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nematode · 09-21-06, 12:49 PM

I'd like to see a variety of tanker types too. I remember from the SHI days after sinking what felt like too many 18k tankers thinking pretty much the same thing that AG124 points out in the OP, and back then I did some looking thru Silent Victory to learn that the Japanese never made very many of the huge tankers, like about a dozen? Converted whale oil factories? Something like that.

I don't mind an 18k tanker in SHIV but it should be rare as hens teeth, a once in a career opportunity like an ocean liner or a BB are in SHIII. Too many huge targets lessens the experience for me.

What I hope to see in day to day play in SHIV are targets representative of what was out there in substantial numbers, and has been pointed out upthread, a typical large tanker was 9-12k tons (example Grider's 1944 patrol in Flasher) and lots of smaller stuff.

09-21-06, 12:49 PM	#11
nematode Seaman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 40 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I'd like to see a variety of tanker types too. I remember from the SHI days after sinking what felt like too many 18k tankers thinking pretty much the same thing that AG124 points out in the OP, and back then I did some looking thru Silent Victory to learn that the Japanese never made very many of the huge tankers, like about a dozen? Converted whale oil factories? Something like that. I don't mind an 18k tanker in SHIV but it should be rare as hens teeth, a once in a career opportunity like an ocean liner or a BB are in SHIII. Too many huge targets lessens the experience for me. What I hope to see in day to day play in SHIV are targets representative of what was out there in substantial numbers, and has been pointed out upthread, a typical large tanker was 9-12k tons (example Grider's 1944 patrol in Flasher) and lots of smaller stuff.