Join the new world

Foreword : There are several guides in this article, however, if you have no time to go through them all or choose to be lazy like me 😛, well then thank god, we have IRC! From a few quick basic tips for survival to help with advanced game mechanics, you can always rely on IRC 😃 Also, after joining IRC, I would strongly reccommend you to go through this article - IRC FOR DUMMIES, so you don't get lost in this maze! 😛

- What is IRC ?

- The Internet Relay Chat is one of the wonders of internet, a place where people can communicate instantly. If you are a new player, it is recommended that you visit IRC right now and get rid of tags like noob, ignorant or illiterate noob etc ie., which are of-course the usual implications of experience points in your profile overview page.

- Why IRC ?

- IRC(& to an extent forums) forms the most important part of this game. If you do not wish to visit IRC, there are high chances that boredom might pave way to the eventual death of your citizen character.

- How do I join IRC ?

- Method I : http://www.tinyurl.com/indiairc - give your erepublik citizen name as your Nick and then Go! Also, please read the channel topic once you join!

- Method II : Just follow the below steps.

Step 1 : Go to: http://www.mibbit.com/chat

Step 2 : Choose Rizon [webirc] from the "Connect" scroll menu

Step 3 : Give your eRepublik citizen name in the "Nick" field

Step 4 : Type #India as the channel name and click "Connect"

Step 5 : Once you join, don't forget to check the channel topic for important updates!

Everything said above has been summarized here - CLICK THIS LINK!

Tip - Use all the govt welfare schemes for quicker progress, read newspapers, save bazookas & energy bars! Do not use gold for fighting, its very precious! Always sell but do not buy any food or weapon items from our market!

How to fight Smart - Consider troj4n20, who can somehow do 13 kills everyday, so he can't complete his military unit's daily orders. Well what he could have done to get the maximum benefit is "kill 25 guys on every second day by saving food supplies from the first day" - that way, he can finish daily orders atleast once in 2 days and get bazooka parts and energy bars.

Expert Advice(Military) - Don't spend away the bazooka parts and energy bars you get from your daily orders, save them for a battle hero later. 50 bazookas(you need 1500 wellness to fire them all) and 15 energy bars(to give you 1500 wellness) = 15,00,000 damage (since each bazooka can be used 3 times and with 10,000 damage each time), so stock up as many as you can for a bang bang soon! \o/

Expert Advice(Economics) - Do not buy food or weapons from the market. VAT(applicable to finished goods) in our country is high for a reason; the idea is to abuse the admin's bot that buys from our market but not to burden the citizens with high prices. I suggest you join #india-trade on IRC for tax-free goods; CLICK THIS if you do not know what IRC is & CLICK THIS if you want to know how to join an IRC channel.