Merchant Fire-Suppression

[propbeanie]

There has to be a damage zon for a gun to be able to take damage, or its "platform" has to be destroyed. This would include shore installations also. Normally, an un-necessary complication to the game. The gunners will sometimes shoot until beneath the waves. Here's a video from an early FotRSU test:



... entirely too long, but at 9:40, you can see the bow gunner, in a fireball, still manning his gun station, ready to shoot his enemies, if he can only target them. Must be a good strap used to keep him there... Of note is the two torpedoes I hit the damaged Tonan Maru with at about the 8:50 mark, and the way the animated characters "die". No panic, they just "lay down" when the water gets to them. How'd they survive the explosions?... oh well. Such is the game.

Edit: ... and I'm following KaleunMarco again... I'm not following you, seriously, I'm not...

[ShotMagnet]

That would seem to be that, then.



Not that it would have been a viable strategy for the most part, I imagine; but the last three patrols have put me in bad weather which made visual detection of the enemy all-but impossible unless I was inside of 500 meters. As you might imagine, my deck gun got quite the workout. Hence the question.




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[NZSharkbait]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

Of note is the two torpedoes I hit the damaged Tonan Maru with at about the 8:50 mark, and the way the animated characters "die". No panic, they just "lay down" when the water gets to them. How'd they survive the explosions?... oh well. Such is the game.

That quiet dignity goes with the tailored suits (possibly pinstripes?) and ties that some of the merchant seamen are wearing, along with those who are nattily dressed in white shirts and ties, jackets, (maybe) corduroy trousers and sneakers. They are a model of how to dress when working on a merchant ship.


That said, I do find the way that the gun crews stick to their guns, even when the bows or sterns of the ships might be perpendicular to the water, is a little bit unrealistic.

[propbeanie]

That might be one reason why the original Ubisoft Camera in the game wouldn't let you get in real close...