hoi4-general

[quasi viper]

Everyone knows that the French Commune is the best France.

https://tenor.com/view/paris-commune-paris-flag-france-communism-gif-4015781414450439349

[quasi osprey]

Idk how to get it..

ah communism ok

[quasi viper]

Just go Communist XD

[quasi osprey]

Well I am fascist in this run so I hope we will win...

[quasi viper]

Playing as communist Yugoslavia and going down the Balkan Pact path, is a nightmare.

Romania randomly joined the Soviets before I could even invite them 😭

[bitter pulsar]

Does ai only naval invade on ports?

[knotty vortex]

what country do i play after finally doing world conquest as germany with the axis

[oak mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/communism-gif-14259337744253290770

[oak mantle]

Soviet union

[knotty vortex]

are they actually fun

dont they do like nothing

[oak mantle]

Id say so

[oak mantle]

No they have to fight germany

[knotty vortex]

yeah but like doesnt that come ages later

[oak mantle]

1941 yeah

U get 5 years to fix ur country

[knotty vortex]

what does 'fix' mean

[oak mantle]

Get rid of purges if youre doing stalin

Do economy tree

Build a sizeable army

Annex baltics

Fight finland

Maybe middle east if u want

[knotty vortex]

hmm

sure

do the soviets have a decent navy

[oak mantle]

No

[knotty vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-meme-trying-not-to-laugh-laugh-homeless-gif-9458928528704746136

[fair compass]

You make the navy

[oak mantle]

Just steal it from germany

And italy

[knotty vortex]

oh yeah

[oak mantle]

Then steal it from japan after u get germany and italys navy

Then steal uks fleet

Ez

[oak mantle]

Reminds me of a certain leader in the world today

[knotty vortex]

what are purges?

[oak mantle]

Political paranoia

[knotty vortex]

holy crap why do russia have so much infantry

[oak mantle]

Stalin purges advisors and generals and u have to do events to make sure he doesnt go too crazy

[knotty vortex]

73 units

[knotty vortex]

oh wow lol

[oak mantle]

So u have to rush down the political paranoia tree pretty much

[knotty vortex]

do i want mountaineers

[oak mantle]

For spain maybe

U either use tanks or mountaineers in spain

[knotty vortex]

so sp art will still function

[oak mantle]

Wdym

[knotty vortex]

and what focus removes political paranoia

[knotty vortex]

self propelled artillery will still win me the game basically

[oak mantle]

The bloc of rights and trotskyites

You need to rush down it

[knotty vortex]

okay ill rush it

[oak mantle]

But there are 175 day cooldowns between some of the focuses

So in between those time intervals u can do industry and internal affairs for stability

[knotty vortex]

okay i see

[oak mantle]

whenever theyre available to you you always wanna take it pretty much

[knotty vortex]

got it

[knotty vortex]

what are these fellas doing

[oak mantle]

Theyre buns

Just convert them into regular inf

[knotty vortex]

okay

should i keep cav

[oak mantle]

Nah

[knotty vortex]

its locked lol

i cant even change them

[oak mantle]

You have to do the focus the centre before being able to change them

[knotty vortex]

okay got it

should i keep these guys and make them into sp art

[oak mantle]

I honestly convert everything but the divs im sending to spain to regular infantry

But its up to you

[knotty vortex]

divs to spain?

am i missing a part of history

[oak mantle]

You cna keep the tanks for mastery which is probably the best thing to do for the new update

[oak mantle]

Spanish civil war

[knotty vortex]

wait what

ussr send volunteers?

[oak mantle]

Yes

To republican

[knotty vortex]

i did not know that

[oak mantle]

Yeah they did it irl as well

[knotty vortex]

oh cool

what troops do you send over

[oak mantle]

I usually send over tanks and just keep the production line of light tanks open with a couple mils on them

But you can also send mouintaneers

For easiness

[prisma saddle]

my perfect europe

😭

[knotty vortex]

i never use light tanks so i removed them

[oak mantle]

Thats fine

[knotty vortex]

yeah i probably will

am i limited to 2 volunteers like germany

[oak mantle]

No

You can usually get 6

[knotty vortex]

awesome thats good

[oak mantle]

If i were you id keep like 7 mouintaineers and just delete the rest or convert them into regular inf

Then if it only lets you send 6 do the same with the extra 1

[knotty vortex]

civ economy

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-meme-trying-not-to-laugh-laugh-homeless-gif-9458928528704746136

[knotty vortex]

im gonna keep them all for now

could be helpful

[oak mantle]

Save 250 pp, send an atache to spain and you get enough war support for war eco and enough pp

[knotty vortex]

if not ill convert

but i have so many inf already

[knotty vortex]

whats an atache?

[oak mantle]

You get 10% war support and some extra army exp and mastery

[knotty vortex]

oh awesome

[oak mantle]

Before they accept u have to improve relations with them until like 20 im pretty sure

[balmy imp]

Is there anyway for me to see the best tank designs for every year like a website or docs or photos?

[knotty vortex]

do the soviets have any focus that help you rush tanks

[pale flare]

first time ive seen the capital get transferred to way over here, what a hassle

[pearl raptor]

its when u take Stalingrad

[knotty vortex]

what can i do about this

not recieving convoys

[dusky burrow]

all your dockyards are repairing ships

[knotty vortex]

no i mean the convoys

thats why my logistics is down

[dusky burrow]

yeah you only have 50 and are not producing any

[knotty vortex]

oh okay i see

[dense umbra]

im gonna fight the ussr in 1942

wish nme luck

[knotty vortex]

i thought it meant i wasnt recieving my convoys

[regal heron]

bro what year is it

[dusky burrow]

refused rhinela... whaaaaa????

[knotty vortex]

can republican spain actually win the civil war?

[dense umbra]

yes'

[oak mantle]

yes

[dense umbra]

ive seen them win multilple times

[knotty vortex]

welp we got our ahh kicked

my mountaineers all got encircled

crazy stuff

[shadow mango]

i mean 1939 almost all of europe is mine

fun

[regal heron]

bet

tf is even happening

[dusky burrow]

uh...

[regal heron]

🥀

[knotty vortex]

does this trait have any downsides

[oak mantle]

No it just gives your agent the nationality from which he was originally from

[knotty vortex]

yes im going to hire my british brother

im okay to start building a network in germany?

[oak mantle]

If your agent has a specific nationality then they have a buff when operating in that country

[knotty vortex]

ohh thats cool

[oak mantle]

So if you get a german one hes better when operating in germany

[tame rune]

Is discussing mod here allowed?

[tame rune]

Wth is that pfp

[oak mantle]

Nice to meet you as well

[knotty vortex]

lmao

[knotty vortex]

okay got it

how do intel networks help me?

[oak mantle]

You can make collab governments which give you more compliance if you annex that country (compliance means more factories upon annexation, doesnt matter if you have that country cored)

You can get rid of the enemies planning bonus

(gives your opponent less stats)

[noble timber]

Also good to lower surrender limits with collab gov

[oak mantle]

Yeah

Which means that country will surrender quicker

[knotty vortex]

political paranoia is finally gone

jeez he killed a couple of guys

[regal heron]

tf i can do atp bruh

[knotty vortex]

just a couple

[knotty vortex]

yeah i do that

thats about it though

[regal heron]

tf i can do atp bruh,1936 already at war+sheep mods

[coral gorge]

that's weird

[regal heron]

🥀

[fair compass]

how the hell did you get into the maginot line with a 1936 germany...

[noble timber]

Yea I usually use it for that and also hitting the enemy planning bonus which gives you advantage in combat

[knotty vortex]

Okay cool

im gonna get a maxed out intel agency

see if it helps me out a bit

[regal heron]

france on civil war ,and they are underprepared like how i did so yea i manage to break through some

even though i cant push more because allies army is wild

ts litteraly 1 vs everybody

[knotty vortex]

why cant i change this

i wanna make sp art

[fair compass]

Did you add a howitzer to the tank?

[regal heron]

lack of thing to become sp art

[knotty vortex]

uh

https://tenor.com/view/speed-ishowspeed-speed-stream-ishowspeed-stream-speed-nod-gif-1082323842437565509

[fair compass]

😭

[fair compass]

Absolute genius over here

[knotty vortex]

look good?

[knotty vortex]

i was having a moment

[fair compass]

👀

[oak mantle]

Why wet ammo

[knotty vortex]

reliability

[regal heron]

how i break through with this little aarmy

[knotty vortex]

otherwise its 50%

[oak mantle]

Aka waste of ic and fake stat

[inner iron]

Riveted armour is wild

[knotty vortex]

what do you use???

[fair compass]

dont focus on france 👀

focus on getting that Anschluss

anschluss priority

[inner iron]

Welded for breakthrough

[knotty vortex]

does this make you happier

[dusky burrow]

oh wow

[oak mantle]

Riveted armor is good

[dusky burrow]

keep up the good work

also yeah that makes us happier

but use okmo for design

the tractor plant can be used for production, but it gives bad stats

[regal heron]

damn

ok

[oak mantle]

Why does welded armor make you happier

[knotty vortex]

i left it as default

[dusky burrow]

oh shoot didn't notice that

don't do welded armor lmao

[oak mantle]

Yeah

Riveted armor is better

[knotty vortex]

lol i always use riveted

[dusky burrow]

use okmo, look through the stats

[regal heron]

man...

[oak mantle]

Welded armor is beyond useless in sp

[knotty vortex]

more armour less speed

[fair compass]

welp

Make divisions and then hit the franco prussian war and take paris 🔥

[dusky burrow]

and you get breakthrough, soft attack, hard attack, and piercing

so it's a good trade off

[oak mantle]

Okmo is the best tank mio for soviets

[knotty vortex]

okay

[regal heron]

fr

[oak mantle]

Well

[dusky burrow]

plus you get speed later on in the tree, and the added cost isn't real since you're using the tractor plant's production bonuses

[oak mantle]

Tank refurbishment is good but only for conversion tanks

[inner iron]

Dang so everyone making Italian tanks in sp

[oak mantle]

Then you switch to okmo

[dusky burrow]

to clarify, best for design

[oak mantle]

After converting

[regal heron]

uh

[oak mantle]

Yeah i clarified

[inner iron]

Riveted armour always has a worse tradeoff for me compared to welded

[fair compass]

I think its time for you to click the

[regal heron]

the

[fair compass]

quit to menu button

[oak mantle]

Welded armor is buns

[dusky burrow]

it's the other way around, your tanks are 30% cheaper but you don't sacrifice all that much armor

welded armor is typically used on armor memes with limited production numbers

[regal heron]

hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby ahh

[inner iron]

Breakthrough

[oak mantle]

Simple workaround is just click armor as much as you can and you get breakthrough for it as well

[dusky burrow]

marginal amount of breakthrough sacrificed

[regal heron]

🥀

[inner iron]

I usually have breakthrough stacked on my tanks with welded armour, torsion bars and up to date radios

It breaks infantry stacks, especially the allied swarms

[oak mantle]

1/10 rage bait

[fair compass]

and restart :D

what the hell even caused france to fight you

[regal heron]

i was expecting andom but not this random lmao

🥀

[regal heron]

uhh

[fair compass]

they did the impossible and stopped yiu from militarizing..

[knotty vortex]

holy crap

[regal heron]

non histoical+randomized from sheep mods ig..

[knotty vortex]

agents with nationalities create networks insanely fast

that is crazy

[oak mantle]

Because it gives 30% strength gain factor

[knotty vortex]

do i prepare collab gov a long time before the war?

or will it just be a waste

[fair compass]

If the chinese operatives have Communist and reorganized chinese nationality why dont they have warlord nationality too..

[oak mantle]

Collab governments dont go away

[fair compass]

considering everyone spoke the same language in china and the warlords

[oak mantle]

You can let them sit the entire game and they wont depriciate

[knotty vortex]

ohh okay

thats good then

i can also infiltrate their army/navy/air force

should i do that

i basically just wanna give myself as much help as possible against the germsn

[oak mantle]

Nah

[fair compass]

the hell is ragnarok

[oak mantle]

If i were you id just do collab governments on the germans

And build a full intel network rather than infiltrate

[knotty vortex]

okay

my agent got captured

rip

[oak mantle]

Get another agent and rescue them

Or let them die

[coarse crane]

Hello chat

[regal heron]

same question here

@coral gorge the hell is ragaok cuh

[fair compass]

end of thr world apparently

[regal heron]

🥀

end of the world or end of reich

[fair compass]

Italy: Annexes switzerland

europe

Total anarchy

[regal heron]

the thing is

i have no allies

🥀

bro

[fair compass]

seems mussolini is competent this time

[knotty vortex]

how do i save an agent

[fair compass]

its a mission

[knotty vortex]

yeah just found it

[regal heron]

they will curmble alone...

[fair compass]

Nah theyll ethiopia perfectly fine

[regal heron]

uhh ok

[noble timber]

Just puppet them for their stupid decision and force them into your faction

[fair compass]

He cant

[dense umbra]

HOW TF DO I GET MP

[regal heron]

turn out its 1936 february

and im on war with french

🥀

[dense umbra]

does producing planes take up mp

[radiant hawk]

No but deploying them does

[dense umbra]

ah

[knotty vortex]

what support companies?

[fading elk]

Been playing some mods

Found out you can get a war goal on yourself

I assume it’s a bug though

[fair compass]

technically you can annex yourself by typing annex [TAG] of your nation

[knotty vortex]

field hospital or logistics

[prisma saddle]

both would be good

you need agosto flame thanks medium company

and assolut

[knotty vortex]

sorry

what?

[fading elk]

Does anything happen

[fair compass]

no but it deletes all your divs and ends any civil war in a whitepeace

[knotty vortex]

where would i put flame tanks

[knotty vortex]

ah okay

[dense umbra]

blyat

[prisma saddle]

remember when you can use mechanized inestead of motorized

[knotty vortex]

yeah i will

[prisma saddle]

nice

[knotty vortex]

what light tank design do you use

[prisma saddle]

onestamente i always what for the medium

but I think I should also make the light

[heavy vigil]

why lights

unless you dont have no step back

[fading elk]

It’s something I guess, funny you can technically do it

[knotty vortex]

for the armoured recon div

[knotty vortex]

idk what that means

[dense umbra]

how am i gonna get mp

[prisma saddle]

nvm

[knotty vortex]

whats onestamente

[misty fossil]

reconnaissance is bad

[knotty vortex]

yeah its changed

[dense umbra]

taking out ukr is so damn hard why do they have 3k planes

[misty fossil]

you will want mechanised and light tank recon

[knotty vortex]

its been changed

[misty fossil]

dont show new players templates with low reliability

[prisma saddle]

its honestly in italian lol

[heavy vigil]

its recon

[knotty vortex]

oh lol

bro did not read the chat before this lol

[misty fossil]

does recon comp take reliability losses

[heavy vigil]

its 12 tanks per div or something

[knotty vortex]

what do i replace that cannon thingy with

and whats that last special module?

[heavy vigil]

machine gun is fine

[heavy vigil]

dozer blade

[misty fossil]

so the moment you walk into show you lose your 2000 tank stockpile

[heavy vigil]

no because you cant possibly lose that many

[knotty vortex]

never seen that before

[misty fossil]

okay

[heavy vigil]

engineer 2 tech

[knotty vortex]

ahh okay

ill get that

[knotty vortex]

why max armour lol

[heavy vigil]

breakthrough

[atomic grove]

does hispanic philippines need to be fully independent to core spanish america?

[knotty vortex]

ah okay

[dense umbra]

when could i possibly invade the ussr ?

like 1942 1943

[atomic grove]

1941

the earlier the better

[heavy vigil]

1940-41

[dense umbra]

seems liike i suck ass

[atomic grove]

if u invade later then the ussr will have an impossibly large amount of divs

[heavy vigil]

if youre really fast you can 39 barb

[atomic grove]

which will make invading them really annoying

[dense umbra]

im gonna go back to my old save and prepare barb

sinec i prepared too late

but i did take out kiev whihc was an improvement unliek other runs barely even taking zhytomyr

[heavy vigil]

thats not the issue

late barb in singleplayer is more than fine

you probably have bad eco, bad research, bad units, bad generals one or a mix of them

each slows you down/nerfs you significantly

[knotty vortex]

this is good right?

[quasi viper]

Communism to Capitalism you mean.

[simple vine]

what is the point of picking new zealand or australia?

[dense umbra]

should i barb more late like 1943 or late 1942

becaise honestly i suck

[simple vine]

lowkey just chilling there

[tepid moon]

Can i report someone here? I got random dm and i already can see its a bot/scam

[knotty vortex]

what year should i fight germany as soviets

[oak mantle]

Smallest soviet union meat wall

[oak mantle]

Just let them attack you

[knotty vortex]

ah okay

i dont wanna join in while the allies are fighting them?

[oak mantle]

No just wait for them to attack you, soviets are pretty weak that early in the game

[knotty vortex]

okay

what inf template do i use btw

[oak mantle]

As the soviet union youre best off giving yourself the most amount of time possible

[oak mantle]

Depends on whaty build u wanna do

[knotty vortex]

idk

i’m using sp art

to attack

cause they’re insane

[oak mantle]

For line holders i usually use this

For soviets

[knotty vortex]

what about offensive infantry

[oak mantle]

But this is what im using for my mass mob soviet build

[knotty vortex]

just to help out with the sp art

[knotty vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/kurt-angle-thousand-yard-stare-stare-tiktok-wtf-gif-12206044702998985154

[oak mantle]

470 soft attack for infantry is pretty decent

[knotty vortex]

ah true

i don’t use anti tank often

[oak mantle]

Along with literally every other stat

[oak mantle]

You dont have to in singleplayer

But i use it anyway cause u dont rlly need field hospitals when u have 500 hp

[quick trout]

whats better Graveyard of Empires or Trial of Allegiance

[oak mantle]

You could swithc it out for logi instead

[knotty vortex]

ill add signals when researched

do i just make all 75 infantry to this

[oak mantle]

Pick large unit doctrine

[knotty vortex]

okay

[oak mantle]

Ive got 192 of them in 1940 lol

[knotty vortex]

lmao

i havent made any more

[oak mantle]

Fully equipped

[quick trout]

whats better Graveyard of Empires or Trial of Allegiance?

[oak mantle]

GOE sucks so trial of allegiance

This my production rn

[misty fossil]

hover over the + armour button and read the tooltip

[knotty vortex]

germany are becoming scary powerful

[misty fossil]

got any questions? read the tooltip

dont know something? read the tooltip

[knotty vortex]

they arent always helpful

[misty fossil]

they’re almost always helpful

Tooltips are more for telling you the numbers instead of what to do

you have to do the maths yourself

[pale flare]

is it normal that i cant attack from a country that i have military access in? my troops still have to go around

[oak mantle]

Is that country in the war

[misty fossil]

but yeah 100% of new hoi4 players fail to read the tooltip

[pale flare]

they neutral

[misty fossil]

call that country into the war

[oak mantle]

Then thats why

[knotty vortex]

they have the whole of norway now

[pale flare]

ah, fair i suppose

[misty fossil]

garrison the border with norway

[knotty vortex]

i dont have any borders rn

[oak mantle]

Coal is actually so annoying when playing soviets

[pale flare]

time to go all the way around

[misty fossil]

you have a tiny stretch of border with them in the far north next to finland

[oak mantle]

I have 328 factories and i need to import coal and go back down to partial mob

[knotty vortex]

and does garrison the border just mean entrench?

[misty fossil]

take a screenshot of the murmansk peninsula and ill show you

[misty fossil]

yes

[oak mantle]

I usually puppet finland so i dont haev to deal with norway or finland

[knotty vortex]

?

[manic iris]

guys what do i do abt organisation its so low

[balmy imp]

Is there anyway for me to see the best tank designs for every year like a website or docs or photos?

[misty fossil]

oh you havent done the winter war yet?

[knotty vortex]

nope

[misty fossil]

just puppet finland and dont call them into the war with germany

[oak mantle]

Yh

[knotty vortex]

okay

[misty fossil]

thats one less front to not worry about

[knotty vortex]

i got all the baltic states

[oak mantle]

I dont think there is much of a point annexing anything of finland imo

[knotty vortex]

and east poland

[misty fossil]

yes

[oak mantle]

Its just a pain long term

[misty fossil]

keep finland as a puppet

[knotty vortex]

okay

are they easy

[oak mantle]

U gotta garrison for like hardly any factories

[misty fossil]

not if you are new

[oak mantle]

Naval invade helsinki and vassa/oulu

[misty fossil]

finland has like 7 factories

[knotty vortex]

fine ill research marines

[oak mantle]

U dont need marines

[knotty vortex]

wait what

[misty fossil]

personally i just push from leningrad into helsinki

[knotty vortex]

dont you need marines to naval invade?

[oak mantle]

Naval invade with regular infantry

[oak mantle]

Yeah you can do that but it takes a bit longer cause you need kemi and the other cities in the north of finland to cap them usually

And if u dont have beefy divs its a pain to push up north

[misty fossil]

i just get some tanks and an army

[twin wigeon]

Really😭

[oak mantle]

Holy attrition 😭😭✌️

[misty fossil]

its not that bad

[knotty vortex]

i did not know you could do that

ive been using marines

[oak mantle]

I dont assume its good tho

Yeah but obviously marines are 10x better for naval invasions than regular inf

[misty fossil]

hoi4 is a game where you either buy everything (except graveyard of empires) or dont buy the game at all

[oak mantle]

They get bonuses for the landing tiles

[knotty vortex]

ohh

[oak mantle]

Like 50% bonuses

[misty fossil]

base game is almost abysmal

[oak mantle]

Not almost it is

[knotty vortex]

how bruh

are these just useless

[oak mantle]

Get passive defense

No u would be on critical without them

[knotty vortex]

ohh

[twin wigeon]

Alr thanks but which one should i buy now because im not planning to buy everything now or doesn’t matter which one ?

[oak mantle]

They dont fully stop agents

[knotty vortex]

78 days away from another collab gov

[misty fossil]

at the very least la resistance

[twin wigeon]

Thanks man

[oak mantle]

No step back is the best dlc in my opinion

[knotty vortex]

how do i do the winter war

[sick knot]

la resistance and no step back are goated

[heavy vigil]

dm the bot

[misty fossil]

cas

[rose siren]

gdr to

[knotty vortex]

nvm ive started it

[misty fossil]

and a single army to cover the border

[knotty vortex]

i had to wait for finland

[sick knot]

what's gdr again?

[heavy vigil]

if youre bad then later is ofc also always worse

your enemies will be stronger

[rose siren]

the dlc for germany

[misty fossil]

grossdeutsche reich

[sick knot]

gotterdammerung?

[rose siren]

yes

[sick knot]

oh yea

i don't have that one

what does it do?

[misty fossil]

special projects i think

does base game not have those?

[rose siren]

i thought we couldnt dm you 😥

[sick knot]

there are

[heavy vigil]

i can be dmed it just wont do anything to report a person

[misty fossil]

oh

[rose siren]

giving you the best focus tree there is ofc (for germany)

[sick knot]

but i think you can unlock sum with dlcs

[heavy vigil]

it does

[sick knot]

kk

[rose siren]

ohhh ok

[misty fossil]

what does gdr do then

[heavy vigil]

extra projects

like quite a few of them

[misty fossil]

such as?

yeah honestly im not sure why anyone would want to play just the base game

[sick knot]

not everyone buys the dlcs immediatly

so probs beginners

[heavy vigil]

ICBMs

only one i remember

[misty fossil]

real

[heavy vigil]

ive been playing minecraft 💔

[misty fossil]

why is bro playing minceraft

[heavy vigil]

look at this sick colony i made yesterday

hoi4 related because uuhh earth map hoi4 takes place on earth map

basically the same thing

[misty fossil]

how did you get diamond gear on an island

hacker

[heavy vigil]

thats not where i live i colonized it

and then left because it sucks

[misty fossil]

you live on an island irl got it

skill issue

just turn it into a paradise

[heavy vigil]

i already live on fiji smh...

literally paradise btw

trees, gold, irl it has a lot more ores too

fish

uuuhh water and grass

[knotty vortex]

when do the germans attack me

[rose siren]

water and grass you find on most places

if you go outside ofc

[heavy vigil]

antarctica doesnt have grass

wouldnt call that paradise

the sahara doesnt have much grass either

[rose siren]

i said on most places not all places

[heavy vigil]

or water

[heavy vigil]

id call it a requirement

like if its just temperature and resources youd go to like venus or somethinf

but the place is very toxic

[knotty vortex]

when do the germans attack the soviets in historical

[rose siren]

1941

but i am not sure which month

[knotty vortex]

its currently...

1941...

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-meme-trying-not-to-laugh-laugh-homeless-gif-9458928528704746136

[rose siren]

i dont wanna go to venus

[rose siren]

early 1941?

[knotty vortex]

february

[rose siren]

wait until late 1941

[knotty vortex]

im not gonna invade them

i want them to invade me

[rose siren]

operation barbarossa

[knotty vortex]

uh the germans are VERY strong

[heavy vigil]

same

[knotty vortex]

im cooked

[heavy vigil]

grass and water are huge for SoL

[toxic depot]

Not really

[heavy vigil]

like most of the world has water but no grass

[toxic depot]

USSR template just sucks

[heavy vigil]

would you live in a place that has only 1

[knotty vortex]

its worse now

[heavy vigil]

i wouldnt

[toxic depot]

good tip change the base template before waring them

[heavy vigil]

you have less units than you started with

[knotty vortex]

i have bruh

[heavy vigil]

in 1941

[knotty vortex]

i disbanded some of the useless ones

[heavy vigil]

thats not the point

[oak goblet]

Hi does anyone here have graveyard of empires achuvment?

[heavy vigil]

usually youre supposed to double, quadruple the army in that time

[timid vigil]

does red dusk not have a discord?

[toxic depot]

u struggled with Finland aswell?

[timid vigil]

googled, found nothing

[quiet yacht]

I'm making a communist path for the USA, any ideas of other commie ideology leaders aside from browder?

[knotty vortex]

well i havent so

thats a bummer

[prisma saddle]

what are the most useful ship to have in a navy?

[knotty vortex]

no that was easy

[toxic depot]

u puppet them?

[knotty vortex]

yeah

[timid vigil]

hasan piker/s

[toxic depot]

great then use ur winter soldiers to push into Norway

and just mass build ur army with desperate measures

[knotty vortex]

i dont have any

[toxic depot]

you don’t want to attack you want them to attack you over rivers if u don’t have forts

[toxic depot]

?

[knotty vortex]

i have no winter soldiers

[toxic depot]

what kind of ussr are u running

[quiet yacht]

If he was in that era i would have used him instantly

[knotty vortex]

idk this is my first time playing them

[toxic depot]

I took Finland and Norway and Germany under 1m ussr casualties for an achievement

[knotty vortex]

theyre a bit boring to be honest

[timid vigil]

[toxic depot]

do u still have Stalins paranoid actives

[knotty vortex]

no

i rushed that

[toxic depot]

that’s a start.

I could show u some things if u want

[knotty vortex]

i usually just figure it out by playing

[toxic depot]

ok well good luck then

[knotty vortex]

i am cooked

jeez

[toxic depot]

Sounds like it’s going terrible

[knotty vortex]

i believe so

the german border

cooked

[toxic depot]

are we deadass

U PUT A PANZWR GENERAL WITH INFANTTY

[misty fossil]

oh

[toxic depot]

and I’m pretty sure the marshal ITS WINGER BASIED

winter

[heavy vigil]

theres a lot to do

[toxic depot]

[heavy vigil]

like volunteers, collabs, proper eco management

it just also takes a bit

[knotty vortex]

i do not have the attention span to look at their traits

but ill swap them just for you

[toxic depot]

💀

[heavy vigil]

thats not that bad

those generals suck

[knotty vortex]

which ones the panzer general??

[toxic depot]

?

15% of each to a panzer

It’s

Very good

[heavy vigil]

you put the bad generals on infantry

[toxic depot]

For panzers

[heavy vigil]

you grind kuznetsov/chuikov on ussr

for tanks

[knotty vortex]

all of my generals suck

to be honest

[toxic depot]

no they broken some of them

well ur panzer it’s

[knotty vortex]

this guy

[toxic depot]

The person behind the first bald man

[knotty vortex]

what is he even doing for me

[toxic depot]

Why tf did u pick Boris

[knotty vortex]

brother

he was my only option

stalin probably slimed out the rest

[toxic depot]

DID U USE STALINS PARANOIA TO KILL ALL UR FENWRALS

XAXA

u try to avoid the army

And make navy get slaughters

Then air

[knotty vortex]

i like navy :(

[toxic depot]

well u can’t navy a lot when ur not against japan

I

Feel bad for u

try to get Stalin as a general

if

Ig*

[knotty vortex]

well im cooked

ussr might be the most boring game ive ever had

[toxic depot]

u might just be playing it wrong

Sound like u are

AFTER U ARE USING OANZER GENERAL ON INFANTRY

[knotty vortex]

all i did was build some factories and try to fix stalins problems

and then absorb some tiny baltic states

[toxic depot]

.

[knotty vortex]

that was a tad boring

[toxic depot]

I feel bad for u

which doctrine are u going

[knotty vortex]

idk bruh i quit

[toxic depot]

Ggs

@knotty vortex next time u play ussr

[knotty vortex]

which is never

[toxic depot]

Use ur winter basied generals and take Finland and Norway when German took Norway

and change the base template

[heavy vigil]

ussr is like a huge war 😭

[knotty vortex]

bro it took like 5 in game years

[heavy vigil]

you just have to make it to the war and theres a lot to do if you actually play the game instead of 5 speed until you die

[toxic depot]

also if u don’t take the baltics it will be easier for some time

[knotty vortex]

everytime i lose i gotta do another 5 years

[green lodge]

Princely breakways states is easy 🥀if you have a brain cells, mine left

[knotty vortex]

what else was i supposed to do

[toxic depot]

I’m booting up my game

[toxic depot]

do the achiment

As ussr take Berlin under 1m casualties

[heavy vigil]

get your bonuses, play with volunteers, have a good eco and make an army

like its more buildup phase sure but then you have this big struggle vs the axis

[toxic depot]

his first problem was he made so Stalin slaughters the army

[heavy vigil]

not rlly

you can do full purge

[toxic depot]

And he was soo desperate he used a panzer general on a infantry

[heavy vigil]

youd have better eco

[toxic depot]

?

[knotty vortex]

well lets take a moment to step back and realise that i just got absolutely assaulted by the germans

[heavy vigil]

he just didnt do either of them

[toxic depot]

Full purge the army

It’s terrible

[heavy vigil]

like infinite purge means faster eco focuses

[toxic depot]

Avoid the army

[knotty vortex]

i assigned all my generals at the start

[heavy vigil]

its playable

its not good but its playable

[toxic depot]

I can show u

We can play

[knotty vortex]

i rushed the paranoia focus

[toxic depot]

U German me ussr

[heavy vigil]

the glaring issue is economy and army size

[knotty vortex]

im not good at mp sorry

[toxic depot]

said no one every

[knotty vortex]

tbf im not good at sp either lol

[toxic depot]

It’s u and me

don’t worry big guy

Just attack me in 1941 February

[knotty vortex]

bro youll destroy me ;-;

[green lodge]

Do it

[toxic depot]

no

U are German massive buff

u play with dlcs?

[knotty vortex]

yeah i have them all

i dont wanna do mp

cause ill just lose

[toxic depot]

👍

[knotty vortex]

and not learn anything

[toxic depot]

I guess not if u aren’t trying

[green lodge]

It's been 6 months 🥀
You have to have learnt smth

[heavy vigil]

try like peru or something thats relatively easy

you core like half the continent

no one has air

[green lodge]

East India company

[toxic depot]

Do Denmark instead

[green lodge]

Buy them all out

[toxic depot]

easier

[heavy vigil]

no he cant do that

[knotty vortex]

peru seems soooo boring

[toxic depot]

?

[heavy vigil]

peru is genuinely very easy

[toxic depot]

tf u mean he can’t

[knotty vortex]

south america is just

[heavy vigil]

just justify on people

[knotty vortex]

boring

[toxic depot]

DENMARK ITS BETOND EASY

[heavy vigil]

it takes like multiple braincells

[knotty vortex]

for reference i did world domination as germany

[toxic depot]

no

Forts

2

And 1 on the way to ur main

and just go communist

and spam out soldiers

[heavy vigil]

several braincells are needed for that

[toxic depot]

With artillery

and then cycle

.

Ngl ur right he couldn’t win against German was use

[heavy vigil]

im happy if he learns infantry vs infantry combat

sees what terrain does

sees what air supremacy does

[toxic depot]

Yes

[heavy vigil]

thats my standard rn

[knotty vortex]

i just wanna make sp art

[toxic depot]

Terrain very important

[knotty vortex]

bro i know what air supremacy does

[toxic depot]

Lie

[knotty vortex]

i do have consciousness bro

[toxic depot]

no

[knotty vortex]

im not a brick wall 😭

[toxic depot]

no

We never called u that

Even tho u might be a wooden door

https://tenor.com/view/santa-claus-dancing-dancing-christmas-celebration-happy-christmas-christmas-day-gif-5331221765602275032

[knotty vortex]

bro you guys are talking as if i dont understand air supremacy

[heavy vigil]

woah

[knotty vortex]

feel insulted

[heavy vigil]

CAS deals flat damage to your enemies

[toxic depot]

I will do the achievement for France defend til 1948 and take Berlin and Moscow

Peace

[heavy vigil]

i got the finnish one by like going afk

[green lodge]

Uh what does air supremacy do 🥀

Is it really useful ?

[kind glacier]

idk

debuffs enemy defense/breakthrough

[knotty vortex]

yes its useful bruh

[green lodge]

Cuz I'm gonna attack Sikiang and I might train some

What should I train then

[knotty vortex]

it makes a noticeable change

[toxic depot]

@heavy vigil

[green lodge]

I'll need to research it as well

[toxic depot]

It’s hopeless

https://tenor.com/view/big-trouble-if-i-speak-if-i-speak-i-am-in-big-trouble-speak-big-gif-23519858

[green lodge]

It's been 4 days 🥀

Plus I love minors

Minor powers

[toxic depot]

great u want to learn the game

I can help u out

[knotty vortex]

i want a fun nation to play

[green lodge]

Yeah so for attacking troops, we use what ?

[knotty vortex]

not ussr or us

cause

they just sit around

[green lodge]

British Raj 🥀

[toxic depot]

Denmark

[heavy vigil]

ive been helping people with hoi4 on this server for like a year ofc its hopeless

[green lodge]

Immediate civil war in 140 days

[heavy vigil]

rn im just in more of an other-game phase so in not rlly active

[green lodge]

I just start attacking when I spawn in

Y'all will see me down there 14 hour later 🥀

[green lodge]

If I want to attack troops, what do I use 🥀

[knotty vortex]

i did this and turned the entire nation into a business

[green lodge]

Do the civil war path
Immediate action

[toxic depot]

what terrain against who what type of troops

[knotty vortex]

no become east india company or whatever theyre called

[green lodge]

Mountains, infantry

[dusk nova]

I brought mughals into Rome

[toxic depot]

Use ur mountain infantry

[green lodge]

Nuh uh, I wanna be cool

[toxic depot]

😭

[green lodge]

Yeah I have 4 of them

[knotty vortex]

brother the east india company are cool

[green lodge]

But I need air supremacy no ?

[dusk nova]

maybe this modificator is broken but it gets into every province I get

[green lodge]

Which one 🥀

Reduces surrender limit by 15%

[dusk nova]

It's probably called Mughal influence

[meager valley]

It’s like a puppet that can’t be free as well

[green lodge]

Oh that one

Uhhh I've never done that before
Tell me how it goes 🥀

[meager valley]

No you don’t

It runs itself

[green lodge]

Do I not need air supremacy then ?

[dusk nova]

My brain has just came up to a crazy idea. Imagine this shit on China

[toxic depot]

it will help u

[green lodge]

🥀bro is gonna get cooked
There's a path to Sikiang
Attack it
You piss off the whole front

It's not good 🥀

I took 18 infantry there and their bottlenecked

[dusk nova]

Now it's barely doable

[green lodge]

What do I use to fight infantry as plane ? Fighter ? Bomber ? CAS

[dusk nova]

Supply is insanely low and you can't just roll through sinkiang

[dusk nova]

cas and tactical bombers provide ground supports.

[green lodge]

I was literally standing at their borders 🥀
How much of the land did you get in the 255 days ?

[dusk nova]

How are 255 days related to Sinkiang?

[rustic python]

barb preparation

[dusk nova]

If you mean Mughal uprising I usually take all of India

Peace deal event grants me cores on all of India

[green lodge]

Oh damn

[manic iris]

guys how do i make my own faction it says i dont have spirit to

[green lodge]

I only got halfway top

How'd you beat them 🥀

[green lodge]

Uh there should be a research if not congrats, you have to join one and become the leader for that 🥀

[manic iris]

where the research

[green lodge]

How'd you beat them 🙏

[manic iris]

YESS KOSOVO IS ALIVE

[green lodge]

Uh no clue

Eww italy

[manic iris]

Im tryna make roman empire

[green lodge]

Wow you need an early turkey, Greece for that

Otherwise they join the allies iirc

[dusk nova]

Get the spirit, usually through focuses

[fierce mist]

German kaisereich

[green lodge]

Wait a minute

[dusk nova]

Take moat victory points to capitulate India: Deli, Bombay, Karachi, Calcutta etc. Doing it requires insane micromanagement so put game on 4 or even 3 speed. Do some encirclements and train more divisions with equipment you got from focuses. Usually India dares to involve all of Allies into civil war, so you can and have to take Burma too, even though you will not get it in a peace deal, simply less space for combat. Then they will try naval invading you so cover ports, mostly Karachi.

[green lodge]

Did you not fight the north

That felt like a huge bottleneck for me

Maybe i should put minimum on defense at bottom and work my way down

[dusk nova]

Once India capitulates you basically get all of it. Some divisions remaining may take a couple of tiles but wiping them won't be a problem

[green lodge]

When you spawn in, do you start fighting the north first or the south

[dusk nova]

Combat-wise it's equal but prioritize pushing east and south

[green lodge]

Alright
Time to see if this works

[fallen vigil]

which ones the best?

[lethal ether]

local

[thorny igloo]

I’m having big trouble understanding how to increase army size, I always have huge mp but little army

[lethal ether]

what?

[green lodge]

Huge manpower

[dusk nova]

Deploy more divisions?

Or what do you mean?

[thorny igloo]

But it always says there’s not enough equipment

EVEN tho I have loads of factories for it

It’s ridiculous

Also the division edit template thing is really confusing for me. I’m gonna just watch afew vids on that probably

[safe wing]

Sent some Volunteers to help Mackensen out for free army xp

[neat kayak]

Bro is getting desperate 🥀

[thorny igloo]

What’s ideal combat width?

[neat kayak]

Nice k/d

[atomic grove]

just push already

[neat kayak]

Nag

nah

[atomic grove]

low strength units all over the front

[neat kayak]

i want to bleed them even more

[atomic grove]

u will win

[neat kayak]

i know

it's a satisfaction to crush the enemy till bone

[atomic grove]

they will stop attacking if their strength goes even lower

[neat kayak]

and i do have some defs

on aa and guns

]

[atomic grove]

i dont think its quite necessary but oh well

[neat kayak]

🙂

[drifting sun]

Im bad at divisions how bad is this?

[cursive flint]

can someone send tank template and design for germany singleplayer

[green lodge]

Uh what's a main armament

[ivory hull]

the main tank gun

[neat kayak]

The UN should ban this

[safe wing]

Kaiserin time with 35.7 width Prussian infantry

[pearl raptor]

100 Divisions lmao

[misty fossil]

is that black ice?

[latent herald]

Average french stability

[atomic grove]

ah yes

an absolute monarchy allying with socialist states

[digital hearth]

Chilling with 10 million free manpower

[quick rapids]

average russian peace conferance

[kind vale]

Im not a no life hoi4 player now

[mild musk]

how can i use my puppets manpower for my divisions

[mild musk]

so sorry to hear that

[kind vale]

Duplicate one of their templates and make it your own

[mild musk]

so I have to use their shitty templates for it to work?

[kind vale]

No you can edit them when you duplicate them

[mild musk]

ooh shit alright that's good

thanks

[kind vale]

Like with how Belgium has one at the beginning

[mild musk]

yeah

it's the only way you can survive as netherlands also

[kind vale]

Damn

[somber agate]

Does no comprimise no surrender make the game worse or is it jus overpriced

[atomic grove]

japanese commie left path and non aligned japan path are basically the same

u get to core asia for both

[versed rapids]

no

one is communist

one is non alligned

major difference

[atomic grove]

the end goal is the same though

u conquer all of asia

or as much of it as u can till u get bored

[versed rapids]

then germany communist and fascist is the same

you get all of europe

oh and non alligned too then

hell democratic too? you core all of europe

[atomic grove]

alright germany and japan are different things

lets not turn this into a goddamn argument all over just some communists and monarchists

[versed rapids]

i'm making you face the absurdities of your words

[sudden thistle]

Overpriced

[versed rapids]

yeah

pretty good dlc

but just like any it's overpriced

tho it's very refreshing

[atomic grove]

you're focusing too much on the other things

whats the end goal for non aligned and left communist japan in terms of expansionism?

[versed rapids]

what's the end goal for fascist germany communist, democratic and non alligned in term of expansionism?

that doesn't make any sense

[misty fossil]

you two should fight to death in a sword duel

[slim nexus]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1241740209041834077/1241863666341777540/watermark0.gif

[misty fossil]

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[green lodge]

I'm in central India, 150 days left

[versed rapids]

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