Quasi useless Arche and disabled items make the offline mode to a farce or limited in heavily. The same has also taken off in Heroes 6 and offline players features that are taken away never to argue with a server Ubisoft. And because the gentlemen have repeatedly demonstrated in the past that they can justify the permanent online connection neither sensible nor can guarantee that it is stable, there full point deduction here.
When Anno veteran of the first hour and a downright ridiculous playing time in Anno 1404 I am very disappointed that this promising game is drawn from so ridiculous design decisions in the dirt.
If you can live with these things, should have fun with Anno. I will not.