After boarding a ship, one of two things should happen; it is captured or sunk. Suffice to say, it should not be possible to immediately board the ship again after leaving the ransack screen. However, for a very brief moment the board option is still available and if the player is quick enough they can trigger it. If the enemy captain survives he can be recruited again, but sometimes the ransack screen appears immediately after the first deck is finished. It doesn’t matter if the ship is captured or sunk, it can still be boarded again afterwards. This can be repeated over and over again. I think the same applies to sinking a player ship, it can still be interacted with for a very brief moment.
Well that was funky. I just sunk a ship, boarded it again... and then swapped over to it. Upon returning to the sea, the ship was sinking. Then I managed to catch the boarding option for another ship which just so happened to come by, even though my own ship was completely submerged by this point (it might be understandable to be able to board another ship while sinking, but only if the player’s own ship is still mostly above the waterline). Now I could have swapped over to that ship, my current one was sinking anyway and most certainly would have after swapping, but I wanted to see what would happen - I saved it, got to the world map and my hull was repaired slightly with some planks, but after reloading the ship was no longer sinking, even though it had nil health, and so I don’t know if I would have eventually died.
Well that was funky. I just sunk a ship, boarded it again... and then swapped over to it. Upon returning to the sea, the ship was sinking. Then I managed to catch the boarding option for another ship which just so happened to come by, even though my own ship was completely submerged by this point (it might be understandable to be able to board another ship while sinking, but only if the player’s own ship is still mostly above the waterline). Now I could have swapped over to that ship, my current one was sinking anyway and most certainly would have after swapping, but I wanted to see what would happen - I saved it, got to the world map and my hull was repaired slightly with some planks, but after reloading the ship was no longer sinking, even though it had nil health, and so I don’t know if I would have eventually died.
