The Key to Wealth and Wellness
Swagger McSwag
Did you know that if you had 100 Wellness, you will be 33% more productive than an employee with just 50 Wellness? This means, for every 10-point increase in Wellness, you could get a 6% raise on your salary.
How We Lose Wellness
LOSING WELLNESS?
Suppose you worked everyday at a Q2 company, you'd lose 2 points daily. If you train each day, which I strongly recommend, you'd lose 1 point. So, in total, you lose around 3 points*. Therefore, to gain 1 Wellness point per day, we need get at least 4 points*.
Houses: Gaining Wellness During Peacetime
RL ACTOR HUGH LAURIE AS DR. GREGORY HOUSE
In my opinion, the best way to gain Wellness without going to war is to buy a house. A house will give you a daily Wellness boost depending on its quality level. A Q1 house will give you about 1 Wellness point** per day, a Q2 house will yield 2 points**, and so on. Of course, you still need food but, now, you can buy cheaper food.
I recommend you buy a used Q1 house first. Unfortunately, we don't have a housing industry in the country because admin decided not to give us wood (which is strange because, when last I looked, RL Philippines was a mountainous tropical rainforest).
WEAPONS BLACK MARKET?
So, you'll have to trade directly with other players or organizations (called "black market" or "flea market" trading). Prices should range from 3.5 GOLD to 4.2 GOLD for a Q1 House.
President Big Boy Bulley runs Merchant Traders, a black market thingamajig, and can possibly hook you up. Just send him a PM. Similarly, apinyaku might have a Q1 house for sale. Also, I believe Divinitywolf has some connections and might hook you up, too. Consider looking up IndieKid and HazzN, too.
In addition, I strongly suggest you join the ePhilippines forums here: http://ephilippines.forummotion.com/, and ask around for houses there. You might want to check out the "Houses" thread here: http://ephilippines.forummotion.com/merchant-market-f4/houses-t14.htm
With a Q1 house, you can buy Q2 food and a Q1 gift (and have a friend or you company gift 'em back to you). This should let you gain 1 Wellness point for just about 6 PHP*** per day.
Without a Q1 house, you can buy Q2 food and two Q2 gifts for around 8 PHP*** per day. For skill 2 workers and below, this might be a problem, but everybody else can do this.
War: Gaining Wellness in the Battlefield
BATTLEFIELD?
When you reach level 5, you'll be able partake in war if your Wellness is at 40 and above. Once we set up a Q5 Hospital and sign Alliances (also called Mutual Protection Pacts MPPs) with other countries that allow us to participate in overseas conflicts without leaving the country, you will need to be in Visayas (where the Q5 Hospital is planned to be established) to take full advantage of this feature.
If you choose to travel abroad to join a war, be sure to move to a region that has a Q5 Hospital. Keep in mind that you will lose 2 Wellness points if you use a Q1 Moving Ticket. If you ask permission from your employers before leaving, they will definitely offer to rehire you when you get back. It's a win-win for both of you, obviously.
Philippine War
Fighting in local wars will NOT require you to move, quit your job, quit your party or resign from Congress. If you want to fight in a local war, you can't because there isn't any. Yet.
At the moment, the Philippine government seems to be vying for membership in PEACE Global Community, an international military alliance composed of some of the most powerful and wealthy nations in eRepublik, including Indonesia and Hungary.
MY PLACES > ARMY PAGE
If we do get in, we will almost invariably sign an MPP with Argentina, which will allow us to participate in the Argentina-Chile War Games. Should this happen, all you need to do is click on Active wars list on the Army/Training page (My Places > Army), and search for wars that the Philippines is active in. Click on Details, and then click on Go to Battlefield. Once there, click Fight to... er, to fight. Each fight will cost you 10 Wellness points. Repeat this until your Wellness drops to 50 (ideally) or just a little below 40. Click Go to Battlefield, then click Hospital, and then click Heal.
If you moved to Visayas, and the planned Q5 Hospital is up by that time, your Wellness will shoot up by 50 points. Send a PM to your employers with your current Wellness and they should adjust your salary accordingly. Each time you fight, you get 2 experience points. You can conceivably gain about 12 XP per day so this is a great way to level up.
WAR > BATTLEFIELD PAGE
Read more about fighting here: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/boot-camp-basic-war-fighting-for-new-citizens-743076/1/20 (an eUSA article)
These eRepublik Wiki articles about war (http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Wars) and fighting (http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Fight) might also be helpful.
Foreign War
WAR ABROAD
Since the Philippines is not involved in any wars at the moment, the only option you have is to temporarily move to another country that is involved in war.
To fight in a foreign battle, you need to quit your job and/or your party, and buy two Moving Tickets. I suggest that you Work and Train first before you move out, Fight, and Heal. Then, the following day, Fight, Heal, move back, get rehired, and Work. At this point, your Wellness should be above 90.
Oh, and try your best to Work everyday so that you don't get fired. XD
Footnotes:
*The formula for daily Wellness loss can be found here: http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Wellness#What_happens_when_I_have_no_food_in_inventory.3F
**The formula for the amount of Wellness gained by consuming Food or having a house can be found here: http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Wellness#Automatic_Wellness_increase
***Estimates are based on current minimum marketplace offers and are subject to change without prior notice.
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June 2, 2009
Comments
Dude, that is the worst picture of House ever 😮
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yeah, House is more beautyful
House?! LOL 😃
Otherwise very good article. Voted.
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lols at the wood topic...
XD......
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Well written and comprehensive article. Well done Ariel.
yeah. He's right! ephilippines should have wood 😞
I want to fight in Visayas! Nice article, sir. You should tell admin about the rainforest that is the Philippines. lol
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Ariel ay talagang masarap sa pagsulat
screw the black market.
i only buy straight from the company from the marketplace.
i hope someone will have the guts to create a company for houses although its quite hard since we also have to import wood.
@Big Boy Bully...
you know... its very awkward to use a translator if you want us to understand your sentence... as in using it to turn it in to the Filipino Language...
to BBB w/o E, you're just ruining our beloved language.
hey, one thing is for sure... this imposter is a multi-accounter!
and I didn't think that it would be like this...
Ariel is delicious at writing...
XD
This article has the Pearl of the Orient Corp. Seal of Approval and is required reading for all POC employees.
-POC Management
Thanks, all. I wish all new players, employees and employers will benefit from articles like this, and more writers would write helpful articles.
@Fabian. Yeah. You should come here. 😁
@Fake BBB. Thanks. I'm not just delicious in writing, you know. Hehe. XD
@Anarchist. I like your style.
@Fake BBB: now u know! d*mn it, he just "pigged" our language!
hehe... btw, nice article mr. Ariel... 😵
thanks for the info.
It really help us...
Q2 food for 0.055 gold, PM me!
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