this game is harder than we think

andy_311 · 06-21-06, 04:28 PM

It get's worse later on never mind the DD's add the RAF and the USAF into the equation especially when your in the middle of a convoy.

Mooncatt · 06-22-06, 05:58 AM

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: that really did make me lol brilliant

BettingUrlife · 06-23-06, 09:11 AM

The game could have been even worse I think. Actually, I just tabbed out of the game sinking a Fiji class cruiser in the South Atlantic, launched 3 fish from about 3000 metres away, 1 detonated prematurely but the other two did the job. But it made me think, as apparently in WWII didn't capital ships often run a zig-zag course in unfriendly territory? I think this is one reason why the USS Indiannopolis(?) was sunk by a Japanese submarine later in the war, it was night time and the captain thought that a zig zag was unnecessary. Imagine if capital ships in this game zig-zagged, that would frustrate some of us to no end.

Mooncatt · 06-23-06, 09:31 AM

yeah they do zig zag as soon as they detect you, i think that if the zig zagged all the time it would be sooo difficult to attack anything

BettingUrlife · 06-23-06, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by mooncatt

yeah they do zig zag as soon as they detect you, i think that if the zig zagged all the time it would be sooo difficult to attack anything

Which is what I should have typed. Apparently that captain got a little tired of zig-zagging half across the Pacific, with tragic consequences.

Mooncatt · 06-23-06, 09:37 AM

yeah my uncle quint told me all about it when i was young :rotfl: (sorry maybe a little bad taste there)

p.s just in case no one gets that, quint is the guy from jaws

06-23-06, 11:25 AM

[quote=BettingUrlife]

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Originally Posted by mooncatt

Apparently that captain got a little tired of zig-zagging half across the Pacific, with tragic consequences.

I'm pretty sure they were zig-zagging. They didn't change course every five minutes; the legs were longer than that. The Japanese sub just happened to get lucky.

US sub commanders described having a ship or convoy accidentally escape by zigging at just the right moment, and others mentioned having ships they thought would escape suddenly turn right toward them.

When real ships thought a sub was near they didn't weave back and forth like in the game; they turned their tail to the sub and ran.

andy_311 · 06-23-06, 08:28 PM

It wouldn't make a difference to me they still would get sunk,.
What I generally try to do is if a ship zig-zags aim a fish right at her bows and fire she will zig zag for ever and end but she will return to her original position your chances of hitting her are improved dramatically.

06-23-06, 09:37 AM	#6
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	yeah my uncle quint told me all about it when i was young :rotfl: (sorry maybe a little bad taste there) p.s just in case no one gets that, quint is the guy from jaws Last edited by Mooncatt; 06-23-06 at 10:06 AM.

06-21-06, 04:28 PM	#1
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	It get's worse later on never mind the DD's add the RAF and the USAF into the equation especially when your in the middle of a convoy.

06-22-06, 05:58 AM	#2
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: that really did make me lol brilliant

06-23-06, 09:11 AM	#3
BettingUrlife Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: AM56 North Atlantic Posts: 128 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	The game could have been even worse I think. Actually, I just tabbed out of the game sinking a Fiji class cruiser in the South Atlantic, launched 3 fish from about 3000 metres away, 1 detonated prematurely but the other two did the job. But it made me think, as apparently in WWII didn't capital ships often run a zig-zag course in unfriendly territory? I think this is one reason why the USS Indiannopolis(?) was sunk by a Japanese submarine later in the war, it was night time and the captain thought that a zig zag was unnecessary. Imagine if capital ships in this game zig-zagged, that would frustrate some of us to no end.

06-23-06, 09:31 AM	#4
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	yeah they do zig zag as soon as they detect you, i think that if the zig zagged all the time it would be sooo difficult to attack anything

06-23-06, 08:28 PM	#8
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	It wouldn't make a difference to me they still would get sunk,. What I generally try to do is if a ship zig-zags aim a fish right at her bows and fire she will zig zag for ever and end but she will return to her original position your chances of hitting her are improved dramatically.