Anno 1800 - Empire of the Skies

Since there's only a skeleton anno 1800 community on steam there are really no reviews of DLCs. So let me try to describe my experience and help those that can't pick them all or are scared to invest more money. OMG, I have good news guys, you need this. Mail is amazing, it redefines how you build cities, it adds new buildings, it adds extra diverse goods you can optionally provide to everyone for insane money gains (bananas for the farmers, that's cool), you get mail deliveries which is amazing, cool and practical mechanic, blimps, more blimps, integration with Arctic gas, new resources in America, warfare redefined. I can keep going, story wise you get new character, Paloma Valente, I love her, you get scenario which is amazing and you get to hear from Queen again. Look I will still recommend region unlocking dlcs first, but ths DLC is insane, it's amazing and worth every penny as well. I would even go further and tell you to buy this before region unlocking dlcs if you find idea amazing.

So the airships are overrated/underpowered. The big addition from this pack is (1) MAIL which is a free(*) population boost and (2) the ability to quickly transfer artifacts or other items anywhere. I suggest getting this as part of the season 4 pass, especiially if you want bonuses to the new world.

Airships can not fire down to the ground, including against naval ships. They can only shoot at other airships. Worthless.

Ubisoft connect frequently breaks and you will permanently lose access to a game you legally purchased on steam. Always online DRM that does not work. DO NOT PURCHASE!

Airships are expensive, but mail is a huge boost to economies worldwide and workforces. Never touched combat or trade transport really, but you will need them in the arctic. Changes how you build large residential neighborhoods with mailbox requirements.

Ur telling me i spent 10 hours on this stupid ass dlc to get a ship skin, why is this on the world map, I don't even get to save the lump of gold i kept through the entire campaign

The mail mechanic is OP but extremely uninteresting. Airships for trading are an interesting concept but the airship combat is awful. I would have genuinely preferred if they only made airships for trade and nothing else

mail system is op and gets you more money than ever before airships for military kinda useless but also op, seriously, its weird honestly, very forgettable, basically just adds more content similar to the base game.

Mail system production statistics (current/potential) are broken, and still not fixed. They really did not notice that? Airship combat is clunky. Airships can do bombardment runs, but only on military targets (WTF?). So if you just want to bomb the AI's city to the ground, you can't. I suppose that would be politically incorrect, can't have that. Overall, this DLC is unfinished and leaves a lot to be desired.

Airships bombing your ports is so unbalanced.

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