S-Class - Page 2

AhhhFresh · 04-26-07, 08:24 AM

I just started a new career last night with an S-boat and completed two patrols. It is a lot of fun, though it's was hard to get used to how slow they are... end arounds are much more time consuming. I would be a real challenge to intercept a zigzagging convoy moving at anything faster than slow speed.

I like that they dive ridiculously fast though... pretty important if you don't have any AA capabilities. They also move more quickly submerged than I would have expected, which is nice. Also I love the Mark 10! All my hits do damage, small as that may be. Only 4 tubes of tiny torpedoes is pretty rough, but that makes it more exciting/tense as you set up your shot.

Anyway... yeah I dig the S-boat.

SeaSprite · 04-26-07, 09:00 AM

Doing my first career in the S-boat too, for some reason they remind me of 20,000 Leagues under the sea more than any other boat.

I do wish for a Narwhal class too though

.

Matt

Crosseye76 · 04-26-07, 12:48 PM

Sugar Boats do have an appeal all of their own.

As much as I do love Balao Fleet boats, there is always something fun about taking an "S" out for a patrol or two.

Galanti · 04-26-07, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaSprite

Doing my first career in the S-boat too, for some reason they remind me of 20,000 Leagues under the sea more than any other boat.

I do wish for a Narwhal class too though

.

Matt

I was thinking that the other night...it's that funny looking tail, isn't it? Looks like the Nautilus.

The Sugar boat has given me some fond memories, true enough, but I think it's time to move on. Will miss the ability to dive as though they left the main induction open, though...

Vecna · 04-26-07, 03:25 PM

Sounds fun although im using "porpoise" and im on jan 4th or 5th 1942. Now did you people grab that boat doing some editing or just doing the career alot faster than me?

Zengaze · 04-26-07, 07:25 PM

My favourite boat of the lot is the s-class, sure the other boats dive deeper, sail faster and have got aft torps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But an s-class feels more "hands on"

Fortunately i see i'm not the only 1 who likes to rough it!

Monica Lewinsky · 04-26-07, 07:34 PM

Someday soon, I am going to teach myself manual targeting with my current command - I am disappointed in myself that I cannot get it thru my thick skull. After that, then I am junking [deleting] all my patrols with current class of sub, and starting with an S-Boat. Somehow I have this unproven thought that the S-Boats are a blast of fun and want to use it as my first sub AFTER I figure out manual targeting and bring ENJOYMENT of this game to a new and unfound level.

AhhhFresh · 04-27-07, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Vecna

Sounds fun although im using "porpoise" and im on jan 4th or 5th 1942. Now did you people grab that boat doing some editing or just doing the career alot faster than me?

You have to start in the Asiatic Fleet instead of the Pacific one from Pearl, but it's available from the start.

TripleDaddy · 04-27-07, 04:36 PM

Reading this thread last night made me start a new career and I am digging the S-class. Consider me another convert.

AVGWarhawk · 04-27-07, 04:49 PM

S-Class...she be old school but fun clanking around the Pacific

Radtgaeb · 04-28-07, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TripleDaddy

Reading this thread last night made me start a new career and I am digging the S-class. Consider me another convert.

Welcome aboard! Glad to see my thread doing some good!

Radtgaeb · 04-28-07, 02:39 AM

A thought just hit me. Maybe a mod can be come up with for SHIV to play as one of the S-boats we gave the Poles. That would be so sick!

Heck, I'd do it, but I am an idiot in the world of modding....

DeerHunter UK · 04-28-07, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Radtgaeb

A thought just hit me. Maybe a mod can be come up with for SHIV to play as one of the S-boats we gave the Poles. That would be so sick!

Heck, I'd do it, but I am an idiot in the world of modding....

The Polish Navy only had 1 S-class, which was S-25. This sub was lent to the Royal Navy (remaned P-551) but was in turn leased to the Polish Navy and renamed Jastrzab.
More info can be found here; http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5433.html
As posted earlier, I've already started to add the leased S-class Royal Navy subs to the game. A mod would be a fantastic idea though.

Takeda Shingen · 04-28-07, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeerHunter UK

The Polish Navy only had 1 S-class, which was S-25. This sub was lent to the Royal Navy (remaned P-551) but was in turn leased to the Polish Navy and renamed Jastrzab.
More info can be found here; http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5433.html
As posted earlier, I've already started to add the leased S-class Royal Navy subs to the game. A mod would be a fantastic idea though.

Yes, you could call it the SHIV British sophistication mod.

humesdog · 04-28-07, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by azn_132

Me Too!!!
S-34, S-44

Wait, S-44 is my S-42 class boat.

Hey, I'm the skipper of the S-34! I'm notifying comsubpac of this

04-26-07, 12:48 PM	#18
Crosseye76 Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 258 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sugar Boats do have an appeal all of their own. As much as I do love Balao Fleet boats, there is always something fun about taking an "S" out for a patrol or two. __________________ There are only two kinds of ships. Submarines and Targets.

04-26-07, 07:34 PM	#22
Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Someday soon, I am going to teach myself manual targeting with my current command - I am disappointed in myself that I cannot get it thru my thick skull. After that, then I am junking [deleting] all my patrols with current class of sub, and starting with an S-Boat. Somehow I have this unproven thought that the S-Boats are a blast of fun and want to use it as my first sub AFTER I figure out manual targeting and bring ENJOYMENT of this game to a new and unfound level. __________________ Sink them all!

04-27-07, 04:49 PM	#25
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,271 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	S-Class...she be old school but fun clanking around the Pacific __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-26-07, 08:24 AM	#16
AhhhFresh Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 52 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I just started a new career last night with an S-boat and completed two patrols. It is a lot of fun, though it's was hard to get used to how slow they are... end arounds are much more time consuming. I would be a real challenge to intercept a zigzagging convoy moving at anything faster than slow speed. I like that they dive ridiculously fast though... pretty important if you don't have any AA capabilities. They also move more quickly submerged than I would have expected, which is nice. Also I love the Mark 10! All my hits do damage, small as that may be. Only 4 tubes of tiny torpedoes is pretty rough, but that makes it more exciting/tense as you set up your shot. Anyway... yeah I dig the S-boat.

04-26-07, 09:00 AM	#17
SeaSprite Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 18 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Doing my first career in the S-boat too, for some reason they remind me of 20,000 Leagues under the sea more than any other boat. I do wish for a Narwhal class too though . Matt

04-26-07, 03:25 PM	#20
Vecna Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sounds fun although im using "porpoise" and im on jan 4th or 5th 1942. Now did you people grab that boat doing some editing or just doing the career alot faster than me?

04-26-07, 07:25 PM	#21
Zengaze Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: N.Ireland Posts: 20 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	My favourite boat of the lot is the s-class, sure the other boats dive deeper, sail faster and have got aft torps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But an s-class feels more "hands on" Fortunately i see i'm not the only 1 who likes to rough it!

04-27-07, 04:36 PM	#24
TripleDaddy A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Charlotte Posts: 76 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Reading this thread last night made me start a new career and I am digging the S-class. Consider me another convert.

04-28-07, 02:39 AM	#27
Radtgaeb Frogman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Muncie, IN Posts: 300 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	A thought just hit me. Maybe a mod can be come up with for SHIV to play as one of the S-boats we gave the Poles. That would be so sick! Heck, I'd do it, but I am an idiot in the world of modding....