Expert AI DESTROYED this USSR...Now I have to fix it...

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[@Bitt3rSteel]

Get in an armored unit of your choice and BLAST your way to Berlin in World of Tanks: tanks.ly/4aVhMx5

[@kexplosion]

hallo ☺

[@googoogaga-eo1ct]

teach me your ways

[@BananaGaming6949]

meth big fan btw :) hehe

[@death-istic9586]

Love your videos!💚

[@Simon_the_penguin]

I prefer playing naval war thunder. I like big boats more than tanks

[@Ore_Keeper]

The save game from Germany would be neat to see, especially with what you are able to do that is very impressive.

[@user-kn9gl9dt6l]

indeednin

[@nurfazsya4583]

the lag will kill his pc tho hahaha

[@Ore_Keeper]

@@nurfazsya4583 would be entertaining to see his "enjoyment" of said lag

[@easyco778]

I think this is the "least" work I've seen for a disaster save that looked so terrible. This player wasn't in a terrible spot but threw in the towel right before he could turn the war around

[@Bitt3rSteel]

99% of players stop battleplan ING right before their big breakthrough

[@ivanvladimir0435]

I think he got intimidated by being against "expert AI"

[@SYMBI05IS]

24:03 Bittersteel: "If I took over Germany now, could I still win..? The very definition of: *I USE THE DISASTER SAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER DISASTER SAVE*

[@MayoOverlord]

The madman crawled out of Hell and wanted more.

[@Adam-g01]

And then he’ll play Soviets again and switch repeatedly

[@MayoOverlord]

@@Adam-g01 Infinite content hack.

[@tonethymcbuttox5830]

@@Adam-g01 I would unironically watch that as a series until he lost

[@kronsbanntin2201]

Video Idea:Try to regain all Mongol lands on expert

[@SunilDachmann-mg7mm]

Fantastic idea. That’s so easy and doesn’t bring any pain trust me I tried it once

[@stuartemmanuel3735]

Expert? No Veteran

[@sangeetakushwaha2408]

Ya it will be very easy😅😅

[@guidohirschfeldt6168]

What a great, i want to try it myseft :D

[@guidohirschfeldt6168]

Idea*

[@eisbergsyndrom5010]

Try the Germany save. I enjoy watching you crawl out of deep holes.

[@Matt_Alaric]

That's what she said

[@boop7441]

@5:12 the reason field hospitals are seeing more use now is not because of the manpower (well sometimes it is because of the manpower) but because of the HP buff it gives now. Yes it makes your divisions cost like 150+ IC more, but 10% more hp means 10% less equipment losses per damage dealt to your division. So the cost of field hospitals in IC per unit damage dealt breaks even when your division costs 10x more than the field hospital battalion does, and above that ratio your field hospital is just free equipment saved, free organization and free recovery rate.

[@YiannissB.]

I remember reading that "FH trash" and checking myself. -"Yo that bitch is giving 10% HP though..." The way I see it, if you anticipate millions of loses in your wars, for example as the USSR, field hospital keeps your units in a fairly capable level.

[@RyuakiraX]

So field hospital is a legit choice for majors too? I figured it'd be somewhat usable when defending with a minor, with the HP boost counted for.

[@gwyncoram1104]

Not only that, The road to 56 has more levels of experience units can get so it's more reliable than regular hoi4. I personally use hospitals every time i can afford it to "farm" exp bonuses for units

[@toast2401]

“So this is uh a Soviet Union game” Famous last words.

[@jimdaburger1590]

playing soviets is actually pretty difficult if you are new to it lmao 🤣

[@rukihitta]

the whoe game is easy@@jimdaburger1590

[@georgeousthegorgeous]

That Trotsky 1952 playthrough and "This USSR needs me to defend Moscow" lmfao

[@Megamaxos_R6]

Please! That other safegame as germany would be so interesing to see!!!

[@Ella-hy9xh]

When I travelled the trans Siberian railway, I stayed in Omsk for a few days. It's cool. They have a statue of a man emerging from the ground, and a ski jump for a building. Not a bad place for your last stand. I have no doubt you can do it.

[@zitronensaaft3454]

I believe the plane designs were so strange and the mios missing might be because they were not playing with the DLC

[@SquishyNarwhal57]

18:30 is the first time I've ever seen a Caspian Sea naval invasion after ~4 years of playing and watching. Really threw me for a loop...

[@ImperativeGames]

It's a shame original game can't recognize inland seas

[@ericcristian8909]

Good job on beating Germany on my save, I would like to give you more context. I played as Germany until 42. I was losing 1200 guns per day and every occupied territory was revolting constantly, but, I managed to push until Moscow. After that, I wondered if I could save Russia from a monstruous Germany (I could not) It’s a shame the A.I. destroyed my once beautiful Germany due to sheer incompetence, but good job either way.

[@RandooGaming]

Oh wow the guy who sent the save is here! Anyway, yeah reverse saves are something else, also maybe you could have told bitter you played Germany

[@thecommunistblackhole7717]

So, we're having someone trying to save a disaster by switching sides, then sending it to Bittersteel, who saves it, then switches back to see if he can re-save germany

[@RandooGaming]

@@thecommunistblackhole7717 funny plot twist, it would be funnier if bitter knew lol

[@nikezh6823]

Women finally work five shifts back to back

[@ImperativeGames]

Finally, Feminism!

[@gaborvoros2303]

@Bitt3rSteel If you want to use expert ai save you need to install expert ai mod or it will be didn't work with save file. You can run it but expert ai feature from mod didn't apply in the game. Bassicly expert ai make some nation 10-50x harder to deal with, if you push fast the ai instantly spawn division front of you, they get buff litterly on everything. 50% attack from all terrain, 200% production effiency etc... The Road to 56 is expand the endgame way further, + lot of the small nation get a lot of national idea and event.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I had both mods on though

[@omega2726]

The thing is that expert ai doesn't work with r56 since it also modifies the ai itself,it's a lot that the save didn't corrupt

[@Evasiv]

if this is true, you can probably use the Frontline AI Rework, its like 1gb for a mod that changes AI behavior and I run it with road to 56 and it seems to be compatible, it doesnt make the AI cheat like you said, but they actually plan good naval invasions and dont just kill themselves on frontlines that will never move for them, and they organize armies properly and shit. Makes it an actual challenge

[@gaborvoros2303]

as @omega2726 said Expert AI + Road to 56 didn't work because compatibility problem I guess.@@Bitt3rSteel

[@HyperScorpio8688]

In case you're interested Bitter Currently the most effective way of building fighters is adding ONE set of twin cannons in the first slot and filling the rest with HMGs. One set of cannons give a big boost to air attack for comparatively very little cost increase. Just the one set tho, more than that and it becomes too expensive

[@quichrlyn]

huh. i thought that all hmgs were the meta now, ik it used to be all canons. didnt know about the mixing them thing. and then for fighters, in the lower slots, self sealing and then armor?

[@HyperScorpio8688]

It first was all HMGs until the last update, which buffed cannons a good bit. As for bottom row, I believe it's self-sealing, extra tanks and armor @@quichrlyn

[@quichrlyn]

@@HyperScorpio8688 ok

[@notlucas6859]

large or norm cannons?

[@HyperScorpio8688]

@@notlucas6859 normal ones. You only unlock large cannons later, and they aren't very good

[@mgrillo2863]

def need that german disaster save vid

[@itriedtochangemynamebutitd5019]

POV: Steiner switched sides

[@googoogaga-eo1ct]

as someone with 20 hours in hoi4 ( thanks to you i bought it=) i cannot fathom how you are able to do these things

[@uselesstable3031]

as a loser with 3k hours on hoi4 i dont know how hes able to do these either

[@googoogaga-eo1ct]

@@uselesstable3031aye your not a loser if you enjoyed the 3k hours

[@user-dr8kx1yt9y]

And I still can't fathom how he was able to do Afghanistan as the first video in a-z with no mods

[@Simon_the_penguin]

As someone with 2500 hours on hoi4 I have no idea how he is able to do this

[@felraksis]

You shall one day be a glorios Field marshall and conquer all of the world using Buthan if you train hard enough xD No seriously though: Just keep playing, try to play your games in ironman mode and atleast normal difficulty (and for the beginning use historical) and have some fun. Try to get yourself the achievements, as they usually require a total victory (atleast the ones that require skill, not luck (i am looking at you Ethiopia)) and you shall be a great leader to all nations you play.

[@katieheys3007]

Gotta say, I thought the Futurama clips were an occasional joke, but they've really come into their own and I love them!

[@MundaneThingsBackwards]

Disaster saves where the player is about to die: "So anyway I started researching atoms." Every. Single. Time.

[@xXxAngryBird101xXx]

Yes I want to see the "disaster within a disaster" save! I did have a question: How do you create those individual field marshal orders to close encirclements and tell only that order to go?

[@Dimitrishuter]

Making separate field marshal order with no faff is just Create New Frontline button -> Shift Click to create without the annoying individual army sections, then you select and Ctrl-click onto the line to assign whichever troops are nearby to assign them. Shift clicking the "Go" button and then the arrow of the plan you wish to "Go" activates only that plan.

[@benjamin_w.]

I wanna see you try to win as that Germany save you just made

[@Marcuslxrd]

Currently I’m drunk, half asleep but I always enjoy watching your videos, I love them. Keep up the good work.

[@user-kb9iq2ye8e]

Always nice to see Bittersteel play something modded. Less balance, more meme.

[@muflihoon10]

I love you bittersteel ❤ Never stop making videos

[@pufffincrazy5275]

Do I watch bitter steel videos for content? No Do I watch bitter steel videos for Futurama references? Yes

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Next video is just an episode of futurama

[@Mowraq]

24:00 Funny. Here I was thinking 'This would potentially be an epic endsieg save', 10 seconds later "I'm making a save for that"

[@dangerousnoodle8779]

"I should halt this offensive no need to throw away lives unnecessarily", said no Soviet general ever

[@combrade-t]

I'm very surprised seeing this, Expert AI from what I've seen of it makes the AI actually have good divisions, and gives them significant buffs. Maybe there was some error? Either that or the player gave up right as the Allies got Germany to pull the vast majority of it's troops away. Possible RT56 messed things up for them?

[@R.U.Sirius23]

Ya Expert AI is not meant to play with anything other than Vanilla, messes it up real bad (outside of simple graphic and/or QoL mods)

[@YEnderkogaming]

this dude can literally play anything and win

[@user-my8gh5hs3l]

'The Great trial ' ahh comeback

[@oskarsurbans9887]

When I design my planes I add in 1 slot cannons an the rest is heavy machine guns, works in single player for me.

[@DannyIO]

nice segue into the ad read

[@pontus135]

12:31 "Drank, swa-la-la-low"

[@user-du2nx9zc3g]

Fun fact: if you look closely at the soldier or tank it will go to the province that is going to or wait if is staing

[@reynardocorrelje2593]

Congratulations on 200k

[@elso19473]

The easiest disastersave that bittersteel plays:

[@someguythatplaysgd5482]

4:10 why did he say YASSS like that 💀😭💀😭💀😭💀😭💀😭

[@matt.ci3999]

Bro basically played tno omsk and completed the great trial in rt56

[@someother5512]

When the pocket you have created is the size of most of Central Asia, you know you are moving in the right direction.

[@fligugigu_]

i would love to see that germany save in a full video!

[@dogsittinggay7273]

Could you do a guide on restoring the Qing in AAT

[@Valos100]

At this point, the A-Z series seems more of a disaster than this, still both very entertaining.

[@Yodel1ngS0up]

That Germany save would make an amazing video!!!

[@RaikoTechnologies]

Thumbs up for T-44 usage, even one of them are battling more than 1823 built irl

[@joaocabral3541]

Yes please do the germany version of this

[@onlymatus5420]

You are soooo good at this game, that I started using "bittersteel will save this" anytime something is wrong (even outside of the hoi4)

[@helenos_152]

And that's when you know you're obsessed with something

[@silvachuu]

10:50 never knew this is how you did it thought they were just automatically on

[@ezzabee069]

It's not immediately obvious but there's two different systems within the MIOs. The majority of nodes are the ones with the purple beakers. These are applied to the equipment themselves via the create variant (like at 10:50). Whenever you get a new one of these you need to pay 5XP to create a new variant which gets the new bonus and then change the production line to start producing the new variant. The other type of nodes are the ones with the yellow spanner. These bonuses apply to any lines that have this MIO selected on the production tab (the icon you select next to the production efficiency bar). You can have a tank designed using the fast tank designer (so it benefits from all the purple beakers of the fast tank designer) but set the production line to the medium tank designer and benefit from all the yellow spanners on that. I don't know any specific instances where this could be useful but it is possible.

[@nick24488]

definitely try out that germany game!

[@Pzummaren]

How was the soviets only 89% cap when they where way past the Urals

[@paulfrancistorres7144]

This man managed to push from Omsk all the way to Berlin... and he managed to do it only 4 months behind schedule compared to OTL. Gotta say... very impressive indeed

[@spitezor]

Absolutely, 100% do that save.

[@marxundmoritz1509]

I'd love to see the save game

[@panoskappos2735]

11:26 they have changed how the air works and range is king in my opinion because it affects the percentage of the airzone you cover .In other words if the circle is smaller the airzone you have a debuff if your circle is larger you have a buff and need less planes

[@glauberglousger956]

Honestly the main differences in R56 are mostly after 1945-1950 (nuke upgrades, train upgrades, plane and tank upgrades, and such) The Only thing that really has any effect are the small bits and bobs of infantry equipment upgrade (making upgrading your guns take longer) It also changes a few minor things about the AI (mostly after 1950, but some things become chaotic, and you'll see weird stuff on unhistorical), adds more releasable nations (which slows the game down later on, even if you don't release them), and adds some event popups here and there It also adds focuses, but on historical those shouldn't matter (some odd things may happen occasionally, but nothing affecting the war in Europe, though this isn't true after 1945)

[@tenanaciouz]

just played chine to 1956 recenlty and yeah the tech tree is extended but in a really thin way that's mostly just upgrading eqipment almost no new equpment is added outside of "Advanded modern tank" at 1950 and the latest tech is minaturized nukes in 1954

[@MsDreamingme]

I think the Allies are a lot stronger in r56

[@obiwankenobi833]

I remember seeing the post for this on the HoI4 subreddit

[@NeroPiroman]

that germany save would be lit

[@matsakinauthor]

HI Bittersteel. I was wondering where you could be send disaster saves?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Best way is to use the form I linked in the description!

[@matsakinauthor]

@@Bitt3rSteel Thank You

[@koki3292]

Cant wait for the future germany playtrough

[@DavidGalazyn]

I would like to see you try the save!

[@steverukia6247]

i would love to see you play as Germany

[@deadlyknights1119]

Expert German A.I is actually pretty absurd, made a build where i had 6k fighters, 2000 CAS, 9,000 tanks, 240 Divisions on the German border, 72 for the coastline, 24 for the Bosporus straight(All infantry 21 Combat Width, with 5 slots of support companies, and turkey(i annexed it). I had a surplus of everything except mechanized, AA, and a small amount of support equipment. This was in June of 41', and they were actually pushing me past polish territory into Minsk, I completely lost turkey and had to retreat back into the caucuses, I was losing in the air because the Axis somehow had 9k fighters, and 4k CAS. I got naval invaded multiple times in Turkey because my navy was somehow weaker than the Kriegsmarine. Just for reference, when I do a build like this on normal difficulty, I can usually just run it on speed 5 losing not even a single tile, just do that till 44' and then decimate the Germans with tanks and insane Breakthrough tactic encirclements.

[@Xayumcl]

Bitt3rlSteel Crawled out of the 5th layer of hell and decided to go to the 6th layer of hell

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content❤❤❤❤

[@kingsweden4636]

Little baby bittersteel

[@helenos_152]

What's that supposed to mean

[@Greek66]

Good day when bittersteal uploads

[@xanthespace5141]

"I don't know what's so expert about this AI, I'm not impressed" I'm not sure if you mean the mod or the game difficulty. If the former, it's actually a really good mod which makes the AI a bitch to fight sometimes. I played Czechoslovakia in challenging mode. It took me 12 years to cap Germany. They build competent air, your divisions actually need anti-tank, and the enemy *builds forts along the frontline*.

[@CMFZ_Jax]

Actually field hospitals have a good use beyond manpower conserving, war support A fully upgraded field hospital essentially negates most of the weekly -war support from combat casualties and it’s actually a good use for countries with low manpower too since you burn less of it, definitely a good choice on defensive units that get attacked a lot Been using it myself for a while now and the difference is huge, I basically don’t have to go above extensive conscription on any country and my war support and political power are massively improved

[@potato88872]

Basicaly, the first West russian war from TNO

[@Sammeran09]

I think you should do the Germany one but on the hardest difficulty

[@Panzer_IV_]

hello bittersteel ive been thinking of buying one of the many dlcs whitch one should i get first?

[@user-kb9iq2ye8e]

Try that savegame as Germany, can’t imagine coming back from that

[@I_Main_Singed]

i read this as 3 years ago and told to myself why havent i watch this yet

[@Eterna7Forms]

I want to see that save game.

[@starfrostftt7855]

i have a crazy disaster save that i'll send you when i get back to from my vacation

[@eldarblog]

Yes on the save game

[@alexs7139]

I would prefer to see you wining a Germany 1945 Endsieg mode with all negative modifiers (if you can 😉)

[@ZZZZZZ-ek2pq]

I saw this one on reddit the other day lmao was hoping you'd have a go at it

[@user-th2xp5hm8k]

Hi Bitt3rsteel, do you have a link to this save? Thanks!

[@512TheWolf512]

what nobody says, but is very important, is that higher soft attack also deals more damage to the enemy when *YOU DEFEND* , not just when you attack.

[@nemesis5883]

Yes, do the save game.

[@Hoi4player258]

Finaly a new video

[@jotmode90]

Maybe you should try the Eight Years War of Resistance mod Bitt3r. I hope you can tolerate pain

[@valentijnbarendse9044]

@Bitt3rSteel Why don't you play more on the 56 mod, by far my favourite from all the mods

[@CommunistSpyware]

i always put field hospital on my Inf. Somehow, knowing that they will be taken care of makes it less painfull to lose men. Yes i am that emotional

[@EveryDayDad863]

I am from Omsk, and have no doubt my city wont let you down ❤ Fun fact: Omsk used to be the capital of White Russia

[@stoj_]

You forgot to add the save in the description!

[@Fireburnin21]

Expert AI is so funny to me. Guys, if you want a harder singleplayer experience there are a ton of mods that alter how the ai fights and creates divisions. I would start by searching "better mechanics" on the steam workshop. Although if you are somehow losing to vanilla AI you may want to learn how to beat it first.

[@greatlyreducedgameplay9939]

Easiest “disaster” save I’ve ever seen

[@quan-uo5ws]

I remember when i played the expert ai mod for the first time as the USSR and Germany made a giant encirclement around Moscow and i lost like 100 divisions......

[@R.U.Sirius23]

TBF Expert AI is NOT compatible with Road to 56 (its not compatible with any major mod, should be played vanilla) so don't judge it from your experience in this game. The fact that it functioned well enough it beat the OP is ummm surprising to be diplomatic about it.

[@Tiwaryakash720]

Yup please do the germany save

[@kieranchristophersen3598]

Not shocked that omsk is the start of the Russian Reclamation, all the forts will keep you safe

[@Qwertyui606]

Road to 56 is such a clusterfuck. No wonder it lags so bad.

[@wotanvonedelsburg1610]

Which Mega mod or Overhul mod does not start to stutter in lategame?

[@virginiastatesman4672]

You should try the seelow heights start date mod

[@topphatt1312]

11:30 ah I see you are a graduate of the American school of aircraft design

[@superwatcher456]

Wow, they capitulated almost near the exact timeframe irl

[@vladekm]

Hmm the 'try it yourself' link seems to be missing.

[@itstaylor2137]

the US said "yeahhh the soviets can have Berlin...suuureee"