Best boarder.

[Drahcir0]

Which one are the best boarders in your opinion and why? Lanius, Rockmen; mantis or Crystal?

(Only the charackters, not the ships.)

I'n my opinion it are the Lanius, cuz they drain the oxygen pretty fast, and then they deal extra damage/force the enemy to retreat.

/Edit: They also can board other lanius and AI ships.

[Ray Robertson]

Each has their perks, but without a doubt Ruwen's kin.

Edit - Oh, you want to know why. Lockdown means you can damage systems with them on occupied ships without the need of other systems.

Edit2 - As Bob just said.

[Bob of Mage]

Crystal can deal with medbays by themselves. I feel that that makes them overall the best. Outside of that I would agree that Lanius are close to the best (just camp the O2 room and wait for the ship to drain).

[FDru]

#1 Crystal because Lockdown
#2 Mantis because that damage
#3 Tie between Lanius and Rock

Best boarding party: some combination of Crystal and Mantis.

[tutzdes]

Rock if you have fire weapons (bombs preferably), Lanius if have breach-weapons or against auto-ships, Mantis for straight damage, Crystal for taking down single rooms.

I'm a big fan of fire weapons, so Rockmen are my favourite. They are on par with mantises in 1vs1 fights, and even have an edge if any other damage source is involved.

High hp, normal repair speed and ability to put off fires safely makes them top-tier crewmen overall.

[xenxander]

I must say if you get lucky enough to have say, an ion blast II, or two ion bursts, and a fire beam (fire drone + drone re cvoery), rock crewmen make the most awesome boarders, ever.

[Thundercracker]

i was never a fan of lockdown. for me it's a tie between lianus and mantis.

[Drahcir0]

Forgot to mention: Lanius can also board other lanius and AI ships, so you can go full boarding with them.

[Employee 427]

I personally prefer Mantis over all others since they take care of systems and enemies the quickest.

[Ray Robertson]

A fully combat skilled Mantis will take exactly as long as a completely unskilled Engi to damage a system.

[Biohazard063]

Depends on how many you get on how early on you are...
1 lanius + someting isn't that great.
2 Lanius or more can beat most other races in a 'fair fight'
The later on you go, the longer it will take for O2 to be draines as well as ships tend to have higher O2 systems. Flagship has 3 making it even harder.
Personnaly, it's a draw between Manti and Lanius
Crystals used to be king, but with enemies now spawning at their respective system and not in the pilot room, it complicates things a tiny bit. You can still lock down rooms causing you to be able to fight 1v 'size of your TP', but still... And hacking can fill that role as well now.

[anarcher]

Crystal >> Lanius > Rock/Mantis > Zoltan > Slug > Human

Zoltan only if you have clone bay though, otherwise it's the worst.

[Panfilo]

Engi is the worst dude.

[Optimus Princeps]

Originally posted by anarcher:

Crystal >> Lanius > Rock/Mantis > Zoltan > Slug > Human

Zoltan only if you have clone bay though, otherwise it's the worst.

Engi is not even allowed on the list.

[Skinny Pete]

Originally posted by 1stRGJ Hugh Johnson:

Engi is not even allowed on the list.

Engi are only acceptable boarders in a few circumstances. One is you're desperate. Another is just mopup of weak, injured enemies while your main boarders are unavailable. The third is that they're as good at wrecking systems as any other crew, so you can send them to, for instance, wreck the medbay or the engines while the rest of the battle rages elsewhere.

[Rodrigo]

ENGI ZERG! THAT $WAGNESS!






err... go mantis. they rape.