Best Defense against ship capture?

[geoschmo]

Imperator Fyron said:
Enigma said:
I read on the FAQ that if you have a ship self defense device then the boarding ship will not board. Is this still true.

Yes.

I thought this was changed with the last patch and that your boarding ships will now try to capture and get themselves blown up in the process. Otherwise, what's the point of cheap boarding ships to attack expensive ships with SDD to get them to blow themselves up? I'm pretty sure I read someone posting here that they use that as a tactic.

Assuming I'm correct, then it does make some sense to use Security stations instead of SDD. They are only 10Kt bigger and not all that much more expensive. I also use boarding parties in some cases as boarding defense on ships without setting them with boarding strategy. They will just act as defensive protection, but if I see the enemy doesn't have any protection I can switch the ship strategies to board without having to retrofit my ships. They don't give as much protection as security stations, but added to the crew compartments, they are usually enough to hold off boarders.