ask-for-help-here

[olive oracle]

what is the best template

[austere roost]

I just posted it here

[olive oracle]

but its the tank?

i need division

[austere roost]

Yeah it's a SPG division

[olive oracle]

Ahh Okayy

[vital plinth]

For Iran mountainairs a guide video the guy is adding 3 line arts to the mountain template , note that I have very little army maybe 15 divs and need some mountains for Turkey should I also use line art ?

One of their skill in doctrine gives 20% soft attack to line art for my mountain template ?

[manic python]

Guys help, whatever methods I try I always get this message

My mods are NEVER working I tried making them on my Laptop and PC but not on any of those devices it work, tried full reinstall of game with cleaning everything and installing it back and alot of other methods.

The thing is, it's issue not in my mod they are work I tried by adding them directly to HOI4 core folder but it's alot complicated then making mod directly in its own folder

[manic python]

On the middle of game loading

When I join game and load save

[manic python]

Or select nation and click begin

[glossy gazelle]

How does max planning work

[manic python]

Anyone able to help me with that please? I have this issue for over 2-3 year but I really want to make mods normal way

[keen hemlock]

anti comunist raids

and ban communisim

[sick ginkgo]

what are the best doctrines for navy? i have battlecruisers torpedo dds and carriers

[vital plinth]

What happens when I ban communism it can’t permanently rise up again ?

[half belfry]

what the hell do i even do

[glacial steeple]

none of that

no late war, collabs, use hohei shidan to push only with nishizo as general. use your airforce

dont battleplan lol

dont use light tanks or motorized

[half belfry]

when is late war

[glacial steeple]

dont push with the 12 width bad units

[glacial steeple]

anything after earliest possible is late

[half belfry]

i dont have anything else

[glacial steeple]

thats a lie

you dont need to use every unit to push

[half belfry]

i have no guns

etc

[glacial steeple]

it will only be detrimental

yes its because youre probably constantly recruiting units

and several other things that you cropped out of the screenshot

[half belfry]

nope

[obtuse crescent]

next generation napoleon loss

😭

[half belfry]

im lowk the next napoleon tho ✌️

[glacial steeple]

napoleon the third maybe

[obtuse crescent]

napoleon the cooked

[manic python]

🥀 Nobody even able to help or what

[sick ginkgo]

Carriers with battleships and torpedo dds work very well

[keen hemlock]

@errant chasm i got the benelux then it was much easier

[errant chasm]

I did that on my run, but the Germany army shredded my infantry and the allies were no help

I might try going communist if I ever do this achievement again

[keen hemlock]

set germany to alt hist

and everyone else hist

[left mica]

1937

[errant chasm]

Thanks will try that next time.

[rotund crypt]

How often is it recommended to clear users cache? So the game runs still smoothly to say it thatvway

[half belfry]

how im i losing ts 💔

yeah im quitng ts game

[twin tangle]

who wouldve known that soldiers dont do very well when they're starving to death

💔

pull out that supplieless pocket and do naval invasions to spread them thin

you're also using the shitty starting tanks

and cavalry

and motorized

[primal silo]

Is there a way to see unit stat modified by country spirits / generals traits etc without it being involved in an active fight?

[lunar notch]

tanks dont eat bread ☝️🤓

[twin tangle]

but they need fuel and ammo

otherwise they're useless lumps of metal

[twin tangle]

no i dont think so

[half belfry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1380385663286775858/1380385756643721226/attachment.gif

[twin tangle]

son

https://tenor.com/view/mmm-7tv-twitch-slow-nod-nodding-gif-2320915309059887629

[lunar notch]

shark with legs ahh post

[shy schooner]

If I get Lithuania and Latvia will USSR declare war on Me?

[last arch]

they get wargoals on the country tags, so if your not estonia/latvia/lithuania then they won’t target you in their focuses for those countries

[shy schooner]

I mean like
I play as Germany and conquer Them

[vital plinth]

When does Romania remove guarantee on Greece ?

[last arch]

you’d be fine

[shy schooner]

Okay
Thanks for info

[cold bloom]

German Friendly Government always does that

[kind seal]

how do i get my planes on the carrier?

[cold bloom]

I think the guarantee removal might not even be preconfigured aside from that, it might be happening automatically any time they change faction

[lunar notch]

are these normal planes or carrier planes

[kind seal]

these should be carrier capable

i think

[lunar notch]

see these little icons on the right up corner?

these are carrier variants of these planes

click them to research them

[kind seal]

thanks!

this was driving me insane

[compact goblet]

is this tank division fine?(i have 4 of these)

[frail sigil]

does ANYONE know how the focus "dominate japan" works in ncns
ive done about 70 test runs of manchukuo with cheats to run it over and over and every time yielded a bust, so the claim that its a flat 10% is bullshit

[warped river]

yo

very important question

Do i need to have garrison divisions out in the field or do i just need the template to exist

for suppressing

because i remember i sapwned like 16 garrison divisions i made with high suppresion for no reason and idk if it works like that

like does the template just need to exist and you assign it or do you need the units created

[frail sigil]

they dont need to be units

the game uses a separate feature for garrisons and draws a piece of your manpower and equipment AS IF your garrisons were on the field

so like if you set your garrison to a division with light tanks and decide to occupy a state that isnt your core, the game will automatically drain light tanks and manpower from you to supress the resistance

the garrison units dont actually have to be on the field

[warped river]

ah yes that is what i thought

but i wasnt sure of it until now

thanks

[keen hemlock]

if you want to know id check the files

[knotty coral]

I have "No Step Back" but for whatever reason I'm not getting the updated tank design menu

[austere roost]

Did you enable it

[knotty coral]

Should be enabled? the launcher doesnt say anything about enabling or disabling them

[iron veldt]

did you find it

[compact prism]

Hi everyone, it’s been forever since my friends and I played.
If we can land and take a port on the British isles. Do we still need Naval to assist with landings? Or can we just “ferry” units to the frontline for free.

[wet crater]

You can just ferry dudes at that point

Just be cautious of supply

[dense flume]

I need help understanding how core-ing works is that just annexing territory?

[iron veldt]

no

[thin nebula]

You dont core stuff by taking it but if you have a claim it can be a core or just a claim

[iron veldt]

you can get cores from like decisions & stuff

or their already there when the game starts

[thin nebula]

Like all chinese factions iirc have cores on all other china states but can also core morr states with decisions

[crystal plaza]

hat is a good heavy tank division template for usa?

[austere roost]

If you're in sp you don't need heavies

[knotty coral]

I see the DLC's on the launcher and their icons in the in game menu, but the two I have, No Step Back and La Resistance, aren't working

[iron veldt]

do you have them enabled

[knotty coral]

Maybe? I don't personally see any enable/disable toggle but I might just be looking in the wrong place

[iron veldt]

one second

load up the launcher

[knotty coral]

got it

[iron veldt]

go to DLC on the left side

[knotty coral]

Alright, I see my DLC, just no buttons or anything

[iron veldt]

what playset are you using

[knotty coral]

just the "initial playset"

[iron veldt]

click on the head to the right

then specify dlcs in the top right

[knotty coral]

Thank you, I found it!

[iron veldt]

no problemo

[knotty coral]

I toggled on my DLC's now, its a little confusing haha

[iron veldt]

im not sure why it had them off

but you can also just do no mods playset

[knotty coral]

yeah i saw that as an option, and I dont remember messing with that part before, judging by how I didnt even know that existed lol, so no clue why my dlc was off either

[thin nebula]

Infantry and pershings

[dense flume]

Some decisions are unlocked by focus tree?

[neat widget]

i mean did you research them?

uh...

[iron veldt]

what decisions

[dense flume]

Idk I think territory claims

[iron veldt]

cores ?

[left mica]

No bba

Damn

[dense flume]

Is that how cores get unlocked, focus?

[iron veldt]

it depends

sometimes yes

if you click on a province you can also see if you have a core there

& when you do a formable nation most times you get the cores

[compact prism]

Not sure you’re feelings on mods, but there’s a mod that allows you to core when you have 60-80% integration at the cost of Political Power

Helps when you play as smaller nations for more manpower

[dense flume]

I prefer vanilla since I am trying to learn the game overall

[errant chasm]

That worked and I got the achivement, thanks.

[keen hemlock]

No problemo

[spare cradle]

is communist brazil supposed to be able to demand land be released from countries they are at war with?

[spare cradle]

like i was demanding land from argentina WHO I WAS AT WAR WITH, and they accepted... and capitulated immediately after

[thin nebula]

I guess dunno why you would tho

[spare cradle]

^^

[noble frost]

Do heavy fighters grind the fighter sub doc (ncns) ?

Or is it just medium aircraft

[austere roost]

No

You can check it for yourself in the subdoctrine screen

[spring shore]

ik it says DIVISION but does it also apply to battalions?

[supple pendant]

Does anyone know why u can't declare war in china as one of the warlords because ur says "is considered a major country"

[half glade]

does anybody know what template HollowBeing uses

[dense stone]

If I play as nation that starts with no airforce and no navy, and if I want to capitulate UK, do I go for paratroopers or marines?(I have arms against tyranny dlc, so I can get their doctrines)

[versed rose]

wording is misleading and archaic, holdover from ancient versions of hoi4

The buffs are applied based on the composition of the division, there is an icon next to the hardness bar that tells you the division's composition (i.e a 36w with 9 tanks and 9 mech is 50% tank, and gets 50% of the bonuses rommel gives)

[spring shore]

so onto anything with over 50% hardness?

[versed rose]

no

[spring shore]

okok, i didnt read correctly

thanks

[mystic gyro]

So it seems once again my game is crashing

While it loads the main menu fine i cant play the second i select a country a crash happens

[half glade]

does anybody have any easy units to use

i dont care if its braindead

i just want some easy units that win easily

i suck

[dense stone]

if singleplayer then use SPGs, if you can afford of course

[fleet lichen]

if you want to be lazy, just spam 18w

[half glade]

they dont actually win though

theyre good for holding

but they cant push

[half glade]

i always play sp, what if im a minor that cant afford spg

[fleet lichen]

if your a minor, then 18w is all you can afford lol

[half glade]

i guess but theyre so bad at attacking

like horrifically bad

[fleet lichen]

not really

with large unit tactics and that other doctrine, its pretty good

[half glade]

oh maybe the doctrines are the problem then

what supports

[fleet lichen]

like in the divsion template?

[half glade]

yeah

[fleet lichen]

i usually go engineer, artillery, anti air and field hospitals

maybe anti tank, but it depends who you fighting

field hospitals mainly because minor powers usually have low populations, so its important to get back manpower

[twin tangle]

way too expensive

for 18w

especially a minor

[twin tangle]

it doesnt matter you'll still get tons of losses if you attack with 18ws

just get spec ops or 36ws instead

idk if 35.2w still exists

[fleet lichen]

im assuming a low population

[twin tangle]

yeah u dont want losses as a low population

[twin kayak]

is there a command to up compliance in every state ? I know that there is [stats] compliance [amount], but I'd like to set all my states to 100 in 1 command

[mystic gyro]

Not to my knowledge

[cold bloom]

You could try an eval_effect or just use my Toolpack

[mystic gyro]

Bro shilling his tool pack

[cold bloom]

😎

[mystic gyro]

Reminds me of lmao box users on tf2

[twin kayak]

I know how to turn on and off my pc and nothing more. What you just said sounds like chinese to me xD

[cold bloom]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2913150560

[half belfry]

im thinking aboult to buy some dlc, does dlcs make war easier becuse ive seen that you can make a template for tanks for exempel

[spiral delta]

good heavy tank design?

[barren sequoia]

im trying to deploy tanks and its not working

in the logistics tab it says the tanks im making are going to reinforcement

[twin kayak]

reinforcment means the ones you have in the field

as far as I know

Look at your garrison template to see if you use tanks there

could be another reason

Will this be enough to beat liberia ?

[left mica]

No

[unreal pulsar]

Can someone explain the Italy balance of power I'm trying to get the pope in [power

I'm so close but I don't have any other pp decisions to shift the balance of power what do I do now

[left mica]

3 man heavy turret, heavy howitzer (1942 arty tech); replace that turbocharger with easy maintenance and wet stowage with another secondary cannon; use riveted armour; max armour ticks and keep speed at 6kph maximum so your reliability won't dip too low; use okmo (most op tank mio stat-wise), and assign mystichiy to the production line, not the tank

dont worry about speed if ur gonna blast everything anyway

[half glade]

coughing baby vs hydrogen bomb

[lunar notch]

https://tenor.com/view/im-in-dange-the-simpsons-ralph-wiggum-meme-gif-17180214

[half glade]

https://tenor.com/view/flight-reacts-flight-yikes-flight-meme-gif-12822158462297009384

[mystic gyro]

Desk slam

[twin kayak]

I know … I’ve beed upgrading my army for 20 years, but liberia is still way stronger …

[mystic gyro]

CAN YOU NOT LEAK MEMORY

For 5 seconds

Hoi4

Please

God

[half glade]

just annihilate them

[twin kayak]

What do you mean, they have got 4 mighty division against my 1000 😭

[half glade]

oh wow

better get some nuclear weapons

[vital plinth]

What infantry doctrine should I pick ? I play as Iran so mostly using infantry little tanks

Assault infantry best ?

[fathom thistle]

For pure soft attack yes

[digital gyro]

hey i have all austria jhungary territories annexed but i dont have the achievement to reform it as hungary

i have focuses completed

and have palestine

[barren sequoia]

help

i cant deploy any new tanks because of this

i only have like 3 tank divisions rn idk why it needs this much

i fixed the chromium issue but i still have this

[fair hare]

well u need more mech and tanks

there isnt anything wrong w that

[barren sequoia]

it stays at 197/450

nvm its starting to go up a bit more but i genuinely cant develop a good template + army until 1941-42

bcuz of this and army experience

[fair hare]

army xp is rly rly bad

[red mesa]

the xp is easy to get as germany though, just send volunteers to spain, do the condor focus and send an attache

[austere roost]

What did you do to require chromium?

[barren sequoia]

trade

[fair hare]

no why does the tank need chromium?

send design

[mystic gyro]

Ok my game keeps crasbing about halfway through launching

[fair hare]

mods, bad bad gamefile

[mystic gyro]

I... i dont know whats causing it

[mystic gyro]

I reinstalled twice

[fair hare]

idk

[mystic gyro]

Verified game files

[fair hare]

go into tech support

[mystic gyro]

And disabled all my mods

[barren sequoia]

chromium isnt my problem rn

[fair hare]

bad armor

bad design overall

[barren sequoia]

my problem is thats its taking 500 years to actually starting deploying them

[mystic gyro]

Btw future ref

[iron veldt]

who are you playing as

[barren sequoia]

germany

[red mesa]

because they're using welded armor which is driving up the cost per tank and the resource cost

[mystic gyro]

Doesnt on single player space marines get out paced eventually by the ai including at?

[fair hare]

this one

[red mesa]

that and the piercing from inf equipment improves

[last arch]

depends on what your using to armor meme

[barren sequoia]

i changed it and my problem is still there

[last arch]

your tanks are gonna take a while to fill out your divisions, they’re not meant to be cheap

[red mesa]

how many tank divs are you trying to make?

[last arch]

but what he’s talking about is making your tanks actually good

[red mesa]

???

[barren sequoia]

i feel like im doing something wrong if ive been trying for 3 years with no luck

[last arch]

trying what for 3 years

[barren sequoia]

deplyoing tanks

[red mesa]

why are you doing 6 divs on two separate lines?

[last arch]

you can deploy them right now

they’re missing tanks and won’t be full strength

but they can be deployed

[barren sequoia]

oh yeah i forgot abt that

ty

[fair hare]

if u want good tanks use these

rly rly good against ai

[barren sequoia]

do u have anything for early game

[last arch]

just check your logistics tab often to see what equipment your missing and adjust production early game

[last arch]

you can start production on those by 1938 and get 7-12 divs out by war

probably more if you go enough into it

[half glade]

anybody got a line arty div for offensive infantry?

[austere roost]

Just use earlier tech for weapons and remove the breakthrough modules in sp

[barren sequoia]

any tips on getting army experience

thats also a problem for me

[last arch]

send volunteers to spain and japan

[red mesa]

#ask-for-help-here message

[last arch]

and assign an army chief of staff

[barren sequoia]

alright thank you gusy

guys

[fair hare]

yes these are good early game

[fair hare]

alr posted em

[austere roost]

Oh thanks 😂

[half glade]

line arty divs?

need div designs

[fair hare]

nw

[half glade]

what if its in the name of hungary

[fair hare]

16w

[last arch]

the best line arty div has no line arty in it

[austere roost]

Remove your line art to improve your inf divisions

[half glade]

yeah well i suck and just want something to do damage

because i cant do tanks to save my life

[fair hare]

tank

[last arch]

CAS

[austere roost]

You suck cuz you put line art in your divisions

[half glade]

https://tenor.com/view/how-you-felt-hero-tough-tough-guy-how-you-felt-after-saying-that-gif-12464623776561746518

[jade tulip]

whenever I attack italy, I always end up with this choke point and I always just parachute here, is there an easier method? I this time didnt research paratroopers yet

[half glade]

ive never used line art

[half glade]

trying to make those

but bulgaria sucks

[last arch]

yeah you shouldn’t as bulgaria

[last arch]

just make these

[half glade]

and no tanks so

[red mesa]

fewer divs. Use like 6 marines divs rather than 24 inf. They do better on crossings

[half glade]

brother

i cant make tanks

because i suck at industtry

and ill end up with 1 tank div in 1978

[last arch]

i have an idea

have you considered investing more production resources into the military sector?

[half glade]

https://tenor.com/view/throw-out-rage-parks-and-rec-nick-offerman-ron-swanson-gif-17688925

[fair hare]

what nation

[half glade]

bulgaria

[last arch]

bulgaria

[fair hare]

special forces can be rly good

[half glade]

YEAH

[fair hare]

bulgaria

[half glade]

BUT I GET A SINGLE ONE

BECAUSE OF THE CAP

SPECIAL FORCES CAP IS STUPUD

AND I HATE IT

TOP 10 WORST THINGS INVENTED

[fair hare]

js spam ghost divs

[last arch]

there’s an army school of thought thingy

also that

you can queue up a ton of 2 widths, make a second big template, turn off equipment on big template and convert everything to it

[half glade]

thats uhh

[last arch]

convert some of those to your sf and delete them after

[half glade]

a bit cheesy

[fair hare]

does not matter

[last arch]

for sure

[fair hare]

its single player

[last arch]

but your playing a small nation

[fair hare]

if u wanna do special forces u have to

[last arch]

and that’s the only way your gonna get a decent amount of sf

[half glade]

well

if i have an alternative

i wont do sf

god this game makes me so angry

[fair hare]

mech spam can also be fun

js 5k defense

[half glade]

HOW THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT ME TO MAKE MECH

[fair hare]

???

[half glade]

you overestimate my ability lol

[fair hare]

wdym

[half glade]

i suck

its 1939

[fair hare]

u research mech and u put it into production

[half glade]

i still have the starting 12 bulgaria units

i cannot

for the life of me

make good units

i literally get laughed at by the ai

[fair hare]

then spam 16w inf

[half glade]

THEY DONT DO ANYTHING

THEY SUCK

THEY CANNOT ATTACK

94 whole soft attack

are they shooting marshmellows??

[red mesa]

hence why supp arty and gun tech is so important

[half glade]

brother

i have that

there you go 114 with artillery

wow

thats awful

[red mesa]

I mean what do you expect, bulgaria is a minor that starts out very weak, this is the same issue you had with austria

[half glade]

because i SUCK

I CANT EVEN BEAT ITALY AS GERMANY

300 HOURS

AND I CANT DO IT

[red mesa]

keep telling yourself that...

[austere roost]

Have you tried following bittersteel's Germany guide

[half glade]

ive followed so many of marchevialls guides

[austere roost]

It's designed for newbies

[half glade]

but i just cant do it when i wanna play alone

and theres no point playing if i follow a guide every time

[austere roost]

Well then I guess there's no point in helping right

At some point you just have to realize you have to follow advice

[half glade]

but what advice do i follow

telling me to make tanks isnt helpful

sure

theyre good

but how do i actually get lots of divisions

i just cant

[neat widget]

Do 10/0 mountaineers

[half glade]

10/0?

i managed to beat greece

[neat widget]

With support AA, Ranger recon, and arty as support companies

[half glade]

ill try ti

[neat widget]

Quickly take Yugoslavia

[half glade]

okay i can give it a go

[neat widget]

You can core all of those territories

[half glade]

ill probably die

im doing the op bulgaria path

[neat widget]

Which one is that? Most Bulgaria paths are somewhat OP late gamr

[half glade]

the guardians of the balkans

[neat widget]

Ferdinand branch?

[lunar notch]

which division works better in jungles of south ameirca and southeast asia? marines or rangers

maybe even mountaineers

[half glade]

regency

[strong rampart]

Does my puppet get auto invited to war if someone declares on me?

[vital geode]

No

Unless kaiserreich

[strong rampart]

oh so its good to release some to decrease borders?

[vital geode]

Then the enemy country will declare war on your puppet

[half glade]

aaaand im losing

this game

[vital geode]

You can

Don't do it during war

Otherwise the puppet is also at war

[strong rampart]

yes while thjey are justifying

[vital geode]

If you release a puppet on the tile they are justifying for, you cancel their war justification

If Soviets are justifying on polish Belarus, release Belarus and cancel the justification

[neat widget]

In either case I think you can do the Third Bulgarian Empire focus that allows you to core the Balkans state by state

[neat widget]

No

But your enemy can just declare if they want

[strong rampart]

ANd is it worth to upgrade stats on stuff in Production tab? like reliability or soft attack stuff ( small arms, at weapons, mortars on inf equip and stuff like that)

i know mechanizted has prodution lower cost and that is very good

[half glade]

whats 10/0

[neat widget]

10 mountaineers 0 artillery

[wind canyon]

if you have the indsutry to afford it

yeah

but i usally do that in the late game

cz upgrading euipment like that adds extra ic

to producing it

[neat widget]

If it doesn't increase production cost then yeah (e.g. Armored car speed)

[vital geode]

For planes, every bit of stats counts mostly

Just dont make the production cost absurd

[neat widget]

For aircraft and screens you have to crunch math

[vital geode]

I.e., dont do double engines on a light airframe

[neat widget]

And do testing on your own time with equal ic of planes or ships

[vital geode]

I see if my math is good if the air war is won or not

[neat widget]

I will give you guys a hint btw

[vital geode]

I have concluded that flying boats make awful dogfighters

Because I almost lost the air war

[neat widget]

Best 1936 fighter uses engine 3, and best 1940 fighter uses engine 4

[vital geode]

Best 1936 is double cannons with hmg turret and self sealing, right?

[austere roost]

i mean just max out atk over defense over agility given you can cover the air field

[neat widget]

Double MG, with self sealing and range module (drop tanks)

[vital geode]

Huh

The more you know

[neat widget]

I think

[vital geode]

I've honestly found range overrated

I will make another air base for more coverage

[neat widget]

If someone manages to suggest a better plane then yeah, please do

[vital geode]

And I will put another set of armor plates

[last arch]

when you need to put 12k planes in one air zone range is useful

[neat widget]

BTW the range on low tech planes is so low you do need the range modules tbh

[strong rampart]

and is this good SPG deisng? im using it with 1 TD(might increase to 2) in MP against 2 of my friends, they dont have that much tanks yet I think

[neat widget]

Also true

[austere roost]

no

and in mp you make tds

[last arch]

that’s why the meta use to use range designer on countries that have it

so you can put 2 armor plates

[austere roost]

wait it is td

[strong rampart]

oh mb ive meant to sent SPG

[neat widget]

Actually this is fine

[vital geode]

It should be fine as an armor meme tank, but not your main tank

[austere roost]

still bad though with all the armor modules

[lunar notch]

rate my ship twins 😭

[strong rampart]

this is SPG

[austere roost]

armor meme is bad

his td design tells you why it's bad

[vital geode]

I doubt his friends are expert meta sweats

[neat widget]

Don't need heavy turret unless you want to go heavy howitzer

Medium 3 man turret actually gives more break

[half glade]

okay im back

and ready to go new mindset

[vital geode]

Hi back, we're chat

[half glade]

what units should i make as bulgaria

[neat widget]

Also probably make it double small cannon

[strong rampart]

i had that but im close to researchign heavy howi

[vital geode]

Mech

[left glacier]

[vital geode]

From what I remember

[half glade]

what do those units look like

[neat widget]

Also what is the divisional template

[austere roost]

96 atk for 33 cost 😭 that's worse than 1918 guns

[vital geode]

Uhh, I've successfully used 18 width mech

[half glade]

do you have a screenshot

idk what im making

[vital geode]

So treat it as an inf division with some armor

[neat widget]

???????

[strong rampart]

what about the armor, doesnt that matter?

[vital geode]

It is 9 mech

Not motorized

[neat widget]

We are talking about tanks here

[vital geode]

Mechanized

[half glade]

okay what about early game

[neat widget]

Tanks also give breakthrough and piercing

And armor

[vital geode]

You do your focus tree to remove debuffs

[austere roost]

people who think armor matters do not know what armor does

[half glade]

no troops

early game

[austere roost]

with that td 1 armor and 180 armor are the same

[neat widget]

9 mech 9 tanks 2 truck aa

[vital geode]

Can't really make any

Since debuffs

People fighting over stats when I use mobile infantry as Germany because it feels like the right thing to do

But hey, i get my foot soldiers to walk at 5 km/h

[left glacier]

You mean 8 mech and 8 tanks? That already fills up 4 regiments

[neat widget]

This is probably an MP game that uses space marines I think

[strong rampart]

so should i just not use armor at all or? I mean im gonna be fighting against infantry mostly, they do have some armor divs but they will use it for pushing I would think

[neat widget]

You complete doctrines, no?

[vital geode]

He said his mp game was against 2 friends

[austere roost]

no i mean armor stat

[left glacier]

Oh wait nvm

[austere roost]

go on wiki to check what it does

[strong rampart]

no they have forbidden me from spac emarines 🙁

[vital geode]

We love taking potentially half damage

[neat widget]

True, but do you know their friends

[strong rampart]

thats why I went this sluggish heavy armor divs

[half glade]

take like 3 months to remove

[neat widget]

Oh

[austere roost]

as long as you have one td battalion space marines become jokes

[left glacier]

I wasn’t exactly thinking about the extra brigade size

[austere roost]

or like even a support at does the trick

[neat widget]

YeH

[strong rampart]

they are better than me but not the best, they are cztechoslovakia and democratic germany, circled in green, im ussr

[vital geode]

You know what is absolutely peak?

[strong rampart]

year is 1941 october and hopefully they wont declare sooner than 1942 may (i still need to fill infantry equp deficit)

[vital geode]

Putting 0 combat width stugs in my divisions for larp

And maybe for stats as well

[neat widget]

That reminds me, I don't like the fact Paradox made integrate Czech designers exclusive to historical

Makes all the other paths feel weak

[vital geode]

Are the MIOs just that good

[neat widget]

But no matter, because Germany without Czech designers is still incredibly powerful

[neat widget]

Yeah

[vital geode]

Even if you get them with 0 size in 38

Or is it not 0 size

[red mesa]

[austere roost]

so my heavy spg is 151 attack for 20 cost

[vital geode]

But have you made a 19 km/h spg

[neat widget]

I still say probably go for light cannon turrets

So increase cost by like 4

[austere roost]

you need at least med superstructure for heavy howitzers

[neat widget]

And also add radio since this is not green air soviets

[neat widget]

No, instead of hmg turret go for small cannon turret I mean

We don't know what build Germany is going

[strong rampart]

Oh! that looks good, what gun is that

so I just should ditch the armor even if im fighting mostly infantry?

[austere roost]

honestly as heavy tanks you should just do this

and this is with soft attack upgrade okmo

[neat widget]

Yeah

Although again, with radio

[errant chasm]

No radio?

[austere roost]

i'm pretty sure against his no space marine friends he can get green air

just use 20 factories on 1940 lights

[neat widget]

Germany and Czechoslovakia could be doing mountaineers too btw

[strong rampart]

for recon armor?

[austere roost]

light airframes

use the design in pins

1 factory on the cheapest light tank is enough for light tank recon for ussr

ofc you should do 8 on them in the beginning to rush the 50 armor division faction quest

[strong rampart]

oh im using like 55 on light fighters and then 11 to convert them to fighters with sealed fuel tanks

but I kinda used erxpensive light tank design...so i dont even have them stocked

[primal silo]

tbh for CAS you can start producing with '36 frames/engines, sometimes not even worth switching

[strong rampart]

oh interesting

[neat widget]

Soviets might not be able to research 1940 planes + two lines of artillery in time

[strong rampart]

I waited to 1940 to do 2 air focuses to unlock my MIO for cas (playin on R56) and then started doing CAS, i dont even have 1k rn but that will ramp up, fighters are more important at start of the war I think

[austere roost]

you can with the air research buff from faction missions

[neat widget]

Wait which buff is that because I forgot

[austere roost]

also ussr has the artillery research focus which allows you to get 43 artillery by end of 1940

[austere roost]

1000 fighters

[strong rampart]

their germany is doing air and some marines ( that scares me) and CZE probably armor but I got limited intel on them

[primal silo]

Depends, if enemy uses air superiority, your CAS should not get shot down in singificant numbers as long as you also have fighters up, so you can just use a ton of cheap-ass ones you produced early

[austere roost]

you want cas to be cheap because aa doesn't care about your stats

[neat widget]

So make 1000 fighter 1s and then go unlock fighter 2s?

[primal silo]

Starting even just 5 factories in '37 does wonders with production efficiency

[austere roost]

yeah ussr starts with around 600 fighters so all you need is 400 more

[neat widget]

Planes do care about your air defense though, so you may want to consider that

[austere roost]

i mean for cas you just put 3 extra fuels cuz you're not using cas in red air

[primal silo]

AA still cares about air defence IIRC (but I agree cheap is still good)

[austere roost]

unless you're using multi-role fighters

[strong rampart]

should i be controlling when to use CAS manually if im producing it cheap so it doesnt get used on red air or can i jsut set and forget it? ( to follow army)

[austere roost]

no it doesn't, the formulas are in wiki

[austere roost]

You just check your air every week or so in game which isn't hard to do

[primal silo]

ah, yes the incredibly useful wiki

[neat widget]

You could use it in yellow air

[austere roost]

Oh yeah they still haven't upgraded their latex engine?

[strong rampart]

for me the whole ussr is overwhelming ( but fun) so it might be alot but ill try

[neat widget]

I any case, it's not 3 fuels

It's one fuel and non strategic

[neat widget]

Why does it do that

[strong rampart]

is the non strategic rly good on cas?

[neat widget]

If you don't care about air defensr

[austere roost]

Cuz the wiki's latex engine can't handle all the requests

[austere roost]

Yes cuz air defense is a nothing burger for cas as long as you control the air

[primal silo]

I like it on '36 CAS for sure, on '40 I use it if I'm short on aluminium or if I am sure to have air control

[primal silo]

small indie company...

[neat widget]

Controlling the air is not something you can expect in Soviet MP

[austere roost]

Yeah but he's not playing competitive mp

In real mp you ignore air as soviets

[strong rampart]

we will start war arouind maysbe 1942 may so I expect to have decent air, already removed some debuffs

[austere roost]

I'm sure 20 factories on the 1940 template planes is enough to control the air

The debuffs don't matter tbh

[strong rampart]

enemies have 68 on air rn, i have 78

[austere roost]

Like sure they help but the debuffs don't hurt you that much

[austere roost]

Do they know the designs in pin?

[strong rampart]

they are better than me and I use this one

[half glade]

how do i actually get rid of this

the british refused my restrictions

so im just like stuck

[austere roost]

Well then you'll need to invest a lot in air then cuz range mio is better than light mio

[strong rampart]

shvetrsov one? oh

oh I see wtf awhy are the numbers double

i didnt consider even opening range one for..well, lights .. but oh wow

[austere roost]

ussr doesn't have range mio

[strong rampart]

maybe its r56 thing sry

its from focus, the same for CAS which I can apply later, ive never played much vanilla so I didnt know its diferent

[primal silo]

Honestly not a huge fan of armor plates on the pinned fighter

[uncut narwhal]

its meta tho

[primal silo]

Using turrets instead is +1 cost -2 def +1.5 air attack +10% range
Worth it for the range imho

[neat widget]

Range MIO 🔥

[neat widget]

-3.5% range

[errant chasm]

Wouldn't light machine guns be better for the last slot?

[primal silo]

-3.5% speed, not range
and speed is largely irrelevant after it was nerfed years ago

[crystal plaza]

how to keep heavy tanks supplied? they always are undersupplied for me

[neat widget]

My bad, but speed is definitely relevant in combat I think

[neat widget]

Do you have supply companies?

[crystal plaza]

logistics yeah

[neat widget]

You can also motorize supply plus use the army spirit that lowers supply consumption

[primal silo]

used to be really good but was nerfed pretty hard, now it's a "much worse agility" iirc

[primal silo]

also helicopter brigades if you have them researched

[tight tangle]

how do I cram in more soldiers into my template

[neat widget]

Logistics now increases hp so...

[neat widget]

By decreasing combat width

[tight tangle]

this is not enough

[errant chasm]

Mechanized

[tight tangle]

Im playing China

such privilege does not exist to me

[errant chasm]

Shit I forgot just spam multiple infantry

[neat widget]

= 40 width

[primal silo]

those are not mutually exclusive, also heli brigade has XP loss reduction (and a bunch of other stuff)

[tight tangle]

I got 50 width

this is what I got, im afriad

[crystal plaza]

what should a good heavy tank division even look like? i only have the base game with no dlcs

[primal silo]

Ok, that changes things a lot 😛

[strong rampart]

is for deff better more 20w infs or less 35ws?

[wind canyon]

it depends on the terian your fighting in and what you intend the divsion to do

[wind canyon]

use medium tanks generaly they are much better since they don't have horid terian debuffs

[crystal plaza]

is using mediums a viable option for usa?

[wind canyon]

imo yeah espeicaly after d-day they shred

[lunar notch]

can i have some templates for special forces? i need some troops who are capable of fighting in jungles and forests

[crystal plaza]

cuz whenever i try and use tanks i feel like they kind of just suck, i can never get good breakthroughs or anything

[wind canyon]

do you stack them with mechinized?

cause a division with just tanks

is not going to work

[crystal plaza]

motorized

[primal silo]

Some time ago combat width was critical, nowdays anything from 12 to ~36 is viable, some might be a little better than other but it's by a fraction

[neat widget]

Stack the with mech instead

[wind canyon]

mechinized is what you want

[crystal plaza]

but i try to move up to mech slowly

[wind canyon]

mech is what makes your tank divsions extra punchy and have enough org to stay in combat

[wind canyon]

if your gonna use motorized make a motorized template as a budget offensive unit

[primal silo]

mech does not give you any more org than inf or motorized (doctrines aside), but gives hardness breakthrough and speed (at the expense of a lot of IC)

[crystal plaza]

this was a weird game

[wind canyon]

worth it tho

[wind canyon]

hang on i thought mech was slower then motiized?

[primal silo]

Depends if you can afford it, I'd rather have 6 tanks units with motorized than 2 with mechanized

[primal silo]

depends on the year

[wind canyon]

fair

[wind canyon]

looks like the soviets got there first?

and france didn't cap? shocker

[primal silo]

Also mechanized 1 is a '40 research, without some research bonuses it's hard to have it early

[crystal plaza]

yeah i failed to do a good d day

[wind canyon]

yah but he was refering to playing us so should be able to get some mechinized out before joining

[wind canyon]

oof

what the marine template looking like

[crystal plaza]

a lot of my marines just died when i tried to help in africa, this is what they look like tho (i got it off a guide)

[wind canyon]

id add some assualt enginiers

and make sure they are properly trained to level 3

make sure there are plenty of cas and do some naval bombardment too

[crystal plaza]

how do you get those, a lot of stuff people say to add i dont even know how to get

[wind canyon]

land resarch facility

build one and get a scientist on it

its the same thing france and germany get at the start of the game

it should be the only avaible thing u can make since you said you have base game

[crystal plaza]

this?

[neat widget]

Add flame tanks if you can

[wind canyon]

that alerts you that you have a decision on one of the resarch facilities

[trim blaze]

should I still use war econ even though I'm at peacetime?

[wind canyon]

i dont think he has ntsb

[wind canyon]

id say yeah esppecially if you have the coal

even then trading isn't so bad

[crystal plaza]

i dont have any dlcs i think

[wind canyon]

yeah so dw about flame tanks

thats a dlc thing

[crystal plaza]

are the dlcs worth it

[wind canyon]

yeah but id wait till a sale

they are kinda pricy

[crystal plaza]

i enjoy the game so far but i kinda just suck at everything

[wind canyon]

it takes time man you will learn eventually

you will be great at the game some day im sure of it

[jade tulip]

why my fleet doesnt change Its home dockyard?

I wait like a month and literally they still didnt move

[lunar notch]

select task forces and order them yourself

[jade tulip]

still didnt work

[sick ginkgo]

Does pressing ctrl and rmb work?

[jade tulip]

well game shows me that the home base was changed, but fleet stays still

I tried making the ships patrol the area to maybe force them to move, but it didnt change anything

[sick ginkgo]

Well idk

Maybe order them to move to the port then to patrol

I genuinely don’t know

[jade tulip]

it worked now lol

[left glacier]

Hmm, you should be able to move through since you own the straight there

[sick ginkgo]

Yo

Are carriers worth it?

[primal silo]

yes if you have the time to build them and research air as well

[half glade]

whats an easy but fun path

[primal silo]

I like white Finland, very easy to unite the nordocs and then you prepare for war against the soviet

[sick ginkgo]

I build carriers heavy cruisers (yk ones with heavy battery not cls) and torpedo dds

[edgy pendant]

I almost never use tanks as them tbh

[primal silo]

I do either torpedo DD spam, or same as you

[half glade]

is it easy?

[sick ginkgo]

I don’t like just spam bc some of them drown

[primal silo]

you can annex all the nordics peacefully (if RNG is favourable in '37 already, otherwise late '38 /early '39) and core them

[half glade]

oh awesome

can i do it non hist?

[primal silo]

depends on what the other countries do, buth much higher chance of it not working

[sick ginkgo]

Btw do your torpedo DDs drown? I think I might be doing something wrong when I see them drown

[half glade]

anybody experienced able to play a game with me later? us vs AI?

hoping it could help me learn more

[neat widget]

Ping me in like 5 hours

[half glade]

that’s a long time lmao, anytime before? got work at 5:30am

[neat widget]

That's when I get off work funnily enough

[neat widget]

Oof rough

[half glade]

ah damn

well if you’re free before then

i’d be glad to play a game because i’m really struggling by myself lmao

[sick ginkgo]

uh id have helped if i was skilled

i myself struggle with a lot of stuff

[neat widget]

I can help tomorrow

[half glade]

lmao me in a nutshell

[half glade]

might be able too this time tomorrow?

[neat widget]

Just ping me

[errant chasm]

What did you need help with?

I might be able to help once after I go out for a walk

[half glade]

i just suck in general

like i know what i gotta do

i’m just bad at it

[errant chasm]

What nation are you playing.

[half glade]

i have 300 hours

[half glade]

i play loads

[errant chasm]

Oh thats a few

[half glade]

yeah i just suck still

[errant chasm]

Im still on the road to improvement

[half glade]

i mean i can barely win as germany

[errant chasm]

But I can join to play mp as a co-op with you. As I did that before with someone else.

[errant chasm]

Btw what timezone are you in?

[half glade]

BST

[half glade]

awesome thanks

i just wanna win

it’s my only wish

[errant chasm]

British summer time?

[half glade]

yeah

[fair hare]

vistula meta?

[errant chasm]

Oh hello Hungarian patriot. You are also in Empex's server right. I joined because of Sheep's video lmao

[half glade]

what is the single player meta

[errant chasm]

Big infantry and fighters and cas

[fair hare]

not sure

[half glade]

big infantry?

[errant chasm]

Yeah

[half glade]

whats that

[fair hare]

is "virgin island" empexs?

[half glade]

36w?

[errant chasm]

Yes

[errant chasm]

Yes

[half glade]

oh damn

what about offensive units

[fair hare]

do u play any hist mp games btw?

[half glade]

or are they

[pliant condor]

meta is making factory and making guns

yk

[errant chasm]

Sometimes every once in a while

[half glade]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-meme-trying-not-to-laugh-laugh-homeless-gif-9458928528704746136

[fair hare]

hell yeah

[errant chasm]

Mountaineers and big infantry

Along with tank divs

[half glade]

ahh mountaineers

i guess i can try that

im gonna play european president (netherlands) non hist

[edgy pendant]

Hist mp games are mostly dead

[fair hare]

there are still some troll games

and rb

[half glade]

surely thats really boring

[edgy pendant]

I think even rb has slowed down though

[fair hare]

yes

[edgy pendant]

Oh lmao, didn’t realize you were the one I think Fabian got in our other server

[fair hare]

yes

also oak games are basicly 50-50

if they happen or not

even w volk fillers

[uncut rose]

whats the best template for naval invading Britain as germany?

[red mesa]

similar to the recommended moutaineer and tank templates but all the battalions are marines/amtracs

[uncut rose]

idk what they are 😭

[red mesa]

36 width
supports usually aa, LT recon or ranger recon, logi/hospitals, medium flame tanks, assault engis (pioneers work fine for marines)

[dense patrol]

anyone tryna play a lil multipaleyr game

[edgy pendant]

Wouldn’t know, haven’t played mp in a long time and last time I did we used HMM

[spring shore]

if i were to make a '38 medium tank, and then transfer it to a '40 medium tank, will the efficeincy be carried over the same as if it was a variant of a '38 medium?

[fair hare]

no

that would be so good tho

rly op

[spring shore]

ok thx

[half glade]

how can i buff this

[chilly quartz]

what happened bro

[half glade]

wdym

i created super faction

and beat uk and germany in 1939

[chilly quartz]

the whole map twin

[half glade]

its just from peace treaties

[chilly quartz]

ig..

[half glade]

im gonna annex them all

[half glade]

cause france and italy are my puppets

[vital plinth]

What to do here I have no clue how they have supply and how to clear them

[merry sedge]

what should I use to defeat many enemys in mountain territory?

like as italy against france

[austere roost]

No which is a big reason why you stick to 38 chassis. Another is that 40 and 43 chassis don't bring any meaningful improvements

[errant chasm]

Germany still exists in east prussia you should annex that along with france and italy to form the EU

[worn zinc]

guys i cant join multiplayer

[half glade]

i should be able too after this war

[worn zinc]

how can i fix this

[errant chasm]

Is your checksum the same as the host?

[vital geode]

How good is your internet

[worn zinc]

i have fiber

we have same version but

i cant join the lobby

[errant chasm]

Good job

[half glade]

except switzerland decided to go to war with me

[vital geode]

Do you have the exact checksum

[half glade]

fun

[worn zinc]

whats that

[errant chasm]

They are landlocked you can win this

[errant chasm]

Use planes and mountaineers

[vital geode]

It is the (2326) in this case

[worn zinc]

heee

yes

[vital geode]

Hmmm, is your friend's internet good

[worn zinc]

yes

[vital geode]

Then honestly, I have no clue

sorry

[worn zinc]

no problem bro

thx

[half glade]

im destroying them

[errant chasm]

See that wasn't too hard? Now I am interested, could you please send the save to me when you are done. Would like to see how it went.

[half glade]

LMAO

its probably really bad

dont judge

[spiral delta]

with spgs tanks do i add mechanized or tank destroyers

[keen hemlock]

mech

[spiral delta]

good?

i checked and with tank its better

[keen hemlock]

dont use modern mediums or spgs

[half glade]

i realised european unity

[keen hemlock]

they dont get doctrine buffs

38 hull is fine

[spiral delta]

nvm

i just saw the org bro

holy

[keen hemlock]

go for 10 spgs and 8 mech

[spiral delta]

for flame tanks is break through needed or nah

[keen hemlock]

yes

[austere roost]

in sp it isn't

[keen hemlock]

that support company lineup is fine

[austere roost]

in sp any breakthrough over 400 is excess

[keen hemlock]

^

[sudden charm]

93k dominance lmao

LOL NVM 580K

[spiral delta]

good?

[sudden charm]

do i wn this great britain war

[austere roost]

no

i feel like i gave you the template multiple times already

[spiral delta]

only 1 time

which i didnt save

[austere roost]

okay then follow that and stop making these things

[spiral delta]

i dont got the template u gave me

[sudden charm]

LETS GOOO

[spiral delta]

u mind sending it again

[sudden charm]

i win thisLOL

[spiral delta]

u deleted it

[austere roost]

why does it keep pasting the same thing

[spiral delta]

wdym

[austere roost]

okay now this works better

[spiral delta]

thx

i mean its kinda slow

[austere roost]

it takes a long time to load the image?

also sry idk why the website kept copying the same tank design multiple times instead of copying each tank design once so I had to keep deleting the post and make a new one

[spiral delta]

nah its good thanks alot for helping me alot

[spiral delta]

good?

[austere roost]

this is objectively the best division in hoi4 history ever

[spiral delta]

i know

[vital plinth]

I can’t break through In Palestine barely doing any damage even with decent stats I get terrain minus 30% even when it’s urban

[uncut narwhal]

your divs have no equipment dawg

[obtuse crescent]

is this a good peace deal?

i know shit borders but i gained a good bit from it

i wanted to connect northern somalia with southern

[covert fog]

why didnt you take it all

[obtuse crescent]

avoided civil war

or some other annoying bullshit

[covert fog]

there are a lot of enemy divisions and your divisions arent at full strength, i think you could get air support or tanks to make it better

[keen hemlock]

what is that below penal battalion

[vital plinth]

I see man power issue I can’t get more man power and as Iran will take a while to build mills for planes

[covert fog]

then there is probably nothing you can do, i guess stop attacking and stop wasting manpower until your divisions are full. how many factories (mil and civs) do you have rn and on what conscription are you

[rustic marlin]

how do I increase combat width without having to train 10000 GUYS

what decreases HP
is suppression important for footsoldiers

[neat widget]

Mountaineers are doing well, just make more of them and increase breakrheiugh

[neat widget]

More HP is good

[rustic marlin]

but like

I only have 644 K manpower

[neat widget]

And what front do you have to cover

[rustic marlin]

Nothing yet

I'm trying to learn the game

playing as italy
managed to beat ethiopia because mussolini was getting angry or something and wanted me to do it in 80 days so i just spammed the move divisions thing instead of making them follow a plan cause they were failing

[gaunt vortex]

Why can't I change anything?

[neat widget]

644k manpower can get you 32 good 38-width divs

[neat widget]

Probably a national spirit preventing you from editing divisions

[rustic marlin]

I made them 20 width because thats what the guide told me

or maybe it was at least 20, idk.

[neat widget]

Should be less than 20 if you are making small divs

[rustic marlin]

Also don't you need like one-hundred divisions if you're playing as Russia or a major power

[rustic marlin]

wdym small div

also what is "supply" what does it mean by divisions consuming supply

[neat widget]

Small divs are less than 20
Large divs are 30 or larger

[errant chasm]

Hello liv

[neat widget]

Hi vistula

BTW you should not go below 14 or above 39

[gaunt vortex]

I am playing as Switzerland

[frosty obsidian]

can you change faction rules without ncns

cuz I can't see any faction screen at all

[errant chasm]

Back from work already damn. The other guy who I was helping with managed to form the EU as the Netherlands.

[rustic marlin]

so in what situation should I use small and big ones respectively

[neat widget]

Nope, not yet

[errant chasm]

Small defense big offense divs

[neat widget]

Just downtime

[rustic marlin]

Wait

How will they swap when it changes from defense to offense

[errant chasm]

oh wow, btw what do you do for a job? Just curious?

[errant chasm]

There should be a way to change your infantry

[remote sedge]

Does anyone know how to secure the dominions as fascist UK without it being ridiculously annoying and time consuming?

[rustic marlin]

Wdym? Like how you can modify divisions and they'll be updated?

[errant chasm]

Yes there is a button in your army to change templates

[rustic marlin]

edit right?

I know that

but I just got told by the tutorial video i'm watching it said changing your divisions can leave a deficit of equipment

[covert fog]

its not worth it if you are at war and dont have enough equipment but if you are before the war it shouldnt be a problem

[errant chasm]

There is another way

[rustic marlin]

what else?

meant that as a reply

[covert fog]

also when you are hovering over the done button you can see how much equipment you need

[gaunt vortex]

Can sm help i can't edit my temp

[rustic marlin]

k

[grave valley]

anyone have a tfb rule set `????

[covert fog]

its because you are switzerland

you cant unless you complete a specific focus

[errant chasm]

Trying to find it

[rustic marlin]

OH

[rustic marlin]

it just mentioned it on the guide

is it like the arrows button

[half glade]

guys

[rustic marlin]

that you click

[half glade]

https://tenor.com/view/the-deep-the-deep-the-boys-the-boys-the-deep-the-deep-kirei-shoyu-commercial-the-deep-commercial-gif-26636000