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[Scarlet Drone]

Sorry that I'm a huge noob when it come to posting forms and RPing, especially in Nation States. Although I have looked through some RP fourms, I don't really understand how to win a battle in war. Is there some kind of dice involved (If rolls 6 then wins flawlessly, if roll 4 some damage, if roll 1 you lose in battle)? I do know that it involves some facts, for example:
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= or > 5% of population for military population

GDP of defense (Shows on government tab for your country) (I believe defense is military, please correct me if I'm wrong)

and you must know the geography of your country
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That's all the knowledge of RPing on Nation States wars that I know of, please help me, and sorry for taking your time.

[Aquitayne]

Sorry that I'm a huge noob when it come to posting forms and RPing, especially in Nation States. Although I have looked through some RP fourms, I don't really understand how to win a battle in war. Is there some kind of dice involved (If rolls 6 then wins flawlessly, if roll 4 some damage, if roll 1 you lose in battle)? I do know that it involves some facts, for example:
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= or > 5% of population for military population

GDP of defense (Shows on government tab for your country) (I believe defense is military, please correct me if I'm wrong)

and you must know the geography of your country
---

That's all the knowledge of RPing on Nation States wars that I know of, please help me, and sorry for taking your time.

Those stats are general uses for newer players like yourself to help get you off the ground. Ultimately, your military and defense budget can be whatever you'd like it to be, but understand that larger military forces with a larger defense budget usually means cuts in other areas (such as education, environment, etc).

There are no dice rolls when deciding the outcome of a battle. Ultimately, there are two ways to RP a battle, war, or conflict:

1) Competitive RP
2) Cooperative RP

Competitive RP means just that: you're competing against the other player in an attempt to beat them in a war, battle, or conflict. This means that there is no set outcome of the event being RP'd, and it is up to you as the RPer to use your military knowledge of weapons, tactics and doctrine to come out victorious.

Cooperative RP is the opposite. The RPers in question agree on a set outcome OOCly and work to achieve that end. This usually involves one nation losing the war, and the RP itself reflecting that.

It's a lot easier to "win" battles when you're RPing with someone cooperatively, as competitive RP usually ends up in OOC fighting and frustration. There is no definitive way to win a battle or war in NationStates. Unlike Cybernations, D&D or any other tabletop RPG, NationStates is a roleplaying forum where literally everything you do is your call. There are no game mechanics. The only way to "win", is to out maneuver your opponent and beat their forces through RP. If you look around II, there are some threads that will help you get a better idea about military tactics and other stuff.

[Bears Armed]

Unlike Cybernations, D&D or any other tabletop RPG, NationStates is a roleplaying forum where literally everything you do is your call. There are no game mechanics.

Except in the NS Sports sub-forum, where 'scorinator' computer programmes that can take account of nations' past performances (and whose operators can give participants a bonus for good RP) are normally used to determine the results of competitions...

[Lubyak]

Unlike Cybernations, D&D or any other tabletop RPG, NationStates is a roleplaying forum where literally everything you do is your call. There are no game mechanics.

Except in the NS Sports sub-forum, where 'scorinator' computer programmes that can take account of nations' past performances (and whose operators can give participants a bonus for good RP) are normally used to determine the results of competitions...

Yeah but the Sports forum is weirrrddddd.

[Aquitayne]

Unlike Cybernations, D&D or any other tabletop RPG, NationStates is a roleplaying forum where literally everything you do is your call. There are no game mechanics.

Except in the NS Sports sub-forum, where 'scorinator' computer programmes that can take account of nations' past performances (and whose operators can give participants a bonus for good RP) are normally used to determine the results of competitions...

That still doesn't fall under game mechanics. Scorinators aren't built into the foundation of NS, they're just tools used to make sports fair game. But yes, when it comes to sports, there are programs that are commonly used that dictate the outcome rather than competitive roleplay. And Lubyak is very right, scorinators are insane. And I don't like Margaret.

[Scarlet Drone]

Sorry that I'm a huge noob when it come to posting forms and RPing, especially in Nation States. Although I have looked through some RP fourms, I don't really understand how to win a battle in war. Is there some kind of dice involved (If rolls 6 then wins flawlessly, if roll 4 some damage, if roll 1 you lose in battle)? I do know that it involves some facts, for example:
---
= or > 5% of population for military population

GDP of defense (Shows on government tab for your country) (I believe defense is military, please correct me if I'm wrong)

and you must know the geography of your country
---

That's all the knowledge of RPing on Nation States wars that I know of, please help me, and sorry for taking your time.

Those stats are general uses for newer players like yourself to help get you off the ground. Ultimately, your military and defense budget can be whatever you'd like it to be, but understand that larger military forces with a larger defense budget usually means cuts in other areas (such as education, environment, etc).

There are no dice rolls when deciding the outcome of a battle. Ultimately, there are two ways to RP a battle, war, or conflict:

1) Competitive RP
2) Cooperative RP

Competitive RP means just that: you're competing against the other player in an attempt to beat them in a war, battle, or conflict. This means that there is no set outcome of the event being RP'd, and it is up to you as the RPer to use your military knowledge of weapons, tactics and doctrine to come out victorious.

Cooperative RP is the opposite. The RPers in question agree on a set outcome OOCly and work to achieve that end. This usually involves one nation losing the war, and the RP itself reflecting that.

It's a lot easier to "win" battles when you're RPing with someone cooperatively, as competitive RP usually ends up in OOC fighting and frustration. There is no definitive way to win a battle or war in NationStates. Unlike Cybernations, D&D or any other tabletop RPG, NationStates is a roleplaying forum where literally everything you do is your call. There are no game mechanics. The only way to "win", is to out maneuver your opponent and beat their forces through RP. If you look around II, there are some threads that will help you get a better idea about military tactics and other stuff.

Thanks for you clarification, it's greatly appreciated
Again, sorry for taking you time, and hope to see you some time in some of the RPs

[Nova Socrum]

Yo what does tag mean?

[The Macabees]

Yo what does tag mean?

It's a way of bookmarking a thread, so you can see it under "view your posts." But, there's a better and less intrusive way of doing the same thing. At the bottom of the page, towards the left, there's a link that says Bookmark Thread. You can go to your bookmarks in the "user control panel" (maybe someone should make them easier to access, so that the function is used more).

[The Templar High Council]

Yo what does tag mean?

It's a way of bookmarking a thread, so you can see it under "view your posts." But, there's a better and less intrusive way of doing the same thing. At the bottom of the page, towards the left, there's a link that says Bookmark Thread. You can go to your bookmarks in the "user control panel" (maybe someone should make them easier to access, so that the function is used more).

For real though.

[Bears Armed]

Yo what does tag mean?

It's a way of bookmarking a thread, so you can see it under "view your posts." But, there's a better and less intrusive way of doing the same thing. At the bottom of the page, towards the left, there's a link that says Bookmark Thread. You can go to your bookmarks in the "user control panel" (maybe someone should make them easier to access, so that the function is used more).

And the Mods have said that we should bookmark rather than using 'tag': Get caught using 'tag' to often and you might get an official warning... [/not-a-Mod]

[Blorbs]

Im looking for an RP partner, specifically a similar sized country that is a bit right leaning, or at least with some reasons to have tensions with Blorbs. The confict would be over an island of which millitary soldiers of one nation occupy it (However to them its not really occupying it, but more of moving it into their own territory as its disputed) and do various drills, tests, etc., and also possibly setting up millitary defenses on the island and giving it a large millitary presense. The exact details and a more fleshed out story would be discussed with whomever wishes to partake (And when im not extremely tired ).

So yeah, any takers?

[Irav]

Im looking for an RP partner, specifically a similar sized country that is a bit right leaning, or at least with some reasons to have tensions with Blorbs. The confict would be over an island of which millitary soldiers of one nation occupy it (However to them its not really occupying it, but more of moving it into their own territory as its disputed) and do various drills, tests, etc., and also possibly setting up millitary defenses on the island and giving it a large millitary presense. The exact details and a more fleshed out story would be discussed with whomever wishes to partake (And when im not extremely tired ).

So yeah, any takers?

I'd be interested in doing this. Going by RP statistics (Which I found in your factbook) my nation is ~70 million people larger so I guess that is almost the same size. We aren't exactly a right leaning country, we are actually pretty much a left leaning nation when it comes to most things. But Irav is heavily imperialistic and controls a small colonial empire.

Just send me TG if I'm the right candidate

[Questers]

It's perfectly legitimate to decide the outcome of battles based on dice-rolls. In fact I think this is better than both co-operative and competitive roleplaying, because it takes the decision over who wins out of the hands of the players so they can focus on just writing cool stories. It doesn't happen very often on NS though. Online co-operative dice roll machines do exist. We used them in an RP on SMS once.

[Dachine]

It's perfectly legitimate to decide the outcome of battles based on dice-rolls. In fact I think this is better than both co-operative and competitive roleplaying, because it takes the decision over who wins out of the hands of the players so they can focus on just writing cool stories. It doesn't happen very often on NS though. Online co-operative dice roll machines do exist. We used them in an RP on SMS once.

Link to download the dice roll engines, please? Would be much appreciated.

[Roski]

Sorry that I'm a huge noob when it come to posting forms and RPing, especially in Nation States. Although I have looked through some RP fourms, I don't really understand how to win a battle in war. Is there some kind of dice involved (If rolls 6 then wins flawlessly, if roll 4 some damage, if roll 1 you lose in battle)? I do know that it involves some facts, for example:
---
= or > 5% of population for military population

GDP of defense (Shows on government tab for your country) (I believe defense is military, please correct me if I'm wrong)

and you must know the geography of your country
---

That's all the knowledge of RPing on Nation States wars that I know of, please help me, and sorry for taking your time.

In order, Yes, dice rolling is great, and kinda useful if you don't understand each other's strength. Another way though, is worldbuilding. If you join an RPing community, set yourself up in a particular order, and then those can help decide the outcome. The problem with worldbuilding is people who like to make themselves invincible from all means. This does involve geopolitical relations, as well as general geography, and the military. Disparities in technology, general military leadership, size, etc etc can help determine the outcome. For example, an American Division and Two Soviet Divisions (because the US is generally 20,000 while the Soviets generally used 12,000 per division), the United States will claim the day in victory. But 1 US Division versus say 16 Soviet divisions, and the US will probably run the hell away. This is dramatically simplified, but still. Other factors would be like what type of units are there, like an engineering batallion will not be able to fight off a tank batallion unless you use some battlefield logic.

Your nation generally should restrict itself to a professional military of .5 - .9 % of your population during peace (the US is about .9%, but at war, for various reasons). However, if you're underequipped (say, Chinese military), or at a enemy at the gates situation (Imagine being mexico, except the United States wants to invade it), then you probably could get away with a 3% peacetime military. Going over that signifies you're about to go to war, are at war, or are horrendously terrified of your neighbor. This all implies a modern technology scenario, though.

Your GDP in defence is really not worth mentioning, its really worth mentioning what your actual GDP and spending are. Sure, you'll get those who will call bullshit if its too high, but overall, you will need to actually know your budget. You can say "my defence budget is 9% of my gdp" all you want, your GDP could be like 10 dollars. This is a lot more useful in communities and groups than anything else really. Anything goes when you're up against the general masses.

Example: The United States of America, mostly undisputedly, is the most powerful military force in the world. Its GDP is a whopping 18.164 trillion, and its defence budget is 566 billion. The GDP of Saudi Arabia is 746.25 Billion, and has a budget of 80.8 billion. The former's GDP spent is a measly 3%, while the latter is 10.7%. See what I mean?

Geography isn't necessarily as much in RPing (sadly), as it would seem.

[North Iaburg]

I have a question. I want some nation to rule my colony and no one will! i want someone to rule me!

[The Templar High Council]

I have a question. I want some nation to rule my colony and no one will! i want someone to rule me!

In-character?

Have you tried asking for someone to RP being your imperialist overlord?

[Armedegon]

Are other kinds of incidents (say, a nuclear power plant disaster) allowed in this subforum?

[The Macabees]

Are other kinds of incidents (say, a nuclear power plant disaster) allowed in this subforum?

Of course. The forum is about any incident that can be taken internationally, a nuclear power plant disaster is a perfect candidate. The truth is that over time you tend to concentrate your RPs either here or on the NationStates forum, regardless of what the RPs are about, so you can really RP about anything here.

[Ixicalis]

I'm a little confused by the difference between the RP and the game. I'm a decently-experienced roleplayer, been doing it for a couple of years. But my question is: how much of the "game" impacts the roleplay?

Say my income tax is x number but I don't want income tax whatsoever. Is it godmodding to ignore the stats on the game, or modify them to fit better? All to a reasonable degree, not giving you enough money to buy 100000000 battleships obviously. But rather to fine tune and better play out the nation you want to play. Not the randomly generated one given to you at game start.

[The Macabees]

I'm a little confused by the difference between the RP and the game. I'm a decently-experienced roleplayer, been doing it for a couple of years. But my question is: how much of the "game" impacts the roleplay?

Say my income tax is x number but I don't want income tax whatsoever. Is it godmodding to ignore the stats on the game, or modify them to fit better? All to a reasonable degree, not giving you enough money to buy 100000000 battleships obviously. But rather to fine tune and better play out the nation you want to play. Not the randomly generated one given to you at game start.

They're really there as a guide. There are people who believe that the game's stats aren't accurate of their "real" stats. There are people who follow the game stats pretty closely. It's up to you, really.

[Lubyak]

I'm a little confused by the difference between the RP and the game. I'm a decently-experienced roleplayer, been doing it for a couple of years. But my question is: how much of the "game" impacts the roleplay?

Say my income tax is x number but I don't want income tax whatsoever. Is it godmodding to ignore the stats on the game, or modify them to fit better? All to a reasonable degree, not giving you enough money to buy 100000000 battleships obviously. But rather to fine tune and better play out the nation you want to play. Not the randomly generated one given to you at game start.

Most definitely.

Your nation page can have as much or as little influence as you want it to have. Often times specific RP groups or regions will have specific rules and regulations about this, but in general you can do as you please. Feel free to describe your nation in your factbook or wiki page the way you want it to be, and don't be overly concerned with the game's description.

[Sabara]

Is there anyway to recover a lost post (writing) if you forgot to save the draft and deleted your window browser?

[The Templar High Council]

Is there anyway to recover a lost post (writing) if you forgot to save the draft and deleted your window browser?

Normally I'd go to recent tabs and see if I can recover it.

Otherwise, no idea.

[Sabara]

Is there anyway to recover a lost post (writing) if you forgot to save the draft and deleted your window browser?

Normally I'd go to recent tabs and see if I can recover it.

Otherwise, no idea.

I got it, thanks. Always frustrating to lose a post you've spent ~45 minutes on, haha.