hoi4-general

[stark pebble]

IDK THEY HAVE A HUGE NAVY TOO

[paper echo]

that happened only 1 time in my like 2-3 years of hoi4

[supple breach]

for a first, dont attack the maginot line as its basically just a wall that you'll take ages to go anywhere with, second just buy time with the french and take out poland and then do the thing that actual germany did with the whole around the maginot

[supple breach]

i once capitulated france (THEY LOST LAND) and then they took literally all of france besides paris 😭

[paper echo]

bruh

[supple breach]

thats why i dont call italy into wars atp

[paper echo]

this is the only time italy was competent

[supple breach]

i mean tbf they're fighting the french

they aint much better

[paper echo]

yeah but germany was selling so bad

thats the weird thing

[low peak]

British ai is incredible. After losing 2 battle cruisers - hmm it's a good idea to send more capital ships with absolutely 0 cover xD

[paper echo]

without italy it wouldve been ww1 all over again

[supple breach]

ai has always been pretty garbage, you can literally bait their entire army into an encirclement

[stark pebble]

i cant get the war plans in the west right cus i cant draw a single war plan for france and benelux cus it wont let me make one frontline until its war and therefore too late

[paper echo]

i know a lot about that

they even fall for port cheese thing

[supple breach]

what u on about

u can draw front lines on any country as long as u border them

[stark pebble]

but u cant extend that frontline across borders with multiple countries

until ur at war with all of them

[supple breach]

yeah but u dont need to

just make two seperate armies

and then assin the other one to any other country u wanna get rid of

assign*

[icy bone]

I'm so glad 0 is grateful

[stark pebble]

i mean i kinda tried that but it didnt work

tbf that was becauseo f another cockup on my part

[supple breach]

we sure love 0 and his leadership

[stark pebble]

i may have ordered a spearhead with THE ENTIRE ARMY AGAINST BELGIUM on accident

and thats how they took dortmund

[supple breach]

the ONLY frontlines you'll need imo is poland and france for a lil bit

[stable rivet]

guys i on swiss take comunnism and everyone around me start civil war against communists

💀

[supple breach]

switzerland is a fort in itself

you'll be fine

ik italy is incompetent and stuff but it takes them like 2 years to take a territory and it takes german assistance to defeat them

[stable rivet]

after it starts with england, yugoslavia, romania, Spain, portugal, ireland

and some countrys in asia

[stark pebble]

this just looks so nuts

[stable rivet]

peak

[fickle thicket]

mid

[tulip thorn]

Disgusting

[stark pebble]

craziest part

we can STILL do molotov ribbentrop

[fickle thicket]

cuz u aint at war with the soviets

[fickle thicket]

7m dead as italy

[tulip thorn]

Its fine

[fickle thicket]

i assume u did rome

[tulip thorn]

italy is fine

[tulip thorn]

im not italy

if you notice its sorted by casualties

im only at 209k

Which is still less than what I lost in the soviets

[fickle thicket]

who u playin

[tulip thorn]

Germany

True sandbox mode

[azure dagger]

why do you have some random generated dude as field marshall

[tulip thorn]

Thats a great question

[stark pebble]

i have no idea i started playing a week ago

[azure dagger]

promote the best 1 instead

do the focus or promote

[tulip thorn]

Its this focus

[stark pebble]

after a year of war, poland finally looks like losing

[supple summit]

is brazil the new apprentice of the UK because in my games the brazillians are suspiciously naval invading so much

[supple summit]

how is italy doing something and your still in poland

this was not meant to be

reality is shattering

[stark pebble]

because im trash apparently
also i kinda didnt have any troops at that border when that war started
cus i didnt realise theyd join the allies even when i didnt declare war on poland specifically

and idk how i havent advanced more in france

[supple summit]

seems like you need a history lesson but atleast your learning

[supple summit]

maginot line

[stark pebble]

i got through belgium kinda early tho

[supple summit]

and if you stall for too long the allies basically make it into trench warfare

[stark pebble]

well parts of it

[fickle thicket]

holy ass

[supple summit]

yeah then you stalled for too long

[stark pebble]

i started the war in autumn 1939 how was that too late

[supple summit]

you should have defeated poland in a month

[fickle thicket]

so october november?

[stark pebble]

i think yea

[tulip thorn]

Thats not late, you took way to long to actually beat poland

[fickle thicket]

its december 40 how tf havent u killed poland

[stark pebble]

prolly cus of this

[supple summit]

atleast you chose germany as your first nation (i think) my first nation i started as lithuania and surprise surprise soviets came knocking and shat on me

[tulip thorn]

They got the game a week ago my guy

[fickle thicket]

its so bleak

[supple summit]

yo tip as germany

get quite a bit of infantry

for my games i get like 6-8 divisions of infantry and like 2-3 motorised divisions

[quasi osprey]

In my run italy isnt hopeless

[supple summit]

ill not get into tanks because tanks arent necessary early game but they do speed up the process a ton

[supple summit]

holy peak

italy isnt useless?

[quasi osprey]

I am just playing as spain

[supple summit]

fair

[tulip thorn]

I love supporting italy with lend lease so they solo africa for me

[supple summit]

goated

im just playing elephants only mughals

[stark pebble]

i literally had like 120 infantry divisions

[supple summit]

then do your divisions have a red skull icon on the mini map?

not mini map mb

the map

[stark pebble]

no, some have a yellow exclamation mark but no skulls

HOW IS POLAND ALIVE

EVEN THE SOVIETS CANT BEAT THEM

[umbral agate]

is this guy good, i never use him cuz of the compliance

[tulip thorn]

yes

[umbral agate]

alr

[tulip thorn]

Free factory output and production efficiency

[umbral agate]

its growth

[marsh comet]

He is good until you start ww2. And then on he will be both good and bad because of the compliance and resistance.

[umbral agate]

not cap

im doing colabs

but poland will be a pain tho

[tulip thorn]

I've been misreading that this entire time

Well still free factory output

[umbral agate]

also is thsi optimal grinding

idk if i need any other traits

[little olive]

Somebody anybody name a random hoi4 path for me to play

[tulip thorn]

Pope italy roman empire

[little olive]

Ok thanks

[umbral agate]

he should play right opposition

[stark pebble]

is this border gore ever getting sorted or is there just no peace conference until everyone stops fighting

cus holy fu

france and poland finally capitulated but this is not exactly what i had imagined

also italy is beating back allied naval invasions

[distant knoll]

Uou will have to beat the US and the uk

[stark pebble]

yup not happening

also i dont actually think the us has joined the war yet

[azure plaza]

teehee

[stark pebble]

oh they have now

rip

[orchid spear]

is chinese soviet republic (communist china) THAT good?

[bronze mango]

Afghanistan timurids

[bronze mango]

The encirclement looks like Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren

[stark pebble]

oh ik why im not dead yet

the soviets declared war on the allies

i got unholy alliance without unholy alliance

[dusk nova]

What's the best Ethiopian path for gaining cores? I didn't play it in like 3 years

[trim lotus]

For this run, I decided to forestall the Peru-Ecuador war by guaranteeing Ecuador. I thought, "Peru couldn't possibly be that stupid, not with a US guarantee of independence".

A couple hours later: "Ecuador has signed a white peace with Peru." "Peru has joined the Axis." "Peru has called its allies into war."

[distant knoll]

Ur delusional

[bronze mango]

I SWEAR IM NOT INSANE

[fickle thicket]

we need ts as a mod but every state is a rk

[bronze mango]

Reichskommisariat plus?

[distant knoll]

so u have gone insane

[bronze mango]

Everywhere i look i see maps

[distant knoll]

is this the average hoi4 player?

who knows

[orchid spear]

what's the best way to play communist china

[fickle thicket]

plus plus

[light nova]

embrace the Paradox

become interactive

[light nova]

I kinda see it

[lethal ether]

somebody told me germany doesnt have sea access and i went insane

[neat kayak]

🙂

[cunning ocean]

im getting hoi4 tmrw is there anything i have to know beforehamd

hand*

is navy a spooky campfire story

[sonic jacinth]

love this game

so buggy sometimes

[mighty bone]

the navy rework is odd

i dont understand the purpose behind it

[steel zephyr]

🤯 yet another finland run

last time i was doing well but soviet germany navally invaded me

here it was

I occupied all of olonets and onega too but lost those occupations when I asked for SSSR mil access because i wanted to build a railway to arkhangelsk 😢

[faint tusk]

What are you talking about? Whats navy? 😀

[steel summit]

can i get some advice on what to do? i just capitulated the soviets

[faint tusk]

Kill the brits

[steel zephyr]

blow up the suez

[faint tusk]

Or help china

[faint tusk]

💔

[steel zephyr]

❤️‍🩹

[steel summit]

i have around 450 vessels

mostly destroyers , light cruisers n submarines

[faint tusk]

Or use paratroopers

[steel summit]

what should i do to prepare the naval invasion?

[faint tusk]

Whatevers better

[steel summit]

i dont have them researched

i have marines n mountaineers

[faint tusk]

use paratroopers brotato

[steel summit]

im using mostly medium tanks, mechanized , n infantry with arti as my main templates

[steel zephyr]

as finland is there really a need to build more railways apart from the one to petsamo?

maybe i fill up thos supply void

actually yeah probably a good idea to build one nearby salla

I hope this communist civil war fails but it probably won't

[coral gorge]

all these n its still only 25% world tension

[steel zephyr]

tanna tuva still stands

thats what lowers world tension

[coral gorge]

☠️

millions must perish

Soviets have been losing 5M men per year

[vital cove]

who are u playing

[coral gorge]

Japan

[steel zephyr]

surrounded by commies 😢

100% getting touched by norway anytime soon

[violet veldt]

Are you non-alligned😭

[steel zephyr]

yes 🤤

[violet veldt]

Thank god youre at least not fash

[steel zephyr]

88 hours and I only started playing since christmas...

what am i doing bruh

yooo

[soft tendon]

[Millenium Dawn] guys, should I take renewable or fossil fuels (as zimbabwe)?

[steel zephyr]

oh wait im at war

didnt notice bruh

[vale prawn]

i just bought the game, any tips for me?

[steel zephyr]

free divs

[soft tendon]

good luck

[vale prawn]

very reassuring lmfao

[steel zephyr]

uh oh

free divs

bruh did they really block reacting 🫃

[split bane]

Modern politician? Oh yeah you're getting slowly killed by the mods

[spiral prawn]

oh is that bad

ill remove it

[split bane]

Yeah it violates Rule 2

[spiral prawn]

ok i wont do that again

[steel zephyr]

5 norweigen divs encircled so far

[steel summit]

how do i nval invade britain ?

i have naval supremacy n i make landings yet i get pushed back

[steel zephyr]

another 5 norwegians

[steel summit]

the world is looking bleak for britain

[steel zephyr]

5 norwegian divs stuck on the island, and 2 at tromso

[split bane]

Well they won't be stuck on that island for long if you don't guard that crossing

[steel zephyr]

uh oh

[steel zephyr]

frontline didnt form there so i assumed they cant cross

[sly sluice]

i don't know why but i love those borders

[ancient fern]

Bruh, they are in my faction too. Never seen a negative 100k before only like 1k

[sly sluice]

something about most latin american countries makes them just so satisfying to conquer

[steel zephyr]

and the norwegians LEAVE their supply hub undefended?!

i guess i just hold now

holy maginot breach

i do NOT want to march to oslo

[zenith halo]

wtf hoi4

5 fps when paused, insanely high CPU usage

[fickle thicket]

https://tenor.com/view/social-credit-gif-23976170

china type pc

[zenith halo]

[steel zephyr]

when are the norwegians just gonna give up 😢

already destroyed a majority of its army

[zenith halo]

you've only taken lands with no VPs tho

[sonic sand]

whats a good tank div

[zenith halo]

why not naval invade around oslo

[steel zephyr]

2 VPs but yeah it isnt much

tromso and the town near petsamo

[steel zephyr]

good idea

[zenith halo]

The major shorelines are like 29 VPs alone, those wasteland sectors are like what, half a VP?

With insane attrix too

[steel zephyr]

attrix?

[zenith halo]

attrition

[olive mist]

can someone tell me why im not getting any mp?

[zenith halo]

You have horrible supplies, you can check the map via f4

If you don't wanna play navy you can also just build a buncha naval bases

[steel zephyr]

i have no clue how this works 🥹

[steel zephyr]

not too bad

narvik!?

broke through a lil bit but its a supply void past narvik

[supple summit]

Yo lads should I make Self propelled artillery or just tanks with lots of breakthrough?

[steel zephyr]

soon

[violet quartz]

yall think they got this

[arctic tartan]

in less then a year

lol

[silk fern]

germany do someething

[karmic viper]

@wind lichen why ya left the group?

[steel zephyr]

uh oh

[supple summit]

i could save that

[supple summit]

i mean its doable but like

it will be a pain in the ass 🙁

also

how are you at war with the us in 1940

[silk fern]

me and japan are destroying everybody, but germany hasn't even shifted the soviet frontline in 5 years🥹

[supple summit]

gotta respect the determination

[terse skiff]

Spgs, breakthrough is a useless stat after a certain threshold

[silk fern]

cant respect it because ive had to keep like 100 divisions on the eastern front to stop germany from getting invaded

[supple summit]

How is it useless after a certain threshold?

[terse skiff]

Do you know what breakthrough is?

[supple summit]

I mean like half of it?

Isnt it like something that just lets you fight for more longer and deal more damage?

[terse skiff]

breakthrough is just the amount of attacks your troops can ignore when attacking

[supple summit]

Oh

[terse skiff]

so it only needs to be high enough

[supple summit]

I genuinly thought it meant you dealt more damage in your attacks

[terse skiff]

your tank divisions have high armor and hardness so they receive minimal damage against ai anyway

[supple summit]

Alright pretty goated

[terse skiff]

that's your soft and hard attack stat

[supple summit]

Ah

[terse skiff]

once your breakthrough is high enough you will end the combat before you use up your breakthrough chances

[supple summit]

Alright fair enough

Cheers for the tip

[supple summit]

bruh

rip

[steel zephyr]

almost there

[spiral linden]

Have you guys ever seen Germany fail sk hard that they where stuck in Brussels because they couldn't push one bike division?

[supple summit]

no

[spiral linden]

I have

[spiral linden]

I was playing Hungary just after the dlc for Germany Belgium austria and Hungary dropped

And it was a hist game and I saw Germany storm through the Netherlands then just stop at Belgium

I was so confused I decided to use the command to switch countries and saw that

[kind vale]

Has black ice been updated for ncns?

[steel zephyr]

finally crossed the supply void 🥹

[patent thistle]

just a quick question, has a single soul here ever build coastal forts?

[silk fern]

italians finally conquering moscow in winter 1947

[steel zephyr]

400K NORWEGIANS

[patent thistle]

is anyone actually using these for naval invasions?

[supple summit]

lads is SPAA a good idea to make?

no

[kind vale]

Nah

[patent thistle]

i dont remember a single time i even used them-

[kind vale]

Just use support aa

[terse skiff]

yes if you want an extra support company slot

[patent thistle]

nah i am doing tank sweden

[terse skiff]

you can make a very cheap spaa with just the best aa gun and dozer blades for extra entrenchment

[patent thistle]

(rt56 cause i dont have that DLC)

[supple summit]

ah alright

peak to know then

cheers

[terse skiff]

tbh before you couldn't mix armor support with infantry in divisions, infantry divisions + spaa was the meta if it was allowed

[terse skiff]

since it gave infantry divisions 20 armor and aa and only costed 5 mil exp

[steel zephyr]

hey its been an hour, but im almsot at oslo!!

[supple summit]

ah

damn

thats crazy

[terse skiff]

and now since armor variants are meta, spaa is making a comback too

[patent thistle]

refitting my shit heavy cruisers so they can support the soon to exist swedish carriers

[steel zephyr]

-450k

[dark stag]

do I cancel the mefo bills game start?

[terse skiff]

unless you know what you're doing

usually you follow four year plan if you want to rp as historic germany or do the left side economic recovery if you want to minmax

[steel zephyr]

finally

[terse skiff]

that country should capitulate just for its disgusting name

[steel zephyr]

tuff

[dark stag]

idk what to do

but i guess

[steel zephyr]

might take advantage of this soviet mishap

[rare scarab]

Do any countries that arent majors have unique focus trees if i have no dlcs?

[steel zephyr]

noo my rail

[patent thistle]

wise choice norway

[terse skiff]

don't cancel mefo bills manually, pick an econ tree

[steel zephyr]

hmm

[lost oak]

Hi friends, got a dumb question to ask

[steel zephyr]

🥀

the international might win in europe

[lost oak]

So when using Marines, it seems to be that trying to land anywhere except ports results in Marine divisions who land, can't break through to ports to get allied troops landing and so just get encircled and killed...

But trying to land directly on the ports means the defenses are the strongest means the marines never get on the beach

[karmic viper]

no way italy being useful

[steel zephyr]

holy exile

[terse skiff]

that's why you get better marine divisions and use cas

also raiding the supply around the port helps

[steel zephyr]

not looking great for britain

[lusty river]

easy peasy

[dusky burrow]

Wait for Italy to join the war and then rus

oh...

[lusty river]

lol

[steel zephyr]

estonia still holding

[lusty river]

what were you going to say tho?

[dusky burrow]

(you get an Italian puppet if you do so)

[lusty river]

oops

cant i justify on them?

[steel zephyr]

hey, playing finland again

gaurding my ports this time too

[dusky burrow]

Three norways

[lusty river]

i COULD crash my game and try to justiry on them

[dusky burrow]

Look at Jan Mayen

[steel zephyr]

yep, communist norway that declared on me fleed there

[lusty river]

cant i justiry on italy after the war?

[steel zephyr]

the other norway that isnt mine is because of peacedeal misclick

[dusky burrow]

Yeah that'd do

[lusty river]

i COULD crash my game and do it aswell

[lusty river]

any idea when they will join?

[steel zephyr]

hopefully the soviets invade more people brh

so war tension is high enough for me to strike

britain bruh

[dusky burrow]

I assume never

Germany's dead after all

[lusty river]

guess it will take some time

also romania and bulgaria joined axis

[patent thistle]

wise choice finland

[lusty river]

well well well

[patent thistle]

half expected this at this point

[dusky burrow]

Ah yes

[dusky burrow]

Honestly odd how the UK asks that from some countries but not from others

[patent thistle]

yeah. at this point its garantied-

[quasi shoal]

I think it's non fascist majors

[patent thistle]

nope, they sometimes send it when i am germany

[digital aurora]

wait so if i secure both canals leading into the Med sea they can't naval invade any lands inside that area can they?

[quasi shoal]

i've only gotten it as germany when I was communist

[patent thistle]

i have gotten it in every german path at this point

[patent thistle]

let me guess the UK was being petty?

[digital aurora]

One time i got it when i was the soviets but i was cheating and making SHBB every day

[quasi shoal]

never seen it as fascist or monarchist and haven't played demo yet

[patent thistle]

i could straight up start a world war against the US with this-

[digital aurora]

Oh god not the Stern Warning

[patent thistle]

not like if it isnt meet it will litterally give wargoals

and the AI doesnt destroy ships

[digital aurora]

i was making a joke of how it says "issues stern warning", this is coming from sweeden to the US aswell which is funny

[patent thistle]

ik

[jovial sigil]

so that soviet acheivement is still possible in this dlc interesting.and not too difficult

[dusky burrow]

I've had more and still didn't have the British get me sometimes

even when I'm a non-fascist major

[patent thistle]

i pretty much always get it when i begin building carriers

[dusky burrow]

I literally took the entire US and Japanese fleet + built 4 carriers of my own and it still didn't pop up

[patent thistle]

the treaty breaks down usually the second a major gets decleared on

[dusky burrow]

Yeah that game I went Hispanic Philippines path and the US declared war on me, dragging most of Latin America in with me

[patent thistle]

yeah my guy, that DEFINETLY breaks down the treaty

[dusky burrow]

And they had like 50 divisions, so not only was I able to deal with them, I was able to quickly eliminate Japan soon after

[dusky burrow]

Fair

[patent thistle]

in my experience the treaty always breaks when a major (one being part of the treaty) gets into a war

[dusky burrow]

Anyways, now I have to deal with the Allies

[steel zephyr]

nah i invaded norway on my own

misclick

oh boy its showtime

[digital aurora]

Bro has 0 man power

[atomic grove]

does this focus let u core all of the corable land of byzantium or does it let you core only the states that byzantium has cored?

[steel zephyr]

spam vs skill

[dusky burrow]

The latter

Only the lands Greece has cored already

[steel zephyr]

no way

[dusky burrow]

most normal AI post-1.17

[dusky burrow]

Petrograd is ripe for the taking

[steel zephyr]

-1 soviet capital

[digital aurora]

The worst thing in HOI4 is when you see a gap in the enemy lines but can’t exploit it due the fact you don’t have enough mobile divisons to prevent being encircled

[bold heath]

.

Someone know how to fix this MODS bug:
In this example im using Old World Blues
But this bug happens in all mods
All the tecnology names, national focus, decisions, its replaced with this Commands

[wary sparrow]

does it matter what path i take? i cant choose

[atomic grove]

left

[steel zephyr]

another 2 soviets, this pocket got encircled befire

uh oh

• murmansk

encirclement time

YOOO

w pocket

-22 soviet divs

[terse skiff]

half of soviet soldiers are taking the train from berlin to vladivostok and back lmao

soviet ai is truly the worst

[steel zephyr]

w pocket

[worn coral]

guys

whats the mountaineer design that can go through maginot

in prussian legacy

[steel zephyr]

-22 soviet divs again

[worn coral]

im bored of panzer

[worn coral]

weak

i once encicled 137 allied divisions

[terse skiff]

I had twin encirclements of 600k

[steel zephyr]

2 22 enecirclements as finland is nice 🤤

there we go

1.4M:55k

[drowsy bronze]

...dawg?

1.2k divs

[tulip thorn]

Not very many

[drowsy bronze]

i only have 500

its 1945

[steel zephyr]

yooo tuff

[terse skiff]

now I want to play ussr

I'm feeling like streaming it

[steel zephyr]

kill farm

[lime python]

i think its time to shut it down

[vivid juniper]

I have created a greater turkey

This image is after operation unthinkable, or the war with the Soviets

Kamalism for the win

[steel zephyr]

im coming for you

W

poland gets belarus for NOTHING

germany

uh oh

boom

so many accidental incirclements

[wraith mauve]

He’s Lithuanian game I’ve had so far

[gentle cloak]

Finally took Moscow

(It’s march 1942)

[kind vale]

Im going to make tanks, space, tds, and spgs

[pastel cargo]

Im trying alt france for the first time

man

the 70 day focuses are killing my attention span

[sudden thistle]

🥱 easy sheep’s mod

[steel zephyr]

vilnius for free

hmm

[spiral summit]

Lebron is here

Oh theres other Lebrons

Anyways I stared playing hoi4 2 days ago

This is the only photo I have of an play through

[random delta]

democratic Germany can actually be really fun if only paradox didn't fumble the democratic ideology

[random delta]

and I'm talking about base game demo Germany not Götterdämmerung i don't have that dlc

[spiral summit]

@random delta thoughts on buttered bread

Specifically from Logans Roadhouse

[steel zephyr]

soviets better cap soon

[atomic grove]

macedonian empire in central asia??????

[atomic grove]

never seen ai form macedonia at all

thats very rare

[steel zephyr]

tuff

[steel zephyr]

where do you see that yo

[atomic grove]

greece

except

greece is weak

so its very unlikely that the greek ai forms macedonia

[wraith mauve]

Allies cutting off my resources when I’m fighting there enemy

Like who is

[steel zephyr]

?!

[atomic grove]

oh it aint?

sad

color looked familiar

specifically the one in central asia

[wraith mauve]

Literally me, but I’m Lithuania

[steel zephyr]

kazakhstan had enough of this bs

lore accurate

soviet army so crud its just the iberians left

[trim lotus]

Still new to the game, but I get the feeling sometimes that the AI simply isn't the smartest. Yes, Peru joined the Axis. This still does not mean it is a good idea for the Axis to actually try to help Peru.

I was quite surprised to see a couple Axis divisions in Peru, but it's not like they caused the US Army any significant hassle as I finished the Axis's silliest member off.

[steel zephyr]

these units arent encircled somehow

soviets better cap any time now

oh wow 7 hours

[tribal moss]

yall know what this hand is holding ?

it looks like falangism

but it also looks like a crossbow

[slim hatch]

Is this template meta

[steel zephyr]

uh oh

war with sweden it is then

[dusky burrow]

Iberia on a roll

[dusky burrow]

No

[steel zephyr]

they losing actually

and by quite a bit

[dusky burrow]

Oh

[steel zephyr]

they formed from porto france and spain

[dusky burrow]

I see

[steel zephyr]

no clue whats happening but i might be winning

nvm bruh

soviets got th eland when sweden capitulated 🥀

[digital aurora]

So i have kicked the allies out of europe, i control The Gibraltar Strait and Suez Canal, im finishing up kicking them out of africa, the Brits have capitulated, id say its going quite well

[atomic grove]

why tf does the united baltic duchy have the ability to "reunify" germany

[random delta]

was playing as germany, fascist italy finally got into the civil war after all this time, and the soviets declared on lithuania so we got dragged into that but i was able to dominate them in finland after sending my army there

[viscid stirrup]

Yeah i mean look at those stats

Its so cheap too

[dusky burrow]

Historic German minority in the Baltics

[oblique hound]

because prussia is baltic

[atomic grove]

i dont think prussians are german though

as far as i know

[dusky burrow]

There's the Baltic old Prussians who are related to Latvians and Lithuanians, and then there were the German and Germanized Prussians that took over the area afterwards

In either case when Estonia is also Baltic the term Baltic has more to do with historical and cultural ties rather than linguistic and ethnic ones

[still mantle]

anyone want to play?

[digital aurora]

i reckon you need a couple more land cruisers

[warped flint]

what does the game want me to do with this wargoal bro 💔

[digital aurora]

Balkan conquest NOW

[warped flint]

theres 2 nations seperating us unfortenautely

[digital aurora]

Technically only one if you think about it

[warped flint]

oh yeah im special

forgot romania existed

[digital aurora]

naval invade yugoslavia, it will go well trust

[warped flint]

no

[junior imp]

how did this even happen

[viscid stirrup]

Both germans and baltics are descendants of the teutons

[viscid stirrup]

A revanchist huh. This is literally a TNO reference

[remote quarry]

hint: take the big grey nation next to you

[viscid stirrup]

Bro you just have to threaten other countries with invasion and economic collapse, then youll easily become a superpower

[warped flint]

not meant for me but it works in everyscenario

just demand stuff and threaten death

it always works

[dusky burrow]

Yugoslavia may be trickier

[warped flint]

I have a plan but im sorta worried

If I declare, Romania will join, my plan is to fall back to where they would have no supply then kill them

[viscid stirrup]

I have tons of plans

None of them will ever work so i just keep them to myself

[warped flint]

Either I will demolish the soviets or I will get demolished

[winter fulcrum]

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

[maiden verge]

To be fair, Prussian is just an word for a region, not actually an ethnic group

[winter fulcrum]

i love historical hoi4 😊

[winter fulcrum]

im pretty sure it was an ethnic group

[maiden verge]

You are talking about Old Prussian

which, once again, were a baltic tribes

Not really a ethnic group

It was just how other people called the region before

[atomic grove]

wdym

it is

[atomic grove]

yeah

its just that

[winter fulcrum]

no it was for sure a ethnic group

[atomic grove]

prussians became german

prussians dont exist anymore

or atleast

true full prussians

[winter fulcrum]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1071250232618262681/1455864485142069341/image0.gif

[maiden verge]

"Full Prussians" never existed

the hell you mean by full prussians

[winter fulcrum]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1323890841206652959/1455757460496191570/togif.gif

broski

[random delta]

https://tenor.com/view/60fps-knee-slapper-spongebob-milkcord-gif-27449345

[winter fulcrum]

yo i gotta admit this is some top tier ragebait

[warped flint]

bro the soviets have lost 50K guns

[winter fulcrum]

okay so, first it was a kingdom when germany was REALLY REALLY divided, then when napoleon came through, he meshed alot of them together forming 16 kingdoms, one of those, was PRUSSIA. the people who lived there are FULL prussians

[maiden verge]

Is that path good?

[atomic grove]

yes

[winter fulcrum]

but i might be wrong

[atomic grove]

its the best

for poland

[maiden verge]

https://tenor.com/view/baby-laugh-ai-baby-babyfryingme-baby-sob-folk-gif-18221933230434867320

[warped flint]

This is my first playthrough so I gotta see

so far it seems okay

[atomic grove]

romanov is just cossack king path

but

better

like way better

sure, u dont get to be fascist

however

u get to core all of the slavic parts of the soviet union

[warped flint]

I microed the soviets and prevented a breakthrough

soviets are losing momentum

[winter fulcrum]

soviets when their ancient 1000 year old 1 million soldier spam doesnt work:

[maiden verge]

The last time I played Poland, I took the communist path and it was pretty okayish

[warped flint]

I took pskov and the soviets here are just starving lol

[dusky burrow]

Yeah that area of the Soviet Union is just like that

[lethal totem]

yo I am bored as hell, anyone wanan play multiplayer against AI?

[warped flint]

YES

[winter fulcrum]

maybe tmr

im only up rn cause im trynna see how fast i can reunify germany and make it communist

[timid crest]

💀

japan is actually goated

got nuke at mid 43

[green lodge]

I did the slav union path

Accidentally signed a non agression laxt with soviets

[dusky burrow]

Funny

[slate jay]

Now this is what i call tuff

[dusky burrow]

Do they guarantee anyone? If they do, declare war on that country

[green lodge]

It's not bruh

I'm giving up on the run

[dusky burrow]

RIP

Do you have Germany?

[green lodge]

I did train no divs and did not change the template so I was just infsntry8ng it 🥀

[green lodge]

Nah

[dusky burrow]

Is Germany defeated?

[green lodge]

Nah

They're the military junta smth

[dusky burrow]

Get a collab on Germany and take them first

[green lodge]

But they're on my side 🥀

[dusky burrow]

Oh

[green lodge]

I got an audience with the Kaiser

Anyways runs dead

Try again tomorrow

[dusky burrow]

Okay, which countries are you not NAP or allied with?

[green lodge]

NAP ?

[dusky burrow]

non aggresson pact

In either case, Slavic Union Poland is strong enough to take down either superpower by itself

[green lodge]

Uh just soviet union is NAP

[green lodge]

But it's not Slavic Union 🥀

[dusky burrow]

Well that path that is

[green lodge]

They didn't have 50% surrender progrese

So the focus wasn't started

[dusky burrow]

You have Lithuania and Latvia as additoinal cores, plus Estonia, Slovakia, and Yugoslavia occupied just based off that path

It's quite a lot and quite good

This makes you really strong

[green lodge]

Yeah but to form the union, you need Russia states pluss I have no manpower 🥀

I took over italy, romania and bulgaria, albania

[dusky burrow]

How many divisions do you have? Like 120?

[green lodge]

Anyways what should I change my starting infantry template to ?

[green lodge]

Uh 72

No wait 60

I had no manpower 🥀

[dusky burrow]

Ack

Well

You're in no position to take over the Soviet Union I'm afraid

[green lodge]

Next run will go better 🥀

[dusky burrow]

But you do have a solid base

[green lodge]

What should I change my starting infantry template to ?
Like add line arty or try to switch to medium sp arr

It's 1940 🥀

12/4 seems good for line arty soft stk

[dusky burrow]

That'd be fine

Most of the time I'd tell you to stay tf away from line artillery, but since you're so low on manpower you might not have a choice

also get at least 4 medium spg divisions

also what doctrines and subdoctrines do you have

[green lodge]

Uh grand assault and sp support I think

Normal doctrine

[dusky burrow]

okay then you should produce tanks
infantry doctrine should be individual excellence, and operations doctrine should be desperate defense (since you're so short on manpower)

btw the hp increase from individual excellence or from things like mech also decrease your equipment losses, since more hp means that 1 hp point takes away less of your division

[steel summit]

who should i play today?

[green lodge]

Bulgaria

[steel summit]

ok

[green lodge]

Wait don't
Try Slavic Union 👍

Really nice (painful)

[steel summit]

i was going this path

[swift egret]

hello

[slate jay]

why is it Island insted of iceland lol

[misty fossil]

bro doxxed himself and co

[misty fossil]

say the word iceland

and say island

its just the same thing

[slate jay]

yeah

so iceland is island

but in american!

[dusky burrow]

Ísland is what Iceland's called in Icelandic

[slate jay]

oooohh makes sense

[coral gorge]

lmao Poland hving the peace of their time

[slate jay]

son im crine whats those borders 😭

[dusky burrow]

Bad news is that there's a three way war so it'll drag long

[coral gorge]

Hungary is occupied

[slate jay]

use colored puppets its better

[coral gorge]

only for you

and others

I don't see colours

[slate jay]

they feel like puppets

is swastika in german flag banned in this server?

[coral gorge]

wow Germany is losing so quickly

☠️

[coral gorge]

its ending soon

lmao Goebbel

lmao

[ripe slate]

@swift egretEnglish only please

[hushed loom]

can anyone trna save this run

[junior imp]

WHY

what

WHYYY

I LITERALLY KILLED THEM

I SHOULD HAVE 100 NOT 0

god

I'm gonna murder paradox

https://tenor.com/view/god-of-war-kratos-zeus-your-son-has-returned-manguetown-gif-14910860928597017351

PARADOOOOOOX

I'M COMING FOR YOU

AND ALONG WITH ME

I BRING BUGS FOR YOU TO FIX IN A DLC THAT WILL COME IN 2000 YEARS AND WILL COST A GAZILLION DOLLARS

[toxic cypress]

top 10 shittiest gameplay

OHH YEAH BABY

[quasi osprey]

this is a little strange😂

especialy the french and spanish borders

and the italians

[viscid swift]

time to help comrade stalin

[radiant birch]

What flag is that it looks amazing

[viscid swift]

communist norway comrade

[radiant birch]

Thanks

I need to play that path just for the flag

[viscid swift]

yeah its honestly one of the best

[hidden oak]

Hello everyone

[quasi osprey]

is this rare that africa is dominated by the axis?

[sudden thistle]

Not rare

[quasi osprey]

ok

for me idk why it was a shock that italy was useful

what about the peace separation of france on the top?

germany got less than ussual

[sudden thistle]

Prob a weird French cap

Since Spain joining the war screwed stuff up

[quasi osprey]

well

I am spain

[sudden thistle]

Why do u only have 37 factories

Oh u don’t have Spain dlc

Rip

[frank estuary]

Does anyone know any good modern day mods that don't run like ass and add a gazillion new mechanics?

[sudden thistle]

The fire rises?

[misty fossil]

no

[sudden thistle]

It runs pretty decent

[misty fossil]

TFR has a gazillion new mechanics doesnt it

[frank estuary]

It does.

[misty fossil]

well yeah then no im afraid not

[crude schooner]

unforseen consequences?

new mod

[viscid swift]

you think thats weird...

[misty fossil]

the only modern day mods i know are novum vexillum, MD, TFR and red dawn or whatever it is

and unforeseen consequences

[sudden thistle]

I think red flood is another modern day mod

[misty fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/hl2-hl3-half-life-3-hopium-hope-gif-7246120153840726923

half life mention??

HL3 releasing tomorrow

[sudden thistle]

Half life 3 release at game awards

||(it’s concord 2)||

[coral gorge]

hmm, fk, this doesn't let me fight Germany as well?

sad

[viscid swift]

fun fact japan didnt accept polish war declaration

[paper echo]

this nation is a pain in the ass

i had to fight almost all the ma nations, with northeastern army,sichuan and manchuko

at least manchuko didnt border them

[wide lagoon]

darkest hour or twr? which is better?

[coral gorge]

oh so that's wht she looks like

[dusk nova]

Something wrong with these French motherfuckers

3 times in a row they refuse with fact that I have relations improved and even diplomatic pressure

[lofty cape]

Hyperliquid wrapped is here 😄 i did good considering all the ups and downs this year
<htt
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[quasi osprey]

I am so scared😂

[coral gorge]

yay I saved Finland

[quasi osprey]

umm very active war🤣

[vale estuary]

i just bought the game thinking its another one live civ series.. boy was i wrong

5 hours and in and i still dont understand all the buttons on the screen

[viscid stirrup]

oh you need more than 52,430,670 hours to truly understand all the buttons on the screen

their meaning is deeper than what they claim themselves to be

many people pretend to understand the buttons, claiming to be professionals

[vale estuary]

[viscid stirrup]

but unfortunately, they know so little, they dont know about how much they dont know

my own understanding of the buttons is just the tip of the highest atom of an iceberg

[fringe shell]

why my divisions lose org so fast

[viscid stirrup]

i could never hope to see the deepest secrets of the buttons you speak of

[viscid stirrup]

supply

[quasi osprey]

I thought I was okay at the game but then france took over me while I was fighting poland as germany

[fringe shell]

i have full supply

[viscid stirrup]

then the enemy is much more powerful

or youre attacking at an enemy is a strong position

or the enemy has naval or air support

or your division doesnt have enough manpower or equipment

or you have national sprits that debuff you

[fringe shell]

bro im at war with siam😭 🙏

[viscid stirrup]

or your enemy has national spirits that buff them

[viscid stirrup]

there is absolutely NO way you have full supply in siberia

GIT OUT

[fringe shell]

nah they just starving on the border

at the border with siam i have full supply

[viscid stirrup]

oh

youre trying to attack from malaysia

that wont work

there are 2 tiles to attack from

its mountainous terrain

no doubt there is a large amount of enemies there

[fringe shell]

there is always a way

[viscid stirrup]

nukes will stop supply fflow to your own divisions

you might advance 2 tiles before being stuck again

[fringe shell]

never mid they left

[viscid stirrup]

ok youre going to end up nuking your own troops

[coral gorge]

lmao so if I just let them live, they really decide to kill each other instead of attacking me

[viscid stirrup]

clearly communist china is about to win

[golden jackal]

Better way

[viscid stirrup]

what do you hope to achieve with this

endless suffering?

[golden jackal]

anime

:DDD

[viscid stirrup]

by indiscriminately murdering the entire population?

[toxic cypress]

finally

encircled tibet

why is tibet so strong

so much units

[fringe shell]

here we go again

smash or pass

[viscid stirrup]

supply

[toxic cypress]

im more refering to how they have so much units

and their all decently manned

[viscid stirrup]

they have 14 at most

[toxic cypress]

they have 16

and i have 13

[viscid stirrup]

YOUR ENTIRE ARMY HAS 13 DIVISIONS???

HOLY INCOMPETENCY

[toxic cypress]

yes

[toxic cypress]

you dont need alot of units

when ur army aint shit

[viscid stirrup]

wait im sorry for being rude

your playing sinkiang correct?

[toxic cypress]

i can make alot btw

[viscid stirrup]

yeah thats a hard country

[toxic cypress]

i just using less cause not yet needed

im waiting for my justification

to take kazakhstan

https://tenor.com/view/kazakhstan-sacha-baron-cohen-dancing-poor-comedy-gif-4185051

[coral gorge]

lmao im going to turn Allies against the Soviets

why is this even allowed

[fringe shell]

ngl

im fuhed

[toxic cypress]

finally

[coral gorge]

[viscid stirrup]

the uk and japan did have an alliance in the 10s tho

[soft tendon]

bruh why can't I produce Self-Propelled Arty??

[remote storm]

90279642270727172

[soft tendon]

?

[sudden thistle]

Art 1965

[sudden thistle]

Nuh

[viscid stirrup]

supply

[sudden thistle]

Yeah what about it

Ignore the supply

[viscid stirrup]

there isnt a lot of supply

[sudden thistle]

🤯

They don’t have supply either anyways

So it’s a fair fight

[viscid stirrup]

its easier to defend without supply than attack without supply

the attack debuff for supply is 2 times higher than the defense debuff

[safe wing]

Against Germany no less

[viscid stirrup]

[insert controversial statement here]

[toxic cypress]

its so pain

i cannot fight china or allies

all i can do is invade kazakhstan mongolia and some northern regions then ima need to somehow beat china

[vital cove]

Germany had helped china against japan until right before ww2 so

[toxic cypress]

i know its 1945 and im prolly not gonna take china but atleast i got to encircle 10 units

[safe wing]

True German Trained kmt divs

[toxic cypress]

god i love special forces

the most consitent and cheap op unit

[quasi osprey]

poor cyprus😂

[vague lion]

Which font do you like better?

[snow rain]

2nd

[vague lion]

the bolder one?

[snow rain]

top right if you prefer

[frosty solstice]

hey guys i want to make a minelaying submarine and an attack submarine but whenever i make the second one the first one disappears

what can i do to keep both?

[supple snow]

It’s possible the game may be thinking your new submarine is the only one you want to make, and decommissions the other design

Try to check your decommissioned templates

[snow rain]

change the icon (base one is a shield, click on it)

[toxic cypress]

FINALLY

I CAN FINALLY LEAVE SICHUAN

https://tenor.com/view/i-used-to-pray-for-times-like-this-i-used-to-pray-meek-mill-dreams-and-nightmares-dreams-and-nightmares-michael-jordan-gif-4600240804856944817

so beautiful

[frosty solstice]

this worked thank you

[toxic cypress]

finally more thank ten thousand manpower

[vague lion]

holy larp

[toxic cypress]

ok

[bronze mango]

3rd

[copper sluice]

Do u still get to do the nordic council focuses if u do the scandinavian alliance thing for sweden at the bottom

[azure dagger]

what happened in turkey

[toxic cypress]

russia happened

[copper sluice]

Turkey on their way to get into a war with the strongest country day 1

[wind robin]

Great arabia

[toxic cypress]

WE SO BGACK BABY

NOW I CAN GET FREE CHINA

[quasi osprey]

🥳

I wonder who will win

😂

the allies or the axis/japanese

[quasi osprey]

to clarify this is 1943

[bronze mango]

Switzerland

[quasi osprey]

😂

maybe