hoi4-general

[dense umbra]

In the year 1940

Mid 1940 i think

[knotty vortex]

ohh

[dense umbra]

I only made cruisers and im tryna mass produce fighters

[prisma saddle]

i think you should also malr naval bombers

[dense umbra]

Ohh shi

YESS

[quasi shoal]

Naval bombers, light cruisers, and maybe carriers

[dense umbra]

I forgot about that

[quasi shoal]

Yes

[dense umbra]

I forfot ahout naval bombers

Yeah im gonna try to redirect my production from tanks to planes and win the air war germany nevery achieved

[knotty vortex]

how do i sort my navy

can somebody help me please

i wanna make 1 patrol group

and 1 strike force group

[quasi shoal]

The buttons in the top right are for sorting

Hover over those

And figure it out

[knotty vortex]

here?

what ships should be in destroyer groups

[quasi shoal]

Tf is that

Never seen that menu in my life

[knotty vortex]

its from the top right lol

[quasi shoal]

Btw all the ships you built are in reserve

[knotty vortex]

yeah

idk what goes where

[indigo elk]

Which one gives me more special forces cap? Currently at 24

[quasi shoal]

Put them in their own task force

And fleet

[quasi shoal]

Right one i think

[knotty vortex]

like this?

[quasi shoal]

Hover over it yourself

[quasi shoal]

Yes

[knotty vortex]

okay and what should i use them fir

patrol or strike force

[indigo elk]

I assume right gives you more if you have a large army as its a multiplier and left gives you more with a smaller one?

[quasi shoal]

Left means more mountaineers

Right means more of all special forces

[quasi shoal]

Patrol

[knotty vortex]

okay

[dense umbra]

@quasi shoal what focus do i need to reduce or remove economy of conques5 since im suffering over 80% consumer goods factor and not able to build a single building

[knotty vortex]

and the other 1 on strike force

[sudden thistle]

Price controls

[knotty vortex]

and then my subs for what?

[dense umbra]

already done that years ago, im on 1940 and suffering heavily

[quasi shoal]

Institute price controls reduces it

[sudden thistle]

If not, I think the focus above or under it?

[quasi shoal]

Total autarky removes it

[sudden thistle]

Capture gold reserves

[quasi shoal]

Yes

[dense umbra]

it does?

[quasi shoal]

Yuh

But you need a lot to get it

[dense umbra]

finished that all

i forgot what total atuarky needs

[sudden thistle]

Show how much progress u have on autarky

[knotty vortex]

Do i need to assign planes to my carrier

[quasi shoal]

Like a TON of resources

[dense umbra]

Now i know why people choose total autarky and get excited

[quasi shoal]

No but you need specific carrier planes

[dense umbra]

Yeah ive seen them

[knotty vortex]

oh crap

what are they

[quasi shoal]

The default comp is carrier fighters and carrier naval bombers

[dense umbra]

idk im nkt playing yet

[quasi shoal]

Use carrier airframe instead of normal one

[knotty vortex]

do i gotta research that

ah no

[dense umbra]

does carrier heavily help you in navy superiority

[sudden thistle]

Yes

[dense umbra]

Ah

Shouldve done that since 1936

Im just gonna use planes

[knotty vortex]

look good?

carrier fighter

[dense umbra]

How do carrier planes work

Like do they actually go on your carriers

Like i havent seen sm1 use it

[lost parcel]

bro what did serbia do

[sudden grotto]

world je serbia

[lost parcel]

i think serbia is going to win

[prisma saddle]

serbia strong

[knotty vortex]

how do i see this naval route

so i can protect it

i really need that rubber

[prisma saddle]

look at the sea

[knotty vortex]

doesnt help

idk what im looking for

[prisma saddle]

look better

[knotty vortex]

okay can anyone help me

[prisma saddle]

bro

lokk is there are some blue lines in the sea

thats all

[knotty vortex]

no there isnt

lol

not fron the dutch east indies

[prisma saddle]

rhey fly

t

[inner iron]

You're fully blockaded by Britain probably

Like right at the north sea

[knotty vortex]

what am i looking for

[inner iron]

I assume since you're trying to trade with the indies, you still haven't taken out france

[knotty vortex]

nope

[green lodge]

Just build synthetic factories

[knotty vortex]

i need rubber really bad too

[knotty vortex]

long term solution

[green lodge]

What happened to sea lion ?

[knotty vortex]

i need a short term one

dude chill its 1939

[prisma saddle]

ask siam

[green lodge]

Soviets or siam

[dense umbra]

long term solution is to justify on netherland the moment you finish the focus "remilitarize the rhineland" which the justification is going to end in october 3 and the netherlands doesent join allies so you need to take the dutch east indies and add a spare army there to protect the indies and yojr rubber from the british malaya

[knotty vortex]

oh really

good strat

[dense umbra]

I did infact do it, but i forgot to protect the indies so i had to send 2 armies over there

[knotty vortex]

o

my

god

sp art

absolutely tears through the enemy

holy crap

i just absolutely smoked france

[quasi shoal]

Still requires you to protect your trade routes

Just saves on civies

[quasi shoal]

Yeah

Now you understand

[quasi shoal]

I just never do

Java always stays alive

[knotty vortex]

im about to take on the royal navy

its nov 1939

[quasi shoal]

Only problem with that strat is japan declares on you in 41

Guaranteed

[quasi shoal]

Ggs

[knotty vortex]

what

is that oo late

[quasi shoal]

No

Im saying you're doing good

It's kinda late but you actually prepped so it doesn't matter

Your prepped navy can prolly beat them til like 45

[knotty vortex]

i have 32 marines ready to go

[quasi shoal]

Without updates

[quasi shoal]

Can you even send them all?

[knotty vortex]

dont think so

i maxed out marines doctrine

i think i can actually

[quasi shoal]

unupgraded naval invasions lets you get like 12 marines in total iirc

12 in there I mean

[quasi shoal]

the upgrades in that extra naval area

[knotty vortex]

i set it to all 24

[quasi shoal]

wtf you can?

you sure

zoom in on it

[knotty vortex]

yeah i assume

ah 8 divs

[quasi shoal]

watch out your oil

[quasi shoal]

make another plan

that's more southern

[knotty vortex]

yeah

okay

[inner iron]

Landing on London is actually one of the more easier places to swarm out from with cas

[quasi shoal]

oh yeah @knotty vortex do you have cas

[inner iron]

The port on London with side invasions breaks easily

[knotty vortex]

like this?

[quasi shoal]

his first plan is on london iirc

[quasi shoal]

yes

[knotty vortex]

okay

[quasi shoal]

exactly what I was thinking lol

[inner iron]

I usually plan that myself

[knotty vortex]

im really hoping this works

[inner iron]

And it always gets oneshotted for me

[knotty vortex]

how do i make sure i can get my sp art in there asap

can i like give them a plan

[quasi shoal]

put a frontline

and then they'll move once you get a port

[knotty vortex]

okay hold on

[quasi shoal]

on england once you take any land

[knotty vortex]

i cant create a frontline

since i have no land there

[quasi shoal]

place them on a port for the time being

[quasi shoal]

once you take land

[knotty vortex]

okay

right

umm

[quasi shoal]

that's your old navy

[knotty vortex]

ohh

[quasi shoal]

why do you have subs in there

[knotty vortex]

idk

[quasi shoal]

you didn't make any destroyers so that's the kriegsmarine getting destroyed

[quasi shoal]

save your captured spy

[knotty vortex]

how

[quasi shoal]

go over to russia

and do the save capptured operative mission

[knotty vortex]

welp

now theyre both captured

bruh

[quasi shoal]

do your other guy

your third to save him

[knotty vortex]

lmao

[knotty vortex]

dude

my patrol just arent in the english channe;

so i have no dominance

[quasi shoal]

did you put the starting navy on patrol

[quasi shoal]

they might be repairing

wait lemme show you smth

[knotty vortex]

oh they are

[quasi shoal]

go to navy, click on your fleet of new ships, and click the split in half button in the top left

the one next to the delete button

[knotty vortex]

which fleet

the repairing one?

[knotty vortex]

oh my reserves?

[quasi shoal]

no

but move your reserves into the patrol fleet too

[quasi shoal]

yes

[quasi shoal]

the patrol fleet

[knotty vortex]

okay

i did it

now what should i do

[quasi shoal]

did it make 2 task forces

at the bottom

[knotty vortex]

no

still 1

oh wait it did

now ive split them into 8

navy armys confuse me so much

it says no accessible regions

nevermind

now theyre both repairing

bruh

bro im getting absolutely destroyed

this is genuinely impossible bro

gonna crashout

[faint tusk]

Yo mate

Would you want to mod with a friend of mine on a mod?

[quasi shoal]

oh put your new reserves on the patrol fleet

[knotty vortex]

i have

still getting destroyed

HOLD UP

HOLD UP BRO

@quasi shoal IM IN BRO

IM ON THE SHORES

[quasi shoal]

do you have a port

[knotty vortex]

YES

IM SENDING THE SP ART

[quasi shoal]

GG

[knotty vortex]

@quasi shoal

https://tenor.com/view/messi-celebrate-celebration-kiss-qatar-gif-27268666

[quasi shoal]

annex europe, puppet out of europe

[knotty vortex]

huh?

[quasi shoal]

for the peace deal

also steal the royal navy cuz funny

[knotty vortex]

yes

[quasi shoal]

but do that after

[knotty vortex]

wait so i annex all of europe

then what?

[quasi shoal]

puppet outside of europe

[knotty vortex]

bruh how did italy get so much score

they did nothing

[sudden thistle]

Puppet everything 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[knotty vortex]

this was all me

[sudden thistle]

They throw men at the enemy

This is normal

[quasi shoal]

ewwwww

[knotty vortex]

does uk count as in europe

wait

lol

there we go

so i only wanna annex free france

belgium netherlands

luxembourg

and then try puppet the rest?

i cant puppet the UK its too expensive

@quasi shoal

[safe wing]

how is this div?

[sudden thistle]

Puppets are goated

[sudden thistle]

Field hospital

[prisma saddle]

you did it with naval invasion?

[safe wing]

Just added

[knotty vortex]

yes

[knotty vortex]

how do i puppet the uk if i cant afford it

[prisma saddle]

can you show me the template?

[knotty vortex]

once im done with this yeah

what templates

[faint tusk]

Thats a world i def wouldnt want to be in bro-

[prisma saddle]

of the division that naval invaded

[faint tusk]

Good god 😭

[knotty vortex]

okay

[prisma saddle]

thx

[knotty vortex]

i have no clue how to puppet

like olive said

[prisma saddle]

this one i guess

[oak mantle]

36 width better

[knotty vortex]

too expensive though

[dense lagoon]

its nice, what i like to do is just make it 36 width aswell

idek if its meta anymore

[safe wing]

Just did

[oak mantle]

it is

[dense lagoon]

i heard people saying that the best width for tanks is 34 width now so im a little confused lol

[oak mantle]

well the amount of stats you get for the etxra 2 width is a lot more valuable than avoiding a like 2% nerf to ur stats and going 34 width

its up to you but it doesnt matter too much

the penalty for being over combat width is negligible at that level

[dense lagoon]

i guess if you wanna be max efficient with your equipment

i still use 10 tanks 8 cars anyway i dont care about what people say is meta i just use what works fr

[oak mantle]

the main difference between 34 and 36 width is that in plains tyles you get an extra 2 combat width across 2 divisions attacking into the tile cause you can fit 35 x 2 and youll get a penalty for being 2 width over

[safe wing]

I have 35.7 width infantry as I can’t go to 36

[oak mantle]

thats good enough

[dense lagoon]

is that from large unit tactics or what?

[safe wing]

451.8 soft attack can’t lie

[safe wing]

Yes

[quasi shoal]

annex uk

[knotty vortex]

i’m gonna have to give up some other land then

as i can’t afford it all

[quasi shoal]

don't annex all of it

just mainland uk

[knotty vortex]

wait don’t i get more points as the conference thing goes on

[quasi shoal]

and norther ireland

leave africa

[knotty vortex]

ohhh

[quasi shoal]

yes

[knotty vortex]

does it include their colonies

[quasi shoal]

puppet it hopefully

[knotty vortex]

do i puppet the colonies then

[quasi shoal]

yes

[knotty vortex]

what’s my next mission

wipe russia of the face of the earth?

actually norway

[quasi shoal]

yes

[frank zodiac]

for denmark ho is better light tank or medium tank

[jolly saffron]

What's more worth it? Buying the dlcs or getting the subscription?

[safe wing]

Large infantry

[knotty vortex]

Long live the Fuhrer

[knotty vortex]

any particular strategy?

[quasi shoal]

medium

[quasi shoal]

infantry and tanks

[frank zodiac]

I know bt for Tanks hoz better

[quasi shoal]

keep tank line small

why you heart spamming

tf

[frank zodiac]

okey

[quasi shoal]

tank line small is for sov invasion

[crimson ore]

Is hoi4 base game good

Like with no dlcs

[quasi shoal]

sure

[sudden thistle]

Wdym tank line small

[crimson ore]

What is there

[quasi shoal]

small is relative

and he doesn't have many tanks

[crimson ore]

Like the main country focus trees

[quasi shoal]

basically saying don't have the tank frontline accross the whole border

[quasi shoal]

all the majors

french and sov are kinda mid tho iirc

the base game ones

same with italy

[crimson ore]

What’s the best dlcs

By blood alone and no step back?

[viral geyser]

Who wants to play with me?

[quasi shoal]

my list is:
1: no step back
2: by blood alone
3: arms against tyranny
4: no compromise, no surrender
5: gotterdammerung

[azure plaza]

just did the shortest war ive ever had in hoi4 (like 6 days)

[azure plaza]

W profile pic, that was my wallpaper like 5 years ago lol

[limber arrow]

Can someone help me make a good japanese infantry template?

For offensive

[quasi shoal]

I've had a 1 day war against denmark

and a 2 day hungarian civil war

[manic iris]

guys starting new save pick
fascist UK
roman empire
ottoman empire

[viscid coyote]

Ottoman Empire

[quasi shoal]

roman empire

[viscid coyote]

Never see that one honestly

[viscid coyote]

Nah

It’s too easy to remake

The ottomans are harder

[manic iris]

i have 10h in the game

[viscid coyote]

Oh…

[manic iris]

is fascist UK cool

[viscid coyote]

Um

[manic iris]

yea lol

[viscid coyote]

Yeah do that

[icy crescent]

Whatever you do:
Puppet Oman.
Attack the Saudis and Yemen.
And give both to Oman.
Let them form Arabia just for Style Points.

[quasi shoal]

italy is fun tho

[viscid coyote]

👍

[quasi shoal]

you can buff the uk and france too

[manic iris]

im thinking roman empire or fascist UK

[quasi shoal]

and you can just make everyone democratic or communist or sumn so you ahve to fight like a 50 front war

[viscid coyote]

Yeah like look here

The Soviets were tough

[manic iris]

ima do roman empire

long live the empire

[viscid coyote]

Ok

Just make sure you have good tanks

Also don’t join the axis

Go down the monarchy route

It’ll be better

[manic iris]

my friwend is grmany so i kinda have to

[viscid coyote]

Oh mulitplayer?

[manic iris]

yes me and my friend

vs AI

[viscid coyote]

Won’t you guys fight over France?

[viscid coyote]

Alright

Go ahead

[icy crescent]

Greater Italy is funny too.
Release Libya as puppet.
And allow them to form Maghreb by giving them the entire North West of Africa.

---

Sorry, I am just a big fan of allowing puppets to form their formables.

[manic iris]

uk also sounds fun thoo

[oak mantle]

Democratic germany civ greed until 1940

[viscid coyote]

What do you do when you get to 1940?

[oak mantle]

Spam mils and slaughter anything in your way

[manic iris]

ill remake the SPQR

[viscid coyote]

I remade Austria Hungary here

[viscid coyote]

Ok

[viscid coyote]

Ohhhhh

[icy crescent]

Mutapa, Latin Africa and Arabia puppets as Portugal.
Style Points. ✨

[viscid coyote]

Style points for sure

Oh this is my favorite pic

I am the German empire

[icy crescent]

Austria-Hungary really tried to get to the Black Sea.

[viscid coyote]

Yeah lol

Also Italy

[oak mantle]

105% construction bonus in late 1937

[viscid coyote]

https://tenor.com/view/horrified-funny-face-dang-ice-cube-gif-12839544880309883282

[icy crescent]

https://tenor.com/b1FYK.gif

[oak mantle]

Rur dam

🔥🔥

[prisma saddle]

i saw this cursed template online

[azure plaza]

AI lowk made a great iron curtain

[supple summit]

lowk whatever floats their boat

[supple summit]

peak

[prisma saddle]

noo albaniaa

[supple summit]

ngl i just wanna do a yugoslavia run

[azure plaza]

the other side of the curtain wont be red for too much longer though

[supple summit]

what can go wrong

[paper echo]

https://tenor.com/view/omerrv-snip-snippingtool-life-hack-supertool-gif-19420393

[supple summit]

The endless swarms of today vs the endless swarms of history

[azure plaza]

facts

[fallen vigil]

only 15% is that a lot?/

[azure plaza]

for some reason in road to 56, fascist china is lavender

[supple summit]

i mean it does the job

holy shit

you got it up to 100%

true patience

[green lodge]

Have y'all done .. princely breakways states vs British raj ?
How did y'all beat them

[supple summit]

fallback line

[green lodge]

Uh yes probably

[green lodge]

How did you take peshawar and delhi

[supple summit]

are you still in the allies?

[green lodge]

I got to Lahore but got cut off

[green lodge]

I did the look to the past path

[supple summit]

oh that

[green lodge]

No 🥀

[supple summit]

wait why are you fighting against the princely states?

[fallen vigil]

im trying to do 2 achievements

[supple summit]

if your the mughals

[green lodge]

No I am them, i need to fight the British raj and get the points for 255 days for them to broker peace and give me north east india

Peshawar, Delhi, etc.

More points is more land
I assume training and starting infra in Sind would make it easier

[supple summit]

im genuinly so confused

[green lodge]

I'll try again tomorrow so getting some tips

[supple summit]

if your doing look to the past

why are you the british raj

[green lodge]

I'm fighting the Raj 🥀

It's the second line 🥀

[supple summit]

.

this made me so confused

[supple summit]

but basically you dont fight the princely states

their your puppets

oh my god im so stupid

so basically

when I attack the raj

[green lodge]

No I am them ( princely states), I am fighting the British raj and when you breakways theres a yeah

[green lodge]

Yeah they have so many troops 🥀

[supple summit]

fight the raj as soon as germany starts beefing with everyone and join their faction

italy and germany will send dudes over

oh and

use the elephants

trust me

their shit for rivers but they are amazing just bloody too good on plains, hills and sometimes mountains

[green lodge]

Elephants??

[supple summit]

yes

they are way too good

[green lodge]

Man what research tree is this

[supple summit]

the downside is rivers but other than that

no its a focus you do

[green lodge]

I just beeline to independence 🥀

Maybe that's why I'm getting railed

[knotty vortex]

@quasi shoal

so

[supple summit]

yes

well

[knotty vortex]

i forgot to take the royal navy

lol

[supple summit]

wait im so confused

[green lodge]

Atp paratroop ! , much easier imo

[knotty vortex]

no i defeated them

[supple summit]

are you fighting the raj during your rebellion

[quasi shoal]

omg bruh

[supple summit]

or do you fight the raj when you do the focus

[knotty vortex]

lmao

[quasi shoal]

you don't need it

[supple summit]

well i needa phrase it different

[knotty vortex]

its fine

[green lodge]

Yeah for 255 days and then peace treaty

[quasi shoal]

but like it's free best navy in the world

[supple summit]

oh that

so the rebellion

[knotty vortex]

i have so many subjects

[supple summit]

so ignore the elephants

[supple summit]

delete your entire army before the rebellion

[green lodge]

Yeah I have like 1 military factory 🥀, how am I supposed to win
Ohhh

[supple summit]

when you rebel you will have like 9 troops

and weapons

[green lodge]

17 but ok

🥀

[supple summit]

no with no british raj army you get it less

[green lodge]

Oh ok

So i just breeze and then hold the front line ig

[supple summit]

when you rebel immediately start just spamming out as many troops

[green lodge]

Lots of micro 🙏

[supple summit]

id probably do around 13

[green lodge]

Infantry 18w ?

Artillery or no ?

[supple summit]

no do the other shitty ones

the ones with 5 inf divisions and nothing else

[green lodge]

12w ??

[supple summit]

you get it automatically

you dont need any sort of army xp

i forgot the exact name but it has 5 inf divisions or 6

one of those 2

[green lodge]

So just spam them gotcha
6 has 12w yeah

[supple summit]

keep like 3 on the coast because the british will naval invade you

thats basically all the british do apart from sending like 2 divisions over in mainland raj

[green lodge]

Ohh

Gotcha
I'll encircle them then

[supple summit]

but since the ai is stupid they will start training troops they cant supply so you basically have a long ass timer

and just encircle them and quickly just capture their victory points

sadly you cant capitulate them

[green lodge]

Yeah 🥀

[supple summit]

i really dislike that

and you wont get much

all i got was delhi and some other shitty land

[green lodge]

You'll see it tomorrow in the lounge if i can get it to work 🥀

[green lodge]

North East India but then you can get iran/ afghansitan

[supple summit]

even if you dont do all this you can still make it work with the pakistan states

[supple summit]

lowk i just attack and core afghanistan

[green lodge]

Or British raj if the British become civil war 🔥🔥

[green lodge]

What's core ?

[supple summit]

tryna fight sinkiang is too big in an ass

[sudden thistle]

Like lands that love you

Like London is a core of the uk

[supple summit]

its basically just truly making it your territory where you get all the manpower and all the factories

[sudden thistle]

But something like the suez isn’t

[green lodge]

Ah gotcha

[supple summit]

ye

[green lodge]

So civilian oversight ?

[supple summit]

no

no

no

[green lodge]

Or local police force

[supple summit]

yes

thats good

[green lodge]

Or forced labour 🔥

[supple summit]

🔥

nah but

theres a focus which cores it for you

you cant ever core lands by yourself even if theres 100% compliance

[green lodge]

Hmm can I annex the princely states later cuz I assume if I beat British raj, they get free for some reason

[supple summit]

uh no

[green lodge]

💢

Damn, why not ?
Can I declare war on em ?

[supple summit]

when you do the focus to fight the raj again they will be released and fight as your puppets

[green lodge]

But I don't want them as puppets 🥀

[supple summit]

wait hold on

theres a focus which quickly drains their autonomy

and you can annex them

but sad news

you need a lot of politcal power

[green lodge]

Hmm, interesting

[supple summit]

like a lot

[knotty vortex]

can i request resources from my puppets?

[supple summit]

i mean yesn't?

[green lodge]

Oh that's fine, last game I had like 900 stockpiled cuz I forgot about it

[supple summit]

oh that

yes

you get more

[knotty vortex]

i want that rubber so bad

[green lodge]

Rubber ? How's it going ?

-37 🙏

[supple summit]

be careful though they will get autonomy

[supple summit]

just make refineries

[knotty vortex]

what?

true

[supple summit]

but yeah trade with your puppet temporarily

[green lodge]

Tungsten
What the hell ??

[supple summit]

make refineries

lol

[supple summit]

how many hours do you even have lowk

[green lodge]

Uh 6-10

Positively

It's been like.. 4 days ?

[supple summit]

and bros playing the raj

peak shit

[green lodge]

It's simple 🥀

Plus it's familiar territory

[supple summit]

fair

and bro cares about width 10 hours into the game

[green lodge]

Last time I played as germany, I forgot to build medium tanks 💀

I had light tanks all of em

[supple summit]

light tanks arent bad

[green lodge]

And infantry 100 battalions

[supple summit]

just not as strong for blitzkrieg

[green lodge]

I didn't know what supply was btw 🥀

[supple summit]

having tons of infantry is to be expected

[supple summit]

bruh

the attrition

[green lodge]

I still don't get it
I put railways but why me no get supply 🥀

[supple summit]

i mean the level of the railway matters as well as how many trains and trucks you have

as well as the terrain your on

and how close a supply hub is

[green lodge]

I got poland,attacked Latvia, French did not like that, got to Luxembourg, and then impasse

[green lodge]

Oh I didn't build trains or trucks probably

I thought they were useless

[supple summit]

??????

[green lodge]

I had railways though 👍

[supple summit]

bros just using horses atp

but when you flank france through the benelux

YOU NEED TO GO QUICK

[green lodge]

Wait they're used for supply ??

[supple summit]

horses no

i just said it as a joke

[green lodge]

Uh no i sent 200 to beat Latvia
And then the French attacked

So..

I mean

🥀

[supple summit]

number 1

why attack latvia

[green lodge]

Yeah I .. rage quit after that

[supple summit]

number 2

[green lodge]

They were just there

[supple summit]

why did bro have no troops on the border with france

[green lodge]

And I took lithuania

[supple summit]

you dont go after the baltics as germany

massive waste of time

[green lodge]

I was struggling against poland (supply 🥀)
I had 24 there but i must have gotten angry

[supple summit]

alright then

[green lodge]

Only those two btw 🥀
I didn't even get czech

[supple summit]

MAKE TRAINS

[green lodge]

Next time fo sho

Check back in 10 hours .. for my British playthrough

[supple summit]

yo bro imma just add you

i need to see what you are doing

[green lodge]

It's not that bad 🥀
I consider myself a war expert

I've played territorial.io

And openfront.io

And .. risk

[supple summit]

territorial.io 💔

respecfully dont compare those to a shitty game like hoi4

[green lodge]

Open front's fun

[supple summit]

im not hating on them

[green lodge]

Nukes 🔥

[green lodge]

Territorial.io is ass 🥀

[supple summit]

ok

[green lodge]

As well as risk (too many ads)

[supple summit]

idk what to say about that

i dont play those

[green lodge]

Nice

[trim pike]

I have the risk with no ads

The other map is good too

[green lodge]

Uh how's it ?
I played it before the .. ads came

[trim pike]

Its sometimes fun

[west kiln]

my pcs struggling to run the game

am i cooked

[green lodge]

Before I had to pay for fog of wat

[supple summit]

your pc is cooked

[green lodge]

Yeah and it'll cost you 1000 🥀

[supple summit]

give up now yall

[green lodge]

RAM shortage

[supple summit]

slide to the left

slide to the right

criss cross

criss cross

[west kiln]

i added a mod and its rven worse

[supple summit]

cha cha real smooth

[ornate path]

Is the mod good for the swiss?

[green lodge]

🥀

[west kiln]

i cant even open the tech trees up

[supple summit]

just get optimization mods

[supple summit]

got no clue

[green lodge]

How much ram do you have ?

8 ? 12 ?

[ornate path]

Which is good for switzerland ??

[west kiln]

why we talking abt ram bro its a desktop thing

[supple summit]

i dont know sorry

[supple summit]

everything uses ram

[west kiln]

its not rven considered a pc

[supple summit]

including laptops

[green lodge]

Alright what ?

RAM makes processing faster 🥀

[west kiln]

idk where the specs are

[green lodge]

Task manger

In settings 🥀

Unc

[west kiln]

tragic

[idle berry]

🥹

-3.9k British fighters in 3 months

[supple summit]

what type of plane is thaty

god damn

i need the wisdom of the bread for the plane desing

design

[idle berry]

It mostly works for Germany

Because of Fockewulfe

[green lodge]

What

[idle berry]

The MIO

[green lodge]

That's a slur

[supple summit]

ah

[green lodge]

Uh full form?

[supple summit]

its like military industry orginization pretty sure

idk

[green lodge]

👍

[supple summit]

i just know what it is

[green lodge]

What is it

[west kiln]

ivr had this thing for years now

its never been good

[green lodge]

Alright just wait 3 more years

[supple summit]

might need to be put into a retirement home

[idle berry]

So it’s just 3 heavy machine guns, 1 big fuel tank (idr the name) 1 heavy mg turret (TRUST) and after you complete most of the MIO you should be able to add armour

[supple summit]

peak shit

[green lodge]

How much ram ??

[idle berry]

The heavy MG can be switched to light

[west kiln]

wait im looking

[idle berry]

And my goodness me, fighting shitty Soviet planes is so fun

[supple summit]

i always use heavy MG on planes either way if i have a big industry

[idle berry]

-100 like every day

[supple summit]

pure massacre

[idle berry]

Just make sure if you’re outnumbered severely, (1:2.5~) just use interception

[knotty vortex]

@quasi shoal how do i beat the ussr

[west kiln]

wish hoi4 was on console

[green lodge]

Uh tanks

[knotty vortex]

somebody mentioned using intel agency

to help

[supple summit]

fair

[green lodge]

Yeah Collab gov

[knotty vortex]

how do i do that

[supple summit]

collab government reduces surrender thingy

[supple summit]

you need 2 spies

[knotty vortex]

i have 3

[green lodge]

No clue

[idle berry]

Oh and also you want an INSANE strat bomber (works well for USA and UK)

[knotty vortex]

in moscow

[supple summit]

then get 55% intel then

[rocky canyon]

I would lose my sanity learning how to play hoi 4 on ps5

[knotty vortex]

okay

[supple summit]

strat bomber?

damn

[idle berry]

Yes

[supple summit]

never used them

i just used cas

[idle berry]

I mostly use them to destroy forts

[supple summit]

ah

fair

[idle berry]

but I destroyed 20% of the German industry w 1k of them but to be fair all their planes were destroyed by spitfires

[west kiln]

well at least itd run for me

[knotty vortex]

whats good cas for 1940/1941?

[idle berry]

It’s just spam earth shaker and 6 engine w all electronics (this is probably not the best design but it works for me)

[supple summit]

bruh

[idle berry]

Just spam heavy bomb locks

[supple summit]

yeah this

[idle berry]

IF you have green air and good MIO

[supple summit]

and heavy turret

[green lodge]

Ram 🥀

[west kiln]

bro im trying my best

[green lodge]

🥀

[knotty vortex]

what are all the parts here

[thorny igloo]

I’m trying to do a naval invasion on Norway as Germany but it says I have insufficient naval dominance I put some ships in the zone to assist with the naval invasion and a strike force but I’m lost

[west kiln]

ive deadass been sit here 5 minutes waiting

[idle berry]

fockewulfe is so good bcz of the range, when you reach around the end and use meta design you could reach the urals whilst stationing in Berlin

[green lodge]

Patrol

[idle berry]

And that’s for fighters

[quasi shoal]

tanks and inf

and cas

and fighters

[idle berry]

Medium bombers get so much better stuff but

Medium bombers are like

[knotty vortex]

yeah i wanna make cas

[idle berry]

The middle child

[quasi shoal]

yup

[thorny igloo]

How many hours before I actually know what I’m doing?

[quasi shoal]

they're for nerds tho

[quasi shoal]

depends on the person

[green lodge]

Go to search button
Task manager
Memory, you'll see the ram
(Atp I'm just annoying but I'm too far in)

[idle berry]

Depends on you

[knotty vortex]

bruh i keep getting random troops

[green lodge]

500000

[knotty vortex]

from my puppet areas

[green lodge]

Nice 👍

[knotty vortex]

do i just disband them

[quasi shoal]

i've seen people with 1k hours do worse than me consistently and I have 400

[quasi shoal]

yes

it gives them back

[jade ore]

6 or 7

[jade ore]

1k hours in sp vs 400 hours in mp

[idle berry]

Personally it took me like 30 tries to defeat France in 1939 start 🥹 ( I tried to go thru the maginot w majority of my divisions like 100 times)

[jade ore]

mp always gonna win so no wonder

[green lodge]

Go through naval invasions 🥀

[quasi shoal]

I have like 20 in mp lol

[green lodge]

Might be a strat

[thorny igloo]

What’s multiplayer like

[quasi shoal]

hell

[idle berry]

MP is like genuinely going from elementary school to university in one click

[green lodge]

Sweaty tankers

[rocky canyon]

France is ez

[quasi shoal]

and fucing nerds

[west kiln]

okay ive got 8gb ram

[idle berry]

The guys there are like tactical geniuses 💔

Mfs can become generals irl

[green lodge]

Alright bub, that's not enough to run chrome these days

[quasi shoal]

dude you ran head first into maginot

[thorny igloo]

I took France Poland and Netherlands and Belgium with 10 hours, however I re loaded save before war about 3 times taking Poland. I found that so difficult but I found that being more aggresive with attacking and better offencive lines saved me about 2 months there

[green lodge]

I had to get 16 gb to ensure smooth performance

[idle berry]

well that was singe player

[rocky canyon]

Yes 💯 windows eats up resources like a mf

[idle berry]

Now I use heavy tanks to do so

Which works

[green lodge]

Uh you're gonna have to pay up hard rn or double in the next few months

[quasi shoal]

heavy's aren't meta for sp

[idle berry]

I love you fortress buster ❤️

[idle berry]

yeah they are when you’re too lazy to attempt to attack Belgium

[west kiln]

i could buy a proper pc but

[idle berry]

Even after ages of playing I still fear Belgium

[west kiln]

im honestly not bothered abt gaming anymore

[thorny igloo]

When should I invade Britain with Germany

[green lodge]

I mean the ram's the costliest part atp

[west kiln]

i cant really replace it

i would if i could

[quasi shoal]

mediums can break maginot

[green lodge]

I had to pay.. 30000₹ for a new laptop with 16 gb ram

[pearl raptor]

☠️

[idle berry]

Never tried tbh

[west kiln]

3000?

oh wait

idk what currency

that

[thorny igloo]

How do I stop loosing trains to enemy air strikes

[green lodge]

380$

[west kiln]

thats not bad??

[idle berry]

Air sup/inteeception

[green lodge]

Uh .. anti air infra

[green lodge]

Last month

Prices have doubled.. maybe even tripled for ram 🥀

[west kiln]

ill make my own

cant be that bad

[idle berry]

just bomb iraq

[green lodge]

160$ for a stick of 16 gb ram in the big 25

[green lodge]

Alr bro chill out
That was last to last decade

[west kiln]

idk if i can open up my computer

[idle berry]

no hear me out

That’s a distraction

Ram prices will drop bcz people will buy food and water to stock up

[green lodge]

Nahhh bro wants the venezulan oil

[idle berry]

For a nuclear war

Therefore

Ram prices go down

And we all live happily ever after

[knotty vortex]

is 1941 a good year to fight soviets as germans

[thorny igloo]

How do the allies take back France usualy, do they just do attack over the British channel

[green lodge]

Nah they'll go higher cuz companies won't produce that much ram

[idle berry]

As early possible

[idle berry]

Stockpiles

[green lodge]

Yeah, or around that

[thorny igloo]

I’m just building coastal defences

[green lodge]

Trust me bro it's only going up unless the bubble bursts

[green lodge]

Garrison naval forts iirc

[idle berry]

There’s one option left

[green lodge]

Crash the market 🥀

[west kiln]

ye i think my entire spec list is cooked

[idle berry]

hire 4 penguins to raid Nvdiea to give us ram

https://tenor.com/view/madagscar-penguins-kaboom-gif-9833865

[green lodge]

Should've updated last year, this bubble might cause the price of ram to go higher.. way higher
Crucial's diving out ie less ram ie higher prices

[green lodge]

Yeshhhhhhahahahahhhh

[west kiln]

pc is too much effort

ill wait for the steam console

[green lodge]

600$

-800$

🥀

[vapid shell]

Am playing Japan, no DLCs, I have captured China, parts of the USSR, South-East Asia (no islands) and Mongolia, Germany and the UK are at war, USA is neutral, Germany has around 500 divs I have around 350 divs, should I ally with the UK and beat Germany then turn on the UK, the USSR is alr gone or should I ally with Germany and wipe out the UK?

[west kiln]

whats wrong witj the steam console

[green lodge]

Nothing it's expensive.. but your choice 🥀👍

Do it

[knotty vortex]

do i want this?

what does satellite mean

[west kiln]

but a pc would be double thay

that

[green lodge]

Sure

[green lodge]

Eh research it and discuss it with your wife/gf/financial advisor

I'm not even a major

[zinc light]

It's significantly cheaper than any full PC, and significantly more powerful and versatile than any console
I dont see any issues with it

[green lodge]

Yeah, discuss it with your financial advisor/ family though

If you're in debt (student loans), pay them off first 🙏🙏

[west kiln]

nah uni isnt the meta

[zinc light]

Well that's just common financial credibility

Dont Take Out loans If you have loans, duh

[green lodge]

I'm just sayin 🥀

[zinc light]

Right, underwater welding is where it's at 💯

[green lodge]

University no ? Nice 👍

[west kiln]

level 6 apprenticeship

[inner iron]

Or a car technician for any of the German premium brands

[knotty vortex]

where can i find good carrier plane templates

[zinc light]

To end up working at the assembly line for the rest of youf life
While you're making above than average Money, it's one of the worst and Most repetitive jobs Out there

[manic iris]

just died from ethiopia guys 👌

im so good at this game

[zinc light]

Nice work

[inner iron]

You don't work in an assembly line, you either end up at a dealership or you open your own shop

[manic iris]

thought of making roman empire got stuck at ethiopia nicee

[zinc light]

That is absolutely Not the main path for when you start at one of our luxury Car brands

Sure, you can eventually Go into sales
But that's a completely different field to mechatronics

[inner iron]

It is the path when you see the ungodly repair bills just to service a beamer

[zinc light]

Pretty much lmao

[inner iron]

My coworker has some twin turbo beamer and she dreads the day the engine borks itself and gets slapped with potentially a 25k euro bill

[zinc light]

I drove a Renault Clio
The Car was valued at 5.5k
It's Timing chain broke
That repair alone would've cost ke 3.5k
They simply told me "yeah we ain't repairing it, also If you get a new Car it's cheaper"

[inner iron]

New cars sound fun

I will eventually try to get certified in my local college eventhough they only specialise in toyotas

Atleast it's a good ground to deal with ice, electric, hybrid and hydrogen cars

Since toyota covers it all

But realistically I would prefer to switch over to stellantis and deal with alfas and maseratis

[safe wing]

Glad to be back at work after a week and a half of traveling and getting sick

[zinc light]

I got a Twingo 3
Adorable lil' thang

[inner iron]

Twongi supremacy

[zinc light]

The hell

[inner iron]

French nuggets are cool but I personally have a bitter dislike for Peugeot because their garboleum crossovers are shared across all of Stellantis

[zinc light]

That's NOT what I drive lmao

Why it's so Long

[inner iron]

That's the og twingo

[zinc light]

Oh right

[inner iron]

All the seats could be folded down so you could sleep inside it

Or well the french marketing was that you could woohoo in it

[grizzled zenith]

I've heard people say Switzerland can annex and core most of Eurasia without going to war but how is it even possible? Isn't its only expansionist path doing the Alpine Protectorate?

[safe wing]

Should I play Fascist France for the achievements when I get home

[zinc light]

Probably some stupid path exploit

[grizzled zenith]

Ok

[quasi osprey]

Is this a normal Axis size for May 1939?

[zinc light]

Like Portugal can core spain, and Anarchist spain can core all the world, so Portugal can core all the world

[frank estuary]

This template seems to melt the AI, but I want it to be as overkill as possible. Any suggestions?

[grizzled zenith]

Yes but how can Switzerland annex most of Africa and Eurasia peacefully?

[safe wing]

Good luck achieving that considering anarchist Spains win rates

[grizzled zenith]

Coring isn't the most interesting part in there

[safe wing]

Also what’s better Latin Bloc or Revise Versailles

[grizzled zenith]

As who

[safe wing]

Fascist France

[inner iron]

Neither

[safe wing]

I have to win an achievement

[inner iron]

For what

[safe wing]

Conquer all of the UK as Fascist France

[inner iron]

Napoleon is stronger for that

[safe wing]

Can’t be Napoleon because non aligned

[inner iron]

You get pretty early goals on the benelux and the uk

[quasi osprey]

Umm I dont think this is normal for a historical run😅

[inner iron]

Oh I didn't read the fascist bit

[grizzled zenith]

That happens when you don't go historical path, don't worry, Germany will still justify on Poland or WW2 will start in Yugoslavia

[safe wing]

Speaking of Napoleonic and non aligned france in general get the fascist advisors added in gotterdamerung

[inner iron]

I think I cheesed it by delaying my ideology swap outright and stayed as dem france

[quasi osprey]

well playing as france I did become fascist in 1938......

[inner iron]

All my focuses went into industry and army and I clapped Germany instead

[safe wing]

One gives + 10% war support and the other -10% consumer goods

[inner iron]

And then I turned on the UK

[grizzled zenith]

Oh btw you can delay the ideology swap and then defend against axis without joining the allies, beat the Axis and then form the EU

[grizzled zenith]

I did that as Napoleon, pretty neat

[inner iron]

Pretty much

[quasi osprey]

when I go historical run but non historical path the run becomes cursed(I am in the axis but germany is still doing this:)

[safe wing]

I got the 150 destroyer achievement as Napoleon yesterday

[inner iron]

Cause France is just fine not doing anything politically

Because most majors will want to kill it

Italy or Germany sooner or later

UK with their alt paths too

[safe wing]

I always restart if Germany stays fascist and the uk goes monarchist

[inner iron]

That's actually the perfect outcome for me

They both will be in the axis and I want to kill both of them anyway

France with fully completed industry focuses outscales Germany very easily

[toxic lotus]

does anybody want too join a hoi mp server

[inner iron]

And considering how stupid the new naval AI is

I'd be confident at the french navy clapping Britain

Just needs more light cruisers

[safe wing]

Lol no

[toxic lotus]

alr bro

[green lodge]

I have 10 hours played 🥀

Maybe in 2030

[wicked glacier]

befor

after, expected more loses for the ussr

[safe wing]

Servers of those types have a bad reputation usually

[toxic lotus]

its a very small one

[oak kestrel]

Me and my friends got a small hoi4 multiplayer server and we are in desperate need of players to achieve games