HoI4 Challenge: Make Lithuania Great Again! This one made me INSANE!!

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In this new HoI4 challenge as Lithuania, we will try and form the Glorious Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth!
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[@noneed4sleep64]

39:15 *barges into German task force* *sinks pride of the fleet* *refuses to engage further* *leaves*

[@markkus-oliverollo2380]

Lithuanian sigma male grindset

[@germanlad1609]

"We lost 2 thirds of our country" "We are still flying half a country" Me: *confusion*

[@TheIncredible1984]

He wants to be called an idiot....so go ahead! ;)

[@signoguns8501]

@Poland DANZIG OR WAR

[@Anonymous-_-69]

@Poland DEMAND EASTERN POLAND

[@marondaleernlin6182]

Lithuania is at war with Latvia. Latvia appeals to Estonia: "Estonia, we heard that you have two whole tanks. Can you please give them to us at the time of the war with Lithuania?" Estonia replies: "Of course, but we can only give you one tank." - "Thanks, but why only one?" - "Because we've already gave the second to Lithuania "

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Brotherly Baltic love

[@artsyrache]

War profiteering at its finest

[@balijaa]

We need no idea animation video about this

[@50Steaks68]

Tanks but no tanks

[@64bitVanny]

Estonia plays on both sides so they always destroy one tank

[@Snakegg2]

You can actually do a an anti-ideology raid to drop your stability below 50% to ignite a civil war. This way you actually get stability out of the whole deal instead of losing it

[@Bitt3rSteel]

That's...true. Damn...

[@pcgaming7680]

@Сергей Владимирович Таборицкий no. you will gain 2% plus some more from having your ideology popularity grow

[@arctic5156]

15:48 Always make sure to take Curacao and Suriname off the Dutch. Because they're colonial states they'll start with 50% Compliance under you after the Peace Conference allowing you to make use of the resources available there at almost no occupation cost.

[@detroitdave9512]

Some juicy South American oil

[@nathan-iz2bq]

I was literally thinking about how I want to do a Lithuania playthrough and you uploaded

[@Psychonide]

It's sad to her that people call you stupid just for taking a different route, or doing something different. It's like saying I'm stupid for eating a burger wrong, but in reality you can eat a burger anyway which way you want it because no one put those rules in bound. So my friend be free and keep on doing what you want to do!

[@pcgaming7680]

he's not even close to playing optimally, and is admitting it. i doubt here are actually people calling him stupid for his mistakes though

[@ThiccMidgett]

I completely agree. Now excuse me while I go eat a burger with chopsticks.

[@unknownglitch7027]

grr how dare he not play lituania absolutely perfectly

[@vivofoottheseventh7393]

@@ThiccMidgett Wait why would u eat it like that I mean I am not criticizing u

[@LordDaret]

10:10 it’s just more pp efficient to get worker conditions rather than raids. To get the same amount of stability as 1 worker condition, you have to spend 5 raids and in turn temporarily lose 50% stability and you still have to deal with reduced factory output. The bigger problem at this point was manpower rather than equipment.

[@dominikobora5385]

yeah when you he goes below 50% stab instead of improved worker conditions it just makes me cringe

[@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja]

If you need to also gain party popularity, doing raids is just as good as worker conditions.

[@dominikobora5385]

@@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja party popularity is pretty pointless

[@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja]

@@dominikobora5385 A maximum of +15 stability is nice.

[@dominikobora5385]

@@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja yeah but compared to other options it isnt useful unless your swimming in pp

[@viclorenzo5016]

33:41 Long story short, after the Great War ended, the Polish-Soviet War and the Lithuanian-Soviet War happen. The Poles take Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania, during the fight against the Soviet and when the Lithuanian government demand the return of Vilnius. The Poles decide they are going to use "You know what, I'm going to keep this city and you can cry about it" kind of attitude toward the Lithuanian. This is the most simplified version of their history. If anyone wants to explain a bit more about the conflict, go ahead be my guest.

[@skrollonafide]

The polish military staged a fake coup of generals in Vilnius then defeated the fake coup themselves and kept Vilnius. It was a plan of the polish government.

[@per4n]

Wilno is not historically Lithuanian, every village and town was first Polish and so was the main city, but due to WW2 Lithuania got some land gains and lots of Polish got genocides by USSR, there are lots of Poles still but just not in the main city due to Lithuanian immigration.

[@per4n]

It was never called Vilnius, and the Polish used to have Lithuania before there were any Lithuanians, even in the east in Belarus and Ukraine was Polish, Ukrainians and Belarussians are over 70% ethnic Poles.

[@thetautvyduxs5242]

@@per4n Vilnius or as you call it Wilno was acctually first founded by Duke Gediminas. He was ruler of LDK (Grand Duchy of Lithuania) so Vilnius is lithuanian not polish. And poland got control of Vilnius in 1569 when Lithuania and Poland became Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth and even then Lithuania kinda still had control of the city because it was their land and they didn't give it away to the poles that they had to keep control of. You should look how Large LDK (Grand Duchy of Lithuania) was Before unification it definetly was lager then Poland but they had to give away almost half of the land to Poles or even more. And Vilnius was Capital of LDK Before unification

[@ernestasluza1787]

Welcome to Lithuanian hell. As Lithuanian I bought this game to try change scenario of war with Lithuania from 500hrs in game half of that I spent playing as Lithuania and all the time ends up in constant pain.

[@TheIncredible1984]

Bitt3rSteel: *goes insane* Community: Part 2 when?

[@vivofoottheseventh7393]

Because they like content creators suffering

[@Stiann86]

1:58 KZbin: "You said the W- word, shame on you!" Half naken teens on KZbin shorts: KZbin: "Its fine, its FIIIIINE"

[@swansonthebigjohnson9553]

for real lol imagine banning words but not borderline line child cp

[@JohnSmith-kb4re]

fucking tell me all the pieces of shit calling the shots on KZbin weren't on epstein's island. try.

[@toddhoward3846]

You can find jelqing tutorials on KZbin but you can’t say words directly associated with the single greatest conflict in human history.

[@viclorenzo5016]

Looks like KZbin want to be the new no no hub, if you catch my drift ;)

[@markkus-oliverollo2380]

You said you will not be touching the Baltics again before they get a focus tree, but it would be fun if you try to make a Nordic empire as Estonia before the new focus tree, which has a path for it

[@scavenger6268]

I have several tips to improve and i love it you got to the Iron Wolves: P.S. Good Video Man --I have often found in my attempts at various countries that a simple 10 width of armored cars for 25 exp (35 if adding Military police which i would recommend) keeps far more territory under occupation than 125 exp of horses. Main reason is that you are trading a single military factory, far less manpower, and at the very minimum 25-50% less of guns to maintain order. --As Lithuania you have neither the guns or the manpower to be doing a mass horse military police and you yourself messed up your military experience gain that could have gone to making better divisions. --If you desire to have an awesome Superior Firepower (with integrated support branch) add hospital, logistics, and your choice of maintenance/signal/armored recon to your support arty/engineers. Hospital and Logistics alone will staunch much of the bleeding you have to suffer (by bringing back almost 50% of all casualties) and will not consume fuel despite needing some motorized vehicles. These supports will also add 20 organization each to the final calculation and allow your divisions to fight more. Plus i like the idea of getting my men decent chefs to cook their food. --Use the Prince of terror advisor. In combination with militarism, military youth, and the armored car template in the first tip you will maintain entire control of the Soviet Union while gaining 4-7% non-core manpower depending on conscription. Such sweet, sweet factories to be had. --Germany during Molotov-Ribbentrop disowns the anti-comintern pact thus allowing you to be scooped by Soviet Union (with no axis support) when he inevitably declares war on you. Germany is also scripted to always have the most score at the end of the eastern front so always allow him to take the most of his casualties before you betray him. One possibility is to use him to declare an early Barbarossa on Poland and the Soviets by you war goaling them early as an axis member although that is very tricky. --lvl 5 concentrated industry is +75% to factory output (mil and civ) and lvl 5 dispersed is +50% to factory mil, civ, and dockyard output. Free Trade adds an additional +15% output on top of those industry branches, but cripples Lithuania due to its crippled resource output until you get a sizable country...and all of your trade partners will inevitably screw your trade for their resources in some form regardless of ideology. --In MP there is a way to game trade/licensing by implementing fair trade policy. Simply trade 8 of your steel for 8 of someone else's and boom...you have succesfully reclaimed the civ and steel you sent out to market. Same works for the other player. --Lithuania has the advantage of being a neutral nation with a generic focus tree. Confused? You can acquire the 7% recruitable pop while going for any other ideology...you simply have to finish nationalism before you turn into whatever ideology you desire and bam!! Pro-Democracy Military youth camps. Lithuania also has a genius division trainer for army advisor that when combined with para-military training and 1st mass assault tech can have 35% or 45% (depending on patch) reduction to division training time. --Should one decide to go mechanized whether for memes or to hold on for dear life Lithuania has an awesome time should it survive that long. Ideological fanaticism gives +10% atk/def on core territory and mechanized III (just the tech) gives all mechanized a permanent +15% atk/def. Superior firepower i believe also affects mechanized troops with +20% soft attack. Considering that most of the russian border is cored when you create the PLC you can have divisions that +45% atk/ +25% def when facing the soviet union/germany and if gone down Mobile Warfare instead (going mobile infantry/desperate defense or shortly left/left) will have divisions with +20% atk/def on core territory with 20% faster speed, +55 org, 40% org regen, an additional 5% recruitable pop, and -50% loss to org when moving. --When possible and you are done with focuses use the endless focus of repair teams as you build infrastructure. Every steel province in the united balkan state needs to be maxed to gain at least 12-15 steel from their pathetic collective 6. This also has the added benefit that concentrated industry will repair said broken infrastructure rapidly but also build more of it in your new territory so you don't suffer malnutrition during war. In addition the fighting in a region breaks down the infrastructure (soviets are infamous for lvl 1 everywhere) so if you can remove theirs, but keep your the enemy will naturally starve even after their programming told them to stop busting their heads against your walls since they are now below 50% strength...saves you some casualties. --I hope this helps in your future endeavors in the east, may the feast be plentiful, your enemy dead, and your family prosperous. (Happy Halloween and Harvest from USA)

[@jebbroham1776]

You're the only one that can absolutely troll the AI to the point that it's impossible for it to beat you, even in the worst of circumstances. You've done things that are quite literally not possible for anyone else and you have the game mechanics down to a science. Every video you've posted just inspires me to try more outrageous things.

[@vicebuzz1255]

Field marshals and army groups in hoi4: exist Bittersteel: get that shit out of my face. P. S.: I always use field marshal line, it thinner and provides better view on the landscape, terrain and the units. Just personal opinion.

[@tg-sj2nu]

same. probably less effective, but looks less cluttered always wins over function, lol

[@richardbarbaros5868]

A field marshal line I used while invading Britain thought it was a good idea to leave the port in the good hands of the two El Salvadorian ~6 combat width divisions, and sent my two full armies South into England when I wasn't looking. Needless to say, I was short two full army groups not soon after, and was very nearly about to be short a monitor as well.

[@hellbach8879]

I'm pretty sure making a bigger garrison template doesn't matter until you get MPs in them. I also personally always go for worker conditions over anti ideology raids, but that might just be because I'm greedy for stability. I think this is a matter of preference though, same as my preference for shitty bathtubs over good subs. You could also cheese naval invasions to send your whole 24 stack at once instead of only 10. Satelliting as much as possible is also better than a flat puppet for the extra factories from the default tree. Might've also been able to ask for some occupation from germany You're not stupid

[@hendrikmons4231]

I like these zero to hero formables in hoi4, this was once again, a very impressive game, nice work!

[@reiko6105]

I've been waiting for a "form commonwealth as Lithuania" video for so long! Not from you specifically but just in general. 💕

[@Grif2501]

i've been trying to get Feedbackgaming to do this for the longest time. At least someone good has done this.

[@bltsevdallarfanclub641]

I was waiting this from the start

[@TheLeastEast]

How did you know the steel was bitter

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Blind taste test

[@danielgrimmett2262]

You are disgustingly underrated man, 2022 is gonna be the year for you no doubt

[@cashflowcatalist]

Austria-Hungary as croatia?

[@arandommalaysian4039]

Wait can u form austria hungary with any country that used to be in it?

[@rbonsiege8549]

@@arandommalaysian4039 no

[@arandommalaysian4039]

@@rbonsiege8549 oh

[@cybersnake16]

He keeps hitting new levels of insanity, is there ever a peak bitt3r? Must be fun being dutch and seeing a lithuanian show up on your shore.

[@Tizze87]

This video made my day! Keep up the good work!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@RockinwithAWESOME]

Hey I love your videos, I was wondering if you could make a video describing the different dlcs and which ones are worth it. Thanks for making these amazing videos.

[@Strelo]

I'm not sure about anti-ideology raids compared to improved worker conditions. I forgot how much stability they give, but you should consider the fact that the temporary drop in stability also significantly affects your factory output.

[@RunRiot_]

This was amazing awesome work man

[@shinyentree225]

I’ve been waiting for this one!!!!

[@juliusjatautas7863]

Hey, love your videos. Would be really nice if you could do Lithuania with the new focus tree

[@Cotton_Collector]

Keep up with the great work!

[@Meatful]

We finally found the challenge that broke his spirit

[@ThugRammus]

About killing the Units on the Capital: It didnt give me much warscore for killing 20 Units on London but it gives almost the same warscore if you kill 1-2 Units on it. Either it was bugged for me or it counts as 1 battle beeing won and the Occupation points from the battle are amplified by the Victory points of the Province so I havent tested it but it might be better if you manage to make small circles around londong and if you kill units there open up your pens and try to make them walk into london, maybe that would work Cheese³

[@BringTheRains]

Can't wait for the new patch where you can disable your allies supply and get them to bugger off.

[@detroitdave9512]

Great stuff Bitter I can't imagine the suffering we aren't seeing

[@---ii8hl]

improving workers conditions is overall better, because you only loose 5% IC and 5% factory output, however, in the early stages it doesnt matter as much as in the late game, where every % counts. As i said, focus on improving build like efficiency over factory output. in the early game, factory output of 5% is anything from 2.5%-4% of actual equipment output due to production efficiency on being up and because factory output has lower effect on build line than efficiency.

[@antasil5768]

Brilliant campaign all things considered. But that crazy laugh when you sunk those German ships, that was scary

[@gamidragon]

This video reinforces how excited I am for No Step Back.

[@oneesama3421]

Nice surprise upload and nice vid! So, now as your next challenge, start as Panama and form Gran Colombia - afterwards take out the USA!

[@Litterbugtaylor]

I'm not sure if i missed something but you never assigned a field Marshall, you can also let the draft dodging or strikes events run for a few days so you can buy something for your cabinet then taking the expensive one so you'd be negative pp but you wouldn't have to wait for an advisor

[@arthillidan1905]

dude the new editor is fucking amazing

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks, I'll let myself know

[@memeking912]

@@Bitt3rSteel how long does it take for to edit the videos now? They seem much better edited nowadays

[@Bitt3rSteel]

This one took me about 5-6 hours to edit...I'm not a professional,so I kinda bumble through it as I learn and hopefully, improve

[@CMAzeriah]

Supply mechanic is at it again I feel you man...

[@niku4154]

After watching the whole thing I'm getting a déjà vu. Specifically with you sinking the Admiral Scheer.

[@fischliebhaber8403]

for me, this is the best HOI4 channel.

[@normalhuman78-53]

Jesus Christ your hoi4 runs faster than some people's eu4

[@Bitt3rSteel]

That beefy 3900x doing the lord's work

[@edumekation2931]

I know huh? I love it too when I execute a very well planned Normandy invasion as Britain, and the AI sends in 300 13w cavalry divisions to help out.

[@lord_of_the_rats5916]

A well-made documentary on the side effects of playing too much HOI

[@michaeltomasicchio6895]

I cannot believe you went through all of that pain and suffering to form the PLC (or LPC?) and you didn't unpause to watch your manpower shoot through the roof as a reward. Literally my favorite part of forming a big nation when starting as a small one. *cough* *Byzantines* *cough*

[@fredericchopin4821]

Thank you Bittersteel for putting your sanity at stake for the entertainment of your viewers, that’s gotta take some balls 💪

[@georgeofazgad2176]

The reason Poland left the port is because garrison orders like to shuffle units around if the areas they are ordered to garrison “change shape” ie the attack on Wilno must’ve affected Poland’s garrison order.

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

39:30 the last thing a small Congolese child hears before they're sent to the mines

[@Enward834]

I think rushing tools 3 is technicaly better than concentrated 3. At least if you don't change to better equipment

[@titosyettos2689]

You finnaly played lithuania youre best youtuber

[@yiaboi2287]

16:20 "Retake core territory of Illinois"

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Vilnius :

[@SamuelMaluco379]

fun fact: latvia tried to colonised some caribbean island and almost succeded

[@viclorenzo5016]

Epic Latvia

[@Sky4Jus]

There is a great focus tree mod for lithuania on steam workshop

[@basketbart5932]

Isn‘t it better to reduce the stability under 50% via raids? I know that it coasts 25pp more but you save stability in the long run (and also pp if you want to increase your stability again)

[@jacoblamb3535]

At the start of the war there was only like 3 people and a pet dog who spoke Lithuanian in Vilnius but Stalin gave it to his new Lithuanian SSR bc he wanted to

[@phonzell4755]

The absolute skill of this legend. Sensei, please teach me your ways. Lmao. Some 10000 IQ moves were used in this.

[@mnmfreak502]

No step back is bringing focus trees to these countries.

[@DedicatedCaffeineUser]

Sometimes Vichy France spawns before France capitulates and France is always renamed to Free France after that point which is how Free France capitulated

[@deadheat1635]

Wish you mentioned when you started justifying on Estonia, ended up making me 2 months behind.

[@MemeMan69]

Would be interesting to see a video about the war with poland (but this time without interference)

[@giannistheofanopoulos]

16:56 you pick construction 3, while you have not taken any army effort and doctrine bonuses. Maybe with one or two doctrines you'll win Poland alone.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

The curse of greed

[@compatriot852]

Lithuania into the Commonwealth. Yes, the historical way

[@signoguns8501]

England, Germany, Italy, Poland, Ireland, Austria, France...So much rich history and culture. Europe is the greatest continent on Earth.

[@carltonleboss]

Hopefully No Step Back will solve most of the supply issues

[@jonathanfabela739]

At least you're not using bicycle divisions

[@Majora1988]

This wasn't your average everyday suffering...this was...ADVANCED SUFFERING!

[@---ii8hl]

focus on improving build line efficiency over industry, its better in short and long run

[@KhanterWinters]

awwwww.... thought u wud finish it... I enjoy that drain of sani-... manpower going....

[@iii8410]

Alright. You got the Commonwealth, Uncommonwealth, now form the Rarewealth.

[@romulusnuma116]

All the Baltic countries have great names for some reason Iron Cross Empire is probably my fav

[@abrjt9555]

No Army Group? madlad

[@jamtoast4302]

His soul is being stripped away just like ISP

[@RainBurner13]

Makes me wonder how much benefit field marshals give to the army hmm

[@teriblesoldiertv2108]

At this point he should of waited for NSB

[@zddxddyddw]

Lol I started this same scenario a few days ago. So far I've formed the Baltic Assembly and am getting ready to invade Poland.

[@RichRacc]

_Poor gameplay? This is realistic!_ But seriously good game, I don’t think I could put up with this. Thanks for making great content dude.

[@mokslobrokolis6685]

Finally!

[@2milk867]

now do it when the dlc comes out

[@caleb.8]

ah yes stacking the cores of plc and baltic, i tested it out by myself before and the cores got stacked

[@williamhodgetts5486]

Here's a hard challenge for you, form the European Union as Belgium

[@RisusShorts]

Ah yes my homeland

[@ainiuskuliesius1305]

Vladas Mironas Me: oh hes gonna say it incorrect Bitt3r: Vladas Mironas Me: :0

[@furkanklc3818]

Casual day Lithuanian army invading Netherlands

[@romulusnuma116]

I feel this this formidable nation is the only thing going for Lithuania

[@user-fz4jy9xg1i]

Now here comes another austria-hungary challenge. FORM AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AS CZECHOSLOVAKIA WHILE STAYING DEMOCRATIC The strategy whould probably be to eat hungary via focus tree and wait for the germans to demand sudeten after which you will be at war with the axis (which includes romania). Italy is gonna have to occupy the northern yugoslav territories which you then will take and control. After or even before that you cap romania. Then win ww2 and take austria

[@MistFire3454]

Would love to see a democratic Norway challenge where you try and compete with Germany’s navy and hold off invasions.

[@tylerhutson4687]

lost 2/3 of my country... still have 1/2 left over lol

[@thu277nder3]

Nice Video

[@PKazlauskas]

I usually get docking rights from Germany without joining them.

[@joesullivan7940]

Wait is this a 2nd channel now? IBitterProductions?

[@inoch07]

Laughs in previous Lithuanian playthroughs Playing as Lithuania really highlights the faults of HOI4. Now they're going to just paint over their mistakes with some lazy and broken focus trees.

[@EEE-pv2eo]

I don’t know why it’s not named Lithuanian Polish commonwealth. I hope they take that suggestion in the new DLC

[@alexanderpejnovic4863]

Suspect

[@fckcats5039]

if u run out of manpower making subs and ur a minor, use the three dockyards to make 3 seperate subs and when u get the manpower u get 3 instead of 1

[@RNB_lovr]

why did you not give field marshall

[@Nederlanderssss]

haha next month, No step back released... Yo Bittersteel you promised bruh! :')