1st. SHIII carrer - sunk

danurve · 01-15-07, 01:58 PM

I got greedy.
On the 9th. patrol in a VIIB out of fish and in good weather headed back to base. Don't I spot a C2 and decide to track it down and sink it with the deck gun. Well, I did - plus a patrol boat to. Destroyer decides to join in, I figgured ehh - I'll finish the job and bug out. I was in 30 meter shallows by the time it was done.
I tried a few tactics including using the sunk cargo as a lure, no joy. Then a 2nd destroyer joins up.
Just when I was getting up on medals, promotions & jazz.
Well, I got out almost 1000 meters once ..

AVGWarhawk · 01-15-07, 02:00 PM

Are you using GWX mod by chance? Oh yeah look at my sig below. This explains a lot

ReallyDedPoet · 01-15-07, 02:32 PM

I try to avoid shallow waters at all costs. Tough loss, better luck next time.

danurve · 01-15-07, 07:39 PM

Nope not using GWX.
Just the patched game with T2RangeMod, and some extra gamaphone jazz.

Mooncatt · 01-16-07, 08:56 AM

unfortunate m8. shallow water sux

LeafsFan · 01-16-07, 09:05 AM

Sorry to hear it.

HB

Iron Budokan · 01-16-07, 11:48 AM

Yep, shallow water blows. I was coming home from a mid-Atlantic patrol once and caught caught by an English DD in the shallows of the Bay of Biscay at night. Like he was just waiting to catch a uboat coming home. He did, he caught me.

I went under as deep as I could and was pounded into fragments by his depth charges. Compartments flooded, clones died, others had red exclamation marks over their heads. I was so frustrated at the bad luck. There was nothing I could do but take the pounding and watch the seconds tick away towards my ultimate demise. Which happened rather sooner than later.

Then I was staring at that horrible death screen, my blood boiling....and as I play DiD I then took a deep breath and started up a new career. Scratch one Kaleun, enter another.

Mooncatt · 01-16-07, 11:50 AM

so you didnt die coz of deep water then just coz of all the hands died

Abd_von_Mumit · 01-16-07, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

Then I was staring at that horrible death screen, my blood boiling....and as I play DiD I then took a deep breath and started up a new career. Scratch one Kaleun, enter another.

What does DiD mean?

Sailor Steve · 01-16-07, 11:53 AM

Dead Is Dead. You don't reload a previous save when you die; you just accept it and start a new career.

Jimbuna · 01-16-07, 12:05 PM

Better luck next time kaleun

Abd_von_Mumit · 01-16-07, 12:05 PM

Oh, I see. Thanks. I should then add "DiD" to my signature.

01-15-07, 01:58 PM	#1
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	1st. SHIII carrer - sunk I got greedy. On the 9th. patrol in a VIIB out of fish and in good weather headed back to base. Don't I spot a C2 and decide to track it down and sink it with the deck gun. Well, I did - plus a patrol boat to. Destroyer decides to join in, I figgured ehh - I'll finish the job and bug out. I was in 30 meter shallows by the time it was done. I tried a few tactics including using the sunk cargo as a lure, no joy. Then a 2nd destroyer joins up. Just when I was getting up on medals, promotions & jazz. Well, I got out almost 1000 meters once .. __________________

01-15-07, 02:00 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,256 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Are you using GWX mod by chance? Oh yeah look at my sig below. This explains a lot __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-15-07, 02:32 PM	#3
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,886 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	I try to avoid shallow waters at all costs. Tough loss, better luck next time. __________________ Back in the Day

01-15-07, 07:39 PM	#4
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	Nope not using GWX. Just the patched game with T2RangeMod, and some extra gamaphone jazz. __________________

01-16-07, 08:56 AM	#5
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	unfortunate m8. shallow water sux __________________

01-16-07, 09:05 AM	#6
LeafsFan Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 332 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear it. HB

01-16-07, 11:48 AM	#7
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Yep, shallow water blows. I was coming home from a mid-Atlantic patrol once and caught caught by an English DD in the shallows of the Bay of Biscay at night. Like he was just waiting to catch a uboat coming home. He did, he caught me. I went under as deep as I could and was pounded into fragments by his depth charges. Compartments flooded, clones died, others had red exclamation marks over their heads. I was so frustrated at the bad luck. There was nothing I could do but take the pounding and watch the seconds tick away towards my ultimate demise. Which happened rather sooner than later. Then I was staring at that horrible death screen, my blood boiling....and as I play DiD I then took a deep breath and started up a new career. Scratch one Kaleun, enter another. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

01-16-07, 11:50 AM	#8
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	so you didnt die coz of deep water then just coz of all the hands died __________________

01-16-07, 11:53 AM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Dead Is Dead. You don't reload a previous save when you die; you just accept it and start a new career. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-16-07, 12:05 PM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Better luck next time kaleun __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-16-07, 12:05 PM	#12
Abd_von_Mumit The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warszawa, Polska Posts: 1,453 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 4	Oh, I see. Thanks. I should then add "DiD" to my signature. __________________ Long, hard, wet and full of seamen. My precious. SH3+GWX+OLC — sunk x4, retired x2; SH5+TDW — still exploring My SH5 mods: EQuaTool - Elite Quality Map Tools, Patrol Routine Scripts, No Logo Intro Menu_Animation, Less Annoying Stopwatch Links: SH5 mods I use, FileFront, Manual plotting how-to