Questions on Naval Blockade

[Aryaman]

Hi

1) If you place naval units in both lines of blockade do they add the total of NM hits?

2) If, for instance, the Royal Navy defeats the German fleet and is able to close on the German ports in the North Sea, does this increment blockade? or you still need to keep naval units in the lines of blockade marked on the map?

[Bill101]

Hi Aryaman

1) Yes, the more units used the better, and the Northern Blockade from Scapa Flow to Norway is the more effective (i.e. if you don't have enough ships for both, that is a better place to impose a blockade).

2) No, you'll still need to keep the blockade locations covered.

[Aryaman]

That looks counterintuitive, if I beat the German fleet it should be easier to block directly the German ports, maybe that could be considered for a future patch

[Bill101]

The merchantmen that were being stopped in the North Atlantic or North Sea weren't necessarily sailing to German ports, they could be heading for neutrals, especially Holland, from where the goods would be transported overland to Germany.

Hence the blockade locations have the potential to stop more imports to Germany than a close blockade of Germany's ports.

I'm not saying that a close blockade would necessarily be wrong, but this keeps it simple and it also favours the Entente, because ships positioned between Scotland and Norway are much closer to home than they would be if they were stationed off the German coast.

[Aryaman]

Ok, that is a good explanation