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This article will not explain how to fight in battles, but instead will explain how a battle works so you may have a better understanding of what it takes to win battles for Australia and her allies!
The following is what it looks like on the front lines, this is the screen you see when going into battle. This article will help you understand the different parts of it and their functions. We will be referring back to this image at multiple times throughout the article.

Region

The first thing to understand is that wars have campaigns, in which two countries and possibly their allies fight for a region. One is defending it, and the other is trying to conquer it. The region that battle is over is displayed in blue italics at the very top of the battle screen. In the cast of the above screen, the region is north east of England.


Sides

It is important to understand which country you are fighting for, as you do not want to fight against your own country. The country you are fighting for is always shown in blue, and the country you are fighting against is always shown in red, ensure that the country you want to fight for is blue. In the case of the above battle screen, you will be fighting for Canada and against the United Kingdom.


Campaigns and Battles

As you may know a campaign is a fight over a region. They can last for 12 to 30 hours depending on how many battles are needed to win the campaign. In order to win a Campaign a side must win 8 battles in total. The number of battles won are represented by the blue and red crowns, the outlined crown is the current battle

Every campaign has 8-15 battles which last from 1.5 hours to 2 hours depending on how dominant one combatant is.

The goal of a battle is to keep the domination bar over 50%; this is done by fighting and killing enemies, which adds influence to your side. The domination bar shows the percentage of influence a country holds in comparison with total influence from both sides. Your damage may not drastically change the domination, but every influence point counts in the end.

In this case Canada has the higher domination, but just because one side has higher domination does not mean that they have won the battle.

The numbers at either end of the domination bar are called country points. 1800 of these points are required to win the battle. Every minute one side has over 50% on the domination bar; they are awarded a certain number of points depending on how long the battle has gone on. The elapsed battle time is shown by the timer in the middle of the domination bar.

0-30 minutes into the battle, 10 points at every minute;
31-60 minutes into the battle, 20 points at every minute;
61-90 minutes into the battle; 30 points at every minute;
91-120 minutes into the battle, 60 points at every minute

Avatars of different people who are fighting for each side and shown below the domination bar along with the influence they are adding to the battle.

At the ends of each side under country points another avatar is shown, this is the person who has done the most influence in this battle and are known as the battle hero. The person in this position will be awarded with a battle hero medal at the end of the battle.



Things you Should Do

Here are some other things you can do to interact within the community and perhaps find the answers to any other questions you may have:

Join the eAustralian Forums
View other articles from the Department of Education
The Department of Defence Newspaper
The Prime Minister's Newspaper
Talk to us on IRC
Join the Australian Defence Force