HoI4 Guide: Bulgaria - Prussia of the Balkans - Balkan Problem Solved Achievement

A guide for HoI4 Battle for the Bosporus as Bulgaria, now with up to 69% more RNG!
Following the steps laid out in this guide will help you to get the achievement "Balkan Problem Solved" and ""Prussia of the Balkans.
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[@ObliviousProdigee]

Doing my Commie Bulgaria proud Bitt3r 1: Natural Orator is a great boon, it can make or break a run so get it if you can, even more important than a seducer 2: Build Civs until you get enough to do the industry Focus 3: Improving the Roads will give you the 8 civs you need for Psychological Warfare 4: You MUST do the integration before August 1940 because Italy will declare on Greece, a NAP or Attache will most likely not save you 5: Don't build your spy network with just the 1 spy available, I've lost my commando to this 6: Turkey has a VERY small chance of flipping, I got them once in my 40+ test games 7: If you need Manpower to destabilise then delete your airforce 8: The order of the first focuses are to maximise the PP early because you need a lot for the faction management decisions 9: Prioritise Industry, doctrine and research. You won't need guns for a while or even have the industry for it 10: Be careful about Bessarabia, if you get it then the Soviets might declare on you, this is good because you can kill them relatively easy with the balkan armies 11: Getting rid of the IMRO won't really be feasible early game because it will use the guns you need to destabilise 12: Avoid the SCW, it will eat the guns you need 13: If you want to gamble then do the bury grudges focus when Romania and greece go 60% communist 14: I prefer to have 2 spies in Romania and 2 in Greece 15: Train the Youth Wings is to get the Manpower to do the destabilisation decisions 16: After you expand the Sofia University you want to rush the Industry beacuse you will have higher Consumer goods until the final one is done

[@zo1o281]

Stefan out here savin the day

[@ObliviousProdigee]

@@zo1o281 Fookin Zolo

[@hzcyd101]

Agreed, I simply give up on Turkey and that could save some time to get Greece and Romania earlier.

[@Anon72005]

Cheers Stepho, lots of love xoxoxoxo

[@charilaoskaragkounis7412]

Only way i've been able to flip turkey is you must have 60% Communist support before their 1939 elections. If you do that, they will flip. It's just hard to do so too but if you do it, it's almost guaranteed. Only problem is you have to rush the united balkan federation because they left my faction once so it was pointless.

[@danrobidoux]

The amount of RNG that Paradox shoved into this is spectacularly anti-fun. This is a really interesting run in theory, but in practice I just failed my 7th attempt because Romania refused the Unification. Since I'm already behind due to them taking forever to flip Communist, by the time I fight and annex them Russia will have eaten Bessarabia and the UK will have taken Albania. It's a shame, because they added some really cool mechanics to the Balkans only to gate most of it behind layers of RNG. I'm so sick of just doing Fascist everything all the time, but every other method requires so much luck and a dozen restarted games. EDIT: 14th time's the charm. UGH. Thanks for the video though, it's not like this is your fault. Subbed.

[@Eineindiefresse]

11 attempts to flip turkey as a priority before their 1939 election and it just ain't happening, despite ISP pulling it off just two weeks ago, fuck you paradox

[@snackums996]

Im coming back to this as its one of favorites to build. This used to be easier. I've done 8 runs so far. Romania and Greece have each flipped to the red shirts one time. Neither before August '40.

[@DarkDragon-nh2ef]

Yesterday I doubted quite a lot about your success for the achievement run, you really surprised me. Great job and continue doing these amazing videos, I really love your channel!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I was at the limit of my patience for a while there, but in the end Turkish zeal carried the day! Thank you for your support!

[@DarkDragon-nh2ef]

@@Bitt3rSteel when you were pushed back from Italian shores I understood your frustration, but I was so proud that, for the first time in Hoi4 history, my country managed to obliterate such a good player as you Greetings from Italy😂

[@eric_reeves21]

My guess is the United Kingdom was able to kick you because you were in an offensive war against Italy while they were in a defensive one for Poland. Unless you specifically joined the same war, I believe they can kick you as technically it's two different wars being fought by two countries who just happen to be in the same faction against the same people. It's odd but that is my take on why I believe it happened.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

That actually makes sense, sorta

[@twhsaw6682]

My guess is that they kicked you because you didn't merge the wars so technically you were in different wars fighting the same people.

[@OtterSpace975]

Should update this guide for NSB, as you can now get a third achievement (I Captured the Bosporus and All I Got Was This Lousy Achievement), and taking Hungary without fighting the Allies or the Axis no longer seems possible. It also seems that through several test games while attempting, Turkey and Italy will likely give you the Balkan land back without a fight.

[@HoJSimpson]

I am currently at the point where i am hoping that the RNG Gods are with me, but that flipping guide is superb. Thanks mate!

[@buklborisov2460]

Yes the gameplay is good but my man YOU GOT THE NAMES ON POINT! I have never hear someone say our names so good

[@mustafapula1951]

Amazing content! I found your chanell past week and i subscribed after watching the first video you are underrated man. As a new subscriber i have a challenge for you play as Albania(my homeland) and conquer all the Mediteranian countries. ✌🏻

[@magnificentgenius6776]

Are you going to do a cut version of your hardly anything sevres achievement run. I would really like a manageable walk-through.

[@Chris11502]

My boi Bulgaria back at it again

[@extra_crispy4958]

I tried this as Democratic Bulgaria, I got everyone to flip ideology except Turkey so I decided to form the federation anyway, only for them to flip afterwards and the join the axis.

[@ryder8246]

Have recently come back to this guide to try and do it in No Step Back and I declared on Hungry basically on the same date as in the video and they instantly joined the axis and sicked Germany on me. RIP was having a good run actually as well. I hope this doesnt happen every time and I just had bad luck or something.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Nah, they changed the Hungarian behavior, they now join the axis

[@demoman99]

@@Bitt3rSteel what to do then?

[@LibbysMustard]

@@Bitt3rSteel Redo the Guide for No step back?

[@kleinerprinz99]

BBA update : For me Hungary never joins the Axis unless you take like several months for the War to continue and finish. I tried it. However with the new war participation and peace conference system Yugoslavia ends up with atleast 50% war goal up to 75%. Its ridiculous. You'll end up with two puppets. After you integrate Yugoslavia their puppet gets released unfortunately. On the other hand they are now Communist.

[@DeathEatsCurry]

Worth noting, having Turkey in your faction and having more than 1x strength ratio compared to them and having more than 90 Opinion will increase your chances of succesfully demanding their balkan territories by a good amount. Same for Italy (though it's unlikely you'll get them into your faction). Being at war with either or an ally of them before demanding the territories will make your chances 0.

[@protkrombere6828]

Hungary joins the axis as I declare on them bruh

[@BringTheRains]

I've noticed that the UK will kick people from the faction that generate world tension and not the same ideology.

[@mecklevonheinsburgh4648]

I subscribed today, cause you make cool content. Congrats, bro. Bulgaria I think has a lot of potential in the new expansion, and I know it's a tall order but for some reason I'd love to see a World Conquest as fascist Bulgaria. Don't ask me why.

[@512TheWolf512]

Can't you wait until turkey flips, manually invite to faction, and THEN finish the unification focus?

[@soqquadromicatondo9605]

No vabbè, you are the hoi4 master!

[@albert8964]

I love YOU AND bulgaria thank YOU FOR making A video of bulgaria

[@alexiserni8583]

I don't know why I like it so much, it's very good xd

[@delijakomita5994]

This may seem stupid and it's not an achievement but can you release Macedonia from Yugoslavia and try to gain as much territory as possible. Love your videos and keep up the great work!

[@temoongb9959]

So I just bought this game maybe 2 months ago. I saw this playthrough and decided to try it. I was surprised that I was able to flip turkey since bittersteel says it was almost impossible to flip it. Maybe i'm lucky. And also when I completed the united balkan front focus while italy was justifying on yugoslavia, the justification suddenly disappeared. I haven't progress yet after unifying the balkans since I need time to organize the army and the industry. P.s.: I wasn't able to get hungary and they got northern transylvania while russia was able to claim besserebia while I was almost finish with the unifying the balkans focus :(

[@kingtommen6454]

Is it possible to flip both Romania and Turkey before Turkey's 1939 election and Romania's Pro Allied Government focus? I tried it a few times but I don't think Turks flip on its own unless there's an election Great guide!! Subscribed for sure

[@Bitt3rSteel]

It's possible, but not probable. Spies get caught and the AI can be really stubborn

[@tantibus3798]

Why does Hungary join Axis every time I try this?

[@james2529]

Greece, romania and turkey were at 60% commie and none of them flipped until i gave up in 1941

[@harveysharp5166]

Has something changed with Hungary? I've tried this run 6 times and 3 of those times I had to restart because Hungary joined the axis when I declared war after they renounced the treaty of trianon

[@jerfil2226]

hungary joined axis

[@MLakeside]

The rng dependance is indeed quite frustrating. My first run I managed to turn all the nations to communism quite easily and puppeted Hungary before they could join the Axis. Unfortunately Romania turned fascist because they were influenced by Italy before I could absorb them and left my faction. They then joined Japan?!. On my second playthrough I couldn't puppet Hungary, because they were guaranteed by Britain, and I could only turn Romania and Turkey to communism. Greece did turn eventually, but too late as I was already finishing integration focus and not a moment too soon as Romania turned fascist after they finished abdication focus. They did accept integration though, before they could leave ny faction. At the same time Italy finished "War in Greece" focus and communist greece joines Allies, as they didn't want to join my faction before that.

[@testtest6928]

Screw it - RNG messed with me and Italy attacked before I united everyone, but Hungary as a puppet gives a huge tactical advantage - I decide to proceed with 17 factories vs all Axis, since maybe that is insane, but at least no more RNG - my game my rules

[@thenordiccomrade7100]

I understand this is an old video, but why didn’t you just launch a coup in turkey tho?

[@DoomDutch]

I screwed my game by declaring on Hungary and them joining the Axis. Guess something changed with that in the past 1,5 years.

[@pelvismen5510]

I'm very surprised germans had like three divisions per province in Italy instead of the usual 20

[@fragstja3231]

great channel.

[@liambenn1214]

welp, declared on hungary, they joined the axis, not exactly sure what i did wrong since everything was the same as in the vid, probably not gonna retry this one because setting up bulgaria is too tedious

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Yeah, the last major patch changed Hungarian behavior...no longer free real estate

[@liambenn1214]

@@Bitt3rSteel yeah i assumed something like that was the case because i tried your other guides before NSB and it all worked fine, the guide is still useful, its just a bad idea to invade Hungary now haha

[@scottlmiller1]

Could starting a civil war in late 1936 early 1937 help in releasing the army restriction. Feedback Gaming did a video on this achievement. I never had his luck when playing Bulgaria. I gave up trying to do this achievement due to Albania submits to Italy in the spring of '39. In addition waiting on the other countries. Romania always give up their territory, no matter what's the relationship between Bulgaria and the USSR when playing for this achievement. I find playing Bulgaria as annoying with this DLC. Greece is not too bad. I have mix reaction playing as Turkey.

[@sa-jh8is]

I was attacked by the axis just after romania seeded Bessarabia in this...what did I do wrong? I had to delay the unification focus due to greece taking forever to become communist.

[@stevebootgaming1144]

I played and when I fought Hungary germany was called in

[@PigSlayer1001]

Macedonian Empire Challenge? Been struggling with that one myself

[@PigSlayer1001]

@So James Thanks for the guide, ill retry my attempt with this in mind

[@vitfleischmann13]

Early pog

[@Gameplayokmagyarul]

Hungary next? Pls

[@PX6DEVASTATER]

It's a shame how Pdox has kinda muddled this focus tree over the patches. In the current patch Greece seems to actively refuse to flip until they get declared on by Italy, then they instantly flip and join the allies. I can get Romania to flip but they instantly join the Russian faction. Ironically Turkey doesn't seem too difficult to flip now and they don't insta join a faction when they do. Would be nice if Pdox would spend a patch or two just going through previous focus trees and ensure they all work properly.

[@redoctober67]

Anyone got any advice if you get Turkey/Greece/Yugo but NOT Romania. They will always join the Axis as soon as you get that war goal. Romania always complete Appointing Pro-Axis government before I can finish Unification and flips back to fascist, making them decide to choose not to allow themselves to be integrated. I can't find any way around them not flipping.

[@daggertheboarking705]

Are you using a mod or dlc because I can't find any of the options you have:(

[@Bitt3rSteel]

This is all DLC up to and including Battle for the Bosporus (so no No Step Back)

[@samueljohnson5310]

Is this outdated now? I did everything here but Romania never gets far enough communist fast even with 3 spies on boosting ideology and doing the decisions. Also Greece keeps doing the Tito focus

[@jesuschrist9513]

Are spies necessary for this?

[@andreasgum3718]

I've run into the problem of being forced to demobilise from War Economy to Partial Mobilisation as a Communist government, usually after a war is finished. If I don't spend 50 PP to enact the decision I will get a national focus called 'strikes.' How come this doesn't happen to you?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Because my war support is high enough. Send an attaché to Japan or China

[@andreasgum3718]

@@Bitt3rSteel Many thanks!

[@averagerocenjoyer3152]

Can i go with the democratic route first and flip to Communist?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

You'd be way too slow

[@averagerocenjoyer3152]

@@Bitt3rSteel ok then

[@Bitt3rSteel]

You have to rush communism so you can start boosting your neighbors asap. If you wait too long, you'll have to suffer even more RNG and it's bad enough as it is

[@averagerocenjoyer3152]

@@Bitt3rSteel thank for the advice.

[@lukefiggins6851]

hehehe "ill tell you what to do with your pp" "giggity" classy

[@nekoneko4755]

Glowy too the Bulgarian

[@yyuunnuuss]

helloooooooooo

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Ola!

[@maxyvisser4385]

Hoi!

[@yourfutureself3547]

I found out the hard way that turkey won’t flip easily... I got their communist support to 99% and they didn’t flip😔

[@demmonite1007]

FOR SOME REASON ROMANIA DEWCLINED TO BE ANNEXED

[@Gymbro_069]

what about the navy

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Either you build some bathtubs, or you combine all the shitty ships from all nations you can drag into your union into a feely strong enough to naval invade Italy

[@Gymbro_069]

@@Bitt3rSteel thanks

[@feldspar1496]

"Hardly recommend" means you don't recommend it

[@Bitt3rSteel]

*heartily* but I must have mispronounced it!

[@feldspar1496]

@@Bitt3rSteel AAAAAAAH ok! Also, couldn't you have created your own faction since hungary was your puppet?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

No,you lack the ability. It's weird, I know. The focus that makes the Federation faction doesn't actually allow you to make factions yourself. So you have to...steam someone else's

[@feldspar1496]

@@Bitt3rSteel Wow that's pretty weird. So the fact that you want to war with japan actually helps because otherwise the chinese wouldn't want you haha

[@joelker41]

I've tried this 3 times and Greece was over 60% communist for a year and half...no flip. Romania flipped and joined comintern immediately. Turkey oddly enough flipped a week into being 60%. I very much dislike Bulgaria achievements. I only have 12 left in the game and I dare say Manchukuo and China's are more fun and interesting.

[@thejp361]

Beeing lucky is not really my strengh. communist Greece joined allies, Turkey was 86% communist and didn't flip, communist romania joimed axis

[@duncanharrell5009]

I can’t be the only one who hates the United Balkan Federation flag, right?

[@ggentertainment7057]

First

[@Hmssussex]

When I tried for the first time, right when I got Romania communist they still joined the axis and declared war on me..

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Bulgaria truly is the most versatile nation in this patch! hope you enjoy this run, it was quite fun!

[@anglowarrior7970]

Bro you should do some playthroughs because you are a excellent hoi4 player

[@jacobshipley4367]

Tempted to become a hoi4 youtuber just to show you the secret decision paradox put in to integrate Bulgaria's stubborn neighbors, that only appears if you you take specific action. Haven't seen anyone figure it out yet, but its a HUGE reward if you experiment.

[@jacobshipley4367]

SPOILERS -ITS VERY FUN TO DISCOVER THIS YOURSELF If you stage a coup with the help of "destabilize" decisions, a decision appears to join your communist allies. it will buypass any garuntees. Using this effectivly requires rebuilding your military BEFORE joining a faction, so it's not intuitive. But you easily make up that time saved, and can unite the balkans by 1939 if you time it correctly.

[@caleb.8]

Bulgaria has the most op focus tree in bfb and in the balkans

[@veys4958]

Hungary always join the axis. I justified war goal with you at the same time. But it didnt work. They always join the axis when i declare war on them. So i released albania and hungary. I'll deal with all of them later.

[@cryogenicdragon4282]

"Sitting on quite a bit pp" and "I will tell you what to do with that pp" 2020

[@pedeajabroawokawok]

2023

[@zacharytaylor2423]

FYI: The strength calculation used to determine the odds of giving up territory is based solely on the number of divisions, adjusted by up to 10% for number of planes. You can dump out a bunch of 2 width poorly-equipped divisions right before you ask for land, then delete them.

[@TheSepulphagist]

Everytime I did this run I had a really easy time flipping Turkey, Romania wasn't bad, and Greece was extremely stubborn.

[@tomio175]

Just a quick comment: "Hardly recommend" means you barely recommend it.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

*heartily*

[@tomio175]

@@Bitt3rSteel Woops

[@bodives]

@@Bitt3rSteel well, I understood it as "hardly" as well, but due to the context I understood what you actually meant. Some other people might not, though.

[@Wakrar]

Now everything makes sense. I've heard hardly on other occasions as well, but it was heartily, then

[@mimikyumaster4513]

I’ve tried it 3 times. The stars were aligning, everything was going great. Soviet Union took Bessarabia, which was fine I could invade them. I capitulated turkey, and the allies kicked me from their faction while I was also at war with the axis. That’s fine, I got what I needed from them. I invaded the Soviet Union and got Bessarabia. It looked like I had everything I needed. Huh, that’s weird why don’t I have the achievement. I was missing a state. I was missing the Aegean islands that were taken by turkey and reclaimed by Australia. I couldn’t request it back bc I wasn’t in their faction, and I couldn’t justify war on them by I had made a non aggression pact with the UK trying to smooth it over with them so they would let me back in their faction. The Soviets now had pushed me back and It would take a while for the non aggression pact with the UK to expire. While it is still possible to win, it’s easier to just start from the beginning. My heart is broken, the only thing holding me back from the achievement were 3 tiles, taken by a country on the other side of the world, and unobtainable for years. Good video though, I had no clue how to go about this achievement.

[@user-tn1wo4md4n]

Lmao I used steam achievement manager and got it in 10 seconds

[@64bitVanny]

Love how the devs focused so much on bulgarian achievements. Love from bulgaria

[@shadowfighter8861]

Imagine it was that easy for the balkans to unite irl

[@TheXenomorphGuySMSE]

for anyone wondering, if you have 1 extra division than in this guide, the Italians should hand over the territories.... or at least that's what happened with me.

[@bysigmar3819]

As much as I appreciate Bittersteels great Achievement tutorials I have to say Spaniard did this one much better. I got both of them in one run of two hours. He analyzed the Focuses and Achievements and found some ways to make it really easy with no rng and almost no war 😅

[@timothyhouse1622]

I am going to have to agree. I even screwed up big time on a few things trying to go off Spaniard's guide from memory (it is a bit on the long side) and still managed to salvage it. Of course, I was at war with EVERYONE but Russia, but I got the achievement. That is all that matters. Anyone who does it should remember some important things. First off, don't forget to revoke military access from Italy. I had to go to war with the Axis because I forgot to do this and handed Rhodes to Italy after taking it from Britain. Matter of fact, it probably isn't even needed. Use your spies to flip Yugoslavia so it finishes around the same time as Romania. In the scheme of things it probably doesn't matter, I still finished the confederation long before I had to worry about anyone messing with my stuff. Third, conserve your PP. Spaniard's guide means you can do the faction politics at your leisure instead of on a tight schedule. You will need that PP for the confederation. Also, don't panic if you accidently capitulate Turkey before declaring war on allies. Just take all the territory except one little province, I suggest one that can be locked from getting reinforcement from allies and can be easily retaken. Then, when white peace is over re justify on Turkey. It will take about 30 days as long as you didn't leave something you have a core on. Which I wouldn't recommend leaving something you have a core on. Just leave a small out of the way Turkish province you can waltz into once they join the allies after declaring war on them again.

[@mknote]

9:48 I like how you inserted that so smoothly. Giggity.

[@scott3017]

I don't know if it's a new feature or not, but I'm finding that Hungary often joins the axis when declared on, even in early 1939 when world tension is still fairly low. I guess its not free real estate any more

[@Digitaaliklosetti]

I'm also running into this. The only time this didn't happen was when I flubbed with PP and was forced to justify later (I think weeks or months after they flip fascy). I will experiment more, but I'm starting to think a long border with the Axis will be necessary.

[@scott3017]

@@Digitaaliklosetti I found a way to get around it. I did a civil war to flip to communist very early (and refuse army restrictions early too). Then I rushed the alliance with Yugoslavia while justifying on Hungary. The idea is to conquer Hungary before they flip to fascist so they can'tjoin the axis. Since tension is low enough the UK won't mind. Hungary is still small, but it shortens the border by quite a bit. Although in my last playthrough where I actually got the achievements, Italy decided to give me Istria, Zara, Albania, and the Dodecanese, so I had no reason to fight the Axis. I did have to take down the Soviets though because of Bessarabia.

[@Digitaaliklosetti]

@@scott3017 Thanks for thr hint! I will still attempt hitting my head against the wall with this. I got it once and I want to get it again.

[@scott3017]

@@Digitaaliklosetti be careful. Wait to finish your civil war until after you finish the "depose the czar" focus. If you finish the focus with stability under 30% you'll get another civil war, unless you're already in one.

[@bart3030]

Britain kicked me from their faction as well yesterday, must be some kind of bug

[@sa-jh8is]

How do you invade Hungary without them joining Axis? I attacked the day you did and they joined the Axis...

[@franciscotadeia727]

same here

[@antasil5768]

You make it seem so simple ;-)

[@xowkaxd5449]

Bruh i cant i want to overthorw the tsar but i cant i need 30% support FF but how can i support them? please help!!! and also theres writes that there is a requirement to employ communist ministers so please help

[@eeuumm2128]

I got ruined because Hungary got the amazing idea to join the axis

[@Dokktor]

Me too man...

[@iulianlupastean7038]

Hey Bitt3rSteel I am trying this guide on the new No Step Back and I managed to get romania and yougoslavia in my faction but when I attack hungary they Immediately join axis and call the in the war.There is no guarantee involved and I don't know how to stop them from joining axis.Any ideas?

[@franciscotadeia727]

@@commander90997 how’d you do it tho? what i’ve been trying to do is to put all 12 units on the tile next do pecs because there’s no river crossing there, get that, everyone on pecs and horses crossing and going to budapest before anyone gets there, still taking to long :/. Any tips? Im by no way good at this and could really use some help

[@chucknorrismlg425]

@@franciscotadeia727 Did you manage to do it? Im at my 4th try and its still not working out

[@koenzuidberg4927]

One problem that i encountered in my run is that Hungary, after becoming my puppet, puppeted Slovakia, presumably through the "claim overlordship over Slovakia" focus. This made it so that my faction didn't consist of just me and my puppet, so i couldn't disband it. I couldn't kick Slovakia either, since they were someone else's puppet.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

That's an old bug... Hungary has no business getting puppets as a puppet...you can still integrate them and then you have Slovakia as a puppet

[@alainc.5554]

Thanks! This worked for both achievements for me. Only have 3 left now before 100%.

[@nicolasderra3888]

Hungary ALWAYS joins the axis and calls them in after like 5 days.

[@nicolasderra3888]

Found the problem, when you declare war, even if it sounds pretty convenient, don't invite Romania into the faction, they will tip the scale too much and the Hungarian IA will feel forced to join the axis, as soon as you invite Romania they will join the axis, then you will have approx 10-20 days to capitulate them before Germany joins.

[@nicolasderra3888]

Great, now greece just doesn't flip

[@nicolasderra3888]

Had a strange run, turkey fliped, was almost ready to annex everyone, romania flips fascist and joined the axis, on the other side italy decides to give me all my balkan cores so yeah, idk.

[@elbeto191291]

For anyone who's trying this one: You can boost Communism in the countries around you and stage coups in them. Eliminates the RNG part but has you building mills almost inmediately. You can then join their civil wars and get the victor into your faction. Oh, and "Balkan Problem Solved" requires you to NOT dismantle your faction and join another; you need to be the faction leader

[@cacobeaner1379]

Finally, the video I have been waiting for! Thank you!!

[@jozef4549]

Tried this with NSB and when I declared on Hungary, they immediately joined the Axis and stomped me :(

[@Bakrain]

Happens to me every time, Germany comes in and ends it. I'm giving up on this achievement.

[@CasshernSinz1613]

Idk what I am doing different but #1, Yugo never turns communist, and #2 every single time I want to annex Hungary Yugo wants to just annex all their territory and refuse to allow me to puppet them. This contesting causes me to lose all my warscore on fighting to puppet Hungary and it results in neither country annexing all of Hungary. Thus there are two Hungary(s) and this causes one to join the axis and ruin the run...WHY?!

[@timothyhouse1622]

This is now my NEW least favorite achievement since Austria Hungary was made easier. This one is just plain BS. EVERYTHING is determinate on RNG. If you don't get an orator you can't switch Romania before they do their focus that kills it. Once you do flip them you have to worry about Italy undoing it all with their Befriend Romania. Romania left my faction and Italy declared war on Greece 10 days before the focus was finished. F ITALY! I have managed to flip them ONCE before they took their focus and it took stacking EVERY agent in Romania which put me behind flipping Turkey and Greece. As far as Turkey and Greece, Turkey flipped pretty quickly but Greece held it up. What REALLY sucks is having to do so much micro management doing the faction junk just to have wasted all that time because of RNG.

[@timothyhouse1622]

OK, upon further attempts to get this achievement let me say F RNGESUS!!!! There are seriously so many ways RNG can screw you over in these runs. My last one had my spies in Romania captured FOUR TIMES and ONE DEATH. WTAF???? It is only Romania. My spies aren't getting captured or killed in Greece, Turkey or anywhere else. But it never fails, my spies in Romania get caught all the time. This means you will never have them at 60 by the time they finish their focus that knocks it down. Also, I recommend don't even try flipping Turkey. They will never do it by the time you have to do the focus and they will do it later so when you attack them they join the comintern. And holy F, Greece just refuses to flip in EVERY run.

[@timothyhouse1622]

Attempt #5277: Greece finally flips with enough time to do the focus before Russia gobbles up part of Romania and avoiding getting in war with Russia. This is lucky because the last few turns Russia has gone to war with Finland and managed to get rid of the effects of the purge BEFORE Germany starts Barbarossa. Lets just say that does not end well for Germany and it is impossible to get your territory back. This attempt I didn't manage to flip Turkey so had to go to war with them. Let me just say, F you UK. They invaded Albania so when the peace deal came around after Russia and I ROFLSTOMPED Germany the price tag for taking Albania was so dang high I had to use up most of my war support on the first turn to get it. In THEIR first turn, the UK, who had kicked me out of the allies, not only puppeted Turkey but also GREECE by forming it from Rhodes. So, ONE TINY ISLAND is keeping me from the achievement after playing HOURS of RNG FINALLY going my way. Nope, RNGESUS says that was too good and there must be repentance. I guess it is lucky though that I was able to absorb the tiny nation of Turkey who only held Istanbul by picking the "Give me your land" button in decisions. Did the DEVS even playtest this????

[@timothyhouse1622]

OK, going to have to agree with someone else on this. I usually LOVE Bittersteels guides but this one just isn't the best. If you want a guide that gets rid of the RNGBS then go with Spaniards guide on this achievement. It is a little on the long side but trust me, it is FAR easier than praying to RNGESUS for Greece to flip. You can also finish up the Balkan Confederation and absorb Romania, Greece and Yugoslavia BEFORE 1939. If I didn't mess up some things I could probably have done it before WW2 even started. I even royally screwed up the run at the end, winding up being at war with allies and axis, and still managed to get it. Lets just say, don't forget the step that you revoke military access to Italy prior to stealing anything that the allies took from Italy. I ended up handing Rhodes to the Italians and having to declare war on them to get it back. Also, if you accidently capitulate Turkey prior to declaring war on allies do not panic. Just take everything but a tiny province int eh peace deal and re fabricate on them when the white peace is over. I suggest the really small province next Syria that has no ports. Just make sure it isn't one of your cores you pass on.

[@biver1878]

For everybody watching in 2024, the Hungary strat doesn‘t work anymore because Hungary will simply join the Axis and then it‘s goodnight for you. Had to find out the hard way…

[@andromidius]

Three years old but still mostly accurate and valuable. However when I did it just now... ooooh dear. Hungary did a naughty and decided to join the Axis moments before capitulating and called them in immediately. Queue a grindy war against Germany that lasted most of a year, delaying WW2 and causing half the people Germany finally declared on to join my faction and not call in the Allies. Ridiculous and brutal. Clinging to life right now, hoping the Allies actually make a push on the severely overstretched and worn down Germans rather then do whatever they are doing (which seems to be 'not much').

[@Ihavenoidea-dm3wd]

I got worker strikes in 1936 july

[@maurochoque4372]

This playthrough is so irritant, the rng in every game for me is so bllsht

[@czejs_13]

i think that paradox don't like me when i had 1 province to get with 96 green bubble hungary joined to axis i don't know why could someone explain that (If someone want to know i didn't have a la resistance dlc)

[@rockytech3658]

You should do neither death or dishonor guide

[@Agent-wp3yi]

I just cant belive u can play with that song on...........

[@al.bay24]

As a turk, the way you say edirne hurts me :D Its edirne not edirn :D

[@bajlozi6873]

As a non-turk: K a r a b o g a

[@AlfaFilms05]

did this and got pretty bad rng on greece, i got every territory, hungary, yugoslavia, romania and turkey but not greece even though they had 80% communist popularity. and then a month after i do it they turn communist

[@lorddashdonalddappington2653]

Got I fucking hate fiddling with the stupid faction system so much.

[@jackfitzgerald6167]

Great guide, been struggling for ages. The link doesn't work, can you post it as a normal document not on discord?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

It should be fixed! Sorry!

[@jackfitzgerald6167]

@@Bitt3rSteel cheers mate, keep up the good work

[@黑白狼君]

For Turkey give Constantinople only need improve relations up to like 50

[@griffinlaw9367]

Of course it would take a Prussia to solve the Balkan Problem...

[@not_nsl2572]

its kinda dumb how you cant leave a faction if your at war but you can be kicked even thou your at war

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Makes 0 sense, but it's a paradox game so...

[@not_nsl2572]

@@Bitt3rSteel we cant do nothing oof

[@enitivy]

Even when greece was communist, he didn't want to join to faction, help please