Cyrus
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Post by Cyrus on Jul 15, 2013 7:14:47 GMT -5
Twice now I've been in combat, suffered almost no damage, reduced the enemy ship some, then decided to board and immediately got defeated because of my HULL being gone, despite the turn report saying I inflicted damage on the other ship and they missed. This time the enemy captain was the Kraken, so maybe it's a special case, but last time it was an ordinary capture commission.  Turn 12: Everything's fine.  Turn 13: Boarded... and I'm dead. If the enemy captain destroyed my boarding party, then it's incorrectly reported. If the report is correct, then how did I get killed? MY stats: Sailing 10, Commanding 13, Navigating 7, Fencing 7 Attachments:
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Post by baldielocks on Jul 15, 2013 10:10:57 GMT -5
I noticed this too. While dueling, enemy ship pounds you with broadsides as well.
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Post by Cory Trese on Jul 15, 2013 12:04:50 GMT -5
I noticed this too. While dueling, enemy ship pounds you with broadsides as well. That's totally possible and seems to be separate from the question above, however. |
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Post by Cory Trese on Jul 15, 2013 12:06:18 GMT -5
Twice now I've been in combat, suffered almost no damage, reduced the enemy ship some, then decided to board and immediately got defeated because of my HULL being gone, despite the turn report saying I inflicted damage on the other ship and they missed. This time the enemy captain was the Kraken, so maybe it's a special case, but last time it was an ordinary capture commission. Turn 12: Everything's fine. View AttachmentTurn 13: Boarded... and I'm dead. If the enemy captain destroyed my boarding party, then it's incorrectly reported. If the report is correct, then how did I get killed? MY stats: Sailing 10, Commanding 13, Navigating 7, Fencing 7 Kraken is absolutely a special case, but I will look into the report of the regular ship. I'm guessing Powder Magazine was hit ... but we will figure it out! |
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Post by Cory Trese on Jul 15, 2013 12:08:31 GMT -5
Or one of the AI still knows how to use RAM  |
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Post by Cory Trese on Jul 15, 2013 12:09:39 GMT -5
Logged #1739 to get to the bottom of it, either way
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athios
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Post by athios on Jul 15, 2013 20:32:41 GMT -5
This is same issue as what I reported on Google+ during the alpha. Maybe you can compare our reports/screenshots and figure out a pattern?
Just for reference, are there people out there who have no issues when boarding?
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Post by Cory Trese on Jul 15, 2013 21:38:09 GMT -5
This is same issue as what I reported on Google+ during the alpha. Maybe you can compare our reports/screenshots and figure out a pattern? Just for reference, are there people out there who have no issues when boarding? Not sure it is the same issue, but thanks for the post. I've been adding fixes based on that report since it first came in, a few in 0.0.6, some in 0.0.7 and the rest in v0.2.1 I'm certainly not having any issues with my Swashbuckler's Captains and the sims are running OK ... they do die a fair bit, but that's kinda to be expected of 100K turn sims. |
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Post by Cory Trese on Jul 15, 2013 23:43:48 GMT -5
Found something in the logs we were working with athios and I may have figured it out. We'll have some improvement in the next release for sure. |
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Post by athios on Jul 16, 2013 8:44:35 GMT -5
Found something in the logs we were working with athios and I may have figured it out. We'll have some improvement in the next release for sure. Thanks Cory! Things are a little hectic for me right now, but I'll report back to you once I have time to test it out on my phone! |
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Post by Cory Trese on Jul 18, 2013 1:00:21 GMT -5
Next release includes further balancing. I think we're getting a lot closer!
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Post by athios on Jul 18, 2013 8:40:11 GMT -5
Next release includes further balancing. I think we're getting a lot closer! Was playing a little yesterday. It seems in 0.2.3 the problem is gone. Even at just 1 fencing against a larger crew enemy, I can get a successful board roll and do some damage. Still taking damage too of course, but it's not one-sided and catastrophic like before. I consider this fixed! Thanks for the update!  |
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Post by acehawk on Jul 18, 2013 9:28:33 GMT -5
I have always thought that boarding is extremely broken personally :/ I avoid it like the plague since any captain I have dedicated to it always have massive problems no matter the scenario. It's just not a valid method of attack when other methods are so much more powerful with little to no risk to yourself lol
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Post by fallen on Jul 18, 2013 9:55:03 GMT -5
With a week into the release, we are working hard (and daily) to continuing balancing. We guarantee boarding (yaaar!) will be a fun and viable combat strategy if it isn't already with the right skills and upgrades.
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Post by Cory Trese on Jul 18, 2013 13:47:29 GMT -5
I have always thought that boarding is extremely broken personally :/ I avoid it like the plague since any captain I have dedicated to it always have massive problems no matter the scenario. It's just not a valid method of attack when other methods are so much more powerful with little to no risk to yourself lol From someone who plays about 50% boarding Captains, have to respectfully disagree. |
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