Hey @te5la thanks for posting about your multiplayer expereince in Anno 1404 History Edition.
It sounds like you are playing the co-op mode multiplayer, instead of the normal multiplayer where you play against each other.
The game multiplayer game modes work like this >
Online Co-Op
You can play together with friends and share control of one empire by adding a friend below you on the multiplayer campaign screen. You will start with one ship between you at the beginning of the game.
Online Multiplayer
To play with a friend as a rival, please create a separate slot for them on the multiplayer start screen and invite them to the game. To continue your online game mode, please select the correct campaign from the main menu Load option.
Are you able to check your multiplayer player options, to see if you are able to play as rivals, instead of controlling the same ships?
@ubi-milky I finally figured this out, but it is very obtuse. We were both going into the "Multiplayer" area and I would invite him, but he would not get any notifications. I finally realized that the other players cannot be in the multiplayer area and must be at the main menu to be invited. This isn't made clear anywhere. The invitations don't appear in Ubisoft Connect, nor does the invitation thing there work either. Players must be in the game itself and only the hosting player can be in multiplayer and other players must be at the main menu of the game. This, at least, is how it works for us.
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