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Originally Posted by Fish40
I'm not poseing this question to the guys out there who have Naval experience, because you have an unfair advantage. Do you think with the knowlege we have from playing SH4 that we would actually be able to track and successfully attack a ship?  |
Wellllllll .... no. Being a former "ground pounder" [Ranger, US Army] which I am sure will bring scorn and ridicule upon my head [seeing as this is a naval sim zone] I cannot speak with any naval expertise. However, applying this to what I did do in the military ... my answer would definately have to be "Sorry partner, no way." What someone has learned in the game would probably qualify them just enough to understand the general gist of what was happening around them... not execute it.
Just for example take one important factor ... something we ground pounders know and have a saying for ... "If you can't find the enemy, you can't kill them." Navigation in SH4 is simple ... drop a waypoint and presto ... you go there ... doesn't work that way in RL. Land navigation [without using GPS] has a lot to it that is based more on experience and art form than just drop an azimuth and go. My guess is, that same concept applies to commanding a sub. Knowing how to set up to fire a shot ... and knowing how to press the button to fire .... those are the science or hard fact forms ... but it doesn't include the experience and art form of it which I suspect is a major portion of the success formula. Sub commanders were/are respected as elite and unique ... even amoungst themselves. No simulation would get you to the point where you could find, engage, and destroy the enemy in a real life situation. Consider, there are two types of simulation done in the military today ... first ... computer simulation ... this is the "first step" simulation ... sure ... it has its value and is recognized. However it is also recognized as not enough. Then there is the second simulation the "actual" real life simulation or wargame or exercise or maneuver ... call it what you will but after the computer simulation they go out and do it in "practice" and still get fails ... but the point is no computer sim is ever enough.