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tomoose · 03-09-11, 09:01 AM

I understand the previous responses but perhaps I didn't make my point clear.

Once you are out of torpedoes then you obviously have a couple of options;
- finish the patrol and head for home, or
- head to the nearest friendly base and reload/refit

In either case, in real life, you would radio in and let HQ know your intentions. You can't do that in the game therefore it would be nice IF your torpedoes are at zero that the next message you send would automatically get a reply such as:
"Msg rcvd. At your discretion end patrol and RTB or proceed to nearest base for reload/refuel."

The game currently has a message along those lines but I do not believe that it is triggered by being out of ammo or low on fuel but rather it seems to be based on completing a lot of patrols (whether you have ammo left or not). This is a good attempt but makes no sense if you've run out of torps after 2 patrols but this message won't pop up untily you've completed 8 patrols!!! If you are out of torpedoes (and for the sake of argument let's say you've burned up most of your fuel) after just ONE patrol and you send a message I guarantee you'll get "Proceed to posn XYZ and conduct anti-shipping operations.....blah, blah". There's no immersive sense that Base has any inkling of your actual status.

I'll shut up now, LOL.

03-09-11, 09:01 AM	#6
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Yes but.... I understand the previous responses but perhaps I didn't make my point clear. Once you are out of torpedoes then you obviously have a couple of options; - finish the patrol and head for home, or - head to the nearest friendly base and reload/refit In either case, in real life, you would radio in and let HQ know your intentions. You can't do that in the game therefore it would be nice IF your torpedoes are at zero that the next message you send would automatically get a reply such as: "Msg rcvd. At your discretion end patrol and RTB or proceed to nearest base for reload/refuel." The game currently has a message along those lines but I do not believe that it is triggered by being out of ammo or low on fuel but rather it seems to be based on completing a lot of patrols (whether you have ammo left or not). This is a good attempt but makes no sense if you've run out of torps after 2 patrols but this message won't pop up untily you've completed 8 patrols!!! If you are out of torpedoes (and for the sake of argument let's say you've burned up most of your fuel) after just ONE patrol and you send a message I guarantee you'll get "Proceed to posn XYZ and conduct anti-shipping operations.....blah, blah". There's no immersive sense that Base has any inkling of your actual status. I'll shut up now, LOL.