Enemy Retreat - Working as intended?

[ooiegooie]

Hi all,

In a recent few games I have been messing with teleport. When an enemy says they're going to retreat, they will do so after a while, with your guys still on board. You lose the fight and your boarding party. This can kill you too (no guys left). Even if you're fighting in their cockpit.

It seems the only way to stop the retreating enemy is do damage the cockpit or engine. Im still not 100% about that. Still, it seems stupid that they can still fly off while you're on board. Especially when they have next to no life left.

I'd like to see ways of stopping or slowing down an enemy in retreat. Having a boarding party one of them. If working as intended and not going to change then thats cool, just need to know.

Great game by the way. My bro and I are hooked.

Cheers.

[aaOzymandias]

Working as intended. When you see that message you should be very careful sending your guys over

The best way to stop it is to send a bomb or missile (or enough lasers) to their pilot seat, and after that gets damage teleport your guys in there. The they cannot repair it with you there and need to fight. Hope that helps

[EdenNov]

I'd like to see ways of stopping or slowing down an enemy in retreat.

Ever heard of the "FTL Jammer" augmentation?

[UltraMantis]

To stop the enemy from retreating you must take out either their Helm or their Engines. Or both They must be completely destroyed not just damaged. The enemy crew will of course try to make repairs as fast as they can so if you board them, better finish them of quickly.

Sometimes you just know time will run out and have to teleport your boarders back. With practise you will be able to predict such things.

In addition to ooiegooie's suggested FTL Jammer, i also recommend the upgraded Lvl3 Sensors. With that you can see the exact state of systems on the enemy ship just like your own, including their power use and state of repairs.

[ooiegooie]

Thanks for the replies everyone. Helped a lot.

Yes, so I will be more careful sending guys over to smash some heads.

My brother said you can also zoom off as well, if you're being boarded. So it works both ways I suppose. A good reason to upgrade those engines.

I think this "retreating with the enemy on board" or "enemy retreating with your guys on board" could make some funny comics if someone had a good imagination!!