my border as India but barely putting any troops on the Egypt and Africa fighting borders I’m not even in the war yet but in allies it just seems very wierd

[red mesa]

because the order you had before had no one assigned to it, this can happen for a couple of reasons. The new one you made while the army group was selected, so it worked as normal

[tropic tapir]

But extra Soft Damage? But imma Remove the line artillery but not the support companies, right?

[uncut narwhal]

no you dont need the extra soft but the support companies are fine

just attack with your tanks

[dusky heart]

Now my other marshall isn´t creating a battleplan

[red mesa]

stats like soft attack have to be considered on a per-width basis, line arty takes 3 which means it only has 66% of the stats a 2-width battalion does, alongside other drawbacks

[dusky heart]

now he does, great

[tropic tapir]

What design template of the tanks btw?

[tropic tapir]

Ohhh So 9 infantry are fine?

[red mesa]

for defence, yes

[uncut narwhal]

3 man turret, best medium howiter, best radio and 2x heavy machine guns then extra maintenance

[tropic tapir]

How about armor and Speed?

Which Do I lean on more

[uncut narwhal]

i usually do 4 armor clicks but you can do more if you have the resources, speed isnt really important

[tropic tapir]

For a little offense?

[red mesa]

9/0 will still work but you'll use more men and equipment to do it. Offence usually calls for bigger 32-36 width units with high breakthrough

[uncut narwhal]

for offense just use 36w

[tropic tapir]

How Do I get more Breakthrough tho? Do I use Tanks?

[uncut narwhal]

support companies give you some

but 36w mech bricks are also good

[red mesa]

mech bricks are quite fun tbh, cheaper than tanks and still effective

[vital plinth]

Why is everyone ignoring me ? :((

[tropic tapir]

Mech Bricks? How much do I put bro

2 mechs

[keen hemlock]

However many untill you get to 36 width

So 18

[tropic tapir]

So basically all Mechs?

[keen hemlock]

Yes

[tropic tapir]

Holy Industry 💔

[left mica]

thats not a lot

[uncut narwhal]

36w inf bricks also work

[left mica]

also

if you click on the spanner icon next to the mechanised truck, you can see an option to spend xp to lower the production cost by half

its like 100xp, but for a 4.76ic mech (originally 8ic) that you can lower even further with mio and policies its worth it

if you have another 100 you can raise reliability from 60% to 80%, so you have a ~3.9ic mech with 80% reliability

[red mesa]

plus, the expensive units aren't the entire army, so you're paying for a few high cost high effect units while the rest is quite cheap

[left mica]

(these mechs were 12.5ic)

[tropic tapir]

Bet bro

[left mica]

does raising reliability also raise ic?

[tropic tapir]

CRAZYYYY

[tropic tapir]

Hm?