Sinking destroyer with deck gun

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Schwartzritter

I do believe I have just been insulted. I doubt you intended this, but your statement insinuates that I am inferior because I lucked out in a couple of encounters because I was willing to exploit the game engine.

Inferior? Not at all. I just disagree. On the other hand I've been playing subsims since Silent Service back in 1986, and I've kind of burned out on just sinking ships. My idea of a good time is to leave a well-modelled harbor in real time and enjoy the sights. The actual hunting and sinking of ships is almost an anticlimax to me.

I am happy to draw the line between game and simulation at a certain spot. I do not want to burn myself out. I am satisfied with my manner of play and the fact my interest in submarines allowed me to easily write my bachelor's thesis on the subject. My work as an academic keeps me grounded enough with reality to where I am happy with certain aspects of the game because it is a game.

My hat is off to you; you're a better man than I am. Everybody should play the way that suits them.

If I seem to be taking this too harsh or reading too much into your statement, I apologize for that. However, I do not like being judged simply because I got away with stunts that only work in a game. I do not need to be told they do not work in real life because I have crammed enough books to drive that point home.

No, I probably was being judgemental. I tend to do that sometimes, and I apologize. That said, I do love a good discussion on what is or isn't valid in a game, mainly because for me it's so much more, and so much less. You see, I'm also extremely anal about the way I actually play, to the point of being obsessive/compulsive about it. As I said, I love the idea that there are so many different ways to play the same game. Part of it is that I've been doing it too long, and I've seen too many threads started about sinking a million tons in a patrol and acting like doing that on the easiest settings is something special. You didn't do that, but I did react to the idea, not of exploiting the game's idiosyncrasies, but of praising the game for having them.

So, as usual, I find myself explaining myself and apologizing, mainly because you're right.