Surrender

[seanjo]

If you are in battle and obviously losing, are there advantages to surrendering?

[Anolytic]

Live server or testbed?

On live server, the advantage is mainly in not loosing a life from your officer that you have trained. You also keep your remaining crew, so you don't have to pay for replacing them.

On the testbed I believe that you save your remaining crew by surrendering, again saving the cost of replacing them.

[Captiva]

Also, on the testbed server, there is no cost for hiring crew when in port. Rum is used for replacing crew while at sea.

[Liq]

11 minutes ago, Captiva said:

Also, on the testbed server, there is no cost for hiring crew when in port. Rum is used for replacing crew while at sea.

I think that got changed with hotfix 6

"Port crew recruitment is now 68 per crew member"

 

[Captiva]

1 minute ago, Liquicity said:

I think that got changed with hotfix 6

"Port crew recruitment is now 68 per crew member"

I missed that one. Apologies for the misinformation.

[Fenris]

3 hours ago, seanjo said:

If you are in battle and obviously losing, are there advantages to surrendering?

Only on Live server.You save the life of your officer.

On Testbed you may surrender, but your oponent can take your ship aswell. So , better fight till bitter end

 

[Captain Jean-Luc Picard]

"Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be [...] we shall never surrender."

[seanjo]

Cheers for the clarification.