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Hi,

I'm playing PBEM 1775 campaign as the British. The French fleet is attacking my merchants in the Caribbean box and causing hits, but the Merchants are not unfixing. Two turns in a row and still not unfixing.

Just letting you know.

Are you sure that the fleet which is not unfixing is the one taking the hits? Stacks unlock only on a per stack basis in this case.

They don't unfix

see this post http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?t=14050

Hi!
Yes, indeed merchants at the boxes are supposed to remain fixed for the campaign duration.
I think they supposedly represent British shipping around the globe that can get attacked by American corsairs and later by french/spanish fleets on any sea.
They are private merchats that operate anywhere on the shipping lines from the USA, to Europe, India or the far east, not army merchants under control or the British army on the American Colonies which is what you control in game.

You can try to protect them deploying combat ships in the boxes to fight the enemy, but not remove them from here.
As long as one merchant remains in a box you will receive some EP point each turn
If all get destroyed, you can send there some of the merchants you can buy with EP options (merchants, not transports! )

Cheers!

oh, my brain is getting old... It seems someone suggested the clever idea that ships which are fixed in off map boxes always remain fixed, as an anti exploit measure. WAD so.