ask-for-help-here

[spiral delta]

oh like u update it or smth

[austere roost]

There are templates in pins

[left mica]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55q0e9Elirc&pp=ygUZaG9pNCBlcXVpcG1lbnQgY29udmVyc2lvbg%3D%3D its an outdated video but it should explain how equipment conversion works

never seen the video but whatever

[spiral delta]

alr thx

[austere roost]

Basically air attack > speed > agility > air defense and nothing else matters for fighters. Keep the weight lower than your highest level single engine. Speed wil pretty much be the same for everyone unless you have high agility mio

[spiral delta]

so if im like 0.1kg away from my weight exceeding my engine will it affect the speed

[austere roost]

Don't care about extra weight

[spiral delta]

i got radio navigation ll do i change it?

[austere roost]

It's not worth the extra stats from armor plates and extra fuel tanks

Yeah it sucks

[spiral delta]

with what

my options limited for now

[austere roost]

Ones that add range or air defense

Try to keep your planes over 600 range in Europe and 1000 in other continents

[spiral delta]

light mg turret defense gives 1 defense

[spiral delta]

i got 550 is that fine

[austere roost]

Ok I forgot about those

Don't use them

[spiral delta]

imma keep that slot empty

[austere roost]

Armor plates, self sealing, and extra fuel tanks

Those are the only ones you need

[austere roost]

No

[spiral delta]

dont have them yet

[austere roost]

That's what you should prioritize researching

[spiral delta]

i am

but i got 4 only

[austere roost]

Among air tech while you research 1940 airframe

[spiral delta]

alr

[left mica]

get the 5th research slot now

you do it right after anschluss

[spiral delta]

its almost 1940

ill make sure to do it in my next run

[spiral delta]

how do i deploy my fighters? its my first time using planes

[austere roost]

That's why you watch beginner tutorial and follow bittersteel's Germany guide

Click on an airfield and you can deploy planes

[spiral delta]

ye i did

where

whats the button to deploy em

[austere roost]

Hover your cursor until you see it

[spiral delta]

i got 400 of my bf 109

and i wanna deploy them but all i see is 9 inter-war planes

[red mesa]

your bf109s are displacing the old planes

the old ones go into stockpile and the new ones go into the airwings

[spiral delta]

where do i find them

[red mesa]

in the airwing

click the plane icon and it'll open the wing composition

should show all the types deployed

[spiral delta]

where

[red mesa]

select an airwing

then click the plane on that airwing

[spiral delta]

add new airwing?

[red mesa]

no

one of the deployed wings

[spiral delta]

where is that

[red mesa]

oh my god

[spiral delta]

sorry bro

[red mesa]

the green icons in that screenshot are your airwings

click one of the fighter wings

[spiral delta]

i did

none of the fighters are bf 109 d

[red mesa]

probably because you're getting obliterated. The longer I look at that screenshot the worse it is

you have no trains do you

1600+ pp means you haven't been spending it

what the hell man

[spiral delta]

ye i finished my policies

[red mesa]

pause the game and see to your notifications

[left mica]

you're being too critical of them baba

chill

they're new

[left mica]

you have to slow down your game a lot if you want to learn

a mistake new players make when they learn hoi4 is they just let the game run

so problems keep compiling until they cant take it anymore and just quit

[spiral delta]

ye thats what i do

[left mica]

which also leads to them deciding against learning navy

[spiral delta]

do i keep it at half speed

[left mica]

where in reality you gain so much more from pausing the game and take charge of the situation

treat every hoi4 playthrough as a marathon reading session

expect every game to last for a week

if not more

[red mesa]

I'm not even being harsh, it just confuses me

[left mica]

that happens

it frustrates me too

[red mesa]

like is it deliberately ignoring the stuff on screen?

[left mica]

pause the game

yeah i think hes just electing to ignore all the notifs

[spiral delta]

calling me it is crazy

[red mesa]

not how I meant that to be read

[left mica]

but yeah just

pause

[red mesa]

"it" here is not you

[left mica]

do some critical thinking i think

idk

[spiral delta]

alr

[left mica]

yeah dw im not smarter than you

you just need to put actual effort in learning the game

[red mesa]

my space bar gets so much use I wore the paint off it

lmao

[spiral delta]

yo so how do i find my bf 109

nvm i found it

[ancient epoch]

guys how do i drop nukes

i have 16 but idk how to drop em

[cold bloom]

Raid - bottom right

[ancient epoch]

tysm

nukes destroy your own units too right?

[wide mirage]

im goign for ottoman empire and there was a civil war, how did i lose half my army there

the guide i was following did NOT mention ts

[stone summit]

Most civil wars split your army unless specific decisions dictate otherwise afaik? Maybe not an even split but you don’t just get to keep the whole army

[red mesa]

it's usually halved or proportionate to the party popularity

[supple quiver]

why does playin 10 width inf only soviet so much better than tank build

[uncut narwhal]

in vanilla?

[jade tulip]

so why I cant start this focus? I cant even do the decisions to raise the monarchism sentiment because lithuania is already a kingdom

do I have to start a war with them?

[supple quiver]

Yea

[spring harness]

help for uhh my production

[red mesa]

You do realise you can do more than 15 mils per line?

[uncut narwhal]

oh lord

please click the 5x or 10x

and please use mios lol

[vital plinth]

Is 50 mills on guns overkill for 400 divs ?

[balmy hatch]

Is there a way to predict who will win this civil war? i dont want my cipher and intel and collabs in Soviet Union to go to waste

[late anvil]

why arent their naval routes being affected

convoys

[vocal viper]

Hey guys, I need some help I have a save that keeps crashing when I accept a news event related to turning Iran into a puppet. Does anyone know how to fix this or what could be causing it?

[rotund raptor]

I'm trying to do HOI multiplayer, but it says the version is different. The numbers in front of this version are all the same, but I think it's because the last English part is different. How can I fix this?

pls help me

[glacial steeple]

different mods (or different mod versions)

[rotund raptor]

The version is already the same and all the mods have been disabled.

[jade tulip]

how does the reason of not being able to give a province control to a country because Im not at war with that country make sense?

[vital plinth]

In a guide a person uses spies to infiltrate civilian government and gets political power out of it is that something that’s through spy and is it waste or worth ?

[red mesa]

You’re reading it wrong. It’s that you cannot transfer to someone who isn’t on your side in a war

[wintry matrix]

You cannot grab some states and give it someone else that isn't participating in the war in the first place.

[red mesa]

Depends how badly you need the pp. It might be worth it in some cases

[topaz prism]

Hello,

I would like to clarify the reason why my Hearts of Iron IV mod "Across the Caucasus Mountains" was removed from the Hearts of Iron 4 workshop. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3526009086

At this time, I have not been provided with any specific information regarding any violations. However, I have confirmation that the mod does not violate any platform rules or third-party copyrights.

I request that you:

1. Clarify the reason for removing the mod,
2. Indicate which rules may have been violated (if any),
3. And consider restoring the mod to the workshop.

I am ready to provide any additional materials and evidence you request.

Thank you in advance for your assistance and clarification.

[empty kite]

why is henschel not here?

[balmy hatch]

Why does germany not even ask for danzig? in historical and non historical they just justify normally and dont do the focus.

[red mesa]

It is, third from top

[empty kite]

oh the logo

oh my god

[vital plinth]

As France. ?

[light knoll]

there are no paradox staff here
no one relevant to see this

[jade jewel]

Is there any way to get positive points for military access? I already have 20. 10 for strategic reasons and 10 for relationship

[sacred patrol]

soo

it shows that britain has 100 ships

but i theres none defending it?

[ancient epoch]

does this mean that the more troops i have deployed, the more i can train?

[wind canyon]

yes

[wind canyon]

improve relations and or use spies to dipomaticaly force them too

[jade jewel]

I already got the max of 10 by improving relations and the spy thing doesn't work on military access

[wind canyon]

welp ig that means u just gotta go in by force

[jade jewel]

How can I war a nation without germany attacking it too if I am in the axis

[wind canyon]

just dont call them into the war, but if that nation ur gonna attack is gonna join the alies

then germany is gonna have to get invovled, just try to rush in quick

[jade jewel]

Alright

[wind canyon]

gl

[jade jewel]

Thx

[runic plume]

What are y’all war strategies?

[keen bridge]

how to make puppet's autonomy higher

[bright jackal]

i installed a mod in the documents now the mod file wont go away and my game keeps crashing on start'

[dusty sandal]

you can't except through nation-specific focuses if you're their overlord

[keen bridge]

what about just building bunkers in their regions? Or it would just lower it?

[zenith ferry]

building anything in their territory lowers it

[dusty sandal]

you can import resources from them and use their divs to fight now that i think about it

[astral sorrel]

nope got it off steam

[jagged cargo]

thats strange then

[midnight pond]

i just played a 1vs1 in the commanders mod and my enemy just spammed bunkers what can i do to counter that, he literally build bunkers directly on the frontline

[uncut narwhal]

youve verified the integrity of your files?

[astral sorrel]

yeah and its EVERY time i try to play the game

i need my hoi4

[astral sorrel]

and how do i do that

[uncut narwhal]

right click on steam -> properties

[astral sorrel]

Yeah i see it

let me check

[slate nimbus]

lol installing .net framework for everything be a pain

[astral sorrel]

this also pops up whenever i start the game

[uncut narwhal]

you can ignore it

[astral sorrel]

yeah i know but maybe its related

[uncut narwhal]

no

[vital plinth]

Do you guys know how much stockpile I get when I annex a puppet ?

And if it’s core lands how much do I get then ?

[midnight pond]

i just played a 1vs1 in the commanders mod and my enemy just spammed bunkers what can i do to counter that, he literally build bunkers directly on the frontline

[astral sorrel]

just downloaded .net and c++ framework and still doesnt work, i also deactivated all my mods and verified the game files.

[slate nimbus]

install them

[astral sorrel]

yeah i have

[slate nimbus]

then restart PC

[astral sorrel]

i did

[slate nimbus]

oh crap

what a weird error

[astral sorrel]

i need my hoi4 fix lol

[slate nimbus]

final alternative would be uninstall then reinstall the game

[astral sorrel]

did that ages ago

oh well

[red mesa]

bombers, assault engineers, flame tanks and railway guns

[jade jewel]

What happens when I get a non aggression pact with the usa but they then declare war on the axis, which I am in

[red mesa]

you will be called to war but don't have to accept

[vital inlet]

for mp what is the best example for a ussr template for inf?

[dusty sandal]

16-18w
support AA, AT, Logi

some add radio too

[visual tide]

Aren't signals very good too?

[alpine imp]

can anyone give me some good ship designs for like destroyers or something that will get me a bunch of naval dominance?

i know how to use navy but have no idea how to design them and the country I’m playing as starts with no navy so I have to build one from the ground up with no preset designs

I mainly want naval dominance for naval invasions (and also range if possible)

[red mesa]

naval dominance mainly comes from the type and quantity of ships. So destroyers provide very low dominance while capital ships provide loads. Best balance is light cruisers as they are cheaper to build but provide lots of dominance.

in combat CLs are also great because you can spec them towards whatever you want, AA, torps, light attack, spotting etc.

[hoary glen]

Build only Destroyers with 2 Main guns and two Torpedo launchers

Use all Surface Ships in one Stack on Patrol, Always Engage, never Retreat

[unique tundra]

Hey, I wanted to play TFR and i cannot make custom tank and plane models help please (I have BBA and NSB)

[quiet fjord]

90285587352388614

chill game nonhist

@fluid yoke

@mint flower

@vivid escarp

[merry igloo]

im new to the game and it say im low on manpower how do i get more

[iron veldt]

did you fix it

[merry igloo]

Nah

[iron veldt]

go to manpower laws

when you click on the flag

or change your garrison template

[merry igloo]

Tyy

[small glen]

@Aarin you can also click on your flag in the upper left, click on occupied territories and look at the top for territory management and click on that icon to change your garrison template. Sometimes the game uses a really bad template for it that can cost a lot of manpower. You want to use a division that has a single cavalry unit in it in most cases.

[thorny tiger]

Anyone know a good napoleon mod that isn’t bugged?

[fleet rivet]

certain country has manpower focuses. but there are other ways as well. u can get figures to improve manpower or change ur conscription laws to limited concsription or above

[jade jewel]

But would I still be able to attack the uk? Would us troops attack mine?

[fleet rivet]

also delete unneeded divs

[fleet rivet]

what are u playing as

[visual tide]

In my experience against the AI you can still build only spotting cruisers and then deathstack your combat ships because it somehow stil works.

[jade jewel]

Netherlands and it's 1940

[fleet rivet]

ah the dutch. how many divs u got, do u got air superiority, naval superiority, and do u have better quality troops

UK can field alot of planes

[iron veldt]

unless you join

[jade jewel]

About 40, Idk, no, idk

[jade jewel]

So as soon as usa joins the allies I get expelled from all wars against the allies?

[iron veldt]

what

what was your question again

[jade jewel]

If I could still attack the uk if I kept peace with the usa due to a non aggression pact

[iron veldt]

ohhh no

you’ll be at war with the US too

[jade tulip]

just realized I cant leave mitteleuropa faction because they are at war on my side and the current situation of german empire is great for me because if I leave their faction, I can start a war with them and get some cores, any polish focuses that can bypass this?
I tried taking the leadership of mitteleuropa but I cant because Im not at every war that german empire is and I dont really want to fight with the allies yet

[jade jewel]

But if I don't automatically go to war with them because of the pact and I decline, do I get expelled from all wars against the allies

[iron veldt]

if you’re at war with the allies & someone you have a pact with joins the allies the pact goes away

[jade jewel]

So that is not true?

[jade jewel]

.

[iron veldt]

i think he’s saying you don’t have to the join the war ASSUMING you weren’t already at war with them

[drowsy holly]

Thoughts on vic 3

[jade jewel]

Ohh alright thanks

[vital plinth]

So my super sonics seem to do much better than my motherships or am I lacking motherships was told they would outrade a lot with fewer numbers

[iron veldt]

could be a bit of both

[alpine oasis]

im romania

are they providing me the stuff and why? is there any catch

[ancient epoch]

no

they just want to give you stuff

[alpine oasis]

thats nice of them

[ancient epoch]

mhm

[tired cedar]

no, germany

[gleaming dragon]

But mr.beast

shouldnt you be giving out them guns?

[alpine oasis]

Where do you think mr beast gets his money from?

also how do i get one unit to change from one army to another

[tired cedar]

the good news is the soviet union has been puppeted
the bad news is that i forgot to annex finland, so it was taken by the stupid allies despite them having 0 war score, i'd have to knock finland out extremely quick in a future war or i have a huge front on my hands
the good news is that im fighting a war alongside the allies against japan, so i have time ot build up
the bad news is just that: im giving the allies more time to build ridiculously large armies and industries

[gleaming dragon]

select 1 unit and either create a new army with it. or right click on an existing army

[alpine oasis]

thanks

[gloomy iris]

Why can't I see any lobby's? My friends also can't create proper lobby's. Everytime they trying, no one can join. There literally no buttons

[gleaming dragon]

If your friend has created a lobby ask them to copy the code somwhere in the left corner and send it to yall. and then just copy and paste the code into (see Screen shot) and put in the password your friend used for creating the lobby

[gloomy iris]

That's the problem. There is no code too, while when I was playing unofficial version, everything was fine. (Русскоязычный?)

[gleaming dragon]

Mhm you dont see a code like this? (Значит, вы не видите подобного кода?)

[fleet rivet]

english only

its in the rules

[gloomy iris]

No, I don't see it. It's just empty. There are also zero servers in the online game, although the game was purchased on steam. The strangest thing is that using the "pirated" version, I had zero problems with this. Is this possible due to the lack of DLC?

[gleaming dragon]

Ah, i see what you mean. The problem with not seeing any server in the main screen is normal. (i have never had that either). Maybe why you cant see the code is probably a glitch. I recommend just keep making lobby's untill a code shows up

[fleet rivet]

if u cant see server codes it may be a pirated version idk

[gloomy iris]

As I said, it's license version, that's why I'm kinda sad

[fleet rivet]

ive never had this issue b4 so trying to deduct all known issues

[gloomy iris]

I can only imagine that the issue is that I live in Russia, but sounds strange tho

[tired surge]

how do i fix this?

i wanna take over cuba using a naval invasion

but idk whats going on

[gloomy iris]

There is multiply things that you need to do invasion, First, fleet dominance. Kinda think you have it, but in new DLC you need to wait some time until it achieve 50%. Second, the tasks you choose here is not giving it (not sure, rarely use any fleet). And maybe third, is that game just being moody.

[tired surge]

im at 0/150 dominance look

but as u see i also have 23 naval invasion support there

[gloomy iris]

Thaan it must be game problem, i dont even know at this point

[tired surge]

crazy

[fleet rivet]

theres bound to be other regions

[tired surge]

how can i take cuba then?

[gloomy iris]

Air invasion or cheats i think

[tired surge]

well how can i cheat just to get on their land

[rocky swan]

why wont the war end

[clear tide]

Hi im doung the japan fascist achievment and need to ask do i need to cap the allies?

[gloomy iris]

command tp should be enough. To open console press ` and use command

[clear tide]

Jfk pov

[tired surge]

what exact command should i use ? :)

nvm i found out lol

[gloomy iris]

)

[tired surge]

ty

[gloomy iris]

Or you can just annex them, but that not so interesting

[tired surge]

im invading them

all my homies hate cuba

[rocky swan]

how do i invade this bro

wait nvm

my games def bugged

[tired surge]

holy shut up britian

[lone tangle]

i will probably loose my game, but i would like to understand why i lost it
i play germany historical with mefo bills and started 1936
i went on civ till around 1937 ~ 1938 and then on mils
at around 80 divisions on inf i built mainly mobile infantry with (15 mob. inf. 2 mobil art, mobile recon, engineer, support AA, support art, signal company) and when i had around 24 divs i went for poland and chechz
both fell but it was harder than i expected (the start went fast but then it slowed down massivley)
plane wise i went full on fighter and CAS
assigned around 10-15 mils to fighter production

so and then i went for belgium / netherlands and while the start went fine, the approach halt and now we are stuck

right now im construction a medium tank div, in the hope for piercing through it but i guess this was it

does anyone have a idea where i went wrong?

[uncut narwhal]

as germany you only build mils

your div sucks ass

and you need more air

if you have bba

rush the air tech

inner circle also isnt optimal

[golden sable]

how to switch ideologies when there is no elections

[lone tangle]

thanks, could you explain to me what makes the div sucks ass ?

so one problem was that i dont have enough mils assigned to air too?
do you mean with rush the air tech, the research or the focus tree?
also what makes my inner circile suboptimal?

[uncut narwhal]

which dlcs do you have?

[lone tangle]

all

[uncut narwhal]

rush the improved airframe in late 36 with around 900-1000 days to research, this should be the design

your inner circle

should be todt -> hess -> goebbels then switch todt out for speer

when the event pops up

also your divs are just bad

[gloomy iris]

First, why chechz was fighting back..? Second, the problem must be in enemy air superiority in number or something close to it. If not, than maybe they have some AA on territory. Third, Belgium is definetly not weak, so it's okay. If you don't push Luxembourg first, you can attack only one province, what is bad. Also, bot have QUITE many command resource to click last stand. Maybe there was french divisions as well.

And as Steve said, divs is not best. Not bad thing would be use the "Demonstrate military achievments" focus, not like best, but not bad. And, what i see, is that you have closed your economy. I'm not sure about it, because I'm mostly have Self-sufficiency.

I'm not pro, so my advices must be not so good

[uncut narwhal]

this tank div but replace the signal company with logi and take individual excellence doctrine

a tank like this also works tbh

doesnt have to be super min maxed

[austere roost]

finally someone doing it like me 🥹 just replace motors with mechs

[uncut narwhal]

even got that as a pic lol

[lone tangle]

thanks!
i understand its just bad, i just hoped to get some insights on what makes my div bad
stat wise i thought 204 breakthrough with 64 org and 291 soft attack
for early war would be fine

[uncut narwhal]

no

its too long for me to explain

and im too lazy

those stats arent good

dont use motorized divs

use tanks with motorized

only motorized isnt good

[lone tangle]

alright thank you still, maybe i can find also something online about this

[glacial steeple]

cost higher

stats not higher

if cost high

bad

[uncut narwhal]

if you dont want to use complicated divisions just use inf bricks

[lone tangle]

no im fine with it
i just dont like to blindly follow div templates, without learning what makes my approach bad 😄
but yeah as @glacial steeple said cost to stat ratio is bad compared to your tank div

[uncut narwhal]

also line artillery that you used is kinda very bad

because it reduces org

and gives less hp than inf

so dont use it

idk what width your div was

[lone tangle]

36

[uncut narwhal]

ok thats good

but the line arty wasnt

[uncut narwhal]

yea very bad

just use the tanks i send and your fine

[austere roost]

trucks are only for supply and hospital/logistics companies, especially as germany since you don't have rubber

[lone tangle]

alright i think i understand a bit more
thank you all ❤️

[glacial steeple]

no attack?

3K cost

instructional image + 2 divs of the best stats for multiplayer for reference

or like this, i made, which imo is good

ofc it depends on the server/rules

but still, reference

mine is also 3K cost

[silver lark]

Wouldn't it be better to just use mobile infantry for org, downscale to 30 width, you essentially get same stats but get to almost always fight with 2 or 3 divs at full stats

[glacial steeple]

org isnt a stat to care about

hp is

[lone tangle]

i thought a unit which looses org in a fight will retreat, isn't that why people say at least 30 org for a tank div ?

[silver lark]

Yes but if you take mobile infantry you can take out additional mechs and replace them with tanks, that's why I said you essentially keep same stats, less hp yes but a higher chance to overan and overwhelm

[glacial steeple]

org is when you stop fighting, but its not relevant

hp is how many losses you take

you can force attack to get more attack, it will sacrifice hp like its org but with +20% losses

if you are in dire need of org, click it

but usually, org is only remotely relevant on defense, and in singleplayer that is not your main concern

[glacial steeple]

and then you lose more manpower and equipment per fight, i would never

[silver lark]

That's why field hospitals exist, plus battles don't last long enough for you to feel that loss, at least in my experience

[small flare]

That only applies when you dont suck like me.

[silver lark]

What masteries do you use

[summer skiff]

Hello

im new

[silver lark]

1-2k hours and you will get it

[summer skiff]

how do i play

[silver lark]

A very broad question man

What level of new are we talking

[drowsy holly]

hello

whenever i declare war on a country they join the allies and get a garuntee how do i stop that?

it happends everytime

[summer skiff]

is the game free

[silver lark]

UK and France can guarantee nations when world tension goes above 25%, a guaranteed nation will always join the faction of the nation protecting them

[drowsy holly]

so what do i do

[glacial steeple]

GBP, grand assault/desp defense, indiv excellence, cav armor in sp, i forgot artillery one

i havent played in some weeks rn, my memory isnt great, but game fundamentals are the same

[silver lark]

ah alright

[uncut narwhal]

artillery you want the spg one

[silver lark]

There are methods to get more than one nations with out them joining a faction but before or later you will have to fight the allies, essentially you can get 1/2 nations for "free" by manual justify but best way to conquer more than 2 nations is focus war goals

[glacial steeple]

i forgor

[silver lark]

Also if you invite your faction members to war (you can invite your puppets with no consequnce) the probability of them joining a faction skyrockets

[fathom thistle]

justify on random democratic countries around europe, wait till uk and france guarantees them and then cancel it, for this to work you have to do it multiple time bcs every guarantee increase the pp cost for uk and france

[silver lark]

What MIO's do you guys use when making tanks, specifically withGermany and Soviets

[fathom thistle]

and eventually they will run out of it for a certain period, there is your chance to justify without guarantees

[silver lark]

Every guarantee costs 25 more with base cost being 25, once the cost of guarantee is over 150 they won't guarantee until they run out of political advisors to appoint

[glacial steeple]

yeah but like, why care

just go to war

[verbal summit]

Guys, someone has some advice for making tanks?

[silver lark]

I know but the guy asked how to get nations with out allies war

[glacial steeple]

or stage coup

[silver lark]

What do you look for in your tanks

[warped river]

do yall have a spammable infantry template that uses little to no supply

i wanna do something funn

y

[verbal summit]

like i need them to be relaiable, cheap and fast

because, i play a lot italy and i like using tanks but i don't know what tipe of tank is good to use

[glacial steeple]

none for ita

[fathom thistle]

for singleplayer this is all u need

[silver lark]

16width with arty and anti air, you will lose all manpower but will eventually run over everything

[verbal summit]

u sure?

[fathom thistle]

change engine

[warped river]

i mean a spammable one not an effective one

I want to make one that uses like

[glacial steeple]

1 inf

[warped river]

0.12 supply

[warped river]

bet

[fathom thistle]

you can use the other for more speed

[glacial steeple]

try paras

they will work

use less supply than normal inf

[fathom thistle]

If you dont care about reliability at all which u dont need really

[warped river]

for the standard infantry what support companies do i use though

with logistics company and 1 infantry it goes into the negatives

[silver lark]

Any reability over 60 is a waste

[verbal summit]

like i use mediums or light with the latest cannon for anty thank, easy manteinece, radio, wet ammo storage and stabilizer or autoloader

[fathom thistle]

u want howitzer for singleplayer

high velocity is not at useful for sp

[verbal summit]

do u think is a good thank? and max engine with like 10 or 13 of armor

[compact goblet]

is there anything i should change? (this is probably kinda bad)

[verbal summit]

and welded armor

[uncut narwhal]

actually horrible

[silver lark]

Italy gets a production reduction for Self propeled arty and tank destroyers, so if you want to use Italy to the max do those instead of normal tanks

[fathom thistle]

everything

[silver lark]

Gross

[compact goblet]

yeah what should i do

i barely use tanks

[glacial steeple]

it doesnt round

old info

[verbal summit]

okk thank you

[glacial steeple]

ancient even

[silver lark]

tank division come in two combat width, 36 and 30

[verbal summit]

u think light tanks are good too? in the focus tree they get a reduction too

[fathom thistle]

use cavarly if you dont have mech

[compact goblet]

my tiny industry cant do this...

[silver lark]

I know it doesn't round but there isn't really a need to go over 60 anyway, the loses you get can be easily replaced by the cheapness and or sheer effectiveness and worse case scenario use maintance company

[fathom thistle]

then dont build tanks

[uncut narwhal]

this should be the most basic variant to use

[fathom thistle]

if you are a minor country dont try to build everything

U cant afford it

[uncut narwhal]

what country are you?

[fathom thistle]

and making it half baked wont solve it

[silver lark]

Light tanks are for early game until 1940, after that even AI can piearce you so go medium

[uncut narwhal]

wrong

[fathom thistle]

just no

[uncut narwhal]

light tanks are "ok" until 37/38

[verbal summit]

bro if i put manteinece company (for tanks) instead of logistics on it is it still good?

[compact goblet]

iberia

its not that small industry

[uncut narwhal]

bro then you could make that lol

[compact goblet]

but rn im still recovering from war

[verbal summit]

okk

[fathom thistle]

logistic is more useful, maintanaince is kinda worthless

[compact goblet]

i got 4 of what i shoewd

[uncut narwhal]

yea thats ass

[glacial steeple]

what if i wanna battleplan into 0 supply and into jungles and north australia

ill need 100 relia

[compact goblet]

AHH THEIR AT MY GATES

[zealous sapphire]

how does deploying planes work, ive never been capable of deploying one in my 30h of gameplay

[glacial steeple]

logi gives hp

[silver lark]

than just battleplan with infantry, at that point there isn't even a need for tanks

[fathom thistle]

would u trade it for logistics tho?

also how much hp?

[glacial steeple]

i battleplan tank

[compact goblet]

go into the airplane thingy, press the button, press a plane, then press deploy ot something

[glacial steeple]

5 per inf on indiv

OP stats

[zealous sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-thumbs-up-thumbs-up-cat-thumbs-up-meme-gif-5676038700371371386

[austere roost]

That's why we have the beginners tutorial videos so you know what the controls are

[uncut narwhal]

also works with 10% relia tanks for a while

[glacial steeple]

no

[fathom thistle]

hmm

[glacial steeple]

you are not battleplanner like me

i battleplan worse areas than you

[compact goblet]

oh here

[uncut narwhal]

im a true inf brick barb battleplanner

[glacial steeple]

you ever battleplanned from mexico to argentina

[uncut narwhal]

only in kaiserredux ☝️

[glacial steeple]

with tanks

i have

[wild kiln]

For SP, are generic 18 and 35 with infantry with support engineers/ artillery still the “optimal” option?

[glacial steeple]

i can tell you

the reliability eats them there

north australia too

barb, ehh

[uncut narwhal]

my inf bricks dont need that

[silver lark]

18, 20, 21, 27, 30, 36

[fathom thistle]

sure, you want to add hospitals on the bigger division too

[glacial steeple]

crazy

thats just not even true

[uncut narwhal]

just saying random numbers

16-18w and 36-38w

thats it

[fathom thistle]

https://klipy.com/gifs/what-do-they-mean-random--k01KR9H8HMJFF9QW7JVDNSEDCH0

[glacial steeple]

meh id do 32-38

but yeah good enough

[wild kiln]

Why no logistics company? @fathom thistle @silver lark

[uncut narwhal]

18 for holding

[silver lark]

Why would you ever need such a a fat infantry for singleplayer

[fathom thistle]

huh?

[silver lark]

AI wont beat a normal 21width

[uncut narwhal]

because it slaps

[uncut narwhal]

21w is ass

[glacial steeple]

you dont understand hp

which is ok

but learn hp

important stat

[fathom thistle]

Logistics are fine wdym johny

[compact goblet]

will i be able to go up to bordeaux?

[uncut narwhal]

you upgraded your tank?

[silver lark]

I understand it's importance but it's not the only stat that makes or breaks singleplayer

[glacial steeple]

you do not

its not about a unit getting deleted entirely

it reduces its losses, majorly, in general

[compact goblet]

not rly its still only 18 wdith now with 2 sp artillery

[glacial steeple]

and it will allow you to win wars you have no business winning

[uncut narwhal]

then probably not

[compact goblet]

gotta help soviets tho

[verbal summit]

what tanks u have? and ur division, how good are they?

[compact goblet]

kinda bad ones, like 3 1938 mediums and 2 1940 self proppeled artillery and 4 motorized

[glacial steeple]

battleplan fun with 32w inf

[compact goblet]

oh they widthdrew more units

now can i

[uncut narwhal]

why not 36w

[austere roost]

1938 chassis is the best chassis

[verbal summit]

oh, like, do u have at least sum good air?

[glacial steeple]

fits into mountains and marshes better

[austere roost]

The extra stats from later chassis don't matter

[compact goblet]

not rly

no

trash air

[uncut narwhal]

why fight there bro

[compact goblet]

1.5 interwar fighters

[verbal summit]

how many figheters u have and can u send screen of them?

[glacial steeple]

battleplan

also bolivia

i am not a germany player

[compact goblet]

150... if germans pull air from russia im cooked

[uncut narwhal]

L

[verbal summit]

like, if u wat to build good fighters, use onli heavy machine gun, then put the best engine u have and spam fuel thanks and self sealing fuel thanks

[austere roost]

If they're interwar just put them on training to get mastery there's no point in using them against anyone with air

[glacial steeple]

woah..

you can use them against argentina, chile, philippines, siam...

lithuania

[austere roost]

You'll need armor plates

[glacial steeple]

uhh i think estonia gets an air force? maybe

[verbal summit]

but they will have a shorter range

[glacial steeple]

yugo

spain, new zealand, australia

raj

[austere roost]

You need the defense against UK and germany

Get an extra fuel tank and armor plate

[glacial steeple]

iran you can use iw planes against

[verbal summit]

oh, then it's ok with plates

[austere roost]

And honestly if you have range mio you don't even need armor plates

[verbal summit]

is like, i play a lot of italy and like, i always win because i build figters like this

and i use cas with 2 bomb bays, level 2 anty tank cannon, 2 level 3 engines, one heavy machine gun turret, self sealing fuel tank and fuel tank

[austere roost]

Cuz you're playing against ai. If you play no or high difficulty ai you will need armor plates

[glacial steeple]

well also like

even against ai

IC trades

[verbal summit]

not really, like until 1940/41 the allied air force or germany air is not that good

[austere roost]

How dare you tell ppl to minmax

[wild kiln]

@fathom thistle

Sorry for confusion. Looking to simplify land war as much as possible.

Plan to pump out:

• 18w infantry division w/ support engineer, artillery, logistics, hospital and foot recon.

• 18w marine division w/ support pioneer, artillery, flame tank, logistics, and hospital

• 18w tank divisions (6 medium tank, 3 motorized infantry) w/ support armored recon, assault engineers, artillery, logistics, support AA

Why is this bad?

[uncut narwhal]

18w isnt good for attacking

[wild kiln]

Piss

[fathom thistle]

anything other then support arty and support aa in 18w division is just wasteful tbh

[glacial steeple]

small units low attack

high attack good for attack

attack unit need to take less loss

[fathom thistle]

you want those hospitals on bigger divisions like 36w bcs it stacks well

[glacial steeple]

attack unit not need much org

so attack unit large

defend unit small much org

[wild kiln]

Okay. So. All those but… 36W?

[uncut narwhal]

smth like this

[fathom thistle]

foot recon is useless, others are fine

[wild kiln]

Okay to use medium tanks instead of your TD? Don’t want to spend time making those unless vital in SP

[austere roost]

Go on wiki and read what hp is. You want at least 300 hp for attacking units. You will lose all your tanks with those 18w divisions in a week

[fathom thistle]

he isnt playing mp, signal company is kinda overkill

[uncut narwhal]

theyre spgs and you want them in sp

[austere roost]

TDs and SPGs are better

[uncut narwhal]

it dont matter too much

[fathom thistle]

Ig

[wild kiln]

Okay. Redo for SP:

Plan to pump out:

• 36w infantry division w/ support engineer, artillery, logistics, hospital, and foot recon (for terrain bonus)

• 36w marine division (9 marine, 9 mountaineer) w/ support pioneer, artillery, flame tank, logistics, and hospital

• 36w tank divisions (10 medium tank - upgrade to SPG when able, 8 motorized infantry) w/ support armored recon, assault engineers, artillery, logistics, hospital

[neat widget]

Arguably 38w for the tanks but yeah

[wild kiln]

Ty!

do yall keep tank divisions in their own army or mix into normal infantry heavy armies?

[neat widget]

Also you're advised to stick signals into the inf if it is not mountaineer or ranger

[austere roost]

Their own

And if you can access Spanish civil war then you should learn how to grind generals

And also you don't need marines in sp

[wild kiln]

TY!
Missed that.

[austere roost]

Mountaineers and recon rangers are better

[wild kiln]

I was marine so must have marines.

Wanted no army but the marine division cap ruined my hopes.

[fathom thistle]

there is a way around that

:>

[austere roost]

You can get second branch

With second branch pick mountain eers or rangers

[neat widget]

I present to you

[warped river]

Is there a limit to planning bonus

i want to do a germany run where i just try to max out planning

[fathom thistle]

through planner trait
grand assault doctrine

hmm what else

[warped river]

out of the prussiana nd armor tree of germany which is better for motorized

im gonna spam that

[fathom thistle]

If you want to use tanks take the right path, I wouldnt focus on spamming motorized tho

[warped river]

Im only gonna use motorized

[fathom thistle]

either go full mechanized or use cavarly in the meantime

[warped river]

im not using any tanks

[fathom thistle]

why?

larp?

[warped river]

because i want to use it

so whats the best path for motorized

since im not sure if they count as infantry towards the deutsches heer modifier for infantry

when going prussian

[fathom thistle]

no

[alpine oasis]

to stop my occupied territories rebelling what is the best option

[fathom thistle]

local police force is usually fine

[wide mirage]

can smn send me a good cas design

[fathom thistle]

the basic military governor is also fine for extra manpower

[alpine oasis]

i had military governer on already but they were destroying my infrastructure

[odd leaf]

what is the best tutorial video that helped you a lot

[fathom thistle]

depends what country too, as long as its not too high u good

[fathom thistle]

max out on bomb locks and on single engine

[odd leaf]

for italy

[wide mirage]

main weapon aswell?

[fathom thistle]

bomb locks

[alpine oasis]

thanks

[odd leaf]

im stuck in izmit in turkey as italy for 2 years

[fathom thistle]

honestly the only tutorial I watched was from segl and that was only for templates, anything other industry wise you can pick up just from playing

[odd leaf]

what is the best country beside germany to start

[fathom thistle]

best as in?

easy or..

[odd leaf]

to learn in general

[fathom thistle]

Honestly Canada if you just want to sit out and maybe join allies on d day

you dont start with massive industry so you are not overhelmed as much

[odd leaf]

okay

[uncut narwhal]

dont use your main inf div to garrison

[glacial steeple]

i like finland

forces you to read and learn

[uncut narwhal]

a gazillion buffs just up your bum btw

just mega buffs

like 30% core defense

and -1000% attrition

[glacial steeple]

if you read

[errant chasm]

hello casey, how was MC?

[uncut narwhal]

ok on reading the 3 national spirits

[alpine oasis]

what should i do?

[glacial steeple]

grind never ends

[errant chasm]

Indeed

[glacial steeple]

its also a long term server

[uncut narwhal]

@glacial steeple whats a good garrison div bro

[glacial steeple]

its not like i play for a week and quit

so

[glacial steeple]

cav guys with mp or tank guys with mp

[fleet rivet]

all mountaineers

[uncut narwhal]

whats the strat for the netherlands with the east indies manpower?

[uncut narwhal]

so we are trolling

[alpine oasis]

can you explain what that means in basic terms

[fleet rivet]

actually yes but also i did an all mountaineer garrison div and it somehow worked for a year in game

[alpine oasis]

like putting tanks in czech to help reduce the resistance

[uncut narwhal]

you cant use sf as garrison btw

[fleet rivet]

not as garrisons no

just leave them in area

so they act as an garrison

[uncut narwhal]

thats not how it works?

[fleet rivet]

leave them on the border basically as a reserve

[uncut narwhal]

i really dont know what your trying to say

[fleet rivet]

sigh

[jade tulip]

so I bypassed this focus by becoming the leader of mitteleuropa but I disbanded it to join allies, brussels treaty disbanded allies and now I cant create my own faction for some reason. Im ironman so I cant use commands

is this a bug?

[tired cedar]

breaking news: britain gets what it deserves

[dusty sandal]

bypassing a focus don't give you the benefits listed

[jade tulip]

oh well, didnt know that

[glacial steeple]

get it

[uncut narwhal]

what to do so germany doesnt push the plain tiles

[wide mirage]

what do yall think should bbe the next plan? atack ussr or italy oor uk(probs best for last)

[neat widget]

For Port garrison, yes

For occupation garrison, that is impossible

[neat widget]

Italy

You need Albania

[wide mirage]

need?

shi i mean ussr always there

[neat widget]

You like double your cores

[wide mirage]

declared on me tho

[neat widget]

Oh

Well then, go deal with them first

[wide mirage]

i mean justifying

mb

[neat widget]

Justify on Albania first

But of course deal with any current wars first

Or join Axis and then you take Albania for free

[wide mirage]

120 days is crazy

[neat widget]

Maybe, if the Allies don't guarantee it

[neat widget]

Worth it

[wide mirage]

how tho, puppet of italy

[neat widget]

Never mind then

[wide mirage]

i think i have to fight italy straight on

and the entire nazi europe

i need alot of more infantry

[neat widget]

Yeah you need a bigger army no matter what tbh

[vital inlet]

I got a basic inf template with AT, AA and some other stuff for ussr, what kind of template can I use to push the germans?

[wide mirage]

should i wait for them to fully trian before deploying or js force it

[vital inlet]

I thought about med tanks, but it'll take long to produce and poo out, any fast mech template?

[wide mirage]

is 9-1 infantry good

[wide mirage]

how should i modify it

also consumer goods killing me lowk is there anything i can do

[glacial steeple]

hold the urban regions

[uncut narwhal]

so like this?

[glacial steeple]

why so much

[uncut narwhal]

wdym

[glacial steeple]

strait-amsterdam-rotterdam is fire

can even go hague iirc

[uncut narwhal]

wish the uk would support me

[errant chasm]

remove the line arty

[wide mirage]

wait i tought line arty was meta

i made it 9-2 rn'

[errant chasm]

That was back in 2021

[wide mirage]

now just 9 blocks of infantry?

[uncut narwhal]

@glacial steeple its working lwk

[hexed birch]

What's the best way to defend the coastline? Whenever I take over France as Germany and start fighting the Soviets I get naval invaded by US + UK forces even though I have area defences all over the cost with my Infranty units. Should I be using stronger units?

[uncut narwhal]

sealion the uk

[hexed birch]

I guess too late now with most of my units fighting against the soviets 🙁

[uncut narwhal]

what year is it?

[hexed birch]

Feb 1943

[uncut narwhal]

yea too late

move like 2 or 4 tanks to france

[last arch]

2-3 18 width units on your ports should be plenty to defend against AI

[hexed birch]

This is what I'm using

[uncut narwhal]

use a 18w with support arty as the div

[last arch]

that probably works fine too if you actively respond and have a few per port

[keen hemlock]

holy streched res

[wild kiln]

Wait. SPG > TD > tank? I see “TD” has an icon in the designer near top. But how do I make a SPG and then put it as a battalion in my divisions?..

(Playing SP)

[austere roost]

It's just artillery role tanks

Also against high difficulty ai you'll need tds

[wild kiln]

and SPG > TD?

How besides adding a howitzer instead of cannon, how do I ensure I’m making something that unlocks the SPG icon in Div builder?

[neat widget]

TDs are used against high hardness units like tanks with mech

SPGs are used against low hardness units like infantry and space marines

They both have their role in multi-player, but in single player you are better sticking off with SPGs

[neat widget]

There should be a drop down menu on the top left

[uncut narwhal]

do you know whats the best grand doctrine for inf bricks? is it sfp?

[austere roost]

Gbp

[austere roost]

In sp yes, in MP SPGs are useless

You need to select artillery role

[wild kiln]

Might need research or something. I have normal tank, flame, and TD “category” options. I’m playing easy AI - would be better to do TD or normal tanks?

[trail reef]

what does this mean

[warped scaffold]

i am brand new to hoi4 and im trying to play as italy and im getting my rear end kicked by ethiopia what do i do

does anybody want to coach me in helping lounge 2 the tutorials are not answering my exact questions

[valid thicket]

Sure

[alpine oasis]

that happened to me too

[austere roost]

Do you have no step back

[neat widget]

Did you research the 1936 artillery tech?

Also yeah no step back is needed for this

Otherwise do like half tanks half SPG

[marsh knoll]

How do you fix this?

[austere roost]

check your mods

[marsh knoll]

I have no mods enabled

[austere roost]

As a general rule of thumb, only graphics mods are ironman compatible

[marsh knoll]

Its base game

[austere roost]

can you verify your game files?

[marsh knoll]

I've already done that

[austere roost]

maybe you accidentally changed them

did you change game rules?

[marsh knoll]

I've verified the steam integrity files and it didnt do anything

No

[cinder plinth]

how can i learn the game, without watching videos because i dont remember anything from them?

[austere roost]

you might ned to check the tech channel then

[austere roost]

you're supposed to follow them, not just watch

there's no way you can watch a 2-hour video and remember everything from it

[cinder plinth]

right i followed an official tutorial of hoi4 on invading ethiopea

and guess what happened

i got pushed back to the sea

lol

[austere roost]

well the official tutorial just teaches you controls

follow bittersteel's germany guide

[cinder plinth]

which one

[austere roost]

italy is not beginner friendly, it's tutorial because only they're at war in the beginning

the latest one of course

[cinder plinth]

can you send me link to video

[austere roost]

it's online

go to youtube and search for bittersteel germany guide 2026

[cinder plinth]

okay thank you

[glacial steeple]

tutorial also forces you to start with 0 mil efficiency btw

[austere roost]

yesterday I got 6.5k attack

on well-planned attack tactic, not a good tactic

[neat widget]

WHAT

feels like a practical jokr

[glacial steeple]

try it

[valid thicket]

No never done it never wil

[glacial steeple]

im telling liv, not a new player

XD

[valid thicket]

I am not new

Got 200 hours in it

[neat widget]

I'll do it when I get home

[austere roost]

200 is new if you don't try to learn the game tbh

and hoi4 is the easiest pdx strategy game

[neat widget]

True

[valid thicket]

Since when is 200 hours new

[austere roost]

can you like get 200 factories as germany before 1939.09?

or 350 as USSR before barb?

[valid thicket]

I dont play germany or ussr

[wild kiln]

@neat widget ahhh. I see it. “Artillery” (on the medium tank, tank destroyer, Artillery, anti-air, and flame) drop down.

So SPG > normal tanks?

Feels sad making infantry divisions without artillery, and tank divisions without proper tanks.

Is it terrible to toss artillery slots back into infantry divisions, or a mix of SPG, TD, and normal tanks in my tank divisions?

[austere roost]

yes normal tanks suck now

they get less doctrine buffs and require more equipment per battalion

[wild kiln]

DANGIT.

[austere roost]

and check pins if you want to learn why line art sucks

[wild kiln]

Looks like it’s just the width issue?

[austere roost]

they've been sucking every since 2021

just watch the vid

width isn't the only stat

newbies will spend all the time worrying about templates when templates are at most 5% of the problem

[wild kiln]

lol

Fair

Worried about supply and actually using them.

[austere roost]

80% of it is industry, 10 percent is air, and 5% is general grinding if you can do it

if you can build 120 36w spg divisions by 1941.06 then you can win as ussr against germany without a general and no military advisors

[wild kiln]

120 🙃

And JUST SPG divisions then?..

[austere roost]

i mean against base ai 48 is enough

[wild kiln]

😎 truck infantry okay or do I need the mechanized ones??

[neat widget]

Yes

[warped lynx]

any1 balkan

[wild kiln]

Knowing it’s sub optimal… could I get away with:

• 20% SPG,
• 20% TD,
• 20% normal tank,
• 40% motorized infantry

And just use that as “main” template (most of my total divisions like this?)?

Against easy AI

[wise dew]

whats the best grand doctrine for italy

[errant chasm]

Just use spgs and mech

Ai sucks at tanks period.

[neat widget]

In single player?

[wise dew]

yes

[glacial steeple]

at some point you will if you play a lot

[valid thicket]

Why

[wise dew]

is bro still with us

[trail reef]

probably custom game rule

[neat widget]

Grand battleplan then

[desert rivet]

What did bro play for 200 hours?

They are two of the best focus trees in the game, definitely check them out, and they can help you learn a lot of the mechanics pretty well

[valid thicket]

Mp games and uk and france

[wise dew]

thx

[serene karma]

No TD needed

[glacial steeple]

gotta play every nation, or get good at the nations played in mp

in sp every nation i find kind of interesting

[fleet rivet]

TD is basically useless in SP tbh

Its a good tank design but u dont really need it

[desert rivet]

Bros committed, I can hardly play 10 hours of either of those before I want to play something else

[fleet rivet]

Eh tbh not really. If u want really good ones play Japan or Italy

[austere roost]

if you can't use mech then use inf instead

[austere roost]

you don't need armor against ai, it's just for style points

but if you want armor divisions use 9/9s or 10/8s if you haven't unlocked last row of divisions

[fleet rivet]

Mech is only good at flanking undefended areas to cap them

[austere roost]

uh no?

[fleet rivet]

For me at least

[austere roost]

mech provides highest hp and hardness

mech is the highest stat infantry, it's just very expensive and requires rubber

[fleet rivet]

I rarely use mech as a fighting force

[austere roost]

yeah cuz you put mechs in armor divisions

[vital plinth]

hey as france aside from algeia is there other areas i should puppet?

[austere roost]

you definitely puppet the places with no resources and factories

aka most of west africa

honestly unless you immediately attack germany during rhineland it's not necessary to release as puppets

[vital plinth]

oh i plan to play franco spain

i tried puppet all with no ressouces, should i train all the french troops to get mastry points ?

army points*

Wait with training ?

[pulsar trellis]

My friend is playing multiplayer and he can't unpause or click buttons
Any idea why this could be happening?
He tried without mods and it still doesn't work apparently

Nevermind, fixed it

[alpine pivot]

can someone show me a good medium tank template for germany '39

[austere roost]

8 spg 10 inf + med flame + light tank recon + assault engineer + logistics

[small flare]

Just fyi for future posts #tech-support

How exactly does infrastructure effect civilian and military factories btw?

[austere roost]

if you hover over construction you'll see the affect of every level of infrastructure

lvl5 infrastrucutre means you spend half of the time spent building compared to lvl0 infrastructure

[small flare]

So I should spend time leveling up infrastructure in like 2 territories (where i can stack the most civilian factories early) then fill those out with civ's early on?

[amber heath]

how do I get to europe as america to kill germany

[austere roost]

That depends on your economic law and empty slots

You can calculate that yourself

[fleet rivet]

u dont wanna spam civs

[vital plinth]

After completing this what should I pick next ? It’s been a while since I had no resseach buff so forgot what normlay to go for next ?

[small flare]

Elaborate

[fleet rivet]

radio

and pls use f12 when on steam

[austere roost]

you build mils starting 3.5 years before the war so unless you're usa or ussr you aren't building civs

[fleet rivet]

u want a little bit of each tbf

[small flare]

I have like 50 hours and just kinda have no clue what efficiency is (tried watching guides but it's been a grind)

[fleet rivet]

ive always did half and half

[amber heath]

? how do you move across the globe

[austere roost]

equipment tech, research efficiency buffs are only for unlcoking euipment you need and you can research radio/radar before war

[austere roost]

well now you know build civs until 3.5 years before war

ofc it also depends on how fast you can switch to partial mob for dem/non-aligned and war economy for fasc/comm

[austere roost]

the only efficiency modifier you need is efficiency cap, every other production efficiency modifier is irrelevant

[small flare]

I just meant MY efficieny isn't good.

I just generally have no clue what im doing.

[austere roost]

well follow bittersteel's guide first

he offers a good basis for you to recreate

and then slowly try to improve on it

I started with trying to get 48 spg divisions pre barb and now I can get to 120 spg divisions + 1:8 plane kd ratio against germany

[small flare]

Is this one of the pinned videos

[austere roost]

no cuz this is not his channel

but it's on youtube

[small flare]

Also what exactly is SPG, I see it mentioned a lot.

[austere roost]

self propelled guns

tanks but with artillery role

there's also tds or tanks with tank destroyer role

[glacial steeple]

its good for LTD

so you have to use 20% less tanks per batallion

just depends on the gun you wanna use

tho spg is def better vs soft units

[fleet rivet]

I dont remember it affecting construction speed tho

[keen hemlock]

how tf

[glacial steeple]

tbh it just differs per nation

like denmark civgreed annexbuild goes hard

[austere roost]

I saw a vid of someone with 200 spg divisions but it was in chinese sites

[fleet rivet]

Smaller nations should civ build for 3.5 years basically

Ig

[keen hemlock]

full 36 widths?

[austere roost]

we were talking about infrastructure

[austere roost]

yeah

[glacial steeple]

absolutely not

[fleet rivet]

Ah

[fleet rivet]

I will test this

[glacial steeple]

as smaller nations what youd like to do is gobble up nearby small nations

but if you play hist you just need more MIC out

[austere roost]

so you're not building any equipment until the war begins? have fun with that

[keen hemlock]

how tf

[fleet rivet]

That's what I was doing as Malaya I tried both ways

[keen hemlock]

did he even get that much mech

[fleet rivet]

Its not fun

[austere roost]

i only spend 40 factories on mechs and can equip 120 divisions of them or 38400

[glacial steeple]

market equipment only baltics is kinda fun for challenge

and captured*

like painful but possible

[austere roost]

just save their upgrade points for the three merge factories bonuses and use 100 mil xp to reduce their production cost

also ussr has a 100% mech research card for you so if you take that focus early enough you can start producing mechs realistically by mid 1939

I start producing mechs from like Spring 1940

after I start building the super heavy rgs

[keen hemlock]

have you seen that czech focus that gives you capture equip ratio +30%

[glacial steeple]

no

[keen hemlock]

is that op?

[glacial steeple]

idk, its probably factor

which is like, its okay

[small flare]

How exactly are you suppose to do this when you cant justify war goals (serious question)

And your focus tree doesnt give them until way later

[glacial steeple]

you can do silly stuff but its very difficult and not worth it

[austere roost]

so basically right now I can produce 120 of these and 120 inf/mountaineer + 1 td divisions with the same supports + 6 super heavy rgs + 1000 1940 planes pre barb

[glacial steeple]

rush war goals instead of doing anything else

otherwise just make mils

keep mil efficiency

[keen hemlock]

ngl i never use railway guns

[small flare]

So if im turkey, I was told that if you go a certain way, and dont do "assess our future" before certain things you get a bad culture modifier, should I ignore that and just blitz anyways?

[glacial steeple]

ah turkiye

kinda just a bad nation in terms of pacing

its quite difficult to play on hist

on ahist, tension spikes and you can manually justify if you want to

[small flare]

Italy joining my war against Greece has screwed me multiple times 🫩

[glacial steeple]

otherwise its very slow, you have to equip your garrisons first before your army

with local police force

[glacial steeple]

ahist will be your friend if you want an easier game

[austere roost]

no, it's too late in the focus tree iirc

[glacial steeple]

otherwise you should pre prepare naval invasions and try to cap greece in weeks at most

[small flare]

This is just putting MP's into the template right

[glacial steeple]

no

lol

changing your occupation law and setting garrison reinforcements to maximum

[keen hemlock]

you can do it right after the first military focus iirc

[austere roost]

oh really

i must have been thinking about other buffs

[small flare]

How exactly do naval invasions even work btw.

Nvm found it

I cant believe i didnt see that even after 50 hours of playing this game

[glacial steeple]

youre new, its fine

[small flare]

Oh boy, I just bought some DLC's my my research tree's are way different

Just realized I didnt even have access to like 90% of content and have to relearn a lot of it

[austere roost]

it just provides you with customization capabilities

which always just ends up to one optimized design

[small flare]

Btw exactly which bittersteel guide am I looking for cause he has a lot

[austere roost]

the most recent germany guide

try to follow his steps and achieve the same outcome

[small flare]

It kinda works for other countries as well?

[austere roost]

no

it's a germany playthrough for newbies

[latent sierra]

got a random notification when opening hoi4 anyone know what this error is?

[kind lark]

I get the same exact thing

I just ignore it

[small scroll]

does anyone know a quick guide for hoi4 and good thats 1hour max?

[left mica]

i also have that problem

[latent sierra]

It’s just recent right?

[left mica]

yeah

[austere roost]

<@&846894118219022336> pls delete

[iron veldt]

what

[austere roost]

scam

[lilac raft]

no clue what's going on