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If war is inherent to mankind, all-out world wars are inherent to citizenkind. We have a plethora of alliances and enemies that we need to fight for or against day in and day out. Fighting in our wars can feel like an overwhelming concept at first, but it doesn't have to be. This article will teach you what's on the battle screen, how battle mechanics work, and where to go for any resource you need to fight.

This is an updated version of a previous DoE article. You can see a zoomed in version of any shrunken image by clicking on it.

Preparation

Before you fight, it's important to work and train. Fighting does direct damage to your health, and low health decreases effectiveness in working, which might get you fired. Training raises your strength, which is what decides how much damage you do in battle. Also, never fight unless you have a friend or a unit to supply you, or you can afford to heal back to 100.

To get maximum results from fighting, you'll need a weapon. You can finance your weaponry yourself by buying it from the marketplace, but a better route is to join the military (United States Training Corps is where to start) or a private militia (like SEAL Team 6, or a party-affiliated one like the Federalists', or SEES'). You can learn more about military and militia units in ligtreb's excellent article, linked here. If it's your first time around the block and you're not ready to join one of these prestigious organizations, fear not, no one falls through the cracks. Contact New Citizen Assistance to get some free stuff. You can do modest damage without a weapon, if you need to attack right this second.

Then, all you need to do is find a battlefield to fight in. You should go to (and vote, and subscribe to) the Department of Defense's orders to find out where your damage can help the most (unless you're in a military unit, then listen to your superior officer if he gives you different orders).

Contributing

You'll hear a lot of players talk about "the wall", but this probably means nothing to you. The wall is a mythical creature from the last version of this game that decided battles based on how much damage people pumped into it. It has returned in this form:



Think of that point where the colors collide near the middle as a bomb. You want to push that thing past the 2 arrows, and as far away from your flag as you can and into enemy territory. You do this by fighting and vanquishing your enemies and earning influence.


The two buttons on the side you see (health kit for 0.5 gold, and rocket launcher instakill for 1 gold) are gold boosters. Don't use these, they're for the rich people only - you want to conserve your gold when you're new.

You'll immediately get matched up with an enemy when you enter a battlefield. This bad guy will represent an enemy troop, complete with a unit of their own, skill level and health bar. Everytime you click that big fight button, you'll take off a chunk (or all, if you're weapon's good enough) of their health, and you'll lose 10 health of your own. You want to maim, shoot, and bomb the crap out of him until his health hits 0. After that...



You'll get your influence, which grows your country's bar and helps your team win the current battle. You'll also get one experience point everytime you pressed fight in that battle. You must destroy your enemy to get awarded your influence and XP, so make sure to plan ahead and make sure you have enough health to take out the guy on the other side.

You May Have Won the Battle

Each battle consists of eight to fifteen 2-hour rounds (also called battles, but called rounds here for the sake of avoiding confusion). You and your country will fight relentlessly, and should they have the longest bar after 2-hours, win the round. The individual who did the most damage for either side will be awarded the coveted Battle Hero medal.


China is about to win a round in this training battle, 64% to 36%.

Once a country has won 8 rounds, the region is conquered (attacker victory) or secured (defender victory). Rounds won are signified by filled in crowns on their side.

First Aid 101

There are two ways to regain your health after fighting. the first is rather straight forward, food consumption. Go to the marketplace, drag your "health per use" to any increment of 20, and buy as many as you need to get back up. This can be tough to afford long-term though, which is why military units exist. A free way to fight is to use a hospital, it's a complicated process though.

Hospitals are placed by the government in regions they expect to be attacked. Defending countrymen can move to the struggling region and get an amount of free 10-point heals from the hospital. You can get a moving ticket free from the Citizen Assistance form I linked earlier. Unfortunately, it's a little more complicated than just using it. Hospitals can only be used in a certain battle, set by the President who placed it. Here's how to find and utilize a hospital:



You want to be in the battle page one round before a hospital round. Let's say a bunch of bad guys attack our allies' region, Qinghai, pictured above.



Qinghai is in the 5th round right now. The 6th round is coming up in a few minutes, and has a hospital, as pictured in the first image. Stay on this page and wait for the round to end.



The hospital button will replace your food consumption button on the battle screen, with how many uses you have left in a little bubble in the corner of the button. The hospitals are buggy, through trial and error I've found this to be a reliable way to make sure that the hospital button pops up for you. Remember only the defending nation can use a hospital in a battle.

You can find available hospitals in all battles aggregated here:
http://erepublik-market.cz.cc/hospital.html

I Don't Want To Die

Don't worry, you can't. The game will stop you at 20 health if you try to fight yourself to death. What about defending you ask? When you head out onto the battle screen, the game takes a "copy" of you. It reads your best weapon, your skill type, current health, and your name, and replicates it for the other team. You're not really fighting the actual citizen, you're fighting their stats, as they will to you. Defending is done by your shadow self, you have no say or drawback from it. You'll never have to have the worry of someone blowing you up with a launcher, only you can blow up them.



Join the eUSA forums. Help sections, general discussion, congressional hearings, all the action happens here.
Join #tc on the Rizon server in IRC. You can join directly here, or learn how to set up an IRC client from our article here.
Join a military outfit or a militia. Free food, tickets, and company in exchange for loyal service to your country.
Have to fight alone? Do it right, find regions with hospitals available: http://erepublik-market.cz.cc/hospital.html

- New Citizen Assistance Form, free food and mentoring from the Department of Interior
- Message the Department of Education, give new ideas or feedback on planned topics
- Department of Defense Orders, guidance for civilians looking to contribute in a battle
- White House Press Releases, news, information, and links directly from the President's staff
- Presidential Newspaper, the current President of the United States' newspaper

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