Damage Control and the player

TDK1044 · 03-30-07, 09:47 AM

I haven't been able to put my finger on what was bothing me about the whole damage control issue in both SH3 and SH4 until now.

But thinking about it, what bothers me is the fact that if the sub suffers damage, the Captain knows that the crew is trained to identify and try and repair the damage in their area. To me therefore, there should be a button for the Captain to click on called 'Damage Report', and he would then receive an update from the team/teams attempting to repair the damage to the sub.

I don't think the player should be involved in moving people around in order to fix damage to the sub, when in reality the crew would let their training kick in and start trying to repair the damage themselves as soon as possible.

What I've done in SH4, is to use renown to place crew members in the Damage Control section of the sub, but in reality the crew would react to damage in their own area and that damage would lessen the efficiency of that area operationally until the damage was repaired.

03-30-07, 09:47 AM	#1
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Damage Control and the player I haven't been able to put my finger on what was bothing me about the whole damage control issue in both SH3 and SH4 until now. But thinking about it, what bothers me is the fact that if the sub suffers damage, the Captain knows that the crew is trained to identify and try and repair the damage in their area. To me therefore, there should be a button for the Captain to click on called 'Damage Report', and he would then receive an update from the team/teams attempting to repair the damage to the sub. I don't think the player should be involved in moving people around in order to fix damage to the sub, when in reality the crew would let their training kick in and start trying to repair the damage themselves as soon as possible. What I've done in SH4, is to use renown to place crew members in the Damage Control section of the sub, but in reality the crew would react to damage in their own area and that damage would lessen the efficiency of that area operationally until the damage was repaired.