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Originally Posted by theroc44
And if it wasnt for young americans and young brits we would be in a different world now.
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* cough* And young French, Russians, Belgians, Dutch, Poles, Filipinos, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Chinese, Indians, Norwegians, Danes, Yugoslavians, Brazilians, Czechoslovakians, Greeks and many others who made contributions with either men or material... *cough* (Apologies if I overlooked some!)
Not trying to diminish the important role played by US and British forces, but many more nations fought and suffered on the side of the Allies in World War 2.
As to the shooting gallery vs. playing the game as a serious simulation discussion, I don't think it is really possible to play the game as a shooting gallery. If you treat the game like that, especially with GWX installed, you're going to end up very dead very quickly.
Sure, you can set the realism all the way down and that may be fun for a while. But I don't think that is where the heart of subsimmers is at. Obviously I can't speak for everyone, but from the discussions I've seen here over the years, I think most of the active members are interested in the role of the u-boat in the Battle of the Atlantic. They are interested in what was possible historically, not what is possible in this simulation. They want at least a decent enough dose of realism. Shooting galleries are attractive to people who play other types of games, imho.
Speaking for myself, my current career is played at 59% realism. Why? Well, I like the eye-candy of the external camera, I like to get an overview of the mighty convoys as they make their way across the Atlantic. I want to see that majestic battleship. I am not using manual targeting, mainly because I wasn't feeling ready when I began this career but this is probably going to change.
Like Paul's encounter with the Nelson, it was possible to get lucky like that in real life. In my current career, I sank the "Warspite" at Narvik because it happened to pass by me at the right time. What sub commander could pass up a target of opportunity like that? The game can be challenging, interesting and frustrating all at the same time. You can be in terrible weather and just beyond your visible horizon, a task force or huge convoy might sail by unnoticed. Or there might be no traffic around for miles. Some patrols you get lucky, some patrols you don't. I've also had those patrols of weeks of bad weather with no traffic to be found.
If luck is on your side on a patrol though, I think you've earned the bragging rights. I think that's what this thread started out to be, really. Sub captains bragging about their most glorious moments.
