Victoria 3 - Guide to SUCCESSFUL Naval Invasions

Victoria 3 is a complex grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive and there is a lot of learning to be done! In this Victoria 3 tutorial I'm covering naval invasions and how they work. I appreciate you watching this Victoria 3 beginners guide tutorial! If you have any questions or more information as we are all learning please put in the comments below. #victoria3 #strategy #gaming
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:07 - Naval Bases
00:00:40 - Training Rate
00:01:08 - Production Method
00:01:30 - Headquarters
00:02:18 - First Example
00:03:15 - Penalties
00:04:16 - Technology
00:04:31 - Second Example
00:05:21 - Summary

[@PurpleKittenofDeath]

Some extra help: army and navies HQ are AFAIK 1:1 with strategic regions, so you can use that map mode to help plan where to build. Try attacking a region where the enemy has few troops in reserve or on standby, as these are the troops that defend the shores, if a region has all their available men fighting on a front, the backdoor is essentially open. Having alot of troops in reserve in the invading HQ will help with reinforcements, even during a naval invasion. Don't forget to protect your convoys once you get a beachhead, the invading admiral SHOULD automatically get assigned to this task, but you might need more. Not protecting your convoys is a sure fire way to loose your foothold, as insufficient supply caps your morale recovery.

[@xSatornx]

This is great thanks for sharing with the community!

[@ViktorEnns]

Thank you. Any idea on why my generals don't get troop reinforcements even if I send them back to an hq with 100 troops in garrison? I constantly run out of troops and lose the war. I have to recruit new generals with fresh troops and send them to the front. Old generals never get new troops 🤷🏼‍♂️ is this intentional?

[@PurpleKittenofDeath]

@@ViktorEnns Sounds kinda buggy? An important thing to note about reinforcements: they are affected by the training rate of the barracks your generals pull from, which in turn is affected by the level of the building and the equipment/PM of the barracks. Which means that if your general pulls from many small barracks spread over the HQ they will have slower reinforcement rates than if they pull from one big barracks. You can check which barracks the troops your general commands are stationed at by looking at the mobilized troops listed under them, then check if there's a problem in the states of the affected barracks. It might be a simple problem like there not being enough pops available to become soldiers. Unfortunately, there is no way to manually assign troops at this point, but just like with other buildings, fewer buildings with higher levels are better for the most part, but it can leave you vulnerable to revolutions. Boosting training rate via decrees can also make a big difference during war time, as it boosts training rate for both your barracks and conscription centers.

[@ViktorEnns]

@@PurpleKittenofDeath this helps a lot. Thank you.

[@Caiuscicero]

I still haven't been able to find how to move generals and admirals from one place to another, and even with your excellent video, I still have issues trying to match Navy to Army in the same territory so they can choose each other.

[@xSatornx]

Ok sounds like everyone is having the same issues 👍

[@michibichi2212]

thank you for this video. this has a lot of valuable information missing from other tutorials!

[@xSatornx]

thanks for the feedback and glad it was useful 😀

[@khoalb]

After i naval invade some place, sometimes the invading general gets assigned to the HQ of wherever I invaded instead of going to the new front. That’s the only way I’ve ever been able to get a general assigned to a different HQ, but I have no idea why or how. As far as I can tell, it’s a bug, not a feature.

[@xSatornx]

Awesome thanks Albert good to know!

[@ViktorEnns]

I've noticed the same thing happen to me. I do not invade often though bc of the randomness of the system and not being able to tell who will be picked where and how to assign them to the proper HQ without recruiting a new general.

[@GregMcNeish]

I've only seen it a few times, but I think it might be based on how many provinces they take in the invasion battle. If they take the HQ itself (where the little icon is), it can trigger the bug.

[@Jesse_Dawg]

More videos like this please! I need more

[@xSatornx]

Working on it!

[@chonkyseal9312]

Thank you, its been pretty difficult to naval invade, mainy the qing bcs they have a shit ton of troops on beijing(capital). I personaly dont like that you cant reajust the amount of troops the general has, if you make one mistake you will have to retire him.

[@xSatornx]

Glad this helped I am hoping we see some improvements by the dev team for sure lol

[@ViktorEnns]

What I've noticed is when invading a country with multiple HQs if you get one that is lightly defended you can push from there and reassigning a general to the new front will put them in the new HQ. Patrolling that coast seems to put my navy on the same HQ too so doing a new invasion from that hq while defending or pushing that front sometimes works. But the system is so opaque that I really can't tell what is going on and how to actually win war. It seems to me like war is just an afterthought in this building simulator. "Just get a 3:1 ratio of soldiers with superior weapons and do not worry about tactics" style of warfare.

[@chairbornefobbit]

We really need to have an officer pool and a reassign button. Officers should be able to exist without an active assignment a la HOI4. Seems like a major missing feature given how important a good general or admiral can be for the success of a war

[@xSatornx]

100% agree its actually very painful at the moment. Not sure what features that work well in other paradox games are not carried over to new ones...

[@doltaro2165]

The one question I wanted answered wasn't discussed: why, when you were ferrying over 5 troops with 5 ships would it land only 1? I understand the offensive penalty due to hard landing, but what happened to the other 4? I have this issue every single time, even an overpowered navy consisting of battleships in the end game where I'd ferry over 50 troops with 70 ships and landing 12.

[@xSatornx]

This is a great question its the same for land battle I still am not sure how it determines who shows up for the battles it feels very random. I am thinking maybe combat with of the terrain but again still not sure. I will try to find something more on it.

[@xSatornx]

You inspired a new video it is coming out to explain all things war and battles keep an eye out for it today.

[@gregridd]

0:55 Great commander name Pok Em

[@DeTofuKing]

I always suggest for people to get a mod so they can see which Headquarters there navy based and army bases are at in the outliner. This helps massively when building a good military.

[@xSatornx]

Tofu good suggestion its not easy to tell without mods

[@eroll2]

Oh man how do you not even mention the naval battles?? You need to check if the enemy has flotillas in that sea zone first, if they do then there will be a naval battle before you're even allowed to try land. Can make a massive difference landing in the right spot or calling it off if you know they'll just get sunk before landing etc.

[@xSatornx]

I figured thats a given but good point!

[@sick_shot_sick]

I have a problem with the morale of the navy It's always very low I don't know why

[@xSatornx]

Are you trying to do a naval invasion or are you doing a naval battle before the invasion that will reduce your morale. Make sure to check supply routes. I think some said there was a bug as well may be worth a save and reload

[@jonathanenciso]

Wait. Have you gone over how to tell if a state is conscripting their men or have them as garrisons? I was trying to naval invade France homelands and was clicking around their states and looking at barracks and conscripts. But not sure if the individual strength of a state is taken into an account for the French defense

[@xSatornx]

I don't have a good way other than flipping through the states. War is such a mess right now I am hoping in 2023 it gets some love.

[@blueferral3414]

Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!

[@xSatornx]

lol love it!

[@ViktorEnns]

The state of the game now feels like we are not supposed to worry about war at all. I smell a War DLC for $24.99 coming up. Vic3 war mechanics to me feel like the economics mechanics of HOI4. "Just don't worry about it too much". I would like to see a game put both into one. But with much better UI than VIC3. The UI in this game is infuriating but pretty.

[@xSatornx]

Viktor agree 100%

[@Gjd94]

Missed u tonight 😔😢

[@xSatornx]

lol #soon Greg 😆

[@Gjd94]

@@xSatornx now