micro is meant to be used only in the beginning, of course after you've encircled 50 division you will start using battleplans because the enemy is weakened

​@@andrijaobradovic9665 Millenium dawn couldn't relate

Battleplan all wars. Be a chad with divisional planning.

U cant battleplaned 15 division in each provinces

@@meta671games sir i can battle plan 24 divisions per army each with separate goals. Click execute order.

real?!

Really surprised he didn’t mention this.

This is what I was expecting in this video. If you don’t pin with a random division, enemy divisions in an adjacent province are just going to pin/tie up your spearhead/movement/etc as they pass

you might also focus on capturing supply hubs while encircling, for example, when i invade poland with germany, i capture the supply hubs first, so my tanks can continue effectively@@-John-Doe-

Literally, is the historical Blitzkrieg doctrine, encircle, stop the reinforcements, eat.

You got this!

Japan AI with expert AI is worse than without mod.

And in the Spanish Civil War, you can effectively pin units forever once the frontlines solidify, provided neither side plans offensives in that state. It's a super micro-heavy war

There is a cheese for bypassing pins

I try that in every strategy game I play because most let you do it.

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It's odd that the UI doesn't give any indication that control groups exist

Also start with watching the green lines of org and how many with pushing at your advantage and retreating and some moving and small snacking when the enemy retests to fully exploit it

how do you make enough tanks?i see all these crazy templates but bro how to equip them

@@peka003 You need to be playing a major power if you want to use large tank divisions. (also China if you succeed in reclaiming all of the fractured provinces). Major nations have a large enough factory count to pump out enough infantry/support equipment + tanks in the mid to late game. If you aren't already - you need to stay on top of your economy (i.e. your factory count) throughout the course of the game.

@@thatguywiththeface9463 ikr,but i play germany and in 1940 i have huge tank deficit,i guess i just should stop playing its not for my brain

​@@peka003Bittersteels No Step Back Germany Guide helped me so much, I knew nothing about the game and couldn't even beat Poland but with his guide I am now able to play as essentially any major power and win the war. If you're still invested in the game I would give it a watch

He's hacked the +6 division organization cap general trait. Duh😆

Hahahaha I totally understand! Hoi4 isn't even as brutal at eu4 which I recently jumped back in to! That is dense!!

The way I learned was by watching tutorial vids on yt and now I'm moderately ok. Lol I like to tweak it too much with mods... 😅

@@sacredscars5758 I dont understand why people say this truly. it took me 10 hours to learn EU4(including all DLC) while im here at 35 hours (NO DLC) in HOI still mindfucked on certain things. EU4 combat is braindead easy, have more troops than the enemy + carpet siege = win. Diplomacy easy click “improve relations” (even as catholic to muslims.. +100 opinion really…. youre kidding me..from 1 button...). trade is easy = spam light ships and use the easy ass combat to take over highest value nodes= win. I snowball around 1510-1520 every single game.. havent played a single game past 1600 because of this. Once you learn the UI in EU4 its simple seriously and got bored as fuck after 25 hours of EU4. Once you learn the UI in HOI the learning has just begun. EU4 i was playing as minors and majors coasting through on both by 15 hours. Feel 0 pressure at all outside of historical events (even then minimal pressure because EU4 so easy). HOI4; once again, im at 35 hours still getting my ass handed to me regularly as a minor nation and playing as a major is overwhelming anytime ive tried. Constant pressure inside and outside historical events. HOI4 is infinitely more mechanically complex hands down .

80 hours on eu4 no idea what im doing, 30 hours on hoi4 and i atleast know how to play the game@@Deepblue417

​@@Deepblue417i completely agree, I seriously struggle to see how people say Eu4 is more complex

weirdly enough to support attack i have to press ctr + alt and then right click and I don't know why

Cost of living bruv

Microing saves a lot of manpower and equipment. Also how you said, you have full control of what is happening.

​@kaboom81_cz I'm sorry but anyone who saves micro isn't that good fundamentally doesn't understand the game. At all

@@lovablesnowman True

i mean its easier to draw battle plan but you save more man and equipment when doing micro encirclement

Just to be clear, it's more in the beginning of the video. In the middle and beyond, it works great.