The Forgotten Focus Tree Of Hearts Of Iron 4

[@_imperiumromanum]

iSorrow, this is the fifth time this week you've shown the forgotten focus tree in class.

[@lollo_C]

🫀🫀🫀

[@televisionpropaganda]

And I want more

[@Jakob3000]

But this one’s different!

[@mr.yuuochung8083]

be careful man dont scare him away when he’s uploading

[@harrylion6689]

iSheenproductions

[@yeatnumber1Dmuncher]

I can't wait for ISP to hit 10 billion subscribers in 2040 and still set sub goals for Camel only Yemen

[@kristijanveljaca1687]

I want camel only Yemen

[@Leumasani]

Camel only Yemen sounds like the most Paradox game feature to ever exist

[@justinambru8529]

He will hit that before then.

[@dakblahajja6549]

​@@mertatalar2606 🤓👆

[@jonatanlj747]

@notisabellol We're actually all just one guy on very many accounts. Isn't that right?

[@joshuachamberlain1485]

99% sure the reason the allies had ZERO equipment and barely had divisions is because the UK had 54 factories on fighters while only having like 10 on guns Paradox needs to fix the allied AI just mass producing aircraft because it's annoying especially when they just ram into no supply Africa

[@arthurl4300]

Judging by the fact they lost over 1 million to Italy, I think they actually lost most of it to attrition in africa

[@thekommunistkrusader3921]

This is an issue with by blood alone, it wasnt as much an issue in no step back, but yeah it affects most things rn

[@insertsomethingfuni2617]

@@thekommunistkrusader3921 yeah I am playing an ottoman game rn, and I want the axis to be losing but not losing to the point I will have no war participation, and to my horror, 3 months into brab the border has only moved to around half of ostland and Romania has capitulated to the soviets. Oh and the Italians are even worse than irl, having lost all of Africa, Sardinia, and are getting invaded from Sicily in early 1942

[@55Ironside]

That and the fact that the Allied AI don't build units in general. Axis and the Soviets do. I think the UK AI and USA AI don't think they need them because there's no border or something.

[@bigpoppa1234]

The AI is just too stupid. For a regular player, 10 factories on guns wouldn't be that bad as long as you weren't throwing away units in bad supply... but this is Paradox AI so they have no concept of supply and will flood millions of men into africa, indonesia, siberia if given a chance and lose everything to attrition. I recently played a game as Mexico where WW2 was a 15 year stalemate. The eastern front stopped between Moscow and the Urals because neither side had any supply left because they crammed 500 units along the line.

[@ryanrusch3976]

Considering how Petain got his neurodegenerative disease in the 1930s and died in the early 50s, it’s safe to say Petain himself was as surprised and confused about conquering the world. (EDIT: Petain would be fully senile by 1947 but as early as his trials in 1945 would doze off and fail to recall most important events and when imprisoned would repeat conversations 20 times a day.)

[@SheklerStealerIII]

ISP really conquered the world with French Joe Biden

[@echo5327]

I’m honestly curious what your subscriber percentages are you should show them for the meme

[@ryanrusch3976]

@@echo5327 what?

[@potatoesgoogle9639]

@@ryanrusch3976 its bait

[@ryanrusch3976]

@@potatoesgoogle9639 ah lit, it's not even good b8

[@mrgreenfr6216]

"we got all of France back!!" I'm literally dying in Alsace

[@154Kilroy]

Consider yourself German now.

[@starlightglimmer3260]

Guten tag

[@cadmiz]

Don't you mean... _Elsaß-Lothringen?_

[@Iterial_Katalina]

yeah same haha

[@dimitaru.8408]

Bulgaria really achieved all it's historical dreams by the end of this game.

[@Kevinkapon]

Bulgarian Australia. How did they even get there?

[@mrjaman3752]

Based

[@ericgerald2886]

The funny thing is you can do this at the 36 start date by denying Rhineland and losing on purpose

[@debilman9065]

9 times outta 10, Hitler is a boring wuss

[@bonzoluv]

I'm pretty sure Germany would have to be at war with the UK at the same time though for Vichy event to activate. It doesn't go so well for the axis that early on

[@how_to_be_a_Old_legionary44]

good idea bro!!

[@squirrelystew8323]

“I’m not going to rely on planes” *Relies on planes for the entire playthrough*

[@azh698]

Why not? Alf Landon and limited intervention is a pretty good combo!

[@wouterkessel4852]

In the 39 start date, the UK starts with a 30k infantry equipment deficit if I remember correctly, and with the war ongoing they probably wouldn't have been able to replenish it faster than they were losing to their troops fighting and dying all over the world

[@how_to_be_a_Old_legionary44]

but why they have huge deficit?

[@wouterkessel4852]

@@how_to_be_a_Old_legionary44 Because both France and Britain in the 39 start date start with essentially a slightly larger version of what they have in 36 start date, as in an army that now has twenty more divisions however the army still only has the same equipment percentage as in 36 start date (which is somewhere between 60 and 70%), and an airforce with only half of the wings equipped with actual planes. The only real difference is that the equipment they do have is usually better than what they have at the 36 start date

[@how_to_be_a_Old_legionary44]

@@wouterkessel4852 ohh

[@speedypichu6833]

Also they put a very low priority on getting infantry equipment and prefer to just get a ton of other stuff, but without the infantry to do anything

[@gauntlettcf5669]

Italy: *struggles to do anything useful during the war* Also Italy: *gets its fleet out of the Mediterranean sea and succesfully invades & occupies Iceland*

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

...Implying taking Iceland helped any?

[@legalduidriving]

ISP, you should try out the Hungarian Flavour mod. It gives Hungary a great focus tree with a lot of potential. I haven't seen any HOI4 content creators try this.

[@one_forreal]

@john spread pesimism

[@v4n1tyy]

@john bro woke up and decided to be a hater

[@sajberdeka]

Did they get a good commie path?

[@legalduidriving]

@@sajberdeka absolutely. 3 different paths: expansive Social Democrat, Stalinist, and reviving the 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic

[@unpluggedlamp1]

hungary stronk- horthy, probably

[@KnightSlasher]

"Here are 8 tips to be a good ally, number 1 don't surrender on the first 46 days" France: f**k me Sorrow: not on my watch

[@big_slurp4603]

vile that this meme format isn't dead yet

[@x-a-]

Repetitive and unfunny meme only zoomers laugh at that because they have a very limited understanding of history (+it was pushed by the USA when France refused to go with them in Irak)

[@bigpapagorge9667]

@@x-a-tell me your french without telling me your french

[@wolffr632]

@@bigpapagorge9667 still he is right you guys should shut you’re mouth

[@bigpapagorge9667]

@@wolffr632 so go ahead, make frances 46 day surrender not such a humiliation

[@loltank5315]

Did I just see a Bulgarian Australia pop out of that last peace deal?

[@whitezombie10]

Yeah

[@loltank5315]

@@whitezombie10 dear god that's cursed.

[@cee6912]

I love how ISP is hiding his depression (unsuccessfully) by playing a grand strategy game 😹

[@schad1738]

Maybe the little men in the funny map game can fight my crippling inadequacy for me! 😼

[@danidish2342]

he is from slough cant blame him

[@Elyseon]

Grand strategy games cause depression.

[@charles-pn5uf]

aren’t we all

[@ericremotesteam]

Goodness gracious, I think Germany took the most nukes I can remember seeing in an ISP video. 🤯 10:00

[@Franciko69]

Time for our daily dose of ISP, Timmy's

[@bunjection]

isp literally sounds like an acronym for a highly addictive and psychadelic substance

[@FiL_0]

@@bunjection Ionic Sedimentary Protomedication

[@cc0767]

Good, I needed to recharge my gravies!

[@senatethewinstonchurchill]

The little entente focus tree is very good and pretty fun in my experience and I have not seen this done by other people

[@baz5042]

I’ve also noticed that AI UK heavily invest its manpower into the RAF. Probably cause the UK’s AI gets buffs towards fighter productions.

[@colewellnitz1470]

They made planes. They used all the factories to make them instead of infantry equipment, then cannibalize thier divisions for eq.

[@tricot6468]

"there are actually some good focuses" I feel like isp just says that because he's comparing trash with slightly better trash

[@jeffreypeters2803]

It looks like the UK had a really bad time in Africa, which is probably where their divisions and equipment. I've been seeing Italy do really well down there recently

[@reverendroar]

Don’t get why it had a ‘Joan of Arc’ focus when he didn’t click on any focus like that at all

[@professionalnoob5474]

With -1 dockyards they just go in creative mode and start building out of thin air

[@everythinggamingnow]

3:50 feels like some churchill navy destroying shenanigans

[@NiskaMagnusson]

air rework breaking more than it fixed... color me surprised!

[@jeremiahkivi4256]

Bruh, Alf right wing democratic America is hella fun. Like you literally get to conquer all of the Americas, get colonies from France/Britain as long as your diplo relations are good, and you are still democratic and can go to war with Germany, USSR, Britain, and/or France. Literally the most free playthrough you can do.

[@royearle1673]

I played Vichy France with ahistorical AI on once. I got all of France back pretty much immediately because the UK capitulated, defeating the allies and also eliminating the whole "free france" problem. And then Denmark capitulated and for some reason they let me get away with claiming Iceland. So uhm. Yeah. Vichy France is... interesting.

[@savril6901]

When I saw the ai's general arrangement at 2:50 I started to breathe heavly.

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

I think its cool that the AI uses so many Generals. Its like seeing the entire world in a nato meeting or something.

[@eisbergsyndrom5010]

You can play as Vichy in 1936 by objecting to the remilitarization of the rhineland and getting into a war with Germany with Britains support. Objecting to rhineland will trigger a civil war though. It can we very easily and quickly won, though.

[@cc0767]

What about the forgotten A-Z nation nobody plays because it only exists in the 39 start date?

[@singularkakapo]

The holy SLOVAKIA

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

Actual forgotten nation in 1939 is the Siamese Empire

[@Manimmut]

To me dispersed Just seems so much better tbh

[@scumbaggaming9418]

Ya know ISP, you *could* have started playing Vichy France in 1936 by denying the Rhineland,going to war with Germany, and deliberately losing. That way, you go through your focus tree and gain your independence by 1938.

[@ThreeIrishMen]

i love how in vichy france you can literally just unite with free france.. LOGIC!

[@warlordofbritannia]

I mean, Free France was basically a bunch of rebels (legally speaking) so it almost makes sense, in the right circumstances, in an alternate universe…

[@DovahFett]

@@warlordofbritannia Legally speaking, they were considered the legitimate government of France by the Allies.

[@edwardking9359]

@@DovahFett Tbf I don't think vichy France gave a damn about the opinion of the allies, lol

[@joskarifinaukr6503]

You can keep a colony that another country lays claim to without going to war, but it has to be a puppet rather than annexed before the other country starts its focus. So in the case of Vietnam, you would have to release it as a puppet with enough time to spare that you can bring its autonomy to the lowest level possible and give you the option of annexing it, and make sure you have enough PP stockpiled to do so about five or ten days before the focus granting claims on the territory finishes. I've seen Bittersteel do it a few times, but haven't personally done it myself.

[@arsray7285]

This is truly a great story about the rises and falls of Marshal Pepen.

[@repostlands]

as vichy france you can join the allies by refusing to give indochina to japan. when japan declares war on you, you will get an invite to the allies from britain

[@adrelougarou149]

I think many allied forces died in Russia, pretty sure I saw some of them on the frontlines

[@Tom-oj7si]

Guess the HOI4 tuber (answers at bottom): 1. "They said my hair was balding..." 2. "Playing the mod NOONE TALKS ABOUT!!" (but everyone else has known about it for years) 3. "Giving watching paint dry a try!" 4. "The best focus tree you never saw" (everyone has seen it but touches grass instead) 5. "I like to dress up in women's clothing" (dunno, never watched him) 6. "I sleep 3 hours a night and make 3 videos a day" (he needs help FR FR) 7. "Navy" 8. "I can't hold a conversation but I make cool mods sometimes" 9. "I am far more entertaining than all of my friends" (he really is) Answers: 1. Dankus (the GOAT); 2. Dommy (the worst of all time); 3. Alex the rambles; 4. ISP; 5. Bo; 6. Mocha Lover; 7. Lennard; 8. DShakey; 9. Curious Conman

[@enderkatze6129]

What did this have to do with Joan of Arc

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

“President Roosevelt, the bomb is ready! Where should we drop it? Hiroshima? Nagasaki? Kyoto?” “taiwan.”

[@z3r0_35]

13:16 Never mind America's low troop numbers, WHEN DID THEY GET TURKEY'S BATTLECRUISER!?

[@hazavair5755]

New series idea; trying to peice together wtf happened in weirdass savegames sent in by Gravy Timmies.

[@xanthajim3502]

I recommend you do the metaxas path into Alexander the Great. Never seen a youtube video on Greece that is not Byzantium

[@samo1560]

I am still yet to find the old isp video playing an upside down world as Australia…

[@brunitoforrester]

Do an everyday video of March Of The Eagles for the entire month of March

[@sean_ocallaghan3027]

Papa? Where have u been mother misses u

[@delphidelion]

There is one paradox game I want to see one of these guys try out. Fort Zombie.

[@154Kilroy]

FYI, the Mers-El Kebir event is totally broken. It apparently happens regardless of the situation. It fired for me, even though I played Fascist France, and never surrendered obviously. I also had control of the Med, both Suez and Gibraltar were taken, and the Royal Navy consisted of about 45 ships by that point. The naval invasion that capitulated Britain happened about a week later. So they really had no possible way of doing this. "All" it did was delete my 2 battlecruisers (which were the ships that got away historically btw). Neither of which was in the Med in my game. They were part of the fleet responsible for most of the destruction of the RN actually. Pretty much the least likely options for success. The battleships were in for repairs, and were in the Med, so although still not really feasible, it would have made a little more sense. And they were the ships historically damaged/destroyed. So the event should be scripted to take them out. Plus it would have been less annoying.

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Vichy France looked interesting, great video!

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

“All of france” Alsace:

[@michellesbader1]

this is a certified isp moment

[@pinkedduck49]

its possible the ai burnt through their factories and their man power by deploying the large amount of planes you destroyed

[@edwardking9359]

yeah, by the end of the war they had 144 factories and only 15 were on infantry equipment, despite the massive deficit

[@leonardokotekselistreosorio]

At the start I thought it was going to be a Occitania play through

[@skanderman8769]

Can you do the military dictatorship of Lithuania please? They can get a lot of military experience and lots of discounts on doctrines. Only thing is they suck at everything else

[@Glorytokurdistan]

Alf Landon mega campaign

[@Poopdahoop]

I Vichi I never learned about this damn game

[@jimmyroundtree4813]

Do the Belize force tree pls it’s good

[@gravitonrealm]

Also (as a part of a separate comment) a lot of people, and I played Vichy France recently, and by recently I mean yesterday. So that's a new faction, I guess...

[@bram1652]

The one thing we all want and you've teased us forever. Belgian Confederacy in Vic 2 Divergence.

[@christhefirst]

I’m guessing what happened is the AI starts in 1939 with a deficit and they never fixed it so they had 60 divisions in 1948

[@Macro105]

The joan of arc thumbnail baited me, i thought there was a focus i never knew about

[@thepurplephoenix8893]

@iSorrow Productions can you please do a play through where you play as monarchist Italy 🇮🇹 and form the Roman Empire and puppet the UK 🇬🇧 in South Africa 🇿🇦 and puppet France 🇫🇷 in Madagascar 🇲🇬?

[@Vanvidum]

Just at the end of the video I catch a glimpse of the extremely cursed "Bulgarian Australia".

[@deutschamerikaner]

Was playing Kaiserrich USA trying to get the American Caesar path. Ended up just doing a based Alf Landon path, assassinating Reed, executing traitors, and seizing assets of traitorous companies. Entente? Nah fam, Alf conquers all!

[@SoullessCast]

Just wondering, since I usually go dispersed industry, but is the bombing resistance not worth it? I usually play minor countries that can't get a huge airforce up early.

[@alexrempel3274]

Even disregarding the bombing I'm pretty sure the industry is just better if you're upgrading your equipment. I know 71cloak made a video about it a while ago if you wanna check that out

[@starless267]

I think dispersed industry is only useful if you play a minor nation

[@reeceshugrue6167]

Hey Isorrow, the EU4 to VIC3 converter is finally out... any chance of an extra megacampaign this year?

[@curiouscoffee8181]

she vichy on my france til I Philippe Pétain

[@MrSaywutnow]

>Bulgarian Australia This will haunt my dreams.

[@cisco3111]

This is the 45th time I've asked for TNO HOI4 A - Z at 800k subscribers

[@tomirk4404]

Normally it feels that the allies don’t have many divisions meanwhile Germany sits there with a million

[@mattcooper6672]

we're so close to the alf! 798K at this point

[@teph1256]

I think the unit count is so low because they'll demolish their units if they run out of man powers

[@ThreeIrishMen]

i think you have turned french... 2 french videos in a row do you need help you can talk to us gravy babies

[@lordboreas1425]

Play a South America Co-op with Bo

[@MrBusdriver-VoidlessMedia]

I knew exactly what tree you were talking about because I’m bad at this game and have played Vichy a couple times because of it

[@JohnSmith-nn1yk]

My mouth is watering for the gravy!

[@rafidog]

ISP: "And here we are, we have regained all of France!" me, a Mosellan: have you?😢

[@matheusGMN]

actually for 800k you promised you would do artillery only again! probably as the soviet union!

[@Ma_Zhongying]

I thought it was Democratic Kosovo camel only?

[@Zodicus]

I have a challenge for you, ISP: As a Democratic USA, own every oil producing province in the world.

[@calistianzathos7910]

Play as Pelley's Silver Legion, it's the only reason to ever play as Alf Landon

[@forresterscalan3921]

There's been a lot of french videos these days I think isp is a french nationalist

[@justinambru8529]

You also promised Lego star wars, didn't deliver on that promise.

[@drew4263]

Loved seeing my Hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia be invaded by Vichy France lol

[@Nikkidafox]

Internet service provider when are you going to do Ulm hoi4 playthrough??????

[@makiskanyt9269]

so what this video teached me ? i can build up vichi france and do the focuses as well do get the extra factories die to germany and redo it all over again

[@wolfganghendery8298]

Has anyone else had their game broken by the new update? My game crashes before getting to the main menu, even with no mods installed. I gave them a while to sort it out but I tried reinstalling yesterday and it still crashes before the main menu.

[@yourelocalidiotiv7477]

Video idea take over the world as Germany in extreme mode. True pain

[@power2ix605]

Don't we all love it when we have an ISP video to watch to relax?

[@BubbaR2D21]

If you read the comments, just know that I really like your content and I appreciate you continuing to play hoi even though every time it takes away a chunk of your soul. I enjoy your content very much. :)

[@bigpoppa1234]

My suggestion is go down to the Maori Volunteers focus in the New Zealand Focus and form the Dominion Of Polynesia. I think you can get them from the allies, leave the allies, go fascist join the Japanese, ask for the islands they own from it, and then leave as well. Or just do the allies islands then snipe them off Japan during the war.

[@thepurplephoenix8893]

@iSorrow Productions can you please do a video where you form The East African Federation that includes both of the Congos 🇨🇩 🇨🇬 and puppet China 🇨🇳 and India 🇮🇳/ British Raj?

[@BallinBubblegum]

Wow France has conquered the l world twice in a week very impressive

[@lupusalbus3795]

I'm just here for the eventual Alf playthrough

[@gaspertrobis8538]

Please do March of the eagles A2Z!

[@carboncursade]

The old Italian tree, all of it

[@Gingerbreadley]

Do a focus tree as poorly as possible. It’s hilariously hard if you just rush the civil war as fascist usa

[@kenanalomari470]

I was just watching this video till a ad for Hearts of Iron 4 came on.

[@raynightshade8317]

Shame Paradox forgot about Vichi France

[@101magj]

I’m still struggling with troop templates lol I see you winning all the time but when I try I can’t even beat one unit xD