World War Units Strategy Guide

[SKT168]

World War Units Strategy Guide
by SKT168 w/ contributions from Supervolcano

** Updated 8/17/2010 **

Units Overview
In World War, units are used when fighting other players or completing missions. Additional unit types are unlocked as you advance in level. Unlike other games, units are subject to casualties and may be permanently lost. They are grouped into five categories:

• Infantry
• Ground
• Water
• Air
• Special PMC Operatives

The most important thing to understand is that you should treat all units as belonging to the same category. This is because each alliance member can use up to 6 units - it does not matter which category they are from.

The exception to this is the new PMC Operatives (Personal Military Contractors) catagory.
The rule for PMC Operatives is you can use up to 1 for each usable alliance member you have, in additon to all of your other units.

Example: I have 10 Alliance Members and 100 Ground Units and 100 PMC Operatives. I will be able to use 60 Ground Units and 10 PMC Operatives when fighting.

Units have the following components:

• Attack: Used to calculate your Attack points when Attacking
• Defense: Used to calculate your Defense points when Defending
• Cost: Purchase Price (can be sold for 60% of cost)
• Upkeep: ** IMPORTANT ** The amount that it costs to maintain that unit per income cycle.

Units Strategy
Unit casualties, upkeep costs, and varying attack and defense points make them one of the most important strategic elements of the game. Deciding what units to buy is an important consideration at every stage of the game.

Casualties
It is important to understand the role of casualties. Whenever your units are utilized in a fight or a mission, there is a random chance that you may lose one or more units. This possibility occurs even if you are just defending against an attacker. All units - including looted units - are subject to this risk.

This means that it may makes sense to purchase extra units in case you are attacked and can not actively replenish units that may be lost in battle.

Upkeep versus Income
The primary purpose of buying income buildings is to create a large money flow that supports the purchase of units. However, most higher level units have an upkeep cost that directly reduces your income stream. This lost income can never be recovered and it occurs every income cycle which means that a total upkeep cost of 20,000 per income cycle would result in losing at least 480,000 per day in lost income. Upkeep costs are commonly calculated as a % of your income stream and must be closely monitored. A high upkeep % too early in the game will significantly impact your future income growth.

Slow Down - Build Income
If you find that upkeep costs are having a significant impact on your income, then it may be time to slow down your character leveling and allow your income to build. This problem will only get worse as you advance in level and the costs grow geometrically (and your opponents are much stronger). This problem is compounded when you realize that each level that your character advances would require you to purchase up to 30 additional units (6 for each additional alliance member) assuming you want to maximize your fighting potential.

Purchase Strategically
When deciding what units to buy, you need to carefully consider the units Upkeep costs, Attack Points and Defense Points. Assuming you can afford to buy the unit, cost should not be a factor in your decision making as it is only a one time expenditure. Keeping in mind the reduction in income from upkeep, it does not always make sense to buy the best available units.

If you are winning most of your fights with your current units, then it may make more strategic sense to not increase your upkeep and allow your income to build at a faster rate.

Maximize Your Fighting Potential
World War allows each alliance member (up to 5 per level) to use 6 units each (regardless of category). You should always make sure that every alliance member has at least 6 units that they can use in a fight.

Attack and Defense
Each unit has an attack and defense score that is used to calculate the results of a fight. Only the attack score is used when you initiate an attack while only the defense score is used when you are attacked. If you are losing fights that you initiate, it may make sense to purchase units that increase your attack score in order to increase your chance of success. Conversely, if you are losing when you get attacked, you may want to increase the defensive point value of your units.

Defense Buildings
Although they are technically buildings, defense buildings are an important consideration when forming a strategy for purchasing units. You can think of them as additional units that provide additional defense points whenever you are attacked. These additional "units" also have the benefit of zero upkeep costs.

Because there are no limits on the number of defense buildings that your base uses, they can become a very significant factor when a large number are acquired. This means that it may not be necessary to purchase as many defense orientated units to protect yourself from attack.

Units Table
The following is a complete list of all units available in World War including those that can be randomly received as Loot for completing specific missions. Please note that promotional units are not included because they can not be acquired within the game. For pictures of loot items, see the World War Loot Guide.

Infantry	Ground	Water	Air
WW_Units_Infantry.jpg	WW_Units_Ground.jpg	WW_Units_Water.jpg	WW_Units_Air.jpg

Infantry Units List:

Type	Level	Unit	Base Price	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
Infantry	1	Minigunners	400	0	1	1
Infantry	1	Fireteam	700	0	2	1
Infantry	2	Marines	1,200	0	2	2
Infantry	5	Paratroopers	1,800	0	4	1
Infantry	8	Medics	2,500	0	0	6
Infantry	12	Grenadiers	4,600	0	6	1
Infantry	18	Snipers	10,000	100	3	5
Infantry	24	Navy Seals	15,000	100	5	4
Infantry	26	Heavy Machine Gunners	20,000	200	6	4
Infantry	30	Rocketeers	24,000	200	9	2
Infantry	33	Corner Shot Recon	30,000	300	10	1
Infantry	36	Commandos	32,000	300	6	6
Infantry	39	Aerial Vehicle Squad	58,000	600	12	4
Infantry	42	XM-25 Gunner	70,000	700	14	3
Infantry	45	Tank Blasters	96,000	1,000	17	5
Infantry	50	PackBot Robot Troopers	160,000	1,600	24	4
Infantry	55	FELIN Combat Infantry	240,000	2,400	27	9
Infantry	60	Heavy Assault Squad	300,000	3,000	28	16
Infantry	64	Future Force Warrior Squad	600,000	6,000	42	12
Infantry	67	LW50 Machine Gun Squad	880,000	9,000	55	10
Infantry	70	M110 Sniper Team	1,200,000	12,000	65	9
Infantry	75	XM-307 Grenade Machine Gun Squad	1,560,000	15,600	75	10
Infantry	80	Railgun Troopers	1,920,000	19,200	90	4
Infantry	85	Mobile Infantry Marines	2,400,000	24,000	95	10
Infantry	1	Prisoner	Loot	0	0	1
Infantry	2	Cadet Squad	Loot	0	1	0
Infantry	3	Patrol Unit	Loot	0	1	2
Infantry	6	Light Machine Gunner	Loot	0	3	1
Infantry	10	Avionics Engineers	Loot	0	3	5
Infantry	18	Biosoldier Unit	Loot	0	6	3
Infantry	20	Bioweapon Scientists	Loot	0	4	6
Infantry	30	Rebel Fighter	Loot	0	4	7
Infantry	41	Nuclear Squad	Loot	1,000	10	5
Infantry	38	Stealth Infiltrator	Loot	1,000	14	6
Infantry	Unknown Shipment	Big Dog Robot	Retired	0	17	21
Infantry	Unknown Shipment	Exosuit Infantry	Retired	0	15	24
Infantry	Unmarked Shipment	Elite Reconnaissance Team	50 Points	0	14	28
Infantry	Unmarked Shipment	Special Forces	50 Points	0	22	21
Infantry	Secret Reinforcement	GMS Lynx Rifle Squad	Retired	0	37	72
Infantry	Heroic Reinforcement	Pennant Sabotage Unit	50 Points	0	40	74

Ground Units List:

Type	Level	Unit	Base Price	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
Ground	1	Supply Truck	2,500	0	2	2
Ground	1	Hum-Vee	4,500	0	3	2
Ground	3	Light Tank	12,500	0	6	4
Ground	6	Mobile Artillery	25,000	0	9	6
Ground	10	Armored Personnel Carrier	60,000	700	5	18
Ground	15	Stealth Tank	160,000	1,400	20	13
Ground	20	Heavy Equipment Transporter	300,000	2,100	10	35
Ground	22	Amphibious Assault Vehicle	510,000	2,800	28	24
Ground	27	SSM Launcher	700,000	3,600	42	17
Ground	30	Armored Snow Hovercraft	850,000	4,800	19	48
Ground	32	Mammoth Tank	1,100,000	6,400	45	30
Ground	34	Otokar Cobra Armored Vehicle	2,000,000	10,500	36	50
Ground	39	M-ATV Ambush Protected Vehicle	2,800,000	16,000	46	51
Ground	44	AHED Hybrid Electric Tank	3,700,000	22,000	54	54
Ground	49	Predator Armored Tank	4,500,000	25,000	71	49
Ground	54	Piranha V Armored Vehicle	5,700,000	33,000	83	57
Ground	59	Warthog Tracked Carrier	7,000,000	39,000	90	60
Ground	64	Black Knight Unmanned Combat Vehicle	8,500,000	45,000	115	50
Ground	69	Hellfire Tank	10,300,000	55,000	108	72
Ground	74	Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle	13,000,000	69,000	118	74
Ground	79	T-95 Battle Tank	15,000,000	84,000	125	78
Ground	84	XM 1202 Mounted Combat System	16,000,000	108,000	130	82
Ground	89	Titan Self Propelled Artillery Tank	18,000,000	150,000	140	85
Ground	94	MIM-72 Charparral	19,000,000	160,000	137	99
Ground	99	G6 Howitzer	21,000,000	170,000	156	96
Ground	108	2S19 Msta	23,000,000	190,000	143	125
Ground	117	Astros-II MLRS	25,000,000	210,000	183	111
Ground	126	PZA Loara AA System	28,000,000	230,000	149	165
Ground	15	Mobile Howitzer Cannon	Loot	2,000	13	15
Ground	11	Wiesel 2 Mortar Unit	Loot	3,000	21	12
Ground	14	M163 Anti-aircraft Vehicle	Loot	5,000	24	18
Ground	16	SA-8 Gecko Missile Launcher	Loot	6,000	15	33
Ground	28	Koalitcia-SV Artillery	Loot	16,000	47	29
Ground	55	NLOS-C	Loot	7,000	52	25
Ground	33	Obyekt 500 SPAAG	Loot	33,000	38	53
Ground	60	Patriot Missile System	Loot	112,000	60	100
Ground	Expired Promotion	Willys Army Jeep	Promo	0	8	9
Ground	Expired Promotion	Caterpillar Track Tank	Promo	0	6	12
Ground	Expired Promotion	Fast Attack Vehicle	Promo	0	11	7
Ground	Expired Promotion	AMX-30 Air Defense Tank	Promo	0	7	12
Ground	Expired Promotion	Torpedo Launcher	Promo	0	12	7
Ground	Expired Promotion	Flame Tank	Promo	0	14	5
Ground	Expired Promotion	Robotic Tank Drone	Promo	0	10	10
Ground	Unknown Shipment	Amphibious Combat Craft	Retired	0	55	25
Ground	Unmarked Shipment	Stryker ESV	50 Points	0	56	27
Ground	Unknown Shipment	CV90120T Tank	Retired	0	60	40
Ground	Unmarked Shipment	ZBD-97 IFV	50 Points	0	62	41
Ground	Secret Reinforcement	BMP 3M Armored Personnel Carrier	Retired	0	40	65
Ground	Heroic Reinforcement	BTRT Heavy Armored Transport	50 Points	0	43	67
Ground	Secret Reinforcement	Terrex Infantry Combat Vehicle	Retired	0	110	80
Ground	Unmarked Shipment	C-RAM Anti-Projectile System	50 Points	0	123	72
Ground	Heroic Reinforcement	Puma IFV	50 Points	0	114	81

Water Units List:

Type	Level	Unit	Base Price	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
Water	1	Cruiser	6,000	0	4	2
Water	2	Transport	10,000	0	2	7
Water	4	Frigate	30,000	0	11	5
Water	7	Naval Tanker	90,000	0	8	20
Water	11	Naval Destroyer	200,000	2,000	27	15
Water	14	M80 Stiletto	490,000	2,900	15	35
Water	16	Submarine	620,000	3,400	45	10
Water	20	Helicopter Carrier	920,000	5,100	28	34
Water	23	Battleship	1,100,000	6,200	42	28
Water	32	Aircraft Carrier	2,000,000	11,700	40	60
Water	35	Horizon Frigate	2,800,000	17,200	45	65
Water	38	Borey Class Missile Submarine	3,800,000	25,000	62	62
Water	43	Type 45 Destroyer	4,800,000	33,000	80	50
Water	48	Scorpene Submarine	5,700,000	38,000	74	74
Water	53	DDG 1000 Destroyer	6,900,000	46,000	90	70
Water	58	Elite Dreadnought	8,600,000	51,000	94	78
Water	63	Astute Class Submarine	11,200,000	58,000	95	93
Water	68	FSF-1 Sea Fighter	13,400,000	60,000	85	105
Water	73	HSV-2 Swift	15,900,000	70,000	110	92
Water	78	CG(X) Guided Missile Cruiser	19,200,000	107,000	95	115
Water	83	UXV Combatant	22,000,000	130,000	130	90
Water	88	Mukha Antisubmarine Ship	23,700,000	168,000	107	121
Water	92	Kanimbla AT Ship	25,000,000	180,000	118	125
Water	97	Houbei Missile Ship	26,700,000	210,000	140	120
Water	106	Albion Landing Platform Dock	30,000,000	230,000	120	163
Water	114	Type 23 Frigate	33,000,000	250,000	131	171
Water	123	SPY-1D Destroyer	36,000,000	280,000	175	152
Water	200	Nuclear Battlecruiser	92,300,000	975,000	250	210
Water	8	Corvette	Loot	0	9	4
Water	21	Thresher Submarine	Loot	3,000	34	14
Water	23	Guardian Patrol Boat	Loot	21,000	46	37
Water	67	Nuclear Submarine	Loot	8,000	65	20
Water	32	Amphibious Command Ship	Loot	54,000	55	66
Water	82	Zubr Class Hovercraft	Loot	325,000	112	112
Water	Expired Promotion	Sea Shadow Stealth Cruiser	Promo	0	11	11
Water	Expired Promotion	PHM-1 Pegasus Hydrofoil Cruiser	Promo	0	6	17
Water	Unmarked Shipment	Avenger Class MCM Ship	50 Points	0	21	27
Water	Unknown Shipment	LCS-2 Littoral Combat Ship	Retired	0	38	62
Water	Unmarked Shipment	Typhoon-class Submarine	50 Points	0	56	47
Water	Secret Reinforcement	F124 Sachsen Class Frigate	Retired	0	80	110
Water	Heroic Reinforcement	Skjold-class Patrol Boat	50 Points	0	79	116
Water	Secret Reinforcement	DDH 181 Hyuga Carrier	Retired	0	135	135
Water	Heroic Reinforcement	Perry-class Guided Missile Frigate	50 Points	0	140	135
Water	Heroic Reinforcement	Admiral-class Multirole Carrier	50 Points	0	212	165

Air Units List:

Type	Level	Unit	Base Price	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
Air	1	Fighter	7,500	0	6	1
Air	3	Cargo Chopper	14,000	0	6	4
Air	5	Patrol Plane	32,000	0	12	3
Air	8	Harrier Jet	100,000	0	24	5
Air	13	Comanche Helicopter	210,000	2,100	25	13
Air	17	B-1 Lancer	670,000	3,600	50	2
Air	21	Stealth Jet	1,080,000	6,000	50	15
Air	25	X-15 Supersonic Aircraft	1,400,000	7,200	68	6
Air	28	Apache Helicopter	1,700,000	8,400	52	30
Air	35	B-2 Bomber	2,800,000	13,000	110	5
Air	38	F-18 Super Hornet Fighter	4,700,000	23,000	117	10
Air	44	IAI Harop UAV	1,200,000	0	135	0
Air	50	F-15 Silent Eagle Fighter	6,800,000	36,000	142	12
Air	55	Havoc Helicopter	8,000,000	46,000	102	65
Air	60	MQ-8B Fire Scout Helicopter	2,100,000	0	170	0
Air	65	Mitsubishi F3 Interceptor	14,200,000	65,000	160	30
Air	70	BAE Mantis UAV	3,500,000	0	180	0
Air	75	AV-22 War Osprey Gunship	20,000,000	80,000	182	16
Air	80	PAK-FA Fighter	22,500,000	102,000	190	18
Air	85	Sikorsky X2 Helicopter	25,300,000	156,000	160	70
Air	90	Boeing NGB Bomber	27,500,000	210,000	225	22
Air	95	F-14 Tomcat	28,700,000	250,000	184	72
Air	100	Aurora Aircraft	30,000,000	270,000	165	100
Air	110	Bird of Prey Stealth Jet	35,000,000	300,000	233	65
Air	120	Shenyang J-8	40,000,000	330,000	245	78
Air	130	CH-53E "Hurricane Maker"	46,000,000	370,000	205	146
Air	36	Raptor Jet	Loot	5,000	45	14
Air	25	Annihilator Fighter	Loot	7,000	54	21
Air	27	SU-34 Fullback Bomber	Loot	28,000	80	20
Air	30	E-3 Sentry	Loot	44,000	73	42
Air	50	Eurocopter Tiger	Loot	109,000	110	56
Air	100	Dark Sword Aircraft	Loot	390,000	145	125
Air	Expired Promotion	A-10 Thunderbolt II	Promo	0	11	8
Air	Expired Promotion	RQ-1 Predator	Promo	0	15	4
Air	Expired Promotion	AH-64 Cheyenne Helicopter	Promo	0	10	10
Air	Expired Promotion	F-16 Fighting Falcon	Promo	0	10	10
Air	Expired Promotion	F-201 Starfighter	Promo	0	11	9
Air	Expired Promotion	F-4 Phantom	Promo	0	14	6
Air	Expired Promotion	Hind Helicopter	Promo	0	11	10
Air	Expired Promotion	SR-71 Blackbird	Promo	0	17	4
Air	Expired Promotion	F-35 Lightning II Fighter	Promo	0	16	6
Air	Unknown Shipment	A129 Mangusta Helicopter	Retired	0	20	25
Air	Unknown Shipment	MiG-29 Fulcrum Fighter	Retired	0	40	25
Air	Unmarked Shipment	MBB X-31	50 Points	0	44	24
Air	Unknown Shipment	SU-47 Berkut Fighter	Retired	0	50	20
Air	Unmarked Shipment	Tupolev TU-95	50 Points	0	54	19
Air	Unknown Shipment	Eurofighter Typhoon	Retired	0	72	48
Air	Heroic Reinforcement	Twin Huey	50 Points	0	73	50
Air	Secret Reinforcement	X-29 FSW Fighter	Retired	0	170	20
Air	Secret Reinforcement	KA-52 Alligator Helicopter	Retired	0	150	80
Air	Heroic Reinforcement	AW729 Attack Helicopter	50 Points	0	156	79
Air	Secret Reinforcement	JAS 39 Gripen Fighter	Retired	0	200	40
Air	Heroic Reinforcement	Dassault Rafale	50 Points	0	203	42

Special PMC Mission Loot Units List:

Type	Level	Unit	Base Price	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
Special PMC	26	Black Widow PMC Operatives	Loot	6,000	40	35
Special PMC	52	Aegis Defense PMC Operatives	Loot	30,000	70	85
Special PMC	96	Steel Talon PMC Operatives	Loot	250,000	145	115

[Supervolcano]

Updated 10/23/2009.

[Garbarlex]

Is there a list or guide that shows which units I should keep and which I should sell because it is not needed for a mission and its upkeep cost is too high?

[windwardman]

Does anyone know what effect the "EXPENDABLE" designation has for the UAV vehicles and the MQ-8B chopper? I see that they have 0 defense and so are more likely to be destroyed, but is there anything further?

By the way, the F-18 in Level 38 has 10 defense, not 0.

[Watson]

Originally Posted by windwardman

Does anyone know what effect the "EXPENDABLE" designation has for the UAV vehicles and the MQ-8B chopper? I see that they have 0 defense and so are more likely to be destroyed, but is there anything further?

By the way, the F-18 in Level 38 has 10 defense, not 0.

Windwardman:

I think this thread will help you.

http://www.immoforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2501

Bottom line: They are more susceptible to being lost in battle - especially when you are attacking and lose. However per attack point they are cheaper than other offensive units with similar firepower.

[windwardman]

Thanks, that explains it.

[Supervolcano]

** Updated 2/22/2010 **

[Supervolcano]

** Updated 7/18/2010 **

Added 5 mission loot units:

Black Widow PMC Operatives
E-3 Sentry
Obyekt 500 SPAAG
Aegis Defense PMC Operatives
Steel Talon PMC Operatives


Note: Up to 1 PMC Operative for every usable alliance member can be used IN ADDTION TO your other units in every fight.

[Sealteamfive]

Supervolcano,

Black Widow operatives have an upkeep of 6,000 and a disband revenue of 43,200.

Thanks!

[Supervolcano]

Oooops, corrected that.

[Most Wanted]

i think this post needs an update ive seen so many new ships, planes etc..

[Supervolcano]

Originally Posted by Most Wanted

i think this post needs an update ive seen so many new ships, planes etc..

Such as what?
Please give me an example.

As far as I know, this thread is 100% up-to-date.
(except maybe the 4 pictures)

[Most Wanted]

in the units table theirs alot missing....from the pictures u provided.

[Supervolcano]

Originally Posted by Most Wanted

in the units table theirs alot missing....from the pictures u provided.

An example please?

[Gref]

I am now level 107 and ground unit 2S19 Msta is still not available... Spreadsheet says it should be available at level 106. Anybody knows when it is unlocked?

[Supervolcano]

Originally Posted by Gref

I am now level 107 and ground unit 2S19 Msta is still not available... Spreadsheet says it should be available at level 106. Anybody knows when it is unlocked?

Please scroll to the very bottom of your "GROUND" units tab.

You can then tell me at what level the "2S19 Msta" will unlock at.

Then I'll be happy to correct this guide and our spreadsheet.

[FallingUpwards]

Originally Posted by SKT168

Units Overview
In World War, units are used when fighting other players or completing missions. Additional unit types are unlocked as you advance in level. Unlike other games, units are subject to casualties and may be permanently lost. They are grouped into four categories:

• Infantry (1)
• Ground (2)
• Water (3)
• Air (4)
• Special PMC Operatives (5)

Oops.

[Gref]

Originally Posted by Supervolcano

Please scroll to the very bottom of your "GROUND" units tab.

You can then tell me at what level the "2S19 Msta" will unlock at.

Then I'll be happy to correct this guide and our spreadsheet.

I saw it appear at level 108.
...Oh boy, I should have done just that and scroll to bottom...
Now we know it could be 107 and I didn't notice, so we will need somebody to confirm it is NOT 107, but really 108.
I am pretty sure it was still not there at 107 and it was not for sure at 106.

[carvecream]

SuperV, i know you mentioned it already, but i'd really love to have all the pics for every possible unit. so sick of not being able to click on unit icons ingame to see details.
i still don't know what the fancy red camo tank's pts are.

anybody? bueller?... bueller?

tanks,
cc

[Supervolcano]

Originally Posted by Gref

I saw it appear at level 108.
...Oh boy, I should have done just that and scroll to bottom...
Now we know it could be 107 and I didn't notice, so we will need somebody to confirm it is NOT 107, but really 108.
I am pretty sure it was still not there at 107 and it was not for sure at 106.

Oh well, maybe you (and/or anyone else) can help to confirm some others for me?

Here's what units still need the level to unlock confirmed.

Ground Units:
G6 Howitzer (confirmed level 99)
2S19 Msta (suspect level 108)
Astros-II MLRS (suspect level 116)

Air Units:
F-14 Tomcat (confirmed level 95)
Aurora Aircraft (confirmed level 100)
Bird of Prey Stealth Jet (suspect level 110)