Your Silent Hunter Experience

desirableroasted · 02-13-11, 07:37 PM

For careers I care about:

Dead is dead.
Load externals only in good weather, one at a time, and always at a dead stop. If attacked during loading, give 60 seconds before getting underway, and "jettison" the torpedo (i.e. count that torpedo as "lost.")
Attack only merchants unless forced otherwise by orders (Narvik, for example) or tactical situation. Zero renown credit for escorts: destroyers, ASW trawlers, etc (corrected later in career files) under any circumstances.
Any engine speed over 200 rpms must be justified by a reported target or immediate tactical situation.
Airplanes never engaged except where tactically required (harbor, loading externals, etc). No credit, ever, for planes (corrected later in career files).
Realistic loadout of torpedoes. I look at what the game "offers" and use dice to determine.
At least one week on assigned station. Boat can "go after" nearby contacts in other sectors, but must do one week on station.
After one week on station, die are thrown every week. A "1" the first week means go home; all else is my option. The next week, "2" also means "go home." I would like to hear your views on this, as it is obviously random.
Crew manages itself.
Up to 50% of officers, POs and crew dismissed at end of patrol in home base (determined by coin toss or rolling die, 25% chance of losing any given person). Only "0" renown new personnel recruited.
All POs have a qualification, and officers have at least one. No helmsman or medic qualifications issued & radio only to POs.
Officer support in target solutions (though I am slowly learning manual targeting.
No music or broadcasts after 1945, thought I am not time sensitive (i.e. I might listen to an FDR or Churchill speech before or after its original date, or a song in 1939 that was first released in 1942).

I also always have some throwaway careers -- training careers -- going on, in which I run the same scenario over and over. I treat these as "missions." At some point, of course, these start to CTD & are discarded.

02-13-11, 07:37 PM	#24
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	For careers I care about: Dead is dead. Load externals only in good weather, one at a time, and always at a dead stop. If attacked during loading, give 60 seconds before getting underway, and "jettison" the torpedo (i.e. count that torpedo as "lost.") Attack only merchants unless forced otherwise by orders (Narvik, for example) or tactical situation. Zero renown credit for escorts: destroyers, ASW trawlers, etc (corrected later in career files) under any circumstances. Any engine speed over 200 rpms must be justified by a reported target or immediate tactical situation. Airplanes never engaged except where tactically required (harbor, loading externals, etc). No credit, ever, for planes (corrected later in career files). Realistic loadout of torpedoes. I look at what the game "offers" and use dice to determine. At least one week on assigned station. Boat can "go after" nearby contacts in other sectors, but must do one week on station. After one week on station, die are thrown every week. A "1" the first week means go home; all else is my option. The next week, "2" also means "go home." I would like to hear your views on this, as it is obviously random. Crew manages itself. Up to 50% of officers, POs and crew dismissed at end of patrol in home base (determined by coin toss or rolling die, 25% chance of losing any given person). Only "0" renown new personnel recruited. All POs have a qualification, and officers have at least one. No helmsman or medic qualifications issued & radio only to POs. Officer support in target solutions (though I am slowly learning manual targeting. No music or broadcasts after 1945, thought I am not time sensitive (i.e. I might listen to an FDR or Churchill speech before or after its original date, or a song in 1939 that was first released in 1942). I also always have some throwaway careers -- training careers -- going on, in which I run the same scenario over and over. I treat these as "missions." At some point, of course, these start to CTD & are discarded. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."