I forced every neutral and Axis country in Europe to be in the Comintern (as well as making Communist china own China) then started WW2 against the communists.
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That green in the north. That is Mexico.
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That blue east of 'Belgium' is America. They're also invading Communist China with the UK
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[QUOTE=deltasquid;37185845]I'm going to assume either HoI3 (most likely) or Supreme Ruler: Cold War, but that one seems less likely on account of being fairly bad.[/QUOTE]
I bought HoI3 and liked fucking around with Germany mid-war but I really have no fucking clue what I'm doing.
I need to find out how to do shit like having spies fuck shit up in some other country.
[QUOTE=Masamune;37186146]I bought HoI3 and liked fucking around with Germany mid-war but I really have no fucking clue what I'm doing.
I need to find out how to do shit like having spies fuck shit up in some other country.[/QUOTE]
Spies are relatively simple. You select nation priority and what task you want them to do. It's a slow process, but it can lead to you or your faction getting certain advantages. Spies can also be used to increase chances for a war to break out, which is really useful if you're not playing with noneutrality.
If you're messing up with the military forces during war time, you need to check what combat width units have, what their role is and which ones are attack and which ones are support. Also beware of overstacking your units in one province.
Command structure gives bonuses to units fighting. Basically you should tie your brigades into divisions(make sure they all contribute to maximum efficiency, so no 4-infantry brig. divisions), divisions into corps, corps into armies, armies into army groups, and army groups into theaters. Define your theaters on the game map and sort your HQ units and divisions in their theaters. Keep in mind that you can loose those bonuses if the units are to far away from each other, so try to keep them as close as possible without endangering your HQ units.
Air forces might seem useless at first glance, but bear in mind that they are the fastest striking units and can cause extreme amounts of trouble for your enemy. Using them to bomb enemy logistics or infrastructure during a war can cause all sorts of supply hell for your enemy, which can lead to their defenses cracking faster. When their supply hub or a transport route gets blocked by zero infrastructure province all the units that leech off of those supplies being to die out until their command sets up new supply routes. Air forces can also lead you to quick victory if you researched paratrooper tech and deployed airborne soldiers to strike enemy VPs. When they get there, retreat them to the nearest possible air field and send them to the next VP with your transport planes. It makes things like Operation Barbarossa a cakewalk, I think one of the guys on the Paradox forum made an AAR in which an airborne-only Germany steamrolls the Soviet Union in [I]one month.[/I]
began playing as Ghana, somehow ended up becoming Mali (I accidentally closed some alert. :/) I still formed the Kingdom(Sultanate?) of Mali.
now, I just need to take over Africa. :D
Playing as Nationalist China, immediately took over Communist china, now moving on to Shanxi
[QUOTE=Tureis;37173044]Is it that confusing? I basically learned to play through starting as Duke of Connacht.
Also why can't I form any empire yet?
[img_thumb]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/918985880796923194/46047DA65CE86A0544585B92FA94D95E43009DF4/[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] IIRC you need to have 4 King titles. Might of changed though.
So my character's wife is a Duchess in Sweden, but she was imprisoned by the Queen. So I invaded Sweden and placed a new king under my Empire. Why can't I ask him to release his wife from prison? :v:
[QUOTE=Tureis;37193492]So my character's wife is a Duchess in Sweden, but she was imprisoned by the Queen. So I invaded Sweden and placed a new king under my Empire. Why can't I ask him to release his wife from prison? :v:[/QUOTE]
Maybe he's into S&M.
I had an opportunity as the King of France,Navarra, and Aquitane to marry my heir of to the Queen of Bohemia (who was syphilitic) I thought I that was a good move until I realized that Bohemia was under HRE. Should I reload the save or try to have the Heir break out from the HRE?
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Wait, what?
Ok, your heir is unlanded and you married them to the Queen of Bohemia so they went over there? Or are you worried that because Bohemia is under the HRE that when you inherit you'll be part of them too? Tell me exactly what happened and what the problem is.
The second problem you mentioned
[QUOTE=Waterrmelonn;37196035]The second problem you mentioned[/QUOTE]
I'm not 100% sure but when he succeeds, he should maintain his independence, especially if his primary title is King of France. You may have trouble if your wife dies first and he becomes part of the Empire before he gets France, but you can always just rebel and with all of Francia and Bohemia you should be able to kick his ass.
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Oh wait, he's already King? lol
Just rebel when he inherits, the Emperor won't be able to stop you and you'll take a good chunk of his territory.
Anyway King died, now France just became part of the HRE and I have to hand out all 10 out of 22 titles because of demesne size. How do I go about rebelling? There are several wars going on to depose the Emperor but I can't join any of them
I honestly don't know, I'm usually independent. Try going to your liege's diplomacy screen and seeing if there's a declare war or something along those lines.
Does anybody else keep 2-3 duchies (plus all counties included) for themselves when they are king, and hand the rest out? I usually give a duchy to my heir, another one when the King's old and the last one he inherits.
Having more than 2 or 3 gives an opinion penalty for your vassals. Not having any means all of your demesne counties give opinion penalties to the de jure Duke who wants them. Best option is have the duchies that your demesnes are in, otherwise just keep those Dukes weak.
[QUOTE=Waterrmelonn;37196104]Anyway King died, now France just became part of the HRE and I have to hand out all 10 out of 22 titles because of demesne size. How do I go about rebelling? There are several wars going on to depose the Emperor but I can't join any of them[/QUOTE]
That's odd, because in my current playthrough I inherited the Duchy of Lower Lorraine as the King of England and that actually caused the Duchy to leave the HRE.
In other news, I am currently Philip I, the first Black Emperor of Britannia. I'm also Orthodox.
It depends on what their first title is. If they already have a title and have the Emperor as liege then they'll keep him as liege. Only real exceptions are when you inherit your liege's title or your liege is a King and you inherit a kingdom, in which case you become independent automatically. It's why creating an Empire is so valuable, you can expand and have vassal Kings.
That can lead to a problem though. The Kingdom of Aquataine had gavelkind succession and my second son was to inherit, so I strengthened his position there with revoked duchies and eventually gave it to him. Our lines diverged and when my great grandaughter came to the throne, the King there decided to be trouble. My solution, rather than fight him, was to marry him.
Wtf, in V2 France DoW's me and Belgium is the war leader, I don't even want Alsace lorraine anymore, just fucking have it, but no I can't just give it up because I can't fucking negotiate with France.
[QUOTE=Aerkhan;37196421]Does anybody else keep 2-3 duchies (plus all counties included) for themselves when they are king, and hand the rest out? I usually give a duchy to my heir, another one when the King's old and the last one he inherits.[/QUOTE]I never give out any land to children, no exceptions. If I happen to be over the demesne limit, I'll give a county or something similar to a non-dynasty courtier to ensure stability in my realm.
[QUOTE=The mouse;37199009]Wtf, in V2 France DoW's me and Belgium is the war leader, I don't even want Alsace lorraine anymore, just fucking have it, but no I can't just give it up because I can't fucking negotiate with France.[/QUOTE]
You have to negotiate with Belgium to let France have Alsace Lorraine.
[QUOTE=kamikaze470;37199973]I never give out any land to children, no exceptions. If I happen to be over the demesne limit, I'll give a county or something similar to a non-dynasty courtier to ensure stability in my realm.[/QUOTE]
Giving land to your children that aren't heirs is a really bad idea. Although what you can do is give them a county, then immediately assign them to a duke so they're not a direct vassal. It's not ideal but it works in a pinch.
Or if you've got male children and free investiture, assign them as successors to your priests as when they become priests themselves they'll be disqualified from the line of succession. Girls are easy to get rid of just marry them off.
I ran out of men for duke titles that aren't South Slavic, so I had to give one of the Greek duchies to Pretender No. 2. Three Spanish rebellions later and he was already fabricating a claim on one of my titles. Luckily he is not willing to rebel, but when I kick the bucket and my heir takes over I bet he'll be the first one to start making demands he shouldn't make.
[QUOTE=croguy;37199986]You have to negotiate with Belgium to let France have Alsace Lorraine.[/QUOTE]
I can't that's the point.
[QUOTE=croguy;37200174]I ran out of men for duke titles that aren't South Slavic, so I had to give one of the Greek duchies to Pretender No. 2. Three Spanish rebellions later and he was already fabricating a claim on one of my titles. Luckily he is not willing to rebel, but when I kick the bucket and my heir takes over I bet he'll be the first one to start making demands he shouldn't make.[/QUOTE]
If you've not got any courtiers to give land to, steal some from the courts of your vassals. You don't even need to invite them to your court, just award them the landed title and you're set.
[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;37201844]If you've not got any courtiers to give land to, steal some from the courts of your vassals. You don't even need to invite them to your court, just award them the landed title and you're set.[/QUOTE]
I'm talking realm-wide. I've got around 400 holdings relying on ~200 members of the Trpimirovic family in my realm(and only males can get landed) plus Dukljanin, Subic, and some relatively unreliable Arabs holding their respective titles. As I expand duchy by duchy while years go by I'm only down to a few people that don't have weak or strong claims on other people's counties and duchies.
(Playing as Nationalist China)
Well I finally managed to defeat Guanxi Clique. I bombed their capital over and over again, reducing their national unity, used heavy armor to surround their armies, and finally swooped in and took their capital. Shanxi, Communist China and Guanxi Clique are now gone, and soon I'll take over Yunnan once I rebuild my armed forces.
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(yes, I cheated, it makes it more interesting)
Now that I'm an Axis member, I can't be harmed by Japan.
Were the country names on the big map added in later versions of HoI3? I don't seem to have it on the regular version.
(Not that I play it at all, just curious.)
[QUOTE=Freakie;37205619]Were the country names on the big map added in later versions of HoI3? I don't seem to have it on the regular version.
(Not that I play it at all, just curious.)[/QUOTE]
Yes, they were added with SF.
In CK2 the grand tournament never ended and occasionally 5 years after i get pop ups of random courtiers being killed and maimed hjelp
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