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I must be getting bored in my old age.....I actually read all the posts :hmmm:
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this forum is so addicting. |
Boring? Not from where I sit....
I usually give everyone and everything the benefit of the doubt at first. GWX was no exception. Granted, the weather situation in SHIII is a pain as is the radio messages, but I adapted. Before I loaded GWX and researched all the posts here as much as I could, I read all the quirks and perks of stock SHIII. I came to realize that the stock aspect of the game did well enough, but there was a great deal of room for improvement. And improvements there came to be...
GWX impressed me. It basically redefined "realism" as best it could. Is it boring? No. Are there boring moments within a patrol? Yup....just like in real U-Boat life. If you've seen Das Boot, they had several weeks of "nothing" and their frustration was evident...in the film....they were on 1x TC 24/7....so that can be boring. The GWX aspect pretty much "mirrored" those situations. So, after I loaded GWX (and Rafael's DSK GUI) and read the manual at least 4 times and perused all the posts I could pertaining GWX problems, conflicts and tips and tricks...I think I "got it". I do not go "overboard" with the TC, my weather changes accordingly. I haven't had 3 weeks of 15kmps winds and rain with 30 foot swells; I periodically do sound checks with the hydrophones. That alone can be useful in a few kills. I no longer expect a merchant or convoy to come to me....you have to hunt for them...just like they did back in the day. So, yes..I can get bored and yes, it gets frustrating, but there is a good payoff in the end if you come back from a patrol with a measly 2100 tons. Of my personal opinion, sometimes people want "it" and want "it" now and that perhaps realism gets in their way I guess. I am not for the arcade type simulations...if so, I'd be on my DS playing Mario Brothers....:down: I am learning everyday. Follow most of the rules I can and read the posts here because the info is "priceless". |
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Where to begin? (As moderator) I guess, I'll keep it simple to prevent misunderstandings.... People usually tend to forget the essential benefit of living in a democracy, and it is sad :nope: so I must remind it: DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T PLAY IT. PERIOD. THAT'S SPELLED P-E-R-I-O-D Now please let us go back to other, more important things. Like a patrol in that friggin' cold and stormy northa atlantic :DL |
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This is what I was just about to post until the above post was made looks like Hitman knew what was coming. :hmmm:
I find this the most puzzling post in the whole thread. had the thread degraded in to a bad enough situation for a moderator to post this. I'm not saying that it probably wont but at this time some good light-hearted and informative post are still being entered. please let it run until the bad stuff starts.:nope: |
Some people aren't cut out for boring things. Several years ago, I flew Red Baron 3D on-line in a WW1 arena. We flew three nights a week, and I always volunteered for CAP missions. CAP stands for Combat Air Patrol. I would patrol a bridge, or supply depot, or some such, for hours at a time with nothing but my joystick and rudder pedals to keep me company. Sometimes you would see an enemy bomber or recon coming in and would get some action, but for the most part you just flew in a circle for a while, reversed course and flew the other way for a while. And I didn't mind at all.
Coming in to SH3, I figured if it was anything like looking for planes in the air, only with ships in the water, it would be boring more often than not, but that's OK with me. I love this game. |
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Is this forum still full of discussion about who likes who or wants what? No wonder so many have headed off :nope:
And I don't mean the pointless OP, but that it entails two pages of discussion about nothing. And I am even posting in it. |
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P.S. Debates like this one usually involve the GWX supermod ; thats the basis of the dispute. I maybe mistaken (hope so) but i've never seen a similar discussion by those who play basically the NYGM or WAC supermod (though i've seen ''WAC supporters'' and ''GWX supporters'' fighting - thats an another case). I'm trying to understand why but i can't. Surely, i don't believe that GWX has ''sworn enemies'' or/and ''fanatic enthusiasts'' or sthg. This would mean that GWX has become a psychosis. If this was true then the phrase ''SH3, a very addictive game'' should make us worry. Since i don't like psychology i'll leave it for the end. Till then i'll keep wondering whats going on (?).:hmmm: |
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For what it is worth I think GWX is the most widely used mod and in being so has made it the most easily targeted Supermod. Most who play SH3 love it to death and the makers of it defend it to the last against any criticism. and because of it there was not the great rush to change over from SH3 to SH4 as expected. I think this is what started the clashes between GWX and SH4 users. There is no getting away from the fact there is a great divide between the users of the two Games and this will continue on even with the release of SH5 coming soon. I guess it will then be SH4 against SH5 or if SH5 turns out to be a flop back to SH3 verses the rest. :03: |
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My goodness, aren't we a busy bunch on this thread.:haha:
I did the same thing you did Jim. I read all the posts.:up: I don't have much to add here. I think you all have kicked this donkey to death enough for me. Keep up the fantastic work!:yeah: |
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It happened like that frequently in real life. A great example of this is given by Heinz Schaffer in his book "U-Boat 977" where he recounts the fact that a storm lasted for weeks and the terrible discomfort and tedium that such weather brings! |
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Me? Playing SH4 & OM at the moment, which _again_ is an incredible subsim :ping: So the moral of the story, I guess, is that once you install a realism-oriented supermod you'll never go stock again... |
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