Fun fact. Before the Axis pact, Germany supported China rather than Japan. So, technically, sending the volunteers to China is actually more historical at that point
The funny thing is that the ai maybe deployed so much useless air that the uk had not enough manpower to deploy troops. I also did this once and that was the exact thing that happend to me. the UK Had no troops anywhere but when i look up the manpower of the uk it had around 700k in air and only 200k in ground troups with 0 manpower in reserve.
There was a Dev Diary that said they fixed it (or at least changed it so the UK AI has some ground troops in the Home Islands, but I guess something broke it in this playthrough.
@@alexandercaires5921It was probably the Gigabuff to production. UK had thousands more planes then they usually do, so even with the hardcoded manpower ratios, it just had THAT much shit to deploy
Very nice audio, very nice video. Keep up the good work! Edit: Germany is way too easy and thank you for inspiring me to try this on my own. I had a lot of 'fun'.
I find it’s actually better to wait a little to do Anschluss so that Austria does its industrial focused and you can get a couple extra civs or mils, you can do your industrial focuses in the mean time to get more civs
Using the Expert AI mod is more challenging and interesting than buffing them with vanilla settings. The AI even makes proper tanks and you experience actual tank battles.
On regular difficulty, and only one 30% collaboration government I’ve defeated the Soviets in less than 5 months (declared in May 1941 and they capitulated before October 1st) they took 4 million casualties and I took 250k. The key is massive encirclements right off the bat and continuing to encircle them along the railways with 4 panzer corps of around 6-8 tank divisions each and to use them in different parts of the front simultaneously. I used my entire industry for building up the railway network as I advanced. I had like 300 military factories after beating the allies, and had 100 on tanks alone. I also had 50 on fighters and 50 on CAS.
26:05 I recommend the mod "Better Mechanics : Frontline AI | Updated", and keep all the vanilla difficulty settings on alongside it. Frontline AI doesn't fully fix the AI, Uk still won't guard their island, but it makes the AI at least put up a fight.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Bass shift, new microphone step in; but audio always finds a place to rest its head. - -General Shepherd- Vic
You need to lower the gain on your microphone, it makes a lot of pop noises. It sounds like you maxed out the gain then lowered the audio levels in post.
Single player germany, supporting china is almost a must, you can grind so much air and army exp with just 3 air wings and a few divisions cycling in and out of Beijing (assuming the ai didn’t immediately lose it) You can get full air doctrine by 1938, at the cost of ~100 planes and bombers (preferably the earlier ones). It’s also a great ace grind and they become battle hardened vets without much cost. It is absolutely stupid and it makes the Luftwaffe focuses near worthless (research bonuses are the only thing left) For the army, getting 100+ army exp and grinding urban assault specialist to a selected general / field marshal, and sometimes even infantry leader. If you somehow go all in and send tanks in as volunteers, you can actually completely ruin Japan‘s game, Beijing will never fall (outside of reinforce memes), and any naval invasion is just encirclements waiting to happen. If you have enough political power, a military attaché is just the cherry on top Sure you lose some equipment, manpower, and completely turn the tide of the sino-Japanese war so you’ve failed larp. But the upsides is just way too good to ignore, and for once in a hoi4 game you’re technically on the right side of history……. There can’t be a nanjing massacre if you’ve killed 2 million Japanese in Beijing…… Oh and after you cap the allies and take the East Indies, Japan is going to be a threat, mind as well weaken them as much as possible
I did a Max-Buffed Soviet Union and USA Run on Recruit as Germany and they absolutely whooped me like I did the Allies. I couldn't get enough Collabs on the Soviet Union because I forgot to reasearch the department until 1939, and when I Tried a Similar Strategy with USA they Won in Every Area, I was Stalemated then Driven Out, so I left North America. When the Soviets Invaded Me I was Pushed into Poland, I drove them Back almost to Leningrad in the Baltic Sea Area and Rostov in the Black Sea Area before the Wonter set in, throughout which their army became Master-Class, not helped the the Americans Invading North Africa, then my British Puppet, then Italy, then Brittany. It almost went like Historical. Squeezed from borh sides. I am certainly not as good as Bittersteel, but this is Recruit Difficulty and without France or Britain Buffed.
After NSB I feel like Elite plus max boost on majors you don't play is the only way to play. AI just doesn't get the supply system. And unless you start as Ethiopia even novice player has loads of time to prepare
11:05 if you let the soviets take poland, you can have them fighting the allies and also get cores on danzig, posen and kattowitz, not gdynia because it wasnt added to the cores you get from the soviets giving you the land
Ngl I never understood how he got a big following with just how much misinformation he spews and how he can never admit he is wrong, and especially saying that him providing sources are bad and you should research it yourself.(ex saying Russia has never made a engine design and used a porche tiger engine in modern tanks, the idea that the challenger 2 is actually a good tank, and then vehemently denying any losses that it took in ukraine(especially when it’s turret flew like how he always yaps about Russian tanks doing))
Great video Bittersteel! Since I'm predominantly a EU4 player, I do kinda wish there was a subject liberty desire function in Hoi4. What's your take on that?
What is the DLC that allowed you to use "Motorization drive"? I only have Arms against tyranny now so im missing a lot. That buff looks very useful to say the least.
How do your troops do encirclements so smoothly? I am a new player and my army won't even cross the French borders somehow and with other nations like Poland I just override them and that's expensive
Can you imagine being the British troops invading Rodi. You take that island, and then you learn that the British Isles are entirely under nazi occupation.
5:43 I'm sure it's already been said, but "Historically" Germany backed China against Japan for the longest time. There's a reason the Nationalists best troops had German helmets, uniforms and weapons, lol.
German support helping China push into land occupied by Japan in northern China? This would have been Chiang Kai-shek's dream come true. You've just earned the G-mo's gratitude.
It was this easy since the UK and it's fleet were occupied fighting Italy in the Mediterranean I tried the same idea without the uk fighting Italy and it was so much more difficult I landed in the uk by mid 41 but it was worth it
Bittersteel you are better at hoi4 but I beat the last stand of freedom mod because of sub 4s and nukes, and heavy tank destroyers because they can push 30 docs in one tile
zesty bitter steel with a new mic is a perfect combo
Zesty😭😭😭
Fellas is it zesty to talk? Or sth else idk wtf did he do lol
@@hugo57k91 He's Belgian, that's probably what
"BUY Heart of Iron", ah yes, a well-written description
Short and to the point
Fair trade
We get endless hours of torture, mental health issues and insomnia
Paradox gets our savings and souls
@@Bitt3rSteel Can I buy iron hearts?!!
Not two, not three, just one Heart of Iron.
@@J_Jonah_Jamason kind of like gaijin
Very crispy audio!
Glad you think so!
Completely agree, you might want to EQ the lower end out. That might just be my speakers though
Yes 👍🏻👍🏻
@@misterman2398not just ur speakers
New mic? Sounds a little different...
The voice is a bit higher I noticed
it sound like the gain is like all the way up but he then made it quieter
yeah, my left ear especially appreciates!
But way better, no?
It's the new belgian focus.
Now this belgian can finally focus
Full collab France is like them capitulating instantly just by declaring war on them.
Used to be like that, lol
@@Bitt3rSteel Just pure historical behaviour :D
Fun fact. Before the Axis pact, Germany supported China rather than Japan. So, technically, sending the volunteers to China is actually more historical at that point
2 mins ago Good fact doe
A Belgian man trying to have a Texan accent will haunt me for the rest of my days. 24:33
Its so terrible
The funny thing is that the ai maybe deployed so much useless air that the uk had not enough manpower to deploy troops. I also did this once and that was the exact thing that happend to me. the UK Had no troops anywhere but when i look up the manpower of the uk it had around 700k in air and only 200k in ground troups with 0 manpower in reserve.
Yeah, the british AI is made to spam planes like crazy, its fixed by using expert ai
There was a Dev Diary that said they fixed it (or at least changed it so the UK AI has some ground troops in the Home Islands, but I guess something broke it in this playthrough.
@@alexandercaires5921It was probably the Gigabuff to production. UK had thousands more planes then they usually do, so even with the hardcoded manpower ratios, it just had THAT much shit to deploy
Very nice audio, very nice video. Keep up the good work!
Edit: Germany is way too easy and thank you for inspiring me to try this on my own. I had a lot of 'fun'.
Try spain that is also 'fun'
(In black ice)
@ nah, bice japan is way worse
5:40 Historically accurate German High Command.
Me on my god complex arc:
I find it’s actually better to wait a little to do Anschluss so that Austria does its industrial focused and you can get a couple extra civs or mils, you can do your industrial focuses in the mean time to get more civs
I swear he sounds more british now
Brit3shSteel
THE AUDIANCE:You are doing this wrong,WRONG I SAY WRONG!!!!
BITT3RSTEEL:NEIN,NEIN,NEIN,NEIN,NEIN!!!
You: nien nien nien
Me: nein nein nein!!
You: gaeyh
Me: very cool dude
@@CommanderTavos99 I'm not german lol
There corrected
Using the Expert AI mod is more challenging and interesting than buffing them with vanilla settings. The AI even makes proper tanks and you experience actual tank battles.
5:47 historicly, germany equipped a large portion of the chinese army, aspecially their elite divisions
Yep they also send army advisors to train them
you know it boutta be a wild ride when bittersteel plays germany
On regular difficulty, and only one 30% collaboration government I’ve defeated the Soviets in less than 5 months (declared in May 1941 and they capitulated before October 1st) they took 4 million casualties and I took 250k. The key is massive encirclements right off the bat and continuing to encircle them along the railways with 4 panzer corps of around 6-8 tank divisions each and to use them in different parts of the front simultaneously. I used my entire industry for building up the railway network as I advanced. I had like 300 military factories after beating the allies, and had 100 on tanks alone. I also had 50 on fighters and 50 on CAS.
The AI NEEDS imporvement, the UK literally krilled itself.
26:05 I recommend the mod "Better Mechanics : Frontline AI | Updated", and keep all the vanilla difficulty settings on alongside it. Frontline AI doesn't fully fix the AI, Uk still won't guard their island, but it makes the AI at least put up a fight.
BM FAI creator here, unfortunately unless I script it, I find no way to make the UK garrison its coast
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Bass shift, new microphone step in; but audio always finds a place to rest its head.
- -General Shepherd- Vic
I hope the Belgian tree will be as good as they have shown
From what I am seeing it will be pretty poor in good content
You need to lower the gain on your microphone, it makes a lot of pop noises. It sounds like you maxed out the gain then lowered the audio levels in post.
If you watch back the video with the volume low, you can hear how much the "S" sounds pop, it's very hard to listen to with in-ear headphones.
new mic NICE
Single player germany, supporting china is almost a must, you can grind so much air and army exp with just 3 air wings and a few divisions cycling in and out of Beijing (assuming the ai didn’t immediately lose it)
You can get full air doctrine by 1938, at the cost of ~100 planes and bombers (preferably the earlier ones). It’s also a great ace grind and they become battle hardened vets without much cost. It is absolutely stupid and it makes the Luftwaffe focuses near worthless (research bonuses are the only thing left)
For the army, getting 100+ army exp and grinding urban assault specialist to a selected general / field marshal, and sometimes even infantry leader. If you somehow go all in and send tanks in as volunteers, you can actually completely ruin Japan‘s game, Beijing will never fall (outside of reinforce memes), and any naval invasion is just encirclements waiting to happen. If you have enough political power, a military attaché is just the cherry on top
Sure you lose some equipment, manpower, and completely turn the tide of the sino-Japanese war so you’ve failed larp. But the upsides is just way too good to ignore, and for once in a hoi4 game you’re technically on the right side of history……. There can’t be a nanjing massacre if you’ve killed 2 million Japanese in Beijing……
Oh and after you cap the allies and take the East Indies, Japan is going to be a threat, mind as well weaken them as much as possible
Right side of history as Adolf's germany is crazy 😂😂😂
4:28 "hire HIM"
Therapist "Zesty Bitt3rSteel isn't real, he can't hurt you"
Zesty Bitt3rSteel: 23:15
8:51 "Ouch"😢
Phoenix, the city that was built as an affront to God himself!
Damn! This mic really sounds cool, nearly makes me watch more just because of the quality of the audio! haha.
2:07 Ah yes, Dr. Joseph *Turkey noises*
Turkey🐺🇹🇷🇹🇷?
i appreciate the new editing style (new to my knowledge, haven't seen any of the recent longer videos yet)
I did a Max-Buffed Soviet Union and USA Run on Recruit as Germany and they absolutely whooped me like I did the Allies. I couldn't get enough Collabs on the Soviet Union because I forgot to reasearch the department until 1939, and when I Tried a Similar Strategy with USA they Won in Every Area, I was Stalemated then Driven Out, so I left North America. When the Soviets Invaded Me I was Pushed into Poland, I drove them Back almost to Leningrad in the Baltic Sea Area and Rostov in the Black Sea Area before the Wonter set in, throughout which their army became Master-Class, not helped the the Americans Invading North Africa, then my British Puppet, then Italy, then Brittany. It almost went like Historical. Squeezed from borh sides. I am certainly not as good as Bittersteel, but this is Recruit Difficulty and without France or Britain Buffed.
After NSB I feel like Elite plus max boost on majors you don't play is the only way to play. AI just doesn't get the supply system. And unless you start as Ethiopia even novice player has loads of time to prepare
11:05 if you let the soviets take poland, you can have them fighting the allies and also get cores on danzig, posen and kattowitz, not gdynia because it wasnt added to the cores you get from the soviets giving you the land
somehow got recommended to me after 12min after release, insane
9:38 That's actually wrong if you do Integrated War Economy it gives you 2 more factories than German War Economy.
Yes, i know. But it takes time i didn'twantto spend
@Bitt3rSteel I thought that was the actual reasoning but why not say that?
I worded it poorly, I meant to say "I want factories NOW"
You need to play Germany in World Ablaze. That is a true challenge
One last time!
Play Historical Germany
One last time!
Before the new DLC
One last time!
You and I!
i swear he said, when talking about his new fighter, "thats reasonably defective"
i love this video bittersteel tysm for making this video
when he said " haaaa Finland is already dead !"😂😂😂 27:57
New mic and different editing style for the video, I like it 🎉
18:59 LazerPig mentioned! 😃
Is it an oversimplified reference or something else because I heard it from oversimplified
@@eminmerzihic9330 Its Lazer Pig. He makes military based videos.
Ngl I never understood how he got a big following with just how much misinformation he spews and how he can never admit he is wrong, and especially saying that him providing sources are bad and you should research it yourself.(ex saying Russia has never made a engine design and used a porche tiger engine in modern tanks, the idea that the challenger 2 is actually a good tank, and then vehemently denying any losses that it took in ukraine(especially when it’s turret flew like how he always yaps about Russian tanks doing))
tbh I like this new audio settings better it’s like sitting in 6th grade chemistry again. (my fav subject back then)
Trying it with Expert AI would probably be a bigger challenge
Sort the EQ out on the lower end & turn down the mic volume and it's golden!
Think you forgot about the "request garrison support" button :/
Do the Disaster Save of kristibbs
Bittersteel is kidnapped and changes his voice for us to understand and save him.
You'll need to try this again in a couple weeks. 😉
Can't wait!
Will you do kristiibs global defense council disaster save from his latest video?
8:54 that only sets the compliance to 50 in the suedetenland which is already cored by germany...
Even with the 'non-optimal' play (unused factories, massive pp stockpile) the AI still crumbles.
The new mic sounds fantastic.
I’m playing Germany on elite with maxed allies and expert AI buffed to max. It’s pure hell, pain and suffering.
the mic oh my goshhh
this is what i did when i got bored of normal hoi4 haha, but now i just give the soviets and england a few days of ic
that new audio though, I love it
22:36 Omg a mummy movie meme😱
I’m afraid of what this man can do in a regular game
Nice audio, I like the new mic
I slept on on minute 10 and now wole up with the video being done
New mic going hard
18:50 That reminds me, maybe it's just me but you sound oddly like the laserpig.
6 mins and 26 secs in and no futurama memes have been seen how dare you bittersteel
Great video Bittersteel! Since I'm predominantly a EU4 player, I do kinda wish there was a subject liberty desire function in Hoi4. What's your take on that?
What is the DLC that allowed you to use "Motorization drive"? I only have Arms against tyranny now so im missing a lot. That buff looks very useful to say the least.
Next video: play France against Full strengthen axis in Elite mode
i like the new style of edit
Yessirrrr. This is a really fun vid
Italy is still fighting Ethiopia… somehow… the emperor returned.
I would probably lose if I tried that you are amazing at the game
Since Belgium is basically half French (the other half is Dutch) I wonder if the Devs will lower the capitulation threshold in the new update.
Goodbye, German focus tree… you were strong
historically accurate Germany game
4:25 "Him"
the AI was using the 2024 British army template.
How do your troops do encirclements so smoothly? I am a new player and my army won't even cross the French borders somehow and with other nations like Poland I just override them and that's expensive
9:33 i make my tank, with th3 best gun, good armor, 100% reliability if possible and speed? Uhh, what is speed?
the new mic seems pretty base heavy
12:05 first of September 1939 nice mic btw (I’m also Belgian)
love the new mic and nice editing:)
realy good sound man like it 👍
Can you imagine being the British troops invading Rodi. You take that island, and then you learn that the British Isles are entirely under nazi occupation.
nice audio which mic do you use
5:43 I'm sure it's already been said, but "Historically" Germany backed China against Japan for the longest time. There's a reason the Nationalists best troops had German helmets, uniforms and weapons, lol.
Entirely different mike! "I dont care about 'my fellow fascists', I care about *ME*" is the most Hitler RP lol
irrc you can buff the Comintern and the USSR at the same time, the effects stack.
5:37 Actually historically Germany initially supported China against Japan
Idea: play as the Soviet Union of this save, and try to survive against your own creation.
German support helping China push into land occupied by Japan in northern China? This would have been Chiang Kai-shek's dream come true. You've just earned the G-mo's gratitude.
It was this easy since the UK and it's fleet were occupied fighting Italy in the Mediterranean
I tried the same idea without the uk fighting Italy and it was so much more difficult
I landed in the uk by mid 41 but it was worth it
Bitter, what's your pc specs for the game time to go that fast? How much time did you have to play for to reach that 1943?
Bittersteel you are better at hoi4 but I beat the last stand of freedom mod because of sub 4s and nukes, and heavy tank destroyers because they can push 30 docs in one tile
Germany is the tutorial county with an 8 year old focus tree, it’s a meme country.
Can u do poland on elite diff next?
what mic is this?
14:59
top than mustache man
Ahhh my favorite belgian voice just got even better :))))
25:34 you're funny😹
You should start an ASMR carrier with this new mic!