Answering the Most Googled HOI4 Questions

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00:00 Popular questions about hearts of iron 4
00:23 hoi4 is anti tank worth it
1:05 hoi4 is recon worth it
3:00 hoi4 is anti air worth it
3:50 hoi4 is cavalry good
5:00 hoi4 is strategic bombing worth it
5:46 hoi4 area defence
6:19 hoi4 are railway guns good
7:04 hoi4 are nukes worth it
8:00 hoi4 are motorized divisions worth it
9:35 hoi4 are tank destroyers worth it
10:27 hoi4 are armoured cars good
10:45 hoi4 are carriers worth it
11:23 hoi4 are field hospitals worth it
12:25 hoi4 are tanks worth it
13:35 hoi4 what is combat width
14:43 hoi4 what does infrastructure do
16:10 hoi4 what is mobilization speed
17:00 hoi4 what support companies to use
17:15 hoi4 what do field marshals do
17:44 hoi4 what do civilian factories do
17:54 hoi4 what planes to put on carriers
18:10 hoi4 what to do when capitulate

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[revolrz]

I'll be honest. I put field hospitals on everything because I feel like a complete monster if I don't. Like, what, are my commanders just supposed to say "sorry guys, your treatable wounds are fatal now because top brass wanted to put support artillery in and we only have five slots"?

[rivvabear]

I usually put field hospitals on my divisions especially if I'm playing the US, Soviets, etc., because it reduces the amount of war support you lose due to casualties, I know there's a decision to get it back up, but it takes time and can cripple you if you're ever struggling with WS. Also, just the reduction in division experience loss can be massive, effectively letting your divisions level up faster increasing their combat effectiveness.

[billcorr]

Another perspective:

Q: "What is combat width?"

A: "Combat width is HoI4's game mechanic to prevent 'death stacking' "

[sakkra]

One thing you forgot: Infrastructure also gives local supplies. Not much but it is measurable. So you an store more divisions in that region before you have to rely on your train system.

[AmericanImperialMenswear]

As a recon soldier, I can say that mot/mech recon gives movement bonuses because we are trained to classify grade, width, and curvature of roads, along with the capacity of bridges and the depth/speed of low water passes, to determine the best locations for our brigade's vehicles to maneuver through.

[Deerkins]

I'm very disappointed in Feedback for skipping and not answering the most important question:

HOI4 Israel

[maizy_thdog]

At 12:30 he changed the channel mentioned, when recording he said bittersteel but then chat told him that bittersteel uses tanks lol.

[zaph]

Wait, people think AA is bad? That's news to me

[Mmat]

THANK YOU! After playing hoi4 for 600+ hours I finally get what combat width is now, the way you explained. It was just so simple and good, it feels as if my brain had an eureka moment finally getting to know what it is. Cuz I always wondered, why the hell are most of my divisions in reserve and only like one or 2 in actual combat? Now i get it! And yes I know that I may seem pretty crazy right now but it has been annoying me for so long not knowing what combat width was and not knowing how to design a good template, thank you feedback!

[archer]

I think the carrier plane question was more of which type of carrier plane, like fighters or cas or naval bombers.

[insignificantgnat]

In addition to tactical strikes on key front line tiles, nukes are useful for hammering major enemy airbases to give you a leg up in the air war at least on single player. The AI likes to deathstack most of its air force over one or two air zones, and you can whittle them down by pasting the airports around the periphery.

[DesertCookie]

5:20 If an entire allies Nation focuses on strategic bombers it can wreck the German economy in less than half a year. I've never had a game where 1000 strat bombers haven't resulted in a guaranteed win in multi-player as most players don't know how to counter it.

[hammotimee]

Super agree with the Cavalry! They're super good and fun early in the game, but they get no bonuses in miost of the doctrines, so as the game gets later and later, your benefits are taken away

[HenrykCzarny]

Strategic Bombers are actually very good at shooting down enemy fighters. Of course if enemy has proper design to shoot down bombers it won't work, but people usually make designs good at killing fighters and cas rather than huge planes, it's just more cost/efective so if you make like 200 strat bombers with good self defence capabilities and put them over the frontline you can get some juicy ammount of kills.

[dopre]

If I have enough research slots I usually research anti tank just for the anti tank cannon module for my CAS.

[XSpamDragonX]

I can't believe he didn't answer the most popular question,

HOI4 Israel?

[TheChemicalBerry]

I love watching these videos because it's fun to see the content creators having fun with their knowledge of the game. I can't play games like HOI4, I suck so much that I loose against normal AI in single player - but I will still watch videos because they can feel fun to watch.

[cursedhfy]

I sometimes do 2W tanks with Italy. Blackshirt support gives alot of hp relative to the small divisions, so you can make a whole bunch of super cheap and effective tank divisions early on. I usually find myself losing far fewer tanks and being able to utilize my divisions far faster this way.

[badmaw]

strategic bomber are as they are called strategic, you can use them to destroy railways bottlenecks and ports to cripple the ennemy supplies, also usefull on forts as long as they are not on a montain

[ScottieMacF]

I appreciate how you take such an analytical approach to this game. What I think many people don't understand is that essentially, HOI4 is a math game.