Photo Recon and sinking too?

04-08-14, 04:23 AM

Just curious, I was running the photo recon mission of fleet carriers and once I got my pictures I decided to sink them. Is there any disadvantage to sinking the carriers? What kind of effect will this have on future missions or the game play in general?

depthtok33l · 04-08-14, 04:36 AM

I don't think so. I think it's a good thing. One less enemy vessel to worry about maybe? Plus that's good for your patrol records.

BigWalleye · 04-08-14, 06:19 AM

No effect on the current mission.

No future effect.

This game is way more unsophisticated than you think.

Snarf · 04-08-14, 02:01 PM

Sink away matey

all that will happen is that you will increase your tonnage. If you come back a few days later, the same ships will even respawn, but sometimes you don't get credit for sinking the respawned ships.

I don't think I've ever left a ship that I've photoed unscathed.

Armistead · 04-08-14, 03:19 PM

The reason why I went into RSRD and put subnets around where capital ships harbor, tons of surface guns, deadly elite sub hunters and minefields. It makes photo recon feel like you've done something. I don't play anymore, but the one recon of Truk it took 6 tries before I finally got out alive.

Sailor Steve · 04-08-14, 03:25 PM

The game doesn't care. In real life a sub would be ordered to make a report and not attack because at that particular time they didn't want the enemy to know they were being watched. Onkel Neal posted a link to the Silent Service episode on USS Cavalla and that very problem, and the effect it had on officers and crew.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=212229

04-08-14, 04:23 AM	#1
ddales Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Photo Recon and sinking too? Just curious, I was running the photo recon mission of fleet carriers and once I got my pictures I decided to sink them. Is there any disadvantage to sinking the carriers? What kind of effect will this have on future missions or the game play in general?

04-08-14, 02:01 PM	#4
Snarf Officer Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: USS Tuna out of Pearl Harbor Posts: 243 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 10	Sink away matey all that will happen is that you will increase your tonnage. If you come back a few days later, the same ships will even respawn, but sometimes you don't get credit for sinking the respawned ships. I don't think I've ever left a ship that I've photoed unscathed. __________________ "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -David Farragut (probably repeated by many WWII sub skippers)

04-08-14, 03:19 PM	#5
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	The reason why I went into RSRD and put subnets around where capital ships harbor, tons of surface guns, deadly elite sub hunters and minefields. It makes photo recon feel like you've done something. I don't play anymore, but the one recon of Truk it took 6 tries before I finally got out alive. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

04-08-14, 03:25 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The game doesn't care. In real life a sub would be ordered to make a report and not attack because at that particular time they didn't want the enemy to know they were being watched. Onkel Neal posted a link to the Silent Service episode on USS Cavalla and that very problem, and the effect it had on officers and crew. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=212229 __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-08-14, 04:36 AM	#2
depthtok33l Sparky Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 156 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	I don't think so. I think it's a good thing. One less enemy vessel to worry about maybe? Plus that's good for your patrol records.

04-08-14, 06:19 AM	#3
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	No effect on the current mission. No future effect. This game is way more unsophisticated than you think.