Hearts of Iron IV - Communist Italy (Elite Difficulty) - Ep 2

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  • čas přidán 27. 01. 2020
  • Waaaaaaaaaay back in the day I did a PRE-RELEASE campaign with Italy -- but with three years of patches and several major expansions... it's a different game. THINGS ARE GOING TO GET A LOT REDDER.
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Komentáře • 58

  • @Sturmlied
    @Sturmlied Před 4 lety +51

    Quill: "Gondar calls for aid"
    Me: "The beacons are lid! The Rohirrim will ride!"

  • @Randallator966
    @Randallator966 Před 4 lety +120

    in relation to the fuel... there's a reason Italian Battleships mostly stayed in port throughout WWII

    • @Justaguy5678
      @Justaguy5678 Před 4 lety +34

      That and having little to no anti-air defense so they got damaged pretty much anytime they left port and even when in port.

    • @durgan5668
      @durgan5668 Před 4 lety +56

      @@Justaguy5678 Why did the Italian Navy build glass bottomed ships? So they could see the previous Italian Navy when they sailed over them....

    • @Crimethoughtfull
      @Crimethoughtfull Před 3 lety +8

      Recently watched an episode of Indy Neidell's WWII Channel...in one naval battle, the Italians lost a couple Cruisers, some destroyers, and all up about 3,000 men...and the UK lost one torpedo bi-plane and 3 men. 3000 to 3. I'm sure fuel was an issue, but, well...

  • @loopyguy7611
    @loopyguy7611 Před 4 lety +12

    Italys Pet Tanks are doing their BEST

  • @thiccthunderx912
    @thiccthunderx912 Před 4 lety +52

    Watching your original Italian campaign (the very first one) and I’d suggest not completely ignoring Malta bombing the hell out of your country this time around. Love the content!

  • @FredrikHenriksson82
    @FredrikHenriksson82 Před 4 lety +32

    Another reason to take Austria before Anschluss is that you need some of that territory for the Roman Ambition Decision I believe. Which means you might not have to fight Germany for it. Or at least you can achieve it sooner.

    • @GroundThing
      @GroundThing Před 4 lety +4

      He'd probably need to go to war with Germany anyway, since he'll need france and the low countries, and even if he could snipe them before Germany, some how, there's also the matter of southern Hungary, who usually goes Axis if they don't go Pact of Rome (which it's unlikely, since they'll only pick it if Italy isn't at war with Austria and Italy isn't communist or democratic, meaning there's probably only a small window for that).

  • @Alex-fn2hl
    @Alex-fn2hl Před 4 lety +21

    I typically release my non-European colonies as puppets as soon as I get the chance when playing someone like Italy or France. It's a pain in the ass to defend them, they don't give much in terms of factories, and lategame they will supply additional troops.

    • @herocomplex1610
      @herocomplex1610 Před 3 lety

      Is there a best time to do this? Right away, or does having a boost from any factories in the colonies help kick start things?

  • @NexusNoxCS
    @NexusNoxCS Před 4 lety +23

    Consecrated Religious Industries really reminds me of Warhammer 40k. ;P

  • @DanielLopez-up6os
    @DanielLopez-up6os Před 4 lety +34

    You Production efficiency is calculated from the base, so 50-30+5 would give you a cap of 25%, compared to Initial Production efficiency.

  • @fredricksawyer6855
    @fredricksawyer6855 Před 4 lety +10

    Attacking the Alps right before winter
    **Generalissimo Cadorna-ism intensifies**

    • @Crimethoughtfull
      @Crimethoughtfull Před 4 lety +1

      War-planning Dep't: How many Battles of the Isonzo do you want?
      Cadorna: Yes

  • @gareaap7806
    @gareaap7806 Před 4 lety +23

    london naval treaty was a big treaty. but it was full off special cases mostly because in the real world building a navy takes years or preplanning so there where allot of exceptions for ships already in construction. beside that i think all off the treaty signee's cheated the terms in someway or another.

    • @Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
      @Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Před 4 lety +3

      Alot of nations tried to find loopholes in the treaty this resulted in very interesting designs such as the Lutzow class of armoured Cruisers. Most of the nations did not directly cheat Germany did build the Bismarck and tirpitz in secret. The british resigned to upgrading old designes such as the Nelson.

  • @andrewolson4538
    @andrewolson4538 Před 4 lety +10

    Really enjoying the in-depth commentary during this ellite run. As a amateur player ( basic mechanics after ~50hrs of playtime) it really helps me understand the deeper mechs as you try and min/max. For the glory of Rome! Thanks Quill.

    •  Před 3 lety

      That's what I'm enjoying about this series too. I have 100+ hours yet I'm just starting to get the hang of it.
      I'm trash though since I am super bad at combat and have never once beat France or Poland lmao. Which is weird since I have my infantry as 7/2 which is supposed to be good but they have way too many people.

  • @LiveCustoms
    @LiveCustoms Před 4 lety +3

    watching these series make me realise how crap I am at this game

  • @AmariFukui
    @AmariFukui Před 4 lety +3

    I frequently play on Elite and i'd never considered the possibility that the buffs from dispersed might be less valuable

  • @justinholland9136
    @justinholland9136 Před 4 lety +7

    I see Quill has been taking lessions from Luigi Cadorna...

    • @ericmyrs
      @ericmyrs Před 4 lety +1

      To be fair to Cadrona, the situation he inherited was not exactly golden. No artillery, no training, and all his stuff in tripolitania.

  • @XochiCh
    @XochiCh Před 4 lety +18

    In ITALY difficulty, you say?

  • @nogoodnamesleft_
    @nogoodnamesleft_ Před 4 lety +1

    Quill: And Spain's got some (planes).
    Guernica: oh no..

  • @DMS-pq8
    @DMS-pq8 Před 3 lety +1

    The Italians were sitting on a bunch of oil in Libya and didn't know it

  • @Pocitacgamer
    @Pocitacgamer Před 4 lety +1

    "I promise we'll ... probably unpause this episode"
    Oh I love you Quill! Hah :D

  • @thejatangamer_1877
    @thejatangamer_1877 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video

  • @GregAtlas
    @GregAtlas Před 2 lety

    I'm a newer player (but enjoy strategy games in general) but theoretically wouldn't it be efficient to not produce any of those L3's in the factories and then send the tank squads to the Spanish civil war in order to reduce your stock of them in time for the newly researched light tank that can match the speed of the motorized infantry? That way the divisions also gain some experience as well and become even stronger at pushing.

  • @danielbauer6063
    @danielbauer6063 Před 4 lety +1

    What game do you like more HOI4 or CIV6?

  • @mr.admr1016
    @mr.admr1016 Před 4 lety

    When do you stream (do you have a schedule or not?)

    • @rmvdhaak
      @rmvdhaak Před 4 lety

      www.twitch.tv/quill18
      Streaming at 12:00pm (Eastern Time) on Saturday
      And at 2:00pm (Eastern Time) every Monday and Wednesday

  • @ShadowFalcon19
    @ShadowFalcon19 Před 4 lety

    "Consecrated? I think that was Concentrated"

  • @michaelw6277
    @michaelw6277 Před 4 lety

    So they somewhat recently changed something that makes this approach no longer viable.... Yugoslavia now starts as being guaranteed by France. I’m sure a good player could take advantage of that somehow, but taking Yugoslavia as Italy is a bit trickier. Seems like the best timing for that move is around when Germany invades Poland, which sucks because those factories sure are nice.

  • @traptown6222
    @traptown6222 Před 4 lety

    quill18

  • @Treviisolion
    @Treviisolion Před 4 lety

    Did the math, would take 13.5 years not 5, to fill your fuel reserves. Ouch

  • @mnmfreak502
    @mnmfreak502 Před 4 lety

    You're pissing Hitler right off.

  • @magicaces13
    @magicaces13 Před 4 lety

    That Spanish Civil war better happen soon...heyyyy :)

  • @edoardobaia7927
    @edoardobaia7927 Před 4 lety

    Italy focus tree should be reworked so it is easier to go communist

  • @Eric-wu3hr
    @Eric-wu3hr Před 4 lety

    I dare u to play Switzerland

  • @chronicsnail6675
    @chronicsnail6675 Před 4 lety

    dosent even grind ethiopia

  • @ericmyrs
    @ericmyrs Před 4 lety

    For a second I thought he'd go dispersed. Thank god he didn't.

    • @AndreasWest
      @AndreasWest Před 2 lety

      Why not? What's so bad about dispersed? New player (2h) asking

    • @ericmyrs
      @ericmyrs Před 2 lety

      @@AndreasWest At least when this post was written it was objectively worse. It almost certainly still is, but I'm not keyed into the meta enough to know. The loss in production efficiency cap is really bad, and you're not supposed to switch factories often. For it to be worth it in any event, it would have to be a very specific strategy, tailored to some hard counter or circumstance, though I can't think of any such circumstance.

  • @datonkallandor8687
    @datonkallandor8687 Před 4 lety

    It's a shame you're going tank-less because it seems like the KMT playthrough is already infantry only so the combat in this one might end up being the exact same.

  • @TheLostArchangel666
    @TheLostArchangel666 Před 4 lety +1

    RIP CNT-FAI...
    I will mourn you, my Spanish comrades.
    The only chance for actual, /true/ communism, too!

  • @fooladoo1076
    @fooladoo1076 Před 3 lety

    You need Jesus

  • @johoward2251
    @johoward2251 Před 3 lety

    Gross why be the Commies

  • @MartinAlex19
    @MartinAlex19 Před 4 lety +4

    First

    • @alexdobma4694
      @alexdobma4694 Před 4 lety +5

      Just.....stop. Please. Nobody enjoys you doing this. STOP.

    • @mr.admr1016
      @mr.admr1016 Před 4 lety +2

      NO ONE CARES!

    • @MartinAlex19
      @MartinAlex19 Před 4 lety +1

      Yea well it looks like you Care

    • @MartinAlex19
      @MartinAlex19 Před 4 lety

      If u see this comment just ignor it if you don't care

    • @mr.admr1016
      @mr.admr1016 Před 4 lety

      Martin Alex i am saying this because you ruin the comment section