Constantly scamming store made people buy things and not get them because item description was hyped, or there was a hidden cost increase when buying many of something so you'd need 3 transactions to even know what the price is --- and some people went for it not to lose the transaction. The worse scam was the "huge holidays only" island, which was only a large (you can get better for freeConstantly scamming store made people buy things and not get them because item description was hyped, or there was a hidden cost increase when buying many of something so you'd need 3 transactions to even know what the price is --- and some people went for it not to lose the transaction. The worse scam was the "huge holidays only" island, which was only a large (you can get better for free whether you want ressources, ship port slots, or building space). The game periodically made the winning strategies having to be done in less and less days, until it was no longer possible to install a maxxed city on a huge island unless you spent 4h in a row doing nothing else but mindless clicking to a pre-determined plan available from unofficial walkthrus --- or lose your effort completely. The events frequently promised something that would make buying rubies super advantageous, but once you bought a huge island and installed for it --- the "milk to chocolate" event was cancelled and you lost your money to something with only very marginally better use than free stuff provided you'd stick around at least one year to break even on it --- with the game closing 6 months later for people who attempted it. OVERALL they utterly destroyed everything good about the Anno experience as previously brilliantly done in single player games. Also more recently they moved the game to mobile where mobile-only users are scammed and hating the events being nerfed after ruby buys ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S PART OF A PLAN. Avoid --- play the single player versions if you want a REAL game.… Expand