HoI4 A to Z: Afghanistan, failed state or GLOBAL SUPERPOWER??
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- čas přidán 14. 04. 2023
- In this first video in my A to Z series, we play Afghanistan and try to make the place not suck.
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As a person who watches both ISP and Bitter, may Bitter's sanity rest in peace
As a hungarian, i want the country in your profile picture to become real. You have my full support.
that's exactly what I thought when I saw the notification
lol, nice profile pic
Same
His mine Will decay
HOI is the easiest game to do A2Z. Then it would be CK, VIC and EU
I wish you the best Bittersteel. Having Binged ISPS series and watched his sanity deteriorate, I hope you've prepared yourself.
He's surely gonna suffer when playing uruguay
@@SyndicalistBrazilian South America* just in general
@@thewalkingtree7077 Brazil is decent
@@thewalkingtree7077 Brazil, Peru, maybe Argentina are decent
@@thewalkingtree7077Brazil has kinda a decent industry and lots of manpower
And here falls another HOI4 player's sanity. Rest in peace Bitt3rSteel's mind. We loved you as long as had you.
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We are all forgetting what’s up next, Albania.
@@plaguepug2091 Oh no
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5:20 for those who don’t know, army defence advisors are actually very good, as for advisors, generals, and feild marshals. Defence increases actually increase breakthrough, which in this instance would be much better than a non combat out of supply penalty reduction
Would be nice if the game actually told you that, since breakthrough is displayed in other places as a stat.
@@RyuakiraX yeah it’s especially annoying as things like aggressive assaulted which advertise +10% breakthrough actually do nothing, but unyielding defender which gives 10% defence actually gives 10% defence and breakthrough
@@JS-iu3ce Aggressive assaulter does nothing?
Ok I might not be entirely sure on that one, but I know that unyielding defender is just simply better, as it gives the defensive buff as well as the breakthrough
@@RyuakiraX HOI4 aint gonna tell you shit by itself
A new A-Z series? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
hold on, this whole operation was ISP's idea!
We have brought peace Justice Security to the comments section!
After this game I suggest a "members killed" counter where you track how many members have died for you in your many armies
this is great
Cross it over with the Disaster Saves campaigns too, so we can see how many times over members died before and after the Bitter Intervention.
"That's alot of americans, dying for no good reason" Ah yes, the real Afghanistan experience. Good luck on keeping your sanity in this series, bittersteel
Now I want to see a Collab between ISP and Bittersteel
Frustration meets Artillery only
Guess who's who
Ah yes the immortal naval invasion meltdowns
When Bitt3rSteel gets to Belgium (I think he's Belgian? sorry if I'm wrong), he should do an MP with ISP as UK
@@musaiyabmirzaali he is belgian
My boys did it! From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli.
Even without the shout out, definitely one of my favorite videos. Not sure if I was more excited than you were when you clicked the Persia decision.
Entertaining from start to finish brother.
It's culann!
Tip: if you want to find a mysterious country that you've already capitulated but it miraculously survived somewhere, press F and the search box will open. Also works for searching individual provinces
The moment Stalin declared war I knew he was hiding there. I've had the exact same thing happen to me. Defeated Soviets, fought over territory and due to points shenanigans the Soviets still existed alongside other Soviet puppets. Then out of the blue Soviets declare war on some 3rd party. Had no idea where they were until I had business in the Pacific and saw them up there.
Oh noo, Bitt3rSteel is gonna get the A to Z fever just like ISP😭
Jokes aside, love the content.
Hes gonna jump off a building i say..... When hes at British malaya
@@fortressandfortress974, hopefully not. But my Dutch East Indies mod sadly only added leaders and states for them, not a focus tree.
I wish paradox added like a signaling system for your allies, like you can ping the players in MP or the AI in SP to hold the front or to give you naval/aerial superiority in a region, or to start pushing somewhere or retreat somewhere else, etc. Would solve the issue of the AI doing things you don't want it to do
I imagine the AI would still find a way to do stupid shit
Personally I agree that lend lease is a bit strong for any half decent player but on the same note it’s quite realistic. As long as your sea lanes are safeish I think it’s well placed in the meta. I’m reminded of the English and Communist who basically would have lost everything if not for American lend lease/loans.
This will be interesting as bittersteel focused more on his gameplay and goals while ISP focuses more on his personality while doing random shit
Can't believe I'm about to watch this whole series again.
Already can tell this is gonna be a great series
ISP has really created a monster with his A to Z challenge
All the ghosts of empires is what really carried this run.
I can tell this is going to be a fun series
I like how you went historical and baited the enemy into the mountains.
Thank you so much for doing a-z series. Seriously its so helpful and i like your video and play style. Thanks man!
This might sound silly but would you be able to make a micro tutorial interesting? I see you and others play this micro-ing, seems like you're using hotkeys to redeploy units or something? When do you move a unit, how do you "cycle" units into a losing tile, etc? Usually I see tutorial focused on build orders, templates, and focus trees. Not how to actually manage and micro. Which.. I think might be really useful and have valid info regardless of patches so you aren't being asked to update it every 6 months.
I am really excited for this series. Seeing someone do A to Z with a more long-form style will be very entertaining
What a start to the series - best of luck with your A to Z campaign!!
Really love the idea of your A to Z series! Looking forward to seeing some never played minor powers.
Cool video! I'm doing something similar for myself, but not in alfabethical order. Yemen, Cuba and Uruguay were surprisingly fun :) Good luck with this challenge!
Can't wait for the rest of this series!!!
Haha this was funny to watch. Thanks for adding me to your vanguard army and for keeping me alive! :D maybe some medals could be awarded aswell in the future :D
Gotta say, your commentary is so relaxing. It works as my ASMR in a weird odd way.
I'd love to see this campaign continue!!
The amount of micro-ing that bitter had to go through for this video, the amount of respect I give is immeasurable
Bitt3rsteel's sanity is about to dissapear faster than Aussa.
I watch ISP and attempting this is equal to losing your sanity faster than you can destroy encircled divisions with no equipment and no organization.
Sometimes I feel like the developers added a Decision that sounded cool, then didn't actually try to achieve it themselves. I know it's not true, that power creep has just made previously-achievable Decisions vastly more difficult, alongside some regions getting blanket Decisions that some of them can achieve which others can't, but it's funny to think about.
YES thank you for doing this
I absolutely love bitters content it makes me jolt in joy whenever i see his videos. As a mongolian 🇲🇳 hoi player i ussually cant play mp and his achievement guides are such a great source of joy
Everyone‘s gangsta until Afghanistan starts deploying aircraft carriers in the Black Sea…
Cool idea! Go on with your amazing work! 😊
This feels like the start of a painful and lovely series. May the ISP good bless your soul.
Yay ! A to Z ! I was waiting for it ^^ and it's reaching my hopes ! Persian Empire for a start O_O Best HOI4 content creator here XD
It was so cool to see my name up there!
Now this is a proper A2Z series. Waiting for more
Imagine ISP and Bittersteel co-oping a nation😂
I loved this video and I have to say that I’m amazed if you keep your sanity for the hole serie. If you manege I think that you can try and create the Al-Andalus caliphate from an Algeria without the French cores.
I gave the video a like, not because its good (which it is), but because u posted. Quality content like normal 👍
Bittersteel not checking the casualty report on that 80+ division encirclement in v france hurt my soul
I do love your vids I’m going to get a pc for Christmas and this is the first game I’m getting because of you thank you hope you get a lot of subs and have a great CZcams channel
I only heard about these "A to Z Nations" challenges recently and I must say, I love the idea.
HoI4 is too difficult for my mind to even comprehend, so it will be EU4 "A to Z" challenge for me (Starting with Aachen).
Epic play to finish this off, good effort!
Im excited for when you play Austria. I just had a game where I denied anschluss and now have almost created austria-hungary. no mods and historical focuses too. If you wanna know what I did just ask.
What a great video mate❤
I am very much looking forward to more of this series.
Please make HoI4 A-Z a series! This is amazing!!!
Oh boy, this is gonna be fun. Hope he does releasables as well!
Wow, pure respect for recreating the Persian empire. Who cares if it's cheese? If it works it works.
I've watched all of Bittersteel's videos for a long time, and this might be my favorite ever. I can't wait to see the rest of A to Z.
Yes! I am so excited for this! ISP brings the memes and shorts and you bring the deep-dives and strategies!
26:18
"Where were you when afganistan took Stalingrad"
💀
That was amazing but im sure that wasn't in my mind when i asked persian empire 😂😂😂great job man that was amazing
Have you considered your a-z not being countries but on hoi4 game elements
Bombers, Communism, Destroyers, Europe, Fallback lines, Grand battle plan...etc.?
Look at this mad lad, he actually did it, he restored the mighty and glorious Persian Empire!
The fact Stalin is exiled to far eastern siberia or whatever that region is called is such karma for all the political opponents he exiled
I’m so pumped got Bitt3rSteel A-Z let’s gooooo!
iBelgian Productions lol. Great series, Bitt3r, hope to see more of this
Greece never surrenders. Italy bleeds all its equipment there. Bittersteel, that's actually historical!
Might it have been worthwhile to convert a few units to Mountaineers for the push into the Caucuses? Seems like all those mountain tiles would have been the perfect place to use them.
Hello everybody, and welcome back to hoi4 A2Z. The series where I (now bitt3rsteel) play every single starting nation in Hearts of Iron 4.
Great Vid!
Starting leader looking fly af.
Hopefully i can prepare my Dutch East Indies mod quick enough for your future playthrough.
What would it include? As a dutchie, it sounds quite interesting!
@@SemHuijgen, only the pro-Dutch path is mostly updated for now, and tailored for historical AI-focuses on.
But in short, the political options are whether to:
1. Retain the Status Quo with limited liberalizations in exchange of higher stability and inheriting the military prowess from the Fatherland, or
2. To heed on the Indies' already existing interest groups' wishes to make the East Indies more independent from Den Haag but still ultimately subservient to the Kingdom, in exchange of stability loss.
@@SemHuijgen, the mod's name is Hollandia Historica: East Indies Reworked
I searched it, looks a lot better than the hoi4 one!
@@SemHuijgen, well, what do you mean? There's no official focus tree for Indonesia/East Indies yet.
Try playing as switzerland and try to take over axis. But overall. Good video LUV iT
Thanks!
What a fun campaign to watch! Also spotted my name, well, I saw Stephen, just imagine I am the only one :P As an early subscriber ;)
I cannot wait for him to be shocked at the El Salvador start.
May his interest in HOI4 rest in peace. He'll become the few who wants the smallest of nations like Liberia or Paraguay to have focus trees all because of this treacherous challenge.
I wish you luck.
Ok but unironically paraguay could have a cool focus path where you take revenge for the war of the triple alliance
IBelgiumProductions is best Paradox Vtuber!
We need more of this seriese
love there vids so much
3:40 can we take a moment to apreciate that a member of bittersteels channel has the most French name ever ,shoutout to @Jean-Pierre
Cant wait for the next one
I gave this a try as well, but i just skipped navy completely and used paratroopers instead to take islands and strategic locations, since i have had previous bad experiences with forming persia as iran, some of which involve my navy getting stuck.
I agree that the Clicking of the button to re-form the nation is a good end point.
Yeah look at what it gave you. The important part of "goal has been reached" is still the main point.
Yes! I love RedHawk's A-Z challenge in EU4, so I am very excited to see you do that in HoI4. It really gets you into playing nations that rarely are played, and then the challenge goals can also be a lot of fun to come up with.
i woud actually love to see you and ISP do a collab on HOI4
Stunning! Afghanistan run!
Reference to the civs and mils going into the other province at the start, I think building higher infrastructure in kabul should help
can't wait for more, got back into HoI4 and now I get to watch my fav Hoi4 yter lose his sanity.
hold on, gotta grab some popcorn.
Hey Bittersteel! How about an Old World Blues playthrough when you feel like switching it up!
HELLO, good video! 😀🤘🏼
Bitt3rSteel, I gotta ask; I'm fairly new to the game (Winter Steam sale new), and I've been on the fence about By Blood Alone. What's your opinion on it? Worth it? The Steam reviews are straight divided.
so nice love your vids!💖
Only bitter can make this sort of playthrough entertaining
Thank you so much for making it into a longer duration (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡
this series will show how far bitt3rsteels sanity can go
Bittersteel A-Z boutta be lit
I recommend the "minor nations reborn"-mod for playthroughs with all these nations that have the generic focus tree.
love the series, RedHawk is gonna be proud!
Please continue this one!
Something that really aggrovates me in your videos is, that you always trade, even if you only are in a minus of e.g. 2 steel. This only gives you like -2.5 output so I usually just keep my civ building. Great video tho
I'm a flawed person
@@Bitt3rSteel yes you are, you decided that this was a sane idea. So go on play Albania, suffer and aggrivate me even more by buying unnecessary rescources
This is a great guide!
It's not a guide he said