Why is this province receiving devastation?

[allfath3r]

I have two screenshots for you guys, which depict the issue I'm having. The first shows the province of Ekaterinodar, which is receiving 0.10 devastation per month due to blockade. However, this province is within zone of control of my fort, which should be providing monthly reduction in devastation (this can be seen in the second screenshot, of the province of Maruipol).

So my question is, why is one of my provinces being protected from devastation by my fort, while another is not, despite both being within zone of control of the fort in Azov?

 

[deathbypie]

The feet isn't large enough to blockade provinces, so it only blockades some. That's what the 59% means. Forts don't stop devastation from occurring, but they do heal it faster.

 

[szmik]

because ottomans have enough fleet to blockade only one of them

 

[allfath3r]

So coastal forts don't actually provide any benefit as far as devastation is concerned? I thought the whole point of a coastal fort was to provide protection from blockades.

 

[IndraSunrise]

Forts protect against armies.
Ships protect against fleets.
Forts do not affect blockades at all, although they do heal some of the devastation caused by a variety of sources, including blockades.

 

[rinehime]

So coastal forts don't actually provide any benefit as far as devastation is concerned? I thought the whole point of a coastal fort was to provide protection from blockades.

Coastal forts don't provide blockade protection, but they are harder to siege than inland forts without a blockade.

The devastation being applied to only one province is weird though. This might be WAD, but it should be applied evenly to all forts with ports in the sea zone, but scaled to the blockade percentage.

 

[Kergan]

A more important question to ask is: Why are the Ottomans blockading you? Build a load of galleys and wreck those ships.