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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis
OK, to the folks who sail around at 256 or lower: seriously, what do you do when you're waiting for your boat to cross the ocean? Read a book? Watch TV? This TC problem (no planes / few boats at high TC) is a real bugbear for me.
If I sail at 256 I fall into a coma before anything happens.
If I sail at 1024 I fall into a coma because nothing happens.
And 512 seems to be the worst of both worlds.
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I usually read books, as my PC won't let me do anything while the game is on. But it's not like "TC to 128 and forget it", I usually perform a hydrophone check every 2 hours, I frequently check the weather, we also do some battle excercises to bust morale (diving speed tests, depth tests, maneuvres speed tests and so on). I've got a habit of noting down some questions that arise while playing, then I find some info on the net, usually print it and thus I've got interesting material to read when on patrol. Steam turbine is on the record just now.
Still much to learn: diesel engines contruction, batteries, pressure hull...
And yes, it's quite often that notjhing happens in game before I feel sleepy. That's how it was, however. I listen to music, relax, think about things... And I really enjoy "slow playing". Before I used high TC levels, but that was really boring. Ship spotted, action, sunk, TC, ship spotted, acyion, sunk, TC... No immersion at all for me, that was not much different from playing Quake or Doom. Now I try to taste the long hours of silence.
That's not only the way I like to play, I think that's the way I like to live.