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XTBilly · 07-21-16, 12:43 PM

Please forgive me for spamming this thread but I just can't believe my eyes!

I bought Silent Hunter 1.
When the Patrol Disks started appearing, I bought all three of them. One by one.
Then I bought the Silent Hunter 1 Commander's Edition which, thanks to DosBox I play to this day.

Bought Silent Hunter 2 & Destroyer Command.
Bought Silent Hunter 3.
Bought Silent Hunter 4 & I was FORCED to buy Silent Hunter 4 U-Boat missions. I highly criticized UBISoft for having us buy the latest patch, but at least gave us a U-Boat campaign to play with.

And, let me tell you, software in Greece is not cheap at all. We're submarine fans. Who can wait a year or so to get the game cheaper or second hand? Not me.

But this thing with Silent Hunter 5 is unbelievable... A big shame! Watching people who gave their hard earned money getting treated like thieves is unacceptable at least. People are forced to extreme ways and solutions just to play the game. Buying a new copy of a legally purchased game because of an idiotic and greedy system forced upon them. All of this because of our love for the genre and because there's no competitor...

Thanks to SubSim I learned a lot about this... abomination of a game, before my heart lead me to the software store. My Silent Hunter history ended with Silent Hunter 4. That's the last money UBISoft got for me. And not just for me...

I am a hardcore submarine fan and it deeply saddens and at the same time outrages me to see fellow subsimmers treated like this. I really hope that the game with the community's help and creative ideas will reach a state which will be once again worthy of bearing the name Silent Hunter in its title.

I'm not trying to be offensive with anyone, just writing what I'm thinking.
Good luck and good hunting!

Billy.

07-21-16, 12:43 PM	#15
XTBilly Officer Join Date: May 2009 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 242 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	Please forgive me for spamming this thread but I just can't believe my eyes! I bought Silent Hunter 1. When the Patrol Disks started appearing, I bought all three of them. One by one. Then I bought the Silent Hunter 1 Commander's Edition which, thanks to DosBox I play to this day. Bought Silent Hunter 2 & Destroyer Command. Bought Silent Hunter 3. Bought Silent Hunter 4 & I was FORCED to buy Silent Hunter 4 U-Boat missions. I highly criticized UBISoft for having us buy the latest patch, but at least gave us a U-Boat campaign to play with. And, let me tell you, software in Greece is not cheap at all. We're submarine fans. Who can wait a year or so to get the game cheaper or second hand? Not me. But this thing with Silent Hunter 5 is unbelievable... A big shame! Watching people who gave their hard earned money getting treated like thieves is unacceptable at least. People are forced to extreme ways and solutions just to play the game. Buying a new copy of a legally purchased game because of an idiotic and greedy system forced upon them. All of this because of our love for the genre and because there's no competitor... Thanks to SubSim I learned a lot about this... abomination of a game, before my heart lead me to the software store. My Silent Hunter history ended with Silent Hunter 4. That's the last money UBISoft got for me. And not just for me... I am a hardcore submarine fan and it deeply saddens and at the same time outrages me to see fellow subsimmers treated like this. I really hope that the game with the community's help and creative ideas will reach a state which will be once again worthy of bearing the name Silent Hunter in its title. I'm not trying to be offensive with anyone, just writing what I'm thinking. Good luck and good hunting! Billy. __________________ 1912 December 9 – Greek submarine Delfin became the first submarine to launch a torpedo at an enemy ship, though the ship did not sink due to a weapons malfunction.