Total Blockade is confusing me too

[BigDuke66]

The "Total Blockade" option states that I gain "50k dollars, 15 victory points & 1 moral point" but my balance shows +50k dollars, -15 victory points & -1 moral point when I use the option.

So what is correct, the description or the balance???
(Using 1.15)

[Gray_Lensman]

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[BigDuke66]

Here they are.

I'm not sure if the balance is really right as the next turn shows me 103 VP & 88 MP.
Turn 1 started with 50VP & 85MP.
So 50+38(from cities)+15(Total Blockade)=103, and thats what I get in the next turn.
Moral points don't fit but 85+1(Sumter)+1(Total Blockade)=87, I don't know where that last point comes from.

[enf91]

I think I know what's confusing you, and it is a display error as Gray said. When you GAIN NM and VP, negative signs appear in front of them when you check your "predicted balance" in the reinforcements/replacements screens. If, however, you LOSE NM and VP due to drafts, taxes, or concessions, they appear as positive numbers on those screens. Ignore them; you are in fact gaining, as you discovered.
As for that mystery NM, if your NM is lower than 90 or higher than 110, your NM changes by 1 pt/turn towards 100. It's a measure of "resiliency", but I think you have to control your capital for it to work.

[Peissner]

I think what is confusing everybody is the negative sign. If something costs -1 then that means you gain 1. (A double-negative, right?)

Cost 1 means you lose 1.
Cost -1 means you gain 1.

If that's not true then I am really confused...

[enf91]

I think I know what's confusing you, and it is a display error as Gray said. When you GAIN NM and VP, negative signs appear in front of them when you check your "predicted balance" in the reinforcements/replacements screens. If, however, you LOSE NM and VP due to drafts, taxes, or concessions, they appear as positive numbers on those screens. Ignore them; you are in fact gaining, as you discovered.
As for that mystery NM, if your NM is lower than 90 or higher than 110, your NM changes by 1 pt/turn towards 100. It's a measure of "resiliency", but I think you have to control your capital for it to work.

[nemethand]

As for that mystery NM, if your NM is lower than 90 or higher than 110, your NM changes by 1 pt/turn towards 100. It's a measure of "resiliency", but I think you have to control your capital for it to work.

Thanks for that, enf91.
I was wondering about the same in an ongoing PBEM...

[Chaplain Lovejoy]

In some cases, the NM definitely goes the wrong way, as documented previously (the Trent affair in particular).

[BigDuke66]

Well if the descriptions are wrong I guess it can easily fixed but if the balance shows something wrong I guess that will be more complicated.

I know 1.15 is that last patch but any chance that we see a 1.16 in the future to fix stuff that is still left?
This problem is nothing that breaks the game but overall I think it's important that descriptions, balance and results are fitting as it gives a lot of uncertainty on what to rely if something steps out of the line.

[Gray_Lensman]

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