whats the worst mistake you've ever made in sh3?

Tabris · 03-15-25, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Gorpet

Getting bored, And heading into shallow waters...Looking for adventure

ain't that the truth. my biggest mistake was getting bored enough to try raiding a port in Florida in my IXC. Can't remember which port exactly but I think it was Miami. When I saw that "most" of the units guarding the entrance were MTBs, which don't have hydrophones, I figured it would be easy. Then the four-stackers showed up...

The problem with attacking ports isn't that the water in the harbor is shallow, it's that the water around it is too!

Another major mistake of mine: Bothering to sail to New Zealand waters. Even in Fifi's excellent NYGM, which has a great campaign, there wasn't very interesting traffic there. I do think going to the Far East in general has its moments. But the trip from Penang to the Cook Strait just isn't worth your time.

Fifi · 03-15-25, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Tabris

Another major mistake of mine: Bothering to sail to New Zealand waters. Even in Fifi's excellent NYGM, which has a great campaign, there wasn't very interesting traffic there. I do think going to the Far East in general has its moments. But the trip from Penang to the Cook Strait just isn't worth your time.

Yes, that’s true… I know NYGM far East campaign should need some rework … playing it from Bordeaux, best is to stay around South Africa up to Madagascar.
But adding plenty new interesting ships/convoys further, will overload an already heavy campaign file…
But there are some ships/convoys up to Australia and NZ in the existing files

Kpt. Lehmann · 03-19-25, 03:16 PM

When I was a n00b.... I crash dived in the harbor accidentally at Kiel.

Raf1394 · 03-19-25, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

When I was a n00b.... I crash dived in the harbor accidentally at Kiel.

We all did these mistakes, when we were started playing

Shadowblade · 03-20-25, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Raf1394

We all did these mistakes, when we were started playing

not this one yet

JU_88 · 03-28-25, 06:16 AM

Beaching my self in high Time compression on a stormy night, on a tiny, TINY island just NW of Scotland, you have to zoom right in to the map to see it. IRL its called 'North Rona' i think.

Raf1394 · 03-29-25, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JU_88

Beaching my self in high Time compression on a stormy night, on a tiny, TINY island just NW of Scotland, you have to zoom right in to the map to see it. IRL its called 'North Rona' i think.

Thats bad luck haha.

Hooston · 03-30-25, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JU_88

IRL its called 'North Rona' i think.

Are you sure it wasn't Twatt in the Orkneys (or the Shetlands)?

There used to be an RN satellite airfield there. There's a delightful book by a dotty but very brave old RN duffer called "It's Really Quite Safe". He took great pride at one point in his official title "Commanding Officer Twatt"

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03-28-25, 06:16 AM	#6
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,813 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Beaching my self in high Time compression on a stormy night, on a tiny, TINY island just NW of Scotland, you have to zoom right in to the map to see it. IRL its called 'North Rona' i think.