Finally a Battleship

[OMS]

I have been on this forum back in the day, but just opened a new account to change my Username (for several reasons, but whatever). I stopped playing the game for along time but came back to it when I was that GWX3 was out.

The real point of this post is that I finally got a battleship!

November 1939, about midnight, I ran into a Nelson type north of England. She was in line with another battleship (I can't remember the type). I hit her with 3 torpedoes initially, which slowed her down from 23 kts to 6kts. Moved away and surfaced to get in another position to shoot again. She took another 3 torps to bring her down.

Damn, it seemed to easy:)

Cheers,

OMS

[Venatore]

Lucky bugger :shucks: I've never ever seen one in full career mode. It's probably best if I didn't anyway, as I would crap myself and blow the kill out my arse :oops:

[OMS]

Yeah, it's been the strangest start to a career I've had. On my first patrol I ran into a Southampton cruiser and sunk her as well. I'll probably end up getting sunk by a mine somewhere--everything is going to well.

OMS

[Jimbuna]

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

[Platapus]

You would waste torpedoes on a battleship???

What do you think you have a deck gun for, decoration???

cissy!!


:D

[Castout]

I remember my biggest prey so far has been a hospital ship and a line crusier. To sink or not to sink anyway they were too tempting not to. I mean that's the whole point of game. I missed :damn:

[javelina1]

I remember my biggest prey so far has been a hospital ship and a line crusier. To sink or not to sink anyway they were too tempting not to. I mean that's the whole point of game. I missed :damn:

being just a game, I still can't fire (and wouldn't), an eel at a hospital ship. I've accidentally hit a neutral, in a convoy, after one of my eels went under a tommy merchant, and hit the "green" ship. (it didn't sink).

[Mopy]

I remember my biggest prey so far has been a hospital ship and a line crusier. To sink or not to sink anyway they were too tempting not to. I mean that's the whole point of game. I missed :damn:

Don't you get shot for sinking hospital ships on RTB in game?

Might be lucky that you missed afterall!

[jrkepler]

For those bold, cheating or just plain lucky (I was the third), on the 31st of December 1944 in Grid AM 36, about 6 30 in the morning, two battleships with 8 escorts ran over me. Two well aimed torpedos were able to find the spot between the armor belt and torpedo blisters and sink the elderly HMS Revenge. The HMS Rodney proved to be far more durable, two torpedos wounded her and slowed her enough that two more torpedos could carry the killing blow. The depth is 112 meters and I was able to cuddle close to the sinking hulks, being lost amongst the twisted wreckage and after 2 horrible days I was able to slither away.

[Jimbuna]

Two days without renewing your air supply? :hmmm:

Nice shooting BTW :up:

[jrkepler]

Two days without renewing your air supply? :hmmm:

Nice shooting BTW :up:

Hah! I wish, we had to come up for air DURING the attack. The Royal navy had it out for us I swear, its like we slept with their sister AND owed them money. Really, sinking the battleships was a lot easier than getting away with it.

[Torplexed]

The Royal navy had it out for us I swear, its like we slept with their sister AND owed them money.

Aww. C'mon. They need the money to keep her in cigarettes and tatoos. ;)

http://pyxis.homestead.com/RNsister.jpg

http://pyxis.homestead.com/sailor-woman.jpg

[Weiss Pinguin]

Well, since you put it that way, I suppose we can spare a few hundred pounds.... :hmmm:

[Lt.Fillipidis]

Hah! I wish, we had to come up for air DURING the attack. The Royal navy had it out for us I swear, its like we slept with their sister AND owed them money. Really, sinking the battleships was a lot easier than getting away with it.

In daylight, you'll get a fair to moderate amount of damage for even emerging for a second. In night time you could have some seconds until you were spotted. Besides that, if we exclude the fact that the destroyers have limited depth charges, usually they leave the area after 6-10 hours of the last sinking.* So, two days is a bit too long. Cant say its impossible cause i dont fully understand the game mechanics but its highly unlikely based on my experience of the game.

*This tactic is guaranteed. I've been exploiting this for quite some time, during the Norwegian invasion. I spot a Task Force, fire an eel under the Battleship's engine room to break its spine and then hide near it until the DDs are gone. Then the great feast begins! Muhaha!
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[JSLTIGER]

The most amazing thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I cheated history and the Bismarck! I got HMS Hood...could not believe my eyes...four torps, one hit below turret A and three got her below the forward stack. Sank her! I could not believe it! I was even more shocked when the destroyers gave up on finding me and I was able to slink away still alive and intact. I was in a IXB.

Visual proof:
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3508/sinkingofthehood.jpg (http://img20.imageshack.us/i/sinkingofthehood.jpg/)

[diggercam88]

:nope: In my current carreer of Nov. 1939 I was being very risky and decided to go and find some tommies at Scapa Flow..... on my way I found something even better HMS Hood and some fellow ships.... I watched from my deck as she went by in the distance. I didnt attack her because I only had 3 fish left in the tubes.:x I shot a couple of deck gun shells at her in the distance hoping if i got there attention I could dive and just mabye get her to come closer and cripple her... no luck tho.

[Jimbuna]

Nice one http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

As soon as you leave the area, the Hood returns and sinks the Bismarck http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2391/bubblegum21.gif

[Radio]

JSLTIGER, that smoke looks awesome!

diggercam88, be happy that they didn't "answer" your shots in a similar fashion :DL

I went into the harbour north of Scapa Flow (don't remember the name atm, sorry), saw some merchants, a destroyer and some British subs there, made some shots at maximum range of the torpedoes, but sadly did not sink anything.

And later I saw a cruiser in Dover, it was in a separate pier to the south west, a bit away from the civilian harbour piers. Made four shots, 3 of them were duds. My boat was attacked by some armed Trawlers and sunk...