What do you want to see in SH5 add-on?

[mookiemookie]

If you accurately modelled post '43 it would go something like this:

1. Get jumped by a plane that your radar detector never picked up.
2a. Get bombed/or D/C'd.
-or-
2b. You make it under in time. Plane drops Fido.
3. You sink.

[conus00]

I just want "simulator" not "game".

[sharkbit]

I only voted for the campaign being extended into 1945. After that, I would probably want more U-boat types.

Japan submarine campaign in the Pacific

Only if I get to beat my crew.

[TH0R]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

If you accurately modelled post '43 it would go something like this:

1. Get jumped by a plane that your radar detector never picked up.
2a. Get bombed/or D/C'd.
-or-
2b. You make it under in time. Plane drops Fido.
3. You sink.

Quite like how I see it. Very well put.

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by Antar

Disadvantages: Allied submarines did not have spectacular successes against the Axis forces. The game can be boring.

"The boats based on Malta, together with S and T class submarines, were able to dominate the enemy's supply lines to such an extent that the toll they took of men, fuel and supplies - over one million tons of shipping - was a decisive contribution to the Allied victory in North Africa. The ultimate accolade came from General Fritz Bayerlein, Rommel's Chief of Staff, who said: "we would have taken Alexandria and reached the Suez Canal if it had not been for the work of your submarines". However, the price was high as 45 boats were lost. All five of the Victoria Crosses awarded to officers and men serving in conventional submarines during the Second World War were won in the Mediterranean theatre."

http://home.cogeco.ca/~gchalcraft/sm/history.html



From reading the above its clear that a british sub in the med is hardly going to be boring - they were VERY busy there indeed.
So overal the're war role wasnt as 'spectacular' as their U.S and German counterparts, but British Submarines did alot more damage than most people give them credit for.

[McBeck]

Originally Posted by Nickolas

option 1 and 2, also known as "the other half"

nick.

ps: stop "stealing" my signatures people

you know who you are , at least ask i would never say "no"

edit: just to avoid "miscomunications", i'm kidding

I love your sigs

[Jimbuna]

If the missing U-boat types and the remainder of the war period are already planned or listed, how about a playable submarine from an Allied nation?

Now that would be really something else

[TarJak]

One option not in the poll was an Allied sub in the Med where they had not spectacular but certainly very important successes.

[JScones]

Another option missing is Brit/Dutch submarine campaign in the Pacific (a particular interest of mine).

From Wikipedia:

British and Dutch submarine operations The British submarine force in the Far East was greatly expanded from August 1943. The British Eastern Fleet was responsible for submarine operations in the Bay of Bengal, Strait of Malacca as far as Singapore, and the western coast of Sumatra to the Equator. Few large Japanese cargo ships operated in this area, and the British submarines' main targets were small craft operating in inshore waters. The submarines were deployed to conduct reconnaissance, interdict Japanese supplies travelling to Burma, and attack U-boats operating from Penang. The Eastern Fleet's submarine force continued to expand during 1944, and by October 1944 had sunk a cruiser, three submarines, six small naval vessels, 40,000 tons of merchant ships, and nearly 100 small vessels.


The British submarine force expanded its areas of operation in the last months of the war. In late 1944, the Eighth Flotilla, with 11 British and Dutch submarines, was transferred to Fremantle and operated in the Java Sea and surrounding areas under the command of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. The Fourth Flotilla and the newly-formed Second Flotilla remained at Ceylon. By March 1945, British boats had gained control of the Strait of Malacca, preventing any supplies from reaching the Japanese forces in Burma by sea. By this time there were few large Japanese ships in the region, and the submarines mainly operated against small ships which they attacked with their deck guns. In April the Eighth Flotilla moved to Subic Bay in the Philippines and the Fourth Flotilla replaced it at Fremantle. At this time there were 38 British and Dutch submarines in the theatre, and an additional five boats on their way from Europe. Three British submarines (HMS Stonehenge, Stratagem, and Porpoise) were sunk by the Japanese during the war.

Beyond that I chose the top 2. 1943-45 and perhaps an II or IX would be all I'd want.

[V.C. Sniper]

Originally Posted by Lanzfeld

I just want a sim, not a game.

QFT

[Lord Justice]

Sirs, with such opinions what may it proper, one did vote though.

[corvette k225]

Is there a mission builder and a spawn setup just like in SHIII?

I hope so!! I have not heard any talking about this,maybe I'm the only one

that enjoys doing mission builder and spawning.

[PL_Andrev]

I am surprised that so few people want to see any other entertainment type than uboats. For modders it is easier to extend the campaign and add other submarines than such change war side (american / british sub) or add the game as escort vs submarienes, which can be created only by developers (need change game code).


But now see what is main priority for gamers....

[martes86]

It's not like they only want U-Boats, but since everyone here thinks the game is incomplete without the other sub Types and the remainder years of WW2, well, then there you have it. At first I also thought it was a major flaw, but the more I think about it, the more I think it won't be much of an obstacle, compared to other features.

Cheers

[Aleksandar the Great]

I want "hard core simulation", not "game"!!!