worked. Apr 23, 2021 @ 6:37am. 16 posts • Page 1 of 1. Got 2 disabled SCA ships I'm working on capping and wanted to take the opportunity to also cap the ANT freighter they were harassing. X4: Foundations. Post by JackXx » Sat, 4. rep loss for boarding ships is way too low. Get back in your ship, sit in the pilots chair and you should see the bombs highlighted. by jlehtone » Sat, 26. Google X4 wares flowchart. Kalisa. All Discussions. You don't actually lose any rep. RainerPrem wrote: In AP you immediately lose 1% hull. Post by. Result: ship still 100% hull, 100% shield, all surface elements intact - no clue what the boarding window means by risk of destroying the ship, there was 0 damage throughout the op. 5 posts • Page 1 of 1. The boarding system seems very clunky, to put it mildly. Boarding involves Scanning the target to gain intel, planning (using the intel), choosing a Behviour for your boarding ship (s) and initiating the 3-stage operation. The just sold ships would normally fly away to be recycled by the new owner. You will also find additional information from developers here. The non-lead ships can be capped without aggroing the other ships, but if you board the lead ship, all of it's subordinates go hostile too. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. You will also find additional information from developers here. This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. With experienced marines you could easily stick to using only one cobra. Once the last Xenon DP was destroyed the sector still remained. - However, if the ship has no damage the time to start the actual boarding action of the marines vs crew takes. Assume you scan a Behemoth. In this way you will hardly see any loss of reputation or loss of staff at all and you will get a ship with all these turrets and structurally at 95%. You will also find additional information from developers here. - For example. Just make sure to select a target that hasn't got tracking turrets, as missiles usually destroy all boarding pods within seconds. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. i use it for finance my complex stations. The boarding system seems very clunky, to put it mildly. Or, if they're far away from the station, if one of their distress probes gets in comm range of the station. My allies will blow up ships even while my marines are onboard, and I have to micro-manage my units to stop them from blowing up the target while the boarding is going on. Post by JackXx » Sat, 4. Joined: Mon, 14. Mar 23, 15:59X4: Foundations. ARG regularly offers me millions to steal their own destroyers and you do still get rep loss for shooting them. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. rene6740 wrote: "without loosing rep". Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. Maybe check the builder ship what rsoures it has, you could cancel the build and redo it. Posts: 5577 Joined: Sat, 10. Fleet boarding not progressing. Are the SCA reporting my actions, or what? Didn't see. You will also find additional information from developers here. I dropped to -19 just for the act of boarding, my hits on the ship did not lower my rep. Is it just me or does boarding and capturing seem brokenly OP? Let me explain. 16 posts • Page 1 of 1. The bit that gets VIG angry is the player getting close to the Erlking the first time, and the hostile status is only from the Keepsake station and its drones. Sometimes I have up to 4 or 5 boarding ops going at the same time, before the 1st shifts into the battle phase. X, and in the current ToA extended tutorial, I mean story campaign, it mentions heavy rep losses for boarding. My allies will blow up ships even while my marines are onboard, and I have to micro-manage my units to stop them from blowing up the target while the boarding is going on. You will also find additional information from developers here. Posts: 5577 Joined: Sat, 10. Feb 23, 15:06. You will also find additional information from developers here. That way, you keep good relations with both protectorate and yaki and you get a late end-game mission from dal to liberate the yaki systems from xenons (he called it a "small" task). Even if the target is a member of a fleet, the others seemingly do not aggro since you didn't open fire. Detonating the bomb will generate 4 dataleaks. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. X4: Foundations. You will also find additional information from developers here. KnowHopw • 2 yr. Dec 20, 00:49 [Feature Request] Destroying Ships in Self-Defense without Rep. Jul 09, 22:46. rep loss for boarding ships is way too low. 3 service crew and 3 marines. Honestly it's one of the biggest exploits in the game and if you abuse it it breaks the game for you. How to do it, you might ask. You can do cheese boarding, ie, fly by boarding were you can take anything if you patient enough, and you can do stealth boarding where you dont destroy any element on the target, without rep loss, easier on L Miners or traders with low crew capacity. Hire a couple 2+⭐️marines at any defense base. - However, if the ship has no damage the time to start the actual boarding action of the marines vs crew takes MINUTES. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. I am. In another operation today, i shot down a lot of Ants :) Not that Ants could fly :D if they shoot the ship your marines are boarding, then they are NOT your friends. 24 posts 1; 2; Next; Falcrack Posts: 4537 Joined: Tue, 28. Feb 23, 15:06. So with Falx and 4x meson streams, you can go nice and cozy near Hokkaido's hull, fire a full salvo of mesons to damage it (make sure you don't destroy any. the marines will take fire as they approach and it will take them longer to infiltrate but if you succeed it won't have the same risk of destroying the ship. building) before boarding and complete them after boarding, you restore or almost restore your reputation. 4 explorer ships exploring Laser towers in xenon sectors with no ARG around. 5 posts • Page 1 of 1. Rep loss is for. That is not true; you do lose rep. You will also find additional information from developers here. I have a situation where I have unwelcome competetion near my hub complex, the station appearing after I had the hub established Any ideas as to how to. #2. With that in mind, you have lots of options, e. That is the rock bottom. rep loss for boarding ships is way too low. 24 posts 1; 2; Next; Falcrack Posts: 4471 Joined: Tue, 28. 16 posts • Page 1 of 1. The rep system has too many points of rapidly escalating, unintended conflict in the course of expected use. Jul 09, 22:46. ) I can generally find 2 or 3 L miners and traders in those two sectors alone within half an hour or even less with SETA LirukDatan • 3 yr. Jawms. "Act of war" action. 12 posts • Page 1 of 1. Jawms Posts: 349 Joined: Thu, 30. Sell them to the enemy. I don't like how rep loss is automatic/tied to the destruction of elements and I think boarding with no/minimal rep loss should be possible if you're smart about it. X4: Foundations > General Discussions > Topic Details. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. Feb 23, 16:31This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. JackXx Posts: 6 Joined: Thu, 2. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. My allies will blow up ships even while my marines are onboard, and I have to micro-manage my units to stop them from blowing up the target while the boarding is going on. Mar 23, 15:59This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. Took me a long time to do that. I did multiple ship boarding a handfull of times and all of them were slaughterfests for my guys. 24 posts 1; 2; Next; Falcrack Posts: 4497 Joined: Tue, 28. You lose rep with the faction you attack anyway, you just aren't losing rep twice. It's food rations, ice, and water that are illegal in VIG space. loss for killing crew even near friendly station - we have legal cheat, not fairly boarding. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. Keep a captured builder (Mammoth Vanguard), at a shipyard, full of marines. As I started shooting out sub-systs on the ANT freighter, I took permanent rep hit. X4: Foundations. You will also find additional information from developers here. Max out remaining crew space with Marines. Feb 23, 16:31This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. A fighter can come by here and there but it makes no difference. I'm trying to cap an ANT freighter out in empty space (no stations of any kind at all near me). X4: Foundations. The PIO Construction Ship , Kyushu have up to 219 crew + pilot on-board but are rarely full, but it gives a lot of training for my Marines. X, and in the current ToA extended tutorial, I mean story campaign, it mentions heavy rep losses for boarding. Is there a way to perform those actions with a minimal hit to my rep as I don't want to have to re-climb back up to +20?Boarding and War Missions. The boarding system seems very clunky, to put it mildly. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. Yet I also have to get it damaged enough to make enough crew bail that the marines don't have an impossible fight, so I. The result is boarding without rep loss. This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. ago. Ship bailing: So long as you do not destroy the ship, you may open fire and cause the bailing of any ship that can bail. You will also find additional information from developers here. Therefore, the "undeclare" is just improving reputation by any means. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. But if you do manage to catch one alone… a free XL ship is typically worth any rep loss. My allies will blow up ships even while my marines are onboard, and I have to micro-manage my units to stop them from blowing up the target while the boarding is going on. I do a regular search for "plunderer" on the map and then set 1 rattlesnakes to follow until further notice on each one. While boarding with one ship with 1/3 the quantity and 1/2 of strength fared way better. 5x the enemy boarding strength) you can board any ship anywhere without firing a shot. Attack the station with a fast ship, draw the sector defenders to. Rep loss from boarding. As I started shooting out sub-systs on the ANT freighter, I took permanent rep hit. user1679 Posts: 715 Joined: Fri, 20. I finally wanted to get into piracy, but outside of ZEN/KAK I'm already friends with everyone at +20 and don't want to drop below that if it's possible. 16 comments. Feb 23, 16:31I finally wanted to get into piracy, but outside of ZEN/KAK I'm already friends with everyone at +20 and don't want to drop below that if it's possible. Another way would be 200 to 400 Laser Towers. Yet I also have to get it damaged enough to make enough crew bail that the marines don't have an impossible fight, so I. You will lose more marines but marines are cheap. Step 2: Build at least one Asgard battleship. Post by JackXx » Sat, 4. I'm trying to cap an ANT freighter out in empty space (no stations of any kind at all near me). ARG are at war with HOP and ZYA and will actually reward you for attacking their ships in ARG space but they won't like you attacking pretty much anyone else (maybe TER is fine because of the cold war relation but I'm not sure on that one). Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. Jul 20, 10:44. X4: Foundations. You will also find additional information from developers here. You will also find additional information from developers here. You will also find additional information from developers here. rep loss for boarding ships is way too low. (or you don't) Btw, if you board a carrier with fighters docked, you. The builder ship should be building it after it gets all the resources. The just sold ships would normally fly away to be recycled by the new owner. Especially when they consider it a treasured military secret and don't even sell these ships to anyone. You will also find additional information from developers here. Are the SCA reporting my actions, or what? Didn't see any distress drones launch. Immediately command your m7m to board the Ozias, send another flail barrage to suppress the shields and your marines should get in. So boarding a capital ship should really hurt, if you do not force them to bail. You can slide up to any capital ship and board without attacking it (make sure the boarding is set to start at "Very Strong" shields and hull); the marines will fly over and take a few shots, but if you can get out of there and wait 5 minutes the reputation hit will reset and then you can follow the target meters away until the. JackXx Posts: 14 Joined: Thu, 2. You can't even use that command if your current reputation is -25 or below. . Post by JackXx » Sat, 4. Posts: 5577 Joined: Sat, 10. I dropped to -19 just for the act of boarding, my hits on the ship did not lower my rep. For instance lets take an argon ship as an example. 24 posts 1; 2; Next; Falcrack Posts: 4414 Joined: Tue, 28. this is in fact an advanced and very valid tactic. Moderator:. This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. Check the logs, you should see a note about reputation loss and what specifically for. +10 (or (+7) many %), the rep remains positive after the boarding operation. This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. Grand Exchange 1 is owned by the Teladi race. rep loss for boarding ships is way too low. You'll lose faction rep, but only a few points because they have no police to report to and no allied ships (usually. I'm helping ARG now, for a while. Belphegor2_3 Posts: 51 Joined: Sun, 1. This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. rep loss for boarding ships is way too low. I had rep 29 or 30 with ARG when ZYA asked to. 24 posts 1; 2; Next; Falcrack Posts: 4638 Joined: Tue, 28. Post by pref » Sun, 6. ↳ X4: Foundations; ↳ X4: Foundations - Spoilers; ↳ X4: Foundations - Technical Support; ↳ X4: Foundations - Scripts and Modding;Yes you lose rep with the owner faction for all surface elements and deployables of theirs that you destroy. Are the SCA reporting my actions, or what? Didn't see. - You can board and steal ships from the SCA without rep loss, your rep with them is pegged to -5 always Good luck! EDIT: One more thing I forgot to mention. This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. Post by JackXx » Sat, 4. Dec 20, 00:49 [Feature Request] Destroying Ships in Self-Defense without Rep. 6 posts • Page 1 of 1. You can board a completely intact ship, all you need is massive amounts of marines. You don't even have to get the shields down and damage the hull. Boarding requires sufficient Marine crew across the player-owned ships participating in the action. Sep 19, 08:34. Well, here's how: 1. Post by. X4 WIKI; Game Registration. You can't loose Reputation by Trading unless one of your Ships was Scanned in ZYA Space with contraband on board. Loss. There is a mod for this but it works on RNG chance based on your Reputation, somewhat similar to how your target's crew bailing. Got the mission done without a rep lossAs long as you set the target to "very strong" the pods will launch, latch on, take a lot of time, but still penetrate the hull and do the boarding just fine. 11 posts. Mar 23, 15:59I do not care for losing rep. Feb 23, 15:06. 9 posts • Page 1 of 1. There are ways to board ships without rep loss, but they are rather complicated compared to intended way. Hi, i'm relatively new in X4 and X games in general, i've played around a hundred of hour now, i've created 4 stations, each of them making me money, but it isn't enough to cover any L ship loss in the war against Xenon My biggest station is doing Smart Chips, Hull parts and Spacefuel (This is the station you get with a quest) The second one is only Silicon Wafers, small money for a small. Feb 23, 16:31Yes i agree. Feb 23, 16:31The boarding system seems very clunky, to put it mildly. JackXx Posts: 6 Joined: Thu, 2. Feb 23, 16:31So far quite happy with many aspects of X4, but the reputation loss management seems to be broken. Feb 23, 16:31This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. No shooting = no rep loss whatsoever. On pirates I kill the engines and turrets to make it easier. 11 posts • Page 1 of 1. Got 2 disabled SCA ships I'm working on capping and wanted to take the opportunity to also cap the ANT freighter they were harassing. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. Of course, MIN can end up building other stations later in the game, but at the start they are quite hard to rep up. Fixed station module and ship blueprints being available without any reputation restriction. I have a boarding fleet of rattlesnakes that I keep sitting stocked full of marines. Feb 23, 16:31This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. Boarding: I_x_fx mentioned this but specifically if you do not destroy the turrets on a ship you don't lose rep when you board. You can see if you are on the right track, if you see escape pods of the crew other than the pilot come out. worked. Lure some hostiles (khaak, xeon) to the station, kill them in the vicinity, and you'll gain back some reputation. - if you have high rep with a faction just board its ship anywhere, I boarded PMC Rahana and rep -1 only from 24 to 23, aplicable to all factions I think And missions: - and use Mission computer MOD to easy access to a list of all mission in zone, and search for „Stop the snitch“ and similar ones, it is mission to destroy a capital ship, Of course, they're pirates so you will still lose rep with their actual faction. Destroying moduls cause -3 rep at the faction you are attacking. ZYA asked to destroy another ARG Defence Platform. 11 posts • Page 1 of 1. if you are refering to fly bly boarding without actually harming the targeted vessel, that is not an exploit. Jan 19, 16:48 Anyone knows exactly how much rep is lost during a. You will also find additional information from developers here. Is there a way to perform those actions with a minimal hit to my rep as I don't want to have to re-climb back up to +20?Depends on their relation with the target faction. X4: Foundations "Fly By Boarding" (Video) This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. 2 x Cobra – Medium Preset. With high level marines (specifically 1. Especially the Marines for boarding. Hello all! On the Argon vs Xenon missions, i received one where they ask me to board an Argon big ship. JackXx Posts: 6 Joined: Thu, 2. This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. Mar 22, 08:44. Don’t move and deploy all of the mines, teleport out of the ship and let the ai take control. rep loss for boarding ships is way too low. 24 posts 1; 2; Next; Falcrack Posts: 4426 Joined: Tue, 28. Nov 12, 16:55. 5 posts • Page 1 of 1. 15 posts • Page 1 of 1. Ship capture with marines: Currently, so long as nothing is destroyed on a target, there is no reputation loss for stealing ships with marines. Destroying moduls cause -3 rep at the faction you are attacking. Loss. If you google "x4 guide to stealing blueprints" it gets into the whole process from beginning to end, as well as how to identify station parts, opening up black markets, all sorts of stuff related to being a blueprint thief. If you want to capture without damage to the ship, don't forget to configure your ships to "keep distance", otherwise they will shoot the ship's turrets and thrusters to say the least. This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. If it's a SCA or FAF "plunderer" ship, scan it first to break the disguise and avoid rep loss with the disguise faction. 256 megs of toast. . Loss. None of the ships are being attacked or in combat except my destroyers. But you do get a pass for two attacks in short period of time, and no rep loss for boarding itself. Feb 23, 15:06. As for the rep loss thing on turret destruction, there is a difference between faction rep and ship rep. Or if launched distress drone will reach npc sation. JackXx Posts: 6 Joined: Thu, 2. Learn how to use the EMP bomb to steal blueprints, watch a video. I am indeed. Loss. . This! If we doesn`t get rep. So, either. Just make sure to select a target that hasn't got tracking turrets, as missiles usually destroy all boarding pods within seconds. JackXx Posts: 6 Joined: Thu, 2. JackXx Posts: 6 Joined: Thu, 2. +10 (or (+7) many %), the rep remains positive after the boarding operation. Post by pref » Sun, 6. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. Feb 23, 15:06. by xant » Thu, 16. ↳ X4: Foundations; ↳ X4: Foundations - Spoilers; ↳ X4: Foundations - Technical Support; ↳ X4: Foundations - Scripts and Modding;Is that normal that boarding a ship in empty space gets me 26 rep loss? PMC will not get any more angry with me, after boarding 2 taranises and a fedhelm im still at -20. Are the SCA reporting my actions, or what? Didn't see. Mar 23, 15:59Since the size of nopileos is so large and sometime the AI in fleets does less than desirable things. Rep loss from boarding. rep loss for boarding ships is way too low. Once they start the second phase, get out of there asap. Feb 23, 20:44. You will also find additional information from developers here. On pirates I kill the engines and turrets to make it easier. 16 posts • Page 1 of 1. ago. BeeTLe_BeTHLeHeM • 5 yr. This make them launch the marines and stay away without shooting. Cost 2. Top. Jul 09, 22:46. You can board ships, before damaging them so when you board a standing vessel in close range your borders have the abilitie to attach before the ship starts boosting away. 15 posts • Page 1 of 1. So I decided to go capture some better ships. you will also be able to get ships like the colossus in Prime Argon in this way. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. 8M each. Therefore you want to do the max hull damage (to take <target's> BR down to a number you can handle) in as few shots as possible. You will also find additional information from developers here. rep loss for boarding ships is way too low. So I've been trying to find a way to do this for the current game version. Rep was 28 after that destruction. Either that or the loss is so small it's negated by normal trade activity. Nov 12, 16:55. Feb 23, 15:06. You will also find additional information from developers here. Are the SCA reporting my actions, or what? Didn't see any distress drones launch. Boarding rep loss in unclaimed sector? So before the patch I would steal ships all day in nop's fortune without a rep hit but now i am, did something change? X4: Foundations > General Discussions > Topic Details. Are the SCA reporting my actions, or what? Didn't see. by Dreez » Wed, 12. The X4: Foundations 4. JackXx Posts: 14 Joined: Thu, 2. they are cheap. Re: Destroy Faction stations without lossing rep. I'm trying to cap an ANT freighter out in empty space (no stations of any kind at all near me). If a ship is smuggling in your space or attacks your assets in neutral territory, you should be left alone for killing it. If you want the marines to board the ship while it's undamaged, you need to configure the two first parameters to "very strong". Feb 23, 15:06. ↳ X4: Foundations; ↳ Support et Aide pour X4: Foundations; ↳ Script et Modding pour X4: Foundations; ↳ L'Univers X Rebirth; ↳ Support et Aide pour X Rebirth; ↳ Script et Modding pour X Rebirth; ↳ Support et Aide pour la Trilogie X; ↳ L'Univers de la Trilogie X; ↳ Script et Modding pour la Trilogie X; ↳ Off Topic FrançaisCompatible with 3. You will also find additional information from developers here. Ship capture without rep los. I couldn't resist the temptation and capped it again using my Truelight Seeker and Cobra. But only if there's a station nearby for them to comm that considers your aggression unlawful. #2. Scan stations for the boron scientist mission EARLY in your game (unless you started Terran). #X4FoundationsDream to live by ZAYFALL This! If we doesn`t get rep. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. I didn't try to do it with the turrets disabled, but maybe the constructors wouldn't survive without swathing the flies for so long. No one wants their ship back. You will also find additional information from developers here. Ship capture without rep los. Ship capture without rep los. Jan 19, 16:48 Anyone knows exactly how much rep is lost during a. 16 posts • Page 1 of 1. If you want to capture without damage to the ship, don't forget to configure your ships to "keep distance", otherwise they will shoot the ship's turrets and thrusters to say the least. Lure them away, then kill them. You will also find additional information from developers here. How to do it, you might ask. Post by JackXx » Sat, 4. You will also find additional information from developers here. Took me a long time to do that. For me, i usually use Shuyaku Vanguard with full marines crew for. . 10 posts • Page 1 of 1. There have been some balance changes made over versions and you actually can avoid most of the rep loss if you just disable them rather than destroy them (eg engines and maybe turrets which stop working if each kept at low hull points). Took me a long time to do that. Ship capture without rep los. You can do "safe boarding", ie, mainly SCA ships. We really cant board Xenon ships or it is we havent found the correct way yet? This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. Took me a long time to do that. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum. If you attack a Boron ship in ARG space, ARG don't care, Boron are not enemy, so no rep difference. Apr 19, 07:34. . Took me a long time to do that. As for the rep loss thing on turret destruction, there is a difference between faction rep and ship rep.