AI Expansion Triggers HAVE BEEN SOLVED!! - Anno 1800

One MINOR correction... I said the AI will go to the Cape when they BUILD a hospital but it is when they UNLOCK the hospital (around 35 artisan homes and if you see them with a cannery/sewing machine factory).

can you explain the issue with people like me who have the game bought and installed on steam. when we try to buy DLC it does not pair up and we get crashes.

Thx to ubi for this beautifull game, best ive played in my life

Having the worst time with my last two attempts. First attempt was getting to know 1800 since I just bought it. Bit of a mess early on, didn't go too many hours, deleted and tried over. Second, got through the campaign, more than a few regions opened, etc, still messy and after deciding to watch video (especially yours), deleted and restarted. That's when my trouble started. Followed a guy's guide to the letter, but early on the money simply shit the bit because I was also doing the campaign. Too much needed in the campaign I did too early basically. Deleted, restarted.

Fourth attempt . . . ugh, took over a few islands very early so I could keep them for myself. One AI got pissed, declared war, ended my playthrough almost immediately by obliterating me from the map.

I was dismayed to find that in the second attempt the one AI had airships very early. They took over practically everything right off the bat. I like the campaign, but getting the hang of it is trying my patience. That's saying something for an Anno-style game! lol

Have they made changes to this after the video? In my recent save i spend ages were talking 12-15hours easily before going to the Cape vs 2 2star AI and honestly was expecting alot to be taken but they werent even there. I have mods installed but nothing that effects the AI.

Dude, your Anno series are 💰💰💰!!! Every question i have about the game, there’s a vid from you holding my hand. Honestly, i believe you either work for the devs, or they just call you for ideas and development directions. Thank you very much !!!

I would like to note that this is correct but also false when talking about 1 star AI . 1 star Ai will not leave the old world until you have 1 engine home. I spent over 20 hours at this stage solo in new world and besa within 10 mins of upgrading they popped up in both regions i had already been in for a few days. So while they won't go until you do yes but they also won't go till you hit mid end game stage you can take your sweet time in both those region as long as you didn't pass artisan stage and only have 1 star ai's

I wonder if there a way to change difficulty settings on different AI personalities. Like to play with only one stars, but there being only three of them makes it hella repeatable.

I'm a fairly new player, spent a lot of time in the tutorial, so recently rolled an AI campaign:
Gasparov, Carl and Bente. They beat me to the New World, that's fine, not by much, I got good islands. I kept going for rewards on the way to Enbesa, so they beat me there too, Carl had the best islands, but it could have been worse. I finally limp my way into Cape Trelawney.....it's empty. No-one's here. This feels like a trap. I'm sending my boats over to take ALL the good ones!!

Waw. TYVM for those explanations. To me, the gap from 1-star to 2-star AIs is just much too big, that's a bit harsh. There should be something in-between, or it just feels like you have to utterly rush for much too specifics things, leaving little to no time for messing around, specially with both Enbesa and NW to cover :S
The rate of expansion of 2* is really quite impressive to me. If only I could build AND supply that fast ^^
EDIT : turns out that with "reduced speed" that came after update 10, I actually can :D

This might be a little late but here goes:

Is there a breakdown to triggers of drops (ship drops). I played a game with 3 1-stars & i didn't find a SINGLE legendary from Anne. I was keeping to late-artisans & so were NPCs, she was perfectly blockaded & all i was getting was rum, weap's & some whites/greens.

With 3 3-stars, i start getting leggo's by the time I'm mid artisan, but 3-stars are all at late engi at that time.

how to set free camera like first clip? i couldnt do that

Thank you so much for this video really helped answer all the questions i was wondering about. good to know I'm safe to go at my own pace with 1 star AI.

I know that easy AI need my permission to settle on Old World Islands, but, what about New World, Enbesa, etc? After I get there, the easy ai will still ask me if they can settle there?

I was curious about this, thanks for clarifying.

You should realy STOP auto translate titles !

I don't care if they take all island I take my 15 battle cruisers and levels them up

Oh bummer, i plan of finishing the main story before going to dlc region...

Liked the video short and informative

I'm a slow player so my strategy to simply build a massive economy in the Old World, get a fleet, and take my favorite island along the northern part of the New World xD Take that early progress AI, my island now :P

Thanks for the info.

I kinda play my Anno 1800 sessions in a roleplay mode type of way. So I am building the old and new world slowly first but the pressure of knowing I might be too late in enbesa and nature is already destroyed and taken by AI makes me feel anxious but I don't want to start the DLC quests yet or hurry up and rush the dlc story. This disencouraged me to play for months now. :(

I just wanted to add to this because I’ve done a couple of multiplayer games where we restarted since we were first learning the game. We played with 2 players and 2, 2-star AI over 3 games and they ignore any restrictions on the artic.

Between 3 playthroughs when we reached engineers and completed the artic expeditions, the AI had colonized almost every usable boat docking island in the artic. We focused primarily on the other regions and didn’t reach higher tiers as fast, and the AI was already housing investors.

So when do they expand in the old world (original island cluster)? Right away or is there a delay there too?

Thanks ! Although, i have a question. Does the 3 star AI`s cheat ? Because i have a single player sandbox, where Alonso was trying trying to settle, two times already early game. When he does not had any steel chain built up, and i bought up all steel beams from Mr. Farting. Also, he had a ship item with +10% damage, so it was really hard to fight off his flagship. I was lucky since i bought another flagship , and finally killed his first attempt. Mr.Farting was very close to the island where he wanted to expand.

Banan Awesome??? You drunk????????

Nice, you followed up on my request. Thanks! Now just need to come up with the most efficient strategy to expand :)

I thought there were triggers of sort in the game against the AI. Thanks for the confirmation and what they are. I also find that if I play with all advanced (3 or 4 star) AI that they are typically busy against each other long enough for me to advance.

Thanks man! Awesome to know.

Can we get your save game :(

me never plays with AI rivals
also me watching a vid about AI rivals 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Super helpful video! Tysm!

I got to the new world and CT before Hugo my only ai I was quite surprised by it

I had no idea the AI could take crown falls, only found this out the other day. Def gonna let them take it cuz I wanna see how they utilize that island

For an annoholic it‘s no Problem to claim all the islands in the new world, cape trelawny and enbesa before the AI Even reaches these sessions

If they find no islands they take the schooner back to the old world.
But they will only advance to artisans (except hugo) if they have only islands in the old world

This is awesome! I cover Anno on my channel as well. This is cool and something I didnt know yet.

Hallelujah

Really great video @Taka - so many people have asked this question for 2 years :)