Mine fields suck

AVGWarhawk · 11-04-06, 06:02 PM

This is a very bad mine field around Calais. At this point I was already struggling after one mine did it's damage.

After all my ruckas, the boys showed up. Two destroyers, one corvette, two PT boats and if you look on the horizon, right hand side, you will see the smoke from another destroyer and corvette. DO I THROW A PARTY OR WHAT!

As you can see, my ride is pretty beat! Harald Schubert and Jurgen Wittenberg are dead. This sucks because they owe me money. Forward batteries are destroyed. Cannon and conning tower destroyed. Currently I think I have gotten away. Slowly moving away from the welcoming committee. If I make it I will be sculking back to port

stabiz · 11-04-06, 06:14 PM

:rotfl:Hope this teaches you to never lend money to radiomen or flak gunners.

andy_311 · 11-04-06, 08:26 PM

One will take short cuts.
There's nothing in the channel (GW) 1 convoy if you lucky not telling what's in there find out youself.(ssw of Dover).

AVGWarhawk · 11-04-06, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by andy_311

One will take short cuts.
There's nothing in the channel (GW) 1 convoy if you lucky not telling what's in there find out youself.(ssw of Dover).

I was busy attempting to save some diesel for the Furhur

My boat got a belly full of lead instead. All in a days work!

Shaffer4 · 11-05-06, 12:41 AM

Yes. The Calais Minefield is a painful experiance... I was running Decks awash on a flank run through the channel at night, after some BDU confusion.. The Radio Traffic Mod is confusing when you have the Same # as a boat mentioned in the reports.. Home port was Wilhelmshaven... got a BDU report to dock at brest.. wrong base.. was on the way back to Wilhelm when I struck atleast one mine. Had to make emergency repairs in Calais, then my base changed to Lorient... so.. I had to turn around and go back..

Seems that running decks awash gave the Mine a sweet spot (I think there may have been two. lol )

Fuel Tank Destroyed, Fore and Aft Batteries Destroyed, Deckgun, Radio/sonar/antenna/periscopes destroyed... 4 crew lost (probably should have lost the watch crew.... as.. when I looked at the external Camera at 49m... there they were still vigilantly manning thier posts.... )

AVGWarhawk · 11-05-06, 07:29 AM

Did any of the 4 dead owe money from the craps game earlier like my two dead crewmen? It was early in the war and suspect allied coverage to be slim. I was wrong. They are numerous and all over me. I was pinged a few times and that is all. They are dropping charges indescriminatly. I'm moving away slow, I have no hydraphones or any scopes. I hear the props through the hull. It is only about 12 in the afternoon so I have to wait for the cover of darkness to make a mad dash. I hope the aft batteries last...down below 10

. I think I have them fooled!!

Shaffer4 · 11-05-06, 07:54 AM

No No, they were all upstanding sailors! *Salutes his fallen men.*

Atleast you can move. I had no fuel or batteries. I'm sure it was unrealistic Docking in a town that has no visible dock in the game. but alas it was my only option. Also. you can sit and surface with no batteries (atleast I could) its the Co2 thats the problem. (Using GW mod)

AVGWarhawk · 11-05-06, 09:49 PM

Actually I made way blind and deaf until night fall. My UZO was working as well as the diesels. I have sunk a cargo enroute to Wilhelmshaven. I have not made port yet and will continue the night hunt until port is obtained

Steeltrap · 11-05-06, 10:59 PM

2 things:

1. you should count yourself lucky to be alive. In reality, a mine would blow the crap out of your boat and sink it without doubt....

2. I don't think a minefield sucks, rather it "blows"....:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

AVGWarhawk · 11-06-06, 10:02 AM

No doubt the mine would have sunk me. But there were ocassions that this did not happen. One in particular was an American sub and the mine hit the cannon taking most of the blast. Sub was scrapped when it returned back to California. But anyway, I had hit another mine and still did not sink to the bottom. Luck? Who knows. One thing is for sure, I have outside views and did not attempt to avoid any mines. I layed out my course and let it go! If she was destroyed then so be it. I was fortunate not to hit another.

CaptJC · 11-06-06, 11:44 AM

Hey..............What are you doing to my boat?
I left my U-65 yesterday morning cruising in the warm waters ot the Caribbean,and thinking what a nice sunny day it was goung to be!!............now it looks like you've bent it and probably scratched it as well !!

AVGWarhawk · 11-06-06, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptJC

Hey..............What are you doing to my boat?
I left my U-65 yesterday morning cruising in the warm waters ot the Caribbean,and thinking what a nice sunny day it was goung to be!!............now it looks like you've bent it and probably scratched it as well !!

She be scrap now

. Cut her up and make a panzer our of her

Shaffer4 · 11-07-06, 04:24 AM

No, she's currently chasing a convoy off of the Canary Islands...

Safe-Keeper · 11-07-06, 07:18 AM

I personally love mine-fields in the game. They add so much suspense and challenge and can give you some nasty shocks. One minute you're cruising about absent-mindedly at 512 time-compression, the next you're dropping the book you're reading and frantically scrambling your damage control team as your crippled boat is pulled below the surface by the flooding...

Oh, and watching AI ships hit mines has to be the greatest thing in the whole game. I once witnessed a destroyer run into a mine-field at attack speed, detonating no less than six mines before stopping (half of which went off solely because the crippled ship hung close by them. Apparently they've got proximity fuses or whatever they're called).

HunterICX · 11-07-06, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steeltrap

2 things:

1. you should count yourself lucky to be alive. In reality, a mine would blow the crap out of your boat and sink it without doubt....

2. I don't think a minefield sucks, rather it "blows"....:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

remembers me the movie Finding Nemo with al those seagulls

''Mine, Mine, Mine!!!''

Minefields suck : because without knowing it they suck ur sub right into it. and then they give you a sort of blow-job. :rotfl:

11-04-06, 06:02 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Mine fields suck This is a very bad mine field around Calais. At this point I was already struggling after one mine did it's damage. After all my ruckas, the boys showed up. Two destroyers, one corvette, two PT boats and if you look on the horizon, right hand side, you will see the smoke from another destroyer and corvette. DO I THROW A PARTY OR WHAT! As you can see, my ride is pretty beat! Harald Schubert and Jurgen Wittenberg are dead. This sucks because they owe me money. Forward batteries are destroyed. Cannon and conning tower destroyed. Currently I think I have gotten away. Slowly moving away from the welcoming committee. If I make it I will be sculking back to port __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-04-06, 06:14 PM	#2
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	:rotfl:Hope this teaches you to never lend money to radiomen or flak gunners. __________________

11-05-06, 12:41 AM	#5
Shaffer4 Ensign Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Walla Walla, Wa Posts: 223 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Yes. The Calais Minefield is a painful experiance... I was running Decks awash on a flank run through the channel at night, after some BDU confusion.. The Radio Traffic Mod is confusing when you have the Same # as a boat mentioned in the reports.. Home port was Wilhelmshaven... got a BDU report to dock at brest.. wrong base.. was on the way back to Wilhelm when I struck atleast one mine. Had to make emergency repairs in Calais, then my base changed to Lorient... so.. I had to turn around and go back.. Seems that running decks awash gave the Mine a sweet spot (I think there may have been two. lol ) Fuel Tank Destroyed, Fore and Aft Batteries Destroyed, Deckgun, Radio/sonar/antenna/periscopes destroyed... 4 crew lost (probably should have lost the watch crew.... as.. when I looked at the external Camera at 49m... there they were still vigilantly manning thier posts.... ) __________________ Last edited by Shaffer4; 11-05-06 at 12:44 AM.

11-05-06, 07:29 AM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Did any of the 4 dead owe money from the craps game earlier like my two dead crewmen? It was early in the war and suspect allied coverage to be slim. I was wrong. They are numerous and all over me. I was pinged a few times and that is all. They are dropping charges indescriminatly. I'm moving away slow, I have no hydraphones or any scopes. I hear the props through the hull. It is only about 12 in the afternoon so I have to wait for the cover of darkness to make a mad dash. I hope the aft batteries last...down below 10 . I think I have them fooled!! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-05-06, 07:54 AM	#7
Shaffer4 Ensign Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Walla Walla, Wa Posts: 223 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	No No, they were all upstanding sailors! Salutes his fallen men. Atleast you can move. I had no fuel or batteries. I'm sure it was unrealistic Docking in a town that has no visible dock in the game. but alas it was my only option. Also. you can sit and surface with no batteries (atleast I could) its the Co2 thats the problem. (Using GW mod) __________________

11-04-06, 08:26 PM	#3
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	One will take short cuts. There's nothing in the channel (GW) 1 convoy if you lucky not telling what's in there find out youself.(ssw of Dover).

11-05-06, 09:49 PM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Actually I made way blind and deaf until night fall. My UZO was working as well as the diesels. I have sunk a cargo enroute to Wilhelmshaven. I have not made port yet and will continue the night hunt until port is obtained __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-05-06, 10:59 PM	#9
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	2 things: 1. you should count yourself lucky to be alive. In reality, a mine would blow the crap out of your boat and sink it without doubt.... 2. I don't think a minefield sucks, rather it "blows"....:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

11-06-06, 10:02 AM	#10
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	No doubt the mine would have sunk me. But there were ocassions that this did not happen. One in particular was an American sub and the mine hit the cannon taking most of the blast. Sub was scrapped when it returned back to California. But anyway, I had hit another mine and still did not sink to the bottom. Luck? Who knows. One thing is for sure, I have outside views and did not attempt to avoid any mines. I layed out my course and let it go! If she was destroyed then so be it. I was fortunate not to hit another. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-06-06, 11:44 AM	#11
CaptJC Watch Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wigan UK Posts: 25 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Hey..............What are you doing to my boat? I left my U-65 yesterday morning cruising in the warm waters ot the Caribbean,and thinking what a nice sunny day it was goung to be!!............now it looks like you've bent it and probably scratched it as well !!

11-07-06, 04:24 AM	#13
Shaffer4 Ensign Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Walla Walla, Wa Posts: 223 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	No, she's currently chasing a convoy off of the Canary Islands... __________________

11-07-06, 07:18 AM	#14
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I personally love mine-fields in the game. They add so much suspense and challenge and can give you some nasty shocks. One minute you're cruising about absent-mindedly at 512 time-compression, the next you're dropping the book you're reading and frantically scrambling your damage control team as your crippled boat is pulled below the surface by the flooding... Oh, and watching AI ships hit mines has to be the greatest thing in the whole game. I once witnessed a destroyer run into a mine-field at attack speed, detonating no less than six mines before stopping (half of which went off solely because the crippled ship hung close by them. Apparently they've got proximity fuses or whatever they're called). __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.