Kaiserin Victoria restores the HRE! HoI4 Guide - No Step Back

[@Bitt3rSteel]

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[@DunkTasticMan]

Glad you keep getting sponsors, keep doing what you enjoy.

[@linkfromzelda1002]

No.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

@@DunkTasticMan thanks, trying to keep paying the mortgage O.O

[@DunkTasticMan]

@@Bitt3rSteel lol

[@General_Dane]

From someone named Hjalmar it is pronounced jalmar. (Looks a bit weird I think)

[@BubblesZest]

I find it funny how the HRE/Victoria is meant to be an easter egg but you'll still find people who want Germany to buffed more to make it easier, like bruh they already suffer from main character syndrome in this game. They don't need more.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

But cute waifu :(

[@BubblesZest]

Waifus are temporary, achievements are forever ;)

[@wilhelmrk]

I miss the era when you could do the oppose hitler skip Rheinland exploit. Unlocking both focus branches was Glorious

[@senatorstevenarmstrong2807]

@@wilhelmrk how did people figure that out

[@alisso23e]

@@senatorstevenarmstrong2807 pretty sure you just declared war on someone and it would bypass rhineland. Then you were free to go down oppose hitler

[@JIopemUncym]

19:55 Literally every other German leader: "Two front war is not that terrible"

[@esense9602]

HRE literally fought 30 years of war in every front and inside their territory.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

The power of decentralised industry!

[@rutger5000]

Tip for the civil war. If you disband the axis before hand than you can create a faction with Austria the moment you click on the decision that starts the civil war. Doing so will give you Austria for free as the referendum will trigger shortly after you won the civil war. It will also make the civil war easier as it will cause the AI to send troops to the border with Austria.

[@overclocked5422]

not enough world tension to make a faction

[@PravusGaming]

Ah, I remember this challenge. It's an absolute blast!

[@fodetraore6666]

Hi pravus love your vids too!

[@eli8922]

Why hello there pravus you got me in to hoi4

[@abbasaliyev1751]

Hey Pravus! Was watching your videos in Plague Inc. days! Basically, you taught me the meta

[@p.sgaming2653]

Pravus HRE, go!

[@schmerzencheese]

Thank you for fueling my love for HOI4! I used to be terrible and tired of it, but now I’ve learnt so many techniques and smashing through enemy lines like a knife through butter.

[@beastdeas7250]

My boi cas+medium tank best technique

[@Tom-oj7si]

You should still touch grass

[@schmerzencheese]

@@Tom-oj7si Who needs grass when you have HOI4

[@runatic2864]

@@schmerzencheese so true my brother

[@GalacticTitan57]

is this still the best technique?@@beastdeas7250

[@fritjoflarsson9817]

I find it annoying that it's not possible to get rid of "Redirecting Naval Production" national spirit debuff that you get from doing "Accept British Naval Dominance" focus. Not even after capitulating the UK. And it never expires. Great video BTW.

[@antasil5768]

Thanks for the credits! This is one of my favorite campaigns. And yes, the crossing into the alps is always a challenge. Hannibal would agree ;-)

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks for the tips!

[@kyletravis7158]

Gotta tell you man, found this game on Xbox Gamepass for PC[I've played CK on console but had no clue this existed until this year] struggled endlessly to succeed at this game in any capacity & randomly came across you posted some strats on Reddit, decided to look you up on YT afterwards. Man, without a doubt one of the best subs I've made on YT in a long time. Super helpful, clearly knowledgeable about even the smallest details of the game/history, and probably the most subtly implemented sponsors lol. The way you just quickly incorporate whatever sponsor for the video into what you're casually talking about it is great. Anyways, thanks for literally single handedly teaching me how to play this game & keep up the great work. Idk if tons of subs is the goal, but if you so, imagine you'll have that in no time all. Cheers

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@justsaychloe1060]

i just watched m3an's speedrun of the HRE a bit ago, and i was hoping you'd make a guide of your own :) thanks for the content!

[@Kidd-In-Charge]

I came here direct from m3an’s new Rome world record run!

[@ToadG]

hi bittersteel, love your videos. well done on 100k subs!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Glad you like them!

[@Rottenflieger.]

I like how despite being in a massive alliance, Romania was bullied into ceding Bessarabia to the Soviets AND then Transylvania to Hungary. ol' Carol clearly didn't have a lot of confidence in the Germans.

[@potato88872]

If you put historical on, no matter how strong is the faction, Romania will alwasy cede land

[@Rottenflieger.]

@@potato88872 oh I'm aware, I just find it pretty funny how the AI doesn't take into account the factors I mentioned.

[@cc0767]

27:40 Luxemburg is like "Stand still, its vision is based on movement"

[@thomads3890]

Paul von Lettow Vorbeck was literally called up by Hitler to become Ambassador in London, and as the legend goes, he told Hitler to literally "kiss his arse" and eff off :-D What a Chad!

[@thedoodindoing3931]

Literal chad funny mustache man no, Kaiser yes 👍

[@microwave_corporation]

I have to say, as someone who speaks German, the fact that you pronounce German names correctly makes my day!

[@C.S_Brown]

Thank you bittersteel, I was watching your old video in order to figure it out, nice you revisited one of the tougher achievements.

[@znn_]

congratulations for 100k subs!!!ur my favorite hoi4 youtuber😁

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thank you so much 😀

[@TrondelagianPatriotsriseup]

If you establish vichy france (or in this case, bourbon france) and then create a collaboration government in france, you will get around 75% of the french factories instead of 20%

[@hendrikmons4231]

Glorious :D the trick with Poland to ease tention on the border in the civil war was a great tip!

[@Chewyshoot]

Bitt3rsteel cutting through Czechoslovakia like what.. SAY IT! SAY IT!

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

Blitzkrieg?

[@Chewyshoot]

@@Lady_Amelia-Eloise knife through butter

[@Havok0159]

I've had Romania do the exact same thing. They were in a faction with me, Poland gave up its eastern half to the USSR so I now had a direct border with the USSR. The Baltics didn't join my faction so I only had Romania and Finland in my faction. (Romania joined after the war kicked off and wouldn't join the war because of dangerous borders) I blow through the USSR from my border and am almost at Crimea. I call Romania in the war after I secure its border and just days later they cede Besserabia while we were at war with the USSR and winning so hard it wasn't even funny... I was maybe a month away from capitulating the USSR because I also had max collaboration set up. And Finland white peaced even though I was almost at Moscow. Oh and of course Romania gave up N. Transylvania (even though the popup said they refused) while they were in a faction with me and Hungary wasn't. All three events where Romania loses a chunk of territory is based on German support of those demands. Why the hell do they still accept them when Germany is in a faction with them? The only one I could influence was the Bulgarian one but all three should be based on German decisions. Besserabia on Molotov-Ribentrop, N.Transylvania on German support and Bulgaria is fine as is.

[@qr8440]

It do be like that.

[@blackandwhitecats4243]

1:09 I love that subtle salty tone in his voice after his sentence ended lmao!

[@radmehrbeygi719]

Hi, I love the videos you make, they are really fun to watch and I enjoy them a lot.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks for the good vibes!

[@eli8922]

7:24 asmr with bittersteel

[@fodetraore6666]

You passed 100k do you have plans? Also you, Alex, Tareur, and ISP are my favrote hoi4 youtubers.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I do...many plans

[@fodetraore6666]

@@Bitt3rSteel Okay cool! Wish I had no step back, but stuff that should be in the base game are made into expensive dlcs. Wish paradox was not so greedy.

[@Roketsune]

Is one of them world Domination? Playing HoI4 so often surely has given you lots of preparation for the real thing.

[@Roketsune]

Taureor is funny because he has this graceful professorly kind of voice, and will occasionally casually and abruptly curse or make some sort of aggressive or perverted remark. I also like the way he says, "Sure!" more than anyone else.

[@Roketsune]

Alex has the best teeth of any KZbinr I've ever seen. His incompetence is entertaining.

[@kmonk99]

taking the RNG out of the Hindenburg event is a nice touch.

[@GeneralDrama]

I did this and am stuck with August Von Mackenson like what lol

[@felixbeth767]

Hi Bitt3rSteel it would be nice to see a world conquest with a nation of your choosing. I know it would be a long game and tough to edit but it would be cool to watch :)

[@aidenbooksmith2351]

Luxembourg world conquest

[@felixbeth767]

@@aidenbooksmith2351 would be really cool

[@kingkfc1352]

He did One with Great Britain

[@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse]

Bittersteel doing Victoria. That's maximum entertainment :D.

[@Maxuras]

Wow, I was just returning to a HRE game just hours before this popped um in my recommendation. In my game I justified for the British Raj first and then went straight to civil war. After mopping up the Nazis there was enough time to rebuild and then take on Britain, puppeting them, so I did not have to think about Alliies guaranties and the Opinion limit for the Title Restoration Decision anymore. (Not justifying on UK directly seems to be the best change that their Navy is in the port on hour 0 of the war, allowing you a brief window to send your naval invasions forth)

[@Roketsune]

20:34 "I'm gonna do what I do best- kill everyone." -Bitt3rsteel, 13 August 2022

[@Taylan5561]

what are the chances? as a new player I followed your normal germany guide and "perfected" it and was looking at your old HRE guide and wondering if it is still viable and now I dont have to wonder.

[@eli8922]

I must say Paul von letto is better than the desert fox he is literally called the lion of Africa dude destroyed the Raj troops with bees its amazing and his treatment of tribals was amazing they were his main force he is a amazing general Edit I know it was a mistake with the bees but it sounds cooler

[@CraigVanderGalien]

Bitt3rsteel ruthlessly destroying his own country every time, not a moment of remorse. Just hits different

[@dannydacheedo1592]

11:42 you just sent the FBI to Mar-a-Lago

[@SasafrasYT]

i would recommend total mob and service by requirement, much better and all you have to do is forsake the industry designer to afford the extra 150 pp.

[@karimmouawad2031]

Hey bittersteel, I have a suggestion, do a us world conquest by 1939(1936 start), to help you, 71cloak made a video on how to get rid of the great depression and get war eco by mid-late 1936,with a war declaration on Japan, and what's basically but not actually a war goal on Italy

[@ThomasArkwright]

i literally fell asleep last night while watching the last video you did on the HRE in hoi 4, the timing here is amazing XD (thats a compliment btw, your voice is quite soothing)

[@elksus]

Whenever i see ur video i feel happy

[@CaiVanDoorn]

That's funny, I was just watching your first videos and I was thinking, wow he's come a long way. I was also hoping you would make another video because in that one you didnt turn down the in-game music volume. It Wasn't too bad but it got old lol. Glad you made a new one.

[@hungolomghnonoloughongousg5548]

When I do the German civil-war I like to cheese the AI by deleting all unit templates except for a single AA unit template. The ai will only use this template in the civil war so after deleting the army all new units instantly break making the ai break on the front lines.

[@victorchaston4954]

You deserve 10 million subs

[@shad0wrune]

@ 14:13 start way earlier with improving relations with the UK! My run was killed due to that and the alliance was denied, so start improving relations before 1938!!!

[@sanderwabelsen]

Love your vids bitt3r always so helpful!

[@IsaacAndre19]

If you’re interested in Lettow-Vorbeck there’s an excellent book about his life called African Kaiser

[@comb-t]

15:03 what does actually happen if they all die, I've never seen it selected? I mean beyond being locked out of the path for HRE, I presume you get a new leader? Probably one of the least common leaders if so. And also, Congrats ok 100k Bittersteel. Well deserved, love your content.

[@gocool_2.0]

We'll get August von Mackenson back. He'll rule till 1945. After that I have no Idea. I got this scenario once I tried to form hre but clicked the wrong button.

[@viclorenzo5016]

If they all die, you get August Von Mackensen as your country leader again.

[@sol_in.victus]

@@viclorenzo5016 but doesnt he die at some point tho

[@viclorenzo5016]

@@sol_in.victus I don't know, in my failed HRE run he's immortal.

[@sol_in.victus]

@@viclorenzo5016 based

[@bagelman2634]

When I try this strat now, everything works up to getting victoria, but afterwards there’s not enough world tension to get everyone in my faction and give out guarantees

[@bagelman2634]

I tried to keep the run going and it went in a very strange direction. Japan declared war on Yugoslavia which let me get Yugoslavia into my faction. Italy never did anything until it somehow got in a war with the allies and didn’t annex Albania until it had almost lost Rome.

[@some_gh0st]

I didn’t even know this was an option.. very cool

[@starhugo9023]

Hey man love yoyr vids, keep up the good adn fun work.

[@nickseraphin3988]

11:41 accurate after Mar-A-Lago got raided 😥

[@PC-xc1ur]

love the editing in this video

[@justlolztah9798]

13:08 Indeed... Cool guy try to search him too

[@DevinPurcell]

Can you do an updated Queen Elizabeth play through?

[@liammozza2330]

Everyone would simp for Victoria

[@bcon69]

cant lend lease to spain

[@Tiisy]

I can confirm this tutorial causes alot of mental issues and suffering, im in 1948 fighting a 3 front war with the french commune and the comintern and the italians 4 millions germans have died

[@victorchaston4954]

Love your vids

[@kianvandenberg6364]

Hi, I really love your channel and you’re my favorite youtuber. I had 2 video suggestions, an updated guide for Austria Hungary and for Napoleonic France

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Fortunately, one of those is planned this month. I just hope BBA doesn't instantly invalidate it

[@kianvandenberg6364]

@@Bitt3rSteel Oh nice, what does BBA mean btw?

[@DirectorReiuji]

@@kianvandenberg6364 It means "By Blood Alone", the next DLC.

[@kianvandenberg6364]

@@DirectorReiuji Thanks

[@miserycrown.]

"I am not gonna tell you what to research" Proceeds to tell me exactly what to research

[@CrimsonJ3ster]

I'm a fan of the guide content keepem coming

[@probower4726]

Bitt3rSteel 100k! Bitt3rSteel can into play button 🥳

[@hawksnebula1506]

Weird I was doing this as well at the same time you post video lol

[@jakkuhl6223]

Watching the historical AI derp out when the player goes VERY alternate history is always funny.

[@KonigHoff]

They should make it like the Byzantine Empire where you can core different parts of the empire (maybe further expansion, HRE had a claim to southern Italy)

[@iielysiumx5811]

To this day this is one of the most weirdly absurd things ever in a paradox game

[@bradynewbold3763]

Great Salvo into the advertisement

[@letsplaypetrus4802]

Yes, Antasil has great vids.

[@careywilliams3619]

Bitter steel you want to do what with a wolf 3:00

[@martin9202]

Hey Guys! I was just wondering... What's better? keeping a country annexed with 90+% complience or creating a collaboration government?

[@salcinttarb3010]

I paused during paul and went into a wikipedia spiral. thx

[@markuseppacher7269]

I love your videos!!!!!

[@Duckii-JBH]

I love how Hungary joined Japan's faction

[@CARL_093]

its really hard bro to make this in reality good job

[@longiusaescius2537]

Huh

[@JIopemUncym]

9:50 "Also our land... Po_land" 💀💀💀

[@JoseLopez-hs3yw]

Tips with the new actualization: You need, for sure, a 50 of pp for the envoy, if u have little bit less, it won't trigger. Also, if u have Negative PP, United Kingdom will say no to the restoration of the titles. I have done this run like 25-26 times in a row. So, I know... hahaha.

[@scottholcombjr.4099]

love your vids and it fun to see tham i like to see you make the 3ed Riech to the 2ed Riech and end it with the 1st Riech Nazi Germamy and the German Empire fall becuse of war the HRE fall thanks to the France Empire

[@connorthegreat6958]

Could you do the one where you dont take casualties as germany in 1939

[@sahilhossain8204]

Hmm yes lore moment of hre in no step back

[@Roketsune]

You are the master of HoI4 guides on KZbin! I'm curious, what inspired your choice of KZbin/HoI4 moniker?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

It's been my gamer tag for ages! Also love the blackfyre rebellion

[@YurikoKinai]

... felt like replaying this myself and Alliance with the Shade did not trigger for me... back to the start.

[@RiCKY-zt3tl]

Do you want Hoi4 or CK2 Bit33rSteal: YES

[@EagleXCI]

What happen if i choose the second option at 15:05? Who is then the leader of Germany?

[@freezzyyy3767]

Great video, really enjoyed watching, but somehow when I try to do this myself it doesnt let me create the faction with austria, it says they have "strategic reasons not to ally the german empire" can anyone help with that?

[@mertmehmetirvasa5494]

Hey bitter, what happens when UK actually doesn't accept you in the allies, which occures to me every time when i try.

[@marshallsoult5252]

Same

[@danielrozano1483]

How does Spain has Primo de Rivera in mid 1936???

[@hawksnebula1506]

20:10 nice touch

[@gyreon440]

bittersteel you should totally do the slavic empire as poland. its not an achievement, but if you decline all of the crown candidates 2 - 3 times then you get a 5th candidate called The Last Romanov, and i wont spoil anything else ;)

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I've actually done that one, a few weeks ago

[@CMAzeriah]

In By Blood Alone, the swiss are a the biggest thorn in your side ever now. They now have a national spirit that increases justification time by four years. Even when you are at war with another major power. Its the most annoying thing of this challenge.

[@Thomasjes77]

Norway played a really big role too

[@sokowirowka2965]

Could you make updated achivment guide for portugal "Macau my Day"

[@ggstartup]

Could you do a how-to on handling the navy, ideal tech variants, and template planning?

[@LetsAMP]

Eyyy, 103k subs. Anything planed for a special?

[@TheMBeats]

What happens if Britian declines to be allies?

[@sarges3455]

I've tried your strategy a few times now, but Britain never accepts Alliance with the Shade - I follow everything in your guide and I have 33 rep with UK when the event fires, yet they never accept me into the Allies. Any tips?

[@CatSans]

Same thing to me

[@Kryssalids]

So, the same thing just happened to me, and I may have an idea of what happened(?). I can't speak on anyone else's behalf, but Bitt3r is a MUCH better player than I am, so his civil war didn't last nearly as long, thus my timeline was behind. I formed the Central Powers, but the unification event for some reason fired well after Alliance with the Shade finished, and I hadn't really noticed, but I believe the failure (despite being at 35 rep) was due to still being in a faction, as I hadn't gotten the event to absorb Austria yet.

[@oihanix]

Can u do a falangist tutorial (Spanish civil war)

[@EoinJoyceMapping]

Kaiserin is temporary, glory of the high seas fleet is forever.

[@chrisheflin3862]

The British have not accepted my request to ally in 3 runs. Is this normal? Opinion is about +30 every time. Anybody got any tips here?

[@Bruh-ff2tw]

My only issue with this strat is the lack of cores on the he old German empire lands.

[@KaiserCrocer]

get yourself a woman with STATS like Kaiserin Victoria

[@geofff.3343]

Hey, Kaiserredux lets you take Iceland into Neo-feudal Vikings now. Do it. You know you want to. It also lets you play the American Civil War as New York City, so that's a thing.