hoi4-general

[inner iron]

Everytime Ukranians visit my store

[past stone]

im cooked

[grizzled zenith]

Lmao

[inner iron]

Yup and obviously support stuff

[grizzled zenith]

Sure

[inner iron]

Engineer, anti air especially

Others are optional

[grizzled zenith]

I normally use support arty and aa

[past stone]

im britain

[mortal mirage]

https://tenor.com/view/пес-патрон-gif-4005147620386299304

[grizzled zenith]

Yeah and engineers

[mortal mirage]

hey cossack man

I have

[grizzled zenith]

How do you get 2270 base defence by 1940😭

[mortal mirage]

a proposition

[grizzled zenith]

Yes?

[inner iron]

50w mechanized

And gbp

[grizzled zenith]

Ok

[mortal mirage]

can you make me a prompt for ai video blud it would be tuff peremoha

[grizzled zenith]

What about 36 or 32 width?

50w sounds cursed

[grizzled zenith]

I don't use AI sorry

[mortal mirage]

u dont have to sue it

use

[inner iron]

Are you gonna imagine having more than 3 divisions as Luxembourg

[past stone]

i forgot to research so i have lee enfield and american m1 garands am i cooked

[grizzled zenith]

Oh you're asking to give you a prompt not use your prompt sorry

[mortal mirage]

yes lol I have sora premium

I ccan make anything

[icy crescent]

Red Luxembourg with Marx Portrait.

[grizzled zenith]

I had 6 17w space marines with base medium tanks

I could take out Belgium with that cuz it caps once you take 1 big city so I pushed a bit after defending

[broken sky]

WHAT

THEY RETURNED THE PUPPET THING FOR THE USSR IN SPAIN

[mortal mirage]

you dont have to make full detailed prompt just the general idea I can turn it into a detailed prompt

[broken sky]

HOLY CRAP FINALLY

[grizzled zenith]

Ok ima come up with something

[past stone]

update i attempted d day with 20 divs i lost them all

[inner iron]

Cas will affect those more

[mortal mirage]

it can be anything, I make so many ZOV videos so

[grizzled zenith]

Yes, but I had AA too

[inner iron]

A fat 50w mechanized with max org will barely take a dent cause it's so fat

[icy crescent]

Returned?
Feels like it happens every time, when Republicans win.

[broken sky]

mmmm org wall

[inner iron]

The more units are in battle, the more damage cas will do

[broken sky]

No, the Repubs never join me

[grizzled zenith]

But is 32/36 width good?

[grizzled zenith]

Oh ok

[broken sky]

They usually ally with the Allies since their communist support start to go down after the SCW

[inner iron]

It's why 10w orc walls don't work against majors

[sudden thistle]

U just need more then

[broken sky]

And I could never get the relations up without spy aid

[sudden thistle]

Anything can be solved with “more”

[grizzled zenith]

What about overstack debuff?

[broken sky]

which sucks cuz i need the spies for the baltics + germany + romania caps

[inner iron]

Yea more combat width

[sudden thistle]

Ignore it

Trust

[grizzled zenith]

Lmao

But it doesn't have a limit afaik

[broken sky]

yep

The humble heavy tanks with 1000+ soft attack in question:

[heavy vigil]

heck

[broken sky]

swearing

banned

forever

[icy crescent]

Omg, Casey. ♥️

[broken sky]

well thats mp for you

[heavy vigil]

music :D

[heavy vigil]

it does

for holding

[broken sky]

meanwhile, in sp, you can just go for 36w and force attack + the 5% recruit pop subdoctrine and win the entire game as the ussr🥀

[surreal mist]

wasnt there like a 6w thing a while back too

[heavy vigil]

before update i was doing 9.6w spam

fun

[sudden thistle]

6.7w inf when

[inner iron]

I always have the best holds with 25w divs

[heavy vigil]

4.8

[grand wolf]

The ocean is now a void of blackness

[heavy vigil]

youre trying to defensively crit

thats fine

itll hold shorter when your enemies cycle attack

[broken sky]

awww

[inner iron]

I've held against cycle attacks fine, they run out of equipment before they deorg me

[broken sky]

more men than bullets

😎

[untold cove]

hi everyone, new player here

[paper echo]

as prc do yall make militias or normal infantry

[broken sky]

hello new players

[untold cove]

im trying to get help with invading uk as reich

[broken sky]

normal infantry

[paper echo]

same

[inner iron]

Mountaineers

[paper echo]

but militias get pretty good buffs

[paper echo]

i never made mountaineers even though they are good

[inner iron]

You should

[paper echo]

i should but i always forget the research

[untold cove]

how do you start a naval invasion

[inner iron]

The rangers from their doctrine buff your base inf nicely too

Terrain bonuses

[paper echo]

will give it a try

[copper sluice]

can someone tell me what to do here

[inner iron]

I'm tempted to try rangers but based on the doctrine, they seem more suitable as an elite defence wall

[paper echo]

are rangers the jungle terrain experts

[grand wolf]

Defense wall for forests

[grand wolf]

Yes

[paper echo]

they would go hard in south america

[inner iron]

Depends which side you go

Either forests or jungles

Finland is probably buffed as hell with those rangers

Their entire country is a forest

Same for the Baltics

So rangers are probably a good counter for an anti soviet build

[grand wolf]

They both got some plains

[inner iron]

"some"

You don't have to hold your direct borders anyway

Fallback line and forts on forests

[heavy vigil]

shrimp what do you think of my tank (AA techs only for arties and limited steel,,,,)

[radiant hawk]

Soviet China militia is cracked

I would go militia and do those doctrines

[inner iron]

Militia falls off when you're done unifying china tho

[surreal mist]

1 steel is crazy

[inner iron]

They'll only be good as coastal garrisons later

[inner iron]

Interwar tank

[heavy vigil]

do you fw it

[radiant hawk]

You can just battleplan after that tbh

[surreal mist]

i like it, but not being SPG is so eh

[heavy vigil]

you cant with autocannon

its messed up

[inner iron]

I only battleplan when I have a huge swarm of basic grunts out that I can field a full field marshal army of mountaineers with 800 soft attack

[surreal mist]

ik

[heavy vigil]

cant even put it as AA

[radiant hawk]

I like how they made SPGs good now

[heavy vigil]

i dont have techhh

[surreal mist]

wyt of close support gun spg

[heavy vigil]

dont have it

[brisk marsh]

childood song

[surreal mist]

oh god

[heavy vigil]

i did tell u

[radiant hawk]

You can just battleplan with militia and cas

[heavy vigil]

regular mediums are better for larp anyway

[surreal mist]

is this in China

[radiant hawk]

💀

[inner iron]

Only against the Soviets in Siberia where the militia doesn't get fricked by supply

At the urals and to the actual russian lands, they fall off

[heavy vigil]

whats wrong with it

its august 40 rn

[radiant hawk]

Hard teching aa 42

Massive respect

[radiant hawk]

Not really tbh

[surreal mist]

heavy cannon 3 from aa 3

[heavy vigil]

nah i wouldnt have gun 3

[surreal mist]

that's the transition

trust

[heavy vigil]

its a viable arty line

[inner iron]

I do that too since building an airforce tends to be a pipe dream

Japanese airforce is so easy to deal with tho, improved airframes with heavy guns can kill atleast 50 of their planes a day

[radiant hawk]

Ai doesn’t build cas

[heavy vigil]

im greeding construction today

[surreal mist]

what's tools at

[radiant hawk]

Nuke tech too

Tools 1 challenge only

[inner iron]

They do for me

[radiant hawk]

You can counter it with aa1 tho

[inner iron]

The Soviets and Japanese both cas the hell out of me, the allies just straight up bomb my entire country with strats

[heavy vigil]

hmm

i want the heavy arty doctrine

[radiant hawk]

I think it’s a mild skill issue sorry

[heavy vigil]

i have decided

[inner iron]

Better aa decreases debuffs my units get while cas'd and under red air

[heavy vigil]

fictional

[idle furnace]

why does it say i have no equipment for this

[heavy vigil]

had to use the slot on nuclear tech

[heavy vigil]

gonna research trains

sad day

[inner iron]

You're starving

[idle furnace]

how do i fix it

[radiant hawk]

It says you have 100% fighting strength

You have all the equipment you just don’t have supply

[idle furnace]

oh

i get mixed up

what do i do about that then

[heavy vigil]

WAIT I WCOULDVE USED MY NUKE BONUS

im so dumn

[radiant hawk]

See how close u are to a supply hub

Make sure the supply hub is motorized

[idle furnace]

its like all of my troops

even the ones in france

[idle furnace]

u mean like

[inner iron]

Is bro out of trains

[idle furnace]

the 3 trucks

?

[radiant hawk]

Yeah

Do you have sufficient trains?

[idle furnace]

lemme check

yeah its -41

[radiant hawk]

That’s probably part of it

[inner iron]

If you're doing a no air build as Germany, most of your trains will get bombed

You have to build armoured trains

[radiant hawk]

And maybe if you are Germany the railways are destroyed

So that’s also probably part of it

[inner iron]

The British are quick to strat bomb you if you don't have a proper airforce

[idle furnace]

yep

where all the orange areas are where my troops are lol

idk how supply hubs and stuff works tho

[inner iron]

Your actual supply would be fine

You just literally have no trains

[idle furnace]

ok imma produce some

[inner iron]

The only scuffed supply zone in Europe is Ardennes and Pomerania for Germany

Otherwise the default rail network should be sufficient enough

[idle furnace]

bro i have like 15 mils on trains and its still going down

[inner iron]

Cause they're bombing your trains

[idle furnace]

im not even at war

why would they do that 😢

[inner iron]

How the hell are your starting trains not enough to supply an army

How many divs did you train

[idle furnace]

like

20

[inner iron]

Total

[idle furnace]

this is my army

[inner iron]

Combat width?

[idle furnace]

32 for tanks

18 for infantry

[inner iron]

And you don't have enough trains.......

I've never ever had that issue

[idle furnace]

idk how

[inner iron]

The Germans get a decent amount of extra trains from annexing austria and czechs too

[idle furnace]

ok i put 17 mils on trains now

[inner iron]

Like you should be at atleast 150 trains

[idle furnace]

its going up now

[inner iron]

I don't think I've ever produced trains early as Germany cause I've always had enough and I get way more from capitulating countries

[idle furnace]

neither have i

its only -20 now

there we go

im in positive numbers now

a lot of troops have supply now

[hot oxide]

ffs

[inland grove]

@vague lion hi guy who stole a mod

[hot oxide]

just take guinea wont you?

[inland grove]

i will give you attention

[hot oxide]

?

how do i take control of US to resolve this issue?

[inner iron]

Americans getting cannibalised

[thick kettle]

win?

[thick kettle]

huh

LETS GO

tokyo next

absolute firebomb

[hot oxide]

rookie numbers

the central american nuvlear program is just better

[lost hemlock]

never playing the great war mod again

[hot oxide]

we love nukes so much we nuke our own soldiers

ive bombed peru with nukes like 20 times

[lost hemlock]

i wish nukes completely deleted any units on that tile you dropped them on

[grizzled zenith]

But what's your game plan with that, just keep defending with 1 overpowered division until you create a few more and can conquer Benelux with like 3-4 divs?

[grand wolf]

And lowered the population so they got less mp

[dusk moss]

playing USA so underrated

and mad funny

too bad paradox wont be making a rework of it anytime soon.

[grand wolf]

Maybe

Who knows

[dusk moss]

I rlly hate it

its slow

and divs act weirdly

[dusk moss]

I yearn for this day to come

literally defeated Japan 5 months after they declared on me

[lost hemlock]

its not that its slow, its that i clicked on historical ai and russia has not had their revolution

also look at the map

[dusk moss]

lol

[dusk moss]

oh alr

[grand wolf]

How is the usa in the central powers

[dusk moss]

wait didnt pearl harbour happen in november?

[lost hemlock]

i cose that focuse tree

[grand wolf]

Ohhh

[past stone]

peak british tank

[viscid stirrup]

Timmy tuff knuckles ahh tank

[past stone]

tank build like caseoh

[viscid stirrup]

It all started in summer 1937, when japan invaded china...

[viscid stirrup]

Tank built like a water tank

[sudden thistle]

more compliance

[idle furnace]

how does the new navy work

it says i dont have any ships attacking

when i wanna naval invade uk

[past stone]

just put everything on patrol

thats what im doing rn

to germany

[idle furnace]

oh yeah

[viscid stirrup]

Bro u should get 167% compliance im telling you

Hear me out

[past stone]

ww1 mark I ahh tank

[idle furnace]

oh no

my navy just got cooked

[gritty leaf]

Where can I see in game how many carriers I can have in a fleet before it starts giving diminishing returns?

[viscid stirrup]

If 100% compliance gives 65% of factories, then 167%, an increase of 1 3rd will increase the factories by 1 3rd

And reach 100

[viscid stirrup]

You cant

[burnt cape]

Im in a very bad Peru Position. Anyone can help me with some Tipps?

[viscid stirrup]

Attack

[past stone]

coastal defense you must do

[viscid stirrup]

Offense is the best defense

Who cares about young men dying

[gritty leaf]

Is it still 4 carriers only then after the update?

[viscid stirrup]

Youre an authoritarian dictator who wants to expand his own power to ecuqdor

[past stone]

build a ww1 prototype like this

[viscid stirrup]

Keep attacking

[rustic turtle]

yo

how do i get more coal

[viscid stirrup]

Qttack other countries

[warped flint]

I stopped romania

[rustic turtle]

lmao

[viscid stirrup]

Attack the degenerate ussr

[rustic turtle]

as always, L paradox

[warped flint]

Damn bro they almost broke out into the plains

[viscid stirrup]

IS THAT A TNO REFERENCE!?!?!?

[warped flint]

but they got cocky and I encircled like 3 or 4 motorised divisions

[warped flint]

no this is twr

[rustic turtle]

"let's limit all countries capacity to produce by making it impossible for them to make more energy"

[ancient marsh]

pdx seems very reluctant to actually fix this bad patch and dlc

[viscid stirrup]

Tno knock off

[ancient marsh]

despite the bad ratings

[warped flint]

Eh

Its different

I like it to

[rustic turtle]

literally not even nuclear plants make me have more coal or energy

[ancient marsh]

this is the second in a row so i thought it would matter

[rustic turtle]

nothing works

[viscid stirrup]

Literally how

Germany wins

Ussr collapses

[heavy vigil]

hearts of iron IV

[warped flint]

Not a fuly victory

Britains stil lfree

[past stone]

put force attack on and attack

[warped flint]

soviets arent AS, collapsed

More like unrealistic and more gameplay I would say

[viscid stirrup]

Aint no way tfr britain is free😭

[warped flint]

Thousand week reich...?

[sudden thistle]

its just TNO but like a bit less

[viscid stirrup]

Yes

Thats the mod im talking abt

[warped flint]

there in the toronto record

[viscid stirrup]

Britain is not free

[warped flint]

You said tfr

[warped flint]

Yes they are?

they arent a german vassal

[viscid stirrup]

Just under a different oppression

[warped flint]

There in the toronto accords

[finite plume]

Nice troop UI

[sudden thistle]

ok bro

[warped flint]

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

[shut wing]

Why are all the mods in the bibliothec so ass am i looking for mods in the wrong places?

[viscid stirrup]

Oh so magically every country in the toronto accords is free and dempcratic

[viscid stirrup]

Look in steam worshop

[burnt cape]

I don’t have troops anymore..and no manpower

[warped flint]

yes they are all demorcratic...?

[shut wing]

Ok thanks

[viscid stirrup]

Very Flawed democracy at best

[warped flint]

So you think the like nazi shit is equel to that

[viscid stirrup]

Extremely limited

[viscid stirrup]

Its slightly better than the national socialism

[warped flint]

Ragebait

Like genuine ragebait

[lucid knot]

Hi all

Has Japan new operations/designs about Perl Harbour

On one Paradox Stream I've seen desigion "Tora! Tora! Tora!"

[viscid stirrup]

Nuh uh

[warped flint]

Thats just dumb to say

[viscid stirrup]

Countries in the toronto accords are so orwellian

They claim to promote equality and freedom yet some people are born richer and can get better education

No equality in education, and therefore more advanced careers

[warped flint]

But judgeing from your last name thing you are communist, go move to the perm soviet government and tell me how life is there 🙏

[viscid stirrup]

Since when was i supporting the perm government?

Theyre basically a military dictatorship throwing away all the virtues of communism

[sudden thistle]

jellyfish cant u not make every conversation about shitty communism

[viscid stirrup]

It was ches that did it

[pale stream]

what in the sparta

[sudden thistle]

no it was you

[warped flint]

Yeah totally

[viscid stirrup]

Lies and slander

[pale stream]

1 mil core 40 mil non core, 30% recruitable

[warped flint]

Man im just playing hoi4 and your doing all weird political shit

[viscid stirrup]

U can get 90% recruitable population as lithuania

[pale stream]

yeah ik

[viscid stirrup]

Bro you were the one claiming that uk was free

[pale stream]

the culprit

[viscid stirrup]

Holy finger pointing

[warped flint]

You were the one claming they arent

[sly elm]

this is why i dont touch roblox anymore

[warped flint]

Your also saying there just SLIGHTLY, better the the nazis

[sly elm]

devs should sue

[viscid stirrup]

This is a jimarkus thumbnail

[warped flint]

Looks like a yt thumbnail

[viscid stirrup]

Jimarkus should sue

Also jimarkus should play equestria at war

[sly elm]

what the hell is it doing on roblox

[urban tiger]

Will there be hoi5 in 2026?

[viscid stirrup]

Ask the devs

[viscid stirrup]

No

[urban tiger]

This old engine make the game unplayable in late game.

[viscid stirrup]

True...

You should make your own rts game

[molten pasture]

Yet another "this old engine"

Hoi5 will be even more complex and you won't be able to run it at all

[viscid stirrup]

Hoi4 is loading with small useless feautures

[molten pasture]

Looking at paradox's track record 2028

[pale stream]

btw I'm only at extensive conscription

[viscid stirrup]

Ofc it requires a strong pc

[viscid stirrup]

🗿

I blame everyone whos not me for all my problems.
I did every well and no one else contributed.
I deserve all the credit while everyone else deserves all the punishment.

[sudden thistle]

peak

[sudden thistle]

fix price, fix the shitty engine, fix the infinite DLC

and paradox would be peak

[molten pasture]

The thing is: if you want continued support for paradox games you either have to pay for it upfront or via dlcs (or a subscription)

Else you can have a significantly lower quality game but more games more often

[celest dirge]

So, although the game is officially banned in China, PRX still have a bilibili account. The funny thing is, if you click in their channel, you won't find any hoi4 vids, but it can still access if you have direct link or know Chinese language.

[wet plover]

What would y’all recommend I play as a first mod

I’ve done 2 games on civillian (USA, Germany) and have a active regular game as the UK which I’ve been getting bored with

I was thinking The Fire Rises or the WWI mod but idk

[molten pasture]

Learn the base game first

[topaz cobalt]

oh boy wtf is this

[molten pasture]

Most mods assume you know at least the basics

[grand wolf]

Do not play a mod

Get better

Play as germany on elite

And when you can win go play a mod

Actually

Play as china or Ethiopia on elite

[wet plover]

I would say I definitely know the basics, not everything but the basics atleast

[grand wolf]

You don't know enough

[grizzled zenith]

Does mechanised benefit from inf/armour buffs?

[spiral verge]

why when I play A-His is there no where near as much variation of paths from save to save? Like germany almost always has the military junta civil war and france is almost always communist or democratic

[grizzled zenith]

Or does it specifically need a motorised/mechanised buff?

[grand wolf]

All mot/mech and all infantry buffs

[grizzled zenith]

Ok, thanks

[molten pasture]

You know enough for most mods (not BlackIce) if you can comfortably win as any major

at least in my opinion

[celest dirge]

Lol, there are even a kmt run with their full glory

[molten pasture]

He's ready for a round of BlackIce on elite

[grand wolf]

Nah throw him into that one mod where Germany has almost capitulated on elite

[molten pasture]

Battle of Seelow heights? Black Ice at least gives him the hope that he might come out on top (before then losing to poland)

[grand wolf]

I have black ice haven't played it yet

[grizzled zenith]

Why is guerilla tactics limited to the communists now😭

[molten pasture]

just made my saf games so much better

[grizzled zenith]

Saf?

[neat kayak]

I need help

[grand wolf]

South Africa

[molten pasture]

We had 5 people on Germany and failed miserably on barb

[grizzled zenith]

Oh ok

[neat kayak]

how does this works

[grand wolf]

😭😭

[neat kayak]

Besides E.Poland they don't get anything

is it bugged?

[grand wolf]

Ew the right path

[neat kayak]

I am trying new stuff

It's weak than the left one sure

but it's still fun

[molten pasture]

You need a co-op for research

[neat kayak]

i took down the whole danubian federation

[grand wolf]

Should've done left path its way better and more fun but takes so much pp

[neat kayak]

i did it like 5 times

i got bored

[grand wolf]

Ahhh

[neat kayak]

i can't get bored when it comes to austria

[molten pasture]

Do a Victoria run (no reason)

[neat kayak]

already in a run

i wanna play the new dlc

i read some stuff about the phillies and they seem interesting

[stuck oracle]

is it still possible for japan to rush the usa?

[neat kayak]

Man paradox makes some interesting paths

but they left them bugged

and useless

[versed rapids]

insect

[inner iron]

Eventually I will start converting that mech unit into a smaller tank division if I can afford it and start training basic inf for frontline holding

The tanks will break any units in it's way, especially if it got veterancy

Marx portrait takes a long ass time to train up frontline army

Typically the germans still controll france too when I push out so I need a lot of manpower

[grizzled zenith]

Oh ok

[inner iron]

Manpower that I didn't lose cause the 50w was so fat

[grizzled zenith]

So I should research tanks too?

[inner iron]

1934 tank hulls do just fine against AI

Atleast for me

Or whatever the early medium tank tech is after interwars

[heavy vigil]

1938

very late

[inner iron]

Not late considering that I usually start swarming out in 1940 or 41, depends how battered the germans get with trying to break me

I usually caused a million casualties to the axis when I did that strat back then

Sometimes the germans straight up give up holding me and I'm only opposed by badly equipped hungarian or italian units

Life's easy

[grizzled zenith]

Ok

[grizzled zenith]

However if I do a focus for tank research bonuses I can reach a higher one

I can also put howitzer into my tank by that time

[inner iron]

Yea howitzers are reasonable since you're mostly trying to break badly equipped inf

[grizzled zenith]

Yes

[inner iron]

And the mech you already have gives you nice breakthrough

[grizzled zenith]

Or you can use heavy machine guns since they have some okay-ish soft attack and are dirt cheap

[inner iron]

Close support guns have more soft attack

Plus you can stack more turrets

[fair herald]

ok so how the hell do you naval invade now

who in teh world thought capping the NI capacity at 2 divs was a good idea?

[grizzled zenith]

What research are they from?

[heavy vigil]

its not 2 divs

its 2 orders

[inner iron]

Artillery mid path

[heavy vigil]

you have a set time to plan

[grizzled zenith]

Ok, thanks

[inner iron]

Should be 2nd research after interwars

[heavy vigil]

and can assign like 6 dudes base per order

[inner iron]

If I'm not mistaken

[dim hazel]

is there any fps map that is working the others arent ironman conpatiable

[grizzled zenith]

It's the 1st one after the interwars, the next one gives howitzer

[inner iron]

Cool, my bad

[grizzled zenith]

I mean automatic cannon

It gives 15 soft attack but more than twice as cheap

[surreal mist]

i hate this change ngl, cant larp as Japan with multiple simultaneous landings in south east asia anymore rip

[formal bronze]

Exhibit A of why Air absolutely sucks. Count these jets. There's one for every designable aircraft class in the game.

[dim hazel]

actuelly nvm i got it workin

[grizzled zenith]

Small cas+small naval bombers+small fighters are more than enough bro 😭😭😭

[formal bronze]

Still, 10 classes. And two of them, Strategic Bombers and Heavy Maritime Patrol (Flying Boats, basically) are extremely hard to stockpile.

[grand wolf]

Hitler is now depressed

[past stone]

help

[molten pasture]

Increase conscription

[grand wolf]

Invade poland

[past stone]

im britain

[fickle thicket]

gg ncns only lasted 9 days

[buoyant lodge]

what to do when only remaning opps are weak asf

[fickle thicket]

end it there

[buoyant lodge]

hm what should i do next playthrough

i was thinking about playing britain and massproducing bombers

[fickle thicket]

rt56 tibet

so peak

[buoyant lodge]

alright buddy

i have 90 hours in this game

[fickle thicket]

nvm

uh

do like air only brits

[green moss]

Guess who's leading this faction

(a man, not a country)

[fickle thicket]

vietnam

uh

mao zedong

[green moss]

Close enough, it's Ma Buqing

[fickle thicket]

so tuff

[manic crane]

@warm schooner

[meager valley]

It’s a shame each of the warlords didn’t get an emperor fit like Xuantong

[green moss]

Befriended Japan and then Japan backstabed me so I conquered Japan

[manic crane]

@warm schooner accept friend request

[green moss]

He is Celestial Emperor btw

but yeah

it's a shame

[warm schooner]

Yo

[molten pasture]

Victoria (biased opinion)

[meager valley]

Still doesn’t have the drip

Emperor mailman

[grand wolf]

Guys should I get field hospitals for my Soviet defensive infantry

[buoyant lodge]

whøy does having 900 divisions make u alggy

[meager valley]

Bruh why is he blowing you up 😭

[green moss]

The Wall

[meager valley]

If only they actually had to worry about the mongols

[green moss]

there's bigger fish to fry

and that fish is apparently as big as an island

I'd expand further but I feel bored rn

I went from Hui to Chinese Empire

[grand wolf]

Ive got a better wall in Europe

[fallen vigil]

whats the difference between the 2?

[green moss]

I love new faction mechanics honestly

[silent root]

WHAT THE ACTUAL F

[grizzled zenith]

Bro I ran out of fuel😭

Should've probably built refineries

[inner iron]

I'm surprised you didn't realise that when I suggested mechs

[idle furnace]

gg!!!!!!

this is my second time beating allies

[grizzled zenith]

When I did that with space marines I spent all my building slots on factories and then took out Benelux so I had enough fuel since I had Dutch East Indies

[idle furnace]

yo

do u remember me

[buoyant lodge]

how do i use the earthshaker bomb

[idle furnace]

im @candid pecan

[buoyant lodge]

do i produce it or smth or what do i do with it

[grizzled zenith]

Oh, yes

[green moss]

oh wait time to revive the Silk Road

[neat kayak]

Sure....

reliability doesn't matter for F.tanks

does it?

[formal bronze]

I'm just amazed how many classes there are.

[lost hemlock]

this is why i have player led confrences

[grizzled zenith]

Oh ok

[grizzled zenith]

Well now I can't afford 2 divisions in time and the Germans won't stop attacking so my divisions can't reinforce ever so I'm dying because of that

Ajd my defence is 2000-3000

Overall

[inner iron]

Did you build anti air and forts

[grizzled zenith]

My combat width is 40 and I can't do more because idk how to rush the new doctrines

[grizzled zenith]

Yeah, I built forts but I didn't build AAs, guess I'll try building them

[inner iron]

I usually only was losing org when I got bombed

[grizzled zenith]

Ok

I'll try again and build AA

[inner iron]

Or you can start off with smaller combat width and gradually make the bigger

[grizzled zenith]

I have no idea how you got to 19000 defence tho, I had a lot of bonuses too

[grizzled zenith]

Actually I think 3000 defence should be enough for now

[grizzled zenith]

So like 2 divs of 20-30 and then increase as I get more trucks?

[inner iron]

You could do that yea

[grizzled zenith]

Also I'll need to research refineries and replace some factories with them

[idle furnace]

is this a good treaty

[inner iron]

gbp, static defence, a good general all kept stacking up over time

[grizzled zenith]

But I don't think you can rush the doctrines anymore with the masteries thing

[inner iron]

3k with no doctrines is good tho

[grizzled zenith]

What if I go guerilla warfare?

[inner iron]

Cuz entrenchment alone gave me a 110-120% bonus

[grizzled zenith]

Ok

[inner iron]

guerilla warfare works on smaller units because it makes the combat width tiny

[grizzled zenith]

Oh right I forgot

[inner iron]

You can try if you want smaller units

[formal bronze]

I didn't even know until playing with the aircraft designer for the first time recently that Naval Patrol and Heavy Maritime Patrol were two different classes.

[grizzled zenith]

I don't even know what either of those are lmao

[idle furnace]

1940

[toxic lark]

Can anyone teach me how to play the game pls

[inland grove]

who wants to join a mp game as britan

[formal bronze]

Naval Patrol is the land-based naval bomber based off of the Medium Airframe, while Heavy Maritime Patrol are bigger, longer ranged Flying Boat naval bombers based off of the Strategic Bomber airframe.

[neat kayak]

i need help finding a video

[idle furnace]

is 20 tanks enough to fight ussr

[neat kayak]

it was an alternate history of europe

[idle furnace]

and 6 armies

[neat kayak]

germany won ww1

britain went fascist

[formal bronze]

They are Large Seaplanes, and technically I think you can use them with Seaplane Tenders.

[neat kayak]

and formed an alliance with italy

during ww1

sweden joined the CP

and at the end of the story France , Germany and soviet russia unite their forces to defeat the Rome-Londond axis

and for every war that was starting there was this song

Audiomachine - Blitzkrieg

[dusky burrow]

happens

[elder lion]

@random socket

[fallen vigil]

there should lowkey be an option for conditional surrender if your germany and defeat the uk while your at war with the US

cause its not realistic to freaking beat the USA

just like with japan and the ussr

[dusky burrow]

except the us is screwed

[buoyant lodge]

when do i win the game?

[tepid crown]

USA is easy to beat

[grizzled zenith]

Ok

[paper echo]

when you turn off day night cycle

take japan if you havent

[grizzled zenith]

When you've conquered the world

[grand wolf]

I love seeing green all across the front line

[buoyant lodge]

ok fine

i'll conquer the world

[idle furnace]

what

[buoyant lodge]

not sure i have enough planes for ireland tbf

[novel otter]

to be Chinese is to suffer

ever since this new dlc

[sand blade]

I had to tag over to make sure i wasnt tripping.
How in the hell did the soviets field 420 divisions in 1941?
I've already capped the allies and i"m struggling to break the stalemate.

[sudden thistle]

Do u have any tanks /air

[sand blade]

plenty

CAS is doing like 54 damage

[sudden thistle]

Show tank template

[sudden thistle]

Like if u have the proper tanks +CAS it should be easy

[sand blade]

tanks are fine

[lost hemlock]

british are so washed

[sand blade]

they just got deathstacks everywhere

[novel otter]

very historical, destroy their industry and forts and then invade just like irl

[sudden thistle]

Why are the stats so low

For a tank that’s horrible

[dusky burrow]

Pretty much, but you need range for that

[sudden thistle]

U can get like 800 soft minimum by 41

[buoyant lodge]

the irish might be too strong for me this time around

i might have to halt all offenses and focus on em

[dusky burrow]

medium tank flame tank is better tbh

also yeah why are your stats so low

[sand blade]

u tell me bro

[dusky burrow]

replace the attached hmg for a hmg turret for more soft

[sudden thistle]

Reliability isn’t really needed

[dusky burrow]

also as germany design with infantry tank mio

[sand blade]

this still doersnt explain how the soviets have so many troops

[shut bridge]

please help me https://discord.com/channels/183787140671471616/589311099674034176

[sand blade]

without the usual debuffs i might add

[novel otter]

why build tanks when you can negotiate with germany/soviets as China xd

[shut bridge]

please tell me how to get my unit organization back up so i can continue fighting ethiopia my troops will start a fight for like 2 seconds then stop i cant advance any more

[idle furnace]

WHY IS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN AGAINST USSR

[novel otter]

supply issues probably

[sand blade]

nah ive wiped the floor with them on past runs

[idle furnace]

bro

[sand blade]

thats whats tripping me out

[idle furnace]

i genuinely have tried like 100 times and got cooked in all of them

[novel otter]

As Germany?

Just gotta build the right widths

[idle furnace]

yes

[novel otter]

tanks is key

[idle furnace]

i have like 20 tanks

32 combat width

[buoyant lodge]

just win theory

[idle furnace]

what combat width should i have for my infantry

[buoyant lodge]

holy brutal

[novel otter]

My usual favorites are 9 by 4s

[zealous robin]

could someone tell me the name of this plane?

[clever sigil]

Greetings

[novel otter]

its very consistent with all countries

[clever sigil]

I got the game like a few days ago

[idle furnace]

wdym

[novel otter]

9 infantry, 4 arts

[clever sigil]

Or a week

[idle furnace]

4 arts?

[novel otter]

artillery

[idle furnace]

lemme try that

[clever sigil]

Let's ping all the war thunder players

[novel otter]

Make sure you throw in engineer company, recon company, logistics company, and support artillery

[idle furnace]

@torn delta

@fossil hedge

i dont have logistics

[novel otter]

oh yea u def gon need that, especially fighting in russia lol

[idle furnace]

ok

lemme get it

what does it do

[cedar latch]

quick someone tell me how naval invasions work

[grand wolf]

Which one is that?

[grand wolf]

Big navy

[cedar latch]

I meant the new version

[idle furnace]

u get ur navy fight and when u have naval superiority u can use naval invade order

[grand wolf]

Bigger navy

[idle furnace]

its the same except do patrol

[novel otter]

Reduces your supply usage overall

[cedar latch]

Sigh why did they change it

also why cant I see how much naval supremacy I have anymore

[wintry swan]

Why is navy so weird now

I didn’t even understand it before

At least I haven’t been dealing with spam naval invasions

[cedar latch]

I was quite good at naval invasions before

[grand wolf]

Its dominance now

[cedar latch]

This is my first time playing the new update

[grand wolf]

Its a number not a percentage

[sudden thistle]

so much compliance!

[novel otter]

i used to be able to invade in like 6-7 days now they fixed that and force me to wait 50 days regardless

You know what that means. PARADROP time

[cedar latch]

And I was wondering why my normal strategies weren't working

[cedar latch]

I would but I am playing old world blues

I swear did they also change how air supremacy works

[buoyant lodge]

nice coal update

[cedar latch]

BRUH

[buoyant lodge]

(i own 75% of the globe)

[cedar latch]

NICE

25% to go

[dusky burrow]

henschel

[buoyant lodge]

thanks man, do u think i can defeat japan, be honest

i think his industry is a bit stronger than mine

he's a bit scary

[cedar latch]

what nation are you playing as?

oh germany

[dusky burrow]

japan will fall to the philippines

[cedar latch]

bruh

You win every day of the week unless you play like Italy or something

[buoyant lodge]

fr

[cedar latch]

I haven't invaded Japan yet in this new update

idk how it's different invading em

[buoyant lodge]

i'm gonna paradrop on him

cuz i'm sigma like that

[cedar latch]

GETTING NAVAL DOMINANCE IS TAKING FOREVER

[dusky burrow]

It should take like 1-2 months I think

[cedar latch]

BRUH

This nation doesn't even have a navy

I sank it in 2 seconds

with a bunch of wooden boats

[dusky burrow]

alternatively if there's a patch of ocean that is devoid of japanese ships just go there and like immediately get the 500 supremacy needed to invade

[cedar latch]

I am playing old world blues

I am invading this country with like 30 wooden boats which are 200 years old

[dusky burrow]

Can yo uget 500 supremacy

[cedar latch]

I have only 63 currently

Look its not a high demand to invade in this mod

I think

things are scaled down

[dusky burrow]

what is the minimum supremacy you need? 50?

[cedar latch]

ANYYY SECOND NOW

YES YES

I miss the days when it only took 8 days to launch

[dusky burrow]

Ah I see

nice

[dusky burrow]

there's an exploit

just assign one division at first

[cedar latch]

HMM

[ripe slate]

Hello Top Managers

[dusky burrow]

and then once you get full days

[cedar latch]

ROAD TO 56 GUY

[dusky burrow]

then you assign the rest of the divisions

[cedar latch]

I will try

[ripe slate]

That doesnt sound like an exploit?

It no longer matters how many units are on one plan

[cedar latch]

I really should keep up with the recent metas

[grand wolf]

The soviets are getting nukes

[cedar latch]

noted

[peak mason]

50 days is absurd they shouldve of atleast made it 25

[dusky burrow]

I thought they would just immediately reset the number of days once you add units in

also true

i like my quick invasinos

[ripe slate]

Its 60 default even

I was gonna change it to 30 in Road but no one was too eager about that

[dusky burrow]

no one?

count me in

[grand wolf]

Its actually pretty low for the time, D-day took months to plan

[peak mason]

Also I hate the 2 limit invasions

[hexed rose]

What they need to do is make the convoys more vulnerable when they actually land

[dusky burrow]

true

[buoyant lodge]

why dis amerikabomber so expensive wudafuq

[hexed rose]

I wish there was an interdict naval invasion command but I guess you just do convoy raiding and hope they hit the naval invasion convoys

[gaunt narwhal]

I'm killing mysekf

[idle furnace]

is this good

[idle furnace]

150 mils

3 a day

[buoyant lodge]

too little

i need to eviscerate all of japans industry

[peak mason]

The 2 arties are good

[buoyant lodge]

all over the globe

simultaneously

[idle furnace]

theres 4 artys

not 2

[buoyant lodge]

18000km range btw

LOL

[peak mason]

Oh

[idle furnace]

mb my mouse was over the 4th on

e

[upper dove]

Hey there, I bought HOI4 a while ago and it's been sitting in my Steam library. What mods could you suggest I try?

[grand wolf]

Play the base game for 500 hours first

[buoyant lodge]

holy intercontinental bomber range

[novel otter]

motorized recon is better instead of regular always. So make sure you build some trucks. Otherwise its pretty good

[idle furnace]

lemme get motorized

ok

is THAT good

[novel otter]

sweet you're ready now

[upper dove]

I'm not the biggest fan of the WW2 theme =/

[idle furnace]

ok

[idle furnace]

maybe kaiserreich

[novel otter]

if you want some bit of juice in it, you can build some light flame tanks as your support company which will reduce your negative penalty on terrain. It's pretty meta

[idle furnace]

oh yeah

someone told me that before

and i did it

lemme do it again

[upper dove]

I'll check that out. Thanks!

[idle furnace]

its ww1 tho

idk

[idle furnace]

just a cheap one like this?

[grand wolf]

You wont get far if you hop straight into mods

[upper dove]

Fair

[novel otter]

yea a cheap one, then just throw a bunch of soft attacks on it

make sure its set from "light tank" to "flame"

[idle furnace]

yeah i did that

[grand wolf]

Just play a few normal games and the tutorial

[upper dove]

If it's slower than WW2 then it should be good

[grand wolf]

Not enough strat bombing

[buoyant lodge]

what dlc gives the plane designer

[grand wolf]

Lemme check rq

[novel otter]

i think its no step back?

[idle furnace]

like this?

[novel otter]

oh wait its by blood alone

[idle furnace]

thats lit the max soft attakc

[gray geode]

if anyone wants to join a Star wars MP game hmu!

[idle furnace]

i could get

[grand wolf]

By blood alone

[novel otter]

Yup thats it

[buoyant lodge]

shoot yeah i don't have that dlc

[grand wolf]

Pretty sure thats for tanks

[idle furnace]

do i have to produce this

[buoyant lodge]

if i increase bombing on the design reliability decreases drastically

[novel otter]

yea produce it

it doesnt take too long dw

[grand wolf]

Reliability doesn't really matter

[buoyant lodge]

alr bet

[tepid crown]

No

[idle furnace]

oh dang

someone told me u didnt even have to produce it

[idle furnace]

this is just for support

its not the actual tank im using

[novel otter]

3-5 mils should be enough

[grand wolf]

Even with by blood alone you cant change the design on those bombers

[tepid crown]

Artillery still isn’t worth it and your stats aren’t even that good with it

[novel otter]

its worth it if you want to play ultra aggressive which is my playstyle

works everytime

[tepid crown]

https://tenor.com/view/war-vietnam-ptsd-shell-shock-moment-gif-3022747568394546158

[idle furnace]

yeah i wanna play like that

[idle furnace]

ok

wow

[novel otter]

org should be above 30 btw

[grand wolf]

Why is it 32 width and not 36?

[idle furnace]

thx bro 😁

[idle furnace]

what do i do then

[tepid crown]

Get rid of motorized, use either cavalry or mechanized and make it 36w

[idle furnace]

cavalry?

[novel otter]

If you dont have mechanized, you can throw in more motorized to increase the org

[grand wolf]

Ew no

[tepid crown]

Org isn’t as important, his hp is below 200 💀

[tepid crown]

Yes. It has better stats and cheaper than motorized

Motorized isn’t worth it

[idle furnace]

bro

what do i do

everyones telling me different things

[tepid crown]

I just told you

[novel otter]

better than cav imo, more consistent with speed

[idle furnace]

idk whats wrong with this template

[tepid crown]

Only listen to me

[grand wolf]

I got an infantry template with 352 hp and 59 org its a 23.8 width

[grand wolf]

No cav is better no need to waste trucks when cav is cheaper and most of the time faster or the same speed as tanks

[novel otter]

I mean either way it works, if it fights well in battle then there you go. Every situation is handled differently depending on terrain

[idle furnace]

ok

[novel otter]

Unless you have a mega industry like germany, i dont think so

[idle furnace]

it decreases my speed by like

1.5

[grand wolf]

No motorized has way more loss of stats in each terrain type then cav

[tepid crown]

It literally has better stats than motorized. Stop spreading fake information

[tepid crown]

Speed doesn’t matter

[tepid crown]

Better

[novel otter]

Better stats yes, but speed for encirclement, even better. Or even overunning them

[grand wolf]

Only reason I put motorized in my tank template is as a place holder till I get mechanized

[tepid crown]

Speed is irrelevant. Anyone who says otherwise doesn’t know the game

[remote quarry]

don't use a 1 man or fixed turret on your tank

[idle furnace]

where do u even get mechanized

[tepid crown]

Cavalry is better

[idle furnace]

im not

[remote quarry]

use a 3 man turret so you get breakthrough

[tepid crown]

Infantry tech area

[remote quarry]

you have to be

[novel otter]

4k+ hours btw

[idle furnace]

wait

[remote quarry]

because you have 10 tanks and only 270 break

[grand wolf]

I dont make tank divisions unless I got mechanized

[idle furnace]

on my flame tank or on my main tank

[remote quarry]

main tank

or both really

[idle furnace]

oh yeah

[remote quarry]

otherwise it's good

[tepid crown]

Hours don’t mean anything. It doesn’t make you good

[novel otter]

experienced

either way its AI, you cant go wrong with either

[tepid crown]

It doesn’t mean anything

[grand wolf]

Got almost 1.2k and I suck i cant even hold back Italy as Ethiopia💀

[idle furnace]

i have 200

ok so am i ready for the war?

[grand wolf]

How many tank divisions have you deployed that are fully equipped

[idle furnace]

well i cant check now

i just made a new template

[novel otter]

go for it, this game is about trial and error so its best for you to experience it lol

[idle furnace]

and i only just started producing the stuff it needs

[grand wolf]

1.5 mil german losses vs my 70k Soviet losses

How does the usa have more losses than I do😭😭

[idle furnace]

brooooooooooo

im still getting cooked

[novel otter]

let them bash their heads into you first and then counterattack

[idle furnace]

ok

[novel otter]

If they want to attack, let them til they finish

[silk gust]

Romania my dawg

[grand wolf]

Me with the current Frontline I have

[idle furnace]

they arent attacking at all

[grand wolf]

They will

[novel otter]

Then find small fronts to micro into to encircle them meanwhile with your armored divisions

[amber rapids]

guys i checked why loading is so slow in mp and asked chatgpt, here's why
Ways to speed it up:

Have the host send you the save manually (Discord/Google Drive) and load it before joining.

Reduce mod count, especially overhaul mods.

Host should use wired Ethernet (upload matters more than download).

Start earlier-epoch saves (late-game 1943–1949 saves load painfully slowly).

Verify your game files—broken mods slow parsing.

[novel otter]

lines that look weak

and then just start spreading them everywhere once you break through, thats gonna confused the AI

[grand wolf]

Do not listen to what the ai says

They know nothing

[amber rapids]

fair

[buoyant lodge]

can i launch this missile

[grand wolf]

AI is not trust worthy

[buoyant lodge]

on nations

[novel otter]

chatgpt knows nothing

lol

[idle furnace]

they havent for ages

[grand wolf]

No clue ive never used em before but I believe you can if ur at war with them

[idle furnace]

they still arent attacking

[languid patrol]

how do u make a mod in hoi4

[buoyant lodge]

my nukes are finished in 40 days so

so excited to launch nukes on japan

[novel otter]

Are you microing on the front line to encircle divisions? Using tanks?

[grand wolf]

Nice, im researching nuclear reactors rn ima spam alot of em in Siberia and make lots of nukes

[idle furnace]

yeah i just got an encirclement

but its the first one

[novel otter]

OH and dont forget about your air force, if you dont have superiority, that also has a debuff

[quasi viper]

I hate review bombers 😩 Not everyone should have access to the review option on Steam.

[novel otter]

Nice, or you can battleplan and at the same time just micro your tanks to encircle once you feel confident enough

[grizzled zenith]

I had 2 22 width units, no deficits, level 4 forts in both tiles and level 5 AA build and they just couldn't reinforce because the Germans don't stop attacking

I had like 1800 defence

[idle furnace]

they genuinely dont want to attack

[grizzled zenith]

Idk how are they supposed to reinforce like that

[tepid crown]

It’s not review bombing if most of the people who disliked it have 1000s of hours

[idle furnace]

i cant get any encirclements bro

[novel otter]

they're scared of your aura

[novel otter]

You have CAS and air superiority right

[quasi viper]

It's review bombing if nothing they are complaining about is true. Which most of it is NOT true.

[tepid crown]

You don’t know why a lot of them were complaining

[quasi viper]

The only think that may be true is the price hiking.