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Originally Posted by Tony1
After getting a new Balao Sub at Pearl, I was transferred to Brisbane. When I returned to Brisbane after sinking 18 ships I was only able to refit. I traveled to Freemantle I was able to dock. Upon docking I received metals and was told that my sub class (Balao) was being retired and me along with it due to poor performance. End of career. However, I started to look into what could of show a lack of performance. Upon looking into the "CareerTrack" file, there were no entres for my last patrol out of Brisbane. For whatever reason SH4 failed to record my sinks throughout my laswt patrol and upon docking it must have concidered me an poor performer based on the "CareerTrack" file.
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So, if this is a "feature," as some here are claiming, why, oh, why is the 'careertrack' not updating during the patrol prior to forced retirement (I haven't mentioned this in my previous post, but when I checked my careertrack file I saw the same thing Tony1 saw)?
I hazard a guess that -at that point- the game already 'knows' it's going to retire you when next time you dock. (hence not updating the file).
If that's the case, why send a player out on a new patrol when it has somehow already been 'decided' you will not get credit for it anyway and that you're going to be retired, regardless. Doesn't sound like a feature to me, regardless how it was in real life. Let's not kid ourselves, simulation or not, this is still first and foremost a piece of computer software intended to be a GAME.
Also, if it is a feature, why tell a player his brand new Balao is being taken out of service, when it is actually only just entered? Not exactly historically accurate, now is it?
Lastly, if it is a feature, why is it not documented, why is there not a realism option to enable/disable it. From a consumer standpoint this is just not acceptable.
The only theory I've read here so far that sounded reasonable, is that careers are being terminated when the sub class
you started the career with is being taking out of commision, regardless of the one you have now. Sadly, I haven't read any follow-ups on that assumption. It should probably mean people who started a career with one of the older S boats should get a forced retirement sooner than people who start one with a Tambor, or a Gar. I'd also like to know if this ever happened to people who started their career at a later date with either a Gato or a Balao.
That said, I want to add here that It's not my intention to stir up trouble, I
do love the game, and I really long to play it some more. But not in the state it's in now. I don't like it, but this game stays shelved until
I can decide whether I want to stop playing.