Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Birdseye
In the war it was well documented for ships to go down with a single torpedo
|
Take a walk through here
http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/listing.php
You'll find that what you say was 'well documented' is actually no such thing. Most ships took at least two, even some of the very small ones. There were ocassions where a ship loaded with steel sank within seconds, and if you peruse the American records you'll find one instance of a Japanese freighter taking 6 torpedoes and 8 hours to sink. There was another Japanese ship that broke in half, the stern sank, and the bow was towed to safety.
As far as hitpoints, one of the complaints about stock SH3 was that the hitpoint system resulted in too many instant sinkings. The major supermods change that so ships flood, and take time to sink. That might also be your problem - sometimes a ship in NYGM or GWX can take hours to sink...but sink they eventually do. Sometimes.