The ESSENTIAL Guide To Handle Your Navy In HOI4

[@Hammurabae]

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[@oldclips_edits]

finally a good naval guide that does not only tell you how to design your ships

[@GGGONEXT67]

Real

[@rageus4731]

This entire time I have been playing hoi4 I thought that admirals could only do 1 naval mission at a time. I had no clue it was per task force. Thank you so much for this video

[@Hammurabae]

Its a logistical game changer, took me way too long to figure it out too

[@BasedBlackPrism]

After I win my land war then I build a grand navy and organize it accordingly.

[@Nagib23_32]

Here is a quick breakdown of how i do my navy (this example will be as japan) 1) From the start, finish your ships with IC already invested (except the carriers) 2) Remove all your submarines and destroyers into a separate fleet. Continuously train them with repair priority on high, split off enabled. This will give you a lot of naval XP while not consuming too much fuel 3) Once your starter ships are built, start making light cruisers. Don't give them any armor, fire control or radar. Fill all slots with light battery 2, add a secondary battery to the proprietary slot. 4) Depending on when you want to go to war with USA, you will need to time this properly. By the time you enter the war, you will need to have built 4 (!) 1940 carriers with maximum deck size and refitted ALL your custom cruisers with the absolute best fire control and radar you can have. The old carriers should go into reserve, you may use them as a temporary air base if needed. You also need to build around 5 light cruisers with the best radar and sonar, full floatplanes in the top row and max engine. These will be your spotters. 5) Once you're ready to go to war, do the following: 5.1) Count the amount of capital ships and screening ships in your main fleet (remember the split off destroyers?). Ideally, all your screens should be cruisers for the best range and speed possible. However, if you cannot achieve a 1:4 ratio, you should fill the rest with destroyers. DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR DESTROYERS INTO THE STRIKE FORCE!!!!!! Yes, this will give you slightly more light attack, but your fleet will have horrible range, and you need those destroyers for other things. 5.2) Set your main fleet to "Always engage, never repair". Watch their condition manually, if average strength goes below ~60-70%, manually send them ALL to repair. 5.3) Set your main fleet to strike force in the regions patrolled by your spotting fleet. You can also manually send it into battle, this is more effecient but micro intensive. 5.4) Get all your spotter ships, split them and send on patrol "do not engage, high repair priority". 5.5) Get your submarines, set them to "Engage at low risk, medium repair priority". Split them so that every group has 4-6 subs in it, set them to convoy raiding. 5.6) Get your remaining destroyers, split them into groups of 2-3 and set them on "engage at low risk, high repair priority". Set them to convoy escort wherever you need them. This setup will gurantee you can win every naval engagement against AI in the current naval meta. Your cruisers will have a ridiculous amount of light attack which will completely annihilate all enemy screens in a matter of seconds, after which your battleships and carriers will destroy the enemy capital ships completely unopposed. In multiplayer this is trickier to do as people are smarter and I have not tested it, but it might work just fine. Good luck in your games.

[@marz14n98]

Good advice, thanks

[@vincentbeausejour4520]

I have over 1000 hours in HOI4, and never really took the time to fully understand the navy mechanics 🤣 This vid made me realise how much stuff I still have to learn about the game

[@Hammurabae]

Plenty of layers if you want them

[@LtKim]

"How to actually do X" is very needed type of material in Pyongyang and could become a series on it's own right - please more of the same. If you're open to feedback/video improvements: educational stuff is good to supplement with overlay infographics, kind of what m3an (channel name) has been doing recently - we love it here.

[@michaelhorn6029]

Hey

[@deadantagonist5743]

just bought hoi4 and downloaded TGW mod so I can learn to play through my favorite era of history and the navy's are so crazy overwhelming.

[@Hammurabae]

TGW is a great mod. They are alot at first but take your time with it, remember to use the pause button whenever needed. I have 3 guides on navy, should give you the basics to learn the system.

[@DthScythe01]

I feel like a dumbass, but I just discovered that if you double click a ship type, it will select all ships of that type. You don't need to shift click forever. This works for army divisions too.

[@Hammurabae]

That took me well over 500 hours to find myself

[@frankandthepoke6140]

I’ve been searching for good naval guides for a long time and your videos have helped a ton. Would you do a video about Nagy structure, like how many ships in task forces? You mentioned that Convoy Raiding Subs should be in packs of 10-20, but how many capital ships should I have in 1 task force, or what does a spotting task force contain? Outside that, excellent videos regarding the navy!

[@Hammurabae]

So detailed ship usage amounts and styles? The main navy guide I made covers this, the template guide also goes over it a bit.

[@damon5529]

He Is talking about how many of each ship type he should have in a strike force as well as their ratios. You already covered the ratio of screens to capitals, but you never covered how many capitals you should have in the fleet. The best answer we got was simply super fleet all your ships into one task force and have some scouting task forces out there so the strike force will work. You did mention, at some point, a scouting force with two light cruisers and a number of destroyers (4 I think), but that's as close as you ever got to describing what a scouting force should look like, although you only used it as an example and never recommended it. As to the composition of a fleet? See 71cloak for more details but a short rundown hear is this. A strike force should only have 4 carriers as any more give diminishing returns that are simply not worth it, and an 11 to 5 ratio of heavy cruisers to battlecruisers is optimal for defeating enemy fleets with your heavy cruisers. I'm not sure what the ratio is for heavy cruisers to battleships, but I expect it to be around that range.

[@MarkHerndon]

Thanks for the navy command mission information I've been having a heck of a time getting them to do what I want.

[@CryseTech]

Awesome tutorial, now i finally know why i sucked so hard at navy things, i did so much wrong all the time for the past couple hundred hours :D Thank You for the Help

[@highmarshalhelbrect9601]

Thanks to you i now understand this game much better

[@anneurysm1]

Do you have plans to do any long and explained gameplay regarding the navy? You could make a single video or something playing as a country like the US, Japan or UK to show the process of constructing your navy from scratch, using it to win battles and everything else. Just an idea, I think it would be cool. I understand all the theory, but I get a bit lost in the real thing.

[@Hammurabae]

I could do a detailed longer playthrough of one of them where I focus purely naval, thats not a bad idea

[@anneurysm1]

@@Hammurabae Yes, please. I can never beat the US navy as Japan and I don't know what I'm doing wrong, so it would really help me. Thanks for answering. :)

[@NikolaiTroger]

Hey Man! Love your Videos really helpfull... Keep going!!

[@captainbones5276]

Bro I have over 1000 hours in this game, im a Armour and Infantry Guru, yet here I am still learning stuff about this game, unreal.

[@Augustus_Imperator]

great video, 600 hours in hoi4 and I stiII just death-stack the navy 😆

[@baconhairbacana1964]

*Same here! I have 600 hours and i just death stacked the navy, but some days ago i started practicing the navy.*

[@zerovia6436]

Actually it is not that hard but also not efficient as planes or tanks I think that's why players abandon navy also for conquering USA or Japan as European countries or opposite you will always need to use navy or you will simply will die Bec of logistical reasons and negative ws.

[@jaybaybay0]

Could you imagine a ship being damaged in a training exercise and the captain is like "no we must not return to the port, train her till she sinks!"

[@Ibaya120]

I love Navy and I M allwais the main Navy person in my friend group and ty for this I learn more everyday

[@eisbergsyndrom5010]

What is so fun about it? I don't see what could possibly make this fun. Not dissing you. I just genuinely don't understand.

[@Chikanuk]

Great stuff!

[@TheEventHorizon909]

I’m still trying to figure out what the best way to get fleet supremacy up for sealioning with the new patch nerfing roach destroyers and bathtub subs into the ground

[@bongcloudopening5404]

I recommend setting up a naval invasion before declaring war, once its done get the invasion a go and declare war, the naval invasion will still go through as long as it doesn't get intercepted by the british fleet (which is unlikely). And then boom you easy sealion, not to mention most of their divisions are not even at the British isles most of the time, so its an easy W (i usually want to do this legit so after i kill the soviets i build a navy).

[@JISNH]

After over 2 years of playing the game, how to navy finally clicked. Thanks

[@Hammurabae]

Awesome! Have fun. Do at least one run with superheavy battleships its worth

[@kianvandenberg6364]

Thanks for the guide. I am currently trying to learn the navy mechanics. One question: You mentioned your destroyer to heavy cruiser ratio should be 1:4 but how many carriers should you use?

[@Hammurabae]

1 carrier to 1 heavy. Aka 1 battleships = 1 carrier as your heavies screen carriers

[@kianvandenberg6364]

@@Hammurabae Thanks for the help

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

Also, you suffer a penalty to air mission efficiency if you have more than 4 carriers engaged in a battle.

[@buckdraper303]

Great videos. Question: Do spotters on a patrol mission have to be in the same task force or fleet as the heavier boats on the strike force mission?

[@Hammurabae]

They do not. In fact its best to have them separate on do not engage, if they are under the same admiral in a different task force and identify an enemy fleet a larger main fleet on strike force always engage will do the fighting, or arrive to help after the spotters engage. Putting some in your main fleet is always advised though.

[@pepticsolid6256]

Not sure if I missed this in the video, or if this was covered in another video, but how do you set your ships (or certain task force) to repair at a certain naval base/dockyard? I know this might be an odd question to ask, but this is a major concern I have when invading a country from the other side of the ocean (i.e. if Germany plans to invade USA). I pretty much don't want my fleet to haul all the way back for repairs, or get sunk on the other side of the world.

[@Hammurabae]

You have to take them off their mission by clicking the button and manually move them to the dockyard by clicking the select button for the fleet/task force and right clicking the dockyard icon on the map.

[@pepticsolid6256]

@@Hammurabae Thanks for responding back to my inquiry and making these guides!

[@comandantepepperoni8104]

Does naval combat rely on luck? Can i control anything other than retreat?

[@Hammurabae]

I have another full naval tutorial video that I recommend checking out for a detailed understanding. The luck component is weather and to a degree spotting and a couple other rolls. Everything else is on you and who you engage.

[@comandantepepperoni8104]

@@Hammurabae But i cannot choose who i engage, am i right? I only can choose what to produce, the designs themselves and air

[@ah64apacheheli]

what every hoi4 player needs

[@ggsimmonds1]

What are the pros and cons of stacking all sub task force in one fleet and choosing a high number of regions vs creating smaller fleets with fewer task forces that each have a handful of regions? Does it only come down to micro management preference?

[@MG_Majesty]

The doomstack is only going to be effective in the region it’s in at the time. So if you have 30 subs in one task force, convoy raiding 3 regions, their efficiency is going to be worse than 10 subs in 3 taskforces covering 3 regions Pro: doom stacking and covering multiple regions when they’re in 1 region, they’ll dominate Con: the regions they’re not in are going to have very low supremacy until they move to it on the rotation

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of The Essential Hoi4 Naval Organization Guide Momentum 100

[@dumptruck_]

Hi thanks for the guide. I am slightly lost as to where all this research is and how you customize your ships. Just got into hoi4 and I only have 1 navy research tab, and when I go to create variants in the production tab it doesn't let me add things like torpedoes etc. Do I need a DLC for this or am I being stupid?

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

Adding modules to ships is part of the "man the guns" DLC

[@BetterDeadthenRed1991]

THIS IS FINALLY A HAIL MARY

[@maozedong69420]

Is it worth it to refit your ship? For example Italy have alot of bad destroyer so should I refit them or just make new and better one?

[@Hammurabae]

100%

[@aidonger42069]

time to care about navy

[@andregamealeatorio4395]

Thanks

[@eisbergsyndrom5010]

Question: How the fuck do I make these words stay in my head?

[@Yamato-cz8vh]

make it work

[@leafbou]

What country would you recommend to play with to learn the navy the best? I’m thinking usa because you have a big industry but you also have to fight japan

[@Hammurabae]

Japan or the UK. Your home area is protected by the sea so theres an innate naval focus, plus you start with great fleets.

[@michailshatkus9250]

I would agree. USA is good because you need to do more with your ships, wherethere you fight in Atlantic/ Medeteranian or Pacific, best to skip doing it at the same time though. And there is a huge margin for error. On the other hand they can just build naval bombers and destroy german italian and japanese fleets as well. But you will be able to repair refit your fleet without suffering too much. So basically with USA you can try everything. UK is great as well. If you lose France managing home and Mediterranean theartes(if you want to naval invade in N Africa and etheopia) is quite a challenge at least for me. I haven't really played Japan not fascists anyway. I think being an underdog like Italy can actually give a great experience,though its probably learning the hardway and most probably will only limit your options to deathstaking whatever you have available.

[@CarvaxIV]

I recommend Bulgaria of all nations. You can leave the land fighting to Germany while you core all of the Balkan coast and build a massive navy with the Varna dockyards. -25% production costs and +20% refit speed will allow you to rapidly produce a Mediterranean navy, then refit it to fight in the Atlantic. You get to take on the UK and the USA. It’s my go to nation when I feel like playing a navy game.

[@hair7402]

i accidentally have 60 destroyers and no capitals to pit with them

[@jonbliss6396]

Can you please do a beginner's guide?

[@Hammurabae]

For navy? I have already done so, currently there is a total one for beginners, a template/design one, and this video on my channel

[@The_awesome_cat_guy]

How do I build more ships?

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

…. Omfg im currently playing as poland slavic union and let me tell you i just started fucking learning about navy despite having a massive navy from invading germany and stealing the fleet.

[@Hammurabae]

Its a ton of fun once you get it and will make you so much better

[@zenyxz018]

What is that movie at the beginning?

[@paulopaez8906]

Greyhound

[@Boberto23]

Imma test navy with console commands so I can get the ropes

[@noobagainst6189]

I dont now if you be a good video making a navy with germany applying all the tips you already show us

[@Hammurabae]

Do you want a full gameplay video or one thats tutorial based on how to do it?

[@noobagainst6189]

​@@Hammurabae IF you could making a tutorial Plus chalenge making a navy from nothing tô face the strongest navies in the world and dont forget the ground war and i try its inpossible to complete planZ .

[@nathanwells4809]

Millenium dawn version……..

[@Hammurabae]

This applies to MD!

[@Originalyoutubename2.0]

Lol 625 hours and i learned all this is 8:40 minutes

[@edmundcowan9131]

This game is a good game but poor history

[@zac9235]

You need too improve your speech with you mumbling so much it’s hard to actually understand what you’re saying

[@The_awesome_cat_guy]

Cap I could understand fine and I’m on 2x speed

[@BunialskiTrip]

Too many screens from the movie its annoying and distracting af.

[@dylanandmolly3739]

A great game with no real tutorial. Shocking really.

[@Hammurabae]

Paradox’s lack of effort on tutorials always confused me

[@SpectreBGM]

I've always liked the naval aspect, but absolutely hated the fact that it takes forever to build a decent fleet . Also the actual ship designs being on avg 2 years late doesn't help , the 1940 ships should be 37-38 because irl those ships were launched in 39-40-41 not designed ,as it takes 1-2 years to build a capital ship , so your 1940 ship is ready in 42 which is stupid if we go by real life timeline . But i guess paradox doesn't care

[@Hammurabae]

Agreed, refitting is the name of the game unfortunately.

[@Sentinel_White]

Subs?...Subs!