I confess myself very torn at present. I've been playing DW religiously these past few weeks (and finally getting the hang over driving my precious Akulas, especially K-461), and I must confess it seems nowhere near as... frustrating as SC was in my memory, especially with the SCX mod added (dim memories of trundling along cautiously at five knots and being bombarded with Mk. 46s by SH-60s spring to mind!).
On the other hand, as many have pointed out and I myself have realised, only SC with SCX can give you that really hectic, frankly downright scary Cold War Feel to a mission. I only realised this yesterday, when attempting to make a quick Cold War G-I-UK breakthrough mission brought home to me the sadly curtailed number of units available to us poor DW players - whither the Swiftsures, the Sturgeons, the mighty Alpha and Sierra-II? When one remembers being able to set up Mediterranean Cold War battles in which half a dozen Julietts, backed by some Charlies and a selection of varied classes of attack boats (including some decidedly antediluvian Foxtrots!) could make co-ordinated attacks against a US CVBG, it's certainly a come-down.
Out of curiosity, which of the two would people rate as more realistic? I know it's a bit of a daft question (mostly because I wouldn't have much clue either way; my knowledge of naval warfare is purely theoretical, thank you very much medical unfitness for service), but it's been bothering me for some days of late. In DW (with LWAMI) I've found it possible to sink the Constellation and two escorts, all without coming under serious attack apart from the odd Mk. 50. To my memory, attempting such in SC (especially using the sort of close-range attacks I prefer to employ) would see one swiftly riddled with torpedoes.
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