Nice!
Is it in any way possible to expand to new areas? I.e. a new "New World" sector to conquer?
Anyway, as Anno 1800 is a gorgeous game I thought I would share my creation.
I left the Old World behind it is in a reasonably safe equilibrium throwing off up to $10k. Once that was set I moved to Cape Trelawney.
My main capitol with the Investor blocks front and center. Once I realized the upper classes no longer need pleb stuff like markets and churches they were moved to the back of the city to where the commoners live...
Even zoomed in it looks really pretty! The power lines can be quite hideous though when you plaster an area with cobbled roads... π¬
Better view of the harbor, lots of fishing going on there... They are providing for 50k people. π
Rolling hills of wheat overlooking the city. (more fisheries in the background. I love the fact that one can freely place the fields now (as opposed to the Anno's of old), I have long strips to reach the edge of the map and then utilize as much area as possible that would else wise be wasted.
Beer and bread being harvested out back.
All the metal works have been moved to one island. All the raw materials are sent from all over the continent to this one island where they are refined and then sent on to the main island.
One of the many small islands without a population just working off their standard island population once they get their own harbor.
I feel like a dirty colonialist by just using the New World to farm coffee, cotton and rum for my empire to gobble up.
It is really hard to get a balance that works in the arctic. I have torn down the entire island twice to rebuild it from scratch to try and make it work....
They get schnaps, coal and brass from the old world to even have a chance at surviving out there...
Trying to settle a glacier for that sweet sweet natural gas is also a pain in the backside. They are very finicky and as you can see one refinery recently exploded. I have yet to replace it as they are short on workers already...
Electricity is currently a big weak spot of my main island. Trying to rely on clean natural gas is proving perilous and unreliable. I might have to suck it up and run a train with dirty oil through my main city.... π’
I have basically spent a majority of my winter vacation building this city. - No regrets. πππ