hoi4-general

[worn cliff]

i think having 20 is enough

[opal nymph]

You only produce what you can afford

[oak mantle]

My tanks have like 30% reliability and i never have logi issues

[worn cliff]

even as germany if you make 40 tank divs and battleplan with them you're gonna lose so much especially on barb

[oak mantle]

Just dont put em on crappy terrain or bad supply

[opal nymph]

You battleplanning?

[worn cliff]

on barb?

[opal nymph]

Why would you ever battleplan

[worn cliff]

no not always

[oak mantle]

Dont battleplan with tanks

[worn cliff]

i micro them

[oak mantle]

Then micro them in such a way that you dont take them onto mouintains and 0 supply areas

[worn cliff]

well anyway it doesnt really matter i'm trying to beat sheep's mod but soviet just seem unbeatable as far as im concerned

[opal nymph]

I should play sheep's mod again

[worn cliff]

barb is really hard in sheeps

[opal nymph]

But it goes against my chill and unoptimized playstyle

Ive played Soviets on sheep and won

[worn cliff]

even if i win at the start i get d-day and its over

[opal nymph]

Ive took out the UK on sheeps

But i was drained and stopped playing

[oak mantle]

I mean it makes the game fair and actually historical

[patent thistle]

they sadly cant

[worn cliff]

look how geared they are 💀

[oak mantle]

Cause now u actually have to worry about d day and the soviets compared to the ai building a whole bunch of nothing

[worn cliff]

they have like 5 million on the field right off the bat

[opal nymph]

I know someone who played unoptimally for vanilla managed to deal with the Soviets by simply holding the line while he took out the UK

[worn cliff]

idk if sea lion is even worth it anymore i'm not sure if i can get naval supremacy against sheeps

[oak mantle]

I just paradrop dover after i kill france and slime the uk in like 39

[worn cliff]

i can make a navy but wont because its too expensive

[worn cliff]

in sheeps?

[patent thistle]

and they say i have bad grafics quality

[oak mantle]

Vanilla not tried it in sheeps yet

[worn cliff]

vanilla is rly easy

[oak mantle]

Yeah

[opal nymph]

Okay, so here is how to sealion UK

[cedar lance]

hello yalls

[opal nymph]

The strategy is "around around maginot"

Last tested over a year ago

So, when France falls, 10 billion allied troops are in UK

So, just take out the UK before France

[oak mantle]

Smart actually

[opal nymph]

That way all the allied troops are in France

[worn cliff]

although

[opal nymph]

You take the Netherlands so you have channel access

[worn cliff]

where do i get my navy from

[opal nymph]

You dont do Plan Z?

[heavy vigil]

damn indonesia sucks

[opal nymph]

To be fair, this was before NCNS

Or GoE

But taking out the UK before France is funny

[worn cliff]

nah who tf does that

[opal nymph]

And then you invade Normandy and you take France out from a 2 prong assault

[opal nymph]

Me

Because you get Bismarck and Tirpitz

[worn cliff]

waste of eco doing navy icl

[oak mantle]

I forgot what dfoes plan z do again

[opal nymph]

Design a 1936 battleship template before doing the focus

Then you get Bismarck and Tirpitz to be the design you want

[opal nymph]

Well, you get the UK industry

So

[sharp sierra]

what does icl mean

[worn cliff]

how do i max out doctrines early game?
if i dont go to war

[worn cliff]

i cant lie

[worn cliff]

only after

[rich sorrel]

My puppet italy want give me 1 naval bomber...

[patent thistle]

man i love this mod

[limber mural]

@cursive oxide

Good plan

[tulip thorn]

What is this mod

[dawn marlin]

wtf is this gang 😭

[cursive oxide]

atlleast i aint calling slurs cus i dont want to vc with someone

[limber mural]

I’m not😁

[sharp sierra]

prob units that dont matter guarding dumb spots

[patent thistle]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3610052424&searchtext=wither

[tulip thorn]

lol

[steel zephyr]

😢

[patent thistle]

rip

send to bittersteel real

[strong umbra]

fantastic plan

will very definetly work

[green lodge]

How the holy fucck are you supposed to play as the Northeastern army

Japan declares on ya fast as fucck

[steel zephyr]

son 🥀

[green lodge]

Just takes out norway

[dawn marlin]

in 3 different field marshalls with no portraits and generals :spb:

[proven tiger]

is it bad for my whole army to be infantry

[rich sorrel]

This... Colonial troops

Mostly

[rich sorrel]

Oh no, naval armies..

[slim nexus]

https://klipy.com/gifs/dekeskui-dekeskoui-2

[worn cliff]

are those good for 39?

[steel zephyr]

the only time I manage to get a huge chunk of russia early, germany collapses 😢

[paper echo]

rate my incicrimal

[waxen jacinth]

amazing

[magic plinth]

21:9 resolution

[dawn marlin]

encirclement*

[paper echo]

incicrimal*

its a meme

[sharp sierra]

are u bitter steel

[vapid shell]

Hi

Any good mods for me to try

Im bored

[opal nymph]

Play Red Dusk

disable NCNS before you play

[vapid shell]

?

[opal nymph]

If I remember correctly, you need to turn off the NCNS DLC if you have it

They were updating the mod before the DLC came out and it crashes if you use the DLC

[vapid shell]

I have no DLCs

[opal nymph]

Then you are good

That mod basically doesn't need DLC

[vapid shell]

Alr ty

[ivory hull]

what to improve on this marine division?

[dawn marlin]

no lol

[opal nymph]

Wouldn't pioneers be better than assault engineers?

[dawn marlin]

why mountainears?

[opal nymph]

or did you put armored engineers

[ivory hull]

i dont have the doctrine

[opal nymph]

Mountaineers give more stats than marines for other tiles

I honestly would rather use support AA than signals

[ivory hull]

my enemies dont have cas

[opal nymph]

Support AA also acts like AT

[ivory hull]

yea but i dont think they have any tanks

[opal nymph]

Okay, you do you

Signals are also good

[molten forge]

am bassically dlcless what nation is fun?

[ivory hull]

i just spam like 2w divs to increase special forces cap right?

[opal nymph]

You need to spam a ton of 2 widths, convert them to 50 widths, change the templates of what you want into special forces, and then delete the 50 widths

[ivory hull]

ok thx

[patent thistle]

gotta love when you dont even get a warning for that

[copper lotus]

bro can somone help me install a mod i managed to sub to it but idk how to start playing with it

[sharp sierra]

u have to make a mod preset in the paradox launcher

when u start the game open the launcher first

[mental mantle]

Download Irony Mod Manager
Youdont have to but its best

[olive remnant]

any AI mods that make game difficult?

i think sheeps mod is not update for NCNS

[patent thistle]

gotta love the french being hardcoded not to do jackshit

[low peak]

Not too bad I guess for 1943 😄

[clear dagger]

more peacescore

[quasi osprey]

the french dont know whats coming for them

[worn cliff]

how do i avoid this when i lose too much tanks

except like field hosp

[limber arrow]

Is this template good for siam

[tulip thorn]

No

[quasi osprey]

bruh the french army is just awful

it cant even defeat belgium

[limber arrow]

Do you know a better one

I need a great

[tulip thorn]

A 32 width mountaineer div

[limber arrow]

Division

[tulip thorn]

Just pure mountaineer

With support companies

[limber arrow]

But aren't they special forces

[tulip thorn]

yes

[limber arrow]

Do i really use special forces as my main army

[tulip thorn]

no

[limber arrow]

Then whats my main infantry division

[tulip thorn]

Remove the logistics and line arty

then its golden

[limber arrow]

Shovel, arty, AA and 9 inf

[tulip thorn]

yes

[limber arrow]

Golden

Why not use rangers

Instead of mountain

[tulip thorn]

Both are good

[limber arrow]

I dont see so many mountains in the region

[tulip thorn]

You could make a mountaineer ranger mix

[limber arrow]

Okay

So whats a golden mountain/rangers division

[tulip thorn]

32 width half being mountaineer and half being ranger

Should be fine

just whatever you do

Dont use line arty

[limber arrow]

Any supports

[tulip thorn]

yeah

[limber arrow]

Which

One

[tulip thorn]

Early on, support arty, engineers, aa, and recon rangers

[limber arrow]

K

Thanks

[quasi osprey]

the power of belgium

[slim nexus]

imnot sure if thast austria

[quasi osprey]

my eyes

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-my-eyes-cant-unsee-burn-gif-7225082

they really tried d-day in 1940

[timber laurel]

i think im getting the hang of this

it took me 200hours to be able to capitulate the USSR

[fathom oyster]

The secret nation for austria

[timber laurel]

on civillian difficulty

[limber mural]

i dont like Arabs

[ivory hull]

nato symbols?

[limber mural]

????

[ivory hull]

you have nato symbols turned on

[limber mural]

Oh

How too did

Fix

[ivory hull]

options -> game

[slim nexus]

i killed russia leader

[calm delta]

What mod is this

[slim nexus]

kaiserreich

[calm delta]

Also guys looking to play some good mods haven’t in a awhile can anyone give suggestions

[calm delta]

Have them finally updated it

[slim nexus]

when last played

they updated russia like year ago or something

[calm delta]

Played it last I’m 2022

[slim nexus]

yes china has gotten new stuff and russia 2

and indian civil war reworked too

[flint wyvern]

Can I watch a pro play poland I'm relatively new like 75hrs

[calm delta]

Always start with majors

[flint wyvern]

Ik how to play the games fairly easy when playing major I just wanna how a poland campaign is

[calm delta]

It’s painful

[rich sorrel]

Btw soon soviets join my eu

[flint wyvern]

Ehh I'll see for my self

[ivory hull]

kaiserredux

[fickle cove]

hey guys, i remember playing the mod "red dusk" once last august, it was quite mid imo, but has it been worked on since?

bc i see people like it

not as much as say tfr but still

[slim nexus]

almost social democratic donau adriabund

[young lake]

This is 100% worth the deaths and equipment losses 🥹 ✌️

[rich sorrel]

be on white side in rcw

[young lake]

We aint having no civil war ong

[quasi shoal]

why you still on it's been like 12 hours

[young lake]

I went to sleep

And have nothing to do

So im on hoi4

Ive only been on this campain for like 2 hours

[quasi shoal]

ofc you're only winning against the austrohungarians 😭

[young lake]

Vro some how the Germans doesnt have there usual -100k guns

They still have 200k guns

I have a solid -14k guns

;-;

Also the Germans have like triple my manpower deployed 🥀

I MIGHT be the worse Russia player

[quasi shoal]

nah you're lore accurate russia

[young lake]

Fr

I mean I only have 2M casualties

And still on volunteer only

For this peak buff

[young lake]

I wanted to start the Russian civil war

But like

taking a whileee

[opal nymph]

Least busted national spirit

[young lake]

xd

[opal nymph]

Casual free veterancy if given enough time it seems

[young lake]

Ok but it is kinda fair. Germany stars with like triple my factories and Austria has like the same amount as me at the start

And It literally isnt possible to recruit like 5M men

As russia early anyway

Well

Maybe it is

But you cant keep up with the production of the central powers to even stand a chance

In my experience anyways

[opal nymph]

Theoretically just hold out until 1918 when the Germans explode

[young lake]

Yeah but like

Ill also explode into a civil war

[proven flame]

Do you still get the Cavalry buffs when you go for Romanov Poland instead of Cossack Poland?

[young lake]

If they just rack up enough casualties

[opal nymph]

Don't you only explode if you lose land

It has been a long time since i played Great War Redux

[young lake]

Yeah but at the start of the war I just couldnt hold my borders completely

I did have to fall back a bit

Because of the lack of industry I had half the recruited men than the Germans

[young lake]

Yuh

I have like veteran divs

Also this guy is an Insane General

[quasi shoal]

your divs have like no equipment 😭

[young lake]

Almost all his divs are veterans aswell xd

[young lake]

Ik

[quasi shoal]

I think you need more support equipment

[young lake]

;-;

Carrying the war fr

[azure walrus]

long live our free republic, and death to the imperialists

[quasi shoal]

italy 💔

[young lake]

The Italian debuffs are insane when they first join lmao

[slim nexus]

yes good super kuomintang 🇹🇼 hyper army 20+ million soldiers on field

[timber laurel]

is this tno

or twr

[azure walrus]

tno

[azure walrus]

the kuomintang are a bunch of collaborationist traitors 😠 long live the npa

[timber laurel]

playing as germany in tno is very boring

you dont get to war a lot

[azure walrus]

i agree, but the writing is pretty fun

except for heydrich path

[timber laurel]

i went speer path

[azure walrus]

i played go4 speer and i liked it

[timber laurel]

then i launched all my nukes and left

[azure walrus]

germany actually has an upcoming update

in victor and the judge

[quasi shoal]

tf is this bruh 😭

gotham chess ass thumbnail

[azure walrus]

that thumbnail sure makes my being feel hollow

[winged field]

it's peak

[slim nexus]

"greater syria: doesnt own syrtia mainland

[young lake]

First time Ive actually had mainly green offensive bubbles 🥹 ✌️

And also the first German offensive Ive actually held back

😭

Nvm I cant hold the Germans

;-;

I can take Budapest tho

So

W

I think

[mental mantle]

Taken Constantinople As Bulgaria

[young lake]

Games lying ong

"The ever-failing war effort"

Its going great

wdym

[ripe slate]

@young lake Please dont try to use embed links, scammers tend to use them hence the automatic mute

[young lake]

I forgot to turn off the mod ;-;

Alr

[fierce galleon]

so what update did i miss where the soviets leave the commintern and join the allies when i invade them with finland in 1941

[young lake]

Real

[fierce galleon]

just my luck

finally a good finalnd run and i get screwed 😭

[jade nebula]

ts frying me 😭

[jade ore]

guys what is good music to go in the background of a hoi4 timelapse

[young lake]

Germans FINALLY surrendered 🥹 ✌️

Completely glitched it

I did the focus to release the baltics as puppets

And the Germans owned the baltics

And their entire army got kicked out and lost all entrenchment

And I just rush to Berlin encircling half the army

[scenic barn]

italy literally never fails to do a whole lot of nothing

why r they on the whole other side of where the battles r going on

[young lake]

"Why is Italy so useless they are literally sending divisions to help the war effort"

[scenic barn]

their divisions have been stagnant in new york for the entire war

[young lake]

Garrisons fr

[scenic barn]

u can see they have 5 divs js standing still on the east coast when i destroyed boston in like a month 😭

[young lake]

Ah yes czechoslovakia

[scenic barn]

the italians left and now the venezuelans r here to take their place of doing nothing

[vast delta]

holy campaign

[young lake]

Yo Germany got neutered

[vast delta]

1 million germans in one encirclement in normandy 🫀

[deep dagger]

50 Million Manpower

[quiet vessel]

scraping barrel + desperate defense would be goated

[ivory hull]

• irregulars

[vapid shell]

if I have an AA div standing around somewhere not in battle, will it actively shoot down planes or nah

[fading elk]

Ahistorical moment

Kingdom of Poland and Romania, without Romania

[violet veldt]

?

How do as spain

[vital cape]

how tf did montenegro just turn into Austria hungary 💀 (Perks of non historical)

[marble patio]

just did an elite clutch with canada bro

wanted newfoundland but the path to get it after patriation is impossible if you follow it exactly

so heres what i did

get in the alliance with the u.s

get my economy going

do all the other important shit that needs to be done

80% world tension

dip on the americans

join the england

no more faction traitor

improve relations

gg ez

newfoundland mine

best part is when im done i can leave them again and go back to america

good luck in europe losers

gg

pulled a fast one on mother england bro

gonna do all the choices that recquire me to be at war and then leave the allies

😭

[steel zephyr]

🤤 only had to invade norway

or well they invaded me

all cores too

[upbeat helm]

I finally understand navy

[steel zephyr]

how shit is this

[ivory hull]

very bad

use the howitzer

as main gun

2 heavy machine guns

and

wet ammunition storage

[steel zephyr]

tuff

[ivory hull]

and add radio

and a mio

get 4 armor clicks

[steel zephyr]

4 armour clicks?

[ivory hull]

4 clicks on the armor modifier

[steel zephyr]

oh ok

[ivory hull]

now assign a mio

[ivory hull]

infantry tank designer is the best mio if you have it available

[steel zephyr]

unfortunately only have a single MIO

for the tank that is

[ivory hull]

yea thats better than none

[deep dagger]

You can’t tell me your submarines sink battleships gng

[patent thistle]

LOL I KILLED THE DUTCH BEFORE THEY COULD JOIN THE ALLIES 😭🤣

THEY COULDNT EVEN CALL IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES YET-

[deep dagger]

No free rubber ig

[patent thistle]

still free ships

[steel zephyr]

made this division with that tank but im dissapointed by the armour 😢

[ivory hull]

replace the motorized with cavalry

and add 2 more tank battalions

and ig increase armor clicks if you want

also add support artillery

[upbeat helm]

wdym

ofc my subs sunk the prides of the fleet

and other battleships

[deep dagger]

Well AI ig

[upbeat helm]

Just use mechanize instead of motorized add hospital recon and support arti

if you have good industry use flame tanks

but for armor it's rly jst about your tank design

[patent thistle]

okay "maybe" i shouldnt have seized the french navy-

yeah. maybe-

(also dont question it why vichy is a puppet, i dont have la-resistance)

[clear dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/bee-movie-lawyer-tantrum-gif-20018965

[patent thistle]

yeah. "maybe" getting the vichy french fleet was "a little" too much early on-

[dusky burrow]

This is outdated advice tbh since if you're going down individual excellence like we recommend, motorized > cavalry because motorized gets HP buffs and cav doesn't. And as you can see HP is low
But do switch to mech as fast as possible since HP there is the highest

What does suck about this template is: no assault engineers, no medium flame tanks, no light tank recon or ranger recon, and then fifth slot should probably have something too

And the tank design seems a bit lackluster

[dusky burrow]

Nice

That typically happens tbh

[patent thistle]

i dont think the british navy got the memo that i control the french fleet too

[ivory hull]

Oh damn I didn't know that

[dusky burrow]

Honestly

You should probably just use normal infantry early game

[patent thistle]

rip the hood

[dusky burrow]

Oof

[patent thistle]

rip the allies

welp.

[steel zephyr]

tuff

🥹

[patent thistle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/mylabbox-key-nervous-peele-3oz8xLlw6GHVfokaNW

democratic norway in the faction full of commies

[steel zephyr]

had to be mogged

it was originally communist norway and it declared

[patent thistle]

rip

[steel zephyr]

took a lot of its land

and because of a focus, i got it cored

same with sweden and murmansk

[patent thistle]

ik something something sami people

[steel zephyr]

replacing a recon company on my main infantry div with a mentainance company was a tough choice

but wow am i getting free soviet equipment

[patent thistle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/mylabbox-key-nervous-peele-3oz8xLlw6GHVfokaNW

soviets seeing the german behemoth building up right on their doorstep:

[steel zephyr]

stack so huge viipuri cant handle

ignore the 1 hopeless norweigan div charging leningrad...

[patent thistle]

average AI being stupid:

[steel zephyr]

in this game germany (german empire route) got humbled early

[patent thistle]

oof-

[steel zephyr]

just gonna wait until i cause enough causalties and then i rush to moscow

third medium division to hit the front soon

the other two are on the leningrad front

first time actually using armoured units properly and ive got almost 400 hours

nice breakthrough

crazy pocket potential, just got to hype myself enough to close this pocket

3 crazy tiles with 1 weak

[tulip thorn]

you could get a decent small encirclement in Leningrad so easy

[steel zephyr]

im aiming for leningrad + the two tiles around it too yeah

[tulip thorn]

Their units are so weak

[steel zephyr]

will get all my armour (well just 3 divs but quite strong ones) to peirce their unit above novgorod

[tulip thorn]

Average strength is like 20-30%

[steel zephyr]

like 10% where im gonna hit 🤤

[lyric urchin]

Wow it won’t let me post what I’m saying on here

[tulip thorn]

Have you read server rules

[steel zephyr]

oh wow

[tulip thorn]

Its pretty easy to find out and see what you can and cant post

[lyric urchin]

There’s a certain individual in certain files right now are they including this in millennium dawn you think in a update for a focus or decisions tab as it seems inappropriate not to reflect this in a simulator that deals with historical accuracies

[tulip thorn]

Yeah this is rule 2

[tulip thorn]

Rule 2 break

[lyric urchin]

Makes no sense

[earnest imp]

Anyone able to teach me

I lost to Ethiopia as Italy bro

I tell them to attack and my troops sit around jacking off

[lyric urchin]

Is this not relevant to a mod that’s about historical accuracy

[lyric urchin]

I get it’s not pretty but it’s relevant

To politics

In a game like this

[tulip thorn]

This isnt even the correct place for millennium dawn

They have their own dc my guy

[earnest imp]

who’s able to teach me what I’m doing

[tulip thorn]

And real life politics are banned here

[lyric urchin]

This is the official discord server for hoi4 is that even relevant it was a general question on thoughts whether it will be their

I get this makes people uncomfortable

Frankly I don’t care

[tulip thorn]

Its not that it makes people uncomfortable, its literally against server rules

[quasi shoal]

that's rude

[earnest imp]

Anybody able to help me

[unique cliff]

what support for medium tanks?

[lyric urchin]

Is it ruder trying to silence a conversation about something relevant to contemporary politics because it makes someone uncomfortable when we have no right to feel more uncomfortable than the victims?

Again I’m not someone that cares about people’s feelings about not wanting to hear that.

I guess I’m rude idk

[quasi shoal]

no

[earnest imp]

Is there a beginners guide YouTube vid

[quasi shoal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCqXIRRVZIY

[lyric urchin]

Then you consider your feelings more important than having a conversation for the sake of the victims aside from whether it should be talked about on here. We both know the guy influenced American politics enough to reflect that in hoi4

[earnest imp]

An hour bruh 😭

[quasi shoal]

you're making assumptions of things no one said

[unique cliff]

what support for medium tanks?

[quasi shoal]

it doesn't matter if it influenced american politics, by joining the server you agree to not talk about politics

[quasi shoal]

flame tanks, assault engineers, logistic companies, AA, recon rangers iirc

[unique cliff]

lets say im very limited/poor or its early game

[lyric urchin]

You just responded to me your comfort matters more than hearing this knowing the victims went through worse than having to hear this.

[quasi shoal]

no I didn't

[lyric urchin]

So yes that’s far ruder

[lyric urchin]

Not talk about politics in a game that reflects politics

Even contemporary historically accurate politics

[quasi shoal]

a game about politics from 90 years ago

and that still doesn't matter

[lyric urchin]

With mods that deal with politics in modern times

Contemporary history

On its official discord

[quasi shoal]

dude

it says no politics

that means no politics

end of discussion

[lyric urchin]

I will show myself out of your hypocritical bullshit on here thank you very much

[steel zephyr]

20k losses for me before leningrad, 40k after leningrad, 41k now that i captured pskov

[tulip thorn]

Lmao

What was that guy

[trim pike]

That guy really wanted a certain person added in md

Idk why he even asked here

[tulip thorn]

I have no idea

Some people man

[steel zephyr]

man ive been missing out on tanks

[quasi shoal]

I was gonna tell him to go to the MD server but he had alr left

[fair horizon]

old pictures are so nice to look at, very clear looking

[scenic barn]

late 1942 germany hasnt even taken ukraine yet its so over

[steel zephyr]

uh oh

[quasi shoal]

aren't you fascist

js send vols if it's not working

or decl yourself

[scenic barn]

im already fighting the soviets cuz for some reason democratic panama joined the comintern but i was gonna leave russia to the germans cuz i assumed they got it but now im sending over a lot of the army cuz idk what happened

[fair horizon]

anyone wanna try to help me identify a ship from an old ww2 photo?

[void harbor]

can't get supply to North Africa for some reason

I'm Australia

my capital hub won't send supplies to the African coast.

[fair horizon]

Not sure if its japanese or american but i know for sure its one of them

taken presumably in 44 or 45

[void harbor]

looks like an old one

but I have no idea. I would think that would be phased out by by 1944 but who knows

[fair horizon]

id assume so to and i thought izumo class but they were both sunk

[void harbor]

my guess is it's Japanese because they were desperate at that time

pulling out old Tokugawa ships probably

[fair horizon]

that would be mine too but this is from my great grandfather's ww2 photos

[void harbor]

hmmm

[smoky fiber]

Easy game

wrong pic

there

[quasi shoal]

why is france long

[void harbor]

uhh

Is Russia gone?

[clear dagger]

yeah it got deleted from the base game

[void harbor]

[void harbor]

hot take 24 divisions is way too small

for a single general

I always find myself having too many divisions and not enough generals.

[quasi shoal]

why no field marshall

[quasi shoal]

just recruit more generals

[void harbor]

bcuz he his Adolf and all the Field Marshalls have been sacked.

he is Larping 100%

[quasi shoal]

💔

[void harbor]

lol

okay here's another thing

should I only have Guderian command panzers

[quasi shoal]

huh

[void harbor]

or should he get a full 24 army

[clear dagger]

give him anti tank only

[void harbor]

like does it hurt the tank stats if there's infantry inside the army?

[fair horizon]

a little

[void harbor]

yeah I usually do it the historical way

like Guderian and von Kleist were not commanding infantry.

I mean they were but they were usually motorized

[quasi shoal]

no

[fair horizon]

i mean it affects the armor but not enough to matter really

[quasi shoal]

he means of the whole army

not division

[void harbor]

that's how I do it

[quasi shoal]

it's better to have all the tanks under one better general

as long as it doesn't go over 24

[void harbor]

ye you right

weheraboo larp

I guess they can't put the Afrikakorps insigina in the game

But I like how pdx uses historical army symbols

[fair horizon]

oh lmao

[fair horizon]

this looks to be the closest match i can find

[smoky fiber]

wdym?

[quasi shoal]

france has the left strip that germany usually gets

[smoky fiber]

Yeah they just randomly annexed it

[tulip thorn]

its because without la resistance, vichy france is spawned as a german puppet and added to the war.

And Im guessing there were still allied troops in southern france

allowing vichy to kill them and take the land for themself since its all cored

[quasi shoal]

ah

[smoky fiber]

France was easier to capitulate than the Benelux

this is how it looks currently

[azure crescent]

when ever i try to do the second civil war it starts like right away, am i like doing something wrong?

this time i got stuck in turkey

liek thats where my units spawned

[smoky fiber]

Why?

[azure crescent]

i was invading them as the union but i wsnt expection them to also spawn there when the civil war happened

[smoky fiber]

Im so confused

[azure crescent]

i was mid war and for some reason when the civil war started instead of the units spawning in chita they spawned in turkey

[smoky fiber]

That is weird

[azure crescent]

the civil war also broke out in 36, i didnt even get to take alot of land

[smoky fiber]

Damn

[cunning crescent]

When is the hoi4 board game coming out

[smoky fiber]

When Im not sick

[cunning crescent]

No deadass

[smoky fiber]

No clue

[azure crescent]

like what?

dog its barely been any amount of time

[jade nebula]

North Eastern Army run

[azure crescent]

everytime i only get this and boom war

[steel zephyr]

ts gonna be a pain

[tulip thorn]

Not as much pain as me

soviets arent the hardest to cap

Just need to clean up china

[slim nexus]

As Germany, I'd pick the Combined Arms Warfare path as a Nazi, Democratic or Communist but pick the Prussian Traditions path as a Monarchist

[azure crescent]

thanks man

thanks paradox

i really love you for this

[smoky fiber]

@azure crescent

[azure crescent]

and i cant even get a good start

also you didnt use the based president there for im disapointed

[smoky fiber]

sad

Im sorey

I have a Swiss 1957 save 😭

[uncut pollen]

Im not gonna even ask why there is china in Germany

[jade ore]

how doyou unpuppet a country with console?

[steel zephyr]

soviets declared on iran, what a relief

crazy strength

[smoky fiber]

Im cry

[tulip thorn]

Just so many japanese and americans stuck in weastern china

[smoky fiber]

This hurts to look at

[tulip thorn]

Casualties after cleaning up china

[steel zephyr]

holy belarus

[smoky fiber]

I think you are winning, just a hunch

[steel zephyr]

maybe

[tulip thorn]

Maybe they are

Could be losing

Who knows

[steel zephyr]

was just me and sweden and norway vs the soviets

a bit ago the allies joined

[cunning crescent]

Does anyone know when Board game is coming out

[tulip thorn]

no

[smoky fiber]

Nada

[tulip thorn]

This took me 4 hours

[steel zephyr]

tanna tuva last miniute sliming

[smoky fiber]

What am I looking at. 😭

[tulip thorn]

tannu what is an insult

[tulip thorn]

France

[smoky fiber]

Why are you allies with nearly the entire planet 😭😭😭😭

[tulip thorn]

Most of them are puppets

[smoky fiber]

Not the Russians or Ottomans tho right?

[tulip thorn]

no

[smoky fiber]

Seem independent

[tulip thorn]

They are independent

So is iran and portugal-brazil

[smoky fiber]

Pov that German puppet when the allies walk by: Quick! Act independent!

[smoky fiber]

Good job

[tulip thorn]

My save started as Napoleonic france larp

Has turned into a painful 8 hour long war

[smoky fiber]

Damn

[smoky fiber]

How many ingame years?

[tulip thorn]

Its only 46

[slim nexus]

Finno-Russia alternate timeline

[tulip thorn]

Just running at a snails pace, and i've been at 2-4 speed doing micro

[smoky fiber]

My longest battle is a 100 something days I think

[steel zephyr]

can core st petersburg

[tulip thorn]

Damn

[smoky fiber]

Why not

[tulip thorn]

Im shocked that I didnt have really long battles

Since i've been in supply hell china for the last 6 hours

[smoky fiber]

Operation Barbarossa is hard

[steel zephyr]

i actually feel so stupid for not trying tanks before

in all my other finland games i ignore tanks because im told finland shouldnt bother

but when i bother its an even nicer russia kill

im crien bruh norway getting framemogged by mongolia

[smoky fiber]

I kept France from getting captured as ussr

[tulip thorn]

You should use field marshal order for all your infantry

Infantry

[smoky fiber]

I have the game for 8 months and I have no idea how to use a Field Marshal

I have been completely fine tho

[tulip thorn]

Then assign one

And then you can shift click with the field marshal on any front to make it easier on the eyes and way easier to manage

[steel zephyr]

why do some puppets follow the colour and others dont

if i were to release a puppet it would have its own colour

if i get one from a peace treaty, it gets my colour

[lapis prairie]

If I annex a colab goverment do i get the 20% recruitable pop?

[tulip thorn]

Final total casualties

Its finally over

[hollow mesa]

i am expected playing china

should i buy the new dlc no comprise or wait to sale

[tulip thorn]

I think thats enough

[heavy vigil]

weak faction

[mystic nest]

50/50 ratio of red and green bubbles??

[tulip thorn]

I agree

Russia has been useless

[misty fossil]

average russia

[tulip thorn]

Very true

I sent them 1.5 million guns during the war, every single one is gone

They had a 150k deficit

[misty fossil]

what mod is this, kaiserreich?

[slim nexus]

If theres no party popularity icon on the top left bar its not kr

[toxic cypress]

roc winna

[tulip thorn]

no

Vanilla with a french rework mod

[misty fossil]

what france rework?

can you show the focus tree

[tulip thorn]

Im not in game

its a pretty good mod

France expanded

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3133019320&searchtext=france

[oak mantle]

slaughtering the uk air force on sheeps

[finite plume]

Just a little more VP's

😔 🙏

[tulip thorn]

Needs more

[finite plume]

America has so little VP's when you actually look at all of them at once (Continental only)

[trim lotus]

Why. Why does the AI keep doing this. Mexico goes aggressive, starts declaring wars, and instead of joining the US faction with a massive army literally ready to invade, they join some random European faction.

[toxic cypress]

need that prc achievement

[toxic cypress]

ugly map

[wanton nebula]

The true roman empire

Plus: French participation in war against japan

[lapis snow]

Win shift S

[copper cobalt]

Thought that was Sicily for a second there

So sicily of me

[wanton nebula]

Exactly, those pretenders could never form as good a roman empire as the ascendant kingdom of rapa nui

[olive remnant]

any hoi4 veterans here?

i need help with setting up production

[spiral prawn]

Yeah

[heavy vigil]

day 1 is important

[olive remnant]

i am making heavy tanks as germany, will put heavy canon 2 later in 39.
but when i start coverting my base heavy to new heavy Tank destryors (with canon)
they also convery my armor meme tanks

how do i tell the game to only convert base heavy tanks, and not include armor memes

playing sheep mod btw

[rare sand]

What's the best width for naval invading Japan?

I have the wargoal from Panay incident

[ivory hull]

dont play sheep when you dont know production

[olive remnant]

thats why i am asking for help genius

normal ai way too easy

[ivory hull]

too easy but you dont understand the basics of production?

are you playing on civilian difficulty?

[fickle stag]

You need to get humbled my guy

[atomic grove]

if you still don't have a full understanding of production then i dont think u should play sheeps mod

just stick to vanilla and learn for now

[snow rain]

I mean he's right

[tiny iris]

Isn't it crazy how Napoleon Total War is still one of the best strategy games?

The strategy genre is so underrated.

[heavy vigil]

pain

[quasi shoal]

sheep isn't THATTTT hard as germany

[atomic grove]

yeah

thats the thing

[jade ore]

where can i give feedback? italy needs so much more work on their ai they are literally just so bad otherwise

and their situation isnt the greatest too but thats probably realistic

[ripe slate]

Forums

[jade ore]

they actually read them? alr

[ripe slate]

A small team curates the reports on there into messages to the devs

[jade ore]

just incase im getting it wrong, its the paradox forum for hoi4

[jade ore]

great

i doubt my message will make an impact but who knows

[mystic nest]

There's probably no end to people complaining about the vanilla ai anyway

[open cradle]

Is hoi4 fun again?

[left jewel]

it always was

[quiet vessel]

No

this is actually a Hoi4 hate server

[left jewel]

does paradox actually run this

[quiet vessel]

i believe so

the word official leads me to think so

[left jewel]

theres actual mod devs here too

[quiet vessel]

i have a romania mod im making but i just cba to do the army branch🤧

[left jewel]

nobody does the army branches

Unless theyre OP

[tulip thorn]

Yes

[tulip thorn]

One of the mods here is a head R56 dev

[mystic nest]

They call me the admiral (im brazil)

Oops

my large ships hadnt arrived yet

[devout sphinx]

do u play mp

[mystic nest]

no

this was against sp

im just that goated

[devout sphinx]

how many hours u got?

[mystic nest]

i just started

140

[devout sphinx]

oh that makes sense

[mystic nest]

i hate the navy

these ships were all annexed

so all good

[devout sphinx]

Thief

[mystic nest]

the only ships i usually ever get after starting are all from annexed nations

[devout sphinx]

new navy update is ahhh

[mystic nest]

lol

[misty fossil]

me when im only trying to play and other people humiliate me for that

clueless emoji

[misty fossil]

why dont you answer his question instead of belittling him

[ivory hull]

because he doesnt know how to set up production and is calling the ai easy

i just dont understand how he easily beats the ai but cant set up production

[misty fossil]

i mean i have 1100 hours and i dont know how to answer that except for setting another equipment tag..

[misty fossil]

make sure ur making more base heavies than you are converting both HTDs and armour memes

maybe the game starts converting the oldest tanks in stockpile?

[misty fossil]

he sounds like he does

the question he asked doesnt sound like something someone with 10 hours would

[ivory hull]

ok?

[snow rain]

the AI is easy to deal with

it's awfully bad

[ivory hull]

yea but mostly players who have problems with production also have problems with ai

[open cradle]

Cap

[open cradle]

Good i don’t want to get addicted again lol

[tulip thorn]

Truth, I hate hoi4 so much I play several hours of it a day

[open cradle]

I started playing it in my dreams at some point 🫩

I got like a massive amount of hours in the game and still can’t understand how the navy works

I feel so dumb

[tulip thorn]

Navy is pretty easy

[open cradle]

Ik the complications are the reason why the game is so fun but the navy is a different breed

[open cradle]

Cap

[tulip thorn]

Navy is really really far from being complicated

[tulip thorn]

What is complicated about it?

[open cradle]

Last time i played was like a year ago idk if they changed stuff

[tulip thorn]

Did you have man the guns

[open cradle]

Literally everything

[open cradle]

Idk let me check

[tulip thorn]

its free now

everyone has it

but did you have it a year ago

[open cradle]

What I have

[tulip thorn]

Ok you did

With man the guns, all you need really are light cruisers if you start with a navy

[open cradle]

Yh i only spam that

[tulip thorn]

For templates literally all you have to do is ask for help here

And boom navy

[open cradle]

I want to understand them not js copy

[tulip thorn]

Understand what

Like what each individual thing does

Positioning, Org, supply, light and heavy attack

Sortie efficiency

[crisp wyvern]

A Sukuna fan trying to play hoi4

Oh man, I sure hope they don't commit any war crimes!

https://giphy.com/gifs/stare-thousand-yard-queueuof-UsKYCgdsoHGq7xrHLd

[dapper orchid]

What?

[heavy vigil]

negative base production efficiency

[dapper orchid]

For trucks specifically it seems

[neat kayak]

Eat shit schmidler

[heavy vigil]

probably all new lines

[chilly raven]

Hello people, hopefully this is the right chat, I haven't found anything that convinced me particoularly when searching for "best modern tank division template hoi4", so I tried to make one myself (this is literally the 1st template I make in the game, ever), do you guys think is can be good? Or did I make an unholy abomination I need to be exiled from the planet for?

[trim pike]

Its not bad

Add 2 more tanks

Whats the tank design

[mystic nest]

36w

Don't use motorised recon

Use recon rangers

Flame tanks are a must replace signals with thise

[chilly raven]

(for context, this would be used in small numbers for assault only, my army can hold the line fairly well, it's pretty strong with naval invasion, and fairly decent at advancing small distances to stabilize fronts, I just need something that allows me to break the american lines on the russian front so that I help the USSR with getting back Moscow)

[mystic nest]

Support aa is almost always needed

Except if your air force is insane

[trim pike]

Also supports should be changed to med flame and assault engs

[mystic nest]

Field hospital

[trim pike]

Those are the most impt

[mystic nest]

Yes

Med flame, assault engi, recon rangers, field hospital and aa

Swap out aa if you're dominating them in the air

For like logi

[chilly raven]

mhhhh, you think I can increase the width to 36? cuz if I add more then some stats go down (armor and piercing, I do gain some breakthrough tho)

Idk how much piercing I should have but I opted to have a 150 minimum since it's 1951 and there might be pretty heavy stuff on the enemy side

(questioning to understand, I hardly know what I'm doing but I'm trying my best lmao)

[mystic nest]

Yes

[mystic nest]

If you're fighting the AI it's not a problem

The Ais armour is non existent

Infantry can pierce it

[chilly raven]

mhhh I see I see, they ain't good at making strong templates I'm assuming (?)

[mystic nest]

Yes

[strong umbra]

rate my definetly very vanilla non modded tank design

[mystic nest]

They are terrible at templates

[mystic nest]

Could use a few more slots

[chilly raven]

Thanks a lot! I just modified it, hopefully this helps with taking back territory

[strong umbra]

thats what i thought

[mystic nest]

3.5km/h is diabolical though

Pump up those engine stats

[strong umbra]

nah

i want them to be slower than my inf

[mystic nest]

💀

[strong umbra]

btw im also gonna make rly mast light tank

[chilly raven]

the front is a bit of a mess....

[strong umbra]

fantastic light tanks

[chilly raven]

taking any advice I can get because I've never got past 1941 and it's my first run with a major country (Japan)

[mystic nest]

Click on those red bubbles mate

[umbral sinew]

Yarramina

[chilly raven]

the attack ones ye?

[mystic nest]

Whichever red bubbles are yours

[umbral sinew]

Come

[mystic nest]

They tell you why you're losing

[umbral sinew]

Bro come vs

[strong umbra]

same speed

fantastic l;oght tanks innit?

16.1km

[mystic nest]

??

[mystic nest]

There we go

[chilly raven]

the 2nd one is a missclick, the Hohei Shidan is the template I modified specifically for defense, Idk how it ended up there

[mystic nest]

Avoid attacking across rivers and especially into terrain debuffs

You're also not using cas

[mystic nest]

If you HAAVE to cross a river then cross at one point

Don't do a general assist along a river

[strong umbra]

strategic bombing is definetly very userfull

make sure toalways strategically bomb people

especially if your new

[chilly raven]

not even for pinning an enemy division?

(I was trying to pin a division because if they advanced more they would have taken the supply hub that's slightly more north)

(But I do not know how pinning works exacly, I always assumed I could send 1 division even on a losing attack just to block them there and allow for my allies to cover the tiles they left undefended)

[patent thistle]

what is the best width for tanks? (cause i am not great with tanks i usually use special forces)

[chilly raven]

brb got irl business to attend to

[mystic nest]

Cas > strat bombers by far if you don't have the industry to make both

[mystic nest]

You should almost never have to do that against the AI

The AI doesn't do advanced tactics like snaking and stuff

They just attack head on

[mystic nest]

36

[strong umbra]

also make sure to definetly always research land cruisers

best unit in the game

[umbral sinew]

The best Country ın hoi4 france

[strong umbra]

very definetly not suffering from terrain debuffs

[strong umbra]

nah its bhutan

[umbral sinew]

And grecee

[mystic nest]

💀

[umbral sinew]

Or tannatuva

[mystic nest]

Brazil

[umbral sinew]

No

[strong umbra]

rate my tanks

[umbral sinew]

Holy

[strong umbra]

holy shi thats expensive

[patent thistle]

these alright?

[vital cove]

all of that just to still be a shit tank with no stats

[patent thistle]

no shit its litterally the maus

[mystic nest]

Assault engineers, flame tanks instead of engineers and artillery

[strong umbra]

dant question my designs

[patent thistle]

dont have armored engeneers yet

[mystic nest]

Ion think anyone making superheavies cares about stats

[patent thistle]

but i can get flames

[mystic nest]

Aight then used normal engis for now

[strong umbra]

not looking too happy

[mystic nest]

Def get flames

They're broken

[strong umbra]

time to install more mods

[umbral sinew]

Good plana?

[patent thistle]

sucks to be you

[vital cove]

armored engineers and assault engineers are different

[strong umbra]

broski tf u flexing?

that aint that hard

[strong umbra]

imagine not having gotterdammerung

[mystic nest]

How old is this ss

[patent thistle]

you mean the hitler sensor?

or what?

[strong umbra]

broski no mio

[patent thistle]

dont have the DLC

[strong umbra]

u a bit slow?

[strong umbra]

.

[strong umbra]

.

are u visually impaired?

[patent thistle]

sorry that i do not have the money to casually throw around

[strong umbra]

buy dlc pass

thats what I did

[patent thistle]

i dispise Subscription based content

[mystic nest]

Yeah?

That hasn't been around for a while right

[eternal palm]

No?

Its specific to the german version of the game

any show of nazi symbols in games is illegal