Death policy

Missing Name · 11-15-10, 05:00 PM

So I just got myself killed, unsure what to do. Do you suck it up and start an entirely new career or say "Screw that" and load an earlier save?

flag4 · 11-15-10, 05:27 PM

hi Missing Name

i personally let them rest - its over
learn from your mistakes and start again...

..hmm, im not too good at learning from my mistakes - but always start again..

whats your gut feeling?

Draka · 11-15-10, 07:00 PM

It depends on your playing level, to me. When I was starting out and just learning, I would go back to a saved game and try again. But after a while, I started using the DiD policy - "Dead is Dead". It does make it a lot more restricting on your actions if you realize that any screw-up on your part means death, and having to start over! Much more realistic - and that is the name of the game for the majority of us here.

desirableroasted · 11-15-10, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Missing Name

So I just got myself killed, unsure what to do. Do you suck it up and start an entirely new career or say "Screw that" and load an earlier save?

If you are learning the game (and who of us isn't, really?), screw it and reload. Run the tactical solution a few times until you get it right, then go on to better things. Only way to learn, in my book.

I have played several years, and now play DID. But I still save my patrols fairly often (always out of sight and on the surface, though, to avoid crash problems) so I can replay the ones where I came to grief. Always something to learn. I don't play them past the sinking, though. The career is dead... I think of it as a "lessons learned training exercise."

The single missions, by the way, are excellent for training, especially the ones supplied by the GWX team.

Missing Name · 11-15-10, 09:58 PM

I deleted the save games. Not one step splash backwards!

I should also try to be more realistic and NOT engage destroyers with the deck gun. But it's so darn fun... (Not why I sank.)

Gargamel · 11-15-10, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Missing Name

I deleted the save games. Not one step splash backwards!

I should also try to be more realistic and NOT engage destroyers with the deck gun. But it's so darn fun... (Not why I sank.)

Still say your bonkers for trying.

Missing Name · 11-15-10, 11:57 PM

Uh, don't want to make another thread for this...

How would I name myself "Missing Name" in German? I entered "Ohne einen Namen" but am unsure if this is correct.

@Gargamel: I turned on realistic vulnerability specifically to make it more difficult to do so.

Falkirion · 11-16-10, 02:07 AM

Dead is dead. That simple for me.

frau kaleun · 11-16-10, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Missing Name

How would I name myself "Missing Name" in German?

I'm gonna go with "fehlende Name" but the actual German speakers here probably know better.

Kapt Z · 11-16-10, 10:36 AM

DID unless it is a system/save game 'glitch'.

11-15-10, 05:00 PM	#1
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Death policy So I just got myself killed, unsure what to do. Do you suck it up and start an entirely new career or say "Screw that" and load an earlier save? __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

11-15-10, 05:27 PM	#2
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	hi Missing Name i personally let them rest - its over learn from your mistakes and start again... ..hmm, im not too good at learning from my mistakes - but always start again.. whats your gut feeling? __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

11-15-10, 09:58 PM	#5
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	I deleted the save games. Not one step splash backwards! I should also try to be more realistic and NOT engage destroyers with the deck gun. But it's so darn fun... (Not why I sank.) __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

11-15-10, 11:57 PM	#7
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Uh, don't want to make another thread for this... How would I name myself "Missing Name" in German? I entered "Ohne einen Namen" but am unsure if this is correct. @Gargamel: I turned on realistic vulnerability specifically to make it more difficult to do so. __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

11-16-10, 10:36 AM	#10
Kapt Z Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ...somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. Posts: 909 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	DID unless it is a system/save game 'glitch'. __________________ ...I fought in many guises, many names, but always me. Patton

11-15-10, 07:00 PM	#3
Draka Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 256 Downloads: 322 Uploads: 0	It depends on your playing level, to me. When I was starting out and just learning, I would go back to a saved game and try again. But after a while, I started using the DiD policy - "Dead is Dead". It does make it a lot more restricting on your actions if you realize that any screw-up on your part means death, and having to start over! Much more realistic - and that is the name of the game for the majority of us here.

11-16-10, 02:07 AM	#8
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Dead is dead. That simple for me.