I think the very reason for this discussion is a feeling of competition.
If someone is bragging about his 100.000+ patrol at a high realism percentage, then most of us feel jealous. And that's good!!
However if somebody is proud about sinking two ships in one patrol, you should congretulate him, even if that would have been lousy to your avarage patrol.
Because in the end, everybody is using different realism levels
and approaches to playing the game, so there's no way of comparison to be made. The only one you could compete with is yourself, on your last career...
What stands out imo is that we all are looking for something else in the game. Everybody has his own favourite level of realism and approach to the game, and as said before, there's no such thing as a
real '100% realism'.
I myself like to roleplay in this game. As commander, as watch officer and as mechanic aboard my boat. That's why I have a 100% game realism and I leave map updates off. But I won't go as far as manual nav. Yet.
You know what I really love about Silent Hunter III? Not playing it!
And being at my work breaking my head about how to survive the next convoy attack. Playing it hard encourages these things imo. It also encourages my to return to subsim over and over again.
So that's my approach to the game. And everybody has his own. Being able to serve so many different players is one of the strong points of both SH3 and the supermods imo.
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Somebody asked what's the point of high realism settings if it never will be as real as in real life. Why miss al the fun?
To me the answer is roleplaying and getting into the story. Letting that battleship pass by and being frustrated about it is also part of the fun. Having external view turned off and view being limited to the periscope is also part of the fun.
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Originally Posted by Thniper
...The only time when realism level really matters is when someone is giving advice here on the forum. Maybe his advice isn't that usefull for you, because he has a lower realism setting OR modified some data of the game.
It would be nice to remember this when you are posting, in order to NOT confuse too many other subsimmers here on the forum.
This is no personal attack, but it really took me some time to find out why Mr. Mohr actually COULD pass through Gibraltar or the English channel on SURFACE.
I find this very confusing sometimes...
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I agree, we all should consider this more.
Have fun playing the game everyone!
