Can anyone confirm seeing damaged ship sinking on its own?

Kapitanleutnant · 03-07-10, 05:04 PM

First you need to destroy the ship's mana shield (blue bar) then suck away its willpower wit the deckgun. Then you should see the smoke-stack fall off the ship, revealing a glowing, flashing "weakspot". make sure you avoid the fireballs (most ships shoot three at a time but it's easy to discover the pattern and dodge them) and shoot the weak spot until the ship's HP is zero.

Next - and you gotta be quick about this - man the flak gun, because the ship will morph into its final flying form. Shoot it down before it flies away and you can get a HP+ pickup which will increase your maximum dive depth. Good luck!!!

Dowly · 03-07-10, 05:07 PM

Onkel Neal · 03-07-10, 05:08 PM

Yep, I have seen some ships stagger on, and other sink pretty quickly. Saw a couple break apart, and I just put four torpedoes into the King George and watched it burn for about 30 minutes, then it rolled over and sank. Even got a little video, wanna see it?

Mud · 03-07-10, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Yep, I have seen some ships stagger on, and other sink pretty quickly. Saw a couple break apart, and I just put four torpedoes into the King George and watched it burn for about 30 minutes, then it rolled over and sank. Even got a little video, wanna see it?

yes please

Mud

Onkel Neal · 03-08-10, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Mud

yes please

Mud

I don't have the video edited but here's a screen

All three torps were set at 9m.

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Echo76 · 03-07-10, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Yep, I have seen some ships stagger on, and other sink pretty quickly. Saw a couple break apart, and I just put four torpedoes into the King George and watched it burn for about 30 minutes, then it rolled over and sank. Even got a little video, wanna see it?

I trust your word

but I won't say no to video either!

Echo76 · 03-07-10, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitanleutnant

First you need to destroy the ship's mana shield (blue bar) then suck away its willpower wit the deckgun. Then you should see the smoke-stack fall off the ship, revealing a glowing, flashing "weakspot". make sure you avoid the fireballs (most ships shoot three at a time but it's easy to discover the pattern and dodge them) and shoot the weak spot until the ship's HP is zero.

Next - and you gotta be quick about this - man the flak gun, because the ship will morph into its final flying form. Shoot it down before it flies away and you can get a HP+ pickup which will increase your maximum dive depth. Good luck!!!

Haha

Me thinks the red apple buffy will bring me victory!

Blood_splat · 03-07-10, 05:23 PM

You need to level up your torpedoes.

Echo76 · 03-07-10, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Blood_splat

You need to level up your torpedoes.

Sure, right after I have grinded some torp fuel drops from the sea!

Dizzy_Bob · 03-07-10, 05:45 PM

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why isnt this ship considered sunk when the back half of it was underwater and yet it still had a 'lifebar'

Same thing happened to me, i shot the back of a merchant and the rest of it was still floating with a life bar, but my deck gun just went through the ship without hitting it after that.
Decided to launch a torpedo at it, that went straigth through as well.
Dont know if it would have sunk in time couse I got pissed and loaded last saved game rigth after that.

Sunfighter · 03-07-10, 05:48 PM

I can confirm watching a ship sink in heavy seas now for 100% certain with no bugs. Took 3 minutes 50 seconds about from cease fire to it finally going down. This was with a half hull 3/4ths full water bar. I wont post pictures cause i play at 1900x1200 and thats stupid big and i dont feel like cropping right now..im playing my game lol.

Here is the ship, still alive (somehow), note the time and the map that shows it still alive.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...urningship.jpg

Note the amount of freaking holes i had to punch in it just to get it down 1/4th a water bar.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...hter/holes.jpg

Here it is sunk. Note the time again.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ghter/sunk.jpg

Mos · 03-07-10, 09:17 PM

I had the exact same problem as the OP until I gave in and installed the double damage torpedo mod. Ships now seem to actually take on water and sink even if I don't destroy every single bit of HP.

I think the problem might be that the torpedoes are not doing enough damage to actually penetrate the hull and let water in.

sideways · 03-07-10, 09:43 PM

i've got a fair few crew xp to spend that I haven't done anything with yet - so i think the first thing i do when i get home today is to spend every last one on increasing torp damage, and see if this makes a difference.

03-07-10, 05:04 PM	#1
Kapitanleutnant Frogman Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 305 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	First you need to destroy the ship's mana shield (blue bar) then suck away its willpower wit the deckgun. Then you should see the smoke-stack fall off the ship, revealing a glowing, flashing "weakspot". make sure you avoid the fireballs (most ships shoot three at a time but it's easy to discover the pattern and dodge them) and shoot the weak spot until the ship's HP is zero. Next - and you gotta be quick about this - man the flak gun, because the ship will morph into its final flying form. Shoot it down before it flies away and you can get a HP+ pickup which will increase your maximum dive depth. Good luck!!! __________________ Oh worse than Hitler! You wouldn't find Hitler playing jungle music at three o'clock in the morning!

03-07-10, 05:08 PM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Yep, I have seen some ships stagger on, and other sink pretty quickly. Saw a couple break apart, and I just put four torpedoes into the King George and watched it burn for about 30 minutes, then it rolled over and sank. Even got a little video, wanna see it? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-07-10, 05:07 PM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,055 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0

03-07-10, 05:23 PM	#8
Blood_splat Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Beneath the waves Posts: 568 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	You need to level up your torpedoes.

03-07-10, 05:48 PM	#11
Sunfighter A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 78 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I can confirm watching a ship sink in heavy seas now for 100% certain with no bugs. Took 3 minutes 50 seconds about from cease fire to it finally going down. This was with a half hull 3/4ths full water bar. I wont post pictures cause i play at 1900x1200 and thats stupid big and i dont feel like cropping right now..im playing my game lol. Here is the ship, still alive (somehow), note the time and the map that shows it still alive. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...urningship.jpg Note the amount of freaking holes i had to punch in it just to get it down 1/4th a water bar. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...hter/holes.jpg Here it is sunk. Note the time again. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ghter/sunk.jpg

03-07-10, 09:17 PM	#12
Mos Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 19 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I had the exact same problem as the OP until I gave in and installed the double damage torpedo mod. Ships now seem to actually take on water and sink even if I don't destroy every single bit of HP. I think the problem might be that the torpedoes are not doing enough damage to actually penetrate the hull and let water in.

03-07-10, 09:43 PM	#13
sideways Watch Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 27 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	i've got a fair few crew xp to spend that I haven't done anything with yet - so i think the first thing i do when i get home today is to spend every last one on increasing torp damage, and see if this makes a difference.