Goodbye Small Countries, Hello Power Blocs
Day 717, 17:41
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by Woxan
The Admins have announced some changes.
Last week, the admins announced that the cost of MPPs would rise to 100 gold. I and many others had little qualms with this; it would make war more interesting by making MPPs more strategic and stop some countries from expanding because they well walled in by MPPs. But now, the admins have announced that if an MPP drops, they'll no longer be active in a war. Congrats, the fate of small countries and training wars has been sealed.
No Training Wars
Many smaller countries rely on training wars to remain active, maintain wellness, and get stronger. This change will make it impossible for some small countries to maintain wellness. 100 gold for the MPP each month on top of weekly payments for the battles? This would be unsustainable for most of the countries in the world.
For instance, Lithuania would have to pay 2,900 gold to maintain those MPPs from their side, in addition to the 100 gold from each other country. 5,800 gold each month in MPPs to maintain that TW, and that's not including battle costs.
Big Power Blocs
With this MPP change, the big countries have no reason to ally the smaller ones. The big ones do the damage and will have to stay activated in order to prevent nearby big countries from rolling in. There is no reason for the EDEN powers to MPP outside of the USA, Spain, Croatia, Romania, Poland, and Greece, and the PEACE side has no reason to MPP outside of Hungary, Serbia, Russia, Iran, and Indonesia. Gold will have to be spent to maintain these blocs while smaller countries will be unable to foot the costs.
Death of Small Countries
The big countries now no longer have a reason to MPP these smaller guys. It costs too much gold and costs too much to maintain. They will be swallowed up by the big guys surrounding them. With the simple 100g cost under the old rules, you would still have to be careful before engaging the small country as to activate MPPs, but now there is no need. It would cost too much to keep these guys on your side.
And with a simple decision, two huge power blocs of less than a dozen countries total will emerge, and everyone else will be thrown to the gutter.
Last week, the admins announced that the cost of MPPs would rise to 100 gold. I and many others had little qualms with this; it would make war more interesting by making MPPs more strategic and stop some countries from expanding because they well walled in by MPPs. But now, the admins have announced that if an MPP drops, they'll no longer be active in a war. Congrats, the fate of small countries and training wars has been sealed.
No Training Wars
Many smaller countries rely on training wars to remain active, maintain wellness, and get stronger. This change will make it impossible for some small countries to maintain wellness. 100 gold for the MPP each month on top of weekly payments for the battles? This would be unsustainable for most of the countries in the world.
For instance, Lithuania would have to pay 2,900 gold to maintain those MPPs from their side, in addition to the 100 gold from each other country. 5,800 gold each month in MPPs to maintain that TW, and that's not including battle costs.
Big Power Blocs
With this MPP change, the big countries have no reason to ally the smaller ones. The big ones do the damage and will have to stay activated in order to prevent nearby big countries from rolling in. There is no reason for the EDEN powers to MPP outside of the USA, Spain, Croatia, Romania, Poland, and Greece, and the PEACE side has no reason to MPP outside of Hungary, Serbia, Russia, Iran, and Indonesia. Gold will have to be spent to maintain these blocs while smaller countries will be unable to foot the costs.
Death of Small Countries
The big countries now no longer have a reason to MPP these smaller guys. It costs too much gold and costs too much to maintain. They will be swallowed up by the big guys surrounding them. With the simple 100g cost under the old rules, you would still have to be careful before engaging the small country as to activate MPPs, but now there is no need. It would cost too much to keep these guys on your side.
And with a simple decision, two huge power blocs of less than a dozen countries total will emerge, and everyone else will be thrown to the gutter.
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Great job Admins, wait...
Truth!
yes its a horrible situation.
You're right. I wish you were wrong, but it seems like this will happen.
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And you spake the truth
that blows big time, does not seem fair at all.
I agree....poor small countries.
Where is Canada for E.D.E.N. MPP? :/
This shows contempt for the players. It's a rotten thing to do.
It's so sad. 😨
uh oh lol
Good observation.
fail :/
This is exactly what will happen. I think it will make eRep a boring place. Hope you're happy, admins.
admins showed bad decision making . it is clear as day now that erepublik as game is in serious financial problems...
You really are exagerrating it alot. How many countries spent 1/3 of their total revenue on MPPs every month? Outside of maybe the tiniest, I would say none. Almost every will still be able to afford the MPPs they carry now, they will just have to reorganize their budget a bit.
Great article. Horrible rule.
Uber Fail + Stupidity = Admins
Collins, unlike the UK, most countries don't put all of their money into MPPs because of a lack of a working military or domestic programs. Countries worked out solutions for 100g, but now why bother allying outside of the main bloc? The old alliance rule allowed you to replace some countries with others because of activated MPPs.
One would think that when the consolidation occurs...the admins will adjust once again.
This will make WAR interesting, as for the small countries they could sign 3 mpp-s one for the TW and two others with some strong and powerful countries!
3 mpp-s one for the TW v
thats 370 gold monthly. too much for most erep countries
and why would big countries spend 100 gold on mpp with some small country?
who will have mpp with ukraine, slovenia or Czech?
Also take into consideration the host country ALSO has to pay for the MPP. Lithuania would have to pay 3,200 a month to maintain those MPPs.
Time to conquer the Western Hemisphere... (not Canada of course) 🙂
Admins begging for money to buy gold, maybe?
"The old alliance rule allowed you to replace some countries with others because of activated MPPs."
Croatia still renews all MPPs, so does Greece, and the USA.
There are a lot more players, and thus a lot more gold in the game than there was when the 30 gold price was made. Upping it to 100 gold is simply an adjustment to compensate for this.
The deactivating alliances is something that should have been done a long time ago.
The new rule changes benefits PEACE, not surprising Admin likes this.
I'm just curious about how many percent of people live in "smaller countries"
More players create more demand and more pricey wars. Most gold is put into battles to compensate the more players. This will put a strain on all countries budgets regardless. Does PEACE really want to shell in hundreds of gold to MPP the UK? Slovenia? Turkey? Portugal? Or do the big guys ally each other for assured defense? Even if EDEN attacks, they wait 30 days and that alliance is gone, and they go again.
While I think this is bad idea,
Mexico? Colombia? be afraid, be very afraid.
Yuck, Admins. Yuck.
It will probably require smarter organization. You still need the smaller countries for total damage. Though you could deal more damage per battle by mpping in blocs of larger countries, if you attack multiple fields, smaller countries could give you an advantage. Think the eusa, eCanada, and 3 or four small to medium countries, and traditional Eden. one could fight one place and the other can fight somewhere else. So an alliance with these smaller country "squads" would be more flexible in where it could place it damage even if it would bring less damage in each individual battle.
The game needs to be changed so that success isn't as strictly reliant on war. When I first joined I went a whole month without a fight and was living in Texas. When the wars started up I, like everyone else, moved to Florida. Now, there's no reason for anyone to be anywhere but in a few regions. The game would be much more interesting if REGIONAL pride was a factor, and not just national pride.
MedyPi herself said she didn't believe in senators living outside of their state, even in a time of war. While I'm not sure how sincere she was, she had a point.
Of course, if you live in Hungary then you have a Q5 infrastructure in nearly every region. But, I won't bring that discussion up in here.
Vote this shit up high, let the admins know they're making a mistake.
I think the admins just ignored the outcry about all this because they never mentioned anything about it.
RE: People arguing with Woxan
I defer to the greatness that is Woxan. Woxan attacks the economy without initiative.
If true, this will make the game far less interesting. Isn't this a gameplay issue? Just having literally just two mega countries duking it out? Versus having many individual interests (smaller countries)contributing to the choices and flow of the eworld?
Oh BTW I'm really curious about the current eUS foreign policy regarding protection of allies and neutral countries, like eNK,eBiH,eIndia,eSlovakia,etc
Great. So the game's changed. This can be good.
Open a war with Canada and region swap them down to New Mexico. Let Canada conquer Mexico and force Hungary to decide between paying to keep the MPP with Colombia or throwing their "ally" to the wind. Have Spain swap the Canary Islands with the US and Venezuela will pose a second challenge for both Hungary and Brazil.
[1] Mexico has one MPP with the UK which, by treaty, has to be closed as soon as it's opened against Canada.
@John A Kelly: I like the way you think!
From your mouth to admins' ears. Oh wait, they don't care. 🙁
Not cool.
Admins wants the citizens to purchase more gold I guess.
Oh no !!! Can we put up a signature campaign on the erepublik forum ?
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Wonderful. As always the admins seem to put in something to detract from the game (like initiative in war. Which I absolutely despise). This is going to turn the world map into 3 colours and this game slowly gonna go down the drain. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Screw you admins.
admins can easily fix it by making MPPs a scaling cost.
The higher the population, the higher the cost.
small countries would pay less and therefore still have MPPs
Well with this new rule and the deactivated MPPs to come I would just like to say:
I STAND READY TO KLL REDCOATS