Sunk ships not credited

KrazyDimondRX · 05-26-24, 01:01 AM

Hi all,

I sunk a medium cargo and a granville freighter and didn't get the renown for it. There was also no sunk ship symbol on the map, and I even watched them go under....

Any ideas why that is, or what I did wrong?

Thanks for looking !

stork100 · 05-26-24, 02:30 AM

As long as we can rule out them being sunk by rough seas or the Luftwaffe or such, only one other thing comes to mind. Had you sunk these types of ships earlier in the patrol? There's a thing where the game sometimes re-spawns stuff that you've sunk previously, and the second time you sink them you don't get the credit. It's rare but sometimes happens. Best I can think of.

Aktungbby · 05-26-24, 10:39 AM

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Shadowblade · 05-26-24, 05:43 PM

it could be "ghost ships" - the ships that you sunk before but they respawned and you sunk them again. You can recognize them that they are on the same course.
Even a part of convoy can respawn like this.
This feature is quite annoying (and waste torpedoes as well).

No credit awarded can also happen if enemy will finish your damaged target (kill-stealing).

KrazyDimondRX · 05-27-24, 01:52 AM

Ghost ships huh...

Well that's frustrating, but it appears to be the case here.
Thanks everyone !!

And thanks for the welcome back

Shadowblade · 05-27-24, 08:02 AM

yeah, I call them "ghost ships", because they should be on sea bottom already.
(not sure if they have any name here already)

I guess they still can kill you if they are armed...

Hooston · 05-28-24, 04:27 AM

In addition to the "ghost ship" thing it is possible to sink a ship in shallow water and find it has not sunk far enough to count. No doubt the crew are hiding underwater "Robin Hood style" breathing through drinking straws waiting for an opportunity to pump the water out and re-float the ship.

Shadowblade · 05-28-24, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Hooston

In addition to the "ghost ship" thing it is possible to sink a ship in shallow water and find it has not sunk far enough to count. No doubt the crew are hiding underwater "Robin Hood style" breathing through drinking straws waiting for an opportunity to pump the water out and re-float the ship.

yes, but this can be solved with enough extra damage.
Not sure if it ever happened to me, I guess that ammo bunkers / fuel tanks explosions prevented this probably a lot

05-26-24, 01:01 AM	#1
KrazyDimondRX Seaman Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NZ, North Island, Counties Posts: 37 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Sunk ships not credited Hi all, I sunk a medium cargo and a granville freighter and didn't get the renown for it. There was also no sunk ship symbol on the map, and I even watched them go under.... Any ideas why that is, or what I did wrong? Thanks for looking ! __________________ " An intellectual vacuum so strong that sometime I fear she will soak up the solar system like a black hole. " Skybird " That crazy Mulligan's droppin'em all over the place! "

05-26-24, 10:39 AM	#3
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,984 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome back! KrazyDimondRX! the infamous 7-yea‐itch strikes again, ending your long 'silent run' since 2017! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

05-26-24, 05:43 PM	#4
Shadowblade Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 691 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	it could be "ghost ships" - the ships that you sunk before but they respawned and you sunk them again. You can recognize them that they are on the same course. Even a part of convoy can respawn like this. This feature is quite annoying (and waste torpedoes as well). No credit awarded can also happen if enemy will finish your damaged target (kill-stealing). __________________ Kapitänleutnant Vlad von Carstein - U-Flotilla Saltzwedel - U-123, Type IXB SH3 GWX 3.0

05-27-24, 01:52 AM	#5
KrazyDimondRX Seaman Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NZ, North Island, Counties Posts: 37 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Ghost ships huh... Well that's frustrating, but it appears to be the case here. Thanks everyone !! And thanks for the welcome back __________________ " An intellectual vacuum so strong that sometime I fear she will soak up the solar system like a black hole. " Skybird " That crazy Mulligan's droppin'em all over the place! "

05-27-24, 08:02 AM	#6
Shadowblade Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 691 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	yeah, I call them "ghost ships", because they should be on sea bottom already. (not sure if they have any name here already) I guess they still can kill you if they are armed... __________________ Kapitänleutnant Vlad von Carstein - U-Flotilla Saltzwedel - U-123, Type IXB SH3 GWX 3.0

05-26-24, 02:30 AM	#2
stork100 Weps Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Australia Posts: 371 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	As long as we can rule out them being sunk by rough seas or the Luftwaffe or such, only one other thing comes to mind. Had you sunk these types of ships earlier in the patrol? There's a thing where the game sometimes re-spawns stuff that you've sunk previously, and the second time you sink them you don't get the credit. It's rare but sometimes happens. Best I can think of.

05-28-24, 04:27 AM	#7
Hooston 中国水兵 Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 276 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Not sunk enough In addition to the "ghost ship" thing it is possible to sink a ship in shallow water and find it has not sunk far enough to count. No doubt the crew are hiding underwater "Robin Hood style" breathing through drinking straws waiting for an opportunity to pump the water out and re-float the ship.