Boarding other ships in Naval battles.

Falcon Critical

Okay I was in a naval battle and decided I'd try to board an enemy ship ( since I was winning easily anyway ).

I did the crash into them and everything but when i boarded I found ( to my dismay ) that the only thing my characters could do was "attack". All unites / items / magic was un-usable and my party got wiped since I had some mages there.

Is this how it's supposed to be? And if so it looks like I'll have to get some good armor and sharpen some weapons! XD

Do indirect runes work? i.e. fury / double-strike / charm?
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Sage · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:29 pm Post subject:

Yeah, that's how it works. You can't use rune magic or items, but I know from experience that a few of the unites still work. Maybe if they're "magical" unites, they don't? I know I used Pirate Attack and Ninja Attack several times and others have said several other unites work as well.
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Admiral Ackbar · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:33 pm Post subject:

All unites work. Unite attacks that target all enemies are espeically deadly in boarding battles. Like True Ninja Attack, Berserker Attack, and the like.
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Starslasher · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:33 pm Post subject:

What FF6Sage said. You should be able to work some unites, but i wasn't able to use Kika's Falcon Runes or any other runes. It was an awkward way fighting, but at least you can control your characters, unlike the Suikoden III war battles.

I think your indirect runes should work, but i haven't tried it out yet.

You might also have to level up some characters.
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Tonberry · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:31 am Post subject:

Boarding isn't worth it. It is a lot easier to use rune cannons. What I really hate is how they get a free shot at you when you try to board.

Milan Fiori · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:49 am Post subject:

I think they only get a free shot if you try to hit then head on while they broadside you, if you hit them head on too then they don't have the ability to attack. And I do find it worth it, I set up one of the ships with high mobilty and strong fighters and use that to board other ships, because all it takes is a single boarding party to sink a ship while it takes several shots from a canon to sink it.
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Ninjar · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:57 am Post subject:

It is really easy to win the naval battles no matter which choice you pick but I personally enjoyed barrage the enemy with my rune cannons ^_^ Let them have fun sinking. Panicing and the likes.

Tonberry · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:01 am Post subject:

I just used Warlock, Jeane, and Maxine and let 'em have it. Worked pretty well for me.

Beecham · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:46 am Post subject:

Just set it up that your ships are at rough right angles to each other, and take turns hitting the enemy from the front. Between that and the extended janken system of Runes? Yeah, you can definately grab the advantage in these war battles if you're at -all- smart about it.

The boarding option just doesn't seem worth it to me.

Trevoke · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:27 am Post subject:

Fighting a naval battle?
I put all 5 ocean pieces on my main ship.
I can attack from 9 or 10 squares away. good luck retaliating!
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Goldy · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:11 am Post subject:

I never boarded any ship, i loved the strategy setup, it was actually one of the few fun things in the game.

Oh and on my second playthrough i used some cheats (my bad, i know) to get alot of ocean rune pieces, it was fun shooting at your enemy from the other side of the ocean! And also hitting two of them at the same time if they were one square on the grid apart. :wink:

Tonberry · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:26 am Post subject:

Trevoke, how did you get that 9-10 range? If I remember correctly, it takes 5 ocean rune pieces to increse your range by one. Maybe I'm fogetting something.

Beecham · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:36 am Post subject:

"All" five...? There's essentially an unlimited number of them in the game. I forget how many I found by fishing. Dunno why I didn't think of using them to increase range though; I think I bolstered the hulls of my ships, or something like that.

Tonberry · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:38 am Post subject:

I increased the distance I could go in a turn. I only picked up 6 in my game.

Benit149 · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject:

I rarely board a ship due to the shaky battle system involved, what with locking all options but Attack. I'm more for Rune cannon barraging, especially with Jeane and Viki. I try to fire from head on rather than side by side whenever I can. I don't see why some characters like Rene are able to fire Rune cannons even though their magic skills and # of shots are low. Guess it's a challenge-seeking thing. :?
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