Wulfmann
12-20-08, 07:47 PM
Some of us have played SH3 religiously almost since it arrived. I waited for patch III but except for a small detour to work on flight sims and a stint in SH4 I have continued to make my way to sea with the goal of killing the English and stopping their supplies from getting through.
After early vanilla, Seawolves etc gamey versions I long ago settled on GW (albeit I modify the RND and SCR files for my opinion on correct history but all in all I doubt much different in difficulty.)
I play 100% no eye of God in tactical (wimps) and I make a conscience attempt to play real as well. No port raids no out of character for real U-Boat activity.
I attack shipping, my duty.
I rarely get a glimpse of anything big but have run into a very few task force by happen stance, not my job.
Last night I was returning from a poor performance with 3 fish left in the bow and one in the stern when reports of a task force north of Scotland and right in my path.
I lined up and right at dawn a ship was spotted and I dove quickly went to silent and turned 90% in hopes of getting lucky, lucky like I have yet to.
Odd, I thought. I could only make out one trail of smoke!
A battlecruiser and wearing a huge mustache so I am guessing 25 knots or more, maybe 30???
Hydro was picking up many more screws and they had that familiar dreaded sound of destroyer engines. But they were far behind their charge.
Damn, only 3 torpedoes and I was sure this was the mighty Hood, most feared of all of Tommie's ships.
As she neared I could finally make out one after turret and with the old superstructure she could only be the HMS Repulse and she was beautiful, graceful and slicing the water in all her magnificence!
Setting was spot on. I had the approach perfect the range was about 800 (no time, moving too fast) and as I fired three at 4% spread 20% off the bow I saw the first smoke from the lagging escorts, eight in all.
Two fish struck home (2 reported maybe all 3 hit, not sure) in the engine room area.
As the big ship had started to slow and took on a slight list to port I continued on silent hoping to alter position enough for the escorts to look where I was and not figure where I went all while keeping an eye on the big Schlachkreuzer.
She was listing and moving very slow maybe 3-4 knots maybe 5 but she was getting away and if the hounds ever got my scent I would never catch her. Every time a ping went off I shuttered thinking this was it, crash dive and forever lose my big chance.
When a string of pings went off I was ready on the "C" key but alas they searched for maybe an hour and a half and then all packed up and raced off as if first home got a free round.
They left Repulse plodding along all alone. I waited until I could not hear the destroyers and increased speed until I could get a perfect shot with my last fish from the stern tube. I was careful and made sure it was flat and true.
It was another 20 minutes before Repulse turned over showing her red bottom and 4 big screws.
In truth this success was flawed because in reality the tin cans would never have lagged behind, Repulse would have slowed if need be and once damaged the cans would have never left her to die but the fact is I have only rarely even seen a task force and, because of the large screens and little time to adjust just never get position.
I have actually seen HMS Hood twice and once misjudged and was too close almost being run over and once managed a hit on a KGV but (Since GW versions forgetting the gamey ones) that is the real life of a virtual Kaleun when one plays like one is real.
I recently almost completed a full war career getting from start to October 44 and have only completed one GW to end a 1943 one and that was not easy.
I do hope the team rebuilds SH4 U-Boats into a similar experience but the longer it takes the cheaper my next game PC will be (This one can easily do SH4 now).
Well, time to get U-48 back to see there are more English to kill.
Wulfmann
Here comes Repulse
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/Wulfmann/Repulse.jpg
Hits
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/Wulfmann/Repulse-hit.jpg
How bad is she?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/Wulfmann/Repulse-after-hit.jpg
Listing an hour later
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/Wulfmann/Repulse-list2.jpg
Final hit, Repulse ist Gesunken!!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/Wulfmann/Repulse-coup-de-gros.jpg
After early vanilla, Seawolves etc gamey versions I long ago settled on GW (albeit I modify the RND and SCR files for my opinion on correct history but all in all I doubt much different in difficulty.)
I play 100% no eye of God in tactical (wimps) and I make a conscience attempt to play real as well. No port raids no out of character for real U-Boat activity.
I attack shipping, my duty.
I rarely get a glimpse of anything big but have run into a very few task force by happen stance, not my job.
Last night I was returning from a poor performance with 3 fish left in the bow and one in the stern when reports of a task force north of Scotland and right in my path.
I lined up and right at dawn a ship was spotted and I dove quickly went to silent and turned 90% in hopes of getting lucky, lucky like I have yet to.
Odd, I thought. I could only make out one trail of smoke!
A battlecruiser and wearing a huge mustache so I am guessing 25 knots or more, maybe 30???
Hydro was picking up many more screws and they had that familiar dreaded sound of destroyer engines. But they were far behind their charge.
Damn, only 3 torpedoes and I was sure this was the mighty Hood, most feared of all of Tommie's ships.
As she neared I could finally make out one after turret and with the old superstructure she could only be the HMS Repulse and she was beautiful, graceful and slicing the water in all her magnificence!
Setting was spot on. I had the approach perfect the range was about 800 (no time, moving too fast) and as I fired three at 4% spread 20% off the bow I saw the first smoke from the lagging escorts, eight in all.
Two fish struck home (2 reported maybe all 3 hit, not sure) in the engine room area.
As the big ship had started to slow and took on a slight list to port I continued on silent hoping to alter position enough for the escorts to look where I was and not figure where I went all while keeping an eye on the big Schlachkreuzer.
She was listing and moving very slow maybe 3-4 knots maybe 5 but she was getting away and if the hounds ever got my scent I would never catch her. Every time a ping went off I shuttered thinking this was it, crash dive and forever lose my big chance.
When a string of pings went off I was ready on the "C" key but alas they searched for maybe an hour and a half and then all packed up and raced off as if first home got a free round.
They left Repulse plodding along all alone. I waited until I could not hear the destroyers and increased speed until I could get a perfect shot with my last fish from the stern tube. I was careful and made sure it was flat and true.
It was another 20 minutes before Repulse turned over showing her red bottom and 4 big screws.
In truth this success was flawed because in reality the tin cans would never have lagged behind, Repulse would have slowed if need be and once damaged the cans would have never left her to die but the fact is I have only rarely even seen a task force and, because of the large screens and little time to adjust just never get position.
I have actually seen HMS Hood twice and once misjudged and was too close almost being run over and once managed a hit on a KGV but (Since GW versions forgetting the gamey ones) that is the real life of a virtual Kaleun when one plays like one is real.
I recently almost completed a full war career getting from start to October 44 and have only completed one GW to end a 1943 one and that was not easy.
I do hope the team rebuilds SH4 U-Boats into a similar experience but the longer it takes the cheaper my next game PC will be (This one can easily do SH4 now).
Well, time to get U-48 back to see there are more English to kill.
Wulfmann
Here comes Repulse
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/Wulfmann/Repulse.jpg
Hits
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/Wulfmann/Repulse-hit.jpg
How bad is she?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/Wulfmann/Repulse-after-hit.jpg
Listing an hour later
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/Wulfmann/Repulse-list2.jpg
Final hit, Repulse ist Gesunken!!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/Wulfmann/Repulse-coup-de-gros.jpg