Anno 1800

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Changes the points/score allocated for certain Game Settings which are used to determine if the game is considered 1 Star (Easy), 2 Star (Medium), or 3 Star (Hard).

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The intention here was not to flat out change or re-balance the game settings/configurations but rather to adjust what I felt are oversights after years of content releases. The intent is to make long games continue to feel challenging but maintain the optic that they are still 3 Star (Hard), because they are.

The values are based on using existing game mechanics and values to perform the re-balance. If you think you need more changes, then you can simply adjust the values in the file yourself.

Enjoy o/

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  • New Games - YES
  • Saved Games - NO

Description
Changes the points/score allocated for certain Game Settings which are used to determine if the game is considered 1 Star (Easy), 2 Star (Medium), or 3 Star (Hard).

  • Relocate Buildings
    • Impact: FeaturesBuilding RelocationPay Coins
    • Description: Increases the assigned difficult point/score value when setting the game setting to Pay Coins.
    • Original: Difficulty Points: +10
    • Modded: Difficulty Points: +20
    • Rationale: The game difficulty setting has three options; 1) On, 2) Pay Coins, and 3) Off. With the introduction of Mass Move/Relocate, I felt that Paying Coins should carry the same difficulty point value as having the option Off. Having it off or not using it felt like a personal choice rather than something that should penalize the player in terms of difficulty point value.
  • Pirate: Jean La Fortune
    • Impact: Faction CustomizationPiratesJean La Fortune
    • Description: Increases the assigned difficult point/score value when including Jean La Fortune in your game.
    • Original: Average: +10, Hard: +15
    • Modded: Average: +15, Hard: +25
    • Rationale: Both Anne Harlow and Jean La Fortune carry the same difficulty settings within their AI profiles and yet they have different difficulty point/score values. This adjustment gives Jean La Fortune the same difficult point/score value as Anne Harlow.
  • Character: Carl Leonard von Malching
    • Impact: Faction CustomizationCharactersCarl Leonard von Malching
    • Description: Decreases the assigned difficult point/score value when including Carl Leonard von Malching in your game.
    • Original: +20
    • Modded: +15
    • Rationale: The reason for the decrease in difficulty point/score value is that he is a 2 Star (Medium) AI profile and this was changed to be in line with all the others.
 
(Optional) Game Settings File and Game Seeds:
  • Game File: I've included my preferred 3 Star (Hard) Game Settings File ('CUSTOM-HARD.xml') which can be loaded in the regular way from within the game or take a look at README.txt if you need additional info.
  • Game Seeds: Below are some of my favorite seeds which have an even desirability split between The Old World and The New World. You can find your own seeds using the Seed Finder Tool.

Campaign: Archipelago
Seed: 1315897995
Tiles: 644091

Sandbox: Archipelago
Seed: 2068493470
Tiles: 804785

Sandbox: Corners
Seed: 1707095715
Tiles: 811363

Sandbox: Atoll
Seed: 1453603543
Tiles: 810434

Sandbox: Arc
Seed: 766589005
Tiles: 810624

Sandbox: Snowflake
Seed: 1847740431
Tiles: 736165