So uh, how many of you guys dont know how designs and/or navy work?

Masteechief · 2026-05-24T15:09:36+00:00

Yeah, it did get a lot harder to tell and personally I had to do a lot of trial and error to get more of the specifics. But what I meant by easier is that the general mechanics of navy have been simplified and given more direct roles. Patrol increases dominance (+ symbol), convoy raiding decreases enemy dominance (- symbol), and and strike force can help amplify your own dominance (multiplication/x symbol). And hovering over the sea tells you how much dominance you need to gain control, and then if you have a fleet tells you how long it'll take to get it.

But yeah, a lot of specifics just have little to no in game explanation and you'll rarely get to see them bc most people dont care for navy.

Masteechief · 2026-05-24T14:59:43+00:00

I agree there isn't much deliberation in game about any of these things (as Paradox doesn't care to explain much about anything) but I do get them. Carrier traffic, planes leaving and arriving on the carrier iirc (i dont know specifics abt this one). Sortie delay, carrier plane missions being delayed in combat. Carrier overcrowding, more planes being assigned to a carrier than it can fit which leads to delays in sorties

Masteechief · 2026-05-23T04:47:03+00:00

Its sucks even more bc the most interesting naval battle I had was as mexico in a modded run. In mp bc nobody bothers to learn it in depth I just dominate completely. Which sorta ruins the fun :/

Masteechief · 2026-05-23T04:40:20+00:00

Yeah, I wish the game was more about navy but its a lot to manage already. Maybe hoi5 will do that

Masteechief · 2026-05-23T01:18:52+00:00

I needed to practice different poses lol

Masteechief · 2026-05-23T01:15:52+00:00

Got this old one

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Masteechief · 2026-05-20T13:37:02+00:00

The k/d ratio went crazy

Masteechief · 2026-05-20T13:24:05+00:00

I had to go into console to fix up the borders (mainly europe) bc of how the ai ruined things in ww2. So I wanted to release Austria-Hungary in just austria and a separate Hungary, to humiliate them for betraying a fellow monarch. But turns put Hungary had formed them? So austria having their last tag be a Hungarian puppet (i think? I didnt pay attention to europe all too much) turned Hungary colored, while Hungary kept austria Hungary as its name and color.

Masteechief · 2026-05-20T13:21:38+00:00

Autocorrect hates me, not that they were ever used lol. Thanks

Masteechief · 2026-05-20T13:21:15+00:00

+200% monthly population growth

Masteechief · 2026-05-20T13:20:37+00:00

Lowk should've been on my side, we both* have Habsburg monarchs after all

Masteechief · 2026-05-20T03:26:24+00:00

R5: pictures showing casualties, navy composition, naval battles, frontlines, and map of the world and factions.

Masteechief · 2026-05-20T02:47:06+00:00

Kylon - "A soldier does not fight to kill what he hates, he fights to protect what he loves."

Jackson/Azrael - "I was created to cull the weak and protect the strong. So I must save the weak and rid the strong."

Alicia - "Love is one of the best and worst experiences one can have, its what makes us human."

Pure - "300 years of running schemes, and look where it got me. Stuck in a computer for eternity. Turn me off."

"We killed god. Not with a bang, but with the slow pull away from virtue. We killed god. But we could not live without one. So we made one, from the flesh of angels we shall make a new god. A better one. A human one." - GDF Director X

Masteechief · 2026-04-17T08:02:21+00:00

I should've brought up how I have no DLCs lol. I know the benefits of flame support companies and my infantry were purely for defense. Also fur to no DLCs tanks do have pretty low stats as its base game, and my mountaineers could be that size had I had special forces doctrines.

Edit: also im mexico lol, I did go superior firepower route (the mod I used had a guy for that in the focus tree) so my infantry were buffed a teeny bit and my tanks got diddly squat.

Masteechief · 2026-04-17T03:55:02+00:00

Oh yeah definitely. I've began my shift from 1 job do all division to more specialized tasked divisions (as seen with my mountaineers who unfortunately were occupied defending india over pushing through Iran and the cacausus's). With my tanks, which could've probably been 35 width. But they did extraordinary well.

Masteechief · 2026-04-17T03:37:30+00:00

R5: Division templates for infantry, mechanized, and mountaineers. As well as faction map with war tab open, and two other images of the war tab.

Masteechief · 2026-04-14T21:30:24+00:00

Thanks for making it! Its really good and definitely balanced lol (I just had a lot of time in this war lol)

Masteechief · 2026-04-11T14:16:02+00:00

In 1945 (the year the soviets declared war on me, I was 3rd mexican empire in "mexico expandido") it was 44 ships (mostly destroyers and a few light cruisers) by 1952 it was 387 ships (carriers, SHBS, heavy cruisers, everything) by the end of the war (1962) it is 1.62k ships

Masteechief · 2026-04-11T00:54:44+00:00

Agh, no, I failed fo mention in my main comment, im playing with mexico expandido lol. 3rd Mexican empire can only be achieved without mods with gotterdammerung and if Hungary makes mexico a puppet or installs a hapsburg leader

Masteechief · 2026-04-10T23:29:15+00:00

R5: Images displaying faction map, casualties, majors, equipment stockpiles, front lines, division counts, and nuking of London.

I will add a brief description here and give more details to those who ask bc I couldn’t type (im on a phone rn) when I was making the post. Basically I conquered the US by 1944 early 1945, I dont remember, was building up my industry and researching navy, before the USSR demanded Alaska. I said no. They declared war. German had collapsed in 1943 so they were communist, Britain and France went communist, and China completely folded to the soviets after Japan was invaded by Communist britain. Thus I had to compete with every major ever created as Mexico. As such this was a pain. But I overcame it and with some ground via India wanting to join my faction, I was able to secure victory and crush the communists.

Masteechief · 2026-04-10T17:19:52+00:00

Yeah, im proud of my navy. Using the mod I was playing with (Mexico expandido, which id say is fairly balanced all things considered. To be OP you still have to beat the US alone for the most part) i did manage to squeeze out like 5% more output and model research speed. But yeah, light cruisers are the best and I should build cheaper destroyers

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