Removing renown and equipment

[Totenkopf]

A lot of what I see wrong with how Ubisoft attended the renown system is not in what it applies to but the "floating" total. Indeed Steve hit the nail on the head that Ranks, Medals etc should be based not on "current" but "TOTAL" renown. I have looked for the formula to meter this but its lock deep in code that is all but alien to me.

As for this wild idea we are generating. I originaly thought SH3 would be like the issued missions of it's predicessor. I find myself wandering amlessly sometimes just to find something to do. If Jscones could find a way to incorporate custom missions within a war patrol to coincide with proximity and date I would proverbialy cream myself, as that would be the pinacle of what SH is to me.

...... New orders from BdU, proceed to BE 12 and intercept political envoy en route for Liverpool....

[snyperAL]

genius.

As for the whole testing out new subs and whatnot, would it be possible to put some err duff ones in there? like engine failures and whatnot.. similar to flight sim. where you take a fresh sub out for a drive and things start going awry with it, and the longer you survive the more stuff gets fixed?


Lol.. the wine is talking i think

[andy_311]

Iv'e stopped useing renown ages ago,as mentioned above in real life whatever armed forces your in they arn't goin to charge you for to blow someone to pieces,.
So I have re-edited my basic.cfg so all the upgrades bateries,boats,conning towers,torps etc so they cost nothing.

[joea]

Didn't the best commanders get first pick on limited supplies of "special" equipment? IE. radar and radar detectors. Regular stuff was a function of supply, and stuff like conning towers would depend on dry dock time...right or wrong?

[Deep Six]

I think the renown system, just doesn't gel with me. As others have said when better equipment became available I'm sure BDU made it first priority to get the equipment to his captains. Maybe the more "Specialised equipment" later in the war would firstly go to Surviving time served captains. That way if I decided to start a career say in late 43 I'm gonna get Nada except for a uboot and a crew, with maybe some commoner garden add-ons....(superchargers,conning towers)

You do your patrol.......You sink shipping.........You SURVIVE the early "Good Times. Darl D loves you and gives what is available......End of suggestion.


Deep Six

[Umfuld]

I'm sure BDU made it first priority to get the equipment to his captains

But that's the point. If you get two new subs, state of the art, but have 10 captains, renown is how you would decide who gets them.

In regards to rank, yes, it's a stupid system.

[JScones]

Originally Posted by Umfuld

But that's the point. If you get two new subs, state of the art, but have 10 captains, renown is how you would decide who gets them.

In theory yes. But let's just add an element of reality here... From 1943 on it just may not be possible to get that flash new snorkel <insert any new component here> to Kaleun #1 over in France, thus it finds its way to Kiel and some lucky nondescript Kaleun.

Guys, I think this is a very productive thread. Keep your thoughts coming!