A Word on Tanks/California as Alamo, Part Two

Day 618, 09:10 • Published in USA Norway • by Mink Deadly

Good afternoon, and welcome to this issue of Neovison Vison.

IN THIS ISSUE

--AN ANALYSIS ON THE TANK AND A CALL TO DONATION
--CALIFORNIA IS OUR ALAMO: PROOF IN THE PUDDING

All articles in this issue of Neovison Vison are written by Mink Deadly.
Volume I, Issue ix. 30 July 2009.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE TANK

Driving this world war is a complicated and contrived formula for the damage that an eRepublik citizen can inflict on the wall they mean to protect. However, this formula, coupled with the amount of wellness packs a citizen can purchase when they reach level 15 (40), can be exploited to produce what is commonly referred to as a tank, a citizen that can inflict high amounts of damage on a wall in a relatively short amount of time with a relatively high frequency. In this article, I hope to convince you, the reader, that funding as MANY TANKS AS POSSIBLE and AS MANY AS ARE AVAILABLE is absolutely necesssary to our country, and that we, as citizens, should be donating to tanks to help the fighting as opposed to just pouring our money into weapons for ourselves.

To make this case, let us make a few assumptions:

Assume that #1 is a tank and #2 is not. #1 is a Field Marshal, Strength 10, and is loaded down with Q5 weapons. Assume that #2 is a Lieutenant, Strength 5, and has the same stash of Q5s. Each experiences the same type of wellness attrition due to fighting, and each is above a level 15, so each can buy 40 wellness packs a day.

Now, let's look at the first five fights these two citizens can put up. These fights will cost 72 USD apiece (roughly 1.5 G). Therefore, this first round of fighting will cost 7.5 G apiece. It is clear to see that #1 is far more cost effective than #2, as these are the calculations for their damage output:

#1 --> TOTAL DAMAGE = 806 damage points on 7.5 G.
#2 --> TOTAL DAMAGE = 279 damage points on 7.5 G.

This works out to about 107 damage points per gold for #1, and 37 damage points per gold for #2. A clear economical advantage.

Now we'll look at the next 40 fights funded with Wellness Packs. 40 packs cost 80 gold, and 40 more Q5 weapons will cost 60 gold. If you assume that the Wellness Pack is constantly used to bring a citizen up to 100 wellness, here are the total damage figures:

#1 --> TOTAL DAMAGE AFTER 45 FIGHTS = 7280 points on 147.5 G
#2 --> TOTAL DAMAGE AFTER 45 FIGHTS = 2520 points on 147.5 G

About 49 points per gold for #1 and 17 points per gold for #2.

I make this argument simply because I have heard through grapevines that there are tanks going unfunded; that there are citizens capable of tanking but aren't receiving the means to do so for whatever reason. I think that, given the economical efficiency and sheer firepower of the tank (especially given that most tanks have a far greater strength than this), it is absurd that every citizen is not used to their full extent. I propose the following:

--ALL CITIZENS STOCK UP ON Q1 WEAPONS ONLY. It's clear that the Q5 weapon doesn't help those who don't have the numbers to make the multiplication count. Only buying Q1 weapons will save money.
--DONATE ANY SPARE CHANGE TO A TANK, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT HAS NOT TANKED AND IS NOT BEING FUNDED. If you know a tank, and you know that tank has not received government subsidy for their tanking ability, give the money you save on Q5 weapons to that tank. Every tank should be utilized in this war.
--TO THE GOVERNMENT: FUND ALL TANKS! Funding tanks is the most cost effective and battle effective decision possible. If there are tanks who are being under- or non-funded, it's a shame and a betrayal to our country. I am petitioning the President and Congress to appropriate funds to EVERY TANK DETERMINED TO BE AN ACTIVE CITIZEN.

UPDATE: The first citizen that I know of now who fits this description is John Jay, who is not being funded because he's not in the military. This is simply wrong and we need to take action. Please donate to him so he can tank!

JJ's profile: here.
JJ's call for funds: here.

CALIFORNIA IS OUR ALAMO: THE PROOF IN THE PUDDING

Many people responded to my previous article about the Battle for California being our proverbial Alamo, the place where we would be turning around our war effort. Inspired Americans voted on this article, and PEACE naysayers put it down, saying it was an expression of arrogance and foolish optimism. I have the pleasure of reporting to my fellow eRepublik citizens that the PEACE naysayers are wrong.

Today, 30 July, winning battles are being fought in defense of Kentucky, Kansas, and Wyoming. South Carolina has held secure, and a resistance war is up in Tennessee. We are fighting hard in New Mexico, which it will take Indonesia at least two shots to crack. We are still losing regions (Minnesota, for instance), but we are not losing them as quickly and in extreme fashions. We are turning the ship around.

But, I never said the turnaround would be instant. These turnarounds never are. I only said that this is the point where the pendulum will swing in our favor. If we continue to fight hard, fight smart, and follow solid leadership through a genuine show of solidarity, we will win the war. We will triumph in this fight. The tide of PEACE is not retreating, but slowing. We still have a lot of fight left, but we are turning it around. California truly is our Alamo, and before long, we'll have a victory to write about. So, I say unabashedly and in the face of every PEACE doubter that walks this new worl😛 REMEMBER CALIFORNIA. It will be where we, the eventual victors, saw the tides swing in our favor, and it will be where PEACE will have to tip their hats and wonder whether or not they could have fought harder to win.

Close of the issue. 30 July 2009, 12:10 PM.