ask-for-help-here

[gusty hinge]

why not

[agile rivet]

"german empire"

[gusty hinge]

why not

wouldn't you like free land if someone gave it to you?

[agile rivet]

?

am not playing german empire

idk how they got it

theres no focus for it when u play german empire

[gusty hinge]

the czech gave it to them for free

[obsidian badger]

Do u have new dlc

czech might be fascist

[gusty hinge]

maybe they were justifying on them

[agile rivet]

czech?

no

[obsidian badger]

Or going fascist

[errant chasm]

someone should rank every building in the game

[agile rivet]

bro is troling

[sacred patrol]

for a second i had the idea to use light tanks as italy

[gusty hinge]

no

i'm being realistic

[agile rivet]

why

tf

woudl u even do that

[obsidian badger]

Civ nuclear reactor tops

[agile rivet]

omfg

[gusty hinge]

cuz ur playing non-his

[obsidian badger]

I got it right

Lol

[gusty hinge]

railway S+++

[obsidian badger]

They were set to fascist path before u puppeted them

They just continued on the path

[agile rivet]

ur answering every question so broadly it seems like trolling

[agile rivet]

woah

bravo

[gusty hinge]

no problem man

[agile rivet]

bro is def trolling😭

[agile rivet]

yeah

[gusty hinge]

you need supply

[agile rivet]

how is railway a bulding

[gusty hinge]

you have to build it

[agile rivet]

u have to build tanks too

are tanks buldings?

[gusty hinge]

yes

[agile rivet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/986948930740813864/1497365967599046858/image0.gif

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitty-pussycat-feline-gif-26001328

[gusty hinge]

why are you so pressed XD

[agile rivet]

am not bro

[gusty hinge]

thanks

[errant chasm]

Anyways as for improving in hoi4. In my japan practice game I did manage to cap china by 1938 but it felt a bit werid (mengjiang delay joining and sinkiang not joining at all) do you think I should start again to get the hang of playing japan in the early game or continue the save after i defeat china?

[keen hemlock]

ur lucky u can cap china at all

[gusty hinge]

continue

[keen hemlock]

for some reason i cant

[gusty hinge]

why

[exotic nimbus]

hi, im trying to para drop france, i got it to work once, but then failed on england and restarted the ironman run. now i cant seem to get it to work, when i deleted all the drops down to the number i have airwings for it stil gives this. help

[uncut narwhal]

you need more transport planes in that airport

[exotic nimbus]

are you sure, bc there are 131 and even with one drop i still get it

[uncut narwhal]

iirc its 50 per division?

or 100?

not sure

[exotic nimbus]

its a 1 unit devision

[obtuse anchor]

You need TRANSPORT wings too

[exotic nimbus]

these right?

[obtuse anchor]

Without enough transpirt wings you wont be able to paradrop

[obtuse anchor]

Yes, you need more

A LOT more

100 will hold only 1 division as im aware

[exotic nimbus]

but its not atm

i have 1 devision and 131 planes on the same airport

well, i'll go back and try with more planes, thx

[obsidian badger]

Just get a collab then

[exotic nimbus]

also, is it smart to do pupets in base game?

bc i find it funny to balcanize ethiopia

[gusty hinge]

if u have no collab than yes

[exotic nimbus]

is collab a base game feature?

[gusty hinge]

or you have cores

[exotic nimbus]

im new

[gusty hinge]

it should

its in the agency

[exotic nimbus]

agency?

[gusty hinge]

when you put spies over people

[exotic nimbus]

spies?

i think that dlc

[gusty hinge]

yeah its dlc

[obsidian badger]

its very meta

[exotic nimbus]

balcanized

[obsidian badger]

because pupoets can get free factories via focuses

And like 40-70% of factories go to overlord

Meaning that a puppet can give u a free factory or two after half a year without u building anythhing

For a balkanized yugoslavia or african colonies or ethiopia

Thats like 10-15 free factories

@exotic nimbus

[exotic nimbus]

yeah, thats what i figured

hell yeah, thats very strong

stronger than i thought

is it smart to also release libya then, i presume it is right?

[obsidian badger]

no real downsides

[exotic nimbus]

hell yeah

and i can just reduce autonomy when i want to mare nostrum right?

[obsidian badger]

Maybe lag

[obsidian badger]

If u have the pp

[exotic nimbus]

oh, does it cost pp to anex?

[obsidian badger]

Like 350 from base puppet

[exotic nimbus]

damn

maybe just leave them as puppets

there is that pupet swarm achievement i still need

[obsidian badger]

How many puppets is it

[exotic nimbus]

i think 50

[obsidian badger]

U can probably get it for free via trotsky ussr

Eh u can get halfway there

[exotic nimbus]

i dont like playing russia, its to much maniging for me atm

[visual tide]

Easiest thing I did was germany after capping USSR, I released all puppets I could

[exotic nimbus]

also i've only succeeded the german civil war and that was just today

[gusty hinge]

that civil war is made for you to win

[exotic nimbus]

is it?

i cut them in half and then front line pushed

[gusty hinge]

yeah thats how u do it

[exotic nimbus]

also, keep in mind, im baaaad

[gusty hinge]

i mean you already get divs

its just walking

[exotic nimbus]

just to check, this is what i want right?

[gusty hinge]

if u only go for victory points to cap them insta

[exotic nimbus]

yes

i wanna cheese

im bad

[gusty hinge]

yes

thats not how you learn to play tho

you can't do that to germany or ussr or uk

[obsidian badger]

u cant do it to uk?

[gusty hinge]

never tried it

[obsidian badger]

airlion is a legit strat

even in multiplayer

[gusty hinge]

isn't it banned in mp

[obsidian badger]

I mean depends

mp games have tons of different rulesets

[exotic nimbus]

ok, so how many planes am i aiming for for this

[devout quartz]

not to randomly interject perchance anyone know what the -90% state modifier is in Spanish civil war perchance

[gusty hinge]

unplanned attack

[exotic nimbus]

ooh, i think i know this one, spain sellects a region when you dont get that de buff and you should only attack there

thats from one of the dlc

it gets a lightning bolt i think

[devout quartz]

ah

[supple hound]

Hey guys, could someone please give me some tips on tanks?

For PvE (when not playing as superpower), I almost always build typical infantry divisions, made of 6x infantry and 3x artillery + full support groups (as I am usually low on manpower, but dont have capacity for full tank divisions).

I want to try add more flavour to it, but not sure how. Dont need something super tryhard, but also dont want to build something dumbly weak.

Probably my first question - when to build artillery tanks, or anti-tank tanks, or flamethrower tanks?
Is the cost that good its better than the classic artillery or anti-tank?

And second question, whats some good eco tank division for smaller countries? To build after 1940?

[devout quartz]

i was wondering why I had negative soft attack

[gusty hinge]

did u accept volunteers?

[devout quartz]

no i'm germany

i am the volunteers

[exotic nimbus]

heh

[gusty hinge]

ah then its

just kill the republics on bilbao

than go for madrid or cut off the south to encircle them

[gusty hinge]

i would say artillery tanks are always good for inf divs

[exotic nimbus]

i dont want to be a bother, but whats the magic number of transport planes i'm aiming for?

[gusty hinge]

i don't think you need Tank destroyers for PVE

flamethrower tanks are good if u can build at least for a full div that will push

[gusty hinge]

i don't think you need that much VP to cap them

[exotic nimbus]

oh, where can i see how much i need?

[obsidian badger]

technically 50 would maybe be enough its just theres like a 1-2 day cooldown for each launch

if u wanna be fast like

300-500

Maybe

Idk

Thats a lot of wasted ic tho

[exotic nimbus]

im trying that cheese tactic where you throw them before the enemie has thier airforce in the air

[obsidian badger]

Is germany gonna be in the war

[exotic nimbus]

whats the ones i want

[obsidian badger]

Cause their air can usually ensure green

[exotic nimbus]

germany hasnt even anschlussed yet

[obsidian badger]

bruh

Then yeah aim for over 300

[supple hound]

Would you recommend light/medium/heavy tank for it?
And like one division of artillery tank? Or more?

Would you remove the classic artillery if you add the artilerry tank there, or keep it?

[exotic nimbus]

still 1937

[obsidian badger]

and aim for paris and lyon and high vps first

[gusty hinge]

medium, i would also build a full one

yeah and remove the classic artillery

[supple hound]

You mean build one division of solo tank-artillery?

Sorry to bombard you with questions like that haha

[gusty hinge]

i would also put flame tanks on them

[neat widget]

as many as you have planes for

[gusty hinge]

no not only tank artillery

[neat widget]

probably medium most of the time

[exotic nimbus]

99 atm

[neat widget]

then you can only launch 2 divisions

[exotic nimbus]

it didnt let me do even one on this attempt with 131 planes

[neat widget]

well you're not at war too

[obsidian badger]

Get flame tank supports (everybody loves it tbh i dont)

After that get space marines if u want, which is 1 med/heavy tank in a infantry division

Spgs are best

[neat widget]

and you don't have miligary access, so there's htat

[supple hound]

Okay, thanks!

[exotic nimbus]

i know, i pop them as soon as the war starts, before they get their air up

[obsidian badger]

And the best tank divisions are the same regardless of country if u have low ic just make cheaper tanks or less divisions

[errant chasm]

you could put one more anti air for 39 width if you want to squeeze a few more stats

[neat widget]

probably do 3 man turret for flame tank and also add easy maintenance (since xp cost is reduced by 100%)

[exotic nimbus]

ima go to bed, gn yall thx for the help

[austere roost]

You mean streamlined first milestone?

[rancid mango]

I have no Idea On how to play this game

[nimble tundra]

im new to the game, coop to learn anyone?

[obtuse anchor]

Watch tutorials and other people's gameplay to learn

[rancid mango]

I did But Ye I just can't get the whole thing there are too many things and I keep loosing and the time is not enough to make an industry and an army

[austere roost]

try to recreate what bittersteel's germany guide does

he's not the best but he does show you all the steps

[rancid mango]

thank you I'll give it a try

[obtuse anchor]

Can you please explain a bit better? I think you might be talking about space marines or other stuff

[fleet ibex]

is there a point to use tank destroyers in SP?

[austere roost]

if you're against high difficulty ai mods

[obtuse anchor]

Really depends on country, some countries on default come with a very diverse army, which would make a 5 div army better than a 24 div ones

[fleet ibex]

for like the lowest difficulty?

[obtuse anchor]

Italy for example, they have irregulars which might be nice to have at the start of the game to fight in africa, but they are overall shit and cant be deleted normally

[austere roost]

they do take half supply as spgs do

[fleet ibex]

ohh

[austere roost]

also higher hardness means they take less damage

but like once your spg divs reach 1000 soft attack you barely take any damage with them anyway

[fleet ibex]

And how do I make em cost efficient

like 2 iron for a heavy tank

[fleet ibex]

am not suppose to use cast armor and radio?

the 1941 flame does seems very good tho

[austere roost]

no one uses cast armor in serious games

and radio is not needed in sp when you have 1k soft atk

enemy melts before they can even deal enough damage to you

and ofc 400 breakthrough is more than enough in sp

[neat widget]

like this

of course this is a more expensive variant but case in point

[austere roost]

oh yeah cuz first flame tank is free

but I like I have 15 support mod

and I had to make cheap flame tank so I can fill 14 slots pre barb

but then I realized not enough mil xp

[obtuse anchor]

Should i actually not give a single f about reliability

[neat widget]

this is a flame tank with only 15 units per division, thus reliability losses will be minimal and easily mitigated
if you are designing a main-line tank reliability should be taken into account

[obtuse anchor]

What about med-sp tanks

I usually leave it at around 60-70% reliability

[neat widget]

I made a mistake and the division should actually look like this for singleplayer

@scenic nacelle btw this one's for you

don't know why your stats were so low

i also wonder if this division's better btw

[gusty hinge]

for sp or mp?

[neat widget]

mp btw

[scenic nacelle]

Yay I get a present!

My stats were prob low bc of gun

No clue on the gun I used

[neat widget]

yeah you did seem to be using low tech tbh

[unreal abyss]

is this the new meta for attacking russia?

[neat widget]

uh...

[scenic nacelle]

Prob yeah

[scenic nacelle]

Holy battleplan

But no kinda

[unreal abyss]

lol

[scenic nacelle]

Yknow what u will figure out what happens when u do that

[proud parcel]

how do i check infantry equipment in the army

[unreal abyss]

ill win trust

[austere roost]

No, 5% more damage for 30% more cost

[vital plinth]

If I want to build a navy from scratch how many dockyard should I build ? 40?

[errant bear]

hey does anyone know what production cost is? I mean like, it's not resources yk. when I make a ship for example yk

[scenic nacelle]

Yeah

That should be enough to get a decent fleet by 41-42

[proud parcel]

what is consumer good factories factor

and should i t be high or low

[scenic nacelle]

its a factor on how many civilian factories can be used

low very good

high very bad

[errant chasm]

Is that tank model from the allied/axis tank dlc? Do you also know what the Mio is from, please?

[proud parcel]

mine is 75 so thats bad im guessing

[scenic nacelle]

ehh it can sometimes be 300%

75% is fine ngl

[neat widget]

breakthrough though

[neat widget]

mio is just vauxhall

[odd canopy]

How to get encircled 101:

[unreal abyss]

Nah i won

[odd canopy]

Suprising.

[unreal abyss]

I beat the planet 1 by one by slamming my military into them

[odd canopy]

More competent than the Austrians in real life.

[unreal abyss]

Totally didnt all die from malnutrition and get invaded by greece

[odd canopy]

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...

[neat widget]

sounds like a wwi mod

[errant chasm]

huh I assume this is from the tank model dlc since I don't have that as an option as a tank model.

Anyways as for improving in hoi4. In my japan practice game I did manage to cap china by 1938 but it felt a bit weird (mengjiang delay joining and sinkiang not joining at all) do you think I should start again to get the hang of playing japan in the early game or continue the save after i defeat china? Just want to hear your two cents on this.

[unreal abyss]

lol

yes

[neat widget]

figure out how to defeat the alies, and then see if you can do it in sheep's

[neat widget]

(i did notice lmao)

but yeah for wwi strategies you basically have to bash

encirclements can and should happen, but only the small, one tile, opportunistic kind

[errant chasm]

thanks tho I did make a blunder by not changing the doctrine from Grand battleplan to Superior fire power but I suppose this isn't really something that ruins the game.

[neat widget]

grand battleplan is fine for japan

do you just prefer superior firepower?

[errant chasm]

oh that I was just following the red Baron guide which I forgot but I assume this isn't too game breaking.

[foggy wigeon]

Playing as Italy what do yall think of my navy strat? Inspired by this video: https://youtu.be/3FAzV6QXAfY?si=-cVRGkpQN-mk17Vr

sorry I can’t take screenshots my PC is garbage

[dusty sandal]

don't build roach DDs
pure waste of IC, always were

either build torp DDs (and nothing else) or don't build DDs

spotter cruisers don't need any stat appart from detection, speed and just a little bit of aa (2 lvl 1)
don't invest into anything else, you can easily save some 500ic on that design

[vital plinth]

And how many battleships and carriers and total ships should I be having ?

Is it too much to aim for 200-250 ships ?

When starting from scratch

[foggy wigeon]

Alr cool yeah I only Ihave my main and spotter cruisers in production. Is it worth converting the premade destroyers into roaches?

[pliant condor]

you should be having more ships than your enemy

or well, consider the quality

[pliant condor]

you can just only build the cruiser

everything else is pretty useless

[obsidian badger]

dd spam is apparently meta

not that i would ever support building such nothingburger ships

[vital plinth]

should I build 50 dockyards mayve from the get go ? Playing those weak nations with small industry at start

[pliant condor]

as what nation

[errant chasm]

Hello Topazand. I tried your advice on defeating China as Japan and it worked. Still need to get the hang of it as sometimes after retreating to get total mob, I can't retake beping or the mengjiang-manchurian line gets breached tho I think i may try capped menjiang the moment they join.

[austere roost]

It's the cost of something to build it

Every factory has a output and you can check it on wiki

Base output is 4.5 and it's multiplied by your current production efficiency and factory output modifier to get the production capabilities of that factory

For example if prod efficiency and factory output modifier is both 1, and an artillery piece costs 4.5, every day the factory would produce one artillery piece

[supple hound]

Hey guys, a question please.
On the Logistic card, I have plenty of equipment.
However, on unit card and on produce card it's showing me I'm actually missing it (logistic shouldnt be a problem, they are fighting in Europe, near my country).

How is it then? Why arent they receiving the equipment?

[austere roost]

It takes time to equip

Also check. Your division equipment, you might have accidentally disallowed your division to receive the current batch of equipment types

[supple hound]

I pulled them early from training, so maybe thats why?

But its already few months (they are constantly fighting tho)

[supple hound]

I will, thanks!

[austere roost]

If they are always in combat then they can't reinforce

[torn minnow]

am I missing a province wtf is going on, I got the achievement "its all coming together", but not this one, whats going on?

[subtle socket]

@torn minnow korea i think

[torn minnow]

its not my core tho

and they are independent

[subtle socket]

can u screenshot the

achievement properly

[visual yacht]

Idk if it still matters but you apparently need to accept japans white peace

[subtle socket]

he has that

u can see it in the ss

[keen hemlock]

you need to control it

iirc

every state

[visual yacht]

Does russia have xinjiang?

You dont need korea

Ran china 4 times trying to get that dog achievement, one of the times that screwed me i think was i stalled too long and russia attacked and took manchurian land, maybe the same has happened in west china for you?

[torn minnow]

ohhh yeah xinkiang is in the russian faction

so i just need to cap russia, got it

thanks yall!

[keen hemlock]

pretty sure you just need to control

[torn minnow]

well see when they die

[wild kiln]

Has anyone come across a full doctrine build?

Like, “do this doctrine, these 4x sub-doctrines, these spirits, and this tech” if you want to make [your desired thing] not suck butt.

[unreal abyss]

why are the railways black?

and how do i fix it?

[visual yacht]

Watch segls video

[wild kiln]

Looking now Ty.

[lunar notch]

what is the difference between soviet union and union of soviet republics

[keen hemlock]

one is the stalin path one is the alt hist trotsky path

[lunar notch]

i also saw a SSR

what is it

[keen hemlock]

uh

pretty sure it s a releaseable from the autonamous soviet socialist republics focus

[spring shore]

does adding fuel barrels to flame tanks actually do anything?

[dire turret]

guys is it a good idea to max out the amount of troops a commander can command. Like example I gave patton the command of 24 armored divisions?

and im currently blitzing into canada

[lunar notch]

yes, you can 24/24 a commander

or 30/30

[austere roost]

no, the fuel added is close to nothing. You either make the cheapest flame tank or a breakthrough-buffed flame tank

[spring shore]

thx

[obtuse anchor]

Sinkiang, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania would be displayed as SSR's upon being puppeted by the soviets

[neat widget]

not much, guess it increases the time your tanks can run without supply

[lunar notch]

no i meant soviet union's name turned into SSR

or SSSR

[dire turret]

will it be more effective at combat

[obtuse anchor]

Yeah SSSR

Thats the other alt soviet path i think

The Zinovyites

[lunar notch]

i mean a commander has full stats unless you give more than he can manage

[lunar notch]

thank youu

[solemn spruce]

New player here 100% green outside of some YouTube videos

I am overwhelmed confused and lost

[left glacier]

What parts of the video are you confused on if I may ask?

[solemn spruce]

I recently booted up the game for myself and that is the source of my confusion. My biggest thing is idk how to create and organize my actual army/armies

[left glacier]

Organize your army into one or multiple generals. Either one for offensive and one for defensive. Infantry are mainly defensive besides special forces. Cavalry, Motorized Infantry, and tanks are more offensive.

You also want to have a field marshal for your generals

[left glacier]

So for example, I typically have the first 4/5 generals commanding infantry divisions, which my 5th general commanding special forces, cavalry, or armor

Another thing. Your division templates are the backbone of winning or losing battles.

[left glacier]

We have a lot of resources you can find regarding division designs on the pinned messages of this channel by our other game helpers

[solemn spruce]

Thank you

[native gorge]

So like are missiles even worth it?

[torn minnow]

hi guys, how do yall use naval bombers? like do u use small, medium, or heavy aircraft? and the templates? just wondering cause sometimes I see people destroying the british navy with them.

[native gorge]

They have a lot of strat bombing but I feel like the bombers do more damage than them even when just targeting specific stuff

[keen hemlock]

Why spend all those breakthroughs on that when you could get axial jets

[native gorge]

I meant the actual deployable missiles

[left glacier]

Most people create their naval bombers with light airframes, but you can also attach torpedoes on medium airframes for extra range

[keen hemlock]

Yeah

You need breakthroughs

[native gorge]

Oh wait I read it wrong

[torn minnow]

it does not really matter?

exept for the range?

[native gorge]

Are the axial jets for the jet fighter?

[left glacier]

Correct. The only limiting factor is range

And resources

[keen hemlock]

Yeah

And after them

Comes SuperSonics

[native gorge]

I don't got Gött unfortunately

[keen hemlock]

Oh

[native gorge]

But I managed to get both the missiles and the jet fighter once so are missiles even all that good in general?

Or do strat bombers really just do better

[torn minnow]

alright, and should I put CAS stuff on the planes too with torpedoes?

for more damage

[native gorge]

As in CAS modules?

[left glacier]

No. Just leave dedicated naval bombers with torpedoes

[torn minnow]

alright

[pliant condor]

planes on naval mission can only use one type of weapon

whichever has higher dmg

but, if you want to have a plane that works both as a naval bomber and as a CAS it will work

if you have torp 2 it's quite efficient

[sacred vortex]

why am i still green

[midnight stone]

you switched to communism as from what I can see

[sacred vortex]

green is the color of the peasants

i dont think it should stay

[midnight stone]

that is odd

[fluid bobcat]

Hello, so, how do I form and play as the EU? I know the theoretical part, annex France benelux Germany Italy, but, practicaly, how do you do such thing while being democratic?

[light knoll]

as which country

[glacial steeple]

be fascist uk

:)

[light knoll]

the easiest country to form the EU with is probably fascist uk

yea

but france is also pretty simple

[glacial steeple]

fascist uk is broken

[light knoll]

you go historical, don't join the allies, and wait for Germany to kill the Benelux

[glacial steeple]

prob fun

[fluid bobcat]

Thanks guysss, but as fascist UK I see no option, will it appear once I annex all the stuff?

[light knoll]

then you kill Germany and italy

[glacial steeple]

mosley lets u

when in civil war

[fluid bobcat]

Yea I played as Mosley as fascist UK

[glacial steeple]

declare on all puppets to annex in peacedeal

[fluid bobcat]

I avoided the civil war, I did the peacefully marches

[light knoll]

btw you always want to do a civil war and annex everything as fascist uk

[glacial steeple]

declare as late as possible but pre civil war peacedeal

[fluid bobcat]

OOOH okaaay thanksss

[glacial steeple]

civil war is OP

you should do it

[fluid bobcat]

Thanks guysss I'm dumb af and did the peacefully change

[light knoll]

declare asap and also release every puppet you can at game start so you reach 100% wt and can justify and annex every minor in the world when winning the civl war

[glacial steeple]

id recommend setting your occupation laws to local police force beforehand/in time

your compliance will be very dead so youll need a bunch of garrisons

[fluid bobcat]

Yeaaah I always set it on civil oversight or whatever

[light knoll]

also research mp

at game start

[glacial steeple]

thats fine, just you manpower will be limited

to occupy it all

local police force will decrease resistance+use less

its good

[fluid bobcat]

Okaay, and what do I do with the colonial empire decisions that annex the puppets will they lock when I annex them in civil war?

[light knoll]

you can decide which states you'll get in the civil war so you can put your army where you want it to ve beforehand

to wjn easily

[fluid bobcat]

And if I anex them, I just manually declare war on fra benelux ger ita and just that's it?

[glacial steeple]

theres bigger fish to fry

forming EU, taking the united states of america

[light knoll]

they'll bypass

but

[fluid bobcat]

Okaaay thanks

[light knoll]

rush the unite the anglosphere focus

spam like

200 2 width cav divisions

and go to war with the USa

[fluid bobcat]

With the cav divs?

[light knoll]

put them not on attack order, but on garrison order for VPs

so they actually go to the vps

the us just doesn't have enough army to stop you

[fluid bobcat]

What's a vps?

[light knoll]

victory points

[fluid bobcat]

Aaa

Ooo so I just rush cav divs to Washington with no combat?

[light knoll]

after you kill the us and annex it, pause the game, release Canada as a puppet and immediately press "create a pan north American state"

then Canada will break away

then you conquer them again the same way

that is to get cores on the US

[fluid bobcat]

Wdym Canada will break away by itself? Even if it's annexed by me?

[light knoll]

yeah

[light knoll]

if you release it as a puppet it'll break away

[fluid bobcat]

So I js won't?

[light knoll]

then you don't get cores on the US

[fluid bobcat]

Ooo so I need to annex us, then release Canada and take it?

[glacial steeple]

no, just read

[light knoll]

yeah, have to press the create the pan north American state to get the cores

[fluid bobcat]

Aaaa

[glacial steeple]

you need to puppet canada, to create the north american state

[fluid bobcat]

Okay

I understand

[glacial steeple]

but the issue is, theyll break away

[fluid bobcat]

Sorry for being slow xddd

[glacial steeple]

so youll have to do it while paused

and then annex them as they have no army

[fluid bobcat]

Thaanks for all the help guys, apriceate it.

[obsidian badger]

For the funnies, if i justify on finland to bait allied guarantee, can i cause a 3 way war between allies axis and cominterm

[obtuse anchor]

Probably

[spring shore]

are signal companies worth using?

[light knoll]

yea

[dusty sandal]

Why would you spend time and resources to make your destroyers worse ??

[dusty sandal]

All good divs have support companies
Filler inf have 1-3 while attack div always have 5

[spring shore]

SIGNAL companies not support friend

[dusty sandal]

Oh yeah im dumb

[buoyant marsh]

No you're not, you're @dusty sandal 🙂

[dusty sandal]

They aren't worth it in singleplayer except for funny arty builds
In multiplayer they're useful but often left because there's so many good support

[fathom thistle]

Can anyone help? Im doing a list of support companies that only add battalion modifiers. As of now it's
Hospitals
Mlitary Police
Signal Company
Maintanance company

Am I missing something?

[serene karma]

Yes

Speaking as someone who does that irl lol

But its more for mp

[indigo sapphire]

hello

[serene karma]

Wdym only add battalion modifiers

[fathom thistle]

basically hospitals and and mp add only batalion modifiers so you can go to equipment tab and disable support eq and trucks and still get the recovery rate and hp buff from them

so Im trying to build a div with only batalion modifiers companies to save up ic cost but still have those buffs

[supple hound]

Hey guys, need a quick advice please!

I'm playing PvE right now, as fascism Czechia in historic scenario.
Its 1943 now, we have finally defeated Soviets and I have 145 military factories producing.

How do I help AI Germany to invade UK now?
Should I start building Naval bases and ships, or is it too late for that now?
Should I refocuse all my military factories towards plane production and try to use paratroops?

[fathom thistle]

pretty late for navy, germany ai is pretty much cooked atp bcs of economy of conquest, you can try to hold out, doing air is your best chance but you cant outproduce allies atp

[supple hound]

Ouch.

So there is no way to invade UK?:(

[indigo sapphire]

how do i add more special projects

[fathom thistle]

You could try to paradrop but you will be outnumbered to hell

You could paradrop to a port

and from there on transport your divs to that port

thats why you usually want to deal with UK before USA joins

[proven rain]

its for

[vital plinth]

India

[left mica]

30 mils on "heavy fighters" with 2x light mgs and 2x torp 3

[icy solar]

What's the point of special forces except for paratroopers? Are they overall better than regular infantry, or are they only good in their specific specialised terrain (mountains/amphibious)

[left mica]

naval bomb the english channel

spec ops are basically assault troops

more terrain stats and overall higher soft attack

[icy solar]

both marines and mountaineers ?

[left mica]

nobody uses paratroopers except for cheesing france

ive never touched them myself

[icy solar]

I only play vannila single player, i've racked up about 600 hours but I never got the point of spec ops

I only ever used para

for cheesing

[left mica]

marines get amphibious stat boost (negating the naval invasion penalty but doesnt give a buff), and mountaineers are for mountains

[icy solar]

right, and are they overall better than regular inf ?

lets take an attack template for inf

if you replace the inf with mountaineers for example

is that division simply better?

[left mica]

if you look in the special forces doctrine tab, under the mountaineer tree you will find a tech called 'holding the line' which reduces mountaineer cw from 2 to 1.8

that instantly makes it the most powerful infantry battalion type

[subtle socket]

for offense yes

[left mica]

and line artillery is trash so forget about it

[random cloak]

have I just locked myself out of roman empire path? ive been trying so many runs to get it but i accidentally took wrong f ocus

on ironman mode so i can't cancel or go back a save

im sure the only way of getting it is via conquer italy path right?

[icy solar]

why ?

[left mica]

lowers hp (meaning more equipment and manpower losses)
lowers organisation (meaning your divs cannot fight as long as it can without line arty)
has 3 combat width instead of infantry's 2cw, and has much higher production cost; later arty models dont have higher soft attack per cw than inf with gun 3

overal just use support arty as it effectively has 0 cw

this game boils down to reading the tooltip really

so do it

[subtle socket]

the biggest downside is all the "line arty" buffs and arty dude in ur high command is basically useless because unless u completely kill the org and hp of the template the composition of arty in the template is like 8% and has way less buffs than infantry

so ur 20% arty attack is only 20% of 8%

[daring garden]

How can this game be so dumb: I Just defeated Germany in 1939 with Dem Italy guaranteeing Austria, and changed gov to Dem for them. 1 month later they declare war to Poland. I just checked and they simply kept the Nazi tree while democratic, wtf lol

Anything I'm missing?

Or is it just this dumb

Declared war with 10 divisions, mind you

[subtle socket]

uhhhh

when u break the balance of "hist" id suggest annexing ai

hoi4 unlike eu4 is kinda ment for hist gameplay if u go non hist u just kinda map paint annex all

most nations have stupid focuses like that and will follow through with almost any wargoal

[daring garden]

I'm surprised Dem Germany doesn't get a separate focus. I guess they expect the occupation zones to happen

[subtle socket]

they do have a demo tree

[calm bough]

i cant play the game, it says i need to update it but the update says the content is encrypted

[supple hound]

So I've finally got air superiority - but paratroopers just cant take ports it seems.

Despite having them maxed out in research and doctorine, and giving them even light flame tanks and light regular tanks support groups (with artillery and logistic), and having supply via transporter lines, they get anhiloated by UK units guarding the ports

So how the hell can I invade UK without Naval superiority

[left mica]

rip

show me your para template

honestly try 36w paratroopers

[supple hound]

I might have made the mistake to land them on the port, instead of next to it tho

[left mica]

make it 36w

310 soft attack is low

[supple hound]

Both the light tank variants are the best ones

[left mica]

227hp is abysmal

[supple hound]

Okay, thanks!

[subtle socket]

what country r u

[supple hound]

Czechia

[subtle socket]

do u have a

[left mica]

replace shovel with assault engineer and para light tank with field hospital

[subtle socket]

commando general

and a paradropping guy in ur highcommand

[supple hound]

Sadly no

[subtle socket]

90% of the reason ur struggling

paras lose alot of hp and org when dropping because of "supply grace"

if u have the para ability it makes them far more effective

[supple hound]

Oh, thanks!

[left mica]

i never knew that

til

[serene karma]

Isnt it bcs of enemy fighter causing enemy air sup to shoot them down

[subtle socket]

hes trying to land on uk

alot of land aa as well

affects it

but it hink landing anywhere regardless of air causes a bit

[daring gorge]

is there any country like austria/hungary where i can just ask them to get puppeted by me? i alr played both so im looking for something else

[subtle socket]

many

romania

finland

sweden

netherlands

idk alot

china

italy

tho ud rather eat yugo as italy

[daring gorge]

what is the most fun/easiest in ur opinion?

?

[spring shore]

is at 50% factory factor too late to start ww2? (mefo bills)

[foggy wigeon]

Because I’m dumb and new to the game

[daring gorge]

how do i renounce treaty of trianon as habsburg hungary?

i want to pick otto path

[obtuse anchor]

You dont, you just complete the focus "Rebellious Rearmament"

[daring gorge]

doesnt exist as hungary

only as austria

[left mica]

hi dumb and new to the game, im dad!

[daring gorge]

are u serious bro😐

[left mica]

yeah?

[daring gorge]

i have never seen another person as corny as you

[left mica]

the block button is right there

what do you think saying that will do

are you expecting me to kneel down before you to beg for forgiveness

it takes a lot of corniness to call someone corny

[left mica]

just make super expensive destroyers

roach DDs are trash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_0lErtxDUg

[spring shore]

is at 50% factory factor too late to start ww2? (mefo bills)

[scenic nacelle]

I don’t think new players know what 70% of the words in this video means

[scenic nacelle]

No

[wide mirage]

why cant i send my turkish navy into japan

never udnerstood navy

ts bs

[spring shore]

right so, ik i just asked a question, but... what? im on historical, no civil war, all communist support just went to non-aligned and they switched

[fluid bobcat]

Yoo, as the UK, as you guys told me, I did the civil war, but no peace conferention, just it annexed the mainland and that's all.. What's wrong?

[spring shore]

i think you have to declare on all the subjects

[fluid bobcat]

Ooh, manually? Okay thanks bro

[spring shore]

np pooks

[fluid bobcat]

But if i becone facist they leave anhway so whats the point of choosing civil war over referendum

[noble frost]

Any good France rework mods???

[spring shore]

rt56

[noble frost]

Ok ty

[hazy knot]

whats happend to ussr and other countries

they are realising countries

how do i stop it ?

[wide mirage]

why cant i send my navy to uk

this is annmoying

like its red

[scenic nacelle]

Are they in a civil war

Because that what happens when the White Russians rise up

A bunch of others do it as well

[hazy knot]

i dont think so since it happends in the start of 1936

ima check

[scenic nacelle]

If it was the very start then h enabled it

Either through game settings or mods

[hazy knot]

k

thanks

il check

since i should have any history related mods il check settings'

does my diffuculty do anything to the game like history wise

since i got it on recruit rn

wait no regular

yea

i got it on regular

[errant bear]

ohh ok thanks

[marsh trench]

Is there any way I can stop france guaranteeing the independence of romania??? Im playing the new czechoslovakia DLC, trying to take over romania

[indigo sapphire]

how good are jet aircrafts

[marsh trench]

I wanna do it before they join the axis

[scenic nacelle]

No

[errant bear]

I had my first Italy game my entire navy got destroyed by the british in the first battle lol. could anyone tell me what ships I should build? I've already watched some vids bout it. I know I should refit my battleships and put aa on them. but I don't know what to do to the rest. some say I should make roach dd some say I should spam light cruisers

[hazy knot]

wait now it dosent happend

the hell

wierd

[supple hound]

How do I invade USA as a Europe country without Navy?

I finally managed to control whole Europe, including UK (via planes and paratroopers).

But Im still getting like 10 invades constantly from USA (probably from Africa) and I just spent 30 minutes only boringly repealing the invades

and I just want to finish them off xD

[indigo sapphire]

can someone answer this

[echo night]

navy? Just dont but in all seriousness like if you want grand fleet do something you think is cool but meta is roach destroyer and light attack cruisers are good

[echo night]

paratroop to iceland -> greendland -> newfoundland and go from there

[supple hound]

Thanks!

[echo night]

depends how far a run you're going and what dlcs you have

[errant bear]

lmao I ignored navy for way too long I gotta learn it at some point xd it's a headache though

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[echo night]

like if you have by blood alone the whole thing with jet engines are that they're better in almost everyway but have dogwater range

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[echo night]

if not then jets are alright without dlc

[errant bear]

also, heard that I shouldn't make planes till I get engine 3. that's true?

[indigo sapphire]

alr

@echo night i have ALL dlcs

i always buy new ones

[echo night]

alr then jet engines are a decent investment since supersonic

BUT

thats like late late game

[indigo sapphire]

alr

how good are mbt tanks

[echo night]

1940 fighter + engine 3s + as many hmgs as possible should work throughout ww2.

[echo night]

good, but expensive like insanely expensive. Besides by that point the games been going on for quite a while. You get them way too late, unless you're doing world conquest dont use them

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[echo night]

medium tanks should do as a good all rounder

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[echo night]

some pros say heavy tanks but not my taste personally

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[uncut narwhal]

dont use modern tanks

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[uncut narwhal]

just stick to mediums

its enough

[indigo sapphire]

alr

[errant bear]

oh okay. thing is it feels weird not making any planes till engine 3 yk. also heard building only dds for navy is fine.

and just put canons and torpedos on them

[echo night]

if you have an airforce from start all you need for basic pre-ww2 fighter is like light mgs +engine 2+ light mg turret.

thatll do the trick

[echo night]

for torp planes, just use best engine, light plane chasis, and just put the cheapest torp

[uncut narwhal]

hes talking bout torpedo dds

[errant bear]

no I meant the dds lol

[echo night]

ah

do the bittersteel method ngl, it works well enough

[indigo sapphire]

how many divs should i recruit

[errant bear]

got the desighn from this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_0lErtxDUg&t=437s

[uncut narwhal]

what is the bittersteel method?

[echo night]

roach dd.
cheapest gun cheapest torp, good engine\

just screening

[uncut narwhal]

oh yea spamming torp dds and light attack cruisers works good

[echo night]

what templates, what country, what kind of division, and do you have magic marx picture

[keen hemlock]

Magic Marx picture lmao

Funny way to say it

[echo night]

when Im luxemburg and the picture of marx in parliment spawns 500 ppl a week

[errant bear]

btw I know that I shouldn't change my engine while refiting. but if the ships that I'm bulding have for example engine 2 and the ships that were already in my navy from the start have engine 1, are the engine 2 ships gonna move slower due to them?

[indigo sapphire]

i like your name and pic

[echo night]

depends on how fast they already are, like if they arent the slowest in the fleet its chill, like old destroyers with old engines are fine I think.

[indigo sapphire]

btw how many jets should i produce build as Germany

[echo night]

what design

If I have enough mills I just like to put 10 on backup or gimmick planes

[errant bear]

kk thanks. so for navy, just build roach dd and light cruisers and refit the ones I already have to those designs, right? also, what's their design?

[keen hemlock]

For light attack cruisers I think you just get as much light attack

[echo night]

On the cruiser you can swap out some medium batteries for secondray ones for cheaper production cost
DONT: Increase main battery level, leave it at 2.

DO upgrade engine rader and fire control on the cruiser

not dd

and then for heavy ships go crazy

Alright Im done for the day good like mr mark and good luck reze

[errant bear]

thnak youuu sorry for asking a lot lol good luck

[indigo sapphire]

thx

[echo night]

Nah its chill, when I started hoi4 I didnt get any help, just giving what I couldnt get

[indigo sapphire]

gn now

its late

also its marko or mrm

[wide mirage]

why cant i naval invade uk

[dusty sandal]

never build roach DDs, it's a pure waste of time and resources

either build light cruisers or torp DDs (only if you pick the right naval doctrines)

if you're not building torp DDs, you don't build any DDs (except if you absolutely want some escorts)

[errant bear]

this is what I mean someone says build them someone else says don't lol 😭

[dusty sandal]

roach DDs were never good, really

they were a last ditch effort to get screens at best

Meta rn is 1936 torp DDs on trade interdiction + capital hunters + patrol boats/torp primacy + light task forces
OR
in singleplayer you can spam the cruiser with light atk, armor and 7 piercing

[errant bear]

mm okay. in a vid I watched, it showed a design for dds and he said you only need to build these and nothing else. it has some torp and canons on it. and aa.

[dusty sandal]

yeah that's probably the torp DD
segl vid I'm guessing ?

[errant bear]

yes yes

[dusty sandal]

that's a reliable source

[errant bear]

I only play single player

[dusty sandal]

you can do eithe rof them then

but the cruiser is easier to do as it doesn't require mastery to work

[errant bear]

niceee. I doubt the infantry template though seems weak when I look at it tbh

[fathom thistle]

so only 1 torpedo in design is fine? (he used rest for batteries)

[dusty sandal]

iirc you need 2 torp launchers lvl 1 for optimal build

it 1 shots convoys and DDs

[fathom thistle]

gotcha

[dusty sandal]

3 shots cruisers iirc

[wide mirage]

why cant i start my naval invasion, its all in friendly territory

[dusty sandal]

(without crits)

[dusty sandal]

you have naval supremacy ?

[errant bear]

he's like a really good player so I trust that I should only build torp dds

[wide mirage]

control ratio 30%

bumass island is un invadable

[fathom thistle]

only reliable ytber honestly (as far as meta goes)

[dusty sandal]

you need 50%

it must say that you have naval supremacy

[errant bear]

speaking of naval invation, I tried attacking Iran as italy to get their oil before the war but my invation won't launch. they don't have a navy and I'm only fighting them so is naval supermacy still needed?

[dusty sandal]

the inf is there to hold the line and be cheap. It also varies between doctrine and country choice

[wide mirage]

its going up, cas might be clutch

[dusty sandal]

you always need naval supremacy

[wide mirage]

i have lke 180 ships tho sum crazy bs

[errant bear]

oh ok. but what bout when I wanna attack though?

[inner sparrow]

dw when I begin making vids there will be finally a good source

not like little seagul

frfr

https://tenor.com/view/scuba-cat-scuba-cat-kitten-cute-gif-6808830743234487843

[errant bear]

mm okay. a bit odd cuz yk I'm only fighting them and they don't have a navy

[dusty sandal]

you use tanks, air support, special forces or big ass inf made to attack
in singleplayer the thumb rule is 9inf+support arty and AA rules to hold while other units attack

[fathom thistle]

I hope so

:>

[dusty sandal]

doesn't matter, you need supremacy in all regions you go through

[wide mirage]

one fopurth of my navy is literlaly gone

omd

[errant bear]

I don't really use sf. kinda annoying that I have to research all of them

[dusty sandal]

you just need 1 tech and a lot of countries start with mountaineers (france, romania, india, sov ...)

[wide mirage]

controlling 50%, still these guys aint moving an inch

[dusty sandal]

hover over the launch button, what does it say

the arrow you use to start the attack

[wide mirage]

u wont believe this

the naval invasion si nowhere to be found

the arrow

[dusty sandal]

the arrow on top of the general

the button you press to activate the invasion

[wide mirage]

now it started preparing

30 days

it says

i had these guys on stand for like 120 days

[errant bear]

so only spam torp dds, right? and refit my existing dds to torps?

[prisma urchin]

HEy some german players here, who can explain me something about division templates ^^

[austere roost]

What needs to be explained?

[prisma urchin]

tank templates, mechanized and infantry. And than how a good army with 24 division have to look like 😄

[wide mirage]

im controlling all the sea places i need to naval invade, but i lit cant go in

like they aint invading

[keen hemlock]

no breakthru maxxing?

[austere roost]

Explain what breakthrough does

[keen hemlock]

helps you attack longer

[austere roost]

And this division has 1.3k atk with doctrines and mios

You don't need breakthrough at that point

At least in sp

And also that's not what breakthrough does

[keen hemlock]

what does it do then

[dire turret]

what happens if i cant give all my troops the latest equipment due to lack of production facilities? Will this mean that some divisions will retain old equipment

[austere roost]

the extra offender's attack - defender's defense and the extra defender's attack - offender's breakthrough does 4x damage to the receiving sid

you need to know what a stat does before trying to max it

[vernal cipher]

i’m trying to make an extension to the US focus tree for a project, where can i find the base US tree in the files?

[austere roost]

yes

breakthrough does nothing to make you attack longer

[potent iron]

Hello! Can I demolish forts and supply hubs and railways?

[dire turret]

so does this apply for other types of unit aswell

like armored, aircraft, and naval

[austere roost]

yes unless you tick off those equipment in the template tab

[rapid urchin]

is there any way to cheese the japenese civil war if im going democratic?

[austere roost]

aircraft depends on your equipment reinforcement rules

naval does not replace cuz you can't move ships into a magic hub

[dire turret]

i see

so is it a good idea to prioratize militaary factories first before civilian factories?

[austere roost]

there are some exploits with equipment selections but it's only something for people who can already produce good industry first

you build mils 3.5 years before the war begins

[dire turret]

well im kinda new to the game so rn im testing out some feautures

its very complicated bruh

this game is literally a logistics simulator

[vernal cipher]

nevermind i found it

[austere roost]

it was way more complicated in hoi3 or bice mod

the essentials is easy and you can be good at it with like 3 playthroughs

the problem is you need to be willing to read

[dire turret]

alr then

[spring shore]

why does the ai rarely use tanks?

[urban halo]

im pretty suer it depends on the country but idk

i bought the game last week

for example czechoslovakia has tanks

but austria doesnt

[spring shore]

yeah but thats what they start later they rarely train new ones, and when they do they are ussualy lets just say bad

[urban halo]

i wouldnt know i shat myself and lost as austria hungary TO SWITZERLAND.

im prob the worst player u will find 😭

[spring shore]

https://tenor.com/view/randy-police-dog-randy-meme-police-dog-randy-meme-gif-10505806506869215678

[urban halo]

im not even jokiing

[spring shore]

bro i have 1k hours and STILL ask for help

[urban halo]

i literally lost to switzerland

[spring shore]

take your time you will figure it out

[urban halo]

i figured out construction

and like focus trees and ideologies

but i still dont know shit about production and actual comat

[spring shore]

i can teach you, if you want ofc

[urban halo]

hop on multi fr fr

[spring shore]

sure

[urban halo]

how do we get into a game

[spring shore]

uhh vc? in the server

[urban halo]

no mic

[spring shore]

ah

[urban halo]

do u want to go to dms

[spring shore]

sure

[urban halo]

if im allowed to ask that here idk

[spring shore]

no idea 😭

[dire turret]

if i improve my equipment and advance them will the enemies do so aswell? And can the AI design their own tanks, planes, ships, divisions to go on par with the player?

[coral stirrup]

What’s the best way to play Manchuria? I keep dying to Japan

[neat widget]

nope it's year based

[dire turret]

So is there like a certain bottleneck whenever i design a division?

[errant bear]

what year should I stop building civs?

[neat widget]

when you design a division you can research as far ahead as you are physically capable of

you can often get 1942 infantry equipment in 1940 for instance

but the ai won't

[supple jungle]

is it possible to have a medium tank division with SPGs instead of regular mediums?

[neat widget]

do you have no step back?

but yeah it is definitely possible

[wide mirage]

yo my guys r not naval invading for shit, how do i find the reason

[supple jungle]

yes

polska number 1

but what about armour?

do i just have to deal with it?

[neat widget]

do you have naval dominance

[austere roost]

Armor is a useless stat in 99% of the cases

[supple jungle]

ok

[wide mirage]

i did but somehow my fleet is actually gone

brits and their fleets i swear

its unbelievable

[lone cedar]

is it normal for germany to be so weak

[wide mirage]

bro what no

[neat widget]

if you have more armor than the enemy then you take 40% less org damage, that said the best way of increasing armor is to armor meme (i.e. have one battalion of extremely high armor that brings the total armor value up)

[wide mirage]

its 1946 im js tryna get me ottoman empire this is actually hell

[austere roost]

One at support battalion defeats armor memes

[wide mirage]

ur supposed to declare war on only benelux and then france

[lone cedar]

france captured saarland

[wide mirage]

works for me atleast

[supple jungle]

so i can have cool epic mega SPG poland template and 1 heavy tank?

[lone cedar]

im brazil

not germany

[wide mirage]

oh

[austere roost]

and it sucks

[lone cedar]

the german ai is so stupid

what

is it supposed to be this weak

[supple jungle]

: (

[wide mirage]

@neat widget i have naval supremacy actually

[austere roost]

you can build 25 armor car divisions, no one stops you from doing that

[wide mirage]

i lowk dont know why it aint atacking

[lone cedar]

german ai just had 5 full org divisions attack a tile and the red bubble was literelly at 2 and it just stopped attacking

what

against 1 belgian division

also why does germany declare war on finland

is that supposed to happen

tf

[dusty sandal]

numerical superiotity doesn't do everything

[dusty sandal]

either you have historical ai turned off OR you did something ahistorical big enough to mess the AI priorities

[marsh trench]

Why is it always so hard to win libya as the UK? I be struggling a lot, especially with logistics

[neat widget]

probably something like this

[dusty sandal]

build ports, no more logistic issues

[neat widget]

just naval invade

you have malta

[dusty sandal]

no supply = you won't push

[dusty sandal]

or that, yes

[neat widget]

also that, invading from egypt means no supply

[dusty sandal]

also, convoy raid = enemy can't supply and can't reinforce

[neat widget]

imo you should have your sights on naval invading Libya + Sicily and then also capturing Ethiopia on day one

after you clean those frontiers up then you can go clean up France

[dusty sandal]

you can cap italy day 1 very easily too

[marsh trench]

Alright, thank you

[dusty sandal]

they have too many ports to guard each of them appropriately

[marsh trench]

Alr, thanks

[neat widget]

true, if you have the troops for that

[primal silo]

Why I cannot launch an ICBM?

[dusty sandal]

deploy the missiles

[marsh trench]

So just to summarize, I should do convoy raiding around libya, have my battle plans and naval invasions ready before italy declares war, and also build ports in egypt.

right?

[dusty sandal]

you don't need to build ports if you naval invade tbh

[primal silo]

damn, could they make it any more click intensive?

[neat widget]

yeah, basically

[marsh trench]

Last time I naval invaded my divisions got wiped out of existence, so i'll do land and naval invasions

Ok, thank you

[dusty sandal]

invade ports only and with divisions made to both attack and land

[marsh trench]

Marines good?

[dusty sandal]

yes

[marsh trench]

alr

[rose plover]

how to do the impossible task to win the independence war as mandschukuo against japan

[dusty sandal]

but not the base template

[dusty sandal]

it's really all a question of micro, rince, repeat to rush the ports asap and prevent japanese troops from flooding everywhere

[marsh trench]

yes ofc

[rose plover]

its not, i couldnt even reach the first dock before japan got troops there

also there is no indicater for me to white peace anything, so i have to beat japan conmpletely without any weapons, navy, res, army?

[dusty sandal]

the way I did was I waited for them to go to war with china and then declare war of independance
was lucky once with only jap divs in the enclave port, got to get beijing and busan for free. took a few tries

[rose plover]

i did that in my first ever run but didnt worked any better

[dusty sandal]

cav is good to rush, use crap inf to fill out the line, only build guns, use the market to get some arty for a few divs so they can kill pockets

[dusty sandal]

it will take a few runs

[rose plover]

market with what civs?

you dont have any civs to buy shit

[dusty sandal]

you have civs once japan doesn't get 50% of them

[primal silo]

I amvery sad, my rocket site cluster in north korea can only reach the east coast

T_T

[rose plover]

so i can buy when i´m ded

[dusty sandal]

not enough to build, enough to buy

[rose plover]

nice

[dusty sandal]

you're not

you have guns

[rose plover]

i am

no i dont

i have 1 mil to produce

and no countries to buy from

[dusty sandal]

I know you're not, I have the damn achievement

[rose plover]

ok, 13 civs to buy, -8,5k weapons and japan army completely destroying everything

[dusty sandal]

anything that gives you guns, you take it
turn communist if you have to to beg to soviets for lend lease
you get factories down the line and more as you get independant, until then it's just prepare whatever you can,

[dusty sandal]

you're frontlining and battleplanning, where is the micromanagement part

you have units, you just have to use them properly

[rose plover]

the max amount of guns i could buy in this run are 2,5k from peru

micro managing is completely invalid if you dont kill anything from them

[dusty sandal]

that's basically the first thing I meant by "it's a question of micro"

[dusty sandal]

it is, and I know for sure because that's how I did it

also, they already killed china by the looks of it

you need to rush the independance

[rose plover]

they did, but wouldnt matter

[dusty sandal]

now that's a lie

[supple jungle]

yep

[wide mirage]

half the world is major country in 1947, can i defeat the allies

lowk allat seems waaay too painful

[dusty sandal]

you're telling me japan having 50+ divs to throw at you without any reason not to so doesn't make it harder ?

[marsh trench]

Anybody got a good marines template design?

[rose plover]

ofc they are throwing divs at me, but you dont have a chance without any eco or military

i rushed the ports everywhere in the beginning while pausing the game but couldnt even get close to them

i rush down independence now, with my 11 divs, trying to make new one while producing 4 guns a day and then i show you how it goes

[dusty sandal]

1 - you need to micro your units. EXCLUSIVELY. You can't afford any form of battleplanning or frontline. Concentrate units where you can supply them and need them. Don't push mindlessly and let the enemy run in deadzones for nothing while you prioritize targets
2 - declare independance basically as soon as they dec on china. You NEED them to be distracted, otherwise you'll be overwhelmed. Scaling isn't an option, except if you're willing to wait for the allies to kill them
3 - you won't have an economy. You build nothing but mils, mils and more mils. You want guns asap to get units to pin, snake and garrison ports. You want to encircle, snake some more and bring in specialized units to kill. You buy the equipment you can't produce and get important techs (why get construction when all civs go into buying ? get production and gun techs instead)

After kicking them out of mainland (ideally they're still fighting in china in shanghai)

to cap japan you just want paratroopers, and 1936 fighters. I used heavy fighters because I was worried about range but that's likely an error
you want big paras, divs to follow and planes. Guns, planes and a whole lot of buying arty and support is what will win you the war

[granite quest]

Hello, currently playing as canada right now, im having a hard time transporting my army overseas with out building a navy to dominate each part of the see

[marsh trench]

Do I naval invade tripoli?

[dusty sandal]

you should be able to invade tripoli, then hop to benghazi and after that it's a matter of raiding before invading tobruk

[neat widget]

yeah basically

[rose plover]

so when do i make more divs than?

[dusty sandal]

just build convoys and avoid risky areas where there's no allied ships or enemy presence (mediteranean sea, bay of biscay and the "atlantic gap" |all sea tiles with no coastal tiles in the atlantic|)

[dusty sandal]

once you get guns

you won't have much until you go focuses that give you mils

[rose plover]

so i make the war with 11 divs?😂

[dusty sandal]

pretty much

see what I meant by you need to prioritise objective, you want japan in a double front and you need to micro

it will be a "shitter war"

[rose plover]

how do i split them on 3 fronts, 3-3-4 or 1-5-5

or like what

[dusty sandal]

rush the enclave, if there are divs there, just 2 divs to hold
then chose where to go first : rush chinese ports or rush korea, concentrate where there's the less enemy presence, snipe supply hubs and railways and encircle isolated units

in any case, no automatic frontline orders, or keep it at no cohesion setting

[rose plover]

"to hold" as the divs can defend against the japs divs

[dusty sandal]

they can't