Time to fix the Balkan Powder keg once and for all!

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  • @Bitt3rSteel
    @Bitt3rSteel  Рік тому +462

    I forgot to add the files to my drive. I'm currently at the hospital with my youngest and I won't be able to upload the files until we get home. I'm sorry, I'll sort it out later. For now, I recommend you check @antasil for the strategy

    • @babarella1374
      @babarella1374 Рік тому +55

      Don´t worry. I hope you and your family are okay

    • @tomb90909
      @tomb90909 Рік тому +23

      I hope your kid will be okay, we will wait

    • @PlvsVltra-ji3rs
      @PlvsVltra-ji3rs Рік тому +30

      Family first friend, no worries and ty for the fun self created disaster.

    • @D.S.lawbrd
      @D.S.lawbrd Рік тому +11

      We can and will wait
      Family comes first ❤
      Take care and all the time you need 😊

    • @darthbader6506
      @darthbader6506 Рік тому +10

      All the best to you and your family

  • @quax7970
    @quax7970 Рік тому +756

    Bittersteel has got to be one of the reason most people here got hoi4, he has teached me so much, gotta love him

  • @brooks8825
    @brooks8825 Рік тому +336

    I like how at first he hovered over the Soviet Union 😂

  • @scornmmd434
    @scornmmd434 Рік тому +134

    Love these Saturday morning releases . Feels like Saturday morning cartoons for Dad's.

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Рік тому +28

      Glad you like them!

    • @Iamyou752
      @Iamyou752 Рік тому +1

      im gay UWUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

    • @AtomicSandwich125
      @AtomicSandwich125 Рік тому +1

      I have drunken a large amount of gasoline at chicle cheese

    • @randomfootballfan2952
      @randomfootballfan2952 9 місяців тому +2

      one of the best reply sections i have ever seen

  • @geldarus
    @geldarus Рік тому +54

    2 minutes in and I'm already reminded why I love your vids; the 25pp with spies is something I do almost all runs :)

    • @SoldierGeneral64
      @SoldierGeneral64 Рік тому

      I never knew that is it from just putting a spy in administration?

  • @lantredasphodele5858
    @lantredasphodele5858 Рік тому +5

    Awesome as ever ^^ hyped to see how you will save the day ! Also I love when it's not just full annexation everywhere :-) Make more sense to not make entire countries disapear like that wich IA in peace treaties be less greedy

  • @Mithras.Invictus
    @Mithras.Invictus Рік тому +8

    That cliffhanger just hurts man. But now really want to do that Bulgaria run before the new DLC comes out - because I imagine a good Finland winter war run with mottis will be difficult to resist then.

  • @leolinguini260
    @leolinguini260 Рік тому +88

    I think the Turkish tree has been patched. All the Create/Join faction focuses under Reconfigure Foreign policy branch have a "Bypass if in Faction" line added. So they should not complete these focuses

    • @leolinguini260
      @leolinguini260 Рік тому +10

      It would still mess you up if they are your puppet but not in a faction though

    • @maxmakiewicz8835
      @maxmakiewicz8835 Рік тому

      Yeah it has been fixed

  • @ricardogarciajunior
    @ricardogarciajunior Рік тому +18

    Love the videos where bittersteel doesn’t do a challenge or mod or anything, but is just chilling and playing the game

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_5342 Рік тому +7

    The Bulgarian tree is so broken it's funny 😂 Although I've got to say I hadn't noticed that strategy before. Definitely the strongest and best worked on in BTFB

  • @Vaelosh466
    @Vaelosh466 Рік тому +4

    If my ally is going to capitulate like Poland might I'd usually put a line of troops on the rail lines I need and on ports so those tiles don't flip and the enemy can't move troops in, then let the enemy capitulate them. Then you can keep holding your line and use a couple divisions on garrison to retake the area behind you and you don't need to worry about the land flipping again while the country is already capitulated.

    • @CobraForce007
      @CobraForce007 Рік тому +1

      Nice trick I will use it in the future.

  •  Рік тому +7

    Bulgaria is a country I wish I could play well, but I just hate playing it. Somehow every time I play Bulgaria the world goes apeshit and I end up at war with everyone.

  • @mrcheesey4793
    @mrcheesey4793 Рік тому +4

    Pretty much half of all my hoi4 knowledge came from you, thanks.

  • @YoungFlyz644
    @YoungFlyz644 Рік тому +1

    As a Bulgaria Stan, I appreciate this

  • @elduquecaradura1468
    @elduquecaradura1468 Рік тому +1

    Oh, this video is actually from today. I tended to see videos from years ago, now having to wait how develops... this feels like when I watched series as a kid in the tv: I had to wait, and that sucks xD

  • @Clueless-political-guy
    @Clueless-political-guy Рік тому +180

    Gotta say. Bulgaria had alot of wasted potential in our real history.
    Edit : Woah that’s a lot of likes.

    • @sds_sosa7191
      @sds_sosa7191 Рік тому +18

      As a bulgarian i can agree

    • @Wormopera
      @Wormopera Рік тому +15

      As an Iranian fan of Bulgaria, i agree

    • @BulgarianBall
      @BulgarianBall Рік тому +9

      As a Bulgarian I too agree

    • @JF-rh5vq
      @JF-rh5vq Рік тому +17

      If only serbia didnt get greedy and let them have had macedonia, could have been the 2 brothers and helped instead of destroying each other

    • @bulgar1595
      @bulgar1595 Рік тому +3

      I agree with that

  • @johndoty7150
    @johndoty7150 5 місяців тому

    Great video! I learned how to play HOI4 from Bittersteel and Mordrid Viking. Keep up the good work

  • @geraldnt6914
    @geraldnt6914 Рік тому +3

    Thumbnail Bulgaria looking devious

  • @ryans4325
    @ryans4325 Рік тому

    Great video! Thanks for making my Saturday a little better.

  • @david_3248
    @david_3248 Рік тому +1

    No one is more entertaining than this man

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Рік тому +7

    You're in for a colossal task and wish you the Best of luck!🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @lordfunny2743
    @lordfunny2743 Рік тому +3

    Making his own disaster save
    I love it

  • @borisvalkov1814
    @borisvalkov1814 Рік тому +2

    As a Bulgarian I really appreciate this

  • @yutripndawg1
    @yutripndawg1 9 місяців тому

    You taught me so much about hoi4 and even introduced me to it! Thank you!!!

  • @AccelEng
    @AccelEng Рік тому

    Thanks for the video! I haven't watched any HOI4 content in a while due to RL stuff, but this vid has definitely been a pleasure to watch

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Рік тому

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @sergeantdoor7678
      @sergeantdoor7678 Рік тому

      @@Bitt3rSteelWhere is the doc for the focuses and research things that you said were in the description? I can’t find them

  • @josephstalin1022
    @josephstalin1022 Рік тому +2

    That thumbnail gonna piss off a lot of people

  • @a.ricole4081
    @a.ricole4081 Рік тому +1

    "We need Boris' dad energy... So we brought Boris' dad" lmaooo

  • @Endbeats
    @Endbeats Рік тому +1

    Bittersteel spoiling us with a two-parter

  • @LifeofPandK
    @LifeofPandK Рік тому

    My home country. Thank you for playing it!

  • @eisbergsyndrom5010
    @eisbergsyndrom5010 Рік тому +1

    Who else thought Poland was just gonna cap and get his entire army encircled and he was just gonna end the run there because of the outro music?

  • @sniper-monkey
    @sniper-monkey Рік тому +4

    Mom wake up bitt3rsteal uploaded 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @rainmakerroar4014
    @rainmakerroar4014 Рік тому +1

    Bitt3rSteel earlier in the vid: Should be fine
    Bitt3rSteel at the end of the vid: Oh god why

  • @apollyon2018
    @apollyon2018 2 місяці тому

    1:00 a year late seeing this again, wanted to note that I thought there was suicide problem spirit for the army somewhere because of you using the word "unfortunate" before it

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 Рік тому

    17:35 ah yes me and the bois about make it into the world stage ✊🗿🇦🇱🇧🇦🇧🇬🇬🇷🇭🇷🇭🇺🇲🇩🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇴🇷🇸🇸🇮🇹🇷🇮🇹

  • @Meatful
    @Meatful Рік тому

    Big props to the editor, they’re right on with the memes and their frequency

  • @scavenger6268
    @scavenger6268 Рік тому

    If i remember correctly, combining the Zveno and NatSoc to get the "Integrate the Ratniks" focus gives you +500 manpower per week in addition to recruitable pop.
    Combine with Prussia of the Balkans for 145% recruitable pop calculators.

  • @reckless20
    @reckless20 7 місяців тому

    Imagine using this strat to make everyone deal with another major which is defended by puppets and endless mountains😂

  • @tobiaszdechovsky4690
    @tobiaszdechovsky4690 Рік тому

    Its really nice to see you playing as my fav nation of whole hoi4. If I could recommend, you could get after Hungary also Czechoslovakia so Germany is even more weaker. Then you just hold Slovakia and they´re unable to push threw the mountains. Its just funny thing to see they´re offensive crushing there against your units and in the meanwhile you destroy german units in Poland :) Alsoo you can try to hold Czech lands, make a push and encyrcle all units in Poland. But its almost unable to do (I achieved it once i 7 games so its pretty frustrating :) but the feeling of getting 60 german units encyrcled in 1939 is just the best)

  • @seljukball.shorts
    @seljukball.shorts Рік тому +4

    Keep up the good work!

  • @Yorkington
    @Yorkington Рік тому

    No Left, No Right, only King. Very fair and balans.

  • @joshlaws439
    @joshlaws439 Рік тому

    Love your vids keep up the good work and I am sure the members will lead you to victory!#

  • @mrr9636
    @mrr9636 Рік тому

    I think they fixed Historical Turkey going rogue while a puppet. I recall seeing that in an update and was able to have them as an puppet as Stalin without them breaking.

  • @krasnamerah1926
    @krasnamerah1926 Рік тому +10

    Turkish re-run for Alex, and actual Bulgarian disaster save for Bitt3rSteel
    Not a great day, but we shall preserve!

  • @Maxuras
    @Maxuras Рік тому

    What a cliffhanger ending! Can't wait for the next one!

  • @egotist-ical
    @egotist-ical Рік тому +1

    W intro

  • @stormsand9
    @stormsand9 Рік тому

    Watching this video as someone whose extensively played Fascist Fate of the Balkans Bulgaria has certainly been interesting since I am quite familiar with Bulgaria. For example, at 3:02 you mention about the worrys of Zveno staging a coup, but I can tell you from experience that it is pretty much impossible to have them coup you. I crush the socialists first, then integrate Nationail socialist movement, then Agrarian Union, then Zveno. When you're about a third of the way to fixing Zveno the coup timer may pop up, but every time you do another decision supporting the Zveno the coup timer gets extra days added to it, making it impossible for it to fire unless you want the coup to happen.
    I dont crush NSM because I want the advisor, I don't crush Agrarian union because I also want the advisor (sometimes- the NSM is superior obviously for -5% consumer goods)

  • @CpatDaRAT
    @CpatDaRAT Рік тому

    Small countries concentrated big counties dispersed unless u go air heavy then always concentrated by 1939 u get that 15% bonus to production really helps small nations but i think mostly depends if you go air or aa heavy and the enemy u face

  • @jaredjosephsongheng372
    @jaredjosephsongheng372 Рік тому +1

    The crap the end of the video literally became a disaster save for Bitter

  • @nimrodrovo440
    @nimrodrovo440 Рік тому

    I usually pick concentrated if I'm fighting the axis and dispersed if I'm fighing the allies bc of the better defense against bombs

  • @db44-t6b
    @db44-t6b Рік тому

    Damn that cliffhanger :D

  • @johnacer1727
    @johnacer1727 Рік тому

    Aaah yes. Bulgaria. Got chunk by the Balkans, but they are still alive.

  • @Shayrin2
    @Shayrin2 Рік тому +14

    Cant believe pdx still hasnt fixed the greeks and turkish focus trees. Like seriously ? It takes literally 14 lines of code and 8 minutes to do that. I know because I modded it myself. Just hotfix it ffs, they really need a custodian team.
    And the fact that puppets ultimatum dont get sent to their overlord, like for Bessarabia or Albania. Or Yugo in this video as well. For real this would take 1 day of work with 1 dude on it to fix it all.

    • @quaker2636
      @quaker2636 Рік тому +1

      They're too busy pumping out dlcs to actually fix bugs in this game lmfao

    • @RandooGaming
      @RandooGaming Рік тому

      Just like the guy said, they need that dlc cash

    • @SantaClaus-kk8zr
      @SantaClaus-kk8zr 8 місяців тому

      This is the standard that the fanbase set for them, it’s impossible to change that now. Not that the majority of people on things like the forums care, hell, most of them think paradox should go harder on DLC rather than fixes or base game shit

    • @ConnanTheCivilized
      @ConnanTheCivilized 7 місяців тому

      Paradox only cares about their Almighty focusses because obviously that’s why people play video games (or rp,) to let a focus tree automatically play out. Yes, very interesting. 💤

  • @RudolfStern3399
    @RudolfStern3399 Рік тому

    Was watching this while did world conquest with fascist Bulgaria , by far my favorite play !

  • @TokenArma
    @TokenArma Рік тому

    In all my play through a Bulgaria gets blitzkrieged burned pillaged and set to brutal oppression because of the time they sent me a request for some territory I had 15 times a minute

  • @atiliusz8656
    @atiliusz8656 Рік тому

    Great video again like always but just a little thing: if you ban fasclsm after you get the italian influence the influence will disappear 😁

  • @koenwaalde
    @koenwaalde Рік тому

    bittersteels 4d chess, now he makes his own disaster saves

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 Рік тому

    17:35 ah yes Ferdinand I's hopes and dreams 🗿👌 😎👍 💀✊

  • @MyVanir
    @MyVanir Рік тому

    tfw you save a disaster save of your own making.

  • @MobileNews24
    @MobileNews24 Рік тому +2

    nice video

  • @ryanrg1545
    @ryanrg1545 Рік тому +1

    Dang, i thought you were gonna re-play ww1 mod bulgaria, but even tho this is gonna be a great video!

  • @mfa8843
    @mfa8843 Рік тому

    @Bitt3rSteel I have heard on another channel, that one Infanterie-Template is faster to train than one Cavalary-Template.

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Рік тому

      It's true, but the cave double as a garrison template

  • @nk9437
    @nk9437 Рік тому

    New challenge: Do a world conquest as Zar Boris III. of Bulgaria for his honor!!!

  • @EnderGraff1
    @EnderGraff1 Рік тому +1

    5:53 too real

  • @hannes4223
    @hannes4223 Рік тому

    Gotta love that he committed 100 divisions to take Prussia and is annoyed when the rest of Poland starts to fall...

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Рік тому

      My goals are beyond your understanding

  • @Asdfgvqezjsxju
    @Asdfgvqezjsxju Рік тому

    He has delivered!

  • @bulgar1595
    @bulgar1595 Рік тому +1

    I love then someone plays my country on a video

  • @RichMike-fk1vh
    @RichMike-fk1vh Рік тому

    yooooo for concentrated industry it’s really only better if you go past 1944 for the boosted factory output. So unless you’re going for a long game like world dom it’s usually worse

  • @LancerIHR
    @LancerIHR Рік тому

    Any video on Bulgaria is a W video

  • @pillbox2079
    @pillbox2079 Рік тому

    For Bulgaria it is best to pick Concentrated Industry cause your economic national spirits have efficiency growth.
    So it is almost as grabbing both economic techs at the same time.

  • @viclorenzo5016
    @viclorenzo5016 Рік тому +1

    18:10 Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it make more sense to click on "Ban Fascism" after Italy completes its focus to increase fascism in Bulgaria, rather than before?
    If I remember correctly, clicking on "Ban Fascism" after Italy completes its focus would remove the national spirit.

    • @Bitt3rSteel
      @Bitt3rSteel  Рік тому +1

      It would, I just absolutely didn't realize it removed the national spirit

  • @MrIvanhow
    @MrIvanhow Рік тому

    Our Independence Day (independence from the Ottomans) was just on the 22nd. You missed the Bulgaria upload being thematic by one day :D

  • @joshboughton9682
    @joshboughton9682 Рік тому

    I would argue going for the "Restrained Paramilitary Organizations" than the "Ban Far-Right Organizations" as it gives 500 weekly manpower which is strong early game for Bulgaria.
    Love the vid tho

  • @danipetrov7416
    @danipetrov7416 Рік тому +1

    Please do more videos with Bulgaria

  • @_DutchRaptorX_
    @_DutchRaptorX_ Рік тому

    I would love the next video to be just 5 seconds long and it being a still picture of a German occupied Bulgaria

  • @jirkavirag7787
    @jirkavirag7787 Рік тому

    As major power I always go for concentrated industry. But as minor, or just smaller nation I pick the other one…

  • @R-BGamingUK
    @R-BGamingUK Рік тому +1

    Haven't watched you in a while.

  • @bueno7733
    @bueno7733 Рік тому

    if Italy starts losing, and you get the civil war, you get a free italian puppet as the faction leader

  • @romulusnuma116
    @romulusnuma116 Рік тому

    17 to 51 factories after puppeting all your neighbors

  • @JDothan
    @JDothan 6 місяців тому

    18:34 not sure if something changed, but immediately banning fascism after the event made it disappear entirely for me. Could have been bc I had 100% non aligned support

  • @SlovenianMapping
    @SlovenianMapping Рік тому

    My biggest achievement in nearly 2000 hours is learning how the navy works☠️

  • @gavingorman3267
    @gavingorman3267 Рік тому +1

    Hey bitterstreel, how did you come up with the logo for your channel?

  • @lucasgamerbr2774
    @lucasgamerbr2774 Рік тому

    Can't wait for you to come to Brasil.

  • @tsar3vich_thehistorian
    @tsar3vich_thehistorian Рік тому

    If you ever do mods, do rt56 base game. It’s broke AF if a minor has a civil war they’re either stuck in a perpetual conflict or the old regime wins

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 Рік тому

    Lore of Time to fix the Balkan Powder keg once and for all! Momentum 100

  • @alatamore
    @alatamore Рік тому

    OK, so there is a unique thing that you or your editor do where you quietly start outro music ahead of the end of the video which is weirdly eerie if the video doesn't seem to be coming to an actual end. I've noticed it before but this time the end wasn't even an end...it felt more like the end of Empire Strikes Back, where things are on a cliff hanger...

  • @maciejkozak9515
    @maciejkozak9515 Рік тому

    One hour ago I`m done WC as Ferdinand. Bulgaria STRONK!

  • @tagus100
    @tagus100 Рік тому +1

    Dispersed is good for all the majors and if you want to play a long game whereas Concentrated is better for minors & small nations who start out in a very handicapped spot, such as Bulgaria, Spain, Netherlands etc.

  • @blackyhackystudios
    @blackyhackystudios Рік тому

    THE IMAGE

  • @Noyel6969
    @Noyel6969 Рік тому

    Yeaaa that is my boy!!!

  • @adamiconx
    @adamiconx Рік тому +1

    Hungry Bulgaria moment

  • @Matt_Baer
    @Matt_Baer Рік тому

    There’s a Sabaton song somewhere in this video

  • @БисеркаСимеонова-ш9е

    Finally the country I live in

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 Рік тому

    17:35 Son: dad can we restore roman empire in HOI4
    Dad: no son we restored the roman empire at home
    *HOI4 Roman Empire at home:*

  • @runtav_guz8564
    @runtav_guz8564 Рік тому

    Life doesn't get easier, you just get Bulgarian

  • @Kermit670
    @Kermit670 Рік тому

    Is Hulu paying for all of these Futurama references? They should be

  • @zalanbilisics8011
    @zalanbilisics8011 Рік тому +1

    20 sec ago uploaded and already watching

  • @colef2222
    @colef2222 Рік тому

    The Bulg is my favorite minor nation. You can clearly see the inspiration behind the soviets design tree.

  • @TamiGeorge-vs1ug
    @TamiGeorge-vs1ug Рік тому +1

    Bulgaria having a bigger tree then Germany:💀
    Bulgaria having a bigger tree then Japan:💀💀💀💀💀

    • @mreevee7785
      @mreevee7785 Рік тому

      Bulgaria is more important than both put together.

  • @gamesarefun1338
    @gamesarefun1338 Рік тому +1

    You should collaborate with ISP

  • @definitelynotstalin4306
    @definitelynotstalin4306 Рік тому

    When your playing Bulgaria and Italy gives you that national spirit. You're gonna want to ban fascism when they give it to you, not before, right as they do it. It will remove that national spirit so you don't have to worry about it.