I Made This Germany No Step Back Disaster Save Much Worse - HOI4

Today we return to Hearts of Iron 4 with the first disaster save from No Step Back. This time I'll try and save a German Empire in a bit of a pickle but I somehow make a simple save much worse.
The save: drive.google.com/file/d/1LanD...
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[@prussia6530]

He went into that war thinking "I don't need war economy. This is going to be a quick war and my soldiers will be home by christmas"

[@tazkannon7403]

I wonder if this is what Hitler thought when he invaded the USSR

[@lmperlum]

@@tazkannon7403 Yup. He thought the war would only last around 3 months.

[@MooKau_]

'smoke me a kipper, ill be back for breakfast'

[@wasd4071]

Bit fitting for the German Empire, eh?

[@JoinThe_BingvinArmy]

@No Commentary Gaming painters gambit lmfao

[@ndrgaming7344]

Idea: play a normal hoi4 game as Germany. Play as you normally would until Barbarossa, where after you get them relatively close to capitulating you tagswitch to the Soviet’s and try to survive

[@Beezur231]

Thats basically how barbarossa historically went

[@charger9912]

@@Beezur231 You're no wrong

[@NotFM]

Alex and his disaster saves are the best

[@nikholuaseckert1770]

yeah he's really good with the console command right???

[@birisuandrei1551]

Especially when he makes them worse by mistake, wait ...how did you reply to this 14 hours ago when the video has been posted 3 hours ago??? Glitch?

[@AlextheRambler]

You've been subscribed for years, do you actually think I'm just cheating my way through it?

[@AlextheRambler]

Early access for patreons and twitch subs

[@birisuandrei1551]

@@AlextheRambler Oh alright papa rambler.

[@fluffycommander]

Pro tip: the game is saved when you click Save

[@kotetsu4820]

If only he knew

[@mr.hugemustache5152]

100th like

[@chombus2602]

Ironman players: we are screwed

[@thebitgamer2425]

No freaking way

[@Ok-but]

pro tip: if you lose just get gud lmao

[@lillifeless197]

My favourite Rambler videos are either him having a blast and having fun, or the ones like this disaster save series where he’s losing his damn mind 😭😭😭 we love you Alex !!!!

[@leorio1799]

totally agree

[@hellojo1252]

Couldn’t agree more

[@anonymousanonymity2815]

“I guess UK just kind of forgot about the Italian fleet” having just gotten myself up to watching season 8, I laughed my ass off at that

[@catmonarchist8920]

Why you gotta remind me 😡

[@goramgamer9458]

"This for me is done" "FRANCE!"

[@tennosred2]

Expecting the French not to be incompetent is the biggest mistake made throughout history

[@viini3370]

@@tennosred2 Just ignore the fact that France has won the most battles out of any nation

[@tennosred2]

@@viini3370 And ignore that they dropped the ball in two of the most important wars in history

[@matteoclementi]

@@tennosred2 I mean in WW1 they didn't and in WW2 they were not prepared at all for the new type of war.

[@tennosred2]

@@matteoclementi If the Americans hadn't entered at the time they did the french soldiers would have mutinied and France would have dropped out and the British had too carry them during the whole thing anyways because if they hadn't France would have been overrun

[@AlextheRambler]

*This should have been a simple one. Enter me LOL Edit. Just noticed this was in civilian difficultly. Bruh*

[@POCHOLO618]

Que pro

[@AgostosSossos]

You mean end me?

[@jamesmccomb9525]

Oh Alex, you seducer you!

[@explodingwolfgaming8024]

Lololol

[@viclorenzo5016]

Oh my, how lewd

[@jevinliu4658]

Considering how many nations Austria-Hungary declared on at once, I'm surprised they were not at war with Japan

[@glauberglousger6643]

How does that bug even occur? It’s never occurred for me before

[@Onion__Duck]

Paradropping a Train would have worked better.

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

Every day of Alex's life is a disaster save attempt.

[@rileywilsonepicarcher9995]

Isn’t every day of everyones life a disaster save attempt?

[@Jimothyjohns]

That’s a little too far mate

[@leowell5141]

Thats mean

[@metallord999]

13:55 will you tell the subreddit and Tommy K that its on civilian difficulty lol

[@TheRealPog1]

Lol didn't even notice thats why it was so easy for him to push

[@Jackcarr87]

I don't think the difficulty levels change the combat difficulty do they? It's just fuel usage and PP/XP gain from memory.

[@metallord999]

@@Jackcarr87 When on Civilian you get 10% less supply consumption, 50% less fuel consumption and 72 hours supply grace before you account for the massive production boosts you get like 30% more on the production cap or the -80% penalty for lack of resources, the army you work with on civi is completely different to what is is possible on regular

[@stabatouille5232]

Great video as always! was nice to see you on the jingle jam stream last night!

[@sombertownds149]

A new video every day from both alex and isp? This is indeed a great but disturbing universe

[@marcusmurray3273]

Love your disaster saves man, really helps me learn to look for openings and other opportunities. This game is a prime example as to why the rank designer is so good

[@jamesd3472]

The shout of 'France!' is the content I'm here for

[@AverageFitnessEnjoyer]

18:42 Deep snow in April is Russia being Russia

[@thatno0b504]

i love when Alex was just straight up like, "If only I have supply and Air, my tanks will do well" .... that's like.... the whole war you know... it's like saying "we'll win if they just surrendered"

[@WolfpackPodcastOfficial]

*Flashbacks from a week ago when my friend and I tried Hoi MP and did German-Soviet Axis and he flooded my border with soviet troos and I, not realizing this for quite some time, was unable to push in the Netherlands and Belgium, while Italy was pushing into southern France*

[@brycearchambault6260]

“I have 111 aluminum. ALUMINIUM. Dammit, sorry.”

[@riacoleridge4854]

Alex is becoming one of those KZbinrs who takes a month to upload but is just… great.

[@fem530]

12:11 based Rambler acting like Stalin

[@fp_yanter9686]

I Love these Germany disaster saves

[@Enward834]

WE DID IT BOYS!!! THATS RIGHT EVEN ALEX THE BLOODY RAMBLER IS USING THE TECHNO SONG TANK MICRO TIME-LAPSE TECHNIQUE! THIS IS TRULY WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CRYING OUT FOR!

[@tyd521]

4:13 yes Alex gets loads of pp

[@actes_3751]

7:23 legit me, who just started to get the hang of this game then BOOM update, and also didn’t know half the stuff you can do

[@zakkuukaach.8421]

Keep up the good work alex... Love your content...

[@BoneistJ]

It's always amusing to see an Englishman rage about France.

[@dylanburtoft]

Your videos are great, keep up the good work

[@historyjea8275]

13:32 “So my supply is looking cushty.” Me: *Did he just use an Only Fools and Horses line?* lol

[@fluffycommander]

At least he went monarchist! *looks into camera thumbs up*

[@jacobwhaley8186]

Nice job with the air supply with air transport. However, wondering when do you do love stream?

[@noahstorstein7313]

Oh I like the montage of microing

[@horvslvpercal5134]

The map at first remembered me to WWI lol

[@just_max2688]

You saved this disaster save so hard, it became even more of a disaster

[@owenflaherty9207]

got the same bug with Bulgaria and they were also called the country i was playing at the time which was quite odd.

[@drludbA]

Alex: oh here’s the artillery on its way A literal 500 ton cannon on wheels: zoom zoom

[@tadposting9505]

I thought I'd never live to see a Alex tank micro montage

[@eurrrp5204]

New series: *Alex sends us his disastrous saves*

[@lordbeerus7248]

They really overid the supply system irl The Germans easily blitzed through the Soviets at lighting speed but no in hoi4 you go 2 tiles in and your tanks get stuck

[@Jimothyjohns]

I salute Alex for microing a lot of these disaster saves even with RSI

[@gamingtoast5490]

Ive got lots of issues my last games as germany getting through benelux, and my newest game i used more aircrafts. So i capitulate Allies in mid 1940. So I learned that the Airforce is more important than good tanks.

[@demi-doll-animege-sama]

nice addition with the music

[@pyrhusofeprius]

I liked the Tommy Kay style micromanagement montage.

[@jeremiahkivi4256]

You very much can snake, even without transports, you just have to be fast enough and/or follow railroads.

[@dcred123]

Wilhelm II in 1915: "It's a disaster save!"

[@SkeletorsFerret]

Honestly this update gave transport planes more of a purpose.

[@Septimus_ii]

They've been nerfed a lot since this video was recorded, but I think they should still have a useful role

[@stefan28b]

Yes Alex new saves

[@Deli1321]

Disaster saves are the best!

[@Enward834]

Why am I not surprised that instead of actually learning the new systems Alex has decided to exploit transport planes for infinite supply...

[@hashtagrex]

The more i see of this DLC the more it seems to dawn that paradox have really cucked up the balancing to the moon and back faster than Rommel's divisions encircled the french armies. It's becoming very apparent that *yet again* they have barely playtested

[@haltingpassion]

France! That woke me up.

[@dab4762]

You should try the dreams of Finland mod

[@kaiswork3998]

And here we are Alex disaster saves watching him win 😔

[@robertlevy4465]

Alex your mustache is spectacular!

[@WolfpackPodcastOfficial]

The UK kinda forgot about the italian fleet BEST ONE I'VE HEARD

[@spot67833]

Tommy Kay when his chat tries to joke with him or give him advice: BAN Alex when his chat tries to joke with him or give him advice: "haha nice, thank you"

[@AlexBergPlays]

Liked, commented and I've been subscribed for ages.

[@potato61192]

That Austria Hungary Betrayal lol

[@pete8420]

would you consider doing a rt56 or kaiserreich series/special?

[@CaptainLays]

This video is just Alex at his peak performance, I mean wow hes really good at this game, I don't know why everyone memed on him a couple years back.

[@tilheesi]

Has anyone else noticed this: I haven't bought the new dlc yet, but seem to have most of the new features anyway. Trains, railways, supply overhaul, army high command, Soviet and Polish focus trees at least.

[@bottle-xz5hp]

you will not have tank designer, alt history paths, baltic states trees

[@will..4593]

YOU ARE A LEGEND

[@jacobweber2581]

I love your videos!

[@kingdomsandcastles3770]

A alex I thought I may have a disaster game because Italy started a war with the allies in 1938 for 1 week itliy hold and they were advancing in Africa which was suprising but I wasn't when I joined it took us 2 and a half years just to invade France and yougolsiva and Greece. Greece was dead fast when yougolsiva went. Then I see the Russia making war justification on me. And scine most of my tanks still needed training and my supplys was really bad it got to 46 percent and it stayed like that for a bit. Thank god I was able to buld level 2 forts all over the russian border so now it 1942 about to got to 1943 so I have not even advanced in russia and then I got distracted because Belgium and the Netherlands joined the allies took me like 2 or less month's to beat them I had all my tanks there and there were many breaches in my line in russia bearly holding but when I finally defect them I trapped like 28 allied division and resorted the border with Russia almost encircled 20 so divisions because Latvia I forgot what nation it was it just got annexed by russia with out me knowing and I was nearly able to have my tanks push them back a bit with no supply. But now everything is ok got my supplys back to 96 percent getting ready to advance when my tanks get to regular. Oh and iam losing the air war with russia:( and the allies and we lost africa after I joined 1 year later. Italy navy gone my was almost wiped out because we tried to destroyed all the troops leaving Yugoslavia. Anyways I think I got this. Going to invade russia with no air power but so wish my luck

[@fem530]

Yea in the new update Britain and France actually garrison their coast now

[@YourFriendKrea]

Nice Oswald Mosley moustache

[@jamietus1012]

Supply depots having the highest constructions cost of anything in the game is ridiculous, like I had singular tile on my coast (in korea as japan) that was out of supply and it was much much easier to build a port then a supply depot to keep the division there in supply. They need to make supply depots much cheaper. I don't have the dlc just the free update so maybe there's something in the dlc that makes it not bullshit. Also I wish paradox would care about and update the older dlc so that the focus trees are on the same level as the newer dlc focus trees. Australia and the other commonwealth countries' focus trees suck Edit: I do really like that taking cities and stuff really really relives supply issues, the new logistics system is a massive step up, the old system really frustrated me

[@Popchip99]

There should be a decision that gives you a massive supply depot build speed increase

[@jamietus1012]

@@Popchip99 there is but only for a short time, once, for a max of 3 supply points. I'm saving that for a critical situation

[@eoozy2617]

If they were much cheaper you could just put them in every tile with little cost, I put 50 heavy tanks on the border of Manchukuo and had no supply issues just because I built a supply hub on every tile on the border.

[@jamietus1012]

@@eoozy2617 you would need loads of trains and trucks and high level railways to keep all the supply depots supplied if you spamed them everywhere, at least that's how it should work and would work in real life. Having supply depots be by far the most expensive thing to build makes no sense

[@eoozy2617]

@@jamietus1012 Bro all you need is 4 or 5 mils on trucks to have infinite amount of them, this game aint about realism. You'll never run out of trucks unless you put them in every division aswell.

[@5nhyfiery]

Germany is not stepping back 😳🥶

[@ProgressOnly]

This disaster should have had you take just one step back

[@esbenk.d.jensen9345]

That was the best yet :)

[@gabrieleboracchi7411]

with that mustache is Josif the Rambler isn't it?

[@RichRacc]

“I bombed all the airfields, woopsie”. -Alex

[@daanvanderrol5627]

That mustache and these front teeth give me Freddy Mercury vibes. Just not in a good way ;) I love the disaster save videos though! Keep it up.

[@vandannski]

"Lets do an encirclement the other way". 🤔

[@NeonBeeCat]

Now this is an EPIC REDDIT MOMENT

[@elifloren9097]

Might be late saying this but the railroad guns will spread were needed so 3 to 6 is a good idea in my book

[@LittleLocoCoco]

15:03 the Mickey Mouse jumped out

[@bennothdurft6849]

Can we have another purest blitzkrieg video with the tanks you built this game?

[@leorio1799]

TAKE THAT ISORROWPRODUCTIONS (ISP)

[@tadhgtwo]

Happy to help Alex "Live?".

[@vasch7521]

So good

[@triplecheeseburger7764]

Alex, pls use Ctrl+alt+right click to do support attack when advancing so you won't leave empty tiles, thus avoiding encirclement but yeah, it wouldn't be funny if you didn't get encircled

[@dylanram4653]

its just ctrl right click

[@triplecheeseburger7764]

@@dylanram4653 Really? Ctrl+right click doesn't work for me

[@dylanram4653]

@@triplecheeseburger7764 are u clicking the battle itself? as in the bubble that comes up during the battle wit hthe numbers on it that rtell u when ur winnign andlosing?

[@ELI73GAMING]

Alex I love you man, stop giving all these haters the time of day and just be you dude, you’ve been doing great

[@esamunaeebsaad389]

If you do more save videos, I'll be one of your regular watchers. You earned a subscribe from me, I'm a TommyFan

[@texasrepublic6573]

Alex has no eyes the reason why there was no supply was bc no connected to the capital there was no railway

[@OverTheStarx]

Maybe the real save were the friends we made along the way

[@AJSherminator]

How do you submit disaster saves? I reached a point with a game the other day and thought nah. But could always send it Rambler’s way.

[@alexrempel3274]

I think there's usually an email in the description but if it's not there I would guess it's not open right now

[@Sutton-vp3bf]

A musical tank montage is this a tommykay video?

[@Mrdjs1133]

WTF was your tank template against the Aistria-Hungarian forts hahaha

[@cdub35071]

Alex "the dubstep" Rambler?

[@SoApost]

*knock knock* Belgium: "Who's there?" Germany: "German." Belgium: "German who?" Germany: "German BLITZKRIEG!" Belgium: "Oh, hello, German Blitzkrieg, HOWITZER goin'?"

[@titanslayer6014]

I wonder what music Alex uses in hoi4 videos can anyone tell me

[@reflectivegaming9979]

The Chunk will save us!

[@Dylan-hq4qt]

Quick question - how do you set all your depots to a certain type of supply? I.e. change all of them from horsewagon to double motorised.

[@alexrempel3274]

I haven't found a way or heard anyone mention it. To the best of my knowledge all you can do is try to keep up with the ones at the front individually

[@ItsJustDoctor]

Change the army itself, theres a little button near the general portrait

[@randomstuffc.j.o1408]

I've realised that the Soviets have a good spy agency... Who would've thought huh xD

[@c.riddle8354]

🎵 "We getting down now!" 🎵 >> 12:26

[@KA-jm2cz]

Your mustache gives me propably nightmares.

[@CT-3743_DeadEye]

What was the adress again where we could send disaster saves to? Because I think I have one in my game right now.

[@EuropeTimelapse]

the soviets are looking like a disaster in almost every game since the new dlc 😅