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Location: The Pentagon
Minister of Defense: shefutzu
Press Corps Writer: President George Armstrong Custer

Today’s DoD Press Release is primarily directed to new players.
This is essentially a reprint of previous editions with some important updated text and links.



You know who you are. You just started playing eRepublik today, or a couple days ago.

A lot of experienced players are basically standing by, ready to help you get a good start and set you on a good path.
Here at the Department of Defense, we care that you get militarily squared away for basic game play, and help you play the military module seriously if you want to. In order to maximize your potential battlefield strength, the Department of Education Defense will try to help you get started.

We just don't want you to, after clicking on about all there is to click on, be left wondering "so I joined an MU in the game, where's all the people and the chatting?"
Well, all that is in what they call "the meta game," which has been developed by players independent of whatever they do at eRepublik Labs.. Once you're hooked up you'll see why eRepublik doesn't want all this on their servers, and why we'd just as soon not count on them for any of this critical infrastructure.

Here’s Telegram and Discord.
Here's an old but still good article from the Dept of Citizens Affairs, reprinted by the Dept of Interior, under the Dept of Education banner: How to Use Discord
Once you have them, your new friends in your MU and Party will get you links and invites as needed.

We put a lot of effort into developing these little tutorials for you– you five new players– so pay attention.

Personally, I “do my daily clicks” and spend my time writing. Others get elected to Congress and pursue political careers, or run lots of Companies and make a killing selling goods. Then there’s us, The War Department, the part of the game where you can make a full, active and enriching career of advancing yourself in strength and knowledge.
But no matter how you wind up playing this game, you’ll need to know some basic stuff, whether you’re a 2-clicker or a Battle Hero.



So, just for you FIVE New Players today:



You got an automated game mail from the President, the Official New Citizen Message. The President wrote it, it had to be Approved by Congress, it got plugged into the system and you got it as your first game mail.

Don’t Join a City Yet. The game will tell you it’s essential and do it right away, but don’t do it.
Your new friends at your MU and Party chats will help you understand how to pick a good State or Region to put in some Companies (you want one that hasn’t been overrun in a long time), and that’s where you’ll declare Residency. Being a Resident somewhere has its advantages, and soon, not right away..

First, when shopping for a City/Region to set up shop, you need to be sure you’re in a stable place that’s not involved in the ongoing Training Wars.



Other considerations might be about resources and production bonuses, and your new Party and MU friends can work with you on your particular needs.

Get a Job at the Job Market page.
Take the top offer, that’s the most anyone is offering. If you get fired, return to that page and get a new job.
Work every day. It’s your first click every day.
Soon you’ll be buying Companies and that’ll be your other first click. Every day, without fail.
At the beginning it’s tempting to spend cash and gold. Hold onto those wages and New Player rewards till you get some guidance. Buying Companies ain’t cheap, so you’ll want to save a lot of your Job wages and learn about how many of which Companies will make you Food Self Sufficient.

Train every day, that’s your second daily click. At the beginning, don’t spend gold on advanced Training, just check the top box for Free Training.
Soon enough, you’ll have cash flow and be on a course of self improvement, and you’ll pay big bucks to Train hard. But not now.

Fight. Your third daily click.. Work, Train, Fight– get that into your head.
You don’t actually have to join a Military Unit to find a Battle, they’re all over your front page. Above your Shout Feed is a battle that the President sets. That’s always a good place to fight. And below your Media Feed is a featured Campaign of the Day, another easy good choice to get in that third daily click.
And, for now, don’t buy weapons. Fight bare handed. You’ll fight with weapons soon enough, but for now the damage you’re contributing is so small that spending money on weapons won’t do much but keep you broke.

Step 4: Wait. Work, Train, Fight, and your little green Energy/Health/Strength bar is gone.
Work used up some energy, Train used some more, and Fight wiped you out. Yep, that’s eRepublik, the basic game is over in a few minutes.
Hover over the little + sign next to the (now diminished or gone) green bar, up top-left there, below your little avatar, and it’ll tell you your rate of recovery and when you’ll be fully refreshed and ready to click again. In a few hours, you can fight again at your MU or the Campaign of the Day– getting in that second or third fight a day is what builds a strong (and profitable) soldier.



While you’re waiting, do these things:



Get some Free Food. Your Dept of the Interior runs a weekly program in which you may be provided free Food and Weapons, simply by Commenting at the latest DoI Food article.
https://www.erepublik.com/en/main/newspaper/dept-of-the-interior-215358/1
When shopping for a Party and an MU, new players should be asking straight away, “what kind of noob programs do you have?” Some groups invest in their young, some just eat them.

Read some media. eRep is a global game, and players from all over the world publish newspapers for you to enjoy. War analysis, Party newspapers, mentally bent players posting derpy stuff–-it’s all there.
The game will make you buy a newspaper, go ahead and plan on using it later. When you get your Comments Mission, say so in the article (a little actual content would be nice but not necessary) and we’ll try and accomplish that one for you.
There’s a big Media box on your landing page, showing headlines linking to recent and top articles written in the US. Change the default from Top Articles to Latest Articles.

Your US Media Department runs a few Official newspapers, you’ll want to start with the Official voice and face of The White House, the WHPR.
https://www.erepublik.com/en/main/newspaper/white-house-press-report-185289/1.
The Dept of Defense publishes every day, with updates practically live throughout the day, a collection and condensation of all the various fight orders and war news.
https://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/dod-press-releases-194506/1


Vote and Subscribe everything. Everything. Leave a positive Comment. Hold off on spending cash on Endorsing articles, you’ll do that later on when you have cash flow.

Download/install Discord and Telegram. eRepublik players have developed an infrastructure independent of the game itself. It’s where you’ll find the chat rooms and Live Battle Orders straight from the top brass. There’s links to a chat and a forum on your eRep landing page– that’s not where we play the game, we’re on Discord and Telegram.

Go to the eUSA Welcome page on Discord and behold the wonder...
Scroll up and see links to the top Military Units.

Join a Military Unit (MU). If you joined the game through an app you landed in a sort of catch-all Military Unit. Nothing happens there. You get a Daily Order that’s pretty updated, but the socialization you need to get guidance about fighting, that’s not happening at the default MU. We refer you to the Discord eUSA Welcome page and its many resources.
First thing you’re going to say when you get into an MU chat room is, “Hi, I’m a New Player. Do you have any Noob programs?”

Join a Political Party at this page. Again, you can quit a Party and join another any time. Through socialization you’ll get the necessary links and Invites to the various chat rooms on Discord and Telegram. You’ll want to be in a “Top 5” Party for socialization, guidance and assistance. Again, that eUSA Welcome page on Discord.
First thing you’re going to say when you get into a Party chat room is, “Hi, I’m a New Player. Do you have any Noob programs?”

The most basic game play consists of Work, Train, Fight, and Wait.
You can do your basic clicks, never join groups or invest in learning, and your game is over in a few minutes. Do that, and you’ll be disappointed in the game and wander off.. And that’s what we don’t want you to do.

We want you to make a mental note of when you’ll be all healed up, and come back and Fight again. Up to three times a day, four for addicts.
The more you do this, the faster you’ll advance.

For the first couple days, till you get acquainted, if you come back in a few hours for another fight, hit that Campaign of the Day on your landing page. Click, click, now Wait again.
Because of this– Click, click, done– it’s important to fight on the right side in the right places. Your damage numbers are calculated into the success of battles and wars, you matter from day one.
We lean heavily on “Shefutzu’s List” which tells us exactly which battles the US is committed to Win and those we must Lose. It’s in the USA Shout tab, and it’s in the DoD Daily. It changes a couple times a day.




Now go read some more media. Ask in your new MU or Party chat about picking a State to put in Companies. Exchange kitten pictures and potty jokes. Find the Congress section on Discord.

Write and publish an article. At some point you’ll have a Mission, maybe two, but.. Play with the little text box and controls, set up an Imgur account for pictures, maybe do some photo editing… Introduce yourself. Share a kittens and boobs pic. Or grandma’s cookie recipe.. Don’t share grandma’s boobs and a kitten cookie recipe, that would be weird.
The Pony Express does a weekly roundup on Thursdays and it doesn’t take much effort to earn a mention in that Official government newspaper.

There’s reasons why you’ll see old-as-dirt players still pluggin’ away at this hot mess of a game, not the least of which is the opportunity to meet and work with people from all over the world. I play the media game, I interview top military and political leaders– it’s a blast! And now, as of this article update, I’m the President..!! But it is a War game, so most players actively pursue improving their battlefield strength– there’s medals and rewards involved.
Every one of these powerful &/or old players, every Country President and Congressman and Super Soldier, started out on their first day scrambling to figure out what the hell’s going on. You have the advantage of having people looking out for you.

Your Department of Defense wants you to survive your critical first few days.
That’s why I’m carrying on about getting you on Discord and Telegram.
We all want you here, and there’s a place for you.
Your Department of Defense wants you here and getting stronger every day because, you know, we’re The US War Department in a War game.



World Map

Along the top row of big tabs, the far right one is Community. Bottom of the drop-down menu is World Map. This is one thing they haven’t developed off-game, and the game map is.. special. But world war strategists manage to use this pig, and so shall we all.
You’ll want to see where the US is spread out all over the world, and sort of get your bearings. It looks crazy, but there's a method to the madness.



When you open the map and locate the traditional homeland you may be shocked. According to the Community>> My Country>> Society page we own around 44 regions worldwide, and that’s real cool, but the homeland looks like a county fair quilt contest reject. What the heck is going on, here?!
Treaties and Rental Agreements, that’s what’s going on here. Training Wars are a really big thing and we host a bunch of them here. Regions swap hands like hot potatoes, the Diplomats keep the peace and Military leadership directs traffic.
Our top War Planner is also our eUS Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary General of our Alliance (Asteria)… so… we’re in pretty good hands.

You can’t just slam that Wars tab and go battle shopping, liberating American regions for mom and apple pie. We have leadership to tell us where to fight, and the good soldier doesn’t just go off on his own.


Have I mentioned we’re looking for writers? I’m clearly not cut out for tutorials. You throw me a tutorial, or a War Analysis segment, and I’ll run it.

But.. first couple days.. Ya gotta grab them New Players before they get bored and wander off.

Let's Vote this article up, try and keep it right in front of the New Players for a while.

Shout this!

Attention New Players Today (Updated)
Don’t get bored and wander off!
Everyone else please Vote this thing.
https://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2765526


Minister of Defense shefutzu
Press Corps Writer, President Custer

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