if it's chilling in Orkney or Scotland. Escort efficiency [edit | edit source] Escort efficiency is an important metric in relation to convoy escort missions. This should take a year or two assuming you focus on building subs. Select divisions you wish to take part in invasion. Justify on Mexico right from start, meanwhile build around a dozen long range cruiser submarines. As far as visuals go, convoys ALWAYS disengage automatically (except for bugs). When escort efficiency is 100% among task forces within a. Look it up on YouTube for tutorials as they are definitely confusing at first but are easy when you understand the mechanic. Shaigair • 6 yr. Invasion Support Mission - Six BB or five BB and one CV plus six CL and DD. This is by design. Instant intercept 100% of the time even when the game says the shore is clear of enemy ships. If you are playing as X, and you want to cross the BB sea to invade Y, send your boats to the BB sea. Convoy Escort: Protects your convoys against enemy ships. As for the naval invasion thing, it's worth knowing that naval invasions can gain preparation even while there are no troops assigned to them. TheMelnTeam • 5 mo. Even when contested by British convoy escorts, they were able to get a respectable amount of kills and retreat. This is a community maintained wiki. 7. 2 Strike force composition 3. The AI cheats, the naval side is broken, and I doubt it will get fixed. Jun 5, 2015 350 286. When escort efficiency is 100% among task forces within a. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game…As long as your navy is set to "Convoy Escort", they are protecting the convoys. Make sure you have air and naval supremacy. ago. Hoi4 Naval warfare is shit. Just let your navy do convoy escort and get naval supremacy. The naval invasion suceeded but right after that i lost my entire navy in one naval. Naval invasion support-this makes the task force travel with your naval invasion,protecting the convoys and if possible shelling the enemy shore (gives the shore bombardment debuff to enemy troops)The next CVE line (Casablanca), none really went to the Brits, and most used in the Pacific for all roles, including aircraft ferrying, Fleet Carrier replenishment, Naval Invasion Support (CVE supported this more often than Fleet Carriers), convoy escort, supplementing fleet carriers in battle, etc. Just make sure none of these invasion routes pass through the Channel. - Submarine group: Convoy Raiding mission - Destroyer group: Patrol or Convoy Escort or Minelaying missions - Mixed group with heavy ships: Strike Force mission Long version: Google "hoi 4 navy tutorial" for lots of results. Wait untill plan is ready. You could also try changing the motorisation level to see if that provides some relief. The problem - I stage naval invasion from three different places to thee different UK ports. You need 30 convoys to transport all of your divisions assigned to the naval invasion. ago. addasher710 • 1 mo. ago. You only need it for a second for your naval invasion order to launch. Don't forget to puppet the Netherlands but take Curaçao and the other land in South America (you can annex Dutch East-Indies too). How do I make this work? Did you research landing craft in naval? Do you have at least 50% control of the sea zones you’ll use? I didn't know that. Naval Invasion support also does escort the invading fleet, which is quite useful since convoy escort isn't always 100% reliable and may be occupied protecting some supply. ago. Once the planning period is done, set your ships to convoy escort to make sure your invasion force gets there safely. But despite me having 4 times the value, the total value stays 0% supremacy. Try splitting your fleets, I usually go with 3 DD. 1 Minelaying 3. • 7 days ago. 1-2 Invasion Escort groups for keeping invasion forces safe and provide shore bombardment. Well, it seems like something is not right with naval bombers over all, wonder if it's related. Without any technology a full invasion force will take 70 days to prepare. Supplement them with naval bombers or tactical bombers on naval strike orders. At 100%, escorts will immediately enter combat upon a convoy. It's a mix of patrol, convoy escort, convoy raiding and invasion supportOnce the plan is activated, the invasion will begin to prepare and reserve convoys from your country's pool. Once the amphibious invasion is started, then the ships will leave port and travel with the troops. Also you can close naval regions to convoys if you are being overwhelmed there. That Developer of Naval Invasions enrolls brand new players (or even non-gamers) into a focus group. The planning process will start when the divisions slowly get to the port and prepare for the invasion. A single task force of 12 ships can. If you spot a mistake, please help with fixing it. lost 4 40-width modern tank divisions to a single submarine, while 24 of my destroyers sat around and watched over the course of an ingame week. Patrol = ships are out at sea searching for the enemy fleets and engage depending on engagement orders and enemy fleet strength. com] with the 'hourly change' value and the 'Base detection' value. Least expensive way is to block naval routes where you'd be exposed and NAV bomb convoy raiders in areas you can reach until you kill the AI's raiding. Select port to depart from. You need to keep them in a port close to the sea zone you are fighting in and either naval invasion support or strike force. You get the constant annoying sound notification of the naval invasion spam. escort thereHowever, when troop transfers are being performed automatically as part of a naval invasion order, the naval invasion support mission may be a more appropriate choice. 6. To naval invade in HOI4, you have to select an army and create a Naval Invasion Order. ] Convoy protection: Destroyers, to screen your convoys. To even get any supremacy at all, you also need IIRC 30% naval intel. Use naval bombers to cover the regions where you are having the most trouble, they have decent damage against subs. With the army selected, click on the naval invasion icon. Justify on the Dutch East indies and set up a naval invasion from yucatan to the Hague. With iconic landings such as the invasion of. Herr_Swamper. Report. When escort efficiency is 100% among task forces within a. then set that navies mission to be "Convoy Escort," plus it helps if you have heavy air superiority with plenty of naval bombers set for fleet attack. paradoxwikis. Where is the. 7 comments CowboyRonin • 7 mo. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV by Paradox Development Studio. 28. 5. Put the fleets, radar stations and naval bombers in trade chokepoints like those sea zones and the Straits of Maluccas. Edit: The best way to set up your fleet is to support the naval invasion across the sea regions your troops will need to cross. So I assign a task force to it with the support naval invasion mission, but it says the task force is out of range. Patrol just attempts to make sure there are no enemies that could attack them. (will need docking rights from Venezuela, Spain and Germany if needed to) Split your subs into three separate task forces and then set them to convoy escort in required areas using the ports from spain and VenezuelaConvoy Escort Task Force Composition. Some convoys were actually armed. Hearts of Iron IV (HOI4) is a World War II grand strategy game released in 2016 and developed by Paradox Interactive. For added effect max out the range of naval bombers and get them to bomb enemy ships in as many areas as possible. 95 votes, 23 comments. Judge_Todd • 7 mo. Greece starts with the 1922 Transport Ship naval tech. More fleets == better convoy coverage. click on the army commander and you'll see on the left a naval invasion icon, click on that and choose the starting port, then right click on the invasion site, then wait while your units prepare, then click on the go button to start the invasion15 votes, 13 comments. By mid ‘41 I had naval invaded. But basically you need naval supremacy on the entire path of the invasion, need enough convoys to transport troops, enough time to prepare (depends on how many divisions you assign). This is by design. BloodyGreyscale • 1 yr. you will probably gain superiority for at least a second and this will send out your forces. I also tried convoy escorting. Of the 3 orders, (Naval Invasion, Front Line, Fallback Line) only 1 has divisions assigned to it. Enough convoys to carry your troops Warning: If the number of assigned divisions exceeds naval capacity, invasion will not proceed. I've tried all the fleet orders both before and after declaring war, and in both cases, my naval supremacy remains at 0%. If you're playing a naval power you can also throw in a few battleships. Reply. Carriers are also excellent Convoy Escorts. Everytime i send a naval invasion it gets completely wipped out by a few destroyers because my fleet doesn't do anything during the battle < > Showing 1-15 of 15 comments. Naval strikes using only airpower never attack enemy convoys carrying resources or supplies. Escort efficiency [edit | edit source] Escort efficiency is an important metric in relation to convoy escort missions. Planes from the same nation on diffierent sides here. Although missions can be assigned at the task force level, the operating area for the mission is defined at the fleet. Make sure they were made for Man the Guns (patch 1. Jun 25, 2017 @ 7:05pm. They'll escort your ships and provide naval fire during the. However, convoy escorts will still be able to fight against submarines once combat is initiated, even if subs are not normally detectable by enemy taskforces on the map. The person in charge of HoI4 development appoints an HoI4 team member to make it oh-so-easy to understand how to navally invade in HoI4. Outside of the very large convoy groups that you might find performing a naval invasion, though, surface raiders aren't really better (or worse) than sub fleets at actually killing convoys, despite the cost disparity. I mean at a basic level, to launch an invasion you just select the units, select naval invasion, choose a friendly port and choose a target tile to invade. Coastal Defense is like the strike forces, thou focus on your home. This is also where convoys will be if part of the combat (say during invasion or a convoy raid battle). start invasion. Assign all of them to one fleet, but distribute them among 8-10 task forces in that fleet. This is annoying. Edit: Solved! I just redid the orders and it worked. I played for Ottoman empire around 15 times and this hasn't happened which doesn't make sense. 2. It’s fairly simple—you can’t start an attack if you don’t have a place to start it from. In this I explain both the Convoy Raiding and Convoy Escort missions, and when alternatives are better to. Originally posted by Ryan: Ships assigned to Naval Invade will sit in their ports until the amphibious invasion is launched. Until my fleet got caught with Japanese main fleet and was destroyed. With naval superiority and maybe Air Superiority and preparation done: you can execute orders with the "Execute Orders" Arrow. So if you set convoy raiding around a coast you think the enemy will invade (English Channel if your allies or axis) then you can sink a lot of troops before they reach land. Firstly, you need to understand that supremacy of the sea is vital in ensuring your convoys make it safely to your target. 3 CL and 9 DD is a lot for a patrol group and really better suited for convoy escort than patrol, especially once you deploy radar on your DD and CL (which you should do as quickly as possibly). Capital Ships: CV - Radar, Min 3 Flight Decks, AA and secondary battery. You don't need air support you don't need bigger navy. The smartest, although slightly boring, strategy was already just to bomb the enemy fleet to cinders with NAV and then send in your fleet to guard an invasion when all that's left is dregs. Make enough of them to have 100% escort efficiency (I'd say more than 50 for naval majors). when a convoy raiding task force automatically interdicts some convoys. When you do your naval invasion, your fleet can. Use the newly acquired land in South America to naval invade Mexico and/or USA. ago. Go to hoi4 r/hoi4 • by. Spam modern battleships with some subs and light-cruisers, get a bunch of naval bombers, get a rader station or two to cover the English channel. Its annoying because when THEY send an invasion it 100% happens. Strike Fleet A battle. If so do launch a naval invasion from northern france. It is a very powerful tool to open up new fronts against an enemy where they least expect them. Naval Invasion Support: Escorts convoys carrying troops. What do? Nationalist Spain. Escort efficiency How quickly ships assigned to Convoy Escort missions can come to the defense of convoys. The more divisions are assigned to a path, the longer the invasion prep time is. Well now comes the problem. You are probably out of convoy ships. Either Subs are waaaaaaaaaay to op and could just slip through hundreds of ships, naval invasion convoys are in front of the fleet (for some stupid. Target cost is in the 10-12k range. Once you got 5 battleships, Send entire luftwaffe on air suppuriority or naval strike in the English channel, send battleships fleet in on convoy escort, hope your fleet doesnt bug out. When I make a fleet ESCORT my convoys, my convoys still die with no hide or hair of my fleet. Lieutenant_Doge • 24 days ago. It was impressively well armed (5 inch main gun in a barbette, 3 inch AA, and a number of quad 40s). The enemy fleet will automatically be expelled and engage your fleet. All subs to separate fleets. Here is the Hoi4 wiki shore bombardment link:. also, the dashed lines on the map are your convoy routes. . g. with a player-controlled ratio escort/convoy. Thing is, I have over 85% naval suppremacy in all the regions. However, convoy escorts will still be able to fight against submarines once combat is initiated, even if subs are not normally detectable by enemy taskforces on the map. Regarding fleet arrangement, try setting some subs to convoy raiding and some DDs to convoy escort, and the rest of the fleet divided into sub-divisions with 3-4 BBs and enough screens as you are currently doing. I don't know how is the limit fixed. Escort is used to protect your convoys from enemy's raids. So I’m Italy in 1936 trying to hit turkey early as part of reforming the Roman Empire, but my naval invasion needs naval supremacy in the agean sea. nextsong: Skip to the next soundtrack in the music playlist in-game. So I'm trying to do a naval invasion for Ottoman Empire and their first tech for naval invasion is already researched (10 divisions) and around 45 convoys along with navy doing convoy escort.