Join the new world

Already have an account? Login



What is this?

You are reading an article written by a citizen of eRepublik, an immersive multiplayer strategy game based on real life countries. Create your own character and help your country achieve its glory while establishing yourself as a war hero, renowned publisher or finance guru.

Guerilla Fight - playing chess vs Kasparov

Day 2,792, 14:45 • Published in Ireland Egypt

• by PORTOFOLAS

Hello dear friends. Do you know what pisses me off? Many thing for sure, but Guerilla damage bonus in particular.

Bonus Damage is based on the ratio of victories and losses:
0 Bonus Damage: Win/loss ratio is less than 1;
1 Bonus Damage: Win/loss ratio is between 1-1.99;
2 Bonus Damage: Win/loss ratio is 2 or more.

Hey Tomislav why dont you like that damage bonus? Maybe because you suck in Guerilla Fight?

Yep, it is true that I had a very bad start with the Guerilla Fights. The problem is once you have bad Guerilla Fight win/lose ratio you have entered a path of no return.

How to explain my statement?

Well simply, if you have bad Guerilla W/L ratio you will have no bonus.
If you have good Guerilla W/L ratio you will have the advantage.
If two players play the Guerilla Fight with good equipment and if both players do no stupid moves then the one with bonus will have a better chance to win.

Player with no bonus damage can win about 50% of fights against players with no bonus damage. Player witn no bonus damage will lose more than 50% of fights fighting players with damage bonus.

Once you get bad W/L ratio (and more than few Guerilla Fights) you will have bad W/L ratio forever!

I dont see why should anyone have any bonus in Guerilla Fight!

Now what Garry Kasparov has to do with Guerilla Fights?

Well imagine that I play chess against Kasparov.

Kasparov is obviously much better chess player than me and he would crush me like a bug. Following erepublik "logic" it would be fair that we let Kasparov play as white since he is much better player than me and it would be fair if he has at least some kind of bonus (+1 damage) against me.

If we match old Garry agains some kindergartener chess noob it would be fair that kid has one less pawn in the start of the game (+2 bonus damage for Garry).

Comments

Releasethe Krakken Day 2,792, 15:36

good article but one can beat them . if your strategy is good you should finish within 6 points of them each battle.

PORTOFOLAS Day 2,792, 15:43

Mostly it happens that me and my opponent shoot each other with Storm Assault Rifles, one with more luck or with higher bonus usually wins. I dont know if there is any viable strategy besides that. I remember when it came first time I try to fight with no armor and sniper only and if my opponent had no sniper I would win because I would move faster and I would just get very far from him/her and did one shot with sniper.

PORTOFOLAS Day 2,792, 15:46

If you have some good strategy I would gladly learn it from you 🙂.

Releasethe Krakken Day 2,792, 16:14

yes there is that. 2 build up your armor so you have atleast 24 damage to absorb before the battle start, if you hit around 40-50 and is out of ammo throw grenades and duck for next 3 rounds. you could swing about 16 dmg your way then, then if you have a good lead you could finish as is or run closer and change weps.. i also usually dont run as its a round you can gain when your opponent closes the gap with the same wep as you.

PORTOFOLAS Day 2,792, 16:18

Yea well I would mostly go with SA Rifle as main weapon and with full armor. Most of the battles we both shoot eachother with these rifles and if it would be close at the end I would have thrown these bombs in the few last rounds.

Releasethe Krakken Day 2,792, 16:19

u could try ducking a few times as well its a numbers games if you survive even 2 ducks and have 3 vs 1 ammo you can then equal next round gain when he changes ammo and equal next round and then throw grenades for next 3 rounds before reloading to finish up.

Tara C Day 2,792, 15:58

You tell them TRC

Pony of Darkness Day 2,792, 20:30

I agree, it's another cr*ppy mechanic by the admins
Voted!

Z E N D E R Day 2,793, 02:54

I had bad start with GF too, because of my shitty internet connection, but then I had a winning streak of 10-0 and now I have a +1 bonus damage.

Besides, I didn't find it hard to defeat +2 opponents, however a player with a low rank will have a bad time in guerrilla, because he will simply miss more shots and fuck his ratio up pretty badly, so I 100 % agree with article.

Ivan je Car 2 Day 2,793, 03:58

neda mi se citat, evo ti vote 😃

Crosseye Day 2,793, 06:26

I agree with this article.

GrandMaster1950 Day 2,793, 07:53

voted.

Redi Jodikku Day 2,793, 08:01

The problem is that the bonus is based on how you played before, with the bonus based on strength, and where losing was way more profitable, so a lot of people already started the new bonus with a huge amount of loses and will never have a bonus. That would have made a little more sense if they started to count the bonus with the new system.

PORTOFOLAS Day 2,793, 08:03

Yes and I really dont see why should any player have any bonus, the whole point of that is meaningless in my opinion.