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Originally Posted by Twohundertseventy
Hey guys--
I'm new here, I saw there's an introduction forum, but I don't have terribly much to say. I just downloaded SH3 today. I love history games (I'm a huge fan of Paradox's grand strategy games) and I'm excited to learn this game, but I'm completely new to the entire simulation genre, be it subs, planes, tanks or whatever.
I just finished the tutorials (Naval Academy) and I'm eager to dive into a career.
My main question is whether you would recommend just jumping into the cold water and making everything as realistic as possible and turning all the more arcade-y computer aid off, or whether it might make more sense to leave them on, gain my bearings a bit and become comfortable with all the interfaces, shortcuts and the like before turning towards manual calculations of everything.
My intuition is that with a game that probably has a steep learning curve as-is (especially if you're not used to other simulations) it might be better to get a handle on things first and then tune the difficulty up later, but I'm open to suggestions.
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To answer your question directly, I tend to play at 94% Realism. Basically, everything checked except for "WO Assistance". WO Assistance actually significantly reduces the difficulty of the game, since he is able to plot perfect firing solutions every time, instantly, as well as accurately identify ship types (but not their nationality). You still need to maneuver the boat to an advantaged position to make the shot, however. Some people consider this cheating, but hey, I didn't want to make him feel left out
If I were just starting off, I would probably uncheck the things that help my situational awareness the most. So, Map updates, External Camera, Event Camera, etc. It was handy when I was first starting out to watch the Event camera and see where my torpedoes were missing.
I've never really found unlimited ammo / fuel necessary; or realistic reload times; we do have time compression, after all.
Welcome aboard!