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timmy41 · 09-01-10, 12:21 AM

I think the greatest part of the game is simply how thrilling it can be. One invests hours of real time in order to make an attack. Math, Charts, Measuring, all must be done multiple times with small windows of opportunity. then you line up where you predict the enemy will be, and wait, and wait, and wait. you doubt yourself, maybe they changed course? maybe they saw me? if so, is there a RAF right above me? should I look? if i look, maybe theyll see the parascope. hydrophones report they hear the convoy, heading right to you, and you feel relieved. to this point your charting has been correct, and now you just double check to make sure the predetermined ships are still in the same spot, make minor corrections, and so on. by now maybe 30 minutes to an hour or more has passed of you waiting. enter info into the TDC, make sure each torp is set correctly, then check again. more waiting. you want to raise the parascope and look but the weather is moderate and by 1943 some of the DD crews have become very good at spotting. every time a DD breaks from the convoy to do its normal procedure of squiggling about, your heart drops, because for a single moment its heading directly towards you...but it returns to its place in the convoy. 10 minutes later your targets are in the scope, quick, is the gyroscope 0? was everything done correctly? will you have enough time to get away? a single mistake will send a torpedo harmlessly passing through the convoy, and several DDs will make every effort possible to kill you. the target enters the crosshairs. do you fire? do you trust your gut?

the amount of effort to 'win' in this game is IMMENSE compared to others. losing is incredibly stressful. just look at WWIIOL, people go bezerk when they lose, because some campaigns for on for months. can you imagine losing after investing months of gametime into something?
but...the satisfaction is that much greater. theres nothing as thrilling as having done your math, hitting several targets within seconds of one another, dodging the escorts, and getting home.

09-01-10, 12:21 AM	#3
timmy41 Weps Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 367 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I think the greatest part of the game is simply how thrilling it can be. One invests hours of real time in order to make an attack. Math, Charts, Measuring, all must be done multiple times with small windows of opportunity. then you line up where you predict the enemy will be, and wait, and wait, and wait. you doubt yourself, maybe they changed course? maybe they saw me? if so, is there a RAF right above me? should I look? if i look, maybe theyll see the parascope. hydrophones report they hear the convoy, heading right to you, and you feel relieved. to this point your charting has been correct, and now you just double check to make sure the predetermined ships are still in the same spot, make minor corrections, and so on. by now maybe 30 minutes to an hour or more has passed of you waiting. enter info into the TDC, make sure each torp is set correctly, then check again. more waiting. you want to raise the parascope and look but the weather is moderate and by 1943 some of the DD crews have become very good at spotting. every time a DD breaks from the convoy to do its normal procedure of squiggling about, your heart drops, because for a single moment its heading directly towards you...but it returns to its place in the convoy. 10 minutes later your targets are in the scope, quick, is the gyroscope 0? was everything done correctly? will you have enough time to get away? a single mistake will send a torpedo harmlessly passing through the convoy, and several DDs will make every effort possible to kill you. the target enters the crosshairs. do you fire? do you trust your gut? the amount of effort to 'win' in this game is IMMENSE compared to others. losing is incredibly stressful. just look at WWIIOL, people go bezerk when they lose, because some campaigns for on for months. can you imagine losing after investing months of gametime into something? but...the satisfaction is that much greater. theres nothing as thrilling as having done your math, hitting several targets within seconds of one another, dodging the escorts, and getting home.