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You can find the stream vlog here:
Taka's power went out for a moment and he had to restart the stream. There was a good turnout and plenty to see. Thanks to both Taka for the stream and Taubenangriff and his team for the remarkable mod!
Disclaimer - I am by no means affiliated with the modding team, just an avid player.
What we saw during the stream :
- 1 new session - the East Atol. Has its own hotkey for fast switching.
- 3 new population tiers - 2 in the Atol region and one (the Magnates) in the Old World.
- The Atol region is very interconnected with the rest of the regions. It requires goods and benefits a lot from having Magnates in the Old World.
- New ships! Both trade and military ships, including a re-imagining of the Great Eastern and the Bulk Freighter (has only 3 cargo slots, but each can hold 200 tonnes, for a total of 600 t when full to the brim). There is also a chinese-inspired Junk ship.
- Able to become a pirate in the Atol region by attacking convoys. This brings its own rewards.
- Two new traders with one of them having a special smuggling mechanic. The other one functions like Old Nate - can transmute items and sells goods. They also have voiceover lines, adapted from previous Anno games.
- Sanctuary building that can be built as many times as there are spots for it on the islands. Functions like a monument which grants +10% Productivity to all buildings within the region.
- Seasons mechanic adapted from the Seasons of Silver scenario. The dry season lasts for 60 real minutes and has +50% productivity to crop farms. The monsoon season stops farms from producing and lasts 30 real minutes. These follow a regular schedule and cannot be turned off or circumvented.
- Due to this, you will want to stockpile crops and food. There is a special crop silo building which holds an additional 300 t (?) of all crops and can be placed wherever on your island, functioning like a depot.
- The traders also sell more types of goods and in bigger amounts. Most of them have had their limit upped to 1000 tonnes of each good they want or offer before they run out and have to restock.
- All traders seem to rebalanced, asking for and offering different and additional goods. For example, Archie will no longer sell pocket watches but will actually buy them at a premium. Eli at the prison asks for bread and goulash in addition to the traditional soap.
- New ornaments which can be placed as part of a city garden. This will function as the beach in the New World, fulfilling a basic need for the population of the Atol. You can build your own oriental garden and more ornaments will be added before release.
- New cultural sets for the zoo, botanical garden and museum. We saw pandas, weasels, orangutans and more on stream. Taka said that for the next one he will try to gather all the new cultural sets.
- Ye Olde Enemy from the campaign has an actual base with hostile ships in the Atol region! We have yet to see what role will they play there.
- No word yet regarding integrating Tourism in the Atol region but you can build Visitor landings to get some passive income and specialists.
- An optional rebalancing of many specialists and the Influence tiers will also be provided as possibly a separate mod. This will nerf most of the popular specialists, including Feras and Bruno Ironbright, pushing you to actually have to build more of the production chains. This will be optional.
- First Person/ Ego mode also has new models added to it. People in silk garments, ladies holding a parasol and more.
- All the islands in the Atol region are retextured island maps from the New World with no rivers. They do look good, check the second part of the stream where Taka managed to fix his texture issue.
- New fertilities will be available for the Atol's islands. You can build seed items with the help of one of the traders there if you so desire.
And much more. Please add in the comments if I have missed something. A second stream will be coming next weekend as per Taka's words. :)
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