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Originally Posted by Randomizer
I suspect Paul started this thread as he was pleased taking advantage of a difficult target of opportunity and wished to share his experience.
Sinking an escorted battleship on the high seas and escaping is certainly a nice gaming accomplishment in SH3 at high realism levels so congrats Paul.
On the other hand as noted by others by implication or explicitly, these successes are relative and so just posting tonnages is not any sort of reflection upon how difficult, enjoyable or challenging a single patrol might be. With or without any evidence.
My all time greatest game patrol was in AOTD way back when it was new, with a January 1945 sailing and an allotted patrol area off the Western Approaches. Only sank two Liberty Ships (about 14k GRT) but also an escort carrier, cruiser and a couple of corvettes taken in self defence or as targets of opportunity and got back safely to Trondheim in late February damaged but alive. You could save AOTD in contact with the enemy and at one point spent over 20-hours evading counter-attacks. AOTD did not count warship tonnage but the warship score was high enough to be awarded command of a Type XXI. Was at sea in my shiny new boat when the war ended and those familiar with AOTD might recall the arrival screen, complete with kill banners (white for merchants, red for warships and blue for troop ships as I recall), bands playing and flags flying. Not like that at all after 6 May 1945. Sorry no evidence to show but of all the patrols in all the subsims I ever played since Red Storm Rising, that January-February Type VIIC patrol was the only one where the details have stuck so vividly.
I expect the reason why I am addicted to late war patrols in SH3 GWX is a desire to recreate that AOTD episode from some 15-years ago.
From a tonnage standpoint it was a pretty poor effort but that patrol stands out in my mind as the best gaming experience I have ever had. Bar none.
So I submit that the measure of a patrol is not tonnage sunk, difficulty or the slick screen shots but in how much enjoyment was derived from executing it. Good Show sinking Nelson, Paul. May it also be a highlight of your gaming experience.
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Yes,I took my opportunity and did my duty (so to speak).I merely wanted to express the feeling of pride and some pity (watching him go down without a fight) too at such an epic experience.It really was a highlight of SH3 for me,and probably wont experience anything like that for a long while yet.