hoi4-general

[queen otter]

For cheap

[heavy vigil]

no

invaded ukraine a few times if that counts

[heavy vigil]

wait for sale

[solid dirge]

Ah I see

Historical russia

[buoyant lodge]

why does plunging thick medium tank divs through the ardennes forest not work bro

smh

[solid dirge]

🏴‍☠️

[buoyant lodge]

what is a tree bro

whats a forest

[heavy vigil]

i couldve done a few world conquests in the time if i wanted to

i just dont want to lol

[solid dirge]

Do you have like a super computer

My pc goes at 1 hour per hour in 1950

[heavy vigil]

yeah thats because theres a megawar ongoing then

if there isnt it doesnt lag that much

also because you have a trillion different equipments in stockpile and it has to choose what to send to your units

[wicked haven]

Casey have you done a Kaiser MEFO run?

[heavy vigil]

no

i dont rlly play germany unless its like to help someone

i dont enjoy it

[warped flint]

what balkan country should I play as

[heavy vigil]

ottomans?

[warped flint]

I mean like one of the tiny ones

[wicked haven]

Serbia

[warped flint]

Ottomans are just gonna die cause you cant make the central powers win

[wicked haven]

fair

[eternal aspen]

Croatia

[warped flint]

they dont exist

[tiny iris]

They do.

[eternal aspen]

Bosnia

Ez

[warped flint]

No

Whats a good template for great war redux?

[eternal aspen]

Then why ask if you won't do it?

[warped flint]

Someone already gave me a country

[eternal aspen]

Alt+f4 and loading up a better mod?

[warped flint]

And again, croatia doesnt exist

[eternal aspen]

.

[warped flint]

https://tenor.com/view/what-gif-2773712783314774774

[eternal aspen]

Bosnia isnt that bad

You kinda just sit there and exist for 10 years

Maybe send a few men to the front if the going gets bad

[leaden mulch]

I enjoy germany but I haven't played it in like 4 weeks

I really enjoy poland tbh

[hasty owl]

Peak template?

[slender moon]

any1 wanna play?

[leaden mulch]

No

[viscid stirrup]

no

why use motorized AND mech

also make it 36 width

[slender moon]

for your motorized you should have Motorized Artillery/Ir

[hasty owl]

I'm moving from moto to mech

[viscid stirrup]

also add 2 mot anti air(sov fights under red air in mp)

[viscid stirrup]

nah

[hasty owl]

I wanna have org

[viscid stirrup]

more tanks

[viscid stirrup]

org is fake

[hasty owl]

It's sp

[leaden mulch]

True

[viscid stirrup]

at least in a tank division

[hasty owl]

That is not ture.

[viscid stirrup]

well then you can use any division at all

anything works against cooked ai

🥶😂

[slender moon]

^^

[warped flint]

What is a good division template in great war redux

[jovial bough]

like 20 widths

[devout trench]

Reduce down to 16 or 18th width infantry, add machine gun support and rush gas tech

[drowsy ravine]

shit is about to go down lets see if i can carry the germans towards victory this time

[devout trench]

You lose maybe 10 soft at the cost of being able to stack more troops into a tile

Which can give you like 2x the soft attack of the enemy with support companies

[leaden mulch]

No

[jovial bough]

sheep mod

[viscid stirrup]

still works

[mellow shale]

@heavy vigil im gonna test if my pc doesnt spay my screen

[tepid crown]

Unfortunately, could possibly still work

[viscid stirrup]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1397308567597486200/1425859661948780677/togif.gif

[split bane]

I'm about to give up

[tepid crown]

Why

[split bane]

The Soviets declared war on me out of nowhere and they're slowly pushing me out of Europe with their 1.5k divisions

[heavy vigil]

yipee

[dawn mango]

5 days till dlc

[toxic lotus]

bro

[toxic lotus]

coal will e annoying

[tepid crown]

You have 1500 factories and 12 million manpower. You’re trolling

[split bane]

I can't push their horde
And the faction includes the PRC that has just as much or more divisions as the Soviets

[copper cobalt]

drop the sun

well several

also with enough cas ~~ anything is possible

[heavy vigil]

you know supply exists right?

they dont have infinite equipment

youre just playing on 5 speed not doing research making your army better etc

this isnt an issue of them being too strong but rather you already having stopped playing actively for a while which allows the ai to catch up/outscale

[fair horizon]

dw brittania rules the waves and they'll never get through that

[tepid crown]

Ok. So make close air support and push them

[fair horizon]

when australia dlc?

[true needle]

playing rt56 and I found out that peru gets wargoals on like half of europe

[fair horizon]

wait why

[true needle]

the problem is that peru starts with like no industry, BUT you have a TON of ways to get a lot of dockyards

[fair horizon]

is there a historical context to that?

[true needle]

something something hapsburg nonsense

[fair horizon]

tbf you dont need a lot of industry to beat europe

and your neighbors have PLENTY for you to take

[true needle]

im not sure if I should rush down the political tree to get wargoals or if I should rush economy so I can get more factories and research slots

[fair horizon]

do the thing for your formable

[candid pecan]

howcome im germany and im "not the faction leader"

how do i see who is

[true needle]

im pretty sure I should just make mountaineers or something

[fair horizon]

hover over the axis new

[true needle]

I dont have the industry for tanks

[fair horizon]

you dont need tanks for south america

if you do make some make flame tanks

[tepid crown]

Next year

[fair horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/sleepy-cat-sleep-cat-gif-1833006167751974340

[fair horizon]

bro got italy in his faction 💀

[candid pecan]

how can u win against the soviets

[grim plover]

Hello guys

[toxic lotus]

btw france held the germans in 40

[mellow shale]

it never worked

im gonna mess with my resolution in a bit

[toxic lotus]

for ai its impressive

[grim plover]

Priviet Comrades

[dusky burrow]

naval invade

[dusky burrow]

those guys will run out of men eventually

[cold wedge]

its funny

[cold wedge]

john wick holding off entire spanish army

[warped flint]

im scared

[pastel urchin]

is there hope?

[lofty flame]

there is hope

hold on soviet front stop atacking like that and micro

[pastel urchin]

im only 150 hours into hoi4 so im lowkey bad

[lofty flame]

defend the rivers and mountains

[pastel urchin]

i will try

[lofty flame]

and use uh

last stands

and circle men

trough the front

[pastel urchin]

okay

[lofty flame]

focus on pushing them back

in west

before u face east

[pastel urchin]

is there way to use the german youth

[lofty flame]

u already

have enough men

dawg

[pastel urchin]

i need more

[lofty flame]

u have 7m manpower.

thats more then enough

the problem is equipment

do u have enough equipment to do anything at all?

[pastel urchin]

uhh

sure

[warped flint]

the counter offensive begins

[copper cobalt]

If you have Collab this should be an easy win

[warped flint]

Destroyed like 8 bulgarian divs

[pastel urchin]

im dead

[hasty owl]

Does anybody know any cool mods?

[dusky burrow]

bulgaria? never heard of it

[toxic sapphire]

wth

why wont it peace

[dawn mango]

its kinda easy but its fun

[hasty owl]

Easier than base game?

[dawn mango]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[toxic sapphire]

explain

[dawn mango]

it is supposed to do that

its how the game deals with it

[unkempt zodiac]

BRO

[wicked haven]

with bba Ethiopia can do Board the Train and make the war continue after capitulating

[unkempt zodiac]

if i paradrop into major cities capital and like a few other cities will it instantly capitulate? 😭

[wicked haven]

takes them 140 ish days

so if you want to avoid it you need to cap them before then

[dawn mango]

probably

in that image it is capitulated btw

[hasty owl]

Yes. It can happen.

[unkempt zodiac]

wait paratroopers still land on places THAT HAVE PPL DEFENDING THEM right?

or does it not do that

[dawn mango]

they do but they fight there

its like if its encircled

[hasty owl]

They will start fighting. If the paratrooper loses it will be destroyed.

[unkempt zodiac]

does it have big debufs?

[hasty owl]

Who?

[unkempt zodiac]

like

paratroopers dropping

like

[bronze mango]

Ethiopia is in exile in Britain

[unkempt zodiac]

the naval invasion penalty

[bronze mango]

It's part of their focus tree

[hasty owl]

The paratroopers get a limited amount supply and if you have the doctrine they will damage the enemy's org when landong.

[hasty owl]

I don't think so

[wicked haven]

@toxic sapphire reroll the game and invade faster

[hasty owl]

@unkempt zodiac I want to be abused by your pfp

[unkempt zodiac]

okay thanks ALOT

[unkempt zodiac]

who doesnt

okay just one more thing

[wicked haven]

bro is diddys number one fan ig

[unkempt zodiac]

if i have 70% air superiroity it works right

what about th4e transport plane stuff

[hasty owl]

You need lots of them and need to have 70% to land paratroopers.

[unkempt zodiac]

okok got it

[hasty owl]

Nah. He's gross.

He's a real bad guy

[regal heron]

who the fk im defending from

[tulip thorn]

<@&846894118219022336>

[hasty owl]

What you need them for?

[regal heron]

some phising things

[hasty owl]

Why is Denmark fighting a battle?

[regal heron]

cuz it belong to reich frfr

[hasty owl]

Is your pfp a guy or girl?

[wicked haven]

2 Panzer Divisions vs a Danish guy called Paul Ramm 😭

[hasty owl]

Paul got's this

[slim nexus]

Bborder rating; 7-10

[regal heron]

Femb-,girl

[regal heron]

Fr

[true needle]

man fighting as a non-major SUCKS

NO manpower

NO equipment

NO planes

and NO attack because of terrain penalties

[hasty owl]

So it's not gay for me to get off to it?

[regal heron]

Yes,💦 💦

[regal heron]

Me on maginot line 5 division doing 1 soft attack,0 hard,1 def

[bright arrow]

Wtf

[hasty owl]

https://tenor.com/view/royce-dupont-entrepreneur-tiktok-gif-14652304159510146221

[hasty owl]

What?

[hasty owl]

4 defense is crazy

[true needle]

breakthrough

[hasty owl]

Still really low

[worn coral]

guys

which is more historically accurate

home defense or global defense?

[unkempt zodiac]

how many transport planes do i need for 8 paratrooper divisions

[true needle]

when im trying to have fun but the game hits me with the

-50% terrain
-30% ???
-15% country
-100% because screw you
-100% again because you didnt buy the "attack" dlc (50$)

[hasty owl]

Depends on how big your paratrooper disvions are

[worn coral]

answer my question please

pretty please

[hasty owl]

Idk

[regal heron]

Cuh

[unkempt zodiac]

normal..

[hasty owl]

It should tell you if you put them on an idea. I think.

[unkempt zodiac]

3 paratroopers

[hasty owl]

Tiny

[hallow pike]

the annoying thing is even if you get more divisions they'll just go to reserve

[dusky burrow]

it doesn't

it's 45 or 50 per division

[unkempt zodiac]

it has a special forces cap

[unkempt zodiac]

PER DIVISION?

[hoary knot]

Pikaboooo

[unkempt zodiac]

thats INSANE

[dusky burrow]

per division

[dusky burrow]

encircle the divisions in plymouth

[regal heron]

Fr

[hallow pike]

sorry wtf-

[regal heron]

Fk germany, i'll do it my self ahh

[hallow pike]

what ?

was that deleted by modration

or by you ?

the other video

[hasty owl]

No. It gave them big noses so a mod might find it racist. Because of that reason I got rid of it.

[tulip thorn]

Yeah and modern politics or politicians arent allowed

[hasty owl]

It's not political. It's just goofy.

[hallow pike]

i mean he just randomly sent a video about netanyahu and some nazi black guy like wtf

[tulip thorn]

It still had modern politicians in it

Doesnt matter if its a meme or is goofy

Rule 2

[hallow pike]

https://tenor.com/view/jd-jd-vance-vance-vpn-fat-gif-3934643206448588515

so i cant send this '

?

[hasty owl]

That's a lot of dockyards

[tulip thorn]

yeah not allowed

[north spoke]

https://tenor.com/view/this-fucking-peaks-this-fucking-greens-danny-devito-clapping-gif-652469562401052345

[hallow pike]

bros trying to find nemo

[unkempt zodiac]

dude by per division

do you actually mean like..

per division

so around 400 transport planes?

[distant knoll]

Fr

[distant knoll]

Top 1 reason to play kaiserredux

[hallow pike]

you found him yet ?

[distant knoll]

No unfortunately

[hallow pike]

wtf why was that deleted ?

[distant knoll]

Cuz unc was wrong

The picture didn’t prove anything

[hasty owl]

Unc has had discord for 8 years

[distant knoll]

Unc

What does the picture prove

[tulip thorn]

What is the point of this

[hallow pike]

he has been on discord since 2017

[tulip thorn]

Acting worse than jellyfish mapping 🥀

[hasty owl]

He's had since 2017

[distant knoll]

What?

[tepid crown]

So?

[hallow pike]

we are closer to 2032 than 2017

[tulip thorn]

ok?

You've had your discord account since 2024

[hallow pike]

yeah ?

and ?

[hasty owl]

Okay

[heavy vigil]

at least hes kinda funny

[hallow pike]

plus this is my second account

[tulip thorn]

Ill give jellyfish that

[distant knoll]

Cuh, you’ve had it since 2025

[tulip thorn]

2021

My other account is gone

[distant knoll]

I felt like I’ve seen you before

[heavy vigil]

what happened btw

[tepid crown]

My account is from 2019

[tulip thorn]

Forgot its password and cant access its 2 step authorization until I fix an old phone of mine

[distant knoll]

Damn

You should have backup codes

[bright arrow]

Mine is from 2020

[tulip thorn]

I did

[distant knoll]

Did you not download them?

[grim plover]

Hello guys...yawn

[bright arrow]

Jan 1st

[tulip thorn]

Used to keep them on a text document and a piece of paper

[bright arrow]

I don't remember creating a discord on the first day of the decade

[hasty owl]

Stop talking

[tulip thorn]

The usb thumb stick I had the text document on corrupted

And idk where the paper is

[vast depot]

Youch

[grim plover]

Why can't I talk?

[hasty owl]

Cause you typed out yawn

[north spoke]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1380467448150495292/1394910867933499422/togif-1.gif

[dusky burrow]

and Yes

I do mean that

[hasty owl]

No puppy boy

[grim plover]

Freedom of Speech

[north spoke]

puppy boy?

i dont even understand this

[hoary knot]

i failed

too naval invasion

i hate this

[north spoke]

the UK is simultaneously the easiest and the hardest nation to defeat at the same time

[tepid crown]

Just beat axis 💪

[north spoke]

is this hoi1?

[bright arrow]

Bro is playing the original

[tepid crown]

Yes 😎

[distant knoll]

Why is Czechia not part of this

[tepid crown]

Dw about it

[distant knoll]

Hmmm alr

[hallow pike]

border gore

[hallow pike]

only one way to fix it

[worn coral]

anyone know?

[hallow pike]

for what ?

[hoary knot]

i won

yes

[hallow pike]

https://tenor.com/view/it-gute-nacht-not-gluten-nacht-gluten-nacht-gute-nacht-gif-11419817225655515471

[tepid crown]

Yes

[worn coral]

so which one is more historical?

[crystal marsh]

shoutout to sunset invasion being my 2nd ever achievement

[bronze mango]

Half way through

[tepid crown]

Home

[crystal marsh]

wait did they change the poland can into space achievement

i recall it being achievable through researching all rocket technologies

pre-goetterdaemmerung

[warped flint]

Finished

[hearty otter]

im terrible at the game

[icy crescent]

Yeah.

[tepid crown]

Why

[icy crescent]

That's fine.
Me too.

[hearty otter]

idrk man i struggle and i feel like i shouldnt

everybody says the ai is trash

b-but

[unkempt zodiac]

will romania join allies if i finish them really quickly

[icy crescent]

Technically yes.
The issue is most players are kind of lazy to micro their army and realllyyy prefer to battleplan everything.

[tepid crown]

Battleplanning is so bad

[maiden ore]

if i declre on yugoslavia as austria hungary, and its guaranteed by romania, and romania by france, will i get into a war with france aswell?

[icy crescent]

France shouldn't join, no.

[tepid crown]

No

[maiden ore]

thanks❤️

[unkempt zodiac]

nope

just make sure to do it after the munich agreement

also romania can be tricky cus if you dont take them fast enough they join either axis or allies

and drag you in the war

[hearty otter]

is it? that might be the reason im losing

[maiden ore]

man Austria is tricky

[unkempt zodiac]

yeah man

just be very careful with romania cus they will ruin your game FAST 😭

[maiden ore]

i didnt even get transylvania

and czechosloviaka is just a dominion

might be over

[hearty otter]

how do i know when to attack with my divisions without battleplanning

[candid pecan]

i cant tell if im winning or losing

[hasty owl]

Who are you?

[candid pecan]

im me

im germany

[hasty owl]

Your losing

[candid pecan]

hpw

how

[heavy vigil]

naval battle

[hasty owl]

Because you don't have Moscow

[candid pecan]

oh

[candid pecan]

why is uk fascist

[hasty owl]

BTW can I get one out to your pfp?

[candid pecan]

wdym

[tepid crown]

There is a meta for it but unless you know the game well it’s not good to do it

[heavy vigil]

idk

[hasty owl]

Nuts

[serene inlet]

spf is gonna be meta next dlc :shocker:

[tepid crown]

Probably still not

[serene inlet]

line artillery got buffed like crazy

[daring geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/time-to-stop-lol-funny-gif-7561335

[tepid crown]

The cw reduction is good but we’ll see

I can still see gbp and mass mob being best

[hasty owl]

Does it still eat up supply?

[heavy vigil]

uk carriers down

these too ig

[daring geyser]

i'm reffering to the fact you're in 2008 when playing vanilla having started in the 1936 start date 💀

[candid pecan]

what do i do

[hasty owl]

That's a long time

[daring geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/awkward-black-kid-gif-4937950

[heavy vigil]

thats like so long ago

hows it even relevant

[daring geyser]

2008 was 54 years ago 😭

[heavy vigil]

i think you confused yourself here

[hasty owl]

https://tenor.com/view/stupid-boy-kelly-shoes-liamkylesullivan-gif-7726055

[heavy vigil]

dont be rude

[tepid crown]

Win

[hasty owl]

Yes master

[tepid crown]

It was though wym?

[hasty owl]

Think carefully about what you said

[silk tide]

we are closer to 2155 than 217,392 BC 😭

[tepid crown]

I thought very carefully when I sent it

[hasty owl]

Low iq monkey. It was 17 years ago. Learn math.

[daring geyser]

but but but how do do you know it was 17 years ago

are you super smart

[tepid crown]

No, it was 54 years ago. Bro it’s basic math

[hasty owl]

It's simple math

[daring geyser]

wow maybe youre even smarter than the smartest guy i know

(steve harvey)

[hasty owl]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-harvey-drinking-steve-harvey-head2seoker-drinking-party-gif-5069515457533912064

[eternal aspen]

I wish I could

I wanna black tf out

[tepid crown]

Do it then

[eternal aspen]

Buy me some vodka then pls <3

Im actively in debt :3

[tepid crown]

Why

[eternal aspen]

Bc Google play is stupid

And my bank didnt think

[sharp laurel]

my allies' ships are using too much supplies what should i do

[tepid crown]

Lmao

[heavy vigil]

catch

[tepid crown]

F

[broken jungle]

what is the difference between battlecruisers and heavy cruisers and how do I make them

[tepid crown]

I’m just a college adult so not much money from me neither

[wicked haven]

Battlecruisers are using battleship template, cruisers for heavy cruiser

[broken jungle]

?

[eternal aspen]

Im a HS dropout

Money isnt a thing for me

[tulip thorn]

A battlecruiser uses the battleship template

You make a battlecruiser by giving a battleship battlecruiser armor

[eternal aspen]

Wish I could say that it wasn't an issue not that I lack all sorts of it

[broken jungle]

ohhh

ok

thx

[eternal aspen]

Which sucks, bc irl battlecruisers had more than js a different scheme

They also typically held torpedoes, as they are meant to be protecting BB from tiny ships like a DD or SS

see Scharnhorst or Spree

Mostly Germany used them, as it covered 2 classes with 1 ship

[still loom]

this is so annoying

I am decoy justifying to afar nations and Romania is literally their protector

come on

[broken jungle]

heavy cruisers are just cruisers using heavy cannons?

[tepid crown]

GED?

[ripe slate]

yup

[wet plover]

First time beating the USSR as Germany

[broken jungle]

okk thx

[heavy vigil]

hii marijn hru

[ripe slate]

Mid

Hbu

[heavy vigil]

im okay

[ripe slate]

And battlecruiser is heavy ship with light armor

[eternal aspen]

nah i'm under 20 i can get my OSSD and i will be

[tepid crown]

I would try, definitely worth it

[upper anvil]

For the sales the hoodie is 13% funded, if it doesn’t hit 100% does that mean I won’t get one I bought?

[brittle cypress]

Damn only 13% funded?

Rip

Wait

I’m in the wrong discord

What are you talking about

[wet plover]

I’m confused, I control Leningrad, Staliningrad, and Moscow, but it won’t let me declare the greater German Reich

It says I don’t fully control all states? How do I fix this

[heavy vigil]

#hearts-of-iron-news

[hot patrol]

Gotland jumpscare

[brittle cypress]

If you select the state is there any red left in it

[wet plover]

Along with Ile de France, Bohmen, and Warsaw

[brittle cypress]

Red being the Soviets

Are you still at war

[wet plover]

No

[heavy vigil]

its just not guaranteed to go into production

they probably still have some like samples but idk

[brittle cypress]

Ok I see why it’s 13% funded

[brittle cypress]

No idea

[heavy vigil]

tbh it does look cool

and its probably gonna reach 100% after dlc drop

becsuse like game more popular

people pay attention

[brittle cypress]

Christmas sweater that advertises you play hoi4

[silk tide]

this is genuinely the wildest kdr ive ever seen in my 3100 hours in this game 😭

[heavy vigil]

awesome

i want the world to know that i am a virgin 😎

/j

i like the ship tho

ship looks sick

[silk tide]

turkey so badass

[maiden ore]

man im so done with trying to get a good austria hungary playthrough

[north spoke]

turkish olympian guy type shit

[silk tide]

LMAO

fr

[heavy vigil]

just play ahist ai youre guaranteed a playthrough of all time

[maiden ore]

i beat germany in 1939 and then the soviet union declares on the allies and the Democratic GErmany!! joins the soviet union

[heavy vigil]

hist ai is like always the same thing and if they throw it sucks

[north spoke]

i dont think "of all time" means "takes all your time"

[heavy vigil]

well youre guaranteed gameplay

[maiden ore]

what is ahist ai

[hot patrol]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1430199823914766348/1439383637119467570/caption.gif

[heavy vigil]

click off historical ai button

[maiden ore]

ahhh

republican spain wins every time without me sending divisions or anything

even on historical

[hot patrol]

Tf

[heavy vigil]

no dlcs?

[hot patrol]

Oh fair

[maiden ore]

nope

[heavy vigil]

ah yeah

then thatll happen

game is ehh poorly designed for it

[maiden ore]

ive only played the game for like 120 hours and i have seen nationalist spain once or so

[tepid crown]

Ahist moment

[heavy vigil]

hist

no dlcs

faacist spain starts with less stuff

[tepid crown]

Ah. No dlc explains it

[heavy vigil]

no state debuffs gaming

[maiden ore]

Does the winter sale on steam affect the pricing of the dlcs?

[heavy vigil]

yes

[deep solstice]

it is a good day to be japan

🔥

Chinese united front does not exist bc i didnt declare on chinese soviets yet

so they are just all gonna die

phat encirclement

[neat kayak]

only 3 nations left

and two of them are majors

and one of them is latvia

[silk tide]

nahh not those 3 letters 💔

[woven narwhal]

holy

[deep solstice]

annex or puppet 🤔

what do we think

[eternal aspen]

Thats impossible w/o mods

[eternal aspen]

The Civil war is coded to happen

[hot patrol]

Wait is Spanish stuff in la resistance dlc

[eternal aspen]

It might be possivle with LaR to prevent it if the nationalists take all the land right awau

[eternal aspen]

Yea

[hot patrol]

Alright

[eternal aspen]

France and Spain got content, as well as we got spies

[deep solstice]

should I puppet or annex china?

[hot patrol]

I should probably make a mapchart map for what mods add to what

[eternal aspen]

As Japan?

[hot patrol]

French focus tree is so meh though

[eternal aspen]

Annex the coast of china, and puppet the rest

[eternal aspen]

You should see thr majors w/o DLC

Trust me its so boring

[tepid crown]

No dlc Spain is different

[eternal aspen]

Maybe 3 hours of content max

[tepid crown]

Republican Spain use to win a lot

[eternal aspen]

Never knew that, ive always had the DLC when doing unmodded

First time I played i only played OWB

[tepid crown]

As one should

[eternal aspen]

My brother forced me

I had like 30 mods then OWB(no submods)

And he stuck me as lanius, and left me to my devices

I accidentally deleted that save tho

[deep solstice]

thanks!

[eternal aspen]

I remember getting to hangdogs, then Cesar died and I Annexed all of it

[deep solstice]

I got a little greedy

[eternal aspen]

Thats fair

I say the coast bc it has all the industry, and inland keeping it to the Chinese means they're basically useless to try fight back (they cant)

[heavy vigil]

hows that greedy

usually youd annex it all with collabs

[deep solstice]

I was only gonna take the coast

[heavy vigil]

100% compliance

[deep solstice]

I decided I wanted a main front with the cliques, since im gonna go to war with soviet china

[eternal aspen]

You can get China puppet in

Bc they core it all

[deep solstice]

I think ill leave them out of the war

Dont wanna cover all the fronts

since im a little bit low on men

ive only got like 140 divisions

the Chinese United front forms when you declare war on soviet china right?

[unkempt zodiac]

WHY DOES ROMANIA KEEP JOINING THE ALLIES

[deep solstice]

WHAT 😭 ?

[north spoke]

romania is like italy on steroids

[eternal aspen]

Who are you playing as?

[unkempt zodiac]

fascist turkey

i am about to LOSE it

[eternal aspen]

Thats why

You go alt-hist the AI does

[unkempt zodiac]

i annex greece puppet yugoslavia

[unkempt zodiac]

romania joins and whenever i push

[eternal aspen]

Unless its minor like Germany going neurath instead of ribbentrop

[unkempt zodiac]

boom

allies

[unkempt zodiac]

am i not invading fast enough?

like

if they capitulate fast do they not join

[eternal aspen]

No the issue is the AI itself

[unkempt zodiac]

okay what do i do

[heavy vigil]

no

[deep solstice]

oh nice

[neat kayak]

IT'S OVER

[heavy vigil]

ita bad wdym

[neat kayak]

IT'S OVER

AND LATVIA CLUTCHED

[heavy vigil]

you want the faction to form so you can capitulate china and annex them all

[neat kayak]

They took over the french faction

[ornate marlin]

1959 💀

[icy crescent]

Very Brazil.

[tepid crown]

Quick 5 minute world conquest

[neat kayak]

i don't want to do this ever again

I hate sweden

and all of the democracies

[autumn ether]

50 cruisers

[tepid crown]

Democracies are chad boys though

[neat kayak]

This took forever

only because of useless justification and STUPID MAJOR MEMERY

PARAGUAY BECAME A MAJOR

F YOU

i can't wait for the factions to be reworked

at least snus is hitting

[tepid crown]

Justify during your current wars. Should be significantly less than when at peace

[neat kayak]

No bro

it was taking 125 days

and some nations even have over 200+ days

[maiden ore]

I meant that republican Spain essentially always wins

[deep solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/shoebill-dulcetdad-gif-20712055

I just puppeted you bro

you dont want the smoke

[wraith mauve]

Is this bad?? Im new to game

[eternal aspen]

ah, i've legit js never seen thst

[broken sky]

Oh what

lol

[eternal aspen]

what are those that you need

[dense pine]

how???

[wraith mauve]

Infantry

Equip

[eternal aspen]

how did you get 2 million in the hole

[broken sky]

As long as you have manpower, you're good

👍

[eternal aspen]

unless you're like, end of the war and about to win, i'd restart ngl

@broken sky if i've got 40 million MP in a tank army, but no tanks, they aren't doing anything

[deep solstice]

war goal on my OWN puppet

😭

[dense pine]

@wraith mauve how did you even manage to achieve that?!?!!

[broken sky]

Therefore, the infantry can reconstitute themselves as the tank

😱😁😱😁

[broken sky]

omg its wang jingwei

the communist-nationalist-puppet-whatever-ideology-his-superiors-are

[deep reef]

i feel like this should have a suggestions channel

[split bane]

Most of the devs aren't very active in this server, but they do read the Paradox forums from time to time

[deep solstice]

Honestly I might sign the tripartite pact

Im japan

and the axis powers are frying the soviets

its worse than my USA run

its december 1'st 1941 and they already reached moscow

the spanish state is in ruin

and africa is almost completely gone

because I didnt call in the US

[plain tusk]

Do you guys got any tips for dealing with North Africa

All i know is putting up motorized divisions and hope they take the cities before the low supply kicks in

[deep solstice]

ZAMN

insane pull

The Ma Clique in the Greater East-Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere

[ripe slate]

Are you in multiplayer?

[deep solstice]

THANK YOU!!!

OH MY GOD

[ripe slate]

If its singleplayer I just leave 6 units to guard Libya/the Suez then ignore Africa

[deep solstice]

I HAVE LIKE ALL OF ASIA

[plain tusk]

Single player

[shadow mango]

Yo guys looking to improve but i dont have something specific in mind.
if somebody has the time
can you spectate me and tell me what i do wrong :3

[ripe slate]

The above then

Africa is usually irrelevant in singleplayer unless you want the Suez/Gibraltar strait

[plain tusk]

Aight

[tulip thorn]

Italian troops have taken paris in ww1

[deep solstice]

This is the first time

ive ever seen

italy hold off an invasion in their mainland

AND the german reich fend off a large-scale soviet pushback

im honestly stunned

Ill sign the tripartite pact if they deal with the soviets

actually, with how big the faction is at this point

maybe I should sign it now

all of these are puppets or in my faction

im big japan ❤️

[pearl jackal]

yes this is very bad how do you even get that to happen unintentionally

[hasty owl]

@deep solstice how long have you had that game?

[deep solstice]

Wdym?

like how long have I been on the save*?

[hasty owl]

How long have you been playing?

[deep solstice]

I have like 200 smth hours on HOI4

[hasty owl]

What happened to when you were palying America?

[deep solstice]

I quit playing on that save

I said that yesterday

I just gave up cause I was sick and tired of that whole shitshow

[wet plover]

I mean South African chromium can be really good

[heavy vigil]

for supersonic planes yes

[uncut carbon]

im a bit of a supersonic plane myself

[eternal aspen]

Not big enough invade south east asia

[deep solstice]

im about to

[tepid crown]

Hours don’t really matter ngl

[deep solstice]

he asked how many hours I had

[uncut carbon]

i have a lot of hours unfortunately :(

[tepid crown]

I know, it was kinda address both

[eternal aspen]

i have 2k hrs

and i still wanna die playing this game

[uncut carbon]

me three except i dont have 2k i have like 1.7 last i checked

but i dont raelly play anymore

[tepid crown]

Same but double you hours almost

[uncut carbon]

wow huge

nice ig

[tepid crown]

Just shows I had a lot of free time since 2016. Lmao

[uncut carbon]

ahh i only started in like

2023?

[heavy vigil]

the ai is so optimistic with buying orders

[uncut carbon]

or 2022

idont remember

[tepid crown]

I think I really started in 2019

[tepid crown]

Ngl, I’ve never touched the market once

[heavy vigil]

i sell my outdated equipment so game lags less

i dont rlly have it on there besides for it not to have to check for every unit if its the right equipment

[uncut carbon]

doesnt it still lag cuz the equipment is still in the game

[heavy vigil]

if nations buy then its like cool

[heavy vigil]

no it checks from stockpile

[deep solstice]

holy france 🔥

[uncut carbon]

what difference does it make

[heavy vigil]

market isnt stockpile

it matters a lot with a large army

but otherwise not rlly

[deep solstice]

hopa

[uncut carbon]

oh cool ig

[tepid crown]

Normally do that

[uncut carbon]

hopa

[heavy vigil]

like id rather not the game have to check equipment for 1200 divs

[deep solstice]

I now have to wait EVEN LONGER to fight the allies

[tepid crown]

Just attack them early 41. Usually can be ready by then

[heavy vigil]

maybe i should bring infantry back into the army

[deep solstice]

its like january of 1943 lol

I took basically all southeast asia

im getting all the cliques aswell

Ma clique and shanxi joined

boosting fascism in yunnan and guangxi

to get them in the sphere too

[silk fern]

REMAIN CALM.
THE KRUSTY KRAB ENDURES.
MR. KRABS LIVES.
THERE IS MUCH TO BE DONE.

[deep solstice]

lowk gonna bypass the phillipines

without america in the war its so ez

[tepid crown]

What mod is that. Lmao

[eternal aspen]

america can't do half htey're stuff without being at war iirc

[deep solstice]

lol

germany is FRYING the soviets

[deep solstice]

and also the peoples republic of spain at the same time

somehow italy has kept themself alive

[eternal aspen]

normal

[deep solstice]

good for me though

Since im japan

and weak + distracted allies

means the dutch east indies will be mine

🤤

[eternal aspen]

you're acting like the AI is usually incompetent when they're not actively protecting you

[heavy vigil]

it is axis bias for no dlcs

and regardless its just about not taking enough action

[eternal aspen]

fair

but lets be real

the RK's should start with some garrison divisions when you form them

[heavy vigil]

no

they do not

they get the template for it to use as occupation law template

[uncut carbon]

sshould

[heavy vigil]

they get no divisions

[uncut carbon]

sshould

[eternal aspen]

2 infantry, no support companies, and only like 4 or 5 max

bc i hate having to cover the belgian the dutch coasts when my puppets actually have divisions

[heavy vigil]

oh like that

thats useless

idk why people want rk's to be good

theyre good for post war map paint

[eternal aspen]

it's better than naval invasion sound as you micro into baku

you look over after getting your army safe

and the BEF and FLA are actively sitting outside of berlin

at least they have something to represent the loyalist militas out there

bc i ain't sacrificing the northern army's push into leningrad and Kalinin to push D-Day outa there, and it's too expensive to have divisions dedicated for that half the time

atp im js tryna get my mod to work while I wait for Anno 1800 to download

[uncut carbon]

i hate them

cuz if u form them before the war ends it just breaks

and their whole point was to be formed before the end of the war

https://tenor.com/view/nichijou-hakase-cried-about-it-sakamoto-gif-6499002899578951607

[eternal aspen]

they're useless ino

[uncut carbon]

ya they are

[eternal aspen]

even just a mini focus tree would be cool

[uncut carbon]

worse than regular puppet

cuz no cores

which is realistic

but still ass

[eternal aspen]

nah they get some cores

but not enough to be worth it

it saves on garrisons for you tho

[uncut carbon]

idk the details but last i checked

[eternal aspen]

but you lose MP

[uncut carbon]

there was no cores

[heavy vigil]

yes

that part sucks

[heavy vigil]

no

they get none

[eternal aspen]

no? that's even worse

[heavy vigil]

idk why youre just making stuff up but they dont

[eternal aspen]

bc i don't use them

[uncut carbon]

maybe misremembering

[eternal aspen]

they're that useless

[uncut carbon]

happens to the best of us

❤️

[eternal aspen]

last time i formed an RK was when the DLC came out

and htat was to see what ones there was

focus.nocheck
annex all

[heavy vigil]

i dont even play germany until 1941 and i know what they do

[eternal aspen]

and painted the map

[autumn ether]

@faint yew can i get unbanned i jus want to play a minor nation

[tepid crown]

I never use RKs

[eternal aspen]

yea bc you touched them within the year more than just seeing what the borders were

[heavy vigil]

no thats all i did

see what the borders were

i did look into them a bit and played as one

then decided theyre not that bad to play

[eternal aspen]

they don't suck to play as

but you get more content as latvia forming ostland via focus tree

and you don't form ostland until the last stretch of your politics

but at least you have content that isn't sit there and wait for daddy adolf to need protecting while he tries to sealion

[heavy vigil]

not true

[eternal aspen]

i'm p sure italy IRL did more than hoi4 RK's do ingame, and they let the allies walk half way to rome without any brutal opposition that could have ended the dodgers

[heavy vigil]

the german baltic state exists

which can form germany

[eternal aspen]

yea, but ostland as latvia is still fun

ngl, my one gripe with any of focus tree content

is that USSR cannot release subjects unless they go civil war

[heavy vigil]

they had 80 years and still cant put up a real defense

[eternal aspen]

stalinist USSR can't even release germany as a puppet, yes ik that didn't happen until after hoi4's timeline but still it's dumb imo

[heavy vigil]

i mean theres units there but they SUCK

[eternal aspen]

yea blame the AI ngl

they know what's good, but they don't know how to combat the player

is there a mod that makes the AI use meta divisions? bc i want a challenge when i'm fighting them not "oh, okay that's over ig" type sitch

[heavy vigil]

theyre doing their best

[eternal aspen]

iknow

but i wanna be able to do my best and have fun

[deep solstice]

it is a GREAT day to be japan!

[eternal aspen]

it isn't that fun rolling over france for the 500th time in a campaign

[deep solstice]

what do we think?

[heavy vigil]

oh wow

they died

idk what to do in the peacedeal

[eternal aspen]

just attack USA

[deep solstice]

yeah your right

[eternal aspen]

there's no point avoiding them

[deep solstice]

Im gonna wait till the soviet union falls

[heavy vigil]

wait i could puppet china

[deep solstice]

you can be like me!

[eternal aspen]

what are they gonna do? nuke you into submission?

just hit them back

[deep solstice]

real

[eternal aspen]

build ICBM's

[deep solstice]

good idea

[eternal aspen]

hell, build a sub navy and prevent them from getting off their coastline

[deep solstice]

btw just making sure (First japan playthrough)

if I do the phillipines

then they wont actually join the war

[eternal aspen]

you will attack america

[deep solstice]

until i declare

right?

[eternal aspen]

correct

[deep solstice]

so technically

I could just do the focus

and wait until the USSR falls

[eternal aspen]

but they shouldn't join the allies until you attack them

[deep solstice]

and then just destroy the terrible weak allies

[heavy vigil]

damn they ran out of ship names

[deep solstice]

my point exactly

because once the USSR falls

[tepid crown]

Lmao

[deep solstice]

germany is basically unstoppable

[eternal aspen]

?!

[deep solstice]

they get like 800 divisions

[eternal aspen]

idk why i put caplock on for that

[deep solstice]

alr ye im gonna go for the phillipines

but I wont declare on em for a few months

just to make sure axis can lock in

pretty sure its inevitable though

at this point

😭

[heavy vigil]

whats there to question

[wet plover]

How havent they capitulated yet?!

[deep solstice]

sevastapol

lol

the soviets have about 2 weeks

also the peoples republic of spain just went down

so

with the UK losing in italy

and the reich claiming all of the soviet territory

[wet plover]

Genuinely they should just give up on the rest of the nation and put everything into Sevastopol

[deep solstice]

Im pretty sure its safe to say the allies are fried

real

Im japan

so the axis winning is great for me

I can just declare on the hilariously weak allies

and then take all the spoils 🔥

gonna keep america out of the war for a little while

[heavy vigil]

iraq left my faction, should i invade iraq?

[deep solstice]

absolutely

friggin iraq yo

[wet plover]

America will still be powerful though Wouldnt it

[deep solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/friggin-freakin-packet-yo-scatterune-gif-10534835726389245048

[deep solstice]

exactly why they will NOT be joining the allies 🔥

Im doing the focus to puppet the phillipines

BUT.

Im not gonna actually DO the war goal

for a little bit

since the US will literally just ignore europe until I declare on them 😭

[wet plover]

America will just randomly join btw, I had that happen to me in my Germany game.

[deep solstice]

im aware

and when they do

I immediately invade the phillipines

and boom

free japan victory

america will most likely be distracted saving the allies anyways tbh

[deep solstice]

I should also mention, china did not form the united front, and because the chinese soviets declared war on the ma clique and shanxi while i was at war with them

this happened

boosting fascism in the yunnan and guangxi, should get them in the faction too 🔥

[misty fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/princess-bride-dizzying-intellect-sarcasm-gif-11786403

your intellect is incomprehensible

[heavy vigil]

wdym

i also need oil

i dont wanna have to import

[deep solstice]

hooray!

[misty fossil]

yes

just oil up?

its not hard

build refineries

who are you playing as

[heavy vigil]

russia

[heavy vigil]

i tried but guh

[still loom]

Ever seen 1k defense before?

[misty fossil]

you dont have oil as russia……..?

[heavy vigil]

it doesnt give that mjch

[heavy vigil]

NO ONE has oil

the world is STARVING

[misty fossil]

how

oil down then

[tepid crown]

Tbf USA isn’t very strong to begin with

[heavy vigil]

oil techs take forever

[misty fossil]

stop using that much oil

[heavy vigil]

excav techs take forever

[misty fossil]

skill issue

[heavy vigil]

and theres more important techs to be done

[still loom]

I love oil

[misty fossil]

russia gets 5 research slot

[heavy vigil]

and im using them??

[misty fossil]

you dont have to worry about navy

what is there to research

Are you playing sheeps

[misty fossil]

14000 days??

tf is that game bro

[heavy vigil]

IT TAKES A BIT

i dont have time for oil techs

[tepid crown]

He’s in 1998 btw, or was last time I saw this

[heavy vigil]

2014

[misty fossil]

bros techs take lifetimes to research

[still loom]

Question: Is there a way to unlock other slots?

[misty fossil]

thats your issue then

[heavy vigil]

i got conc 1 tho

[misty fossil]

by making larger subs

[heavy vigil]

so thats big