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TDK1044 · 12-07-06, 07:31 AM

I'm going to be interested to see if some adjustment is made to either put lifelike crews on the ships that we attack, or at least to let us hear alarms when a ship is hit. One thing I found to be poor in SH3 was the fact that you were always attacking a ghost ship with no sign of life at all.

I understand that this is a judgement area for the DEVS, in that there are RAM considerations here and they also don't want people using their sub to smash into people who have jumped overboard. However, in my view there needs to be some sort of a compromise so that you do feel that you are attacking a 'manned' ship and not a ghost ship.

It seems pointless to me to build high levels of detailed historical accuracy into the game and then not allow any sign of life on any of the ships. The sub captains knew that they were killing people when they sunk a ship...it came with the job.

12-07-06, 07:31 AM	#1
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Manned ships? I'm going to be interested to see if some adjustment is made to either put lifelike crews on the ships that we attack, or at least to let us hear alarms when a ship is hit. One thing I found to be poor in SH3 was the fact that you were always attacking a ghost ship with no sign of life at all. I understand that this is a judgement area for the DEVS, in that there are RAM considerations here and they also don't want people using their sub to smash into people who have jumped overboard. However, in my view there needs to be some sort of a compromise so that you do feel that you are attacking a 'manned' ship and not a ghost ship. It seems pointless to me to build high levels of detailed historical accuracy into the game and then not allow any sign of life on any of the ships. The sub captains knew that they were killing people when they sunk a ship...it came with the job.