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Originally Posted by gutted
map contacts is almost like cheating.
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I don't understand how this could be considered cheating. On a real submarine, the OOD has a tracking party plotting the enemy ships' position for him, based on data he and others provide (sonar, radar, etc.)
I agree with you if you're talking about basing your entire attack strategy on just watching the plot... that would be about the same as using an external camera.
The problem is, as I mentioned before, having it on can give you too much of an advantage if you abuse it. Turning it off unnecessarily hinders you.
What I do to maintain some semblance of realism is leave contacts on, and occasionally poke the scope up, take a peek, then drop the scope. Then go to the plot and the mark is still there for a few seconds. I take the pencil and put a mark there. This is very similar to the way it's done in real life, except that you (unfortunately) know that it's 100% accurate every time, and aren't required to take an accurate range reading. I really think there needs to be a compromise to get closer to the real thing, like I mentioned in my previous post.
To me, the most realistic way is to use updates, but don't abuse the updates to get an edge. To some, the most realistic way is to turn off updates completely and play the role of both OOD and Contact Plotter. Like I said... to each his own.
