Klokinator wrote:I'm not familiar with the inner workings of the game, but I take this to mean that certain ships will randomly have a piece of equipment on-board? I guess that actually makes me feel better. Now that I know boarding parties increase the rewards, I may use them more often!
The cargo ships certainly will have their cargo intact and you're more likely to recover slaves from slave ships (although there is a good chance that all the slaves died anyway, even if you somehow do no damage to the enemy ship)
By the way, do fire/suffocation achieve the same results, or are boarding parties unique? Like, is there a tag ingame for "If player crew is onboard the enemy ship when their crew die, gain extra rewards", or is it more "If player kills enemy crew with ship intact either with boarding crew, fire, or suffocation, gain increased rewards"?
if the enemy ship isn't automated and you remove the crew you get an increased reward. Doesn't matter if you do it via boarding, suffocation or by fire. Heck you could do it via laser and have 1HP left before you wipe the crew out. Still get the extra reward so long as you don't blow up the ship before the event text.