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I originally wrote this article for the wave of recently joined American players, but seeing as how Napoleon 54 wanted me to publish this article for you Albanian babies, here you go 🙂. It has been modified to be more relevant to Albania.

For information in regards to the current war with Montenegro, find the Albanian chick in the article for info. 🙂

Napoleon 54 will be translating this into Albanian sometime soon!

Point 1: Hoard Your Gold


As a level 1-15 bab-e, you're going to be getting quite a lot of gold. It's shiny, keeps rolling in, and doesn't seem to be that valuable. I mean the admins charge 0.5 for a 10 point health pack, right? Well, yes, but that's because they like to make things expensive. Save your gold up, and then spend it on making yourself more and more self-reliant and more isolated from the market, i.e. having enough supplies to allow you to make enough for yourself to operate on a daily basis without spending cash on goods (this is what I have done).

For those smarter babiez, read over this article for good info on saving money up early and some ideas for early spending:
HOARD IT

Also be sure to read your e-history.

Point 2: Follow Military Orders


But I'm being told to fight somewhere else, aside from Albania! Yes, that's right, you're being told to do that, and you should do it. If only for the fact that those are your orders, and going against orders is by military definition being insubordinate, you get a bazooka and an energy bar for killing 25 baddies in the prescribed battle.

Some of you are reading this now and thinking, "wait, I can get free stuff for killing people I would normally kill?" Yup, and you can do it with subsidized guns if you join a MU (Military Unit). There are many such MUs, check the eusforums or ask one of the other old, level 30 types for applications. To see what a regular MU page looks like, click here.

Still Paying Attention?


Now you are.

So, it's very important to be part of a MU, so that you can get your orders for the day, get free stuff, and get to know others in your country. Following those orders as opposed to your own (I want to defend the region where I live IRL!) will lead to a greater chance of victory. If we have everyone fighting for their own regions, then the army's strength will be diffused and scattered, and we'll lose all of our regions sooner than later.

In regards to this current war and the battle for the Albanian Coast, do not panic! Follow government orders, and if you see that the region is about to fall and you are in it, take into account whether there are any orders in regards to staying there or not. If there are no orders issued, leave the region and go to one of the remaining Albanian regions, preferably the capital (the capital may change if Tirana is taken). You can do this by going into your profile, selecting the change location option on the left side of your profile (under your avatar), and pay the 20 currency fee to move. Follow this rationale whenever your region is under attack and in danger of being conquered by the enemy. If you do not leave the occupied region, every time you enter a battle, you will be fighting for the occupying army against Albania and her allies!

As a side note, the only reason why you would stay in a region that is being conquered is so that you can participate in a resistance war battle to free that region from the inside. However, as this article is for babies, you (a baby) will be of more use moving to other friendly regions.

Point 3: Strength and Storage



I've added in this point because recently it seems like new players are running across the conundrum of building strength while trying to maintain economic stability. The thing is, as a young player (I now mean anyone who has been playing for one year or less) the likelihood of you being able to keep up with paying for anything beyond a climbing wall training camp on a regular basis is very slim. It takes a lot of resources to keep yourself fed and equipped for battle, let alone having enough surplus cash to trade in for gold to satisfy your strength training itch. You should build a training camp as delineated in the tutorial that is linked in point 1. For the lazy

In regards to storage, you should only build 1000 increment storage units, the 9000 unit ones are bought using gold, and as previously mentioned, gold is ridiculously precious. Using very rough estimates, it will cost you 15.75 gold's worth of ALL to get the same amount of storage as a 36 gold, 9000 unit container. This includes cost of land for both options. Easy math there.

And in regards to fighting and ranking up, try to avoid using weapons for as long as you can, and fight as often as you can. You will level up just as fast using weapons as without, and the military rank bonus you get by using weapons is very insignificant with your little amount of strength. Sell all the guns you produce for at least the first month and use the cash to build your economy.

Point 4: Get Involved


For the oldfags of erepublik, they will all tell you things were better back in the days of V1 leading into V2. The game is still fun, but not as fun as before because of the game itself, which is admittedly mediocre at best. But what makes erepublik special is the community that has shaped it. For better or worse, a very cool and motivated stream of people have come through this game and made a lot of interesting things happen.

What's the point of me telling you this? If you play this game for the game itself, you will get bored, and you will leave the game after a few months (I did when I first joined). But when I returned after my hiatus, I got involved in the social aspects of the game, joining the emilitary, traveling the eworld, meeting new people, writing newspaper articles, running a business before the economy was broken by the admins, and getting political. Do the same thing, and you will have fun. Leaving a mark is the highlight of this game.

If you have any further questions, feel free to ask me, apparently I now do gaf.

And that's it. Go kick ass Albronies. Make the game fun again.