ask-for-help-here

[dusty sandal]

they're there to buy you time

[rose plover]

they are buying 1 second

xD

[dusty sandal]

still one second more that you'll need elsewhere

japan will have limited troops to fight both you and china

if you get pushed somewhere, you just push elsewhere and once they overextend you cut them off

it will be a grind

it probably will require a few tries

and it will probably last until 1939

[keen shale]

Best infantry template ?

[dusty sandal]

what is it supposed to do ? attack or defend ?

and do you count spacemarines as infantry ?

[keen shale]

No

Attack and defend

[vital plinth]

What’s the purpose of battleships or heavry attack if light cruisers are the ones that dismantle enemy navy ?

[dusty sandal]

inf isn't really good at attacking but that wouldl ook something like this with inf instead of special forces

with 2 AA if no air

[dusty sandal]

navy is supposed to be a balance
the thing is, balance was badly botched so screens with 7 piercing can still deal 25% of damage to 55 SHBB armor ships
so heavy attack is basically a stat to scare enemy carriers (as it attacks the backrow first, it forces the enemy to have capital ships to prevent carriers from dying) and to provide shore bombardement to units

[rose plover]

looks great

whats your super weapon against naval invasions when all your divs are on the front and you dont have anything?

[trail lava]

did czechoslovakia get any secret focuses in the recent patch?

[spring shore]

how do i check my saved designs? all of them, not just the one im trying to copy

[neat widget]

Heavy attack attacks the first two rows

[hollow plinth]

lore akuraat

[rose plover]

ye, died december 1937

micro my ass when there is nothing to micro cuz your divs doing nothing to jap

[hollow plinth]

ggs bro

[keen shale]

What would the inf look like

[hollow plinth]

i need to deal w yugoslavia and romania at the same time as austria hungary

[manic valve]

is it even possible that austria will accept the referendum to join hungary (me)?

[deft plinth]

Do you recommend that I buy the DLC Götterdämmerung, or is there a better one?

[vital geode]

Yeah in vanilla

[manic valve]

but in rt56?

[rose plover]

yes, improve relations, have bigger army and maybe set a spy in austria to pressure diplo

[vital geode]

NSB, BBA, AAT in that order imo

[vital geode]

No idea

good luck

If not, should be easy to kill

[manic valve]

not if u got no manpower cuz of locked conscription laws 😭

[manic valve]

sadly dont have the dlc but thxx

[vital geode]

Going to war I believe bypasses stuff to help get rid of Triannon

Also go around their troops and snake for their cities

[manic valve]

i think there even was a focus which removes the trianon manpower limitations. but should i do the puppet focus on czechs or should i attack them? like there is almost no other way to annex them to get my cores for more manpower

[subtle socket]

romania and finland for sp

netherlands if u want a holding game

[manic valve]

does boosting the party popularity help?

[subtle socket]

i dont think so

i think the biggest factors are u big army on their border and a spy

and relations

i think in that order

[rose plover]

no, only diplo pressure

cuz your ingame rating goes up by them which makes it more likely for them to accept things

[manic valve]

ahh okee thanks

[subtle socket]

from experience 100 relation a spy on diplo pressure with the spy upgrade

atleast for finland

almost gurantees it

but still rng is involved

[jade parrot]

was playing democratic Belgium and was defending really well against Germany. then out of nowhere my king abdicates and my country capitulates. how do I fix this. I only have gotterdammerung

[dusty sandal]

read again and look at the pic please

[keen hemlock]

i think you lost liege

that happened to me after i lost it once

[rose plover]

like i said, more army, improve relations and a spy if you can afford the civs for the spy upgrades and it should do it most of the times

[dusty sandal]

it's only based on relations iirc

and then maybe modified by party popularity

[jade parrot]

maybe. I have no clue. I don't think they took a single tile before the abdication

my country is too good for that 🇧🇪❤️

[keen shale]

Do I put the trees in or nah

[lone cedar]

what the hell is wrong with german ai

now this is just ridicilous

[vital plinth]

So you only need very very few of them or none ?

[subtle socket]

its nov 41

why r u confused

most mp games is the same by that date

dday happens in 41-42 in most games

and ends in a year or less

[wind canyon]

wdym it seems like regular germany

if you want it to be harder you can make them better ig

[obtuse anchor]

Probably got shredded in d day or after barbarossa

[lone cedar]

France never fell

And barbarossa didnt even start

@obtuse anchor

[obtuse anchor]

Tf

[lone cedar]

I had no dlcs and road to 56 only

Maybe its sth about that

[obtuse anchor]

Probably

[lone cedar]

I was playing on normal difficulty

[lone cedar]

France never fell bro

I mean barbarossa literelly started a month ago so like

Weird

[subtle socket]

@lone cedar non hist ai?

also ur in a mod

[lone cedar]

Hist

[lone cedar]

This happens even without road to 56

It doesnt really make that many changes to germany

[gusty hinge]

maybe verify the files

[lone cedar]

Everything is legit

This just happens every single time

I cant play axis without germany not even reaching kiev

Or getting stuck in belgium

Tho getting stuck in belgium happened only once in my USSR playtrough

[gusty hinge]

i'm not saying its not legit

maybe theres some files missing

or they corrupted or something

[lone cedar]

Dont think so

This is the only problem

And ive heard lots of people complain

About the same thing

If belgium offers even the slightest resistance germany just cant push

[gusty hinge]

just verify them to be sure

[lone cedar]

Alr

Ill do that later then

Im cooking stuff rn

[halcyon jolt]

how can France be made fascist for the achiev of Why Die For Danzig?

[thorn belfry]

Is there somewhere to report bugs?

[granite quest]

hello guys, im playing as canada and it seems i just cant make my troops cross the atlantic ocean and into africa. any good strategy or guides. seems like ill have to build up my navy?

[thorn belfry]

coup with intelligence agency, get lucky with historical turned off (easiest ways off the top of my head)

[thorn belfry]

Put a front line somewhere in africa, as it will automatically route them there. Otherwise, you have to manually move the to a province with a naval supply hub and then click on a naval supply hub (those are the port symbols btw) to get them there

And make sure it's accessible via port and not blocked by a set of straights (3 most prominent examples are that if you are at war with whoever controls the straight of gibraltar, the danish belts, or Istanbul you can't move ships through them)

[granite quest]

still no luck with the front line thing seems i have to build up my navy and control sectors of the sea

[torn thorn]

playing tfr right now, and for some reason my focus completes the day after the last day. i thought usually when it hits the last day it is completed?

[granite quest]

oh its working now hahaha

[gusty hinge]

i think a day needs to pass aftter reaching the required amount

[torn thorn]

but usually it always completes on the day it hits the final day. So I would usually see 29/30, and then the next day the focus is done, and I would never see 30/30, but now all of a sudden focuses take a day longer than it’s supposed to.

[errant bear]

what's the best way to get complience? wanna do the pacify ethiopia mission but idk how to get the complience up

[iron veldt]

what is a high number for this ?

[neat widget]

Brazil scales a lot

so this isn't surprising

[lone cedar]

:/

[neat widget]

player brazil versus ai germany is probably going the way of player brazil if the brazillians have a launchpad near the european continent

[gusty hinge]

that is pretty high

2 building per day

[unreal abyss]

i love when i invade russia and take most its resources and then it just gives all the lnd i selectedc to britan and now i have britan as russia instead of russia and they also get a bunch of random blobs in my land they snake out of so i just die cos i cant do anything bout it, well designed game they should think of partnering with gaijin

[warped river]

excuse me

can someone PLEASE tell me

How to make the ethiopan government surrender

i wind up getting into a war with the uk

as italy

and can never establish italian east africa

are we serious

[keen hemlock]

its a mechanic

if ethopia completes the focus "boarding the train" they join the allies

you arent at war with the uk tho

[warped river]

how do i make it so they cant complete that focus at ALL

[red mesa]

You have to be super aggressive and cap them quicker

May is a bit late. You want to be done in March or early April

[keen hemlock]

capitulate them fast

[balmy dawn]

Does Static Anti-Air affect Fighters, at all?

[red mesa]

No

[manic valve]

getting clapped by Austria as Hungary. any advices?

[dusty sandal]

why are you at war with austria

and why are you attacking with no supplies nor manpower

[manic valve]

they always refuse the referendum with rt56 (opinion was at over 120, had my whole army with 34 divs at their front,...)

[manic valve]

building the supply hub took so long and due to locked conscription laws im unable to get more

[dusty sandal]

that sounds like you'd need to ask for advice on the rt56 discord instead (for the rt56 focuses part)

for the supply, it's simpler : no supply = no attack
supply hubs take too long to build so you want to use the ones already there to the most of it, for that you need to motorize your supply lines and not deathstack troops. As for manpower, if it's at 0 you're doing something horrendously wrong : Delete as many units as you need to replenish the other divisions. Divisions with full equipment and manpower with a good design are infinitely better at doing their job than undermanned, underequipped and unprepared divs, except in scenarios where you can run around your enemy, which clearly isn't the case

and last but not least, if you see that your attacks aren't working, do not smash your skull on a brick wall, stop the assaults, try to figure out what's going on and adapt your strategy

[alpine pivot]

can someone help me with byzantine?

[manic valve]

Thank you!

[blissful depot]

is this a good tank?

[balmy dawn]

Way too slow for me. /shrug

[sand ember]

you should use two hmgs instead of a small cannon

small cannon is expensive and adds hard which is uneeded for this

rest is decent although personally i do like a faster tank

[blissful depot]

ok

made this unit

any changes i should make?

[sand ember]

too many tanks compared to trucks, keep it at like a 9/9 ratio
also you should use more support companies, they're really good

for example, assault engineers, flame tanks, field hospitals, anti air, logistics

[blissful depot]

ok

[sand ember]

(also trucks just aren't that good, you should swap to mechanized asap)

although your tanks do go like 4 km/hr so may as well just use infantry or special forces

up to you

[neat widget]

turn one line of spgs into motorized

and add logistics companies

[errant chasm]

is 38 width or 39 width better?

[austere roost]

Both are good

92 air attack should be able to reach 100 with mios

[latent island]

What’s the best beginner guide for complete beginners

[vital geode]

Check pins

The one in pins is good

[proud parcel]

anything i should change? im germany 1942 i have like 400 green stars

[vital geode]

Your entire tank division needs to be improved

9 tanks, 9 mechanized if possible

20 width inf isn't the best but it should be fine

[proud parcel]

ok mechanized is better than trucks? ill start making those

[errant chasm]

yes they are armored

[proud parcel]

best i can do rn

[errant chasm]

make it similar to bmh's template above

so a 10-8

[proud parcel]

oh does order matter?

i cant do 5 in a column it says its locked

[errant chasm]

you need to complete your subdoctrine track iirc to unlock the 5th slot.

[errant chasm]

the 10-8 is just 10 tank and 8 mechanized

[vital geode]

Please tell me you actually can afford the mech cost

And that you won't have divs that are at 30% strength

[proud parcel]

i havent made any mechs yet

this isnt armored core

[wise dew]

im playing as austria and i have all these dudes as vassal states now how do i annex them so that i can form the austrian empire?

[proud parcel]

but were beginning production right away!

oh yeah all my tank strengths dropped to like 20 percent LOL

minor setbacks

[slate nimbus]

fires of rubicon?

[proud parcel]

yes

[slate nimbus]

peak

[dire turret]

Are the AI enemies easy to defeat? Like is the true factor for winning any major countries is having a good logistic and supply system?

[sand ember]

Production and research is a decent part but yeah

generally no ai country in the game can withstand infantry battleplan

[dire turret]

What's that

[crisp mural]

AI is awful no matter what, you dont need a good logi and supply in single player, just fill out combatwidth with air

[dire turret]

Im kinda new to the game

[sand ember]

Making a bunch of infantry and hitting the button to attack

[crisp mural]

make a bunch of inf

and battle plan

and make shit tons of air

[sand ember]

This of course relies on doing your gun research and having supply

and making guns

[dire turret]

So even if I face armored?

[crisp mural]

yes

[sand ember]

but the ai wastes a lot of production and does bad resources, and ai armor barely exists

[crisp mural]

tank doesn't matter

and AI tanks is pretty ass

[dire turret]

How abt for the naval aspect

[crisp mural]

ignore it completely

just make NAVs

[sand ember]

Navy you can win too if you just stack all your ships in a big fleet assuming you start with a decent navy

[crisp mural]

and use your base navy

you can just use paratroopers

[dire turret]

Alr then

[crisp mural]

it doesn't matter in single player

as long as you have green air

[sand ember]

To be clear if you’re a new player this is easier said than done

[crisp mural]

you shreds any AI

yeah

[sand ember]

So don’t worry about it being too easy for now

[crisp mural]

just play the game alot

[sand ember]

it’s still fun

[crisp mural]

you will struggle but eventually improve

[proud parcel]

uhhh how do i stop this

[crisp mural]

do you have air?

or anvy

or naval bombers

and show me the templates you're using

aswell as equipment stockpile

[proud parcel]

like 3k air and 102 navy

[crisp mural]

put every single piece of air up

where you wanna push

push in mainland germany

[crisp mural]

and abandon the france front

what is this tank div bro

😭

your inf should be 18 widths

or 36

not 20

just scrap your tanks production line

and merge some of your tanks divs

only use your tanks in plains

remove engineer company in your infantry div

[proud parcel]

i was told to do 10 tanks 8 mechanized

[crisp mural]

go up in guns

[proud parcel]

merge?

[crisp mural]

and make more inf

[crisp mural]

yes

the button to uhh

i dont remember what it is

but uhh

consolidate your tanks

make your divs have 100% strength

you have -5k mediums

no one gonna save that

scrap your tanks and mech production line

show me your air design

you need to go up on fighter

and inf

[proud parcel]

well rn its nothing

[crisp mural]

you dont need 50 on air support

show me all of your production lines

first thing is to delete your tank divs

they're pretty much garbage atp

[proud parcel]

i just know you need air to win fights

[crisp mural]

yes

you obviously

[crisp mural]

YOU BARELY HAVE 70 MILS?

[proud parcel]

well we are under attack, we lost like 70% of our land

[crisp mural]

what is your mefo bill% rn

how is it this bad

ok now delete your support equipment line

[proud parcel]

this?

[crisp mural]

100%

ur cooked

theres no saving

just start a new game atp

[proud parcel]

how do you get it lower

[crisp mural]

you need to invade countries

and get their gold reserves

in decision tab

[proud parcel]

bruh im over here trying to deal with teh soviets because dumb ah romania delcared wear and then out of nowhere the biggest attack ive ever seen with like 5k planes comes into netherlands

[proud parcel]

oh i did that

[crisp mural]

ok did you clicks the decision of gold reserves?

show me your soviet front

[proud parcel]

its going so much better

and i had planes over there

it was great

[crisp mural]

ok you need to retreat

and stop attacking

you're wasting your equipment

have like 50 divs and setup an defensive line in the soviet thing

[proud parcel]

i mean if i do that theyll just attack me too tho

[crisp mural]

and move all of your stuff

to the west

you will have entrenchment

doesn't care if you get pushed

you have lots of territory to lose in the east

the west is where most of your eco locates

[proud parcel]

you think if i take moscow they will surrender? im so close

[crisp mural]

no

you need to take half of their country

not only moscow

[proud parcel]

wtf their country is massive

[crisp mural]

all the vps

yes

it is what it is

thats why i says you need to abandon the soviet front

just setup an defensive line

so they dont go all the way through to europe

get all of your stuff

air

everything

onto the west

but you need to fix your eco of conquest

[proud parcel]

use the fallback line?

[crisp mural]

show me your decision tab

[crisp mural]

yes

[crisp mural]

you dont have any gold reserves decision left

just play a new game

its unsavable if im gonna be honest

[proud parcel]

yeah when they came up i clicked them

[dire turret]

Ho2 do u get more gold bruh

[crisp mural]

build alot of mils in the country you capped

before clicking the decision

it increases

[proud parcel]

i dont even see where this gold number is

[crisp mural]

the uhh consumergood%

[dire turret]

Im playing as neutral USA while my factories are in full production

[crisp mural]

you will see if you hover over decision

[crisp mural]

as USA the gold thing doesn't exists

its an german only thing

[keen hemlock]

its 4 year plan only too right

when i did PEG i didnt get it

[crisp mural]

yes

if you're new

dont do 4 year plan

go PEG

[dire turret]

So do my units automatically recieve upgraded equipment or is there sophisticated logistical system to supply them with the latest

[crisp mural]

it will automatically upgrade

[proud parcel]

oh well

best game so far

[dire turret]

I thought i need to set up another supply system for equipment distribution lmao

[proud parcel]

is it worth building supply areas?

[crisp mural]

no

in SP you dont need supply

just make enough infantry

and shit tons of air

if you have green air

make CAS

[proud parcel]

i had so many factories on air but the enemy always had way more

[crisp mural]

you need around 100

keep going up on air

dont make tanks in SP

just make air

and your template

is ass

[proud parcel]

dont make tanks? but im germany isnt their whole thing tanks

i was told in this server to make that template bruh

[crisp mural]

no

[proud parcel]

i barley had 100 factories in total, hwo do you build more in that time? takes forever to build

[crisp mural]

tank is trash in single player

[proud parcel]

🙁 theyre fun tho

sad

[crisp mural]

go war eco

and just keep building mils

build civs until like mid 1936

if you go four year plan

just go PEG

and build Civs until like 1938

and start building mils afterwards

[proud parcel]

germany is fun until you have like 30 fronts and every country in the world is after you 24/7, so sstressful

[crisp mural]

just keep building mils

[crisp mural]

just practice

and play more

germany should easily kill soviet in 3 months

if you play properly btw

and sealion before barb

my advice is just keep playing

[indigo sapphire]

should i go for jets tech

[crisp mural]

no

improved airframe is all you need in sp

[austere roost]

No they're not, as long as you can produce them they're way better than 36w inf spam

[crisp mural]

36w inf spam + air is more than enough to melts any AI in SP

tank is only useful in MP

when you need good stats to push

and encircle shit

in SP its a waste of IC

[austere roost]

Tanks also reduce casualties by a lot

[crisp mural]

when an 36w can do even better than a tank with 10x IC

if they have air

[crisp mural]

casualties doesn't matter

equipment does

majors barely suffer MP problems

[austere roost]

That just means you suck at designing tanks cuz tank divisions shouldn't cost 20k cost

[crisp mural]

even a meta tank div

still sucks

the terrain debuff

is just too much

[austere roost]

No it's not?

[crisp mural]

even thou you have all the meta support company

it is

[austere roost]

There are flames and light tank recons and assault engineers now

[crisp mural]

yes

i know

but its still

sucks

not worth the IC

you can just go giga high on air

and melts anything

air is king

not tanks

[versed rose]

Interesting perspective.

[austere roost]

Yes air wins but against high difficulty ai you will need good tanks

[crisp mural]

no

[austere roost]

You can win base ai using armored cars

[crisp mural]

vanilla AI is awful no matter what

[austere roost]

That means you're not playing high difficulty

[crisp mural]

unless you're playing against sheep ai

but hes playing vanilla AI

[austere roost]

Yeah what do you think high difficulty ai is?

[crisp mural]

not sum giga AI shit

[crisp mural]

max buff and uhh hard difficulty

[austere roost]

He should learn what a good tank division is

[crisp mural]

i forgot how its written

again

you dont need tank in SP

[austere roost]

Cuz that gives him a lesson on stats and cost

[crisp mural]

no

tanks is not a lesson

when new player use tanks

they dont know how to design

and shits

and doesn't know how tank works

using it just make it worse

just use the meta strat

air + SF

[versed rose]

so if they dont know how tank works, and your idea is to tell them not to use tanks, how will they learn how tanks work

what is this logic

[crisp mural]

learning how tank works is through high lvl gameplay

they're new bro

they just stepped into the game

let them learn the basic first

not tanks

even in MP

tankless build is doable

[versed rose]

so they go ahead and learn tanks in vanilla where they arent punished for it

[crisp mural]

he doesn't know anything in air

[versed rose]

going air + sf teaches them nothing

[crisp mural]

neither inf

[crisp mural]

it does?

but i mean wtv

everyone have different perspective

[versed rose]

even if its the wrong one

[crisp mural]

yes

[wild rune]

going air+gbp

inf

will carry a majority of people very far

esp in sp

[versed rose]

not denying that, just very uninteractive

i doubt many people buy and install hoi4 to learn excel spreadsheet production macro

[crisp mural]

yeah

[versed rose]

that's what inf + air teaches you

and its why people want to learn tanks

[crisp mural]

and tanks need cracked gens to work

no no no

[wild rune]

I want to learn excel spreadsheet macro micro!

[crisp mural]

tanks need grinding

i dont think new players even know how to grind

learning tanks is not worth it

and uh

[wild rune]

actually I have already looked at a few spreadsheets😭

[crisp mural]

they're new players

so just tell them to not use tanks

tanks is just more complex than a normal air+SF build

you need grinding

research

templates

designs

micros

macros

MIO

and shit tons of thing

[versed rose]

lil bro, they dont need uber optimized mp tanks

just spg design lets them click ai in vanilla and they can have fun microing like what they see in the youtube videos

[crisp mural]

if tanks is not optimized its just a waste of IC

[versed rose]

not wrong, but tanks are also fun

[wild rune]

can do that with Special forces too

[crisp mural]

allat IC can do way better if you spend it on air

[versed rose]

do you understand that concept? fun?

[crisp mural]

SF easily do that btw

if yo have air

[versed rose]

it is objectively better to do air + inf if you suck at doing tanks, im not denying that

but i also doubt many people find that excel spreadsheet macro simulator gameplay fun

[wild rune]

?

[wild rune]

You act as if tanks don't need that

[versed rose]

i find it fun, its what i do every game, but this perspective isnt how you keep completely unexposed players playing the game

[crisp mural]

no its not unexposed players

its an advice

for new players to not do tanks

once you're experiened you can do wtv you want

its an beginner advice

they're good

but not worth

[wild rune]

I'm ngl excel spreadsheet of doom and despair applies to both as industry affects tanks and inf

[crisp mural]

the effort of doing stuff

[wild rune]

I'd say industry has more of an effect on tanks than inf as in inf you can just disable support equipment

[versed rose]

not necessarily, inf + air is battleplan brain off, tanks make you want to micro them, which is also what most youtube content creators focus on (when have you ever seen a random hoi4 video be spent on the air mapmode)

[crisp mural]

yeah i mean new players wants to feels good and they usually micro eventho they're worse than battleplanning but

[wild rune]

Are you using tanks in red air?

[versed rose]

i usually do, since i go no air soviet if i wanna use tanks

[wild rune]

I see

[crisp mural]

soviet is the only country you go purely on tanks/inf

cuz you will have red air no matter what

but the rest

ehhh

[wild rune]

All the Axis and Allies majors have to make air

[wild rune]

except france

[crisp mural]

SOV too

[versed rose]

i was gonna say lmao

[crisp mural]

unless you want interception flicker

that is usually not allowed

[versed rose]

was about to make an objection but yea, France and Sov dont really make air, and they're the big tank guys in allies

[crisp mural]

yeah

[wild rune]

comintern

not allies

kind of an iffy distinction but ehh

[left mica]

Despair? Is that a danganronpa reference?

[wild rune]

Makoto Naegi please save me

[left mica]

Why wouldnt the ussr not join the allies? Is stalin stupid?

[wild rune]

Bulgaria please I need the mech by 1938😭

[crisp mural]

😭

[wild rune]

Mexico why do you have max passive defense😭

[wild rune]

average mp lobby btw

[versed rose]

the mexico passive defense thing is so funny dude

maybe sheep should troll sov players by making ai mexico do that only if sov is a player /s

[wild rune]

"Why does finland have only 4 divisions"😭

[crisp mural]

playing sov with an mexico troll is just 😭

pain

[wild rune]

I'm remembering a time of Italy trying to land gibraltar

[neat widget]

lmao rip

[neat widget]

i mean that sounds normal

just that where's the royal navy

[wild rune]

yeah they canceled their invasion as soon as germany arrived causing the battle to disengage and germany being forced to go back without the chance to reinforce

[neat widget]

bruh

[vital plinth]

Im non aligned and missing 20 points to get Poland to join my faction , is there a way to increase threat or reduce non aligned red points ? I have used spies to use diplomatic pressure

[wild rune]

which one should I use

@neat widget @glacial steeple

[neat widget]

range focused is typically better

but do take a look

[wild rune]

Its essentially the generic one

I'll use ranged

thanks

[neat widget]

loading the game rn

i'll check

ranged is typically better than high agility by a very marginal amount, but you do get faster funds gain too so you get a quicker ramp-up out of it i believe

[glacial steeple]

huh

[neat widget]

btw there's something interesting you can do

light aircraft designer is better than both range-focused and high agility per plane basis, but both of those get a 10% production bonus

[dire turret]

Guys what's the combat width

Also are planes transported through the supply system

[neat widget]

(multi-role and range-focused have a similar relationship on medium frame, but multi-role isn't that good for light aircraft)

[neat widget]

you assign those to air bases

[neat widget]

what do you mean in particular

it's 50 for mountains and marshes, 60 for forests and jungles, 70 for hills, plains, and desert, and 80 for urban

multiply by 1.33 to get maximal combat width for each of these terrains

[dire turret]

So what does it mean

Higher means more effective?

[dire turret]

Are they transported through the logistic system to be distributed or automatically inplqced

[neat widget]

should be automatically applied

[neat widget]

less attack/defense/breakthrough stats, but with more combat width you should typically get more hp so it could be worth it

[errant chasm]

Good morning Casey.

[glacial steeple]

(ive never seen these MIOs before)

[neat widget]

yeah these are from peace for our time

they're czechoslovak

[glacial steeple]

i know :P

[neat widget]

they're basically the generic set of (light aircraft, multi-role, heavy, range-focused, and high-agility) plus two nodes (5% agilty + 5% speed and -10% resource penalty i believe)

[glacial steeple]

agil might be better

[wild rune]

for fighter stats, light aircraft designer is better?

[neat widget]

yeah i think so

or so i was told in dm a few days ago

[vital plinth]

Hey Im non aligned and missing 20 points to get Poland to join my faction , is there a way to increase threat or reduce non aligned red points ? I have used spies to use diplomatic pressure

And second question, I asked here before this but was unsure if no or yes , regarding advanced small airframe should I not use it when I unlock it ?

[wild rune]

Fighter 3 isn't worth it ic wise, go straight from Fighter 2 to supersonics

[vital plinth]

Ok thx👍 and what better, infantry with tank or a separate tank/ mech division ?

[wild rune]

seperate tank/mech div

[vital plinth]

Ok and until I unlock mech I should have trucks ?

Is 40 mills too much on tanks ?

[wild rune]

no

[dire turret]

So if I don't move as Germany will the game not progress ?

[wild rune]

Use Special Forces and big 36w pure inf until you have mech researched

[wild rune]

The Soviets will try something eventually but for the most part yeah

[left mica]

range focused

[inner sparrow]

if u aren’t playing mp theres no reason to use advanced small airframe

[left mica]

well its sp let them do what they want

i always do adv small into jet

[inner sparrow]

just sit on improved entire tame

[inner sparrow]

he asked if he should use it?????

[left mica]

is range focused or agility better

[inner sparrow]

range

[left mica]

always

because le funny number

[wild rune]

Aren't improved airframes more ic efficient than advanced?

[left mica]

even on concentrated you will always outproduce losses if you switch out production lines

[inner sparrow]

it’s not about ic efficiency there if u want to airgamble as ger u can do advanced with engine 4 and tripple armore plate

[left mica]

at least from what ive observe

whats airgamble

[inner sparrow]

but its like only case for airgamble and so on

improved with 2 armor plate is also enough for airgamble

[inner sparrow]

its in multiplayer if axis put nearly all their mils on air and try to win the air war against the allies

thats why its called gamble bc if it works out u win the game, if not u will die to soviets

[left mica]

i see

what makes it hard for ger to win the air war

because allies always outscale their production?

[inner sparrow]

rubber and usa heavy fighters

[left mica]

right

[inner sparrow]

it all depends on rules that the game has

if some rules restrict 2 armor plates and so on it’s harder for axis to win air war

[left mica]

mhm

right

[hoary glen]

Triple AP Advanced Hungary Fighter competition my beloved

[neat widget]

true

[sage portal]

Anyone know how to make strong navy was thinking doing italy

[wild rune]

yeah just build light destroyers

[sage portal]

Got designs?

[neat widget]

there are typically two mainline destroyer types, a torpedo destroyer and a light attack destroyer. i don't know which one the cheese is referring to

[wild rune]

light atk

[sage portal]

Cause i constantly lose ky navy to damn british

[neat widget]

i've seen some recommend torpedo destroyer for some reason

[sage portal]

I mostly spammed ton of naval bombers that got boring

[wild rune]

I mean CL and Torp DD ain't bad

[sage portal]

But do you got designs for ships?

[wild rune]

but light atk dds are more efficient

[wild rune]

no

[sage portal]

Damn

[indigo sapphire]

gab

[sage portal]

Ye?

[indigo sapphire]

its up to you what designs you want imo

[sage portal]

Ok

[indigo sapphire]

i just use the base ones

[neat widget]

well

you can probably max out the light attack slots or torpedo slots

which would be 3 light attack modules on a 1936 destroyer i believe

[sage portal]

How did that go

[indigo sapphire]

idk

[sage portal]

Lost most navy

Most likely

Like what happend to me lol

[left mica]

dual purpose guns 4

basically the best modules you got

aa in aa slot. best fire control, bes torp

best engine so it can dodge better? im not sure if thats how it works

but apparently speed influences your positioning and screening or something

@inner sparrow what do you think

[neat widget]

those cost steel though

[fathom thistle]

1-2 torpedos in dd design is fine and the rest should be dual purpose guns for the other slots. Once the dual purpose guns deal with the enemy schreening ships, the torpedos will deal with rest of their fleet

[neat widget]

you're better off just using rapid fire 3

[left mica]

does it?

damn

[fathom thistle]

Ig you can make seperate designs for torpedo only and light attack only ships but the ones I mentioned should be sufficient for both

[neat widget]

not in the new beta though, so that may change

[errant bear]

hey so I know I shouldn't really build planes till I get engine 3. but does that also go for naval bombers? not talking bout carrier bombers

[echo night]

just rush the tech

if you can

[primal silo]

Why I am getting the "exercise until regular" result even if I am left clicking without shift?

[fathom thistle]

small airframe?

or medium

[primal silo]

Medium plane bombers are pretty servicable with body/engine 2 imho

[errant bear]

small. I don't use medium

[fathom thistle]

not sure if you can max out all slots with medium tho

[fathom thistle]

engine 2 is fine then

[errant bear]

okay thanks

[errant bear]

thanks

[echo night]

but only if defecit isnt that big

and if you have good focus tree get some research bonuses

[primal silo]

you don't want to, small planes can carry max 1 naval weapon, medium 2, heavy 3. All you need is a cheap-ass gun, 2 naval weapons and 1-2 fuel tanks (plus def boosting modules if you feel fancy)

[errant bear]

well I'm only playing Italy for now, tryna learn the game

[fathom thistle]

fair enough

[echo night]

germany better starting nation

[errant bear]

I rush to get the 5th research slot

[echo night]

as long as you dont go 4 year plan

[echo night]

Cuirassier!

I love G&B

[fathom thistle]

@errant bearhonestly you could make it even engine 1 if you only add nav bomb locks and dont care about other modules

[echo night]

like nothing against paradox but like its easier to learn germany than italy

[echo night]

their tutorial is kinda eh

[errant bear]

why? I've heard the other one is better in the long run but is it that much better?

[echo night]

no 4 year plan is good but like for new players

[primal silo]

+range is actuially quite important, moreso for smalls

[echo night]

mefo bills are a nightmare for new people

[errant bear]

well since my entire fleet got destroyed by the british last time, I kinda wanna do a better job this time lol

[fathom thistle]

for pacific sure but like if he is only going to use them for english channel not really

[echo night]

unless you have a degree in economics or smth

[primal silo]

only if it's literally just the channel, if he wants to bomb the east northern sea range is already a problem

[fathom thistle]

of course

[echo night]

lwk range depends on nav bombers

[errant bear]

I'm still not over that lmao. they got into their first battle and they suck like 5 ships but the british sunk 80 of mine xd

[echo night]

like if ur doing ger and only attacking uk you dont need range that much

[fathom thistle]

did you have air?

For germany you want to refit the starting capital ships with better modules then you can just focus on building schreens

[errant bear]

nav bombers? no I didn't have any. I thought I should hold on on making any planes till I reach engine 3

[fathom thistle]

no like actual air supremacy

aka green air

[left mica]

https://tenor.com/view/vito-corleone-dbd-blight-dbd-blight-gif-27625782

[neat widget]

there are ways to make (or rather partially make) good fighters before engine 3

[errant bear]

I don't think so. I was fighting france and the plane icon was red so ig not

[fathom thistle]

well thats why your navy got yeeted then

even if you had good dd design

[neat widget]

if you have 1940 frame then you can produce a plane with engine 2 and 2x4 hmg and then add the rest of the modules later on

upgrading to engine 3 happens at a large discount

[errant bear]

but why would that matter to naval battles? they're in land yk

[fathom thistle]

you only engage in navy combat once the air is green'

If you dont have like pure AA design for ships

[neat widget]

also yeah that

[fathom thistle]

no but like u mentioned your navy got sunk

[neat widget]

not like the ai tends to place aircraft over naval zones though

[fathom thistle]

Im asking if you had green air in english channel

[errant bear]

I did refit my battleships to have aa

[fathom thistle]

Thats decent, just make sure you get green air in sea region your navy is patroling, even better if you build a green air ahead and also deploy your nav bombers to soften up the enemy navy

[errant bear]

also I read the country guide. civs for a year and half and that's it for them? no need to build more civs?

[fathom thistle]

you do you, you can start building mils from start

if you think you need to build civs for a year go for it

[errant bear]

so I need to have my fighters around seas too?

[fathom thistle]

ofcourse

at least the ones your navy is having missions in

[errant bear]

mm, what's the best year to start making some naval docyards then?

[fathom thistle]

as?

[errant bear]

speaking of missions, is it better to put my fleet on patrol or strike force? last time I put them on strike force all over mediterranean which yk what happened

[errant bear]

yk the mils for ships

[fathom thistle]

Like germany has decent amount from start, if you can get around 20-30 thats enough for. Just refit the starting capital ships and then you can focus on building torpedo dd's only.

[fathom thistle]

I meant like what country xD

[errant bear]

ohh Italy xdd

[fathom thistle]

ig the same thing applies what I said about germany

[errant bear]

thing is Italy has so many different ships it's confusing xd

[left mica]

yeah its italy

cant expect them to do anything right

[fathom thistle]

Yeah, if you are in hurry you can refit only few and focus on dd's

[errant bear]

LMAO XD really wanna change that and take over axis though xd

[errant bear]

I wanna join the war as soon as germany does. yk to get points in the war as early as possible. honestly, I think I've got the navy just enough. refit my existing ships like putting aa on battleships or putting light attacks on cruisers and only spam making torpedo dds. though I still don't know the difference between patrol and strike force xd

[fathom thistle]

Patrol looks for fleets. Strike force only engages when the fleet is spotted already

[errant bear]

mm is it a good idea to put my fleet on patrol and turn the "always engage" thing on? that way they'd both be looking for them and destroying them, no?

[vital plinth]

Hey guys ever since I’ve gotten better at the game I feel very low challenge from AI when it comes to navy and air fight what do you recommend I do ? I don’t feel the AI is optimizing mills on planes and better designs or bulildikg mills more at the right time

[fathom thistle]

If you think your navy is ready for anything then yea. But the more important thing is to set repairs to never and manually repair ships if they are low.

[vital plinth]

If I play non historical does it get better ?

[fathom thistle]

Otherwise they will be going to port too much

[fathom thistle]

It can get better or even worse lol. You can always bump up the difficulty to max

If you need a bit more challenge

[errant bear]

so how low are we talking bout?

[errant bear]

there should be mods that helps with that, no?

[fathom thistle]

Ig I usually repair them when they are below 50%. (Not sure what is meta for repairing xD)

Also like if you have 2 capital ships that are both 50% send only one to repair so your taskforce still has a capital ship

[glacial steeple]

the meta is to not retreat out of battles

[fathom thistle]

Always engage it is then

[errant bear]

ohh okay. and what bout the split option?

[fathom thistle]

Ehh. Just do manual repairs if it's too bad

Auto split is tied to repair priority which you want it on never repair so it wouldn't work really

[scenic nacelle]

Bumping up difficulties, playing weaker countries, not doing meta every game, multiplayer games, and AI mods fix this

[fathom thistle]

Using line artillery to nerf yourself 🔥

[errant bear]

ohh okay. so for navy just torpedo dds and refit and have some fighters over mediterranean. one last thing though. someone said they put their fleet only at east mediterranean and slowly moved to west. I put mine on strike force all over mediterranean. this time I'm gonna change it to patrol and always engage. seems better. but where should I put them?

[fathom thistle]

near gibraltar and suez ig. Just bcs those are entries to mediterranean. Once you caputre both of those entries from UK u dont need to worry about being nav invaded. (Ofcourse you want to clear out north africa's french territory and uk holdings in middle east too)

[errant bear]

ALRIGHT! now for ethiopia, is doing the mission "pacify ethiopia" important? cuz getting complience is hard and honestly the bonuses aren't worth it. like at all. the other missions are fine but this one takes a lot of pp and the reward just isn't there really. also when the war starts, I can't really spare troops to protect ethiopia. I have an army to hold the line for france and one to attack the north side of africa and one other to take over albania

[obtuse anchor]

just do the focuses ministry of italian africa and focus new emperor of ethiopia

and form the AOI

[errant bear]

I did them though. still wasn't enough at the end

60% complience is annoying

[obtuse anchor]

did you form AOI

[errant bear]

mm idk what that is tbh

[obtuse anchor]

africa orientale italiana

[errant bear]

I don't think so. you get that from a focuse?

[obtuse anchor]

its a decision

its literally in deciosions

[errant bear]

I haven't. would it help?

[obtuse anchor]

yes

it will complete the pacification mission upon selecting the ddecision

[errant bear]

ohhhh okay thanks

[indigo sapphire]

is it possible to recruit concsript/draft non core manpower
just like IRL in ww2

[scenic nacelle]

Yes

Has always been possible

[fathom thistle]

via focus or advisor

[scenic nacelle]

But it’s down by -95% iirc

[fathom thistle]

also the vanilla garrison law you start with gets you some manpower from occupied

[indigo sapphire]

alr

can i add foreign legions and recruitable divs as Germany and ussr?

[vital plinth]

But difficulty only changed buffs not the AI behavior no ?

[fathom thistle]

only buffs yes

[indigo sapphire]

can someone answer

@fathom thistle

[fathom thistle]

I'm not sure what you are asking for.

[indigo sapphire]

can i add recruitable foreign legions and divs?

as both germany and ussr

[narrow tendon]

Armor advantage org dice: additive or replacement?

I've found conflicting descriptions in the HOI4 wiki regarding how the armor advantage org dice works, and I'd like to clarify the actual game behavior.

Relevant defines:

• LAND_COMBAT_ORG_DICE_SIZE = 4 (base org dice)
• LAND_COMBAT_ORG_ARMOR_ON_SOFT_DICE_SIZE = 6 ("extra damage dice if our armor outclasses enemy")

Version A (Land battle.mw, line 46):

"the organization dice size is increased by LAND_COMBAT_ORG_ARMOR_ON_SOFT_DICE_SIZE"

This implies additive: base 4 + extra 6 = total 10 → 1d10, average 5.5. This was updated by an editor in Dec 2025.

Version B (Land units.mw, line 55):

"change the organization damage dice roll per attack from 1d4 to 1d6" (via template expansion)

This implies replacement: 1d4 → 1d6, average 3.5. Multiple 1.14-era tutorials also describe it this way.

Both pages reference the same defines but interpret ARMOR_ON_SOFT_DICE_SIZE differently. Could someone confirm which behavior the current game code actually implements? Is this value an "additive bonus" (4+6=1d10) or a "replacement die size" (1d6)?

[fathom thistle]

You can send volunteers yes, if that's what you mean

[indigo sapphire]

no

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Waffen-SS_divisions

these

can i add these to a mod

@fathom thistle

[fathom thistle]

thats more of modding question honestly

[indigo sapphire]

oh sorry

[primal silo]

Is there a way to see which governments in exile exist?

[fathom thistle]

yes, next to subjects tab

Cant remember if its on right side or left side

you can also put them back to power if you get their territory

or most of it

[primal silo]

?

[fathom thistle]

try collab

it should be that

[glacial steeple]

collab is for non demo, exile is for demo

[glacial steeple]

sometimes both can mix in the tab

but its rare

[fathom thistle]

oh

[glacial steeple]

its same tab tho

[primal silo]

I want to see the government that exist in general, not the ones I am hosting

I have conquered 100% of the world but there are government in exile modifiers in a bunch of stuff

and I was wondering why

Also apparently someone boosting resistance:

[glacial steeple]

intel stays forever

[vital plinth]

What mod is good to make AI behavior better and more effective/ efficient?

So it’s more competitive

[dusty sandal]

there's basically 2 standalone mods that are worth it
expert AI makes AI suck less but it's still meh
sheep's mod but it's outdated and fiddle with some mechanics as well

[left mica]

Vro really said “ ”

[vital plinth]

Which one do you recommend?

[dusty sandal]

honestly, expert ai is better than nothing and doesn't change game mechanics
however, if you wish to get more difficulty, as I used to before basically only playing MP or achievement runs, you should try overhaul mods that mess with the AI. Oak2, World Ablaze, BICE, Total War and whatnot

[vital plinth]

Ah ok thx what exactly does sheep mod change or is it hard to explain here on text ?

[wet quartz]

for some reason i cant start a game cuz my click is not where it should be, someone know this issue?

[narrow tendon]

Adjusted to borderless fullscreen. If you can't click the app settings button, you can drag the settings GUI window.

[dusty sandal]

appart from the behaviour, you get reduced xp costs, reduced gun costs and new modifiers here and there
some focuses are shortened as well iirc

[urban halo]

guys im playing communist hungary in gotterdammenrung how do i make france get rid of its guarantees to czechoslovakia romania and yugoslavia?

[dusty sandal]

focuses usually make it disapear. In any case you shouldn't be manually justifying

[urban halo]

ok ty

[wet quartz]

i did it

grazuie

[fast silo]

k

[errant chasm]

<@&846894118219022336>

[untold crescent]

Wow guys, it worked, I made 20094873727289298 gazillions.

[errant chasm]

Thanks Mr. Beast /s

[untold crescent]

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

[vital plinth]

Hey what’s the point of using battleships if they only hit other battleships and misses attacks mostly on screens , isn’t it better to just spam light crusiers and screens ?

[errant bear]

hey so I've done the decision and it actually worked. thanks a lot. but can It be so that the puppet country would stop giving me divisions? I want them to defend themselves when the war starts

[obtuse anchor]

Yeah just download the mod "get rid of annoying puppet divisions"

Its otherwise impossible to make them stop

[errant bear]

oh never mind then I wanna win vanilla. but could they at least have some divisions for their own?

[obtuse anchor]

Just disband those divs

They will go right bacj to them

[errant bear]

ohhh okay thanks. would it be enough to defend themselves though? cuz if not then I might as well keep them

[obtuse anchor]

Just dont call them into the war

If you want to give them land, call them in right before the enemy capitulates

[errant bear]

wow so I can just basically have the land while no one attacks it? would I be able to use the land's resources? like for example, If I where to give them north africa, will its oil be mine?

[obtuse anchor]

You can buy it from your puppet for 1 factory (for all oil)

[errant bear]

lol that's broken xd

though I can't expand north africa if I'm to give the land that I have to them so keeping it is probably a better idea

[keen hemlock]

You can take resource rights in a peace deal

You can also take war reparations

[errant bear]

well the war with ethiopia doesn't really give me a peace deal. I puppet it with decision

[keen hemlock]

You have to cap them before they complete boarding the train so they don’t join the Allie’s

[errant bear]

ohhhh so that's what happened in my current run. I was wondering why it gave me a peace deal this time. I didn't know bout any of these so I annexed them. wish I knew

[keen hemlock]

You can just balkanize and get extra factories

[errant bear]

balkanize?

[keen hemlock]

Yes

Just puppet each Individual kingdom there

[errant bear]

mm I don't know how to do that D :

[keen hemlock]

You can in the peace deal

Just go to the puppet section then puppet each kingdom

[errant bear]

ohh okay. a bit late for that though cuz I've already annexed them and puppet them with decision

[keen hemlock]

What decision

Italian east Africa?

[errant bear]

yes I think

[honest bloom]

Building factories takes a lot of time in a minor nation is there a way to make it faster

[last arch]

always build where there's infrastructure

for some minors its worth building infrastructure as well

[honest bloom]

So I start with building infrastructure in the beginning right

[last arch]

probably, what country are you playing

[honest bloom]

Iraq

State modifiers are so shit😭

[vital plinth]

Hey what’s the point of using battleships if they only hit other battleships and misses attacks mostly on screens , isn’t it better to just spam light crusiers and screens ?

[austere roost]

bbs screen carriers

so you need them if you use carriers

[austere roost]

only do that if there's a lot of natural resources or if you plan to build more than 6 civs or 9 mils per infra there barring other modifiers

[atomic gust]

can anyone teach me i don’t know what i’m doing

[iron harness]

i think the meta right now is spamming cruisers

correct me if i'm wrong

[quaint sky]

i dont get the number

180 of what?

irl seconds?

180 days?

[spark cedar]

Can i get like the best defence just plain infantry for USSR defence

against germany

[austere roost]

Yes or you can just build all SPG or TD divisions and push day 1 of barb

[fathom thistle]

10 inf/ signal, support art. Also make planes for air superiority. Should be sufficient.

[sacred patrol]

if austria is dead is anchullus bypassable

[left glacier]

Yes

[quaint sky]

oh thanks!

[left glacier]

It would take that many days to train that division to Trained, but you can always deploy it much earlier if you need to get them into the field

[quaint sky]

i already know about that, but still thanks

[left glacier]

[oblique fjord]

hi, does someone have a suggestion about how to organise division in the game? I’m struggling with it and I would really appreciate some help

[fathom thistle]

As in a specific template?

Or just like overall your army group composition?

[mint kite]

Can I receive lend lease as a landlocked country

or more technically

as Shanxi from the US

[austere roost]

There is also the ghost division exploit that allows you to get armor divisions at regular level (or 97% towards regular) at the cost of only training with 1918 guns

[vital plinth]

Hey I have France Italy and Germany and Dutch navy gathered , I’m wondering should I refit them to become better ships ? If so which ships should I refit ( battleship, crusiers or destroyers)?
Or should I build new ships instead I got 60 dockyards

[fathom thistle]

if you got time refit all

cheaper than building new ones

[granite quest]

hello, im playing greece and i have justified war goals on albania but cannot declare war. why is that?

oh nevermind i have to wait

[hoary glen]

Your fleet is the strongest in the world. Do what you want 😄

[hoary glen]

No

Not if it's overseas

[rain bluff]

Would it be better to go full only 36 width divisions, if you can afford it, and sacrifice your division count, or go 50/50 on 36/18 widths to have more divisions?

[spark cedar]

what should ichange on this template to hold of germany they seem to just shred me right now as USSR

[dusty sandal]

ideally you just want 18w to hold and 36width to attack
36w can do both but they're better at attacking than defending

[dusty sandal]

add support arty and remove the engineers (too costly). Hospital is good but doesn't do enough to justify the cost
also, ensure you have enough on the line to fill the combat width + have reserves everywhere (6 divs per tile everywhere), that they're fully equipped and supplied and that you're producing guns 2 or 3 (guns 0 and 1 have very little stats)

[spark cedar]

ok ty

[spark cedar]

I have forts on rivers and i 2 full commanders like 24x5 x 2

and they still some how break past

even on the river

damn it

they were not on full supply

only on horse

lemme try again

[neat widget]

add another aa

you may be suffering from cas damage

[misty wagon]

what are the best politcal advisiors for germany

[rain bluff]

What would be a good ratio to follow? Like 2:1 for 18w:36w or

[dusty sandal]

as many fillers as you need and only then build attack divs

[dusty sandal]

forts on rivers aren't worth anything

once again ,don't fall for the noobtrap of giving up very good defensive terrain just for "river"
and don't invest into forts when you need mils to get equipment and divs out to man the line

Green is best line, blue is secondary line (has two variants in the south), red is last line
each yellow line is a viable and advised extension of what you want to hold if you can man it, on the red line, the yellow areas are basically mandatory to solidify it
the orange areas are "hotspots" where enemy AI will mass troops at regularly, making it easy to predict enemy force concentration

[spark cedar]

wow ty

[misty wagon]

guys can anyone send me a good inf template as germany

[dusty sandal]

9inf support arty and support aa in singleplayer

[rain bluff]

Would you recommend any rough ratio at all and then maybe i can adjust from there

Or do i fully eyeball it

[misty wagon]

thanks

[misty wagon]

is engineer company useful?

so like this?

[fathom thistle]

waste of ic honestly

for basic inf

[misty wagon]

alright ill remove it

alright but this is only for holding right>?

i kinda also use inf to push

[fathom thistle]

pretty much

[signal fern]

In single player you'll be chill

If you play against expert ai or sheeps mod you'll need it tho

[wise dew]

Is there any way to core krakow and stalisowow as Austria forming Austrian empire?

[fathom thistle]

there is but its a really annoying way

[wise dew]

how

[fathom thistle]

kind of a cheeky method

[fathom thistle]

It will be a longer message bear with me xD

[wise dew]

oh ok mb 😭

[runic jacinth]

Wrong image

[fathom thistle]

Play as poland and go habsburg path, conquer or puppet the required states for Austria-Hungary, then intentionally allow a 100% resistance occupation, let the occupied state form Austria-Hungary, then capitulate and puppet them. Use the Polish focus tree to unite with the Bohemian Crown and that should grant you cores to all of them. Idk if they patched this tho

Yeah a lot of words

[wise dew]

bro what 💀

[fathom thistle]

I told you its cheeky xD

Idk any other way

[vestal needle]

quick question how can i make the two armys have seperate frontlines under the field marshal for the planning bonus?

[tribal flicker]

arent destroyers made to destroy?

[fathom thistle]

just make 2 frontlines and then assign the division you want for other frontline via selecting them and then hold ctrl while clicking on that frontline

[quaint sky]

this might sound dumb but

what are these for

i do know its for bombers but shouldnt that be just small airframe (fighter, cas, naval bomber, etc) and big airframe (bomber, strat bomber, etc)

what can they be turned into

[austere roost]

All warships are for destroying enemy ships

[keen hemlock]

heavy fighters, tac bombers, nav bombers, strat bombers

[austere roost]

meds cannot become nav and strats

meds become heavy fighters, tacs, or scouts

heavies are for strats and naval patrol bombers

[keen hemlock]

you cant put torps on meds?

[austere roost]

not as primary weapon

[keen hemlock]

or you cant catergorize them as navs

ah

what are "naval patrol bombers"

just patrols that can also naval bomb?

[austere roost]

they have zero patrol capabilities despite their name, they're just the heavy airframe variant of naval bombers