Boarding still bugged?

Are boarding ships still bugged N:TW like in Empire, as i tried to board a French vessel with Nelson's ship with around 290 men. The French ship had 130 on board. Was winning comfortably then when the french ship had 8 men left both ships caught fire, broke off from one another and nelson was killed, then to see a scene of all my crew jumping off there ship into the sea....................i mean WTF!!!!

**BUMP

That was part of the fight. I managed to board and capture their 122 gun ship once without it blowing up.

I think boarding has improved from Empires, though there are occasions where it just feels like E:TW.

Originally Posted by $harpy06

Are boarding ships still bugged N:TW like in Empire, as i tried to board a French vessel with Nelson's ship with around 290 men. The French ship had 130 on board. Was winning comfortably then when the french ship had 8 men left both ships caught fire, broke off from one another and nelson was killed, then to see a scene of all my crew jumping off there ship into the sea....................i mean WTF!!!!

Hi there.
First of all, boarding in ETW is not bugged. People are just not good enough to do it. I mean, one does not bring in a ship with 200 crewmen to board a ship with only 100 crewmen, and expect to win by numbers. It they do, there are rooms for rent up there in the penthouse. A defending ship has all 100 men at their disposal, the attacker does NOT have all 200, but only those not needed to handle the ship.
Second, boarding actions was allways a dangerous matter. Ships really did explode.
So, get on with it. Only board either a routing ship, or a ship really low on crew, like 50 men or so.
Y.S.
M. Jessen

Certain "bugs" still do pop up from time to time. For instance, I boarded a 38 gun Frigate with my 38 gun Frigate, all of my men did the Tarzan-eque rope swing, but the ships drifted apart, resulting in all my crew in the sea, and both, yes both ships surrendering at the same time.