Why Byzantium is the best Purple Empire

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[@Bitt3rSteel]

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[@mrbeen4662]

You got the e-mail of the add for rise of kingdoms and there new country you can play as So your thought process was to play Greece in hoi4 My man respect

[@Bitt3rSteel]

@@mrbeen4662 Byzantium is inevitable

[@mrbeen4662]

@@Bitt3rSteel sure sure Belg

[@yasirnazirbutt8240]

@@Bitt3rSteel I wanted to ask something.Do you take requests?

[@sander0209]

The focus with +4 Civs and Mils actually DOES give you extra slots, I just tested it. Game says I have a total of 8 extra slots across my different states. Also, if you are Partial Mob when doing the Mobilize the Economy focus you get War Eco, not sure if you knew that

[@BubblesZest]

Both of us doing Byz? Oh this is awkward, one of us is gonna have to go home and change.

[@emostoevbg2014]

bubblestZest vs Bitt3rSteel - who can form first byzantium? Ready set go....

[@Teal182]

@@emostoevbg2014he only solution to this is a fully cored Byzantium speedrun competition

[@nektarios18]

When i saw this that was what i was thinking

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Oh no, all I brought is purple

[@rost123lav]

bittersteel became bittersteal

[@victorthimm8263]

I like how bittersteel calls "Instabul" Costantinople. He truly took the role of a greek

[@buddermonger2000]

To be fair, even the Turks called Istanbul Constantinople. The Turkish name is actually Constantinyye. "Istanbul" means something along the lines of "To the city" as the ottomans just started calling it "the city" and it was renamed during the early days of the Turkish Republic

[@christos3280]

Constantinople was the official name of the City until 1930. Istanbul comes from "eis tin polin" which means to the city in Greek. And colloquially called "stin poli" - in the city.

[@obi-wankenobi1149]

@@buddermonger2000 "Konstantiniyye" used to be the capital of the Ottoman Empire, but now, no one calls it like that. Everyone calls it Istanbul. Source: I live in the city

[@yusufislek3669]

​@@buddermonger2000Ottomans used to call* . Constantinople means city of constantin and ottomans used to call it "Konstantinniye" which meant city of constantin. But yeah you are right

[@Metts1337]

should still be called Costantinople

[@KAPTAINmORGANnWo4eva]

I legitimately thought Venizelos was hardcoded to die within 365 days of becoming your leader considering I've never had him longer than the ~6 months needed to beeline the Byzantinists.

[@ertrick3693]

There is some degree of deliberation to it. It's a "mean time to happen" of 650 days, at least for if you choose the path to restore the Venizelists to power. That means it's a *median* of 650 days for him to die; there's a 50% chance for him to die some time before 650 days and a 50% chance for him to die after 650 days. That may sound random, but a good way of thinking about it is there being a 50% chance he survives for longer than 650 days.

[@Kingkool9932]

2nd run i had him die before I even got him

[@AssassinAgent]

"It's possible to him (Venizelos) to die at any moment" Yep, I can confirm. He died within the first 3 in-game hours on a new save...

[@hennobert2821]

​@@kj_heichouin game hours.He got Venizelos as leader,then he died instantly

[@AssassinAgent]

@@hennobert2821 he was dead by 15.00 on jan 1st, 1936 but I get your joke

[@King_George_VI]

I had him die before the election once lol

[@DJmass60]

literally started the game and exact same thing happened to me

[@scarstantine8711]

He died on Jan 3rd, 2 days of game time after unpaused lol

[@Tlhague998]

Mussolini: RESTORE THE ROMAN EMPIRE! Greece: Say no more.

[@pinheadlarry-qp7hh]

You should try the forgotten nations mod. It gives the Nordics and Belgium focus trees and revamps the colonies and other minor nations

[@pinheadlarry-qp7hh]

and cool monarchist paths

[@MapManiac]

​@@pinheadlarry-qp7hhThanks alot will try

[@ElPolloLoco7689]

Noted, good sir

[@brucepurcell306]

Yes

[@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese]

Road to 56 or death

[@bissebasse9571]

Ah yes. New saturday, new Bitt3rSteel video. An extra fun one as well!

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Anonie324]

I've been advocating for the Bedrock of Balkan Financial Stability path for literal years, and I never even noticed the building slots issue! Excellent, I'm so happy to be vindicated!

[@unfortunateonblitz4984]

"Byzantine Empire" puts the king on house arrest*

[@ermit123]

Bro you always help me in hoi4 and cheer my day up thank u keep up your good work ❤

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Happy to hear that!

[@ALoser-ThisIsTotallyUnique]

wow byzantium in a paradox game that's extra rare, they never add byzantium

[@mehmetkayraozer9164]

What

[@ironrallyracing]

Wait ‘till he finds out about EU4🤫

[@magnetpulling4885]

I'm pretty sure he's being sarcastic

[@theworldsbiggestnerd]

Hearing "Greece" and "financial stability" in the same sentence is hilarious

[@Kandall05161]

Of all the alt history paths in hoi4, Bedrock of Balkan Financial Stability is perhaps the least realistic

[@AdamantLightLP]

True...

[@blazingfish8486]

Bitt3rsteel, this is the 3rd time you’ve shown the Byzantine empire in show-and-tell.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I just think it neat!

[@kadenss4k]

Bros got 10 million power on Greece in rise of kingdoms. (he can’t lose)

[@eaterofshoes]

fr

[@NecroNox189]

There's another tactic to defeat the turks, leave a few divisions on the frontline in thrace and then, with the rest of your army (at least 7 units mins) go to Chios and the eastern-aegean islands. from there, bee-line straight up to Izmit to cut off constantinople. If done correctly, you can take over constantinople without much of a fight and encircle the entirety of the turkish-thrace forces

[@brucepurcell306]

Can't you paradrop?

[@Zer0LifeNegi]

For anyone curious what the best Heavy Cruiser is, with an MIO that can buff armor, Armor 2-3, so you can’t be popped by light guns. If your admiral has the capital ship trait for negative AA, use secondary 2 in all slots that can take them, and heavy battery in any open slot. If he doesn’t have the negative AA trait, put DP secondaries and 2 heavy batteries and 2 aa guns. Your cost should be 5-6k ic and they will seal club light fleets and be very fast too. You can also research Carriers 2 and make converted hulls from cheap T1 lights and give them T2 carrier engines to speed up conversion and give yourself a means of dealing with enemy capitals, so long as you fly a few fighters to give you air cover against enemy planes. Best to use AP bombs and CV CAS because of the naval targeting over the torps, until you get torps 3.

[@jonathanupton6093]

Dude I've been waiting for your updated byzantium video, good day to be a Bitt3rSteel fan

[@zvillex2126]

Nah, the best leader Greece can get is ''Basileus Adolfos I''

[@Stouzough]

Love your content as tutorials, learn so much with you. Beside disaster saves, could you show us France historical honorable way to resist the German onslaught?

[@LegionOfRome]

I have been waiting for a new video to save my life like this for ages!

[@Asdfgvqezjsxju]

For the first time this week I felt actual euphoria when I saw you uploaded a video. Thank you bittersteel

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I'm glad

[@giahungnguyen6334]

finally, the return of bittersteel soundtracks!

[@scarstantine8711]

I have been really struggling to get the achievements on forming this empire lately, I appreciate a new, current one!

[@PlaytendoGamer]

I have the majority of the HOI4 achievements because of watching you lol. Love you man, don’t stop posting 😂

[@whitehawk4099]

I've done something like this before, and quite often you can swing it so that you join the Axis and declare war on Italy. I'm not sure if the timing lines up so that you can get all of the Balkans though.

[@dyn9726]

I dont know if this is a backhanded joke, but i love to fell asleep on your videos 😂❤

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Good night

[@dyn9726]

@@Bitt3rSteel thanks homie

[@comrademoshi1028]

same, the background music choice is just too good 😂

[@Szymex52]

55 seconds ago. that youtube recommendation sure knows what i want. And amazing video as always!

[@agent00schweinfurt90]

Really nice! Finally got the Bad Romeance Achievement and it was very much fun!

[@georgios_5342]

As a Greek, I'll say one word BASED

[@hamzaalikhan9932]

Agreed 😂😂😂

[@lakasede4550]

As a Turk, this will always remain your dream.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Long live Byzantium! Love your videos!❤❤❤❤❤

[@justabarrelbomb4472]

I had just tried to form bizantium with your old video 2 weeks ago, new DLCs don't allow it, this video came out just in time.

[@Proud2bGreek1]

This man's humor reminds me of the early 2010s and why I picked this name for my channel, the nostalgia of the "good" old times.

[@Power6563]

ah its nice to come home from work on a Saturday night to watch bittersteel before bed

[@bigjohn6310]

I think it is important to mention that if you get an event about Kazim Orbay committing to balkan security then turkey will form a faction with romania and Yugoslavia, allowing you to cap all 3 nations

[@georgios_5342]

22:42 sir, it's called Constantinople 😂

[@Metts1337]

can't remember who's video it was i saw this in but another way to farm divs was by leaving a gap near Thessaloniki and constantly encircling them

[@maximdrager3639]

Also, you should've used the alternative resources for the planes, it can help a little bit

[@Rosa-xg8tb]

Makes me wonder if in case of Yugoslavia splitting into semi-independent states through it's focus tree you can increase the amount of civs given trough the Bedrock of financial stability focus by A LOT

[@Anonie324]

That's a good question. I can't be sure right now, but I suspect that the focus functions based on tags, and only Yugoslavia/Serbia, tagged YUG, would provide the civs. Also, being a democracy and building relations with so many other non aligned Yugo puppet states would be absolutely horrific in terms of PP cost.

[@szadun]

6:34 So much room for activities!

[@anamenelvalentain1609]

3+ guide. And this is 5+ guid: - Venizelos needed max to May 37th. Only reason to keep him because of war support for partial mobilization from focuse. - Georgius don't needed. If you whant good adviser go 2 steps in Byzantine branch and take Ioannis Metaxas - Before you take Payback focus you can pay debp twice to England or France. No need to payback to Italy. You will take focus to remoove Shachtplan in end of 37. - Focuse tree: devolve>farmers>payback>autarky>(maybe mobilization)>fiscal>badrock. You need only 190-195 PP for improovments. Than you go to Byzantine branch and allwayse take democratic focuse before become fascist. - Italy gives mills to for total of 14. You need use improovment on Italy and Albania twice. Because they givese you mils only if relations 80, and if you dot't do improovment second time they will be 79-78. - Again. Why you crush monarchists??? 2 f*cking steps in Byzantine brunch, and you alied. - War MUST be done before 39. Because you take Bulgary and Romania and need normal peace treat without Germany. If you do all right you will have all Turkey, Bulgaria, Oltenia, Mutenia, Banat, Dobrogua, and pecefull border with your satelite (Romania) on north before war. And oil... very much oil.

[@robertyoungie]

Highlight of my week when your videos drop

[@erickfigueras8954]

Hey bittersteel another banger as usual, and I hope everything is going well with the family. Just wanted to ask what cpu do you have? My game slows down to a basically unplayable pace by 1946 and I have a reasonable powerful processor. Anyways have a great rest of your day, and I’m looking forward to the next video. God bless.

[@xm8239]

I dare you to finish this and capitulate the allies

[@KINGofdoomyt]

Nice bro

[@lord_of_the_rats5916]

Could you please do an Ottoman Empire achievement video, been one that's a struggle to find a good guide for

[@mango3328]

I don't even use guides, I just like watching you play

[@FernesEcho]

Schrödingers Venizelos! Is he dead or is he alive? You will never know for sure until you unpause :)

[@keithcrawford4751]

Went to follow this guide. Venizelos died 6am 3rd Jan 1936. At least can restart nice and quick

[@fivifivia1146]

You are the best youtube content creator for HOI4 and it ain't even close. Great video!!

[@imperatorneroauaugustus4832]

Byzantium Greece is 🔥!

[@procrustes7669]

Ooooh

[@danielhollick1708]

The hellenic Austria buffer state was the greatest part of your empire, it truly changed the tide of the war.

[@NamingIsHard1234]

Both Bubble and Bitter doing Byzantium on the same day, what are the chances?

[@jebbroham1776]

Imagine basing your entire strategy on a single leader who might die the day after he takes office.

[@-el_bandito]

Somehow that feels familiar

[@wildquill8455]

I hope you make a new video for the new DLC. Been trying to follow your lead on this over the weekend and can never get enough guns and artillery for the initial army to take out Turkey.

[@SlamminCameron]

I was able to do this yesterday with AAT active. The key is to leave the port open so they keep sending troops and getting across the straight quickly

[@hagbard8040]

Didn't think that A-Z included the formable countries. Seems like you have to revisit Al-Andalus. :-)

[@jesperlindstrom4613]

" my puppet will Flank my north" 😂😂

[@oneballimann6425]

can you make a video about crusader kings II achievment? i struggled with it as one of my first achievments i accomplished, but there were so many changes. i wonder if my tactic would still work or you would have another approach :)

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Sounds like a fun play for my South Africa run

[@doctorwhat779]

@@Bitt3rSteel Also we need a new guide for Australia-Hungary please

[@aleksandarmiljkovic174]

What mod you using to get these extra researches on Industrie,planes,tanks,Infantrie and the stuff in the Officer Corp? And what mod you using to Design your planes,Tanks,Ships ?

[@ulkeerenaktas9751]

dude your turkish city name pronounciations are so right that it makes it so cute, thanks for the video

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Glad you think so!

[@deluxehipster8714]

Never seen Venizelos live so long.

[@The_Marttrix]

We need an updated version!!! My man’s strategies always have been excellent for me, but as of very very late 2023, we need an update, and tbh idk if I can wait until A2Z reaches Greece. Thanks anyway!

[@deltas.p.9206]

You know, im starting to think he only played greece again to get that smooth transition

[@maquereautin]

Love from the sub on reddit 😘

[@warmakern]

Which dlc enables a more customizable tank/plane customization? I can only research specific tanks, not a frame or anything but a specific one only.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Tanks is No Step Back and planes is By Blood Alone

[@Arnie58]

22:17 tried this, on my second try he passed away on the 3rd of January 1936

[@dgravelo]

25:14 Basileus Waluigi ftw

[@InstapotMarkling-bw5pu]

You should play as San morino

[@georgemalenvisch3133]

That's great, can I please see what i need to research now? Sitting here with my game paused for like 15 minutes waiting to get even a peek at your researches

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Huh, I suggest checking out the Reddit post for more details, it may have been cut in editing if you missed it

[@larsprophitius2968]

I think it’s gonna take a long time to get to but I have a request for A to Z. As Spain become anarchist and conquer the whole world.

[@AntPoland]

Last time i played as Greece Venizelos died three in game days after i launched the game.

[@Cooper180]

i LOVE your content every day before hoping to hoi4 im watching at least 1 video and trying to do the same. keep it up👍

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Have fun!

[@batchicken1415]

I got major OCD with those medals if i see i can give one its going on there

[@cravingtuna1561]

Amazing video

[@tomato0067]

if we play on historical, is there a way to know the time that Romania drops guarantee without invest in the spy agency?

[@jayseb0009]

What is the mod that you use called? I would really like to know

[@deve6022]

hi bittersteel. Can u form turan with turkey? It is so hard to make it for me. Perhaps there is easier ways to do it.

[@-r0b0-28]

How come you start with 28% war support in 36? I start with 23 and can get passed the focus tree

[@jakubvanco5288]

Hey,what was that mechanized template that you used later in game ?

[@jemoeder5347]

Would it not be possible and worthwhile in such a situation to take Gibraltar or the entirety of Iberia? That would give you control of the Strait of Gibraltar, combined with the Suez Canal it would vastly reduce the length of coastline you'd have to defend.

[@ruler1422]

I’m so braindead I was watching ur old guide and thinking “gee I hope he updates this” while you had posted this 12 hours prior😅

[@devilliersduplessis7904]

Please can we see a part 2 to this?

[@Rolo1507]

How are they crossing the ocean in that locked between albania and italy if you own it? I thought there they can't get ships through or am I incorrect?

[@Ratich]

1:47 weird how you used music from a singular region of Greece to represent the whole country.

[@bertalanjuhos6538]

Wouldn't it be crazy if this would become a disaster save

[@gabe5819]

Do it with Bulgaria in the WW1 mod

[@Stratigos_728-tb4wv]

What dlcs you have on? I'm trying to do byz too

[@nomnom-mq3os]

i had venizelos die before he even got elected into office 💀💀

[@Strategiadlastrategi19]

Cool video, I'm subscribed! You can complete the achievement for Ethiopia "This time of Africa". Please Please please!!

[@jakobilus3791]

Could someone tell me wich achievements this guide could lead to?

[@svofanatic3642]

Anyway you could do an updated mexico? I've been STRUGGLING trying to beat the US early, Everytime I am just kicking their teeth in They join the allies in 1939 and I get screwed at that point.

[@Tied112]

Is this a mod or an expansion cause I don’t know, focus tree doesn’t match with normal one and I don’t have the same decisions

[@DonutOfNinja]

You should do another naval guide, as your current one is so outdated

[@TheSklls]

Cool

[@miskakoponen5296]

When the new dlc is coming?

[@kskaiseraaron]

When I follow this guide to the T and do my Army make up your changed only cost 20 xp mine cost way more?

[@user-ie7gc9rw8r]

You can try to online build divisions contaning one battalion

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of Why Byzantium is the best Purple Empire momentum 100

[@nikolaibashnin9686]

great video! keep it up. I like how it looks like eu4 in the beginning, but super commie cursed in a way