What's the padlock?

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At first, I only saw this on harbors so I figured it was a naval blockade, but it happens in harbors with no ships blockading the nearest sea zone that I could see.

I even saw the padlock appear briefly in a siege. SO what is it?

 

[Dawgboy]

I thought it was a blockade as well. I've had (I think) pirates blockade islands on me. The siege thing I don't know. Are you saying that a landlocked province under siege had the blockade lock on it?

 

[BiB]

Blockades I would think.

 

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Originally posted by Dawgboy
I thought it was a blockade as well. I've had (I think) pirates blockade islands on me. The siege thing I don't know. Are you saying that a landlocked province under siege had the blockade lock on it?

I noticed that on the siege screen, where there are normally these little round windows with positive and negative values. NO idea what they are - maybe relative morale? Briefly on the side of the one being beseiged, I noticed a padlock appear briefly. I can't remember if it was a landlocked province or not. I was in the middle of a 8 nation war: P-L, POrtugal, Nubia and myself (ENgland) against Turkey, France, and ALgiers. I had 3 French provinces under siege, 1 ALgerian, and 6 Turkish (with help from P-L). I wanted Turkey to give me ALexandria with the CoT that they had annexed 20 years ago so I figured If I took a LOT of provinces (they have about 30), they would offer it to me but no go. Had to settle for Bulgaria, Judea, and Sinai.

 

[BiB]

Blockading a city under siege greatly helps the siege end quicker. Maybe the city was blockaded for a bit ?

 

[Dawgboy]

Originally posted by rhony2


I noticed that on the siege screen, where there are normally these little round windows with positive and negative values. NO idea what they are - maybe relative morale? Briefly on the side of the one being beseiged, I noticed a padlock appear briefly. I can't remember if it was a landlocked province or not. I was in the middle of a 8 nation war:

Those numbers seem to be a strength indicator. When the besiged city gets to (usually) -7 it caves and you take the province. Looking at that number seems to tell you how long it will take for the city to fall. Every "boom" sound effect of the besieging force seems to take that down a notch from what it started as.

I'm pretty sure you were temporarily blocaked as BiB says. if you were in an 8 nation war, probably one of your allies took out the blockading ship. Some of those sea zones are tough to see where the actual fleet is