Dominating as Prussia in 1938 - Hoi4 France Speedrun Commentary
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Hoi4 France speedrun guide, but it's actually Prussia. Defeating Germany in May 1936 via Rhineland Challenge and having some fun as the French Empire before playing as a chunky Prussia. Not recommended, since Prussia doesn't even get cores on the rest of Germany. It's nevertheless a good occation to demonstrate how to easily take over an overlord as a former puppet nation.
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Be warned if you want to watch the unedited video. The war against Germany is really slow. Needed plenty of time to think to avoid needing to start over. Baby-related breaks included, but I've cut those out at least to not make you stare at the menu.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00:01:21 Explanation & Strategy
00:01:21 - 00:06:58 Preparations
00:06:58 - 00:12:26 Rhineland Challenge
00:12:26 - 00:13:31 Remilitarisation of Rhineland Explained
00:13:31 - 00:28:41 Side-Quests
00:28:41 - 00:33:05 Dominating as Prussia
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I went a bit overboard with editing and I'm not sure about the 2x speed. I wanted to show as much frontline management as possible, but I'm not sure if it's still watchable that way. Let me know! And thank you guys so much for 5k subs =)
@waltuh2.3bviews3secondsago3
Жыл бұрын
It's great imo
@bszemeg8228
Жыл бұрын
dont worry too much, great vid, im glad the alghoritm recommended your channel to me
@brenny2347
Жыл бұрын
Man, the quality of this video Is fantastic! I love the edit! Subscribe And like.
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
@@brenny2347 Thank you very much!
@quichrlyn
Жыл бұрын
I really like it!
Some really good editing man, awesome work on the video!
@yt_tenshi
Жыл бұрын
OMG tommykay
@GrindingWolves
Жыл бұрын
He is really fast man
@Gunnart
Жыл бұрын
Hi Tommy Kai I am Valdemar
@RosnyTheChief
11 ай бұрын
Can you make a video conquering the world as france?
@sneed457
9 ай бұрын
Hello Markoni
the editing and presentation is so damn good
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Means a lot after all that time I put into it.
I always thought this game was designed in such a way that France can't do shit in 1936 so that WW2 happens reliably. Hats off !
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! =)
Yet again you bring a very good video into the HOI4 community. You do not have to worry about the length of the video, as this never gets tedious. Keep up the good work!
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the feedback. Much appreciated!
"NOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CANT JUST WIN 3 TIMES AGAINST A COALLITION OF THE ENTIRE EUROPE!" napoleon:"ok can i time it?"
@dorktriogamer2865
Жыл бұрын
Napoleon: "fine I'll do it 4 times then"
Man i cant dream of how long it takes someone to design these runs. (Also a suggestion, could you try Turkey? Possibly getting the hardly anything sevre achivment)
@youtuberobbedmeofmyname
Жыл бұрын
That can be easily done by 1941 already. Maybe he can break 1940??
@Chorutowo
Жыл бұрын
@@youtuberobbedmeofmyname my best attempt stretched deep into 45 before my comp physically couldn’t run it above like 2 speed
@AS-dr1cp
Жыл бұрын
@@Chorutowo same it took me til 46
@denizmergen418
Жыл бұрын
@@Chorutowo how do yo kill yugo
@Chorutowo
Жыл бұрын
@@denizmergen418 Eh its not that hard. Keep some token divisions on the yugo border, but dont bother trying to push too much as the mountains and supply in macedonia is ass. I use naval invasions all along the Yugo coast, followed with reinforcements and snaking. The Yugos wont have much divisions on your border or the coast as they are railroading them from Italian border. I would watch Bittersteels video on the achievment, its outdated but strat overall holds
Bro your editing skills are super impressive, love the content, you've got yourself another sub
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Happy to have you on board =)
The editing is incredible. This is your best video yet. Like a Prima guide to HOI4
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks!
Excellente vidéo, cela fait plaisir de voir des Speedrun clairement expliqués !
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Merci beaucoup!
@gerardginnette4500
Жыл бұрын
@@m3an ouais seulement y a pas moyen de la reproduire pour ma part ta run déjà l'idée d'envoyer des coloniaux pour exploser la gueule de cette putain de guerre civile rien que ça déjà voilà quoi le truque ça ne perce pas et même avec de bonne infanterie ça prend vlà le temps du temps pendant lequel l'allemagne se réorganise alors j'ai pensé balancer l'invasion navale directement et contenir cette putain de guerre civile mais pas de suprématie navale à un moment j'ai finis par les péter avant avril sauf que la faction de rebelle n'était apparut qu'au nord et ensuite l'allemagne avait repris la plupart des territoires que je lui avais pris bref de la merde mais ça c'est certainement parce que je dois être un attardé mentale j'imagine qui sait pas jouer..., après plusieurs centaines d'heures (l'idée de profiter du réarmement de la rhénanie et balancer une invasion navale j'avais déjà test mais j'utilisais les motorisé pour l'invasion navale et pas pour s'étendre en allemagne au final ça ne fonctionnait pas et pourtant j'avais pris pas mal de villes, les para très intéressant et c'était mon plan pour 38 enfoncer un peu la rhénanie lors de la guerre contre la tchecoslovaquie ensuite une invasion navale comme diversion et enfin para sauf que: il faut la suprématie aérienne ainsi que 50 avions de transport pour pouvoir faire 1 parachutage) pas la peine ça m’énerve mais à un point quoi au final je fais le débarquement mais je n'ai pas pu ouvrir un vrai front obligé de foncer et de faire du des trous par ci par là
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
@@gerardginnette4500 Tu peux préparer et lancer une invasion maritime à Calais après que la guerre civile a éclaté et ainsi mettre rapidement fin à la guerre civile. Avec l'équipement supplémentaire et les unités motorisées en Rhénanie, tu devrais progresser rapidement. Bonne chance !
@gerardginnette4500
Жыл бұрын
@@m3an merci de répondre mais non parce que pas la suprématie navale j'ai déjà essayé il y a quelque chose par contre que je voudrais te demander mais j'ai conscience que c'est un peu excessif est ce que tu pourrais faire un live dans une partie hoi IV avec la france contre l'allemagne en 1936
Pruessens Gloria, Love your speedruns
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Love the new editing style man Well done
Such a detailed Battleplan, mate! Extremely good edited
Kudos for the plentiful comments, including corrections in the texts. Extremely well done.
This was really fun to watch, I would love to see more videos like this with the complexity of strategies and such.
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Family and work keep me busy, but I'll try to keep the videos coming =)
great video, definitely subscribing and cant wait to see what else this guy does
the effort to these is admirable
Really love the video dude! It's just such a shame the recent patch completely and utterly bust this strat. Firstly, the civil war now only fires in the north and it's simply impossible to fight on that front and with the Germans. Not only that but the German divisions arrive so much faster now so you can't advance as far. And because you have divisions bogged down in the civil war, the Germans completely surround your divisions and just start pushing back. I've tried many times and it always ends the same. I'm not amazing at micro but I just can't possibly see how it can be done given the strength of the German divisions. You just can't hold against them. I'd really love an update on this as I'm super keen for a good France strat!
as a beginner (~50hrs) this was very, very impressive to watch. Such a complex game ! Hats of for mastering it this much.
Thank you for the video! If I could add one extra thing: when you made the garrison division at 15:10 you could've selected Proper Heritage from the Army Command and filled the entire division full of cavalry for less army XP than you did (35 compared to the 40 you spent), meaning you saved army XP and support equipment.
@comandantepepperoni8104
10 ай бұрын
Well, you would later need to change it back to another so it would be 70 exp
@quintiax
10 ай бұрын
@@comandantepepperoni8104 If you want to change it back, then yeah, that's fair. But you don't necessarily need to.
Nice videos man
23:05 >Details how to fight a campaign against Italy during the China war >"We aren't doing any of that though. Instead we use the divisions in Europe to prepare naval invasions into the United Kingdom" The definition of "never let them know your next move"
Love the editing
my guy, you need to hire an editor. this kind of hoi4 gameplay/commentary is amazing keep it up!
Really great editing and structure of the video. Maybe the frontline management and warfare couldve been a bit faster but the rest was really very good.
First video ive seen of yours and the presentation and editing is outstanding! So informative and entertaining so ive subscribed.
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
amazing editing
This is your best vid keep it up 👍
14:34 funny moustache right there France
Great video and gameplay, thank you
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words!
Thank you, very nice video
bro put alot of effort into a hoi4 video usually i dont try to algorithm boost but this deserves one rise and grind brutha u will be bigger and bigger till the plateau hits then start playing multi games (idk this the first video i see of yours) to expand
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! I really appreciate the support!
I don't know why but I really enjoyed this video good job
Very good !
Well done. Thanks.
You’ve inspired me to do a Scotland game now
One thing I always do as france on day 1 is to release algeria as a puppet so you can get cores later with some extra factories.
This video is proof youre an under rated youtuber
Very nice
I tried playing HOI, but I just can't have a second job now 😂, I spent time learning Stellaris and thats about it, so I have zero, to vague idea whats happening on the screen, but its very entertaining, you are very knowledgable and it's a nice video, thanks for the content. 👍
Love your editing! Did you perchance take inspiration from my releasing and playing as another nation in my carlist spain guide?
fire video
Amazing
thanks good video
One small tip I'd like to offer: at around 15:25 when you make your garrison division, you could have spent 35 Army XP to get the Proper Heritage perk allowing you to fill the template out with cav. Fantastic video of course! I look forward to trying this!
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
That's a great tip, honestly! Thanks =)
@shear3644
Жыл бұрын
@@m3an
Its like how the French Revolution, it was under civil unrest, but the borders expanded anyways
Another plan that is good is to make a fallback line in france to draw the germans in and encircle them
@betxverse
10 ай бұрын
I might actually try this rn
Looking forward to a French world conquest guide with BBA and new peace conference system. Or with soon to be released AAT DLC 🙂
enjoyable
Great
My man speedran anti-appeasement
This video is so high quality, you will blow up in time my friend. Keep it up!
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words!
I like life size napoleon popping up eevry now and then
Focus convoys to max early so you can annex Germany's fleet after puppeting them? Only takes about 1500 convoys, idk if you can possibly make that much but would be worth.
I’m enjoying the run lil napoleon
I tried this strat last night and the research swap time seems to be different. Has it been patched since? Also the uprising was so strong that I couldn't get to Calais in time or naval invade. They even pushed me back a bunch of tiles. While I was messing with them the Germans reinforced and pushed me back. However, I did get "UK backs down" on the first try. That was nice.
Great strategy! I succeeded with the updated method in the comments to beat Germany in August 36. However, I have a problem later because it is impossible to enter the faction of the Chinese United Front. There are -200 for distance and -50 for neutrality. A solution?
Wait, what's the point of mp support? Saving army xp via mp div template for garrisons?
Are there any plans for the Everything Serves achievement speedrun?
17:40 Remember Austerlitz? In response I ask, "Remember Borodino?"
does this still work in the current patch of by blood alone?
Imagine being a Frenchman in that timeline. First you survive not only communist civil war, but also war against Germany. You think the worst is over? Think again! You see death of French democracy and rise of Napoleon IV, costly wars against Japan, Britain and her puppets. But okay, perhaps now fate of the world truly belongs to the mighty French. That's funny, but no. Coming back from nowhere, Prussia declares war on you and completely unopposed marches into Paris with no resistance whatsoever. Nicely done run, well done.
The things a man will do to play as Prussia
In the end is there a benefit to play prussia or is it just a way to play as prussia while getting massively big in one go ?
@m3an
9 ай бұрын
Just to play a big Prussia. It's not really worth it if you look at stats, especially industry.
Good video, sadly I was unlucky, tried 8 times, never got it, gave up.
Cool
Bro really playing like the high command army general
what is the mod you are using to get the monarchy tree ?
@m3an
Ай бұрын
Not a mod. It's part of the La Resistance DLC.
27:13 I went to take a piss, accidentally leaving the video playing, and when I came back, half of the world was French. Closest I've ever had a heart attack seeing French America.
@gerardginnette4500
Жыл бұрын
that's because america is based on propaganda in fact it is not hard to take usa because of large territory easy encerclement and their divs are not too OP as the germans divisions... america is not as people think in fact they take all benefit of the most important act of war for example naval invasion of france it had canadian england belgium french and american soldier but america claim all the merit it is the same for german capitulation or even japan the truth is germany had urss on his territory at the est and coalition (not only american) on the west side and french resistance for japan the true reason of their capitulation is again urss not nuclear bomb in fact japan would continue the path of war against america until urss begin to be hostile against them so they give up and one more time america say we are too strong see how our bomb make japan give up but it is not the truth the same for debarquement and for victory against germany. In fact i think the fall of france was planified and organised by some rich and influent people
Do yugo next i love this
Can you make a real life world domination tutorial speedrun? I'm trying to do it but it's so hard.
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
I have a world conquest speedrun strategy ready to go, but I want to wait for 1.12 to see if it still works afterwards before I make a video on it.
@accurategamer7085
Жыл бұрын
@@m3an no I'm talking about real life 😈
can you also do a speed run as super-prussia?
15:15 get the proper heritage army spirit. For 35 army xp you can fill out the whole template.
I experienced when i assign all the divisions on the homeland to the rhineland, germany always backed down.
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Did you restart from scratch or reload? Because the latter never has different outcomes.
Germany has backed down from militarization of rhineland 5 times now, am i doing something wrong?
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Can't tell, since I don't know the details, but I'd guess it's just bad luck. Believe me when I say that it took me plenty attempts myself. The odds are 1-to-4, but that doesn't mean it will always work once in four attempts. On bad days, I had to try up to 10 times.
Why you didnt libirate Vietnam to take their MP for garrisons?
Bro is the best player 🗣️
10/10
They must have changed something, I tried this guide and Britain just keeps supporting me and the Rhineland just stays demilitarised..... But now I have less stability and pp
I would like to see you speedrunning Siberian Tiger)
will you be uploading the unedited version?
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Didn't expect anyone to ask about it so soon :D Yes, I will. Usually I have it ready when the video releases. I'll add it to the video description this evening.
@hecticscone
Жыл бұрын
@@m3an glad to hear it! i watch your commentary videos when coming up with ideas of what i want to do in the game that day, but nothing beats watching a full playthrough done by someone who is much better at the game than me 😁
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
@@hecticscone It's online now. Link in the description. But I don't think you are going to like it very much. Compared to my other unedited runs, the war against Germany is played extremely cautious, to avoid restarts.
@hecticscone
Жыл бұрын
@@m3an much appreciated!
Issue with that strategy is that you can't core the European Union anymore as Napoleon. So best run is to unite the EU before getting Napoleon as head of state. Means that you must endure lower PP for much longer...
Preußens Gloria
Napoleon effect!
Salut ! Great video as always. Being a good Frenchman, I have been trying for a long time to defeat Germany in 1936 WITHOUT Czechoslovakia, but it has always failed. I don't know why, but even if I copy 100% of your setup, there is a big difference: The French Communists don't take a piece of southern France (which makes them strong in the north). As a result, I can't defeat them in time and Germany pushes me back.... If you have a suggestion, I would be glad to hear it ;)
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Bonsoir! I haven't touched Rhineland since making this video. I assume you're playing on the most recent version? I haven't read anything in the patch notes that suggests a change here, but that doesn't mean much. I'll look into it when I'll eventually give up on my current run for today later this evening :D
@blackspirit4531
Жыл бұрын
@@m3an Hi , thanks :D Yes, up to date and the dlc :/ I’m also playing this evening, enjoy and let me know if you have some news :) By the way, it must be a difficult move because before yours I never found a “decent” video on youtube showing the france defeating Germany without the little entente, so thank you for that 🙌
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
@@blackspirit4531 So, I've tried it out and you're right. It's a lot harder in 1.12, because all the civil war divisions are in that single province. Maybe it's worth a try to naval invade behind the frontline into Calais. You can still crack the civil war by force, but you need to use all horses, tanks and colonial templates. And don't give them time to dig in.
@blackspirit4531
Жыл бұрын
@@m3an Bien le bonjour :) Thanks for your answer. I finally found a solution: 1 - January 1, 36 at 12:00 I spam the recruitment queue with a few colonial divisions and give them priority, then directly release all colonies by having those colonial divisions take all the weapons. 2 - Bunker level 3 on the 5 tiles in the north of France where 7 colonial divisions will stay leaving all the rest available for Germany (the cavalry covers the southern Magino line). 3 - Just after the civil war, I removed most of the recruitment lines to reinforce my army (so I think no arms went to Comunist France since 01/01/36). I also dropped 5 colonial divisions to send them to Germany. 4 - Penetrate deeply into Germany along the rivers with many more troops, thanks to the previous steps. 5 - Send all the tanks and trucks to the north of France to push Lille and win the war quickly while the Germans waste their troops and weapons stocks on our lines. 6 - Send a naval invasion one by one using the exploit. 7 - Finishing Germany! :D After trying for so long, I've managed to beat Germany "quickly" several times in a raw. Of course, I am not a speed runner and a lot of optimization could be done to reduce the time of the war. Liebe Grüsse !
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
@@blackspirit4531 Thank you very much for the update! Very impressive that you figured out another way. How long did it take you? :D
amazing strat, love how agressive you are with a democratic country xd
There is one awful thing, such run as monarchy requires DLC, what I need to buy additionally to expensive game as many other DLC's
2 things: 1. great. even better then great. even better then that. this is how i feel about of the video. 2. what are your specs?
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! My specs aren't that good. I want to upgrade this winter. I have a Ryzen 7 2700X, 32GB RAM and a Radeon RX Vega 64.
@spooxer
Жыл бұрын
@@m3an no, thank YOU! no youtuber has given me their specs, and i dont have that good of a pc, so yes, thank YOU!
*VIVE LA FRANCE !*
17:30 I died
I've never seen ANYONE use MP's. Are they not just for garrisons? Or lowering resistance. Just use Martial Law, eventually you can lower it after time. Train others.
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
I'm only using them for the garrison template to reduce the manpower needed to fullfil garrison demands. It's not needed, mostly a habit relic from 1.10. This was also recorded before the rebalance and expansion of garrison laws.
May 17 is my birthday lol
Vive la France, Vive l'Empereur !
Does difficulty level affect Britain's likelihood to agree? They've said yes like 8 times in a row
@henrywieman2454
4 ай бұрын
In the initial rhineland demilitarization, that is. I haven't watched past the victory, since I'm trying to do something different
I don't understand. Why did you annex Japan?
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
You mean why not puppet them? Like I say in the video, it only make sense if you want to continue playing as France. Puppet Japan would not suffer from the 'crippling' later in the video, possibly ruining the take-over of France by Prussia.
@k_benze9615
Жыл бұрын
@@m3an I meant why do you needed to attack Japan?
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
@@k_benze9615 No need. Like I said in the video, it's mostly to kill time, since otherwise there's just nothing to do as democratic France until we flip to monarchy.
@johnroach9026
Жыл бұрын
@@k_benze9615 Kills time and prevents a late-game Japanese Empire that's tough to get past, since Japan is built for late-game scaling
Prussian Raj
Я 12 раз уже пытался, и каждый раз немцы пасовали… я так и не дождался войны
Plz do something with the Raj!!1
you're telling me that Rhineland is 50/50 yet in my games UK had always backed down and Germany had always stood on militarisation either I'm astronomically lucky or it's more complicated than that
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
Did you restart from the beginning each time or did you try to reload before the event to change the outcome?
@rogofos
Жыл бұрын
@@m3an oh yeah that makes sense I would load a previous save
@m3an
Жыл бұрын
@@rogofos I've read somewhere that it's possible to have different outcomes when reloading, but I haven't tried myself. If I understood it correctly, you need to make the save a couple of weeks before the event chain fires. But again, haven't tried. Also, some things have changed in the recent patch. You have to combat the civil war a bit differently (naval invade around into Calais) and you can't join the CUF anymore because of the new distance modifier. Good luck!
@mesterb8624
7 ай бұрын
@@m3anNormal & Chain events can have different outcomes if you reload a save before it started. Ahistorical gameplay cannot have different change paths if you reload a save file. I found that recently playing as Austira Ironman with the german CW, reloading the save file will result the same, while restarting it as new will have different outcomes.
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