akula_krieg
07-09-11, 06:55 PM
Greetings y'alls. Former SHIII junkie, used to post way back when but its been quite some time. Been on SH4 for awhile, finally gave TMO w/ RSRD a shot a couple days ago.
USS Gudgeon, first war patrol with the mods, south of the Bungo Straits. Bagged a freighter before being ordered south to patrol the Japan-Luzon-Singapore shipping lanes.
Sent another freighter to the bottom in the vicinity of Okinawa. About ten hours later, we're on the surface in broad daylight (stupid) cruising at ahead standard, and the lookouts spot a flying boat coming in fast. Emergency dive and a hard turn to starboard, passing 130 feet and I think we're ok.
Wrong.
That bastard dropped perfectly and blasted my stern all to hell. Stern tubes gone, aft torpedo room flooding fast, two bulkheads near to collapse, and general mayhem ensue immediately following the hit. I didn't even try to stay under...emergency blow, and thank heavens we hadn't taken on too much water before we popped onto the surface like a cork. Given that first hit, I figure we're as good as dead, but there's no sign of the aircraft. Repair crews are all over the stern, trying to patch the boat back together, and having a rough time of it.
Lookouts spot the flying boat coming in high, out of the sun. We're ready for him this time, but I have my doubts. Ahead flank, hard to starboard, and I tell the gunner to engage with our one .50 the moment he's in range.
The gunner's good for his first patrol. A few well-placed rounds turn the Japanese into a smoking wreck, but he manages to drop...near-miss off the starboard side. Unfortunately we don't quite down him and he limps away to the south. I order a turn to the east and remain at ahead flank for the remainder of the day - the aft torpedo room is completely flooded by now and I'm worried an attempt to dive would be catastrophic.
The repairs slowly continue, but as we make it through the night and into the next day, I'm pretty rattled. Ordered course for Pearl with twenty torpedoes still on board. We didn't get all the water pumped out of the aft torpedo room until a few hundred miles out from home.
Anyway, enough story-telling. Previously in SH4 a plane was no big deal...duck under and he'd most likely miss, or stay on the surface and fight it out, you'd always win. These mods have changed the game, and for the first time playing I was actually pretty damn shaken up. Thanks to the modders for what they've done to SH4, and I hope you continue your work.
USS Gudgeon, first war patrol with the mods, south of the Bungo Straits. Bagged a freighter before being ordered south to patrol the Japan-Luzon-Singapore shipping lanes.
Sent another freighter to the bottom in the vicinity of Okinawa. About ten hours later, we're on the surface in broad daylight (stupid) cruising at ahead standard, and the lookouts spot a flying boat coming in fast. Emergency dive and a hard turn to starboard, passing 130 feet and I think we're ok.
Wrong.
That bastard dropped perfectly and blasted my stern all to hell. Stern tubes gone, aft torpedo room flooding fast, two bulkheads near to collapse, and general mayhem ensue immediately following the hit. I didn't even try to stay under...emergency blow, and thank heavens we hadn't taken on too much water before we popped onto the surface like a cork. Given that first hit, I figure we're as good as dead, but there's no sign of the aircraft. Repair crews are all over the stern, trying to patch the boat back together, and having a rough time of it.
Lookouts spot the flying boat coming in high, out of the sun. We're ready for him this time, but I have my doubts. Ahead flank, hard to starboard, and I tell the gunner to engage with our one .50 the moment he's in range.
The gunner's good for his first patrol. A few well-placed rounds turn the Japanese into a smoking wreck, but he manages to drop...near-miss off the starboard side. Unfortunately we don't quite down him and he limps away to the south. I order a turn to the east and remain at ahead flank for the remainder of the day - the aft torpedo room is completely flooded by now and I'm worried an attempt to dive would be catastrophic.
The repairs slowly continue, but as we make it through the night and into the next day, I'm pretty rattled. Ordered course for Pearl with twenty torpedoes still on board. We didn't get all the water pumped out of the aft torpedo room until a few hundred miles out from home.
Anyway, enough story-telling. Previously in SH4 a plane was no big deal...duck under and he'd most likely miss, or stay on the surface and fight it out, you'd always win. These mods have changed the game, and for the first time playing I was actually pretty damn shaken up. Thanks to the modders for what they've done to SH4, and I hope you continue your work.