hoi4-general

[signal rapids]

Than get a metal🙄🤔

[slim nexus]

Good luck fighting the royal navy

[copper cobalt]

the war machine fully funded

[simple citrus]

why is it so big

[weary osprey]

Cool, that should cover like %10 of the equipment need for my 5k divisions on scraping the barrel

[slim nexus]

Kai what nationality are you?

[simple citrus]

imagine using scraping the barrel instead of ` -> manpower

smh

rookie mistake

[bright arrow]

What is the UK gonna do?

[simple citrus]

navy

[slim nexus]

why is his name not in chinese

[bright arrow]

They already up to 8M casualties

[simple citrus]

lol

[fiery goblet]

im napoleon strategy

i am napoleon irl

[slim nexus]

Dude, pushing in South America is a pain

[slim nexus]

ive only found him and hertzog that dont have chinese names

[fiery goblet]

what its not gonna be ez?

[slim nexus]

You're gonna get wrecked if the enemy has artillery

Latin America is impossible to push in without the Adaptable trait

[fiery goblet]

i thought paraguay was weaker than brazil

[slim nexus]

That doesn't matter

The terrain is too bad

So is the wheater

[bright arrow]

im gonna do a pro gamer moved called paratroopers

[fiery goblet]

oh my

[slim nexus]

Osterreich what year you're playing in?

[fiery goblet]

1938

rn

[slim nexus]

You know it's a good thing

[weary osprey]

Turkish
Why?

[slim nexus]

Paraguay doesn't have artillery rn because nowadays you need 25 army XP to put it in in infantry divisions

So strike fast before they do

[fiery goblet]

i see

also

[weary osprey]

Was it always like this? I think it was 5 in the past?

[fiery goblet]

will it be bad if i have too many men in one front?

[weary osprey]

Idk why they did change it

[slim nexus]

It wasn't always like that but they changed it now

[weary osprey]

🤔

[slim nexus]

So if you try to mix infantry with artillery or tanks or vice versa

Combined arms in general

You need 25XP

[slim nexus]

Artillery

Tell me do you have artillery in your divisions?

Because if you don't then you're not gonna push

[fiery goblet]

im too broke to afford them

[terse ether]

please dont give people bad advice

artillery sucks

[slim nexus]

Doesn't matter how many troops you pour in

Dude

DUDE

I'VE PLAYED LATIN AMERICA BEFORE

ARTILLERY DOESN'T SUCK

YOU CAN'T PUSH SHIT

[terse ether]

why line arty is bad

High combat width, high supply consumption, no breakthrough, less overall stat than comparable width of high tech guns , and the cherry on top is that support artillery is way more stats per artillery gun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYmklEwTh6k

[slim nexus]

DUDE THAT DOESN'T MATTER

[terse ether]

the fact YOU couldnt push doesnt make line arty any good

[slim nexus]

WHAT MATTERS IS THE SOFT ATTACK

YOU NEED THE SOFT ATTACK

[terse ether]

no...

[terse ether]

you need breakthrough and hp

THEN soft attack

[fiery goblet]

so what do i do

[slim nexus]

Dude

[terse ether]

what country

[bright arrow]

This world war almost at 170M dead

[slim nexus]

In Latin America in the very first years of the war

[fiery goblet]

playing as brazil against paraguay

[slim nexus]

The enemy infantry often doesn't have enough soft attack for breakthrough to matter

[simple citrus]

i wanna nuke ankara every single time i see anything related to The fall of Constantinople

[slim nexus]

So you push with inf and artillery at start

[terse ether]

@fiery goblet if you go to #ask-for-help-here you will find a lot of useful pinned templates

[rose prawn]

if all those issues you stated were fixed

then would it be

[slim nexus]

When they add artillery of their own that's when you add tanks

[rose prawn]

good

[simple citrus]

irl too

[terse ether]

how 😭

[fiery goblet]

alr

[rose prawn]

I mean

it's easy to fix it with mods

[terse ether]

you mean by cheating

sure

[terse ether]

the key to latin america is by rushing your neighbours as early as possible

so A: world tension doesnt go too high and they dont get guaranteed by allies

and B: they would still be weak

template doesnt matter, just snake and naval invade when needed, while using your air

[slim nexus]

Dude I've played Latin America

After justifying the first 3 countries UK is gonna guarantee the next and you're screwed

[umbral agate]

is lettign czech build up or annexing them instantly better

[hasty bear]

why HOI4, just why, this means I probably won't be able to take the lands I previously occupied, right?

[slim nexus]

You haven't played Latin America probs

[terse ether]

thats when you join a faction

[terse ether]

🙏

[slim nexus]

Chances are that you've never conquered USA with a latin american nation

I've done it, been there, done that.

[fiery goblet]

yo what do i add for paraguay war

do i add the arti

[terse ether]

you're suggesting 5/5 and 4/4s

[slim nexus]

No

[terse ether]

no, keep it as is

[slim nexus]

6 mount inf/6art and 5/5

[fiery goblet]

ok

[slim nexus]

Ok ok, Osterreich

Try what he says

When you inevitably fail

Then come back to me

[terse ether]

later, when you need to fight the allies, you can make these

(need dlc tho)

or these 🔥

switch heavy tds for normal tanks

[slim nexus]

That's an awful template

[terse ether]

with howitzers

[fiery goblet]

holy thats alot of things

[terse ether]

buddy, please stop

[terse ether]

good divisions need to be big

so they have hp and stats

[slim nexus]

That's not the whole reason

Flamethrower tanks are fire support company

But engineers and recons are useless

[terse ether]

well

light recon is useless for sp

[fiery goblet]

yo wait which do i do

[terse ether]

so you are right

[slim nexus]

Right side

[terse ether]

you'd replace it with rangers

[terse ether]

no

[slim nexus]

Right side then right side

[terse ether]

dont do mobile warfare

do grand battle plan

[upper dune]

Hallo

[fiery goblet]

oh ok

[slim nexus]

This guy man

[fiery goblet]

which one is that

[quasi basin]

how do I get from hungary to japan

[slim nexus]

Doctrines don't matter too much in latin america, you're not gonna be capable of grinding enough XP anyway

So asking advice for that is useless

But MW has it's uses

[supple pelican]

how do I join a multiplayer game?

[fiery goblet]

oh alr

[slim nexus]

The division speed is underrated

[terse ether]

like?

mw has only 1 niche use which is org cycling

[terse ether]

its called "grand battle plan"

[fiery goblet]

green means im taking it over right

[terse ether]

yes

[fiery goblet]

ok nice

[terse ether]

no

[slim nexus]

Which side

[terse ether]

means you can take it

[sudden thistle]

Like larp 🔥

[slim nexus]

Right or left GBP?

[terse ether]

you need to click on it

[fiery goblet]

so if i turn it blue?

[dense citrus]

never playing manchukuo ever again 🙏

[terse ether]

usually its right

for planning

[fiery goblet]

now?

[slim nexus]

No

[terse ether]

now yes

[fiery goblet]

alr

[slim nexus]

The most busted part of GBP is the night attack

[terse ether]

green means you can afford it, blue means you took it

[terse ether]

dude never heard about planning 😭

[slim nexus]

Dude never heard of micro and planning speed

A beginner is not gonna make an intricate battle plan to fight a nation

[fiery goblet]

ok so since i dont have the dlc should i play on road to 56

[sudden thistle]

Yeah

Rt56 is great if u don’t have DLC

[jagged olive]

izhevskomuch

[slim nexus]

Hello, what's the matter?

[sudden thistle]

U guys make actual battle plans?

I just make a line and press go

[simple citrus]

i feel so bad for some reason

[slim nexus]

You're gonna take massive casualties and equipment damage

[sudden thistle]

So

[terse ether]

thats not what planning is

[sudden thistle]

I just outproduce it

[upper dune]

Well im new to hoi4 and wanted to join so i can try and wrap my head around the game :D

[rose siren]

https://tenor.com/view/im-waiting-so-step-brothers-well-gif-16068052

[slim nexus]

You got all the DLCs or only a few?

[simple citrus]

this plays in my head for some reason

dunno like

collapse of japan feels like the fall of constantinople

[upper dune]

Uhhh

[simple citrus]

that's lwk depressing

🙁

[sudden thistle]

Did u ever plays god’s creation called sheep’s mod

[terse ether]

@slim nexus planning is a direct modifier to all your stats

[slim nexus]

I know that

[upper dune]

None :D

[simple citrus]

i feel bad now for all these countries i've ever annexed, destroyed etc etc

[terse ether]

so 60% planning means 60% higher stats

[slim nexus]

Damn, you're cooked then.

[terse ether]

compare that to what sfp gives you

speed..

org..

none of those matter

[upper dune]

Okay fine

What ones should i download

[slim nexus]

You can still play the game

[fiery goblet]

is this a problem

[simple citrus]

...that's the fun part

you don't download them

you BUY them

[upper dune]

Ohhh

[simple citrus]

and trust me they cost a lot

[upper dune]

I thought you were gonna say something illegal

[slim nexus]

What sfp? superior firepower? we weren't talking about that, we were talking about Mobile Warfare.

[upper dune]

Like pirating

[terse ether]

yeah sorry meant mw

[upper dune]

Can one pirate dlcs

[simple citrus]

lets... NOT mention that in here

[slim nexus]

Not in this disc server

[terse ether]

we cant discuss that here

[upper dune]

Ohhh

[simple citrus]

from what i heard you can't discuss that here

[upper dune]

No no no i wasnt talking about piracy

[simple citrus]

oh dang

[upper dune]

I was talking about pitates of the Caribbean

I loves those movies

Fr

[simple citrus]

and what were they doing here

[misty fossil]

what is this template

[simple citrus]

building cities????

[upper dune]

Well

Uhhh

Idk

[simple citrus]

estabilishing colonies???????????

[slim nexus]

https://tenor.com/view/jimmy-butler-jimmy-butler-paper-confused-gif-14478007832172093541

[upper dune]

They did have tortuga

[terse ether]

thats meta trust

[toxic cypress]

ethiopians dont stand a chance against bald force one

[simple citrus]

have you even seen mine bru

[toxic cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/shock-surprise-gif-1094879864711420797

[misty fossil]

what am i looking at

[sudden thistle]

Meta

[misty fossil]

shut up

banned

[upper dune]

These ethiopians stand no chance against war crimes

[simple citrus]

i just bought more land in the metaverse

[toxic cypress]

im disappointed in you

[simple citrus]

now i'm getting paid in cash in atlas earth

cop a couple more my income is about to go nuts

[slim nexus]

Lockelle you is pbe though

[toxic cypress]

italian air force gon bomb hailee

[upper dune]

Bout to go nuts 😎

[simple citrus]

catch me on the way up i'm uh digital something i dunno i forgot

[upper dune]

$0.000000000013

[simple citrus]

atlas
atlas earth

[slim nexus]

Sala maleku

Allah Earth

[misty fossil]

france 💔

[sudden thistle]

Too much France

[slim nexus]

Cursed Switzerland

[fiery goblet]

yo how do i fix these starving men

[toxic cypress]

france is alr

[slim nexus]

Why do people think it so much when conquering Switzerland? just take it dude it's not gonna bite you or something.

[simple citrus]

disband the division

[slim nexus]

You're cooked man

[misty fossil]

the um

the europe

[fiery goblet]

what why

[misty fossil]

give them food

[upper dune]

Can i send memes here

[slim nexus]

Osterreich, you need trains and those produce slowly unless you pour in 5 mil factories on them immediatly

Plus, you should've researched the train technology

Building rails is fast but that part is slow

Yoour invasion is basically delayed for a year at least now

[fiery goblet]

damn it but all my other men are fine

[slim nexus]

Yeah but that area is a no go zone now

And waiting a single year for conquering a south american nation is brutal

[fiery goblet]

the invasion still seems possible right?

[slim nexus]

At some point UK is gonna start guaranteeing anyone you tryna conquer

Yeah, if you attack from any other side

The ones in the right and the bottom can do it

[crimson knot]

ofcourse czechoslovakia joined the comintern ONE DAY before capping

[slim nexus]

Just kill the USSR bro

[crimson knot]

wrong screenshot

[crimson knot]

I barely have an industry lol

not a lot of manpower

and before i can even think about beating both france and the soviets argentina will 100% become a major

[fiery goblet]

yo what do i need to focus on for trains or wtv?

[toxic cypress]

bald force one prevails

[slim nexus]

Yes definitely

[upper dune]

Huzzah

I unfortunately only have one hoi4 meme

[rare ingot]

guys are the tank infinite conversion cheese still work ?

[fiery goblet]

am i cooked

[safe wing]

Japan why are you called the Tokugawa Shogunate, that was 100 years ago

[bright arrow]

is this a decent jet design?

[rare ingot]

rocket rail are better than heavy mg at that point I think

[rapid ridge]

You should use Cannons

[bright arrow]

like this?

[rare ingot]

lose 4 agility but gain 15 air attack

good exchange

[bright arrow]

My planes still suck

idk what i did wrong but they got absolutely clapped

[slim nexus]

Who you're playing as?

[rare ingot]

debuff ?

[bright arrow]

China

[simple citrus]

?

[bright arrow]

This is ironman mode with normal difficulty

[simple citrus]

regular*

[upper dune]

You ever think that theyll add nazi occultism

Like the death bell

[slim nexus]

I think you mean esotericism?

[upper dune]

Yeah probably

[simple citrus]

what's going on bruh

[upper dune]

Im just imagining being able to build ufos

[bright arrow]

I have 150 factories on Jets

But i still get clapped by the UK planes

[rare ingot]

they probably have 300

++

[misty fossil]

you have bad jets then

very bad jets

[bright arrow]

I just showed you the jets and you guys said they were good

[misty fossil]

you did that didnt you

[rare ingot]

anti air also did big damage

[misty fossil]

are you the same guy i talked to

[rare ingot]

you cant really avoid it unless strat bombing

[misty fossil]

no way you are being clapped

[bright arrow]

Idk now YouTubers put like 300 planes against 2000 and still get out with insane win rates

I put 3k against 3k and got absolutely clapped

[misty fossil]

airport supplies

check if you planes receive enough supplies

[rare ingot]

Lol it always look easy on yt

[misty fossil]

if they dont they cant trade

[rare ingot]

I give you that

[misty fossil]

there are a lot of things that influence how your planes perform

air design is only one of them

[rare ingot]

doctrine is one of them

mio

[misty fossil]

MIO

the uk doesnt have the best mio either

[fiery goblet]

what the hell man

[bright arrow]

Would probably help if i wasn't 600 aluminium in debt

[rare ingot]

we need so much an industry dlc

where you cand evelop and search almost any ressource, as long it stay realistic with today terrain founding

[bright arrow]

My faction controls Europe and Asia and were still begging around for resources

[crimson knot]

unhistorical at its finest

[patent thistle]

i might have created some PTSD to someone in a server (said i would join a multiplayer game-)

[bright arrow]

they just slapped the entire RAF now lmao

[rare ingot]

just try having more than them

[patent thistle]

maybe use a better ratio screenshot

[bright arrow]

Would be cool if the soviets contributed, they have 13k fighters somewhere

[viscid stirrup]

THOSE WHO MAKE THE PEACEFUL REVOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE MAKE THE VIOLENT REVOLUTION INEVITABLE

[bright arrow]

But im genuinely curious what the British aircraft design is

[slim nexus]

The only thing violent in here is my...

I won't elaborate further

⚫ word

[fiery goblet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/826464137114681404/1424051083088629791/image.png?ex=68e28a6b&is=68e138eb&hm=28ab96ed2eb3cc452248d97d184f50920bb7d04bf948e1a5ceb43667718c63d1&

[slim nexus]

Yeah you're cooked man

[fiery goblet]

wdym? i made a come back

[slim nexus]

Where's Lockelle?

[fiery goblet]

There

[tiny iris]

All hail the Kaiser🇩🇪 🇩🇪 🇩🇪 🇩🇪 🇩🇪 🇩🇪

[crimson knot]

I somehow have more mediums than i have inf equipment so i will be producing this abomination

[rose siren]

😈😈😈😈

[crimson knot]

Why cant my germany do that

[untold sphinx]

that is...ugly

[flat gazelle]

wtf are those borders 💔

[crimson knot]

what is wilhelm cooking

[upper dune]

Nice to see lil ol luxemburg is is still kicking

[finite plume]

https://tenor.com/view/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-paul-bäumer-ww1-wwi-gif-2348658253136802085

[candid forge]

ahh

[uncut pollen]

what hoi 4 song do you all like?

[rare ingot]

theme song is good

[candid forge]

Main theme allies

[uncut pollen]

oooooo

nice

[crimson knot]

CAN GERMANY STOP DECLARING WARSSS

[rare ingot]

Man its so beautiful and hot outside.. lets play hoi4 😄

[uncut pollen]

mine is a waltz for the glorious days

[crimson knot]

its 7 degrees fym hot

[candid forge]

I think we are ready

[rare ingot]

canada about 25c 😄

[uncut pollen]

time to play cs 2

[simple citrus]

doing yugoslavian focus tree

[crimson knot]

Guys is this rare ?

[vital garden]

Is that cwic

[upper dune]

Im having a aneurysm trying to understand anything going on

[candid forge]

dunno

[unkempt falcon]

Is Trial of Allegiance fun? I really like Battle for the Bosphorus, well Greece and especially Bulgaria at least are maybe my favorite saves that I've done.

[sudden thistle]

Yeah

[night field]

these naval invasions are so annoying

[unkempt falcon]

U can always port cheese them lol and rack up like a million casualties, since the Allies come they will keep sending troops for years

[crimson knot]

How did france lose Paris when Germany is at war with the whole world

[night field]

they already took paris and my army is still arriving there

[crimson knot]

And Germany barely have more divisions than me

[patent thistle]

how do i change the version to a specific sub version of this game?

[crimson knot]

Germany is somehow beating france, and even more crazy is that im pushing deep into the ussr even tho i barely have 70 divisions and i keep getting naval invaded

[tiny iris]

Port guards. Port guards. Port guards.

Port guards.

Port guards.

USE PORT GUARDS

Or a navy

[lilac mango]

Then Germany isnt germaning

[crimson knot]

I have no inf equipment, to the point where almost a whole army had 3 tank battalions and 6 more inf ones, and still in a 10k deficit while i have 40 factiories on guns

[tiny iris]

99% of them are bombed probably

Or you just have too many men

[crimson knot]

I do have 2 million manpower but im on service by requirement lol

[tiny iris]

If you have 2 million, you shouldn't be on sbr

[crimson knot]

also germany is at war with the allies, i am not joining that war because sometimes the US sends me land lease which makes this even more weird

[tiny iris]

You can't produce guns cuz of your conscription

It gives industry debuffs

And manpower doesn't mean shit if you don't have any guns.

[crimson knot]

I had to go on such high conscription because half of my country was occupied, and then i also pushed into the soviets with no manpower and i had a lot on garrisons cuz i forgot to use cavalry

[patent thistle]

?????

[simple citrus]

what

[tiny iris]

It isn't occupied now is it!? Turn down your conscription.

[crimson knot]

Germany is extremely weird aswell because they took like 8 months to capitulate austria and now they are pushing into france with light tanks somehow

[crimson knot]

I guess yeah

[simple citrus]

i never had bigger conscription laws than extensive conscription

i don wan no debuffs

[crimson knot]

Italy might actually save me lol

How did i even take moscow i swear this game doesnt make nay sense

the ONE time i dont micro and just go with grand battleplan i somehow do better than when i focus on tanks

[signal rapids]

Hey guys! I’ve been posting HOI4 videos — would love some feedback on what I can improve. And sub would mean a lot ❤️ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWjyj6O6MTtT6wB7h5NWsew

[night field]

my allies are actually useless now

they barely guard their own coast

[sudden grotto]

About the First vid, you should learn how to do a timelapse, and put stats of countries

https://youtube.com/shorts/ynoLhCUAGSM?si=LPHLvQuD8zT6Av80

Like this

( i picked random )

[tight pivot]

haven't played for a while, whats the current meta for inf templates?

[slim nexus]

This is cursed

[rose pumice]

nice czech entente

[pearl flume]

Tell that to Stalin

[halcyon scroll]

Yesterday I suck at Ukraine

Now I switched to russia

Still cant push a inch

[loud shuttle]

sounds right to me

[ionic sun]

Any mp planned ?

[loud shuttle]

also im pretty sure you cant post ukraine war screenshots

since i posted once and a mod told me to delete

[random snow]

i think my cas is doing well

[fair horizon]

chat does paradox have an eu4 discord?

[fair horizon]

how do you get this number btw? is it just 4000 cas?

[rain quail]

what mod is that]\

[random snow]

heavy bomb locks and rockets

only 300 planes

[fair horizon]

medium planes i take it?

[random snow]

nope light air frames

[fair horizon]

i usually do 3 bomb locks but ill have to try that

[random snow]

this is my template

AG radar is key

it doesn't help that China has literally no AA what so ever

this is their most modern template

this is their most used

[fair horizon]

yeah i just remember when i was playing britian i was getting like half that fighting italy and the entante

which was fine because i was crushing them anyways but yeah

[random snow]

ez

[split sable]

when does a peace conference happen?

When I attacked finland as USSR and won it happened

but if I attack baltics it doesnt

does it depend on country "importance"?

[dusky willow]

Check the war tab

ANy countries with a golden outline on their flag are "majors"

you have to capitulate all majors to make a conference happen

[slim nexus]

All wars in this game are total wars

With a few exceptions

You gotta make your enemy surrender unconditionally

[simple citrus]

why is this ai so restarted

LIKE WHY DOES IT KEEP ATTACKING

[terse ether]

because you're telling them to?

[simple citrus]

(i'm playing a silly little minigame here)

[terse ether]

lol

your battleplans look activated

[simple citrus]

i'm constantly trying to stop bots attacks

i'm actually bulgaria

[terse ether]

whaat

[safe wing]

I’m considering using medium planes as Italy

[simple citrus]

i just keep switching to ethiopia and stop their attacks

[terse ether]

bruh

thats not gonna work

[safe wing]

I either abandon Ethiopia or take it over completely

[random snow]

im cooking up a grand fleet

[safe wing]

Depends what path im playing

[terse ether]

they will keep attacking again

[simple citrus]

i really don't want to sort out my divisions fleet and aviation when i switch to bulgaria

[terse ether]

pause the game while you're switched

but that still wont stop ethiopia from attacking

[simple citrus]

i already do that

[terse ether]

unless you turn ai off

[simple citrus]

why

[safe wing]

What support companies for the 10/10 mountaineers/marines

[simple citrus]

how to do that

[safe wing]

Because I used them as Italy

[safe wing]

And they crushed the French hard

[terse ether]

console command "ai"

[terse ether]

btw replace light recon with rangers or supply

[safe wing]

I call them shock troopers

But thanks

[slim nexus]

Kinda cringe template ngl

[vital owl]

do any mp players here know how to send over divs through sea where enemy is raiding u without losing strength

[rose prawn]

do they actually work

[vital owl]

yeah, those are considered meta marines

[rose prawn]

what about for SP?

[vital owl]

theyr used in mp

[vital owl]

everything works against ai

[terse ether]

in sp just switch the anti tank to another moutaineer and the light tank recon to rangers or supply

[vital owl]

true true

[split sable]

As USSR how many factories should I have by war start?

approximately

to know if Im on track or not

[terse ether]

how much do u have

[split sable]

circa 260 un Dec 1941

typo

[tepid crown]

Medium frame fighter/nav build

[wet plover]

So I understand I need supply, but I’m confused on how to actually increase it. Anyone able to help?

[edgy abyss]

You need to produce the equipment needed and make sure that railways and supply hubs are good

[split sable]

Also, dont doomstack, especially armor divs.

[simple citrus]

yay woo

[split sable]

a single 24 divs armor army will probably vaccuum all the supply irrespective of how much infra you have

[pure breach]

I am like brand new to this game

bought it yesterday

wanted to play TFR because of a meme I saw on ig reels

I love RTS games but this is a different beast entirely

how I play

[tepid crown]

Yeah I’d probably start with vanilla game then once comfortable with that move to mods or dlcs

[pure breach]

I watched a video guide and the guy might as well have spoken cantonese

[simple citrus]

клаус шваб

[split sable]

watch some tutorials, the game is VERY complex

• imo start with a smaller nation like Italy

[simple citrus]

kill

[pure breach]

Lockelle Martenhouwer is fantastic naming

[simple citrus]

i just love netherlands

[terse ether]

thats pretty low

[simple citrus]

oh wait you mean this one

[rose prawn]

💪

[terse ether]

you should have like 200+ in mils alone before war start

but you can still win

[split sable]

Germany experience is:

• screwed up Industry - YOU DIED
• screwed up plane production YOU DIED
• screwed up economy YOU DIED
• built too few divs - YOU DIED
• put too many divs together - YOU DIED
• forgot to guard coast, allies landed YOU DIED
  So better pick someone easier

[solid dirge]

tbh with allies they never naval invade until france is gone

[simple citrus]

(applies only to fascism route)

[pure breach]

America

[simple citrus]

no

[simple citrus]

pick finland

[rose prawn]

Build navy:

Like If you start building a fleet

at 1936

you can beat british french and american navies

[simple citrus]

you'll have 10 midget submarines by the time you send an ultimatum to poland

[terse ether]

so they can forget to guard heilsinki and die

[split sable]

France is also good: you need to worry only about one thing - germany.
You have one goal, one focus

[simple citrus]

greece then idk

[simple citrus]

anything but austria

[rose prawn]

nah you really can get strong ships if you do the navy tree

[opal flare]

What u talkin about

[simple citrus]

hoi4 twin

[terse ether]

austria hungary is pretty strong

[terse ether]

crusader kings 3

[rose prawn]

denmark

denmark is cool

[terse ether]

no

[rose prawn]

they are

[tepid crown]

Canada is probably best starting one

[opal flare]

Thanks id never thought that

[terse ether]

i mean its very hard

[simple citrus]

anschluss demolished me

[gusty oracle]

I prefer the hungary version

[rose prawn]

with you being monarchist and conquering scandivia

you literally can become powerhouse

[gusty oracle]

major?

[opal flare]

Its more realistic isnt it ?

[simple citrus]

no well i inflicted 100k casualties on germans

[simple citrus]

but i died bruh

[split sable]

Italy is good because:

1. nobody really touches you untill you want
2. you can play navy or can forget it
3. You can go motorized in north afrika
4. You can go to balkans
   A lot of flexibility and low risk

[simple citrus]

i had like 500k

[gusty oracle]

yes with austria you kinda just puppet everyone then stomp germany

[rose prawn]

first game-thourghs I guess

[tepid crown]

Brain fart

[dull monolith]

If any1 cares this is what the Rudabánya Iron Mine looks like today (Took the pics like 2 month ago just forgor)

[opal flare]

But terribly industry and weapons

[rose prawn]

you can fix it with war

[opal flare]

Ur hungarian ?

[opal flare]

Yeah but still

[split sable]

Industry is not too bad, with all the focuses and research.
Weapons: if you fight in north afrika/ vs france - anything goes

[dull monolith]

Yeah i live here in Rudabánya too and i just saw my lil village mentioned here shi got me smiling

[opal flare]

Akkor szevasz honfitárs

[rose prawn]

you can focus on france as well

[split sable]

in afrika you literally need just good 12 motorized divs and you can kick allies ass without germany

[rose prawn]

like justify on their

[dull monolith]

Dik szoszimo

[rose prawn]

middle eastern puppets

then declare war

[split sable]

just drive quickly to Alexandria and they are toast

[rose prawn]

they will mainly die

because their border with italy has no supply-hub

and alpines are generally easy to defend

[opal flare]

And u cen get them out of the mediterrean and no naval invasion

[opal flare]

Beaddollak majd tudunk játszani ha gondolod

[bright sinew]

so like

kinda unrelated to hoi4 but related to paradox

im wathcing this video on japans history and i get to this part

[dull monolith]

Hat amugy ritkan jatszok mar nagyon de adom

[bright sinew]

this really makes me want a mod or a paradox game set in this time period

does it exist?

i would love to go romp around and conquer that as a small clan

[opal flare]

Nem tudom mennyire vagy tapasztalt de biztos taníthatnánk egymásnak pár dolgot

[terse ether]

shohuko bannerlord mod:

[brittle cypress]

Ireland in ck3

[dull monolith]

2k oram van igazabol de iden alig toltam mar

[opal flare]

Az sok nekem 300

[pearl flume]

[simple citrus]

B)

[fiery goblet]

how do i make my graphics somewhat like this

[opal flare]

Go to settings

[fiery goblet]

then

[opal flare]

And graphics

[fiery goblet]

just video right?

[opal flare]

I am not home but as i remeber theres an option like that

[opal flare]

Maybe

[fiery goblet]

here look

[slim nexus]

Kinda cringy setting ngl

[fiery goblet]

wdym i never even touched my settings

[slim nexus]

That makes it even worse then I guess

You don't pimp your settings

[fiery goblet]

no i just wanna play the game

[slim nexus]

Ok then play it

[fiery goblet]

but make it look more pleasing to the eye ig

[fiery goblet]

well no i wanna make it look more pleasing to the eye first because its blinding me

[slim nexus]

It's a game, not your muse

It doesn't have to please you aesthetically speaking

I'm your opp now

[opal flare]

Take down texture quality

[fiery goblet]

what why

[fiery goblet]

alr

[opal flare]

And then u ll get something like u sent

[fiery goblet]

i see absolutely no difference

wait let me restart

[opal flare]

Yeah thats a good idea

Or watch a tutorial on yt

[simple citrus]

shiii

[slim nexus]

Lockelle what's your nationality?

[fiery goblet]

yeah no im just gonna watch a video

[simple citrus]

mostly ukrainian with a trace of greek and polish ancestry

why

[opal flare]

Avg eastern european

[slim nexus]

Ukrainian?

Shouldn't you be fighting a war?

[opal flare]

Bruh

[rose prawn]

I think because of ur "duch" name

[simple citrus]

????

[slim nexus]

No, that's not it.

[simple citrus]

we don't conscript 14 y.o. children in ukraine

[slim nexus]

They should

[simple citrus]

https://tenor.com/view/skrillex-electrocuted-electrocute-electrocution-bangarang-gif-11891465766745845470

[opal flare]

Brother what ?

[lament hemlock]

does anyone know how to navel invade 😭

[opal flare]

Yeah

Its easy

[lament hemlock]

bro ive been trying to figure it out for 1 hour

[simple citrus]

get naval superiority in a region then click this button

[slim nexus]

IQ issue tbh

[lament hemlock]

wtf 😭

[opal flare]

Watch a yt video

[simple citrus]

then click a closest naval base and the region you're trying to invade

[opal flare]

Its hard to explain here

[lament hemlock]

I watch like a million

none of them tell me how to acutally do it

its jus tthe plan

[simple citrus]

dunno i found it out myself relatively quickly

[simple citrus]

spam your navy in a region

[opal flare]

Select like 3 divs and click on ur port then right click on the enemy one

[slim nexus]

KEK

[simple citrus]

until the region becomes green

[slim nexus]

Theses 🥷 s man

I can't

[simple citrus]

then click an anchor

[opal flare]

Get naval supremacy and launch it

[simple citrus]

right

[lament hemlock]

can anyone just hop on a vc and teach me 😭

[slim nexus]

Just watch a YT video man

It's that easy

You're making it more complicated for you

[opal flare]

Bro are u blond

[lament hemlock]

i did 😭

[lament hemlock]

bro i dead ass have been trying for ages

[slim nexus]

I'm not blond

I'm dark

Dark color palette

[safe wing]

Im strawberry blonde

[slim nexus]

You is pbe though

[opal flare]

Then just blind ?

[lament hemlock]

This is the closest I got to 😭

[slim nexus]

Ok joey let me break it down to you

[sudden thistle]

what

[lament hemlock]

the bottom one is paratroopers

[slim nexus]

https://tenor.com/view/breakdance-chineese-gif-26375280

[simple citrus]

i just cant stand people like that

[opal flare]

Go to portsand ull be able to get more troops there

[sonic sand]

what is the best focus tree period

[simple citrus]

🥷 can't even naval invade shi

https://tenor.com/view/echidna-anime-gif-18161374

[slim nexus]

Das rite

Screw that 🥷

[tiny iris]

Womp womp, skill issue, git gut.

[simple citrus]

this is a gen chat twin go ask for help at #ask-for-help-here

[slim nexus]

No no no

I can help him

Look

First, you need a naval technology to naval invade

[opal flare]

Bro what

[slim nexus]

It's at the very bottom of the second naval tech tab

[sonic sand]

then naval supremacy

[slim nexus]

You're probably missing the tech

That's why

[lament hemlock]

nah

[opal flare]

I never heard of naval tech lol

[sonic sand]

or you could just use paras and avoid dealing with the royal navy

[lament hemlock]

i got everything researched

[lament hemlock]

it wont let me do that either

💀

[opal flare]

Wdym by naval technology

[lament hemlock]

the research right?

[sonic sand]

you do realize there are more slots to the research tab other than the guns and stuff

[slim nexus]

Transport ships

[lament hemlock]

yh

i got level 3

[opal flare]

Oh you meant that

[sonic sand]

convoys?

[nimble meadow]

what mod would I have to download to form the frankish empire with the redish country color?

[opal flare]

U just had no idea what he meant by that

[lament hemlock]

Transport

[sonic sand]

ah

[dusky burrow]

Guys, if you are not willing to attack with 21 divisions in one tile on land, definitely don't do it on sea or with paratrooperd

[sonic sand]

naval tech being the naval guns, torps stuff like that

[dusky burrow]

You are better off spreading those units over a few tiles

[sonic sand]

true

[lament hemlock]

bruh the uk just got nuked

[slim nexus]

Livadeia what would you know

[lament hemlock]

still cant invade 😭

[slim nexus]

You is pbe

wanabe

Do you have naval supremacy?

Are the seas green?

[lament hemlock]

Yeah

[slim nexus]

You know that after you set the naval invasion you gotta wait some days until you can do it?

[lament hemlock]

its been 1 hour 😭

[sonic sand]

did you click the button to start the naval invasion

[lament hemlock]

which one?

[opal flare]

Lol

[sonic sand]

little arrow

next to the army comp

[opal flare]

Where u start battle plans

[sonic sand]

or well above it

[opal nymph]

are you about to send 21 divisions onto 1 tile

to die probably

[opal flare]

On the general

[lament hemlock]

what?

[sonic sand]

🔥

[sonic sand]

look at the bottom of your screen

[opal nymph]

You want to land on a port and the tiles around it as well

[sonic sand]

and press

the arrow

[opal nymph]

Otherwise most of your troops won't enter combat

[slim nexus]

They will

[opal nymph]

Wdym

Do you know how combat width works

[slim nexus]

They just will be undersupplied

[opal nymph]

Do you know how combat width works

[slim nexus]

yes

[lament hemlock]

ohhh

[opal nymph]

If there is a combat width of 60, you only can fit like 60 and a bit

[lament hemlock]

thanks guys 😭

[opal nymph]

And everything else will be in reserves

doing absolutely nothing

[sonic sand]

the funny hearts of iron four combat width thingy that makes it so that you can't put 18,000 tanks through a forest

[dusky burrow]

The seas are my birthright

Or rather my friend's

[sonic sand]

@lament hemlock how did it go?

[dusky burrow]

But seriously, what j0nathan said

[lament hemlock]

failled lol

it only launched 1 side

not the other side

and the paratroopers didnt go

[sonic sand]

hey hoi4 is all trial and error

[lament hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/hoi4-hearts-of-iron-4-looksmax-sigma-sigma-face-gif-232308269668432623

dw ill succed

[slim nexus]

@simple citrus Do you know about Germany's Volkssturm?

If the russians push too hard you might have to join something similar kek

You know this is why I'm not a big fan of Germany

I can't imagine losing a war to yee-yee ahh russians.

Winter, logistics, counter-encirclements, whatever

@lament hemlock You have to tell us how did your plans go

[lament hemlock]

alr bro thanks

[slim nexus]

The Germans, the Swedish and the French have lost a war against Russians trying to push in into their territory

The Spanish haven't lost against them

[lament hemlock]

IT WORKED

thanks everyone who helped 🙏

[sonic sand]

eyyyyy

[slim nexus]

Show us a pic

[lament hemlock]

i got squeezed out already 😭

[slim nexus]

hmmm

Why you're using infantry?

[lament hemlock]

What should I be using?

[slim nexus]

Tanks, artillery tanks and have air superiority + close air support

That combo pushes no matter what

Infantry's only purpose would be holding the ground while the tanks do the job

[lament hemlock]

dang

[slim nexus]

UK is using tanks against you

You need tank destroyers

anti tank artillery and ect...

[sudden thistle]

what year is it for the uk to have 26 meds

[slim nexus]

26 meds in their islands

Guy says he has all the tech

So he's probably in the 50's already

[lament hemlock]

1943

[opal flare]

And go to ports so u can send more divs in

There are ports mostly in cities but there are other ones too

[bright arrow]

made 6k planes only for them to drop 11k

[random snow]

is this illegal yet?

[simple citrus]

gang

important question

really important one

should i take constantinople to myself (yugoslavia formed from bulgaria)

[opal flare]

Jesus

[simple citrus]

or give it to greece (my day one orthodox hb)

[split sable]

its all about quality, you can have 2 times less planes but if you are trading 1 x 5 you will still win

[opal flare]

How did u managed to do that

[random snow]

36 destroyers with a shit ton of torpedo tubes and big guns on battleships

[simple citrus]

i had 15k planes and reduced ottoman aviation count from 2k to 25 in the first weeks of war

:DDDD

[dusky burrow]

I think this

Idk though

[random snow]

radar also helps with air attack repulsion

i use that on my carriers

[bright arrow]

Yeah, it really isn't about quality here. Idk what they are running but my planes are top notch

[dusky burrow]

This si why it is a bad idea to invest into airforce as a minor

[bright arrow]

The difference is CCP doesn't get an air MIO

[dusky burrow]

Unless you know your allies will support you in the aor

[simple citrus]

what

???

[bright arrow]

Dispite me having the best engines, guns and armor on, my planes suck against the ai because theirs are full of MIO buffs

[simple citrus]

what's bad about that

[rose pumice]

how often does this happen

[sudden thistle]

very very rare

i have never seen it

[bright arrow]

Ive never seen it ofcur

[split sable]

I assume the best default tank gun is howitzer since most of the time you are dealing with infantry?

[opal nymph]

That is extremely rare

[rose pumice]

well damn

[heavy vigil]

About as often as ai accepting conditional surrenders

[rose pumice]

guess im "lucky" then

[dusky burrow]

You lose it

You trade badly

[dusky burrow]

If you have allies to buff up your airforce numbers then it definitely can be worth it

[bright arrow]

My allies have more planes than the enemy, but they refuse to send a single flighter over Britain

[dusky burrow]

Once as Turkey I decided to play a dedicated strategic bomber build

[bright arrow]

40k planes god knows where

[split sable]

how did it go, I always conteplate doing start bombing

[dusky burrow]

That worked because the Allies were helping me

[bright arrow]

The problem with aircraft late game is finding the Aluminium to build them

[dusky burrow]

Not as well as other Turkey strategies, but it weakened the Axis severely

No oil

[heavy vigil]

The vanilla ai designs of anyone besides the uk are bad tho

[dusky burrow]

True

[heavy vigil]

The uk gets a rlly good spitfire design

[dusky burrow]

Also true

[bright arrow]

I literally nuked all of the UK airports, and they still were able to operate 2k planes like 1 week after according to my spies

(in each airport)

[dusky burrow]

Oof

[bright arrow]

I think they're hacking ngl

[polar bone]

what is this

[dusky burrow]

I have a trick

Gain naval supremacy

[simple citrus]

???
i lost like 100 fighters against 2000 planes

[dusky burrow]

Build AA divisions

[bright arrow]

The UK and US have over 1k ships combined

[simple citrus]

is that a bad trade

[dusky burrow]

Make a naval invasion that will fail

And then make another naval invasion on the same tile with the AA division

[dusky burrow]

Yeah, I am saying it would be bad if you are Turkey to build those 2k planes

[bright arrow]

I stopped building axial jets, switched to the propeller design

[dusky burrow]

And yes, as Casey hinted, in single player air combat is tilted towards the player a lot more because you actually have good designs

[bright arrow]

I can have same stats, except more range, in exchange for less speed. But at least they are way easier to mass produce

[dusky burrow]

This will kill a few hundred CAS before you are forced to retreat

[dusky burrow]

True

But idk whether one is better than the other

[bright arrow]

All i know is i have no idea how to break the English Airforce

[prime lintel]

Peak Balkan
(Balkanized Balkan)

[bright arrow]

Probably should have focused naval wise. But playing as Communist China you dont really get to have a navy

[dusky burrow]

Might be worth it as Turkey if it can produce 5k or 7k planrs

[tiny iris]

Playing millenium dawn rn. Wtf.

Its a different game.

[dusky burrow]

To kill the fighters you will have to build as many airbases in France as you humanly can

[bright arrow]

I have, but only on the Coast

[dusky burrow]

And then just outnumber them

[bright arrow]

Cuz fighters have small range

[dusky burrow]

You might not be able to outtrade them

[bright arrow]

They can just pop 12k planes over England

I got nukes away in the first week because they only had 800 planes up

Was hoping that nuking their airports would have given me an advantage

But they still spiked like crazy and overwhelmed my 6k jets

[dusky burrow]

Also strat bombers will help

[simple citrus]

tf is this mod

[dusky burrow]

Just to keep plane counts down

[simple citrus]

gang am i a hegemon yet

[grizzled zenith]

Why do the Italians get 2 divsions when annexing Aussa? It's so annoying

[bright arrow]

Probably Kaiserreidux

[simple citrus]

dang

[grizzled zenith]

Doesn't matter for you as Italy and is extremely annoying for you as Ethiopia

[grizzled zenith]

And nobody cares about the AI

[dusky burrow]

Does matter if you can get a unit into Dire Dawa quickly enough

[prime lintel]

KX

[heavy vigil]

Players get it too

[simple citrus]

???

[heavy vigil]

It makes taking ethiopia easier

[simple citrus]

oh shi

[grizzled zenith]

Makes playing as Ethiopia even worse

[sonic sand]

no

[heavy vigil]

Not really?

Youre not forced to let aussa cap

[grizzled zenith]

It is still extremely easy to overrun Ethiopia

[grizzled zenith]

It surrenders to Italy, how are you not forced?

[simple citrus]

as if you're not fighting broke weak underequipped african nation with no one on their side and a small population already lmfao

[grizzled zenith]

Yeah

[heavy vigil]

The event is based on italy controlling 100% of the tigray state

If they dont, aussa doesnt surrender

[dusky burrow]

Yeah but anything to capitulatr Ethiopia faster helps since the exiled emperor is annoying

[simple citrus]

it's like beating up a child and taking a stick

[sonic sand]

i would like to see the League of nations get its own path in some focus rework

[grizzled zenith]

I can cap it 100% of the time in time literally doesn't matter

[sonic sand]

having all the LON nations have like a shared focus

[simple citrus]

does that stick help you to beat up a child more effectively? i think not

[prime lintel]

just some normal stuff (except Sebastopol is an Ukrainian exclave, Macedonia is a Serbian exclave, Balkanized Balkan, Polish see access at Sttetin)

[sonic sand]

right now it only really impacts like ethiopia and ends after the winter war

so seeing like

[simple citrus]

hey atleast greece has the aegean coast and constantinople :DDDD

[sonic sand]

an alt history where the leauge of nation actually do something about ethiopia or finland would be cool

[simple citrus]

true

[sonic sand]

like give all nations in the LON a shared focus tree

[simple citrus]

imagine like an althist scenario where league of nation is

NOT USELESS

😱

[sonic sand]

that usually gets ignored unless ahistorical is on

[simple citrus]

i remember how i once got lon to dissolve by attacking greece as italy

[prime lintel]

Since Greece bought a lot of Santa's Sticks from me

[simple citrus]

hey atleast they were around until 1940 :DDDDDDDDDD

that's something atleast

[grizzled zenith]

Still it is extremely hard to hold

[sonic sand]

and the tree gets locked after the "end of the leauge of nations" event in game. BUT through continued League action it can delay the event until the breakout of ww2

when germany declares war on poland

[grizzled zenith]

Like why not just remove those 2 divisions they're just annoying and don't matter to Italy

[dusky burrow]

Yeah Tigray sucks to defend

No supply

[simple citrus]

imagine like a focus sub-tree of lon focus tree where you get to halt the app

appeasement

shi

i forgot that word

[sonic sand]

and have league actions be like sending lend lease, volunteer divisions, embargos and espionage

all of which won't up world tension

[simple citrus]

and even declare wars in critical situations

[sonic sand]

YES!

[grizzled zenith]

As if it isn't a useless piece of shit

[sonic sand]

i mean thats true but what is alt history if not answering the question of "what if something that was ineffective was actually not"

[simple citrus]

imagine peacemaker template division

[polar bone]

insane encirclement

[simple citrus]

that can be sent without limits to states

[cold meteor]

Low-key playing as Austria Hungary in great war redux

Ts is so ass

[sonic sand]

i once got 300 divs

[sonic sand]

austria hungary

but starting as hungary

[polar bone]

mine was 120 ish

[sonic sand]

in base game is so ass

[grizzled zenith]

You should have these decisions as like the UK and France, and on historical they just do nothing, but irl league of nations did do literally nothing

[simple citrus]

that's like +- 1/9th of entire afghanistan population

even more maybe

[sonic sand]

focus tree

ooo

and @simple citrus

how about

a balance of power

but it goes through every nation

the idea is that the league of nations can be influenced against nations