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Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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I wish there was a farther zoom, the farthest one feels closer than 2070 and 2205.

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Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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What really irks me is how bad the boat maneuverability is compared to the previous ones. Yes IRL boats can't turn on a dime but that's not an area where I want realism and their goofing around instead of going where I point is not realistic either.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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I miss Trenchcoat.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Lol

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Some og the difficulty is just hassle too as opposed to " real" difficulty, like how on max you can't move buildings even for the whole price, you have to destroy and rebuild them which is the exact same thing except with four times the clicks. Sad!

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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If memory serves you have to hold the key down not just tap it.

Time to build a thing matters in one mission where it will be explicitly stated.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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You get cheevos for doing the campaign four times.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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I have a feeling some of the historical sets in the museums hint at possible future settings.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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And the first few are free influence-wise so if you're really hard pressed...

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Not even the region, just the island it's on.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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You also get income from (some of) the basic needs, just not as much.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Ctrl-Q, go to the item tab, then check the "unknown" box and you'll see all items. Click on each to see where you can get it.

You cant type "museum" or "zoo" in the research bar and uncheck "equipped"/"in storage" to see those you don't have.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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In the Old World self-sufficient islands once the docklands are unlocked, plus one Hell Industrial Island for building ships/goods for the other sessions.

In Trelawney the big city, one hell industiral islands for polluting industries, a satellite island for proles, and otherwise resource islands.

In the others mostly one hub and satellites.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Ship comes every 20 minutes so multiply the need by 20, add a safety margin and compare to the trade volume.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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I kind of like dull islands, as a blank canvas for my vision... the interesting visuals come from what I build there.

By contrast the Arctic looks uninteresting to me because even at the higher tier all housing is basically just a bunch of shacks, it still looks very much like a temporary camp and not a city.

Different tastes...

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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From mid game on influence is the big bottleneck, I find.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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The Enbesa questline gives you good one who also boosts diplomacy.

Or just load bread as rations.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Fuchs, the guy who makes glasses out of wood instead of brass.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Even the most arduous you'll reach long before seeing most of what the game offers, especially noe with 3 years of DLC. My advice, use the achievemrnts as goals instead if you want directed play.

But otherwise, put all conditions to the max and it will still be relatively short/easy to reach them.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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I was actually hoping for the next Anno... sad

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Anno very ram greedy, you might want to check if it maxes out in the task manager.

Anyway new patch is out, no time for me to check it tonight alss...

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Now if only the rest of Ubisoft could follow their example.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Gadzuko posted:

The Hacienda DLC is in the running for most powerful in the game, just shy of Bright Harvest and Land of Lions. Hacienda farms are absurdly good and fertilizer boosts all farm production for minimal effort.

I'd argue Docklands is even more OP. Hacienda makes your economy better but it's still "just" a quantitative adjustment. Docklands breaks the system altogether in several ways.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Also two specialists that give bonus rum from your schnaps distileries/ breweries (plus a productivitu bonus. And they add up). Schnaps being easy as balls I just set up a lot of them on an island and sell the extra schnaps for petty cash to NPC.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Pulsarcat posted:



Have it take place when mankind arrives at a new planet, have the other regions be other planets in the solar system.
Have it involves aliens, maybe even sapient ones.

Ubisoft should have done Anno Pandora instead of Far Cry Pandora.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Said it before but the best rum production is schnaps distilleries around a union with the two specialists that produce bonus rum and some other productivity bonus. Sell excess schnaps.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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The best use for good scrap is to give all your ships purple turbines.

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Mail routes have to go through the airship platform regardless.

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Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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There's a bit of weirdness if you don't play the campaign because some of the dlc's dialog/plot seem to assume you do - no effect on gameplay though.

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