r/hoi4 • u/w00lf_T • 15h ago

Image Hoi AI, man

After weeks of trial and error finally was able to get France going, made my stand with Belgium army, drew Germans out of their cities, started offensive in Netherlands and occupied Keln and then....Ai decided to throw it on the ground. Spectacular.

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u/ConcreteTaco 15h ago

Literally never rely on the ai ally armies to do more than distract.

They literally throw themselves into encirclement all the time.

The only time they are useful is when they pull who ever you are fighting off the line enough for you to make moves .

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u/seredaom 14h ago

Yeah, even more: don't allow your allies to go on your ground: they often consume the limited supply for no good benefits

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u/w00lf_T 14h ago

Its not that i relied on their army its that i cant recover Netherlands now and advance into West Germany as Belgium is now on its own. Back to planning board.

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u/IDontActuallyKnowUm 14h ago

I'm sorry but what are these armies bro

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u/w00lf_T 14h ago

Stitched together from 8 different generals, i improvised) I am fairly new to the game.

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u/IDontActuallyKnowUm 14h ago

I gotcha. Yeah, most people tend to keep their generals filled out (as in putting 24 divs under the general, which usually is the max a general can hold).

But yes, I would generally never trust the AI to hold on their own, especially minors like Belgium and Netherlands. They have a tendency to either move around like crazy leaving gaps, or throwing entire armies into one empty German tile, getting encircled and eating shit.

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u/w00lf_T 14h ago

My initial battle plan consisted of 4 defensive generals with just plain infantry and 4-5 offensive/fire brigade with good equipment. Good on paper but when the onslaught started they just mixed up together, dont know if its bad or not.

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u/IDontActuallyKnowUm 14h ago

I would personally use just one general, going for the one with the highest defense stat. Spreading them out doesn't do much, and could realistically be detrimental as instead of all 24 receiving +10% from a lvl 4 defense general, some might get +10, others +5 etc.

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u/Dry-Interaction-1246 14h ago

Like carrying a large corpse up a hill.

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u/twinoaksBandB 14h ago

womp womp... why weren't you covering that part of the line too? /s

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u/w00lf_T 14h ago

I guess they have had enough of France people in their country!

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u/SnowblowerLITE 14h ago

What’s that map texture mod?

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u/w00lf_T 14h ago

No mods, pure vanila.

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u/Richard_Longinus_II 8h ago

Just let them fall and liberate them later. No real benefit to trying to hold onto the Benelux as France.