Blue shield over generals on home island

[Ozzymandeus]

Stop messing about with pointless stuff... and start fixing the fundamental gameplay bugs.

+1

However, back on topic...

I can't see the point of having these on my home island now that I no longer have to do any fighting there.

[SmurfAsH]

The colour is picked to reflect the owner of an object, so makes sense to me; and to me it's a significant difference between a bouncing shield (over colls) and an idle one (over a general).

[Xibor]

I'd be happy if it can be turned off. Seems silly on the home island. In another post it's been mentioned that the target camp no longer has the cross-swords symbol when you click on the general that is attacking it - that concerns me more.
It does all seem like a lot of effort for very little return.

[BartJohan]

Military camps have bleu shields now, what is that about?
I must have missed a threat........

Thank you in advance for answering

[Xibor]

In the change log - it's status of the camp. On the home Island (assuming the bandits are gone) it doesn't serve much purpose.

Garrison Status
Different icons are displayed within the shield over garrisons,
reflecting the current status of the corresponding general or marshall:

Tick/Check icon - Waiting for orders
Crossed swords icon - Attacking and fighting
Rider and horse icon - Retreating or returning to camp
White flag with cross icon - Recovering

The status is displayed more clearly when opening the Garrison UI

[Jemima_Rainbow]

I found a use for the blue shields on the home island garrisons...

forum.thesettlersonline.com/threads/31220-There-goes-the-neighbourhood?p=283244#post283244