hoi4-general

[lethal ether]

its either rt56 or rt56 expanded

[lilac ginkgo]

not rt56

i played it today

[mystic nest]

ptsd

[lethal ether]

this is so ahh

[lilac ginkgo]

hungarian allam soon

god i feel so good

[dapper sluice]

guys

https://garticphone.com/en/011048ee8c

hop on garctic im lonely

[mystic nest]

ping ur mates

[mystic nest]

wheres one and two

[dapper sluice]

offline

i pinged my other goons

[quasi osprey]

is this good for 1941

[dapper sluice]

ig bro

who r u

germany or romania

[radiant bone]

hahaha

[quasi osprey]

yugoslavia

[dapper sluice]

yeah its good

the caucuses r a pain in the ass

[mystic nest]

depends on if britains alive or not

[quasi osprey]

............

[mystic nest]

then its good

[pulsar saffron]

guys

[pulsar saffron]

if im playing a minor communist country and im at war with the axis but i justify on a democratic country will allies still guarantee them

[mystic nest]

ive never seen unbuffed japan cap inmdia before what difficulty is this lol

[quasi osprey]

wdym

[mystic nest]

as in ive never seen japan cap india without aid without me having to bump up the buffs in the settings

[whole matrix]

Communists should know well how well it played out for the allies post ww2

[mystic nest]

ohhh germany that makes a lot more sense

i just assumed japan joined the axi ssomehow

yeah thats more par for the course japan stuck in indochina and sea

[quasi osprey]

germany just took it in the peace deal

[pulsar saffron]

as long as india doesnt become major you can get them just by capping uk

[mystic nest]

yeah makes sense

[mystic nest]

had a major brain fart

[whole matrix]

Allies are the true threat to communism

[pulsar saffron]

i hate allies

always guaranteeing

[mystic nest]

just cap them

[whole matrix]

The allies always trying to restrict everything

[pulsar saffron]

120 hours playing default tree brazil?

dont think so

a nice thought

i have cooked up a master plan to hegemonise south america as much as i can without allies getting involved

[whole matrix]

You wanna make a big navy? Allies want to limit

[mystic nest]

wdym

oh

non dlc brazil

never tried that before

dlc brazil is where brazils power is anyway

[mystic nest]

what country?

[whole matrix]

Japan

[quasi osprey]

japan just declared on germany idk if thats a very good idea

[fair horizon]

20% of the capital strength of britian or over 10k ship. Just ignore it like everyone did

[pulsar saffron]

justify on chile and argentina first, have three spies set up coup in argentina while i defend, then with new argentine friend defeat chile. guarantee ecuador and set all spies to boost communism there to flip them before the peru war, then invite ecuador to faction and annex peru, then justify and annex venezuela

[mystic nest]

if you have the philipines then its simple just ignore everything and naval inavde japan lmao

[pulsar saffron]

i dont have the dlc

[mystic nest]

rip

you should get it if you can

[pulsar saffron]

i will eventually

[mystic nest]

brazil with the dlc is probably my favourite country in the game

[quasi osprey]

we dont america has philipines

[mystic nest]

are you at war with ameirca?

[pulsar saffron]

but i wanna see if i can do big things with non dlc

[quasi osprey]

no

[mystic nest]

then request mil accesss

and use it anyway

[quasi osprey]

ok

[pulsar saffron]

hence the master plan

[mystic nest]

usually if youre at war with the same country as an ai nation and youre not at war with that nation theyllg ive you mil access

then its just land in like southern japan and you win

[quasi osprey]

my navy is quite small so I will have to use these guys

[mystic nest]

paratroopers of doom and despair do you have heavy fighters

idk if philipine airfields can reach japan

with light fighters

[pulsar saffron]

they cant

even ryuku cant

at least thats my experience

[mystic nest]

cooked just go for iwo jima first then

sometimes they dont bother garrisoning iwo jima

[pulsar saffron]

unless theres bigger range planes that i missed

[mystic nest]

maybe with mios you could get planes over japan from there? id ont know i almost never use paratroopers

marines are just so broken and versatile

[pulsar saffron]

i tried to paratroop japan as germany once but i would have had to airport hop from taiwan to china to korea to japan

i just naval invaded

[mystic nest]

yeah

god bless the marine corps

[pulsar saffron]

i successfully paratrooped japan as communist china from korea tho

and funneled one million pla soldiers into the first port i captured

so it can be done

you just need korea

[still mason]

anyone wanna play Kaiserreich multiplayer vs ai

[quasi osprey]

what if sovs are almost gone should I still go for the invasion of japan first?

[mystic nest]

cap soviets and take vladivostok ig

use that to invade

[dapper sluice]

who tf is rgl LMAO

[lilac ginkgo]

i am

oops

[mystic nest]

aw hell naw i just got railed by sheeps mod

lore accurate d-day like a bajillion divs

[dapper sluice]

peak

[lilac ginkgo]

i know right

[quasi osprey]

[dapper sluice]

BRO 😭

WHAT is this

[quasi osprey]

encirclement

[sudden thistle]

It’s the best part 🔥

[radiant bone]

repelled the Germans

[ember vine]

I almost regained northern ireland but the naval invs stopped me

[uncut pollen]

Lets please not post this kind of stuff

[hidden crystal]

who do i go for next

saxony js be spawning divs outta nowhere

last time around i rushed and got merked by britain in 19;46

[quasi osprey]

The black sea is now the yugoslav sea in my run

[cedar lance]

hmm

so TGW mod works for me

[quasi osprey]

umm why did this happen

???????

💀

[hidden crystal]

yo im cooked if I get into a war with saxony
theyre js spawning divs and I have no allies to help me whatsoever

but they should be easy asf to encircle

[quasi osprey]

I have more planes than usa

and almost as much factories

[heavy vigil]

yugoslavian air

crazy

[vital cove]

i learned that breaking your country apart os actually fairly strong for yugo

but it still sucks

[quasi osprey]

[hidden crystal]

uograde your planes holy moly

[quasi osprey]

[vital cove]

100 factories by 39

without expanding

not too bad

[quasi osprey]

not that bad planes

[vital cove]

tho it would be more. if pdx made the ai not dumb as bricks

why is country with 0 factories picking air focuses a thing

[hidden crystal]

iron wolf lithuania rejects my offer to join my faction
they then go on to invade poland

watch them get merked

[vital cove]

the hell are they gonna do with air base

[hidden crystal]

they gotta make italy ai better

[quasi osprey]

😅

[hidden crystal]

like its cracked in africa but terrible in europe

[vital cove]

i mean i get not wanting to make the ai better

so the game won't be hard

[quasi osprey]

😅

[hidden crystal]

games hard enough for new players lmao

[vital cove]

but countries with 0 factories not picking industry focuses is just bad for the player

and not too relevant for the ai

[hidden crystal]

i always go for industry 2nd

i do main focuses for ideology first

[vital cove]

yea as a player

[unreal mica]

Its 1955 and they have service by requirement i was playing as syria so i had all adults serve

[vital cove]

because you can use your ideology

the ai can't

especially when its puppets

[unreal mica]

I’m so greedy i always do industry first

[quasi osprey]

do u know why this might have happened?

[hidden crystal]

no

[unreal mica]

I cant stop civ greeding i just can’t figure out when to start building mills

[hidden crystal]

im not that experience, i usually play modded

[mystic nest]

yes

[hidden crystal]

but im so mad britain didnt go fascist cs i dont wanna fight them in a endless war theyll eventually win after like 10 years

[vital cove]

mid 37 early 38

[mystic nest]

break apart they do their foucses

[quasi osprey]

ussually the german leader changes on capitulation or smth like that but here axis controlles most of the world

[mystic nest]

reinforcporate and profit

[mystic nest]

for most countries early to mid 1937

[unreal mica]

Isnt that too early

[hidden crystal]

He was prolly merked by fuhrerprinzip

[mystic nest]

are when you should start producing your firs tmils

no

you need efifciency

[vital cove]

well. some of them do

[unreal mica]

Well thanks yall

[hidden crystal]

told yall lithuania would fall

[mystic nest]

some free factories is better than no free factories

[vital cove]

yea

[hidden crystal]

im not gonna invite them to my faction either bro

[vital cove]

its still ass anyways tho

because its yugo

[mystic nest]

yugo is just generally not a fun country to play

[hidden crystal]

killed theirselves and want me to help defend when they'd be terrible against every other country in the world?

nah

[quasi osprey]

ooooh..

[hidden crystal]

yeahh

[mystic nest]

lmfao

[hidden crystal]

dunno why ai does that

[quasi osprey]

why did they do that tho

[mystic nest]

ais js weird like that

sometimes they dont autarky even if they have the stuff required

which is so weird

[quasi osprey]

germany out there changing leaders while I am doing focuses for a single mil factory

[mystic nest]

average non megabuffed minor nation experience

[hidden crystal]

how tf do I CONSTANTLY get merked after taking one city of a entire country

genuinely bruh

I take one city and the enemy is somehow at berlin

ai usually isnt this snart

[mystic nest]

what country are you playing

[hidden crystal]

prussia

[mystic nest]

germany alt hist?

ive nevr played it before but it shouldnt be that week

weak

[hidden crystal]

no matter what country i go for after thurigien im always merked

[mystic nest]

do you get murked with historical germany too

[hidden crystal]

not as easily

[hidden crystal]

germany fragmented

[mystic nest]

ah i havent played through a game of that yet

[hidden crystal]

prussia is weak but not weak to the point where u can get done over over a mistake

its my favourite country but its so weak no matter what

[queen bronze]

Assuming I was to be able to do things relatively historically as America, if I nuke Japan do they typically surrender or do you have to still invade for them to capitulate like most countries in this game. Historical mode ofc

[hidden crystal]

on the other hand

britain will invade me with half their army and ill fend them off until they spam me with their entire army

[mystic nest]

there should be an event where if you nuke japan twice they surrender yes

theres a time limit on that event though

[queen bronze]

Ok thx

[mystic nest]

idk i only have experience with historical germany

cuz i find alt hist germany not that fun

[hidden crystal]

britain historical is somewhat annoying

[hidden crystal]

i dont go civil war paths

since im not that experienced and i dont know how to take the north easily

[cedar lance]

hello yalls

[mystic nest]

civil war paths are boring for most countries

[hidden crystal]

fr

thats why i like nations which can turn fascist without civil wars or are fascist already

[clear niche]

The UK can without a civil war.

[hidden crystal]

rlly? i never knew

[mystic nest]

i prefer non aligned countries to fascist ones

[clear niche]

The method for it can be found on YouTube if it hasn't changed.

[mystic nest]

democratic countries are nice if im being super super super lazy

[hidden crystal]

true

unless its USA

[mystic nest]

and just want to do absolutely nothing the whole game

the usa is boring on all paths

so i never play it

[hidden crystal]

i rarely play other countries than european countries

[mystic nest]

play brazil

its fire

[hidden crystal]

dont got the dlc for it

[crude schooner]

play the south american mod

[hidden crystal]

kk

i will in a few hrs

[crude loom]

Why are subs SHIT now

Grind for anechoic tiles and 50 subs get sunk in like a week

[mystic nest]

having a fully functioning navy is more fun in sp anyway

but r u sure? i was running sub spam sub 3s in sp

and didnt lose a single sub

[hidden crystal]

so thats why my subs are dookie

[mystic nest]

were they on a blockade runner admiral?

[crude loom]

They get spotted immediately now and get sunk straight away

[misty fossil]

70 day focus for a single mil lets go

[mystic nest]

send sub template?

[hidden crystal]

i rarely pay attention to admirals so thats prolly my problem

[quasi osprey]

[mystic nest]

fleet protector my beloved

[crude loom]

Its the meta one everyone uses, nothing different.

[mystic nest]

wait till you hear about australia's 70 day focus for a level 2 railway from sydney to canberra or smth

huge

[hidden crystal]

400 days js for a mili factory yippee

[misty fossil]

meta
bathtub with engine 1 and 1 torp 1

[mystic nest]

this will change the war

[mystic nest]

idk i dont use subs actually i would ask vendrip on why my subs are getting clapped

[heavy vigil]

hello cat

[mystic nest]

whaddup

[heavy vigil]

theyre subs

they get clapped

[hidden crystal]

i dont use meta cs i forget the meta fast

[crude loom]

Nooooo but im supposed to meta game and let the game play itself

I cant handle actually thinking abt navy comp and investing into it

[heavy vigil]

if you meta game you cant let the game play itself

you have to click correct buttons

[crude loom]

I js wanna do cas and tanks and see big green bubbles

[mystic nest]

'meta game' and 'let the game play itself'

[sudden thistle]

True

[mystic nest]

in the same sentence

is insane

[hidden crystal]

i love having creative freedom aswell tho

[mystic nest]

erm spgs 🤓

[ripe slate]

its pretty simple

[crude loom]

Muh spg stack

[sudden thistle]

Super super heavy SPG’s

[mystic nest]

i actualyl dont know the meta cas either

i just throw heavy bomb locks

[heavy vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/sogga-serval-what-if-you-exploded-explosion-gif-2182528568730460943

[mystic nest]

non strategic and extra fuel tanks

and pray

[hidden crystal]

i throw tons and tons of base bombs

[mystic nest]

base is apparnetly not good

but idk

[crude loom]

Is resealable not meta anymore?

[hidden crystal]

with like 2 2x cannons

[mystic nest]

air is a sideshow for me

[sudden thistle]

Casey u must sacrifice ur life for Pablo

[mystic nest]

why would you put resealable on cas

[misty fossil]

i love designing good subs

[sudden thistle]

Everything for Pablo

[mystic nest]

cas isnt meant to be in the fighting

throw resealable armor plates and extra fuel on your fighters yeah

[heavy vigil]

no...............

[sudden thistle]

But Pablo

[timber laurel]

is meta just micro-managing???

[atomic grove]

it always was

[mystic nest]

theres plenty of macro strategies too

[crude loom]

Drawing battle plan and clicking the arrow is a little too micro intensive for I

[crude loom]

For more air defence right?

That was my understanding of it

[mystic nest]

ehh im not sure if its worth the ic

someones probably done the numbers before

[dry kayak]

"Sir they have bunkers!"... "had bunkers.."

[mystic nest]

lmfaoo

[dry kayak]

last game with japs i ended in a war with an ally that become my enemy and i got dragged in a total mayhem and fought half world for an enemy-ally

we have some issue with the diplomatics in this game

[mystic nest]

just annex everyone

no diplo shenaningans if everything is yours!!

[cedar lance]

hello yalls

[spring quest]

what up yall

[dry kayak]

it's not the point, to make it simple: australia was my ally, then Australia went on war with other nations and i joined its war, but later Australia become my enemy and i had no chance to get out of its war

i had to invade it to finish it

[cedar lance]

should i go play hoi4 with the Great war mod

[dry kayak]

go for it bro

[cedar lance]

alr

[heavy vigil]

hii marko hru

[dry kayak]

btw i was noticing that AI sometimes ignores that you have the dominance in a sea area and they just invade like you are not controlling lol

[cedar lance]

im good hbu casey

at first in tgw mod in hoi4 ill focus on the eastern front

[iron iron]

This peanut butter feels so good

I mean tastes

[heavy vigil]

listening music

[dry kayak]

[iron iron]

what

[cedar lance]

nice

[dry kayak]

any suggestion to push faster the soviet union from the east side? it always take too much due to the supplies lines to build step by step

[spring quest]

air drops and build train line as u go

[grave sonnet]

Get out

[spring quest]

dont hate me bc i am beautiful@grave sonnet

[grave sonnet]

Bro that image you sent was NOT it

[dry kayak]

yep, it seems to be the only one i see. i keep building railways but the areas are too wide and the troops takes days

[spring quest]

awe sad story really dont care

@dry kayak yeah i am not the best was just an idea

maybe try to captur ports

[mystic nest]

lmfao

[spring quest]

for resupply also

[dry kayak]

the real issue is to have enough supplies and the only way is to make a supply depots every 3-4 tiles taken

[mystic nest]

i never invade russia from the east

its just boring

[dry kayak]

railways only brings too few stuff

[mystic nest]

its literally easier to just blow through whatever is in europe and invade from there

[spring quest]

do u have enoughf trains

[dry kayak]

if you are jap and soviets attacks you as soon you finish with china you have no options lol

[cursive sorrel]

1. 12 width inf

2. Snake

[modest grail]

im tryna make my troops encircle and they wont stop fighting whats the issue

[dry kayak]

snake? lol

[mystic nest]

snake of denmark reference?

[mystic nest]

bro wdym

??

[modest grail]

its got a X on the icon

[mystic nest]

weird the soviets usually never declare on hist japan

[modest grail]

and makes a click noise

they just wanna kill and not listen

[dry kayak]

i always play not historical

[gritty mist]

yo can smn play hoi4 rn

we need players

[mystic nest]

and then there we go lmao

[mystic nest]

uh

never seen that before

[dry kayak]

the dam SOVIET ONION

[whole matrix]

Damn these people dont got HOI4 Master degrees

[mystic nest]

just sit in manchuria and wear them out

[dry kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/m4kktruck-hasbulla-getintoitya-gif-23639983

[mystic nest]

after you take vladivostok they have 0 supply

[spring quest]

some of us cant play 24-7

[mystic nest]

so you just ignore tham and farm casualties off them

[modest grail]

once i drew the offensive line they are like locked into attacks and i cant redirect individual units to encircle lol

[mystic nest]

you can hold the line with shitter divs and deal with the pacific

[mystic nest]

press h mate

[dry kayak]

you def dindt see the ivasion with 70 divisions without supplies pushing up to china

[modest grail]

lemme try that

[dry kayak]

it took me months to send them back to siberia

[mystic nest]

🥀

[dry kayak]

oh guys, i cant remember the quick keys to cancel an order

[mystic nest]

what order

[dry kayak]

imagine you miscliked and send a unit moving and you wanna say them to stop

wasnt ctrl+ something

delete order command

but not the one in the planning UI

[modest grail]

even H wont effect these troops who are following the offensive line order already "we cannot advance while already in combat"

even halt dont work

[mystic nest]

h

h is halt

[dry kayak]

OH LOL

[modest grail]

i shoulda sent them to do what i wanted before i drew the offensive line

[mystic nest]

i have no idea whats happening but this is why i usually do the garrison + planning bonus thing

[mystic nest]

then can you just delete the offesnive line?

[modest grail]

did that lol

they are just blood thirsty killers

[mystic nest]

very weird

[dry kayak]

maybe the units are constatly just attacked?

[modest grail]

i was thinking this might be the case like they are being targeted directly but they are in the process of moving and neither can the other units change course

[dry kayak]

sometimes the AI just spams attacks to keep the units in the tile

NUKE EM ALL

[modest grail]

i think if i reload and send them to rush thru the empty space and encircle before i order the offensive line they will push thru

we will see

[dry kayak]

in my games the AI always put stacks of units in the choke area as soon there's a similar situation

[mystic nest]

play sheeps mod

the ai encircles you

🥀

[modest grail]

its working i just started the war with no offensive line and im manually starting the encirclments off , the offensive line off the rip locked alot of troops into stupid ass actions

[dry kayak]

i would be happy to see the ally AI that actually use the units instead of dont moving a sh*t on the frontlines

[modest grail]

some of my armies are set to do offensive lines and auto battle but this specifc one i need to be really accurate

[dry kayak]

even spamming the ping point it doesnt work for me

[mystic nest]

play sheeps mod

you get competent allies

or at least more competent than you could ever ask for on an ai ally

the ai in sheeps probably plays better than a significant chunk of the playerbase im ngl

better than me im getting punished for being lazy

[honest glacier]

sheeps mod be doing too much i take a look at china and ALL allied members sent attaches to them

[mystic nest]

me when france releases all their colonies so they do their focuses and then they get a bajillion factories

and when the entirety of the allies are in france fighting to keep it alive in 1939

🥀

and heavy tds

first time ive seen heavy tds in my life was in sheeps mod

and they absolutely railed me

[dry kayak]

maybe the devs actually didnt make the AI smart in order to let the avg player to win a game in 500hrs

[mystic nest]

nah you can do all majors cap as germany after like 30 hours

its just tedious at the start

[honest glacier]

i can only cap france in 1941 when i have heavy tanks and fighters because the belgian forest has like 3 million coomeers holding it by 1939

[dry kayak]

i still not played germans cause i think they are META

[mystic nest]

we love sheeps

[dry kayak]

i did Italy and now japs, i'm into challenges lol

[mystic nest]

theyre strong because they have to be strong

if germany wasnt strong then hoi4 wouldnt be a very fun game

[heavy vigil]

chat is this good for sp

[mystic nest]

try luxemborg

[mystic nest]

cooking??

[pastel urchin]

i love playing as uk or argentina

[dry kayak]

MORE SMOOOOKES

[heavy vigil]

i like the model

it looks silly

[dry kayak]

I think it can break trucks than disappears into the fog of battle lol

[heavy vigil]

no its good

[dry kayak]

for only 5 cost you can spam it

[mystic nest]

anarchist spain gameplay propaganda??

[dry kayak]

meanwhile basic medium japs be like.. @heavy vigil

[mystic nest]

tanks as japan is crazy

i usually just spam marines

[dry kayak]

if you unlock the pieces they are just normal

[mystic nest]

although i dont play japan much anyway

[dry kayak]

similar to italy lol

[mystic nest]

i hate the faction system and naval invading tiny islands

[frosty grove]

What’s hoi4 doing for April fools

I wonder

[mystic nest]

yessss i cannot wait to prepare thirty days to take aluahuland in the middle of micronesia

[dry kayak]

Italy with radars on their capital ships and enough fuel to run them LOL

[frosty grove]

PLAYABLE ITALY????????

[mystic nest]

too far fetched for april fools

[dry kayak]

It's playable, but you have 0 chances to make errors

[frosty grove]

Maybe they will do a Tanna Tuva update finally

Along with Mongolia

[mystic nest]

tannu tuva update before america rework

guaranteed

[cold frigate]

is bitt3rsteel's germany guide good?

[frosty grove]

Anything but America rework

[mystic nest]

for beginners yeah

[cold frigate]

i dont wanna watch a 2 hour vid if its trash

[mystic nest]

he does go fast and he doesnt mention some important things

[cold frigate]

ok ty\

[mystic nest]

and theres some outdated stuff

but its more than enough for new players

[cold frigate]

HOW DOES HE GO FAST IF ITS 2 HOURS

[mystic nest]

he skips out on a lot of micro

oh wait the 2 hour version?

i think i watched the older one when i started

[mystic nest]

ah 2026 makes sense i havent seen taht one yet

[frosty grove]

Wait

[mystic nest]

but it should be better than his presvious one

which was already decent

so yeah give it a watch

[cold frigate]

how lon was that

[frosty grove]

THEY HAVE HOI4 BEGINNER GUIDES????

[cold frigate]

ik im just finding out about therm

[frosty grove]

I WISH I KNEW THIS 1330 HOURS AGO

[mystic nest]

idk but segl has a germany guide

[cold frigate]

after 20 hours of being complete dogshit

[mystic nest]

thats kinda all hes known for other than disaster aves

[cold frigate]

im watchign a guide

[mystic nest]

but segl is like

a lot better of a player

and he goes into some niche things

[cold frigate]

what do u recomend i watch

i have 20 hours

[mystic nest]

bittersteel probably its the most generalist guide

[cold frigate]

if that matters

[mystic nest]

a lot of the stuff segl does is really not required at all in singleplayer

[frosty grove]

I NEVER KNEW THERE WERE HOI4 BEGINNER GUIDES

[frosty grove]

I’m gonna crash out 🫩

[cold frigate]

🫩

[mystic nest]

theyre not that useful

watch one and youve watched them all

except if youre watching more mp focused creators then you learn new stuff everytime

segl goes really quick in his guide lmao im watching it rn

this wouldbe diabolical for a new player to follow along

[cold frigate]

how long is it

[mystic nest]

an hour

[swift violet]

Whats this new square encirclement stuff

[mystic nest]

hes doing TECH JUGGLING

LMAOO

naww man just watch bittersteel

😭

this shit is way too sweaty to be required in sp

[swift violet]

Bittersteel is ass

[mystic nest]

for a new player hes more than fine

[swift violet]

Teefee gives you the best beginner guide

[mystic nest]

im watching segls guide and this aint a beginners guide

but to be fair he did title it ultimate germany guide

so

[swift violet]

Segls build is unfun tho tbh

Inf battleplan

🥱

[mystic nest]

i love inf battleplan!!

what the helly is microing

[swift violet]

That's NOT how you play the game tho

[mystic nest]

dude he goes so fast in his guide

[swift violet]

Micro gives you far better results and encirclements look hot

[mystic nest]

eh you can play the game any way you want in singleplayer

in mp obviously yeah

in sp you can eat bricks and win

civ greed cancel mefo germany build incoming

[swift violet]

If you want a real build watch teefee raw

[mystic nest]

ill o that next run

[swift violet]

Teefee raw gives a far better guide

[mystic nest]

a new player wouldnt really be microing effectively anyway

inf battleplan is how they should start

[swift violet]

Micro is easy

[mystic nest]

im talking like single digit hours

[swift violet]

Just push tanks on railways and cut off the front

[mystic nest]

its easy in hindsight

[swift violet]

Simple

[mystic nest]

yeah this is people who dont know what the hell supply is

[heavy vigil]

its goated

[mystic nest]

asking them to snake on supply lines before figuring out when to build mils is not a great idea

[swift violet]

This tds?

[heavy vigil]

sim

[swift violet]

Also soviets can do the same build and win far easier

Tools 4 and gun 3 before barb is crazy strong

I think you can get tools 5 with modernisation as well

[heavy vigil]

cooked inf

[mystic nest]

soviets can do anything in sp just throw some 18w shitter divs behind the riverline

[cold frigate]

where the hell is range improvments???

[mystic nest]

improves the range of equipment

??

[cold frigate]

bro its not in my reasearch

[mystic nest]

what tech is worth tech juggling anyway

i usually just do electronics

[mystic nest]

yeah its not what r u asking about it

[cold frigate]

nvm bruh

[snow rain]

it's in the air research tab, right side next to engines

[mystic nest]

ah im stupid as hell i thought he was asking about how to improve equipment range

[heavy vigil]

hiiiii francis

[snow rain]

I need more range on my support equipment

[sweet bone]

I am glad I chose Iraq for this campaign

[mystic nest]

full sentences??? too fancy

[mystic nest]

wdym

[heavy vigil]

i love that you can make inf faster

niche tech

[vapid rock]

can someone tell me why I keep capitulating randomly as ethiopia? I have been holding the same 6 provinces for the last 7 months and yet I keep capitulating even though I don't know why

[snow rain]

rangers going at 4.4km/h base with their SF doctrines

[heavy vigil]

because of your balance of power event

gotta hold onto more stuff

[snow rain]

you lose war support

[heavy vigil]

weak

you can get 4.2 from equipment

and then more from doctrines

[vapid rock]

it finished already, I am holding enough victory points to have 35%

[snow rain]

you take losses and you get bombed, some focuses reduce war support as do some events from escalation
you are too close to cap and when your ws goes too low, you cap

[heavy vigil]

no

its an event

you have to hold a certain amount of states

[snow rain]

is it ?

[heavy vigil]

your surrender progress isnt relevant to it

[snow rain]

never saw that

[heavy vigil]

yeah

[snow rain]

good to know

[heavy vigil]

its why i wanna hold so far forward so i dont have to deal with it XD

[vapid rock]

yeah it finished already, my surrended limit already went down

[heavy vigil]

yeah restart

hold more

[mystic nest]

to play ethiopia is to suffer

[heavy vigil]

ideally you hold southern border (prob not forever) and macalle

like as soon as you get a red bubble in the south you retreat

i made an image for it

let me find it

[snow rain]

you can manage to hold 2 tiles in the north and 3 in the south and hold correctly tbf

[heavy vigil]

its on my phone

or message history ig

[snow rain]

just need to micro and get all the spawn ins you can get + try to use the market to buy rifles if you can (it' s a plus)

[heavy vigil]

impossible to find in the second

[vapid rock]

I still don't get it, my war support isn't low at all, it still says 99% the hour before capitualtion

[heavy vigil]

you can hold frontline in south xd

depends on rng tho

if they attack its better to go mountain/hill line

but you buy time

[snow rain]

I prefer to hold the hills to prevent losing to CAS
and you can get easy encirlements when ita AI tries to randomly redeploy the front

kill them in the desert

[heavy vigil]

@vapid rock

[snow rain]

btw, aussa never gets annexed if you don't lose gondar

[heavy vigil]

im pretty sure its tigray

like 99%

but maybe im dumb and stupid idk

[vapid rock]

this is 1 day before capitulating in my current save:
maybe im just stupid but I'll try something else

[snow rain]

might be linked to surrender progress ?

[heavy vigil]

thats way too small

[heavy vigil]

no

its state based

[heavy vigil]

follow the lines inward

you hold everywhere as long as possible besides south frontline

if you get red bubble on south frontline just pull back

rest is all fallback

[snow rain]

also, you should micro your divs
leave less divs on tiles that aren't attacked as often and concentrae mountaineers (or irregulars if you buff them through your focuses) in hot points

[heavy vigil]

i love irregular

more hp

more last stand

less gun loss

i dont believe in mountaineers and hardly in regulars

im not an org believer

[mystic nest]

but muh cas deorg

[heavy vigil]

last stand

[mystic nest]

😰

[vapid rock]

big strength loss on last stand though

[heavy vigil]

ok so what

your last stand on irregulars only costs like manpower

you have plenty

its also high hp so you lose less

it does cost some guns but significantly less

[vapid rock]

didn't know that

good to know

[mystic nest]

guys should i enable la resistance

havent done this since i started the game

[heavy vigil]

why dont u have it

[mystic nest]

because.. shoot the enemy until they surrender

collab govs??

wuzzat

[snow rain]

and honestly you can safely spend your whole civ eco to buy guns from the market instead of building

[heavy vigil]

thats not how it works

you cant

you cant use market

league of nations

[mystic nest]

im a very big believer in shoot enemy till surrender

[snow rain]

you can after a while or if you do the focus

[heavy vigil]

youre not forced to do collabs

[heavy vigil]

at that point you shouldve won

[mystic nest]

i know

[heavy vigil]

thats like 5 years in the future

[mystic nest]

intel and allat

[snow rain]

nah iirc there's an event in escalation at level 5 or 6 maybe ?

[heavy vigil]

also like

lion stands

lion stands good

[snow rain]

it allows to buy from market again

[heavy vigil]

thats like 1940 stuff

[snow rain]

not if you hold gondar

that's way faster, like 1937ish

[heavy vigil]

idk macalle hold has been too inconsistent for me

maybe im just bad

[snow rain]

it's a bit of a gamble on their CAS

[heavy vigil]

i need to test vs foxsy

[snow rain]

often the AI splits with fighters and it's fine but sometimes they deathstack cas and can't hold

[heavy vigil]

foxsy finished ethiopian war in like a bit over a month

[snow rain]

GUH

[heavy vigil]

see what place is best vs player

[heavy vigil]

like as ita

not as eth

[snow rain]

oh

[heavy vigil]

still

[snow rain]

was scared shitless

[heavy vigil]

would be good practice

[heavy vigil]

i mean maybe?

i havent tried aggro strat

but its rlly hard so

[mystic nest]

why isnt japan hardcoded to have shit on iwo jima saipan and okinaw

i dont get it

we shouldnt be able to just land on those islands

come on

[heavy vigil]

so they can do the focus

[mystic nest]

which one

[heavy vigil]

the broadcast

[mystic nest]

ive done one playthrough of japan

🥀

(i hate navy)

well its not bad

i just hated it before

japan seems to have hte most interesting focus tree out of all the majors though

[heavy vigil]

just dont use it

[mystic nest]

as japan??

navyless japan is insane

unless if you mean i go west and through india

then maybe but you cant form any of the good stuff

can you

why is segl saying 36w offensive inf germany is the strongest germany build

[heavy vigil]

4 tank divs in 39 🔥

(dont look inside)

[heavy vigil]

old doctrine?

[mystic nest]

no

video released 2 months ago

no tanks at all in this build btw

tank believers in shambles??

[snow rain]

it's CAS supremacy

[mystic nest]

yeah

oh this is pre nerf cas

i mean post nerf cas should still work

[snow rain]

otherwise inf only builds get dogshitted on by medium SPGs battleplans

[mystic nest]

hes going sf inf bricks

thats it

not even tds

[snow rain]

makes sense, but it's CAS doing the heavy lifting

[mystic nest]

this is singleplayer to be fair

so like

[snow rain]

oh

[mystic nest]

the ai wouldnt be doing shit anyway

[snow rain]

yeah you don't even need cas then ahaha

[mystic nest]

but he said its the strongest ger build

[mystic nest]

you can fight under full red air in sp and still obliterate everything

[heavy vigil]

old

pre cas nerf

[snow rain]

just inf brick with support flame tank and light tank to stack breakthrough
support arty, SHH, logistics

[mystic nest]

yeah i remembered that

[heavy vigil]

now its still great but cas nerfed

[mystic nest]

itd still work right youd just need ways to deal with armor

yeah

[heavy vigil]

thats NOT the concern

[mystic nest]

its the build i usually use in sp germany

[heavy vigil]

hardness is

[mystic nest]

is it? what is

oh

how much hard atk can you stack

on those bricks

[snow rain]

not a lot

[heavy vigil]

like none

[snow rain]

100 tops

[mystic nest]

wtf

[snow rain]

with guns 3

[mystic nest]

even with proper mios?

[snow rain]

yup

[heavy vigil]

now theres silly tank builds

[mystic nest]

zamn

[heavy vigil]

space marine meta is so back

[mystic nest]

🥀 space marine meta

meta of doom and despair

[heavy vigil]

its based

[mystic nest]

say you use 36w brick in mp

[heavy vigil]

you get a ton of LTDs

[snow rain]

example with guns 3

[mystic nest]

how do i deal with my hard attack deficit then

[mystic nest]

82 is diabolical

even withs upport antit ank??

[snow rain]

yup, it's bleak

[mystic nest]

but.. muh bricks..

[mystic nest]

he didnt go mass mob either btw

he went assault inf

so its not even true bricks

[snow rain]

meanwhile tanks are like "ahahah 1400 sa flat making it 2500 with advisors and about 4k when full planning"

[mystic nest]

ten thousand soft attack to the army!!

[heavy vigil]

4K is low

[mystic nest]

mandate of heaven

man

how would i run this build in mp then

any ideas

[heavy vigil]

run of what

[mystic nest]

just pray my cas locks in?

36w inf bricks no tanks

[heavy vigil]

ger?

[mystic nest]

yeah

or would i just get railed

[heavy vigil]

are there rules

[mystic nest]

no im playing with friends

[uncut pollen]

mhhh

[mystic nest]

but like i dont want to sweat too hard it wouldnt be great

[heavy vigil]

add a light or medium TD for piercing and break

you need to sweat

[mystic nest]

go over 36w or stay under?

[heavy vigil]

hiiii flwoowowow

[heavy vigil]

https://youtu.be/3uXFSvMZIwQ

pop music

[uncut pollen]

safe to say i cant win it

[mystic nest]

this will help my hard attack

[mystic nest]

?????

fort buster where?/

[uncut pollen]

hiiiii casey!!!

[uncut pollen]

a what?

[heavy vigil]

how are you ?

[heavy vigil]

some people are bad

[mystic nest]

the general trait?

[mystic nest]

ah

i always grind out fort buster

if im going through maginot

just saves a lot of pain and anguish

[heavy vigil]

this isnt ask for help so

[mystic nest]

fair

[heavy vigil]

people can be bad here

its fiiine

sucks tho

[mystic nest]

people can be bad in askf or help too

[heavy vigil]

no

[uncut pollen]

i am the happiest i have ever been

[mystic nest]

saw someone insist on making tanks as lithuania (they have three mils and a 3k deficit in inf eq)

[uncut pollen]

true

i am the worst in hoi 4

[heavy vigil]

ive done baltics no mils before

you can do whatever as them

[mystic nest]

they got railed byt he soviets

and their grand masterplan plan b for the next run

was to put all their mils on tanks

[heavy vigil]

good plan

i approve

[mystic nest]

🥀

light tanks too

[heavy vigil]

im making tanks rn

they suck

[mystic nest]

average tank experience with shit mios

yes!! the fearsome syrian tank divs

[heavy vigil]

i have fast tank

[mystic nest]

is that even good

ive never actually used fast tank

[left jewel]

if italy was the competent one over Germany

[heavy vigil]

well

ill tell you a pro tip

theres 2 MIO nodes you dont get, and its because one of the two is locked behind the other

[viscid mason]

Hi Casey

[mystic nest]

🥀

[heavy vigil]

hii vistula

do you like fast tank MIO

[fallen hearth]

i think i know this guy

[heavy vigil]

its really bad tho

also i cheated for formable idc

[viscid mason]

What mio?

[heavy vigil]

im chilling

fast tank

[mystic nest]

holy ass

[proud sparrow]

Hi Chilling I'm Chak

[mystic nest]

valid reason

[viscid mason]

Oh i didnt see that

Also wanna play that practice Japan game this Easter weekend Casey?

[heavy vigil]

uuuhh idk if ill be home this weekend

we will see

[crude schooner]

I have

never played Japan

[heavy vigil]

hii chak

[crude schooner]

ever

[heavy vigil]

how are you all

as in chak and grungy

[crude schooner]

hi

I am

[mystic nest]

based!!

[crude schooner]

feeling as good as Pablo

[proud sparrow]

I just finished my tea, so I am slightly depressed now lmao

Outside of that I am typing up a bunch of stuff for work this morning since some of my colleagues are taking a lil vacation today

I might just pop out later and grab some Poutine to cheer myself up

[heavy vigil]

ohhh nice

you should :)

[reef lotus]

lovely

[mystic nest]

beautiful

[proud sparrow]

probably but I've spent enough money this week I kinda dont wanna, I'll probs just make some hot cocoa in a bit

Its just been raining alot here so I'm kinda tired of it lmao, I am happy to be working though keeps the mind busy

[wraith mauve]

Does kaiserdux have an inevitable American civil war

[cedar wyvern]

im trying kaiserreich strat wish me luck

gottdamerung btw

[reef lotus]

yes

basically the whole world is communist and there are 3 big blocks, the british communist alternative (basically only britain), the proletarian international (soviets, germany and many minors) and the Chinese united front (me and the US) and the german faction attacked the Us, so basically i have to fight the whole world

[low dock]

Historical mode btw

I realized one thing

France is useless

Lost against italy

While gemrany died 2 years ago

[livid cape]

gulp

[cedar wyvern]

teach me master

[heavy vigil]

@fair horizon

[low dock]

Son im crine

What did austria do to kill germany and puppet italy

[bold yew]

Learn from WWI 😂

[low dock]

Not even ww1

Ww2

[wraith mauve]

When does it start it’s 1937

[winged field]

cheers, u can form european union later

Coring the whole Europe 💀

[primal timber]

chat is this good

[winged field]

too much

[pearl shoal]

when you edit a division template do the already trained divisions get modified as well

[winged field]

yes

if they are the same template still

[primal timber]

he's back

[maiden bolt]

should i destroy israel

[safe wing]

guys new hoi4 DLC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

[primal timber]

shhhh they will find you

also when did MD look like that

or is that NV

[winged field]

I hope you accidentaly delete all your production lines....

[light goblet]

im rolling in dough

[safe wing]

come on its April 1st what did you expect

[winged field]

its already april?

[safe wing]

yeah

[winged field]

https://klipy.com/gifs/rain-sad-4

[light goblet]

??

[primal timber]

willy slow down

we haven't even appointed you yet

[winged field]

drum bun drum bun toba bate

[primal timber]

welcome back 1652

[light goblet]

playing finland when norwaya nd sweden flipped communist and norway wants to annex me

🕊️

[mild musk]

Generals! @Hearts of Iron News

With Thunder at our Gates approaching later this year, our Developers are looking into new achievements to add into the mix. Do you have a suggestion that you'd like to see added?

Get involved on the Forum post here 👉🏻 https://pdxint.at/4dSbbqX

[mild musk]

antiesmite

[light goblet]

i guess bro

[safe wing]

@mild musk new hoi4 dlc announcement

[maiden bolt]

dont click on the link

[mild musk]

hell naw

[mild musk]

too late

[maiden bolt]

💔

[safe wing]

You got Rick rolled on April fools

[mild musk]

yeah I figured that lol, don't let it die that thing's legendary

[light goblet]

democratic socialism best finnish path 😎

[snow rain]

I recognize that URL ...

[light goblet]

whatever dude

[weary totem]

erwin rommel did NOT say this bro😭

[light goblet]

giraffes are heartless creatures

[snow rain]

open a giraffe

Heart

[light goblet]

thats what they want you to believe

[weary totem]

non-historical
looks inside
CC clique

[light goblet]

mane i am not joining dis war 😂

[thick vector]

Why does this happen even though I have historical AI enabled? Is it because I'm using a mod that changes the leader's photo to anime?

[weary totem]

should i play bulgaria

[light goblet]

windows shift s

[thick vector]

You mean?

[weary totem]

thats how to take screenshots

windows button+shift+s

[snow rain]

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

[weary totem]

or just f10

[snow rain]

or the ol' reliable

[weary totem]

oh wait it doesnt work on pc

[thick vector]

Please help me with this

[maiden bolt]

you have to join the war its your duty to send your men to die

[snow rain]

it happened because italy was the one to cap france, that's it

[weary totem]

does it keep happening

[modest grail]

i finally beat china but what the hell do i even do at this screen , what should i do ?

[light goblet]

annex EVERYTHING

[snow rain]

but germany held paris, meaning vichy fired, still

[weary totem]

full annex everything

[misty fossil]

whats the diff between air range and range?

[weary totem]

air range is for every plane i think

[snow rain]

easy explaination is france was on the verge of capping and ita was smashing their head on the wall in savoy and then managed to take nice while ger held paris

[thick vector]

But what occupied France was Germany and I use the country Sweden did not interfere in their war

[misty fossil]

huh

[prime marsh]

annex all

[prime marsh]

or

puppet

depends on you

[misty fossil]

lol what the heck it might be a mod thing

[uncut pollen]

understand me didnt it

[snow rain]

so I'm not just crazy for not understanding a word of it

[maiden bolt]

guys

[light goblet]

🧐

[maiden bolt]

i need that

NEW DLC

[light goblet]

i found it quite easy to understand

[maiden bolt]

for once

[uncut pollen]

we are hoi 4 players

we are all crazy

[heavy vigil]

ok

[snow rain]

air range is range for all air
range is under heavy fighter, meaning only heavy fighter gets it

[maiden bolt]

yea i literally bomb airstrike palestine for no reason we are all crazy

[thick vector]

Seriously no one can help me with my problem?

[maiden bolt]

whats your problem

[thick vector]

.

[heavy vigil]

but [who] occupied france - was germany, and i [am playing as] the country sweden, [i] did not interfere in their war

[maiden bolt]

then dont call italy in the war

[heavy vigil]

hes not involved

[maiden bolt]

oh

[heavy vigil]

italy just got more warscore, probably fighting in africa/alps

[maiden bolt]

then idk

[thick vector]

I use the country of Sweden, and I do not interfere in their wars

[heavy vigil]

@uncut pollen @snow rain