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by Rian Voogt
People go on about playing in air battles instead of ground as if its better,
But I say to you my ground to air support can totally take out your air thingy,
Ground wins,
The end.
On that note perhaps one day air and ground could be combined into one for more epic warfare.
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I need 25arguments (mission) comment on some of my other articles too while you're at it.
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That combined air & land sounds interesting. That would be used in an invasion?
currently land and air is separate, hoping at some point it could be combined or even a 3rd battle type air vs land which could introduce new vehicles.
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Totally agree.
The right place for people to fight is where they can get the biggest net profit (long-term).
All battle types are awesome *if* you have no competition and no walls to turn. It's simply easy gold.
As soon as there is competition or a certain damage requirement, on the ground you will be powerless if the other player has a significantly higher strength and rank. At 300,000 strength vs. your almost 50,000 they need 6 times fewer hits. And that is disregarding the effects of rank. Also, Q7 tanks don't come cheap.
In the air, at least everybody's perception is equal. The one difference is rank, which you get with lots of air experience. So everybody can catch up to the best players, which with strength you never can. In other words, in the long term air fighting is better. Also, most people don't use weapons in the air, so the costs are relatively low.
If you get the choice between dumping your FF in a normal battle, or an air round (both with no wall to turn, or chances of a BH/SH), I'd recommend working on your air rank. Otherwise, if duty or profit calls, I'd say it's obvious what to do.
Oh, for completeness regarding air damage. The highest air rank people in all of eRepublik can do less than double your damage, disregarding armory bonuses (which are also based on how much you fought).
But let's give them 100% armory bonus, you 0% armory bonus, and let's give them Q5 aircraft weapons (another 100% bonus). So this is sort of worst case, and they can do at most 7 times your damage, while spending a lot of money in the process. And if you work a bit on your air rank, this gap becomes smaller and smaller...
Ultimately the only difference between various players in aircraft battles becomes who has the biggest armory bonus and who is willing to waste his money on aircraft weapons.
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