Some help with Crusader Kings 2 post naval rework?

[Magnificent Genius]

I keep starting this one, but I keep getting stuck on the how. There are no guides post TfV, so I can't get a handle on it that way.

There doesn't seem to be a way to replicate the old "wardec and naval invade Portugal and Belgium before WT gets too high" strat, because you have to research the hulls and get the xp to design them before you can start production. Also can't have half your army be marines.

I feel like the only way to do this at this point is to fight up Africa, then do half a world conquest in order to secure enough resources and factories to be able to essentially single handedly take on the Allies.

I'm not sure what would give out first in that scenario, my patience or my pc.

I'm hoping someone else might have other ideas.

 

[Voigt]

When I did the achievment pre MtG, I used Subs and regular infantry. After MtG this should still be doable, since Subs inly take 1 or 2 techs to be effective.

 

[eastcoastceojam]

One of my favorite Hoi4 achievement hunters on Youtube just posted this guide yesterday:

I haven't tried to replicate it myself yet, but the advice seems legit. Hope this helps.

 

[DukofDeth]

This one worked for me.

The units he warns about trying to bug out are in France, India and Malaya, from which there are overland links back to South Africa. Just put all their units under one marshal and then, with the marshal and all his untis selected, mash H to hold them in place. When I did this, I managed to get 35 units into the UK before it was time.

 

[desphorin]

I did the achievement in 1.9.3, using exactly the naval invasion of guinea bissau -> portugal -> belgium. You only need to take the first naval focus to get the xp, then maybe build a few more dockyards while still at civilian economy (you dont get construction debuff unlike civs or mils!). Then just spam subs.

An optional thing I did is to get license production of a cheap crusier from the uk and build a CA from it - making a pride of the fleet will help you go partial mob much easier and faster.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

There doesn't seem to be a way to replicate the old "wardec and naval invade Portugal and Belgium before WT gets too high" strat, because you have to research the hulls and get the xp to design them before you can start production. Also can't have half your army be marines.

There are tricks that let you still do it, but you don't need them to be effective.

The easiest way to screw over royal navy is to just print tier 1 subs with mines and carpet everything up to the cap of 1000. AI doesn't sweep mines, so you will wear out their navy (faster as mine tech is improved) and be able to land (also clears Portuguese navy). If you want you can first naval invade India and grab that land for the industry and especially resources.