DoD Orders - Sept 15 [Day 664, 08:30 eRep] - DEFEND LOUISIANA
USA Department of Defense
My fellow Americans:
Defend LOUISIANA
http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/7506
WE MUST PREVENT RUSSIA AND COLOMBIA FROM GETTING A BORDER.
DO NOT FIGHT IN MISSOURI. MISSOURI IS SECURE.
DO NOT FIGHT IN INDIANA. LOUISIANA IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT REGION SWAPS.
DO NOT FIGHT IN BATTLES AGAINST COLOMBIA UNLESS RUSSIAN BATTLES ARE SECURE. 2-clickers and those not following DoD are a match for Colombia.
eUSA Order Broadcast System
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THE RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM
The Russian Prime Minister Smirnoff has demanded our capitulation. They have threatened to attack Florida tomorrow. The Russian President parter has now crowned himself "Emperor" and has stated that he will spend as much RL money as is necessary to defeat us.
What does that mean for us? It means tomorrow we will be ready to defend our stronghold. The attack will likely come tonight at near server re-set while we sleep. Tomorrow we must be ready to give everything. Every American will be expected to over-fight tomorrow. Fight 5 times, heal, work and fight 5 more times.
Why are we losing regions again?
1. Game mechanics. A nation with the initiative (on the offense) can remain on the offense so long as they start another battle before losing one. The eUSA is being tag-teamed by Russia and their pawn Colombia. So long as either has an open battle, the eUSA cannot attack back.
2. Time Zone Advantage. The attacker has the advantage of choosing the start (and also end) time of a battle. You will notice that most Russian battles started while the eUSA is sleeping. As a battle lasts 24 hours, this means it also ends while the eUSA is sleeping. Russia and her allies, particularly Indonesia have the luxury of fighting when there is essentially no resistance from the eUSA and our European and Western Hemisphere allies.
3.RL Money > Virtual Guns. Each attack costs gold. eRussia is paying for it's own mutiple battles, but also all of Colombia's blocking attacks. Tanking costs gold. eRussia is paying for other PEACE tanks to fight in contested eUS regions such as Tennessee. In conjuction with time zone advantage, Indonesia tanks in particular are very effective. eRussia has gold. The eUSA economy is wrecked by more than two months of continuous warfare and being nearly exterminated. We simply do not have the same financial resources as the enemy.
So what are you saying, General?
We have several disadvantages. It is best to see them eyes-wide-open. The result of this is that we are going to lose regions to eRussia. The best that we can do is make them spend as much gold as possible while we spend as little as possible until an opportunity arises for us to change the tide of war. The Department of Defense will do what we can to keep the citizens up to date on which battles are of high importance.
Eugene Harlot
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Lucius "Lucky" Varenus
Commandant, eUSMC
Josh Frost
Secretary of Defense
Comments
Defensemaxx!
Informativemaxx. Lol.
voted. good to see the nice explanation back again.
Amerimaxx
07
Repeatmaxx
Voted. First page, perhaps?
EDENmaxxxx
Ameri to the maxx!!!
Very good description - even clear to us 2-clickers!
VOTED!
Nonsense !
sir yes sir
Don't let Huck Finn down.
I hate eRussians. Looks like they will beat us all the way back to Florida again.
good, more orders lol.follow them people, dont let columbia give them to russa, split us in half lol!
This is a strategy we've used before. hur hur hur
good info
Yes! Voted hard and fast! THe explanation really adds a nice touch. Good job guys!
VOTED
barely first page 🙂
Great explanation - we're behind you all the way.
oh to be level 5 sigh
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was waiting for this for hours.
voted, and following orders!
Voted! Gaius and E. Harlot are made of win!
all to missouri
It seems every time we get the advantage (like we did when we came roaring back from having the eUSA being just Florida) some program glitch f's us up. Why don't the programmers of this game ever set things like that right? If I didn't know any better, I would think they were taking sides in this war.
Tactics question: We won in Missouri, and DoD orders are to defend Alabama next. Thing is, Alabama is almost at -180,000 with only six hours to go; Mississippi has less than half that value with a similar timeframe. I'm not familiar with battle mechanics, but would it make more sense to secure Mississippi and let Russia take Alabama for the time being, rather than focus on Alabama and potentially lose both? Or am I just highlighting the fact that I'm a greenhorn?
how do you get more health besides waiting a day, i'm kinda a newb
Where can I get a Gatling gun?
No seriously though, paying 7 plus USD for a Q1 gun seems laughable! Who has the best weapons for the best price for this upcoming battle??
Good luck America, you really will need that
Too bad people didn't follow orders for New Jersey or we'd have kicked Russia out by now. :/
When You will start to make orders to defend Wyoming ?
http://www.erepublik.com/en/wars/show/639" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/wars/show/63[..]/639
Nebraska is +60 k
Wyoming -90 k
BTW: Both battles will finish about same time.
emperor my ass.
that kid has some serious issues
Good luck Russia, you'll need it to take Fl with out ending up on the street.
Voted.
Making them waste loads of RL cash is better than winning in game. I mean, RL cash can be used to things like rent, car payments and food/alimony. Don't they know that?
I'm not clear. Should we be fighting in Georgia?
oh man, here we go again.
I can't fight yet🙁
Using RL money to win one battle and ultimately lose in the end because there's no way you're going to hold the US. Smart Russia, smart.
On the other hand I bet the devs love it.
Wait, can't we somehow come to a peaceful end, or have the eRuskies decided to make that impossible?
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable."
John F. Kennedy
35th president of US 1961-1963 (1917 - 1963)
Seems to apply somewhat here.
*shakes head*
Spending RL money for a (relatively) worthless objective in a game = pathetic.
They need to grow up and realize that no matter what they do here, it is completely meaningless in the real world. Of course, if they need the ego booster of saying "I beat the eUSA in Erepublik", a game which is notoriously buggy and unbalanced...well.
Will do!
Very good info. Like the bit about over fighting.
is it possible to open any other fronts?
take the war to russia or columbia
2 complaints No arab nations in this game, theres room for Israel,Turkey,Iran, even Paakistan but No room for Egypt or even beloved Yemen?
gotta be at level 25 to fight
i think we should fight in Indiana right now
VOTED!