rude welcome to sh3

03-27-07, 05:00 PM

no not from my fellow forum members but the game dissed me.

i had such an old video card it was like playing sh3 in a dos version lol.
i got a new video card and found that playing sh3 was a whole new experience.

anyway the rude part came when i played sh3 again for the very first time.

on my first mission i found a big old battleship and gave her a full spread of 4 fish.
1 pre-detonated, 1 stopped tracking and went into a random search pattern, 1 hit causing her to list but stay under full steam, and 1 hit but was a dud. ok that was a fluke so after reloading i got in position and just to rub it in i gave another full spread. all 4 hit but 3 were duds and 1 glanced off not exploding. amazed by all this i forgot myself and let a tin can drop charges right on top of me.

all hands were lost!

this game is just plain rude to do that to me the first time i get to play this game as it was meant to be seen lol.

Sailor Steve · 03-27-07, 05:01 PM

Depending on what year you are playing, that sounds pretty realistic. I don't get nearly enough duds.

P_Funk · 03-28-07, 01:02 AM

If you think that was annoying you should go talk to some people that had to endure the Silent Service in the the first years of the war.

I think I read somewhere that one boat had a total of one good hit for 70 cumulatively fired? Now THAT is rough.

Vacillator · 03-28-07, 03:12 AM

I'm just re-reading 'The Golden Horseshoe' after maybe 20 years, a great little book about Otto Kretschmer and U99. What you describe sounds spot on for early war. Must have been frustrating beyond belief. Lucky for us Brits however!

03-27-07, 05:00 PM	#1
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	rude welcome to sh3 no not from my fellow forum members but the game dissed me. i had such an old video card it was like playing sh3 in a dos version lol. i got a new video card and found that playing sh3 was a whole new experience. anyway the rude part came when i played sh3 again for the very first time. on my first mission i found a big old battleship and gave her a full spread of 4 fish. 1 pre-detonated, 1 stopped tracking and went into a random search pattern, 1 hit causing her to list but stay under full steam, and 1 hit but was a dud. ok that was a fluke so after reloading i got in position and just to rub it in i gave another full spread. all 4 hit but 3 were duds and 1 glanced off not exploding. amazed by all this i forgot myself and let a tin can drop charges right on top of me. all hands were lost! this game is just plain rude to do that to me the first time i get to play this game as it was meant to be seen lol.

03-27-07, 05:01 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Depending on what year you are playing, that sounds pretty realistic. I don't get nearly enough duds. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-28-07, 01:02 AM	#3
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	If you think that was annoying you should go talk to some people that had to endure the Silent Service in the the first years of the war. I think I read somewhere that one boat had a total of one good hit for 70 cumulatively fired? Now THAT is rough. __________________

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03-28-07, 03:12 AM	#4
Vacillator Frogman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 307 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm just re-reading 'The Golden Horseshoe' after maybe 20 years, a great little book about Otto Kretschmer and U99. What you describe sounds spot on for early war. Must have been frustrating beyond belief. Lucky for us Brits however!