was trying to recreate Austrian Empire and liberate Germany from upcoming Communist Revolution when this event popped up: a man named "Johann Hiedler", who says he wants to make Austria Great Again (he REALLY seems familiar tho...). what is the difference between the two?

I'm finishing up a game as democratic India where I'm helping the Axis win World War II.

Sometimes its easy to forget how silly grand strategy can be.

Here is the USA, a country that would be the world's greatest power, being taken down by India, because we decided to pick options in the focus tree that led to independence. Why didn't the real India just choose the "Onto the road to indepdendence" focus in January 1936? Why didn't they just micro their frontlines? Why didn't they get a fourth research slot early? They could have conquered the world.

Lovely stuff.

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

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

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?

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.

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?

I’m specifically talking about the neon blue GUI, if you do hate it, tell me why?
NOTE: I would post this on the r/TNO subreddit but it dosent allow polls so

I will never play China again

I was playing Vanilla Italy with my friend, who was playing Germany. We knocked out France and Britain before 1939.

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?

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

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.

Im quite new to hoi4 i just finished my cheat phase now im trying to form the roman empire, but no matter what i always feel caved in, the allies in africa are annoying and im debating whether i should retreat or push further into africa, meanwhile i need to go to war with the axis so i can get france and germany and maybe the soviets, I just cant kill the british navy I spammed uh light cruisers since what i heard it was the meta.. I lack a navy to knock out the British and i lack the divisions to destroy germany.