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Shadow · 07-08-17, 07:16 AM

If you stick to the mission targets, you should be fine. When there's more than one, you don't always need to sink them all to accomplish your mission. For example, you only need to sink 50% of the transports when tackling an invasion force.

A tangential problem I see is that medals seem much harder to earn in the 1968 campaign, if they're tied to tonnage sunk in a single patrol. Your effective destructive power is nowhere near what you have aboard a Los Angeles in 1984. To illustrate my case, in about 7 successful missions in '84 driving an LA I was able to earn the Bronze Star, Silver Star and Navy Cross. In '68 driving a Skipjack, I earned nothing in 5 successful missions (and then I was sunk

).

Some tweaking might be in order. Here's the contents of awards.txt:

While attainable in 1984, the patrol awards in particular seem outlandish in 1968. Perhaps campaigns should have some sort of multiplier value to adjust the requirements to the scenario.

07-08-17, 07:16 AM	#3
Shadow Torpedoman Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 112 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 2	If you stick to the mission targets, you should be fine. When there's more than one, you don't always need to sink them all to accomplish your mission. For example, you only need to sink 50% of the transports when tackling an invasion force. A tangential problem I see is that medals seem much harder to earn in the 1968 campaign, if they're tied to tonnage sunk in a single patrol. Your effective destructive power is nowhere near what you have aboard a Los Angeles in 1984. To illustrate my case, in about 7 successful missions in '84 driving an LA I was able to earn the Bronze Star, Silver Star and Navy Cross. In '68 driving a Skipjack, I earned nothing in 5 successful missions (and then I was sunk ). Some tweaking might be in order. Here's the contents of awards.txt: Code: [Medals and Awards] Navy=United States PatrolAwards=event_award_bronze_star,event_award_silver_star,event_award_navy_cross,event_award_medal_of_honor PatrolTonnage=25000,50000,100000,200000 CumulativeAwards=event_award_navy_com,event_award_navy_dsm,event_award_legion_of_merit CumulativeTonnage=50000,100000,250000 MissionsPassed=3,6,10 WoundedAwards=event_award_purple_heart ProbabilityWounded=0.15,0.001 While attainable in 1984, the patrol awards in particular seem outlandish in 1968. Perhaps campaigns should have some sort of multiplier value to adjust the requirements to the scenario. __________________ Shadow's Cold Waters mods (JSGME-friendly) = Longer Campaigns: Marathon Edition = 500-yard MAD range Last edited by Shadow; 07-08-17 at 07:28 AM.