How do I take over another island held by an NPC?

[clif9710]

In Anno 2070 I had to destroy the port and the warehouses, then the land would be open to me to develop. How does it work in 1800?

[clif9710]

Publicado originalmente por Tankfriend:

That only works if the AI does a buyout and takes control over your island.
If they don't and they leave you in control, then you can't take back the shares by force, since the island is still yours.

Exactly so, as I just discovered. Oh well, for my first game I've learned lots, like not to put a zoo in a downtown area. : ) Now I'll start from scratch and if I've improved. It's a great game and a big improvement over Anno 2070, the only other Anno I have played.

[Fatal Skeptic]

I bought an island by buying all shares. It was a bit of what someone posted. I bought shares in 2 different islands by the same NPC and then eventually scored the one I wanted. The frustrating part, the island is now fully wiped clean... i thought I bought everything on the island...

[Belgian guy]

soo is there any chance of not going to war with the one you buy off ? cuz that ai is blocking me from new world and im gonna lose if i go to war so i need to know if i can prevent a war when i take over via money

[Hundinger]

Publicado originalmente por Belgian guy:

soo is there any chance of not going to war with the one you buy off ? cuz that ai is blocking me from new world and im gonna lose if i go to war so i need to know if i can prevent a war when i take over via money

You will lose some reputation if you buy them out. It depends on the type of AI. One star AI will even like when you buy a share or two, but you'll get negative points if you buy all of them or buy their island. You can pretty easily prevent that from having consequences by giving them money and compliments in the meantime and doing quests. So if you don't buy too many islands in too short of a time you won't have a problem.

Harder AI will react more negatively. You will lose reputation faster and three star AI will even straight up declare war when you buy an island. An easy way to avoid that is having a non agression pact with them. While that is active, they can't do anything to you. Make sure, you have enough time left on the contract before you buy an island, that way you can work yourself towards their good graces again. Do quests, flatter them etc.