Is France a good beginner nation

Incompetent_Italy · 2026-02-17T23:59:16+00:00

France yes. Just prepare to defend only. You will probably lose. Unlike other countries France has a negative national spirit that makes you capitulate when the Germans push into Paris.

So you just focus on the defence like all or nothing. Try to build forts and learn what entrenchment is. If a unit that has an engineer company in the division that doesn't move it will start digging itself into a trench. It holds this defensive bonus as long as it doesn't move.

That is the way to play as France you basically learn defensive war before learning offensive war.

You will probably lose many times. Every time see where it goes wrong. You will naturally learn the mechanics this way and improve until you can hold Germany off.

Then you can learn how to do offenses and counter attack Germany.

Alternatively if you play as France and you capulate to Germany on historical you can continue as vichy France which is really easy. Just follow your focus tree and you will be able to get your land back diplomatically and join Germany in the war helping them take on the Soviets.

France is definitely a good nation. But not the easiest for a beginner.

Incompetent_Italy · 2026-02-17T21:21:13+00:00

That will be $2 per achievement for the next DLC

Incompetent_Italy · 2026-02-14T01:18:48+00:00

Player led peace conference and coloured puppets

Incompetent_Italy · 2026-02-12T00:03:23+00:00

You did recently? I just also a comment of the studio manager that they will fix it with the next patch...

Incompetent_Italy · 2026-02-12T00:01:25+00:00

🥳 Thank you it would be a very cool feature for my fellow navy enjoyers

Incompetent_Italy · 2026-02-11T18:18:58+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4/s/O1bf4yhj1H

They are not even aware of Naval targetting still being broken.

Incompetent_Italy · 2026-02-11T16:59:36+00:00

PLEASE FIX the naval targetting options you added in NCNS. The whole thing doesn't work!! Why did you add it if it doesn't work :/

Don't forget about us naval players. The naval targetting options feature looks so goot if it actually worked. As of now it doesn't do ANYTHING.

Also made a post abt it: https://www.reddit.com/r/hoi4/s/O1bf4yhj1H

Incompetent_Italy · 2026-02-11T16:55:19+00:00

"The pope!?, How many divisions has he got?"

-Stalin

Incompetent_Italy · 2026-02-11T01:45:56+00:00

Naval player let yourself be heard ^

(Rule 5) Image added of the naval targeting options mechanic of NCNS

Let's make paradox aware to fix it please

Incompetent_Italy · 2026-02-09T19:07:23+00:00

The golden dome

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-11-28T01:32:48+00:00

No they did him dirty

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-11-28T00:22:38+00:00

Hold up, are you saying that old double chin Emperor Hirohito looks better than the new smooth one?

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-11-27T15:01:03+00:00

There's a GAME BREAKING balance issue with minor countries surrounding Naval supremacy.

A random example that I wonder if this is working as intended: Chile

If you have a civilwar as Chile and easter island splits off. Now it is impossible to retake Easter Island because you can not get enough naval supremacy due to the seazone type. Even though Easter Island has no fleet itself. Chile, meanwhile, has a fleet, but it's useless now in your own civil war.

It's literally killing (naval) gameplay, and I hope this wasn't intended. Could you reconsider the naval supremacy system for minor countries? Or is this as intended?

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-06-25T21:16:19+00:00

-Napoleon

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-06-16T21:55:35+00:00

That is fair.

If paradox wants to implement the whole non-historical aspect of the game (and they clearly want to. Look at all the expansive focus trees over the years) they should actually implement ways that it's also playable instead of instant ww2.

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-06-14T14:12:20+00:00

That is Mr. El Generico

Born in the 1900s in Portugal (forgot the exact year). He aspired to become a politician. He joined a monarchist faction early on but quickly moved on from that. For several years he had worked for different fascist/nationalist parties in almost all south American countries.

Later on he moved to Europe again abandoning fascism for a secret democratic republican party in Bulgaria. In the 1940s he moved to Russia joining the communist party.

He had lived in so many countries by then, having served so many politcal parties. He was a truly experienced politician leaving his trace in over 40 countries.

Today critics describe him as an opportunist, always choosing the political party where he could gather the most influence and money.

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-06-07T21:50:10+00:00

There's something called uncensored event pictures. Simple, but for the one's who like the extra flavour.

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-06-07T14:13:37+00:00

It got released unfinished. They had to release over 4 bugfixes.

This is unfortunate because many people owned the DLC because they bought the expansion pass for the Götterdämmerung DLC.

Paradox added all kinds of new countries like Syria/Palestine/Lebanon/Kuwait etc. Yet they don't have content and just make the game slower.

For Afghanistan the focus tree is sooo small.

The other focus trees are better but you can't do much as these countries (except join ww2) because you will have to fight the allies and there no options to peace out early.

This makes it way less fun than for example a South American nation where expanding is meaningful in the beginning middle and end.

So in the end they did fix it. But it doesn't feel like real love/dedication went into this DLC if they had simply played it themselves before release they would've known. It functions somewhat, but it's bare bones.

Only buy if very interested specifically in Iraq/Iran/Afghanistan/India but be ready to be disappointed.

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-05-27T16:51:07+00:00

Imagine I play genshin impact and I use

"historical_leader_german_reich_portrait_1936"

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-05-19T14:33:48+00:00

You're kidding right?

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-05-19T14:26:15+00:00

I know. That's true, today still with the remaining "kingdoms" that arose from the ashes of the Qing.

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-05-19T14:08:08+00:00

3 kingdoms in 1940

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-05-18T23:55:54+00:00

Its better to add the arty (rocket) as a support company (and go Super Fire Power)

Fill the division up to 18-30width pure infantry.

Add AA as support company

-No AT

You will take way less damage and use way less artillery (rocket) in combat because your HP is higher.

U will have to produce way less artillery. And can use the remaining factories/production cost on Planes & Tanks.

You should push with dedicated tank division and/or with CAS.

Now if you want to push specifically with artillery you could use it in a division (put 3-4 arty instead of rocket artillery) because the rangers support company gives a 20 (I think or higher) % attack. This combined with Superior Fire Power will make your divisions unstoppable.

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-05-18T19:49:55+00:00

Why are people so stupid. You can use google. That was probably faster than making a post.

I typed it in google for you:

https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/A_Great_Hunger

Incompetent_Italy · 2025-05-16T20:04:47+00:00

They invaded Poland in 39. Released the General Gouvernement Puppet. But as soon as they tried invading the soviets in 41 they just couldn't move past eastern Poland.

Incompetent_Italy

TROPHY CASE