Alternative to Dangerous Water?

[jrivett]

Originally Posted by Molon Labe

But the bottom line is that the products of the autocrew were NEVER meant to be a simulation of anything, so critiquing the fidelity of the simulation based on those products is unfair.

I have a lot of trouble with that statement. I mean, I understand your point, but I don't think that excuses how terrible the sonar autocrew is. I'm a software developer, and as such I know that shipping a product with a feature that is effectively broken is a very bad idea. At least, if you get bad reviews because of it, you have no right to complain. And the sonar autocrew is so utterly useless that it is effectively broken. I was prepared to man the sonar station in tricky or difficult situations, but assumed that the autocrew would be able to handle basic tasks with some degree of competence. In that I was seriously disappointed.