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Dear reader,

today I would like to talk to you about eRepublik.

I am playing for quite a while now but there are some things I am really worried about. What is the difference between eRepublik and other online games? What can we learn from them?
This shouldn´t be a text to blame admins.

Community
eRepublik is the only game I know where the whole community thing is (because of censorship, absent platforms...) outside of eRepublik.
I think the main point why there are so many players left is a lack of agreement of substitutes of this game.

For me the community is why I am still playing.

eVolution
In Austria we would describe the past year with "das Rad neu erfinden".
That means:
Why develloping something new with the same characteristics when there is no real benefit compared to the old product you used.

The iPod is a good example that this can be successful because there were many competititors with the same product but Apple combined whatever... I have an ipod but I don´t know the difference between this mp3-player and one Sony produced.

eRepublik had some changes during the last year.
V2, back to the roots, latest changes...
The main problems with them were:

No informations
Chickens
Bugs
New functions and design but the old bugs still exist
More changes than the normal player can cope with.

Why is eRepublik changing so fast and even with new features the game is buggy and basic functions are not possible to use.
Example: API
I will not start a script again because the api changes faster than my scripting could be. Downtimes are a Api problem too.

Why always create a new world when there are the same problems we had in the old one?

Basic conditions
There are many games that have a world restart every few months.
There are worlds where you can test new features that will be implemented in the next round.

In eRepublik there is no end but there are so many changes and when you are not fast enough, not aim-oriented enough or you are unlucky you can never keep your ranking.

ATM single persons are stronger than whole countries.
With many hours playing (or knowing admins) you can get a advancement in knowledge to have a better position than many other players.
Example?
New balancing: You will never know when there is something new because there are hardly any formulas and you have to read the foreign eMedia because some people calculate like the game is about survival of the human race.

I would love this eRepublik:
Day 1,240:
Dear citizen,
now our balancing is finished and perfect.
There were no bugs reported for quite a while so we start a new round so everyone has the same chances.
When: in 1 month
Changes: none
Your eRepublik team

Businessplan
When I want to start up a company often I have to go to the bank to get a loan.
They ask me for a businessplan and other things.

When I started my eRepublik company I did nearly the same.
What and why I want to reach whatever.... Get a strategy...

During the last time I have changed my strategy so often because the game changed that my latest strategy is:
Wait for tomorrow
ATM this strategy is perfect because now we get some information.
Tomorrow the emarket changes, tomorrow the production changes and so on.
For quite a while Q1 comps were good, now Q5 have better production but I don´t know what will be next.

I can´t find a target you are leading us to.

As customer I would love to know what you are thinking and what are you selling me. Perfect would be in advance so I can prepare for the next eVolution without starting the ragetrain.

Thank you for reading
OEBernd
Lord of butthurt