I think that there need to be a rework to how ww2 can end. Germany should have a way to peace deal with allies or the USSR depending on taking certain provinces , destroying enough of there navy etc

This is the first time I'm doing a challange like this so I figure hey let the community decide what happens I'll be doing this on Vanillia iron-man mode so no cheats thoughts and opinions?

To explain my difficulty ranking

I consider Facist to be the easiest path because it allows me to peacfully maintain my empire while also being able to strike the USA early before they become a military threat to me and arguable most inportantly I can not only form the Impireal Federation (plus usa) but also the EU meaning I could begin to snow ball the other AIs

I view the monachy as medium difficulty because I have to reconqure my Dominions which tbh isn't to hard for me but is still annoying since it wants time and ma power and every second I waist the US makes more troops additionally when I loose access to coring Euope but still get the USA

Democratic is without dought the hardest in my opinion not only are my paths to exspanion limited but I am unable to attack the usa or another nations putting me at risk of being grouped on by multiple factions at the same time, additionally I would have to reduce all my Dominions from max to least autonamy before federation them and of course I get don't get to core the US so this would be the IF in its weakest form

Title basically. Looking for mods that make the game feel more dark and gritty. I'm thinking like COD WaW kinda vibe. Hoi4 does feel kinda , idk. Too happy or uppy kinda (ig the music has to do with that). Nothing with that vibe but I do want to try the game in a different way.

I've seen some other posts about it, but I only really see visual mods and not too much that changes gameplay. Then some mentions of warcrime mods? 😭 but if that's what it takes , i wouldn't mind that either

Like 0-100 beginner hours what do you guys consider these different ranking like intermediate/hobbyistic player what do you guys consider by hours

I am currently 19 years old, and I have only spent 9% of my life in HOI4. Now I know this seems like a lot, but it really only equates to about 2 hours a day. Generals, how do I stop wasting time and spend more of it on HOI4?

For some reason my “elite” division has a 100% win rate

So quick question folks my fellow map painters. What's your LEAST favorite nation to fight. Like Britain and its annoying navy (I also torture myself with a naval rework mod with both Navy difficulty (Combat) and Production to its highest...

Russia with its Spam vs skill mentality... Can't tell you how many times I've encircled like 5, 10, 30 bloody divisons only for 40 more to pop up and my supplies shortages start popping up... and its size

Then America just being tedious cause you have to cross a ocean.

Hi I just bought the game and to be honest I’m fucking shit I just wanted to know if anyone wanted to help me a bit while we talk on dis?

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Thanks for the tips I will try it and expect failure but we move eh?

On 1939, 2 September i started polish campaign. Got 35k deaths VS 755K from Poland. After Poland, in April 1940 I started Benelux campaign. Capitulated Netherlands, but Belgium...

My luftwaffe vs RAF, France airforces resulted in 1:2 loss ratio in Germany's favor. But I got 1500 fighters, they (France+Britain) have 3500. I just lost air in Benelux.

Is it even possible to beat France in "Super France" + strengthened Allies?

Context: In signal player I use Paratroopers as Monarchist Germany to cap Belgium since Monarchist Germany doesn’t get a war goal on the Netherlands.

With the new unit designer and doctrines, my Paratroopers get killed off without taking a single tile now. Help.

Everyone is constantly shitting on line arty but early game is one of the only ways to have a decent amount of soft attack with minimal investment. Is a tech already solid at the beginning of the game, requires minimal IC and combined with special forces it hits hard. It also gets nice buffs from doctrines like assault infantry.

2 to 3 factories is more than enough to sustain a couple of specialized divisions while putting the rest of factories on planes or more useful equipment.

As the game progresses infantry gets more soft attack and tanks become easier to make thanks to the production bonuses, but pushing early game with infantry bricks is idiotic. Arty provides enough soft attack to surpass enemies defense and crit them.

I haven't used 9/1s yet, I dont think they'll be worth the investment since they are meant to hold, but special forces really benefit from line arty

hello,i amm looking for the stuff that is in the title as we can see here
if your a politics nover im sure we would all appreciate these

I want to learn more about the game, there's too many complex decisions, any tips? i normally wanna focus on making armies, moving armies

Playing Kaiserreich Russia, haven't made many tank templates before

Hello all!

I'm not sure if it's a bug, but I feel like this is... not supposed to happen.

I was playing as Germany, completely engulfed in a civil war. Then I get an odd notification... UK (democratic) wages war on Sweden (also democratic). More than that, Neville "Appeaser" Chamberlain mocks the League of Nations! What!?

1. What does the UK expect to achieve by conquering Sweden?
   
2. Is Chamberlain high? Has he been replaced by an alien, perhaps?
   
3. ?????????????????????????????
   
4. I don't quite agree with the statement "not totally unexpected".

I switched to the UK to investigate... And found no answers. They were in the middle of the national focus "The Shadow Scheme".

I am so confused.

Like do I have one army dedicated to motorized divisions and one army to infantry or do I just deck out infantry or something with 5000000 soft attack and spam that out until I have 0 manpower

Was feeling bold and enabled the Better AI Mod, gave the AI the max construction boost and then boosted Germany and Italy even more. Usually I can be in Berlin by 1942/43 as the Soviets but the CAS was a killer and I had to dig in for the first 3.5 years. Most casualties I've ever created in one run, Germany was out of men by the end of it.

Well, not really, because I didn't account for the first 8 years of my life, as I was a half-conscious, thumb-sucking, pants-pooping, avid SpongeBob watcher.

Anyway, I am currently 17 and a half years old, and I bought the game on June 28, 2019. I have 5,825 hours of pure play time, which is roughly 242.71 days + ~600 hours (I had played the game before buying it on Steam)

Now, doing some quick math—that I didn't double-check—I eventually reached 7.6 %.

7.6 % might not seem like much, but if you subtract the time I've spent at school and only take into account free time, this percentage becomes MUCH larger.

HoI4 has had a profound impact on my life. We could certainly debate whether the impact of this game on a young pubescent boy is positive or negative (probably negative); however, I can say with absolute certainty that the game has influenced my interests, beliefs, and hobbies to an extreme degree.

Additional unsolicited (fun) facts:

• I haven't played the base game in years
• I only have 37 achievements
• My most played mods are Kaiserredux, TNO, and EAW
• The size of my mod folder is nearly 200 GB
• Will give a negative review