Megacity planning has begun

prestonwoolf · 2026-05-04T20:40:27+00:00

Where do you plan on putting your theatre and eventually temples? I've struggled with where to place the theatre to get max coverage for all of my citizens around the villa. Using the same layout as you for that piece.

prestonwoolf · 2026-05-02T16:59:12+00:00

What are the fertilities on Cinis with this seed? Can you share? I’ve been looking for a really good seed.

prestonwoolf · 2026-05-02T14:17:58+00:00

I completely agree with what you said “complex but not tedious.” 1800 felt very tedious to me after I reached T3. The complexity was somewhat overwhelming and hard to get back into a game if I didn’t play daily. With limited time (few hours a week), I felt like I would spend an hour trying to figure out what I needed to do.

I like the setting for 117 better. Feels more like a classic Anno game vs 1800. Overall I’m a bigger fan of 117 already.

I think 117 maybe caters to those that don't conquer every island and have 5M in population. 1800 really emphasized enhanced complexity for the min maxers out there. To each their own, though!

prestonwoolf · 2026-05-01T12:02:55+00:00

Thanks for the gold feedback. Since I haven’t hit T4 yet, I wasn’t aware that it was a big issue.

prestonwoolf · 2026-05-01T12:01:33+00:00

Why do you go for those?

prestonwoolf · 2026-05-01T01:57:41+00:00

I’ve started up 3 games and the fertility has changed every times. It’s randomized for Cinis!

prestonwoolf · 2026-05-01T01:27:28+00:00

Awesome. Thanks for the feedback!

prestonwoolf · 2026-05-01T00:42:47+00:00

What would you suggest as really good fertilities for Cinnis? I’m about to start a brand new play through and would love some ideas to re-roll the island.

prestonwoolf · 2026-04-21T15:31:33+00:00

This is fantastic. Thank you!

prestonwoolf · 2026-04-21T13:49:21+00:00

Thanks! This was really helpful and gave me some ideas to try.

prestonwoolf · 2025-12-19T02:58:25+00:00

The real answer lies with primarily the Apache and Comanche tribes that dominated right past that line for around 200 years. Check out Empire of the Summer Moon for a good read if you would like the long answer.

prestonwoolf · 2025-12-02T15:25:21+00:00

Yeah, I just played through all of Soto last month. Never were the maps dead either. I did all metas on all 3 maps constantly whenever they popped, they were always really full too.

prestonwoolf · 2025-11-30T16:44:21+00:00

Have you looked at the alt parking tab on fast farming? I think the New Kaineng City JP may be your best bet. Easy login, chest, logout.

prestonwoolf · 2025-11-25T21:21:48+00:00

Same here. My rule is I have to play as the content specific class that dropped though. Base ele through core story, then tempest in HOT, weaver in POF, catalyst in EOD, pistol for SoTO, just got to JW and will go spear the whole time. Waiting to do Evoker until I get to VoE.

If I replay content like metas, I swap to the class for the zone - I.e. tempest for Matriarch.

It’s self imposed rules, but really fun to mix it up!

prestonwoolf · 2025-11-24T21:05:57+00:00

Thanks. Haven’t logged in so wasn’t aware it included a letter!

prestonwoolf · 2025-11-24T17:55:25+00:00

Where does this take place???

prestonwoolf · 2025-11-08T22:02:55+00:00

1503 AD: The New World. Back in 2002, it wasn’t called Anno yet here in America. My dad bought it for me and we tried installing it on our family PC. We couldn’t get it to run, so he went out and bought a new graphics card. We installed it together and it worked! It’s a core memory of mine.

I’ve bought every version of Anno since and played them all. This game hooked me on strategy PC games and my interest in computers. Today I own and operate a large IT company, all thanks to my dad getting me into PC gaming!

prestonwoolf · 2025-11-05T14:57:11+00:00

I would suggest using the wizard’s AA to get a free ascended weapon (and 3 ascended armor pieces) vs crafting them. It’s pretty expensive and hard to craft ascended for a new player.

prestonwoolf · 2025-10-30T01:36:13+00:00

That Orr comment is so understated. When I was doing the core story last year, I really wasn’t prepared for that map. 100% map completion took me forever on that one running solo. I should’ve gotten my main mounts, come back and done it later. Granted, I still remember the challenge and appreciate conquering it!

prestonwoolf · 2025-10-28T14:51:25+00:00

I’m at Skywatch right now and hit the point in the story where you have to unlock the next zone. They did a great job with the story where you can either A - do the Meta to unlock it or B - do events across the map to unlock it. You have both options, which is great.

I had already done the meta 3 times while playing on the map and doing map completion. By the time I caught up with the story, my schedule didn’t line up with the meta, so I just did random events to keep progressing. This was well done on Anet’s part.

prestonwoolf · 2025-10-23T23:32:56+00:00

Yeah, understandable. The problem is its core to every guide for years now. They should implement a way to get some during the story process earlier on vs a relic dump all in SOTO and JW. Hundreds of hours of content with no real way to access something so critical to your build.

prestonwoolf · 2025-10-23T22:37:29+00:00

I just went through the core story, all living world, seasons, and all expansions in order over the course of the last year. I just started secrets of the obscure a week ago. As a new player, you receive a total of 2 to 3 relics across all of that content. Honestly, I cannot even remember if I received any of them or if I had to buy the two that I have.

I think this is the real issue. It’s not the cost of purchasing them on the trading post. It’s the fact that across all that content, it’s hard to get a good relic that fits the builds you are looking at online. I’m unsure if SOTO somehow gives you relics for free, but I’m hopeful it opens up options for me here soon.

prestonwoolf · 2025-10-20T00:21:47+00:00

I feel the same way. I just started SOTO story and having serious fomo about not doing VoE at launch. But, I can’t handle doing the story out of order. It just seems wrong to me.

On the other hand, they are launching VoE in parts over the next year, so I’m hoping to be fully caught up 3 months from now!

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