[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by sideways

After reading some stuff in this thread I cruised over to plymouth last night to have a look around, and lo and behold - HMS Ark Royal.


Tube 4 just barely clips the bow, but in this strange damage model, it's enough. One small boom, immediately followed by the mother of all explosions as the whole ship just goes pop.

The bow sinks rapidly, and soon the stern is sticking up out of the water. I hear that massive metallic 'BOOM' as the bow hits the bottom, and the map registers the kill.

I cheer a little (5 years of silent hunting and this is my first AC kill ever) but it feels a little... flat. I did the whole thing manually, (and badly too, given how only 1 eel of a salvo of 4 hit) but honestly... a single impact triggered torp on the bow of an aircraft carrier should barely have left a SCRATCH.

In SH3 I would've had to sit on the bottom reloading for another few hours, and then tried again, while ashcans rained around me. Instead I blew the HMS Ark Royal out of the water with one badly aimed shot, and slid on out of the harbour without the DD escort even putting up a fight.

NOT A SINGLE DEPTH CHARGE was dropped in the whole business.

I'm glad I got away with it and completed the mission. I'm glad I got my first AC kill. But I really wish they'd made it harder for me. even if they'd just fired up the search lights and pinged around the place a bit I would've felt like I'd achieved something more significant...

Anyone else have similar experiences?

Question; Do you have TDW's IRAI loaded up?? I'm just wondering, 'Cause I'm seeing a lot of posts here with no DD's dropping anything and I'm wondering the same about those as well. IRAI is supposed to really make things a quite a bit more interesting, including air attacks. I've been using it and the DD's seem pretty dangerous. I haven't got in any jams yet but that may just be a matter of time.
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