When the Pope unifies Italy in HoI4

[@Dan-wt7jx]

Not guarding Rome is peak Italian performance

[@jaredsheehan480]

On Kaiserreich's division limiter mechanic, you can turn that off in the game rules prior to starting a game. You can turn it off for everybody, leave it on for everybody, or leave on for only the AI. I usually do the last option, as I prefer to make my own sized army while preventing AI spam for lag. Removes the challenge somewhat sure, but the AI seems to pump out a lot of division still, so not too big of a change. Oh and the Papal State isn't meant to be unifier so can only core certain historical states, so big sad :(

[@jukingthebox]

thanks man, you're a lifesaver

[@mistermidwest]

I mean, if you want to play as the pope and unify Italy, play Kaiserredux.

[@ianperry8557]

Oh shit this is great to know thank you

[@michaelhibbard654]

I love the 2 Sicilys just taking a permanent holiday in Finland

[@georgeofazgad2176]

The Italian factions get to inherit each other’s ships if they capitulate. So there’s an incentive not to naval battle each other since you inherit whatever is left over, this includes peaceful unification as well So by the time italy unifies you can become a dominant naval power

[@mistermidwest]

"Dominant Naval Power" + Italy isnt a usual combination.

[@ACP_1123]

@@mistermidwest Italy definitely has a decently strong navy to start off with, and can easily withstand the French and British Mediterranean fleets as long as it’s utilized correctly. Italy has no problems becoming the dominant Mediterranean naval power in the game

[@discoK1D]

Wait you can peacefully unite italy in Kaiserriech?

[@georgeofazgad2176]

@@discoK1D if the Italian republic stays democratic (reject balbo) then after defeating the SRI they can send an offer to both Sardinia and two sicily to unify peacefully

[@derps8690]

second petition for bitt3rsteel to do a playthrough of belgium purely in flemish with subtitles

[@karlfranz3819]

Second this.

[@Tassie92]

Legit want to hear and see it

[@Tom-oj7si]

Free Flanders tbh Belgium is a fake state

[@combrade-t]

You can change the division limit in the gamerules I believe, generally I think just leaving it for AI is the best since that is kinda the purpose to make it so there's less lag from AI, which it kinda helps with.

[@lugerry]

I can tell everyone here (including me) have seen that this has been recently uploaded and have come up with a random comment to get lots of likes

[@salzmann4207]

It worked out

[@lugerry]

@@salzmann4207 yeah lol

[@thetexangamer8383]

First with extra steps

[@ipuny9774]

Heh

[@lugerry]

@@thetexangamer8383 basically but I wasn't first, I was like 263rd

[@omiimii]

Italian Finland, a true nightmare

[@Emmaria_]

The division limit seems like a good idea for keeping lag down, but the limit should be much higher than it is. With holding all of Italy the limit should have been at minimum 48 units for 2 whole armies.

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

You can set it to apply only to the AI. The issue is Bitter has a habit of not checking settings for mods.

[@ChalleonPlays]

After having so much trouble getting to even play the save again for part two I suppose we won't get a part three 😔

[@hztrashrekt1675]

Yes

[@TheMelnTeam]

If you're stuck in grind wars like this, leave one port in enemy hands surrounded, and insta-destroy divisions as they land with support attacks. Farms score and kills divisions. If you can naval bomb all the better, but even if you can't the casualties you inflict can be insane.

[@ciccioinsa9644]

You're so funny, please don't ever stop making this kind of videos

[@suxix7312]

I felt like you too. Until I started making 2 armies. One to defend ports and one for the front line. You don't have to fill the defensive army. Good luck!

[@GalactikEdits]

WOOHOO BITTERSTEEL UPLOAD!!!

[@user-wm6zf4jg2z]

The division limit works better with bigger countries lol

[@eli8922]

0:33 ice packed 1:18 how did captions get that correct 2:51 taunt 3:55 it happens when you capture a port and the ships are refitting 5:29 storing down south 14:42 for cup

[@USofA]

Bitt3r: How many divisions is this?! The AI: Yes.

[@tilli1514]

The fleet thing only happen in Italy. You get the fleets of other italian nations if you are one yourself but not from anyone else.

[@taka2721]

You can disable division limit in the game settings if you want

[@theweirdclasher3955]

If a ship is repairiing and you capture the port its repairing in you get the ships

[@NoNonsenseNendou]

It's an option in the game rules to only have limits for AI

[@Hatsuzu]

Division limit is a good system. (Germans lagging the game by 1943 in vanilla having 800 divisions somehow)

[@garbage_boy_7866]

Glad to have you on the Social Streamers

[@zaphodqi122]

Great video again, cant wait for by blood alone

[@Rum_cola]

You say great video without even be able to watch it.

[@zaphodqi122]

@@Rum_cola cause I knew it was gonna be a banger like every other

[@Chewbert]

Superheavy Popemobile incoming in the next patch! Battlepope in vanilla!!

[@zarinth]

Since we miss the best part, you'll have to redo.

[@salzmann4207]

I just love your content and um amazed at your foreign language skills

[@SuperAzoz99]

Nah the division limiter is smart. It helped many people play into late 40s without the game being a slog. However, if you really dislike this feature there's an option to turn it off before starting the game ( Options in Country Selection )

[@bennett754]

You can take an enemy battleship, when you conquer a port where it is converting

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I've literally asked the guy who makes HoI4. That's not a thing.

[@bennett754]

@@Bitt3rSteel really? when i played australia, i converted a carrier (don't ask why) and got the message that if the port gets conquered, they'll conquer the ship too

[@mushtaq20000]

@@bennett754 what

[@pinkdirt8652]

least schizophrenic hoi player

[@RussiaDefender]

ive learned to play hoi4 from your great guides! hope you make a video about all the ways you know to kinda cheese the game. it would be great! (ps. if you see this i hope you have a good year!)

[@_Makanko_]

Ah too bad the early footage was lost, i like the earlyb (setup) parts (struggle) the most. Once you get rolling, SP is not super hard vs AI imo.

[@Chewbert]

This is a nice video and you have a beautiful smooth bald head

[@tessfairfield6435]

I’d love to see a part 2, and how the tide may turn once the US enters the war

[@sahilhossian8212]

Hmm yes lore of When the Pope unifies Italy in HoI4

[@danimag3904]

Nice video BALDIE

[@clownshow_5727]

yay he got the save

[@OddlyStrangeProductions]

Try to save the ottoman empire: AKA winning the first Balkan war and restoring the old imperial borders.

[@neumo5005]

BATTLE POOOOOOPE

[@NON155]

TRY TO PLAY THE TINY COUNTRIES MALTA

[@Gabeslicor]

Oh he fixed it

[@scubandym1941]

I feel like Italy with by blood alone will play like this video

[@spritemon98]

Battle pope!!!!!!!

[@zo1o281]

Nice seeing you in stockholm

[@pieceof_potato]

Hello bitt3rsteel can you do italy ww2 time-lapse Bc every one I found about Italy defeating Germany Form the Roman empire and I want a time-lapse can you do one please 😁😁

[@pikachusbestfriend1866]

Try and take over south america as the falkland islands

[@fidoruh]

Ah force limit, that's an EU4 problem lol

[@ossi4349]

You know you can deactivate the division limit

[@colonelreb2688]

Lost count of how many weeks for Germany plan z no trash ships other than destroyers or annexing puppet fleets other than Vichy

[@lukask1301]

now that you are playing kaiserreich how about a redux iceland viking run?

[@emperorpalpatine7557]

Ahh yes the pope

[@michaelmergenhagen7406]

Can you post the audio recording of the first half please? I am very interested.

[@benismann]

13:55 didnt u have like barely any manpower recently? How would u make divisions if u have nothing to make them of

[@Kandrakar83]

Hey mate, any option to see you play updated HOI4 "Old World Blues" mod? They updated many thing and added more scenarios.

[@nikolasrpak6187]

Italy has a good anthem 🙂

[@tagus100]

I appreciate you finishing this playthrough but wouldn't it be better to just restart the recording/game seeing as about a year's worth of gameplay is just missing? It would've been time consuming but overall would've made for a better video than just starting off mid-way through.

[@nickcoryell2516]

Can you make a video guide on the best tank designs?

[@justinsanchez6255]

How did the Riechspakt defeat the syndicalists? Everytime I play it they get destroyed by them

[@gfalle]

Man as a real Tuscan, i really respect you for giving us our freedom back as our own coutry, cheers from southern tuscany.

[@Qwerty-of4cy]

is this a part 2?

[@Primeczek]

Hi

[@eli8922]

Hey bittersteel I have a semi problem so i play on hoi4 on a laptop and I was doing a Britain game I activated alliance 1373 so I could kick out the 40 german divisions out of the Congo but then Portugal declared war on the Spanish and I got spamed with join war request and it crashed my game is there a way to fix it in settings Edit I fixed it my God my computer is gonna mealt and Gibraltar fell

[@marioxd3421]

How to use mods??? Because i cant start launcher and some videos have a mod folder but i dont have that and is very confusing.

[@Hudsonpickles]

i know bittersteel wont respond to this lol but i would like another infantry guide for templates and tanks after blood alone

[@Someone42527]

I wish you would make a normal players where you play as Germany and win ww2: Take over the soviat Union eastern Europe all of Frances and thr Uk's colosnise and defeat them. Take over the U.S and take back all the lands Germany has taken in ww2 and do this without puppeting any countries. I think this would be a pretty hard chalange and would be different then most chalanges since you start strong. Like this to show you also want that

[@Rum_cola]

:D

[@filiptheking1991]

Or lik

[@jonasduchateau8619]

What mod is it ?

[@Elyseon]

Does the division limiter mechanic even affect the AI at all?

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

Yes. Just not majors as much. For example, it prevents the US from building up nearly as much pre-civil war.

[@mrkhang5235]

Dammm how did you say vietnam so good? it Sounds like a Native speaker

[@samwill7259]

Never been that big a fan of HOI4, certainly one of my least favorite PDX games by itself...but holy SHIT does Kaiserreich make it an addiction anyway. The mod's so good that it basically makes the game by itself, I can't remember the last time I bothered with vanilla.

[@MUCM]

What mod is that? Is it multi or single player?

[@vidar6743]

Popé

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

sorry that you lost your footage, but i jumping in a video not even knowing how you started and what you did... well...

[@byeyaveanicetime6520]

Amount of likes this got 🔽

[@gopnik9991]

Hey pls play Kosovo its so much "fun"

[@Vicentoide632]

Hello!

[@Leatly]

hello

[@filiptheking1991]

First

[@filiptheking1991]

Pls coment biter

[@SekurusTheProudViking]

Biter

[@thefella302]

Biter

[@Quignin]

Biter

[@filiptheking1991]

Why you Bully me

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Smh

[@sulimanthemagnificent4893]

Shit... “unifying” Italy as the pope.... not fun. On the topic of not fun, Transamur, see if you can beat that one... without going insane.

[@lemonkos4093]

Rumors have said that its possible to get a pin from daddy BitterSteel

[@Hadar1991]

We want next part, secure Sardinia, Switzerland, Tirol and Corsica! And maybe even Avignon and Provence! DEUS VULT!

[@joshtaylor9626]

Eu4 Papal state is better

[@robertekenstam1130]

Second

[@justindagoose377]

Yes

[@nickknight1488]

Hi

[@ThatLocalBozo]

First

[@ThatLocalBozo]

23 secs ago

[@mushtaq20000]

no am first