Can we build barracks and wage war?

[Jiu_Jiu]

Hello producer! I love your game!

Maybe I haven't played war mode yet, but it's necessary to add military war! This will greatly improve the fun of the game! I hope the producers come on!

[vonpaul02]

+1

[NeposGames]

Hi, military and war are not present at the current game. We will consider if and how to get it into the game later together with a castle walls. There are a lot of design problems around it so don't wont to promise anything. On the other hand - if we really add the military to the game it will be a definitively for free. So no paid DLC (it is not subject of your question but other people speculate about it).

[vonpaul02]

Guess its not going to happen oh well plenty of other games out there shame..

[san]

Originally posted by Jiu_Jiu:

Hello producer! I love your game!

Maybe I haven't played war mode yet, but it's necessary to add military war! This will greatly improve the fun of the game! I hope the producers come on!

No.. it's not neccessary to add military, if you want to play war games play a war game. actually there ARE people out here who do not want fighting, or to have an option to play peacefully.

[A Fat, Angry Serval]

Originally posted by san:

Originally posted by Jiu_Jiu:

Hello producer! I love your game!

Maybe I haven't played war mode yet, but it's necessary to add military war! This will greatly improve the fun of the game! I hope the producers come on!

No.. it's not neccessary to add military, if you want to play war games play a war game. actually there ARE people out here who do not want fighting, or to have an option to play peacefully.

Normally I'd agree, but the Impressions Games historic citybuilder series that this game is a spiritual successor to had a military element in most of the titles so it's not unprecedented for a game like this.

[ColdWonder]

Originally posted by VestedGamr:

Originally posted by san:

No.. it's not neccessary to add military, if you want to play war games play a war game. actually there ARE people out here who do not want fighting, or to have an option to play peacefully.

Normally I'd agree, but the Impressions Games historic citybuilder series that this game is a spiritual successor to had a military element in most of the titles so it's not unprecedented for a game like this.

Yes and anno 1800 has military too, It’s an annoying distraction and there’s no reason to perpetuate bad ideas. 4x and grand strategy do military a lot better it doesn’t belong in city builders imo.

[A Fat, Angry Serval]

Originally posted by ColdWonder:

Originally posted by VestedGamr:

Normally I'd agree, but the Impressions Games historic citybuilder series that this game is a spiritual successor to had a military element in most of the titles so it's not unprecedented for a game like this.

Yes and anno 1800 has military too, It’s an annoying distraction and there’s no reason to perpetuate bad ideas. 4x and grand strategy do military a lot better it doesn’t belong in city builders imo.

The thing with historic citybuilders is that they're set in eras where defensive structures were an important part of city planning. A city without walls or troops in those eras was a city that would quickly find itself conquered by a neighbor. It's not like in modern times where the biggest threat to most cities is whether the local government is willing to fund infrastructure.

Besides, the IG games didn't force you to play the military game outside of some of the campaigns - many of the campaigns didn't even use the military tab, or at most only used it for the weapons manufacturer industries as a trading good. Not sure about Anno, though.

[Atharaphelun]

Also, the Walls of Babylon and the Ishtar Gate are literally on the artwork for this game. Not to mention it's named after Nebuchadnezzar, the one who had the Walls of Babylon rebuilt along with the Ishtar Gate in the first place.

[K-3]

If it is an optional DLC to add war to the game, why are people upset about that? If you dont want war then you can just skip the DLC... I saw a few Reviews of the game but in my opinion it just gets boring after a while without any threat. For me it would be a reason to buy the game with such a DLC, otherwise i ll stay at ceaser.

[san]

If people really do want a war mode then there should be a button for it, and a button for peace mode, ie: How do you want to play".....that would satisfy us peace loving players.

[dLantee]

+1

[MrDeath]

Originally posted by NeposGames:

Hi, military and war are not present at the current game. We will consider if and how to get it into the game later together with a castle walls. There are a lot of design problems around it so don't wont to promise anything. On the other hand - if we really add the military to the game it will be a definitively for free. So no paid DLC (it is not subject of your question but other people speculate about it).

I see you have added war on a paid DLC, what happened to your promise?

[NeposGames]

Hi, the released DLC contains only new campaign. War mechanics has been added in free 1.4 Update (released at the same time as the DLC) together with several new missions and scenarios using these war mechanics.