Military Discussion Thread

This game centers around it, after all.
This will be a swarm of Q&A in terms of both personal preference and possibly a bit into the philosophy, even. (That's deep, oh man.)

Things that'll be addressed, off the top of my head, will be:

:: National military alliances (It may be "wiki-able")
:: Weapon use + effectiveness (can be linked to economy discussions)
:: The need for a MU
:: Broadly speaking, military and our involvement/need in its entirety

So, here we go. =)

To start, I think limiting our training facilities for strength to only the first 2 is fine. I mean, it takes hefty time for all of us to take it in.

And once we do, maintaining even a 0.19 loss a day means a 5.7 gold loss in 30 days. The loss is well-worth it (certainly at higher levels), but even then, that still means less money to work with in our plan for reaching the top.

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To justify the use of the second training facility, and I think man_k9's character already has this going, but if you have the Tier 1+2 buildings maxed out (140 gold?!), that means a 22.5 strength boost a day with 5 gold returning as early as 11.111... days, rather than getting the gold reward at least 5 days earlier (16.67 days) with only the first building maxed out. This cuts the gold reward time by a third. Impressive!

Progress at 33.33 days

Tier 1+2 Maxed (Q3's):
Gold spent: 0.19 x 34 = 6.46g (33 days = 6.27g)
Reward gold won: 5g x 3 = 15g
Profit: 8.54g
Strength gained: 22.5 str x 34 = 765 (33 days = 742.5)

Tier 1 Maxed only:
Gold spent: Free (0)
Reward gold won: 5g x 2 = 10g
Profit: 10g
Strength gained: 15 str x 34 = 510

Conclusion:255 strength in 34 days at a cost of 1.46 gold? That can be maintained by just sitting on our salaries. This is something we need to look into in the long term. A must for such a low cost. =)
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While it isn't obviously a money-saving option, but Tier 4's Str:Gold ratio is certainly better than Tier 3's option. Do keep that in mind if you ever one day inherit the nation's treasury or whatever else. =P

Were you looking for this?
erep-stats.com/calculators/training/
(I'm not allowed to make it into an external link until my account turns 7 days old.)

While you're there, take a look at Economy -> Lowest prices. If we want to maximize profit, though, we could also use a section called "Highest prices after subtracting taxes"...

Yeah. Though it wasn't explicitly pointed out, I believe I made a post on one of the threads pointing that site out. I'm glad you found it too. =P

Edit: But then, it doesn't monitor the CC:gold ratio. We'll still need that.

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Hurricane Poland returns! (That's what Jacobi called it last time.)
We're doing terribly in the first campaign (Nova Scotia). If Poland starts taking away our weapon production bonuses, prices might spike again. Good time to stock up?

Edit:
Wow, I've never seen 38 active battles at once. Nothing like a Natural Enemy-driven mission to set the world ablaze. Battle of the Alliances looks plain silly in comparison.

Ahaha!

Regardless, we've lost a few useful allies like the US, which is now probably gonna seal our deaths. Freaking Wally.
Oh well. I get to do a few missions at least, and we'll be doing resistance wars after, so hurray to that. =)

Now it's official - the VP has declared inevitable doom.
Back to hurricane survival strategy #1: save up for the RWs.

First RW of many popping up. It'd be excellent trolling if we ally with them and the US again and dispel their attack.
...Yeah. Good chance we're gonna be wiped clean, again.

Get that RW achievement, but hold your weapons. We're gonna be one hell of a messy team.

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