#hoi4-general
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Cooking two factions
Hearts of Iron V when?
Nah, we left it alone
The anti-Zimmler server got dissolved cuz it’s useless
😹
2028 most likely
0/10 ragebait
the larp is dead billions must not larp
OH MY GOD
I was so nervous to attack america bc they had like 500 divisions
but now I have the germans on my side
Bro is too excited
Im japan, and was about to declare on the phillipines
I needed that fr
oopsies
you get the point
With the germans on my side, because im about to be at war with america too
this should be ez
the reich has like 900 divisions atp
look
at the girth
of the germans
yo for the holidays im going to island
how do i start the cold war in hoi4
Can’t really
do i gotta use spies
the bigger the fleet the better
hoi4 naval system is a deathstack system
There’s not really any Cold War features in the game
what 💔
67
yea ik but what i think is uhh using spies
listen
truman
listen very closely
your not gonna win this bro 💔
its literally america
JUST america
vs the entirety of europe, asia, and africa
im about to join the war too, and bc I puppeted all of canada + venezeula is in my faction
this should be ez
bro why in my run france is losing to nationalist spain and no one in the allies is helping them 😭
average alt hist game
Tbf I’ve beaten those odds before, difference being the ai sucks
Based
nationalist spain joining the greater east co prosperity sphere is peak
help bro, why everytime i go war against poland, i can throw 72 panzer divisions into lodz, then varsovia, having another 48 panzer divisions protecting the frontline and still loose?
mf i sent that in your dms like 8 hours ago
Because you shouldn’t have 72 panzer divisions
jewmancer
yeah what brodude said
you shouldnt have that many panzers theyre eating up your supply
WHAT is your template 😭
Not enough panzers that’s why
great answer, but, how cani atleast take 1 country? the only country i took is uruguay playing as argentina and i didn't know how, i just got to montevideo and they capitulated
First off, don’t use light tanks in your main armies, they’re much better as support companies, second, don’t have dlc
Check pinned in help for division templates, watch a Germany guide, you should have between like 6 and 20 tank divisions for Poland 39’
idk, i got HOI4 from a shared steam library
You can check from main menu
hes actually getting shit on in the poopenfarten
this guy
is deadass
singlehandly
ruining my chances
to win against america
what
are you
doing
💔
can someone tell me why in my campaign nationalist spain is lasting longer than germany against the allies
you are the BIGGEST power in the world
you have ATLEAST 600 divisions
with the ENTIRETY of asia in your control
you have 36 THOUSAND aircraft
and MILLIONS of men
and you lose to america
🥀
someone by me dee elll sees
hmm.. perhaps some files overwritten some others..
if american doesnt win that would mean no nfl so
GOO AMERICAAAAAA
AMERICAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
yippee
the tibet monks
the tibetan monks
which country has the most chopped generals
I managed to take the entente back to europe
and got some colonies
spain and benelux
this is why im so good at handling supply 🤦♂️
Well that area is a supply dead zone
how many should i retreat and how many should i keep
there's absolutely no effort in any form of supply management there
It's called a supply dead zone
It is not in range of a hub
ditch everything but the mountaineers
build a port on the tile or naval invade athens (and all other ports of greece mainland)
oh
what will building a port do
It acts like a supply hub if you build a railroad to it
Or if you have convoys
which country has the most fun communist path? germany?
Soviets have 3 of them
British, you give up your entire empire
Well I meant more for countries that aren't communist usually, communism is the default in USSR
Huh I might go italy i never did that
Commie Italy can be played as World Police
Send a bunch of volunteers and do wacky things
you have around 100 divisions vs like 6, lmao
Fascist Denmark is kinda fun
i hate the navy..
Wait till Thursday
what..
Yes
why you trying not to laugh roosevelt
hmm is it normal for german flag to be the swastika?
it's different for me in-game
maybe censorship?
or some mod?
gonna cut out the flag
the germans* locked in
at the start of the war (I sent it earlier) they got absolutely floored
i prefer it without the swastika
germany had 50 divisions get encircled
i just prefer it icl
now I have to go save the silly germans
this was ONE of the many encriclements at the time
yeah probably more like 70 actually
Alright I give up
No more civ greeding
No matter how much is your defense, allies are ready to sacrifice 1M manpower to take that one impenetrable province thus making a gap and kill you
From now on, I'll stick to mils
is this meta
2016, 205 special forces, 1052 political power, no troops in training
3.6 attack.
How'd you achieve that? 
ai and loading bug
in reality its 72 btw
2016
9 years ago
Nobody is interested in Philippines. Poor dlc.
hungary is so smart
yes
america rn:
yes im invading the phillipines give me time
yes its also 1947
I wanted the allies down first 😭
Im pretty sure thats what quite a few people do when playing japan anyway
Im more of someone who rushes down the usa early game
Taking them out by late 37 and early 38
last time i played japan i did all of this by 45 for that one stupid achievement just to not get it...
honestly im shivering in my shitter
I should do one last japan game before the dlc comes out
im gonna buy the dlc, play communist china once and go back to bulgaria
lol
Anyone knows when Italy asks for independence
whenever they complete the focus
Like high end
I'd say what was a high end pc in 2018
It is not an easy mod to run
Arsenal of democracy moment
I have done it
basically a world conquest as the "secret very not so secret anymore" poland path
tho I did have some dumb luck this game
Russia went democratic and released everyone
germany had the mackensen bug until I tagged over and did their democratic focus in 38
the allies basically didnt exist
andfor some reason that is beyond me, the US loved me, supported me with lend lease and voluntees
this manpower is ridonculous 💀 448MILLION core manpower
but this flag tho
it's nice
Still less than united china
never done that yet
damn
No formable in the game (unless you count anarchist spain) has more manpower than china
Germany loves cars. But what if they had to use ONLY CARS to fight their wars?
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The lovely countryballs ...
speed indeed
Is speed and overruning the enemy that op?
no
I guess united China is a formable, yeah
that presumes you are able to push the enemy
Finally caught the hood
Idk where the rest of the british navy is
Because they still have a giant fleet, its just hiding
I think something's broken here
sometimes
motorized however, is slow
Mechanized then
thats even slower
max speed is armored car 3 gameplay
its about twice as fast as motorized
I mean, 12km/h isn't slow
compared to 22kmh it is
GG to mitteleuropa
If armoured car comes with a specific dlc, then I don't have it
Ah the next dlc I should own, after man the guns
some nations like italian east africa starr with it
start*
and they forgor to update for no dlc
I see
I like the collaboration government thing in La resistance
Makes enemy surrender fast
I think Italy's balance of power is broken (I'm playing Aussa)
From 10-20% to something around 40-50% that's op
Yeah
?
lmfao
I mean I'm Italy's enemy, I might not get the Italian puppet
I'll try the 8/3 motorized instead. Expensive perhaps but worth the shot. Since line infantry sucks to attack
As Aussa I currently hold Sicily and Sardinia
nah just attack with line motorized infantry
a 16/0 or 18/0 block of motorized infantry should do fine
I know, motorized artillery is bad in the same way artillery is
@heavy vigil i think i am on to something, i have cap enabled on some planes and those planes are selected onto an army
huh
does it mean anything or noes
i looked away for a second bro
lol
naval invasion from germany split the phillipines in half
u messed up badly
is this the BEST assist EVER?
Im japan
yes
lol
wasnt talking to u lol
oh
i meant the dude who is usa
ohh
from yakutsk and china to aleppo, wholesome
what the hell is wrong with my game
everytime I unpause it, it instantly crashes
🥀
what the hell 😭
fixed it 🔥
they killed 40 divisions of mine in a nothern encirclement I did not see
it was unavoidable
I am deeply saddened by the losses of my men.
i love you @dusk patrol
just delete it brutal
Oh yeah I deadass forgot I couldve js deleted em
ouch
eh they were expeditionaries
idrc
wtf
why does the ai hate winning
anyone know s when content creators can update the new dlc content?
I deleted all the divisions
they were gonna die anyways
it was a terrible spot to hold
alright bro
thats me
I have an idea
smash, next question
What if, for example instead of 8 infantry and 3 line artillery, I use 8 infantry and 3 spg tanks? Which increases soft attack a lot. Could do either 8 motorized/mechanized if I can later.
What do you think?
he looks like he uses light tanks
Don't use line artillery or spg
They're not worth the cost
Let your infantry be infantry and leave any offensive capabilities to your breakthrough units
(Which shouldn't be standard infantry in any case)
I'm playing minor nations mostly which don't have industrial capabilities like germany or ussr
I think I have the greatest supply in history
That's the issue
then use mountaineers or just make 2-3 armored divisions
Single Handedly supplying upwards of 30 divisions
🤤
Mountaineers are great. Especially for middle east mountains
Limited but does the job
Mountaineers have the best stats out of all infantry types
PoV: Aussa's capital hub is in Sicily
I'm kinda tired of going into offensive with infantry
And are special forces (which get big buffs from some trees)
Don't go offensive with infantry then
The great Aussan city of Palermo
Don't have another choice when I lack industry
Mountaineers
Is Ethiopia and aussa fun?
How is that not a choice?
I’ve had by blood alone by only have done Italy once cuz I main Poland
Or just normal motorized
I may use motorized instead of infantry. Compared to tanks, trucks are cheap
Liechtenstein HRE in rt56, the most fun I ever had in this game
you can make it work
Light tanks? Supported by infantry to cut the cost.
Hmm are lights worth for pushing anyway
Medium tanks
Mediums are out question
With motorized
Why
Before 1939
Are you playing as damn bahamas or what
Oh
Perhaps there isn't different
How did you want to use SPGs then
Without no step back, you can't get medium before 1939
Either heavy or light spg
Probably trying with heavy
Which has enormous cost
And terrain debuff
How do you get them without dlcs
I thought they were added by NSB
I remember not having them when I didn't have NSB
Without no step back, you don't have separated modules. Like chassis and designer
I know
3 width 💔
They always existed
yeah and spgs are even more useless
I mean, tanks
Spgs are basically artillery but more expensive and with optional armor
Never use line arty/spg
If you're playing against AI, some sort of a space marine div is possible
Okay how about 8 lights tanks/ 8 infantry?
Whyyy
Light tanks are purely for mobility
Infantry slows them down
At least use motorized
To keep the cost low
I know it lowers that precious speed
I could go for heavy instead of light but that costs even more
Maybe just do 9 inf + ~3 light tanks
Hmm
Just wait for the medium tanks atp
Actually, I might need to look into the amount of breakthrough lights have. I don't think they should have much
Which makes them not worth to push with
Infantry won't help with that either
I recommend just making a chunky motorized division
Motorized instead of infantry?
Never use normal infsntry in any offensive template
Yes
Well that was my initial plan anyway. But was looking for alternatives
they have a lot in no dlc
An alternative is adding medium tanks and turning it into a normal tank division after 1939
What country are you playing as
How do you beat USA when you have no stepping stones to get there really
you go elsewhere
who are you playing
The reason I may not use artillery is because I remembered how artillery affects both org and soft attack.
There's a guy on YouTube doing math for that. For infantry, more artillery means weaker is your total damage.
HP
And width as well
Arty has no stats
And comparably low soft attack
artillery has less than tanks its tragic
Except support company, it's not worth my time it seems
the pope
Support arty is good because it doesn't take that much width and cost
I ignored my navy tbh
bruh
Try Estonia instead. I had fun days ago. getting crushed
Just took Gibratal tho
Baltic gameplay
I don’t even know why the allies declared on me tbh
Build a few CLs and torpedo DDs
I was being mostly peaceful
They legit just declared on me out of nowhere one day
Or some allies member had a wargoal on you in their focus
Did you hold any of their claims or cores
I had Greece and the South American countries as puppets?
(Is that a question?)
that could be why
nvm south American allies
Anyways my alliance and Fascist Russia hold all of Europe after pushing the allies out
they lost most of their manpower doing so
so a stale mate for now I guess
I’ve tried that
It’s fu
I took Finland
And United the baltics

Any tips for Ethiopia
You wanna play Ethiopia?
either go for hp or go for org
Now imagine my pain without dlc. You have generic tree, almost no industry, and papa Stalin will surround and slaughter you if you don't accept the ultimatum.
Your only option is, being Fascist, holding as much as you can till mustache man comes and rescues you. Then you get as much war score as possible. And so etc.
Yep
2 scenarios: Germany either fails and you fail or they win and you win
lol
True for mostly all minors
But, Estonia is solely difficult because of the situation you're in
Even wiki says "Very difficult nation to play"
ah yes
yall over here taking over the usa while i STRUGGLED to defeat nationalist spain with the uk and the allies
times are hard
not for me tho
..
sneaky beached divisions:
i would pay a liver to have siam as a focus tree
this is actually frying me
did they just give up on the middle
what the hell
😭
I think the american thought is, if we hold the north they wont take our capital
however, I believe they have underthought the idea that I will simply come from behind them.
I remember when you ANIMALS, slaughtering my men in COLD BLOOD
this is for them 😢
I looked away for too long
either, they escaped, or, more likely, I think I just missed the mass slaughter of like 200K americans
IM gonna encircle EVERYTHING, to the left.
fight for your LIVES bro
Is this the END of democracy?
everything to the left of florida is now "encircled"
this is hilarious
there is now 3 sections of america
the north part, which is the strongest part
and then all of the south
which is left to die
wtf is happning to my save
i started by not letting germany remilitarize rhineline
I cant believe im seeing this
lmfao
dude I cant believe mexico joined us
every american divisions is genuinely going to die
they have mexico to their back, and we are still pushing them down
salt in the wound for nothing
truman is crying rn
ts genuinely sad asl 😭
is the meta still SP TD's in tank divisions
ur welcome germany
damn, thats crazy
Hello
Ive encircled and eliminated about 117 divisions 😭
wsp
i am okay
this server about hoi4 brother
yea i know. that was a stupid question
it's ok it happens to the best of us
welcome to the server i hope u have a nice stay
make sure you have norway + denmark
sadly
yes that is very good
french empire
kicked out after i took the dutch
cuz i suck at these things
idk how to get my troops on land
let alone on the sea
who owns northern ireland?
I own
thought it was franc
but its in the axis faction so yk
France is like one island atp
the allies are in peril 😭
why
start in north amsterdam
invade into and around newcastle via a naval invasion
how do i do a naval invasion
use submarines to lure away enemy ships, and have a small fleet tucked somewhere down south
just click an army and use the naval invasion button
man i dont know either, i have 300 hours in the game
i have 10
but yeah
army, click the naval invasion button
id only use a few divisions
bc it takes both too long, and sometimes wont work.
and if you have paratroopers
Need Navals supremacy, convoys and the invasion tech that’s located in the naval research
paradrop into dover, support with a bunch of divisions
and then close in that naval invasion + paradropped troops north together
id atleast have 2 full armies to support the naval invasion + paradrop tho
the brits dont back down easily
With a naval invasion, yes
naval invasions are really important
thats how I took florida, and britain earlier in this save
america is in genuine hell right now
Now do the same thing with sheep mod
uhh
?
Can always paratrooper then, or just beat their navy and invade
hooray!
paras are so good, because most air units will hover over your coasts/northern england for some reason
now im SUPA japan 🔥
Never use them
💔
Mountaineer and marine doctrines are better overall, paras also get killed pretty quick
GOATED Game
Welcome to Aussa in 1943
big news i got nukes before the 20s
"the 20's"
Nice
son we been on ts for 80 years ✌️
so... am I js done?
I got 0 achievements for allat
give japan some damn achievements PLEASE
js took over ALL of southeast asia
took over LITERALLY all of north america
the ENTIRE UK
and functionally eliminated ALL non-fascist governments 😭
and got nothing but a PARTICIPATION TROPHY
do I colonize south america... hm....
brazil looking scrumptious rn
That’s kind of the point of the next dlc, should’ve waited 4 days smh
Yerp
it was in iron-man achievement compatible too
then again they might js not add any more achievements
That’s how I always play, makes it less cheaty
True, let’s see how busted japans going to be now
fun run
I genuinely like to play without DLCs because I hate making ships/tanks/aircraft so much
kinda too easy tho
republic of china:
dont ask cuz idk
Anyone know any fun paths?
No
wdym
I meant nukes were developed in ~42
it was a very literal statement 😭
so im 13 years early
trotsky is genuinely so cooked
Carlist Spain, puppet Spain, do Portugal focus, form Iberia 🙂
im really a cheery fella
I just took over the whole world as japan
friggin japan yo
Wdym no 😭
i should make a reddit post about my archievement
😂
honestly I think japan is such a good nation to play as because its so simple, but also super hard sometimes if you mess up your industry/army management
Which part of the focus is that considering how big spains tree is
Why. It’s simple for all of them
It’s like the kingdom/monarchy one
I believe on the left side, 3rd group in
research
I dont wanna research each part of a damn tank
when I only have 3 research slots
💔
Pretty sure Japan can get like 5 slots currently
Me when armour bonuses
its fun
Plus all the research for tanks at least is also mixed in with the artillery stuff so it’s 2 for 1, air and stuff is mostly on its own is fair though
it was more of, a small nation clique
yeah tanks are fine actually imo
Small nations need tanks
No manpower nations rely on them
I just genuinely ignore the navy
tanks are easier planes are harder
Nah, small nations benefit more from mass assault
for me ships are my enemy
i meant to research
Planes are easy asf
navy is whatever
Navy is probably the easiest part of the game
oh yeah
I meant ship parts
I do not agree
sadly for me man the guns is becoming a core part of the game
so now im gonna have to deal with that 💔
atleast itll bring some other stuff with it
I want my refund for that
real
I could get gotadamrun instead bit noo
Guys, literally all you need in singleplayer is a light cruiser with maxed out armor and max out medium light canons. Just spam that and death stack your fleets. (This is for majors though btw)
its not being made free for anyone specifically its just made free to new players
U build navys?
Gotta is the only one I bought LOL
honestly i HATE MINES
can I not get man the guns
I like all the others
I really only play major nations but I just spam light cruisers and in Mp, build carriers and super heavy battleships too
Sorry bit i refuse to pay 14 bucks for it
i genuinely hate the mines and the ship parts and alla t
give me everything BUT man the guns
😭
my friend has every DLC, and the only DLC actually worth like $25 is gott
I raise by blood alone
A lot of the ship parts aren’t needed, really only thing you need is the medium canons in the research tab
Like I literally won without any civil war exploits, Italy just didn't have balance of power
Alternatively just steal the fleets
Can do that too sure, either way once you have a good fleet just naval supremacy it and that’s all you need to do
I conquered all of that Italian land fair and square
As italy u can conquer the world by 39 just from one war

Does anyone know of a working mod that adds many more provinces?
I've searched and none of them convince me.
hmmmmm
peak?
Magna Europa
and something which I can’t spell
Perpetual states?
can someone help me with my game because ingame each new day it lags for like 1-2 even 3 seconds
hello
what year is it
1939
thank you so much
ah how is your computer specs
if you are running the game on a toaster one thing that helps a lot is to lower/turn off the visual settings(go into setting and there's a bunch of boxes you can uncheck)
i got 20gb of ram and 3.8gh
it freezes whenever a day starts ingame and i can try just turn off all the visuals
oh
that would have to do with the game calculation itself
are you playing with mod or anything
used console?
stuff like road to 56. and yes ALOT of console (i got B-47s in 1939)
ok
so make sure you turn stuff off after you use them
like IC command
a lot of those commands apply to ai as well
like for instance if you do IC ai also gets instant construction
i don't use IC because it goes to AI what i did was research all and research all special and then research all again
yea but i do have a massive navy and i tried restarting the game several times
it would turn off all the game breaking console commands you might have done
how massive
uhhhhhh like 1-2 thousand ships as in 300+ capital
ok
that's it🤣
yes don't use IC
yea it isn't IC it is a mix of unlimited aloocation for ship building and offmap factories (the second is player only)
not building mecha yet but, this is good
i am building mecha this is my 'infantry' unit (road to 56)
hellooo
damn 2k soft
I have accomplished my ultimate goal for this campaign
Welcome back Ottoman empire
oh is my infantry division bad considering it is late game rt56
that's 53 width
i know that part but i got a mod that makes combat width to like alot (200 atleast i don't remember though) so combat width isn't a problem
Look at this green. I love green
the org is because all those tanks are mechanized infantry
(the green ones)
how do you get experiance for the generals to increase their capacity
Bro you can't be playing on ahistorical on sheep mod, cuz the Ai just be doing this shit
What germany path should I play as
Communist
bro 😭
i predict the next hoi4 dlc for the middle east will be named sand before land
Is there a compatibility mod for rk Plus?
What is a good time to finish the german civil war? I do it around july
how do i speed up training
july-september seems to be normal
you cant
If I try hard I can do it early june
really that stinks because it takes like 1/2 a year to get divisions and i am trying to expand my land army to prep for the japanize-american war
There are a few ways, with the extended focus and focuses in some focus trees
Dont take extensive training
ok so you can because i am playing america and it is 1940 march 3rd and i need to be ready for japan to pull it's stunt (pearl harbour) and invade them
me when no support companys
you could get mil access to china and put them on the frontline there
thats some good training
tbh i find you really only need trained units for the initial naval invasions
i don't have enough units otherwise i actaully would i need more units before i go and do that otherwise i won't have enough for homeland defense
do try to avoid clovers though
Oh right I forgot to add support company there. Good point. Could add motorized or admored recon
you dont need to cover the whole front, even if you just put one army maybe to recap nanjing and shanghai
i did that as india and the whole japanese army came crashing down
i mean the american front i want to have a unit on each province on the border so that if someone tries anything bad i won't notice by the time 40% of america is taken over
Why
Those are bad
useless even
Especially on tanks
you just need to worry about mexico but historically they should always join the allies
just have like 24 port guards
Except those 3
yea mexico nationalized oil and i dropped 4 hydrogen bombs on their heads after a military disaster and now i have them as a puppet
Medium flame tank support company, armored engineers, anti air, field hospital, logistics company
oh see youre chilling
canada isnt gonna invade you
light tank recon is goof for no dlc
and good in general
yea more just worried that the nazis are gonna D-day me
I was about to say that smh
And only one of these needs dlc
ok yea on all my borders i got level 10 forts and all my states have the stronghold unit
gah damn
Hmm
Don't have dlc for flame tank, could do assault engineers, already have aa, logistics maybe
How about signal company
Its fine I guess, but take the others over it
Its more useful for defending
are flame tanks dlc???
yes
oh right no step back
Not even a dlc anymore
wait really?
That be base game
dang okay nsb best one
thats crazy
at least everyone can enjoy the best mechanic in the game for free
(naval designer)
RIP to those who bought it a few days before it was made free
fr
People clowned on me when I said that people who bought the DLC should receive compensation like a free music pack or something... but when they made MtG free, now people are complaining about it
People who bought it should get something
Its bs that they havent
Apparently not on the PDX Forums
I got like 15 respectfully disagrees and 2 laughter ones
And I think 1 checkmark
Thats honestly crazy
Soviets are no longer a major 😭
Thats funny
Based
The Anarchists can only spawn in Republican-held territories
So if you take Barcelona they are forced to spawn in the south
Yeah I know
it still is
for like 4 days
just like poland:united and ready
its just a free dlc rn
hello yalls and casey
hi marko hows your morning i think it is?
my morning is GOOD
im just waiting 3 more days for the new Dlc expansion
@heavy vigil
alr
ask in #ask-for-help-here
I asked when it will come :DDDDDD
And it was a joke lmao
oh alr
@heavy vigil how good is this tier list
is self propelled howitzer essential? like its rlly good but too late imo and jet engines are meh unless on like heavy fighters which have extra range but lack speed
havent gotten down furthee yet
ICBMs and especially combined with nuclear subs are the most powerful and impossible to counter weapon in the game
Oh shoot I forgot about the stronghold network that shouldn't be there
cuz it launches in 14 days at 5 cp cost with 90% success chance
It's sort of its own thing if you're into the fortification game
thats not possible to counter in tims
so id put it in extremely powerful late game
Yeah that's very powerful
proximity fuze is good according to delnar ersike and he said its the only navy project worth doing
and i believe him
you also forgot the japanese only kamikaze module smh
but thats just a tech i think?
idk
medium range ballistic missiles kinda suck tho btw
their range is kinda pathetic in comparison
I thought that was the rocket plane but i might be wrong
If so that's accounted for under "Kamikaze flavor"
its the focus for when youve done the rocket project
and you get a fixed explosive charge
Yeah I accounted for that
the DLC that reworks the doctrine has been released, right?
no
like 4 days I think

