hoi4-general

[sonic sand]

your schizophrenia meds

[mellow shale]

no

it is chile in urope

[mellow shale]

i dont have schizophrenia

[azure palm]

doubt

[sonic sand]

who are you talking to then?

[mellow shale]

one of my friends typed sch trying to spell school and it predictied they'd say schizophrenia

[sonic sand]

that didn't answer my question

who are you talking to spooky

[mellow shale]

you

[sonic sand]

and who am I?

[mellow shale]

you

[toxic sapphire]

is there a focus for taking Denmark and Norway or do i skip it

[azure palm]

Who are you talking to?

[mellow shale]

you yourself and thou

[azure palm]

Who am I talking to...

[sonic sand]

myself

[mellow shale]

operation weserbung but ppl dont do it anyways

[azure palm]

Take your meds.

[cold marten]

hello and good afternoon

[sonic sand]

im @mellow shale 's schizophrenic delusion not my own

[sonic sand]

hello

[azure palm]

Oooooh

[azure palm]

Good Evening

[toxic sapphire]

can I avoid france and uk joining the war against poland

[eternal aspen]

doesn't matter, you do you for that

[eternal aspen]

also no, unless you declare on day-1

[azure palm]

Justify really early.

As long as world tension is under like 20-25% or something you should be fine

[toxic sapphire]

46

%

[sonic sand]

@eternal aspen you're a modder right?

[eternal aspen]

not a good one, but yes i am

[sonic sand]

i will be dming you a few ideas for things

which i think are cool and people agree

and i want your uh

opinions on how to make it better

[eternal aspen]

opinion?

[sonic sand]

yeah

[eternal aspen]

oh, yea i can do that

it's better than fixing this mess

[sonic sand]

and if you want to turn it into a mod yourself you have full permission

i have a few of them

[eternal aspen]

i cannot promise that any mod can be produced by me for any ideas at this current point in time, but i could probably impliment some into my mod if it fits

[sonic sand]

i will say i dislike anarcho communism but you're chill enough

[azure palm]

Oh my god, thats a lot of problems

[eternal aspen]

nope

[azure palm]

as someone who doesnt know anything about this, it looks like a lot

[eternal aspen]

i first started with smth like 20k errors, then to 11k, then 2k

and now the remaining errors are probably the issue i'm having that causes the game to die

if you go into documents/paradox interactive/hearts of iron IV/logs/error.log

you always have some errors in vanilla, that at most cause lag

[cold marten]

what nation should I play today? (preferably a European one)

[eternal aspen]

what nations have you played thus far

[cold marten]

mostly non European ones

[eternal aspen]

have you played the dutch?

[cold marten]

no

[eternal aspen]

there ya go

play a united netherlands communist game

[cold marten]

alright

oh no

[eternal aspen]

?

[cold marten]

my game broke

[cerulean shadow]

Yo trying to world conquest, any tips, whats the best nation to use, also whats the best divsion template for infantry?

[last cave]

When will be hoi4 on sales? I want to gift it to mine friend

[floral frost]

I might be bad at this game damn

[cold marten]

why?

[cold marten]

Tannu Tuva

[floral frost]

Its been a few months since I last played, so im giving the tutorial another shot

I dont think ive ever beaten Ethiopia in the tutorial lmao

[eternal aspen]

ngl, the best nations for it in this current release are either the UK, or germany

[cerulean shadow]

deadass though

[eternal aspen]

germany because you get so many buffs and you have war against most the world

[cold marten]

UK

[cerulean shadow]

thanks tips, divsions?

[eternal aspen]

UK because you alr own most of the world

[eternal aspen]

idk good division templates, especially for this release

i'm good at divisions from 1.14

[cerulean shadow]

k, any tips?

as germany im having a really tough time doing sealion

[tulip thorn]

Buy GOE to fix trust

[eternal aspen]

you'll have to just wait and build up a good navy

build tons of light cruisers

[cerulean shadow]

i dont have a tough time landing its when i get onto the UK

the new update made them defend the hell out of thier island

[cold marten]

I dun have money

[cerulean shadow]

thier like 50+ divisions on standby

[tulip thorn]

Get money and buy to fix

[cold marten]

wait till the month is over

I'll gain my allowance by then

btw this texture is good?

[ivory hull]

your the one playing bro

[sudden thistle]

Get air

[toxic sapphire]

WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN

[sudden thistle]

Ur tanks need tanks

[cerulean shadow]

when i land i have to gain air superiorty quickly?

[ivory hull]

no tanks in the tank divs now?

[sudden thistle]

Have air before hand

Do u have AAT?

[cerulean shadow]

over the channel?

[toxic sapphire]

wdym I do have tanks in the div

[sudden thistle]

U can just make marines/mountainners and battleplan them

[ivory hull]

you see the orange bar? tells me otherwise

[sudden thistle]

I did it yesterday

[toxic sapphire]

dumahh I'm talking about the supply

[cerulean shadow]

what division temps do you use

[ivory hull]

maybe have some tanks in your tanks first

[flat mirage]

After spending 3 hours on a save, it had stopped working for some reason. Just crashing after a few in-game days. That was a great waste of time

[toxic sapphire]

BRO WHAT I HAVE MEDIUM TANKS IN MY TANKS AND NOW STOP SWITCHING THE THEME

[floral frost]

So uh

[heavy vigil]

Blehh

[sudden thistle]

I think I did 16w mountaineers with supp arty, rangers, supp AA and something else

[ivory hull]

then why is the strength bar so low

[floral frost]

Yknow how i said I can never beat Ethiopia in the tutorial?

[sudden thistle]

You can make an obviously better one

[flat mirage]

It was going quite well too

[remote quarry]

do you know, calling your division a "tank division" doesn't magically spawn tanks in them?

[sudden thistle]

You are stupid

[toxic sapphire]

I accidentally clicked deploy all

I wanted to deploy 1

and they had low exp except for the top 1

[ivory hull]

lets go into our stockpile and look at the -2.5k medium tanks

[flat mirage]

Not even reinstalling the game worked. So it is the save file

[cerulean shadow]

what ifantry did you use

[tiny iris]

Guys, why does ISP puppet so much? Ain't it better to annex?

[cold marten]

ISP?

[cursive socket]

very democratic spain

[eternal aspen]

did they civil war?

[cursive socket]

yeah

[buoyant rivet]

which path is better for the USA's economy New deal or gold standard

[tiny iris]

Isorrowproductions

[eternal aspen]

get ready for communist spain

[buoyant rivet]

I know that you can branch them into commie / facist respectively but which is better for pure industry

[cursive socket]

lol

[eternal aspen]

new deal is historical, but both get rid of great depression

[sudden thistle]

Just the normal starting infantry

[cerulean shadow]

reeally? those divisions dont do crap for me they get no push

[eternal aspen]

so really, it's do you wanna be red, blue, or shit colour ideology

[buoyant rivet]

yes but which is better for industry?

[azure rune]

You don't have to garrison with puppeting, and you have buffer states that you don't have to call into wars, meaning you don't have to protect them.

[sudden thistle]

Because ur not supposed to push with them

[cerulean shadow]

what did you use for offensive templates?

[sudden thistle]

I mean it worked fine with pushing for me but I had like 3k CAS

[sudden thistle]

I just told you

[cerulean shadow]

got it so you used the moutaineers for your offense

did you have an offesnive infantry temp?

[sudden thistle]

No

[eternal aspen]

either or, you get the industry from both

[sudden thistle]

Works fine

[cerulean shadow]

thats with standard ifantry hold the line and then 16w mountaineers plus i assume some tank divs?

[sudden thistle]

No tanks

Men and plane only

Tanks are good though

Very good

[cerulean shadow]

holy crap you did all of that with just 16w mountaineers? what did you use early game the mountaineerss?

[azure rune]

Show plane template pls 😊

[sudden thistle]

Infantry spam 🔥

[sudden thistle]

I don’t have a pic

[azure rune]

Ok :(

[sudden thistle]

Fighter
Engine 3
3 4x HMG
2 armour plates

[cerulean shadow]

infantry spam early game then just moutaineers?

[azure rune]

Thanks

And CAS

?

[cerulean shadow]

geez

[sudden thistle]

CAS
Engine 3
2 bomb locks
2 armour plates

[cerulean shadow]

im thinking to hard about this stupid game lol

[azure rune]

CAS rules

[sudden thistle]

With the focke-wulf MIO too

I didn’t even use air early game too

[azure rune]

Thank you

[cerulean shadow]

normal inf for inf spam early?

and then you used those as hold the line?

[sudden thistle]

Mhm

[cerulean shadow]

preciate the help

[sudden thistle]

Mhm

[cerulean shadow]

so lots of cas, inf spam, 16 mountainners is all i need

[azure rune]

Single player is too easy. But mp actually makes you utilise most game mechanics as otherwise you'll get f-ed

[sudden thistle]

Ur doing a world conquest right

[cerulean shadow]

yes

[cerulean shadow]

im almost exclusively sp

[sudden thistle]

I would recommend using medium howy tanks then

I forgor

[azure rune]

And enough fighters of course to destroy the enemies's airforces. Otherwise your CAS is pretty useless

[cerulean shadow]

ok so inf spam, cas, 16w moutainners and medium tanks and fighters

[azure rune]

Tanks are not necessary but make your life easier

[floral frost]

How tf is Ethiopia so strong man

[cerulean shadow]

so for the sovietss you would use reg infantry to hold the line and then push with mountainners and it should shred?

[sudden thistle]

Make it’s a LOT easier

[tiny iris]

They are not, they are insanely weak. Its just the mountainous terrain which can slow you down.

[sudden thistle]

Mhm

[floral frost]

Theyre killing me man

[sudden thistle]

A combination of terrain, supply, and skill issue

[tiny iris]

You have BBA?

[azure rune]

Definitely. But they are really IC heavy. Usually inf-spam and CAS is enough

[cerulean shadow]

did you get the game yesterday lol

[floral frost]

Skill issue i understand

[sudden thistle]

Mediums are cheap

And ur Germany

So IC isn’t an issue

[floral frost]

Ive had it about a year now, but I haven't played in months

[floral frost]

...elaborate

[eternal aspen]

do you have "by blood alone"

it's the dlc that gives ethiopia its content

[floral frost]

Probably? Im doing the tutorial lmao

[azure rune]

Where are all your divs?

[tiny iris]

Ethiopa has more troops in BBA. As well as a ofcus tree which makes them stronger overtime. You have 4 months on you to take Ethiopa or else their Emperor will flee the country and at that point. Just restart the game.

Fun'

Funnnnnn

[floral frost]

You dont wanna know

God im ass at this game lmaoooo

[azure rune]

Yeah you are lol. Watch at yt tutorial or something first

[eternal aspen]

it happens

you should try OWB as Lanius, it helped me learn the game

[sonic sand]

welcome to the club

[sonic sand]

up your ass?

[floral frost]

Shockingly, ive done something right this time at least

[sonic sand]

idk?

[sonic sand]

pog

[floral frost]

Not dealing with supply issues

As soon as I said something-

[tiny iris]

When I got BBA, I had the toughtest time in Ethiopa

Then I realised its extremely easy.

The only thing you have to worry about is capitulating them before the emperor escapes

[paper echo]

"free state" my ass

[toxic sapphire]

I always have low air superiority because I don't understand it in the least bit

[final rampart]

has anyone successfully staged a democratic coup in japan as USA?

[toxic sapphire]

impossible mission

[final rampart]

thought as much lmfao

trying to push dem while they deal with china lol

[bright matrix]

Good afternoon (I just woke up after 11 hours of sleep)

[toxic sapphire]

good now teach me how airforce works

[floral frost]

Yeah, it was easy for a little bit

Then it fell apart

[bright matrix]

Easy, just produce the military equipment you want in abundance, deploy it at your air bases, and you're done.

[tiny iris]

You just need to put all your divisions on Ethiopa. I do some micro management too but its really not that difficult once all your forces are in place.

[bright matrix]

Create your own designs and you're ready to go!

[toxic sapphire]

is there any actual use for special projects

[bright matrix]

@toxic sapphire

If you want, we can play.

[floral frost]

Im gonna take a break

Go eat some sausage dip

[toxic sapphire]

it always shows this

maybe because I don't have actual internet or ethernet

ill never know

usb tethering is the way

[loud shuttle]

ts achievement was lowkey easy

[sonic sand]

hungry hungry hungarian

get horthy and the austrian prince next @loud shuttle

[toxic sapphire]

I remember the first time I played i attacked Austria and czechoslovakia

[cold marten]

when does Austria actually get to rearm?

[paper echo]

absolute cinema 🙌🏼

[sonic sand]

never!

[loud shuttle]

thats too much man

[sonic sand]

is it?

[loud shuttle]

wait

[sonic sand]

nah i got it

[loud shuttle]

lemme check it

[sonic sand]

I don't even have great hunger

[sonic sand]

its hard

but its hungary

so

yknow

[cold marten]

wait, you guys have achievements?

[sonic sand]

yeah?

[cold marten]

oh damn

[loud shuttle]

oh its too hard for me

but i might try it later

[sonic sand]

skill issue

do it and be happy

[loud shuttle]

its all because of germany bro

[sonic sand]

play hungary for years

[cold marten]

I on have "Mine is bigger than yours"

[sonic sand]

why?

why is germany the problem area?

[loud shuttle]

sudetenland but il ltry it on unhistorical

[sonic sand]

no

go historica

[loud shuttle]

no

[sonic sand]

do you have GDR?

[loud shuttle]

i have all dlcs

[sonic sand]

ok

so

[sonic sand]

then you don't need to worry about germany

you steal

austria from them

[loud shuttle]

temu factory

[toxic sapphire]

best doctrine for germany?

[sonic sand]

czechslovakia from them

and they can't rejoin

and they can't buildup

[loud shuttle]

and when they demand the sudetenland?

[paper echo]

yeah

[sonic sand]

they don't act on it usually

depends

you can usually tell what they're going to do by how many troops are on the czech border

[toxic sapphire]

best land doctrine for germany?

[bright matrix]

GDP

No

I was wrong

GDP is something else entirely.

[fading elk]

So how do u guys think I should split my half of the ussr as Japan

[bright matrix]

I meant, grand plan of battle doctrine.

@toxic sapphire

[toxic sapphire]

oh

ok

[sonic sand]

take moscow and siberia

and the baku oil fields

[fading elk]

I can prob claim all the way up to the Urals

[toxic sapphire]

which party chancellor should the German get first?

[bright matrix]

?

[fading elk]

I’m more thinking should I give all my new land to manchuko and my China puppet or should I make new puppets

[toxic sapphire]

as in focus

[sonic sand]

no

steal the german oil from the germans

[bright matrix]

Martin Bormann, José Gobbels and Alberto Speer

[toxic sapphire]

I got a grand battle plan expert theorist

[fading elk]

Well I could always take a few why not

[sonic sand]

@loud shuttle usually they don't attack

[sonic sand]

take baku oil fields

[loud shuttle]

ok

[sonic sand]

sometimes they do tho

so

like

be careful

[toxic sapphire]

gng 242 days but stone tools what

[sonic sand]

you can usually tell based on if they have troops on your borders

if its a lot

be prepared for a war

if its a little

or none at all

you're fine

also don't take troops from austria or czechia

[bright matrix]

Does anyone want to go to MP?

[sonic sand]

because that will trigger the war

[sonic sand]

#historical-multiplayer

[bright matrix]

🫦

[fading elk]

As long as I take those I guess I’ll be fine

[sonic sand]

yep!

free oil!

taken from the germans

[toxic sapphire]

barbecue chicken alert

[bright matrix]

Guys, as Germany, should I dominate the world or not?

[sonic sand]

so the germans have no oils

[toxic sapphire]

barbecue not being spelled with a q feels so wrong to me

[sonic sand]

d*ddy would've never liked nazi germany

[toxic sapphire]

he does

[sonic sand]

i love how puff is a banned word but not adolf hitler

[sonic sand]

well theres no oil

so

[toxic sapphire]

use machine oil instead

[sonic sand]

no oil

[toxic sapphire]

buy oil

@bright matrix dispersed or concentrated industry

[tiny iris]

What...

[bright matrix]

Disperses because it helps against enemy bombings.

[safe wing]

Concentrated

[bright matrix]

Nah

[safe wing]

AI is too dumb to use bombers

[toxic sapphire]

bet

[bright matrix]

Bro

[toxic sapphire]

no it isnt

[bright matrix]

OK

[safe wing]

Yeah they can bomb you but it ain’t enough to knock you out

[bright matrix]

Concentrated industries, and for those who are economically powerful.

[toxic sapphire]

still helps get the consumer goods in place tho

[safe wing]

True

[heady blade]

does someone have an tutorial for hoi4 multiplayer?

[bright matrix]

And with great military force

[safe wing]

So majors?

[midnight shore]

I always thought dispersed was always the main choice

[safe wing]

I assumed he was playing as one

[bright matrix]

Italy, for example, is not a major player.

[midnight shore]

I thought concentrated was useless

[safe wing]

They are though

According to the game

[bright matrix]

Dude, I only have 462 hours.

[toxic sapphire]

Hitler

[safe wing]

I have 4k

[bright matrix]

Wow

[bright matrix]

Fnaf

[midnight shore]

Do u know navy

[safe wing]

Yes

[bright matrix]

Charlotte

[safe wing]

Charlotte if she didn’t die

[bright matrix]

It's from a FNAF book that I don't remember.

[safe wing]

And had to live in the current economy

[bright matrix]

Maybe the twisted ones

[safe wing]

Thats not the real charlotte though

[bright matrix]

Huh

Oh

[safe wing]

The one in my pfp is a clanker replica

[bright matrix]

Holy shit! Seriously?

[toxic sapphire]

made this myself

[safe wing]

Built by her father

Well she is actually a series of Charlie bots representing different growth stages

[bright matrix]

Henry Emily lost relevance after we discovered that the animatronics technology was made by Elliot.

The same creator of mime.

Mimic

[safe wing]

True

[bright matrix]

I hated it.

[toxic sapphire]

is it bannable to say i love the fact that germany killed jews because of their greed and the fact they are doing the same now

[bright matrix]

I discovered FNAF around 2016.

[safe wing]

Read my war themed au then when its ready

[toxic sapphire]

lucky here 2018

[safe wing]

Its gritty af

[bright matrix]

True

[bright matrix]

It was around the same time that I started playing Roblox.

Shit

It's been a long time

[safe wing]

I hope you like Charlotte having to suffer instead of die because sometimes survival is more punishing

[sonic sand]

i hate horror games

[toxic sapphire]

started playing roblox in 2017 after seeing lumber tycoon 2 gameplay on yt

[bright matrix]

It's incredible how I went from someone who played obby games, simulators, and FPS games to someone who plays strategy games; I started to become very interested in history and geopolitics.

[safe wing]

Reading books made me into that

[cold marten]

alright, the Great and Powerful Austria is (probably) ready to fight Germany

[bright matrix]

Yep

[safe wing]

Like history books

[toxic sapphire]

does it automatically deploy units when they reach max exp because mine randomly spawnd in

[safe wing]

I have this huge ass book on wwii

[bright matrix]

Germany is going to explode!

[bright matrix]

And I'm the one from Stalin's biography.

[cold marten]

we've been embargoed by America

[toxic sapphire]

should I go war economy

[safe wing]

In the story I’m writing Charlotte is basically in the same position as the British army in Dunkirk, The red army in Sevastopol in 1942 and Wrangles army in 1921 in crimea

Basically accepting that I’m probably going to die

[toxic sapphire]

answer or save germany in late 1944

[safe wing]

Obviously

[bright matrix]

Old stuff

[safe wing]

Why did you post this?

[bright matrix]

I don't know either.

Comics

[sonic sand]

bulgarian?

[cold marten]

doing good for 1937

[bright matrix]

Who

No bro, that's Portuguese.

[sonic sand]

you!

[toxic sapphire]

last time I played I saw 40 Belgians in netherlands

[cold marten]

br?

[bright matrix]

Opa

[cold marten]

aeeeeeee!

[toxic sapphire]

ts not tuff 💔

[bright matrix]

What

[safe wing]

The theme of my au is that survival doesn’t equal happiness

[cold marten]

is it supposed to be this easy?

[safe wing]

Anyways enough glazing myself

[bright matrix]

I didn't understand. Do you have a book?

What

Bruh

[safe wing]

Several google docs I’m writing as a hobby

[bright matrix]

The translator sometimes adds a bit of style.

Wtf

What a shitty translator!

[safe wing]

I hope you like a good ol gritty war story

[bright matrix]

Huh

Do you have any pictures?

[safe wing]

Yes but its still early drafts of the first chapters

[cold marten]

guys, how should I deal with Germany

[bright matrix]

What the hell is that?

[sonic sand]

romania

[bright matrix]

Offer your h-

[cold marten]

annex, puppet or split into several puppets

[sonic sand]

balkan! balkan! balkan!

[bright matrix]

This is so 💔🥀

[sonic sand]

romania

[bright matrix]

Romania!

💪 👄 💪

[safe wing]

Anyways back to w*rk for me

[sonic sand]

no slurs

there are kids here

[tulip thorn]

Holy roman romania

[safe wing]

Bro its censored

[slim nexus]

Thinking of playing Sheep Mod. China, for you is a bad idea?

[bright matrix]

Wow

[safe wing]

Its going to be painful

[cold marten]

for Germany, what should I do?

[sonic sand]

or maybe romanian romania?

[bright matrix]

Balkanized China? No, I hate warlords.

[sonic sand]

balkan balkan!

[tulip thorn]

Holy Romanian Romania with a tiny bit of romania

[sudden thistle]

It’s fun

[bright matrix]

Puppet

[sonic sand]

https://tenor.com/view/true-truth-nuke-super-truth-nova-truth-meme-gif-16889273424352737553

[sudden thistle]

Sheep China is easy since Japan is bad at game start

[slim nexus]

Yeah true

[bright matrix]

@cold marten Faz fantoche amigo

[sonic sand]

mods he said the nword

[bright matrix]

N

🥵🔥

[sonic sand]

https://tenor.com/view/goku-prowler-goku-goku-mad-goku-dbs-dbs-gif-11120329515669448575

[bright matrix]

Neck

[safe wing]

Bro how old are you?

You will understand when your at my age

[cold marten]

let me just turn off texture because it's ass

[sonic sand]

18!

i just act like a child because i can!

[bright matrix]

Holy shit

[safe wing]

Don’t

Its a bad mindset

[bright matrix]

Go get a job, you bum! Just kidding.

[safe wing]

Go to college I guess

[sonic sand]

i have a job

and i go to university people

[bright matrix]

Play Roblox

[safe wing]

Play Rome total war

[sonic sand]

good lord just because im on this discord doesn't mean i immediately have no life.

[cold marten]

profanity!

[sonic sand]

although i don't think thats too hard of an assumption to make

after all this IS the hoi4 discord server

[safe wing]

I’m on here less and less lately

I have 15 other servers I’m on

[bright matrix]

I'm on malicious servers where everyone wants my Makita.

😭

[safe wing]

My tag is for Empire at war expanded

[cold marten]

oh

[bright matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/makita-makitacordless-cordless-drill-machine-gif-15869885

[cold marten]

thought it was Equestria at War

[safe wing]

It isn’t

Its for star wars mods that cover the legends content

[cold marten]

anyways

[tulip thorn]

The EaW tag is just EaW

[cold marten]

Second Holy Roman Empire

[bright matrix]

W+

[tulip thorn]

That other tag has an X at the end

Very easy to tell that its not equestria at war

[bright matrix]

@cold marten ei

[cold marten]

ei

[bright matrix]

Tu e bom no hoi4?

[cold marten]

não

[bright matrix]

Ai e lasca kk

[tulip thorn]

Really not that bad

[cold marten]

because I can't balkanize it further

[toxic sapphire]

in my 2nd game ever Hungary took over france and yugoslavia and gave it to Italy

it was a bit ago

Just wanted to share this peak

[past sky]

Am I the only one having an issue where special projects vanish completely after loading a saved game?

[slim nexus]

Nice job fellas

[slim nexus]

Mediaeval mods?

[toxic sapphire]

modify game

[tepid crown]

Ayyy empire at war is goated

[toxic sapphire]

building a single railway maxed out my supply btw

[cold marten]

where is that

[woeful berry]

surely theres still someone i can conscript

[toxic sapphire]

guys how do I assign missions to airplanes

@bright matrix u defo know that

youre the goat thats why

[rose radish]

maaaannn that was tense now i can sleep

[honest vale]

when will the next DLC sales be?

[toxic sapphire]

April 1st 2026

[honest vale]

pls tell me ur joking

[toxic sapphire]

April 1st

2026

[safe wing]

https://tenor.com/view/futurama-professor-farnsworth-professor-farnsworth-bender-gif-25198969

[eternal aspen]

iirc it starts winter sale, but idk if expansion 2 will be with it

[fading elk]

Me and Germany split the Soviets in two

[eternal aspen]

germany could have taken more ngl

their russia rk's have siberia, the rest goes to japan

[fading elk]

Idk why but they were pretty passive

[sudden thistle]

Fun

[eternal aspen]

valid af

[sudden thistle]

Prob Christiana’s

Christmas

Autocorrect

Maybe Nov 20th when the dlc releases too

[onyx sundial]

whats a fun country like british raj? the countr that is a company

[cold marten]

how do you paradrop?

[honest vale]

damn i was hoping for a halloween sale

[cold marten]

forget it

found it out

[bright matrix]

Bien

Send a photo of your image.

Send a photo of your game*

[fading elk]

Well now what do I do

So I didn’t go south yet

So the us isn’t in ww2

Do I jusr help Germany cap the uk

[toxic sapphire]

here's a photo of my image

[bright matrix]

Choose the air mission

[toxic sapphire]

huh

where's that

[bright matrix]

And do you see that your generals are overburdened because of too many divisions? There's a limit to the number of divisions a general can have; leave them with 24.

You'd better distribute your divisions.

[toxic sapphire]

man why should I make more groups its just a lot of space

too much space

[bright matrix]

Huh

[mild plaza]

Expansion passes won't go on sale. Since they're already at a discounted price. And dlcs generally only go on sale about a year after release

[cold marten]

why aren't my paratroopers going?

[eternal aspen]

do you have "La Resistence"

[mild plaza]

Do you have enough transport planes?

[eternal aspen]

then not with any content

but you can play as Vichy France

[cold marten]

how much for ten paratroopers

[eternal aspen]

yes you do

[mild plaza]

500

[eternal aspen]

you let them invade you on historical AI, and htey will form vichy france

[mild plaza]

No you'll lose the northern part if you go vichi

[eternal aspen]

no, you lose your atlantic coast and most of northern france, but you can always develop the vichy parts before

you also keep africa, vietnam, and syria

[toxic sapphire]

@bright matrix is it better now

[eternal aspen]

idk if you get the west indies

yes

but again, without a lot of content

without La Resistence, you lose out on spanish content and a lot of french content

play UK

very

it changes the game a little, but it's still fun

[mild plaza]

Use field marshalls as well

[toxic sapphire]

this better than this?

[toxic sapphire]

how

[mild plaza]

Select a general and click the plus on the left instead of the right

[toxic sapphire]

HOLY WORD LITHUANIA GAVE ME FREE LAND RANDOMLY

[mild plaza]

Each one can manage 5 generals under it and gives buffs same as generals

[sterile plover]

anyone wanna join me in a kaiserredux game

[toxic sapphire]

can you please circle it

[toxic sapphire]

also why did Lithuania give me free land out of nowhere

[mild plaza]

Did you do a focus?

[toxic sapphire]

the czech one

[cold marten]

I have 1000 transport and they still don't go

[mild plaza]

There should also be one for lithuania. Unless they decided to give it away before you do the focus

[mild plaza]

Send a screenshot

No

[dusky burrow]

It's the reassert eastern claims focus I believe

[mild plaza]

Its very bad. And the civil war makes it a lot worse

[toxic sapphire]

I didnt complete that one yet tho

[mild plaza]

Think so yes

[dusky burrow]

So every time you go down the Danzig or War focus you would have already done the Memel annexation

[warped flint]

Yeah thats it

[toxic sapphire]

what should I do with the bad boys after capitulating poland

[eternal aspen]

reassert eastern claims should still be the focus name

[mild plaza]

Its the green + to the left of your generals at the bottom

[dusky burrow]

Bad boys?

[toxic sapphire]

the guys that murdered warsaw

[dusky burrow]

Kill the Netherlands + the Baltics

Also kill Denmark, but that requires 0 involvement

[eternal aspen]

please screenshot not using picture, it is understandable first few times but it is hard to see and also lets us see things better

[toxic sapphire]

mr I dont have discord on pc

[wet smelt]

anyone wanna play hoi4? im a bit new tho

[toxic sapphire]

so i should kill the Baltics after all

using wish someone told me that

[safe wing]

Congrats on the promotion

[mild plaza]

Well its not required

Its just easy so might as well

[dusky burrow]

Yeah not required but can be helpful

[toxic sapphire]

with

killing stallin in his sleep?

[eternal aspen]

nah, he does that himself

[mild plaza]

Hover over the arrow on the general thats assigned to the order. It should tell you whats wrong

[toxic sapphire]

lmao got me off guard

[mild plaza]

They might just be preparing still

[eternal aspen]

they need to be in the paris airport

[cold marten]

needs five more transport wings

[mild plaza]

They are. They automatically move to the required spot

[cold marten]

what is a wing

[mild plaza]

Wait are your transport wings on a mission?

[tepid crown]

Ever figure out what it was?

[mild plaza]

They can't be if you wanna use them for paratrooping

Since you need 5 to transport 10 paratroopers and you've got 5 in the airbase

[cold marten]

that was the problem

we are uniting Europe, whether they like it or not

[wet smelt]

brexit time

[mellow shale]

is it a good idea to play japan as a beginner

[wet smelt]

as a beginner as well, i dont know myself but ive found france and canada to be fairly easy

[mild plaza]

Japan can be difficult but it does teach a lot. Germany is also good since it has the most room for error. So you can make mistakes and still win fairly easily

If you wanna play Japan I'd definitely make sure you know the basics. And remember to use naval invasions against china

[mellow shale]

ive played germany on solo before and lost to poland

POLAND bro

[sharp sierra]

play italy

[mellow shale]

POLAND out of all countries

[mild plaza]

Ok then you've made a few pretty big mistakes

[mellow shale]

agonizingly annoying to fight ethiopia

[wet smelt]

italy was quite annoying to play as for me, i dunno about him tho

[sharp sierra]

when i first started playing it took me like 1 italy game to figure out how to operate the navy and win with it

[mellow shale]

can i tell u the big mistake i made

[wet smelt]

🤝 ]

[mild plaza]

Which honestly it happens. Hoi is difficult to learn

[mild plaza]

Sure

[sharp sierra]

i also remember struggling with ethiopia but i just looked at how others did it

[broken sky]

I agree with this

[mild plaza]

Not really. Just put 2 armies on it and battleplan it

[mellow shale]

not militarizing on the french border 0-0

[broken sky]

If the Navy won't kill you, then the atrocious supply will

[mild plaza]

Classic

[broken sky]

Asia is notorious for its lack of supply hubs, especially deep into Mainland China

[mild plaza]

You wanna spread china thin since they've got a ton of troops. And naval invasions are very good for that

[broken sky]

Yeah lol

Just keep naval-ing south further and further

[mellow shale]

i did that but it was agonisingly stupid. sometimes it says battles last less then a day and increases. it increases days when i look at it and its close

[mild plaza]

Like they get 15 divisions per tile on the northern border. So you're just stuck

[wet smelt]

barbecue chicken alert

[sharp sierra]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38gk0XYwq6s

mcchicken alert

[mellow shale]

would u wanna play mp so u can help me get better

[mild plaza]

Can't rly. But you might find someone if you ask in #ask-for-help-here . And if not you'll still get general help. But I'd start with a tutorial on the basics if you've not watched one yet

[safe wing]

Thats what I do for every game

[sudden thistle]

Hi katchat

[drifting bough]

@wet smelt join me in mp4

[safe wing]

I just copy guides and adapt them to the current meta if they are outdated

[sharp sierra]

yea i just apply anything that makes my game easier for what i want to do

[safe wing]

Unless I’m larping in like Rome total war or something

[mild plaza]

Hi christi

Wait I heard you got a new nickname

[safe wing]

Which is something you could possibly get away with or something

Just don’t expect to use Triarii that much

[merry harness]

when the next discount my bro wantsit

[safe wing]

https://tenor.com/view/futurama-professor-farnsworth-professor-farnsworth-bender-gif-25198969

[merry harness]

damn

[mild plaza]

48 days
https://steamdb.info/sales/history/

[wet smelt]

anyone wanna play vanilla hoi4?

[safe wing]

can’t

I’m at work

[sudden thistle]

I did?

[mild plaza]

Or keep an eye on humble bundle. They might have a sale earlier but humble doesn't announce its sales

[mild plaza]

Yea. https

Lmao

[sudden thistle]

😭

That dude was a little special

[mild plaza]

You say that as if every hoi4 player isn't at least a bit special

[near schooner]

KINGDOM COME DELIVERANCE REFERENCE!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!?

[cold marten]

perfection

[limber wigeon]

americas fleet is cooked

[mild plaza]

How bad is the lag?

[cold marten]

a bit bad

wtf is that European non aligned flag

[sterile plover]

@oblique berry u joining brotha or can we unpause

[brittle cypress]

I love how the AI will just send all their carriers with no escorts to go die in a battle

Paradox could make the ai fleet 10x better if they just had them deathstack their surface fleet

[split bane]

Ahhhhh

[dusky burrow]

huge hungary

[remote quarry]

but the ai picked the correct traits on their admiral!

[raw cloud]

Адмирал….

[limber wigeon]

lol america had 700 ships at the start of the war

now its 200

I had like 300 at the start, now 200

[raw cloud]

Адмирал….

[coarse willow]

is it normal to lose ur entire navy as germany while doing sealion 😭

my entire taskforce is just gone

[raw cloud]

Адмирал….

Адмирал лол….

[brittle cypress]

Yes if you didn’t build up your navy at all

[coarse willow]

this is ust

my 2 new carriers 😢

[brittle cypress]

Me when I have a total of one (1) screen in the battle

Where are your destroyers lmao

[coarse willow]

they all got shit on in a different battle

[brittle cypress]

You can’t do that

Keep your fleet together

Capitals need screens to work

[coarse willow]

they were together its jsut all my destroyers were destroyed

i need my tanks in britain but now im scared theyll get raided crossing the channel

[sharp sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/squid-game-oh-my-god-bruh-saleswoman-oh-my-god-bruh-gif-2398788864743270124

[hoary mortar]

RIP

[brittle cypress]

Send across an infantry as sacrifice and then send all your tanks

[hoary mortar]

Wait

[sharp sierra]

why did u even send that out

[hoary mortar]

where are ur destroyers

WHERE ARE UR DESTROYERS PRIVATE

[coarse willow]

dont ask me 😭

[sharp sierra]

who cares about destroyers u just dont even have any good damage dealing ships

[hoary mortar]

DON'T HAVE ANY?!

YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT MAGGOT

[brittle cypress]

He said they got sunk in another battle lol

[hoary mortar]

Okay anywyas the real problem @coarse willow is as m8p5j just said, no damage dealers in ur navy. U got 2 destroyers and carriers nice, but barely any cruisers

Personally I use cruisers as my main damage dealer for navies, idk if other people do that instead with battleships

[coarse willow]

true i forgot how to do navy i havent played this in a while

bro i landed in britain and sent alot of men their

[sharp sierra]

its only light cruisers

[coarse willow]

but britian keeps attacking my line so i cant push

[sharp sierra]

everytime i make aircraft carriers i swear they dont do shit in battle

[coarse willow]

so now im stuck with an incredibley small line with a bunch of men

[sharp sierra]

cause of weather etc

[hoary mortar]

I literally just started learning to do navy tbh. I built my navy up mostly focusing cruisers 'n carriers, so that by 1940 I had at least 30 light cruisers ready

[fringe shell]

oh shit

[hoary mortar]

tbh I never checked their damage at all, I just see the planes do stuff

[limber wigeon]

Ladies and gentlemen, the war is won

[hoary mortar]

Helly eah

[toxic sapphire]

I forgot to pause for a sec is this saveable

[mellow shale]

that isnt savable pal

[slim nexus]

Yes

First of all, stop executing the battle plan

[mellow shale]

once france invades that is really not good

dont declare on netherlands

[toxic sapphire]

were at war

[slim nexus]

Use yout tank division here

[slim nexus]

Over here you should have a city and rivers is that at your adevantage, qnd make a backline

[slim nexus]

Where are your tanks

[toxic sapphire]

so uh idk where they went

[slim nexus]

Close the bubble and hold the line

[toxic sapphire]

they pushed trough half of netherlands and then i went afk but clicked space teice

[slim nexus]

Du bist der Untergang des deutschen Volkes! Wie konntest du nur unsere Panzerdivision verlieren? Mein Hund wäre ein besserer General als du!

[gaunt thorn]

ironman mode is the best because

it forces you to try more

[toxic sapphire]

uhh what does that mean

[dusty ridge]

the torpedo cruisers is OP

[slim nexus]

You are the downfall of the German people! How could you possibly lose our Panzer division? My dog would make a better general than you!

/jk

[toxic sapphire]

I was litteraly afk

but unpaused

[dusty ridge]

gg UK

[slim nexus]

Schweigen!

[slim nexus]

F

[slim nexus]

That fleet is not gonna win like this

You need screen

How you have 119 BS

[dusty ridge]

the year is 47

am playing sheep ai

[toxic sapphire]

im holding on the west front and winning on eastern front

[dusty ridge]

guys how can i get a good naval detection?

[hybrid galleon]

make screen ships and set them to recon

and making naval bombers helps too

[heavy vigil]

Just stay on strike force?

Why would you want battles

[remote quarry]

green air

and use your ship with highest detection

[dusty ridge]

because its boring that britain have 300 ships and no battles

[remote quarry]

but detection usually doesn't help you engage the other navy

[remote quarry]

you cannot detect ships that are sitting in ports

[slim nexus]

One question and 3 differents answeres

[remote quarry]

you need to send out your fleet/sub and start raiding

[sudden thistle]

to kill ships and get dopamine

[remote quarry]

usually people don't understand what they are asking

[dusty ridge]

yeah thats what am wondering

[remote quarry]

they ask A, but they actually want B

[remote quarry]

yes, go raiding

[dusty ridge]

i cant engage with docked ships?

[remote quarry]

no

but

when you catch a troop convoy

[sudden thistle]

naval invade their entire coast to make sure they dont use ports 🔥

[remote quarry]

their fleet would engage your raiding ship

[slim nexus]

" You do not know what you want, I do "

Gaslighting ABC

[remote quarry]

yes

i mean, couldn't you see it rn

[dusty ridge]

yeah malta just made them naval invade every 10 sec

[remote quarry]

when you catch troop convoy, enemy strike force would engage

so if you have subs on always engage, their fleet would be stuck in that combat

giving you a chance to engage them

or you can just raid with your main fleet

[sudden thistle]

i mean you could just port strike

but thats boring

[remote quarry]

or that yeah

kinda hard

[remote quarry]

https://xyproblem.info/

[dusty ridge]

while in the other side japan and usa are like cat and dog

https://tenor.com/view/dc-black-adams-superhero-fight-marvel-gif-26206887

[toxic sapphire]

what's best panzer doctrine for Deutschland

[dusty ridge]

mobile warfare

or grand battleplan

[safe wing]

Grand battle plan

[toxic sapphire]

how can I get anchluss quickly

[dusty ridge]

spam divs

[slim nexus]

K am gonna use this in real life too

[toxic sapphire]

I feel like getting it early is a great headstart

[toxic sapphire]

so basically get 5 exp and make 1 inf division then spam and later turn it into normal or panzer?

[dusty ridge]

well for me i dont suggest to turn it to panzer

FOR me

[heavy vigil]

Yeah thats how you win na

Navy*

[sudden thistle]

256 light tank divs without tanks when?

[toxic sapphire]

ill use panzers for benelux and infantry for poland tanks for danzig good or no

[sudden thistle]

they are

wait

use panzers everywhere

[toxic sapphire]

I deleted the save file

[sudden thistle]

dont blame you

[cobalt imp]

concentrated is king

[toxic sapphire]

gimme mw panzer division design

[dusty ridge]

you are germany so tanks

[cobalt imp]

dispersed 🤢

[dusty ridge]

not only tanks

[toxic sapphire]

mid

[bright matrix]

Which is better?

[dusty ridge]

but use tanks in every frontline

[cobalt imp]

it's way better

[sudden thistle]

why mobile warfare

[dusty ridge]

what country?

[bright matrix]

Italy

[toxic sapphire]

fun and games till u see 2k bombers on ur civilian factories

[heavy vigil]

The one that gives hp is best but youre on SFP

[toxic sapphire]

mb I meant bp

[dusty ridge]

your dovtrine?

[bright matrix]

Superior fire

[sudden thistle]

one second

[dusty ridge]

if you are using mass assault use victory or death

[heavy vigil]

SFP is so ass

[cobalt imp]

that's why you have 5k fighters with all the extra ones u made

[cobalt imp]

it's decent, it's a safe option

[bright matrix]

Yes

[heavy vigil]

You lose soo many men if you wanna take advantage of its buffs

[toxic sapphire]

the other one has better early game tho no?

[hybrid galleon]

i completly forgot that Washington DC is a state in HOI4

solid 6 factories capacity

[heavy vigil]

I too love losing millions when using small inf divs

[slim nexus]

Also in real life

[remote quarry]

green were the only ones you should ever pick

[cobalt imp]

maybe actually because of dispersed's efficiency growth

[remote quarry]

unless it doesn't show up as an option

[hybrid galleon]

well more a district in IRL

[cobalt imp]

but concentrated and dispersed at max efficiency concentrated has wayy more

[sudden thistle]

i cant find a image nah

[toxic sapphire]

still better early game and better early modifiers

[remote quarry]

it's just worse

especially for high cap nations

like germany

it's only better if you switch lines around often

[heavy vigil]

Disp normally is better for a year but 6 months for ger

[sudden thistle]

i love how ur talking like you know the game

[toxic sapphire]

my opinion

[cobalt imp]

being honest i barely know shit either

[mild plaza]

That first year doesn't matter much even for nations that go to war early

[toxic sapphire]

id say I'm actually pretty decent at the game for someone with 29hr

[heavy vigil]

Just do it on minors when you need more gun 2/3 out by like 1939/40 imo

[toxic sapphire]

im talking average for every nation

not just germany

[cobalt imp]

29 hours? tf

[heavy vigil]

Ok then its for a year per mil

[toxic sapphire]

surprised or disappointed tf

[heavy vigil]

Like if you produce a thing longer its just worse

[cobalt imp]

shocked

29 hours is like

moved one tile

[toxic sapphire]

irl

gameplay

[mild plaza]

Still 29 hours is not a lot

[toxic sapphire]

im not saying it is

[cobalt imp]

wdym

[toxic sapphire]

im saying that my progress for the amount of time I've played is but I'm asking for yalls opinions

[toxic sapphire]

ive played 29 hours of hoi4

[remote quarry]

I want more gun 1 as well

[cobalt imp]

that's rlly low tbh

[toxic sapphire]

English ain't my first or 2nd language so im pretty shit at explaining

[toxic sapphire]

exactly my point

[cobalt imp]

i am at like 300 hours

and im a noob

[toxic sapphire]

how much hours did u first think i had

[bright matrix]

The German Reich is justifying war in me.

[toxic sapphire]

IN you?

[bright matrix]

Ye

[heavy vigil]

You have enough tho?

Like idk baltics, luxemburg

Netherlands

[cobalt imp]

idk

[heavy vigil]

Dispersed is good

[cobalt imp]

LMAO

[heavy vigil]

I forgot for my last lux game and lost

Also cuz i was trolling fr

[cobalt imp]

Soviet union concentrated is good because you have so much time to build up

Once i had like 400 factories at 1941 barbarossa

Communism is fire

[toxic sapphire]

u have like 6 years to build up gng its really easy

[cobalt imp]

then u RAVAGE europe

and turn american capitalist pigs into communists

[toxic sapphire]

balkans GONE

germany

GONE

[cobalt imp]

i always target turkey gng

[sudden thistle]

gond

[toxic sapphire]

the first time I played ussr I forgot that the Germans break our nap

nap= non aggro pact

[cobalt imp]

i got incinerated

i fell back to a river line but it got breached

[toxic sapphire]

wait brb my little sister is screaming

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS

How do I put spoilers on images

for graphic content reasons

[cobalt imp]

i hate watching guide videos

it's so boring

i always just play myself and try figure it out