land troops ?

[Joe]

i heard in a video that there will be no land warfare is this true ?

[Ubi-Thorlof]

Yes, there're no land units in Anno 1800.
Check this detailed dev blog post about the topic:
https://www.anno-union.com/en/devblog-an-update-on-military-in-anno-1800/

[Buntkreuz]

sadly, and they kind of have a big design flaw with going this way, as when attacking an island they only offer two choices, control it yourself or raid it (which will keep it under control of the opponent).
An option to just destroy everything (neutralize the island) isnt given. Which is rather weird.

[allennguyen93]

Damn, I was about to preorder when i came up on this thread. At first I thought they had to have land based combat or how else do they invade an island? Kinda dissappointed. Sorry for 69.99, i expected a well rounded game. The base building aspect of this looks so great. i wanted to cry right now. I thought it would be a well rounded perfect game that had everything in it

[Buntkreuz]

while i also prefer my Annos to have land troops, i dont miss them that much in this one. It works fine enough, they just need to add the option of being able to neutralize an island.
On the other hand by thinking about it, its kind of a problem that you can outright just destroy everything another player has built on an island with one mouseclick.
Thats how it can work right now aswell. Maybe they have to tweak the system a bit more.
The most i personally miss are land based defenses, like castles and towers.

[sucht]

yeah, it seams that 1800 is very easy in more than just one way :(
but then again, what do i know, i haven't played the Beta, becaue im not in it and i'll wait for the full game to realese in april.
so please Blue Byte/Ubisoft make a good Anno happen. :)

i still love my 1404 to death.

[Buntkreuz]

i will preorder def. The beta is good, its a fine game nontheless, Ai is just to oeasy to exploit right now and it lacks polishing.
Thats mostly ok and its a good decision to wait. However, it was a sure buy for me anyway, and im not put off by the beta at all. In fact its rather the opposite, i just want to play the full version now. Its a really good game, the best Anno in most regards till now. The AI is its only bane as of now.

[Joe]

yeah it seems like more streamlining i was somewhat interested till now so i will be passing

[Annihilator]

Originally posted by JOE the boomer:

yeah it seems like more streamlining i was somewhat interested till now so i will be passing

I understand that but the most important thing, for me, is the ship.But i like the land troops too.

[Macwin_Twitch]

How do u capture Islands of enemy then ?

[allennguyen93]

Originally posted by Macwin:

How do u capture Islands of enemy then ?

From what i saw from youtube gameplay, it seems that once you defeat the enemy fleet and destroy military targets at the harbor, a message will pop up asking what you want to do with the island, giving you options like raze or occupy. Men, that is kinda pretty blant. Don't get me wrong the building aspect is really well made, the buildings are beautiful. i was willing to pay 70 bucks for a well rounded game

[allennguyen93]

For now, i'll hold off pre order, if they just give a small hope they will add the land combat later, i'll pre order immediately

[Buntkreuz]

Originally posted by Macwin:

How do u capture Islands of enemy then ?

You attack the islands harbor with ships, on the top of the screen appears a bar that lowers (imagine a healthbar).
The lower it sinks, the more likely it is that the island surrenders. At a certain point the island definetly is beaten and has to surrender to the attacker.
The more defenses the island has, the harder it is to beat.

When you successfully beat an island, you can choose whether you want to raid it and get a higher income (enemy buildings and harbor stay functional and the island stays in ownership of the opponent) or whether you want to capture the island.
When capturing all buildings of the opposing player get erased/destroyed except the harbor, the harbor now changes ownership to you.

[Joe]

Originally posted by allennguyen93:

Originally posted by Macwin:

How do u capture Islands of enemy then ?

From what i saw from youtube gameplay, it seems that once you defeat the enemy fleet and destroy military targets at the harbor, a message will pop up asking what you want to do with the island, giving you options like raze or occupy. Men, that is kinda pretty blant. Don't get me wrong the building aspect is really well made, the buildings are beautiful. i was willing to pay 70 bucks for a well rounded game

DAMN i was hoping for some 19th century colonial troops in those african helmuts like the ones from zulu some dragoons and cannons maybe some mercenaries but it would seem that over the past few years they are streamlining things and simplifying them in a new direction .
it just does not have that magic i remember as a young man playing anno 1602 and anno 1503

[Karl]

Originally posted by Wooden King:

sadly, and they kind of have a big design flaw with going this way, as when attacking an island they only offer two choices, control it yourself or raid it (which will keep it under control of the opponent).
An option to just destroy everything (neutralize the island) isnt given. Which is rather weird.

That's what taking the island does, it completely destroys all buildings of that opponent. If you don't actually want the island after that you can just deconstruct the harbor as well.

[Annihilator]

I think for add the land troops need change complety the game and this never happens.And is hard to add it.