Yes but a delay in France can result in a delay in north Africa which can also disrupt Barbarossa 😁 the WW2 butterfly effect. I'm watching a multiplayer game where this exact thing is happening

@balkan-cowboy north africa is more an Italy question. If they actually build up in Libya and throw more weight towards Egypt while you're focused on stopping Germany in France as the UK that could actually make things harder if at the end of it, you don't have enough planes to keep green air in the channel and you didn't keep enough good units posted in Africa and took too many losses in France; but as germany you can beat the allies and still lose on barbarossa, especially if they get another year of preparation

@@ryankolbe365 Depends on how many commonwealth countries are player controlled. Canada and South Africa can pump out more than 4 medium tank divisions that Italy can't do much about in the choke point there. But if Britain is alone I agree

I agree for Singleplayer, you can get away with anything there. This video is for a more competitive setting

Next time I'll put some GTA V stunt clips to keep your TikTok brain occupied 😘

@@balkan-cowboy I didn't see your tiktoks or your GTA content but I'm sure it can't be worse than this crap.

Because they're non-existent. Look man, I don't mean to insult anyone. I average 97% like rating for my videos and most of the comments are positive, so I'm happy with that. That doesn't mean that everyone likes them and I'm sorry to hear my content bored you. You're welcome to watch all the other HOI4 channels and I wish you all the best. If you want to give my other stuff a chance, I consider the FDR AI voice videos more amusing, assuming we have a similar sense of humor. Have a good day :)

@@balkan-cowboy Hey, no worries man. And I'm not taking potshots at your character but at your designs. I mean, sorry, but mediums are way too expensive to ever be remotely "meta" at anything with their cost in a game that's pretty much about numbers. I could rush small frames 3 and still have more, and more effective, planes by 1940 then by doing what you suggested. Direct me to minecraft videos next if that makes you feel better but this is more a guide on how to get your ass kicked in the air by AI Britain than anything else. Also, Italy is one of the worst countries to try this on since they both get that range MIO and their early fights and those that matter the most are in Europe, Balkans and Northern Africa. All relatively small areas compared to say Asia.

@@medicinyamouth Your initial potshots were not at my designs but at the video being tedious (too long/monotonous). Now that you've mentioned designs, we can have a more worthwhile discussion. This is a "meta" video, or content that is intended for multiplayer games, as for single player, you can beat the AI with any decent small or medium frame design. So I don't agree that AI Britain can beat player Italy even with superior numbers because the AI is that bad at designing planes and directing its airforce in a meaningful manner. In the video, I also suggested for players to see my Germany meta video if they want to build light fighters. It is true that you can go in a lot of directions with Italy, and small airframes are certainly valid. However, when it comes to multiplayer, player Italy often runs into the following problems: 1. Airfields being overcrowded on the Eastern front by the many German light fighters. This makes mediums viable due to their ability to fly from airports further back while maintaining 100% mission efficiency. USSR airzones are not small. 2. North Africa doesn't have small airzones, especially if your main airforce goal is to project air superiority into Egypt. The two airports in Lybia can be developed, but a light fighter (even with range) cannot have more than 60-ish percent air coverage of Egypt. A medium covers the zone 100%. And I have made plenty of tests that show even a difference of 15% mission efficiency can have a dramatic impact in battle, so imagine what 30%+ can do. You can try to compensate with numbers but you will still suffer much heavier IC losses due to decreased mission efficiency. For example, if you have 2000 light fighters fighting at 60% efficiency vs 2000 at 100% mission efficiency, you're effectively fighting with 1200 fighters vs the enemy because of your decreased efficiency. A good range-focused light fighter is around 34 IC, which is 43.4% cheaper than the 60IC medium, but the reduced efficiency in these zones evens the playing field, especially when you have such an OP medium fighter MIO. 3. Balkans are generally ok for light fighters, but don't underestimate the Yugoslavian airzone. Also, Germany can help out with air superiority before Barbarossa. 4. Fuel - If things don't go your way, more fighters = more fuel consumption, which is something to consider since you're the supporting cast in the Axis. Also, after you fight long enough, the fewer losses from mediums have an effect on your air wing experience, so mediums do get better with time. Again, I'm not saying light fighters are not great for Italy, but I think you're underestimating mediums for this country, considering how good the medium FTR version of Fiat Aviazione is.

As in the medium frame ones? They are good for range but very expensive if you encounter ship AA. You will lose the same number of nav bombers or naval patrols against heavy AA, so your IC loss will be bigger. Still, for Japan it could make sense because the sea zones are so huge. They are great against subs

No difference whatsoever, only the ground attack value matters. Close air support is actually better for ground attack with the right MIO and is slightly cheaper, so it does make sense to produce it unless you need a lot of range.

Yes I agree with this and I touched on the buff provided to divisions by CAS, just didn't show it. So low ground attack CAS with decent air def is ok too. If facing fighters air def shouldn't be ignored tho.

Offensive infantry divisions with 3 arty battalions but make different templates for defensive and offensive infantry because you likely won't make enough equipment.

@@balkan-cowboy Alright, thanks mate. Will help a lot with forming Gran Colombia.

You lose a lot of planes but they do a lot of damage to ships, which are more expensive. Also they can attack the convoys of an invasion force.

I mean just ground support adds 25%+ to damage and breakthrough/defense. That's without counting the org and strength damage you do. Imo it's a big enough bonus to warrant building CAS.

@@balkan-cowboy right, people cite these stats constantly, yet after 3000 hours and knowing basically everything there is to know about the mechanics of the game and how to use everything I have never noticed my army performing better with an airforce. It doesn't matter. Maybe MP is different but I've never had time or a smart enough group of people to be interested in playing that way. All you need are divisions with high hardness and breakthrough, soft attack helps as well. Those are the only stats in the game that matter. Navy and Air are still both completely useless in this game unless you need to do naval invasions or paratroopers. I want it to not be true, but it is. I can't understand how my personal experience can be so drastically different than what everyone on youtube seems to be claiming. close air support does fuckall jack shit.

​@@andthe4010 play 1 game of mp or try pushing through 60 a.i divisions without tank divisions with 800 soft attack and cas. Cas reduces your loss of eqp and manpower, battles are faster, the time you spend grinding through a front is massive reduced with close air support. Sure, you can invade the sov's without planes, using inf+art and tanks, sinking i.c in the battles because you're exhausting your panzers, taking 1 milion casualties and call it a day after 720 days in game, but it's not the meta, the min max. Same with shore bombardment, you can win a costal battle or invasion without BB/BC/CA, but the bonus reduces the time you expend on the offensive. You claim to know everything, yet, says breakthrough and hardness is the core asset, having more breakthrough than the enemy has attack has no effect, and it is a cheap stat to get, hardness is a side effect of having armor, not the end goal. You should focus on getting massives soft attack, armor and cas with full heavy bombs, that it will obliterate enemy org, so that battles against entrenched are resolved more rapidly, allowing exploits of lines and supply to be done by mot/mech inf. Nothing is useless, in a multiplayer session you would get sent to oblivion. In fact, anti-air is far more valuable than anti tank, i wonder why....

Hmm, I can see why people do that but I think putting up CAS while you don't have total control has its merits. It will help with the initial breakthrough, and from my testing, the side without CAS ends up losing more fighters so you might lose more IC overall but you will be able to down more fighters and achieve air superiority more easily. Still, this could be due to other factors so it merits a test

I haven't watched every video of his, but I feel he is a reasonable guy. I've had some discussions with him and he certainly is open enough to changing his opinion if you present evidence that points to another conclusion. We're all human so we do make mistakes. I do appreciate viewers like you who point out things so we get better, like you mentioned defense on attacking generals adding breakthrough.

Ooh, AT2 and rocket rails is something that I didn't consider. Thanks for that, will experiment with it. As for the MIOs, yeah, it was maxed out but there are quite a few majors who have the same exact CAS MIO so it's a viable build for many players.

@@balkan-cowboy no problem I just wanted to compare your designs with mine and was compleatly confused because the numbers were all wrong.

maxed out MIOs are basically impossible to get by normal gameplay unless you play til like 1945 at which point the game is already over anyway

Thanks, I appreciate that

Also a valid strategy

Shouldn't be the case, if the weight and thrust is equal you can use the plane. Maybe you're trying to build these on a light carrier airframe? They are heavier so it can mess up things

​@@balkan-cowboy Maybe im stupid i give you an example the improved small fighter with 3 heavy guns 1 engine lv 3 and two armor plates i habe 26 weight and you only 24 why ? I get 4 weight for the armer plates 15 for the heavy machine guns and seven for the improved smalltalk airframe

Smalltalk 😅😅 autocorrectur

Completly my fault i forget that i played the 56 and the airframes their has other stats than in vanilla sry bro keep up the Videos

Ooh, okay, a mod was the reason. Thanks for letting me know

I just did the math, agility CAS does 7.5 DMG/1000 IC, Chad does 7.7, and middle does 12.2

Hahaha, well counter him with mass anti air 🤣

Do the rocket rails on the first slot because it classifies as CAS and you get 20% bonus agility 🤌

@@balkan-cowboy depends on MIO available to cas and/or fighter. But fair point.

Absolutely, even more broken now lol