GWX 2.1 : Self-exploding ships without known assailant?

Drakken · 09-05-08, 12:52 PM

In my current Black Sea patrol in WaW3 using GWX 2.1, I have encountered three unescorted merchant ships heading for Tuapse as a single column. As I was submerged and preparing my data solution, however, I heard a boom and the "We've hit it" Das Boot soundbite indicating a hit... and I hadn't fired a single torpedo yet.

I went to periscope to check, and indeed the last ship in the column was in flames, the other two maintaining their speed and course. I completed the interception and I could claim the other two ships as sunk, but not the third one.

Is it a bug? Could they have been attacked by a plane or, even rarer, another submarine?

bigboywooly · 09-05-08, 12:59 PM

More likely a plane in the Black Sea

09-05-08, 01:10 PM

happens often, also if a ship sinks in a storm, you'll sometimes get the sound

Drakken · 09-05-08, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barrett

happens often, also if a ship sinks in a storm, you'll sometimes get the sound

I wasn't in a storm, it was as calm a sea as you'd ever get. There wasn't even a wake on the surface.

Jimbuna · 09-05-08, 01:34 PM

Either a Russian X-craft or BBW's rationale.

I'll go for the latter

09-05-08, 12:52 PM	#1
Drakken Planesman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 194 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	GWX 2.1 : Self-exploding ships without known assailant? In my current Black Sea patrol in WaW3 using GWX 2.1, I have encountered three unescorted merchant ships heading for Tuapse as a single column. As I was submerged and preparing my data solution, however, I heard a boom and the "We've hit it" Das Boot soundbite indicating a hit... and I hadn't fired a single torpedo yet. I went to periscope to check, and indeed the last ship in the column was in flames, the other two maintaining their speed and course. I completed the interception and I could claim the other two ships as sunk, but not the third one. Is it a bug? Could they have been attacked by a plane or, even rarer, another submarine?

09-05-08, 12:59 PM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	More likely a plane in the Black Sea __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

09-05-08, 01:34 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Either a Russian X-craft or BBW's rationale. I'll go for the latter __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-05-08, 01:10 PM	#3
Barrett Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	happens often, also if a ship sinks in a storm, you'll sometimes get the sound