Favorite First Boat

MonTana_Prussian · 04-03-09, 07:25 PM

What is your favorite boat to start your career in? I always take a Salmon or Porpoise,and have had very good luck with both. I tend to keep them for some time,even after being offered a new boat,but eventually trade 'em off for a Gato.

pabbi · 04-03-09, 08:03 PM

I am a bit crazy i allways start with S-Boats

Arclight · 04-03-09, 08:06 PM

I typically start from Pearl in a Porpoise.

Max2147 · 04-03-09, 09:38 PM

Gotta start with the dinky little S-Class. It's such a hopeless piece of junk that you can't help but love it.

You also appreciate the luxuries of a Gato or a Balao a lot more if you start out in an S-Class. Stern tubes! Bigger torpedoes! Enough fuel for months! Radar! Even the Porpoise feels like an awesome boat after you've spent a few patrols in an S-Class.

My favorite campaign (running RSRDC) is starting in Manila in 1941 in an S-Class boat. There's nothing quite like encountering the Japanese invasion fleets for the Philippines with something like 20 destroyer escorts and having to face them in your pitiful little S-Class.

That campaign also does a great job of showing how bad things went early in the war for the Allies. Up at Pearl, you're sort of isolated from the early disasters once the fires from December 7 stop burning. Down in the East Indies you have to keep changing bases because the Japanese keep taking over your old base. You start in Manila, then get chased to Java, then get chased down to Perth.

On the bright side, Perth also puts you close to the best hunting grounds that I've found so far in the game.

Lord Kelvin · 04-03-09, 10:22 PM

I tried starting from Pearl in a Porpoise in a few times, but the short number of tubes always frustrated me so much that I almost always ended up starting a new campaign. And since I've almost always started from Pearl, my only other choices were Tambor and Gar, and I've never been much for starting on the top.

Playing RFB 1.4 with NSM4 now, and I've just discovered the love that is the Sargo. It can't field as much bow firepower as a Tambor, but damned if it can't still perform.

MonTana_Prussian · 04-03-09, 11:46 PM

I have to have stern tubes

And I always start in Manila/Cavite,you're closer to the action early on,and even when Manila falls,Surabaya is close enough as well. nI've started in a salmon a couple of times,maybe I'll have to give the S-Boat a try.

Running 1.4 RFB+RSRDC

Saturnalia · 04-04-09, 12:25 AM

Narwhal. I just love gun duels with random merchants. Who needs torpedoes when you can surface and duke it out with cannon? Now if only I could stick a prize crew on a tanker...

JALU3 · 04-04-09, 03:34 AM

Gotta start out of Manila, sure back then us Filipinos were only stewards, but hey, the more I can bring with me the better. And you're right you are closer to the action. Furthermore, even a few sunken transports in the Linguyan means that much more time that those Bastard s on Bataan could hold out. Every little bit helps. And remember the landings start on 22DEC41.
As for the boat type...

Morpheus · 04-04-09, 02:14 PM

i like that little s-18 class

shouldn't the s-41 class have a rear torp.tube? somehow i missed the difference between those two classes.

divedeep and speed is the same of what i can say ...

kr morph

Sailor Steve · 04-04-09, 02:59 PM

Because of my old habit from my SH1 days of running concurrent careers, I'll do the same in SH4 once I really get underway. I'll have a captain out of each available port in each available type. When one retires or doesn't return, I'll start a new one in his place. I just wish it was like SH3, with the choice of boat being based on the squadron, not the port.

FIREWALL · 04-04-09, 03:33 PM

Favorite ? The one that didn't get sunk.

MonTana_Prussian · 04-04-09, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Favorite ? The one that didn't get sunk.

Can't argue with that choice!

mike_espo · 04-17-09, 08:13 AM

Love the Sugar boats!

Nice challenge. I edited the crush depth to make it more realistic, start to take damage around 250 ft now.

Finished my first patrol in a S class. Had to abandon my base at
Cavite. Only sunk a junk with my deck gun.

Looking forward to the second patrol

Fishie · 04-17-09, 08:35 AM

Usually a very early Gato.

Gotta love my Growler

I've come close, but I've never lost her.

kiwi_2005 · 04-17-09, 11:18 AM

The S boats something about them, very limited but a joy to play in the game.

04-03-09, 07:25 PM	#1
MonTana_Prussian Ensign Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Helena,Montana Posts: 234 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Favorite First Boat What is your favorite boat to start your career in? I always take a Salmon or Porpoise,and have had very good luck with both. I tend to keep them for some time,even after being offered a new boat,but eventually trade 'em off for a Gato.

04-03-09, 08:03 PM	#2
pabbi Subsim Overlord Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: On the top of the world Posts: 215 Downloads: 454 Uploads: 0	I am a bit crazy i allways start with S-Boats __________________ On the top of the world

04-03-09, 08:06 PM	#3
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	I typically start from Pearl in a Porpoise. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

04-04-09, 03:34 AM	#8
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Gotta start out of Manila, sure back then us Filipinos were only stewards, but hey, the more I can bring with me the better. And you're right you are closer to the action. Furthermore, even a few sunken transports in the Linguyan means that much more time that those Bastard s on Bataan could hold out. Every little bit helps. And remember the landings start on 22DEC41. As for the boat type... __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

04-04-09, 02:59 PM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Because of my old habit from my SH1 days of running concurrent careers, I'll do the same in SH4 once I really get underway. I'll have a captain out of each available port in each available type. When one retires or doesn't return, I'll start a new one in his place. I just wish it was like SH3, with the choice of boat being based on the squadron, not the port. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-03-09, 09:38 PM	#4
Max2147 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 714 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Gotta start with the dinky little S-Class. It's such a hopeless piece of junk that you can't help but love it. You also appreciate the luxuries of a Gato or a Balao a lot more if you start out in an S-Class. Stern tubes! Bigger torpedoes! Enough fuel for months! Radar! Even the Porpoise feels like an awesome boat after you've spent a few patrols in an S-Class. My favorite campaign (running RSRDC) is starting in Manila in 1941 in an S-Class boat. There's nothing quite like encountering the Japanese invasion fleets for the Philippines with something like 20 destroyer escorts and having to face them in your pitiful little S-Class. That campaign also does a great job of showing how bad things went early in the war for the Allies. Up at Pearl, you're sort of isolated from the early disasters once the fires from December 7 stop burning. Down in the East Indies you have to keep changing bases because the Japanese keep taking over your old base. You start in Manila, then get chased to Java, then get chased down to Perth. On the bright side, Perth also puts you close to the best hunting grounds that I've found so far in the game.

04-03-09, 10:22 PM	#5
Lord Kelvin Loader Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 88 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	I tried starting from Pearl in a Porpoise in a few times, but the short number of tubes always frustrated me so much that I almost always ended up starting a new campaign. And since I've almost always started from Pearl, my only other choices were Tambor and Gar, and I've never been much for starting on the top. Playing RFB 1.4 with NSM4 now, and I've just discovered the love that is the Sargo. It can't field as much bow firepower as a Tambor, but damned if it can't still perform.

04-03-09, 11:46 PM	#6
MonTana_Prussian Ensign Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Helena,Montana Posts: 234 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have to have stern tubes And I always start in Manila/Cavite,you're closer to the action early on,and even when Manila falls,Surabaya is close enough as well. nI've started in a salmon a couple of times,maybe I'll have to give the S-Boat a try. Running 1.4 RFB+RSRDC

04-04-09, 12:25 AM	#7
Saturnalia Mate Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 53 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Narwhal. I just love gun duels with random merchants. Who needs torpedoes when you can surface and duke it out with cannon? Now if only I could stick a prize crew on a tanker...

04-04-09, 02:14 PM	#9
Morpheus Ensign Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 234 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	i like that little s-18 class shouldn't the s-41 class have a rear torp.tube? somehow i missed the difference between those two classes. divedeep and speed is the same of what i can say ... kr morph

04-04-09, 03:33 PM	#11
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Favorite ? The one that didn't get sunk. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

04-17-09, 08:13 AM	#13
mike_espo Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chicago, USA Posts: 396 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Love the Sugar boats! Nice challenge. I edited the crush depth to make it more realistic, start to take damage around 250 ft now. Finished my first patrol in a S class. Had to abandon my base at Cavite. Only sunk a junk with my deck gun. Looking forward to the second patrol

04-17-09, 08:35 AM	#14
Fishie Loader Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 82 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Usually a very early Gato. Gotta love my Growler I've come close, but I've never lost her. __________________ One fish, two fish, three fish, BOOM! Fishie, Commander SS-215 Fear the Growler!

04-17-09, 11:18 AM	#15
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	The S boats something about them, very limited but a joy to play in the game. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.