I don't get it...

hairydynamicist · 04-17-06, 07:42 AM

I'm an aviation nerd by choice and profession, I recently bought the excellent Lomac:flaming cliffs which should be my natural geek retreat and yet on those occasions I feel like messing around on my pooter, I naturally head for SH3 where I may happily spend an hour without *anything* happening in the game. But I keep coming back! Last time I played was about 2 weeks ago when I'd spotted a convoy off Iceland and since then, although I've not had time to play since, I've found myself mentally plotting courses of action and thinking about tactics. Madness. This game should be as boring as hell and yet it is strangely addictive and totally gripping.

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks to all those of you smart enoug to be able to mod it and make those mods available to I can continue to spend too much time bobbing on the virtual oggin and wondering what the hell I'm doing!

04-17-06, 07:07 PM

Part of the fun is the anticipation of what might happen next.

Kpt. Lehmann · 04-17-06, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Part of the fun is the anticipation of what might happen next.

Exactly... or sailing just a few more miles to investigate a hunch... or squeezing every last drop of deisel out of the engines.

I've been a flight sim junkie for years. (Old warplanes, WWI and WWII)

I don't understand how it is that I became so completely obsessed with SH3.

I just don't get it either... but here we are!

LOL, I'm not addicted.... I can quit anytime I want...

YEAH RIGHT!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAhahahah!!! If you believe that I have some ocean-front property in Arizona to sell you. :|\

Torplexed · 04-17-06, 08:00 PM

Nice thing about piloting a sub is you have time to plan and set-up your tactics. A lot of the flight sims (to me anyway) seem like action/reaction. Whoever has the quicker reflexes wins.

Plus....in a sub you can chose to disappear ...by diving.

Ducimus · 04-17-06, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Exactly... or sailing just a few more miles to investigate a hunch... or squeezing every last drop of deisel out of the engines.

I am sooooooooo guilty of this. I wub my 80 day patrols to the caribean

Khayman · 04-18-06, 03:43 AM

It can be dull. Sometimes I watch my boat struggle through heavy seas, with a half-drowned watch and gurgling diesels. Other times I admire the sunset or sundown for a while before going back to increased time compression.

However for every moment of boredom there's some great moments. I was surfaced and closing on a merchant in the Caribbean, with my crew manning the deck gun. Before I got close enough to shoot four aircraft appeared and I didn't have time to crash dive.

My flak gunners were blazing away, the water spouts of bombs were gushing around my boat. Meanwhile I increased to ahead flank and was making hard rudder changes. My crew shot down all the aircraft and I sank the merchant., with no damage to myself.

Still my favourite patrol. It's moments like those that keep me going during the boring bits. Life can suddenly get very interesting in SH3

Kpt. Lehmann · 04-18-06, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Exactly... or sailing just a few more miles to investigate a hunch... or squeezing every last drop of deisel out of the engines.

I am sooooooooo guilty of this. I wub my 80 day patrols to the caribean

COOL!!! :|\ You're a DRUMBEATER!!!

Ducimus · 04-19-06, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Exactly... or sailing just a few more miles to investigate a hunch... or squeezing every last drop of deisel out of the engines.

I am sooooooooo guilty of this. I wub my 80 day patrols to the caribean

COOL!!! :|\ You're a DRUMBEATER!!!

Yeah, amazingly enough, patrolling the waters near Europe bore's me to tears. I think its cause along the US East coast and the caribean, its easy to predict shipping movements, and patrolling chockpoints is a garunteed way to get contacts. That and is easier to progress in the war by virtue of long patrols.

Der Eisen-Wal · 04-19-06, 01:20 PM

tell me about it. When i go to sleep there are random navigation maps and plotted courses whizzing around my head. when i close my eyes my head feels like its bobbing in the sea and i'm looking through the binoculars. i've only had this game for a week i'm on my 10th patrol

svenks · 04-20-06, 04:14 AM

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patrolling chockpoints is a garunteed way to get contacts

Only... It isn't!

I've just finshed my 12th patrol, jan-41. Patrol area was SW of Ireland, so when my 24 hours were up, I relocated to N of Ireland, fully expecting to run into a convoy anytime. I've lost track of how many virtual days I spent there, but I had to turn home (slowly!) due to running out of fuel. And all I got was a few, measly stragglers

Returned with 4 torps, but no gun ammo...

BRGDS
Sven

04-17-06, 07:42 AM	#1
hairydynamicist Nub Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't get it... I'm an aviation nerd by choice and profession, I recently bought the excellent Lomac:flaming cliffs which should be my natural geek retreat and yet on those occasions I feel like messing around on my pooter, I naturally head for SH3 where I may happily spend an hour without anything happening in the game. But I keep coming back! Last time I played was about 2 weeks ago when I'd spotted a convoy off Iceland and since then, although I've not had time to play since, I've found myself mentally plotting courses of action and thinking about tactics. Madness. This game should be as boring as hell and yet it is strangely addictive and totally gripping. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks to all those of you smart enoug to be able to mod it and make those mods available to I can continue to spend too much time bobbing on the virtual oggin and wondering what the hell I'm doing!

04-17-06, 08:00 PM	#4
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Nice thing about piloting a sub is you have time to plan and set-up your tactics. A lot of the flight sims (to me anyway) seem like action/reaction. Whoever has the quicker reflexes wins. Plus....in a sub you can chose to disappear ...by diving. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

04-17-06, 07:07 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Part of the fun is the anticipation of what might happen next.

04-18-06, 03:43 AM	#6
Khayman Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 258 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	It can be dull. Sometimes I watch my boat struggle through heavy seas, with a half-drowned watch and gurgling diesels. Other times I admire the sunset or sundown for a while before going back to increased time compression. However for every moment of boredom there's some great moments. I was surfaced and closing on a merchant in the Caribbean, with my crew manning the deck gun. Before I got close enough to shoot four aircraft appeared and I didn't have time to crash dive. My flak gunners were blazing away, the water spouts of bombs were gushing around my boat. Meanwhile I increased to ahead flank and was making hard rudder changes. My crew shot down all the aircraft and I sank the merchant., with no damage to myself. Still my favourite patrol. It's moments like those that keep me going during the boring bits. Life can suddenly get very interesting in SH3

04-19-06, 01:20 PM	#9
Der Eisen-Wal Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 121 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	tell me about it. When i go to sleep there are random navigation maps and plotted courses whizzing around my head. when i close my eyes my head feels like its bobbing in the sea and i'm looking through the binoculars. i've only had this game for a week i'm on my 10th patrol