Rebuilding the Greatest Empire in the world

Today we make Greece Great Again, as Alexander the Great intended!
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[@Chorutowo]

I think the best way to summarize Greece is that I had 27 different ironman savefiles trying to get 1 Greece achievement.

[@krickon3819]

do you delete your savefiles? if you don't, you should check how large your save file folder is

[@kenchen3674]

29 for ethiopia

[@joshuacondron]

The unique paradox flavor of pain

[@Chorutowo]

@@krickon3819 nah, i keep em as a memorie of what countries i have played and what happened. I know i have 27 different saves as each Greece gets a different number, and my last one was num 27

[@lemonke4209]

Wait the more save files you have the more lag?

[@its__penguin7964]

A Greece video will always be an entertaining video

[@lazarospapadopoulos5452]

true

[@andreaskav7124]

13:20 bittersteel you are unofficially an honorary Greek. you spoke like our wise man

[@voiceactorofdovakiin]

Sigma male rule 39: default on your debts

[@snekksuperior]

In contrast to unofficially being a real greek

[@Chorutowo]

I love the sheer amount of guides for Greece exists. Like, the only way to play them is with a guide lmao.

[@tankdstr58yr50]

Cuz Greece is a very difficult nation

[@mlgsty8880]

@@tankdstr58yr50 I dont think it is, only the Macedonia path is absurdly difficult but others are medium difficulty. I would even say that Byzantine is too easy because it is so op.

[@SidorovichGaming]

@@mlgsty8880 it is not op it sucks

[@krasnamerah1926]

Both three BftB nations are definitely not for beginners.

[@Chorutowo]

@@krasnamerah1926 definitely

[@prkier2380]

0:12 “We will be playing as Greece obviously” *Based.*

[@Snakegg2]

31:50 Pushing north, pushing south, pushing straight into cockermouth

[@bissebasse9571]

oh… i love this empire, but i wish there was a more dedicated better designed tree to do this. however, i remember watching your old video of this empire and loving it, and wanting to see other youtubers doing it but couldnt find any. finally you posted a new video of it, cheers!

[@Vaelosh466]

22:30 - What's probably RNG is what ships defect to the Italian puppet, those ones presumably won't be in the peace deal since the puppet owns them.

[@austinquinn476]

Bitt3rSteel: "Some of you play this game really really poorly" Me: "Sempai noticed me "😊

[@Thonieler]

I was just looking at new nations to form and was thinking about this! Perfect timing, looking forward to another great video!

[@LetsAMP]

Oh no. Just, Oh no. We know how this challenge nearly split Bitter into two last time...

[@grandly2214]

Whenever Bittersteel plays Greece we always get that banger music playing in the background.

[@lynarisevershadeshadowfall1684]

"And some of you play it really, really poorly" I feel personally attacked...

[@baguetteman5168]

Kudos to you for remaking this video with the current patch when i get the dlcs this will be the first nation to form

[@ESG1]

Bravo! More country guides please!

[@eli-mi3mh]

Maybe do a turkey guide

[@Roketsune]

I was about to say that I could have sworn you had just published this video a week or so ago, but I looked back in your archives and realized that I had recently watched your previous guide on the same topic that was published over a year ago.

[@jossos4876]

You know its a good day when bittersteel plays monarchist

[@Tom-oj7si]

He literally deposed the King 12 minutes into the video. Please pay more attention

[@Merf_Gaming]

but he didn't play monarchist

[@pepper7880]

Just FYI Mr. Steel: Army defense does NOT suck! It also applies to the breakthrough of your divisions, so it can be very useful on the offense.

[@spyronos]

BftB is still my favorite dlc, I wish they could put out more hyper focused DLC like that

[@sirllamaiii9708]

Together for victory is my favorite tbh. Love the puppet mechanics. Especially colonial divisions. Making a ton of puppets and draining their manpower will never not be fun

[@panossa.6019]

Fun fact, Greece is the only country that actually is paying their debts, on the other hand Germany never did.

[@tsoutsekia]

Proud to be a macedonian (greek macedonian)

[@rowanwalter6306]

Stalin I thought you were Georgian

[@tsoutsekia]

@@rowanwalter6306 i just have him for the memes

[@someonethatlikesyou7713]

@@tsoutsekia papa stalin is macedonian confirmed (real)

[@Roketsune]

No, you're Georgian. Haven't you read your own biography, Stalin?

[@Roketsune]

You're not actually Stalin?

[@jimkirk9890]

3:20 you do actually need the fire control. It doesn't let you save the design without it

[@ZTGSWOrZaki]

Yes Finally the Almighty Macedonian/Greek/Hellenic Empire is come back to life Also This our beloved country’s Empire 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@BobBob-zu2dt]

i had a sorta similar problem with france where i established vichy at the same time a civil war triggered (stole all my land) and declared war on vichy, joined the axis and vichy joined the allies. that game was a strange one…

[@cyrusthenotsogreat744]

Man dies. Bittersteel: "Now this is a positive event!"

[@heliogt1961]

my man. i love your guides and videos. would you mind sometime in the future making a new japan video OR testing out egypt in r56?

[@simonweids6562]

You make it look so easy.. I'm very impressed

[@Risviltsov]

Alexander the Macedonian Alexander the Greek Alexander the Persian Alexander the Egyptian Alexander the Indian (for a brief time) Alexander the Arabian (planned, never happened) Alexander the Albanian Alexander t- wait what?

[@FishwicksREAL]

You said Greek twice?

[@Sdude123.]

I see no difference between the first 2

[@jasperpostma605]

"Hearts or iron 4 be weird like that" Communist china joining the allies in my china campaign whilst still fighting japan on the mainland near beijing and declaring war on me -.-

[@freelancepear87kakkoka11]

that's a really cool flag design, gotta try this one of these days.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

You should!

[@jimmyjohnnsen8511]

I literly watched your first video on this yesterday and and discoverd it works even better now bc of the new peacedeal stuff and so on. Life is weird.

[@CmdrShepard95]

Great video BitterSteel. Do you think you could do another video on Greece while doing the Megali Idea? Would love to see you do it sometime

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Possibly!

[@CmdrShepard95]

@@Bitt3rSteelI hope so, because going down that path is surprisingly fun. Especially for a democratic path

[@someonethatlikesyou7713]

damn pretty good video bit! btw they only path for greece you haven't done is the democratic one (megali idea formed)

[@tonybickle9933]

Love these types of videos

[@user-nk3su1wf5l]

Bitt3rsteel here invading Britain while exercising his army! Respect!

[@PaulisInclusion]

You’re the best hoi4 youtuber wish the others would just talk normally and not act goofy for their clearly child audience. Taureor was good too you remind me of him. No fluff just quality content.

[@thelordpatricksun8759]

Hearing the pharse "Cas is king" after BBA really does bring back memories. Especially after the cas nerf.

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

"and his greeks" And thus the fourth Balkan war begins

[@skafidi]

but that he said is a historical fact

[@christos3280]

If the rest of the balkans seethe over our legacy then let them and bring us popcorn.

[@joshtaylor9626]

Been watching a lot of Greek history but nice video

[@theaveragejoe___]

Love the support for Efficient Strategy Gaming, he has some great guides

[@user-dk3fg2bn3p]

Bittersteel: wants to create Alexanders Empire. Bittersteel five minutes later: lets kill italy

[@rogofos]

I love that Germany decided to fight you over Jordan of all places

[@radmehrbeygi719]

Every time i think something is impossible some how you do it and its amazing to watch hay can you make the persian empire again

[@Snakegg2]

What a coincidence, I got recommended and rewatched your last Alexander video just last night.

[@deusgr]

Same

[@cc0767]

Who needs some guy named Aleksander when you have the legend named Bitt3ersteel!

[@FishwicksREAL]

Guy was not named "Aleksander", it was Alexandros

[@jaycob1830]

“Some of you play it really really poorly” I mean idk it’s kinda a difficult game to understand

[@Ryuko-T72]

Most countries would fight for the suez in a peace conference. But Germany fights for Jordan...

[@a.ricole4081]

How do you naval invade italy. I followed every step and I still cant naval invade them after 4rth try lol

[@regu6582]

Good run.

[@elbirri]

when you gonna play with switzerland for 4 achivements in 1 game? btw congratulations for 100k subs and verified channel :)

[@boarstreamgaming8240]

I tend to have the videos in the bakgrund as I play or chill. And have tried some of the ways of going about things. Even if I have not followed exactly or not managed to, they have helped

[@dudu8la162]

great vid

[@MrRex-bo6gl]

nice video

[@hexoslaya3696]

I just watched your original video on this last night.

[@onehandedvideos]

Amazing video you deserve sub

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks for the sub

[@laurelaure3282]

if u want a hard challenge then here you go 1.start as mengukuo 2.do the part of the focus tree which makes you stay with the japanese 3.break off and declare war on the japanese between 1945 and 1950, but you must have already finished off all Japanese enemies 4.survive till 1960 rules:no cheesing, you can't do a step before the other, play it in hoi4 with all DLCs active and no mods active

[@accurategamer7085]

Ah yes seme- I mean siemens!! THE GREAT GERMAN TECHNOLOGICAL PATRON!!

[@totalwar1793]

Ζη Ζη Και Βασιλευει Βιτερσηλ 'ο Μεγασ!!!

[@caezin856]

recreating a video, sounds good.

[@Seskyman]

Can you pls do the persian empire that would be great can‘t find a newer guide on it

[@hatless_spider]

Next up: Monarchist Macedonia *This has been a message of the Yeetboi gang*

[@bennett754]

I'll support this as a proud member of the Yeetboi gang

[@krasnamerah1926]

Oh no pls no

[@FishwicksREAL]

it would be the same game but nonaligned at the end?

[@boweniscool]

an empire that stretched till the world ended... Then they had to merge the servers so there was more world

[@steakboi6912]

ty so much bittersteel from greece ❤❤

[@F34R_Flo]

Hey Bitter have a video idea play as any nation but you must mainly use light tanks with a minimum speed on 8kph. You also can only add lights tanks with wheels or half tracks. You are not allowed to build towed AA or AA tanks or half track/wheeled tanks.

[@user-hn3qm5ch4v]

How did you do in 13:59 just lunch the naval invasion plan?

[@etminan9458]

You never disappoint us

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I try to make these worth your time

[@ankard4]

Try the qing empire great war redux but with the sub mod that ad a bigger focus three is a good challenge for you

[@kurooda9070]

Paradox games in a nutshell: "It is, what it is..."

[@karigrandi7]

i watched the old video literally yesterday :D

[@benbaselet2026]

I don't get priorising the leftmost production tech research since usually my efficiency isn't maxed out on most production lines anyways so I get nothing from it "early" on.

[@johnnyboy95101]

Fairly certain you gain efficiency faster or something from it too. I can't remember exactly how it was to be calculated though.

[@sevinceur1766]

@@johnnyboy95101 You retain more of the original production line’s efficiency but you don’t raise it faster.

[@Protogonos321]

You friend know history

[@jamieoboyle7100]

I love to see the evolution of bittersteel the first Macedonian empire video was like and hour and 12 mins. This one is about 40 mins

[@jackkanea9449]

Do this in the monarchist path !

[@theglavenglossproject2693]

Could you make an updated germany guide?

[@atha056]

YES YOU DID IT

[@Malino8835]

When you think about, it if Alexander had any hiers (Correct me if he did) they, though his splitting of the Gordian knot, would have a claim to the entirety of Asia! Not that anyone would let that be the case of course...

[@apotato1386]

Damn bittersteel knows ron

[@Whitestboyevr]

are you running a mod on this or do you just have all the dlcs? i have a few but not all.

[@Oshidashi]

Irregulars doesn't cost you or your puppet anything. Some Irregulars have terrain bonusses similar to special forces. I don't think there is any disadvantage about them. Most of them are best used in desert, forest or mountain IIRC. Their equipment is also just created, so aside from free manpower, a freely trained unit, you get the manpower free (or in this case your puppet) and you get the equipment for free. You do reinforce them with actual MP and Eq, which is why you best use them where they're stronged or otherwise on guard duty.

[@Aerozona23]

i wish i knew how to play this game cause that looks fun

[@ilprof2927]

pov:the greater empire was the britannic empire with canada,australia,new zeland,britain,ireland,egypt,south africa,india,pakistan and a lot of nations

[@tagus100]

Any chance we'll see some comprehensive guides for Italy? Ultimate Italy (Mussolini & Greater Italy); Roman Empire; Pope; Communist under Gramsci? You're the best for guides but we haven't seen a lot lately and it would be a shame if you abandoned them.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I've been planning some reworked Italy guides, actually

[@stefanol7803]

would've been sick if southern italy name was Magna Graecia after your conquest

[@walnzell9328]

Constantinople? Oh, you mean Byzantion.

[@user-us5ye2sp4f]

Respect for recognising that Alexander the great was greek. The truth always shines.

[@AlexanderPallis]

Ok, this I need to see because I am 97 runs in, trying this for years but can I do it? Nah.

[@tiknotr]

THE RISE OF NATIONS REFERENCE

[@danieltobin4498]

"The Greeks could rule the world..."

[@anonym4867]

I think as democratic greece or as the monarchy you are able to get a shit load of off map civilian factory's by pickong that focus it's really op.

[@Marmamartha]

all that effort for 70 factories in 1942

[@Bitt3rSteel]

It's all about the name on the map

[@raphaelbott7214]

Greeks in other games like Total war saga : 🗿🗿🗿 and Greeks in paradox games : 😭😭🤕

[@the_spicesea_admiral]

I like the sound of this

[@commissarkordoshky219]

tbh at the end of the day... What did Alexander really achieve in the end? I want to know what sort of long term impact he had

[@LykaoniaBCE]

Search for the Hellenistic Period

[@FishwicksREAL]

he did quite a lot. Alexander set the groundwork for a Greek golden age before it declined when the Romans conquered.

[@scl9671]

'The greatest empire in the world' *Confused British noises*

[@Liom89]

Worth it for the cool flag

[@whatismypurpos]

I gotta ask what is the improved small airframe model in the tech tree based off?

[@hypercynic]

I wondered if forming the Macedonian Empire was a thing, now I'm definitely doing this. Too bad this wasn't one of the achievements for Greece, it's much more interesting than the other ones.

[@DirkusTurkess]

We have their troops! That's good! They're Italians. That's bad.

[@Madmuli]

Hahaha XD

[@criptyx8981]

30:00 No way you just violated the Norwegians by calling them Danish

[@lord_of_the_rats5916]

Love this new strategy, Id love if you could do a new Ottoman Empire achievement strat please