

Once I did this the population was completely still. took all planes and ships out of production (Oh, except for convoys. Settled on my templates and decided not to add to them until my population went up.Ĥ. Had all my divisions I wanted in the production line (33 tank divisions and 2 cavalry). So, in my game once I managed to stop losing manpower completely by.ġ. It doesn't matter if one puts them in an air wing/fleet or not. Nope! those planes and ships use men once made. I thought they were stockpiled just like army equipment. I thought ships and planes when in the reserve or air stockpile didn't take manpower. Unless you will be at war early and often building experience can only be done by training in peacetime so you have to weigh in your mind "Is it worth training this navy to get experience for it?"ĥ. You will see your population decline the longer you do it. Training kills men: Army training, Air force training, and naval training all use men and equipment and will cost you attrition. Depending how many new battalions/regiments your putting into a play x all the divisions you have of that type leads to the second most way you lose manpower.Ĥ. When one adds units to a division template it takes manpower. I'm using 4 templates: Armor, Mechanized, Infantry, and Cavalry. I next looked at my templates and decided I wanted 24 combat width divisions for now. Putting divisions into production is where one spends the most manpower.ģ. Thus, planning how many divisions you want to build helps you determine how much manpower you are going to siphon off. perhaps when you play your game you will want to ask yourself how many divisions can i reasonably create without taking everyone age 6-60. I decided i wanted 3 Armies at full strength of 24 divisions, for now. Managing population is vital to success in the game.Ģ. The population barriers prevent a player from creating a super army. Unlike other unrealistic wargames that let one built say, 2 billion soldier armies in the early middle ages is not possible and laughable. I looked at my armies and how I wish them to be in the future. France has just defeated Germany in 1937. Then I discovered it! these are the steps I took. I also watched Youtube vides on how to stop losing manpower. I have read forums from Steam and Paradox on HOI4.
