Hoi4 How To Leave Faction

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See a list of factions, sorted by the most online members. /f global: Toggles global chat. /f f faction/player /f show faction/player Shows faction information. /f power: Displays a players power info. /f join faction/player Joins a faction. /f leave: Leaves your faction. /f c Change chat mode. /f c f - Faction chat /f c t - Truce chat. There are several different factions plugins to choose from so the commands may not work. First try '/f leave' if it is an unrecognized command do '/f help' if it is still unrecognized do '/help.

Hearts of Iron 4 can be unapologetic ally brutal to new wargamers with the sheer amount of systems involved, and especially after several DLCs and patches. Whether it’s figuring out how to structure your forces or what plan of action to take as an Allied state facing imminent doom in 1936, it can be quite a challenge.

Luckily for you, that's where we come in! Now you have a handy guide to aid you in navigating the choppy waters of the second war to end all wars. Make sure you're up to speed with all the latest changes as of the 1.9.3. Patch.

Before we talk about the grand strategies that will fuel your world dominating/liberating campaign, it’s important to talk about the cogs in your war-machine. The level of control you have over the makeup of individual divisions and ships can be daunting, but as long as you follow the rules laid out to you, you will be conquering away in no time.

The Army

Arguably the most important part of an HOI4 military, most of the game’s combat mechanics revolve around divisions slugging it out with their evil counterparts on the opposing side. The most distinguishing feature between any two divisions is their makeup in the Division Designer. Here, you can add and subtract different types of battalions from a division, altering its combat stats and overall performance.

One of the most important considerations to take into account when designing a division is combat width. Each division will take up an amount of space on the battlefield, and having more divisions on a side in a fight will lead to reduced effectiveness, or will block reinforcements from joining the fight altogether. Most battlefields will have “combat width” of 80, meaning that optimal division sizes should be either 20 or 40, if you’re looking to min-max as much as possible (Note: if a province is attacked from multiple directions simultaneously, each new province will add 40 to the total allowed combat width, which means more units will be able to fight at once). Generally, frontline battalions will have a width of 2, the most common exceptions being dedicated anti-air and anti-tank battalions. These both cost 1 width as they’re not considered 'frontline' fighters. Artillery is the other main outlier, costing a heavy 3 width. If you’re approaching your comfortable limit, consider adding a support artillery company rather than an artillery battalion. These 'support' companies don’t bring as much firepower as their larger counterparts, but they add nothing to the total combat width of a division.

On the subject of support companies, two that are almost necessary to include are the engineer company and the recon company. The engineer company increases the amount a division can entrench itself, meaning that given enough time, a single division with an engineering team can become a major problem for an attacking force. Through research, the engineering team will also increase the general attack and defense of the division, particularly in rough terrain, i.e. urban environments, across rivers, forts, etc. The recon company provides simpler benefits: speed and reconnaissance. A division with a recon team will move 10% faster across every terrain type, meaning they can reach the fight faster. This is incredibly important for any division that can expect to fight, but particularly so for divisions that use vehicles. When your division does get into a fight, reconnaissance determines which tactic a side will pick in battle. The higher the reconnaissance value one side has in the fight, the higher the chance their general will pick a favorable or countering pick to the opposing force’s choice.

There are other considerations to take into account when forming a division, such as what your enemies’ divisions look like, and where you will be fighting them. For example, a division meant to fight tanks in European plains is going to suffer heavily if fighting infantry in African jungles. As such, here are some general tips to keep in mind when building divisions:

  • The more battalions a division has, the more supplies it will need, so “heavier” divisions will frequently suffer attrition in bad terrain. Try using smaller divisions, or adding logistics companies to reduce the negative effects of the environment.
  • All divisions that use trucks, half-tracks, or tanks should invest in a maintenance company. These companies will increase the reliability of the vehicles, meaning less are lost to attrition, and they will also capture a percentage of enemy equipment for you to use.
  • Anti-air companies/ battalions increase your air superiority in a province, but they will only target close air support aircraft, not aircraft with strategic bombing missions (presumably, they fly too high for the anti-air guns to shoot them down).
  • Standard “leg infantry” divisions are the most reliable and cost effective divisions you could hope for. You can build an infantry division to 20 width, add the necessary support companies, and then copy the template so you can alter it to fit your specific needs. Most of your divisions should be infantry divisions.
  • Motorized divisions are faster than mechanized divisions until the third halftrack becomes available, keep this in mind when looking for speed.
  • A division only travels as fast as its slowest part, so it may be wise to pair up a single super heavy tank battalion with an infantry division, as they move at the same speed.
  • A single anti-tank company with the most up-to-date guns can allow most divisions to pierce enemy armor.
  • Infantry has naturally higher organization than tank battalions and support gun battalions. As such, for campaigns that see units being in repeated battles, divisions with a higher ratio of infantry will be able to stay in the front lines longer.

For more information on divisions, I recommend checking out the Hearts of Iron 4 wiki page on the Division Designer & land combat stats.

Editor's Note:Grand (Strategy) Master T.J. Hafer also wrote a Division build guide for us that you can check out, although it's a tad outdated at the moment - part of the reason we decided to launch a new, more comprehensive tips guide for the game.

The Navy

The naval mechanics had a major overhaul thanks to the Man the Guns expansion, so don’t feel alone if you haven't played in a while and are confused about what’s new. Ships used to have a similar improvement structure to armored land vehicles and aircraft (which we’ll cover after this section) where a specific ship would be researched, then could be improved by spending experience points. Now hull types rather than whole ships can be researched, as well as the individual modules for ships. Every ship has an amount of slots that can be filled by these modules, but the catch is that ships will take longer to be built with advanced modules and higher amounts of modules overall. There are also restrictions on what ship types can equip certain modules. It doesn’t make much sense to put an aircraft hangar on a submarine, even though you really want to!

There are 5 main types of ship hulls: destroyer, cruiser, heavy, carrier, and submarine. There is a 6th hull type, the super heavy hull, but that only exists as an alteration of the 1936 heavy ship. These ships can vary widely in their roles based on what modules are placed on them, so we’ll go into a breakdown of the general capabilities of specific hull types.

Destroyers are light and fast ships that are some of the quickest to produce. They can be outfitted with some modest main guns, but the 2 main uses of destroyers are as torpedo boats and submarine hunters. Due to their speed, a large amount of destroyers can swarm enemy heavy ships and deal heavy damage with torpedoes. These fleets are relatively easy to build due to the short build time of destroyers, and everything but torpedoes can be stripped off the ship to make the build time even quicker, though this will render them ineffective in any other situation. Destroyers can also be outfitted with sonar and depth charges, which is the one way surface vessels can attack submarines. Curiously, due to naval battle AI, submarines will flee almost any battle with depth charge-equipped destroyers, being that the destroyers can actually hurt them. This means that as of the current patch (1.6.2), destroyers may actually function better as convoy raiders than submarines, because destroyers will not automatically flee the second a small enemy force appears (Note: thanks to Rimmy for pointing this out in his HOI4 video!). This will hopefully not be true forever, but keep this in mind for the near future.

Cruisers are the most versatile of the hull types, with the ability to fill almost any role needed. Cruisers can be outfitted with heavy guns and armor, classifying them as heavy cruisers that can perform reasonably well as capital ships. Alternatively, they can have lighter guns mounted with a stronger engine, and they can pursue marauding destroyer packs, or they can have several anti-air batteries bolted to the deck as a means of creating a floating “no-fly zone.” But even though cruisers can cover many different bases, they don’t excel as much as the ship types that are meant to perform in those roles. Cruisers take longer to build than destroyers and aren’t quite as fast, and the heaviest cruiser will most likely lose a prolonged engagement with an enemy battleship. Even so, they can be a multi-tool for any situation, and can be refitted to change their role in the seas.

Heavy ships are the undisputed kings of the sea in the first several years of the game. They have access to the thickest armor and the largest guns out of all ship types, but they are generally slower than other ships, and take longer to build as well. The big guns on battleships are excellent at killing cruisers and other capital ships, but they are less accurate against destroyers. Battleships can trade some of their extra module space for smaller guns specifically meant to target lesser ships, but this lessens the effectiveness of the battleship in its primary role, which is to fight the enemy’s capital ships. Battleships also take a very long time to build compared to smaller ships, meaning that ships you begin construction on will likely be equipped with subpar tech by the time they launch. However, an old battleship is still a battleship, and can be very useful when working with a capable fleet.

Carriers are very straightforward as far as ships go: their sole purpose is to launch aircraft that will assist in combat. Aircraft are very effective against enemy fleets in large numbers, but a fleet with solid anti-air cover can severely inhibit a carrier’s ability to do its job. Outside of fighting specific anti-carrier fleets, carriers are arguably the strongest ship type in the game for the ability to project air power not only in battle, but in the sea region the carrier is operating in, or even the neighboring land province.

Much like battleships, carriers do take a long time to build, but battleships and some cruisers can make up for this time by performing carrier conversions that slap a flight deck onto these ships after removing the guns. They do not have the same aircraft capacity full carriers do, but they can be sufficient as support carriers. Carriers are vitally important to fleets in HOI4: if you don’t want to build any of your own, you should still plan to specifically target and kill enemy carriers. As of the most recent patch, fleets with the Carrier Air advantage impose positioning penalties on the opposing fleet as well

Speaking of killing enemy carriers, Submarines excel at hunting down enemy capital ships and shipping. They are also very, very cheap compared to other ships, so a fleet of submarines can quickly be assembled to threaten unprotected enemy ships.

General tips on building up a navy:

  • Submarines, destroyers, light cruisers, and eventually bombers can lay mines in naval regions if they have minelaying modules. It may be beneficial to build cheap ships that just have minelaying / minesweeping capabilities so you can quickly build up defenses or clear them out as the need arises.
  • Don’t be afraid to launch a ship then immediately send it to be refit with newer technology, the benefit of the newer tech can be worth the wait.
  • Air superiority will impact the effectiveness of naval missions, so provide air cover for your fleets when possible.
  • Build your fleet to counter the enemy fleet. If the enemy is focusing on building mainly capital ships, invest in torpedo technology. If the enemy likes swarms of smaller ships, build ships with many light guns that are more effective against those ships.
  • Research engines early, being faster than the enemy fleet will give your ships a huge advantage.
  • The bigger the ship, the more fuel it consumes. Ships with more advanced engines will use more fuel, so keep that in mind when your fuel is running dry.

The Air Force

The air power part of the combat trifecta is undoubtedly the most abstract, and has less moving parts than either of the other two dimensions. However, it is airpower that can be the determining factor in land or sea battles, so it is important to detail. Aircraft are split into 2 main trees, which I’ll refer to as the “light” and “heavy” trees.

The “light” tree has close air supports (CAS), fighters, and naval bombers. These aircraft are generally more agile and faster than the aircraft in the other tree, but have less heavy armaments and have shorter ranges than the heavy aircraft. These aircraft also have carrier variants that are generally slightly slower than their land-based counterparts, along with further reduced range. Light aircraft are meant to be deployed at the tactical level, or attached to an army so they follow them along the front as support.

The “heavy” aircraft consist of the heavy fighter, the tactical bomber, and the strategic bomber. These aircrafts have longer range and stronger armaments than the “light” aircraft, but consume more manpower, and are not as good at targeting specific units. “Heavy” aircraft, due to their range and their intended targets are generally better at the strategic level.

All aircraft can have variants that be upgraded in 4 categories: reliability, range, attack, and engine. Generally when creating a variant of an aircraft, it is beneficial to upgrade the category that the aircraft already is dominant in, in order to increase their strengths. For example, a fighter’s strength comes from its high agility, which both helps them to attempt attacks on enemy aircraft and avoid attacks from the enemy. Upgrading the agility of fighters would give them even more of an advantage over the enemy. However, the other categories do not need to be neglected for the “preferred” category, but every point sunk into an upgrade makes the next one more costly in experience points, so spend carefully!

General air composition tips:

  • Heavy fighters perform better in larger provinces due to their increased range, while regular fighters perform better in smaller regions.
  • Upgrading reliability on aircraft is always a smart move as this will decrease the amount of aircraft lost to accidents.
  • The strategic bomber is relatively expensive compared to the tactical bomber. It may be wise to build more of the less effective tactical bombers for strategic bombing in order to have enough aircraft bombing the enemy’s factories.
  • Heavy fighters are more expensive than regular fighters, but heavy fighters count more towards air supremacy for your side. Consider investing in a more agile heavy fighter to make more use of this effect.
  • If you have multiple air bases in an air region, investing in longer-ranged aircraft is less important so you can rebase the aircraft to where you need them.

What other guidance would you like to see? Let us know your top Hearts of Iron 4 tips in the comments!

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This guide will help you on how to deal with factions that become too powerful in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

How to Deal with Factions?

What’s This?

Many have noted that in its current state, the game tends to create a ‘snowball effect’ in which a faction becomes much more powerful than the others, creating a superpower that’s difficult to handle once you have progressed and have your own kingdom.

I have managed to somewhat counter this, so this is a short guide on how to do it. It’s more a list of things that I did and that I was bored enough to write. You can call this a work in progress, maybe.

I am going to suppose that you already have your own kingdom and control a couple of settlements.

Starting The War

Obviously, you are going to have to go to war with the Big Boi. As of now, the Declare War option is not activated yet, so you will have to raid a village to start the war. If you want to summon an army for this war, be aware that raiding the village will take 200 influence points, so you may want to form the army BEFORE raiding anything, because you will not be able to do so if you have negative influence.

The important thing here is where to start the war.

You should raid a village that is:

  • -Close to a castle/city with a small garrison. You are going to besiege said castle/city next.
  • -Closest to your kingdom as possible. You don’t want your kingdom to be too disperse.
  • -Not in the frontier of the Big Faction and another one.
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Attack The Weak And Avoid The Strong

You shouldn’t avoid ALL contact with the enemy, just the big, fat armies. If you find a lone party that you can handle without much casualties, go for it, and, crucially, CAPTURE THE LORD. This has been a useful tactic in M&B forever, and also now; the enemy is not going to have a lot of troops if there is no one to command them.

Whenever you capture a lord, take them to the dungeon of your capital. They are less likely to escape a city that your party.

Reinforce Your Important Positions

Yes, I said your capital. You should pick a couple of cities to be the core of this operation. While you are going to let the enemy conquer whatever they want, mostly, you should try to have at least a city that’s well protected, to rest, regroup, and, if needed, to take troops from.

The enemy is not going to target only your newest acquisitions. This means that you need to leave large garrisons at the start of the war in the places that you don’t want the enemy to take. You can play with that factor, in the sense that usually they will not attack your best defended spots, so you can sort of decide where they will attack you by leaving certain places undefended. This will lure their armies to those undefended places, and they will leave the important, strategic places alone for you to take/for them not to take.

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General Strategy: Hit And Run

Cities and castles that have been recently conquered won’t have strong garrisons. You can conquer those easily. Whenever you do that, loot the thing and wait close, but not inside. Two things can happen then:

-If a big army appears to reconquer it, get the hell out of there and besiege another city/castle. This will either make the big army move to you, leaving the recently conquered spot alone and developing its militia, or leave you enough time to conquer this other place without much difficulty.

-If a lone party tries to besiege the fortress, face them in the open field and capture the lord.

By repeating this process, you are going to drag the enemy into a war of exhaustion where they have more to lose than you. If you are doing this right, you will also be growing your kingdom faster than they can take it from you.

Reinforce The Other Factions

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At first, leave the frontiers of the big faction alone until they go to war with another faction. When that happens:

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  • -Go to war with the smaller faction too.
  • -Conquer the frontier castles/cities of the Big Faction.
  • -Leave them unprotected so either:
  • -The big faction comes to recover them, moving their armies far from other place.
  • -The smaller faction gets them and becomes stronger. You are at war with them too, but this resulting chaos will tend to even the playing field, weakening the Big Faction more than you.

Another thing that will probably happen when the Big faction goes to war with another one is that they will, basically, mop the floor with them. This is not that bad. When they conquer new places, they will be less protected, so you can target them for your “Besiege, loot, run” strategy.

Bonus: Make The Enemy Clans Treason Their Faction

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A more direct way to weaken the big faction is to go directly to their lord, and try to convince them to join your kingdom. This is made by convincing them by choosing conversation options, the same way you do when you are trying to marry (which means you can save and reload until you are successful).

By bikhthor

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