ask-for-help-here

[neat widget]

you can even get away with interwar

[tacit thistle]

@uncut narwhal

[neat widget]

check who are the majors

idk why

[austere roost]

hey new tank chassis unlocks -80% production efficiency

[tacit thistle]

???

oh

it works now

[neat widget]

also germany should upgrade range mio first because of the 10% production output boost, plus that can also be used with medium planes too

[neat widget]

okay that's bizarre

[tacit thistle]

i restarted

to the autosave

now it works normally

[austere roost]

supermarine > range > light > normal high agility mios when it comes to fighter mios

[neat widget]

by the way 1936 fighter are so bad this plane is an improvement, so if you can get these build these (and also replace with engine 3 once you can)

[neat widget]

yeah

[neat widget]

although if you're using range mio then you should have double armor plate instead of range module

[austere roost]

yeah

[tacit thistle]

btw can someone explain why i can never take all of australia

is it like in africa where if u take the things around it it kinda just goes to u

[austere roost]

it will become yours after the peace deal

those are unusable provinces

[neat widget]

impassable terrain

[tacit thistle]

oh ok

[spark cedar]

Best land doctrine for USA 1938 full industry done

???

[austere roost]

gbp + ie + grand assault

[spark cedar]

what are the first two

[austere roost]

artillery and tank doctrines depend on if you plan to use spgs or tds

grand battle plan + individual excellence

assault infantry if you use a lot of 18ws

[neat widget]

grand battleplan + individual excellence

[neat widget]

or if you're just running special forces tbh

that said you may be running tanks, in which case

Soviets are a pushover if you prepare properly, sealion is a bit complicated by comparison

you should also upgrade your plane design @tacit thistle

[austere roost]

how does assault infantry buff special forces?

[neat widget]

every leg infantry buff applies to special forces

[spark cedar]

Can i get IE and Grand assault

or only on

[neat widget]

you can get both

[austere roost]

yeah but if you use all supports ie would give you a lot more buffs

[spark cedar]

ight ty

[austere roost]

ie is for infantry and grand assault is for operations

[neat widget]

how so

[austere roost]

recons and signals

[neat widget]

you get like 30% break and 30% attack from assault infantry, whereas it's only 10% break and 20% attack with individual excellence

[austere roost]

wait assault infantry's +20% soft attack is for infs and not for support art?

ok it makes sense now

[neat widget]

Yeah

individual excellence is pretty good though

[austere roost]

if you only use infs you can use assault infantry

[neat widget]

that said, individual excellence is probably the main option if you are using tanks

so yeah if you see this your support artillery buffs infantry

but if you see this it is only a buff to itself

also one final thing, third for special forces is irregulars

other than that you should not look at the other doctrines in singleplayer unless you're playing specific builds (normal infantry goes with large unit tactics, militia goes with people's militia, and cavalry goes with mounted infantry)

@errant chasm yeah the ai likes to attack a lot i've found since at least 1.17

[keen hemlock]

if ur doing real tank divs why not take mobile inf?

[neat widget]

because mobile inf gives basically zero stats

10% soft attack and 20 org

[keen hemlock]

ah

[neat widget]

by contrast individual excellence gives 20% break, 20% attack, 16.7% HP, and 10% defense to mech

plus 15% intelligence gained from combat (which means you will get a slight boost to your stats too)

so it's a lot

mobile inf is basically the mech orgwall doctrine

which isn't a singleplayer concept

[errant chasm]

you could have one be an MG 2 and 2 MG 4 and 1 engine II

[keen hemlock]

since when did desprate defense give everything +20% soft attack

[uncut narwhal]

since release lol

last thing

last point

[keen hemlock]

oh shi

[errant chasm]

naval invasions yeah I can tell by the UK gameplay you saw. Surprised it never attempted to do d-day like in eariler patches

[uncut narwhal]

was so fun before the requirement

[neat widget]

yeah you're probably right

[glacial steeple]

gotta have 16 wheat, 6 iron and 2 clay and put it in the factory, click it with a stick, make sure it has charcoal!

[neat widget]

yeah they will naval invade behind you

[keen hemlock]

i cant lie i love how paradox has done these

[glacial steeple]

and you can get steel

[errant chasm]

wait i mean surprised it never naval invaded france as it invaded the uk coast to distract me

[keen hemlock]

or at least the names and ideas

[errant chasm]

before it would try to d-day whenever it can and if you had allied speeches pack. It would feel so immersion breaking.

[neat widget]

probably not tbh, the variant with 4 lmg apparently trades slightly better

[spark cedar]

Im so confused, how is poland still fighting germany in 1940, is it to do with me becoming like friends with USSR?

[half glade]

good mounaineers divs?

for like hungary

[errant chasm]

so a plane with 2 HMG 4s and 1 LMG 4s? I thought HMG 2s do more damage than a LMG 4s

[errant chasm]

32 width mountaineers

[half glade]

literally all mountaineers?

[neat widget]

no they do 1 less damage but they cost 0.5 less ic

[errant chasm]

yeah

[errant chasm]

fair if you want to be effienicent as planes are meant to be spammed

[half glade]

kinda difficult to get with such small special forces cap

what do i do about that

[errant chasm]

I think my problem with my germany games is that I never build enough planes

[neat widget]

wait vistula

[errant chasm]

Yes Liv show the funni special forces bypass trick

[neat widget]

this is a 1936 fighter

[half glade]

no no on

i want the legit way

how do i actually increase it

ive seen the exploit

[neat widget]

so it only has two weapon slots

[errant chasm]

go through the special forces doctrine and build more normal units

[neat widget]

so i thought we were comparing 4xhmg 4xlmg vs 4xhmg 2xhmg

[spark cedar]

ANYone?!?!?!

Why is poland still alive

[half glade]

ill try this

[neat widget]

also some focuses increase special forces cap too
alternatively play nepal

[neat widget]

no clue tbh

[half glade]

just like 9 inf with support art and medical hospitals?

[spark cedar]

kinda crazy

[half glade]

maybe aa?

[errant chasm]

Germany skill issue i guess

[spark cedar]

W

[errant chasm]

now im confused. But for the 1936 plane i just build 4xHMG and 2xHMGs. until I get engine 3s to upgrade it to a 4xHMGs in both slots

[neat widget]

well that's reasonable tbh

[vital plinth]

Hey what mods do you recommend for a better France focus tree ?

Is there any very popular ones ?

[crystal relic]

any advice? Hungary has a war goal against me and britain is guaranteeing Hungary and me from a focus, I think they have a war goal against me so should I wait for them to declare war so britain attacks them?

nevermind

[small scroll]

which is better for learning how to play learning by myself or watching tutorials or asking people

[smoky fiber]

Guys is this normal?

[errant chasm]

I mean I am not too surprised, it depends on the community.

[smoky fiber]

Funny guys

[fathom thistle]

https://klipy.com/gifs/the-avengers-marvel-76--k01KRHF84DWT061Q6P2QZQ21A16

[ruby urchin]

Hey! my tank divisions that worked before are pretty bad now anyone have some good tanks? for Germany

[errant chasm]

check the pinned messages. In single player you would build an SPG, in multiplayer you would build a SP TD

[spark cedar]

wtf is this game

im chilling as US

building economy

and i look at europe and see this

[timber jewel]

did you turn off historical focus?

[toxic rock]

does anyone have any ideas for really good tanks as austria-hungary?

[spark cedar]

nope

[toxic rock]

it can be light, medium etc

[ruby urchin]

could you maybe elaborate? i just want a regular medium tank

[errant chasm]

what dlcs do you have, No Step Back?

[iron veldt]

why did my play time on steam for HOI4 go from 1000+ hours to 600?

[ruby urchin]

all of them

[toxic rock]

thanks, but will spg's be better than the original tanks?

[timber jewel]

what mod changes the visuals to THIS? looks chic

[errant chasm]

you see BMH's division template, this is an example of a good tank template

[errant chasm]

it's a hoi4 division designer website

[crystal relic]

I was using cheats before I returned so now I am not and I am having alot more fun learning by myself, so if your really struggling I would say watch tutorials or ask people

[timber jewel]

mb

[ruby urchin]

artillery tanks?

really

[toxic rock]

are spg's better than original tanks?

[errant chasm]

yes

[toxic rock]

hmm i didnt know that

why?

[austere roost]

It's a website hoidesigner.com

[neat widget]

if hungary attacks you then the guarantee won't activate

[errant chasm]

does more soft attack even if you build the same modules on the tank

[austere roost]

Yes and TDs are better if enemy has tanks

[neat widget]

lso if you're joining wars then it won't activate too

[crystal relic]

yeah my allies fought them off

[toxic rock]

alright thanks

[timber jewel]

thanks, got anything to share on how to manage war with the western allies? :D

[toxic rock]

should i modify the template in any way for td's?

[ruby urchin]

what about the tank template

[toxic rock]

or is it better for a seperate template

[austere roost]

Use TD weapons then

But against no mod ai you only need support ats

[austere roost]

That's is the tank template

[ruby urchin]

im sorry i meant the tank design

[austere roost]

Look at it again

[ruby urchin]

right

[neat widget]

might not even need support at

just infantry at weapons upgrades

[neat widget]

annex austria and czechoslovakia early, invade poland, netherlands, luxembourg, and the baltics, position an army or two on the soviet border

and once you got a tank force attack belgium

also get collabs on france and poland for their industries and to reduce resistance

and also unlock early 1940 fighters with their modules

[austere roost]

That's really only against +3 and +4 ai

By then support aa piercing might not be enough

[timber jewel]

why the baltics too?

[hollow ravine]

идите нахуй пиндосы тупые

[neat widget]

you could replace one of the spgs with a tank destroyer

[neat widget]

it's free land, as if you have enough forces in the east the soviets won't intervene

ideally you would have done all of that by mid-1940 so you could dedicate the summer and fall to defeating France (which should fall quickly) and then Britain

[errant chasm]

but supply/having to build a longer rail to supply? Is barb easier to do if you dont do M-R and have baltics?

[timber jewel]

my passive ass is in march 1941
(oops forgot to turn off ping xD)

[neat widget]

yeah barb becomes easier

since you are right next to leningrad

[errant chasm]

where do you building the rail/supply

[neat widget]

and also it's industry that you have and the soviets don't

[austere roost]

Or that too

[neat widget]

like 10 factories for each baltic state

[austere roost]

But against modded ai and MP you need TDs

[errant chasm]

as that would be longer than the M-R line

[neat widget]

you can also drag the soviets into war with the allies if you time it right

i found this out the hard way

[errant chasm]

back in 1.14 I would let the soviets invade poland after I sealion UK just so I would get a core in Pozan.

That was the only way you could core pozan before 1.15 as fascist germany

[crisp ledge]

As Monarchist Italy, should I go Preserve Army Traditions, or A Bandit's War?

I'm planning to join the Allies, wage a defensive war in Yugoslavia - Preserve Army Traditions seems like the defensive option.

[neat widget]

invest in eastern poland moment

[peak condor]

Can someone teach me how to play HOI4 i forgor 💀

[gusty hinge]

build army, kill and win

[peak condor]

I forgot how to do that

Dude i didn't play HOI4 since last year

I forgot everything

Shii looks like a manual of "How to fly an airplane"

[gusty hinge]

its not rocket science

[peak condor]

It is

[neat widget]

it'd probably look something like this

[peak condor]

Can you vc and maybe explain something

[gusty hinge]

sure

[spark cedar]

STOPPED BOY

GET OUT OF MY GAME

[neat widget]

You could also try to upgrade Romanian rail too

[inner mountain]

is this meta?

[neat widget]

seems like you pushed a meta spg and tank destroyer design together and made it a heavy tank

also took out the radio for some reason

[austere roost]

Also 14 armor is 14 too much

[timber jewel]

welp
still don't understand how to defeat the allies :/

[fathom thistle]

Cap UK around 40-41 and you good

Just do it before the USA joins

[dull cloud]

Can someone help me with sea lion?

[fathom thistle]

Torpedo dd's. Build them.

[dull cloud]

I can land fine but I eventually get pushed back out to the sea

[gusty hinge]

@peak condor my internet is so bad rn i can help you tmr if u want

[fathom thistle]

Use tanks to break through if you have them

[dull cloud]

All the YT vids the UK has like no divs in their tiles but for me of course there’s probably at least 60-70

I do. I do infantry first and then tanks once I secure a port

Same shit

[fathom thistle]

What's your tank template?

[dull cloud]

Invading mid 1941

Erm standby

[timber jewel]

even without any us divs, I can't

[fathom thistle]

There's your problem. Your soft attack is pretty bad for tank div

[obtuse anchor]

Dont tanks work best with mech and not mot

[fathom thistle]

They do

[obtuse anchor]

Then why are people still making bad tank-mot divs

[spare cradle]

It says that ive generated too much world tension compared to the faction... when ive literally generated ZERO world tension

[fathom thistle]

🤷

[dull cloud]

How would I even increase it? I don’t have the fancy DLCs I have my man gun level 5

[obtuse anchor]

Probably a bug

[obtuse anchor]

Replace motorized inf for mechanized

[fathom thistle]

You can still build spgs

Even without dlc

[spare cradle]

k

[fathom thistle]

no dlc template

[obtuse anchor]

Btw, tank designer always confuses me (despite 1300 hours in hoi4) how do i make good tanks

[errant chasm]

When should I do this by? Late 1940? I assume this requires capping britan first as mentioned in vc i cap soviets before uk but I might try sealion early

[marble temple]

Hmm...so the Japanese no longer have ships (from start) that can reach the US Coast from Hawaii, rendering Sunrise Invasion Achievement kinda impossible...

[thin nebula]

You lost your navy?

[keen hemlock]

ask venuezla for access

or go for attu island

[marble temple]

ty

[marble temple]

No running the beta to look for bugs. Was hoping SI would be easier. Hadn't thought of Venez

[scenic nacelle]

Super heavy battleship

Can do it

I think capitals work

Ik u said starting navy but yeah

[marble temple]

They changed naval ranges

[obtuse anchor]

Can someone pls help

[fathom thistle]

but change the engine to something else, you wouldnt need that much reliability anyway

You can also add to engine if you want

[obtuse anchor]

Ok so this is tank sp think

[fathom thistle]

yes

[obtuse anchor]

Do i do medium tanks

[small scroll]

how can i use formables like if i wanted to form the roman empire what do i have to do to make it have the same land and name as the roman empire

[fathom thistle]

that design is for medium spg yes

[obtuse anchor]

I mean as in regular tanks

[fathom thistle]

no

they are just worse

[obtuse anchor]

Btw what does reliability even affect in tanks

@fathom thistle ?

[fathom thistle]

on bad terrain you take more equipment losses with low reliability

[obtuse anchor]

So if im germany i shouldnt really worry about reliability

[fathom thistle]

so as long you dont send your tanks to like mountains you wouldnt need to worry about it that much

[fathom thistle]

70% is like fine

some go for way lower

[obtuse anchor]

Does reliability over 100 do anything

[fathom thistle]

no

[vital plinth]

Is there a guide on how to best do attacks and pushes I feel I’m doing it wrong by having most of my army on a battle plan and turning it on so they push but only micro managing some units I got huge losses with man power for some reason

Or could this be the reason I lose a lot of man power ?

[fathom thistle]

what is your template?

[vital plinth]

3x3 support art and Engineer

[fathom thistle]

you get more losses with smaller divisions

especially on attack

[vital plinth]

But 3x3 is what most uses no ?

[fathom thistle]

it is but its still a small div compared to what attacking divisions are supposed to look like

you can always cas your enemy to hell

[crisp ledge]

What are peoples' thoughts on bicycle infantry versus motorized/mechanized infantry?

[small scroll]

can i stay afk in the game until its the 2000s or 2026 so i get the modern map?

[wild kiln]

Didn’t know that was an option?!

[obtuse anchor]

No, it would take a ridiculous amount of time, and it wont be a modern map. Just download a mod that gives you thw modern world

[wild kiln]

probably safe to assume they’re quite healthy though.

[crisp ledge]

They're Infantry that expend 10 Support Eq to get Cavalry speed. I've had some fun replacing infantry bricks with bicycle bricks as Brazil, but wanted to see if I should bother with it as Italy, or just go with mot/mech.
https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Land_units_by_unit#Bicycle_Infantry

[glacial steeple]

well, no

hoi4 wont follow historical anything

but you can play that long if you want

[chrome breach]

i declared war on belgium but they just dont attack

anything i can do to bait them without having to lose my entrenchment

[obtuse anchor]

Send a pic

[iron veldt]

who are you playing as

[chrome breach]

nvm i ended up having 1 troop from the bottom state hit from the top state then automatically reteat

luxemborg

[obtuse anchor]

Good question

[chrome breach]

i forgot to mention that here mb

[iron veldt]

good luck

[obtuse anchor]

😭

[obtuse anchor]

Yeah i cant help

[hot beacon]

can some1 help me

[obtuse anchor]

What is it

[hot beacon]

i play as germany and always lose to them

[obtuse anchor]

Lose to who

[hot beacon]

france

https://giphy.com/gifs/right-in-the-feels-lKWlXRBGltz2g

[obtuse anchor]

Ok can you explain to me somw things

What are your divisions and their templates

[glacial steeple]

mostly economy

[obtuse anchor]

And jow did you try to invade france

[hot beacon]

uh whats templates?

[glacial steeple]

do you have air, do you have enough air

do you have like

units out

do you have mils

did you civgreed

[hot beacon]

uh i had like 100 mils

and like 150 civs

[glacial steeple]

dont make civs as ger

its bad

[hot beacon]

oh

i was making civs till 38

[glacial steeple]

would explain how youre losing so badly

[obtuse anchor]

Okay so judging by this answer, id suggest watching some tutorials on yt about templates, its also important to also watch how other people play, and learn some thinga visually

[hot beacon]

oh ok

[glacial steeple]

templates only matter so much

[obtuse anchor]

How did you even take austria bro

[glacial steeple]

its not very important imo

[hot beacon]

i understand the basics and yes

i hvae 150 hrs

[austere roost]

Templates are the basics

[scenic nacelle]

No they aren’t

[glacial steeple]

basics are

research

build mil

use mil

make unit

[scenic nacelle]

Yeah

Same for the general/field marshal stuff

[visual dove]

How can I stop Motorized being kringe?

[austere roost]

I mean building a unit requires you to edit a template most likely

[hot beacon]

how do i send my playset?

[thin nebula]

Combine it with tanks

[visual dove]

No tanks.

Just pure trucks

[thin nebula]

I think they benefit from both motorized and infantry buffs so mabye that

[visual dove]

Maybe I can do MW Doctrine?

I'm playing US so i'll go with Patton

[thin nebula]

MW is actually crap but its fun for the memes

[left mica]

Motorised is trash

[austere roost]

don't use them unless you're grinding for generals in spain

[austere roost]

mw has been the worst doctrine for 5 years by now

[glacial steeple]

just 5?

[scenic nacelle]

Clearly not fast enough

[versed rose]

wait for paradox to give them more stats, costing 2.5x as much as leg inf for a grand total of +5 breathrough and irrelevant speed, at the cost of terrain penalties, costing fuel, and needing rubber. The unit has many problems plagueing it and its going to need a look at from the ground up to make it a real contender

[austere roost]

post nsb

idk the meta too well pre nsb

[upbeat arrow]

how often should i upgrade my MIOs so i dont have a bunch of variants of the same thing, or do i prioritize the upgrade in training?

[red mesa]

you can just convert the variants if you have a surplus

you can shift click the MIO upgrades in the order you want and then never have to think about it

[upbeat arrow]

thanks

[neat widget]

before barbarossa of course

[neat widget]

Pretty good, but you'd be well advised to add more mech since the hp and org are a bit low

[austere roost]

Mech should at least be 45% of your division

And that's only with ie. If you're not doing ie then you should have at least 50% mech

[errant chasm]

thanks. Also is it worth rushing the 1940 planes as I did have a 1936 plane build i use. I will share you the plane designs once I get off vic3.

[neat widget]

Yeah it is worth rushing 1940 planes

1940 fighters trade twice as good as 1936 planes

[neat widget]

the next thing you want to do with a 1940 fighter is give it engine 4, this will increase performance by about 10%
and after that a 1944 fighter will be 30% better than that

then in the late game just do supersonic

which as germany you could probably get in like 1944 or something

if you do have fighter 1s laying around that you produced, it might still be worth to convert them to a more modern fighter 1, since that is also a 10% increase and you get to keep some production efficiency while at it

but idk about that last sentence

[errant chasm]

is there any research bonus that will reduce the research penalty? i remembered from Segl's germany video that he did have research buff but I heard that was removed oof. Thinking of researching it in 1937

[visual dove]

Are horses Kringe?

[keen hemlock]

Fr?

I didn’t think it was that fast

[neat widget]

probably do it relatively early

[neat widget]

well as greece i got it in may 1946, i know the earliest someone has been able to do it was in 1942 but that's probably because they neglected everything else, so with 6 research slots it's probably going to be somewhere in between

[keen hemlock]

You can rush improved airframe and engine for jet ig

That’s alot of wasted research time tho

[errant chasm]

yeah that is my main concern since I also wanted to research many other things

i was following this RB guide for research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zRj6Hen1N9mBG54NY6regkK890M3QdSKDAfi-d3y5zw/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.wr3gj1iwnoqf

[keen hemlock]

How long is axial jet?

[neat widget]

i mean that's what i did for greece

and rushing improved airframe is worth it because that's the largest jump you can get in air performance

again, it's like making your planes trade two times better ic-wise

some players would tell you not to make planes before improved airframe

[keen hemlock]

I don’t ngl

I just rush it

Is axial jet better than engine 3?

[neat widget]

normal jet engines and axial jet engines each take between 600 and 900 days, and most likely somewhere around 720

[neat widget]

axial jet is probably a bit better than engine 4 for fighters, but it is also expensive so you don't want it on anything else

and engine 4 is better than engine 3

jet 1 is better than engine 3 though

[keen hemlock]

Ok

But engine 4 > jet

So confusing

Is the air independent propulsion engine good or should I just stay with cruiser/ fleet subs with anionic tiles

Same with underway replenishment

[lament quail]

if i justify on franco, will the british guarantee? (i am unoccupied vichy france, in axis but not in ww2)

[neat widget]

yeah i think so too

[neat widget]

the latter

because air independent propulsion literally turns your sub into a battleship sized gas guzzler

[errant chasm]

oh yeah before I go to sleep I did want to show you my 1936 plane designs. Tho, I may not use some of these designs since I might try rushing 1940 planes next time.

[neat widget]

why does one of the fighters have 2 x engine3

[errant chasm]

I used to not switch out plane chassis because I thought I would lose efficiency. Also I guess to refit old fighters for

[neat widget]

you only need 1 x engine3 even if you don't switch out chassis because that's all you can put on the plane

even in 1940 fighters 1 x engine3 is just below what you can put on the plane

[errant chasm]

Wait that might be an error from me oops I think I intended it to be a 1x engine 3 with 4x HMG on both slots

[errant chasm]

I thought you were questioning why I had an engine III in the first place lmao

[small flare]

So, What is "Armor Meme"

I keep hearing this term in guides that I've been watching but no one has actually explained what it is.

[errant chasm]

Its a space marine but with tanks

You build one heavily armored tank battalions in your tank division giving it more armor. As what the name suggests its a meme and nothing else.

[small flare]

Balrighty then 🤣

[slate nimbus]

what would you guys say should be the "standard gameplan" for Italy?

as in like what should i focus building on, which focuses should i take, etc etc

just the general idea really, im still learning the ropes so just to get a good grasp on stuff

[thin nebula]

Imo focus on beating the british in north africa

[neat widget]

Yeah that's a fair design then

[neat widget]

a unit with an especially high armor value

since armor is calculated by 0.40 * max + 0.60 * average, this skews the divisional armor value higher

[errant chasm]

Is the heavy fighters good? I probably need lots of them for Sealion.

I dont feel like rushing the 1940 medium plane

Oh hello Tails

[neat widget]

which country are you

[errant chasm]

Germany this is the german heavy fighters i made, the last two pics from earlier

[neat widget]

if you're doing heavy fighters get jet engines

[slate nimbus]

Libya and Egypt?

im mostly prewar so i want to have like a good "base"

[left glacier]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/809452900757012510/1444289461075574939/3720061.gif

[neat widget]

light fighters are still better, but heavy fighters are not that far behind with the range mio

so if you're bored you could go down a heavy fighter path

[slate nimbus]

which worries me because the civ factories for them are ABYSMAL

[austere roost]

you build mils 3.5 years before the war so unless you're historical usa/ussr you don't worry about civs

ofc if the duce forces you to build civs then you'll have to but otherwise just build mils and dockyards

[slate nimbus]

im mostly improving the main territory infraestructure and civs so the construction isnt that slow, and to get a bit more resources, because otherwise theyre pretty screwed

also yes the Duce missions are so annoying but whatever

im struggling rn with upping my in field manpower and the resistance in Ethiopia

well, compliance, 60% compliance in Ehtiopia is craaazy

[austere roost]

you can build infrastructure if you need to build 7 mils there iirc, otherwise just build the damn mils

[slate nimbus]

then ill try to focus on mils but im pretty sure those are gonna take forever

[austere roost]

you want to what takes more than forever? civs

[slate nimbus]

also dockyards to get some dominance in the Mediterranean sea

[slate nimbus]

thats true, thats veeeery true

[austere roost]

go check the cost of civs and mils in your construction tab

if you think mils take a long time to build, civs will take 80% more time to build

[errant chasm]

Thanks for the help liv, I appreciate it. I might play Germany again tomorrow see if I could sealion early again. Anyways goodnight everyone.

[slate nimbus]

but for the infrastructure it also takes so god damn long dayum

[neat widget]

true

although in vanilla that isn't strictly necessary

[slate nimbus]

i also need to check how to get more resources outside of the research and infrastructure because Italy pretty lacking with that

[austere roost]

that's why it takes 7 mils to make it worth it to raise from lvl3 infra to lvl5 infra

[slate nimbus]

yeah im fully vanilla

[slate nimbus]

fair enough

i imagine i wont be using civs for the trade either since im playing as the bad guys

the US playthrough really spoiled me on that regard

[austere roost]

You can trade

Rubber will be harder to get though

[slate nimbus]

mmm for rubber i can take advantage of the African territory kinda i imagine

[austere roost]

Unless you really need to don't move your trade law down

[slate nimbus]

but yeah seems like it will be an uphill battle with that resource specifically

[slate nimbus]

not at all, its on uh limited exports iirc

plus i want to save my PP for other stuff

[austere roost]

Yeah free trade is the best trade law but once you need synthetics to rubber the second level is enough

[slate nimbus]

i mostly would need it for planes anyway, trucks arent a big issue for me currently

i was thinking building some synthetic refineries given it would be nice to have them produced on myself and not having to worry to trade my very limited civs

but tbh that also takes too long

[austere roost]

You don't need that much unless you mass produce mechs

20 factories on well designed fighters is enough

[slate nimbus]

i dont have to worry too much about design cus no dlc

the concern is getting to that amount of factories and rubber produced honestly

plus i also still like to rely a bit on my CAS

[neat widget]

you need more rubber than that tbh

[slate nimbus]

indeed

5 rubber is rather too little

but like Italy dont have too much to their name

thats why i was wondering if i should invest in civs to kinds trade them for rubber

and then build synthetic refineries later on but it would be so slow

[neat widget]

Yeah basically

and do continuous conversion

you basically have to bet on your allies taking malaya

[slate nimbus]

considering im trying to go historical on vanilla SP, i doubt it

[slate nimbus]

continuous conversion?

[neat widget]

basically you split your factories into two stages
the base design should take the majority of your factories
the final design takes the amount of planes that is produced by the base design and adds high-resource modules like self-sealing fuel tanks

[slate nimbus]

oh, i thought i already said im dlc-less

so no plane design

rn my worry is with resources, civs and mils really

[warped river]

how do i fix this

i own ALL core states

[slate nimbus]

im still prewar with Italy and i wanna see best way to go around it to learn a bit more the ropes of the game

[warped river]

HOW DO I GET OUT OF THIS WAR

ethiopa already capitulated

but i didnt get no conference

and i dont own the core states apparently

[neat widget]

either capitulate them faster (before they board the train) or well, yeah, this happens

unique mechanic that is also frustrating

[warped river]

when do they board the train

i did NOT know they did that

[wild kiln]

Best garrison is just one horse battalion?

[austere roost]

yeah

the number of horses doesn't matter until you start putting mps but you shouldn't be wasting 135xp on garrison templates

[wild kiln]

Ty!

[neat widget]

sometime in mid-1936

[light knoll]

you use proper heritage when you have mp

so its 35 xp to design

[neat widget]

so if you beat them by april (which is relatively simple) then you avoid it

[austere roost]

yeah but you might want something else

[neat widget]

as long as you use grand battleplan that is

[austere roost]

proper heritage isn't that bad. You get more leader experience

[hazy quiver]

most fun country to play in asia?

[visual dove]

Will horses be forever kringe?

[neat widget]

maybe

[visual dove]

How can we make horses based?

[rocky swan]

did the technology that upgraded conversion get removed? i cant find it

[cold bloom]

It did

[rocky swan]

sad

[red mesa]

the effects got rolled into the tools tech

the conversion ones were replaced with the coal ones

[short loom]

guys how do I prevent japan from declaring war on me in non historical after I just finished the soviet civil war ? (I got kamenev)

[stone summit]

Make them shoot lasers from their eyes

[stone summit]

Declare war on them first

[wary pilot]

I just wan't to know, (I'm a beginner on the game), I downloaded Millenium Dawn from Steam Workshop, I downgraded the game back to 1.17.5.2 but when I turned on a playsets with only Millenium Dawn in it and it didn't turned on...
Somebody know how to play with it ?

[neat widget]

probably by giving them similar doctrinal buffs as infantry

[fathom thistle]

It's the one in pins so I was going from that but yeah

[stray hamlet]

How do you core states as India if you go down the Dominion path?

[short loom]

non hist goes wild

[unique trout]

why i have this when i open a mod?

anyone knows

[dusty sandal]

Mod broken, outdated or incompatible with other mods in use

[sly depot]

Which mod is it?

[unique trout]

yestarday it was kaiserreich

today fuhrerreich

[sly depot]

But vanilla works, correct?

[unique trout]

i don think it works

[lyric quarry]

most broken things for multiplayer? i am playing in a lobby with no rules on what units we can make

[dusty sandal]

MIOs if unbalanced

you can do CASfighters too

startbomb as allies is also broken, as germany have 300 startbombers (5mils on them) and stratbomb all the logi of the soviet

[obtuse anchor]

show your playset

[dusty sandal]

allies can do the same + can bomb romania economy into the ground
also, ally can instant win the game by stationning all the minors in france for battle of france and germany will never be able to push
they can also fuel-starve the axis by raiding romania oil fields + invading irak and iran

[sly depot]

Considering that even vanilla doesn't work, check your HoI4 in Documents folder, there could be artefacts interfering with the game like "Map" folder, in any case verify integrity of your files. If verifying doesn't work, then try to back up the HoI4 documents folder and then verify integrity again.

[unique trout]

what is an artefact

this apers when i open a mod

[sly depot]

In the sense of files in the documents folder conflicting and causing the crash. Could you, perhaps, go into the documents/Paradox/HoI4 and check out the "crashes" folder? There should be an error.txt file detailing what went wrong. You can send it in direct messages.

[unique trout]

what is means

anyone knows

[sly depot]

It seems like a problem with DirectX11 driver. Steam suggests updating your video drivers and reducing video resolution for HoI4.

[unique trout]

video drivers means nvidia?

[sly depot]

Yeah, those.

[unique trout]

WHAT SHOULD I DO

to make hoi4 working

[sly depot]

In the "Drivers" tab, they usually provide driver update versions, whether it is express or custom.

[unique trout]

driver is up to date

what shall i do

[sly depot]

Could restarting the PC be the solution? That is the only thing I can think of for now.

[unique trout]

Until yestarday it was ok

What happened

[unique trout]

It was ok right now

I think

[stone summit]

Elaborate?

[dusty sandal]

the strat is, you pick a 1940 or, better yet
the first module you put a bomb lock or, better yet, a rocket rail on, the other slots you put fighter armaments
you then stack range and air defense on it
you then pick all doctrines that increase "air support mission efficiency"
you then send all your planes to logistrike

you now have planes that have a whooping 180% mission efficiency against the enemy capped at 120% with regular fighters making you absolutely shred everything in from of you

note that if your enemy isn't too stupid, they'll catch on to this beforehand and will start building armored trains and static AA lvl 1 everywhere, at which point you can just convert you CASfighter into regular fighters (replace the first module with fighter weapons) or micro your air so it doesn't run for nothing

[dusky heart]

What really does the focus "uplift the rosenberg office" do? I mean yeah, it creates reichskomissariate, but how diffrent are they to normal puppets? In the effects, it says -0.2 subject autonomy gain and no buff. So what useful things does this focus relly do?

And what happens when i take belgium before the netherlands, because, when i take over the netherlands early as germany, belgium emediatly gets garanteed it´s independence by britain.

[half sparrow]

what am i reading why can i not do this

is it because my puppet canada doesnt technically own this?

[native gorge]

Pretty much

#ask-for-help-here message

[half sparrow]

ugugugugughughgu okay thank you

[half sparrow]

i still can't do it, i don't see any cores missing 😭

wait do i have to OWN the cores instead of just occupying all of them again

i swear to god

[slate nimbus]

it seems you do have to own them

[half sparrow]

GOD DAMN IT

[red mesa]

army bigger or army fight, army spend gun, need more gun

if making army bigger then need gun
if army not full of gun, need gun

[fathom thistle]

or upgrading to newer model

[red mesa]

idk man, you gave me no info so I'm being dumb on purpose

yes, that is no info

I told you.

[jade jewel]

Is there a way to surrender if you are in a war with your faction but you aren't faction leader?

[iron veldt]

no

[red mesa]

okay, I'll use the big boy words.
Are you training new divisions?
Are your current divisions full? (orange bars)
Are your garrisons full? (check recruitment tab)

[jade jewel]

So you have to fight until you or the enemy capitulates?

[iron veldt]

bro just look at your logistics

[iron veldt]

correct unless you’re finland

[jade jewel]

What then?

[red mesa]

please please for the love of god read the tooltips and watch a tutorial video or something

I can't teach you how to read

yeah

if it goes to 100 they start an independence war

[iron veldt]

if you lose certain pieces of land you can do a peace deal as finland

or if you take leningrad

[jade jewel]

Ok

[jade jewel]

And what does white peace mean?

[iron veldt]

white peace means the war stops & no one takes any land

only countries that do that are like peru or something

[slate nimbus]

PERU

[iron veldt]

peru mentioned

[slate nimbus]

i still find funny that Peru is fascist

like even if historically they were, its still funny to me

i recommend you do the focuses that help you with garrison and compliance in Africa

its not a lot but

if it works, it works

[jade jewel]

If I have 17 civs and 12 are for consumer goods, then why does only one work

[iron veldt]

trade probably

[jade jewel]

But I don't have any trade

[iron veldt]

hover over your civ count

it should tell you what their being used for

maybe you’re upgrading a spy agency

[jade jewel]

Licese imports I forgot about

[iron veldt]

ah

[jade jewel]

How do I get rid of them?

[somber berry]

when i form greater Greece (megali idea venizelist path, NOT byzantium) a small portion of turkey is left out and i dont get to complete the ''Nenikikamen'' focus, because turkey technically still exists. Any way to fix without cheats?

[iron veldt]

probably click on the country you’re doing the license from & cancel it

[jade jewel]

There is on cancel button

Just negotiate

And they don't want to negotiate

[iron veldt]

remove the production maybe

[jade jewel]

Nah

Doesn't do anything

[loud matrix]

why won't hoi classify this as a heavy cruiser ?

[red mesa]

armor?

[loud matrix]

when I put the cruiser armor onto the template it still says improved cruiser

im new to navy so idk how this works

[red mesa]

well, yeah. That's the hull

light or heavy depends on the guns and armor

[loud matrix]

so the type doesnt appear in the production screen ?

[red mesa]

I think it's that blue diamond icon

if it was a CL it wouldn't have the tick

I think

[loud matrix]

what is CL ?

[red mesa]

light cruiser

CA is heavy cruiser

BB battleship etc.

[loud matrix]

I put the armor on and it still says improved cruisser in prod

[loud matrix]

ok ok

[woven lotus]

i think its counting it as a heavy cruiser since the capital ship icon is ticked

[red mesa]

improved is the hull

not the ship type

[left glacier]

[red mesa]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1449942974019670066/1458462764501827644/JSBF_9XVATAAS7_YNB8HE.gif

[loud matrix]

so when it comes out of the dockyard it will count as heavy cruisser ?

[left glacier]

Feesh

[left glacier]

It will count as a heavy cruiser because it has heavy guns

[loud matrix]

Okay

thx a lot

[left glacier]

If you want a light cruiser, you need light cruiser guns

[rich spoke]

my pc is kinda weak to run all the mods i add in playset and i also have some problems with multiplayer can someone help me

im new

[left glacier]

Armor doesn’t really matter unless you are part of the Washington naval treaty (ship design caps) or just want to roleplay

[dry belfry]

i dont have any mods, can someone help me?

[torpid pollen]

hello, I'm still confused how to do a naval invasion, my ships keep going back to port after giving an order

[loud matrix]

Debug mode ?

[left glacier]

You and the host need to have the same mods in your playset. If done correctly, you should have the same checksum as the host

[dry belfry]

yeah, thx

i forgot

[rich spoke]

we did but i mean here is like i try to join the sever and the "hoi4 is not responding" pop up

[left glacier]

It likely could be a connection issue between you and the server host. I would recommend if possible to downsize on the mods

[rich spoke]

if we can only run x3 time it is wifi or specs faults

[dry belfry]

no its still the same

[rich spoke]

like how

i just download the mods in workshop

[left glacier]

Firstly, you need ships on patrol to secure naval dominance in the seazone(s) your naval invasion.

[torpid pollen]

gotcha after that?

[left glacier]

Then you launch your naval invasion. Once they have launched you can set your fleet to naval invasion support

[torpid pollen]

the ones that were on patrol earlier or another fleet?

[left glacier]

Either or

[torpid pollen]

ooohh alright

[loud matrix]

Did you put the debug mode in steam library ?

[torpid pollen]

do the units I intend on using for the naval invasion have to be marines or you can use any unit?

[left glacier]

You can only have a specific number of naval invasions at a time. Higher transport ship tech allows you to add more divisions to a naval invasion and shortens the time to plan

[left glacier]

Preferably marines, amphibious tanks, amtracks

[torpid pollen]

ohh alright thanks, is there any more that I should know?

[loud matrix]

Then shit man idk

You are playing on a plaster without mods ?

Playset*

[dry belfry]

yes

pure vanilla

[left glacier]

As far as I know, it could just be your connection with the host.

[rich spoke]

can i use radmin to play?

could it be help i mean

[lucid torrent]

why economy of conquest kick of so slow?

[loud matrix]

Do you do modding ?

[left glacier]

It could but I’m not so sure. I’m not exactly tech savvy. You may find some help in #tech-support regarding your connection issue

[dry belfry]

yes

[rich spoke]

sure thx

[dry belfry]

but my mode is disabled rn

[loud matrix]

If you used the nudge tool it could have corrupted your files

[left glacier]

Close air Support and force attack command can be pretty helpful with naval invasions.

[torpid pollen]

wonderful, thanks for the tip

[left glacier]

No problem

[dry belfry]

worked thx

[loud matrix]

Np

[tired surge]

why are my navy ships docked even after setting them an aera

[left glacier]

Do you have your ships on an order? It could be because the enemy controls a straight if you are at war

[tired surge]

noone is controlling it

i put my ships on strike

[left glacier]

When your ships are on strike force, they will stay in port until your other ships spot an enemy

They will then try to intercept

[tired surge]

ohh

how do i actually gain like control over the waters

[left glacier]

You need ships on patrol to spot enemy ships and gain naval dominance or ships (preferably submarines) on convoy raid to lure ships to battle

[tired surge]

i see tysm!

[trail lava]

Does czechoslovakia have any secret focuses in the new dlc?

[cold bloom]

Not currently

There will be one in the next update

[keen hemlock]

dlc?

or like patch notes

[cold bloom]

Hm?

[keen hemlock]

wdym by update

[cold bloom]

The next game update will have it

[keen hemlock]

oh

ngl how do people find those secret paths

do they just look at the files?

[cold bloom]

Or people spoil it in YT vids, guides

Files is really easy if you know what youre doing though

[keen hemlock]

i was looking thru them to see the hispanic empire decison data and i kind of udnerstood it

i do like how the devs have notes in there

[cold bloom]

Every hidden focus is gonna have an allow_branch block, though a lot of normal focuses have those as well to automatically hide when you complete a mutually exclusive branch

[iron veldt]

is their a mod that colors puppets to the overload colors that’s ironman comparable

what’s better for USA neutrality act or limited ?

[tired moon]

is there a tutorial on the navy that isnt 1 hour

no dlc bt

btw

[trail lava]

neutrality act gives waaay better buffs but you can't really invade a lot of people outside of the americas

bc no war goals

but if you want to play historical it's the best way to go

[wild kiln]

@austere roost in your recommended 36w armored division build (10x SPGs + 8x truck or track dudes)…

Could I get away with less armor?

Started mil build and conversion late. Good now but waaaaaaaay behind in military build up and also need room for planes.

[red mesa]

What do you want to know?

[tired moon]

ok

I want to know how to get naval supremacy and how to naval invade properly

I want to know how to win naval battles

and how to invade britain

[iron veldt]

am i tripping or couldn’t you go to war with japan with the panay incident ?

[austere roost]

Then just use infs instead of mechs

You research 38 chassis before mechs anyway

[red mesa]

Naval supremacy comes from the weighted effect of ships on patrol in a sea zone and any air support they may have. Bigger ships provide more supremacy.

Naval invading requires a naval invasion plan at full prep, with supremacy, ideally with an additional small taskforce on invasion support to provide shore bombardment. Naval invasions also go better with appropriate marine units and air support.

[red mesa]

Winning naval battles is like a slightly complicated game of rock paper scissors. First comes spotting. Then when fleets engage, any carriers engage first, which means air launched torpedos which can deal loads of damage quickly. Then comes the main phase where screens absorb damage while capitals ships deal damage. The one to lose screening first usually loses.

Subs are kind of separate and should never be in surface fleets.

[austere roost]

Strike force buffs your supremacy by a percentage and convoy raiding reduces enemy supremacy by a percentage

[tired moon]

k

[austere roost]

But you need patrols to start getting supremacy

[red mesa]

If we’re talking specifically about sealion, use your airforce. Try to bait the royal navy away from the channel before you launch

I usually call the italians in late and send the subs to the east atlantic to spread their fleets out

Loads of naval bombing and light cruiser spam usually does the trick

[lunar notch]

rate my division twins

[fathom thistle]

replace light tanks with medium spgs and you can call it a day

[lunar notch]

how is this one

[fathom thistle]

looks good

[red mesa]

Henschel is the better MIO

[lunar notch]

aight

[red mesa]

And why are you using reliability crap like wet ammo?

[fleet rivet]

not a bad design

[lunar notch]

i thought we needed reliability

[woven lotus]

too much cw

[red mesa]

Only makes a difference when taking attrition

[fathom thistle]

if you are not sending your tanks to like mountains you dont need that much reliability

[keen hemlock]

Does requesting your puppets troops count as manpower in your army towards focuses

[lunar notch]

im sending them to russia

[red mesa]

You’re spending production cost on the tank and the maintenance company in the division in order to prevent losses that you could easily replace by not having those things in the design

[austere roost]

bad

replace the modules with 2 heavy mgs and an easy maintenance

also don't forget to upgade the mio

[fathom thistle]

ig for russia relaibility is fine since you are going to have supply shortages later on but like 95 is overkill

60-70 ish is fine

[red mesa]

Above 80 basically makes no mathematical difference because the equipment saved from attrition scales by equipment count

[austere roost]

reliability only matters if you are having attrition, so as long as you don't have attrition you reliability doesn't matter

[red mesa]

If you have like 400 tanks in a division the difference between 80% and 95% reliability is quite small if attrition is like 4%

It’s almost a non issue outside supply dead zones as long as your division reliability is still reasonably high

And as for it being russia - build up the railways as you advance and it’s fine

[dusty sandal]

note that when retreating you take attrition and that winter attrition was immensely buffed

[austere roost]

Start from this and add heavy mgs and then radio 3 when you built enough for what you need, also use infantry tank as mio, prioritize soft attack buffs and take cutting corner at lvl6

1940 medium chassis is a waste

[wild kiln]

Ah, the problem isn’t the trucks but the actual tanks.

each division needs 400 SPG, with 80 factories I’m putting out ~35 a day.

Working through backlog now. But still a good ways from even finishing the 17 or so divisions I’ve trained.

[austere roost]

If you're usa after you get cutting corners in your infantry tank mio you should switch to detroit for production

Also what's your industry tech and tank design

[wild kiln]

Using Chrysler MIO, 1940 medium tank, 105”(?), wet storage, the better suspension for reliability, gas engine, radio

[austere roost]

Well that's why you're getting bad production stats

[wild kiln]

Never seen “cutting corners”

[austere roost]

You should have started with 1938 chassis

Cutting corners is a buff you can give to mios after they reach level 6, use it for tank design company

[wild kiln]

Is it in the MIO upgrade window?

[austere roost]

Use this before you can equip your divisions fully

[austere roost]

Only for tank mios

1938 chassis is the best chassis in the game

Modern is the worst followed by 1940 chassis

[austere roost]

Also what's your industry tech

[raven bramble]

Hi guys, could anyone help me with this? Im just a new player and I dont have the faintest idea to do a naval invasion against England

[chilly lance]

is it possible to only annex single provinces with the in game console

[sand ember]

You can select a state and type “setowner (your tag)

and it’ll transfer that land to the tag you put in

[chilly lance]

Oh dang thank you so much

https://tenor.com/view/lenin-gif-27675621

[neat widget]

disqualified, it's 40 width

[vital plinth]

As France when I get Belgium and Dutch should I puppet or annex the Dutch indies and Congo ?

Playing napoleon route

[ruby urchin]

what is this

[austere roost]

easy maintenance from maintenance 1939 tech

the only reason to ever touch that research line

[noble sable]

Hello! I’ve been watching Hoi4 online since the game came out and I am about to go buy a gaming laptop. I was curious if anyone had any suggestions.

[neat widget]

drop the engine to 1 x engine 4 and then add armor plate and drop tanks

[short loom]

best to puppet them to avoid garrison

[lunar notch]

thank youuuu

[neat widget]

Yeah best to puppet so faraway places like that

although you do get non-core manpower from your focus tree

[ruby urchin]

you sent me the arty tank yesterday what is so good about it? is it that you can produce allot?

[austere roost]

yes

[neat widget]

should be two armor plates btw, my bad

[short loom]

keep naval bombing

[austere roost]

and spgs are meta in sp

[short loom]

it will work out one day

also what's a good design for naval bombers pls ?

[austere roost]

why not add a fourth weapon?

[neat widget]

it's one armor plate if you're on 1940 fighter still

[scenic nacelle]

1 weight is left

[neat widget]

because this frame can't

[vital plinth]

When should I annex ?

If they have higher amount of mills ?

[austere roost]

oh it's advanced

[neat widget]

well i could add CAS or recon

[neat widget]

Yeah

[short loom]

let them develop or develop them yourself

Indonesia will give you free units

[vital plinth]

Since puppet I can just take ressources and civs but very confused tho

[neat widget]

the free units are bad

[short loom]

I know

but free garrison

[vital plinth]

Everyone I’ve used puppets in war their automany goes up fast

[neat widget]

especially for a country like france which could pump out actually good units

[vital plinth]

Eveytime *

[neat widget]

just send them back most of the time

[short loom]

?

[neat widget]

yeah if you're on modern frame you do this

but by the point you get modern frame you're already a stone's throw away from getting supersonic, so what's the point

[austere roost]

highest torpedo + modules that add naval targeting + extra fuel tanks

[short loom]

thanks, which airframe?

[vital plinth]

Should i still puppet ? What about the non core man power i get as France ?

If I call my puppets to war their automy just goes up big time and becomes free mid war which is annoying

[austere roost]

large airframes are best since you can put 3 torpedoes on them

[short loom]

alr thanks

[neat widget]

no, large frames are too expensive

[lunar notch]

rate my spg division twins 🥹

[neat widget]

they're double as expensive as medium frames but you can put only 50% more torpedo

[austere roost]

It's like twice the cost but you only need 10 in each fleet

[neat widget]

what dlcs do you have

[lunar notch]

all of them except of czech one

[neat widget]

get flame tanks, light tank recon, assault engineers, and hospitals

so basically replace all of your support companies except for the logistics

[lunar notch]

what tank should i use for flamepanzer?

light medium or heavy?

[neat widget]

medium

[scenic nacelle]

Bro ignored the one thing I told him 🥀

[glacial steeple]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1438336466362171433/1504131952087662612/G_KcUGxWQAE1LZM.gif

[lunar notch]

i cant rember 😭 🙏

[scenic nacelle]

My next 5 bloodlines will hate ur next 6 bloodlines

[glacial steeple]

theyre mid because spotting

[scenic nacelle]

(Ur fine dw)

[glacial steeple]

and because every plane lost is stat loss

and also low agility which is the only defense stat on navs

[austere roost]

Then there's no other reason to build large airframes in sp 😭

[scenic nacelle]

Nuclear bomb

[austere roost]

Too late

[vital plinth]

I guess il puppet and annex later maybe ? When they build more mills ?

[wild kiln]

Sorry for delay. Mostly level 4, the 2 things that impact production are currently being researched for level 5. (I went dispersed industry, not concentrated) if that helps.

[austere roost]

concentrated is better

2 concentrated techs = 3 dispersed

you need to start getting detroit mio for production and built tanks too late because you used 1940 chassis

use 1938 chassis and you should get like 100 tanks with 80 factories by now

and with fully upgraded detroit mio in production you should be able to get 100 tanks with 50 factories

[craggy hamlet]

can i ask what is a good frontline infantry just for defense. cause i curently use 9 batalions and support companies (the shovel, artilery and support anti air)

[obtuse anchor]

Main | 12 inf 2 aa
Support | engineers, recon, aa and art

[craggy hamlet]

thanks

[iron veldt]

for the panay incident as USA, does the war not start anymore ?

[keen hemlock]

you have to click the war option

but you do lose stab and war support

[iron veldt]

i did that

i only got a war goal

[keen hemlock]

then you gotta use it

[iron veldt]

you can’t even use it

[keen hemlock]

what

whats preventing it

[iron veldt]

japenese empire: caused more than 25% WT

more than 75% world tension

don’t have either

[vital plinth]

Can anyone help with this I’m very confused when one is good to do over the other I’m non aligned

[keen hemlock]

i would just puppet

so they cant be invaded

take resource rights and reperations

[iron veldt]

so did they change to where war doesn’t start anymore if you choose that option

[left mica]

Bro is not segl

[craggy hamlet]

i know but i have an orange cat so

it fits perfect for me

[iron veldt]

is this focus supposed to do something

[keen hemlock]

under effect

its prolly in decisons

[vital plinth]

Do you take puppets into war ? If so how do you manage bigger puppet that increases autonomy a lot because of contributions

[iron veldt]

not in decisions 💔

[keen hemlock]

unless i need to ivade thru them no

and if i do need them i just steal their troops

[keen hemlock]

id try checking the wiki

to see if theres some pre requisite

the usa tree is 5 years old iirc so theres gotta be some bugs in it

[jade jewel]

How do I get to the uk?

They have like 10 times the navy and 5 times the air

[iron veldt]

yeah shits buggy asf, nothing shows up

[iron veldt]

who are you

[jade jewel]

Netherlands still

[iron veldt]

oh

it’ll be a while before you do

[jade jewel]

It's 1942

[keen hemlock]

wait untill you get the 1940 naval invasion tech, make sure you have supremacy and full naval invasion planned, then join the war

it will launch

then you have to hope

[jade jewel]

Well it is already 1942

[keen hemlock]

prolly rush 1940 airframe since ur def gonna need it

[keen hemlock]

yeah id restart

you can try to get supremacy but your navy is pretty small

or you could try paras

[jade jewel]

Bro I have like 80 hoirs in this game and haven't finished a single run

I've restarted so many times just to get the united netherlands

[keen hemlock]

it took me 14 tries to get my facist impereal federation run

[craggy hamlet]

i know so i changed it but still keping it similar becouse of my orange cat

[keen hemlock]

id try something easier like canada

netherlands has 2 very bad debuffs

[jade jewel]

I'm already too deep into netherlands

I know half of the focus tree from memory and sometimes *hallucinate about it

I gotta get a netherlands run first

[keen hemlock]

if you really want to just do the hisotrical one and manpower manip the east indies

benelux federation is fun too

thats how i got the treading the narrow path achivment

[neat widget]

you okay?

[vital plinth]

Is 1943 carrier worth it compared to the 1939 one ?

With the extra air deck module

[lament quail]

how to destroy forts

[glacial steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/essica-monthly-fox-17th-gif-14866380715770296960

[obtuse anchor]

Strat bombers, set them to bomb forts

[neat widget]

You can destroy forts by strategic bombing, nuclear weapons, or shore bombardment from naval ships

[lament quail]

how do i bomb myself

[obtuse anchor]

Oh you meant like this

Yeah you cant

[lament quail]

sad, the dismantle maginot decision takes too much pp and takes too long...

🎃

[obtuse anchor]

Why would you ever dismantle the maginot

[neat widget]

in any case, forts are very easily overcomable

just to name a few of your options:
railway guns
close air support
engineers - normal, armored, and assault all provide buffs against forts
super-heavy howitzer with siege artillery doctrine
flame tanks
large caliber kinetic energy shell special project
engineer and fort buster general traits
also attacking from multiple directions

so yeah

it's not something most people care about

[errant chasm]

hello liv trying a germany game where I rushed the 1940 fighters and I declare war on the baltics. So far still feel like I don't have enough planes and also the soviets declared war on estonia while I was trying to get it.

[neat widget]

well, actually, i guess it does give defense if you have engineers

[neat widget]

soviets declaring war on estonia is fine

they should now be screwed

since they'll probably be at war with the allies

also how many planes do you have by the way

[errant chasm]

1070 fighters deployed and 196 CAS

I have only 121 heavy fighters

[neat widget]

you pick either normal fighters or heavy fighters most of the time

[errant chasm]

I use the heavy fighters for nav bombing

[neat widget]

Oh right

yeah, that's correct

[errant chasm]

trying to sealion early

I usually over estimate Uk's plane and navy

so I always do it after barb but this time I want to sealion before barb

yes I got dover

so I guess I had always overestimated the British navy and airforce

[neat widget]

you get 5 research slots by 1937 so i'm pretty sure you can rush your aircraft

[errant chasm]

and i did, both get the 5 research slots and rush the 1940 plane tech for fighter 2

[neat widget]

when did you get fighter 2 by btw

[errant chasm]

i think in late 1938 or early 1939

had some red air during the battle of poland and france but it was enough to do sealion so I am happy about that

[glacial steeple]

dont think of planes in raw number

its a question of whether you outproduce+outtrade enemy or not

you can use basic planes if early war

theyre fine

but they will get murdered also when you get better plane