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jerm138 · 04-08-10, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Caleb141

This game scares me

Was just at 200ft (below the thermal layer) and could here the enemy ships propellers through my hydrophone, then realized I didn't need it as I could hear them through the hull

What heightened the tension was that I was then pinged... bear in mind this was my first enemy contact so I pretty much crapped myself. Thought I'd snatch a quick view through the periscope and a glance at the surface confirmed my worst fears... I could see a boat going right above me and the sound of DC's dropping in

.

Luckily I wasn't blown apart and didn't suffer any damage, was a frightening experience all the same though which left me not wanting to play the game for 5 mins

(only 5 mins though

)

Currently im at periscope depth with a destroyer quite close by, the 3 tankers in the distance and another destroyer heading roughly in my direction. Strange thing was that I fired 3 torps at the close destroyer, yet they angled of in completely the opposite direction when fired?

Sounds like you "get it." By that, I mean you understand the thrill of this game and why a "slow" game such as this is so exciting... way more than a nonstop barrage of cannon fodder in a FPS. It's all in the buildup. If there's no buildup, there's no climax. When you get out of this situation (if you do) you'll be a wiser Captain, and will have a memorable experience. I remember many of my kills, chases, and escapes. I can honestly think about them and get pumped to play the game again. It sounds like you'll be hooked the same way I was.

As for your torpedoes going in strange directions... did you fire out of the wrong end of your boat? I've done it before after an hour or so of real-time tracking. Mistakes like that will make you want to bang your head against the wall (

) but you'll probably never make that mistake again. Remember, "experience" is just a fancy way of saying that you learned from your screwups!

If you have auto-target on, I'm not sure what else could have caused that. Ideas, anyone?