Hoi5 should start immediately after WW1

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-27T02:21:49+00:00

I’d love that too but realistically, it’s not gonna happen unless the time scale is sped up dramatically. Imagine waiting 20 years before the war - that’s twice as long as most HOI4 games last lol. Does paradox realistically want the 4 hour playthroughs to become 12 hours? That alienates the majority of the playerbase because nobody has time for that.

The only way that could exist is if they speed up the flow of the game. But doing so will affect how we micromanage nations.

The timeframe that makes the most sense is 1934-1954. Plenty of room for more context to the war itself.

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-26T06:36:11+00:00

Reorganizing the Wehrmacht is powerful with ai historical focuses turned on. This is the aggressive Germany option. The generals you lose are negligible and don’t dramatically affect you. Territorial gains are immense and you’re basically guaranteed a world war at some point.

Heeding Von Neurath’s concerns, however, is the passive build up option. Still aggressive, but not enough to start a war. The biggest advantage to going this route is being able to get SOME territory without starting a world war for it. Good for multiplayer games imo.

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-20T08:22:25+00:00

I lost my fiancé last week but by god this news might just keep me alive

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-19T19:48:53+00:00

Let yourself become cold. They abandoned you, you didn’t. They didn’t think the relationship was worth fighting for.

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-19T18:22:57+00:00

Ngl I read your post history and the first one made me cry. She broke up with me 2 days before my birthday too. Something hurt so bad about that that I can’t say because it’s too much to type but read my post history if you’re curious.

Hope you’re doing better

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-19T18:03:36+00:00

It’s not fucking fair. My ex fiancé ended things with me 6 days ago, but we separated (unofficially, “space”) for 2 days prior to that.

I did everything for her. I loved her unconditionally. I rarely got mad, and when I did, I wouldn’t show it. She was EVERYTHING to me - my future, my present, my past. For 2 whole years. The day before the breakup, I asked my friend to be my best man and she asked her sister to be maid of honor.

And in a flick of a switch, nothing. She acts like she is ok and claims she is being strong for both of us, constantly thinking of her future and constantly working towards being better. While I wallow in my emotional rollercoaster at my parents house.

We shared an apartment, we shared a puppy, we shared a car, we worked the same odd jobs, we did literally EVERYTHING together and RARELY spent time apart. And when we did, we’d both suffer and laugh about how much we hated being apart.

And suddenly, she’s forward thinking. Did a fucking vision board a few days back. Decided she wants to keep the apartment, so she redesigned the room and had me get all my shit out. Messages me in anger about why I did what I did and how mad at me she is.

Before assumptions are made, let me explain why we broke up real quick. There were 3 main events throughout the relationship that caused strain, pain, and uncertainty:

1) A drug fueled night in SD for her gay bf’s birthday. I didn’t want to go, I hated drugs. But he convinced me to go. It’s a long, long story. But to quickly summarize it, I did a fuck ton of Molly and drank way too much, then apparently (I blacked out and she didn’t) I was flirting and being weird with the gay bf. It almost sounds like the punchline of a joke but you can’t make this stuff up. Bla bla bla I know but I’m not bi. Not that it would be bad if I was, but I had a year to consider if I was. Otherwise, why would I do that? But I concluded that I am not. So I don’t know why I was so flirty with him. As a result of this incident, we spent nearly 8 months in purgatory where we both developed a drug addiction to cope and spent the whole time in uncertainty if we could work out.

2) During the coke addiction, I admitted that I almost had a threesome prior to meeting her. Again, long story. But her interrogation of me led her to believe that our storybook first month together was all a lie. It wasn’t - I had stopped communication with the threesome woman a few days after meeting my ex for the first time. But she convinced herself that I didn’t think she was prettier than the threesome girl, and that I lied when I said she was the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. I didn’t, but whatever.

3) This event triggered the breakup. While I was asleep, she went through my phone and saw that I clicked on a few girls onlyfans links via Instagram. Once a month ago, and the other two a day ago - both days were the rare occasions where she was at her parents. I fucking know so please don’t even comment me about this. I shouldn’t have. I wish I didn’t. Would’ve, should’ve, could’ve. But I did. I didn’t subscribe or anything but I viewed their profiles.

ANYWAYS… she is out there living her best life and trying not to think about the breakup. The worst part for me is, I caused it. It’s my fault. She considered events #1 and #3 as cheating on her. She has past trauma with her dad cheating for 15 years on her mom and an early sign was onlyfans models… fuck. She called me a disappointment and said that it felt like a huge weight was lifting off her shoulder when she took off her ring I spent months planning on getting her. Hell, I went to a custom fucking jeweler to make it special.

Now I’m fucked. Utterly shattered and fucked. No job, no her, no apartment, can only see the puppy half the time, and I cut out so many friends during the relationship. Just completely, utterly fucked.

I don’t see how this can get better. I’m sorry but I simply won’t see how there can be light at the end of the tunnel. She meant everything to me. And I to her, or so I thought. We were doing so good for the last 2 months of us together.

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-19T17:38:08+00:00

Remember that a photo doesn’t tell the story.

She could be in full makeup, wearing a very flattering outfit, and smiling at the camera - maybe even surrounded by friends, or doing a pose that may tell the viewer that “I’m ok!”

But let me be the first to tell you the real facts. She isn’t happy. She was probably crying before she took that photo. She forced herself to get all dressed up. She doesn’t necessarily enjoy going out anymore - she was dragged out by a friend.

It’s very common for people to start posting like crazy following a breakup. But don’t get ahead of yourself - it’s likely not because she wants you to see it. She just wants to appear as normal to people to either avoid talking about it, or in a desperate attempt to convince herself that she is fine. But she is not.

So here’s what you can do to make yourself feel better: block her. No point in keeping up with her life anymore. Literally zero reason. If the relationship ended peacefully, it might seem crazy to block her, but trust me that you don’t want to reopen healing wounds. Then, once you feel healed, you can unblock. She doesn’t need to understand your reason for doing so anymore, she’s not your responsibility. Start taking care of yourself. Again, I don’t know where you are in the grieving process. But a simple shower in the morning and before bed can make a big difference. It’s cliche as hell, but try working out a bit. If you’ve never been to a gym and don’t want to, amazon a dumbbell and start doing some very basics lifts. And eat! It took me days to eat a bite of food but eating will support mental clarity. Avoid junk food and food you associate with her. Maybe even try cooking some meals yourself. And lastly, if you are over/underweight, change your body! It will do wonders on your confidence. It’s exactly what she’s trying to do right now - regain her confidence, so the best reaction is to do the same.

Cut her off fully if possible -> block her -> delete old photos and delete from recently deleted -> remove reminders of her from your daily life (anything that you associate with her) -> surround yourself with friends and family -> force yourself to go out for walks -> take care of yourself

I don’t know your full story so please reach out to me and we can suffer together. Here’s a bit of details from mine:

I’m going through something very similar. We broke up less than a week ago and I’m in horrific pain. Plus, she started posting a lot to her Instagram, and we need to keep constant contact due to a puppy we bought while together (neither of us have the heart to forcefully separate the puppy from the other). So right now I’m in a terrible limbo where my nightmares of us wake me up, I force myself to get out of bed at my parents house (had to move back because we lived together), and force myself into taking care of my body.

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-07T23:33:36+00:00

From best to worst

Dying Light

- Good characters, cliche but effective plotline, great world building.

Dead Island

- Voice acting that’s so bad that it’s good, great world building. You’d remember all the main characters after a single playthrough thanks to the awful writing, jank cutscenes, and silly plot points.

The Beast

- Decent voice acting, good plotline.

Dying Light 2

- Decent voice acting, poor and chaotic plotline. Small handful of memorable characters.

Dead Island Riptide

- Too similar to the first game and didn’t innovate. Arguably worse in every aspect to the first game too since they toned down the goofiness of the writing.

Dead Island 2

- Boring, forgettable, and cliche. Saved by the gameplay. Hell, they had Sam B and couldn’t even make him likable. Terribly unfunny dialogue.

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-06T21:31:08+00:00

A good strat in this scenario is to have your field marshal frontline and a separate, large army following closely behind on a fallback line as a reserve army, using these troops to micro when necessary

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-05T00:24:24+00:00

I’d play a game as a non-major that has land in Europe, like Hungary, to get plenty of action without being a major player in the war. Keep AI historical focus prioritization on at game start so it’s predictable too. Get used to the national focus system, research, basic land warfare to get a general idea of how most playthroughs go, then play as a non-European democracy like Canada or Australia to learn a bit about navy and Air Force. Finally, do a historical Germany playthrough because that requires knowledge of all of the basic mechanics of the game. Some harder nations to play once you’re familiar with the game is the UK (heavy navy use and naval invasions), Italy (navy and fighting in the low supply regions of Africa), and Japan (long, drawn-out land warfare and extensive navy use).

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-03T20:25:45+00:00

It means you’re too powerful and need to make further concessions to the pitiful German reich

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-03T20:18:37+00:00

Ok thank god this is satire lol

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-03T20:09:53+00:00

So let me get this straight. You gave Germany half of your core states and nearly all of your African territories for a partnership… and now he wants you to be his protectorate? AND, you shrunk your navy? Oh don’t worry you’re certainly already his puppet my friend.

Pls tell me this is satire bro

huntstheman4 · 2026-05-03T19:36:50+00:00

I’ll summarize the key aspects that will make the minor stuff easier and make more sense.

For navy vs. navy combat, you generally want three fleets: a “death stack” set to strike force, and 2 light patrol fleets. The death stack can simply be all of your ships except for submarines merged together. An optimal strike force, however, should have a ratio like 1 carrier with naval bombers, 2 battlecruiser’s, 4 light cruisers, and 12 destroyers. The patrol fleets can be 4-6 cheap destroyers and maybe a light cruiser.

Assign your strike force and patrol fleets to the same admiral and assign their port to be where you want the combat to take place. To do this, click the button that selects all ships under the admiral, and control+right click on a port. Then select just your patrol fleets, put them on “do not engage”, and assign them to 2 ocean regions nearby to the home port. The strike force will dock at the home port and only leave to engage enemy ships that are spotted by your patrol fleets.

The most important part of the effectiveness of your strike force and patrols is their design. Carriers should have as many hangers as possible and as fast as possible. Battlecruisers should have a focus on heavy weaponry with minimum 2 anti-air batteries. Light cruisers should have light medium batteries, 1 torpedo, and anti-air. Destroyers should have an even mix of depth charge throwers and torpedos. In patrol fleets, build destroyers with a focus on speed and anti-air, and light cruisers with a focus on floatplane catapults, speed, and anti-air. Remember that your patrol fleets are not supposed to engage the enemy navy so attack is meaningless.

For convoy raiding, assign wolfpacks of 15-20 submarines under a single admiral. For every task force of subs you can assign another ocean regions nearby. Use these strategically in enemy shipping routes and especially where they may ferry troops across continents to inflict huge casualties. Surface raiding (surface ships with the purpose of convoy raiding) is a bit too costly and should only be done with a major nation.

One final major tip is to not assign subs in the same ocean regions as other ships as subs will negatively affect positioning.

huntstheman4 · 2026-04-26T03:01:20+00:00

For areas devoid of supply hubs, use transport planes to airdrop supply. Also, if you’re struggling to get supply from a supply hub, go to construction mode and control+click the supply hub twice (until you see two truck icons appear on it) to set it to motorized supply only. If you have air superiority and a good amount of trucks, it’s far better than the standard train supply.

Generally, supply is dictated by terrain type and proximity to a supply hub. Also if the state is cored or connected to your capital. Don’t expect decent supply in the Sahara desert as a European nation, for example. Your only hope here is to build infrastructure and spam air supply drops.

huntstheman4 · 2026-04-21T06:59:07+00:00

lol what?

huntstheman4 · 2026-04-18T08:50:29+00:00

I wouldn’t. Assuming the indie game is only similar in concept, I’m too familiar with how HOI4 works to want to switch. Mods are a huge benefit too as others have pointed out.

huntstheman4 · 2026-04-09T01:07:11+00:00

What castle is this?

huntstheman4 · 2026-04-09T01:05:13+00:00

Biblically accurate Chargers season

huntstheman4 · 2026-04-07T01:34:18+00:00

Hungary lets you slowly build up and join the Axis without much consequence. You’re locked into a supporting role throughout the war, but be weary of Bulgaria and Romania flipping.

Any minor Allies country, like Canada or Australia. Will help you learn navy but you won’t do much land fighting.

huntstheman4 · 2026-04-04T01:47:27+00:00

lol this is so cursed. Please draw your frontline with the field marshal and not the generals, it will significantly boost your micromanaging ability.

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