***The Glory of Being a Mercenary***
Uncle Sam
As some of you may know, Benn and I are vacationing for the week. While at the shore, we found time to do our regular erep business, working and training, however a new venture diverted out attention from our vacation.
The war in Turkey has given war mercenaries the chance to get their rank up while getting a profit of gold to boot. Benn, myself and many other war mercs jumped on this opportunity and contacted the president of Turkey for a job. With Turkey's now massive population and vast treasury, they were able to supply was mercs with the gold needed to continue fighting for their country
For those interested, here is a bit of how being a Mercenary works.
Process
When you decide you want to become a war mercenary, you have a few things to consider. First you have to consider your mobility, your loyalty to your country, you current war experience, and you international reputation.
-Mobility-
probably one of the most important factors in the decision to becoming a merc is how mobile you are. you must not have anything that ties you down to your current country. this items include the following
~companies
~political position
~Newspapers
~party membership
~employment
If you have any of those things listed, you are unable to leave your country, which is necessary in order to fight for other countries. Companies and newspapers can be held by an SO account while you are away from your country but still want to have control over them. Employment and party membership can be canceled in an instant, so no worries there. Being in the position of political office means that you must stay in that position until the next election for the position. The exception to this rule is being a party President, but still being involved in any other political office will hold you down for a while.
-Loyalty to country-
This can be better defined as your involvement in Politics. If you are deeply involved in your countries political system, then being a Mercenary is not for you. The call to fight in another countries war can pop up at any time, so if you are too busy with you platform for running for your countries president, you don't have time to fight in a foreign war. While it will be a sacrifice either way, you will have to chose one or the other, like Benn has showed us he did by quitting the Democratic party Presidency to be a Mercenary.
-War Experience-
if you want to be truly successful as a Mercenary, you will need war experience. It would be advantageous to know your history of different [a url=http://www.erepublik.com/article-371221.html]War Tactics[/a]. Fighting in a few wars before asking for payment not only to get rank up, but to learn from experience would also be strongly advised. basically, just fight a bit to learn the ways of war before you start contacting people for mercenary opportunities.
-International Reputation-
Although a minor part, it is important for you to be able to get along well with your employer during war time, as they are sure to be stressed most of the time. Having a good international reputation will help to start you out on the right foot, as the way you treat other people in and out of erep will get you through you life or elife. The better you get along with your employer, the more you just might get paid.
Profits
While I won't give the details on exact numbering for payment I will provide this information. Payment is in terms of gold. Much of the gold you receive is to go towards buying wellness packs while fighting for the country that is hiring you. By the end of the war, you are given a bonus for fighting, either a solid amount, or a variable amount of gold based on how many kills you got during the war.
Either way, profits from being a war Mercenary yields higher rank, substantial monetary earnings and the fun from fighting in a war.
Practice
Once you have spent enough time fighting for one war, go to fight another. Becoming a better Mercenary means adapting to the ever changing war tactics. It means learning from each war and using that experience to ensure more wins in the next one.
So outside of actual experience, that is all you need to know in order to succeed as a Mercenary. If you want to join Benn and I in our mercenary ways, contact either of us or comment about it on this article.
I hope you enjoyed the read.
happy fightings,
Uncle Sam
USA! USA! USA!
Comments
ahahah good stuff Uncle Sam
although i find that you say you need or have no political affiliation and little country loyalty, and still end your article in USA USA USA
We are waiting to have you back with us in the US
That sounds like some wild stuff. Just the thing for me, once my mayorship ends and South Africa is free of Indonesian tyranny.
well if your lucky, you\'re country gets involved in a war lol...
have no fear, i will be back in the USA, I\'m still loyal, it\'s just i can\'t run for any major political office, as it would stop me from moving around... like you would know Vicente
I\'m an awesome Merc 😃 I PWN EVERY1
well Ryan i am going to quit my things to be a mercs so looks like ill see you in war 😁
oh and Grandma says hi
lol, ryan loves his gramma.
i want in
you can move while having a newspaper
I volunteer sir!
Maybe this "mercenary" group will actually get jobs, but probably not.
unsubbed, poser.
unsubbed, poser.
x2
i'll think about it, but if i would never fight vs the usa
guys, this was more then a year ago, disregard it.
wtf?
i would like to, but i'm saving gold to help erussia
Citizen permanently suspended for multiple accounts.
This is wierd. I got Linked here 😛
Whoever started advertising this article is a hero.
This article is over 9000 years old.
hmmm i would join
wait sorry this guys been banned what a waste of mine and your time
over 9thousannnndddddd
i would like to be a mercenary. the only thing is that i can be online at specific times. i go online in erepublik everyday but i can't stay at night or day for conferinces.