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Originally Posted by elanaiba
Well, its not as simple as it sounds...
First, you didn't want exactly the same screen, I mean uboats items and all, right?
Second, the whole upgrade and structure system got rewritten. Why? It was so hardcoded in SH3 no one would have touched it, so we couldn't get the US boats in the game. Adding one crewman to a sub was a Pain in the posterior. Try that in SHIV or ask a modder... is it better ?
so if you need to rewrite something, you need time. The upgrade screen didn't reach our original intentions.
But don't confuse this with the inability to "buy" submarines. This was expressely done - call it my wish. This is the United States Navy, and like in any Navy that we hold respect for, fighting ships are assigned to the people that deserve them, not sold on the market for the highest bidder.
I felt that the "I want to buy a type VII u-boat" system trivializes what we perceive as gallant fighting ships and lessens their importance to the player.
Now, yeah, we could discuss if the player should be able to use his renown in influencing the powers to get him a better command. Was on the to do list, in some form.
This is part game part simulation. We meant to give you a slice of the Silent Service in WW2. Like any game, it has some rules that need to be learnt and obeyed.
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Well, I agree with you to a certain extent. Though having the upgrade screen to replace the better screen that was present in SH3, was a mistake in my opinion.
As you know, the actual historical data and use of any equipment upgrade as well as the capabilites of your U-boat were nicely presently with the screen in SH3. I think that would of been more beneficial for SH4 then the current screen. It presented players with the opportunity to learn a little history about the equipment they were using without having to look it up outside the game.
This is your game though, so I can't really argue with you on the point, if this is how you wanted it and you did give some good reasons, then so be it.
