#Hearts of iron 4 space marines how to

With big ART and Superior firepower nerf in 1.5 7/2 became quite obsolete fast and it is suboptimala for years. I think that the 20/40 meta probably has been around for so long that Paradox optimized everything about the combat stats for individual battalions around it already, so going for something else other than for example 7/2 is now pretty much impossible without crippling yourself on purpose. I think that the 20/40 meta probably has been around for so long that Paradox optimized everything about the combat stats for individual battalions around it already, so going for something else other than for example 7/2 is now pretty much impossible without crippling yourself on purpose.ītw.

On top of that the 20/40w templates would also still fit into the Hills perfectly (which there are also several patches in Europe/Asia/US), while 21/42 wouldn't.ītw. I doubt it will even be noticable for most people. I even calculated the difference already and overall still using 20w is maybe like 4% worse than a 21w template. In the end I believe people will stick with the current meta and won't give a damn about the few percent inefficiency. Throw in some cheap designed light tank barely good enough to boost the divs armor so that the enemy always needs to bring AT in their infantry to pierce because of how it otherwise would only deal half the damage lol. Or even something differently entirely, though I wouldn't know what's cheap enough to make sense. I think that's out of question because it becomes rather resource/time intensive to produce that much artillery equipment, and the organization will also be horrible because of the additional artillery and lack of infantry to make up for it.Ĩ/1/1 designs with AA might also be a thing for those brave enough. Also requires considerably more manpower for less punch than 7/2.Ħ/3 designs. and if it won't just lead to people sticking with 7/2 and 14/4 designs because they can't get anything interesting to match up to 21 (its easier with 42 though).ĩ/1 designs might work, but obviously has way worse soft att.

#Hearts of iron 4 space marines how to

The more interesting question will rather be how to compose such an odd number as 21. Covers Forest/Jungle, Plains/Desert rather well which are the most common terrain types.Ģ8 also works nicely if you only stick to forest/jungles/plains/desert combat and use special templates for hills/mountains/marshes.Ģ5 for mountaineers in mountains and 13 or 26 for marines in marshes if you care about that. To be honest I ran it through an excelsheet already and the most efficient division sizes are 21 and 42 for standard divisions.