hoi4-general

[near mortar]

They won't solve the supply issue, but you will be able to push for longer and further

Although, I usually use these slots on other important stuff

[stark elbow]

yeah but europe is full of logistic hubs, could be needed in ussr or asia/africa

[near mortar]

True

I'd say they're solid A tier module

[eternal aspen]

The Me-410 A/4 is my advocacy for why heavy fighters are good

[fading pier]

Ideal width for tanks

medium tanks specifically

[eternal aspen]

32

[fading pier]

alright

[eternal aspen]

Idk why tho

[viscid mason]

hello, just trying the new czech focus tree. I wonder if the ally focuses are the ones I should go first

[void cedar]

Anyone wanna do hyper modded?

[sly venture]

this invasion about to be crazy

[stark elbow]

what mod gives u microstates?

[sly venture]

road to 56

[stark elbow]

wont it be a problem attacking before barbarossa?

[sly venture]

i forgot about that

ai is dumb anyway

[coarse plover]

ops

[stark elbow]

poland saw better times

[sly venture]

i forgot mexico on no garrison and the mexicansoviet republic just popped up

[hollow light]

Hi guys

[sly venture]

i think italy does not have a navy

[hollow light]

i want some tips for germany

[safe wing]

Pick peg if you are a beginner

[honest glacier]

i love getting pegged

[safe wing]

Prioritize economic growth

[sly venture]

walking thorugh italy on a nice day

[dusky burrow]

fair enough

[dusky burrow]

true

[hollow light]

guys

i want some tips fpr germany

[upbeat tundra]

sooo satisfying

[dusky burrow]

build 1 civ, spam early mils and annex austria early too

if you can, make max collab governments on france

[stark elbow]

we in italy have this legend that says to never attack the port of anzio
an old man tatarnio was sailing with his fishing boat close to the port of anzio
the german anti air sunk his boat with some shots
and another old man from an hill saw the scene and said
"oh tatarnio tatarnio, wanted to get close to the port and got sunk"
so the moral of the story is: never attack the port of anzio.

[dusky burrow]

and also 1 on the netherlands and belgium

that way you have industry

[upbeat tundra]

also instill austrsaktaktik early

for franz halder

i misspelled that so badly

[daring geyser]

I was strollin' on the moon one day

[hollow light]

i dont have La Resistance DLC

[dusky burrow]

Yeah probably

[dusky burrow]

yeah then don't do that, but still the other tips still apply

[hollow light]

Thx bro

[dusky burrow]

eventually you will have to build refineries for the rubber and oil, so start that by 1940 at the latest

[hollow light]

thx

[upbeat tundra]

"guys we can still win this"

AND THE US JUST JOINED

[dusky burrow]

I give Japan three months tops

China will survive longer

[hollow light]

1th tip : build 1 civ and builds more mils
2nd tip : do the Anschluss and Instill Austrsaktik early
3rd tip : build oil and rubber referniry

but what about MEFO bills

and Costumer Goods

[spring quest]

my issue as germany is i can never get a naval invasion of uk to work i have done it other places but never uk cant even get them to start

[hollow light]

what about paratropers

[spring quest]

i got them to work one time but could never get the port so i could bring in troops and supplies

[willow gull]

don’t build civs

keep mefo bills

[willow gull]

why instill aust early ?

[elder folio]

can i gift voralburg to swizerland? (no tactical reason)

[deep musk]

helo 😄

[viscid mason]

Germany had market access to my nation?!

[upbeat tundra]

you know ur tanks are good when germany wants to buy em

[sudden thistle]

1th

[soft yacht]

glory to the rome protocols

[clear dagger]

"There's also something else I'd like..."

https://tenor.com/view/pharrell-happy-song-cause-i'm-happy-it-might-seem-crazy-what-i'm-'bout-to-say-piece-by-piece-gif-2611474076912689826

[dusky burrow]

I think it is automatic tbh

[sly venture]

BRO LOCK IN

[honest glacier]

how does bro have 0 manpower as the us

[uncut pollen]

Divisions

[honest glacier]

he has like only 45 divisions

[sly venture]

am on vollunteer only

[viscid mason]

nah they are the default tanks. I just sold them to germany since I know the ai is shit at tanks lmao

[sly venture]

ggs we are saved

[soft yacht]

bro this division is op for me

[viscid mason]

hello liv

[soft yacht]

idk if its good by other players standards but as someone who has no idea how to make divs its op to me

[viscid mason]

not really. Infantry is good

[winged field]

why does it have so much breakthrough 😭

like for that template

[soft yacht]

assault thingy from the italy focus tree

its op

[winged field]

cuz its terrible

but breaktrhough is fine

[soft yacht]

idk

[winged field]

you want to pump up attack

[soft yacht]

i ruined france with that division but it is france after all

[sudden thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-gif-13148928981517710530

[soft yacht]

i thought it was good

i have almost 400 factories anyway so production is alright if thats the problem

[wide osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-shocked-ariana-grande-ariana-wicked-gif-9352977018792188008

[willow gull]

Lafayette, we are here!

[undone veldt]

If the holy roman empire was in Mexico

[sly venture]

omg i dropped a nuke and we started counter attacking i guess it was the moral all along

[undone veldt]

Nuke?

[sly venture]

we are going to nuke everything

[undone veldt]

My favorite pastime is nuking US citys in hoi4 no mods or mods

Its really enjoyable watching millions of people get to see probable suns as their last thing then evaporate

Or when the ai stacks 100 units

[sly venture]

EVERY CITY WILL BE NUKED

[willow gull]

pfp adds up 😭😭😭

[undone veldt]

Yep that 1 trillion budget gotta go somewhere

Anyone know any good tank templates

Medium tank preferably, they do not have to be cheap

[daring geyser]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/924121342536744983/1501678069805613076/youtube-mWMFTfaJaWM.c26a7950.mp4?ex=69fcf22f&is=69fba0af&hm=e0020c05c7bf1c87e7ecce46f34a09d62df23e25041e0dc9a166df26430e79f2&

[tulip thorn]

https://tenor.com/view/omni-man-omni-man-are-you-sure-are-you-sure-invincible-gif-3935116808772397515

Idk

Looks great to me

11/10

[solid prairie]

anyone wanna play?

[willow gull]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[lofty adder]

What about Incedent on bridge marko polo

[tulip thorn]

You make 0 sense

[lofty adder]

Why Japan bombed Chinese Pekin

[undone veldt]

Rate these

[sly venture]

italy more like nuclear wasteland

[undone veldt]

Are you playing modded

Or nah

[sly venture]

yes

[lofty adder]

What about east front

In Eastern Europe

[undone veldt]

What mod

[uncut pollen]

What about you read the #server-rules ?

[sly venture]

road to 56

[uncut pollen]

Especialy rule 2

[sly venture]

stalin holding for his life

[lofty adder]

What

[tulip thorn]

[lofty adder]

Stop spam me

[undone veldt]

Ah I have it but I haven't played it

[soft yacht]

so it begins

[lofty adder]

I’m mean TFR

No real life

[undone veldt]

I like kaiserreich and us divided, but i haven't played many mods @sly venture

[stark elbow]

y'all im playing ussr
japan capitulated china in 39
is this something i should be concerned about?

this is historical

[willow gull]

just a stronger japan

[undone veldt]

Yeah

[brittle cypress]

japan won't go to war with you in historical

so don't worry about it

[daring geyser]

referencing what you referenced overall counts as modern politics as it's considered a dogwhistle

[undone veldt]

I didn't see its hist

[daring geyser]

avoid it next time

[willow gull]

wdym by dog whistle?

[uncut pollen]

Tfr playes in 2020 afaik

[willow gull]

never heard that term

[uncut pollen]

So modern politics

[daring geyser]

when you say something that calls out to a specific political group

[willow gull]

interesting

[sly venture]

after 2 nukes

[sudden thistle]

2020 is in the past wdym 🙄

[buoyant rivet]

Is greece considered to be a difficult nation?
without its focus tree*

[ripe slate]

I guess so

[wide osprey]

please don't use nukes
that's bad for environment 😔

[sly venture]

i may have dropped like 15 nukes to take italy

[grave phoenix]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1262333107034394697/1473852532060193027/togif-1.gif

[sudden thistle]

2026 was around 6 years ago

im not sure

[wide osprey]

please stop

don't you like trees

i think we need to add animals

on the map

like in eu5

[sudden thistle]

i was sleeping from 2018-2023

[tulip thorn]

2026 was 200 years ago

wdym

[sudden thistle]

ahhhh

[daring geyser]

Me when I realize 2017 was more than 20 years ago 😭

[grave phoenix]

im gonna touch you

right meow

[daring geyser]

right meow?

good boy.

[grave phoenix]

igb

[sudden thistle]

10/10 rizz

[tulip thorn]

I saw it coming

It posted in food first

[grave phoenix]

ill rizz u too

[tulip thorn]

I can predict time

im the goat

[grave phoenix]

it got deleted 😔

1984

[ripe slate]

wooh🔮 in 10 seconds it will be 10 seconds later

[sudden thistle]

mhm

[tulip thorn]

In 30 seconds it will be 30 seconds later

[buoyant rivet]

I have to say - it feels pretty brutal

[daring geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/jojo-jojo5-buccellati-jojo-part5-gif-13591661

[buoyant rivet]

even knowing the exact date the war will start for me

[grave phoenix]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1297365478347378769/1316412332116803675/GegvtXIWQAAZoVh.gif

[ripe slate]

just make the Byzantine empire before Italy invades fr fr

Idk if thats a DLC-only thing

[turbid vale]

i am trying to do the pope achievements, but when capping france i annexed it instead of turning it into a puppet. because of this my Balance of power shifted right ALOT. I've done 0 right focuses/decisions and after stregthen the papacy, im still at 15% right. I know that the liturgical reforms refreshes yearly, but rn its 1940 and im 15% to the right.

would releasing france / ethiopia shift me left? any other ways to shift left faster than waiting 5 years?

[daring geyser]

im pretty sure without dlcs greece is a generic focus tree nation

[ripe slate]

Yeh but idk if the formable is linked to the tree

[tulip thorn]

Pretty sure it is

You have to do a focus to unlock it at all

[uncut pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/hearts-of-iron-hearts-of-iron-iv-hoi-hearts-of-iron-4-hoi4-gif-14684883426167911687

[wide osprey]

heart should be of iron

[turbid oriole]

is world conquest with bulgaria considered good

[daring geyser]

it's possible to world conquest with any nation it's just a matter of time investment not of skill

[tulip thorn]

yeah

[turbid oriole]

nah but i did it in less than 10 minutes

[tulip thorn]

annex all:

[lavish oyster]

https://youtu.be/RIre15HOy1o?si=uPN__8WSmHhxCvy6&t=259

[sudden thistle]

uhuh

[patent thistle]

i am actually confused how my friend failed the mojave chapter during the war against the territory in OWB. he isnt that horrible and even can beat me in some aspects.

[tulip thorn]

I did a world conquest in 10 seconds

Beat that

im the best

im the best hoi4 player to ever exist

[ripe slate]

was it annex all and the game freezing for 10 seconds

[tulip thorn]

maybe

[patent thistle]

my game straight up crashes when i try that lol

[tulip thorn]

damn

your poor little cpu dont like that

[patent thistle]

my i5 6300U mentally breaking down when i try to use an adobe program:

[tulip thorn]

i5 6300U ouch

[patent thistle]

the laptop case is older then that CPU

[tulip thorn]

Super ouch

Thats just a i3 with the i5 name

[ripe slate]

[patent thistle]

.

[ripe slate]

there are good i3's so....

[tulip thorn]

I know

[ripe slate]

:) oki

[tulip thorn]

Love how confusing intel was with its naming

[sly venture]

after 50 nukes the axis and greater East Asian have fallen

there is probably someone who landed in the invasion of Sicily in 1940 and left to get back to the uk in 1949

[lethal ether]

you cant even get to 39 in 10 minutes

[daring geyser]

not thaaaat bad for an old gpu tbh

cpu*

it could be much much worse

[tulip thorn]

true

[turbid oriole]

nah but i got it

[sly venture]

my pc starts to lag after 1945 a lot

[daring geyser]

that's just normal

[sly venture]

I expected the game to not be that laggy

[tulip thorn]

its a single core simulation game, by 1945 there are so many units and a shit ton of equipment stockpiles

that 1 core is working overtime

[solid prairie]

anyone wanna play?

[patent thistle]

Intel Core i3-540 was the old CPU this laptop had (me think that speaks wonders for the Laptop case)

[tulip thorn]

your laptop is socketed?

[patent thistle]

yep

[tulip thorn]

Wow

[patent thistle]

could litterally take out everything from the laptop if i wanted to

[sly venture]

my old laptop could only play cookie clicker

[tulip thorn]

damn

My old laptop was socketed

[patent thistle]

mine currently can still run stuff like SCP Secret lab on low settings

[patent thistle]

mine still has an intergrated disk drive

lol

[tulip thorn]

Like emmc?

[sly venture]

I upgraded to pc tho like a while ago

[daring geyser]

take a look at my current, old, decrepit pc

[tulip thorn]

I prefer the gt 730

gt 1030 is way to powerful

[daring geyser]

"i prefer cancer over hiv"

[patent thistle]

no like litterally a physical disk drive

[tulip thorn]

ddr3 version of gt 730 my beloved

[daring geyser]

at least im on the ddr5 version of the 1030

[daring geyser]

running the computer on a floppy disk

[patent thistle]

i actually did that with my old tower

[tulip thorn]

Someone should get hoi4 working on floppy disks

[daring geyser]

you sure you don't mean a hard drive? or a disk bay or whatever it's called in english

[tulip thorn]

disk drive?

[daring geyser]

like

[tulip thorn]

dvd

blueray

[daring geyser]

yeah

the dvd bay

[sly venture]

What is better thermonuclear bombs or nuclear bombs

for pushing

[daring geyser]

dont use them for pushing

but if i were to choose between the two go nuclear

[sly venture]

Why?

[daring geyser]

thermonuclear has way too much range

applies way bigger penalties to states

pushing is gonna suck

it's already not advised to use nuclear for pushing

[sly venture]

I usually just use a nuke push get stuck use another nuke push get stuck repeat

[patent thistle]

these things

[daring geyser]

prolly theres something wrong with your divisions or not enough/good cas cas or a bad doctrine or all of them

[daring geyser]

yeah like the dvd bay or whatever

[sly venture]

I got all my cas shredded

but have very good tac bombers

modern tac bombers

[patent thistle]

@tulip thorn

[tulip thorn]

Yeah

[daring geyser]

it must be like 1950 in your game just build more

[tulip thorn]

dvd drive

my old gaming laptop had one

[daring geyser]

look at my madmax ahh computer

[patent thistle]

i call it disk drive cause it also takes CDs

[sly venture]

I mean I capitulated the axis and the greater East Asian so i will do operation unthinkable

[tulip thorn]

I call it both

[sly venture]

if it took 50 nukes to kill the axis how many will it take for the ussr

[patent thistle]

i dont know if i should laugh of be concerned for that GPU sticking out this hard

[daring geyser]

it's actually fine

[tulip thorn]

That gpu is fine

Its more powerful than a 5090 btw

9000% more fps

[daring geyser]

it actually didn't even fit on the back of my pc so i had to force the metal out of the way with wirecutters, and now the metal is holding down on the gpu and thus being a natural support

[daring geyser]

it runs even your mom!

[patent thistle]

oh btw i feel like my laptop would straight up survive a nuclear bomb explosion, it survived so many dam falls and punches i question how it even works-

[daring geyser]

why you throwing punches at yo laptop

[tulip thorn]

thats how I feel about my old gateway

That shit refused to die

[daring geyser]

one time my cat made my pc fall down and i took a day off because it was the middle of the night and i had to fix it

thankfully it just damaged one of the ram slots. i moved a ram stick and it was fine

[patent thistle]

mostly when ai pulls bullshit and randomly pulls 200 fully equipped divisions out of their ass and somehow pulls a Steiner

[patent thistle]

wait wait, "refused"? past tense?

[sly venture]

18 MILLION

[sly venture]

Overall 30 million Germans died

If we include the 50 nuked cities the overall casualties would be 1 billion

[wide osprey]

please don't nuke provinces with forest

it's bad for environment

[sly venture]

I did not nuke any forests

[wide osprey]

thank you kind hooman

[unique idol]

hello i just got HOI4 and i kind of confused with the UI i looked up and got told italy is the place to start but im still lost

[wide osprey]

italy is definitely not the place to start

[unique idol]

oh

what country should i use then?

[wide osprey]

well you can try maybe

but there are better countries

you can pick something like south america

[unique idol]

so like brazil?

[wide osprey]

yeah

do you have any dlcs

[unique idol]

no

[sly venture]

I only nuked the places with the red dots so no forest

[wide osprey]

that's good 🙂

[unique idol]

damn theres nukes

?

[sly venture]

yes but they are not important if you are new

most of your games will not go longer then 1940

[unique idol]

oh kk

[sly venture]

Nukes are important if you play with a very weak country and need time to make an industry or if you play with hard mods

[unique idol]

should i go iron man mode?

[sly venture]

no

def no

[unique idol]

ok

what about historical ai focuses

[sly venture]

use em

[unique idol]

ok

what focuses should i research in brazil? @wide osprey

[wide osprey]

since you said you got no dlcs let's assume there is default focus tree in brazil

well

[unique idol]

yes

[ivory hull]

dont play brazil if you dont have the dlc

[unique idol]

oh

[wide osprey]

in 90% your first steps is to build up your industry

[wide osprey]

what

[ivory hull]

playing with the generic tree is genuinely horrible

[wide osprey]

he needs to learn the basics

[ivory hull]

play a nation that has a focus tree

[wide osprey]

how mechanics work

[ivory hull]

learn that through tutorials

[sly venture]

Luxembourg:

[ivory hull]

and then apply on an actual nation

[wide osprey]

no need to dive deep into political shi

[ivory hull]

i learned the basics through blatant cheating on majors

[wide osprey]

there is no better tutorial than your experience

[ivory hull]

but you need focuses to learn the basics

[ivory hull]

but for explanation of things, tutorials work great

[sly venture]

1# don’t watch bitter steel

[wide osprey]

focuses is just 1 click > wait 70 days > +5 civs

[ivory hull]

if its so simple why ignore it?

[sly venture]

2#dont listen to what bittersteel tells you

[wide osprey]

who said we will ignore it

[sly venture]

3# don’t copy bittersteel templates

[ivory hull]

yea watching bittersteel only works if you know what hes doing wrong

[wide osprey]

generic focus tree is still a focus tree

[ivory hull]

generic tree is basically the baby version of any normal focus tree

[sly venture]

4# DO NOT USE LINE ARTILLERY

(unless if you are doing a cheap marine template)

[ivory hull]

nope not even then

[unique idol]

i might just go in a help vc so i dont have to always alt tab

[sly venture]

nah it’s pretty good on marines

[wide osprey]

imagine he's playing brazil with dlc
1000 debuffs, modifiers, events, several political paths, coup and uprisings
and he don't know how to move units yet!

[ivory hull]

full normal marines work better tho lwk

[blazing river]

imagine bro tries china

[late wharf]

Tutorials help provide a base level of understanding, but it really takes sitting down and playing the game itself through a number of playthroughs, to see how it all plays out etc.

[sly venture]

Special forces cap tho

[ivory hull]

has he played the tutorial yet?

[ivory hull]

doesnt matter

2 marines are lwk enough

[unique idol]

i didnt even know there was a tutorial

[viscid mason]

Hello Fraser, hello steve, hello Hippocrates

[wide osprey]

tutorial is italy as well

[late wharf]

Helloo

[wide osprey]

i thought you already done it

[ivory hull]

in #ask-for-help-here there are some tutorials pinned that explain the basic stuff so id recommend watching them too

[sly venture]

also do not play Italy for the love of god

[blazing river]

nice beard

[unique idol]

oh ok thanks

[dusky burrow]

tbh just stacking more marines in your cheap marine template is probably better

[sly venture]

Italy is like the hardest major

to play

[ivory hull]

theyre barely a major aswell

[late wharf]

Thanks, I grew it myself 🙂

[sly venture]

Italy only is op if you know what you are doing

[ivory hull]

not even then tbh

theyre just kinda strong

wouldnt say op

[wide osprey]

italy is the first major
from the bottom

[sly venture]

nah

[unique idol]

i think you are cooked

[ivory hull]

its only op because you have half of europe

which makes every nation op basically

[sly venture]

I mean valid but it’s op

[ivory hull]

only good thing is that you can naval invade the uk better than germany

thats it

[sly venture]

tell me one other country that can core all of Europe by 1941 (facist uk does not count)

[ivory hull]

but killing the uk just makes any nation strong because you have unlimited resources

[ivory hull]

germany/france

maybe austria/belgium

[unique idol]

but should i still play brazil?

[sly venture]

you can’t core all of Europe

[unique idol]

or start over?

[ivory hull]

eu?

yes you can

[sly venture]

oh yea eu

[dusky burrow]

why do you have 22 divisions stacked in one port

[sly venture]

I wanted to take Genova

[ivory hull]

what even was your template?

[sly venture]

worst template oat

it was 3x3 with logistics company recon rangers support artillery and enginner

[ivory hull]

just use inf bricks bro

why 18w

if you wont use tanks/special forces

[sly venture]

I was making tanks

at that moment

[ivory hull]

bro it was like 1945 in that ss

[sly venture]

maybe

Also I had made marines but I got em incircled

Like all of em

[cinder parrot]

I cast, RADIUM GIRLS

[sly venture]

Also I was in a man power crisis

[ivory hull]

As the US?

[sly venture]

yes

[proper ridge]

hi 🤔

[viscid mason]

Hello Nico

[dusky burrow]

ah i see

[azure crescent]

sure guys, this was definitely the best approach

[finite plume]

I made garrisons WAY more expensive 🙏

Cause now they vary with state population

[thick summit]

I annexed America's Northeast and Midwest with Canada on Millennium Dawn lol

[tulip thorn]

Mark this is good news

We can finally be bees

[cinder parrot]

Someone please get me NSB and Gotterdamerung

[sudden thistle]

No

[tulip thorn]

Mean much

[tulip thorn]

Ill get you man the guns dw

[proper ridge]

get him vanilla hoi4

so he has 2 of the same game which means they cancel out

[tulip thorn]

https://tenor.com/view/an-iq-too-high-raven-crow-tiktok-gif-3869671553367641450

[cinder parrot]

I’m not an idiot

That’s basegame

[tulip thorn]

Fine fine fine, ill get you waking tiger

[cinder parrot]

Also basegame

[tulip thorn]

Ungrateful I was gonna get u 2 dlcs

Not anymore

[cinder parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/pumpkin-magnum-revolver-44-shoot-gif-1665949001927471350

[tulip thorn]

No more dlc for you

[sudden thistle]

U wanna know a full proof way to get the dlc?

[craggy trail]

Blobbing content?

[proper ridge]

arrrrgh

yarrrr

[cinder parrot]

Dm me it

If it’s illegal please delete your acc

[sudden thistle]

Sent

[sudden thistle]

No it’s a job application

[cinder parrot]

I’m not old enough to get a job

[fair horizon]

labor laws 😡

[sudden thistle]

Get older

[fair horizon]

someone set his country's conscription to scraping the barrel so he can get a job

[cinder parrot]

Yeah as if they weren’t introduced because children were dying in factories

2 of my classmates were caught with vapes ON CAMPUS

[sturdy grotto]

trying to win the anarchist civil war took 4 years 😭

[fair horizon]

wym

you can just push

[cinder parrot]

How does a general get allat

[sturdy grotto]

bro barcelona has no manpower

[fair horizon]

you have like infinite manpower compared to the other sides and you can get guns easily

[sturdy grotto]

yessir

[fair horizon]

10% recruitable

[sudden thistle]

It’s not that insane

[sturdy grotto]

yeah but you start with -5k and 5k manpower

[fair horizon]

good news spam the buy guns button

[sturdy grotto]

did that and took 4 years

either way absolutely funny experience

[cinder parrot]

Mind you we’re all like, 13-15…

[fair horizon]

well just do better than them and dont vape

[cinder parrot]

I ain’t giving myself cancer

[fair horizon]

good

[cinder parrot]

Wanna know what my classmates got as punishment

[proper ridge]

i doubt it

[cinder parrot]

I’m being serious

[proper ridge]

30% of the server is like 20+

[cinder parrot]

And that other rest is below or above

[proper ridge]

…

buddy

did you seriously ask that

[wet summit]

I literally took 10 ingame years to prepare to leave the ww2 winning axis and go against them for world control just to find out im still losing just 1 month into the war...

[cinder parrot]

It wasn’t a question…

[proper ridge]

the hell is it then

[stark elbow]

IM PLAYING USSR AND IM FINALLY BEATING GERMANY WITHOUT LOSING MILLIONS OF MANPOWER!!!

[proper ridge]

FUN!!

[cinder parrot]

Statement

[tranquil robin]

hey tthere

I am new at this channel and I am looking for some mp lobbies for hoi4

[tulip thorn]

there are several mp vcs and channels

start there

thats nice

[fair horizon]

which country?

[sudden thistle]

U said it like a question

U know its a question

[winter dawn]

is it a bad idea to use mods with this symbol

[fair horizon]

Why you got big ol eyes now

[winter dawn]

or should i just not worry abt it

[fair horizon]

No

If the game crashes one mod has an issue

[winter dawn]

so is it chill

oh yeah should probably

[weary lagoon]

it depends on the mod and the version differences between current and the mod's version

[sudden thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/nienkepien-ignorance-is-bliss-gif-8265744912636554371

[tulip thorn]

Because of a friend

[weary lagoon]

most of the time mods works fine even on the current version, but it could change if the mod's chunky (total conversion mod like kaiserredux) and it modifies like everything in the game

cuz of new DLCs it could break some stuffs for example

[winter dawn]

oh thank god

i have no dlcs

[vivid juniper]

Has Italy been overpowered lately for any of you?

I’ve seen them new Roman Empire multiple times and they blob out

[wet summit]

Us

[vivid juniper]

On ahistorical

[wet summit]

No, historical, but i went fascist

[icy lion]

what is the ballistic missiles range...

i cant even hit japan from iwo jima

not even close

[modest path]

bruh why is uk so op bruh

[vivid juniper]

why italy

Why

[raven lotus]

shoot mao

[vivid juniper]

That opportunity passed

[cinder parrot]

Genuinely might sell a collectible I got personally signed in person by the actor of dawn for more money to get HOI4 dlc

170 dollars for all of it is insane

[tulip thorn]

Princess and communism

[raven lotus]

lol

[tulip thorn]

Reminds me of the france rework I played

You could go communist with the napoleonic path

[cinder parrot]

I wanna make a submod of this and make a human appearance in specific regions

Low stability

No war support

[tulip thorn]

There is a mod that replaces alot with humans

[cinder parrot]

-30% attack because of a foreign universe

[tulip thorn]

and a few mods that add human nations

[cinder parrot]

+15% unit speed

[tulip thorn]

even a april fools toggleable game rule to get the NCR

[cinder parrot]

I mean like something I wanna make

Basically humanity randomly appeared into MLP universe of equestria at war

Unorganized

Nobody likes them

[vivid juniper]

As far as I got before, having a super democratic faction to go through

[cinder parrot]

Oh and multiple modifiers I’ll list.
“A new world” just army restrictions like bulgaria.
“Unorganized” -40% Stability. -30% Attack. +15% Speed.
“Human will!” +25% production efficiency cap. +50% resources.

These will all be temporary

A new world requires you to research the world your on

Research tree exclusive

To 1 Nation

[fair horizon]

Long china

[plucky sparrow]

yo guys, wanna see something cool I made?

[tulip thorn]

sure

[plucky sparrow]

current state of ultra detailed europe map

will add some more, whenever im done I will send the image of it

[cinder parrot]

How many tiles…?

[plucky sparrow]

about 100,000

[cinder parrot]

This better not be a hoi4 mod plan, and is that the amount already established?

[plucky sparrow]

I plan on adding as many provinces as physically possible.

[sudden thistle]

what is that Sea of France shaped country?

[lethal ether]

imagine a mod like ts

[plucky sparrow]

It would be beautiful!

and THAT is my goal.

[cinder parrot]

Answer my damn question, is that the current amount for the nations already done?

[sudden thistle]

magna europa but updated?

[plucky sparrow]

I'm still adding civilizations dude.

[lethal ether]

would you do me the favor of pinging me or dming me if u ever actually get through and make that 😭 🙏 🙏 🙏

[plucky sparrow]

yes

[lethal ether]

ty

[cinder parrot]

I got a tip, please give specific groups research trees that have different technologies with different stats, each nation needs their own for obvious fairness, unless they are micro nations

[plucky sparrow]

ok

[cinder parrot]

Will it be ancient or modern?

Or other

[sudden thistle]

do u know how hard that will be to mod?

[plucky sparrow]

modern

[cinder parrot]

Oh

Mods murder him

[sudden thistle]

and conquest

why did u spaghetti bro

he was just giving u an awkward hug

[plucky sparrow]

I hate him.

[sudden thistle]

all he did was forget to prepare for the arrival of ur empire

[plucky sparrow]

aight, I'm gonna go work on my map.

bye!

[sudden thistle]

good luck!

[rotund chasm]

An idea for the discord mods, this other server im in has a "honey pot" text channel thatll just auto ban anyone that posts in it. The idea is that bot scammers will blindly post in it and flag themselves

Quite a brutal way of doing it, not sure how effective it is and im sure theres some collateral XD

[cinder parrot]

The official metro server does it, the amount of notifications it gets daily is concerning

[dusky burrow]

Probably make sure to tell the people that they can appeal btw

[misty fossil]

stand ready for his departure

[misty fossil]

another server im in has that feature

[vapid sparrow]

W or L

[raw crystal]

After I get a WW2 win ad Monarchist Russia, I will give Papal State Italy or Monarchist France a try next. The easy part is the civil war, the hard part is not getting steamrolled by the Germans. The run is on Historical.

[dusk knoll]

how many civs should i build as japan

[granite basin]

All you can build

[dusk knoll]

ok so how much

[granite basin]

Ido

Idk

[fair horizon]

60 extra

Ive never played japan btw

[dusk knoll]

useless ahh mfs responding

[fair horizon]

Figure it out bud

I play australia

[dusk knoll]

dawg

who tf plays australia

[fair horizon]

Me

[upbeat tundra]

italy got JUMPED by france me yug cze and rom

[fair horizon]

What map mod?

[upbeat tundra]

kaiserreich style map

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2287823948

[shell sorrel]

aura tbh

Any tips for playing Aus? Been wanting to play more commonwealth nations

[fair horizon]

Take over the dutch east indies if you can

[shell sorrel]

Just like… from the Dutch? Or wht

[upbeat tundra]

no ur taking the dutch east indes from the viltrum empire

[fair horizon]

Yeah you need the manpower and oil

Unless you plan on going with britian

If you can get malaysia too thats good

[shell sorrel]

okay i'll write that down

[fair horizon]

Oh also get into war asap

So you can go down your tree

[shell sorrel]

gotcha so same as canada

[upbeat tundra]

GOD DANGIT I FORGOT TO TAKE ONE CZECH STATE

[fair horizon]

Yeah except you get 2 focuses instead of 1 that are reliant on tension/war :)

[shell sorrel]

what do you recommend for getting early game industry set up?

[foggy scaffold]

Les goo I jst got wojtek as my king and Im now the slavic union 🥹

I also released Jan mayen 🥹

[upbeat tundra]

reichspakt vs comintern go go go

idk why but i dont like this guy

possibly the best feeling in the world

[foggy scaffold]

5 hours doing the slavic union.

And my wrist is in pain.

Yippee!

[plucky sparrow]

yo guys, I finished making my europe map, wanna see it?

[wild bay]

Peace conferences be like:

[fair horizon]

I build civs until conc 2 in the 60% states

[shell sorrel]

i'm in 1937 now and feel like i built too much infrastructure by now lmao

should've just done that instead but oh well we're here now

these initial industry track focuses suck ass

[fair horizon]

Eh it makes you build faster

NSW and Tasmania have dams btw

[shell sorrel]

yeah i got queensland to 100% working on civs there now

o shit

fr gotta be one of the funniest focuses

i'll prob try to get a naval facility by the end of 38 as well

i'm going fash

[cedar kite]

this aint even going to be changed when the rework happens for the base game since the change will only appear with the dlc

[shell sorrel]

i just have the dlc subscription whenever i feel like playing hoi4 tbh

i've never played without it

[fair horizon]

Oh also you can release papua and solomons as a puppet for extra civs later

[shell sorrel]

can i re-core them via focus like algeria?

[fair horizon]

They're not cores

[shell sorrel]

ok but i guess my question is how am i getting them back

[fair horizon]

But they do their focuses

Reannex them through the puppet system

Integrated is where its at though

They dont have to join your wars so the ai cant figure out how to invade you

[north merlin]

how do y'all like my armor division template im playing uk

[fair horizon]

Awfully small

[shell sorrel]

is that cavalry recon

[dusky burrow]

double it and remove a tank

[north merlin]

uhh what to fix?

[north merlin]

liek all of it?

ok

...

wb support company?

i usually play infantry game so i know nothing of tanks

[cinder parrot]

Look at this cover of 1984 and tell me how goofy the thought police look

This cover is from 1949 btw

[lapis snow]

goofy. They managed to have Winston look a lot like John Hurt, wonder if this cover influenced his casting

[cinder parrot]

It did

[lapis snow]

interesting

[cinder parrot]

But holy

The thought police

Genuine war crime

Timmy tuff knuckles lookin ahh

[north merlin]

guys motorized recon or armor recon i can't decide

[viscid mason]

i finished my czech game with the new dlc. Little entente path makes it easy to survive

[viscid mason]

tank recon

[viscid mason]

do a 8 or 9 infantry and 10 tank battalions for the tank division

[north merlin]

do i add artillery company?

rn this is my template

[lapis snow]

the tanks are the artillery

[viscid mason]

if you have nsb put a flame tank, also remove the maintenance for signal and/or field hospital

[north merlin]

oh, ok

[north merlin]

yeah i do

[north merlin]

ok

[shell sorrel]

not sure why i can't naval invade, says I have 0 dominance on the naval invasion button but 1200 dominance over the actual sea area

[restive sable]

did you go down benes path?

[viscid mason]

yes but also did little entente

[north merlin]

lowk what should i do with my inf template, i don't have enough mills to star producing spgs yet

'

[viscid mason]

put anti air

[north merlin]

and what else?

[restive sable]

little entente i think is open to the two democratic paths and communist path regardless

little entente sub-path is crazy strong

[shell sorrel]

another battalion to get 20w at least

[viscid mason]

optionally you could put either 2 o the 3, recon rangers, hospitals, or logisitcs

[dusky burrow]

20w is not really a good idea ever since they've stopped making everything 80w

[lapis snow]

which zone is it you have dominance in, because it looks like you're missing a sea zone

[viscid mason]

indeed. Iirc i never build a tank in that game so inf is meta @north merlin

[shell sorrel]

Java Sea

it didnt end up mattering anyway, the AI just pushed through over the strait i was wanting to avoid

[viscid mason]

18 width is fine. Tho if you like big infantry, you can do 35-39 width

[north merlin]

ok

[north merlin]

i wanna give armor a try

[north merlin]

wait what is recon rangers?

[viscid mason]

do you have arms againist tyranny?

its the special forces company from mountaineers or forest rangers

[north merlin]

yes

[north merlin]

ohh ok

[viscid mason]

go to you special forces doctrine

[north merlin]

yeah i see it

[viscid mason]

yeah that is how you get your recon rangers from mountaineer or forest ranger doctrine

[upbeat tundra]

bro got the malnourished armour div

[upbeat tundra]

add SP arty and stuff

[north merlin]

oh im going to add that for inf

[upbeat tundra]

thats my breakthrough div with no NSB

mechanized heavy tanks heavy sp art

u can sub heavy tanks for mediums

if ur poorer

and mech for mot

although i wouldnt recommend that

[lapis snow]

holy terrain penalty

[north merlin]

BRO WHAT IS THIIIIIS

[upbeat tundra]

i mean thats why i make other ones

[upbeat tundra]

a breakthrough div

[north merlin]

yeah uhm... i'll consider it later maybe...

[upbeat tundra]

early game?

[upbeat tundra]

just wait for the

a whole 20 org

[north merlin]

yeah

ww2 js started

im defending france

im planning on to go all the way to berlin w my 4 armor divs

[upbeat tundra]

just use high entrench divs then

[upbeat tundra]

gl with that

[north merlin]

what is that?

[north merlin]

nahhh trust trust i have faith

[cedar coral]

oh my

[north merlin]

also im playing multiplayer so my friend america will help me

hes gonna like spam 2000 marine divisions

[cedar coral]

maybe i shoudve cared about my economy

[upbeat tundra]

divs with a high entrench

[upbeat tundra]

yeah u can only train a few marine divs

[north merlin]

what do i do to get that?

[upbeat tundra]

oh my indeed

[north merlin]

idk how america does it in single player but im sure he can do it

[upbeat tundra]

can we get Karl Friedrich Emich Meinrad Benedikt Fidelis Maria Michael Gerold Prinz von Hohenzollern in TFR for monarchist germany

[upbeat tundra]

fallout factions be like:

hey atleast iberia is united

[cedar coral]

the saddest thing is that i have to see how my reich crumbles

i built it for years!!!

[empty jay]

Ah, yes, the rightful lands of the Equatorial Socialist Republic... The Baltic States...

From Memel to Virumma

Vilna to Saaremma

[wraith mauve]

USA rework when :/

if they redid the civil war I would sacrifice more to paradox

[upbeat tundra]

did u afk too hard

[cedar coral]

no

[upbeat tundra]

then what happend

[cedar coral]

i tried doing it but the west russian war happened

i won the war

[restive sable]

hopefully the latter half of the year 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[upbeat tundra]

15 dollar dlc called some BS like "armed neutrality"

[restive sable]

truth

[upbeat tundra]

oh dont forget: if u get a civil war into the confederates there will be no focus tree

[cedar coral]

these generic models are so UGLYYYYY

these ss chuds are so smart

they are defending in the maginot line

[glacial fog]

Is this good for turkey?

How do you get that fire with the tank tho?

[viscid mason]

Special land project

Mountaineers are better

[glacial fog]

Alr

[tulip thorn]

What on earth

This aint good for no one

[glacial fog]

What's wrong with it

[tulip thorn]

Line artillery, anti tank in singleplayer. 30 width aint great for attacking

maintenance company

[glacial fog]

So what's the best template for it?

I wanna join axis with turkey

[tulip thorn]

Im not a expert on mech divs, as they are normally used for naval invasion defense

But pure mech at 32-36 width would probably do better

[north merlin]

so uh mwhy ain't my armor doing shit?

[tulip thorn]

Look at all the debuffs they are getting

[north merlin]

idk how to get air superiority

[tulip thorn]

and the template itself is probably bad

[tulip thorn]

Those ones have nothing to do with air

Attacking overriver

Low supply and a terrain debuff

[north merlin]

oh oik

yeah i have no idea how to push into germany

[upbeat tundra]

crusty, musty and everything disgusting

[north merlin]

im defending france rn, they haven't made any progress, i made like 4 tiles of progress

[tulip thorn]

Well what does the tank look like

[upbeat tundra]

wait for germany to grind against you then push

and i mean wait for them to run outta supplies/weapons

thats the easiest method

[north merlin]

they not running out of supplies ;-;

also they out number me greatly

[upbeat tundra]

it takes like years

[north merlin]

it's my division template that's holding me still

[north merlin]

bruh ok...

[dusky burrow]

just use your tank mio

[tulip thorn]

You got to wait and let them just grind down on your defense

[dusky burrow]

as turkey

[cedar coral]

united again!

[upbeat tundra]

this was a game where i spent 5 years defending

14.83 million casualties

[north merlin]

oh...

but rn i have mor ecasualty than germany

im 100k up

[upbeat tundra]

then ur doing something wrong

[tulip thorn]

Stop trying to attack first of all

if it didnt work the first couple times

[upbeat tundra]

.. then it wont work the next 10 or even 100 times

[tulip thorn]

Exactly

[upbeat tundra]

i mean thats what the enemy did in this game

[north merlin]

oh i used battle plan

[upbeat tundra]

they attacked once lost 38k troops to 50 and decided to keep going

[north merlin]

like rn im on the offense not them

[tulip thorn]

Yeah thats a huge part of the problem

[lofty adder]

What about used

[lofty adder]

What about huge problem

[tulip thorn]

Trying to battleplan full hp units, with 0 air and no good attacking divisions

Thats not going to work at all

[lofty adder]

No no no no no

Autoplan giving bonuses

[north merlin]

oh so u saying i should js draw the front line and js wait till they drain?

[upbeat tundra]

the definition of

https://klipy.com/gifs/sisyphus-rock--k01KR0A8M8GH5CN6WZK7MVNFB89

[tulip thorn]

Literally

I do love when the german ai tries to battleplan

[lofty adder]

You can draw autoplan and don’t enable him

[tulip thorn]

Just constant green bubbles

[lofty adder]

You get bonuses

To attack

[tulip thorn]

One of the huge reasons why I love playing the Soviets or france

[upbeat tundra]

i did with a full mech army

germany is literally battleplanmaxxing everyone

[tulip thorn]

lol

[lofty adder]

What about Poland

[upbeat tundra]

they are my ally?

im playing german empire dawg

[tulip thorn]

I do love me a good german empire game

[upbeat tundra]

this came later the soviets rlly dont like giving their army weapons

[tulip thorn]

Luxembourg just chilling

[upbeat tundra]

german empire game always needs prussian legacy

if u play german empire and go with new panzer doctrine

thats insane imo

[tulip thorn]

Rommel really needs to be available to both sides tbh

But yeah

Prussian legacy all the way for german empire games

[upbeat tundra]

i do love me a german empire + kaiserreich map style game

it does make u feel like a general

[tulip thorn]

fr

[cedar coral]

tank german empire the best

[tulip thorn]

I prefer infantry air heavy

With huge naval larp

[upbeat tundra]

nahhh

[cedar coral]

im alone

[tulip thorn]

Just make a huge airforce and a shit ton of infantry

You win

[upbeat tundra]

oh btw u should play what i call soviet union 2

i think youd enjoy it

[tulip thorn]

What is it

[upbeat tundra]

its democratic germany then flipped communist

you form EU as dem germany

[dusky burrow]

why is that

[upbeat tundra]

then flip communist

[tulip thorn]

hmmmm

[upbeat tundra]

its like putting a cylinder in a square hole

like yeah itll fit

[cedar coral]

oh my god fascist ukraine winning

[upbeat tundra]

but god

[upbeat tundra]

the flag u get is worth it imo

lemme find it

@tulip thorn

[north hazel]

EU as Leon Blum France hehe

Historical

[tulip thorn]

Thats actually a pretty fire flag

Might have to give it a try

[upbeat tundra]

might be my fav from hoi4

[upbeat tundra]

theres an op german path where u have to capitualte urself with cheats

u declare on a french colony then move all ur divs across the polish corridor

[tulip thorn]

hmmm

[cedar coral]

the game deleted my 4 million army

[dusky burrow]

why so

[dusky burrow]

if you ran out of focuses to do you can always do a continuous focus

not like you're going to run out of focuses, but still

[tulip thorn]

Air production my beloved

[north hazel]

Saving PP for strikes lol

[dusky burrow]

okay fair

[misty fossil]

wha

htd taking 1 cw in this mod

[dusky burrow]

oof

which mod is this btw

[scenic pulsar]

REDDIT IS CALLING MY NAME

[lapis snow]

that is clearly an actual screenshot and not a phone photo, so it cannot be posted to reddit

[wide harbor]

I can't even tell if these terrible screenshots are memes or not anymore on reddit

[lapis snow]

It's mainly because most people don't use reddit on desktop and are too lazy to spend 15 seconds saving a screenshot to cloud or sending it to themselves

[glacial fog]

Is ts good?

I am playing turkey

[tulip thorn]

Stop trying to use maintanence company, line artillery and anti tank

None of them are good

[glacial fog]

So what should I do?

[tulip thorn]

check pins in ask for help

for div templates

[willow gull]

no

mountaineer should be just big blocks by themselves

definitely no motorized attached

[fair horizon]

You're just a hater smh

[tulip thorn]

I am

[fair horizon]

70w line arty

[tulip thorn]

Peak and based

[near mortar]

Are armored cars all this bad after all the buffs?

[near mortar]

Soft attack 92939293947392949392939
Hp 4

[fair horizon]

Yes

[fair horizon]

Org 0.1

[near mortar]

I mean who needs org, its a one shot build

Either you evaporate ememy in 1 in game hour or you die in 1 tick

[tulip thorn]

BASED

[willow gull]

this is hoi4

[near mortar]

I saw a video like "oh the ussr right opposition finally fixed". what was changed last weeks???

It was always working, even without civil war

[minor flint]

AC recon is a direct upgrade to LT recon wtf

[rapid gulch]

whats ac

[minor flint]

mind you both my AC and LT are maxxed out

[minor flint]

Armor Car

https://tenor.com/view/kamaz-wt-peter-peder-russia-gif-16431173986125970208

[rapid gulch]

lt recon is for tank divisions

[minor flint]

Literally stat mogging tanks

[minor flint]

no you can put any type of recon for your divisions

[dusky burrow]

what's your plane design xd

[rapid gulch]

check what lt does compared to ac

[dusky burrow]

i mean it depends on your light tank

[minor flint]

it's a direct downgrade compared to AC

[dusky burrow]

(if you have light tank recon)

you can produce some stacked light tank recons

[minor flint]

I gave my LT the every modern design possible

[dusky burrow]

i wonder what it looks like

[minor flint]

the most modern turrent, canon, engine, wheels, engine

[rapid gulch]

the point is 10% hard attack for tanks

[dusky burrow]

so you have 3-man turret, improved automatic cannon, gas turbine engine, interleavened roadwheels, and like 14 armor clicks?

that should be a really good light tank recon

[minor flint]

"Sir what do you want for your plane"

EVERYTHING

[misty fossil]

lmao

[tulip thorn]

"I swear the mod is balanced and fair"

[dusky burrow]

"spitfire" lmao

[minor flint]

no armor ticks

no armor of engine

[misty fossil]

well

i think its fair

[minor flint]

I left my LT raw to give a fair comparision to AC

cuz you know

AC can't really get designs

[lapis snow]

engine imported from stellaris

[misty fossil]

engine 4

[dusky burrow]

the fact that you might just be able to naval invade the UK and end this immediately

[misty fossil]

yes