Tactics 101

Day 623, 14:33 • Published in USA USA • by Joe DaSmoe

Good Afternoon America.
The functions of war in eRepublik may be unclear to many of our citizens, so I thought I would try and clarify a little.

Here are the rules of War as stated on Wiki.
http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/War
The wording can be a bit unclear so here are some in game examples.

Currently, We are under attack by Indonesia in Arkansas and Texas. Many of you have noticed how they attack more than one region at once. There are a few reasons why they do this. So long as we have an open attack on our soil, we can not go on the offense ourselves. Also, the loser of a battle cannot attack for 24 hours.

You see so long as the US is under attack, we cannot attack. The only way to attack and go on the offense is win and close all active battles for the day. In other words, we have to win on one front (Texas for example), retreat the other opened battles immediately, then go on the offense quickly by attacking an Indo controlled region.

They also attack multiple regions in order to have our population waste damage (like in Arkansas). By doing this they siphon off some of our strength and soften up harder walls, like the battle in Texas. Not only does it work, it affords them the option of retreating if they are losing in either Texas or Arkansas and attacking again, in order to stay on offense.

Why is staying on offense so important? A losing country cannot attack for 24 hours. The winning country can immediately attack after winning a battle or by simply having an open offensive battle. There is no waiting period, they carry ALL the momentum. They can attack multiple regions and retreat or simply lose the ones they aren't winning to split our damage. So long as they have an open battle and are on offense, they can keep attacking. Example: The Us secures Arkansas and Texas is still being fought for. Even though Indo lost in Arkansas, they can open an attack on an American region because the have an open offensive battle going in Texas.

If you add in the attacks we face from Russia and Portugal, you can see our dilemma. They only way to turn the tide is to win on one front, retreat the other two, and immediately attack, or win all three fronts (currently more than three battles) Once on offense, we would then need to keep winning against Indo (I use Indo for an example) allowing us to work on halting Portugal or Russia. Once we win on one front, we have to win on the second one, then the third in order to go completely on the offensive.

Again, keep in mind a country cannot attack while being attacked.
Example: Indo attacks Texas, therefore we cannot attack the Azores region of Portugal. So if we were to have an ally open a battle against either Indo, Russia, or Portugal they would be halted for 24 hours, a move that recently was executed by North Korea(it also resulted in them being overrun almost completely in retaliation), our problem is our allies are not willing to repeat the North Korea disaster, so here we sit fighting with only our MPP's to protect us.

Our allies have the same problem we do in this regard, battles that can be participated in via an MPP do not show up in the home country's recent events list. As a result many citizens just fight in the wrong battle or miss the fight all together, which is why our MPP's aren't as effective as it seems they should be.

You also have to factor in the issue of time zones. The server resets at 3:00 am Eastern Standard Time. It resets in the daytime in many of our enemies lands allowing them to better manage the ending of the battles as well as timing them to end while the majority of Americans sleep. As a result we are kept at a disadvantage, which makes it all the more important to go on offense.

How we lookin'?
Not that great to be honest. The only way to swing the momentum is by timing a retreat, getting a win and attack all before they have time to react. All of the above mentioned tactics require gold to do, and it seems we may be out funded atm, and we are losing more of our tax base and losing companies with each loss. However, is it doable?, yes absolutely. We just have to realize what is going on, stay informed, follow orders, and use our heads.

I hope this helps some of you gain a better understanding of tactics and game mechanics pertaining to the war module we have here in eRepublik.

Thanks for Reading, America Forever.
Joe DaSmoe