Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45

Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45

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Stuff the game should tell you but don't
By Jadore_les_Currywurst
this guide is about stuff written nowhere in the game , but which is a pain in the ass
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- rally point in objectives get a 15sec spawn time penalty
- HQ give a 15 sec spawn time penalty
- if enemy are close ( 50m) +15 sec time penalty
rally in enemy territory have a 15 sec penalty
- you can't place a rally if :
- enemy or neutral objective
- less than 100 m than your own rally
- you already placed one less than 1 min ago
- if you become a new SL, you get a 15 sec penealty time for rally
- to destroy a rally , you need either :
- do about 150 hp worth of damage
- get 1 man withing 15 m
- get 3 man withing 50 m
Innactive rallies regain spawntickets at a really slow rate ( 2 a minute?)

-vehicle cost tickets , between 4 and 15 depending on size
- the puma has a smoke sdspenser too, despite no HUQ
-some roles ( snipers , mg , ats ) get spawn time penalti
-logi trucjs are ammo point too
-vehicules spawn with less than their maximum ammo, especially with HE

- supply depots share all the same supply regeneration rate. the more cache there is , the more it will be spread out
- the main spawn supply cache get a bonus regeneration rate
-buildable ammopoint hold 100 resupply
-free smoke grenade are given to SL of big enough squads if their role don't have smoke already
-if a spawnkill ocur in a HQ , it become inactive for 30 sec

-HQ take increased damage from HE and grenade
to demolish one you need about 5 grenades , or 1 satchel , or 1 HE shell
they take reduced damage from bazooka and AP ammo
-VP need to : be 300m away from enemy obj , 100m within friendly HQ , 200m away from nearest VP , friendly or enemy


-grenades have random fuzes , detonation time can differ by up to 1 second
- 0.5% of grenades will fail to explode
- grenade exploding in the air do reduced damage for some reasons
- damage from explosion is linear from exposure , so hiding and showing the lowest profile will save you
-you can use satchel and high explosive to cut wire if you're in a hurry
-Heat ammunition ( shells and AT rockets ) have behind-cover effect . they will penetrate thin wall and explode behind
-bayonnets increase weapon sway
-being out of breath increase your weapon sway
- weapon sway increase with the stance

WIn conditions :
push : the attacker need to take all required objective
advance and clash : first team to 0 tickets losse
if a team got to zero tickets, but the other team has less than 10% of its tickets , instead a 30 second time start . by the end if the other team is down to 0 tickets too it's a draw , otherwise they still loose
Tickets bleed:
there's 2 (or 3 type of ticket bleed)
- objective bleed : a team suffer bleed depending on the mapper as long as they don't hold it
-time bleed : in advance mode , after a certain time , the attacking team start losing tickets
in clash , both team start losing tickets
-if the tickets number is white in the spam menu you're not bleeding , if it's red you're losing tickets

melee combat:
you can bash or you can stab
stabbing is better in 100% of case
hold your attack for max damage
damage is still localized , hit to the head are deadly , chest too
hits to the arms or legs do peanuts
hit people in the back for bonus damage
hit prone people for bonus damage
bayonet do more damage and has much more range than bash
shovel has a 33% faster bash rate than other weapon, but bayo is still better

tank damage system
*coming soon*
9 Comments
Classified_Secrets 25 Mar @ 3:26pm 
Man, I love the tank damage section so glad it finally came!:colt:
PsYchedelic-ReliK 25 Jul, 2023 @ 1:39am 
I'll still get a dud grenade from time to time, as well as gun jamming or spawning w/o an unloaded gun.It's not too common but it happens..I suppose it adds to the chaos
Rimbaud Dash 5 Mar, 2023 @ 5:17am 
They fixed that grenade thing i think
Jadore_les_Currywurst  [author] 5 Jan, 2022 @ 2:44am 
yes i did, it was in a old patchnote
Chick-Magnet 4 Jan, 2022 @ 11:29pm 
Did you find out about the grenades not going off in the game files somewhere? I've definitely had some times where i threw a grenade and was baffled it never went off and dismissed it as ping.
Mechanic 5 Sep, 2020 @ 2:48pm 
Nice tips. I did not know some of it.
ツPositron 28 Jun, 2020 @ 4:33am 
Thanks, this is really helpful and informative.
+1
Stardekk 14 Jun, 2020 @ 1:21pm 
Looking foward for the tank damage.
drugoy97 18 May, 2020 @ 2:04pm 
Thank you sir