Improve Quality of Sleep
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by I am The Best23
The problem:
I never want my energy to be full, or at least not for long in order to maximize xp and rank points. The problem is that unless you have been playing for awhile and/or have a lot of energy centers, you can only store so much energy. I’ve been playing for over a decade, use Q1-Q3 houses and have many permanent energy centers as well as temporary ones from the wheel. In my case, an empty energy bar which stores around 3000 will be full in about 4.5 hours. This means that if I want to be as efficient as possible then I should be using up my energy every 4.5 hours. This is of course unhealthy when we should all be getting 8 hours of solid sleep each night.
My proposal:
Each citizen will have a 6 hour window each day where energy recovery speed is cut in half.
This would allow for most citizens to get a full 8 hours of sleep or close to it without losing out on any benefits of playing the game as this would be mandatory for all. There would be a default selection but ultimately players would be able to choose their hours of when the window starts each day. This could be changed but there must be controls in place to make sure nobody cheats by constantly pushing it back.
Also, since this would change the economy due to less energy consumption overall, there could be an increase to the base amount of energy recovery to compensate. Of course doing so means it may need to be a 7 or 8 hour window where energy recovery is halved. But even a small change would be better than current state.
All players will be affected equally and we could all choose when it happens for in individually. So, who is all with me in improving the quality of our sleep and our real lives!
Just to add some math for how this would affect me personally:
Currently takes me about 4.5 hours for full energy regain
Under my proposal 6 hours of time would pass but would only be like 3 in game. Then 1.5 hours of RL time would pass at full recovery speed. So it would take me 7.5 hours instead of 4.5 hours to fill my energy bar. That’s much better sleep!
If it was a 7 hour window instead, It would take 8 hours IRL to recover full energy. So maybe I should increase the proposal to 7 hours.
Here is a link to my proposal on the forum. https://forum.erepublik.com/index.php?/topic/61663-improve-quality-of-sleep/#entry215654
Let me know what you think, good or bad.
- I am The Best23
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There is a better solution to your problem. Just ask Asteria headquarters for permission to join the bot army.
bitter, party of 1
Wow a suggestion from guy who called himself „stallin“ which doesn’t ends up in a gulag.
Interesting. Of course, like all other good and interesting suggestions, it will likely end up in Plato's recycling bin.
Or we could play several people on the same account. Thus we would give a blow to those who play alone on several accounts.
You will soon get another permanent EC
400 energy center from the mission "Level 300 - Your Mission (III)"
And probably a 320 one from the upcoming Anniversary event
and one other x00 level has an energy center reward
600 energy center from the mission "Level 400 - Your Mission (IV)"
But I expect Plato's official answer will: "for only 14.9 Euro a month you can buy a Blitzkrieg pack and then you will be able to sleep 10.5 hours."
I do know about the 400 and 600 energy center from levels 300 and 400. But even still if I recover 680 energy per hour, an extra 1000 energy center is only 1.5 hours so I'm still just at 6 hours that I can be away. Another 320 energy center is worth 28 more minutes so maybe a year from now I can get 6.5 hours worth but also what about those who haven't been playing for a decade and not at level 300 or 400
The problem:
Valuing "FOMO" in greater manner than "YOLO"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs
'Belonging and Love' alongside 'Esteem' rank far lower than self-actualization. In the golden era of V1 I could reasonably expend 40-80 minutes every 47 hours and "achieve" eRepublik.
For additional anecdotal material regarding the larger "problem" many studies exist including the following NiH paper:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5779686/
"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." --Mark Twain
Just stop worrying about the bomb.
or.. you could accept being less efficient during sleep hours, and not screw with how everyone else plays.
if you think Plato is too generous and needs to cut back to be more efficient because you have blessings piled high, tell me again how this cutback benefits the lesser players..?
It benefits all players as stated above in real life. I don’t think it would dramatically change how anyone plays the game. Of course people are set in their ways and there is always resistance to change at first
Could I just accept being less efficient during sleep hours? Sure, that’s what I do currently. But I’m more likely to just quit the game as it’s easier said than done with my mentality and I know my health is worse for it. That’s why I think a simple change could be made that would help promote good health irl for all instead of promoting bad habits. To each their own though
I have 3600 max energy, and usually I don't reach the max during the night. It happens just in these special weeks when our energy restore is enhanced.
Just be glad u can sleep 4.5 hrs without having to get up to piss.
Some "RL sleeping time" mode would be great.
Energy center could solve the problem, but where can i buy?
Energy center would only work for me I can get an extra 2000 available for purchase. And I know that will never happen
There is the WAM Bam thank you mam solution
In your case, buy 68 food/weapon factories/plants for each additional hour of sleep you want
Then you can use a programmable mouse clicker to WAM while you sleep
Could also train and normal work
Disclaimer I am not a lawyer & did not sleep in a Holiday inn, but do not believe such use of a mouse clicker would violate Erep's T&C