Go to hoi4 r/hoi4 • by. I am trying to play multiplayer with a friend and the game wont stop lagging, it used to work fine until last year, but now it's lagging, is there a mod to increase the performance? Yes, most mods used in historical games improve performance a lot. Top posts of April 5,. Also subs count less towards naval supremacy. So there currently two populair navy strategies that I see floating around. Press J to jump to the feed. . It is the most efficient in responding to the escort needs of convoys and in anti-submarine warfare. FirstEquinox • 4 yr. edit: Also, have you researched any naval doctrine?Surface Raiders are great at killing convoys in open space. Firebombing killed more in Japan than the nukes yet two firebombing raids didn't make them surrender. Would it still cap at 100% or could it go to 110%? This thread is archived. In reality it is an order of magnitude cheaper to move freight by sea and river than by rail. ViniciusSinged • 21 days ago. To make matters worse, the "Support Attack" mechanic is old in the HoI series (since HoI2 at least, never played HoI1), but its so counterintuitive in HoI4 that for my first 1000 hours in the game I was mumbling about how the support attack mechanic from previous games was great and I couldn't understand why they had. L. 2. In this short tutorial esque guide I will show how the current best way to counter the Axis sub spam, as the Allies (specifically the United Kingdom). Before I answer and sound stupid, why do you want to change the mod load order? They usually all mount just fine (?) 1. r/hoi4. 1. Tanks can do the same thing. 21. The USN also has some capital ships, although. Lose form the Franco British Union then do the. I would say subs are the most OP. Content is available under Attribution-ShareAlike 3. HOI4 needs a secondary Dev team (Custodian Team) with the mandate and resources to rework and improve old DLC and updates. 3. I've never experience it while gaming but I have while watching YouTube in full screen mode. . Afterwards I left their faction and declared war on. If you have 100 base attack, with 10% bonus from commander and 25% bonus from veterancy, your unit would have 137. Give your sub snorkel, best (and maximum amount of) torpedos and best engine. They pack armor against gun damage, can tank significant amounts of damage and deal a good amount of it. 371K subscribers in the hoi4 community. Convoy raiding, we’ve discovered, just doesn’t work. Pretty useless for naval combat. ULTIMATE Submarine META PRO Guide - HOI4 Meta Navy Guide00:00 Subs!00:23 Why subs are broken01:36 Lets make a submarine04:09 Getting started07:44 Trade Inter. In multiplayer your results will get worse as sub tech increases, and yes that's backwards from what happened in world war 2. No navy except maximum submarine spam. they can kill up to 60 convoys in one battle. A halfway comprehending of navy player would just spam DD with anti. You cant get resources from Resource Prospecting Decisions but that's only for certain states, you can build synethic refineries which gives you rubber and oil, or you can get resources from certain focuses (but that's rare). Especially with the new Naval MIO buffs. this is good but don't spam these as screens. Business, Economics, and Finance. Have general patrols to spot them then have several small fleets of destroyers and manually move them like you describe to give them nowhere to run. Sub 3’s are very good, and they are very quick to build. The weaknesses are enemy airpower, good ASW cruisers, or destroyer spam (but destroyers only deter and not kill). json (in document/paradox interactive/hoi4) it's the list of mods you have subscribed to. - When your fleet meets and enemy fleet they begin a naval battle. Air superiority reduces enemy breakthrough and defense as well as allows your CAS operate without interference. Destroyers have torpedoes 20% weaker than Light Cruisers and 1/3 the strength of Submarines. 25) attack after modifiers. Set you sub fleet to engage at high risk, medium repair priority and enable automatic split off. Logitech F710 Controller for submarines. Saltborko • 4 yr. g. Yesterday at 8:35 AM. 1. Hearts of Iron. ago. Looks like. e. S. 1. Cruiser "spam" seems to have taken that place, although some of the CC community seem to be testing ways to get more crew onto a cheaper hull (since ship crew is part of the calculation for how much control a ship gives). Given this purpouse it shouldn't have engineers, recon or military. Having a ton of navs basically guarantees you’ll win. Whenever I host and start the game speed slows down bit by bit every second or two. ago. ago. If your carrier is sitting in a port or in a sea zone with no mission, then you can select the air. Perhaps whatever nation you are does as well? Higher level naval hulls give higher range. These are very weak ships, and thus you can try to destroy them before they become problematic. ViniciusSinged • 21 days ago. If you get instagibbed, tough luck, it's called a game, we shouldn't railroad with 40 pages of rules which have to be modified after each game because after each game one can find something that's "unfair". You can't change which ports supply and trade use (except by having those ports being occupied by an enemy). The mod looks to make these changes to the regions: - Focus trees for every country south of Mexico. You could do with designing the CVE to to have surface radar, escorts with both sonar and radars to help you find the subs. Is there something I m doing wrong because I thought I should be able to increase UI scale beyond default 1X ? This thread is archived. It's the meta for a reason. Concentrate on upgrades that reduce visibility and torpedo reveal chance. Even shorter for something like India. ago. Idk man, my dad can't swim. No enemy airports = no red air, simple as that. You dont seem to get me. Sports. Originally posted by Random: the easiest and most effective way to wipe out subs on mass is to setup about 4 groups of 10-15 destroyers with at least 2 secondary gun components setup to depth charges (pretty much every destroyer that isn't a minelayer or minesweeper should have this) with your highest available radar + sonar, and set them to. If the Germans did somehow make an atomic bomb and dropped it on London or Moscow we all know things would have looked much different. Something like this happens in the Chinese Civil war too. Which gives you longer to spot them. I would say subs are the most OP. You probably misclicked and ordered Guderian's panzers to pull out of a fight, and when that happens, it counts as a retreat. In reality it is an order of magnitude cheaper to move freight by sea and river than by rail. I quickly redeploy it's troops. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. submarines can only really kill capital ships well but thats if theres a good amount of submarines and only a few capitalships (No screens or else subs will get massacred, even in a doomstack) but going down the submarine doctrine tree can make the subs really good at massacring convoys. 1. Naval Bombers are the fastest and most cost efficient way early on. Heavy tanks are good for fighting other tanks, like lights or mediums or other heavies. ago. . instant construction ( ic in the console) makes it so on every new day, every production line builds 1 vessel. ago. Just using the best templates won’t be enough to win every battle. You must have enough unassigned transport planes on that location to be able to perform a launch. here is the chart. ago. 9. Additional advantage of submarine spam is that you can really streamline it technology wise and have much quicker doctrines researched. Specialized siege divisions? Aka modern space marine for 1. Report. Making some decent air force for minor countries is harder now - for example, if You want to do bathtub spam, it is enough to research two technologies (submarine one and torpedos). Each country has its own unique background, ideology, government, economy, resources, currency, etc. Total noob question here. People make tubs first and then refit it with the guns on it. I've always annihilated and been annihilated if subs/destroyers run into a large naval group. But that would take a lot of modding work to make happen. the reason you build light cruisers as any naval power (uk. The British and French navies had to throw 2 carrier taskforces at her to finally corner her in Uruguay, but not before she sank 2 dozen merchant vessels and tankers, and captured the crews of half a dozen more. 0 unless otherwise noted. If you justify on the Netherlands in 36 and spam out your 36 subs and just add mines to them you can hold them off with one army and just lay mines until you are ready to finish the war. The Nova Politicus SMP is a realistic geopolitical/world building SMP where players are situated across the earth and make their own realistic countries. The enemy always seem to win the naval battles. This thread is archived. j1ffster • 13 min. I manage to do the simple things like annex france etc and all of europe is under my control, by 1942 atleast, uk and us spam millions of naval invasions mainland of france of mini units, i have about 200 divisions defending ports and coast but they dont stop coming and. New and Improved HOI4 Meme thread - Post your memes here. r/hoi4 • When the Superior Firepower-cel say something so defensephobic you gotta hit them with the GBPChad stare. Just want to know how honestly. 10. This scales [hoi4. With field hospitals and big 40w armored divisions I can have 7 veterans by the end. Im playing in the Millenium Dawn mod, as USA, and I'm planning on invading Afghanistan, but don't know how to approach an invasion. Navies in HOI4 had a pretty strict setup - for every capital ship, you need four screen ships. Spam basic infantry and forts, and try to get Italy on your side. 6 you should spam infantry like there is no tommorow. 9K 94K views 3 months ago #hoi4 #sejozwak In my honest and humble opinion, if you want to spam ships which are quickly build, go for one of. 2. Apr 12, 2021; Add bookmark #5 Reply. And if this doesnt work, just reinstall the game, its not that big. Reply seesaww •. You could also use something like the tool pack mod to just give yourself some of the land. The DD's find them, the bombers eradicate them. I have about 60 submarines and would like to convoi raid Great Britain. Ctrl alt delete open task manager, restart windows explorer. Good enough. It's only a game when there are understandable rules. ago. 2. 666. It works against countries that. 1 * 1. Suprcheese • 7 yr. If I had to guess its likely supply. #8. Content is available under Attribution-ShareAlike 3. You could also use something like the tool pack mod to just give yourself some of the land. Great War Mod Cant Find Research For Some Technology. Which is like a HUGE problem if true. 5. They're more for convoy raiding. : r/hoi4. 2 anti air attack, increasing their score by 4. Thx. 299k members in the hoi4 community. The convoy escort gives +30% escort efficiency, which is pretty good because it lowers the number of escort ships required, and +20% sub detection for DDs. This makes them heavy cruisers so they get protected by your Destroyers. Attack for a good while, halt. The battle will go on for ages with minimal loss to submarine fleet. This is the most efficient way to design good divisions if you aren't allowed to participate in the Spanish Civil War. Long range submarine patrols, and similar mine laying operations are my first two choices. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game…I would nominate the Netherlands (who starts with a respectable navy albeit far from that of a major) and Portugal, for the second if you go royalist and recover Brasil you have the base to build a navy. Range, cant reach any battles that are currently happening, but sometimes airzones bug, could also be airfield being crowded. ago. Below water, obviously, is submarine spam. Its really fun because all of them have comparable navy and allows proper naval battles unlike in…1. If the host is running the game at a speed one of the players cannot handle and falls more than 24 in game hours behind without the game autopausing they will desync. Also spam some naval bombers and put them in the attack english channel mode. It's the meta for a reason. 9 Badges. Meta of War Crimes! NOT A JOKE! ULTIMATE Submarine META PRO Guide - HOI4 Meta Navy Guide00:00 Subs!00:23 Why subs are. Thank you. This makes them heavy cruisers so they get protected by your Destroyers. I once went to war using only expeditionary forces, I can confirm YOUR manpower pool is affected, kinda BS imho. If you have 100 base attack, with 10% bonus from commander and 25% bonus from veterancy, your unit would have 137. Sub 3’s are very good, and they are very quick to build. a other light cruisers + destroyers and allow the capitals, heavy cruisers & carriers to be destroyed by anything that breathes on them. 8. Then, when I invaded the Soviet Union later in the game, I got Leningrad, got Vichy France to transfer control of the state of Stalingrad to me, made sure all states were fully owned by me, then I used console commands to make Ile de France mine for a little bit so I could proclaim the Greater German Reich. There are some big weaknesses in the supply system of both hoi4 and hoi3, but in a different way. You can never go wrong with torpedos and it always is a good idea to build screen with a. Also just bypass the fort/mountain. 3. 1 comment. bwhite9 General of the Army • 4 yr. 7K. Click the portrait icon of an army without a general, there should be a button at the bottom of the window that says Promote division commander or something similar, click that and it gives you a list of division commanders, select one to promote to general. I make offensive units high supply and defenders low supply, but that's just my recommendation, you can play differently. Fleet in Being is just basic for surface fleets. Turn your 18 width infantry with shovels into 40 width 14-4s with R. Naval bombers are good to do most of the sinking. 1. Got back into HOI4 recently and this time around i'm really invested in learning and pushing for my first world conquest/win. Their survivability is in their speed. Submarine spam 1-2 tank divisions. Alica90 Air Marshal • 6 yr. IIRC when you plan an airborne invasion you have to assign one of your airport as the launching point (just as you do with naval one from a port) and the assigned units should move there. If you play non-historical mode be prepared to see some weird stuff, e. This mod makes no changes to vanilla ships or modules. For division stats, the different modifiers are multiplicative. AI Japan has a decision it will take to surrender if it has two nukes dropped on it, along with some other conditions. Heavy tanks are good for fighting other tanks, like lights or mediums or other heavies. Current HOI4 Version Supported: Barbarossa v1. Deliberus Banned. I really enjoy the ground and air wars, and really do not enjoy the naval wars or naval invasions. It's allowed me to destroy significant parts of any enemy navy with comparitively minor effort. I know, i know, just use 15 -5 armoured tank on multiple angle to plow through enemy even through mountain. ; About Hearts of Iron 4 Wiki; Mobile view This isnt the subs. Trade Interdiction: This is an offensive doctrine focusing on attacking enemy convoys with coordinated stealthy surface and submarine raiders that have superior abilities to find and destroy enemy shipping while evading enemy detection. The equipment cost (for planes) also includes training pilots to an adequate level which is the reason why it is and should be expensive in IC cost. 3. But in general, which is superior. For tanks the IC cost is less since you also need to train Divisions to. I'm put a week aside to fully mod the UI to swedish. Theres an event in the base game, UK can take a decision to demand vichy france's fleet, listed in operations as mers_el_kebir_raid. For division stats, the different modifiers are multiplicative. So I wonder if there are any mods that bring a bit more flavour, like more mission, traits, upgrades, smt like that?The guide, which you can find easily if you google "what are the best combat widths for hoi4" , mistakenly averages the best combat widths for each terrain, which in turn suggests combat widths that are actually bad in every terrain. Destroyers have very weak naval guns, while Light cruiser guns are at least good for killing Destroyers. Submarine spam is the only way to play hoi4 navy Reply Kermez • Additional comment actions. People make tubs first and then refit it with the guns on it. like all HoI4 combat navy can be min-maxed, and if that's. If they are torpedo destroyers, you can dunk on your opponent and also use light attack heavy cruisers to kill them. 125 IC 2Steel 1Chromium, which puts its IC/HP ratio at ~18. Inside a tank division to help maintain the speed of light or mesium tanks, and boosting org, hp, and defense. Thangunis. If you need I. Even low level ports should be able to receive vastly more supply than supply hubs connected by rail. 1. l to ensure that your capitals are effectively screened. ; 4 CV's and 100 DD's and CL's), but without more control over naval combat, will this just result in more losses of naval units because they suffer these criticals and slowly limp across the sealanes back towards. As others said, 60+ torpedo attack is needed to one-shot kill convoys. It was the first time AI France goes fascist in my game, probably because they get destroyed early on in most games, leaving them without a government to change. If the enemy is defending with medium tanks, you can attack with heavies to secure the armor bonus for yourself, deny it to the enemy, and have a lot. How to use submarines properly. Where RRn indicates your "normal" (pre-tech) bonus to research rate, RRi indicates your "improved" (post-tech) bonus, T indicates the base time to research the tech, and D. 1. E. If the enemy is defending with medium tanks, you can attack with heavies to secure the armor bonus for yourself, deny it to the enemy, and have a lot. 8. ago Instead of doing sub spam, I prefer making a good surface fleet. When the AI builds Carriers I believe they are 50% Fighter and 50% Naval Bomber. dont know about anti air but anti tank seemed fairly usefull as attachments to infantry. Build Destroyers + Sonar + Depth Chargers. You cant ever build historical Japanese DDs. A balanced fleet is important, but as long as you have your own carriers with Fighters killing off enemy planes, you don't really need screens. j1ffster • 13 min. Mines screw with enemies, make them slow down and stuff. 0 + 0. For example convoys have only 0. Click to. HOI4 takes liberties with reality in that having lower penetration values than the targets armor reduces damage but does not totally eliminate it. Enitity_Enigma • 21 days ago. Naval bombers are good to do most of the sinking. Good light cruisers are excellent uses of. The reason for submarine spamming in game and in history iis because they were cheap. Then: Check what province requires units and put ONLY the elite divisions there. Hard meta is a mix of cheap roach destroyer screens with good engines and only one gun, torpedo destroyers, and light attack light cruisers. Easy, cheap, and effective. The brute-force answer. A halfway comprehending of navy player would just spam DD with anti. I'm currently trying a paraguay campaign where I'll be relying on submarines for sea control, if I ever get that far, and I'll probably try using 1940 subs only, for the manpower and production savings. 2 comments. I am not an expert by any means, but I feel fairly competent with most of the game's mechanics. Rakzhor • Research Scientist • 7 yr. This is the most powerful doctrine for surface action. This could simply be because of a difference in hardware. My nearest naval base is within this as I have docking rights from Japan. Research torpedoes and radars. Make sure that all the armies you want on a front have no orders. 1- don't do any focus until you get 50 pp and immediately justify on poland. dishhawkjones • 2 yr. the game is made in sweden yet theres no swedish lamguage paradox = lazy. Destroyers stacked with torpedoes are more reliable than a sub spam. This is the fact AI never upgrades sonar or detection and will never retreat when they cannot detect their enemy. 11. 8K subscribers Subscribe 2. Third Reich; Trade Interdiction for subs maxed; have all sub tech except for torpedo launcher 4; already have that advisor. The combination of speed and visibility make your ships much more difficult to hit. For better or for worse, magazine. It's mostly well balanced if you play on historical. Build 2)’s Cruisers but also spam Destroyers with full torpedoes on them. . I would say go with CAs if you're making capital ships at all, you'll have trouble researching all the techs and importing all the steel you need to produce fleet carriers or heavy ships, but you can economize on naval research by building CAs and CLs that rely on the same techs. Specialized destroyers and naval bombers should do the trick. After they are gone go to the MS website and download the newest drivers. ago. The reason for submarine spamming in game and in history iis because they were cheap. ago. The main tree is mostly for CVs. 5 (100 * 1. 17 Badges. [deleted] • 7 yr. - Each naval region has a certain amount of superiority depending on the strength of each fleet. Sink the Italian Fleet. 3 comments. ago. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV by…Agreed. Forget about attacking the US early on, you can only reach them if you use T2+ Submarines and since they no longer count towards naval supremacy you can never invade. Minor: Submarine is the safe choice, Light Cruiser with lots of Light attack might work. 203. 1 / 6. Trade Interdiction. If you have 10 or more than 10 dockyards, you can disporbicya very decent. One spot I know of to look for this is in the theater results screen. Subs are the best scouts, best convoy raiders, and best minelayers. HoI4 is designed to emulate European warfare, the kind of warfare the NRA was not prepared to fight, and it simplifies terrain and supply to such a degree that China's natural advantages are rendered relatively inconsequential. I seem to not be able to pass anything above 2 bar speed regardless of what setting the game speed bar is on. For subs, create sub hunter fleets with 2-3 light cruisers per patrol fleet and 5-8 destroyers for the actual hunters. Low supply use divisions let you have tons of divisions on the front, but they're bad at offense. "Forget all your naval options and spam submarines" - Sun Tzu. Best. Naval bombers delete the screens, subs kill the convoys and capitals. If you're looking for a competent surface fleet to fight other ships with, the basics is cheap DD with good engine and some torpedoes, and heavy cruisers loaded down with light attack. britian. 6. Please remember to follow all forum rules. 4. 11. You WILL need at least a full production line of Infantry equipment, you WILL need a full production line of fighters, and even support equipment depending on how you play. Playing the UK in a multiplayer game, it's 1944 and the German Navy has been pumping out more than 10 submarines a month it seems. e. 6th Flotilla Took 20+ enemies To Davy Jones. Never tried it myself but if I catched it up correctly, you can use (at least in Multiplayer) to trick your enemy. Press J to jump to the feed. ago. Against a stronger naval opponent we can focus on tying up their fleet and destroying supply lines to starve their war machine. On steam you can right click on the game and search for "check local installation" or "check local files". Otherwise, you have to conquer or trade for resources, like steel. Roach DDs, CAs with one medium and max light attack and one torpedo will decimate the screen of any fleet it comes. Sub 3s, Light attack spam, torpedo screen spam, etc. I’ve seen Das Boot and it doesn’t take much to take them out of commission. subscribers . Navy Works like: 1 Admiral has a Fleet, each fleet has different Task Forces. DD and Naval Bomber spam. spam destroyers armed with best radar and torpedoes and see what happens. Specialized destroyers and naval bombers should do the trick. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Razzlane • 9 mo. Yay for cheapest interwar tank you can make for garrison (if you don't want to just use cav + captured rifles), nay for anything that gets deployed on the map. Mix them into your infantry divisions in limited quantities to give them a bunch of armor and extra punch. spam destroyers armed with best radar and torpedoes and see what happens. 127. 12, spamming subs is no longer a viable option for fleet-building. 221. r/hoi4 • Is submarine spam enough to sink AI navy?According to his experience they don't. You can give yourself all Research with : research all . Put radar in that slot. ago. In HOI4, light cruisers destroy everything on the water, and aircraft destroy everything period (land, water, whatever). I haven't found anything within the original timeline that is worthwhile. It might have been patched in the beta 1. ; About Hearts of Iron 4 Wiki; Mobile viewZone Spam, that is, just clicking every bloody zone for control, will typically only be effective if you have enough groups in your fleet to cover the specified areas. 3.