No land battles and spies? :(

[emperor123]

Well I thought it is obvious they add ground battles and spies like in previous Anno's (1701, 1404) and without such great mechanics multiplayer experience won't be as funny as in Anno 1404. Sadly I won't probably buy it and stay with Anno 1404 with my friends. There it was possible to reconcile everything with each other ... but magically not here, why?
I believe you will add such things later and not abandon the game so fast, like some other great producers (e.g. Paradox that is supporting it's game for even 5 years after release, it is wonderful).
It is unbelievable sad Uplay is abandoning Anno's origin: from strategy game to just a good city building simulator, but it is not enough for me. Next time will you remove even naval combat?
I personally cannot aprove it :(

[Karl]

Land battles in Anno 1404 were and are one of the main complaints from that game, they aren't good.

Naval combat feels better, by the way

[emperor123]

Yes, land battles are not great there, but still, they are, so I can conquer my friend's isle, not only buy it, that is why I prefer Anno 1404 because the game is deeper, much more ways to win, and still - there are spies to send, it was a great idea there, sadly not implemented to Anno 1800, as a typical city building game and nothing else ...

[Karl]

Originally posted by emperor123:

Yes, land battles are not great there, but still, they are, so I can conquer my friend's isle, not only buy it, that is why I prefer Anno 1404 because the game is deeper, much more ways to win, and still - there are spies to send, it was a great idea there, sadly not implemented to Anno 1800, as a typical city building game and nothing else ...

You are misinformed, you can most definitely conquer an island. It's one of the choices if you were to full on assault his harbor and win against the defenses.

So your statement that you can only "buy it" is false, that's just if you want to keep someone alive but are a greedy one and want to take a majority share profit for your trouble having to beat them down for whatever they did. (or you can just genuinely invest over time and do the same)

Stop saying it's a typical city building game and nothing else. You have a variety of warships for a reason, you have upgrades and combat specialists for a reason. You can even get special abilities for your ships like the mortars.

[Sagi]

Land battles are not present but they made naval battles 10 times more interesting with the new mechanics.
As for the spies (and sabotage) i am quite positive this will find it's way into the game with a dlc or so wich has often happend with anno titles as an add-on

[emperor123]

naval battle is still as bad as in anno 1404. No spies yet. It is not strategy game, but simulation. Highly unrecommended game, Anno 1404 is 10 times better even this day!

[Smokerbait]

Thanks for the update no one wanted.

[emperor123]

I do not care that you are no one

[Gregomoto]

Anno 1800 is way more complex than 1404. You’ll miss a lot, but hey you do you, if land combat is that important for you, go ahead there are a lot games that fit your needs.