My Biggest Enemy

[Bakkels]

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

It certainly can put a damper on things...

From a realism point of view, the elements are a big part of the challenge. But it can get awfully frustrating when you start feeling like you're fighting with one hand (or at least one deck gun) tied behind your back.

Especially when you're early in the war, you intercept a convoy, you take down the two escorts to finish off the remaining convoy with your torpedoes and deck gun..... and then it starts to rain and the wind picks up and you can't use your deck gun anymore Happens quite frequently to me. Really frustrating. But it's all part of the game...

[King_Zog]

Originally Posted by Bakkels

Especially when you're early in the war, you intercept a convoy, you take down the two escorts to finish off the remaining convoy with your torpedoes and deck gun..... and then it starts to rain and the wind picks up and you can't use your deck gun anymore Happens quite frequently to me. Really frustrating. But it's all part of the game...

If you find it frustrating you could use a mod like 'all weather deck guns'. Then you can decide for yourself if it is 'too windy' to man the guns.

Personally bad weather used to really annoy me, especially when I was learning SH3 for the first time. But now aslong as the visibility isn't zero I'm fine with it. As I'm pretty sure it helps conceal you from escorts, and I like the atmosphere created by the seemingly constant raging storms, when I play SH4 I miss them.

[Bakkels]

I know, I tried it on one patrol, but it felt too much like cheating to me
Frustrations are also part of a sim game of course. Now everytime I shadow a (badly protected) convoy, I cross my fingers for the weather to remain good. It kinda adds to the tension.

[King_Zog]

Originally Posted by Bakkels

I know, I tried it on one patrol, but it felt too much like cheating to me
Frustrations are also part of a sim game of course. Now everytime I shadow a (badly protected) convoy, I cross my fingers for the weather to remain good. It kinda adds to the tension.

Yeah, it is kinda annoying when you find those very early war convoys full of fat unarmed merchants with only one rookie destroyer protecting them