lucky bug? - bombed hard, but minor damage

Keelbuster · 03-14-07, 09:56 AM

Last night while playing GWX I got ambushed by aircraft - two large ones (bombers of some kind). It was too late to dive, and too rough to bring out my AA gunners. They lined up the perfect attack, and even with my crude evasion, managed to drop 2 bombs each right in the water beside my conning tower - so that the screen was obscured by water and the boat rocked to the side fiercly. My heart sank - just waiting for the long list of damage and fatalities to surface. But it never did - minor damage to the foward deck and the AA guns, and a 'Hull Damaged' message. No casualties, no flooding. I crash dive as the depth increases I'm expecting the hull to fold, but no. I take her down to 160, and she's fine. A lucky bug I guess? Still, I play DiD, and I kinda feel that DinD in this case.

Morts · 03-14-07, 09:58 AM

lucky

very lucky:hmm:

Mooncatt · 03-14-07, 10:06 AM

absolutly extremly lucky

Faamecanic · 03-15-07, 06:41 AM

VERY lucky indeed. I have had Hurricanes strafe me with MG fire as I crash dived and got 15% or more hull damage and fatalities...

irish1958 · 03-15-07, 07:44 AM

Bombers miss aircraft carriers. I suspect hitting a small sub that is trying to evade would be fairly difficult, especially early in the war

robbo180265 · 03-15-07, 07:49 AM

I think you can get lucky. I little while ago I caught a depth charge near enough to do minor damage to my rear tubes, once repaired I noticed that the hull integrity was still 100%. Never seen that before.

03-14-07, 09:56 AM	#1
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	lucky bug? - bombed hard, but minor damage Last night while playing GWX I got ambushed by aircraft - two large ones (bombers of some kind). It was too late to dive, and too rough to bring out my AA gunners. They lined up the perfect attack, and even with my crude evasion, managed to drop 2 bombs each right in the water beside my conning tower - so that the screen was obscured by water and the boat rocked to the side fiercly. My heart sank - just waiting for the long list of damage and fatalities to surface. But it never did - minor damage to the foward deck and the AA guns, and a 'Hull Damaged' message. No casualties, no flooding. I crash dive as the depth increases I'm expecting the hull to fold, but no. I take her down to 160, and she's fine. A lucky bug I guess? Still, I play DiD, and I kinda feel that DinD in this case. __________________

03-14-07, 10:06 AM	#3
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	absolutly extremly lucky __________________

03-15-07, 07:44 AM	#5
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	Bombers miss aircraft carriers. I suspect hitting a small sub that is trying to evade would be fairly difficult, especially early in the war __________________ Irish1958

03-14-07, 09:58 AM	#2
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	lucky very lucky:hmm:

03-15-07, 06:41 AM	#4
Faamecanic Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Off your Stb side with good solution Posts: 1,065 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	VERY lucky indeed. I have had Hurricanes strafe me with MG fire as I crash dived and got 15% or more hull damage and fatalities...

03-15-07, 07:49 AM	#6
robbo180265 Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brighton, England.Party capital of the south Posts: 2,255 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	I think you can get lucky. I little while ago I caught a depth charge near enough to do minor damage to my rear tubes, once repaired I noticed that the hull integrity was still 100%. Never seen that before.