Ship kills not counting

Darthlucky · 03-04-15, 04:19 AM

It's early 1940, I slipped inside a large convoy and fired a full five torpedo spread, I hit an Ore Carrier, Large Merchant, two Empire types and a Greek flagged Small Merchant that blundered into a torpedo bound for another Large Merchant. The Large and Small merchants sink, the other three develop a list and slow down. The escorts blow up a lot of empty water, and I sneak out.

I surface at a safe distance, and set up for a night surface attack on the three cripples, who are sailing in group, but are lagging behind the convoy. I get ahead of them, put the decks awash, and wait. I fire three torpedoes and all three hit, I get the "she's going down" message twice, and the Ore Carrier and one of the Empire types sink. The last empire type goes dead in the water, and I wait as an escort comes over, sniffs around and then sails away without ever finding me.

As I'm setting up a stern shot on the last ship...it just vanishes, like a sunken ship or downed airplane does after a few minutes. Yet, I've got no credit for the kill, nothing in the log, and no message of it going down. Anyone else have this issue?

Darthlucky · 03-04-15, 04:20 AM

Also, I feel that I should not have been flagged for sinking that Greek ship, we may not be at war, but the cheeky git had a pair of Shermans on deck....fair game I say

Sailor Steve · 03-04-15, 09:45 AM

What was your physical location when you attacked? If they were near the end of their trip the whole convoy may have vanished and you weren't in a position to see it. They can't reorganize and sail into port, so the game has them disappear at their last waypoint.

Also, what was the weather? There is a chance that the crippled ship sank due to heavy seas and you didn't get the credit. Always look at the map. A grey sinking mark will tell you if that happened.

As to the neutral ship, the game isn't that sophisticated. It doesn't matter what the cargo is. If it's flagged as a neutral then it's neutral, and BdU doesn't really care what you think.

Zosimus · 03-04-15, 11:47 AM

And that's why you should change the penalty for neutral to 0. It's bad enough that you waste torpedoes on a ship and get no credit. You don't need a renown hit too.

Darthlucky · 03-04-15, 01:23 PM

I was in BF15, it was an outbound convoy, the weather was clear and the ocean was calm...for once. The convoy was still there, once I hit the stragglers, the trailing escort was still close enough to come investigate. The ship just stopped....then bam, gone.

Sailor Steve · 03-04-15, 04:12 PM

That's interesting. I have no idea why it would do that.

03-04-15, 04:19 AM	#1
Darthlucky Medic Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 166 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Ship kills not counting It's early 1940, I slipped inside a large convoy and fired a full five torpedo spread, I hit an Ore Carrier, Large Merchant, two Empire types and a Greek flagged Small Merchant that blundered into a torpedo bound for another Large Merchant. The Large and Small merchants sink, the other three develop a list and slow down. The escorts blow up a lot of empty water, and I sneak out. I surface at a safe distance, and set up for a night surface attack on the three cripples, who are sailing in group, but are lagging behind the convoy. I get ahead of them, put the decks awash, and wait. I fire three torpedoes and all three hit, I get the "she's going down" message twice, and the Ore Carrier and one of the Empire types sink. The last empire type goes dead in the water, and I wait as an escort comes over, sniffs around and then sails away without ever finding me. As I'm setting up a stern shot on the last ship...it just vanishes, like a sunken ship or downed airplane does after a few minutes. Yet, I've got no credit for the kill, nothing in the log, and no message of it going down. Anyone else have this issue?

03-04-15, 09:45 AM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	What was your physical location when you attacked? If they were near the end of their trip the whole convoy may have vanished and you weren't in a position to see it. They can't reorganize and sail into port, so the game has them disappear at their last waypoint. Also, what was the weather? There is a chance that the crippled ship sank due to heavy seas and you didn't get the credit. Always look at the map. A grey sinking mark will tell you if that happened. As to the neutral ship, the game isn't that sophisticated. It doesn't matter what the cargo is. If it's flagged as a neutral then it's neutral, and BdU doesn't really care what you think. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-04-15, 04:12 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's interesting. I have no idea why it would do that. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-04-15, 04:20 AM	#2
Darthlucky Medic Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 166 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Also, I feel that I should not have been flagged for sinking that Greek ship, we may not be at war, but the cheeky git had a pair of Shermans on deck....fair game I say

03-04-15, 11:47 AM	#4
Zosimus XO Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Chorrillos, Lima, Peru Posts: 401 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	And that's why you should change the penalty for neutral to 0. It's bad enough that you waste torpedoes on a ship and get no credit. You don't need a renown hit too.

03-04-15, 01:23 PM	#5
Darthlucky Medic Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 166 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	I was in BF15, it was an outbound convoy, the weather was clear and the ocean was calm...for once. The convoy was still there, once I hit the stragglers, the trailing escort was still close enough to come investigate. The ship just stopped....then bam, gone.