Long awaited, new Drugwars map implementation is here. We announced it a couple of days ago and showed you what was in the works but now is the time to explain what just happened and how the game completely changed. This game feature was in the works from the very beginning and slowly grew from idea to realization that will not only change the battle system but the production of resources too. Nothing will ever be the same. Are you ready for this new era?

The map system was one of the major implementations that this game is supposed to have. There are still a couple of more huge tricks up our sleeves but we can not tell you everything just yet, that wouldn't be much of a surprise now, would it? With the Drugwars map of the world, you are, in a way, not attacking players anymore, you are attacking bases where players are located and diminishing their progress in those locations. There is so much new stuff that is going on so let us slowly start and bring you up to speed with everything that is going on in this brand new Drugwars world.

Once you click on the Map in the left menu, a rotating Earth image will appear in the main frame. You will notice how it has a lot of small hexagons on it. Each hexagon is one territory and every such territory has 225 possible base locations. You will also notice how those hexagons are in different colors. There is black, green, yellow, orange, red, and blue. Those colors are indicating how dangerous a specific territory is where black is empty, green means that there is an inexistent or low danger, yellow is moderate and orange and red considerable and even high. Only blue locations are different because they are implicating how there will soon be missions on them.

The map has many benefits in comparison with the old system. Players were only producing resources in one location before while they can now accumulate more and in a shorter time by having more than one production of the same thing. Every base can hold her own buildings which means that player can have a couple of the same buildings and produce more resources than before. Players can also recruit and train their units in every base and they can move them from one location to another to strengthen their position if necessary. This opens an entirely new level of strategic gameplay that will enable players to build their drugwars empire not only quicker but smarter too.

Every player has one free base location to choose. That primary base has no required resources or obligations for a player in any way, it is completely free and simple to choose. Every player can set up to 5 bases if he so wishes (they are not mandatory) but those 4 additional ones require some investment in the terms of purchasing a special unit that will establish them.

When you log into Drugwars game, it will tell you how you need to choose a location on the map first. Until you do that, you will not be able to play the game or see the resources that you have. You can either click on the green link under your image that says "SELECT THE LOCATION" or click on the map in the left menu. Both will get you to the same place, they will open the rotating world map with hexagons on it.

To pick your primary base, click on the map in the left menu. When the world map appears in the main frame you can either watch how it spins and look at different territories or you can click and drag your mouse to rotate it manually. When you click on any hexagon territory, a small window will pop-up next to it with the information on how many bases are already in that territory and how many are free. Keep in mind that it is giving you information about bases, not players. If it says there are 4 bases there, it can mean that those 4 bases can be owned by 1,2,3, or 4 different players. When you have chosen your preferred territory, click on the hexagon that represents it.

Once you have clicked on the territory, base locations will open in a grid. Every territory grid has 225 base locations. Those which are in red color have already been claimed by another player and you can find out who by clicking on them. Those which are in black color are free and available for you to choose them as your primary base location.

From those available black base locations, you need to choose one for your primary base. When you click on the one you desire, you will need to confirm it by clicking on the blue button CHOOSE AS PRIMARY BASE. Your base will from then on be colored green in the base grid of that territory and the information about your primary base location will be under your image and in the right corner of the main frame. Those players that will have more than one location will always know which base they are on by reading what it says in that right corner or under their image. The first number is territory while the second one is the base in that territory. In the example below, the primary base is territory 442 and location 1.

Every player can have up to 4 additional bases. The process is very similar to choosing the primary base except it requires a special unit called Occupation Troop. A player must first recruit this unit to be able to get an additional base with it.

Occupational troop has the potential to create a new base. If you use it for that purpose, it will transform itself into the base which means that you will not have that unit anymore. The unit will not return once the base is set because the unit has become the base itself. In addition to occupying territory and creating bases, this unit can also transport resources from one base to another and station units. This is a good thing to do in order to assure enough resources in additional bases to start building upgrades and unit recruitment.

When you choose your base location (in the same way as for the primary one) and click on a base in the desired territory, the blue button will now say CREATE NEW BASE. Once you click on it, it will divert you to choose the unit for that action. You need to select one Occupational troop by entering the number in the blank space and clicking on the image of the unit (just as you would select units for battle). Your coordinates will already be set but you can change them if you wish and you need to enter the name of your new base. When you have your occupational troop selected, coordinates of the base, and the new base name, click on OCCUPY and your base will be created.

As it has been previously said, each base has its own production, buildings, and units. From the Headquarters to Alcohol Silo, players can upgrade their buildings in every base individually. It is like playing five games at once if you have 5 base locations. Those upgrades can be simultaneous so while you are upgrading the Cocina in one base there is no problem in upgrading Black Market in another and the Bar in the next. The same goes for recruiting units.

Be careful what you are building and where. Before starting any upgrade make sure that you are doing it in the base that you want. You can always see which base you are on because it is stated under your image and in the upper right corner of the main frame. To switch between locations, simply click on the small arrow next to the primary base to expand the list of bases and click on the one you want. Once you do that, the chosen base will be the one you are currently in. By producing resources in more than one base and transporting them, you will not only collect them faster and be able to upgrade more buildings but also have bigger drug production and as a result, higher daily rewards. Your information about resource production in the top banner will change according to the base you are currently on but you can see your total production from all bases if you click on overview in the left menu. That total production is what your daily prize is based upon. Your daily prize is for your total drug production from all bases added together.

Since you can station units from one base in another one, it would be silly that 5 of your hobos were trained to level 6, for example, and another 15 to level 2. All your units are at the same level of any training at all times. This means that training will not be different from one base to another. It will be the same. By upgrading training in one base, it will automatically rise in level in all base locations once the upgrade is finished.