"Undisclosed Backed Update" - Local Elections? Q2+ Aircrafts? An Event?

Day 3,744, 02:32 • Published in USA USA • by Marcelaxy

In the Developer Log for December 2017 + January 2018 there is written the following:

- Undisclosed backed update


What this means is that something new is in the pipeline that will be somehwat gamechanging.
It could mean many, many things. I list my ideas up and briefly explain what I think this will mean:

- Local Elections Module

- Q2+ Air Weapons

- Perceiption Training

- An event for 1st April or Easter

- Q6/7 Houses

- Something totally different


Local Elections

Well, we're waiting for this since... the Cities Update, May 19 2017.
But what would the addition of Local Elections mean?

Local elections would be useless without giving the mayor any powers.
My assumption since the Cities Update was that the mayor can spend the local budget on things like the "Central Park" providing the residents with nice perks on the health recovery & pool, but also things like a TycoonPack-esque productivity or a damage bonus. This would increase the value of living in a highly populated city with a low bonus on house durations, which would increase the consumption of houses long-term but would also suddenly boost the sales of houses in the first few days after the update.

My Tip: Stock up on Houses to prepare for a sudden bump of house prices.

My 1st prize winning Meme on the local elction module


When the Local Elections Module will be added, I will run for Mayor in Nebraska!


Q2+ Air Weapons


Also long overdue is the addition of Q2+ Air weapons.

In this forum suggestion I explained and did the math why Q1 Air weapons are useless and many times more expensive to use than Energy Bars. Also how the scaling of the damage, durability and production cost could change that.

Months before the re-addition of houses I did a similar tread in this subforum on why eRepublik needed houses. It could've been a coincidence, yes, but it's a good sign nevertheless.

My tip: Get rid of Q1 weapons. If this happens, they will become worthless.


Perceiption Training

Much like the Q2+ Air weapons, perceiption tarining is still missing. Although I kinda like that everyone has equal chances in the air, just like the majority of players, it could still become a thing - hopefully not in the same form as "Strength".


My Tip: Save some Gold to be prepared for full Perceiption gain since Day 1.

- 1st April/Eeaster Event

The last 1st April allowed players to swap their strength. We recently had the same thing again for Valentine's day. This means that the 1st of April could hold something new. Maybe Missions?

Also an Easter Event could be meant. I personally hope for a carrot hunt just like this year's Christmas Gift Hunt. I want to fill up my gold pocket.

My tip: Stock up on Q7 weapons! Save your x5 Damage Accelerators, 100% Boosts and Bombs!


Q6/7 Houses


They have become pretty much a Meme. I don't think that they would be affordable or viable to use for 99% of the players, but also I would like to increase my business with them.

My Tip: If you have a large, spare storage: stock up some HRM.


Something totally different

Maybe I overlooked something or Plato goes full shenanigan and adds something totally unexpected and random.

What do you think could be added?