Quote:
I enjoyed it all a lot, but I have a couple of things to point out: the first is that the convoys were a tad too big. I don't know how many ships were there in them, but I noticed more than 15 contacts through hydrophones in the first one. That seems way too big for a Med Italian convoy.
Thanks JapLance: To big, I have to confess to not thinking of that one, but in my clients defence I have to point out your honour, we believe the Italian army was drasticly ill equiped for war against the Allies, hence the large supply convoy 
Another one would be that in the interception area after engaging the convoy, I had too many contacts with enemy forces, including another big convoy. Too many ships at the same time in the same area, I think. Maybe you could tone down the % chances so not all the ship groups always spawn.
I recon thats a good point 
And then I guess that most escorts were of poor quality or their sensors don't work. I never heard any pings, which may be something real as the Italians probably didn't have anything similar to ASDIC (at least in 1940), but their hydrophones should work in some way. They never seemed to have any idea about where I was. Could someone with the right knowledge check the NDD_Soldati ASW equipment?.
This is where It get harder for me as a noob to mission designer, I noticed the lack of depth charge racks on the Soldati's as well.
|
There is no doubt in my mind that modding combined with mission design are very skillful persuits and when you think about the scale of the mods by Lurker and commitment it must take to get them completed, my mind boggles.
The idea behind these basic missions, was towards a British campaign that would run the length of the war and start at Gosport. But having the idea is one thing. The knowledge and commitment to build a British campaign is at a higher level than four simple missions. But a year ago, four simple missions would have seemed like a mountain to me, then all at once you see it and there done. Cracking the campaign trail seems like a mountain to me right now, but who knows.
Keltos has a mission where you hunt a submerged boat of Japan, how cool would that be in the bay of Biscay with Uboats everywhere, heh.
I recon Ubi missed a big chance here with SH4, "the T Class missions", this would have been a cool coarse to set and lift SH4 to whole new level.
sid