Hardcore enough to not reload after death?

u crank · 05-21-12, 12:32 PM

D.I.D. is the only way I can now play. I've 'cheated' before and it just doesn't feel right. The 'sim' goes out of it. I agree that you are much more careful about your boat and crew and that's the way it should be.

But sometimes fate and bad luck come into play. A while back I started a career with a type IXB in 1942. My first patrol took me to Natal and then up and into the Caribbean. Almost 2 months and 38,000 tons later we headed for home. In a raging zero visibility storm 200 km from Spain we run into a giant , heavily escorted convoy. Managed to submerge and almost made it by. The last escort must have detected us cause next thing you know three or four DD's are going at it. Almost two hours of real time evasion ended with the dreaded death screen.

What to do? I was using 256 TC at the time and had some time to react. Computer slows when something big is near. I call it a 6th sense.

. I ponder reloading but just couldn't do it. All that time invested and almost home. Haven't used a type IX since.

I love this game.

flag4 · 05-21-12, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by u crank

Almost two hours of real time evasion ended with the dreaded death screen.

All that time invested and almost home.

I love this game.

isnt that the way? AND still come out loving it...yep, me too

u crank · 05-21-12, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by flag4

isnt that the way? AND still come out loving it...yep, me too

Yea that's true. Hey if it wasn't like that it would be pretty boring.

andwii · 05-21-12, 05:30 PM

what I hate is when its foggy and you run into a destroyer, thank god for the ability to sink a destroyer by having him ram you

ya Im not to sure how I made it out alive from that one.

desertstriker · 08-13-12, 11:33 PM

i have 2 instalss of SH3. one is a DiD the other is the just to screw around (heavy mods IE 88 railgun and othe fun toys) and my DiD close to 100% realism.

my cheat one never feals right... its like taking the fun out of it which is why it has gone untouched for a few months.

sublynx · 08-14-12, 12:27 AM

I follow Sailor Steve's DID style. SH3Commander's realistic career length option ticked, dump the Kaleun when he gets assigned a desk top or killed, and start a new career from that point of time. If the Kaleun survives the boat survives as well and I might keep the boat and the experienced crew for the next Kaleun - so basically I only lose the tonnage and the medals. However I've never made it past late 1943 yet, since I decided to go all the way back to 1939 after getting killed late 1943. (I was kind of battle fatigued and decided I wanted to play in happier times, with less radar, airplanes and elite destroyers and hedgehogs, and more deck gun shooting - playing hardcore DID that time actually made my life a lot easier

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VONHARRIS · 08-14-12, 03:07 AM

When I die , I never reload.
I always restart from 1939.
My objective is to finish the war in 100% realism + Hsie V16B1 patch.
The longest so far is late 1942 in the Carribean sea.

05-21-12, 12:32 PM	#1
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,747 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	D.I.D. is the only way I can now play. I've 'cheated' before and it just doesn't feel right. The 'sim' goes out of it. I agree that you are much more careful about your boat and crew and that's the way it should be. But sometimes fate and bad luck come into play. A while back I started a career with a type IXB in 1942. My first patrol took me to Natal and then up and into the Caribbean. Almost 2 months and 38,000 tons later we headed for home. In a raging zero visibility storm 200 km from Spain we run into a giant , heavily escorted convoy. Managed to submerge and almost made it by. The last escort must have detected us cause next thing you know three or four DD's are going at it. Almost two hours of real time evasion ended with the dreaded death screen. What to do? I was using 256 TC at the time and had some time to react. Computer slows when something big is near. I call it a 6th sense.. I ponder reloading but just couldn't do it. All that time invested and almost home. Haven't used a type IX since. I love this game. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

08-14-12, 12:27 AM	#6
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	I follow Sailor Steve's DID style. SH3Commander's realistic career length option ticked, dump the Kaleun when he gets assigned a desk top or killed, and start a new career from that point of time. If the Kaleun survives the boat survives as well and I might keep the boat and the experienced crew for the next Kaleun - so basically I only lose the tonnage and the medals. However I've never made it past late 1943 yet, since I decided to go all the way back to 1939 after getting killed late 1943. (I was kind of battle fatigued and decided I wanted to play in happier times, with less radar, airplanes and elite destroyers and hedgehogs, and more deck gun shooting - playing hardcore DID that time actually made my life a lot easier ) __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] NYGM+H.sie v16+Stiebler 4C+MaGui WS

05-21-12, 05:30 PM	#4
andwii Frogman Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Bridge of U-123 Posts: 300 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	what I hate is when its foggy and you run into a destroyer, thank god for the ability to sink a destroyer by having him ram you ya Im not to sure how I made it out alive from that one.

08-13-12, 11:33 PM	#5
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	i have 2 instalss of SH3. one is a DiD the other is the just to screw around (heavy mods IE 88 railgun and othe fun toys) and my DiD close to 100% realism. my cheat one never feals right... its like taking the fun out of it which is why it has gone untouched for a few months.

08-14-12, 03:07 AM	#7
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	When I die , I never reload. I always restart from 1939. My objective is to finish the war in 100% realism + Hsie V16B1 patch. The longest so far is late 1942 in the Carribean sea.