TOGETHER, TO THE RESCUE of EREPUBLIK
Day 2,481, 14:32
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by Dr. Dog
I felt like writing it in a broader language because I believe that this is something that is affecting every and each on of the Countries and communities present in this game.
No need to state the obvious: eRepublik is slowly (maybe not so slow) dying.
I've played one other MMO game that got "cancelled", you know, just like some nice TV show that seems to be going pretty well and then the season 1 ends... Aaaaand the TV network simply decides not to renew it (Firefly, anyone?).
It's pretty lame, because it takes us by surprise. Just as we invest our time and passion in a TV show, we do the same here while playing eRepublik, but in a more intense manner.
IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM
Things seemed to be going pretty well around the time I joined the game.
I got myself into a great MU, focused in building super D1 soldiers, improved my training camps and then just waited for the right time to start fighting.
From day 1 I was expecting that day, knowing that it would be no more than 4-5 months away. Then it finally came, and the addiction grew stronger. Getting as much Battle Hero medals as possible before getting to Division 2 was the goal, and I've managed to get around 120.
I wasn´t alone on this, a LOT of players played with the same objective: farming strength before changing Division.
Nowadays, it just doesn't make sense anymore. Division 1 is a joke. The gap between newcomers and older players is humongous. They would need a whole year farming strength to even get a fair chance.
So the military module is off.
The economy module is hard to get into.
The political module is filled with conflict and boredom...
So... It happens that we can no longer retain new players
Like a body rejecting a blood transfusion. And eRepublik needs a constant flow of fresh blood.
IT might sound as a joke to you, but it is obvious that Parties and Military Units which strength depended on fresh souls can´t even keep up with the others anymore, when in the past they were way, way ahead (in terms of numbers, of course).
It's Sad. No more fresh fervant blood, no more fresh ideas, we are becoming nothing more than a repetition of ourselves...
Boredom. And boredom leads to mindless, irrational conflict, so much that I feel the community's strength decaying each day that passes.
THE POSSIBLE SOLUTION
Ok, it's complicated to take things back and reset D1 to lower XP ranges.
But I believe that it would be really easy to insert something new:
Division Zero
For players between 0 and 4999 exp.
Give them an one of a time D-Zero only Boot Camp, 50 strength extra per day.
The main Goal: getting them strong quickly, and letting them enjoy the military module.
The Battle Hero medals would subsidize the spent in arms, food and guerrilla equipment.
Some might even feel the urge to invest some real money.
And the successfull ones would dream of gathering enough gold to build a factory...
One final breath
EREPUBLIK! Give the Fun back to the newcomers!
Rescue Yourself!
TOGETHER, TO THE RESCUE of EREPUBLIK
http://www.erepublik.com/pt/article/2440797
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"The political module is filled with conflict and boredom..." and eSecret societys lol
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por acaso, até é uma boa ideia....estranho 😛
Farming is one of the big problems, no fight, no weapons, no buyers....more stock, prices below production cost to feed the need of producers.
I obviously don't agree.
And here is why:
Farming strength allows you ( at least it sused to) to become self-sufficient.
As soon as you are strong enough and eventually start fighting, you will make BH medals that will permit you to burn through Q7 and food with no worries.
If you don't farm, you will quickly be economically dead. And then the fun ends, unless you invest Real Money.
Young players aren´t gold buyers.
Und in Portugiesisch zu sprechen?
Ich fühlte mich wie es in einem weiteren Schreiben von Sprache, weil ich glaube, dass dies etwas ist, das beeinflusst wird jede und jeder auf der Länder und Gemeinden in diesem Spiel vorhanden.
Google translate ftw 😁
good. vote
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Rescue?
I'd prefer to go another game. Thanks. 😉
Any suggestions?
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farming strength is the problem! If lvl gave you more damage maiby there was more active players than 2 klick strength farmers. And if the rule of the 5 first parties desapeared could rise the politics modul from the dead. In a character impruving game, leveling that makes you weaker should get a patend of how to do the most boring game in the world.
I agree!
I don't beleive that there is such tihng as a newbie 2 click player.
And it was the job of the MU to keep players interested during the dorment time, nowadays MU's don't even care, it's not worth it.
Also, there are many games like these. Many games where you for example must improve your defenses before starting to improve your player level.
That is if you don't wish to be slayed.
I've never seen a game apart from erep, where level up actually makes you loose something. Levelling up always gives you some kind of benefit.
New players need a goal to play and that's what levelling does.
Plus if you don't think there is no such thing as a newbie 2 click player what where you when you where farming strength for 4 months? Multie?
I got involved ln politics and spent a lot of time at the IRC.
And got BH medals using only rockets, frequently.
As of you not knowing any other games where you lose by levelling up too fast... There are tons of them. You must not have played much.
name one
Erepublik doesn't allow me to name competitors.
But, if you give me your irc nick or an email address. I will name more than one.
#TAMOJUNTO
Pois, tudo muito lindo, mas... Também é preciso limpar a corja que estraga o jogo a quem simplesmente quer jogar!
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Mas podemos estrabuchar á vontade que não vai dar em nada
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I agree...!!!
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Shieet... Strue story bro, unfortunately :/
Totally agree.... No new souls -> Slow Death
Great article, vote!
Good points made, even Division 0 sounds interesting, but I wonder how these guys would fit in:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/6816516
http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/6963992
http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/7199039
No need to worry about eYoungsters, I guess. 😃
I had to face guys ss strong as these durt my time.
Surely, they will steal a few medals, but they will quickly head into Division 1.
It never was a perfect system. but it was better than today's
And you have given 3 examples. Go and check how many like those have less than 15000 xp and are currently competing with newborns.
I see them all the time, in pvp fights. 🙂
Stealing a medal, in long run, wouldn't be a problem for them, since all they need to do is to click 10-15 times and simple-mortals-BH is a goner. Even with 5000 EXP limitation, it could provide dozens of medals. Multiply it with numerous incomings of babyTitans and you get the sad picture. :/
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And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Sorry for not providing direct links, but it's a pain in the ass, Serch will do the trick. 🙂 So, there ARE new players coming, every day, mostly reincarnated and equipped with full TC and Training Contract in month or two.
And, another point, eRepublik values 50 gold-buyers more than 5000 players paying nothing. It's more than clear in pvp fights, for example.
Don't take this as criticizing, I agree with you in all points, thing is that the problem lies much deeper. On the other hand, for a "newbie" ready to pay&play, no problem. 😉
In the old division system this is the best you can look for: http://tinypic.com/r/zss37r/5
In this new division system i will be very close to titan * and 100 k of strenght.
This isn't fair for a new player fight with me for example in last division system was a lot easyer to motivate the new players.
Now they don't see how to be a good soldier for his country even if they spend a lot of money .
For new players this new division system is killing new players more then the old one... and i have more than one year teaching new players...
For me, the divisions commanded by force and not by XP's, and you end up with this problem soon.
Beginners who entered, were all on an equal footing, and those who have low lvl, but enough strength, they would be in the corresponding division with players who have similar strength.
If still, you could say that would be unfair, then by having players with X strength, but with Ranking Patent louder than others, thus giving more damage per Hit, then ordered by the Divisions Damage per Hit, and spent all fighting with the same weapons, and forces and similar damage.
Even ended up with the problem of monotony of most players who start to lose the will to play, because they have to be stopped at the level of fighting, so they can only go up and not increase the force XP's.
With this method, it was over, and everyone could fight without having this kind of problems.
lol os problemas do erepublik são muito mais que estrutura das divisões... Mas okay se acham que ajuda...
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não é mau pensado isso da divisão 0 mas é obvio que isso não vai acabar com o problema que o jogo tem...
O jogo é de comunidade onde todos lutam por um objetivo em comum e o que se tem visto com isso do treinar treinar treinar para depois ganhar BHs são eCidadãos ganansiosos que não ajudam nem o pais nem aliados nem a mãe deles, apenas zelam pela sua própria conta e as BHs que ganham, se o Pais precisa de dano não dão porque não ganham BH se os aliados precisam de dano não dão porque não ganham BH, e vão dar dano por qualquer merda de pais ou torneios de MUs só para terem mais uma medalha e gold, onde isto ajuda o pais?
Com isto não estou a dizer que somos todos assim, e que para um novato claro o melhor modulo do jogo para se começar é o militar. E ganhar medalhas e gold um incentvo para continuarem a jogar
Abraço
concordo
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Bem não compreendo bem o teu ponto, estas numa MU de novatos sabes bem que com este sistema de divisões é muitíssimo complicado um novato se sentir útil militarmente.
Quanto ao serem egoístas depois do exemplo que já tiveste no antigo sistema de divisões viste bem os resultados que obtivemos em PT contra Espanha quando os deixamos a fruta, apenas ganhando de d1 a d3 e os jogadores que deram dano para essa vitoria é vdd que deixaram de ganhar muitas bh's e gold mas fizeram isso quando havia um objectivo comum para lutar...
E os objectivos de cada pessoa são o que são há jogadores pelo colectivo e pelo individual não devemos criticar isso o que interessa é todos se divertirem a jogar...
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D1 is killimg the new guys
Totally agree with the author
Well for D1 a good change may be to make it day limit and not exp limit , so after X days a player will go to 2nd division