Crushing Hoi4 As A Newbie: Ultimate Germany Guide With No DLC

In this video I will be teaching the viewer the basics of how to play Hearts of Iron IV with no DLC's enabled. I will be playing as Germany which is my favorite country to play. If you find this video informative, please leave a like and subscribe. Cheers!
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[@ESG1]

Want to know what to build first as Germany? Check out this guide here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3yWfpWaZ7N_a9U

[@FilliamPL]

o m

[@jaxkommish]

Its easy for us that have and use all the DLCs to forget that a lot of new players would just have the base game. Videos targeting newer players are always cool

[@ESG1]

Thanks Gary, I also dropped some members content for you a few weeks ago.

[@chrisgiles4400]

Huge help for a new player whos been struggling to get a grasp of this game thank you sir

[@ESG1]

You are welcome, much appreciated!

[@HENTAl69]

Get crack lmao

[@1-Melo-1]

@@ESG1 Fr dude you were a life saver

[@slendergolem4783]

Amazing guide! Before seeing your video, I had no clue on what to do and other guides were super confusing, and i didn’t understand what was going on. You helped me get into this game and helped me understand how it works. 🎉🙌

[@gregorymason9941]

Thank you so much for this walk-through I've gotten pretty good but you pointed out many little things that's been giving me issues and you took the time to explain so well

[@ESG1]

Thanks for watching, glad u liked it!

[@nikolaibashnin9686]

I am so happy you uploaded this today because I downloaded the game 10 minutes before you uploaded this

[@ESG1]

GLHF!

[@tyler17728]

and hows it going for you? I just downloaded it yesterday and have watched more hours worth of tutorials than playing the game and yet I still loose to netherlands😂 not giving up tho

[@Mints-vr8rm]

@@tyler17728 Hows it going for you? its been a month so im just curious, also im just like you i downloaded this game like 1 hour ago lol

[@tyler17728]

@@Mints-vr8rm I still only got like 110 hours on it but it's been heaps of fun (only had to watch 50 damn tutorials) obviously at times it's a pain in the ass but still alot of fun

[@Mints-vr8rm]

@@tyler17728 Its basically same for me, i tried playing as italy yesterday and i was able to defeat ethiopia but was unsucesfull with france

[@krevin543]

I am just starting to play and this was so helpful! I have the basics but notes on supply naval bases and such were great.

[@ESG1]

Good to hear, thanks!

[@MikhaelAhava]

Okay. Thanks, I’ll try to use this. I first played hoi4 in 2018 but haven’t played for a year or so. I don’t have any DLC’s hence thank you for this! Best wishes!

[@noobsworld4217]

Thanks for the guide. I had been stuck after Barbarossa for a while, finnaly making some gains.

[@ESG1]

Glad I could help

[@marcel4941]

Hey ESG, great video as always. I would love to see a all DLC Historical Germany Meta Guide

[@maj.kingkong3004]

Helped me a lot. Good explanation of logistics.

[@ihin2005]

This is the best and most effective guide out there!

[@regu6582]

Good and informative video, as per usual.

[@BaduOne]

Love this channel i would definitely watch more country guides

[@ESG1]

Netherlands next!

[@molcur9658]

Thanks for doing this video it really helps

[@albertytube5547]

Nice! I’ve been watching your stream since last year and your videos really helped me a lot!

[@ESG1]

Thanks man, I’ll stream again soon.

[@Mints-vr8rm]

@@ESG1 what do i do at the beginning of the game? Im lost and dont really know what to research or do anything. I only know to research some things but thats it.

[@mafiansczech]

Thank you very much you helped me find a really good tactic with mine I did True Blitzkrieg and Operation Sea Lion achievements all year and I still wouldn't have succeeded, but I did with yours :D

[@ESG1]

Glad I could help! Tell your friends if they need help.

[@pillbox2079]

Damn, nice intro ESG. :D Also good video for new players.

[@ESG1]

Lol!

[@Dan-wt7jx]

That new intro is amazing

[@ESG1]

Thanks man, Pillbox20 made it for me.

[@crimsonneko]

Man, I'm struggling horribly because I stopped playing several months ago (I got decent) and when I came back, I lost all of my knowledge and skills. I tried getting back into the groove of things and I started losing as Germany despite my troops being supplied, having enough equipment, being designed properly AND I was on CIVILIAN difficulty and yet France started carving through me like a hot knife through butter. Nothing I could do.

[@ESG1]

Green air maybe?

[@crimsonneko]

@@ESG1 I struggle in understanding how air combat works like what planes I need for what tasks :p

[@ESG1]

@@crimsonneko This may help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX3JfGVtgayiiZo

[@splattbinat1542]

You have earned yourself something that is good for convoy raiding

[@ESG1]

Lol, much appreciated!

[@johndbro1]

interesting. thank you for making this

[@ESG1]

My pleasure!

[@noobsaiybo1926]

Bro I’m getting a gaming laptop to play this game like tomorrow and then I stumbled on this ima save this for later.

[@Azqalihm]

The added 40k inf eq requirement on Anschluss kills this strat as presented, do not use. (Even though it's a nice video)

[@ESG1]

True!

[@neezduts_]

Worked for me

[@imbshissl]

@@neezduts_ why lie

[@neezduts_]

@@imbshissl I’m not. Barbarossa went fine. Make sure to closely listen to him. Sorry for not mentioning starting on recruit difficulty that might help

[@Bexchoklad]

worked for me, I just waited a bit and got the prerequisites down just fine

[@ramitheshitking8023]

Bro made my day

[@dcbadger2]

Great video on fundamentals. What did you end up doing to get Czechoslovakia? You mentioned having the advisor you would normally lose? Sorry if I missed it, it's a very thorough video.

[@ESG1]

You lose Hjalmar Schact and I took all of Czech. Thanks for the comment and the positive support!

[@dcbadger2]

Did you declare on Czech through a focus or manual justification?@@ESG1

[@ESG1]

Through focus. Its to the left of Anschluss.

[@SBragg88]

Nice vid, I think Allies start guaranteeing at 25% not 40% btw. Not certain but I remember hearing it was 25%. Also the shortest point between France and England is about 20 miles not 1 lol; that might've made the hundred years war quite different! :)

[@ESG1]

Yes, the wiki says 25%: hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Ideology#Democracy. My in-game observations may have been wrong. And yes you are correct about the English channel distance. Thanks for the corrections!

[@Britishdoggoreal]

27:10. IM USING THIS TO CONTINUE

[@SBragg88]

​@@ESG1 Jersey and Guernsey were occupied by the nazis; which is obviously much closer to the French coast, but not actually in the game. They ought to be as they played their part, there's a film called "Another Mother's Son" about this which is worth watching; and based on fact. Most people agree that the occupation was absolutely nothing to do with military gains, but rather bragging rights/propaganda, to say "Germany captured part of England"! A decent movie nonetheless for a rainy afternoon :)

[@ESG1]

I watched one documentary on the topic. Very interesting stuff.

[@italy_tt_edits]

nice video! :>

[@ESG1]

Thanks!

[@DethmourneSilvermane]

I need one of these but with all DLC because I"m a sucker for PDX DLC but have never managed to break into HOI4

[@jonasprutning2052]

thx❣

[@failsafe123123]

Very good vid. I think it would be cool to do a new (for 2023) gameplay for historical build. This non historical solution is bit too much OP ;-P

[@ESG1]

I will most likely do one with the AAT update.

[@edoo93]

1:07:59 Imagine being a policeman in Delhi and at some point you receive a call from your superiors telling you that from tomorrow you should patrol Warsaw

[@Raka_]

This video deserve more attention

[@ESG1]

Thanks man! Your attention is enough for me.

[@Lamonuk-os8qt]

So I kinda did your strat but tried to add some new things soo the first part went good but the 2nd part... yeah so this is what happened: I produced just infantry equipment and fighters like you said, went down Anschluss and went to war with Poland as soon as I could, which the allies didn't even intervene and I won, annexing Danzig and puppeting the rest. Then, I went to war with the Benelux, smashed through them and then capitulated France with an ally I made during the war, Italy, and established Vichy. Then, I did some 'big braining' and invaded the UK from Scotland, which actually worked lmao and I capitulated the allies. An average 'normal' peace conference later and I had annexed all of Northern France while also puppeting a few colonies because Italy took A LOT of them. While at war with the allies, I had demanded Sudetenland and the Czech refused at that time, but I already had a war there so I left em alone. After the war I finally declared war on them. The problem was, I forgot the 'Death or Dishonor' DLC was on so Czechoslovakia had level 9 forts all over Sudetenland. After capturing a few territories in Slovakia and snake bit through Czechia, The Soviet Union went to war with me somehow. Probably because of their focus tree. But the worst part, I had no border guards so I could barely move 4 armies in to prevent Poland from completely collapsing. After some more snaking, the Czechs capitulated and I diverted all my troops to the Soviet Union and immediately went for a big push, which actually succeeded a bit in the south and I pushed them out of Romania, after that I had to stop cus the offensives drained all of my manpower. The Soviets began a counter offensive and pushed me back a bit on the north. After a few more offensives by either side, I realized this turned into a disaster save and just left the game. (I did this in regular iron man mode)

[@ESG1]

Soviets don't typically attack until after 42. That's strange.

[@Lamonuk-os8qt]

@@ESG1 it was the german-soviet war so they probably did

[@ponczos_2293]

Very good video but holy moly is the compliance meter annoying. I wonder if there are mods that fix it instead of buying the la resistance dlc

[@ESG1]

I don't know of any mods that affect compliance

[@Nikodem_Grochowski]

Thank you

[@ESG1]

NP, anytime

[@Nikodem_Grochowski]

@@ESG1 also what difficulty you were playkng on?

[@ESG1]

Can't remeber but I think it was regular.

[@Nikodem_Grochowski]

@@ESG1 k thanks

[@phantomfreak0813]

Imaginf if you could enter a Battle which will take you to Enlisted (Infantry) or War Thunder (Tanks and Planes) so you can actually help out decide the fate of the battle 😄

[@ESG1]

Heros and Generals concept, I love it!

[@TIRFemcel]

Yeah I want a game like that

[@bwgolem]

This is actually so frustrating. Just started playing and learning the historical way. Thought medium tanks and optimized width templates were the thing, but keep getting caved in by the allies. With just planes and guns I’m dusting everyone. How does this make sense. Does support just not matter? Still no idea how to win with navy 😅

[@ESG1]

Just using guns solves many logistical issues. The fancy equipment takes a lot more nuance to bring to bear. In terms of navy you can spam cruisers with max light attack and do incredibly well. In an ideal world you would have a balanced navy with carriers, battleships and screens but if that is not possible just go light cruisers.

[@muhammadhuzaifa494]

Hey man, excellent tutorial! I used to struggle with taking out Poland alone and now I just clipped all of allies thanks to you! My only problem is with invading the ussr. Is there something I’m missing because I followed everything you said but the first time I used this tactic, I invaded in mid 1939 and lost on the first 3 months but the second time: I invaded them much earlier(3 days before you) and this time did really good in the initial push, got close to Moscow and Leningrad but all of a sudden, my attack got slower and slower and somehow they pushed me back and won after about 2 years. I had green air in Ukraine and Belarus for the most part but red or yellow air in Novgorod. But still my supply was good and everything so why’d I lose. The only different things I did were have an extra full army (half were helping out in Russia and the other were stationed on the spanish border in case they joined. I also had significantly less planes than you for some reason idk why. I also barely micromanaged. So did you like train your army or produce more bombers/fighters or maybe make tanks or what could’ve been the issue? Sorry for the long comment and thanks a lot again

[@ESG1]

Spain won't join so you can take troops off that front. Only place like 80 inf and as many tank divs as you can field on the Barb front. You should be building rails the whole time as you penetrate the USSR. Try to get all the rails from Berlin into the USSR up to 4 or 5 as you move east.

[@muhammadhuzaifa494]

@@ESG1 Thanks, will definitely try that. I have a question about the planes and tanks. Should I be producing more kinds of planes like bombers cuz in the video you had so many or just fighters. And for the tanks, should I start training them much earlier than barbarossa so they are more experienced or will it work if I spawn in barely trained ones like you did with the cavalry for anschluss and Danzig.

[@ESG1]

I would not build too many types of equipment. One type of tank, one type of fighter, and one type of CAS and just upgrade those designs as you go. There is a button to auto upgrade in the tank/ plane designer. You don't need too many mils on CAS maybe just 3 growing to 5. Fighters I would produce a lot of, maybe 30 by war growing to 50.

[@muhammadhuzaifa494]

@@ESG1thanks man. I finally did it after 5 attempts. I watched your video on tank templates and some others too and made a decent template. Took 4 years and 3m casualties but at least I finally won 😂 Your no-dlc videos are fire 🔥, would love to see more

[@ESG1]

Glad to hear you got the W. I'll make more no DLC vids then.

[@Lamonuk-os8qt]

Before I watched this, I won (kinda hard) against Poland but lost to the Netherlands 😅

[@ESG1]

It actually can be tough conquering the low countries.

[@Lamonuk-os8qt]

@@ESG1 I got stuck on the border to Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Too many allied troops came

[@ESG1]

Punch through with your tanks in Luxembourg under green air.

[@Lamonuk-os8qt]

@@ESG1 k

[@GooferGoofy]

This is a great video! But I'm having trouble invading the low lands because Britain would join and call all it's colonies to the war and then France

[@ESG1]

Speed is the key. Go through Luxembourg and max out rails to the Low Countries. Move with green air but keep the air back. It will steal supply from the front.

[@GooferGoofy]

@@ESG1 thank you so much! With your advice I just beat France :)

[@FinntastiXD]

Helped me a lot but i still struggle with ussr

[@ESG1]

Get green air and max out your rails as you move east.

[@FinntastiXD]

@@ESG1 Thanks!

[@AvengeLaika]

Please make more of this, also with all dlcs. I am so bad 😞. I would love an Italy guide for beginners with the new dlc..

[@ESG1]

I believe I have all dlc's on except By Blood Alone in this tutorial playthrough: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ7NdoCpoZWEj9k

[@AvengeLaika]

@@ESG1 thank you my man!

[@stevelyons1962]

I've tried recreating this but putting in the infrastructure focus earlier than you did and it doesn't work as well, actually it doesn't I have been invaded by the Free French or I can't get Operation Sea Lion to work. Is this due to the timing being off by not using the timeline you did or just RNG messing with me?

[@ESG1]

The timing is everything. You can't let the Allies get too strong before you attack.

[@stevelyons1962]

@@ESG1thanks man that makes sense. First time I tried the strat I fluffed the infrastructure part, just forgot to get it rolling so I thought trying to get it set up earlier would help. Also I know someone said that it doesn't work now but I tried it the other day and other than my tweaks it was still rolling the allies up really well so it still could be legit.

[@VyBnSaturn]

Did they change something since this besides inf requirements? My efficiency on Fighters was immediately red almost entire bar

[@ESG1]

Is it the inter-war fighter?

[@brandonfurr7080]

Tried using this to learn the game... didn't go so well. I was about 6 months behind everything you were doing, Poland went fine but The Netherlands barely moved, then Britain landed in the north and walked into Berlin without me noticing. Oh well.

[@daviddavidson505]

What do you think about throwing an AA support company in the infantry template? It's more than just rifles but something in me feels like it's a crime not to sprinkle them around.

[@ESG1]

Always use support AA in the inf template. I should have that in one of the variants of the inf. template of this video.

[@urnlvre7409]

esg how did you do the multiple offensive lines the von kluge on barbarossa front line im so confused :(

[@ESG1]

U can do multiple front lines with each of your Generals and Field marshals.

[@urnlvre7409]

Thanks!

[@brubru9663]

March 1939 and I can barely get past kiev, any advice? I've followed exactly what you have done

[@ESG1]

Make sure check that you have green air. Build level 3 rails as you move forward. You may have to give your army a bit of a break and build up planning bonus of a month or two. That's all I can think of without seeing your save. That being said if you send me the save on my discord I could look at it and give you more info.

[@Jomove13352]

what to do when u stating attaking netherland u got attacked by france

[@VyBnSaturn]

idk if I missed it or what, do I change all my land infantry that I can to the new one without support before invading poland? Or just all of the trucks that I made into that one

[@ESG1]

I usually only swap the truck divs if I have enough equipment.

[@VyBnSaturn]

@@ESG1 Gotcha. I'm trying this out right now. France is taking me a longer than it took you, and I seem to be very low on supplies on the front lines. Good tutorial though!

[@VyBnSaturn]

@@ESG1 haha! as I said that, France gave up in December

[@ESG1]

Thanks man!

[@brandonjacobs5454]

Tried copying this to the T Proceeded to get stomped by England while attacking the Netherlands?? Did I miss somthing or had something changed recently that makes this obsolete?

[@ESG1]

Not sure, is your game updated and are you playing with no DLC's?

[@tyler17728]

exactly what happens to me every time! the whole bunch of fucking allies decides to come buttfuck me as soon as I need 2 more tiles to take netherlands

[@jrgenaarvik7671]

Did I miss something? How did he suddenly have so much recruiting at 26:55??

[@ESG1]

I accidentally started training a bunch of motorized and then switched the training to cavalry. You want to train cavalry and turn them into mot after you get them deployed in the field. That will give you more manpower without having the eqiupment required for training.

[@Gruyntake]

quick question, i capitulated Poland the UK France and Uni soviet but i never get any Treaties to pick some states to puppet or annex whatsoever, so they just capitulated and became German Reich, so it's kinda hard to invade the US since Canada still there, where did i went wrong here ?

[@ESG1]

There must be continuation wars going on. Look at the war score tab at the top of the screen to figure out which country is the faction leader. They will have gold around the countries flag. You will have to cap that country to get a peace conference.

[@Gruyntake]

@@ESG1 thanks

[@Kanderesraide]

I...uhh. lost my war against Poland... should have watched this first

[@farkasszabo7505]

As a beginner to HOI4, this is not a beginners guide. I have no idea what you are doing ~80% of the time, would be 90+% if i havent watched other videos. It was still entertaining to go through it, but still have 0 knowledge on how the naval attack worked, what the focus ideas were or really how anythign was set up. The video seems super helpful for you already know and can grasp all the aspects already

[@ESG1]

Sorry that I did not meet your expectations. This video is meant to follow allong and learn by doing. I have many other in-depth guides that are targeted to explain the other aspects of the game that you mention above. Thanks for the feedback.

[@farkasszabo7505]

Apologies if it seemed like I was badmouthing you :) I do really appriciate your content (which is very entertaining as well) and I feel getting closer to actually playing the game properly. I still do not know where to click all the times and how to setup things, but getting there slowly @@ESG1

[@ESG1]

NP, I would suggest focusing on air superiority and not building too many equipment types. Game is complex...

[@farkasszabo7505]

Also saw from you that its not the best to research all planes or all economy first as you will be weak by that. Probably need to figure out what plane I want to build and just focus on that one specifically for years. Even in your Mexico videos, you managed to conquer a lot with only infantry which is crazy to me @@ESG1

[@anniew4105]

I think this video shows you how to survive as a newbie. If you follow what he's doing, you'll get time to understand the mechanics during your own playthrough. HoI is a game where you have to think ahead, he has taken that aspect away so you can focus on what's happening at any one moment. Also, people with 5+ years in this game still don't understand the navy. That's pretty much the last thing you're going to understand in this game.

[@Scoutsniper33]

Is there a video like this with all DLC though because I can't seem to win no matter what I do

[@ESG1]

All DLC's except By Blood Alone: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ7NdoCpoZWEj9k

[@user-tz7wy3ub2k]

This is an insanely good tutorial, but I always find myself stuck at the soviet invasion. I amass every army with the Anchluss template, play defensive then go offensive, and I barely reached Kiev before they managed to push me back. I achieved green air in Ukraine and Belarus, and I even had a facist revolt in Uzbek and got the Japanese involved, yet I still failed. I really want to learn how to defeat the soviet so I can move on from civ

[@ESG1]

Build Logi 2 and upgrade your rails as you travel into the USSR.

[@user-tz7wy3ub2k]

Aight thanks, just one more question. So I’ve been redoing this strat but I for some reason can’t go past the low land because it’s either capitulate the Netherlands, get Belgium to stall until France joins, or attempt capitulate Belgium and fail because of the UK and FRance

[@ESG1]

@@user-tz7wy3ub2k Take the Low countries fast and make sure the Allies aren't bombing your logistics. When you travel through the Low countries to take out France you may need to pull some troops back to improve your logistics.

[@user-tz7wy3ub2k]

Ok I tried this, I guess I failed since I didn’t do it in the right time gap, but now I have the perfect opportunity. Anyways, since the soviet invasion revolves around letting them exhaust themselves, would it be better to get engineers as a support company on the Austrian template?

[@ESG1]

@@user-tz7wy3ub2k I would craft the army as I showed in the video. Make sure to have support AA in all of your divisions. Green air and CAS will give you all the stats you need.

[@user-kg2yr4js1o]

thanks esg but I can't get Anschluss because I need 40000 infantry equipment any idea on how to fix this?

[@ESG1]

Build more infantry equipment at the beginning of the game. U should be able to make enough. That was a change that was made after this video came out.

[@user-kg2yr4js1o]

@@ESG1 thanks i had to reset my run because I ran out of manpower invading Belgium and Netherlands and not sure how to approach it

[@kingtony3420]

@33.28 it says I don't have enough military equipment in the army. I thought I had mine set exactly like yours. How do I fix this?

[@ESG1]

The armies should not be fully equipped. At that point in the video you are just trying to get manpower in the field to meet the requirements of Danzig or War.

[@kingtony3420]

@@ESG1 thank you for the quick response. I finally got Poland. Now time for bed lol

[@ukball6401]

I only have the base game so yeah, but how do you get DLCS?

[@ESG1]

I purchase the DLC's on Steam.

[@lakiking1687]

What are the best dlc to buy cus I am planing to buy no step back? Your opinions?

[@ESG1]

I like No Step Back, Battle for the Bosporus and Arms Against Tyranny.

[@sydmohammadali6421]

i love PP

[@bilalel-masri8748]

bro my guys won't invade england, i made naval invasion orders, i removed my field marshal, i have air and sea superiority but they won't cross!! what am i doing wrong?

[@ESG1]

I would say you probably don't have naval superiority or your order is bugged. Try a new one with a different General. Be sure to restart the game before doing so.

[@Caleb-ry1ok]

I tried to follow along but it’s still just too much :(. I need every single click explained

[@nxtune1235]

at 45:06 how did u get more army in the field?

[@ESG1]

You have to train them in the recruit and deploy screen. The button is at the too of your screen.

[@3thanrush078]

I can’t seem to attack the Netherlands because my divisions have a yellow exclamation mark meaning my organisation is too low, but the average organisation is 100%..help???

[@ESG1]

Sounds like a supply issue. Max out the rails to the Netherlands. Also, check out my new Germany guide coming out next week. It will be a civilian factory ramp guide but I share my plane and tank designs in the video.

[@3thanrush078]

@@ESG1 ohh ok thanks esg

[@user-ik4pw2lo7j]

Left a lot of questions

[@ESG1]

What questions do you have? I can answer them here.

[@user-ik4pw2lo7j]

@@ESG1 I know that the video is old but for me still with no dlc to do the Anschluss requires 40.000 inf. Equipment I believe it is because it's a newer version and when I finish with Army innovations I don't have the equipment to do it

[@ESG1]

In that case build 40k infantry before 1937.

[@user-ik4pw2lo7j]

@@ESG1 But if I train to horses I will use them there

[@ESG1]

Just make sure your stockpile has 40k and keep it there. Train horse with the excess guns.

[@Gusty.]

Thank you for doing a base game run through just recently bought the game this vid helped a lot. Question - Why didn't you send any troops or air support to help the nationalists in spain?

[@ESG1]

It’s only useful to grind xp in a historical playthrough when war starts later.

[@redouanemohellebi40]

is it okay if I do barb first, then attack the uk ?

[@ESG1]

Yes, u can do that

[@neptune5616]

Should I focus on playing as Germany before I start playing as an allied nation?

[@ESG1]

Not necessarily. U have a lot of time if u play a country like UK. It’s also easy to defend the home isles against the Axis.

[@TreeBeard2008]

Since BBA, I cant beat France from north, dont know why, even with some medium tanks (one or two in template) and motorized inf. Alone, without Italy, otherwise roughly historical. Maybe its because of lack of airplanes/air superiority, I am only guessing. I play game only ocasionally since NSB. My goal is to quickly kill Allies and Italy.

[@ESG1]

Ussually I have problems if I don't build enough fighters or stack too many divisions along the channel coast. Its either air or logistics problems during the battle of France for me.

[@TreeBeard2008]

@@ESG1 thanks, I will try your strategy from this video, but with DLCs. In 1937 it shouldnt be that hard as in 1939/40

[@GooferGoofy]

Uh what do I do if I have contested demands in the peace conference with Britain

[@ESG1]

Use your war score points to keep demanding them until one side runs out of points. May only want to demand the important areas though.

[@GooferGoofy]

@@ESG1 ty :)

[@ESG1]

@@GooferGoofy NP!

[@chiefkeefgaming2005]

How do you capitulate soviet union so quickly? i declared in 1938, im in 1944 and its still only at 23% cap after i got moscow, stalingrad and gorky

[@ESG1]

You have to get past the Urals to cap them. I usually snake at the end.

[@TCHOZ]

How is supply hub not useful supply is the key to win any war in this game.

[@ESG1]

Logistics Company, Port, Roads, or rails are much easier to mass produce in this game and incredibly effective. Supply planes just got a massive buff too. Supply hubs take way too long to build.

[@peka003]

@@ESG1 yea it takes like 120 days with level 5 construction you dont have that time when invading

[@ijabbs143]

So complex. To much for my old brains cells Gonna have to go back and start writing this info down.

[@voiceofchris9051]

Yeah bro I actually did that but if you take a longer break

[@daviddragneel7318]

Question: can you win a game with no mods no dlcs vanilla based game Germany against a legendary ai?

[@ESG1]

Yes, if you want the AI to be more challenging though, use the expert AI mod.

[@daviddragneel7318]

Got any tips vs custom built Cas and subs

[@ESG1]

@@daviddragneel7318 To counter CAS build fighters with as many heavy machine guns as possible and one Cannon. To counter subs, build naval bombers with high air defense.

[@daviddragneel7318]

@Efficient Strategy Gaming do not have any of the dlcs or mod run the game on offline soooo Cas isn't a designed feature I can only choose o incress weapons no specific gun types I got 5 modifiers (speed, reliability, engine, armor and range you don't get to build air or naval you get to increase or decrease the production cost for vanilla based unmodded no dlc planes this is why I asked for a unmodded no dlc run alot of your tips and tricks are fantastic for dlc and mod based games however the base game ai with all mods and dlcs will crush you cause you don't get to build custom ships or air. Very hard to asl for advice from people who have never played just the base game of hoi4 I'm a gamer I buy games not dlcs and for me to have to purchase a dlc just to win a base game is hilter at his finest

[@ESG1]

@@daviddragneel7318 GLHF! If you need help you know where to go.

[@Theandrew0]

Noice

[@man-o-war1685]

May or may not be a stupid question but how do I maintain a healthy manpower?

[@ESG1]

Don't build too many divs, air or ships. Then raise your conscription law when you need it.

[@man-o-war1685]

@@ESG1 this is the first time I’ve played this game and I’ve made it around the time we invade Poland if not a little earlier. Maybe I have too many troops. I think I had 1.5 million the last time I checked. The video is good though I’ll continue watching from where I stopped whenever I play the save file again.

[@ESG1]

For Poland I use 950k

[@man-o-war1685]

@@ESG1 alright, thank you for the help. I appreciate the communication with your viewers. I’m gonna subscribe because of that.

[@ESG1]

Glad yo help. Much more to come.

[@opkat8682]

I cannot take belgium! whenever I do, the allies get us into a stalemate until switzerland and france take over my other side!!

[@imperialtiger4716]

Dude I feel u I've flunked my 3rd game today and I've like been staying up till 4 trying

[@ajatros]

I can't get through Belgium, even tho I have air superiority.

[@ESG1]

How is your supply?

[@bilalel-masri8748]

200hours and I still can't break France.

[@ESG1]

Hopefully the video helped

[@koolaidman171]

How did you got to war with Poland and not justify it first?

[@ESG1]

Danzig or war focus

[@anniew4105]

Is this the german version of the game? (Moustache man in shadow)

[@ESG1]

No DLC

[@anniew4105]

@@ESG1 huh, I thought regardless of dlc, he wasn't in shadow except for like a few countries' versions. I must test this myself.

[@ESG1]

Check it out. He is shadowed for me when I play no DLC and I am in the US.

[@thelastengineer8633]

ok but i still dont know u managed to have enough fuel?

[@ESG1]

Don't move your navy at all

[@ijabbs143]

Upgraded weapons wont make the armies more powerful? this is confusing for a noob

[@ESG1]

The quantity is much more important than the quality. If your army is not fully supplied you face parabolic penalties to combat. That's why I like this game so much, same is true IRL.

[@kban77]

Timestamps don’t match. But good video

[@ESG1]

Sorry about that, all of them?

[@kban77]

Just some. Or the content description doesn’t exactly match. But one of thr better yourubers for describing explaining things. Could you do a video on how to keep a division equiped and supplied and unatritioned as well as matching production to factories ro templates. Real basic hand holding slow video?

[@ESG1]

Good idea, I try to get one out.

[@Lurch150]

I successfully invaded Poland, Benelux countries, and France, but invasion of UK was an abysmal failure because I couldn't get naval supremacy in the English channel and my navy was slaughtered. I was about 6 months behind your benchmarks and dangerously low on fuel for a long time so maybe those factors play a role. Great tutorial but your timestamps are way off making it hard to find stuff.

[@ESG1]

You can still cap UK if you lose your navy. You just need to land 20 or so divs and rush the VP's.

[@Lurch150]

@@ESG1I need naval supremacy to cross the channel. How do I get naval supremacy if I have no navy?

[@ESG1]

Gain air superiority and spam naval bombers. If you don't have air superiority they will all get shot down.

[@Lurch150]

@@ESG1 I have a huge bottleneck with rubber that's delaying fighter and bomber production significantly and I can't trade for it because I'm at war with most trade partners. I might be able to produce a bigger air force before going to war with Benelux and France but..... delaying is risky. It's 21 May 1937 and I just conquered Northern France. How early am I? Should I consider delaying invasion of Western Europe to build up a respectable air force? I currently have 571 fighters, 85 naval bombers, and 437 tactical bombers, and its not going to improve much because of my steep bottleneck with rubber.

[@ESG1]

You need to start to build refineries if you want to delay the invasion or just yolo it and take a save. The allies have all the rubber you need. If you can snake the UK real quick, you can cap the allies.

[@kolanst]

i dont understand how did we get from 16 mars to 18 mars

[@ESG1]

Mars?

[@peka003]

hey also could you explain how to do tank build?history nerd like me like to rp :D

[@ESG1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYWXnYeaZ8t8f5Y

[@ijabbs143]

Oh this is annoying. I can't follow how the brigade are formed and changed from Calvary to infantry

[@kimchi2780]

Just realized something. Hitler and the German flag are greyed out, but Stalin and Hirohito sit their with their genocidal smug faces.

[@ESG1]

Good point. Paradox is right across the Baltic from Germany and their target audience is Europe.

[@sirosis7858]

Damn you go so fast. Explain what the red orange and blue arrows into poland are, and what you are pressing to generate them. at 32:25 That's where I'm at so far and besides constantly having to pause the video to reverse-engineer exactly what you've just done, I am enjoying the video. The concepts are great. This game makes stellaris look like checkers. Christ talk about unintuitive LOL Edit: HAHAHAH I didn't even notice when you hit the button to make the clock start ticking, lmao

[@ESG1]

This video may help you out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3LEdGCPlM-JpLc

[@terrymcrobb351]

I totally disagree with this guy, "80 division is all you need" absolutely not, you need way more than that

[@eli-mi3mh]

Can you please make a ottoman empire guide please

[@ESG1]

This is Byzantine Empire but it will get you to Ottoman Empire if you take out Turkey as Greece: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWXPYn16ntJmftE

[@droogle1377]

"can you beat the soviet union?" mf i cant even beat poland

[@baljyeet5797]

karkil what???????????????????

[@ESG1]

How dare u point out my mistakes, lol

[@MROMEGAir]

the worst way to attack to ussr i ever seen man but the rest was cool GG

[@ESG1]

Ok, I'll agree to disagree with you. Thanks for the comment.

[@Onatyrade]

I prefer to RP a bit not a fan of over exploits I can do pretty well regardless but each his own.

[@ESG1]

Nothing wrong with that. Thanks for the comment!

[@peka003]

i dont know i do all industry research i build bunch of civs and mils i have resources yet i barely have any equipment in 1939 like i couldnt properly equip 500k men

[@ESG1]

Reduce the amount of production lines you have

[@peka003]

@@ESG1 will try it thanks for i advice im new subscriber