In a pigboat again! Training a periscope eye

[smm]

Yes, S-boats perform way better than they should. TDC I don't mind that much TBH, but the breakages messed a lot of things up. New subs had breakages and all, never mind these..



Ah well, maybe someone in the future will do the pacific theatre again, not just all U-boats ...



-smm

[Kpt. Weyprecht]

Oh boy, that's a big subject. I've been thinking a bit about this but not being a programmer, I refrained from posting about the future simulations. I'm afraid if we are going towards maximum fidelity to the systems, not much outside of the Type VII U-boat can gather enough players so for another take on fleet boats (or even more niche things, like British subs or cold War diesel-electrics) we'd need a sandbox type simulator akin to DCS in the air domain. I wonder if Wolfpack or the Modern Naval Warfare could become that.

[smm]

Originally Posted by Kpt. Weyprecht

... not much outside of the Type VII U-boat can gather enough players...

I, for one, never understood the attraction of U-boats. Most of what you get to go against are merchant convoys...



Yes, there's some excitement if there's a capable opponent AI - which, TBH, in 43+ should mean you'd be moderately lucky to finish a patrol (May 43 a third of U-boats on the patrol failed to return, '43 almost 250 subs lost) - basically, even most capable U-boat captains were being sunk, and the quality of crews went downhill. So unless you go for happy times (late '40), you'd spend most of your time avoid being depth charged, rocketed, strafed or later hunted by smart torpedoes (again, under any sort of realistic conditions).

[les green01]

you guys want realism you can roll dice for failures