De Re Militari
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Luis Ariel Zavarella
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Since lot of players are asking me questions about how to fight efficiently I decided to write guide primarily for my MU but other players might find this useful too.
In my opinion there are two types of fighters one is fighting for country and puts country interest before personal gain and players who want to earn BH medal and 5 gold to cover costs of supplies. I will write tips how to fight for both types.
Country fighter
1.
Join MU - this is a must if you want to help your country. If you are member of MU you have bonus damage if you fight in battle order.
Bonus damage depends on rank of MU:
- Novice 5% damage bonus
- Regular 10% damage bonus
- Veteran 15% damage bonus
- Elite 20% damage bonus
2.
If possible fight only in last two minutes of battle - reason for this is because BH hunters are most active in this time and may decide to fight on your side if there is no player with much damage. Opposing army will likely fight then to minimize damage waste. Do not full fight in beginning of round unless you absolutely have to, this scares BH hunters and will damage your country chances to win battle.
3.
Don't open battle link until you are ready to fight - You may think that this is stupid but keep in mind that players with premium account can see how many players are watching battle and also there is bot on irc which can give this information to any player. If enemy see that there are no players watching battle and few of you enter just before end of round you can surprise them and win.
4.
Visit country irc channel (or military channel if available) as often as you can - you can find out what battle plans are and avoid waste of damage this way.
5.
Fight smart - Use your best judgment when fighting, if you think that round is won don't fight in it also do same if you think round is lost. To do this you must know how much damage you can make. Use this calculator
calculator go to advanced and enter your data and supplies, when you know how much damage you can do you can make better decisions. Also don't full fight on default, estimate situation and act on it.
6.
Travel to gain region bonus - you can have 20% damage bonus in battle if you move to appropriate region :
- If you fight in RW you will gain bonus if you move to region in which RW is started
- If you fight on defenders side you will gain bonus if you move to province which is under attack
- If you fight on attacker side you will gain bonus if you move to any region (in attackers country) which borders region that is under attack (you can find out neighboring provinces when you click on province name in battle)
Even if you use low quality ticket to move and in this way lose some health you will still make more damage use calculator to check it.
7.
Choose your supplies for maximum damage - you must buy correct supplies to do maximum damage at minimum cost, its better for instance to buy 50Q1 weapons and fight with it than to buy 25Q2 weapons and fight 25 times with and 25 without weapon, you can use calculator above to see damage difference.
Supplies largely depend on your budget but here are some guidelines:
- Use highest quality food first, regardless of quality gifts are always two times or even more expensive than food so it's better to use all 10 food first e.g. it's better to use 10Q4 food than 10Q2 food and 10Q2 gifts, you will have same amount of hits at lower price.
-Try to always fight with at least q1 weapons
-Stock supplies before battle, during battle prices can rise and there can be shortage of supplies
-When in doubt use calculator above to check how to make maximum damage
8.
Time difference - If you fight against country which have large time difference use it to your advantage fight when enemy sleeps this will increase chance of winning.
Battle Hero Hunter
This guide is not for new players you need to have substantial finances and strength to be able to BH hunt effectively
1.
Make your own MU or join up with BH hunter MU - You need to have privileges in MU so you can set orders to some unimportant battle where you can take BH medal without much competition, this is most important thing when you want to BH.
2.
Fight early - you can fight early to let other BH hunters know that you want to chase medal, best thing is to fight berserk two times with Q5 weapons. Many players will assume that you are going to continue to fight with Q5 and look for another battle or choose other side. There is risk in this tactic if many players hit in round hunters can't see that you made damage with only two berserk hits.
3.
Be online - many players will check are you online and if you are not they can try to steal your BH.
4.
Be prepared - if you plan to chase BH you need to have best supplies, that involves 10Q5 food,10Q5 gifts , Q5 tickets, Q5 house, and all qualities of weapons so you can full fight with any weapon if necessary.
5.
Calculate damage - you need to estimate how much damage your opponent for medal can deal and use appropriate weapon quality. Calculate how much damage you can make with different quality weapons, you need to think fast if you hit in last two minutes. If your opponent is hitting with berserk it's easy to calculate.
6.
Don't be afraid to quit - don't chase BH if it is obvious that you can't get it , know when to give up and cut the loses there is always tomorrow. Every BH hunt is risky don't expect to always win there are some things that you can't control. Any player who have better strength/MU bonus and fights only with Q5 weapons will beat you and you can't do anything about it.
7.
Confuse your opponent - if you are competing with player that have higher strength or MU bonus try to confuse him by fighting with normal fight and different types of weapons, damage doesn't update in real time and your opponent may chicken out.
8.
Steal BH - players are going to hate you if you do this, you can do this when your opponent spend all fights early in round . You can just calculate with what weapons you need to fight to have only few thousands higher damage than your unlucky opponent.
9.
Day change BH - players who started game latter usually can earn first BH this way, you should find round in which you can fight before and after day change this way you can do 2 days worth of damage in one round. This is also popular way to get achievement for dealing over one million damage.
10.
Time zones - since Europe has most players fight when it's night in Europe this way you can get BH with less damage.
Hope this guide will help players, I probably forgot to mention something so write your thoughts and suggestions in comments I will edit article if necessary.
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Regards, Masterilke.
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