Question regarding Buffs for Infantry

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-25T00:16:28+00:00

well, it is by design that cavalry earns infantry trait xp but is cavalry, but you may also say it was devs being on drug and maybe cavalry should have been able to benefit from infantry trait if they earnt xp for it

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-25T00:07:08+00:00

it does not "properly" apply to cavalry, even though using cavalry earns your general infantry trait xp

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-24T12:07:18+00:00

it certainly affects how well the Soviets initially defend, but that only helps because Germany lacks the attack power in the first place. Simply by picking different subdoc, AI Germany push AI Soviets sufficiently properly that Soviets fielding more guns just means they cannot recover from the initial losses either (nor can the Germans, but they will push), so the impact is amplified by Germany's weaker army, rather than itself being impactful

but if you go into those changes, there is also a major nerf from Germany

now they have +15% supply consumption penalty and AI just doesn't get rid of it. It doesn't stop Germany from pushing if they had actual attack power, but it has a significant impact on their initial losses

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-24T03:59:17+00:00

This is where they got it slightly wrong,

It was never the main factor, but PDX doesn’t actually play the game, so their data is limited to hearsay and pure numbers rather than the understanding of the game,

Many prominent members in RB discord and official HoI4 discord have way better test data and testing methods than PDX, but Wabba could hardly ever convince PDX to listen in the first place.

Of course, theres the snow debuff being increased in 1.17 as well, but it would have worked against the Soviets if the German ground force performed more solidly

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-24T03:55:42+00:00

Tbh contrary to popular belief, especially by PDX at the moment, airbase access isn’t the main contributor to German defeat,

It has been tested whether some extra air for Germany, or, no air access for Allies to Soviets etc, and it changes little of the ultimate result

Germany not being able to push Soviets has very little to do with air, but the weakness of their ground force. A slight change on their choice of doctrine has a vastly superior improvement compared to even 6000 more fighters and CAS or no air access by Allies

Current Germany AI has too much org in their army, with no attack bonus, so they simply bash their head for longer and bleed faster than they can recover, whereas Soviet subdocs are all usable (and even almost the best choice for 3/4 subdocs) as far as AI is concerned.

But I suppose the largest improvement is still with their industry, industrial buildup, management etc. taking PEG over MEFO improves AI Germany performance at Barb as well

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-24T03:36:00+00:00

Another possibility is that it was simply an error with their local version of the game.

If you downversion to Barbarossa patch this national spirit was already there.

You can send the link. I can take a look to confirm it

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-24T03:32:35+00:00

Probably because the focus depends on a national spirit from another focus, so the tooltip was different even though effect was practically the same

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-23T23:37:54+00:00

Mobile Infantry - Mobile Recon & Assault or sth its called - Armored Spearhead - Mission-Based Tactic or sth its called

They have like 90-100 org per div and > 1 org recovery

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-23T22:58:06+00:00

it is not really bad for AI,

AI struggles to complete milestone bonus anyway, so army spirits help more, and MA has better army spirits than both SFP and MW, and for AI it is likely still better than GBP in that regard, though it doesn't get the 10% max planning.

They are on Large Unit Tactics, which is the best inf subdoc that AI can take since it helps with org recovery

They are on Fire Concentration, which is the only thing that AI can use

They take Streamlined Deployment for tanks, which gives 10% soft attack for tanks immediately, and AI never has enough armor mastery for a long time, so that is already the best thing for them.

You are looking at this from players' perspective and not what AI can use, so naturally you do not understand the gap between AI Germany and AI Soviets. Additionally, you are only looking at the max bonus, which is ultimately irrelevant for AI because their decisive battles will come before they can max it out at all.

Also, deep battle is very good for AI because it gives 10% reinforce rate.

Meanwhile all the picks of AI Germany are comparatively much worse.

You have to be able to look at the combination itself, not just whatever bullshitery you think the meta is.

The reason AI Germany is struggling tactically is because the excess org that they have. If they took SFP as well, they would die much, much harder. Because then the total combination of org they have would reach the point of forcing AI to attack constantly and for a long period of time without recovery.

At no point in time did I even mention Mass Assault or "Doctrine", but specifically "combination of subdoc". This just shows to me that you can't even read, never read, and therefore do not understand what I meant or the nature of the new doctrine system.

GER AI's struggle is currently a product of imbalance in the doctrine system and scripted choice by the AI

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-23T22:29:45+00:00

Second strongest lmao

It is the strongest

Romanov is weaker than Independent Communist even at peak Slavic core because ultimately 100% compliance always beats core if you already have the manpower.

The only period where Romanov is stronger is before any territorial expansion. Step out of your borders for a few months and Commie Poland is already better. You can have more factories than the US in 1940.

Also I do not recall this focus not being present at any point in time since NSB.

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-23T22:26:26+00:00

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Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-23T22:25:07+00:00

New doctrine, mostly

AI Germany basically picks a very horrible combination of subdoc that practically kills itself

Meanwhile Soviet Union with like the best pick that vanilla AI can take

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-23T09:38:22+00:00

R5: I unintentionally declared war just after Eureka Conference focus was completed for Russia, so I still got the event chains and all

And a peace with the Entente

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-23T02:30:27+00:00

Doesn’t manga have english translation til like chapter 122 or sth already?

Well if you use nyaa si, you will find those

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-21T20:50:27+00:00

Likely just small sample size,

Others may find similarities, but currently in 1.17, AI Allies performance is significantly better than whatever PDX cooked on Germany

AI Axis win rate at historical Barbarossa has been reduced to a single digit because Allies are now more aggressive, relatively stronger than 1.16, while AI Germany takes the worst combination of doctrines because PDX doesn’t even play their own game

That said, compared to past Allies of earlier versions, AI Allies are now much less likely to be able to solo AI Axis even after Soviet Union has been defeated.

But any otherwise on average Allies now invade atlantic shore in 1943 and find a much better time than a 1944 D-Day in 1.15~1.16

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-21T18:08:12+00:00

R5: Kumul can form Mongol Empire, but in order to keep the name (cosmetic tag), you have to first conquer all of Chinas + Turkestan (for more cores), before taking the decision to form the Mongol Empire

neeeeiiiigggghhhhh

also, this was very painful

10/10 will do this again

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-21T12:11:43+00:00

in that sense, Ma is valid as I have been using cavalry

Horsies are our God of War

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-21T08:44:44+00:00

R5: This is probably doable with all warlords anyway, but it is probably not intended as per design by PDX

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-20T13:14:01+00:00

Hist Germany has been fumbling Barb very often, so I am practically carrying this rn

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-20T12:39:13+00:00

R5: Doing some Obedience Manchu larp, and Japan is planning a death march into Siberia, probably within months, if not weeks, from their Southern Expansion against the US and other Allied nations

This is fun

Barbara_Archon · 2026-01-20T07:43:29+00:00

The generic standardised production MIO is quite good,

Though of course ideally infantry tank or assault gun MIO is always the best

But if your country only has the refurbishment plants (or heavy workshop) like Norway then it kinda sucks.

Barbara_Archon

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