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mcarlsonus · 01-20-09, 11:53 AM

...and went back to an earlier mission before I was offered the XVIII. Depth control was so bad - with or without the Walther motor engaged - that game play was neither fun nor realistic. Coming to periscope depth from either the surface or the deep would cause the boat to bob around like a air-filled ball that's been held underwater. It (literally!) plunges back and forth between 14' (periscope depth is 52-55' below keel) and 160' - even in real time and at "quiet speed." After getting shelled heavily by local DD's due to "conning tower exposure," being unable to fight back as I'm on a roller coaster, etc., I finally gave up and went back to "Old Reliable." May not be sexy or especially fast, but at least I'm not HELPING the enemy sink me!

01-20-09, 11:53 AM	#3
mcarlsonus Weps Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 362 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Finally gave up... ...and went back to an earlier mission before I was offered the XVIII. Depth control was so bad - with or without the Walther motor engaged - that game play was neither fun nor realistic. Coming to periscope depth from either the surface or the deep would cause the boat to bob around like a air-filled ball that's been held underwater. It (literally!) plunges back and forth between 14' (periscope depth is 52-55' below keel) and 160' - even in real time and at "quiet speed." After getting shelled heavily by local DD's due to "conning tower exposure," being unable to fight back as I'm on a roller coaster, etc., I finally gave up and went back to "Old Reliable." May not be sexy or especially fast, but at least I'm not HELPING the enemy sink me!