Anyone else suck at first?
 

Or just me? :P

Unwritten law for rookies to struggle - I only bagged one light steamer on my opening patrol, but bagged five on my second :yep:.....Until a flower corvette bounced a D/C off my bow and rendered me sunk due to flooding! :down:

AND I was on for a good-un as well - prob logging at least 15,000GRT with the five kills I got! :damn:

B****DY surface patrols! :damn:

Check the tips and tricks thread. There is quite a few little things there that may help you out in geting started.

Yeah I just did my first patrol. Sunk a huge cargo ship for like 4k tons. So I'm pretty happy. And I will check out that thread, thanks.

Yeah I sucked at first, mainly cause I started on 100% realism and also I sucked just after I installed OLC GUI. But Now I'm doing good

my current patrol: 60000+tons 12 torpedoes remaining IXC

You'll get the hang of it in no time. I recommend you sink all merchants 4000ton and less with deck gun if your having trouble with torpedoes, that way you will still get alot of tonnage. One tip is that the AOB and speed are pretty important when making your solutions, also get in close. (1000m) try to take shots when your AOB is 90 or 270, and make sure you identify nationality, you don't wan't to be sinking german ships

Suck at first???

I have been playing sub sims for a long time and I still suck.

But I am having fun and that's what it is all about

Haha yeah, I'm just now reaching my first patrol zone. Can anyone tell me what a green ship is on the map? Blue is allied and red is enemy, green = neutral?

yessir! :salute:

Thanks, I guess I should'nt destroy this neutral ship then.

only if you declare war on that nation (for 24hours) :D

:yeah:

Bingo.

It will cost you renown, and as KL-Alfman noted will also begin a 24-hour state of war between you and that ship's nation of origin. Meaning any other forces you encounter from that nation will attack you without warning or additional provocation.

It's a good thing I wasn't close to america when I sank 2 large merchants of theres:)

This. :DL

I remember sucking on 688 Attack Sub, Silent Service, etc.
But with all the 3D and control enhancements that make modern sims more lifelike, I suck less now. You gotta admit, even if you knew what you were doing, those old games cheated you really hardcore and that was the 'difficulty'.

I refuse to Suck!
:stare:
But I still get my behind handed to me in a very
predictable way everytime I play.
:nope:

I have a major problem with Crash diveing in shallow waters.
:doh:

I still have fond memories of my very first patrol, when I ran into something interesting.

According to the map it was Denmark.

My first memory of SH3, was before any supermods.

It was daylight, no clouds, no rain, glassy calm seas, I was in a type 7, creeping along at 1/3d speed (i don't think i had any notion of specific knot speeds yet), silent running, i had 14 to 20 meters of water underneath my keel, and i was trying to sneak into scapa flow, through the front, since there was no other way in.

And then, as i peered through my periscope, i noticed this destroyer Waaaay off. I thought, "hes so far away, i should get by him no problem", ill just be reaaaalllly quiet.

Umm,, no, he made a beeline for me, at which point i remember saying, "WTF! OMG No freaking way!!" After he pounded me into the sea floor, i exited the game thoroughly pissed off, cursing, "BS! That was complete utter BS!" as i turned off my computer and stomped off.

A couple days later, i was back at it again. :rolleyes:

Oh I DREAM of makeing it that far!
:haha:

twas a good day for me that a GIGANTIC american ship did not sink to the bottom of the harbour after about 4 torpedos. it was 1940.

I don't suck --Bernard does, and unfortunately he is a high ranking member of my crew. :wah:



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