Mine Laying

Captain Birdseye · 08-20-09, 04:48 PM

I wonder if SH5 will give us mine laying operations? I understand it was quite a big part of ATO.

Does anyone know how U-Boats laid mines?

Letum · 08-20-09, 04:59 PM

Either through their torpedo tubes or mine hatches along the hull of the boat.

Speculation as to whether SHV will have a mine laying feature isn't sensible yet.

Captain Birdseye · 08-20-09, 05:04 PM

Sorry about that, just wanted to check if anything had been mentioned

bookworm_020 · 08-20-09, 07:53 PM

If it is in the game, I know that when I have tubes full of mines is when a battleship will anchor in front of me

Letum · 08-20-09, 09:08 PM

As they are fire and forget weapons, they might be a little dull.
Unless you get a radio message from SS Unlucky a few weeks after you dropped the mines.

Grothesj2 · 08-21-09, 03:57 AM

It would be a nice addition to the game. Added variety in missions is always a good thing.

Jimbuna · 08-21-09, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Grothesj2

It would be a nice addition to the game. Added variety in missions is always a good thing.

Agreed, but probably best only in a mission scenario:

"Convoy X is due in port within the next 48 hours, lay a minefield at the harbour entrance and await developments".

08-21-09, 08:22 AM

Well I wouldn't mind receiving radio message in open frequency like: SS <whateva> <grid> Struck mine, sinking!

In the grid where I have layed mines

08-21-09, 08:41 AM

No reason why we can't have missions IN the campaign. The fun of laying mines will most likely be in penetrating the area where the mines need to be laid. Couple that with the timeit takes to lay mines and I would say it could be a nice tense inclusion in a campaign.

In fact, all missions should be part of the campaign and lot more varied ones too.

Delivering cargo to Japan.
Deploying troop teams in Malta, Channel Islands, Crete etc
Captaining an actual Milk Cow (tense during fuel and fish transfer)
Better weather reporting missions.
Orders than followed WWII history, e.g. remaining on surface whilst crossing Bay of Biscay with flak guns readied (disasterous tactic).
D-Day Suicide missions (hell, I ain't ramming nufink)

The campaign could be really fattened up with a good flow of commands from BdU rather than the "Must try harder" bollix.

08-21-09, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

No reason why we can't have missions IN the campaign. The fun of laying mines will most likely be in penetrating the area where the mines need to be laid. Couple that with the timeit takes to lay mines and I would say it could be a nice tense inclusion in a campaign.

In fact, all missions should be part of the campaign and lot more varied ones too.

Delivering cargo to Japan.
Deploying troop teams in Malta, Channel Islands, Crete etc
Captaining an actual Milk Cow (tense during fuel and fish transfer)
Better weather reporting missions.
Orders than followed WWII history, e.g. remaining on surface whilst crossing Bay of Biscay with flak guns readied (disasterous tactic).
D-Day Suicide missions (hell, I ain't ramming nufink)

The campaign could be really fattened up with a good flow of commands from BdU rather than the "Must try harder" bollix.

I agree with you. The more "life" we gonna feel in our u-boats the more exitement it will bring

Sadly but as distinct from real life games have their own possibilitie limits. All that hardcoded stuff that blocked moders from achieving goals can also be present at SH5.

I just hope SH5 will be less limting for moding than SH3.

Biggs[CV] · 08-21-09, 06:54 PM

Would love to be able to lay a mine field off Gibraltar.........

karamazovnew · 08-21-09, 10:12 PM

Minelaying would be boring, but sneaking up to the deploy position would be anything but....

However, a simpler way would be to enforce infiltration missions (like the photo ones in SH4), or assasination missions (don't return untill that BB is toast!).

08-22-09, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by karamazovnew

Minelaying would be boring, but sneaking up to the deploy position would be anything but....

However, a simpler way would be to enforce infiltration missions (like the photo ones in SH4), or assasination missions (don't return untill that BB is toast!).

kids..

joeljansson · 08-22-09, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Contact

kids..

lets not be convicting all kids arent the same... or at least im not...

08-22-09, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by joeljansson

lets not be convicting all kids arent the same... or at least im not...

At least I would like to believe that

08-20-09, 04:48 PM	#1
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Mine Laying I wonder if SH5 will give us mine laying operations? I understand it was quite a big part of ATO. Does anyone know how U-Boats laid mines?

08-20-09, 04:59 PM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Either through their torpedo tubes or mine hatches along the hull of the boat. Speculation as to whether SHV will have a mine laying feature isn't sensible yet. __________________

08-20-09, 07:53 PM	#4
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	If it is in the game, I know that when I have tubes full of mines is when a battleship will anchor in front of me __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

08-20-09, 09:08 PM	#5
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	As they are fire and forget weapons, they might be a little dull. Unless you get a radio message from SS Unlucky a few weeks after you dropped the mines. __________________

08-21-09, 06:54 PM	#11
Biggs[CV] Mate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 56 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Would love to be able to lay a mine field off Gibraltar......... __________________ "Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I am attacking."

08-20-09, 05:04 PM	#3
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Sorry about that, just wanted to check if anything had been mentioned

08-21-09, 03:57 AM	#6
Grothesj2 Medic Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 167 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It would be a nice addition to the game. Added variety in missions is always a good thing.

08-21-09, 08:22 AM	#8
Contact Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Well I wouldn't mind receiving radio message in open frequency like: SS <whateva> <grid> Struck mine, sinking! In the grid where I have layed mines

08-21-09, 08:41 AM	#9
Uber Gruber Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	No reason why we can't have missions IN the campaign. The fun of laying mines will most likely be in penetrating the area where the mines need to be laid. Couple that with the timeit takes to lay mines and I would say it could be a nice tense inclusion in a campaign. In fact, all missions should be part of the campaign and lot more varied ones too. Delivering cargo to Japan. Deploying troop teams in Malta, Channel Islands, Crete etc Captaining an actual Milk Cow (tense during fuel and fish transfer) Better weather reporting missions. Orders than followed WWII history, e.g. remaining on surface whilst crossing Bay of Biscay with flak guns readied (disasterous tactic). D-Day Suicide missions (hell, I ain't ramming nufink) The campaign could be really fattened up with a good flow of commands from BdU rather than the "Must try harder" bollix.

08-21-09, 10:12 PM	#12
karamazovnew The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,403 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	Minelaying would be boring, but sneaking up to the deploy position would be anything but.... However, a simpler way would be to enforce infiltration missions (like the photo ones in SH4), or assasination missions (don't return untill that BB is toast!).