Now Boarding, Party of One....

[Soul Patch The Fiesty]

Steely is a great captain to go out with. Anything you need on the sea, he knows where it is. Manning a cannon is one of my favorite things to do in game, I always hit up Steely James to see if he wants to hit the waters. I do need to get behind the wheel sometime, my sailing is dismal lol.

[Lucy]

I havn't been brave enough to board by myself, I've done quite a few with just one other person but I can't seem to figure out what level soldiers I'm going to get when I board the various ships and this thread has kept me confused.

So is there any way at all to determine what your going to get on board an enemy ship?

[Steely Jim]

Lucy, I don't think you can really predict exactly what you'll find aboard any given flagship, although you get a feel for the range of variation through experience. Additionally, with the recent loss of most of the low-level flagships, there are less opportunities to gain experience on the smaller flagships. I'd recommend working from Outcast, and experimenting with the Corvette, and then look around for the Sentinel. Soul Patch sailed with me last night, and we experimented with readying our highest and lowest weapons before boarding, but it didn't seem to change anything.

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Soul Patch, thanks for the kind words; you're a top-notch gunner yourself (you'll have Fury in no time).

Unfortunately for me, it looks like I won't get another chance to play until Friday evening. I caught wind of some grant money, and I finagled my way into presenting a proposal on Friday morning.

[Lucy]

thanks Jim, next time I'm running solo I'll check out a few corvettes and sentinals, even if it means dying a few times lol.

[Steely Jim]

If you shoot the helmsman with th ecannon before you swing over, then you might only find 2 level-5 Thugs aboard the either one of those ships, but you aren't likely to meet anything higher than a couple of level-11 or maybe 12 Thugs.

You are welcome to sail with me this Friday if you happen to be playing in the evening/night hours EDT. The strength of the enemy crew doesn't seem to be much influenced by the strength of the boarding party.

[Lucy]

I wouldn't mind sailing with you bit just pm me where you typically make port and I'll see if I can find you friday. I must warn though, I find myself in solo situations less and less, it seems that these days any time I set foot on a boat at least one person teleports to me, lol, not a bad thing I suppose, but sometimes a girl just needs a little me time.