Hardcore enough to not reload after death? - Page 4

desertstriker · 08-15-12, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NightCrawler

Before you strike in case of a convoy, first measure the depth, never strikes the convoy if water is shallow than 50Meter unless you have bigger balls than mine to say "No Guts No Glory"....but mostly ended is you pumping water and they(DD's) Will race you over

I play D=D, but i hate to hang out in the early wars, just sit and wait till the radio comes up with "WAR IT'S", than finally i come in action....

As Stock i ever reached to 1943 had the radar, and decoy, but never reached 44/45...

now in GWX gold 3.0, i doubt i can reach 42/43

it also may be the play style. i will admit that sure using the deck gun is fun shooting at airplans is fun but those are mostly unnecessary risks. using torpedoes more often than the deck gun sets you up for future success in the late war years.

twexl · 08-16-12, 05:02 PM

Been playing this for 9000 yrs ,only once got to the end of the war ,only cause I got chicken**** and avoided all danger in '44 then fled to Argentina.

NightCrawler · 08-16-12, 11:06 PM

@twexl, At least you lives...

@desertstrike, Yes, if im lucky to have calm water and im in the area like AN14/AN13, and spotted a ship on broad daylight, yes i use Deckgun as a start that using torps....
And come home with 95.580 tonnage, with a VII class u boot, as you know, you have 17 torps in total, some players will come up, than how in the name of god, you have 95.580 tonnage..., after i publiced my logbook, i replied with used the deckgun...
When i have IXB, will get even more tonnage(if the game cooperate), sometimes on the way to patrol grid, didn't get any ship on map or spotted....

later the war like under Stock SHIII i kept distance when using deckgun like 2000 to 2500 meter, when cargo-ship have front and rear deckguns, but they're lousy shooter(in stock mode), in GWX 3.0, so far i have to reach 42/43 yet before i can come up with a conclusion... all i know, planes will be the pain in the ass around 42/43....

Now im at mid 1940, saving reown for IXB... and hopefully relocated to Lorient.. thats what IXB base, and thanks god no more AN13/AN14.. that will be crowded with DD's...

BootsmanBoof · 08-17-12, 03:12 PM

I was playing DiD the other week, on my 11th patrol heading for home, and I didn't zoom the map in enough to see that my plotted course went straight through a small island NW of Scapa flow. At least that's what I think my mistake was, on high TC my IIa got destroyed (a mine maybe?). If I'd made it home I would have had a brand new VIIB waiting for me.......

Maybe I'll reload that one. Not sure.

Sailor Steve · 08-17-12, 05:38 PM

You should. The game should have the same "spotted" routine for land as for ships and planes. That it doesn't isn't your fault. If the game cheats you then you're not cheating yourself by reloading.

sublynx · 08-18-12, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You should. The game should have the same "spotted" routine for land as for ships and planes. That it doesn't isn't your fault. If the game cheats you then you're not cheating yourself by reloading.

I agree. That is something the player has no control over and it's unrealistic too. The bridge crew would have noticed the land approaching.

I'd reload that one.

desertstriker · 08-18-12, 12:34 AM

same thing has happened to me a few times well not the exact same location. it could have been one of the cursed atols

. so i would just reload as the situation you described is out of your control and a fluke in the game so it is a DiD exception

Redbear · 08-18-12, 10:26 AM

I don't reload a saved game after death, though I am not playing at 100%. I think it adds a bit of encouragement to be less reckless, especially if I've progressed a long way in my career. (To tell you the truth, by the time I have that decision to make, I've made or planned some new modification and want to try it out from the beginning anyway!)

08-18-12, 10:59 AM

D.i.D.

BootsmanBoof · 08-19-12, 02:15 PM

I did reload that one. Earned my VIIB by hard lessons, God help my new crewmen.

Maceaciadh · 08-19-12, 05:35 PM

just got GWX 3 gold and will be starting my first DID soon, not sure how i will do as i die maybe once every 3 patrols in stock but i am very reckless so hopefully this gets me into a real submariners mind by hunting at longer ranges and at night etc etc.

08-16-12, 05:02 PM	#47
twexl Electrician's Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Portsmouth.England-20,000 leagues under the premiership Posts: 132 Downloads: 314 Uploads: 0	Been playing this for 9000 yrs ,only once got to the end of the war ,only cause I got chicken**** and avoided all danger in '44 then fled to Argentina. __________________ Damn your eyes Mr. Christian

08-16-12, 11:06 PM	#48
NightCrawler Engineer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: FLA USA Posts: 217 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	@desertstriker & twexl @twexl, At least you lives... @desertstrike, Yes, if im lucky to have calm water and im in the area like AN14/AN13, and spotted a ship on broad daylight, yes i use Deckgun as a start that using torps.... And come home with 95.580 tonnage, with a VII class u boot, as you know, you have 17 torps in total, some players will come up, than how in the name of god, you have 95.580 tonnage..., after i publiced my logbook, i replied with used the deckgun... When i have IXB, will get even more tonnage(if the game cooperate), sometimes on the way to patrol grid, didn't get any ship on map or spotted.... later the war like under Stock SHIII i kept distance when using deckgun like 2000 to 2500 meter, when cargo-ship have front and rear deckguns, but they're lousy shooter(in stock mode), in GWX 3.0, so far i have to reach 42/43 yet before i can come up with a conclusion... all i know, planes will be the pain in the ass around 42/43.... Now im at mid 1940, saving reown for IXB... and hopefully relocated to Lorient.. thats what IXB base, and thanks god no more AN13/AN14.. that will be crowded with DD's...

08-17-12, 03:12 PM	#49
BootsmanBoof Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 56 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	I was playing DiD the other week, on my 11th patrol heading for home, and I didn't zoom the map in enough to see that my plotted course went straight through a small island NW of Scapa flow. At least that's what I think my mistake was, on high TC my IIa got destroyed (a mine maybe?). If I'd made it home I would have had a brand new VIIB waiting for me....... Maybe I'll reload that one. Not sure. __________________ "Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners." Sir Winston Churchill.

08-17-12, 05:38 PM	#50
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	You should. The game should have the same "spotted" routine for land as for ships and planes. That it doesn't isn't your fault. If the game cheats you then you're not cheating yourself by reloading. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-18-12, 12:34 AM	#52
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	same thing has happened to me a few times well not the exact same location. it could have been one of the cursed atols. so i would just reload as the situation you described is out of your control and a fluke in the game so it is a DiD exception

08-18-12, 10:26 AM	#53
Redbear Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 208 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I don't reload a saved game after death, though I am not playing at 100%. I think it adds a bit of encouragement to be less reckless, especially if I've progressed a long way in my career. (To tell you the truth, by the time I have that decision to make, I've made or planned some new modification and want to try it out from the beginning anyway!)

08-18-12, 10:59 AM	#54
Troublous_Haze Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	D.i.D.

08-19-12, 02:15 PM	#55
BootsmanBoof Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 56 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	I did reload that one. Earned my VIIB by hard lessons, God help my new crewmen. __________________ "Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners." Sir Winston Churchill.

08-19-12, 05:35 PM	#56
Maceaciadh Loader Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Ireland Posts: 86 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	just got GWX 3 gold and will be starting my first DID soon, not sure how i will do as i die maybe once every 3 patrols in stock but i am very reckless so hopefully this gets me into a real submariners mind by hunting at longer ranges and at night etc etc.