Quote Originally Posted by screwtype
BTW, one thing I have noticed with 1.3, and that is that you can still blockade an enemy port and not be attacked by that faction's shipping. I blockaded the port of Carthage with just one ship and even though there must have been a dozen Carthaginian ships within an inch of the port, not a single one tried to raise the blockade. How stupid is that.
Yes, I've noticed that still seems to be the case. I've not yet had my blockaders attacked.

I also noticed the same silly phenomenon of your ships running into neutral ships during their move and thus having their movement ended for that turn. What the heck is the reasoning behind that? The ocean isn't big enough for two ships to pass each other in the same turn? I missed completing a couple of Senate missions because of this nonsense.
It seems to be that neutral always presents the opportunity for combat, so they "square up." Probably reasonable as it represents a defensive posture against a potential threat.