Would you try it, enter the Inland sea?

WilhelmSchulz. · 02-21-07, 05:42 PM

When you get SHIV would try to tage your sub into the Inland Sea? I assume its like taking your sub into the Irish Sea in SHIII.

The Inland sea is shown on this map.
http://www.geocities.com/subskipper/Map1.jpg

Sailor Steve · 02-21-07, 05:45 PM

Inland Sea, Sea of Japan; both are shallow, both are dangerous. I gladly went there in SH1 (actually I had no choice-you're teleported to your patrol zone) and did my best. If assigned to go there in SH4, you bet I'll swallow my fears and die like a man (hopefully no one will hear me cry "mommy").

CCIP · 02-21-07, 06:11 PM

I'd take a crack at it for the challenge. Japanese ASW doesn't impress me, though I sincerely hope the game won't give it to me as the main patrol grid anyway

hyperion2206 · 02-21-07, 06:14 PM

If I was ordered to go there I would do it, but if I had the choice: NO WAY!!!!! It's to shallow and you can bet that i'll be heavily guarded by escorts, planes and not to meantion the mine fields.

Boris · 02-21-07, 06:18 PM

I would stupidly go and do it, probably more than once, and typically I would'n't learn from my mistakes either. Just like almost every career I ever did in SH3 ended in the channel or Scapa flow.

CCIP · 02-21-07, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Boris

I would stupidly go and do it, probably more than once, and typically I would'n't learn from my mistakes either. Just like almost every career I ever did in SH3 ended in the channel or Scapa flow.

Haha, the forbitten fruit appeal! :p

Even if the SHIV map has it marked as 'dangerous area' and even if they put a "yankee go home" sign on the shore, people will only want to go into it more. Just note the number of English Channel threads on the SHIII forum

dean_acheson · 02-23-07, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Boris

I would stupidly go and do it, probably more than once, and typically I would'n't learn from my mistakes either. Just like almost every career I ever did in SH3 ended in the channel or Scapa flow.

LOL at that. That is a familliar story! It's always, this time I'll try it this way, and I'm sure that I'll make it....

I can see going into the inland see, if only to pretend I'm Mush for abit....

nattydread · 02-22-07, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

I'd take a crack at it for the challenge. Japanese ASW doesn't impress me, though I sincerely hope the game won't give it to me as the main patrol grid anyway

You might want to re-think that, some of the best of the best were sunken by the Japanese in the Sea of Japan. Shallow waters can be a pain, but aircraft still have an advantage. Yeah the radar detection onboard helps, but it didnt always work and had flaws...especially early versions. If your radar detection takes damage or goes out for whatever reason, expect a hard ride home. One lucky sighting by a plane, and a stealthy dive from out of the sun and your pig boat is bacon.

No good skipper with a reputable kill tally did it totally safe, they took risks. They went in when there were escoets, they stayed in there until the last possible minute, they had to take risks to be effective and those risks sometimes got them killed, sometimes it was a lucky shot by the enemy(sometime it was their own fish), or some missed an assignment, or was too slow in reacting or fell victim to the green/rookie mistakes on the planes, the bubble, or just plain complacency, etc.

They enemy doesnt always get you, sometimes you get yourself...or atleast help the enemy out.

So if your any good(as in getting kills) your going to likly get in trouble and you'll begin to respect those IJN ASW vessels...and their bomb toting birds!

Crosseye76 · 02-25-07, 04:25 AM

The Inland Sea, probably not. I think we'll get our fill of shallow water combat as we start hunting in the South China Sea.

Sulikate · 02-25-07, 08:42 AM

I think I'd risk and enter the inland sea. I'd probably have some nice shallow water DC evading

Morts · 02-25-07, 08:53 AM

i'd do it

Safe-Keeper · 02-25-07, 09:00 AM

So it's kind of the English Channel of the Pacific? If so, I'm going on.

Morts · 02-25-07, 09:00 AM

or japanese channel:rotfl:

Sulikate · 02-25-07, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

So it's kind of the English Channel of the Pacific? If so, I'm going on.

Yep!

ps: I hope there aren't as many minefields there

zaza · 03-02-07, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

So it's kind of the English Channel of the Pacific? If so, I'm going on.

Ohhhhhh what a brave man you are !!!

I think it's more narrower than English channel !!!

If SH4 will reproduce sea traffic correctly on history,
1941~1943 :there will be too many IJN war ships there,
1944~1945 :there will be too many magnetic mine, sound mine etc,
which had dropped by US bomber B-29

02-21-07, 05:42 PM	#1
WilhelmSchulz. The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Virgina Beach Posts: 1,301 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Would you try it, enter the Inland sea? When you get SHIV would try to tage your sub into the Inland Sea? I assume its like taking your sub into the Irish Sea in SHIII. The Inland sea is shown on this map. http://www.geocities.com/subskipper/Map1.jpg __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink… others require our assistance."

02-21-07, 05:45 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Inland Sea, Sea of Japan; both are shallow, both are dangerous. I gladly went there in SH1 (actually I had no choice-you're teleported to your patrol zone) and did my best. If assigned to go there in SH4, you bet I'll swallow my fears and die like a man (hopefully no one will hear me cry "mommy"). __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-21-07, 06:11 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I'd take a crack at it for the challenge. Japanese ASW doesn't impress me, though I sincerely hope the game won't give it to me as the main patrol grid anyway __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

02-21-07, 06:14 PM	#4
hyperion2206 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 1,227 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	If I was ordered to go there I would do it, but if I had the choice: NO WAY!!!!! It's to shallow and you can bet that i'll be heavily guarded by escorts, planes and not to meantion the mine fields. __________________ Career of Captain Jack Shaftoe:

02-25-07, 04:25 AM	#9
Crosseye76 Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 258 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The Inland Sea, probably not. I think we'll get our fill of shallow water combat as we start hunting in the South China Sea. __________________ There are only two kinds of ships. Submarines and Targets.

02-21-07, 06:18 PM	#5
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	I would stupidly go and do it, probably more than once, and typically I would'n't learn from my mistakes either. Just like almost every career I ever did in SH3 ended in the channel or Scapa flow.

02-25-07, 08:42 AM	#10
Sulikate Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Korea Posts: 834 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I think I'd risk and enter the inland sea. I'd probably have some nice shallow water DC evading __________________ Se flutua e não fala quack, afunde-o!

02-25-07, 08:53 AM	#11
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	i'd do it

02-25-07, 09:00 AM	#12
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	So it's kind of the English Channel of the Pacific? If so, I'm going on. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.