Ramming speed, keptin

Fincuan · 09-26-07, 06:07 PM

The sub is one mean killing machine what comes to ramming. A 200 ton DD - no problem. An 18 000 ton liner - no problem. Yamato - Haven't tried yet

If you manage to do it so that only the periscope hits the enemy, then your sub will take no damage at all and anything up to and including a DD or DE will immediately catch fire and sink.

Aquitaine · 09-26-07, 07:13 PM

Heady off of my earlier success, I went after one of those armed "Medium European Composite Freighters" that I'd hit with two torpedoes and my remaining shells. It was listing heavily to one side but just wouldn't sink, so I thought I'd give it a nudge.

I parked my submarine ON THE SHIP and there was much screeching of metal ... and no damage to either one of us. I reversed off like a celebrity who'd just run over somebody's dog in a parkling lot, and went right on up over the curb, er, freighter, a second time. No effect.

Also, when I finished the patrol, the "Navy Service Board" gave me two medals I already had for dates six months in the past for service on my previous submarine. This is with 1.3 ... a bit sloppy.

CanadianSilentHunter · 09-26-07, 08:42 PM

[/qoute]When I finished the patrol, the "Navy Service Board" gave me two medals I already had for dates six months in the past for service on my previous submarine. This is with 1.3 ... a bit sloppy.[/quote]

That happens alot, medals in the past, It's a semi-decent attempt by the Devs to show the time lapse in war time. Where if you came back with 25000 tons, you wouldn't get a medal right away but your CO would send a dispatch saying how great a captain you are and how you deserve the Medal that he wants to give you. It goes to Washington, gets thrown around the pentegon, orders get sent to give you the medal, your commanding officer has to wait for you to hopefully come back from your next patrol, and then you get the award. You can get more then one of any medal, if you look at some of the Wars Greatest Air Aces, they have the DFC more then 2 or 3 times. Just thought I would pass along that it's not sloppy, just reality.

Aquitaine · 09-26-07, 08:45 PM

Getting the same medal multiple times isn't sloppy. Getting them post-dated is, at least the way it's presented.

What you describe makes sense, but that's not immediately obvious to me as the user (one of many things in SH4 that aren't). It's mediocre interface design. Pretty common in games these days, unfortunately, but hardly a deal-breaker...after all, it's a sub sim, not a Navy Bureaucracy Sim.

Galanti · 09-27-07, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquitaine

..but hardly a deal-breaker...after all, it's a sub sim, not a Navy Bureaucracy Sim.

Yes, but what a hell of an idea that spawns....a First-Person Shooter in the halls of the BuOrd offices, where you as a bitter sub skipper, enraged at seeing so many of your comrades perish from faulty torpedoes, do battle with the kleptocrats responsible. No guns, but reams of memos!

ReallyDedPoet · 09-27-07, 07:44 AM

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hawk2495 · 09-27-07, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Galanti

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Originally Posted by Aquitaine

..but hardly a deal-breaker...after all, it's a sub sim, not a Navy Bureaucracy Sim.

Yes, but what a hell of an idea that spawns....a First-Person Shooter in the halls of the BuOrd offices, where you as a bitter sub skipper, enraged at seeing so many of your comrades perish from faulty torpedoes, do battle with the kleptocrats responsible. No guns, but reams of memos!

this is the new mod for Half Life 2 DOD:S Department of Defense: Source. lol (A modern twist, I know it was the war dept back then...lol)

09-26-07, 07:13 PM	#2
Aquitaine Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Heady off of my earlier success, I went after one of those armed "Medium European Composite Freighters" that I'd hit with two torpedoes and my remaining shells. It was listing heavily to one side but just wouldn't sink, so I thought I'd give it a nudge. I parked my submarine ON THE SHIP and there was much screeching of metal ... and no damage to either one of us. I reversed off like a celebrity who'd just run over somebody's dog in a parkling lot, and went right on up over the curb, er, freighter, a second time. No effect. Also, when I finished the patrol, the "Navy Service Board" gave me two medals I already had for dates six months in the past for service on my previous submarine. This is with 1.3 ... a bit sloppy. Last edited by Aquitaine; 09-26-07 at 07:36 PM.

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09-26-07, 06:07 PM	#1
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	The sub is one mean killing machine what comes to ramming. A 200 ton DD - no problem. An 18 000 ton liner - no problem. Yamato - Haven't tried yet If you manage to do it so that only the periscope hits the enemy, then your sub will take no damage at all and anything up to and including a DD or DE will immediately catch fire and sink.

09-26-07, 08:42 PM	#3
CanadianSilentHunter Seaman Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Posts: 35 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	[/qoute]When I finished the patrol, the "Navy Service Board" gave me two medals I already had for dates six months in the past for service on my previous submarine. This is with 1.3 ... a bit sloppy.[/quote] That happens alot, medals in the past, It's a semi-decent attempt by the Devs to show the time lapse in war time. Where if you came back with 25000 tons, you wouldn't get a medal right away but your CO would send a dispatch saying how great a captain you are and how you deserve the Medal that he wants to give you. It goes to Washington, gets thrown around the pentegon, orders get sent to give you the medal, your commanding officer has to wait for you to hopefully come back from your next patrol, and then you get the award. You can get more then one of any medal, if you look at some of the Wars Greatest Air Aces, they have the DFC more then 2 or 3 times. Just thought I would pass along that it's not sloppy, just reality.

09-26-07, 08:45 PM	#4
Aquitaine Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Getting the same medal multiple times isn't sloppy. Getting them post-dated is, at least the way it's presented. What you describe makes sense, but that's not immediately obvious to me as the user (one of many things in SH4 that aren't). It's mediocre interface design. Pretty common in games these days, unfortunately, but hardly a deal-breaker...after all, it's a sub sim, not a Navy Bureaucracy Sim.