Been playing HOI2 since '05, had DH for 8 years... first BP in DH ever

[OsirisReborn]

Hi, two inexperienced questions when you have time.
-Foot Infantry paired with Motorized. Aren't you therefore limited to the speed to the Foot Infantry.., or did you just do this for illustrative purposes?
-the % of Partisan activity.., I have seen mine (not many late game playthroughs yet) hover between 3 and 9, if I remember correctly. I see you have 319.8, what impacts this calculation? I do use a lot of MPs and Garrisons, which might be stupid, but I had no idea the Partisan impact could get that high.

another comment on unit make up in your mobile corps
after years and years of Armageddon and Doomsday many players just automatically put the mot and mech with armored divisions
i think it took me over a year to realize they weren't getting any combined arms boost and just going slow
nowadays i usually just give every division its own general, making special attention to give MOT the logistics specialist
i dont see any reason to group up unless u have a spectacular general or a shortage of the desired trait
the ARM divisions get panzer leaders and after the initial big breakthru tend to guard the flanks while the MOT go nuts!
thats backwards blitzkrieg doctrine, i think, but thats how i do it now hehe

 

[AlexHarvey]

another comment on unit make up in your mobile corps
after years and years of Armageddon and Doomsday many players just automatically put the mot and mech with armored divisions
i think it took me over a year to realize they weren't getting any combined arms boost and just going slow
nowadays i usually just give every division its own general, making special attention to give MOT the logistics specialist
i dont see any reason to group up unless u have a spectacular general or a shortage of the desired trait
the ARM divisions get panzer leaders and after the initial big breakthru tend to guard the flanks while the MOT go nuts!
thats backwards blitzkrieg doctrine, i think, but thats how i do it now hehe

Every division or just arm, mot divs? Surely you don't have 180 1-div armies?

 

[son of liberty]

Every division or just arm, mot divs? Surely you don't have 180 1-div armies?

Why not? It is a great way to gain experience for your officers and allows maximum flexibility to exploit ai mistakes. That being said, I generally operate at the corps level; 3 divisions.

 

[AlexHarvey]

Why not? It is a great way to gain experience for your officers and allows maximum flexibility to exploit ai mistakes. That being said, I generally operate at the corps level; 3 divisions.

I might give that a go in my Canada game, still building up my army as unlike vanilla HOI2 the US is doing fine against Japan.

Which means my 12 aircraft carriers are all dressed up with nowhere to go

 

[OsirisReborn]

Every division or just arm, mot divs? Surely you don't have 180 1-div armies?

initially, yes.
In around 1942-43 ill be forced to group infantry into stacks of 2-3 because i run out of skilled generals
thats taking into account the lower skill ones that i like, that i already lvld and use
their max skill value, which is hidden, definitely matters

ill break the rule for things like freeing up leaders for new builds when im just out of guys
(group 2-3 divisions that were in the same hex to free up a leader or two)
and of course, if i somehow get a lvl 6 general or marshal he definitely gets his own hq and elite group
but even this is never going to be more than 3 or 4 units
im not sure anyone besides germany and the soviet union can get away with this
some countries dont have enough leaders, others have more than they need

good idea at sea as well, that way you can withdraw a damaged carrier or battleship with its escort instead of ending the whole action to save a ship

 

[son of liberty]

I probably shouldn't say anything but in 1.06 the max skill won't be hidden anymore. You are right, knowing max skill is important

 

[OsirisReborn]

I probably shouldn't say anything but in 1.06 the max skill won't be hidden anymore. You are right, knowing max skill is important

excellent!

 

[AlexHarvey]

I had an old difficulty file enabled from another run... it gave Axis +20% combat mod.

Not a real victory. Back to '36 I go.

 

[son of liberty]

I had an old difficulty file enabled from another run... it gave Axis +20% combat mod.

Not a real victory. Back to '36 I go.

That's got to hurt. Good luck

 

[OsirisReborn]

I had an old difficulty file enabled from another run... it gave Axis +20% combat mod.

Not a real victory. Back to '36 I go.

it still counts, but next time give the AI the advantage
it will make you learn to outfox the enemy rather than over power him :O

 

[OsirisReborn]

hey harvey, how bout them apples
we'll see if i can manage a bitter peace
its on hard/aggressive
stalin is fixin to jump me any second
counting on him waiting till 1941
woefully short of forces but this monster IC is got my factories cranking out material like crazy to catch up

 

[son of liberty]

@OsirisReborn that is some juicy ic for August 1940. What are your troop levels and amounts? I guess you completely ignored the kreigsmarine. I am kind of surprised you left Sweden independent. I mean you were right there in Norway and Denmark. Is no sealion a house rule for you?

 

[OsirisReborn]

@OsirisReborn that is some juicy ic for August 1940. What are your troop levels and amounts? I guess you completely ignored the kreigsmarine. I am kind of surprised you left Sweden independent. I mean you were right there in Norway and Denmark. Is no sealion a house rule for you?

strong kriegsmarine, pretty thin on army i think
its the 33 scenario so i built a lot of cvl and factories, got even more thru Italian surrender and an early fall attila
with the rest of europe its going even higher, like +2 ic /day for the past month and running
i usually do Norway with 6 or 7 divs so i dont think i could have taken sweden
i guess i could have delayed the blitzkrieg? i think it would have delayed spain too long
pushing september now with portugal down and greece falling
10 divisions to africa is unwanted nessesity british are taking all the free territory i got there
russians could attack any second unless i get done fast enough to garrison the border
amazed they havent attacked already, they must have a higher variable needed to attack in 1940
if i could have taken sweden and finland too that would have been masterful
a sea lion takes me till august without ANY of that extra curricular activity i did
ill get them later i guess, they are screwed without gibralter, submarines running wild, basically on auto from Spanish bases

 

[OsirisReborn]

i should say that if u do it this way they almost always lose that doom stack of naval bombers in madrid or gibralter and if u dont try an early sealion (always a near run thing) they will certainly come to you with endless invasions in norway and netherlands. This lets u wittle down the british navy with friendly air cover and minimal losses
also the united states always comes in early the day after you land in england and rarely do if you dont
sitting at over 200 belligerence so i think they are waiting to be attacked (fortunately)
i dont want the us navy ruining things for me in the atlantic! ALL my undamaged carriers are doing alot of escort duty in the med,
after gibralter i flood in there to fix alot of loose ends
if all goes to plan ill have all of europe, a nice foothold in africa, all the beaches defended, and my army on the soviet border before spring 1941
alot of that IC is en lieu of allies so i have this super long russian border
im building as much as i can (even some militia) but by the looks its still going to be way too much, ill have to do a fighting retreat and hoperfully cut them to ribbons with my panzergrenadiers in central europe, im sure the AI will give me some nice oppurtunities

 

[son of liberty]

Still, amazing work for the 33 scenario. I guess I was wrong thinking such a build impossible starting in 33. It never went that well for me. I do much better from the 36 scenario. Now, I guess I will have to try to do better. Good luck with barbarosa.

 

[OsirisReborn]

Still, amazing work for the 33 scenario. I guess I was wrong thinking such a build impossible starting in 33. It never went that well for me. I do much better from the 36 scenario. Now, I guess I will have to try to do better. Good luck with barbarosa.

i think the key is the high money strat so u can get your slider moves and research bonuses
i only move the hawk slider, u can get the others from events and decisions, also proper mobilization makes a huge diff
alot of the territory is from invading italy right before france falls, they just give up and surrender and u get everything, it also activates fall atilla so u can grab the rest of france for free as well
mid sep now

squelched the Algerian incursion and finished off the remaining minor countries
brits left crete undefended but malta has an unassailable 4 div, left my para to wait for a chance if they move
sent 2 divisions south to drakar to cause trouble and 2 mot + a handful of infantry will have to play shoot and move with a large british army moving west and north, probably for years. will try to hopscotch and land div on the coast if possible
everything else is regrouping for Armageddon

 

[OsirisReborn]

april 1941, looking grim
but so far no soviet aggression

lots of IC and spent MP ready by august
doubt its enough, if the russians dont attack im looking at a 42 barbarossa
havent done that in a long time hehe, maybe ill have jet fighters

 

[AlexHarvey]

Good luck! I try to stick to a historical timetable/invasion plan as a self-imposed challenge although I will admit on my newest (with no accidental cheats!) run I did take out Sweden and make Scandinavia (they ended up being useless)

 

[OsirisReborn]

Good luck! I try to stick to a historical timetable/invasion plan as a self-imposed challenge although I will admit on my newest (with no accidental cheats!) run I did take out Sweden and make Scandinavia (they ended up being useless)

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thought id have time later, but heck no
i dont know how i could have held that even longer front line if i had!
mid summer and im barely 9 div per hex on the russian border
the british raj and usa are in and im hard pressed in africa...

 

[Altruist]

the british raj and usa are in and im hard pressed in africa...

Probably your best response: to not care much about Africa.

Stick to the provinces with IC or strategic value, assign 2 TAC to Africa and kill the moving enemy units (=not dug in) with TAC: Ground attack, preferable while the enemy moves on plains or in the desert. Then just give it some time.

In Africa lots of useless ground and provinces have to be covered. I'd say the enemy is welcome to waste his units this way. As long as you hold the few important provinces: depots, IC, air and naval ports. And if you want to, very probably the enemy will be overextended and offers lots of interesting and easy encirclement options. A lot more if you let him come than when you are pressing. Cutting off the enemy units from supply will also greatly help and fasten the work of your TAC.

Own further conquests, if really needed like strategic naval ports, are best done not via land but by sea and amphibious operation: much faster and keeps your forces concentrated.

PS: Is it still necessary to guard the med-coastline? Don't you own the med and no TP can enter?