'Splainin to do....

[ETR3(SS)]

I wanna be at this court martial.

On the plus side all the torpedoes functioned as designed.

[Rockin Robbins]

I really don't want the cameras back. Even if Ducimus hadn't killed them I would have, just like I killed the event camera within a month of first playing the game. It was cool at first, but then didn't feel right. I'd kill the captain's log too until the end of the cruise if I were designing the sim. Normally I wouldn't check it, but the size of those explosions....

You had to be there. Black as the inside of a closet, plus giant seas, plus torrential rainfall. I could have put a camera on the deck of the target and STILL wouldn't have known whether I was on a sampan or the USS Essex.

[Ducimus]

This is the precise reason why
a.) I made the next unit cam inaccessible
b.) stopped background music from playing.

Your supposed to ID your targets before shooting! My biggest qualm with the next/previous unit cam, is on a single press of a button you can obtain:

1.) Nationality of the sound or radar contact
2.) Type of ship the sound/radar contact is, and if its worth attacking.
3.) Any armarment on the deck of said contact.
4.) See what is around the contact and what formation they are in if any.
5.) If they are alerted to your presence. (blinking lantern)

Its possible to get all that info, from 9 to 14 nautical miles away, while partially or fully submerged, without ever establishing visual contact, nor raising the periscope. As BS goes, that is what you call amazingly, and stunningly, full of ehh.... excrement.

RR, if they don't throw the book at you, lemme know, i'll fix that.

[donut]

Can Lockwood keep you out of Fort Levenworth ? You better get some rest today Pal.

[AVGWarhawk]

Klink, you idiot!

[Falkirion]

In the words of a foul mouthed robot. "Well, we're boned!"

Nice shooting by radar RR, shame they were friendlies though. Wish I could have been there watching.

[ANTARES]

RR... I nearly fell out of my chair after reading your AAR... I had a bad day today, but reading your post... I owe you a beer!

[I'm goin' down]

I came accross two escorts and a big passenger linner cruising at 20 knots, lined up in single file with the liner in the middle. They were going too fast for me to close, so I ran parellel and tried to get lock at 3,000 yds using the Easy AoB mod. I fired all ten torpedoes using spread angles of varyious degrees. I missed all shots, the closest by 2 - 300 yds. That took care of all of my torpedoes.

[Rockin Robbins]

Hey, I was inside 100 miles from the Japanese home islands NNE of Okinawa. I couldn't identify squat. In real life I could have identified them by interference patterns on my radar screen, but not in the game.

I figured I could spit to the coast of Japan, these have to be Japanese. Now I'll be bustin' rocks for the next 20 years. And that's only if I'm LUCKY!

Wonder how Lockwood would know it's me. After all, truthfully I never saw what I shot at and never saw it sink. Coulda been a sampan for all I know. And with these weird currents, stormy condition and darkness, I coulda been anywhere, you know?

Of course in real life I wouldn't know I sank the USS Essex. I'd be fat, dumb and happy until I returned to port. Wouldn't even know enough to lie to protect myself. "Yup, Admiral, four hits out of four, radar bearings. I'm good.....damned good, sir! What? You identified what I sank, GREAT! What was it, a carrier? Hehehehe!"

Yeah, that's about the end of the pleasantries there, isn't it?

[Nuc]

Originally Posted by donut

Can Lockwood keep you out of Fort Levenworth ? You better get some rest today Pal.

Portsmouth Naval Prison would be more likely, knowing RR's insistance on historical accuracy

[SteamWake]

LOL I have this fear everytime I get into a 'blind attack' situation.

[Munchausen]

I hear Tokyo Rose is looking to find a male partner for her broadcast.