Questions about Battlestations/Silent Running

Armistead · 04-17-11, 05:29 PM

RR got me thinking when he said the enemy can hear you better when at BS. I'm almost always at BS during attack and evasion even with silent running on. Do you actually suffer a value hearing loss when the crew is in BS mode? Historically a crew would be at BS during attack and evasion, doesn't mean they have to make more noise.

IF SR is engaged, torps won't load, but seems other repair functions take place. I assume by looking at values that are still complex to me, that SR values only lower the enemies hearing values. The issue I see is even if you have SR engaged, your crew repairs. You can have SR engaged and cursor flooded areas and see the "pumping out water" message...Last thing a sub would do in real life is to crank up the pumps. That made me wonder, if I'm flooded and don't engage BS will I suffer losing repair mode, but make it harder for the enemy to hear me. I've always gone into repair mode when damaged, but it might make sense not if you're under attack and can survive.....the game can't be this detailed....lol.

Also, what happens if you have SR engaged, but you crank up speed, do you still get values in your favor? It appears the speed values are seperate, so even with SR engaged I would think more speed would give the enemy better values, but you would still retain the others such as torps not being loaded.

Any values gain or loss by just engaging damage crew and not go on BS?

04-17-11, 05:29 PM	#1
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Questions about Battlestations/Silent Running RR got me thinking when he said the enemy can hear you better when at BS. I'm almost always at BS during attack and evasion even with silent running on. Do you actually suffer a value hearing loss when the crew is in BS mode? Historically a crew would be at BS during attack and evasion, doesn't mean they have to make more noise. IF SR is engaged, torps won't load, but seems other repair functions take place. I assume by looking at values that are still complex to me, that SR values only lower the enemies hearing values. The issue I see is even if you have SR engaged, your crew repairs. You can have SR engaged and cursor flooded areas and see the "pumping out water" message...Last thing a sub would do in real life is to crank up the pumps. That made me wonder, if I'm flooded and don't engage BS will I suffer losing repair mode, but make it harder for the enemy to hear me. I've always gone into repair mode when damaged, but it might make sense not if you're under attack and can survive.....the game can't be this detailed....lol. Also, what happens if you have SR engaged, but you crank up speed, do you still get values in your favor? It appears the speed values are seperate, so even with SR engaged I would think more speed would give the enemy better values, but you would still retain the others such as torps not being loaded. Any values gain or loss by just engaging damage crew and not go on BS?