Damned weather!

AndyW · 03-21-07, 03:14 AM

Not sinking your target with your last remaining torp and letting it go away in "no deck gun weather" with list, snail pace and decks almost awash? Well, that happens to everyone every here and then. Just get over it.

Cheers,
AndyW

HunterICX · 03-21-07, 05:19 AM

Weather is the one factor you cannot prevent from happening
IRL they had to leave the cripled behind because of this

its no big deal, better luck next time

Foghladh_mhara · 03-21-07, 08:58 AM

Can be pretty infuriating though. Met a small passenger/cargo last night and put a torp into him right under the smoke stack and he just slowed down. Blowing 11m/s so I couldnt use the deck gun. I reluctantly used a second to stop him but he still wouldn't sink! I circled him on the surface for 8 hours and he just lay there. I eventually had to use a third to sink him. 3 torpedoes for a return of 1800 tons, sickening

Corsair · 03-21-07, 09:02 AM

In bad weather, better let the small buggers get away with it than spending 3 torps...

Foghladh_mhara · 03-21-07, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Corsair

In bad weather, better let the small buggers get away with it than spending 3 torps...

Well I kinda figured the first one would sink him

Where would I have stopped if #3 had failed though? Gets really embarrassing to waste 4 or 5 on something that small. I've done it before

Morts · 03-21-07, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Foghladh_mhara

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Originally Posted by Corsair

In bad weather, better let the small buggers get away with it than spending 3 torps...

Well I kinda figured the first one would sink him

Where would I have stopped if #3 had failed though? Gets really embarrassing to waste 4 or 5 on something that small. I've done it before

i wasted 10 torpedos on a light ship (7 hit)

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Jimbuna · 03-21-07, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Foghladh_mhara

Can be pretty infuriating though. Met a small passenger/cargo last night and put a torp into him right under the smoke stack and he just slowed down. Blowing 11m/s so I couldnt use the deck gun. I reluctantly used a second to stop him but he still wouldn't sink! I circled him on the surface for 8 hours and he just lay there. I eventually had to use a third to sink him. 3 torpedoes for a return of 1800 tons, sickening

I know the feeling matey and sometimes tweak the gun settings for bad weather

Hakahura · 03-21-07, 01:31 PM

Know what you mean jimbuna, only I don't call tweaking....

I consider it training my crew hard and chaining them to the deck.

03-21-07, 03:14 AM	#1
AndyW Electrician's Mate Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 133 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Not sinking your target with your last remaining torp and letting it go away in "no deck gun weather" with list, snail pace and decks almost awash? Well, that happens to everyone every here and then. Just get over it. Cheers, AndyW __________________ currently U-200 (Type IXD2) Ltn.z.See Schonder, 2nd patrol (July 1943) [SH3 1.4b + GWX 2.1 @ 90% realism + U-Jagdtools + LRT + Seadbed Repair, DiD] TOTAL: 11 careers, 47 patrols, 1,033 days at sea, 633,585 tons sunk

03-21-07, 05:19 AM	#2
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Weather is the one factor you cannot prevent from happening IRL they had to leave the cripled behind because of this its no big deal, better luck next time __________________

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Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	In bad weather, better let the small buggers get away with it than spending 3 torps... __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

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Hakahura Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 785 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Know what you mean jimbuna, only I don't call tweaking.... I consider it training my crew hard and chaining them to the deck. __________________ Sir Humphey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO and MA. Britain's Greatest Orator, well bar that Churchill fellow.

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03-21-07, 08:58 AM	#3
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Can be pretty infuriating though. Met a small passenger/cargo last night and put a torp into him right under the smoke stack and he just slowed down. Blowing 11m/s so I couldnt use the deck gun. I reluctantly used a second to stop him but he still wouldn't sink! I circled him on the surface for 8 hours and he just lay there. I eventually had to use a third to sink him. 3 torpedoes for a return of 1800 tons, sickening __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture