Drive home or Teleport?

Skubber · 10-26-05, 10:15 AM

Do you usually navigate your boat all the way back to port, avoiding warships, enemy planes, possibly even mines, while keeping an eye on the fuel guage, listening to the same tired records, and sneaking in to peek at Karl's latest pin-up?

Or do you zap right home as soon as torpedoes are spent, via the amazingly futuristic particle disruptor/reassember device?

(Not sure exactly where the PD/RD is located. Somewhere behind the head, I think. It was invented at the end of '38, or so it is rumored. Apparently High Command wanted to particle disrupt the entire city of London and reassemble it somewhere in Siberia, but for some reason the device only seems to work on U-boats...)

Kpt. Lehmann · 10-26-05, 10:26 AM

As a 1x Time Compression sailor... not driving back to base feels too much like cheating to me.

Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense · 10-26-05, 10:29 AM

i try to... if i have enough fuel remaining, i usually do...

and this is one thing that should be factored in when renown is handed out at the end of a patrol... those Captains that navigate back should get additional renown...

... and the prettiest of the pretty nurses

--Mike

wetwarev7 · 10-26-05, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

As a 1x Time Compression sailor... not driving back to base feels too much like cheating to me.

I don't know how you do it. I'm too impatient to go out on patrol without TC, I don't see how you can go BACK to base at 1x.

It's allways 1024x for me in friendly waters, going from or back to base.

HW3 · 10-26-05, 10:45 AM

Captains that navigate back do get additional renown, 100 points worth.

Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense · 10-26-05, 10:49 AM

they should get more...
(i never noticed this... i'm gonna fast time it back after all mission objectiives are completed and see if there's a slot for navigating back)

and still there's the matter of those nurses...

--Mike

Kpt. Lehmann · 10-26-05, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense

they should get more...
(i never noticed this... i'm gonna fast time it back after all mission objectiives are completed and see if there's a slot for navigating back)

and still there's the matter of those nurses...

--Mike

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I'll trade renown for pretty FEMALE nurses any day! (Just thought I should be specific lol)

Also, renown is easily moddable... I tend to actually reduce it though. I don't like it when you get rewards so quickly they become meaningless.

At the moment I am heavily modifying the files in my game and incorporating more than 100 changes... I am almost finished.
I do use TC for mod stability testing.

I am hoping to tie up my little list of broken things and sail again late November.

Lol... I'm getting tired of fixing stuff. Once I am sure everything works right and doesn't cause CTD's... off I go into the sunset.

Doing 1x TC compression patrols gives you plenty of time to do stuff around the house, reading, and research.

Redfoot · 10-26-05, 11:16 AM

I hate teleporting, its a dumb feature if you ask me. You can sail a IIA boat past mines, subfences and roughly 20 destroyers into Loch Ewe and sink 360000 tons worth of gunship (the nelson) and simply hit escape and teleport out.. way too cheatey if you ask me :P

10-26-05, 11:43 AM

I don't have the temperament for x1 gaming; I have my TC bumped up to x4096, but I still sail the boat back to the base. I don't like teleporting either.

However, if you're rudder's broken and you're pointed toward Jolly Olde England, well...

Kissaki · 10-26-05, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Redfoot

I hate teleporting, its a dumb feature if you ask me. You can sail a IIA boat past mines, subfences and roughly 20 destroyers into Loch Ewe and sink 360000 tons worth of gunship (the nelson) and simply hit escape and teleport out.. way too cheatey if you ask me :P

Playing SH3 unpatched you can hit esc and teleport even when in dire straits. I remember receiving a hammering over at Scapa Flow, I was stuck at the bottom with moderate to heavy flooding and more DCs on the way. I knew I was a goner, and hit esc in frustration. My intention was to quit, but I was surprised to see that even then I was able to teleport. Well, I had to in order to quit anyway, and don't you think they gave me a shiny Iron Cross 2nd class and a sack of renown as well!

Twitchy · 10-26-05, 02:38 PM

YAR! I've never been home, the sea, tis me home. I steal me gas from othar ships with ar bucket, ar rubber tube, and ar good ol' roll of mentos. I fashion arr prisoners inta' torpeders and use arr rations in that thar deck gun. YARR.

Martin1813 · 10-26-05, 03:26 PM

Always back to home.

my total tonnage increases substentially :hmm:

10-26-05, 03:50 PM

I always TC back home... just one of my rules...

gas is never a problem... 30% I think is the lowest I've ever gotten...

I'm always empty on eels and usually empty of deck/flak ammo

and I usually do my grid search to keep my boss happy, unless it's just way out of the way (when I'll just go hunting)

Hartmann · 10-26-05, 04:17 PM

Always i return to home sailing, and using tc . i dont want stay playing a career for two months with 1x.

Returning to home means that your survive the patrol, and you still alive to go out again.

survive a complete patrol in the later years is a real challenge.

Redbear · 10-26-05, 04:29 PM

I always navigate all the way back, right up to docking at the pier with the band, nurses, etc. I do use TC until I am close to port, but then I finish at 1X to see the ships the Harbor Traffic mod added.

View Poll Results: Do you navigate home, or "teleport" back instantly?
Always navigate back to base.	124	63.59%
Always teleport.	18	9.23%
Depends on my mood.	47	24.10%
I've never been back/ I'm lost/ I'm on a beach in Fiji	6	3.08%
Voters: 195. You may not vote on this poll

10-26-05, 10:15 AM	#1
Skubber Officer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Posts: 239 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Drive home or Teleport? Do you usually navigate your boat all the way back to port, avoiding warships, enemy planes, possibly even mines, while keeping an eye on the fuel guage, listening to the same tired records, and sneaking in to peek at Karl's latest pin-up? Or do you zap right home as soon as torpedoes are spent, via the amazingly futuristic particle disruptor/reassember device? (Not sure exactly where the PD/RD is located. Somewhere behind the head, I think. It was invented at the end of '38, or so it is rumored. Apparently High Command wanted to particle disrupt the entire city of London and reassemble it somewhere in Siberia, but for some reason the device only seems to work on U-boats...) __________________ "I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way." - Captain John Paul Jones, 1778

10-26-05, 10:26 AM	#2
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,993 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	As a 1x Time Compression sailor... not driving back to base feels too much like cheating to me. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

10-26-05, 10:45 AM	#5
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Captains that navigate back do get additional renown, 100 points worth. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

10-26-05, 03:26 PM	#12
Martin1813 Torpedoman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Caen, France Posts: 111 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Always back to home. my total tonnage increases substentially :hmm: __________________

10-26-05, 10:29 AM	#3
Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 445 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i try to... if i have enough fuel remaining, i usually do... and this is one thing that should be factored in when renown is handed out at the end of a patrol... those Captains that navigate back should get additional renown... ... and the prettiest of the pretty nurses --Mike

10-26-05, 10:49 AM	#6
Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 445 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	they should get more... (i never noticed this... i'm gonna fast time it back after all mission objectiives are completed and see if there's a slot for navigating back) and still there's the matter of those nurses... --Mike

10-26-05, 11:16 AM	#8
Redfoot Watch Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 29 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I hate teleporting, its a dumb feature if you ask me. You can sail a IIA boat past mines, subfences and roughly 20 destroyers into Loch Ewe and sink 360000 tons worth of gunship (the nelson) and simply hit escape and teleport out.. way too cheatey if you ask me :P

10-26-05, 11:43 AM	#9
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I don't have the temperament for x1 gaming; I have my TC bumped up to x4096, but I still sail the boat back to the base. I don't like teleporting either. However, if you're rudder's broken and you're pointed toward Jolly Olde England, well...

10-26-05, 02:38 PM	#11
Twitchy Navy Dude Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 177 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	YAR! I've never been home, the sea, tis me home. I steal me gas from othar ships with ar bucket, ar rubber tube, and ar good ol' roll of mentos. I fashion arr prisoners inta' torpeders and use arr rations in that thar deck gun. YARR.

10-26-05, 03:50 PM	#13
von Buelow Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I always TC back home... just one of my rules... gas is never a problem... 30% I think is the lowest I've ever gotten... I'm always empty on eels and usually empty of deck/flak ammo and I usually do my grid search to keep my boss happy, unless it's just way out of the way (when I'll just go hunting)

10-26-05, 04:17 PM	#14
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Always i return to home sailing, and using tc . i dont want stay playing a career for two months with 1x. Returning to home means that your survive the patrol, and you still alive to go out again. survive a complete patrol in the later years is a real challenge. __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

10-26-05, 04:29 PM	#15
Redbear Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 208 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I always navigate all the way back, right up to docking at the pier with the band, nurses, etc. I do use TC until I am close to port, but then I finish at 1X to see the ships the Harbor Traffic mod added.