[MoDA] Empires vs Determination! So what then?

Day 2,192, 11:34 • Published in South Africa South Africa • by Saffa Manne
"In an eGalaxy far, far away..."



Things are turning on their head! Well not yet any-ways. Plato dropped a 'big bomb' and has reshuffled the deck but have things really changed to help occupied states? Will things change? It's hard to tell. There are still some blank spaces to be filled in the rules on Empires & Detemination!

This is what we have so far:

"The following updates will be implemented during eRepublik's 6th Anniversary, on Day 2192.

Empires

Empires are countries that dominate the New World through their extreme military power and vast territories. In order to be declared as an Empire in eRepublik, a state needs to gather enough Country Power.

Country Power
Country Power indicates how powerful a country is. It’s gained by conquering regions and keeping them under occupation for a certain amount of time. The amount of Country Power depends on:

Military Power
- The offensive capability of all the active soldiers enrolled in Military Units, taking into account their division

Controlled Regions
- The number of regions owned, taking into account both original and conquered regions. Regions conquered from countries with high Military Power give more points.
- The more a region is kept under control, the more points it gives (except for original regions)



Determination

When a region is kept under foreign occupation, the people’s determination to overthrow the oppressors increases over time. This leads to a Determination Bonus that multiplies the influence in battles against the oppressor.

Determination Bonus

- When a Resistance War is started, the influence of each soldier fighting for the resistance is multiplied with the Determination Bonus.

- Influence represents your impact on the Domination Bar in battles. The Determination Bonus only multiplies your Influence, NOT your Damage and Rank Points. In other words, players will still contribute the same amount of damage for their True Patriot or Battle Hero medals, but their influence against the opposing side is bigger.

Please note that:
- Influence from Bombs, Rockets or Guerrilla Fights will NOT be multiplied by the Determination Bonus
- Hits done with Damage Boosters and Bazookas are multiplied like normal hits by the Determination Bonus

How is the Determination calculated?

The Determination Bonus is proportional with the number of days a region is occupied. The longer the region is held under occupation, the stronger the determination gets.

Once a region is liberated, the determination will decrease gradually.
For example, if Finland liberates Lapland from Swedish occupation of 200 days, and Sweden conquers the region back a few days later, Finland will still have a high Determination Bonus.

Please note that the days for Determination Bonus are counted from the past, and therefore won't start from 0."

Have we seen these rules take effect? In the image below under Resistance force of South Africa you will see 1.00 x Influence. That means we're hitting at our normal influence and have not gained any determination in the Eastern Cape which seems WRONG since this region has been under occupation for a while.



On the eRepublik forums an admin posted these graphs to help explain the increase in Determination over time...



...and then the degrade of determination after the region has been won back by the resisting country:



According to the first graph the Eastern Cape region should have a little more than just a determination value of 1.00 since it's been occupied for a while. It should definitely not be at 1.00!! Plato you're such a MOEGOE!

Hopefully this get's fixed soon and we can liberate some regions and you know what that means right? Yes, FF medals! But before you go and purchase weapons and food remember that communication is crucial under these new rules so listen for word from your regiment commanders, if they're not drunk in a ditch somewhere!