hoi4-general

[edgy pendant]

hah

[pliant yacht]

Hell yeah

[edgy pendant]

ONE per week

[pliant yacht]

Penguins work hard

[ivory kelp]

take the resource focus in industry branch

gives u aluminium

[edgy pendant]

yea i took

mineral prospect

but i still dont have enough for somereason

[pliant yacht]

Interesting

How HOI4 ignores the copper

Cuz real planes used duralumin

Or how do you call it

[ivory kelp]

at least they didnt make it like minecraft copper

[pliant yacht]

Copper + Alluminium

[pliant yacht]

Fah no

[jagged totem]

Copper is included in... i forgot which, wait

[pliant yacht]

And also

[edgy pendant]

im on

[pliant yacht]

IL-2

[edgy pendant]

early mob

[pliant yacht]

Pure steel

Also a thing

[jagged totem]

Aluminium for military purposes

[pliant yacht]

No copper

🥀

[daring geyser]

@heavy vigil build

[jagged totem]

Any copper reserves is included in Al..

[pliant yacht]

[heavy vigil]

HI TAC

[pliant yacht]

#FreeCopperForHOI4

[edgy pendant]

true aerodynamics

[ivory kelp]

is playing iceland in hoi4 in 2026 tuff?

[pliant yacht]

Soft

[daring geyser]

soft cuz iceland has a focus tree

[pliant yacht]

They've invented rockets before Germans 🗣️🔥

[jagged totem]

Nickel in Steel, Tin in Tungsten

[ivory kelp]

what

oh

brown path

[daring geyser]

waiting for that algeria gameplay

[pliant yacht]

[edgy pendant]

true planes

[pliant yacht]

I've predicted Island×3 Reich

Well well well

[sudden thistle]

I think for my 1st Iceland game

I made a faction

Invited Poland and Baltics

[pliant yacht]

Guys

[sudden thistle]

And then couldn’t do anything when they capped

[pliant yacht]

Try playing Idel-Ural

[sudden thistle]

And then paradropped Ireland and failed horribly

[pliant yacht]

USSR→Trudoviks→Release Tatarstan

True hard

[daring geyser]

the guinea meta goes crazy

[sudden thistle]

What about this minor country called “West Taiwan”

[heavy vigil]

weakest focus tree btw

theres no iceland meta yet

[molten forge]

doesnt sound shocking

its iceland

[heavy vigil]

i should develop it

[pliant yacht]

Province of China, of course

[heavy vigil]

aussa has a better focus tree

[daring geyser]

the ghana meta tho

[knotty vortex]

does this focus permanently lock the subjugation of the other nations?

[molten forge]

the random nation that italy capitulates in 36 to attack ethiopia?

[heavy vigil]

they have a pro allied leader when theyre democratic

[molten forge]

ghana has a focus tree?

[daring geyser]

take a guess

[heavy vigil]

it doesnt, tac is making a dlc for them though

[daring geyser]

yeah totally

[heavy vigil]

theyre red because theyre a game developer

[molten forge]

oooo thats nice

[daring geyser]

new sudan update coming up

[molten forge]

albania focus tree ever gonna exist ?

[knotty vortex]

bruh that is so stupid

you get locked from subjugating once you take that focus

would be nice if the focus told me that

[ivory kelp]

which grand doctorine for a countyr with no spy agency

[daring geyser]

not before 58 greece remasters and kosovo dlc

[molten forge]

😭

tbf people hate on greece for no reason

its not the best yes but i dont want another turkey type of focus tree

[lunar basin]

Who will be in HOI4? I want to make an alliance between Germany and the USA and change the borders like in TFR.

[molten forge]

Maybe 21 romanian remasters instead?

[ivory kelp]

?

[shrewd ocean]

Paradox, I will sacrifice my empire if the game goes on sale.

[ivory kelp]

what empire

[shrewd ocean]

The French

[ivory kelp]

the what?

[shrewd ocean]

I will sacrifice my French empire

[ivory kelp]

the what empire?

[shrewd ocean]

1st

[ivory kelp]

never heard of it

mustve been a minor power

[pliant yacht]

Why playing majors feels so boring

[ivory kelp]

well we were taught not to play with minors so

[pliant yacht]

How

[ivory kelp]

how

ig

[edgy pendant]

fascist focuses

[ivory kelp]

oh

focus

[pliant yacht]

I thought

You've conquered shi bigger than you 10 times

💀

[edgy pendant]

im leaving reykjavik

[heavy vigil]

fire

[edgy pendant]

and i stg

if i gt convoyed and die

im quitting

[heavy vigil]

it happens

[ivory kelp]

first time playing a minor nation?

[heavy vigil]

only way to avoid it is naval bombers

and RADAR

[heavy vigil]

or a lot of fighters

RADAR is more viable

[pliant yacht]

A question

[heavy vigil]

lets not use slurs 😭 #server-rules

[pliant yacht]

What do you do with friends

After conquering the world?

[pliant yacht]

Oh, come on

[ivory kelp]

||job application||

[pliant yacht]

Soy milk

[mild mason]

Where do i post to give suggestions/ideas to the devs ? Where they usually check for ideas

[ivory kelp]

milkers

[heavy vigil]

please?

[edgy pendant]

okay im not taking this.

EVERYONE will feel it..

[ivory kelp]

feels the aura

[pliant yacht]

It's funnier and more atmospheric than just guys

[heavy vigil]

you can make interwar navs

ill make an iceland friendly design since refineries give rubber

[edgy pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/lasalle-respect-communism-gif-6419587615525849763

[heavy vigil]

let me go into the video game tho

[ivory kelp]

mango phonk starts playing in the background

[edgy pendant]

just gave germany 300 1936 artillery in 1940

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-picks-up-water-speed-irl-stream-reaction-gif-9814325023742374348

[ember inlet]

Now take Faroe, Shetland, Jan Mayen, and Vínland

[edgy pendant]

sooo they took reykhjavik but like

we get this

[misty fossil]

counterpoint: get a spy agency

[heavy vigil]

its so over

i need to make an iceland guide chat

[misty fossil]

why la resistance isnt integrated into base game is beyond me

same with together for victory

is victory in the base game now

[heavy vigil]

@daring geyser youre a visual artist how to make guide

[misty fossil]

a lot of colours

and dedicate half the screen to subway surfers gameplay

[heavy vigil]

✍️🗒️

[misty fossil]

i lowkey want to try vanilla just to see if my skills can carry me but i dont want to deal with vanilla navy

[ivory kelp]

what mod do u use for navy

[misty fossil]

@ivory kelp get a spy agency and go grand battleplan

[misty fossil]

vanilla navy rework

[ivory kelp]

the country in question is iceland

you think i have civs?

[misty fossil]

vendrip likes to dunk on it for reasons i cant fathom

well go gbp

you will get enough civs at one point

[ivory kelp]

son 🥀

aight

[misty fossil]

iirc someone also said vnr has a ton of bloat

i mean yeah i personally think its a problem, but the game also tweaks naval mechanics like overstacking, overcrowing, doctrines, spirits and a billion other things

vnr disincentivises you from spamming a single type of ship and doomstacking

[heavy vigil]

@fair horizon explain yourself

youre under interrogation

[misty fossil]

he told me twice that he hates missiles

[heavy vigil]

WHAT

hes lost his MIND

[heavy vigil]

ohhh

[misty fossil]

me when i show up with 300 shipwrecks

[heavy vigil]

irl yeah thats fine

[misty fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/slava-sea-power-missile-asm-gif-15149280553998067611

[heavy vigil]

in game theyre a silly thing you can waste production on

and throw into the trash

[misty fossil]

precisely

by the time you get missiles u already own half the world

[heavy vigil]

i dont

[misty fossil]

lol

[heavy vigil]

i usually own the world rubber areas instead

[misty fossil]

fair enough

[heavy vigil]

because thats easy to take control of and you dont need half the world

so you can watch the ai clown about

[edgy pendant]

SHAREEEE BROO

[ivory kelp]

i finally got ONE divison

[misty fossil]

go go iceland go

[ivory kelp]

i need 3 to defend my coastline...

[heavy vigil]

are you playing iceland for the first time

[ivory kelp]

yes

[heavy vigil]

do you need help with it

you dont need 3 divisions

thats like unfathomably much

2 is a good goal

[ivory kelp]

this is what im going to be fighting bro

[heavy vigil]

oh yeah then you need 2 divisions

also build a railway

[ivory kelp]

😭

should i even reclaim greenland

seems like a waste of a focus

[misty fossil]

i have questions

how

[heavy vigil]

ive done it before

its fun

[misty fossil]

no

[ivory kelp]

it is so fun

[misty fossil]

how is everyone in the allies

ragnarok?

[ivory kelp]

alone against the world

[heavy vigil]

i should do another iceland vs everyone run

[ivory kelp]

ive been playing it for 500 hours

[misty fossil]

bro

[heavy vigil]

last time it was just max buff germany

with world cored

[ivory kelp]

lwk destroyed the allies as denmark last week

without cores

[heavy vigil]

iceland is harder

[ivory kelp]

true

you need a navy

[heavy vigil]

you need 2 divs

navy is wayyy after that

[ivory kelp]

but the +10% ship repair speed is quite good

[ivory kelp]

why 2

[rich gulch]

are minors more fun than majors

[edgy pendant]

RT56 Iceland review

[rich gulch]

i literally cant pick a country to master

i wanted to do italy but im shit at navy

ok bro

https://giphy.com/gifs/jukeboxsaints-9uiE1HXvoc7yelxjXY

[ivory kelp]

cooking?

should be equipped before 1939

[heavy vigil]

no

[rich gulch]

is mare nostrum hard to complete

[heavy vigil]

heres a visualization of what you need to hold and railway and port

[ivory kelp]

bro got a whole diagram 😭

whats the blue thing

[heavy vigil]

if you sabotage the railway the ai will convoy raid you

port

and so you can use your navs to kill all subs

in the world

[ivory kelp]

how do i even get convoy raided vro

[heavy vigil]

because theyll all be in your area

because you force supply to go to the port overseas

its also why you need a railway so you can control when it happens

[heavy vigil]

and never take the northwest tile

[ivory kelp]

shhh

[heavy vigil]

just let units land there and be encircled

well you can take it if they decide to stop landing

[ivory kelp]

port cheese 😭

[heavy vigil]

port cheese without a port

so theyre just dying

and you push east whenever they land too

but thats when you have like 4 guys

[ivory kelp]

so this?

[heavy vigil]

yes

[ivory kelp]

red = railway

[heavy vigil]

you see the vision

[ivory kelp]

but how do they land without a port

[heavy vigil]

its also to supply the east obviously

[heavy vigil]

they naval invade you anyway

[ivory kelp]

wouldnt they just naval invade other tiles

[heavy vigil]

yes

make the port like later anyway

when you have like many units for every tile (2 per tile idk)

i like 32w units because they take less casualties

[edgy pendant]

guess what different RT56 gives iceland

[ivory kelp]

how do you even get the manpower

facist or commie

[heavy vigil]

you get weekly from the guy

[heavy vigil]

ideally you go fascist and get strikes for communism

but thats RNG and takes forever

depends on how long you wanna play

if you wanna play like normal lenght you should probably just be communist

less stats tho

you can also spawn in ships and delete them for manpower ig

[ivory kelp]

spawn in ships?

wdym

like consle or

[heavy vigil]

like from the focus that spawns in ships for convoys

[ivory kelp]

isnt that a decision

[heavy vigil]

well yeah and it spawns ships

but you need the focus

[ivory kelp]

the game is telling me this guy

is a cheif of navy, army and air

im not reading it wrong right

[heavy vigil]

he can only be 1 but hes also all

so you want to grind a ground and navy guy

[misty fossil]

how do you grind admirals

i can get grinding ground

[heavy vigil]

fight

[ivory kelp]

js put em out

[misty fossil]

bruh

[knotty vortex]

its beautiful

except this.

[misty fossil]

ive had games where i sank 10000s of ships but my admirals just wouldnt get more traits

i sink them way too quickly

[hardy aspen]

Puma from 1943 being shown in 1938 german attack on czech

[misty fossil]

but lik

if you dont sink them quickly you lose your ships

[ivory kelp]

"my steak is too juicy my lobster is to buttery"

[heavy vigil]

have longer battles

[misty fossil]

no i want my carrier genius please thank you

and uh

naval strike genius

[ivory kelp]

does iceland cap the moment they lose their capital

[misty fossil]

and battleship genius

[heavy vigil]

i dont think so but you lose state control

which is just as bad

so dont lose it

[ivory kelp]

ah

sheiks

[heavy vigil]

its why i gave you the 2 tile defensive line

you dont need units on other tiles

[mystic sand]

These formable pics always facinate me, cause like, how do you form this shape

[heavy vigil]

its all optional

[cedar lance]

hello yalls

[ivory kelp]

hello

[fair horizon]

i didnt do it

i mean i did

[heavy vigil]

i like this icon

[fair horizon]

but it sounds better if i lie

[ivory kelp]

should i put arty in my divs

[heavy vigil]

do you have research and mils for it?

[ivory kelp]

if yes

[knotty vortex]

is this a decent design?

[heavy vigil]

well you need guns

[ivory kelp]

could be better but is fine

[mystic sand]

You got Austria, but no Tyrol, Slovenia with half of italy but without that southern part that italy wants

You only have parts of galicia?????

[knotty vortex]

is it possible to subjugate nationst that are in a faction

[lost nymph]

ORG wins again 😄

[knotty vortex]

like is that possible, or will they refuse no matter what decisions you take

[ivory kelp]

what is he riding

"wheres your train"
"dont need it"

[mystic sand]

They could refuse, it increases the chances of it

[sudden thistle]

By taking Central Europe

[mystic sand]

https://tenor.com/view/jetstream-sam-my-beloved-gif-22029076

[knotty vortex]

i mean before taking any decisions it says they WILL refuse

i dont know if i wanna waste my pp just for it to never change from refuse

[mystic sand]

Nah the decisions can improve it

[knotty vortex]

oh okay sweet

[misty fossil]

max armour and engine

change out hmg for secondary cannon for more breakthrough

dont worry about reliability just dont walk into a marsh or forest

[ivory kelp]

greenland might be cooked

0 factories

[sudden thistle]

258 manpower

[ivory kelp]

bro what.

my puppet just proke free

alone against the world shenanigins

[pure rampart]

lmao

at least they get some through default tree? 3 mils on guns with no steel go brrrrrrr

[daring geyser]

yes

[short moat]

Whats the new dlc abt?

[heavy vigil]

carpethian ukraine

[short moat]

...thats it..?

[heavy vigil]

yes

[short moat]

💀

[bronze mango]

Czechoslovakia

[lost nymph]

Isnt if funny when your allies smash them self on your land?

[short moat]

Czechoslovakia remake?

[bronze mango]

Yes its a Czechoslovakia update

[short moat]

And they couldn't squeeze Romania in? 😭

[cedar lance]

6 days left till PFOT releases

[short moat]

They made a dlc for Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Romania but can't remake them all together like they did in the other dlc

Capitalism 🤑

[cedar lance]

capitalism is a dirty business

[short moat]

Indeed

[civic pond]

imagine if they add british malaya and dutch east indies dlc

[cedar lance]

hmm

man idk

i wanna see em make hoi5

[crystal marsh]

• costs only 6 bucks

[fair horizon]

isnt one of them in the australia dlc?

[heavy vigil]

australia dlc delayed because you asked too much

[cedar lance]

i hope hoi5 has even BETTER dlcs and expansions and MORE GOOD vanilla base game features and mechanics

[crystal marsh]

pretty sure the original death or dishonour dlc was like 20 bucks

and all focus trees look ass compared to what one expects from a focus tree nowadays

and looking at the DD, the czechoslovak tree seems to have some real potential

[knotty vortex]

how much men can italy loose before they become really weak

they just keep trying to attack and arent breaking through

[cedar lance]

@heavy vigil what stuff you wanna see PDX add to HOI5?

[crystal marsh]

its not exactly about men

its about division count

and if youre trying to invade italy as austria, either let them walk into your territory and encircle them

[knotty vortex]

i know but they cant keep reinforcing those divisions if all their men are dead

[crystal marsh]

or naval invade if youve got the navy

alternatively you can always try paratroopers

[knotty vortex]

i mean im getting ww1 flashbacks but

[heavy vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/isopod-dance-silly-silly-guy-bounce-gif-9098501747213389321

[cedar lance]

what

[crystal marsh]

i honestly want to wait like 2-3 more expansions

so paradox can polish up usa, uk and france

before moving on to hoi5

[heavy vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/isopod-dance-silly-silly-guy-bounce-gif-9098501747213389321

isopod

[short moat]

Its 35 for me

[heavy vigil]

its a crustacean

[crystal marsh]

yeah, its the equivalent of your currency

but value wise it remains 6 bucks

[fair horizon]

isopods have got to be one of the creatures of all time

[short moat]

Yeah, but its still 35 bucks, i can get like, 6 redbulls

[crystal marsh]

6 redbulls?

[fair horizon]

redbull is always cheaper than monster

[crystal marsh]

damn, you got some cheap prices

monster better tho

[short moat]

Depends where you get 'em, gas stations would be like 2 redbulls

[crystal marsh]

@short moat jokes aside, 6 bucks is only 1 more dollar than the default

usually 1 focus tree equals about 5 dollars

[short moat]

I see

[cedar lance]

personally i wanna see em add to hoi5 these things:
a money and GDP system
a reserves system
more techs and equipments from 1936 to 1950
and more units sub units templates and sub templates

[crystal marsh]

it angers me how they decided to downgrade the pound price to 5 but not the euro price

[short moat]

I am just salty they push Romania aside 😔

[crystal marsh]

when 1 euro is clearly $1.2

[crystal marsh]

fingers crossed a balkan focus pack will be made

the region has got some real potential

especially romania

and yugo

[short moat]

Romania is like, the only balkan country that needs a remake, and Albania

[cedar lance]

@heavy vigil whatcu think bout these hoi5 ideas?

[crystal marsh]

albania could also do a focus tree

[crystal marsh]

nearly all trees need a remake in the balkans

except for bulgaria

[short moat]

Actually, yeah

[crystal marsh]

i wouldve never believed you if you told me bulgaria and greece's trees both released in the same dlc

[cedar lance]

who here likes these Hoi5 ideas?

[crystal marsh]

how would sub templates work

an economy system does feel nice though

they must implement it well though

so the stupidest 8 year old could grasp it

[cedar lance]

well they are basically other templates to like infantry marines etc

like a infantry or marine brigade or etc

[pliant yacht]

What if HOI5 will be about WW1-Cold War?

That'd be more interesting

Than another time WW2

[cedar lance]

all HOI games will only be iirc ww2 only

[pliant yacht]

Sucks

🥀

[cedar lance]

if hoi5 does come with steam workshop mods support then good nice

[cedar lance]

it does suck yes

[cedar lance]

@pliant yacht

[pliant yacht]

FR

But still

[cedar lance]

its a BIG IF PDX does decide to include mods support

[pliant yacht]

Everyone tired already

Playing 1 map and scenario

[cedar lance]

alr

i hope hoi5 has mods support

so we all can make different mods for HOI5

set in different eras

just like in hoi4

@pliant yacht

[pliant yacht]

Yeah

But I wanna see it in HOI5

Not in mods

I wanna see developers actually develop something

[cedar lance]

alr

[pliant yacht]

Yeah, yeah, idealist

I am

[cedar lance]

alr

[pliant yacht]

I'm curious

Which part of WW2

HOI4 has not remade in?

We have massive issues with materials and industry

But geopolitics itself

[sudden thistle]

Why would they not do it

Like eu5 had it at launch

[sudden thistle]

Wdym

[cedar lance]

idk

ik hoi4 has mods support

[pliant yacht]

Like

What have they made not

Like conc. camp system

Or propaganda

[sudden thistle]

I’m pretty sure there are genuine EU laws against that

And propganda is a thing for the Soviets

If u mean that

And keep mind it’s also a sandbox game

[pliant yacht]

German “hospitals”

[sudden thistle]

So no ultra historical

[pliant yacht]

Let's call it so

[cedar lance]

@sudden thistle

[sudden thistle]

Either way that won’t be added

[cedar lance]

what about these hoi5 ideas?

[pliant yacht]

Ik

Jk

[sudden thistle]

So vic3

And more ww2 tech

[pliant yacht]

The curse of being strategic game

[cedar lance]

yes correct

but in a ww2 style

[sudden thistle]

That’s literally eu5

If u fix the era ofc

[cedar lance]

wdym

[pliant yacht]

1936-1945

Hm

They ignored the industrial boom

I think

They need to connect technologies

Like

You can't make armour 2

Without researching industry

[cedar lance]

we need hoi5 to set between 1936 to 1950 in terms of techs and equipments

[pliant yacht]

Of course we do

But

Let's say

A bit more accurate

[pliant yacht]

Or you can't create engine 4

Without tools

[cedar lance]

alr

i wanna see modern jets and mbts in hoi5

and many other Afvs

[pliant yacht]

HOI4: The fire rises

[pliant yacht]

Well, we have MBT in HOI4

“Modern tank”

[heavy vigil]

IKR

[cedar lance]

it needs to be its own chassis the MBT

[heavy vigil]

i want them to add cute creatures to pet and find

[pliant yacht]

I don't even know, how to comment this

[cedar lance]

we need other tanks afvs ifvs and apcs as their own seperate techs and equipments

[pliant yacht]

Create nuclear tanks lol

Like Chrysler TV-8

And add Uranium

Ur-238

[cedar lance]

alr

[heavy vigil]

would it not be fun to have little events where you find new animal species

[sudden thistle]

Or we could just get a Cold War era game

That would be nice

[pliant yacht]

That'd be strange

[pliant yacht]

Playing as Germany, annexing Europe

And blitz:

[cedar lance]

iirc Hoi games wil only be ww2 era games

[pliant yacht]

“Hey, Himmler, there's an octopus!”

[heavy vigil]

antarctic expedition

:D

[pliant yacht]

Lebensraum

🥰

[cedar lance]

i do wanna see more hoi games

but imo only doing ww2 era hoi games is gonna get boring

[sudden thistle]

I never said make it hoi4

[cedar lance]

alr

[sudden thistle]

And eu5 literally added an extra 100+ years to gameplay than eu4

1337 vs 1444

[cedar lance]

alr

[noble anchor]

Aw man i hate the fact i still suck at the game at 130 hours, every time a major attacks me the game is over

[pliant yacht]

Same at 113-130

You're not alone

[terse skiff]

We have supersonic jets and modern tanks in hoi4 but modern tanks have sucked since day1 of the game

[pliant yacht]

I told him

[pliant yacht]

Well

It's not about todays reactive

Todays are closer to rocket engines

In HOI4, we have interceptors

And tourbine-planes

But not modern jets

It's about 1960

[terse skiff]

Just play millennium dawn then

[pliant yacht]

And they aren't supersonic

[pliant yacht]

So true

[pliant yacht]

They're around-to-be sonic

Blya

I have no vocabulary in English to describe my main ideas

[cosmic radish]

is it normal for sinkiang to not join china united on historical?

[cedar lance]

@pliant yacht

hey

[pliant yacht]

?

I'm all ears in

[cedar lance]

whats your honest opinion about Carriers

[pliant yacht]

Never used them ngl

[cedar lance]

should they like add other carrier types to hoi5

[cedar lance]

@pliant yacht

[terse skiff]

We have ice carriers in hoi4

What other carriers do you need

[pliant yacht]

Maybe

[pliant yacht]

I have no competitions to talk about that

[sudden thistle]

Ice carriers

[pliant yacht]

I'm not a fleet enjoyer

[cedar lance]

like fleet escort and heavy carriers

[sudden thistle]

Normal carriers

Submarine carriers

[molten forge]

Czechslovakia finally getting a new focus tree?

[terse skiff]

We have escort carriers

[sudden thistle]

Escort carriers

[terse skiff]

And nuclear carriers

[sudden thistle]

And seaplane tenders

[terse skiff]

And sub carriers

[cedar lance]

ykw

[terse skiff]

And motherships

[lethal ruin]

why when I spawn Anti navy air light improved fighter with torpedos my game crashes 😭 gng dont say I lost 6 hours of progress

[cedar lance]

im DONE

im not giving any new ideas for hoi5

im DONE

[pliant yacht]

Things happen

I prefer just believe

It will be better

Than other parts

[quasi osprey]

is this light tank div at least better than the starting italian one?

[lethal ruin]

[pliant yacht]

Infantry better

😭

[quasi osprey]

wdym

[pliant yacht]

Era?

[quasi osprey]

its 1937 rn

[pliant yacht]

Not bad

[heavy vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-im-all-ears-listening-so-ive-heard-gif-6613852590395623599

[molten forge]

Is peace of our time just czechslovakia or what

[heavy vigil]

its also slovakia and carpethian ukraine

idk if it adds content for the the nation that rises up from germany in civil war

i forgot the name

[molten forge]

So 2 releaseables Slovakia and czechslovakia

[quasi osprey]

wdym carpathian ukraine will it change smth about the country?

[heavy vigil]

well the dlc is just czechs but they may have content for the others is all

[heavy vigil]

it was shown in a screenshot

i know none more than you

idk where he got it from so idk if its even real

but i choose to believe

[quasi osprey]

I rarelly design tank divs I am more of a WW1 style player(just throwing millions of men at the enemy) so this is probably complete garbage

[molten forge]

Just asking if it's worth it in comparison to stuff like trial of allegiance or by blood alone

[heavy vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-owl-dancing-owl-owl-sneaky-gif-12975781

im just walking along

[pliant yacht]

I always make:
4 tanks
2 trucks
3-2-1 infantry

[quasi osprey]

ok

[pliant yacht]

+Artillery
+Enginners

[pliant yacht]

Bro, always use engineers

I hate my keyboard btw

[molten forge]

Alright

[pliant yacht]

They give more pros, than cons

[heavy vigil]

i wouldnt

[pliant yacht]

Franzosen

[quasi osprey]

not enough of xp for now used evry bit for this div and tank design the starting italian tank is awful

[heavy vigil]

?

[molten forge]

Isn't that good on defense?

[pliant yacht]

Random joke

[heavy vigil]

well theyre expensive on small divs

[molten forge]

Oooh

[heavy vigil]

its like the same cost as like more than 1 inf batallion

[molten forge]

Btw I've been meaning to ask what can I do for offense divisions, for defense I use 3x3

[pliant yacht]

You can create a pattern for your own theatre

[molten forge]

Like I heard 36 width works but am not sure

[terse skiff]

There are pins in help that deal with this issue

[heavy vigil]

many things

[pliant yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/albania-gif-15772705698764907763

[iron iron]

Oh shit

[quasi osprey]

ok thx

[pastel urchin]

genuinely cant wait for czechoslovakia my beloved country

[heavy vigil]

whats the iceland meta

[molten forge]

I am waiting for Albania focus tree

[heavy vigil]

or philippines meta

[heavy vigil]

i want to know both

[terse skiff]

Tilde, annex all

[pastel urchin]

bruh respect

[molten forge]

What's the Lithuania meta

[pliant yacht]

https://youtu.be/et1fsm9qdhk?is=exm-mdJs8I3EBbr-

[quasi osprey]

first time that I actually completed all of these😂

[heavy vigil]

no but like for build

iceland is only playable ahist

[molten forge]

Lowk we need a dlc called "the small kings"

[terse skiff]

Idk I only play the historical part of the game which is the peru Ecuadorian war

[molten forge]

Btw Peru has no focus tree rigt

[pliant yacht]

A question one to million

Can good tanks save bad division

Irl

And in HOI4

Or can't

[molten forge]

Bob super heavy tanks on top

[quasi osprey]

I hate italian resources its 1937 and I already have a deficit

[heavy vigil]

not in hoi

[terse skiff]

I mean you can have land cruiser + 1 inf divisions

[pliant yacht]

Bob landship tank on top

[cedar lance]

🇪🇪 cause germans make me feel like we coulnt ecapture EUROPE

[molten forge]

I need that

[pliant yacht]

Fah

Imagine

Australian landship

When you have 1 military factory

[molten forge]

New Zealand navy against British navy

[pliant yacht]

Random fisherman vs battleship

[molten forge]

Lowk I need to see a new Zealand world conquest

[pliant yacht]

Interesting

Can New Zealand annex Australia?

[molten forge]

You gonna have to fight the allies

What if you go hist

Communist path

[pliant yacht]

Bureaucrats will discuss the idea of protecting New Zealand for as much time, as it requires to end the game ( canone accurate plot )

[molten forge]

Join the ww2

[cedar lance]

Ey hey VDK

[pliant yacht]

Hey

[molten forge]

On Stalin's side, and just god damn dominate Germany with bob tanks

[cedar lance]

are rangers worth using?

[pliant yacht]

If I knew them

[restive sable]

screenshots from the steam page

[pliant yacht]

Well, for some purposes

[pliant yacht]

Bro is the danger

[cedar lance]

@pliant yacht can we chat in dms??

[pliant yacht]

K

[cedar lance]

alr

[quasi osprey]

soft attack💀 💀

[south mountain]

Who is going to win?

[molten forge]

Albania

[heavy wind]

Romania

[karmic egret]

steam is currently being sued in a opt out class action lawsuit by a uk activist for almost a billion
they are being sued for "taking too big of a cut from devs whilst being a monopoly"
this is literally the "i cant stop winning meme" cuz wtf is the alternative going to something shitty like epic games?

now the important part is, its an opt out lawsuit. which means they are suing on your behalf.
this is mainly an issue for uk residents, but they are also trying to include eu nations
the following link is an opt out form so they dont sue on your behalf
https://optout.steamyouoweus.co.uk/

[errant remnant]

Yap yap

[pure rampart]

Tibet

if anyone else attacks the Reichspakt then they'll probably lose, but I think they can take Russia if no other intervention

[sinful cloud]

how many of yall just turn on hoi4, look at the menu for 10 minutes, and close it?

[slow token]

the big hoi4

[south mountain]

Is this good?

[fossil brook]

Of course this happens during my chill game of hearts of iron 4

[silk furnace]

some would call it semi optimal

[quasi osprey]

is this an ok ammount of oil for italy

[pure rampart]

I do too

or not the menu

but the country selection

decide naaaah Idk what I wanna play then close it;-;

[rare pine]

Hello

I need a helper

but im new in this server and idk what to do..

[patent thistle]

collapsing world austria

[south mountain]

Is this good?

[lilac python]

im having oil issues with italy

like all time when i play as italy

[quasi osprey]

just do this

[patent thistle]

quickly taking my puppet state back

[lilac python]

uk gurantee pmo

[undone vale]

she done took over the imperial federation

i just noticed i missed the l 💔

[gentle flower]

aint no way we deadass have czeckoslovakia expension before the US

[undone vale]

literally

[quasi osprey]

wait what germany completed danzig or war but it doesnt have a wargoal

[plucky girder]

wait 12 days

[quasi osprey]

yay less british control over meditirenian

[sinful cloud]

yeah same, i'm trying to come up with scenarios of what to play, but nothing seems interesting

[ivory hull]

just try mods

[south mountain]

I WON!!!!

[quasi osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/hi-gif-19649071

[fathom shard]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/913393025412120610/1119797075618578482/attachment-2-1.gif

[rich gulch]

Bro how do I win the us civil war

I don’t get shit

[quasi osprey]

[bright bolt]

what mod is that

[south mountain]

WHO IS WINNING?

[winter seal]

Hello, first time here. Is this game can be played casually? Look interesting but i cant really commit a lot time on board

[sudden thistle]

The player

[sudden thistle]

Yeah

[heavy vigil]

no

[winter seal]

[heavy vigil]

well like

whats your definition of casual

and do you expect to win XD

id say you could be like a pretty decent player if you lock in within like idk 100h of playtime, but many people already consider that outside casual playtime time spent

[winter seal]

Never, just having fun playing strategy game but

I only can play one session a day like 2 hours maybe after work

Dont you always expect your team mate to check out map situation very often?

[knotty vortex]

my cute little empire

[south mountain]

The mod for hoi4 in the screenshot is "Kaiserreich"

[quasi osprey]

😂

[wraith pivot]

is cas still good after the nerf?

[south mountain]

Of course.

[magic lark]

definetly yes but it will take time before you become decent

[wraith pivot]

but didnt it good nerfed to death?

[knotty vortex]

yay

[rare pine]

Somebody?

can anybody help me?

Please

i dont wanna waste 50$ on this game

[craggy trail]

What do you need help with? New to the game?

[knotty vortex]

I DID I T

I TOOK OUT THE UK

HOOOOOLY

I GOT THE ACHIEVEMENT

I GOT OPERATION SEA LION

200 HOURSD

[umbral agate]

will i be able buy the new dlc without the expansion pass thing

[split fulcrum]

WHAHAT

EQUESTRAI AT WAR EVEN CHANGES THE HOI4 LOGO IN THE TASKBAR??

[gritty tundra]

wgat

[ivory hull]

just play kx

[rich gulch]

How to defeat Germany as France

Napoleon

I alr have anti tank and cas and its still not working

[ivory hull]

anti tank is a waste in sp

get aa rather

just get some medium tanks out

like 4

and inf

you can easily hold that way

[rich gulch]

Do I go defensive or offensive

[ivory hull]

you probably wont push them day one

let them grind on your divs

[rich gulch]

No I meant the focus

[ivory hull]

dont exactly remember the buffs but just go offensive

always better in hoi

[rich gulch]

Aight

And I need to defeat Germany, Spain, Italy, and ussr

[ivory hull]

uuhh whys that?

[rich gulch]

Is the napoleonic empire harder or the Roman Empire

[ivory hull]

why the soviets

[rich gulch]

I need to do what napoleon couldnt

[ivory hull]

ohh you have time tho

just get the uk first

before germany invades you

youll be fine

[rich gulch]

I can’t even decide on what country I actually want to master

[ivory hull]

they both arent hard

[rich gulch]

I’m just stuck on Italy or ussr

[fallen hearth]

italy will lose ts

[ivory hull]

germany is rather easy to succeed on

[rich gulch]

But I feel like it’s you against the world and it’s kind of boring

[ivory hull]

not really

[rich gulch]

Don’t say Italy

[ivory hull]

italy is even worse

germany is a good nation

you kill france and poland in 39

get uk in 40

russia in 41

usa 41/42

[rich gulch]

How many hours do you think I’ll need in hoi4 to actually do that

I only have 90 rn

And idk why I lose motivation and feel so tired and can’t bother microing or focusing after 1941

[ivory hull]

thats not too much tbh

[rich gulch]

Yeah ik

[ivory hull]

but at like 400 hours you can probably easily play germany

even now tho

too

[rich gulch]

I still don’t know shit about navy or Air Force

[ivory hull]

you dont need much hours to play germany

[ivory hull]

do you have the air designer dlc?

[rich gulch]

I have all the dlcs

[ivory hull]

then just really build the meta air

as germany

[rich gulch]

What about navy

[ivory hull]

doesnt matter lwk

[rich gulch]

But isn’t it all just gonna get destroyed by the uk

[ivory hull]

uhh

not if you do it right

get a lot of cas over the channel

plan the invasion

put your navy up for like 5 days

launch the invasion

put it down

call in italy in that time if you want to distract the uk navy for a small amount of time

[rich gulch]

And the thing that frustrates me the most is the naval blockade

I can’t trade with anyone

They keep destroying my convoys

[ivory hull]

for what?

your germany

[rich gulch]

Chromium and stuff

[ivory hull]

for what?

[rich gulch]

I need a lot of medium tanks

[ivory hull]

you get enough from sweden

[rich gulch]

What about rubber

[ivory hull]

build refineries

[rich gulch]

Also idk why I keep stalling on Belgium

Netherlands is a cake walk

But Belgium is harder to invade than France

[ivory hull]

no

one state and they cap

just dont only battleplan into forests

[rich gulch]

I literally put insane medium tanks on their whole border but they still hold

[ivory hull]

insane medium tanks?

lets see them

[rich gulch]

And I don’t know why after they cap they randomly appear again

[rich gulch]

It was a model my friend gave me

[ivory hull]

send it over

[ivory hull]

did you have supply?

[rich gulch]

It was orange

Oh wait this is flame support

[ivory hull]

those are flame tanks bro

[rich gulch]

I sent the wrong one

This

[ivory hull]

make them spgs

and no engine clicks really

doesnt matter

and 4 armor clicks

you dont need speed

rest is ok

[rich gulch]

What’s a spg

[craggy trail]

Self Propelled Gun

[rich gulch]

What difference does it make

[ivory hull]

+45% soft attack

you can change it there

[rich gulch]

Oh ok

[molten forge]

someone has a attacking division template for infantry?

[rich gulch]

And I saw that the AI Germany goes for the Baltic states too

[fair bough]

hi

[ivory hull]

yea dont

[rich gulch]

Should I do this

[ivory hull]

whats there to gain?

[rich gulch]

Why

Ok then

[ivory hull]

what do you get?

[rich gulch]

Land

[ivory hull]

with?

no resources

useless

[fair bough]

You can make the puppet

[rich gulch]

Ok then

[fair bough]

For manpower

[ivory hull]

as germany?

in the baltics?

nothing to gain

[ivory hull]

this with cas

[molten forge]

playing the strongest nation in the world

[rich gulch]

You seem like you know your stuff how many hours do you have

[ivory hull]

3.5k

[rich gulch]

💀

[fair bough]

You should try to unite all of the north and south america under equador rule withing 1960 and cant be at war then

[molten forge]

i see may i ask what are those comapny stuff

[rich gulch]

Then in your opinion what’s the hardest country

Don’t say something like a clique

[ivory hull]

armored engineers, support arty, flame tanks, signal company, light tank recon

[molten forge]

bhutan

[fair bough]

Luxembourg is pretty hard

[ivory hull]

you dont really need signals tho

[molten forge]

i dont have the dlc for flame tanks

[ivory hull]

then dont use it

[molten forge]

alright

[rich gulch]

That’s worse than a clique lmao

[ivory hull]

not really any hard ones, just annoying ones

probably something in china

[rich gulch]

Is Austria hard

[ivory hull]

sinkiang or some like that

[ivory hull]

no

[fair bough]

Nah

[ivory hull]

not at all

austria hungary is really strong

[molten forge]

clique division sadly

[rich gulch]

Won’t you get annexed

[fair bough]

Do world conquest as luxembourg

[rich gulch]

Roc has 40 divisions with 1 gun

[ivory hull]

if you have hungary and czechoslovakia you can put up a good fight

[ivory hull]

100 divisions with no guns rather

[molten forge]

its barely early game

[fair bough]

Whats your favorite country with a focus tree

[molten forge]

february 37

[rich gulch]

And how do you win us civil war, it gives you 20 divisions with a massive front and leaves you only the southern half

[fair bough]

Its not that hard

[ivory hull]

in vanilla its probably germany/austria/mexico

[ivory hull]

havent done it in ages

[fair bough]

Never tried mexico might give it a shot

[molten forge]

what about the fourth reich?

[rich gulch]

It’s just not possible to cover the entire front

[ivory hull]

cool path

[ivory hull]

real good focus tree

[fair bough]

Its too ez

[fair bough]

Okay ill try it but first i have to do smthing else

[molten forge]

lowk should i do power struggle or do the stupid system to take over china

[fair bough]

?

[rich gulch]

You haven’t known pain until you have tried to play the northeastern army

[molten forge]

republican goverment

[rich gulch]

Do you want wangjingwei

[ivory hull]

they actually have a cool tree

[rich gulch]

The most hated man in China

[molten forge]

i dont have the dlc

[split fulcrum]

guys

[sly venture]

I was about to get no compromise no surrender but is it worth it or should I get peace for our times

[split fulcrum]

who should i choose

first time playing eaw

please no joke answers.

[bright bolt]

Ah thats kaiserreich

[rich gulch]

Basically you’re the female dog for the communists and the nationalists

[split fulcrum]

this took me like 20 minutes to load up

[molten forge]

what dlcs you got

[sly venture]

Germany

[split fulcrum]

none

[molten forge]

honestly just enjoy germany

[sly venture]

Germany until you learn the basics

[fair bough]

Buy then all

[split fulcrum]

give me hoi4 dlc money

[rich gulch]

Buy la resistance only for spies

[fair bough]

How much

[sly venture]

start a go fund me

[rich gulch]

Spain is the most boring country I’ve ever played

It was unbearable

[split fulcrum]

about 100 hoi4 dlc bucks

[fair bough]

Wont all dlc be like 200 bucks?

[split fulcrum]

100 for me

some funny regional pricing thing probably

[fair bough]

What region?

[split fulcrum]

its actually 96 point something

[split fulcrum]

somewhere on the map.

[fair bough]

Lucky

[split fulcrum]

i chose griffonia

[rich gulch]

Don’t buy la resistance

Pls