hoi4-general

[violet veldt]

You will bw fine

Just annex or puppet

[ancient marsh]

passing wont give me warscore

[violet veldt]

Take stuffs

That you can afford

[ancient marsh]

i should have 8000

guess its a bug

[knotty vortex]

how do you start a french civil war?

i wanna have some fun with france

is there a certain focus

hell yeah facist france

[violet veldt]

Lore accurate france

[knotty vortex]

jeez france starts with tons of troops

[steel summit]

how do i make japan white peace?

[simple nacelle]

How do I attack a country that's separated from me by a sea?

[vague sedge]

Naval invasion

[lilac glen]

Paratroopers

[simple nacelle]

I trained naval scribes and secured the sea, but no attack was launched.

[fathom oyster]

Tomorrow is the day I'm getting my first gaming laptop but I need to finish my exams that ends on 23rd of December

And I got plans I'm going to try to bring back the king of Germany or Austria Hungary empire

[knotty vortex]

what does the term 'line infantry' mean

[simple nacelle]

Congratulations your first computer is always a special moment

[fathom oyster]

Thanks after all I'm going to need a lot of help on getting the game to learn

But I'm going to do it after my exams so like 6 or 7 pm I will be back home

[simple nacelle]

Good luck with the exam

[simple nacelle]

I'm new to the game

And now I am losing a war with Spain badly

[knotty vortex]

dude

i just lost to an uprising that i started

this is a mega bruh moment

[pearl raptor]

can someone gimme best elite templates from all aspects at least or common templates

[simple nacelle]

I have been completely crushed by Spain

[dire edge]

im new to the game and honestly dont know we you need to pay for dlcs . I bought this game for 50 euros and I dont even get the cool stuff: why?

[simple nacelle]

Wlcm to 2025

[honest vale]

99% in september lmfao

[simple nacelle]

Reich Dexter IV

[queen bronze]

ok france has been won over. im germany. doing actually good for once.
late '40. i assume i gear up for UK next and just take out the little guys near me like czech and denmark?

[fathom oyster]

Thanks

[delicate cipher]

fellas is this a good template

[somber sun]

i miss papers please

[bronze mango]

It's still there

[somber sun]

but the same as before

no new content

[bronze mango]

Fair enough

[valid whale]

Is the neglected countryside mechanic for China bugged?

it's not reducing every 180 days like it says it's supposed to do

been stuck on 2 research tabs way too long

[weary lagoon]

division exterminator

[delicate cipher]

real

cleared out japan in like

a few weeks

atleast 3-4 months max

idk

i lost count

[warped flint]

Yeah....

[sonic sand]

so uh those naval blockade venezuela decisions that popup always and forever are super relevant now...

[quiet vessel]

will the DLCS go on sale tmrw with the winter sale?

[fallen vigil]

yall think i can win im the prc

[safe wing]

Yes

You have the best Industrial parts of China

[fallen vigil]

it took me only two months i think i overestimated them by making 10,000 cas and fighters and 300 divisions

[bronze mango]

Looks like you already did

[wicked haven]

Do any of the inner circle actually have as powerful leadership bonuses as Hitler?

What does Todt do as leader of Germany?

[safe wing]

Industrial bonueses probably

[wicked haven]

As good as the bonuses you get from default?

[safe wing]

Idk I only play the Monarchist path as Germany

[wicked haven]

Monarchist is kinda boring

[safe wing]

How

[wicked haven]

you can EU everything

Ig assassinating Mussolini is fun

[safe wing]

You don't need to that I just revive brest litovsk and revive Austria Hungary

[wicked haven]

I don't trust the ai

last time I did that they invaded the Comintern

[safe wing]

I just don't call them in

[wicked haven]

If Kaiser Wilhelm could live longer that would be cool, you sort of have to take the Kaiserin for a good leader

[fallen vigil]

i never tried communist germany

i did every germany achievement though

[wicked haven]

most boring of all

[fallen vigil]

including woman in a high castle

[safe wing]

It's terrible

[wicked haven]

Communist Germany can coup every state in Europe and then puppet or annex them

[knotty vortex]

what are ‘space marines’ in this game??

[wicked haven]

Is Communist Italy worth doing

[safe wing]

Naval Imperial Germany then for my playthrough

[wicked haven]

Infantry with an armoured unit

[quiet vessel]

i lowk enjoy the pre gottermdarug austria hungary path

[knotty vortex]

oh

[quiet vessel]

death or dishonor i think

[wicked haven]

Austria is somehow more fun than most majors imo

[safe wing]

He's talking about Hungary

[wicked haven]

plus they get insanely good generals for a minor

Is Hungary worth playing?

[safe wing]

Yes

[bronze mango]

They have an achievement so it's worth that

[fallen vigil]

hmmmm

[wicked haven]

I saw that Miklos can become a monarch

[safe wing]

Or his son

[fallen vigil]

soviet romania while fascist

[quiet vessel]

reminds me of the famous british colony of the dutch east indies i had today

[wicked haven]

What paths do they have actually

[bronze mango]

Yes as well as his son

[wicked haven]

I saw the 70d focuses in Japan and I don't think I want to do the alts there yet

[safe wing]

Kodha are more meant to fight the USSR and communist nations than the historical path

[dusky burrow]

you're missing like literally every support company

otherwise it's good

[warped flint]

I dont really play italy much, but I think for ethiopia you just snake their vps after breaking through?

[safe wing]

Force aussa to become part of you too

[warped flint]

Yeah I think theres a few vps around aussa

[safe wing]

Also 2 free militia divs that spawn in it's capital

Snake with them with possible

[wicked haven]

you can steal the tile south of aussa if you are lucky, extend the frontline south west from the north and west from the south

if they bulk up on ababa it can get annoying

[warped flint]

uh I fell like I am going slow

its february 1st

[wicked haven]

as long as you maximise the frontline you should be fine

they will only really be able to hold with last stands most of the time

[warped flint]

There

got the peace treaty

Late february

do i balkinaze ethiopia

[little compass]

Yall

What's better

Defensive postures

Or

Assaukt infantry

For Germany

[storm forge]

https://tenor.com/view/withdrawal-hoi4-crazy-guy-hearts-of-iron-4-hearts-of-iron-iv-gif-9037330197093317371

[fallen vigil]

am i missing any chinese core territories?? (starting) im achievement hunting

[storm forge]

idk if honkong is china core

But i dont see something else

[warped flint]

Macua and hong kong

[little compass]

Anyone 🙏

[surreal mist]

between the two you listed, assault inf

[little compass]

Thank you 🙏

This new doctrine mechanic is pretty interesting I must say

[warped flint]

I believe large unit tactics are best tho out of all

I hate it

[surreal mist]

can people stop getting baited by defensive postures my god, you get no entrenchment

[warped flint]

all the doctrines are identical now

I hate it

so boring

[storm forge]

I like the older doctrine

[surreal mist]

like damn if people were using GBP to entrench meme before, that's dead and gone lads, entrenchment inf is gone

[surreal mist]

assault inf has more relevant stats for pushing inf, and individual excellence gives more hp per ic than large unit tactics

so, large unit tactics is kinda the midpoint now ig

[warped flint]

Combat width reduction tho

[surreal mist]

less stats than assault inf with the relevant supports unfortunately

the breakthrough difference makes assault inf push much better, and individual excellence's hp lets it ic grind better (not 100% sure on this one yet, need to test more)

[warped flint]

I see some stuff has like combat losses reduction. I wonder if you could get like infinite manpower

doesnt switzerland has some stuff for that

[surreal mist]

need great war inf but yes

swiss necromancy is back

great war inf + helicopter doctrine lets you get 100% trickleback again

[wintry drum]

WE NEED.
MORE.
MANPOWER!!!!

[warped flint]

I see these in land doctrine

Wait i dont think you can have both of those at same time

so just 1 of those

[surreal mist]

maybe its the standard helicopter battalion since that also gives trickleback

right?

[lilac glen]

I established Vichy and I kinda regret it since I need the resources

What do I do?

[warped flint]

I think it does

not to much, but something

For navy is it still okay to spam high light attack cruisers?

[little compass]

U get 20% more entrenchment instantly

[warped flint]

invade

Your gonna have to naval invade algeria I belive tho

[random delta]

gee, these four hearts sure do look like they are made of iron, its like we're in some king of hearts of iron 4...

[surreal mist]

20% of 0.2, amazing value

useless

when the doctrine's whole gimmick is entrenchment, and it cant even match the first node of old GBP, its completely useless especially when its contenders are large unit tactics, individual excellence, and assault infantry

[deep solstice]

210 days

for such a mid focus

🥀

they are lucky im desperate

for industry

because im the netherlands

[umbral agate]

which mio do i use for the surface fleet

[surreal mist]

raiding ship

[warped flint]

Wow lots of 35 day focuses in italy

I dont have to wait 70 days for some infranstuctrue

wow

is this worth doing

or is it just basically a reichskommasariat

[copper sluice]

what do I do if I have no manpower left

[winged field]

Hajra Magyarorszag hajra magyarok🇭🇺 🔥 🗣️

[winged field]

change conscription law

[warped flint]

And make sure your garrisons are good

that can get lots of manpower back

[copper sluice]

no war support 😔

[warped flint]

whats your garrison division?

[winged field]

are u democratic?

[copper sluice]

no

[copper sluice]

idk i dont have one

im playing sweden I dont think anything will fix my manpower

[winged field]

In 1 cav tempalte we trust

[copper sluice]

my army kinda was reduced by 50%

[warped flint]

Are you occupying lots of land?

[winged field]

u playing polish?

[copper sluice]

no sweden

[warped flint]

try something like this

If you can make it all cavalry

I dont have the bottom unlocked rn

[copper sluice]

I may have lost 1.1 million people vs russia

[copper sluice]

and what do I do with these

idk how garrison works

ah my allies finally showed up

[warped flint]

go into your garrisons and make these the base garrison template

and also do local police force

[fallen vigil]

this game after 1950 is weird whys the soviet union in finland

[copper sluice]

finally managed to get the next conscription law

[fallen vigil]

where do i report bugs

theres a small bug

[wanton blade]

67

anyone for a game?

[dusky burrow]

paradox forums typically

Probably didn't recognize Vietnamese characters

[copper sluice]

now I just need to conquer fkin new jersey and ghana

oh ghana is british fk

do u guys think I can win I have 50 divs

[dusky burrow]

Which country is this

[lilac glen]

ALMOST THERE AAAAAAAAAA

[lilac glen]

Damn 😔

[wintry drum]

Guys is there any way to automate rush deploying?

[fallen vigil]

gosh i love paratroopers

[dull island]

Spam 2 width horse. Convert profit

[wintry drum]

I meant making it so I don't have to spam click "deploy"

[dull island]

Set a general on garrison and on the deploy menu hit the white bubble and then hit the general'

The lock looking icon

[wintry drum]

Gotcha, thanks!

[dusky burrow]

china versus turkey in okinawa

what's going on

[fallen vigil]

slowly beating up the allies

[warped flint]

This good?

[jade ore]

wtf is that meant to be

[warped flint]

just infantry

[jade ore]

hahahaahhaa 67 defense

breakthrough

anyway

offensive or

defensive

[warped flint]

Yk what its defensive, ima make it cheaper support companys

ill remove recon and assault battalion

[jade ore]

ye i mean 9/1's still probably work with support engineer aa and arty

i havent played in a while tho so

[jade ore]

i might be wrong

347+ entrenchment + terrain bonus prolly a good defensive unit

[warped flint]

im cooking

im sorta scared to put my navy out now

[heavy vigil]

why do you need it up

[warped flint]

uh

no reason actually

[heavy vigil]

issue solved

problem? idk

[warped flint]

I just put some air up and they stopped trying to raid me

doing good in africa

[jade ore]

dude the ai is genuinely playing the most realistic eastern front ive ever seen

both taking high casualties, army numbers never fully increasing, attempted encirclements failed

right as i say that they get a massive breakthrough towards stalingrad and start cooking

[warped flint]

soviets had way more casualties then this

and the germans way less

Well at that time the soviets probably had slightly less then that

[jade ore]

im not on about historically realistic

its '46 by the way

deadahh just split them in half

but they dont have enough units to cover allat 100%

[warped flint]

what mods are you using for all thios

[jade ore]

wdym

[jade ore]

?

[warped flint]

nvm

stuck in africa cause of belgian congo

[jade ore]

we ignoring this?

[warped flint]

there not in the war

[jade ore]

y

[warped flint]

Cause I forgot to put them in after taking egypt

[jade ore]

you can still call them in?

italian east africa is ur puppet no?

[warped flint]

Yeah

I will

just after taking malta

want to secure supply routes

and i will try to take cyprus

[heavy vigil]

for the map

[jade ore]

timelapse counter?

[jade ore]

also can u help me prerty please

i wanna know the meta again for tanks and infantry and planes and ships is there any vidoes

on it

[warped flint]

Malta is takne

cas came in clutch

gonna take gibralter and cyprus next

[heavy vigil]

its mostly about just stacking battle modifiers for any non-air offensive div

[dusky burrow]

I'd rather use the assault battalion above the engineer

[heavy vigil]

you also probably wouldnt mix air + tank build

oh liv i pinned some of your messages because i was bored

[dusky burrow]

It gives 40 hp

[dusky burrow]

You did?

Ah you did

[heavy vigil]

#ask-for-help-here

[jade ore]

battle modifiers?

[heavy vigil]

yeah they can make or break your units

now this unit is trash but its an example

and tbh you can use anything if you just stack the correct modifiers

anything within reason*

small infantry is always going to be bad at attacking

and typically relies on CAS damage to push, while still taking high casualties

[jade ore]

2.3k base is crazy

[jade ore]

ig but for like casual play is there any templates

[heavy vigil]

it costs 100K MIC to make one lol

theyre very very bad

[warped flint]

uh

didnt remmeber I had strike force one

[jade ore]

what how

like any anti tank and they are cooked or smth?

[heavy vigil]

no hp terrible terrain modifiers terrible cost

[jade ore]

oh well fair

[heavy vigil]

just try stuff out?

like i could give you stuff to win easily if thats what you want

[jade ore]

yea ig im too lazy to try stuff out

[velvet trail]

🙏

[warped flint]

another one I wasnt paying attention to

lol

[lavish cliff]

if it's a port you can destroy the units but don't take the land

and the ai will keep sending in units

[velvet trail]

its not a port

[lavish cliff]

unfortunate

[velvet trail]

juicy 40 troops tho

[kind vale]

Great war redux seems fun

[warped flint]

all british forces in the mediterranean are stuck

[hazy lynx]

hoi4

[kind vale]

All the killers of ww2 in one place

[velvet trail]

humanity has come so far

[misty fossil]

https://media.tenor.com/yOw3amPw4GUAAAAe/jimmy-butler-jimmy-butler-paper.gif

[kind vale]

Wait where's the french guy

[wanton blade]

someone for a game?

[warped flint]

the roles were reversed

italy carries germany fumbles

[wanton blade]

no way

67

[warped flint]

ima take a break now since im to lazy to save germany against the soviet union

[wanton blade]

76

[random needle]

Is china fun to play (no new dlc)

I’ve never tried out Asia yet

[wanton blade]

67

[timber ferry]

depends on your preferred playing type

[fallen vigil]

lowkey one of the easiest achievements oat

[sharp sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/oppenheimer-oppenheimer-movie-walk-walking-gif-3311223081607307352

[timber ferry]

depends on what china youre playing

han/ commie/ manchu

[sharp sierra]

its the hardest fr xibei san ma

[random needle]

I like forming factions and puppetings/influencing areas

[random needle]

The main china probs

[timber ferry]

ye

another puppeteer in asia is japan

surprisingly good one

[random needle]

Alrighty

I’ll try em both out

[timber ferry]

my best run, didnt even have to war with USA to get Philippines

all of this and only had to fight the soviets(helping the whites) and the brits (helping the hinds)

[random needle]

Nice

How easy is it to industrialize china

[timber ferry]

there are some focus you'd need to do i think

[random needle]

Alright

[timber ferry]

which unlocks some decisions

[random needle]

I just did a china thing and Japan js invaded me in 37

[timber ferry]

yea, in historical its a pain

sacrifises will be needed

[viscid coyote]

Average Soviet Union run:

[kind vale]

Russia should train their men

[kind vale]

Hold rivers

[hoary mortar]

real

[hoary mortar]

lmao

[meager valley]

Which achievement?

[potent steeple]

Is Romania a good starter country for Hoi4 beginners

[sage karma]

Shoplifter kids

[sage karma]

yes, they have oil. focus tree is bit outdated. otherwise good

Mongolian focus tree pls, paradox i beg you

[potent steeple]

They don’t add one yet?

[quasi shoal]

There is a romania focus tree but it's lackluster imo

[pallid zephyr]

wtf is this 🥀

[keen vapor]

Guys I think Operation Unthinkable didn't work out🙏

[wicked haven]

Grow up

[queen bronze]

ok. so i lost
i dont feel too bad, as historical germany lost like this anyway.
however.
does anyone wanna look at my saves to see where i went wrong?
i kinda think it was essentially a lost shortly after france fell because i was in hellllla unknown territory

[upper shuttle]

Anybody here good with rt56?

[tight horizon]

That sh bug en

[warped flint]

small encirclement

[kind vale]

Why is Britian in the comintern

[warped flint]

not in a very good situation

[warped flint]

They wnet communist

[kind vale]

Ahhh

[warped flint]

Sorta fun game, everyone went communist

is it possible to check if my games on historical?

cause I think it is

but idk 100%

[quasi shoal]

wtf

[indigo elk]

Uncle Stalin squirts out divisions like these while on the loo

[queen bronze]

unc stalin squirts aint what i wanted to read today bro

[warped flint]

bro holy my infantry op

lmao

[queen bronze]

were u the one helping me earlier?

[indigo elk]

Its not. Britain would never go communism on historical.

[sage karma]

ivan konev the goat

[warped flint]

Even better

Damn

[warped flint]

i went unhistorical so im not 100% sure

[wicked haven]

Rundstedt leading a communist army 😭

[warped flint]

just gonna try to slowy get encirclements and just push to the river

While I do that ill use my puppets divisions that they give me to just hold againt the british in france

[indigo elk]

Someone else will have to confirm but I don't think they make such a drastic change because you went off course.

[warped flint]

holy

shit forgot to excersise some fighters

bruh

[indigo elk]

Steady as she goes/A change in course is the first focus taken I think

[kind vale]

Germany should have a separate democracy tree instead of it being part of the monarchy one

[warped flint]

Yeah

definitely

[quasi shoal]

maybe

[kind vale]

Cause doing the democracy path makes some focuses almost impossible

[quasi shoal]

I love when I declare on hungary as italy and then they join the cominterm and romania and turkey get guaranteed by the uk

[warped flint]

i have no mennnn

I need pp

bad

im overextended

[quasi shoal]

as germany?

and communist???

[wicked haven]

Why did Belgium get to go free?

[warped flint]

I am occupying lots of territory

[warped flint]

I am trying to support communist popularity in there

[quasi shoal]

and?

[warped flint]

I have no pp

[quasi shoal]

you're communist, they practically handfeed men

[wicked haven]

Can you coup Lichtenstein

[warped flint]

cant go up conscription

[warped flint]

no

[quasi shoal]

what's your current conscription

what are your garrison divs

[warped flint]

uh idk

shit forgot to update garrison

[warped flint]

extensive

I am trying to go up but I need pp

[kind vale]

Should I install a military dictatorship and do the second naval race or return of the kaiser and send them to England

[warped flint]

yes

[kind vale]

[quasi shoal]

that's plenty

for communist

[warped flint]

????

definitely not

[wicked haven]

Second naval race

[quasi shoal]

what do your divisions look like and how many do you have

[kind vale]

Alright, gonna make a navy that'll make the British jealous

[warped flint]

1 field marshall army of these

and some spgs

[quasi shoal]

I LOVE THIS GAME

LETS GO

THANK YOU

I wasn't sure how I was gonna beat them

[quasi shoal]

and that's eating up all your manpower????

[warped flint]

I have taken a bit of casualties

[quasi shoal]

put some field hospitals on them

[warped flint]

noting like 5 million tho

[quasi shoal]

what

[warped flint]

nvm

[quasi shoal]

the cominterm dissolved so now I get hungary :steamhappy:

[warped flint]

bro my army isnt even taking to many casualties, its the aircraft

bruh

[kind vale]

How😭😭

[warped flint]

No clue

the soviets are like doing decent against me somehow

[kind vale]

Are you using the meta for germany?

[warped flint]

Wdym for germany?

[kind vale]

Do you have mio's?

[warped flint]

Yeah

not fullly

[kind vale]

Which one you using

[quasi shoal]

are you pushing with infa

[quasi shoal]

what do your aircraft look like

[warped flint]

messerschmit

[warped flint]

I mean in the air

[quasi shoal]

what are your air crafts

[kind vale]

Use focke-wulf its better

[quasi shoal]

how are they dying

[slim nexus]

Xd

[warped flint]

No clue

like genuinely

[kind vale]

How many planes do you have compared to them

[warped flint]

I have around 3k fighters and they have 1900

[kind vale]

Weird

[warped flint]

yep im cooked

didnt notice that blob

around italy

[quasi shoal]

what are your doctrines

[warped flint]

I forgot to switch out of mobile warfare

[quasi shoal]

mobile defence is better for spgs

[warped flint]

uh doesnt look like that ngl

just gives a slight buff to mech

and the same thing

[quasi shoal]

it is

[warped flint]

At the bottom to

[quasi shoal]

that's good

[warped flint]

You get the same thing in streamlined deployment

[quasi shoal]

it also buffs assault engi companies

streamlined deployment doesn't

[kind vale]

Should I just put heavy guns on a battleship if im mainly using them for naval invasions?

[quasi shoal]

yes I saw

those buffs aren't that good

esp for europe

[warped flint]

the supply one is helpfull

spgs take a shit ton of supply

[quasi shoal]

eh

[warped flint]

they do

[quasi shoal]

in their own civil war lmfaooo

[dusky burrow]

Yeah definitely

[quasi shoal]

border gore 😍

[warped flint]

doesnt look that bad

[quasi shoal]

i'm apparantly at war with mongolia and tannu tuva but SSSR is not in my faction

[indigo elk]

What's the best way to declaw the US and British navy as Argentina? I'll absorb the other South American navies but where is it best to put them? I was thinking of holding the Atlantic side of Gibraltar and just strangling the Mediterranean off.

[kind vale]

Are you helping the axis win in Europe?

[quasi shoal]

jeepers

[indigo elk]

I intend to. I'm going to leave them to it, I'll mostly just garrison Italy for them and feed land lease while I focus on central America and Mexico and do the navy war.

[kind vale]

Okay id suggest you use italy to naval invade Gibraltar, Malta, and the Suez and station infantry on Gibraltar and the suez to make sure the allies dont get them back then you're free to do what you want in the Americas and you can help them beat the soviets if you desire

[quasi shoal]

if I declare war on bulgaria while it's a puppet of romania, and the uk is guaranteeing them, will the uk declare on me?

[kind vale]

I dont belive so, maybe tho

[indigo elk]

It's a good shout tbf. Use my special forces to win the Mediterranean campaign for them. I just need to cross the Atlantic safely

[kind vale]

You already in the war?

If so just send expeditionary forces

[indigo elk]

Nah, I've yet to take South America, I've restarted like 200 times just trying to find the optimal run. I've taken Uruguay, currently justifying on Chile then will take Brazil and the rest before declaring on the allies. I suppose I can position prior to that.

[kind vale]

Could always send volunteers if you're not in the faction. What do your divisions look like?

[wary ledge]

This is an- interesting faction membership

Though makes sense imo in terms of storytelling as they've got expansionist Soviets and Brits right on their doorstep lol

Maybe except for commie Germany but still

[clear dagger]

i keep mistaking that flag as german flag with mcdonalds logo on it

[wary ledge]

Lmao

[indigo elk]

I probably can't send enough to take North Africa. I'll have to look.

Division wise we will have;
40w mountain inf
40w inf

Gonna slap support equipment on both, but I'm just spitting guns and CAS out right now.

Might keep the motorised units until I take Brazil, helps me speed it up a bit.

[quasi shoal]

40w inf???

[kind vale]

You just need as many marines that you can naval invade with and 6 infantry divisions

[junior imp]

https://tenor.com/view/jonah-hill-i-guess-bro-bro-i-guess-ok-man-gif-6278747235421617446

[indigo elk]

Purely for assault yeah. My line holding infantry is 9xinf

[misty fossil]

woam…..?

[misty fossil]

14/4

[indigo elk]

Uhm... bit difficult when I have mountain infantry. Should I just alter their template later on?

[kind vale]

Just make a new one with marines

[indigo elk]

I'll try and get 6 of them. 40w or 16w?

[kind vale]

Look up marine templates

[indigo elk]

Yeah seen it. Involves quite a few mountain infantry already. I can just dictate the template and tack on to it.

[atomic grove]

lmao what

asian nato

[quasi shoal]

I should be able to send divisions across the caspian sea

[atomic grove]

i mean u cant build ships in the caspian though

therefore u cant make convoys either

[quasi shoal]

you should be able to tho

[atomic grove]

i dont think divisions can swim

[indigo elk]

What's better for CAS, flying artillery or pinpoint strikes?

[atomic grove]

unless ur talking about marines

[quasi shoal]

so use convoys

there are boats in the caspian sea

it doesn't just swallow them up whole

[atomic grove]

but we cant

also i dont think being able to naval invade in the caspian is useful

[quasi shoal]

we should be able to

[quasi shoal]

I mean moving divisions across

[atomic grove]

ik

its also a form of moving divs

[quasi shoal]

if I have khazakstan, and I have the caucasus

I shouldn't have to go by land

[atomic grove]

i mean i would agree if it were marine divs

[opaque mulch]

when luxembourg supremacy dlc

[kind vale]

Luxembourg has a tree in r56

[opaque mulch]

ik, thats the like the main reason people play r56 aint it

[kind vale]

Idk does add more states so you can get historically accurate borders for the german empire

They should make eupen-malmedy its own state

[strong umbra]

who tf cares about luxembourh

[kind vale]

Cool people

[strong umbra]

Joseph bach

no

we dont like Joseph bach

[kind vale]

Nobody cares about your opinion

[rare crow]

I think I have underestimated the Better AI mod..

[void bramble]

Question for the masses, do y'all have fun in singleplayer? I feel like I can't play HOI4 unless it's a MP game, much more interesting for me personally

[ripe slate]

I have the opposite, HOI MP doesnt appeal to me

[slim nexus]

Same

[simple vine]

single player is my preference

[sudden thistle]

After this there is expert and sheep’s mod!

[vapid bough]

I fr just accidentally gave up a lvl 4 fort line behind a river

[simple vine]

annex them

i dare thou

[cosmic jay]

just defending myself

im Germany btw

and I started the war

I'm defending myself

[strange stratus]

Bro its just me or Germany in this dlc just cant keep pushing into Soviet its always so trash

[strange stratus]

Damn

[cosmic jay]

same lmfao

did i forget to show you the rest of the world

[strange stratus]

But u are playing as germany

[cosmic jay]

silly me

[strange stratus]

I mean when i play as italy or someone’s else

[strange stratus]

Thats a good one

[cosmic jay]

and its 1940

I killed Britain in like 1938 and when came to destroy the soviets

they had that 3m casualty since 1938 whenever I got leningrae and moscow

[prime lintel]

I can do that?

[ripe slate]

You elevated his rival I think

[spare lotus]

normal sp is just too easy

some better ai mod is necessary for me

cant play without them

[sudden thistle]

Both are fun

But if I don’t play mp for a while I need to also turn to better ai mods

[candid rain]

Terrible screenshots : new level unlocked

[cold plover]

against ai rusks its free asfff

[cosmic jay]

I cant do screenshots on pc because it eats up ram and crashes my game

if i screenshot or open any app besides steam and the game

it crashes

[cold plover]

lol wut

whats your ssd/hdd storage at

[prime lintel]

uh

[candid rain]

I ran hoi4 on a laptop with 4 gb ram total

Yes, it ran horrendously, but I could still screenshot the game

[indigo elk]

There is no excuse for phone pictures, I'm sorry.

[candid rain]

The only excuse is not wanting to open discord on the computer

[cold plover]

ram shouldn't matter for anything like that, swap means you have unlimited slower speed "ram"

[prime lintel]

OH NO

[candid rain]

But frankly, that was such a terrible photo, even if we ignore the fact that it is not a screenshot.

No axis is centred

[queen bronze]

so. who wants to help me not lose to the allies. as germany
i took france. about to do czech.
last night, i lost because the allies did D day on like. 1941 or something and basically just got held til 1944ish when russia joined and i lost
so. i think i almost need to get britain out of the picture early. to keep my coast safe for an africa push

i was in the process of going for norway when the americans joined and sealed the deal in like 42.

i think i need more troops was one of my issues. i think perhaps take czech and denmark at the same time. then norway. then brits.

[indigo elk]

Not totally implausible. Germany supported China briefly before WW2 and was allied in the The Great War throwing its weight behind Japan, largely due to their navy.

[quasi shoal]

Shouldn't czech be before france

[quasi shoal]

Getting britain out of the way early is the strat

[eternal palm]

Just ignore africa. Maybe take like Egypt then hold north of sudan, take the islands otherwise you can ignore the med

[quasi shoal]

You can rush them by mid 39

[queen bronze]

probably. but i didnt know anything other than poland, france. and czech isnt bothering me

so maybe czech was before poland even

[cold plover]

you get czechs by focus for free if you do them before war

same with yugo if you wanna go ahistorical

[queen bronze]

ye

[cold plover]

and greece if youre lucky

or can use greece to get free romania for oil

you get sooo much for free as ger

[quasi shoal]

Ger is so free

[queen bronze]

greece is over in a few months. italy got them.

i figure theres a lot ill need to better next time. but i think what i have rn is still salvageable mostly. as long as russia doesnt invade.

ive got some marines cooking for britain

[neat ether]

Had to clear my HOI4 steam data and reinstall it after attempting to modify some code to force Clauseworkz to use more CPU cores...

So how's y'alls day?

[cold plover]

should be invading russia ~1940-41, 42 is quite late

they get very strong later on

[queen bronze]

if anyone wants to see my save to lmk how actually bad im doing. id be grateful

[cold plover]

got boats for britain?

[queen bronze]

im not doing 2 fronts. that will be a disaster.

[cold plover]

otherwise airlion is pretty solid

[cold plover]

what other front 😭

africa?

[queen bronze]

britain

so russia would be after brits

[cold plover]

^

[queen bronze]

yea. mostly subs but i think between air supperiorty i will be ok with what i have.
2 battleships. 2 battlecruisers. 4 heavy crusiers. 8 light crusiers. 28 destroyers 90 subs

[cold plover]

...

[queen bronze]

not good?

[cold plover]

they have like 12 battleships in 1936 man

[eternal palm]

Thats not gonna give supremacy

u need a navy that can beat the RN

not in size

[queen bronze]

idk jack about navy

[eternal palm]

But make a ship thats good

[cold plover]

britain was famous for their massive navy

[queen bronze]

ok i can do that. i got plenty of shipyards and can cook several

[eternal palm]

Make this

[cold plover]

you can't invade them with just making subs

otherwise go for an airlion

just paradrop their ports

[queen bronze]

i know that. but i figured 90 subs in the british channel would sink everyone if i included like. 3k airplanes

[cold plover]

the channel is a shallow sea zone so its awful for subs to start with

also the brits have a ton of destroyers, which are fantastic submarine hunters if you use yours poorly

[queen bronze]

thats fair. i didnt think of that lul

[cold plover]

shallow sea makes it harder for you subs to hide from their navy

so you really want to block off the naval zone to stop your guys going through it

subs are best in fjords, oceans, and deep oceans iirc

[cosmic jay]

im germany

[indigo elk]

Whats the logic for them being good in fjords? Is it just down to being a narrow sea lane or something?

[queen bronze]

is a multi charge large calibre gun at all useful for anything. idk its range.

[eternal palm]

Visibility

[cosmic jay]

and when my game crashes and I lose all of my progress

[eternal palm]

not really

[queen bronze]

id assume its cause they can "hide" in the bends of the islands

[queen bronze]

thx. i figured

whats case anton. i cant tell what it actually acomplishes

[eternal palm]

Annexes Vichy France

Man history really does get lost

That said not create vichy

Just conquer all

[sudden thistle]

I mean it looks rlly cool

[queen bronze]

i thought i didnt make vichy. but idk

[indigo elk]

Today I learned that fjords are deep and not just narrow 😅

[eternal palm]

Wait do u still get the decision even when u dont create vichy?

[proud tapir]

exactly my strat

always

[queen bronze]

how to i make motorized recon into mechanized? i dont have an option for mech

[proud tapir]

Just drop between 6 to 8 paratroopers on ipswitch

[eternal palm]

thats not a thing.

[proud tapir]

and rush your entire army there

[eternal palm]

Use armored recon

[proud tapir]

ez

[queen bronze]

ah

so i still always gotta make trucks. rip

[proud tapir]

Sealion with paratroopers is ez because with good planes, even if they have a numbers advantage
You can gain air superiority without a sweat

[indigo elk]

How effective is strategic bombing? Love the idea of making them far away and bombing someone halfway across the world.

[proud tapir]

sometimes i can get absolutely demolished by strategic bombing if i dont have a good air force

no supply

no factories

[supple kestrel]

How do I even get dominance in these parts of the Ocean?

I want to invade Germany as Venezuela

[indigo elk]

I like the idea rendering Britain incapable of building anything

[queen bronze]

And naturally I can’t even freaking do this cause I play at work and they changed my whole dang schedule lul

[queen bronze]

Average history moment

[cold plover]

more range

closer port

[supple kestrel]

I see

[trim pike]

If they have no ships out

[supple kestrel]

The AI can reach Peru from Germany, but how can I reach them from off the coast of South America?

[trim pike]

Split ur fleet to find the longest range ship

[worthy rover]

Should I reorganise weirmacht or heed von neurath im new

[trim pike]

Or remove the shortest range ships

Then patrol/strike force for supremacy

[trim pike]

Reorg

The right side

[worthy rover]

Ok then I assume go for molotov ribbentrop?

It seems pretty good

[trim pike]

Sure

Try not to in mp tho

[supple kestrel]

Trying to figure that out now, but not sure where

[trim pike]

Not sure what?

[worthy rover]

Havent even tried multiplayer, I dont have a clue whats going on lmao

[supple kestrel]

4000 km for Carrier and Heavy Ships, and 5500 km for submarines.
Just make separate fleets for those, and a separate fleet for Cruisers and Destroyers?

[cosmic jay]

can somebody help

I captured karagandy (capital of Soviet union) and its still the capital?? even tho I have 4 troops in there

[supple kestrel]

How the heck does the AI have the range to invade from Germany to Peru? lmao

[quasi shoal]

Cruisers

[supple kestrel]

Cruisers have long range? Mine's max is 2000km

[quasi shoal]

Build better ones

[supple kestrel]

Still not enough

So, I went to war with Peru, and I'm invading them. But they joined the Axis, so Nazi Germany is sending a shit ton of troops through the Atlantic

[quasi shoal]

Edit them

[supple kestrel]

How? Like the game files?

[quasi shoal]

Like building

The variants

[vital cove]

that moment when your allies take one of the territories you need to form your formable nation and screw up your entire run because you can't leave the faction while at war

[frank parcel]

makes alot of sense that as the US i ccant put ships in my own waters

[quasi shoal]

Ctrl right click the naval base

It's cuz that naval base isn't the home base

[frank parcel]

what is a home base

[quasi shoal]

The home base of the fleet

[frank parcel]

is that a new thing?

[quasi shoal]

They can only do stuff in the range of home bases and supply hubs

[quasi shoal]

Idk

Dont think so

[frank parcel]

I have never seen that before

but thanks

[vague galleon]

I formed Roman Empire with Mussolini

[zinc rune]

https://tenor.com/view/bosnov-67-bosnov-67-67-meme-gif-16727368109953357722

[simple vine]

now do it with greece

[bronze mango]

You cant

[simple vine]

nuh uh

[frank parcel]

why does the nationalisation of mexican oil fields even give a war goal if you cant even use it?

[bronze mango]

Unless you mean byzantium

[simple vine]

so greece turns into byzantium empire

[bronze mango]

You were able to in the past

[bronze mango]

This seems to be because of faction rules, which you can change

[frank parcel]

ik, like 90% of nations never cause any world tension. even Japan in 1940 hasnt caused that much

[frank parcel]

ama see

[vague galleon]

That's what I really want to do with Greece. Since I do like Eastern Roman Empire too but It's too hard for me 💀

[simple vine]

but it's possibble! Atleast i think it is..

i'll try it after my saudi run

[vague galleon]

I have seen a video where somebody actually did that in a multiplayer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKNdhsqX4aU&t=413s

The text is "Byzantine Empire"

[simple vine]

bruh how he has so much territory

[vague galleon]

I guess why it was possible was

It was non-historical multiplayer

[vital cove]

yes, its from NCNS

[simple vine]

ig tjat explains it but it is still not easy

wait if mhe had a chance with non historical should i do that fror saudi

[vital cove]

there are strategies for that to make it pretty easy to defeat turkey, and from there the rest is not that hard. you can look them up

[simple vine]

or maybe stick with hhistorical since they won't be invaded anytime soon

[vital cove]

not sure what is the current one, there have been a few different ones in the past

[vague galleon]

yeah that's absolutely true

[spark jewel]

@wild topaz come

[eternal palm]

Was UK a player?

And did he have allies?

[spark jewel]

@wild topaz we have a game

[eternal palm]

Cuz if UK isn't then it's stupidly easy

[spark jewel]

anybody we need usa

[supple kestrel]

How to even give it a longer range?

Don't see how

[eternal palm]

OK idk what the other person was on about but it's not because of cruisers that's not how that works. They got the range through naval bases along the route

[vague galleon]

Yep

[eternal palm]

And maybe they invaded from a place that's a bit closer

[eternal palm]

Did they have allies?

Cuz Italy by itself was pretty weak

[supple kestrel]

I see, that's what I suspected

[mighty zodiac]

does anyone know how I can change my laws in The New Order mod?

[supple kestrel]

But they don't seem to have closer territory, and I was able to see their troops actually coming through the English Channel

[eternal palm]

Was it like an invasion or did they just move troops?

To their allies for example

Or what AI likes to do is to send their units to random places

[supple kestrel]

Well, they were aiding Peru, since they joined the Axis

They were landing in Peru, while I was attacking them

[vague galleon]

I remember Italy was communist

[eternal palm]

Yea they just sent troops over there they don't need naval rangr for that

[vague galleon]

Just wait let me watch the video again

[supple kestrel]

Gotcha!

What you're saying is I should ally myself with the Dutch

[wild topaz]

IM IN CSGO VRO

[supple kestrel]

Can I request for military access, then land on the Netherlands, and attack from there?

[eternal palm]

No clue if that's what you need to do in order to win but sure

Idk what you're doing

[supple kestrel]

What I'm wondering is how to get troops to Europe

[eternal palm]

Should be

[supple kestrel]

Thanks! I'll try that

[eternal palm]

OK who are you playing

And what is your goal

[supple kestrel]

I'm playing as Venezuela

Goal is to restore the glorious Gran Colombia

[vague galleon]

Bruh Britain was communist

[eternal palm]

Mmmm

Should've joined the axis

[supple kestrel]

And make a puppet out of the gringos

[eternal palm]

Ouch

[eternal palm]

No way 😭

[supple kestrel]

Frack

[eternal palm]

So Italy got the med for free

Great

[cold plover]

its in the top left if you click on a fleet

[eternal palm]

Cuz France isn't much of a threat

[vital cove]

game lag maxxing

[supple kestrel]

What are these used for?

[vague galleon]

no idea

[eternal palm]

If you land on a tile without a port you can use these as a temporary supply hub

Useful in theory but like ports aren't harder to take than tiles without one

But if you wanna larp the true dday in Normandy go for it

[prime lintel]

total mess

[eternal palm]

Don't fight a land war in siberia 💀

[cold plover]

wild take

even ai puts 3x more divs on ports

[eternal palm]

AI isn't exactly hard to beat

The divs might aswell not be there

U just roll over them regardless

The hard part is always getting supremacy

Not the landing itself

Unless you have like major skill issue

[neat kayak]

ITALY SHALL BE SARDINIAN ONCE AGAIN

[cold plover]

kaisserreich?

[neat kayak]

ye

[nova grove]

anybody knows if theres a way to stop ai from selecting factions goals?

[small light]

May someone please provide me a good tank division template?

[hallow grove]

im watching a guy create step by step to create the roman empire, is this a good way to learn?

[cold plover]

no lmao

[round pivot]

best way to learn is to play the game

[cold plover]

thats like following instructions for a lego set then trying to free build something

if you want to watch some stuff, don't watch like step by step tutorials

[hallow grove]

Ye but i ain’t getting anywhere then

I’m like completely new

[round pivot]

to videogames?

[hallow grove]

No

To hoi

[cold plover]

^

[round pivot]

then you can learn by playing the game

[cold plover]

theres also a ton of good steam guides

the game itself is a miserable experience to start off with going in blind ngl

[round pivot]

just make sure u read tooltips ig

then ur doing better than 95% of hoi players

[safe wing]

took me half a year worth of tries

Until I got it right as Italy surprisingly

[hallow grove]

For sure

[queen bronze]

for navy. is the red refering to stuff i wont be able to win or stuff im not winning.
like if i send ships there will they just die?

and if i could just get general good navy setup of what ships with what stuff. id apreciate it

[mellow jetty]

Red = not supremacy for you or your allies (yet)

Your enemy has supremacy for now, but that doesnt mean you will get killed

[queen bronze]

i want auto split off enabled?

[mellow jetty]

Not if fighting with strike force, if its enabled then individual ships will leave during fight to repair

Repair after battle

Disable it

[queen bronze]

rn my navy sucks too much to do anything so i am just trying to get navy points for better ships

[mellow jetty]

For Germany you have an okay navy, just excercise your ships and use the destroyers in sea zones on patrol to gain dominance, and subs used on Convoy Raid, rest of ships on Strike Force

[queen bronze]

ok.
i was told i didnt. at least for against britain.

[mellow jetty]

Subs in separate fleet, otherwise they slow down whole fleet

[queen bronze]

ok

[mellow jetty]

Every nation is different

[queen bronze]

what should i go for next. ive just been making subs rn

[queen bronze]

like this?

[cold plover]

whered your navy go lol

also id recommend having two diff admirals, one for your main navy, one for sub fleets

[queen bronze]

oh good point

[cold plover]

raeder is good for main, donitz is great for subs

then split your sub group into 10 smaller groups

[queen bronze]

wdym

[cold plover]

means they can intercept 10 separate convoy groups at a time

[cold plover]

the starting navy

oh its moving

[queen bronze]

yea

[patent thistle]

funny australian navy

[cold plover]

australia mentioned rahhhh

no melbourne :((

rip melbourne

[safe wing]

did you make this or steal it?

oh its starting

[queen bronze]

if i could just get general good navy setup of what ships with what stuff. id apreciate it

[cold plover]

cant believe we sold her, such a waste

[cold plover]

light cruisers were good a while back

good luck competing with the brits in terms of navy atp tho

[patent thistle]

made

[patent thistle]

only thing i stole was like a few light ships from both new zealand and indonesia

[queen bronze]

is it possible to end a truce? i dont see any options

[cold plover]

like a white peace?

or a non aggression pact

the former has a time limit

the latter is a bit more involved

[queen bronze]

i think tis a non agression

[cold plover]

with which country

[queen bronze]

hungary

theyre annoying me by taking up places i took doing most of the work

[patent thistle]

place more troops on the border then your enemy

in manpower

[cold plover]

are they in the axis..?

[queen bronze]

yea

but they suck

[cold plover]

and you

are in the axis

[queen bronze]

oh ig i removed them

[cold plover]

just ask for the land back lmfao

[queen bronze]

i see what u mean haha

[cold plover]

then you have to wait a year till you can dec iirc

hover over the truce icon on diplomacy menu with them

[queen bronze]

meh ill just leave them for now.

[patent thistle]

i just caused a revolt in both only to invade them and take them myself ; )

(road to 56)

[copper sluice]

how tf do I increase faction influence

[winged field]

bigger army for example

[copper sluice]

bro

what is "contribution"

[patent thistle]

ah yes the airbase bug is still going-

[copper sluice]

also this is just straight up bugged

[sudden thistle]

Yeah it’s bugged a bit

[patent thistle]

guess i build an airforce for my navy now-

[patent thistle]

a "bit" might be "a bit" of an understatement

[sullen crater]

how do i upgrade my version to 1.17.2?
i can only upgrade to 1.16.9 for some reason

[patent thistle]

the sad truth is that the bug is required to use the bug for now since the AI also has this many planes per carrier.

[copper sluice]

wtf is the european luxembourg

[hallow marten]

I'ma go through the maginot line

[copper sluice]

dude its crazy how much sinking ships inflates the war score even though it literally doesnt matter

[austere crypt]

gnehehehehe

[sudden grotto]

holy attrition

[sudden thistle]

Ur tanks need tanks

[austere crypt]

nuh uh

they need more cas trust

[sudden grotto]

those are legit just men carrying their empty tanks with no fuels or ammos

[slender kernel]

what should i play

[austere crypt]

fine you convinced me

[sudden grotto]

manchukuo

[sudden grotto]

💔

[austere crypt]

gang lowk britain doesnt want me invading them

idk why tho

[austere crypt]

u havent seen my gameplay bro ud vomit

[slender kernel]

fuh nah something with a decent focus tree

[sudden grotto]

and i thx god everyday for it lol

[slender kernel]

i dont have ncns rn

[sudden grotto]

hungary

[slender kernel]

im romanian

something else

❤️