How to board an enemy ship?

[Dampfnudel]

How can I board an enemy ship?
I had a very good combat crew; so I thought I can board the enemy ship , I approached the enemy in close range and had no option to board, then my ship got destroyed and I lost the game.

[bookworm2156]

When you get to range 1, you'll see the "move forward" option change to "board"

You can also use the talents "Blood Game" (bounty hunter) or "Boarding Assault" (gunner) to board from range 5 and 3 respectively

Hope this helps!

[Trese Brothers]

Originally posted by Dampfnudel:

How can I board an enemy ship?
I had a very good combat crew; so I thought I can board the enemy ship , I approached the enemy in close range and had no option to board, then my ship got destroyed and I lost the game.

Boarding can achieved 1 of 2 ways --

1) Move to range 1. The movement menu will switch from Advance to Board! You can board repeated turns this way.
2) Get a Boarding Talent -- Gunners have the easiest one to get, allowing boarding at range 3 or less. However, after use this Talent goes on Cooldown so you may need multiple Talents or to continue to try to get into range 1.

To win a combat with boarding, it usually requires 2-4 rounds of boarding, killing and destroying their ship components. Depends on how much ship combat you are willing to do in between rounds and what Boarding Victory Talents you've brought to the table.

[Dampfnudel]

Thanks

[Mournechild]

Dont forget to have at least 1 30% boarding improvement compartment.