It's not AS dangerous at higher levels, but it's still dangerous. I no longer board ships until I've got their crew down to about what mine is. Taking on more than 2 enemies is suicide. I've come very close to being killed more times than I like to admit. By the time you're high level, you *should* be able to defend yourself against various ruffians. I think it's fairly well balanced with 10 HP per level.
Heck, I used to get killed frequently in Build 13 boarding 74 gun ships with my sloop. All my crewmen would die on every deck, leaving me to face a dozen 700 to 1000 HP enemies on my own. Turns out THEY had the overpowered toughness perk as well. I don't do stuff like that any more. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
And what is it with that really short girl with the eyepatch? I think that character has killed me more than any other. I'm scared of her now. Sort of like my wife, who is really short (4'11") and only has one eye. I'm scared of her, too. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
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Heck, I used to get killed frequently in Build 13 boarding 74 gun ships with my sloop. All my crewmen would die on every deck, leaving me to face a dozen 700 to 1000 HP enemies on my own. Turns out THEY had the overpowered toughness perk as well. I don't do stuff like that any more. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
And what is it with that really short girl with the eyepatch? I think that character has killed me more than any other. I'm scared of her now. Sort of like my wife, who is really short (4'11") and only has one eye. I'm scared of her, too. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
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