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Originally Posted by Dread Knot
For me, I guess find it more annoying that we as virtual skippers, can wander into a major enemy naval base and pump torpedoes into a 29,000 ton moored battleship unscathed. No mines, no nets, no underwater obstructions. I realize almost everyone does it at some point in SH4 ( and in SH3) as well. That's the game the devs gave us, but it does make the sim feel less historical and more arcadey.
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I agree with this. Yes, US sub skippers did raid harbors, but they were small harbors and merchants were sunk. A major naval base? Never. Sinking battleships inside Japanese bases? Not realistic at all. All these games "cheat" in that way, making it far too easy to get unrealistic tonnage.
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Yes, Prien did it at Scapa Flow, but British efforts there began late to repair peacetime neglect of the harbor's defences. The Germans never tried it again.
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And even then Prien was only successful because Dönitz himself carefully planned the raid using aerial photographs.