HoI4 Challenge: From NO Factories to a Pacific SUPERPOWER! - Majapahit Empire

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In this new HoI4 challenge as British Malaya, we start with NO FACTORIES to build a Pacific SUPERPOwer! The Majapahit Empire!
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[@astralaegis]

I love when people decide to build a navy and use it, not just steal the great power's navies or spam subs. Thanks, and keep up the great work!

[@jax3967]

Yeah, I just get this great feeling from building up a fleet of super ships, and seeing them obliterate enemy fleets.

[@dyslexicbatnam1350]

@@jax3967 I dont know how the fuck the navy works so I just merge every ship together and put them to strike force in an area and hope they kill something before being obliterated like always

[@johnnyboy95101]

This fucker built a navy as goddamn British Malaya and I can't figure it out as the Netherlands. What a world.

[@thefbi3350]

@@jax3967 my super ships of unhittable subs can do better :D

[@larsenmarianna]

KMS main power

[@laszlokiss483]

Fun fact of the day, Thalassocracy is a combination of words derived from the Greek language which translates to “rule of the sea” in case anyone was wondering.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thank you Laszlo, very cool

[@MintyLime703]

It's kinda surprising just how common Greek is right alongside Latin. Never seen that word before yet I knew what it meant because of similar Greek derived words like "thalassophobia" and "democracy" as well as other words with the ocracy suffix.

[@legendphil6232]

Thanks laszlo

[@enzymcs2992]

thanks laszlo

[@FirstnameLastname-yh4lk]

thanks laszlo

[@some_gh0st]

“If it looks stupid, but it works, than it’s not stupid.” Words to live by x)

[@kubablaszka]

You get 2 factories from trade, which are stacked on top of domestic factories - of which you have -1 (capped at 0). So, math actually checks out.

[@silosneeded]

It's still upsetting me that British Malaya didn't get a unique focus tree, unlike the rest of British Dominions.

[@krasnamerah1926]

Yep, hope they would get one in Pearls of the Orient along with my country, Philippines, and Indochina. Maybe after Middle East Countrypack and Italian Rework so i expect on late 2023.

[@arandommalaysian4039]

Imagine a british malaya mod focus tree once u become free u can become monarchic and choose which king u want because we have many kings

[@naoyanaraharjo4693]

@@arandommalaysian4039 or be a wholeseome republic with equal rights for everyone

[@krasnamerah1926]

​@@arandommalaysian4039, haha. Certainly Monarchist Malaysia would be either represented by either only one Sultan for the Unitarist path, or the Majelis (or the leading Sultan) for the Federation path.

[@viclorenzo5016]

@@naoyanaraharjo4693 I'm curious will there be a Onn Jaafar's Independence of Malaya Party vs Tunku Abdul Rahman's UMNO Party decision mechanic if Paradox decide to add a focus tree for British Malaya.

[@topshaggerorion2101]

Always love formable nations

[@Charlie-fk4ly]

I love how you glossed over the Philippines, knowing it's master lives a thousand miles away and you have no hope of reaching them XD

[@brandonmin6204]

It’s just a pain.

[@Kromiball]

The USA is literally on the opposite longitude of the world from Majapahit, it'll be a pain in the butt to invade them.

[@ramaigis]

10/10. as an Indonesian I'd love to see you fight the Allies as Majapahit and realize the Maphindo idea

[@zyxasthrrr8106]

YOOOOOO, HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR BRITISH MALAYA GAMEPLAY! 10/10, love from Malaysia!

[@chitzz]

Yes cool country 😃

[@DanRefhn]

Malaysian and Indonesian language has direct and simple pronunciation. The word is pronounced directly based on spelling. It's pronounced "Ma-Ja(Ja not Ha)-Pa-Hit". In case anyone is curious :-) Good video anyway!

[@hadhamalnam]

The j being pronounced as h in spanish doesn't make it "not directly based on spelling", it's just a different sound however the spelling is still completely consistent with pronunciation.

[@giovanniregazzo371]

Like the italian language where the oral is the same of the write

[@cosmosyn2514]

“The word is pronounced directly based on spelling.” Is a statement that works in literally every language other than English.

[@juanon_industries7256]

@@hadhamalnam why in spanish?

[@juanon_industries7256]

@DETUSCHLAND hola no es ola genio🙃

[@scott3017]

That was a fantastic run. I've never seen that formable done before. The ultimate challenge for formables is to start as Yugoslavia, release Croatia, and form Austria Hungary. You should do this. I think you're the only KZbinr good enough.

[@chainz983]

What about Taureor though

[@scott3017]

@@chainz983 he might be able to do it too.

[@aidenbooksmith2351]

he recently did this. and not as the Croatia released by Yugoslavia. No, no, he released Croaria in Istria and Zara as italy and formed A-H THAT way!

[@scott3017]

@@aidenbooksmith2351 I saw that, and it was epic. Starting from Istria is even harder than what I imagined originally pre BfB

[@alfonsecouillon]

2:35 : I don't think the AI actively deletes buildings. Rather, the game system deletes a certain amount of factories when the owner switches due to an event or something like that. I think this also happens when starting as Republican Spain and building up an area that you don't keep (or say, you build up a Nat. Spain province because you want to play them). Verification may be required though...

[@Bitt3rSteel]

That's an interesting theory. I assumed it was the AI, because it sees there are no building slots and it needs mills, so it deletes stuff to make room

[@naoyanaraharjo4693]

maybe the factory deletion is to reflect destruction of war

[@rizuki7438]

When you occupy a nation the state still has all of its factory until you won the war and then after the peace deal i think about 50% of the factory in said state will dissapear. It won't happen if you have core on said state and then the factory will still intact

[@rizuki7438]

@@andrezj3012 yeah, it's from the non core state modifier -50% building slots

[@ottosalmenkivi8670]

I would absolutely love to see you take on Allies as Majapahit Empire! This was one of the best Hoi4 videos yet!

[@DIY_Miracle]

Would love a part 2. Always satisfying to end a HOI4 game where you get to the point that you could fairy easilly wc :)

[@legitplayin6977]

Damn, I wish I could build a good navy too but it’s waaaaay to complicated for me

[@ibroplatin4915]

Just auto

[@rps215]

CL only or DD only if you don't like submarines

[@John.McMillan]

I just spam subs and naval bombers because forming anything proper takes too long and is very complicated.

[@lordavy7469]

@@John.McMillan I just spam destroyers w/ max torpedos as well as heavy cruisers with max light battery and deathstack them to destroy enemy ships, sometimes do some spotting ships too if I'm feeling like wasting more time on my navy

[@xMxCxPx]

Full LC + any kind of capital ship kills the AI for good

Just for your information: the strategy still sorta works but not really anymore since the Nazis will not let you join their club until 1939/start of WW2. To capitulate the Dutch you have to use a similiar tactic to the one Bitter used in his Crusader Kings II achievement guide: declare war on Republican Spain asap (take Murcia as war goal since that one takes a while to fall to Franco), ask Franco for military access and use his ports for a naval invasion into the Netherlands. I also recommend going Communist since Malaysia starts with 30% communist support. Plus Stalin is very VERY generous with lend lease in the first phases of your glorious Pacific conquest. Also also: i recommend taking out Portugal and taking Timur since thats also core territory of the Thela-Thel-Thelacross-Malay Empire. All in all Malaysia is probably one of the most fun minors to play in HOI4 in my opinion.

[@nskj5165]

Thank.

[@JustLynx04]

I did your strategy , it turned out beautifully. Thanks for the help!

[@hermionez7088]

Achievement unlocked: offend every indonesian by playing bri ish malaya despite majapahit is from indonesia not malaysia Heres some short history: Majapahit is a javanese kingdom( an Indonesian island ) As majapahit conquered other islands like borneo, sumatra, maluku etc. Unfortunately for the malay kingdoms (those who has opposed the majapahit rule) were victims to majapahit invasions. And the sultanate of malacca defeated majapahit. Indonesia is one of the few southeast asian nations that glorify the majapahit empire as it is forgotten in some parts of malaysia and Philippines. Although majapahit are not able to conquer sunda and some pacific islands. It inspired unity in Indonesia during the independence war.

[@milimnava8462]

How Malacca sultanate defeat majapahit... I thought srivijavaya defeating majapahit?

[@CJ-wh7ik]

@@milimnava8462 it was mahalara sultanate actually...

[@PIRATEOTR]

I think these more freeform videos are a lot of fun and a nice change of pace from achievement stuff. Keep it up! Also love to see some naval stuff lol

[@tobiasGR3Y]

I got you. Ma-Jah-Pa-Hit, thanks Bill Wertz.

[@hendrikmons4231]

Yea this was a satisfying game! I allways struggle with the navy, its abit hard to know what to do. It was nice to have some explanation as to how to do it in this vid. I would love to see you go against the allies, but as a challenge: you cant invade the uk untill the very end! 1ste usa so we can see a reverse island hopping and a reverse midway? :D

[@danielgloyd4529]

I always use a similar naval strategy in my games. The only difference is I go for battlecruisers filled with light guns, instead of the heavy cruisers. A bit more expensive but more bonuses for them in tech and doctrines. As the older models get to be noticably out of date, I turn them into battleship deck conversion carriers. They don't have the best deck space but they're faster and better than keeping the older models around.

[@gatorvon3178]

Your editing has gotten better, keep it up!

[@oktilian1873]

Will you do Austro-Hungary as the Independent State of Croatia? 👉👈

[@mastrorick]

Actually Malaysia was the best choice. With Indonesia you would have to take on the allies

[@blazingfish8486]

1:44 you are getting 5 factories from trade. The minus 1 means you get 4 factories for yourself, and 2 are used for consumer goods while the other two you can build with. The reason why you have -1 civilian factories is because of the British, who are taking your factories. The calculations include all of the civs you have access to, but it is displayed as only affecting your owned factories. Because you have so few owned factories, they go into the negatives when the British are taken into account.

[@joesullivan7940]

Liked the focus on naval combats in this play through. Nicely done.

[@combrade-t]

I think a part 2 for this video would be really cool, fighting to take Japan and to push out the British.

[@guilhermesalatine5117]

Great upload as always. I would love to watch your take on the 'La Vittoria è Nostra!', a new mod for Italy.

[@ancaoraathasach]

Nice video. I'd say the Flemish/Dutch words are harder than "Majapahit" but that's just me. Would love to see more of this. For some reason, these islands are quite alluring. I always have to abandon my China games when I fight the allies so I'd love to see you have a go!

[@sebastiannorgaard6654]

i would love some more naval gameplay, its a rare sight from all the tank and infantry games.

[@Lenys88]

This is one of my favorite videos on your YT

[@Slovensko89]

This was a really fun video to watch. I would like to see a part 2 if you won’t suffer too much

[@alexsmailer427]

I like the focus on the navy in this one, matches nicely with the pacific country theme

[@warrick1280]

I actully love when people do a proper navy, please do more of these type of videos

[@vasiliosmitropoulos5590]

pretty nice video! i would love to see u fight the allies!

[@EuronLager]

Bitt3rSteel has graced us with another video! Praise the lord.

[@lorenzocalvin8227]

Thanks! This is what I'm waiting for!

[@alexandervolkov5205]

I’ve been a fan of your channel for a little bit now and I love your save your disaster Campaigns, and boy do I have a challenge for you.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I'm curious now

[@alexandervolkov5205]

@@Bitt3rSteel I'm not a hoi4 newbie, but I am when it comes to Japan... 1942 Haven't killed China (not yet at war with the Allies), however made some encirclements. (going for the marine amphibious tank build) built up some carriers and building decent cruisers, I should have one of the best fighters in the world (maxed range and agility + the company that gives agility/speed). Lets just say if you're gonna kill China you're gonna need a lot more divisions... (like that scene from Jaws "were gonna need a bigger boat"). Oh and finally I was using the spot op mod and the expert A.I. mod. I've seen you come back from worse!

[@EnderGraff1]

I love your attitude towards the navy. It's fun!

[@thegreenknight7448]

Amazing video, I really enjoyed.

[@pergaman6334]

I really wish I knew more about naval compositions cause honestly it seems really complicated. But I loved this campaign, gonna try one for myself!

[@Neetje42ever]

One of the few things these fast boats can do without taking damage is convoy raiding. Put them around the occupied coastline of China and basically afk watch the Japanese convoy count go down. There is a point where Japan runs out of oil, then you can put your fleets to patrol and always engage. It's a bit of a cheese strat, but it works perfectly.

[@oneesama3421]

No Loli Boate were harmed in the making of this video! On another note: @Bitt3rSteel Of course I would like to see how you take out the allies! But would also like to see if you could build a austro-hungarian-surface-fleet which contains super heavy battleships and take out the allies!

[@HereComesTheStormTrooper]

I had no idea ships could be upgraded. Thanks mate.

[@sprites75]

that's neat! you could have done a little better on the peace deal but i've learned a lot navally

[@f3tsch906]

You can actually better your naval experience with tbis nation: have the naval dockyard focus play selected while the civil war fires. The ai enemy will not delete those dockyards because they are from a focus. Civil war might take a while longer because of shipbuilding though.but that would be easy +3 dockyards

[@danielzamora9491]

I don't know if someone can select the ubication on a YT video when uploaded, but if you uploade it while you were on Malaysia that's so based and if not good detail anyway.

[@giancocastillo6423]

Its VPN time

[@123wire456]

Great vid once again. I'm trying the same naval setup as Sweden but I won't get it working very well. Is the British fleet simply way better than the Japanese as in your vid? Whats your basic setup in the example at 26:22, besides alot of French obsolete boats. Is it 4xCA with load of light attack (one have battery), 20xfleet fodder DD and 20 x torp spam DD?

[@drigovvega391]

I love your vids maan what a pro

[@ShackleYT]

Sadnly you can't make this kind of cruiser anymore. you should redo this nation again for an updated version, it's a great vid!

[@MrBlueTaboo1]

impressive gameplay as always!

[@rajamuhdshafiqshafiq6100]

dude i love u video if u can do a long story for malay it will me nice...

[@LT_Silver]

The reason as to why you got so many factories is because you get alot of your puppets, factories based on what kind of integration level their at. 25:03 The notification takes alittle bit of time to show up.

[@detroitdave9512]

Love the navy stuff!

[@RunRiot_]

Built a navy and enjoyed the game what...... love the content man

[@burkanov]

Thanks for the video! Sure, go for the total pacific ownership, continue!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

That's the plan!

[@norfcarolinadude8179]

You probably got those 20 factories at 25:04 because you had many puppets doing the focus tree and did construction things.

[@JeanLoot]

I Loved the Navy plays in this video! I find it to be the hardest and most neglected part of this game. Its always nice to learn some tips and tricks on the navy.

[@Emdertainment]

Like the navy stuff in this video :)

[@steffiguffens2016]

Love the sounds 😁

[@sethyboy0]

I’d like to see you take the allies but here’s a tip for that: The British are coming. They have a focus to declare on Japan and they will use it. That’ll put you in a defensive war so I’d suggest taking some Chinese clay to bulk up before that happens. On second thought without Japan attacking the Philippines it shouldn’t be too hard.

[@higif6318]

Yes! You could try to take out the Allies and start as Dutch East Indies.

[@MGoogle3146]

Lovely piano background music

[@windowsauce]

Honestly it's easier to form this as British Malaya so you got lucky with your coin toss. Great video as always!

[@elijahr241]

Yeah. It's easier to beat Malaya as the east Indies but you have to deal with britain

[@nourali9493]

Yes please more naval runs!!

[@Gabeslicor]

I know this sounds weird but when im drunk ur my favorite thing to watch

[@tugaycoban8875]

I would like to see the majaphit empire beating the allied navy actually. Need a part 2 to this one.

[@cybersnake16]

Ah yes, the mapajahit or whatever empire Thanks for tip, you need to see the boats to attack the boats, very helpful.

[@bruce.sphinx7298]

Is majapahit

[@KAPTAINmORGANnWo4eva]

Ma-Jah-Pah-Heet I think it's a phonetic pronunciation that people screw up because Civ 5 pronounces it wrong (the narrator calls it Mai-ya-pit) Sort of like tall lady from Resident Evil 8. She's Lady "Dih-mih-tres-ku" but they pronounce it wrong in the game. That's what I've heard from multiple sources online anyway, I don't speak any Indonesian language or Romanian.

[@miloszjstm7981]

Would love a part two

[@scott3017]

I would really like to see you take on the British and US navies as Mahjapahit

[@latiolo678]

a nice video where someone finaly do something else than subs as a navy

[@dragonlord1177]

This was cool can you do more

[@jjthefish446]

This was fun. Go after the allies

[@al.bay24]

now its time for the hre speedrun

[@ajnewhouse6217]

i’ve been waiting for the majahapit- mapajahit- mahapajit- majahapit empire

[@matheusrega7046]

Now that's what I call a navy tutorial

[@samarkand1585]

'we gonna research paratroopers' 'you know where this is going' To me closing the video, yep

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Alright, you do you

[@juanpablomolina1523]

Hey bitter, can you play this game again till a sort of world conquest but with NSB activated?

[@jackgarrett6366]

Ah, A Campaign after my own heart. I did an MP as Bulgaria to Balkan Federation. The USSR player and I were having a grand issue getting to the USA, so my solution wasn't 'Submarine Spam' as would have been useful, instead I rushed 1944 Crusiers, stacked light attack, and used 20 of them to Sink the Entire British-American Navy of 740 Ships. It was glorious, but most importantly, *satisfying* something that Sub Spam definitely isn't.

[@mastrorick]

Don't worry Bit, I also like playing navy and produce beefy DD's

[@demnadamnn4001]

1:52 5 fact from trade -1 fact -2 consumer gudz left 2 factory ur usin 2 factory

[@pontuswendt2486]

AMAZINGNES!!!

[@matejbitman]

17:37 your capital ship in czech means f*ck XD

[@Bitt3rSteel]

A good name for a flagship

[@viclorenzo5016]

Yes, thank you BitterSteel. Zero to Hero indeed, my friend.

[@romulusnuma116]

Would like to see you taking on the allies

[@imasoyboi_9036]

Love the navy Focus for a change

[@officialzji1828]

Can you try the New Ways mod? Or have you tried that before? Because there is something special in Ethiopia...

[@MundaneThingsBackwards]

14:00 ACTUALLY, detection has zero impact on the combat effectiveness of a ship. It's only used on the patrol / convoy raiding mission. Strike forces rely solely on the patrol ships to fully spot the enemy fleet first before they go out to intercept. What you're thinking about is surface visibility which is that stat that not only has an effect outside of combat (particularly with subs, obviously) but inside of it because it along with speed makes ships harder to hit (or prioritize idk which.) You're better off leaving the slot empty or adding an additional gun while your actual patrol cruisers of a separate design focus on adding as much radar and scout planes as can fit. Specialization is the name of the game, basically, and you save yourself a ton of fuel. Scout DDs and CLs patrolling packed with detection, not sure about the composition. Then roach DDs and Heavy CLs as the strike force.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks for the tip!

[@MundaneThingsBackwards]

@@Bitt3rSteel No problem. Keep up the good work! You never fail to entertain.

[@Max-ew3ye]

I love how you pronouce Ajaccio ;) (it's actually pronounced A-jac-ssio)

[@izralizuddin6931]

im new to this game and i follow your way as best as i can..but 1 thing keeps me wondering is how did you send para to europe?i try to send via sea but it need sea supremacy everywhere..i still not try to send via air as i think it will not enough range to get them there..any tips that i missed?

[@beb6c2a]

I want to see a Majapahit vs. Chinese empire video. The Chinese with there soon to be annexed Allies will be quite the opponent

[@nathanguava883]

Can you do Polynesia next? That’s the pacific islands and NZ formable

[@scott3017]

Too bad paradox patched out your strategy here with the distance modifier to joining factions.

[@constantinoplepasha5332]

Hello, I just started HOI4 and learned the basics. Since you have a large amount of guides, which ones do you think are the easiest for me to start with?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Probably the beginners guide, it's lengthy but I've tried to cover the absolute basics to getting started

[@constantinoplepasha5332]

@@Bitt3rSteel Yeah I already watched that, sorry if I didn’t make that clear since English isn’t my first language. I meant as in like the other playthrough guides besides the beginner 😅

[@chrisgaming9567]

Could you do an updated tutorial on Communist China?

[@arandommalaysian4039]

Finally😆

[@IceKnight678]

As a Malaysian, I liked this

[@nimnim7750]

Part 2! Please

[@LimFuchen17-]

Fun fact about malaysia: in west malaysia have 9 king while borneo malaysia doesn't have any but we dont talk about that each kings wait to someone done being emperor or i should "agoung" then the new born song which is prince wait he father done king and become emperor you new born baby become king and keep repeating btw the king is old because they need to wait to someone done being emperor