1xTC is Worse!

[Letum]

Read this if you have ever thought about a 1xTC patrol.

Disclaimer:
This is a rant and only my humble opinion on the matter.

I have completed more than one 1xTC (with saves!).
The only reason I do 1xTC is because I read a lot and listen to BBC Radio 4 or 7 and it's not like my PC has anything better to do.
I can't play SH3 at high TC at the same time because it interrupts to much. I could play at 2 or 32 TC, but the screen-saver pace of 1xTC is all I really need.
If I was not more of a reader than I was a gamer, then I would never play at 1xTC because:

Generally 1xTC makes SH3 a worse game. This should be obvious!
Where do I start?
Spending a hour attacking convoys is obviously a better experience than spending 2 hours watching you boat slowly cross a few miles of empty Atlantic.

1xTC does not make SH3 more realistic.
This is also obvious! You don't get more of a idea of what it is like to be in a u-boat by sitting in a room for hours where SH3 is running at 1xTC.

1xTC does not reveal hidden beautys in the game.
A in-game sunset does not become more beautiful just because it lasts 2 hours.

Using higher TC does not mess up the game.
Using 2084xTC will mess up the air attacks and destroyer detection, but 256TC or 512TC will not mess up the game at all!

The advantages are not worth it.
There are some advantages to 1xTC. You do get a bigger buzz when you see a convoy and there is a nice feeling when you dock at port. However, it is never worth waiting 100+ hours for this.


But....
As a occasionally-interactive screen saver SH3 at 1xTC is great!
That is the only reason I would advocate 1xTC and it is the only way I ever use it.


I can't stand people who claim 1xTC is a "wonderful experience". There are some nice bits, but if you are just playing SH3 you will enjoy it far more at higher TC.
The people who say 1xTC is wonderful show the same absurd kind of self-fooling elitism that causes some modern art* lovers to claim that some, clearly terrible, paintings are in-fact genius.
If someone tells them that the thing they like is actually crap they look down their noses and say "you just can't appreciate it". they honestly believe that only they have the intellect can appreciate the qualities of the art or, in this case, 1xTC.
Arrogant idiots!

Rant over.

*I do not dislike modern art, most of it is genuinely good.

*edit* Please excuse my extremely hectic word processing and use of poor grammer.

[Kpt. Kozloff]

Convinced No1.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Well said Letum

As far as I am concerned to each his\her own, its just a game

[Ducimus]

Wow, im impressed. Good show. Brutal honesty at its finest. I applaud your willingness to be frank.

[stabiz]

Damn it, fanatisism killed by reason.

[Dantenoc]

The problem with playing at 1xTC is that you tend to ignore the computer a lot, and hence can actualy miss more stuff than if you play atentively at reasonable time compressions like 128xTC. Examples of this are people going to the bathroom, going to eat, watering the garden or any other activity that might make you miss the exact moment when your sub get's bombed by a plane

Not that using time compression is... completely satisfactory... let's hope SHIV is improved in this regard

[Gizzmoe]

First a "TC is for noobs" thread and now a "1xTC sucks" thread? :hmm:

Pointless discussion, to each his own. Thread closed.