I think that plane just stole my kill.

Luckless · 02-09-10, 02:32 PM

I finally got back around to giving SHIII another try, (Default, no mods.)

You would think dive bombers in the early years would have been a little more careful. I had some really poor luck on my first run out in a new Career in a dinky little type II, with three duds and a miss against 3 different ships.

Final torpedo connects with a lone English tanker out in the middle of the north sea. I watch as waves roll over the stern of the ship as it sits dead in the water, but still I didn't get the message that I had sunk it, and it wasn't showing up in my log, so I stayed awhile longer and still no change. Sea was oddly calm and it was sunset, so I came up to the surface planning to put a few rounds in with the deck gun,... But sadly I forgot just how bad this sub was.

So I figure since I'm heading back home after this anyway, and I'm technically empty handed at that point, that I may as well do some work for Science! and see if that little 20mm was modeled to do anything in the game. (And really, raking a defenseless tanker who is already sitting low in the water with waves washing over its stern with just about any fire arms is going to end badly.)

I'm low on ammo, have seen zero change in how the tanker is sitting in the water but it is burning, and I'm thinking "One more magazine" when I finish that current one and hear a buzzing sound a few seconds before a bomb hits the water to either side of my little boat. Of course I sit on the surface waiting for my reload because I'm annoyed at the little fly boy trying to drop bombs on me. Only then I notice fly boy has some friends (Really only sounded like a single plane!) and more bombs are falling my way. Well, kind of my way.

The tanker, which is now sitting about 300m off to the side, finally blows up. I'm thinking it was the fires I had set and it is time to go. Crash dive and move away. Check my log book,... and nothing. The RAF stole my kill!

02-09-10, 02:32 PM	#1
Luckless Nub Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think that plane just stole my kill. I finally got back around to giving SHIII another try, (Default, no mods.) You would think dive bombers in the early years would have been a little more careful. I had some really poor luck on my first run out in a new Career in a dinky little type II, with three duds and a miss against 3 different ships. Final torpedo connects with a lone English tanker out in the middle of the north sea. I watch as waves roll over the stern of the ship as it sits dead in the water, but still I didn't get the message that I had sunk it, and it wasn't showing up in my log, so I stayed awhile longer and still no change. Sea was oddly calm and it was sunset, so I came up to the surface planning to put a few rounds in with the deck gun,... But sadly I forgot just how bad this sub was. So I figure since I'm heading back home after this anyway, and I'm technically empty handed at that point, that I may as well do some work for Science! and see if that little 20mm was modeled to do anything in the game. (And really, raking a defenseless tanker who is already sitting low in the water with waves washing over its stern with just about any fire arms is going to end badly.) I'm low on ammo, have seen zero change in how the tanker is sitting in the water but it is burning, and I'm thinking "One more magazine" when I finish that current one and hear a buzzing sound a few seconds before a bomb hits the water to either side of my little boat. Of course I sit on the surface waiting for my reload because I'm annoyed at the little fly boy trying to drop bombs on me. Only then I notice fly boy has some friends (Really only sounded like a single plane!) and more bombs are falling my way. Well, kind of my way. The tanker, which is now sitting about 300m off to the side, finally blows up. I'm thinking it was the fires I had set and it is time to go. Crash dive and move away. Check my log book,... and nothing. The RAF stole my kill!