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Antiacus · 03-05-08, 02:05 PM

I have to wonder about the game engine's modeling of gun crew behavior on merchant ships.

I'd like to know if those guns were manned at all times when underway. If not, i think it would take a minimum of 2 minutes, and often up to 5 minutes to actually get one into action.

I never fought in WW2 but i was a crewman on a ship that served in ww2. As an example, it took us at least 8 minutes to get a .50 cal manned, mounted, loaded & into action from the word "go". Of course we had to drag it topside from the Gunnersmates locker but that took only 3-4 minutes.

As an experienced sailor it just feels like things all around happen too quickly in this game. In heavy seas things are 2 or even 3 times slower than in calm seas, depending on the evolution.

I could be wrong, but it seems that a u-boat crew that is prepared could easily surface, man the deck gun, and get several rounds off before an unprepared merchant crew could get lead headed the other way. If the guns were permanently manned & ready I'll concede it couldn't be done.

03-05-08, 02:05 PM	#15
Antiacus Medic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Springfield, Oregon Posts: 161 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I have to wonder about the game engine's modeling of gun crew behavior on merchant ships. I'd like to know if those guns were manned at all times when underway. If not, i think it would take a minimum of 2 minutes, and often up to 5 minutes to actually get one into action. I never fought in WW2 but i was a crewman on a ship that served in ww2. As an example, it took us at least 8 minutes to get a .50 cal manned, mounted, loaded & into action from the word "go". Of course we had to drag it topside from the Gunnersmates locker but that took only 3-4 minutes. As an experienced sailor it just feels like things all around happen too quickly in this game. In heavy seas things are 2 or even 3 times slower than in calm seas, depending on the evolution. I could be wrong, but it seems that a u-boat crew that is prepared could easily surface, man the deck gun, and get several rounds off before an unprepared merchant crew could get lead headed the other way. If the guns were permanently manned & ready I'll concede it couldn't be done.