HoI4 Guide: Greece into Byzantine Empire - No Step Back

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[@andrewjohnson7111]

1st

[@pulsar8013]

You said eleftherios venizelos perfectly

[@Bitt3rSteel]

@@pulsar8013 thanks, it's nice to hear

[@omegaexists]

Bittersteel, if you ever get a raid sponsorship, im not saying get rid of your morals, all im saying is that it would be VERY funny

[@fastranger]

i believe you discover great content on hatlesspider, ive been there too! hes nice guy with great brain

[@stylianstamatis8000]

As a Greek person, great attempts at pronouncing stuff! Definitely not without faults, but way better than what I've heard some other people pronounce!

[@andrewjohnson7111]

I feel like forming the Byzantine Empire should be a monarchist path or at least include a monarchist path. Greece at that point already has a king so it makes sense

[@redretribution1789]

And they should also have the decision to restore the Roman Empire after restoring the Byzantine Empire first, because why not?

[@deletedchannel7014]

@@redretribution1789 I think it isn't in the game because by the time Rome fell, the Eastern part was almost a Greek superstate with low Latin culture, so it doesn't make sense However, they tried to restore it and reconquered Rome, so I also think it should be possible :D

[@spykots2990]

Around the 1920s Greece wanted to return to a Byzantine-like state, with the Megali Idea, but the king at the time didn't support it. That's why it's not a monarchist path.

[@redretribution1789]

@@deletedchannel7014 Yeah I definitely think it should be possible though, cause culture doesn't just define the right to Roman succession (*cough* No Step Back Russia *cough*). They could get the claim by right of conquest. And also, Byzantium restoring Rome makes, sense doesn't it? Sorry for all the mansplaining

[@szekspir98]

Actually traditional byzantine basileus was closer to radicaly authoritarian dictatorship

[@JasonSteelflex1102]

Greece: "Italy, would you like to join our third faction?" Mussolini: "Of course! What could go wrong?"

[@hatless_spider]

Surely a newly reformed byzantium empire could have no designs on its traditional capital!

[@someonethatlikesyou7713]

greece: hey italy wana restore the roman empire? italy: sure! i was trying to form it for years! greece: *forms byzantium* italy: *I WANT TO DIE*

[@theappel]

Imagine a much smaller and weaker nation than you forming the eastern Roman Empire before you can get the west.

[@viliphied]

Pro tip: when doing the naval invasion trick you can split off one sub and park it in the northern Agean to see if tiles are garrisoned

[@IIBloodXLustII]

One thing you might do different in the beginning: Athenian thinkers isn't required for the Anatolian Refugees, it just needs to be one on that row. Theban Warriors gives 5% Defense on Core Territory.

[@jakas2524]

I just think that the research bonus is far better than a measly 5% defense bonus. You get enough defense by actually just getting spirits of the army and using defensive generals. + You have like no research slots so any research bonus is nice to have.

[@alexasln975]

BitterSteel you can crush the monarchists at the beginning of the game. You are still allowed to go for compromise with them. They'll become your friend and you'll get both bonuses for free!

[@pudanielson1]

How does this work?

[@KonigHoff]

@@pudanielson1 it's a decision in the decisions tab, 150 pp

[@pudanielson1]

@@KonigHoff Thank you just saw it

[@liamhughes2692]

This requires delaying things, overall maybe not worth it unless you're really just trying to avoid Eleftherios RNG

[@zonnytiger2371]

keeps you from getting ioannis metaxas and the sharp tongued lawyer doe, atleast in my game the monarchists turned inconsequencial after crushing and then doing the focus which prevents you from using any of their stuff

[@antgeozzz]

Yes! More Greece. Please teach us how to play this early game wreck of a country.

[@htzak8194]

Thanks for taking the time and giving some strats on minor counties that became needlessly hard to play now with NSB. If playing Greece though I highly recomend trying out the right side of the economy tree. The unlocked financial expert + the OP design companies you get from it are worth the try. Pitsos the elactronic company gives -7% consumer goods + the Tsouderos the Financial expert and high stability you get from the reforming Byzantium focuses can get you to 0% consumer goods on war economy even if you bolster the shachtplan. Also Biamax (tank designer), and the Infantry and Mechanized disigners give a flat 5-10% infantry and mechanized boosts. To finish it off if you form byzantium and default of the debt you can bypass the two inbetween focuses of the economy tree so you can rush to the end of the economic focus tree faster so you get rid of the foreign monopolies debuff faster and get your 5th research slot quicker. Keep up the good work and take care.

[@QaysSyed]

Can you explain how minors have become more difficult to play after NSB?

[@jessicalindo7977]

@@QaysSyed Train production, truck production. It's harder to wage warfare

[@danielgloyd4529]

@@QaysSyed Logistics in general. Prior to NSB the only thing that mattered was infrastructure level, and even a small nation can build that at a decent pace. Now you need Trains and trucks then railways and supply hubs. It's a big problem for some smaller countries without 🧀.

[@htzak8194]

@@QaysSyed I guess we agree that you want as most brown and red nations to go for 1-2 wars prior to 20% world tension. To that end prior to NSB you would squeeze 1-4 civs or some dockyards for specific strats till say early 1937 then go ham on military factories till you reach say 30 mils for infantry armies and say 50-60 for combined arms armies. After that you take a look at your game state and starting country and start building dockyards, roads or most likely refineries since 9/10 times this is 41-42 Japan has attacked the US and have taken over all of the world's rubber and gone into closed economy, out of spite i guess. With NSB while supply is waaaay more straight forward and more manageable it is also more production heavy requiring both hubs and tracks. Tracks are fine with the old system you would be striving to build lvl 4-5 roads in most places anyway for supply and resources and maxed out roads in your capital province since all overland supply was a percentage of your capitals supply. But hubs cost more than civs and provide nothing to your economy and you have to build them early to use them, also you cant spam them. Naval supply is still all over the place btw jumping between ports and prefering dumb routes instead of you selecting a port of origin and destination, i guess we have wait for the next full price DLC on that one. Also remember NSB red supply is not a i am struggling to push now, its I am stuck bleeding equipment and manpower and have to build a civilian factory to advance kinda deal. So to sum up building non economy related things (hubs and tracks) earlier and for longer times (instead of civs and mils) slows you down couple that you need to research and also build trucks and trains for supply with 1-2 factories very early and i hope you are getting the jist. For reference Greece starts with 2 mils and 8-9 civs you need like 2-3 factories on trucks and trains alone for war at the very least. Finally the most competent templates for infantry divisions (tank divisions are now dead in single player imo for anyone but the UK, US, Germany and USSR) is 21 or 27 width divisions and guess what, they are more expensive than 20 width ones aren't they? Want more tangible proof take a look at Bittersteels' Manchukuo or Red China or any other nation before and after NSB runs, its got to be the same or similar strat though for a comparison unlike this Greece one obviously and look at the end date of those videos to get the feeling of it.

[@elborre5483]

@@htzak8194, I think you are being extremely overdramatic. At most, you need an extra 3 military factories to supply trucks and trains for the game's entirety with all nations. A 9/1 is cheaper in material costs and production than a 7/2. The only difference is a thousand men. I don't know where you are getting this info from. In over dozens of games in NSB. I can count with one hand the times I built supply hubs, and building tracks takes way less time than building infrastructure. You are definitely wrong on all of what you said without a doubt

[@favicci7856]

I would recommend going down the right side of the industry tree since it gives you a lot of very good companies and there’s one focus that can give you ~10 factories

[@axelstucky9448]

1st attempt and Venizelos died on Jan 3

[@francomarinelli9078]

This channel achived the most dificult goal in hoi4. Have fun playing it.

[@lancesavage5539]

Gotta love when Bittersteel declares war on Turkey and Elevator music starts to play while hes shopping for lendlease from Italy after which he immediately justifies on

[@sketchye5943]

I forgot to stop justifying on Germany and so the world tension was on 55 and Romania joined the allies 💀

[@barrett9286]

I was doing really well using this guide, but it all fell apart when Turkey naval invaded me in the south. Then it was all over.

[@edoardobaia7927]

If you hire the shared tounged layer the pp cost foe improving relations is reduced by a lot

[@ryankline1164]

He actually did that in his pre-NSB guide for this. I'm in agreement with you, but I'm curious if there's a reason he didn't...

[@Mpalalass]

Another Good video and a fast upload i really look forward seeing this chanel rise in popularity

[@skmd-420]

even if i watch all your videos, i dont habe to watch this one, because i got all archivements possible with greece allready.. so I leave a like and thank you for your videos! :)

[@cilleinkinsella9089]

i attempted this but yugo capitulated romania by themselves

[@katjakrausinski6223]

Was there an update? Every time I try it, romania joins allies at about September 37..

[@starbuild8324]

Bitt3rSteel Please mention in every video or in the description exactly what version of the game and what DLCs you are using. Things can change and only one tiny detail can ruin your run and this can result in hours or even days lost.

[@anettkakuk9637]

Yeah shoutout to you man , great job , it's too hard to form byzantium because turkey is guaranteed or by the time you attack italy does too, but blood alone should make this easier this time considering italy won't always attack you

[@k4in497]

Thank u god i have been trying to do this for 4 mounths and i was about to give up , thank u bitter steel

[@starbuild8324]

This strategy is no longer effective. You can't hold the front even with 4 divisions naval invading Alexandroupolis and even if you can you are going to lose 2 or 3 divisions to the encirclement. Also do not use "Death or Dishonor" DLC because then you won't even have the naval supremacy required to naval invade.

[@dawsontan9265]

Did this achievement a few months ago, but now Romania always joins alies now even though I canceled the justification on Germany, does anybody know why and how to fix it?

[@Alexei1727]

HoI4 is that type of game that will fuck up everything possible for you to go insane, Romania keeps joining the Allies in my save.

[@nickeri5381]

It would be fun to know how many times you experiment your strategies before you do the final recording? :D I really appreciate the hard work behind these fantastic guides, thank you a lot again!!!

[@AccelEng]

That's a cool strat, I've never tried it before! I'm sure I'll give it a shot soon, so thanks for sharing it ^^

[@KonigHoff]

Question: why not crush the monarchists for the war support when the Compromise with the Monarchists focus makes them friendly anyway?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I preferred to get some stability early on. Possibly, i got too focused on that

[@fourtwenty6979]

Method doesn't work anymore. They reinforce from Edirne up to Thessaloniki, and naval invade multiple points in Achaia. Green air and Naval Strike don't seem to matter in that regard either

[@LethalBoozer]

Could we get a post BBA update to this video? Some cheeses don't work anymore and the CAS system is a huge change that stumps production of them early on like in the video :

[@samueljohnson5310]

This!! Bc the strategy doesn’t work anymore

[@Icagel0]

I don't think this strat works most of the time nowadays, as others mentioned AI tweaks have made the landscape a lot less cheese-able but also Lend Lease have high world tension requirements now (I don't see those in your vid) so you're basically just in a defensive war without any way to influx modern equipment nor way to produce them in time

[@CM-iz5ny]

all of the allies declared on me when i finished the focus.. should be fun

[@casualboomer3593]

Romania did some voodoo and pulled in France, which pulled in UK. Historical game btw.

[@casualboomer3593]

Most recent attempt, and the dude died before the 1936 election..... not one day with him in charge.

[@valentintihenea]

Very curious how this strategy changes with the new Arms Against Tyranny dlc. Now that there is an international market you might not need to do lend lease, but I’m still new to the game and it’s hard for me to conceptualize strategies.

[@zenith6939]

Now that we are on the topic of Roman Empires, maybe you should restore Rome with Italy. Or would that be too easy or indifferent from the non NSB version.

[@thogrimironhammer8563]

Welp I got multiple times naval invaded so that is that

[@TheEmT33]

world tension 100% at before german attacked poland, ah good stuff indeed

[@yaboi672]

Ive had some issues as of By Blood Alone where I cant ever land because there is always a port guard. any suggestions on how to land?

[@Slovensko89]

How do you do support attacks? I’m confused.

[@MrStrahinja93]

Once you attack one tile, select the troops that you wish to perform the support attack, CTRL right click on the green, or red bubble and voilà! 😊

[@fadichekman6042]

Nice episode keep it up my friend

[@humongousman9848]

Not sure if this method is still possible with BBA now sadly, naval supremacy is all effed up and the AI actually guards the coastline now so kind of an L for my favourite formable

[@dasshibainotm6926]

Finally I waited years for that!!!

[@orivilletycoon1437]

I got the event where Eleftherios dies on January 5th

[@orivilletycoon1437]

I unpaused and he was dead

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Based

[@nashzahm]

4 days into a game, before the election is done, Venizelos dies, great rng

[@here_bedragons]

My problem is whenever I try to do the navel invasion I'm never able to get enough navel superiority... alas the 'ol "come in behind them trick" doesn't work for me

[@muscalaur6807]

Mr Steel, how do your tank and motorized divisions always cut through enemy lines like paper? I copy your templates and others like the 13-7 tank division but its always useless.

[@Ugnep-sw9ng]

For some reason Romania always joins the allies when I try this.

[@WeeBDemon408]

Nice guide, but unfortunately it requires a lot of RNG. I played up until July '37, but Romania then joined the Allies and I got completely stomped.

[@omerdvir1709]

You should really try the Millennium dawn mod. It offers you a lot more options and it’s very well developed

[@Conton_Aozai]

has the byzantiue path in thats mod❓

[@omerdvir1709]

@@Conton_Aozai no it’s modern day and has some great mechanics that make it really accurate. Byzantium tho doesn’t need any mods you just need all the fires with Greece and you can form it

[@hawkerben1158]

It might be a good idea to manually put a ship / sub next to Alexandropolis to see if the Turks are garrisoning it ( wait for them to move if they are)

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Yes, but you'd lose naval supremacy and the Turks will invade by sea. Ask me how i know

[@idenizbal9706]

Every time I try it, I got caputulate

[@walkerbeerslayer4539]

I've had Romania join the Allies in 3 out of four runs and in the other one Turkey joined the Allies.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

its all about speed, tbh. If you are too slow, WT will rise enough to allow those nations to join the allies

[@Konff]

Hey dude this video is very good, perhaps you could redo the Mexico Trotsky achievement

[@delpheus7658]

Sadly this strat is dead. AI will leave troops on Alexandroupolis every time.

[@tasuketeeirin9882]

yep :c

[@visstick9978]

It doesn't work for me as France keeps guaranteeing Turkey causing me to be at war with the allies, why does this happen, is there a way around it?

[@thomascatron6845]

please update the guide for alexanders empire for no step back.

[@PatchGaming22]

Any way to get around Soviets Justifying on me in mid 39? Their war goals are in the east of Anatolia

[@gabrielsarcevic499]

How many tank divisions should there be in an army? Tanks are there to attack, right? So how should I use my infantry?

[@davibarbosa740]

it's little annoying when venizelos die in january 1936 twice

[@jolec8044]

Glad i found ur channel, Alex slowly got boring

[@peterlaszlo9721]

I try to replay this scenario, but there are two issues: after taking alexandropolis, the turkish are attacking it endlessly, so I cannot whitdraw my forces to do the trick again. I use mountaineers for the naval invasion, they hold that mountain province forever, and the time passes, Turkey cannot be defeated in time. another issue, that after world tension goes over 50%, Romania joins the allies, UK and France declares on me. Game over. I just rewach this video and I don't understand why these does not happen in your playthrough.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I've not had the issue. Turkey gives up the attacks fairly soon and when my troops land, preferably before, i start the counter. I've always managed to clean up the war in time for WT not to matter. It's why I emphasize speed so much. You can't afford to battleplan

[@peterlaszlo9721]

@@Bitt3rSteel no battleplans, I micromanage everything, but after a few months, in 1937 Romania joins the allies, no matter what I do. I can send you the savegame I'm playing atm. I followed step by step everything you showed in this video, but this happen all the time, even if ironman turned off.

[@FindukGaming]

@@Bitt3rSteel Same thing happens to me too, 1937 romania joining allies...

[@peterlaszlo9721]

@@FindukGaming well, finally I managed to defeat Turkey in time (well, 2 months late, but still manageable), and I found a solution for Romania: you can change its behavior in the game menu when you start the game: most of those changes disable achievements, but if you set Romania from default (where it joins the allies) to historical-fascist the achievements are still avaible and Romania behaves like in the video, can be conquered that way.

[@oneballimann6425]

@@peterlaszlo9721 it took to long to find this helpfull advise. Edit: nope, wasnt working for me

[@timothyhouse1622]

Hey, the achievement that has been making me crazy. I have been trying Hatless Spider's strat but holy hell that requires a lot of luck. In my last run everything was going GREAT until it came to stabbing Italy in the back. I got stuck in the mountains of Yugoslavia and couldn't break them until Aug 1940. They don't capitulate until early 1941. I was thinking, awesome, maybe I can help Germany with the Allies before Britain comes in and get some more cores. I pan out while thinking, "Funny, I don't remember reading France capitulated.:" Germany was STOPPED at the border of Belgium...JANUARY 1941...and France was still not capitulated. And Britain has over 200 divisions! WTF! Sigh....try 177....::flips desk and kicks a puppy.:: OH, the run before that, dude died THREE GAME DAYS IN. He hadn't even got power yet.

[@timothyhouse1622]

Yep, I have tried this THREE TIMES today. I really hate Greece. First two times the dude dies early...but not too early. Paradox wants you to maximize wasting time by having him die halfway down the focus tree Third time he lives until after i flip ideology. So what messed up this run, TURKEY PUT TROOPS ONE THAT ONE TILE. Are you freaking kidding me? Then I got convoy raided THREE TIMES and had 10 percent of ONE division left. Tables were flipped. Puppies were kicked.

[@TheZerxisk78]

@@timothyhouse1622 Ya it took me forever to get it right when I did I copied that save file and moved it to another folder and saved it so I could skip that part for future failures. I did eventually complete it and working on Finnish Him NSB

[@timothyhouse1622]

My latest WTF moments trying to get this. 1st run today. I defeated Italy and help Germany mop up France. Annexed Italy for fleet. Britain has a FULL STACK On Gibraltar and 40 divisions guarding Suez. Well....shit. 2nd run today. Turkey gives Romania military access. Romania puts HALF their divisions guarding Istanbul including FOUR on BOTH tiles you naval land on to cut off forces. ::DEEP BREATH:: 3rd run today: "Turkey calls Romania into war."....."Romania joins Allies." fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff....::table in orbit along with puppies::

[@wulf7463]

Freakin romania joined the allies in oct 37 xd

[@GoldenKast]

treaty of sevres when?

[@tracks681]

Everytime i try this romania join allies something iam am doing wrong?

[@1Baris_]

We need a Ottoman Empire Guide

[@cRaZyAsZ99]

How do the units capture enemy supplies? If they encircle them?

[@LordBani]

What to do if i don't get any naval dominance?

[@ObscureNational]

this strategy doesn't work anymore

[@StolzeeYT]

Turkey Ai too smart now, and you can't get navel supremacy. At least that was my problem.

[@90minutes44]

Can you make persia empire its very hard in new dlc

[@dam_smit]

Does anyone know what that song is called that starts playing at around 24:06?

[@qba_s617]

nice

[@justpreston5583]

Yesss

[@revenanlone8974]

Buf from turism will be instadeleted becouse you are in war.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Yes, but not the free stability

[@franklinclinton4539]

It feels stupid how Greece can go from a third world country to the strongest in the game by 1940.

[@latinbrotherhood495]

Every nation can thats hoi4 my dude also greece was a developing nation not third world

[@pedrampakkhoo6088]

awesome video as always, since your revisiting older achivements with the NSB dlc, is it possible for you to make a new guide on 30 Minutes of Hel, Crusader Kings 2, and Dont Die for your country?

[@papus618]

All was going good and I had naval supremacy too, I was destroying the armies and I was doing the third encirclment, BUT Turkey lands in Peloponnese and my naval supremacy Is 35%. What am I doing wrong?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Are you deploying your entire fleet on strike force? If so, i have no idea. Unless, your fleet moved out to intercept a Turkish fleet, got damaged and then wasn't able tonoutclass the remaining Turkish fleet

[@Thomas-gj8np]

Is it just for me or Turky naval invade at one point?

[@xfall5004]

Is hoi4easy to play i really wanna play it someday because it seems fun

[@7iron296]

no

[@swadianknight9394]

It gives you eternal cancer but you should try it out

[@realsmithas2759]

Once you start playing you can't stop. It's cancer but it's also very good game.

[@giuliodigiusto7501]

Great work man! By the way when i tried this i got naval invaded sooo bad!! Anyone has this problem too?

[@gregorybartz3125]

yes! every time!

[@kristiqn9924]

made me sad how u backstabbed bulgaria

[@joemamagaming9121]

We need u for prime minister of greece xD

[@TAM1906]

Day 2 of asking for an Australia-Hungary guide

[@atakinpowa]

Paradox and RNG

[@paoliferlicca]

I tried this and Romania joined the Allies😐

[@Spagghet]

Also happened to me randomly a few times. Key thing is to STOP justifying on Germany after you get the lend leases from hungry and others from the world tension boost. Now, this will screw over the lend-lease plan with a few of them. But for some reasons on some runs through the tension pushes Romania over the top. Edit: Since this will hamstring a lot of the lend leases, i played around and found justifying on the core state in Albania increased WT by the 2% i needed. So I stayed under whatever threshold the AI had set for Romania this run for the moment. This may also prevent getting enough war support for total mobilization and some other things, but its a fix outside of starting over and hoping the AI doesnt screw you again.

[@hugoz7766]

Ελλάδα

[@paulos2711games]

is constantinople no istabul ης την πολη

[@carlosgonzalezs1fan346]

Am I the only one who has problems with the Bulgarians actually loosing to the Romanian's? Like the bulgarians are too stronk and hold out to the bitter end, had to end 3 games because of it.

[@martimtorres9093]

Hey Bittersteel, could you try the Fascist Portuguese path which leads to the Fifth Empire. It’s very difficult, would you do a guide on it? The Fifth Empire spirit is so good.

[@Ghostslayer566]

Thisss

[@Xulgaron]

+1

[@Aytwo]

You want impossible stuff from him. It would be hard.

[@Balls_on_Chin]

Never seen/heard of this, def would be interesting

[@nicetas2344]

@@Aytwo he's the guy if you asked the imposible

[@eisbergsyndrom5010]

"A little bit of cheese never hurt anyone." Lactose intollerant people would disagree.

[@timothyhouse1622]

Well, it is Greece, so the cheese is probably Feta and that is made of sheep milk. Even the lactose intolerant may cheese their way to victory.

[@ExDee419]

just tolerate it smh

[@christos3280]

@@timothyhouse1622 Im Greek and lactose intolerant and dear Feta would never hurt me

[@kova1577]

Virgin lactose intolerant vs Chad Sheogorath

[@savsal2603]

As a Greek I am just amazed how you got the pronunciations of Greek words and names almost perfectly. I am used to youtubers butchering them

[@vivofoottheseventh7393]

LoL rlly 😂

[@gregoryjames1542]

Amazing how this run completely falls apart in By Blood Alone. Fucking Paradox

[@viclorenzo5016]

0:00 Ah yes, "Peter Steele" is back. 1:15 "assist your army in bajo" 3:47 "venezuelans" 43:55 "peace skill" 44:35 "headless spider"

[@TheDidgerideuces]

Peter Steele, he exists on a quantum level to make every country in 1936 reach it's true potential.

[@settratheimperishable4093]

The Byzantine Empire suddenly got very Goth

[@the_wallaby]

Just tried this and Romania joined the allies. Edit 1: 4th time testing now, and Romania always joins. 60% tension right after I annex turkey. Edit 2: I think i may be capitulating turkey so fast that they can't switch to non-aligned before hard.

[@cravingtuna1561]

Same here. I don't think that it has to do with world tension

[@johnmarston5383]

Having the same issue, very annoying

[@the_wallaby]

@@johnmarston5383 the flip on am exact date. Just delay a bit

[@lazarus2742]

I can't even get to that part they just guard everything with at least 3 troops

[@franklinclinton4539]

F in the chat for the 3 of the 4 meme lords who were sacrificed for the greater purpose.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

A price must be paid...

[@hatless_spider]

I prefer to think of it that they were sadly defeated, but we graciously liberated them and allowed them to participate in something greater

[@jke5486]

Is there anyone else having the problem, that Romania suddenly joins the Allies in October 1937, while you are still fighting Turkey?

[@samwilkinson8620]

I had soo many naval invasions and could not hold it back

[@Lynn-qw5bt]

Finally! Now I can do my 16372846th attempt of forming Byzantium

[@jonahbaker7540]

Can you revisit this? I’ve had a hell of a time making this work. Takes almost two years to get to Constantinople and timing and casualties are out the window.

[@lime_licker]

Omg you're awesome. I have found your channel since late 2020 i think? And I am yet to see a bad video come from this channel. All of your guides are thorough and I really appreciate that. As a matter of fact I learnt 95% of game's features through your channel.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks, that's awesome to hear!

[@vivofoottheseventh7393]

LoL same but I just found it yesterday