Usually when I play it's in sessions of a few hours. Probably 2 or 3 nights a week. Lights out, sound turned up. I used to have a little USB LED light that aimed right at my keyboard but didn't ruin the darkness. But then it burned out. Then the replacement burned out. So now I have to go to the map or some other bright screen when I really need to see my keyboard. Oh well.
Also, I usually use an incremental difficulty enhancer. It's called "beer". Amazing stuff. The more you have, the more you notice Bernard slowly taking over command of your boat.
It's on a sliding scale or something.
It is a good game for drinking beer, though, since it involves a lot of mellow cruising. At least until you have to do something serious, like run from a pack of angry destroyers or plot intercept courses. Then you wish you'd stopped at beer #4. But until then, it's great.
So yeah, that's how I play. Late at night, with the sound up and a good buzz on for a few hours.
Also, I play at 82%
I use map contact updates and I couldn't live without the weapons officer. He's usually sober.
-Alice
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