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July 12th, 2001, 11:07 PM
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Boarding parties
This is getting extremely annoying.
I make boarding party ships, put them in a fleet..
..and they always RUN AWAY. The fleet proceedes to kill the enemy, denying me their tech.
I've tried all stratagies, both for the fleet and the ship. I've tried armed/non-armed ships. I've even tried calling the boarding ship an attack ship. Always the same. The boarding ship will only attack ships with no weapons, and even then it usually arrives too late. ARG!
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July 12th, 2001, 11:54 PM
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Re: Boarding parties
you can create a custom strategy for your ships to 'fire until all weapons are destroyed.' under the 'firing' section of strategies.
that should do it.
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July 13th, 2001, 12:24 AM
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Re: Boarding parties
Placing shield depleters/destroyers on your boarding ships also are a big help for getting the boarding ships to hang around.
Also, is your fleet strategy set to "capture enemy ships"?
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July 13th, 2001, 02:07 AM
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Re: Boarding parties
It was, and it wasn't. Didn't help either way. The friggin ship STILL runs away.
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July 13th, 2001, 03:36 AM
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Re: Boarding parties
Did you check the Breaks Formation settings in Strategies? I always change the default settings for that. (Planets and satellites can't join fleets; why are they even on the Breaks Formation list?) I know I've successfully taken planets with my strategy settings, but I don't remember offhand what settings I use.
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July 13th, 2001, 07:10 AM
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Re: Boarding parties
I thought I heard earlier on this board that if you give Boarding ships at least one offensive weapon (aside from PD weapons) this would help give boarding ships more control and keep them from fleeing the the battle. I could be wrong though.
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