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Old 03-15-10, 04:21 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by CCIP View Post
The reason I got into manual targeting in SHIII wasn't because I really wanted to do it so much, but because automatic or officer-assisted targeting were simply too easy. There wasn't really a margin of error, and knowing that the only reason your torpedoes wouldn't hit was because you got spotted or because you forgot to open your bow caps kind of took away from the thrill of the hunt a bit.
You hit the nail on the head here.

Guaranteed success kills the challenge, and eventualy deadens the excitement.
With manual targeting you go back to waiting, and hoping YOU got it right.
It puts the "wow" back into things.
Or simetimes the "what happenned?".
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