[CP] - Training Wars and Fighting Guidelines

Day 5,997, 00:56 • Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom • by 10 Downing Street

Update of Training wars

The UK is now involved in 17 training wars.

We host New Zealand, Cuba, Brazil, Macedonia and Türkiye.

We are hosted by Italy, Australia, Egypt, Ukraine and most recently Mexico and Saudi Arabia.

Where we share mutual borders, we hold training wars with the USA, Thailand, Republic of Moldova and most recently Romania, France and Cyprus.

Our long-standing programme of training wars and size of our stack is a testament of the overall success of the UK and our citizens as in Erepublik as the success of any country hinges on the majority of its citizens optimising their Military Rank and Aircraft Rank while working in coordination and harmony.

If you need further guidance on rank growth read here



The UK’s training war stack has reached a fantastic level and delivers between 952 to 1,785 rounds of battle a week across for each division (roughly assuming one campaign per training war per day which lasts between 8 to 15 rounds).

When analysing past UK side medal claims, a stack of 17 training wars should provide enough opportunity to fulfil current UK demand on medals and up to a 35% uplift in any division including the more contested Division IV and Air division.



However a training war stack of 17 does present new challenges or maybe highlights current challenges of empty rounds and 3rd party players looking to farm medals while they optimise their Military Rank and Aircraft Rank growth.



Current UK training war “fighting guidelines” and bounty schemes

Currently our training wars operate on a t0 on the UK side for pilots/fighters on the opposite side/under the opposite flag in all our training wars.

For all other pilots/fighters "it's at your own risk" across the entirety of the battle.

We also call for fighters and pilots to respect other UK players’ medal runs, with a particular emphasis on giving due recognition to newer and weaker players.

Currently, the guideline specifies respecting the first player to reach 80 million in Division IV and local divisional fighters' claim to a medal for completing their daily orders in Division I, II, and III. In the Air Division, the focus is on respecting the first player to reach 30k on the winning side and 20k on the losing side.

In addition we have a series of bounty schemes

We have a "Hunt the Hunter" bounty which rewards eUK citizens for protecting eUK medals and warding off players from other nations taking them medals from eUK citizens who have already put a claim in for a medal.

We have an "Open season" bounty which rewards eUK citizens for taking medals from eUK citizens who have taken medals from other eUK citizens after a minimum amount of damage was reached.

Finally we have a “Bounty scheme” which aims to discourage non-UK / opposite TW partner pilots/fighters from “farming” medals in our training wars. As this scheme rewards eUK pilots/fighters when taking medals from pilots/fighters who are not UK or opposite flag Training War partners.

The guidelines and schemes are designed to enable our pilots /fighters who are actively optimising their rank growth to continue to enhance their ability to rank growth however also enable medal opportunities for newer or more casual pilots/fighters an opportunity to gain a medal as they can more easily find an empty UK side and deploy less damage to gain a medal.




Changes to UK training war “fighting guidelines” and bounty schemes

My Government will make some initial changes to these

The Bounty scheme, Hunt the Hunter bounty and Open Season bounty will all be closed. My government believes these bounty schemes have run their course from their introduction at a time where the UK had a smaller TW stack and pilots/fighters where finding medal opportunities was more of a challenge. This is less the case currently.

Only 4 players put in claims for these bounties in the past few months. Other players are active in highlighting or enforcing rules however not claiming bounties. Overall the bounty schemes are less effective then were intended to be.

Those who regularly put in claims for bounties have all been consulted and have agreed to the closure of the schemes. The modest savings from the closure of these bounties (around 825k a month) will also be free to be invested or targetted in an alternative manner to solve specific issues in our training wars.

In addition my Government would like to start a discussion on the introduction of a “t-30” to all respectful 3rd party (non-UK or opposite side/under the opposite flag). A discussion as it’s not a policy Government can or intend to enforce, it would be one we’d collectively have to adopt.

Within the UK and our TW partners, the majority of players are respectful to the 1st hit or respect a “level of damage”, on the winning side which is enough to win the round (essential for training war maintenance), or on the losing side that shows “enough effort” to secure the medal.

However this is true for the majority of players from countries the UK is not in a training war with including many countries the UK has long held close and positive relationships with. So with a stack of 17 training wars my government feels we can invite our old friends and potential new friends to enjoy the benefits our training war stack brings after a fair opportunity for our local players and TW partners.

With a t-30 rule for the UK side in our TWs that is widely respected would reduce the need for us to contest 3rd party players in our TWs increasing the medal opportunities for newer or weaker players.




New UK Training War Fighting Guidelines

1.) From t0 on the UK side, those on the opposite side/under the opposite flag in all our training wars or we hold a MPP with can claim a medal.

2.) From t30 on empty rounds on the UK side for any “3rd party” pilots/fighters can claim a UK side medal.

3.) When claiming a medal all players including UK players should;
--a.)Reach 80 million in Division IV
--b.)Reach 30k on the winning side and 20k on the losing side in the Air Division

4.) All fighters and pilots are expected to respect UK players’ medal runs.

5.) It is also strongly called for that recognition is given to newer and weaker UK players who may not have reached the required target on the losing side. So the 1st hit on the losing side is respected.

6.) In addition local divisional fighters' claim to a medal for completing their daily orders in Division I, II, and III should be respected.

7.) In situation where a player hits at the same time of a local UK player, it’s expected the player relinquish their medal run claim in favour of the UK player’s claim

8.) The UK government reserves the right to suspend the fighting guidelines training wars if the overall campaign needs fixing by our fighters or pilots.

9.) If any fighter or pilot believes they have been unfairly denied a medal run or their medal run has been compromised, they are encouraged to report the incident. To report such incidents please fill out this report form

10) Details on where to fight can be found via this link to MoD Info - https://tinyurl.com/MoDinfoo

Reported incidents will be thoroughly investigated. If found guilty, the offending UK player may have points awarded to them, if a player collects sufficient numbers of points their Government subsidies may be suspended.

For 3rd party players who fail to respect our fighting guidelines further action may be taken against them or appeals made to their governments.



My Government has introduced these new UK Training War Fighting Guidelines and they supercede all previous Government guidelines however we will take on board further thoughts, proposed amendments and suggestions on this topic.

My Government will continue to monitor our training wars in regards to medal opportunities for our players to ensure these remain bountiful and respond accordingly where medal opportunities feel more reduced. We'll also keep recommended damage limits for all medal under review.

However it does feel like we can more into a more open position when it comes to who can come in respectfully benefit from our training wars. I hope you are in agreement \o/

Thanks for reading

Huey George
Country President of the United Kingdom