Previous ship handling experience?

Akula4745 · 06-01-09, 06:50 AM

I was just curious how many players have previous ship handling experience? It became obvious to me this past weekend when I was showing a friend the game I have become addicted to... and they were having all sorts of problems with the compass rose and basic ship handling knowledge - and I had not really considered the possibility of needing to learn those skills as well (in addition to the gameplay and basic targeting/tracking).

I was a licensed captain for 11 years - started out as a mate on charter boats out of Destin, Fl in the late 70s; ended up with a 100 ton license after about 3 years and then started dabbling with crew boats and supply ships in the oilfields of the Gulf of Mexico along with fishing... then along came a 500 ton ticket and constantly working out of the country (if you stayed out of the country for more than 9 months back then your income was tax free) - but it was the forever being gone which killed it for me... I wanted to watch Monday Night Football, order a pizza, get drunk with a woman, go bowling... in other words everything you couldn't do on a ship a bazillion miles from home. So I quit and went back to college in my late 30s.

So how many of you fine folks have a maritime skeleton in your closet too?

06-01-09, 06:50 AM	#1
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	Previous ship handling experience? I was just curious how many players have previous ship handling experience? It became obvious to me this past weekend when I was showing a friend the game I have become addicted to... and they were having all sorts of problems with the compass rose and basic ship handling knowledge - and I had not really considered the possibility of needing to learn those skills as well (in addition to the gameplay and basic targeting/tracking). I was a licensed captain for 11 years - started out as a mate on charter boats out of Destin, Fl in the late 70s; ended up with a 100 ton license after about 3 years and then started dabbling with crew boats and supply ships in the oilfields of the Gulf of Mexico along with fishing... then along came a 500 ton ticket and constantly working out of the country (if you stayed out of the country for more than 9 months back then your income was tax free) - but it was the forever being gone which killed it for me... I wanted to watch Monday Night Football, order a pizza, get drunk with a woman, go bowling... in other words everything you couldn't do on a ship a bazillion miles from home. So I quit and went back to college in my late 30s. So how many of you fine folks have a maritime skeleton in your closet too? __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"