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SubConscious · 10-03-06, 01:14 PM

I have experienced this and find the effect to add another dimension of difficulty and excitement to the game. Rather than getting into position and sitting and waiting, I now have to plan ahead and keep the boat moving to maintain my depth.

Last night I was hammering a small merchant with my deck gun when I got jumped by a destroyer. It was September '39, so he was setting his depth charges too shallow, but he still managed to wing me a few times. I crept under the crippled merchant (thanks to his spot lights and my observation scope, but damn the murky water!) to weather out the storm and for the first time, ordered all stop on the engines. The boat just very slowly settled down to the bottom at 90 meters, which is where I am presently as I had to stop the game in order to get some sleep.

Now if there was a way to increase time compression while sitting on or near the bottom without having to tweak the "near land" values...

But I digress. The "settling" effect might be "unsettling" for some, but I appreciate the added realism. Kudos to whoever thought this one up!

10-03-06, 01:14 PM	#11
SubConscious Frogman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 309 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	I have experienced this and find the effect to add another dimension of difficulty and excitement to the game. Rather than getting into position and sitting and waiting, I now have to plan ahead and keep the boat moving to maintain my depth. Last night I was hammering a small merchant with my deck gun when I got jumped by a destroyer. It was September '39, so he was setting his depth charges too shallow, but he still managed to wing me a few times. I crept under the crippled merchant (thanks to his spot lights and my observation scope, but damn the murky water!) to weather out the storm and for the first time, ordered all stop on the engines. The boat just very slowly settled down to the bottom at 90 meters, which is where I am presently as I had to stop the game in order to get some sleep. Now if there was a way to increase time compression while sitting on or near the bottom without having to tweak the "near land" values... But I digress. The "settling" effect might be "unsettling" for some, but I appreciate the added realism. Kudos to whoever thought this one up!