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Hello,

It looks like a bug arised (last time this worked was in March 2021 or around that time), that prevents items from carrying through island takeovers/resettlements 😞

Reproduction path:
1) Have a Multiplayer game with at least two players
2) Player 1 has an island with items in it

3) Player 2 takes over the island (e.g., via shares)

Expected:
All items on that island are KEPT, so Player 2 will own them now

Actual:
NO ITEMS are kept on the island:
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This worked just fine before, so something was broken in the meantime 😞

I must mention that the following would keep the items as well previously:
2) player 1 destroys island
3) player 2 settles (or player 1 resettles) the island

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For ease of reproduction, I have prepared a save game: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xZNGgN2MIxi-iPXbXaqaZtCfboFkUmoA/view?usp=sharing

Reproduction path:
1) Player from slot 2 (Lady Hunt's portrait) joins and starts the game
2) The island "Takeover test" in Old North is ready for share takeover
3) Player 2 takes it over

Actual: NO ITEMS are kept (as in the image above)
Expected: ALL ITEMS are kept

over 2 years ago - Ubi-Thrupney - Direct link

Hey there @brumiros - thanks for reaching out with this report. I understand that takeovers and (re-)settling destroyed island seems not to be carrying items across as it was previously, and I'm going to reach out to one of our teams to get some more information about this. I'll be back in touch shortly - sorry for the inconvenience in the meantime, and let me know if you've any other questions.

over 2 years ago - Ubi-Thrupney - Direct link

Hey again @brumiros - apologies to be spamming you with notifications 😅

I've gone ahead and fully reported this internally now, including that save file and reproduction steps you've very kindly provided. Thanks so much for being so thorough with this report - that really helps us out!

We'll look into this further internally. Please let me know if you run into any other issues in the meantime.

over 2 years ago - Ubi-Thrupney - Direct link

Hey there once again, @Brumiros 🙂

Our team has let me know that this is intended behaviour for multiplayer - taking over a player-controlled island will only grant resources. When taking over an AI's island (either in multiplayer or single player), you'll also get items.

Let me know if this clears up the situation for you, or if you've any other thoughts or questions!

over 2 years ago - Ubi-Milky - Direct link

Hello brumiros, thanks for your reply. I also looked into this investigation and can confirm that when taking over a player-controlled island in multiplayer, only some resources are gained, but items will not be gained. I also can also not see a mention of this in our most recent update or patch notes under the 'multiplayer' changes, so I will pass this onto the Anno team as feedback.

Sorry for any confusion caused, if you would like to provide more feedback on how you feel about this multiplayer change, please do post about this in our General Discussion area of the forum now we have confirmed this is not a bug, thank you > https://discussions.ubisoft.com/category/649/general-discussion?lang=en-US