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Alkydere posted:Aw Shiet, just dropped on Steam. Woah cool, where did that come from?
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gently caress if I know, but I ain't complaining.
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Apr 16, 2019 06:48
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I found the secret to making 2070 fun (no enemies and full refunds) and my greatest struggle right now is finding farm layouts that won't bother me. They're so uneven.
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Apr 16, 2019 09:56
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Huh, the expansion influence bonus just gives you +50(/100/150) of each workforce to each island, not just farmers or workers.. That's not too shabby. A shame all the influence bonuses are basically irrelevant until you hit the endgame, unless you make a dedicated effort to fill one up. For anyone who hasn't noticed them: Click on the influence icon in the top left. Then browse to the second page of it. You get passive bonuses like +50/100/150 workforce per island, ship movement speed, ship attack speed, etc based on how much influence is dedicated to the associated tier.
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Apr 16, 2019 11:47
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Black Griffon posted:I found the secret to making 2070 fun (no enemies and full refunds) and my greatest struggle right now is finding farm layouts that won't bother me. They're so uneven. I always tried to play so that I utilize all the space of a given island, partly an OCD thing and partly because I just like doing that, and I find it works really well in this game because of the small modular farming. The union houses make this even more interesting because it means I can make 1 giant island pretty much cover all my major needs by having small fertility zones for the other crops the island doesn't otherwise support. It won't scale up to massive populations terribly well (pullution for one) but I find it to be really neat compared to the more static designs required in the other games. Also since adding trees as filler has its own benefits, having a couple tiles left over is still a benefit and makes things look nice. I haven't noticed any efficiency falloff problems either so long as I keep enough warehouses in play to keep travel times down and keep chains connected by road/proximity, as the farms/crafts both still do direct delivers and will use whatever warehouse is available which keeps things flowing. I'm just playing the campaign for now, so you can see how I used that island in this case; draw out the city planning (basically just extend the roads out, and then use the outside of that road as my industry areas). I leave the designs open ended, the only rule being to use all the space I can and not cross the road into the city area.    Just an additional cool shot, again the decorative thing being an actual feature this time I find I'm more interested in doing thing like boulevards, and I like that a lot.  EDIT: I just realized you were probably still talking about 2070 in which case,  , yeah the farms are weirdly shaped in that game.
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Apr 16, 2019 13:16
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This unlocks in 3 hours for us non-vpn plebs, right?
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Apr 16, 2019 13:48
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Thom12255 posted:This unlocks in 3 hours for us non-vpn plebs, right? It should already be unlocked?
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Apr 16, 2019 13:52
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Communist Bear posted:It should already be unlocked? In US East?
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Apr 16, 2019 14:14
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Already 20k concurrent playing on steam, and it’s not even afternoon/ evening. So they presold a serious amount on steam alone.
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Apr 16, 2019 14:18
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Thom12255 posted:In US East? Yup.
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Apr 16, 2019 14:21
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Thom12255 posted:In US East? Yes, I was able to unlock it on Steam at ~7:30 this morning. No idea why the sudden change but I won't be home for another 8 or 9 hours so I guess it was just to taunt me.
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Apr 16, 2019 14:21
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I would not mind if there was an item that cost like 100,000 credits, but let you move around clay deposits. Those and oil just have a habit of spawning in awkward locations, extra so in the new world where the rivers already present a big issue.
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Apr 16, 2019 14:28
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I went on an expedition for animals, it said I got three, went to the pre-built zoo to house my animals and no animals. Any help much appreciated. (So glad to see Mazz is playing this as well!!!)
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Apr 16, 2019 14:40
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After getting used to the massive maps in 2205, going back to the classic individual islands makes me feel kinda cramped.
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Apr 16, 2019 14:44
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SubNat posted:Huh, the expansion influence bonus just gives you +50(/100/150) of each workforce to each island, not just farmers or workers.. I tried spending a bucket of influence in the beta to get free engineers but I couldn't build trains without a tier 4 material. None of the investment passives are amazingly good besides free workforce to fit in an extra building or two on production islands to overproduce and make some trading money. Mr.PayDay posted:Already 20k concurrent playing on steam, and it’s not even afternoon/ evening. So they presold a serious amount on steam alone. After 2205 got panned by the German fanbase, they are back with a vengeance.
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Apr 16, 2019 14:52
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FractalSandwich posted:After getting used to the massive maps in 2205, going back to the classic individual islands makes me feel kinda cramped. You need to build empty exhibits first, and then assign animals to the exhibit. It works like placing fields for farms does, so click the zoo building and then the enclosure button from the card. Hope you left a lot of room in the center of your city...
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Apr 16, 2019 15:00
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The Bramble posted:You need to build empty exhibits first, and then assign animals to the exhibit. It works like placing fields for farms does, so click the zoo building and then the enclosure button from the card. Hope you left a lot of room in the center of your city... Quoted the wrong post I think Also did anyone else play 1701? This game feels like it has a ton of direct ties to that, almost like they refreshed that game in a way. This is not at all a complaint, just interesting to notice.
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Apr 16, 2019 15:03
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The Bramble posted:You need to build empty exhibits first, and then assign animals to the exhibit. It works like placing fields for farms does, so click the zoo building and then the enclosure button from the card. Hope you left a lot of room in the center of your city... I did, I built the empty exhibits. Thing is, was I supposed to click on the animals when the expedition came back? This I didn't do 
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Apr 16, 2019 15:13
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Mazz posted:Quoted the wrong post I think 1701 was about setting up colonies, paying taxes to the Queen and building with bricks. Plantations are in a separate map instead of the southern half of the map, they built on the guest visits with festivals and tourism bringing in specialists but the former could use more info other than 'happens when people are happy'. The instant trade button was introduced by 1701, people might remember trenchcoat's shipment ability in 2070, I hope it wasn't replaced by trade charters. There's a horse statue in 1800 so that's a direct nod to 1701. Mayveena posted:I did, I built the empty exhibits. Thing is, was I supposed to click on the animals when the expedition came back? This I didn't do Unlike specialists or goods you can find during expeditions (i.e not the finishing rewards), animals and artifacts go straight to your main island warehouse. You need to click on empty enclosures individually and select which animal to slot in, each plot can only hold one item.
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Apr 16, 2019 15:32
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Is anyone else having problems trying to find the Demolition Expert? I've searched around the lumbar yard it warps you to for 10 minutes and can't find him. Apparntly that is where the campaign ended in beta, so I'm hoping its not a bug. Edit: Never mind I'm an idiot. Its a building you have to click on.
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Apr 16, 2019 15:53
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LASER BEAM DREAM posted:Is anyone else having problems trying to find the Demolition Expert? I've searched around the lumbar yard it warps you to for 10 minutes and can't find him. Apparntly that is where the campaign ended in beta, so I'm hoping its not a bug. Yeah the quest kind of points you at the wrong area.
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Apr 16, 2019 15:56
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I have work AND a fairly large research project going on. This game coming out now is not opportune. Anno is a black hole for time. It sucks it all up. The beta was sweet; I'm pumped to play the full game.
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Apr 16, 2019 16:53
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Is there any way to deal with pollution without building heavy industry on a dedicated shithole island? I tried to distance my industry from the residential area and the residents still got all bent out of shape about the ironwork and pig farms smelling bad.
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Apr 16, 2019 17:20
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I ALMOST called off D&D last night just so I could play Anno 1800, but getting our group together is such a hassle that I decided to suck it up and wait until tonight after work to play (adult scheduling sucks when some of your friends don't work 9-5 jobs.) I've been at work for almost 3 hours but it feels like 12 so far. First world problems and all, but I still feel like complaining!
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Apr 16, 2019 17:43
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FileNotFound posted:Is there any way to deal with pollution without building heavy industry on a dedicated shithole island? They should add a propaganda story that says "it's 1800 you smell like pig poo poo and soot also shut up" that removes those modifiers. In seriousness so far I haven't found anything that would alleviate that other than shithole island.
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Apr 16, 2019 17:52
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FileNotFound posted:Is there any way to deal with pollution without building heavy industry on a dedicated shithole island? Nope, hellhole islands are there best way. Honestly you want to export your poo poo industries and poor people anyway, it frees up more land for gardens and wealthy classes. If they weren't intended to look down on people they wouldn't have been able to reach such heights.
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Omnicarus posted:Nope, hellhole islands are there best way. Honestly you want to export your poo poo industries and poor people anyway, it frees up more land for gardens and wealthy classes. If they weren't intended to look down on people they wouldn't have been able to reach such heights. Yeah - I intend to do that, but it's really rough that my income went from +700 to -300 as soon a I built my steel mills because the happiness of all my pops dropped from the pollution. It's not THAT big of a deal as I just built a ton more housing to get a larger tax base (of now less than thrilled peasants) who still pay taxes. I am still in the campaign stage where I just have a single island but I am pretty sure I have been expanding horizontally way more than the game intended me to do with like 2k farmers and 3k workers... Been procrastinating doing my missions because not all my roads are stone yet and all that fluff...
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Apr 16, 2019 17:58
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Apr 16, 2019 18:11
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This game is so good. Classic Anno again, perfect.
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Apr 16, 2019 18:24
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The layouts being huge compared to 1404/2070 will throw me off for a bit ("only" played like 50h of 2205 so I forgot if they where huge there as well). But game so good.
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Apr 16, 2019 18:35
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Being able to plant fields one square at a time allows you to utilize so much more of your island and cram things into spaces that would otherwise be useless is a very, very nice change. You still have to fiddle around with livestock pens but at least most of them are sized in such a way that it's easy to fit them together (that I've seen so far).
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The new fields are huge, yes, but it does make for a very satisfying vista when you put them against each other and they merge into massive, uniform fields. Being able to tuck them in nonuniform corners of the island is great and makes me wish the animal fields had the same mechanic (though those are fairly easy to get into a simple block.) Aesthetics being made into a useful mechanic is amazing and now I actually plan cities around parks and greenways in between rows of houses. I can’t tell if it changed or if my building philosophy changed but it seems like it’s easier to provide services for the population than it was in 2205, so I’m not having to build massive service buildings every few feet.
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Apr 16, 2019 18:59
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Just went through the artbook. The pictures are spectacular. I mean so well researched and well done. The artbook was part of the deluxe package.
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Apr 16, 2019 19:09
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I've barely gotten a chance to play this, but I'm suprised by the relatively low review scores, it's currently sitting at %81 on Metacritic. The game looks fantastic and so far its doing everything right for an Anno game. I guess the only criticism I could see is that it's nothing really new but that's a good thing in my book, it feels great to be playing an upgraded and improved Anno 1404.
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Game is extremely good imo and it's hooked me in even moreso than 1404 did. Also what the hell are character items used for? I've gotten a few from quests in my sandbox game and I have no idea what they even do.
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Apr 16, 2019 19:32
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Drone posted:Game is extremely good imo and it's hooked me in even moreso than 1404 did. in the tutorial they make you accept a crank that you install in the guild hall that raises production on certain buildings while also increasing the maintenance cost on the same buildings
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Apr 16, 2019 19:37
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Popete posted:I've barely gotten a chance to play this, but I'm suprised by the relatively low review scores, it's currently sitting at %81 on Metacritic. The game looks fantastic and so far its doing everything right for an Anno game. I guess the only criticism I could see is that it's nothing really new but that's a good thing in my book, it feels great to be playing an upgraded and improved Anno 1404. There are legitimate flaws in the game, it's very hard to get a solid understanding of your income/maintenance and overall cashflow. The trade interface is horrible. The campaign hasn't exactly gripped me and the "find waldo" quests are annoying. Really the game needs a MUCH clearer interface on finances and overall production flow for a resource. I mean - maybe I'm retarded but I can't find a way to tell how many sawmills I have vs lumberyards easily. Do I have 10 pig farms or 12? I dunno! My clipper that I bought for 10k is running soap to trade to the prison, but how much money is it making per month? Is it even covering it's upkeep cost vs just selling the soap from the island? I dunno! I am really enjoying the game - but I'm not surprised to see 80s scores rather than 90s...
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Apr 16, 2019 19:38
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boar guy posted:in the tutorial they make you accept a crank that you install in the guild hall that raises production on certain buildings while also increasing the maintenance cost on the same buildings yes but that's not a character item, it's a thing you equip in your Trade Union. maybe I should have capitalized it to make it a keyword "Character Item."
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Apr 16, 2019 19:38
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theyre gonna release a statistics building in free dlc that will probably help a lot anyone else have way worse performance in the launch version than the open beta? feels like i lost al the performance upgrades from closed to open
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pleasantly surprised that the Season Pass is reasonable. i bought every extra for 2070 and 2205 piecemeal
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