HoI4 But its FALLOUT! - Saving America, one dead ghoul at a time!

[@zacharyannal3458]

If you want to form America, try checking out the Enclave Reborn mod. Adds content for the enclave that lets you conquer the entire map, along with lots of flavour.

[@totalwar1793]

I was so excited bc I was going, ‘AH OWB REBORN REDUX FROM BITTERSTEEL’ wasn’t too disappointed but would love to see him do it.

[@fisheater5045]

Please get Bittersteel to play the Enclave Reborn mod, I’d love to see him to choose the reform path and unite America

[@dantemcmillan6337]

I 3rd this, needs to play enclave mod as it’s one of the best with it and adds more flavor.

[@thedanklordger5094]

the mod is so overated and outdated since there are 3 different enclaves now

[@kristinagraversgaard5328]

It's still by far the best, especially with the Redux.​@@thedanklordger5094

[@CheeseWheelEnthusiast]

This video was probably in the backlog, but a couple days ago Old World Blues released their significant 5.0 update! You should check that out!

[@loco4loco]

This updated added: Removal of all Nations

[@adversarry]

yep

[@AtomicSandwich125]

What they add

[@dobi2236]

​@RisingNations203 late but a ton of content for nations in Canada and some smaller content for the dakotas area

[@flaggy185]

Fun Fact: If you have the resistance DLC and you play as Mr House, you can eventually hire The Courier, to work for you as an agent Just a nice easter egg

[@dccrashergames6553]

Can you get The Courier? I thought it was only Ulysses that you could get as a spy

[@PaladinElliott]

@@dccrashergames6553yes

[@Eletruun]

Quite early on as well,just for a agency and you can hire the courier (lv 50 spy)

[@PravusGaming]

Well well well... Fancy meeting you here, fellow Enclave enthusiast.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

For freedom. For America!

[@prome3439]

Your OWB Enclave playtrough a few years ago made me but Hoi4 XD

[@kylelehmbecker2599]

“Near the Detroit area” zooms in on Chicago. (I get you’re not American and don’t need to know our geography I just thought it was funny).

[@RedOblivion7]

CAN'T HAVE IN DETROIT

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

I thought the Enclave was based out of Chicago?

[@darthbob88]

Likewise "Fort Spo-kayne" at 25:31. It's pronounced Spo-KANN.

[@Supergforce777]

Laught my ass off, wonder if it was an intentional troll

[@jksilta9335]

As a European I can confirm that Detroit IS Chicago.

[@shadowapple8890]

OWB is my absolute favourite mod for HOI4 and I'm glad to see you cover it. But yeah, like you commented in the video, if you survive the early game and built up properly you can easily steamroll virtually any faction on the map. Like another comment said, if you want to reform America there's an Enclave Reborn submod which allows you to do exactly that, plus Enclave Reborn has extra difficulty options to make the battles more even rather than a one-sided blood bath.

[@kristinagraversgaard5328]

The problem with the difficulty sertings in ERB Redux is that the early game is already hard enough, so, the difficulty doesn’t really do what it is supposed to.

[@robertshaw3203]

I swear he was about to say the 40k line of "We will Purge The Heretic, The Mutant, and The Ailen."

[@Bitt3rSteel]

My armor is contempt

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

"I don't think I need anti-tank" Oh you're going to regret that when you run into special forces or power armor.

[@baseballjustin5]

He regrets nothing!

[@michaelhammers7828]

My first time playing OWB I played as the enclave (take 3 guesses as to why) and compared to bittersteel my enclave was really weak. 13 power armor divs and I think 15 or so auxiliaries by the time the Montana chapter decided to attack, they also took metal mouths and the cult of liberty, while I was still on wasteland economy. Needless to say when the Montana chapter came a knockin my auxiliaries, valiantly though they fought, immediately folded when they were attacked, and I lost Preaty much my entire country. Still won the war btw, but AT would have helped I think

[@CountDoDo]

From the thumbnail it looks like you're going to play one of those WW3 Global Combat Battle Electric Boogaloo mobile games.

[@Joyce_Aneila]

I was thinking defcon

[@szokegaben5653]

“You’ve got a lot farther, than you should have…but you have’nt met Frank Hoorigan neither. Your ride is over mutie…Time to die!” -Frank Horrigan

[@Eogos]

Would recommend trying out the Texan Brotherhood, has neat mechanics with refounding Texas and starting to rebuild America, or at least the states that existed in that area of the continent, if you go down the correct path for it. When I did it I even went with trying to make my Army more traditional with rifles, tanks, trucks, air superiority, basically rebuilding the US Army, was fun.

[@migmig2353]

"That sounds very communist" at 18:02 is the most american thing to say

[@localcatdude]

I have been watching your videos for a few months now and I get such joy from when you post that I felt like I needed to give back. that's why I purchased a mouse pad and became a channel member, in hopes that you are able to continue making the amazing content that you always do.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Wow, thank you!

[@kariminal2999]

As has been mentioned I'd look for the enclave reborn redux mod. If you go full democratic USA you get to go full manifest destiny. It is one of the cases where you are rewarded for going the democratic path and I believe allows you to get war goals and cores on the entire map eventually. Also the story is peak.

[@kristinagraversgaard5328]

You CAN core the entire map, but it's hell, the only viable way to do it, is to NOT do the Gecko powerplant focus untill you have done the WC.

[@kariminal2999]

@@kristinagraversgaard5328 I'm pretty sure that focus doesn't auto expand to all owned territory by the way as I did it and it didn't auto build in about half my land. Equally though the power plants are pretty quick to build due to the snowballing and it's way easier than trying to save the PP to core the whole map you'd have to do otherwise 😂

[@kristinagraversgaard5328]

@@kariminal2999 the problem is that half the states are already full, and you can’t build in them.

[@snickerer2642]

​@@kristinagraversgaard5328Last time I played there was a button called install local police forces. It makes you lose 100 manpower but it gives a building slot.

[@Dubrichius]

@@kristinagraversgaard5328You could always just delete a factory to make room.

[@RyanJosepher]

Remember to send Chicago an even amount of resources. Spread out the choices. Once you send a certain amount of each, you get a choice to send nothing with zero consequences.

[@kaios26k90]

War… War never changes. 28:50 “Encircle and Destroy… Encircle and Destroy.”

[@MineONite]

Bittersteel playing these kind of mods feels so strange but I’m happy for it!

[@Smokey957]

There are 3 decisions to boost stability but you have to sacrifice civs/war support. Thanks for showcasing HOI4 OWB!

[@kiefer6568]

Keep it up man, you're awesome! Here's to 400k and above 🎉!!!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Fingers crossed!

[@benjaminhaines6565]

The reformer side of the focus tree is honestly a lot better than the enclave side, I'd recommend you do a second run doing that side.

[@playergasman37]

Next time I play this, I’m choosing the Montana Chapter since I live about 11 miles from its capital 😂😂

[@SaltyAstro]

I do like the Wasteland 3 references (mostly with the Bizarre) Great game I recommend ppl to play if u like turn based RPGs

[@Martins3945-]

I really enjoyed this video, I always wanted to give this mod a chance but felt it was a little too daunting. Thanks for covering it, hope to see another

[@zuxtyy141]

another bitt3rsteel video, another good morning

[@kims4149]

Another bitt3rsteel video, another good afternoon

[@blacksand9106]

I’m so happy your finally playing this mod my favorite is the Washington Brotherhood it’s really cool

[@CS_ShellShock23]

Love your videos and love this mod! Just ordered that sweet looking mouse pad! Thank you and keep up the great work! More collabs😉

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@ObsidianHunter99]

Fun fact about the naval mechanics: the ships you get work on the rivers you fight aling so they can be pretty helpful for river crossings and shore bombardments

[@Buddyboi49]

They update the mod this week, adds some cool focuses to the Canadian factions, you should give them a look at.

[@mitchotoole9876]

I just started playing some mods and this was one of them. Only had one run so far but this is a really good one.

[@shyjester4you461]

I now play as the enclave in fallout 4 without mods. So this is refreshing.

[@snowmaiden7003]

The small country above NCR eureka can form Enclave with Granite and his company but you have to win the narravo war and you eventually get war goal on ncr and shi

[@maxpotter6181]

@20:02 Having spent a lot of time in Great Falls, MT you have no idea of the irony of your statement. It is a town that consists of Billboards, fast food restaurants, a lot of Meth, and not much else...

[@REALnotsu]

pretty sure the Enclave reborn redux mod allows you to reunite the USA as the "sierra enclave"

[@Gamer-cm5nl]

Very entertaining! Keep up the good work!

[@potato_power]

@00:29:11 Capitol Hill is a neighborhood of Seattle. It got turned into CHAZ\CHOP in 2020, used to be pretty nice place.

[@darthbob88]

Still is pretty nice in my experience.

[@joskarifinaukr6503]

"Used to be a pretty nice place." Before the australopithicenes invaded ... before the Dark Times.

[@OrroHelhammer]

​@@darthbob88you think homeless people and used needles are nice things? It would be find if I could walk through there without be robbed tho

[@darthbob88]

@@OrroHelhammer I've walked through Cap Hill plenty, and not been robbed, apart from the prices some cafes charge.

[@OrroHelhammer]

@@darthbob88 lucky you then. I left a year or two back as soon as I could after I was robbed 7 times in 6 months plus those kids dying in Chaz wasn't cool at all

[@dantemcmillan6337]

Glad you’re branching out further and trying out other mods, you should try TNO/TWR again.

[@eminem1149]

I recommend putting a lot of production into power armor, and robots due to manpower limitations & just have regular infantry to hold the line. I was playing the Enclave Redux Mod & I slayed the Caesar Leigon I lost like 1.4K men & killed 234k (only attacking with power armor & robots holding the line) the robot divisions will up your special forces cap to then have more power armor

[@rennovikov2847]

If I recall, going down Santiago’s path is the only way to reform america, and it renames you to the “Reunited States of America”

[@rps1276]

There are normally some Decisions that give Weekly Stability in exchange for Weekly War Support, Research Speed or Temporary Civilian Factories.

[@Trypragmatic]

Make sure you evenly distribute resources to Chicago, because once you reach a certain amount in each, you will get an option to not send anything at all. If you focus on one resource, you'll be giving them more then you need to, and waste.

[@dr.paulwilliam7447]

8:51 „the main source of expenditure“ sounds funny. „biggest part“ might sound more clearly.

[@TaylorPrem]

If you want an amazing Enclave game then play the Enclave reborn redux submod and do a reformist run.

[@SomeFatMan5999]

Just an FYI - pacify is not the same as core. The Enclave non-reformers get pacify which removes the need to garrison the territory but you don't get the manpower like a full core. If you went the left path for reformer you could have unlocked the full coring mechanic.

[@aaronfine734]

Put fire teams and explosive experts in your inf division later on you can also add a waste land tank in their for a bit more firepower

[@Keeper_89]

Best mod for HoI4. If you are out of manpower then: a) try to core states with high population first (some state has like 100 pop and their coring cost is not worthy PP if you can core 5k+ pop pieces), b) use agriculture tech for small manpower boosts (500 per tech + bonus to pop/month), c) use medical techs support companies (hospitals) to save all manpower you can, d) use enforcers (max that tech for big bonus to suppression) to garrison land (+dogs for big bonuses to suppression) and pacify Wasteland Garrison law (high compliance faster = less garrisons needed and more bonuses from land), e) try to not gobble too much land at once. f) play with refuges unlocked in game rules - if you can manage them with PP and techs (radio and agriculture) you can get nice boost to manpower but if not your stab will suffer (more refuges then core pop = you have 0 stab). About stability - there are only two ways to get it in this mod - decision (not all nation have them if i recall correctly and/or some techs unlock more decisions) and focuses. Maybe some nations have advisor giving it but I don't remember any right now. If you want full Enclave bad guy play trough you need Enclave reborn sub mod with purity path. You need a lot of micromanagement on that path (stupid pacified wasteland mechanics if nothing changed - i played that path quiet some time ago) but you are true bad guy there. Or you can take Granite path and find funny things about his mom if you meat Bishop in New Reno and reunite USA as pseudo good guys (by sweeping few things under the carpet on your path there).

[@dobi2236]

For enclave reborn, you actually get a better ending if you dont sweep your crimes under the rug. And you get better bonuses after you fix everytbing iirc but you get a big debuff as soon as you do it.

[@arthurbellucio5561]

I am so happy you did OWB

[@GiangNg320]

About the First Families events and Cult of Liberty faction, those are essentially fluff lore from Wasteland 3

[@hitomisalazar4073]

Yeah that's just the thing I've noticed about the mod is that the map is designed to kind of support these particular blobs. Where you have the Haves and Have Nots at start and you're not really going to run into a peer state for a while if you're a "Have". Like if you play the Washington Brotherhood you're not going to run into anything remotely capable of challenging you until you hit the Troll Warrens (basically after you've taken all of Washington and Northern Oregon and Northern idaho effectively). So if you want to sweat things out you really have to play one of the "Doomed" factions meant to get steamrolled like The Cause or the Yakama Tribes or Port Maw instead. So in base game terms your options to play nations generally equate to Germany (in terms of its early dominance and flexibility) or like, the Netherlands (Has content but you're not really meant to do anything but get annexed and it'll be a long entrenched fight to avoid it). There's not really too much (That I've run into in Old World Blues) that might fit a standard like.. Mexico where you probably aren't going to world conquest but you can easily set up for large gains as well until Italy cripples you with a single focus....

[@pktrainerpk5supersus459]

if you need some stability make consumer goods/luxury people usualy like that or make em pay less taxes i suppose

[@tiredidealist]

Went and started a BoS Mojave run as Elijah. Lots of fun, just finished wiping out the Legion.

[@PaladinElliott]

Top path on fireteam and demolitions is pretty much the equivalent of artillery, ballistic rifles also have more soft attack than energy weapon. Also if you ever play a nation and that only has basic infantry tech level , go for melee. The powered melee weaponry you get from the decision in 83 is better than the laser and ballistic equivalents

[@bradpitt5355]

Finally someone highlight OWB mode, one of best modes in history

[@lawlessjesting]

I didn't realize they had Wasteland stuff too. That's sick.

[@thegoofygoblin2081]

Virgin Traitor BOS vs Chad Loyalist Enclave

[@itriedtochangemynamebutitd5019]

Like another commenter said, Enclave Reborn is a MUST HAVE for an Enclave playthrough.

[@Enward834]

Ya power armour is super super good in this mod. Your main problem with factions that can use power armour is manpower. So you will still often lose when you fight the big bois because the will just expand the front untill they overwhelm you

[@whythough6619]

I recently played this mod and tbh recruitable pop isnt much of an issue when you go down the farming tech tree since it gives ridiculous boosts to monthly pop

[@ikeglinsmann9759]

I'm from Iowa and can confirm that's what 'Midwestern Men' look like.

[@lamster7422]

The best hoi4 youtuber fr!

[@MrCalls1]

17:30 …. Bittersteel tripping up on a ‘th’… has someone been speaking to the Walloon’s in French? 😂😂😉 just kidding, not even sure if Wallonia’s French does have trouble with ‘th’ I’ve just basically never heard him stumble in English before. Hope the kid isn’t depriving you of too much sleep.

[@TheDanc1nghawk]

Love this mod. been playing fallout since the first one.

[@lolmantuvieja452]

I love the references on wasteland 3 they did on macarthur

[@janpol466]

It's a Wasteland 3 faction. They just retell story from there. Brotherly franchises.

[@jordanenriquez4153]

The support for the enclave is crazy knowing what they did and they did it to themselves. Ig Americans will be Americans creating they’re enemies like always

[@NormacRed]

Glory to Team October and the Sisters of Steel 🫡

[@sabiancoomber-nickerson5830]

I'm not sure if it was the culture advisors or economic advisors or both but there are usually ones that add stability there.

[@Lawolfun]

As a Washingtonian it's pronounced Spoke-can, also yes we have a Capitol Hill.

[@dannydacheedo1592]

For garrisons, use either militia pr enforcers. Enforcers are better, bit more expensive. Dogs also help with suppression.

[@shiyian]

Like bittersteel, I too like myself some muscular, strong midwestern men 😏

[@The_Alt_Vault]

the focus tree isnt done, it'll get the rest when Chicago gets added to the mod in about 3 years time probably.

[@morganvikings_]

Ik ur not American but zooming in on Chicago for Detroit had me laughing my balls off lmao. To be fair someone could probably say Manchester and I would point to fricking Glasgow or smth lmao

[@Bitt3rSteel]

"close enough" - me reviewing the video before launch

[@morganvikings_]

@@Bitt3rSteel LMAO 💀

[@TheLH86]

I'd love to see a Brotherhood campaign, despite the bad rap they get, they're my favourite faction. Well, they were before Fallout 3 and 4. Kind of decent-ish, but mot the same. Fallout Tactics and the Texas chapter, my beloved.

[@Mowraq]

If you want to remake america but not go with the "evil" enclave, I recommend going NCR and taking hayes route.

[@azkiria8412]

pls do more of this mod, its genuinely one of the best mods for hearts of iron 4

[@dolphinnek8062]

Can't count how many times he said Power armor Wait it's all power armor? Always has been.

[@GrimPaladin9435]

Ok, so I might not be a mouse and keyboard user, but that Tiger be looking mighty fine

[@armchairwarrior963]

I always use robots if I can, cause they always use less manpower. Plus they are good as power armor without the special forces numbers holding back. I have play thousands of hours of old world blues. I probably play less than a few hours of hoi4 lol.

[@commanderstorm8874]

Some of the ones that have knives are probably people wearing power armour too lol

[@chrispybacon2373]

A new update just dropped for OWB definitely recommend it!

[@rogofos]

you fool the troll warren is actually the most powerful thing on the map they can core anything they want they can build super mutant behemoths which are like power armour but cheaper and you should totally try them I did a full map paint as them and it was glorious granted this was back when map was like half as big as it is now but still

[@mariosantoniadis4496]

You should totally check out robot city with a full robot build, they consume energy but they are also fucking op, better than power armor even

[@silver535311]

YEEEEEEEEEEES PLEASE MORE OWB! they have achievementes aswell ;)

[@arno_groenewald]

War, war never changes vs warfare, warfare never changes.

[@Caxon81]

Just when I thought I couldn't love you anymore, you do this.

[@cthack0364]

Hey Bitter, great video as always. Was wondering if you plan on doing another collaboration with Epic Desk? I’m currently saving up some money to buy some things for college, but I would love to buy a mousepad in the future. Keep up the great work man!

[@randompotato2894]

Should try the Texas storyline with the Texan Brotherhood of Steel Power Armor and a Cowboy Hat👍

[@fuoco1365]

"Fallout 76 doesn't exist" Plays as Ellen Santiago from fallout 76

[@rafaelivo]

Kaiserreich Germany next?

[@saintpepsi5303]

I would love to see more of this mod

[@ggbpartystarter5958]

Hi, I have a challenge for you, Play Hoi4 vanilla Iron Man on as Czechoslovakia, and form 2 states, Czechoslovenia and Yugoslovakia. Rules are simple: No mods (Must have Yugoslavia anex slovakia and Czechoslovakia annex Slovenia*) Have both of them in the same faction at the start of ww2 (your faction) You have until 1939 when Germany declares on poland Both of them must be independent and have the 2 specified regions anexed by them. You cannot puppet Yugoslavia or dismantle the whole of it. Be creative, I am really interested if you can pull it off and how.

[@Игротех-р1щ]

Finally you are playing OWB!

[@devinmccanna645]

Enclave? More like goon cave, they barely leave the house.

[@TheNinjadelivery]

Yay do another old world blues. Does Robot City faction have a good focus tree?

[@SoullessCast]

I'm just happy to see Montana relevant

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of HoI4 But its FALLOUT! - Saving America, one dead ghoul at a time! Momentum 100

[@eintopfpferd1474]

Hi bitt3rsteel pls Take over the whole world but with luxemburg 🇱🇺 have fun.. best wishes from austria

[@Girellgirell]

18:03 “but that sounds very communist” -Bitt3rSteel, 2024. 😂

[@commissarkordoshky219]

oh god is he going to go MacArthur? that shit is.... unstable

[@antoninomassimovadala7431]

Hey Bitt3rSteel,very good video,also please read this comment to the end. This video is giving me Swince Ball vibes since Swince Ball has already made a series like this a couple months ago,also a weird coincidence,last week Swince Ball uploaded a video that gave me Bitt3rSteel vibes lol!The video was pretty similar to the Argentina one you did in your A to Z series.

[@marijakocijancic9462]

I noticed that too lol!

[@senorhilter3896]

you should try playing the Equestri At War mod with the The New German Order mod. Very fun. Enjoyable