Anyone else suck at first?

PvtJamoo · 04-15-10, 05:48 PM

Or just me? :P

gazpode_l · 04-15-10, 05:55 PM

Unwritten law for rookies to struggle - I only bagged one light steamer on my opening patrol, but bagged five on my second

.....Until a flower corvette bounced a D/C off my bow and rendered me sunk due to flooding!

AND I was on for a good-un as well - prob logging at least 15,000GRT with the five kills I got!

B****DY surface patrols!

Dissaray · 04-15-10, 05:57 PM

Check the tips and tricks thread. There is quite a few little things there that may help you out in geting started.

PvtJamoo · 04-15-10, 06:19 PM

Yeah I just did my first patrol. Sunk a huge cargo ship for like 4k tons. So I'm pretty happy. And I will check out that thread, thanks.

pickinthebanjo · 04-15-10, 06:44 PM

Yeah I sucked at first, mainly cause I started on 100% realism and also I sucked just after I installed OLC GUI. But Now I'm doing good

my current patrol: 60000+tons 12 torpedoes remaining IXC

You'll get the hang of it in no time. I recommend you sink all merchants 4000ton and less with deck gun if your having trouble with torpedoes, that way you will still get alot of tonnage. One tip is that the AOB and speed are pretty important when making your solutions, also get in close. (1000m) try to take shots when your AOB is 90 or 270, and make sure you identify nationality, you don't wan't to be sinking german ships

Platapus · 04-15-10, 06:47 PM

Suck at first???

I have been playing sub sims for a long time and I still suck.

But I am having fun and that's what it is all about

PvtJamoo · 04-15-10, 07:15 PM

Haha yeah, I'm just now reaching my first patrol zone. Can anyone tell me what a green ship is on the map? Blue is allied and red is enemy, green = neutral?

KL-alfman · 04-15-10, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PvtJamoo

Haha yeah, I'm just now reaching my first patrol zone. Can anyone tell me what a green ship is on the map? Blue is allied and red is enemy, green = neutral?

yessir!

frau kaleun · 04-15-10, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

Suck at first???

I have been playing sub sims for a long time and I still suck.

But I am having fun and that's what it is all about

AgentToreno · 04-15-10, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

Suck at first???

I have been playing sub sims for a long time and I still suck.

But I am having fun and that's what it is all about

This.

I remember sucking on 688 Attack Sub, Silent Service, etc.
But with all the 3D and control enhancements that make modern sims more lifelike, I suck less now. You gotta admit, even if you knew what you were doing, those old games cheated you really hardcore and that was the 'difficulty'.

04-15-10, 09:09 PM

I refuse to Suck!

But I still get my behind handed to me in a very
predictable way everytime I play.

I have a major problem with Crash diveing in shallow waters.

papa_smurf · 04-17-10, 04:00 AM

Very first patrol out of Lorient, I went at flank speed straight into the seawall

Suffice to say, that career was well and truly over....

krashkart · 04-17-10, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by papa_smurf

Very first patrol out of Lorient, I went at flank speed straight into the sewall

Suffice to say, that career was well and truly over....

I did that on my first patrol, too!

Ever run at flank speed and attract your own homing torpedo? I did. Sped right along thinking everything was honkey-dorey and all of a sudden *KA-BLAMMO*! Lost the engine compartment and had no way to RTB.

OTOH, if you play it just right you can use your own engine noise to guide those homing eels back toward their intended target. Nailed a pesky destroyer that way once.

flag4 · 04-17-10, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PvtJamoo

Or just me? :P

4 years in - still learning. read the history books too, first hand accounts and the more factual like Michael Gannons's Operation Drumbeat. a classic!

you will know so much more about your boat and crew after reading this.

you can order it from Amazon through Subsim, got my copy for a couple of £'s...

...dont give up AND ask lots of questions

gazpode_l · 04-17-10, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flag4

you can order it from Amazon through Subsim, got my copy for a couple of £'s...

...dont give up AND ask lots of questions

And how do we do that?

04-15-10, 05:48 PM	#1
PvtJamoo Watch Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 20 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Anyone else suck at first? Or just me? :P

04-15-10, 06:44 PM	#5
pickinthebanjo Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 651 Downloads: 282 Uploads: 0	Yeah I sucked at first, mainly cause I started on 100% realism and also I sucked just after I installed OLC GUI. But Now I'm doing good my current patrol: 60000+tons 12 torpedoes remaining IXC You'll get the hang of it in no time. I recommend you sink all merchants 4000ton and less with deck gun if your having trouble with torpedoes, that way you will still get alot of tonnage. One tip is that the AOB and speed are pretty important when making your solutions, also get in close. (1000m) try to take shots when your AOB is 90 or 270, and make sure you identify nationality, you don't wan't to be sinking german ships Last edited by pickinthebanjo; 04-15-10 at 06:58 PM.

04-15-10, 06:47 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Suck at first??? I have been playing sub sims for a long time and I still suck. But I am having fun and that's what it is all about __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Very first patrol out of Lorient, I went at flank speed straight into the seawall Suffice to say, that career was well and truly over.... __________________ Last edited by papa_smurf; 04-17-10 at 10:38 AM.

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04-15-10, 05:55 PM	#2
gazpode_l 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chelmsford, Essex Posts: 280 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Unwritten law for rookies to struggle - I only bagged one light steamer on my opening patrol, but bagged five on my second .....Until a flower corvette bounced a D/C off my bow and rendered me sunk due to flooding! AND I was on for a good-un as well - prob logging at least 15,000GRT with the five kills I got! B****DY surface patrols!

04-15-10, 05:57 PM	#3
Dissaray 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 280 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Check the tips and tricks thread. There is quite a few little things there that may help you out in geting started.

04-15-10, 06:19 PM	#4
PvtJamoo Watch Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 20 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah I just did my first patrol. Sunk a huge cargo ship for like 4k tons. So I'm pretty happy. And I will check out that thread, thanks.

04-15-10, 07:15 PM	#7
PvtJamoo Watch Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 20 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Haha yeah, I'm just now reaching my first patrol zone. Can anyone tell me what a green ship is on the map? Blue is allied and red is enemy, green = neutral?

04-15-10, 09:09 PM	#11
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I refuse to Suck! But I still get my behind handed to me in a very predictable way everytime I play. I have a major problem with Crash diveing in shallow waters.