[AP] M8 ship are normally capable?

[pccenter]

I am back in game after many years. Last time i play it was in X3-R.

I buy X3-TC but don't play it at all.

Yesterday i was doing some missions "protect station" and "patrol system" and the enemies was 2 m8 ships. One Gladietor and one Hades.

Start hit the first and see the pilot bail their ship. Before even realize what happend, and the pilot of second ship bail also.

My question is. What types of ships are now normally capable, and what types need to use marines do do it.

Thanks for any replay

[pulzarokkit]

Ships that bail
m5, m4, m3, m8, TP, TS

Ships you need to capture with marines:
TM, m6, TL, M7, M2, M1

Maybe take a look into this

[Kirlack]

I can't say with 100% surety as it's AP, but in TC M8 could be captured like other fighters/freighters (except the TM), but only seemed to bail during station defence missions.

As for boarding, only ships of M1/M2/M6/M7/TM/TL class can be boarded.

M3/M4/M5/M8 (sometimes)/TS/TP can be capped normally.

I don't think any of that has changed for AP.

EDIT: meh, ninja'd!

[Goldfinch]

M8s especially seem to bail a lot on station defence. If they don't get blown up by their own missiles.

[delray]

Is the bug still in where some M6s can bail too on station defence? I think I got a PX that way a number of times back in the day.

[Kirlack]

I can't say for definite as I've never had it happen, but as far as I know it's impossible for M6 to bail without mods.

[Goldfinch]

I think it was fixed in one of the TC patches.

[Llama]

Make sure you patch to the latest version.

Military M8s have a high bravado rating, so are less likely to bail. Pirates have a lower rating and so bail more often.