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Originally Posted by Dignan
This has always been a problem with the SH series. No sense of any other subs or allied ships being "out there with you." However, sometimes I still wonder if they are there but you just don't often see them because the ocean is a BIG place.
Only a few times have I encountered allied ships but I have.
1. In SH4 I've tracked targets, set up solutions and all but fired the torpedo when I saw that it was actually a New Zealand or Russian merchant.
2. In SH5 I once saw a German merchant transiting the English Channel heading west. Not sure what he was doing but I noticed he was getting attacked by British planes. I made the decision to man the flak guns and head towards the ship's position to assist. Unfortunately, it was sunk by the planes before I could get there.
3. And my all time most immersive moment....in SH4 about halfway between Pearl and Japan I ran into a US Task Force with about 3 carriers, some cruisers and a handful of destroyers heading West towards Japanese waters. It was awesome. I surfaced and joined the parade for a while but it was too costly on my fuel consumption and eventually let them press on their high speed.
So, I think allied ships are out there but I think if someone is able to mod the campaign layer to add more it would definitely add to the immersiveness of the game.
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The tonnage war sounds beautiful. Glad people are working hard on sh5. In a couple years who knows where it will go.
I haven't played much sh5 but I basically have the same complaints others to. Grid map, immersion,campaign layers, no freindly ai. Though I agree that the german navy was mostly bottled up they still have some sorties. Admiral hipper gne, spee, deustcheland, etc... Plus the norway battles and artic battles. I'd love to catch a raid on a freindly port also. Ie leaving brest in late 1943 and seeiing lancasters come on their bombing missions.
Though it was very small one of the most exciting moments in sh3 for me was using nygm some years ago. I was homebound in mediterranean and ran into a small convoy. Upon closer inspection it was a italian/german convoy on its way back from tripoli giving supplies to rommel!! I decided to join it on my homebound journey for some extra protection (it has 2 german destroyers escorting it). As we passed some miles away from malta british aircraft attacked! The destoyers merchants and my uboat opened up on the menace! It was incredibly intense and an amazing experience! I was forced to dive because one of the planes targetted me, I lost visual contact with the conoy but I know one merchantmen was hit during the battle. After some time underwater I listened via hydrophones to the freindly convoy and picked up an even more dismal sound.. Brit destroyers must have been called on were on their way from the east. I didn't have freellook on so I had no idea to fate of convoy. Things like that are what sh series great! But its always "if" these things can be achieved, they are never implmented without modding. Which is sad.