HoI4 Guide: USA - Georgia On My Mind (and others!) - Achievement

[@Bitt3rSteel]

So, as has been pointed out...Arsenal of Democracy requires the USA to be Democratic...So fire Charles Coughlin and Hire Harold L. Ickes at the end and sit there becomming democratic! OOPS!

[@Mr.khan_41]

What I did for arsenal of democracy is regular democratic usa game join allies asap. Spam civs at start and rush fixing great depression . When you join allies go total mob. And also don't forget the 20% faster civ to mils. Also one focus gives 50% civ to MIL. So you'll have instant mils. So when you get 100%civ to mils it will be instant. Then convert all your civs. You have 200 civs and you should have built a lot more. So ez 300 mils.

[@johnuthus]

@@Mr.khan_41 i ride being commie but never go commie so, anyone want the UK, Japan, and USSR for breakfast?

[@kirschitz64]

No shit, it's Arsenal of *Democracy*

[@danielgloyd4529]

@@mangonel You are free to do what the government says.

[@EnduringGamer]

Actually you can't. No matter how much Democratic support I have, the political decisions won't be there. There are no events to flip either.

[@Draconatus24]

“Find all of your ships, and put them in one big giant fleet.” He’s going historical.

[@noobyham7887]

Canon event💀

[@DerBuhmann11]

Becoming the Free American Empire is a bug which happens when you core Alaska/ Puerto Rico/ Hawaii after the civil war.

[@connorwalters9223]

Any idea when or if it will ever get patched?

[@Bahns007]

@@connorwalters9223 it's not a bug. It's intentional

[@pantadeusz8452]

@@Bahns007 why the fuck its intentional it makes no sense?

[@TheXenomorphGuySMSE]

i gave statehood to those three as the loyalists before i became the confederacy, and my name didnt change but my color went blue and flag changed the the united kingdom of america. probably because i was no aligned.

[@emmanueljansen9896]

It makes sense, as you want the north behind you, not just the south

[@mrgeetar5421]

3:45 that accent tho..😂

[@PRBoricua23]

Just found your channel about a month ago, I've watched nearly one of these achievement videos. Great work dude, keep it up.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I'm glad you like it!

[@enbininja]

Same

[@bltsevdallarfanclub641]

Challange: Form Austrian Hungarian Empire as democratic Czechoslovakia. You can do Munich disagreement as a bonus to

[@mysitcowl4574]

You need Germany to do Oppose Hitler focus and then the focus to increase non-alligned popularity. Otherwise it's impossible to do it as checkoslovakia

[@lukedax5300]

Czechoslovakia .....

[@bltsevdallarfanclub641]

@@mysitcowl4574 this is why I called it a challange.

[@mysitcowl4574]

@@bltsevdallarfanclub641 I wouldn't call it a challenge, I would call it torture xD. You depend on RNG to succeed, which I think everyone can agree is just pain.

[@bltsevdallarfanclub641]

@@mysitcowl4574 no I mean you need to beat facist germany. Challange is not to restart your computer 50 times. Challange is: Beat facist germany, world tension would be over 100 with japan declearing war on usa so you can justify on former Austriian Hungarian Empire lands as a democracy. Or you can change ideologies and justify quickly.

[@Bahns007]

I always build Infrastructure in Texas and Louisiana first to get more oil so the oil won't run out when you grind Naval XP (yes you actually run out of oil until you're off Undisturbed Isolation) and build nothing but Mills until after the Civil War

[@justsomewt3450]

You're one of the best hoi4 youtuber for me and im waiting for "It's 1812 all over again". I hope u will make video about it someday. Have a nice day man.

[@Goose2001]

I spammed Cav super early, declared war ASAP (they were still in unarmed nation), and Snaked my way to D. C. Lot easier than you’d think.

[@diemausdietastatur8738]

"iam not into navy" me neither budy me neither...

[@mysitcowl4574]

I am :)

[@lmao.3661]

My doctrine is to just spam subs until it works, I can’t be bothered with the naval system

[@diemausdietastatur8738]

@@lmao.3661 Yess playing Singleplayer works for me too i Just Research newest Tech for submarines and Most Important for me Marine Bombers .. thats it

[@toddhoward3846]

@@lmao.3661 my doctrine is either death stack, or if you don’t have a navy bigger than the UK, US, or Japan, don’t bother, build an air force.

[@springyNZ]

Just want to say thanks for this guide, have tried for ages to get into HOI4 and have always struggled when war breaks out, this guide was really clear and was able to follow it, with a few of my own detours :) to nab the Georgia on my mind achievement, this was on v1.10.8

[@154Kilroy]

I haven't found anything actually very good at explaing the navy. Mordred Viking does a good job of explaining it, but its hard to sit through a live stream. I'm really tempted to make a tutorial, it's super fun once you figure it out. But the AI is even more trash with the Navy then it is on land. So its actually easy to beat them. No death stacks. It hurts organization in battle and is INCREDIBLY INEFFICIENT. Use spotters (destroyers and light cruisers with spotting planes) to patrol. Set up capital ships with admirals. A strike fleet for the U.S. at the start would be 2 carriers, 5 battleships, 4 light cruisers, and 20 destroyers- the U.S. lacks light cruisers- you should build more. Ideally you'd want 10 light cruisers. Use Clemson destroyers for convoy escort, and Farragut class for strike fleets. And build better destroyers because those are terrible. Also, the AI never builds capital ships in any quantity- and usually doesnt build any if they do, they're terrible. Written out this may look complicated but it's easier than land combat. Its way more automated, you dont have to micro ships. Click the zones you want patrolled and forget about it.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks, this is actually really helpful

[@154Kilroy]

Also, if you're playing U.K. or Japan, you have battlecruisers. Which are nice because they are fast. Alot fasters than battleships. Put those in a separate strike fleet with the best carriers. They get there before the main battlefleet shows up and if they dont just destroy whatever it is outright, the battleships will. Even if the battlecruisers are loosing, they should be able to do enough damage that the main strike fleet should be able to finish off- whatever. At least whatever the AI will throw at you.

[@154Kilroy]

@@Bitt3rSteel of course!

[@Slovensko89]

I get chest pain every time I watch an older video and see you had to research doctrine (started right at NSB)

[@Professor-fc7vc]

Yeah it was pretty bad. The new system is way better

[@guido8143]

Hurray, welcome back. have a nice day bittersteel.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks, you too!

[@karotgamin790]

ah yes, wholesome interaction

[@failuretv814]

It feels good to be overpowered since the start for once.

[@brandino4466]

Would you be able to do the hidden "Bearer of Artillery" achievement? Seems difficult and all tutorials are from around 2016

[@aidenbooksmith2351]

If you want, Taureor did this again recently to put Wojtek as King He did it less than a month ago, I think

[@johan5705]

Really enjoying your stuff! Would love to see you try to thrive(survive?) as Estonia with no faction.

[@gammeling]

""I wish i could, but I am an idiot." never has a sentence described my life way better

[@jackmcchubbz2264]

If you're not into navy like myself, just build subs all game and the bathtub fleet is usually enough to get supremecy for any invasions

[@theshellacstation78]

My strat for this achivement was well planned, but non historical, things happened, got lucky. Lol

[@roninwarrior66]

Kinda late to the game here. I got the achievement for Georgia but I just don’t understand what I’m doing wrong with the peace conference and how you were able to get all of Britain and so much of the ussr. Thanks for the tips. They were super helpful. Thanks again keep up on the achievement videos

[@joskarifinaukr6503]

As I understand it, your war participation determines how many points you start with, which means you can make larger demands before other participants get their turn. To be absolutely positive you get what you want, you need to start the war as the sole participant on your side and not call in any allies. That's not foolproof though if your enemy calls in allies who are themselves at war with a third party or one of your allies.

[@giantsfan714]

This is the first video of yours I have watched. You have earned a sub and I hope to keep watching your content in the future :)

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I'm glad you like the videos!

[@ChampagneDrama]

WAKE UP IN THE MORNING I GOT GEORGIA ON MY MIND AK47 MAC11'S GLOCKS AND NINES

[@FleischerJack]

Great video, i haven't see your other video yet, but this is amazing quality video. Instant Subscribe.

[@thegreenknight7448]

You could a central powers challenge. As imperial Germany control all 1871 territory Be the leader of a faction that includes Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria. (They can be puppets)

[@KazakhHold]

Oh my god that attempt at a southern accent was cursed lol

[@Alessandro-vl8bu]

Sounds like Bruce from family guy haha

[@kylerc1783]

For those of you who are curious about what naval comp you should use, I use four carriers, four battleships, and 32 light cruisers. I got this from a steam guide, and as the UK, I destroyed the ai Japanese navy with only one tech researched in the naval carrier doctrine

[@raippakeisari2342]

That's a pretty descent fleet since you get more range by leaving the destroyers behind doing other stuff.

[@sld1776]

Damn. This makes so much sense. You can use specialized destroyers for spotting, cheapo destroyers for escorting, and other specialized destroyers for ASW. You put most of your production into the strike force.

[@SarlaccJohannson6445]

Building 32x CLs seems like it would take awhile tho??

[@lolGuiPereira]

Great guide BT. I'm doing a similar run, but I prefer the democratic-commie-democratic exploit that gives you the 'shatter the empires' focus and the join the unions with the USSR pretty much for free. USA is one of my favorite nation to play.

[@154Kilroy]

Another tip for Navy- to streamline production at the start of the game for a country like the U.S. or U.K. organize the ships based on completion date. Earlier ones on top. Then put on all extra dockyards to the first ship. Once it completes all those dockyards go to the next in line making it finish quicker. This way the dockyards stack quicker to finish the big ships sooner. And make sure you have the number of ships set to 1. That way you wont waste production building crappy subs for example. The Soviet Union is the worst with this.

[@154Kilroy]

To give you idea of how well this works, I believe those carriers can finish in 1936 by going this way- along with all other ships in production at the start. It certainly takes months if not years off.

[@CarvaxIV]

I can't stop replaying 3:44!! Its just too funny. OMG that accent!!!

[@kittyface32]

DUDE!!!! that impression of Dr. Arliss Loveless in wild wild west was great.

[@antasil5768]

Excellent civil war guide for the USA. As a tweak on that, I would suggest starting with no focus until you can get a silent workhorse. Those war department focuses are of no use in the early game. As for the rest, you can also make a detour via Turkey after taking out the UK. It allows to get the third Georgia much easier as you will almost certainly occupy that, and is a nice backup plan if you're not too confident about invading the Soviets. For a next video, just for the lols, why not try a naval invasion with amphibious tanks? ;-)

[@prestonpotter4507]

35:51 Anyone just notice that random island North of Russia that Italy naval invaded for some reason?

[@lizardguy9403]

I cant believe how nice those borders look

[@yovods]

I did this myself, did fairly well until the UK part. I didn't get enough warscore against the allies and Germany and Italy took it all. I was about 9 months behind due to struggling during the civil war so that probably played a part.

[@sqoli5161]

i find it is best to put your navy into three strike forces with - 1 carrier, (build 2 more for each fleet) 5 battleships and everything else split into 3. Anything remaining that can't be split into 3 + all your light cruisers into 2 scout fleets. then build up those fleets evenly. At the start of the game, add another Yorktown Carrier to your queue and put each of your new carriers on each strike force. (edit: if you do a non-historical path which involves a civil war, your navy will be screwed and you'll have to improvise depending on how much of the navy you get.)

[@fearinggaming7839]

You came for the guide, I came for the music 25:32

[@BubblesZest]

Could you do a compilation video of achievements that don't deserve a 40 minute video? Such as the Benelux, Bell Tolls for Us, Balkan Powder Keg, Hellenic Civility, etc?

[@kasperdomagala7031]

benelux is easy, go down the Netherlands communist tree

[@BubblesZest]

@@kasperdomagala7031 Indeed, or Benelux unification route, just thought it'd make good content.

[@MisterTelas2304]

@@BubblesZest I something do bell toll for us in Lucky, the IA of Spanish is so bad

[@jamisonbennett3630]

At 32:08 it looks like Canada has all of their Territory but later on it looks like America has west Canada like in the thumbnail dose anyone know how/why?

[@jamisonbennett3630]

And at 35:42

[@jamisonbennett3630]

At 37:05 he has western Canada like how it looks in the thumbnail

[@Bitt3rSteel]

The focus below War Powers Act asks Canada for that stuff, they gave it to me because they are a puppet. I was curious to see what it did, exactly

[@Stouzough]

That was a pretty good guide about the US

[@fem530]

Holy crap 4 usa achieves at once POG was wanting to do Usa achieve run soon too These don't Involve LAR, do they?

[@Bahns007]

I always go for the first focus on the left side of the Silver Legion Sub Branch as soon as possible (20% Fascist Support.) That way you can snipe some factories from the Constitutionalists before the Civil War and it'll still leave you with enough time to do The Bund and Free Corps Focuses

[@Bitt3rSteel]

It's a risk. You can win the war without those factories, but you can't win without the rust belt and the freecorps

[@Bahns007]

@@Bitt3rSteel I've played CSA a lot and I've never ran out of time to do those focuses

[@Bahns007]

@@Bitt3rSteel and yeah it's not necessary but it makes things easier (also switching the Mills to Civs on the West Coast and New England makes it so as well. Though that can probably be counted as an exploit tbf)

[@Bahns007]

@@Bitt3rSteel also, unrelated to the conversation but when you do Grant Statehood to Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, you core them and then you become the Free American Empire

[@RicharDD1127]

Anyone know what music is used at 23:42, I really like it

[@joshuajohnson4074]

always go 2 ocean act early game. more ship production in early game better and more ships.

[@Soldier-bo7uo]

So I’m not sure if it changed recently but the Arsenal of Democracy achievement actually requires you to play as democratic USA in order to get it but everything else was well done

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Yeah, I don't know how I missed that...I'm a bit embarrassed about that

[@kristaps3415]

If your going heavy fighters then what I normally do is research them continously, and when I get that heavy fightr bonus, I start immediatly researching heavy fighter 3 So in 1940 start or start of the middle I Can produce heavy fighters 3👌 and a small upgrade added on their engine with thew few Air XP you have

[@MGoogle3146]

>not nuking the french at every opportunity

[@tomio175]

Yissss, another guide!

[@scottlmiller1]

Great video. Thank you for showing and clarifying the Undersex Achievement. The Silver Legion has a bug in the game. I tend to delete my units prior to going into the Civil War Does anyone know how to get the Pride and Extreme Prejudice Achievement? I keep playing as the US and a few times Germany. I tried Japan as a suggested recommendation.

[@Bahns007]

What's the achievement goal again with that one?

[@scottlmiller1]

@@Bahns007 The Pride and Extreme Prejudice Achievement? You have to sink the HMS Hood. I finally earned the achievement this week. I just play the US. I turned off the historic AI and I mostly had controlled of the North Atlantic. I waited for the UK go down the King's Party. I joined Canada in their war against the UK. I also invaded islands in the Atlantic and in the Indian Ocean that were owned by the UK to narrow ports for the UK. Took me forever to get it. I got it in 1945. I mainly invested in my navy, radar, and naval bombers. I noticed the AI often sent their ships around the coastline of Portugal and Africa.

[@pavellyfish5]

BTW there is an exploit where you just name any divison template "Silver Legion" and when you press the "raise the silver legion" 6 division of any template that is name "Silver Legion" Will spawn. And before the civil war ends rename then to anything. You will keep the division. I tried this with medium tank and oh boy was it fun.

[@Mr.khan_41]

I think it's patched now.

[@wholsom1003]

This also worked in the German civil war but it was patched

[@pavellyfish5]

@@Mr.khan_41 No, I still can't do it

[@xAndresxRojasx]

It gets even better: after the six divisions spawn, rename the "Silver Legion" template to anything else, duplicate it, and name the new template "Silver Legion". After a while (like a month or something?), you'll be able to "Raise the Silver Legion" again. If it doesn't work, rename the six divisions to something that doesn't include "Silver Legion" in the name. I did this (just in case the game recognised I still had six divisions with the name "Silver Legion") and it worked, so I can't tell you for sure if it will work even if you don't rename your divisions. Keep doing it a few times, and your army will just keep growing. Got myself some nice 24 Light Tanks divisions and 12 Medium Tanks divisions that way, and that's because it took me a while to realise I could do it. The only problem is that, when the war ended, I had like 2000 deficit in Light Tanks, Medium Tanks and Motorized, but that's mostly because I'm an idiot.

[@sld1776]

I did it with a 12 heavy tanks/8 motorized tank division. It was a surprisingly easy civil war.

[@Oktopoosay]

Make your country proid and transform little Waffleland into the mighty European Union. (Optional chalange: do not change ideology)

[@snowbjorne]

God stuff, like always!

[@niofalpha]

Challenge: True Switzerlake (Own every noncoastal province) hard mode is no puppets. Easier challenge: As Chilie (or Croatia) own every coastal province while not holding any non coastal provinces (no puppets)

[@vrabb9030]

do you mean state or province because i think that you can only control single provinces if you're in war

[@emin166]

@@vrabb9030 He means state

[@raippakeisari2342]

I agree that the US navy is more than capable as is but I always like to make a ton subs and also a large number of light cruisers with a very good spotting and then distribute those among my fleets. Without a decent spotting, your fleets are mostly useless and light cruisers are best when it comes to spotting.

[@gamingturtle8708]

Italy took south Georgia before my first turn

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Mussolini is a dick

[@gamingturtle8708]

Yes he is

[@thecanadianreason3511]

Here's a challenge, use the grand battleplan doctrine. Jk can you play as Canada please?

[@thatregularguy]

What is the song around 25:00 during the civil war? It sounds very familiar

[@Yeetish42037]

3:44 bro he has a better southern accent than me and I was born in kentucky💀

[@Karungaa]

My man you saying the south will "riase agin" was fucking hilarious

[@SerbianPrinceSG]

Um why would you do lobbying Effort if there is going to be elections in November and its going to be " reset"

[@154Kilroy]

I wonder if you could just naval invade L.A. from the panama Canal? Who keeps the Panama Canal in the civil war? I might have to play this out to see.

[@neilangelomolleda7283]

The constitutionalists take the ENTIRE american navy.. so yeah you cant.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Nah, you keep about 1/3 of the navy,army and airforce

[@154Kilroy]

Ouch, that hurts. But if you organize it correctly (assuming you retain 1/3- thats still 5 battleships), I bet you can still beat the AI. Its incredible how incompetent they be. Plus, you only have to damage the bigs ships enough to get them to repair. Subs and spotters should do the rest. I'll test this out after I get off work and see I can do it.

[@154Kilroy]

Well, you dont get the canal. I managed to naval invade it. But nothing has the range to get to west coast to actually get you the naval supremacy. I guess you could research cruiser subs and go that route. So its possible... You do get about 1/3 of the ships- and ALL of the best admirals. Which helps massively.

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

I did this run exactly this way and HOI4 screwed me so hard!!! Basically all I had was the Deep South and was super surrounded. I ended up making a big gamble and dug in, made a small tank force, invaded Mexico, and flanked the West Coast. Didn't do it before the Allies got involved but ended up with basically the entire western hemisphere and Central Asia in the end.

[@Mauricio24271]

I was doing this but when I was invading the UK Germany had spanish volunteers and they took London without my permission and that messed up that peace conference

[@PrivateName_Swamp]

I messaged Bitt3r on Discord about this challenge but he changed it from the Union acheivment to the Confederate one

[@deltoroperdedor3166]

At least he got the Brits off your back

[@person3538]

The best state song

[@thecrowproductions3777]

What was that southern voice he made dear lord someone get a priest

[@Citieskylines]

11:00 whats the song name

[@KilroyNoBrain]

Thanks for your videos man! Can you make the bear achievement with Poland?

[@Emdertainment]

28:36 greetings from Emden :)

[@Oliver.Alverize]

It seems that the last achievement can't be reached using the method mentioned :< (it might be patched now??)

[@rolandbernath8810]

Nice video mate, next, do finish him if you have balls :D

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I did, a while ago

[@joskarifinaukr6503]

Nice! I wondered why Emperor Hirohito keeps declaring on me after I flip brown party. I guess I just need to cut the Phillippines loose after the war. Works for me, as long as I remember to do it after choosing the president following the war. My last run I puppetted them as part of the peace deal with the Constitutionalists, before the Silver Legion officially took power, so they were non-aligned. Anyway, I prefer not to lobby Congress unless I absolutely need the votes to pick up a focus. Often enough the random events keep my approval high, so I can use the PP for other things. Okay, here's a challenge. It's one I've been working on, but haven't been able to achieve yet: Obtain the New World Order achievement. Rules: You may play as any European country, plus Canada, the US, South Africa, Australia, or New Zealand, but you may not declare war on any other country on the list. The exception would be a civil war to flip brown party, or if the target country is run by the red party. (The only one that fits, as I recall, was already planning on breaking its non-aggression pact to begin with, and was hell-bent on turning the whole world red anyway.) Any other country is completely fair game.

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

Can you delete units like 9ther civil wars or lend lease equipment before the war kicks odd and cancel?

[@tuturg7454]

How about a Quick Czeckmate video that might (or might not) be paired with the Munich disagreement ? Or somme quick "Rule Brittania" ? (As Canada I suppose ?)

[@Bitt3rSteel]

The entire area is just a nightmare atm with all the interlocking guarantees. I've been thinking about a good strat for a while

[@tuturg7454]

@@Bitt3rSteel At the moment I'm trying a quick civil War/paratrooper invade the Netherlands and then Australia through the East Indies but it's quite tricky... I'll let you know if I find some good strat !

[@Task-force-alpha-1-Lieutenant]

Can you do this again but in hoi4 mp game with mondern weapons tanks/vehicle’s with artillery jets etc

[@a_noob559]

This seems much more complicated than necessary imo. There's a little-known decision where you can annex the USSR for free as the USA. They need to be at 80% towards capitulation to do this, and you must be in the Comintern. So all you need to do to get this achievement is go Communist and join the Commintern, aid Germany to make sure they beat the Soviets (don't join the USSR's war against Germany), then annex the USSR at the last minute, and powerstomp Britain with Germany's help.

[@fillydips8304]

Ya but he was going for 3 achievements in 1 game...

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I know, and it's extremely cheesy and I expect it to be gone whenever the rework the USSR

[@AdamKlownzinger]

Emperor Douglas MacArthur is…maybe the coolest thing I’ve ever seen happen in this game.

[@tomio175]

What is the song name during 24:30-ish?

[@tomio175]

@@НиколаМаринов-ф3т Thanks!

[@applepiepieapple5464]

Kinda wished ya didn't do historical for once. Would've been funny if ya actually got Adam Hilt in charge.

[@johncarter449]

for naval just produce subs 3 and gg.

[@ITR933]

I produced subs 1 and I destroyed the allied navy. No idea how.

[@cm01]

@@ITR933 bathtubs are good but good sub 3s are way better, to the point sub 3 and sub 4 are outright banned in a lot of MP rulesets

[@ITR933]

@@cm01 yeah, been playing around with them. Super easy to get permanent naval superiority now

[@omerdvir1709]

You can flip without civil war so did you just do it for the achievement or is this somehow better

[@andreiz112dn5]

Georgia is also in the mind of the Republican and Democratic Party in these days.

[@klo3496]

Bitter. Help! I am playing as USA. Got the Arsenal of D achievement and assumed leader of Allies. It is 1945 and Britain is basically trapped in England but supposedly have over 200 divisions. I can't get them to send me any forces, even after I sent them over fifty divisions. What gives?

[@mecklevonheinsburgh4648]

Here's an interesting challenge idea: Play as Bulgaria in 1936 and control every single province in the world (World Conquest). 1. You have to be fascist by the end of the campaign, but you can start as any ideology you want. 2. You can integrate/destroy whatever factions you want. 3. Go down any branch of the focus tree you want. Idk why but I think this would be a cool challenge to see you undertake with how versatile and interesting the new Bulgaria focus tree is.

[@leoandscorpia]

Challenge: As Austria capitulate Australia. Additional Challenge: Do the reverse

[@bltsevdallarfanclub641]

Literally inpossible because of timing. You cannot justufy fast enough.

[@Adlais279]

@@bltsevdallarfanclub641 What if Germany does oppose Hitler?

[@tarekmarzouki6563]

@24.00 soundtrack ?

[@Lamm_y]

Music at 23:42?

[@askeladden5764]

Heroes Will Fall - Bonnie Grace

[@joskarifinaukr6503]

Sorry for the double-dip, but I just realized why you lost the Philippines following your civil war, but I didn't. In the early game before the war, I kept an eye on the islands. Every time they finished training a division I requested it and dropped it into an army, but didn't move it to the mainland. My plan was to ship them to the US to use against the Constitutionalists, but I forgot to do so before the Boston Rebellion. As a result, they were exiled on the Philippines until the Constitutionalists called them in as an ally. When that happened, I took my army of natives and started occupying cities and ports there, since my Freikorps troops already had the main theater well in hand by that point. The combat activity in the Philippines drew the country into the peace conference to be annexed (preferable, so they can be flipped brown for NWO,) puppeted, or liberated.

[@somekid538]

If I'm at about 15% WP and only London is left, do I just convoy raid and strike force my navy around Britain to build up more WP or do I send my armies elsewhere to capitulate the other allies? I took London at 18% and of course Italy took Georgia as its first demand.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

There's no planning for AI stupidity, so I'd say fight the war elsewhere to get %.

[@M30W3R]

Think you could get to every country to be Democratic starting out as Germany with historical focuses on (optionally Elite)?

[@TheXenomorphGuySMSE]

took me too long to figure out i needed 51 forces from Britain, not just 50

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Descriptions of the achievement could be...better

[@dawsontan9265]

Why do you need to fight Chinese to get out of the faction?

[@nickstoneham5629]

Luxembourg world conquest when?

[@ShadowDragon1848]

Does anyone know why the CSA changed it´s name? I mean everything is better than the Confederacy. But .. why?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

It's a bug. When you are the CSA and you core Hawaii, Alaska or Puerto Rico via decision, you flip to the Free American Empire

[@joshuajohnson4074]

ive always just said fucking with the 2nd american civil war and just micro'd the entire thing without any fancy cheese

[@cmtg461]

FINNALY SOME MEANTIONS US GEORGIA

[@devildog6215]

How can you stop the constuionalists from joining the allies they always do in my games?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Gotta be quick about finishing the war

[@devildog6215]

@@Bitt3rSteel but the war just started 3 weeks earlier

[@Bitt3rSteel]

They still can't join a faction untill the WT gets to 100, so you still have time.

[@devildog6215]

@@Bitt3rSteel ok ill try again tonight

[@doku8250]

What DLCs did you have equipped?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

All of them!

[@harrisoncross1038]

Why’d you do 7/2s if you said they were so shit last video? Wouldn’t making 20 widths with support arty be better?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Well, these videos are older and I've had a change in attitude since. My philosophy used to be: just use 7/2, it sucks but beats the AI and it's easy for ppl to follow. Now I want to show people a better way moving forward, because I see so many people struggling because they can't micro or they can't just battleplan the enemy to death.

[@harrisoncross1038]

Yeah I just realized this is older. I also used to use 7/2 until I saw your video lol, and my game has improved a lot

[@SarlaccJohannson6445]

@@Bitt3rSteel I'd like to try this for my next game with your new advice, so for my CW army can I do a mix of 20w Inf + support art and 14/4s to avoid the pitfalls of using all 7/2?

[@pacifictris]

Is every Achievement Guide made with historical AI?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Yeah, I figure that will give the best chances of other people replicating it. Since the AI will behave more or less the same.

[@mysitcowl4574]

If you find it fun to deal with unpredictable AI, then I guess you could turn historical AI off. Be warned, though, that a lot of weird stuff will happen

[@maxwellstrawn9096]

No We’re Putting The Band Back Together is completely dependent on non historical or world domination

[@philt1349]

I'm in 1945, trying to switch back to Democratic for the Arsenal of Democracy achievement. I have the advisor, and am sitting at around 70% Democratic support. No referendum popup and there are no change ideology decisions available (civil support, discredit gov., etc.). Is this a bug, bad rng, or can you not switch back to democracy at this point?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I messed up, sadly. You apparently cannot switch back to democracy. I'm so sorry

[@philt1349]

@@Bitt3rSteel No problem, thanks for clarifying! I'll just nab it on my next USA run. Thanks for your channel - best HOI4 content by far!