capturing ships is still a valiable option?

[ed_ulisespz]

I’m playing Homeworld 1 and the ai seems to ignore everything on the map and go straight to my salvage ships and destroy them.

I’m trying to follow the guides but appears is not working, do you think i should stop trying to do that?

[TVMAN]

I'm replaying the HW1 campaign right now, and most of my ships were stolen using salvettes. Are you using strike craft to protect your salvage ships and having them act as a distraction?

[ed_ulisespz]

Originally posted by TVMAN:

I'm replaying the HW1 campaign right now, and most of my ships were stolen using salvettes. Are you using strike craft to protect your salvage ships and having them act as a distraction?

you mean sending interceptors to attack in dodge mode?, yes i tried, but as soon as the salvage ships are in range the target change objectives and ignore the others crafts, they even ignore others frigates, in one try the enemy frigates starting following my salvage ships but they didn’t stop when the salvage ships where behind my hole fleet, they went through it and got destroyed. That’s why I think the AI maximum priority are the salvage ships

Recently I tried to capture the missile destroyer in the alien ship mission and after destroying the other ships, from the 30 interceptors and then the 10 salvage ships I sent, none returned… after destroying the other ships, again, the change in focus was immediate

[TVMAN]

Originally posted by ed_ulisespz:

Recently I tried to capture the missile destroyer in the alien ship mission and after destroying the other ships, from the 30 interceptors and then the 10 salvage ships I sent, none returned… after destroying the other ships, again, the change in focus was immediate

Ah, yeah. I just hit that mission last night, and saw the same behavior. I was eventually able to steal the missile destroyer and the few Kadeshi ion frigates that spawn with it, but only after kiting its escort ships (the assault frigates) outside of the Ghost Ships control field with my interceptors and killing the frigate fleet where it was safe.

Once all the assault frigates were dead, I sent in my main corvette force + my interceptors to act as a distraction while my salvettes moved in. Even then, I still lost half of my salvage corvettes trying to take the destroyer, since it begins targeting the salvettes the moment they enter range. It was tough, and I had to reload back to a save made prior to the attempt quite a few times before I could secure it.

They've definitely made salvaging harder, but it's still viable. My fleet is currently sitting at 30+ frigates and six destroyers, and most of them were salvaged from previous missions.

[ed_ulisespz]

Originally posted by TVMAN:

Originally posted by ed_ulisespz:

They've definitely made salvaging harder, but it's still viable. My fleet is currently sitting at 30+ frigates and six destroyers, and most of them were salvaged from previous missions.

Good news, i tried again the other day and this time wasn’t to difficult, i did what you say and destroyed the other ships first then i took care of the missile ship, but still, i had to make 2 attempts and synchronize my salvage ships with the attack cycle of the missiles, it worked, but i think that for now on, that strategy it’s no longer viable

[I am Goyim]

the capture ships i forgot what they are called dont work