Improve the eUK: Military
djsims
Hello everybody!
If you haven't already read my first article, Improve the eUK!, feel free to do so. This article may be a bit lengthy, so bare with me.
In this article, we will discuss how we can improve the eUK military on three levels.
1. Individual Level
We need to improve the strength and wellness of our individual fighters.
Our MUs and government need to be supplying our players, young and old, with food and Q6 weapons. They are actually doing an excellent job doing this. I applaud you!
Supplying our players, young and old, is an investment that has an amazing payout. When you supply our older players, you are putting the UK in a better position to win because our older players are in higher divisions. When you supply our younger players, you are allowing them to develop without expending their resources. Instead of a young player selling his gold on the market to buy weapons, our government and MUs can supply him so he can spend his gold more wisely. This topic will be further discussed later on in the article.
I've studied a couple of battles in the time that I've been here and I noticed something, Division 1 of the eUK outperforms the other divisions.
Here is a picture:
This picture was taken around 4:07 server time. As you can see, Division 1 is the only Div winning.
What does this mean?
We have a nation of young players. This is not a bad thing! As I said before, we need to develop these young players.
All of our divisions need to be improved. All of our divisions will be winning every battles 1800 to 0. In order to accomplish this, we need better coordination from our MUs and our government.
2. Military Units
They key to a successful nation is organized and efficient MUs. 99% of players participate in their MU's activities, far less than that participate in their party's activities.
Every Military unit should have a few things.
1. A Forum
A forum is vital for ANY organization in eRep. As I was writing this, I just got a great idea.
Somebody should make a forum (I will do it if I have to) for all of the military units to use. On this one forum (titled UK Military or something) all UK players will sign up for it. They will have the rights to view their MU's section and the general section. Commanders, Co-Commanders, and Captains will have access to the leadership section. In this section, they will be able to play, coordinate, and execute plans.
Let me know what you think of this idea.
2. Ranks
eUK should be the first country to every implement a universal ranking system in their country. This will require the coordination of a lot of people, but it will be worth it. I suggest we follow a ranking system similar to this:
All new players start off as a Lance Corporal, and then they work their way up. In order to rank up, the player will apply for a promotion to his superior Officers. In order to apply for a promotion, he must meet certain requirements such as seniority (X amount of time in the military) or a certain amount of strength. Not all players need to start off at Lance Corporal. Lets say we receive and immigrant from another country and he has an outstanding record. He can be commissioned to a suitable position.
The best part about this ranking system is it will be universal. A Colonel in one MU is equivalent to a Colonel in a different MU. Also, if a player switches MUs, then his rank will follow him, since it is universal.
3. Uniforms
Uniforms are a great idea because they promote unity and pride. This is an example of a uniform from the USA:
As you can see, it has his MU, Company, Rank, and Avatar. This player will upload his uniform to everything eRepublik related.
4. Meritocracy
EVERY MU should be run as a meritocracy. A player who got 75 kills the previous day deserves more supplies than they player who got 12 kills. Simple as that.
Within a nation, there should be three types of MUs.
1. Government Run
Every nation should have a MU run by the government. This MU will be run by the President and His/Her administration. This MU would be suitable for new players because they will be able to learn how to play the game better than if they were in a private MU. The Government MU will also be able to supply their members better because they have a source of funding.
2. Privately Owned
Every nation has privately owned MUs. They are financed by the owners (or investors). This is not an ideal MU for new players because it traditionally requires commune jobs and funding is normally tight.
3. Special Operations
Every nation NEEDS an elite MU. I personally want to create and Elite unit, but it will be unlike anything ever seen by eRep.
This will be the only Special Operations unit that accepts players with 5,000 strength and 500 strength. Just about every (or every) Elite MU across the globe only accepts players with ridiculous stats. A perfect example is the USA's Seal Team Six.
Team Six is unbelievably selective. You are probably thinking what is wrong with that? I'm about to tell you why that is a terrible idea.
The purpose of an elite unit is to win wars. Lets draw up a hypothetical scenario:
It is the final battle of a campaign between the USA and Mexico. Divisions 2, 3, and 4 have finished fighting on both sides. USA has 82 points and Mexico has 82 points. Both nations are one point from winning the campaign. When it comes down to tight situations like these, you call in your special forces to win the war. Guess what? Nobody in Team Six is in Division 1! Mission Failed!
Yes, that is an extremely far fetched scenario. The point is, you don't need to be a God of War or a Legendary Force to be elite.
3. National Level
Improvement at the national level will come over time with the improvement of the MUs. When and if we implement the ranking system and the forum will vastly improve our nation coordination.
Also, don't go around starting resistance wars unless you have the approval of the government. It will be nothing but a waste because players will be wasting their weapons and energy on a war that we cannot win. Instead, lets focus on wars that we can win.
Well, that's all I got for now. If you read this far, I applaud you!
Please comment/message me any comments, questions, criticism, etc. I would like to make another article in a day or to just responding to you guys.
Also, I'm looking for funding to start up the Special Forces program. I will write up another article soon focusing just on that.
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Very good ideas but you need to establish a way of implementing them. I do think like you said that individual levels will develop over time and soon we will have a strong Div 3/4 as Div 2 is strong also
My gratitude for the applause
I like it man, you should work in the MoD, or something.
Good ideas. Some are already in practice, some could be implemented.
The players under level 25 get excellent support in the government run NHS military unit: 500 health and 5 Q6 weapons each day. http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/group-show/599
Many military units have IRC channels and a private forum. You can find out on the national UK forums:
http://forums.erepublik.co.uk/
Also there you can find access to our Minstry of Defense.
Voted & subscribed.
Unofficial ranking would descend into a ministry is silly names, as we saw last month with the creation of the MGO, CTA/QMG and AG posts in the army... anyone familiar with what an Adjutant-General is? I bet a lot of people don't know what the Master-General of the Ordnance and Quartermaster-General to the Force are/do. We don't want to become another Canada.
"EVERY MU should be run as a meritocracy. A player who got 75 kills the previous day deserves more supplies than they player who got 12 kills. Simple as that."
love it
V+S \o/
interesting ideas 🙂
Good Writing, want to see more : )
Voted and subscribed!
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Not to sound too negative but people have been saying these things for years, eUK very rarely changes. (Jamesw being the only president I can think of that has been beneficial to the future of the eUK) There's very little a nation can do short of spending hundreds of Euros on gold every day.
RN is very well funded for a private MU :3
Most of the top 5 MU's are well funded, but with a lot of new players most don't have the capacity built in to supply themselves and even the best MU's cannot afford to pay for hundreds of players (even the government).
Personally I have always abhorred the idea of scaling supplies to strength/damage. It might be useful for important battles, but otherwise it undercuts retention and growth of players who COULD be strong but just need some time and some investment.
Communication is something i want to improve, hence the new ingame command mails for people involved/running MU's in the eUK. So we can all set the same battle orders etc 😉
As for yourself, contact count drakula for a job 😃
I am about to leave div 1 and know from experience that div 1 is ALWAYS our best fighting div. Unfortunately it provides the smallest benefit to the battle. The question is where are our big hitters?? Is it possibly the case that because their erepublik life is lovely and mature and well set up that they don't feel that they have to log on and contribute every day?? I suspect that what I suggest here is a large part of the reason why we are currently having the shit kicked out us by
France :0(
billybuff - It's more to do with the fact that, until our recent babbyboom, we were a relatively small nation, in terms of population. Thus we didn't have a large number of hitters, large or small. We've doubled our population but it will take some time for the newer players to work their way up through the divisions. With France, for instance, we have a slightly larger population but our average level is 12, compared to France's 18. Canada has an average level of 21!.
...at least the implementation of 'divisions' gives us a chance. Until this happened we were at an even bigger disadvantage, as most people's efforts were worth very little. Now, every level can make a contribution.
i like it
Funny, your 'new' system looks like the way we used to run the Military in the eUK. As for the ranks, why start them off with an officer's rank (Lance Corporal). Even when we had he national Royal Navy (Official Military Reserves), everyone started life as a Private, and there was a ranking system in place.
Just face facts eUK is dead, it has far to many people that want to be top dog, has elected a PM that hasn't fought for over a year and the only reason his level is so high is because of all the companies he has to work at 2 points per click.
Certain allies couldn't give a rats ass about any of their fellow allies because they have what they want and screw the rest.
Added to all of that the Admin bots that force real cash nations to donate more by acting against that nation in eco/mili
Could not agree with you more.
These are all great ideas
"All of our divisions need to be improved. All of our divisions will be winning every battles 1800 to 0."
Good luck with that. 😛
^ Coming from a Canadian
I'll tell you how to improve the military, sack the current MoD.
Firstly Orinocco, who are you? and will you ever do anything constructive for eUK? or just moan
Secondly this guy is 2days old and knows alot, alarm bells are ringing
From what i have seen BigAnt you are self centred egotistical maniac. I am fighting in Spain whilst you was fighting in NFL+L for BH. You only got where you got for using a huge amount of gold. Oh another thing, I don't like you and there are alot of other people like me. I don't moan about the eUK I just moan about you.
you talk bull, what has gold got to do with anything.. infact I used the gold i have for Q6 companies
which i gave up to BEF for 2months, you done that?
all i have done is help gov since i joined, MoHA, MoF, MoD vCP i havent seen you contribute anything and as for the BH spain was up 8% so get your numbers and facts right first.
either help out or STFU
Great language for a great role model. Wow what a hero. What a loser. Exactly what I said egotistical maniac. Look at me BigAnt I do everything for everybody. Yeah since you been in charge of MoD we have almost been completely conquered.
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
@Orinocco, can't help but notice how he has actually contributed to the eUK, whereas all you seem to be doing is whining about how nobody can do their job.
Honestly, if we look at the amount of damage we deal in comparison to our enemies, we're out done in every single way.
I'm not whining about how nobody does thier job, I'm just whining about MoD not being very good. It's got nothing to do with anybody else and this is just my personal opinion.
WAIT A MINUTE!!!
Orinocco are you implying its my fault Canada France and Germany all NE'd us to gangbang?
LMAO, this has made my night
The eUK is currently doing the most influence it ever has. We are doing better and better. Improvement is there to be seen.
Just because you don't understand how this game works at all doesn't mean you can blame the people in charge putting in a lot of effort while you do fuck all. Enjoy trolling and doing nothing constructive.
I've had a rather... unhealthy relationship with the ranks of the various iterations of the eUK's armed forces, as I'm sure many people will attest to.
But even I, with my penchant for ranks and silly titles (if there's been weird titles in our armed forces then it's more than likely been down to me!), recognise the fact that we simply do not need a full rank structure.
Use a rank system to fit the organisational structure, do not fit the organisational structure around the rank system.
There you go again BigAnt, I didn't write or imply anything about being NE'd about the other countries. I just don't like how the MoD is currently handling the situation and like I said this is just my personal opinion. If the organisation of all MU's were better maybe we could muster some resistance and if we lose at least we can be proud and say we tried instead of being walked all over. I care about our country more than medals and honours. Maybe you can't understand that.
Bigant,Get our country back and I will sing you praises
I'm sure djsims would be happiest if the personal grievances were left off his articles...
if tell everything else to do one thing and do something different yourself, don't have right to be leader of MOD, done yourself before telling others to do it.
i liked the uniform thingy 😃
Doesn't matter country's shit
Pretty good ideas for such a young player, most of these are in place already or have been done before with success. Speak to current MoD Count Drakula, he would probably be happy to give you something to do in the MoD. 🙂
Also Orinocco, the MoD can't do much in the way of winning battles, we rely on stronger allies for our defence which our enemies in france and canada also do, it's not about having a strong military in this game, its about having strong allies.
Frankly I did not like the uniform "thingy"! There is nobody on earth that can make me change my avatar! I like it the way it is... As for the military "thingy" - well yes, I completely agree!
As for the new players... If the older and more experienced players really want to help, well all of us can do the same thing they do in all the other countries - sponsor an eBaby, or send resources to those already helping them! 🙂 Good ideas though!
Good job mate v+s
p.s. another good idea (even though it would be a bit expensive) is to sponsor rocketeers, for ex give guns to people that own rocket factories in div.3 or div 4 (doesn't matter - the point is to strengthen the loose spots, whatever division it might be) and have them do a lot more damage with just one kill!
As for mr. BigAnt and mr. Orinocco - I don't care what your personal feud is, just tell us what to do to help! Cheers mates!
DJ's got some great ideas and concepts ,
fully support this article
Love the uniform and elite MU idea
great job keep it up mate, the MoD should consider your suggestions