Your Preference: Same boat throughout the war, or climb the submarine ladder? - Page 3

Daniel Prates · 06-29-11, 04:34 PM

sharkbit · 06-29-11, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I don't expect to have a career that lasts the entire war, and I expect to stay with the same boat for the six or seven patrols that each career lasts.

I'm with Steve on this. I generally stick with the same boat for 6 or seven patrols befor being "sent" home for a much needed rest. Then I'll start a new career from close to that point in time.

Stealhead · 06-29-11, 10:00 PM

I'm with Steve and sharkbit I most times run a 6 or 7 patrol career in the same boat after that I am ready for a different location,starting date,boat, and often a change of sides as well.

I dont think I have ever run a career start to finish of the war even when changing boats never seemed realistic to me no one stays in combat for that long without getting promoted to a desk job or as an instructor or getting killed or wounded luck does not last that long in wars.

Daniel Prates · 06-30-11, 12:40 PM

Agreed with the previous. It's all about replayability.

Stealhead · 06-30-11, 05:17 PM

Also at least with me I have other games that I like so many times 1 week(when I get the time to play) it might be SH4 the next week I will be messing around with Fallout 3 or New Vegas the next week something else.Sometimes it might be a while before I get back to a certain game.

I suppose it just is with the player themselves for some playing the entire war feels like an achievement or goal for the game for others the goal is different for
me I just enjoy playing as one crew (I see myself as the entire crew rather than the skipper or the boat) for several patrols.

f4wildweasel · 06-30-11, 07:29 PM

I usually grab new ones when they're offered. Mainly because when I start I pick an S-boat thinking ""yeah I'm hardcore who needs thermal layers or stern tubes?" and then after a couple patrols I'm thinking "dear god get me OUT of this deathtrap!"
Once I tried to attack the Borneo invasion fleet with an S-boat. They hit me with active sonar and it was too shallow for a crash dive. After a couple DC passes, I get hit with one on the stern and it blows off my rudder. So I realized that, if somehow I survive this, my only option will be to run aground in Brunei. A second barrage of DCs across my boat's midsection answered that for me...

As for the U-boat campaign... I really like those twin 37mm AA guns on the IX, so I usually keep it. I went for the Walther boat once, and it was fun and all, but I still liked the IX a bit more.

aanker · 07-01-11, 12:52 PM

With the exception of the TAMBOR and GAR classes I divide the boats in my mind into two categories; pre 7 Dec 1941 and post 7 Dec 1941 - the GATO and BALAO classes.

I don't mind beginning in a PORPOISE, SALMON, or SARGO class, and I enjoy the S class 'Sugar boats' (also the NARWHAL class) however I like getting into a command where I can evade IJN ASW - especially later in the War after Congressman May told the press our submarines could go deeper than the IJN DC's were set to detonate. So, I want to go deep although USS Tuna is just one example with many successful war patrols beyond her years under my simplistic categories mentioned above.

Once I am in a nice fleet-boat I like to go through the evolutions in CT etc over many patrols like others have said in this thread.

Also, I voted 'wrong' because I thought this was your 'Super-Detail' topic - which it isn't, but is one I would really like to see - take one class and super detail it ;-)

Happy Hunting!

Art

tomoose · 07-04-11, 09:24 AM

I'd like to "climb the ladder" but I've found, more than once, that getting a new boat means you can lose precious capability (i.e. my old boat had surface radar and the new boat does not and you CANNOT install it no matter how many reknown points you have, very annoying). For that reason alone I will stay with my boat as long as the game will let me.

View Poll Results: Which is your greatest preference?
I prefer to have the same boat throughout the war.	12	27.27%
I prefer to obtain the newest model boat as they become available.	32	72.73%
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07-01-11, 12:52 PM	#37
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	With the exception of the TAMBOR and GAR classes I divide the boats in my mind into two categories; pre 7 Dec 1941 and post 7 Dec 1941 - the GATO and BALAO classes. I don't mind beginning in a PORPOISE, SALMON, or SARGO class, and I enjoy the S class 'Sugar boats' (also the NARWHAL class) however I like getting into a command where I can evade IJN ASW - especially later in the War after Congressman May told the press our submarines could go deeper than the IJN DC's were set to detonate. So, I want to go deep although USS Tuna is just one example with many successful war patrols beyond her years under my simplistic categories mentioned above. Once I am in a nice fleet-boat I like to go through the evolutions in CT etc over many patrols like others have said in this thread. Also, I voted 'wrong' because I thought this was your 'Super-Detail' topic - which it isn't, but is one I would really like to see - take one class and super detail it ;-) Happy Hunting! Art __________________ " Bless those who serve beneath the deep, Through lonely hours their vigil keep. May peace their mission ever be, Protect each one we ask of thee. Bless those at home who wait and pray, For their return by night and day."

07-04-11, 09:24 AM	#38
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Stay the course I'd like to "climb the ladder" but I've found, more than once, that getting a new boat means you can lose precious capability (i.e. my old boat had surface radar and the new boat does not and you CANNOT install it no matter how many reknown points you have, very annoying). For that reason alone I will stay with my boat as long as the game will let me.

06-29-11, 04:34 PM	#31
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0

06-29-11, 10:00 PM	#33
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I'm with Steve and sharkbit I most times run a 6 or 7 patrol career in the same boat after that I am ready for a different location,starting date,boat, and often a change of sides as well. I dont think I have ever run a career start to finish of the war even when changing boats never seemed realistic to me no one stays in combat for that long without getting promoted to a desk job or as an instructor or getting killed or wounded luck does not last that long in wars.

06-30-11, 12:40 PM	#34
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Agreed with the previous. It's all about replayability.

06-30-11, 05:17 PM	#35
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Also at least with me I have other games that I like so many times 1 week(when I get the time to play) it might be SH4 the next week I will be messing around with Fallout 3 or New Vegas the next week something else.Sometimes it might be a while before I get back to a certain game. I suppose it just is with the player themselves for some playing the entire war feels like an achievement or goal for the game for others the goal is different for me I just enjoy playing as one crew (I see myself as the entire crew rather than the skipper or the boat) for several patrols.

06-30-11, 07:29 PM	#36
f4wildweasel Seaman Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 40 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	I usually grab new ones when they're offered. Mainly because when I start I pick an S-boat thinking ""yeah I'm hardcore who needs thermal layers or stern tubes?" and then after a couple patrols I'm thinking "dear god get me OUT of this deathtrap!" Once I tried to attack the Borneo invasion fleet with an S-boat. They hit me with active sonar and it was too shallow for a crash dive. After a couple DC passes, I get hit with one on the stern and it blows off my rudder. So I realized that, if somehow I survive this, my only option will be to run aground in Brunei. A second barrage of DCs across my boat's midsection answered that for me... As for the U-boat campaign... I really like those twin 37mm AA guns on the IX, so I usually keep it. I went for the Walther boat once, and it was fun and all, but I still liked the IX a bit more.