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Originally Posted by Takao
I think the 3-4 average is because a lot of skippers were dropped because of 3-4 zero patrols(sighted nothing, sank nothing), others were lost with their submarines, and still others went to new construction(with the war ending before another war patrol could be started). Also, a trend I have seen is that for as many war patrols as the captain made as CO, he did as many patrols as XO. After all, they were not just dropped in as CO, did 3-4 war patrols, and that was the extent of their war service. Then you have the opposite side of the coin. Take, for example, Wreford G. Chapple. He made 11 war patrols: 2 in S-38, 6 in USS Permit, and 3 in USS Bream. There are several COs with 5-6 war patrols completed. I think the biggest problem with the game is that you are not playing the captain, per se, you are playing the submarine. SHIV, IMHO, lacks any immersive feel that you are playing the CO. I am not the CO of the USS Tuna, I am the USS Tuna. At least in SHIII, there was interaction with the crew and you had your own cabin to retire to. That's not in SHIV. I have yet to have a crewman go "Aye, Aye Captain", all I have gotten are "Yes sir". Heck, any enlisted man would say that to an ensign. The game just makes me feel that I am more the boat itself, then I am her captain. Yes, its true captains, usually did not make a lot of patrols. But the submarines did. Ahh, with any luck it will become an option with a later patch, or some one will, come up with a mod that will do the same
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I agree there are key interaction dynamics that are missing that woul dallow for us to feel like the Skipper. I wished the Devs would have figured that out. Basically they need a sense that actions were being relayed to appropriate crew memeber and the action was being taken by them at their station...the way player and crew interact with controlling the sub(dive, speed, heading, tunrs, etc.)
My main gripe is with the set up and firing of torps. I'd like to feel like Im relaying AoB, speed, range, etc to a TDC officer. I'd like to feel Im telling the XO to push the fire button or switch to the next torp, etc. Not that Im pushing the button, or flipping teh switches, or inputting the TDC data myself.
I want to hear the crew repeate and acknowledge my orders as i feed them data and tell them to fire the fish, etc.