Hell Broke Luce

Day 2,627, 10:29 • Published in USA USA • by Gnilraps
Hell Broke Luce (Mandatory listening)
Day 2627 of the New World
January 29, 2015



So Resource Wars is in day 3 and it still looks like that.



A few things are going to fall out from this.

First, kiss Epic battles goodbye for about a week.

Remember, Plato’s new Epic formula is not static. It takes into consideration all of the damage done in a Division over the past week. So the epic amount of damage that was done on day 1 of Resource Wars will effectively make an Epic battle almost impossible until day 2630. If you are an Epic Battle hunter, go to sleep until then.



Second, there will be more than one eNation which will set its sights on eUSA as a target.

Several factors combined to enable eUSA to secure 100% resource bonuses in all three industries. It helps that eUSA has the most regions in the game, but that is not really the story. All it takes is 15 regions to have 15 resources. The trick, in Resource Wars, was to win early and often.

And eUSA did exactly that.

The White House had carefully orchestrated with Congress and several allies so that eUSA was able to launch 5 offensives at once. The coordination of that was impressive.

But then those battles had to be won quickly. Resources were being claimed by Nations in a “First Come, First Served” system. Romania was also highly organized and several of her battles went Epic in the first round after Reset. Because of the new Epic rules, this meant that Romania could complete her campaigns faster, start new campaigns, and speak for the rarest resources. Hungary was right behind Romania with a couple of Epic battles of her own.

That is when Wild Owl marshalled the available forces he had (from USAF and Easy Company especially) and started using massive Combat Orders to encourage the eUSA Battles to go Epic. As soon as this happened, it catapulted eUSA right into the top 3 in the eWorld in terms of claiming the rarest resources available.

Those who claim eUSA got full bonuses because she has 50 regions are incorrect. Having 50 Regions just means we will end up with lots of amber waves of grain. The reason eUSA got 5/5/5 is because our Executive, our Military Units, our Tanking citizens, our Congress, and our Allies cooperated, and because eUSA had the War Chest to draw funds from so that Wild Owl could act at a moment’s notice to accomplish this great feat.

But in the end, it means that we have made ourselves a more desirable target for airstrikes and invasions. Who will be the first to come?



Third, Pacifica just got stronger.

Not only was eUSA able to secure rare and full resources within its own regions, she was also able to score some key victories for her allies. Clearly, eUSA’s top priority was full bonuses. But secondary goals were accomplished as well. The Pacifica Alliance proved to be a true alliance – Nations working together specifically for the greater strength of the Alliance itself.



So was Resource Wars a good thing?

It increased consumption for a few days. I guess that’s always good. It created an opportunity for Nations to forge cooperative strategies. That’s always good. It gave Nations at least some sovereignty for self-determining what resources they wanted to pursue – at least according to their ability to do so. That’s good.

And this event was good on another level. In the past Plato has introduced his various hare-brained contests where citizens are shooting carrots at each other and killing giant Cupids…

Not Resource Wars.

This event satisfied my primary interest: it was more or less organic to the game. Sure, it is odd to think that a certain geographical region could suddenly change the resource it was capable of producing in real life, but this has happened here before (remember Diamonds?) and it is understandable in a game.

No, the way Plato went about reassigning resources was different than the way he has done things in the past. This time, it was all about Nations, Politics, Militaries, Fighting, Strategizing… all of the things we play eRepublik for to begin with.

So I say to Plato:
Bravo!

Hell Broke Luce and I loved it.




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