Hardcore enough to not reload after death?

[goldensleeve]

Hello! Im new here. Was wondering if any people here are commited to the historical sim approach enough to refuse to reload a save after dying, but instead go ahead and abandon the career and start a new one?

I gotta admit, Ive always wanted to do this consistently, but goldurn if it can be hard after getting pretty far along! Anyone disciplined enough to do this 100%?

[Herr-Berbunch]

I think a lot of people finish one career and start another from that time. It's a good way of working through to the end and reaching those moments when it becomes a bit harder, like the increase in allied air power in 1942 (iirc). It's something I always said I'd do, but only did it a couple of times before I'd lose a save and I'd think 'sod it - back to the beginning!'.

It's certainly better, and more realistic than going the whole way with just one guy!

[Wolfstriked]

Play the game with this in mind and you will not put yourself into bad circumstances.What I mean is that if you take the time and set up attacks so you can get their accurate course and then plan an attack correctly so you can avoid being attacked in the first place.If you attack from a decent range and then dive and go silent the DD's most likely will never find you.Players will get in close and be desperate to get tonnage and this causes easy deaths.

[andwii]

the only time ive ever done this is when the death was a cause of high time compression collison, acdently hitting D(my cat did that once, I died) or in one case I was in the middle of the convoy and I got a message saying we were under attack, turns out for some reason the ship surfaced and I didnt press anything. lol

[JFU]

I start a new one if i die, i didint first but then i found myself playing sloppy and not thinking my attacks to the end, this way like other have said, i dont put myself in a stupid position that might end with my death justbecause i was to greedy on the tonnage.

[goldensleeve]

I like it! Im inspired to go ahead and commit . No more cheating. It's gonna make me enjoy the game that much more, cause really it's the most you can do for yourself as far as taking a step towards "realistic" feel! Makes actions much more commiting. How often have I wished I had saves in my real life?

[Osmium Steele]

I always have one D.I.D. (Dead Is Dead) campaign going; starting in Sept. '39. However, I have quite a few others going as well to learn late war skills. I'm less stringent with those, but if I do something stupid, I'll play it D.I.D. as well.

[Sailor Steve]

Dead Is Dead. As others have mentioned, I do reload if the cause is absolutely nothing to do with me. If I screw up and they kill me, I'm dead.

On the other hand I have a constant cheat going: Ever since my SH1 days when they offered me two different options for starting the war, I've always run simultaneous careers, one from each available command. If one of the dies, or retires, I start a new one from that flotilla at the same month. Since I use the 'Realistic Career' option in SH3 Commander, sooner or later every career ends whether I die or not. If I ever reach 1942 I'm going to have a lot going on with SH3, SH4 and SH4 U-Boats all at the same time.

[Gargamel]

I have yet to not play a DiD career. I've had playtime careers, with weird settings and such to try things, but any career that I plan on playing more than a few patrols is DiD.

[twexl]

Been playing this for 9000 yrs ,only once got to the end of the war ,only cause I got chicken**** and avoided all danger in '44 then fled to Argentina.

[NightCrawler]

@twexl, At least you lives...

@desertstrike, Yes, if im lucky to have calm water and im in the area like AN14/AN13, and spotted a ship on broad daylight, yes i use Deckgun as a start that using torps....
And come home with 95.580 tonnage, with a VII class u boot, as you know, you have 17 torps in total, some players will come up, than how in the name of god, you have 95.580 tonnage..., after i publiced my logbook, i replied with used the deckgun...
When i have IXB, will get even more tonnage(if the game cooperate), sometimes on the way to patrol grid, didn't get any ship on map or spotted....

later the war like under Stock SHIII i kept distance when using deckgun like 2000 to 2500 meter, when cargo-ship have front and rear deckguns, but they're lousy shooter(in stock mode), in GWX 3.0, so far i have to reach 42/43 yet before i can come up with a conclusion... all i know, planes will be the pain in the ass around 42/43....

Now im at mid 1940, saving reown for IXB... and hopefully relocated to Lorient.. thats what IXB base, and thanks god no more AN13/AN14.. that will be crowded with DD's...

[BootsmanBoof]

I was playing DiD the other week, on my 11th patrol heading for home, and I didn't zoom the map in enough to see that my plotted course went straight through a small island NW of Scapa flow. At least that's what I think my mistake was, on high TC my IIa got destroyed (a mine maybe?). If I'd made it home I would have had a brand new VIIB waiting for me.......

Maybe I'll reload that one. Not sure.

[Sailor Steve]

You should. The game should have the same "spotted" routine for land as for ships and planes. That it doesn't isn't your fault. If the game cheats you then you're not cheating yourself by reloading.

[sublynx]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You should. The game should have the same "spotted" routine for land as for ships and planes. That it doesn't isn't your fault. If the game cheats you then you're not cheating yourself by reloading.

I agree. That is something the player has no control over and it's unrealistic too. The bridge crew would have noticed the land approaching. I'd reload that one.