S-Class Sub To Be Included After All

AG124 · 01-17-07, 12:10 PM

The Dev team for SHIV has just announced on the official SHIII forum that they have decided to include the S Class sub in SHIV after all. However, they will not include the Narwhal class but I do understand their reasons behind that decision.

Quote:

Q: P38Ace: I read the article and said the P class, Tambor and Gato are included, but I wonder if the S class and Narwhal class will included as they were in SH1
A: The Narwhal won't be included in the release version of the game as it doesn't fit - historically speaking - with the type of gameplay that we have prepared.

The S-class however… is in.

Sailor Steve · 01-17-07, 12:25 PM

WOOHOO!!

I can understand about the three big boats. I would love to see them but they really didn't do much in the way of war patrols.

S-boat out of Cavite? WOOHOO!!!

Safe-Keeper · 01-17-07, 02:59 PM

Good call, Ubi'. The Type II, er, S-Class is a must

.

Schatten · 01-17-07, 04:16 PM

This makes me grin. Like

this.

I always liked the S-boats for some unknown reason.

bookworm_020 · 01-17-07, 04:41 PM

The pig boat is In!

Will be great to start a campain with them! I wonder if I'll be able to be the S-44 when she sank a japanese cruiser!

Thankyou Devs!

Sailor Steve · 01-17-07, 05:28 PM

I'm sure we'll be able to engage the enemy. That's why they have us there.

:rotfl:

CCIP · 01-17-07, 06:33 PM

To me this is a sign of that elusive player influence - it may not be as big as the dynamic campaign in SHIII, but it's great to hear that the devs listened about this one

Tigrone · 01-17-07, 07:44 PM

I'm amazed that some of these old, really WW1 boats all built before 1925, made as many as 7 war patrols and continued in combat till early 1944 before being withdrawn to training. It's shows how weak the force was in the first 2 years of the war, and how grim the situation, that these old boats stayed in the front line so long. Well done.

I wonder how long I can survive in one?

Zero Niner · 01-17-07, 08:22 PM

Why does the Narwhal class not fit into the gameplay (as the devs put it)?

Torplexed · 01-17-07, 08:33 PM

You can't keep an old antique down.

bookworm_020 · 01-17-07, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero Niner

Why does the Narwhal class not fit into the gameplay (as the devs put it)?

They didn't have that greater impact on the japanese, I don't think they sank any shipping.

IRONxMortlock · 01-17-07, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero Niner

Why does the Narwhal class not fit into the gameplay (as the devs put it)?

They didn't have that greater impact on the japanese, I don't think they sank any shipping.

Perhaps not a huge impact but they definitely sank some Japanese shipping.

http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2957.html
http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/2956.html
________
Web shows

iambecomelife · 01-17-07, 11:11 PM

Excellent. I'm a big fan of S-44 personally, since she got the USN a little revenge after Savo Island - pretty amazing that a few dozen men on a single old sub did what about half a dozen heavy cruisers failed to do.

More importantly, it will be nice to have the "Type II-style" gaming experience live on with this class of sub. IMO it's a nice contrast in comparison to the big, modern fleet boats.

Torplexed · 01-17-07, 11:18 PM

Now to complete the S-Boat experience we'll just have to play the sim locked in a unventilated room on a 90 degree day with 100 percent humidity. Perferably while not having bathed in a while. Mmmm. Somebody pass the lukewarm lemonade.

Finback · 01-18-07, 01:23 AM

This is Great news!!! Thank You for the info!

01-17-07, 12:25 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WOOHOO!! I can understand about the three big boats. I would love to see them but they really didn't do much in the way of war patrols. S-boat out of Cavite? WOOHOO!!! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-17-07, 02:59 PM	#3
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Good call, Ubi'. The Type II, er, S-Class is a must. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

01-17-07, 04:16 PM	#4
Schatten Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 212 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This makes me grin. Like this. I always liked the S-boats for some unknown reason. __________________

01-17-07, 04:41 PM	#5
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	The pig boat is In! Will be great to start a campain with them! I wonder if I'll be able to be the S-44 when she sank a japanese cruiser! Thankyou Devs! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

01-17-07, 05:28 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm sure we'll be able to engage the enemy. That's why they have us there. :rotfl: __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-17-07, 06:33 PM	#7
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	To me this is a sign of that elusive player influence - it may not be as big as the dynamic campaign in SHIII, but it's great to hear that the devs listened about this one __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

01-17-07, 07:44 PM	#8
Tigrone Commander Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newport Beach, CA Posts: 470 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Those old pig boats did good service I'm amazed that some of these old, really WW1 boats all built before 1925, made as many as 7 war patrols and continued in combat till early 1944 before being withdrawn to training. It's shows how weak the force was in the first 2 years of the war, and how grim the situation, that these old boats stayed in the front line so long. Well done. I wonder how long I can survive in one? __________________ Commander Hiram Cassedy: "Tigrone has saved the Air Force and is now returning to Iwo Jima with 28 rescued zoomies." B-29 SNUFFY & THE SHIF'LESS SKONKS among them. I've a broom at the mast said he, for the broom is a sign for me, that wherever I go, I sweep the mighty sea.

01-17-07, 08:22 PM	#9
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	Why does the Narwhal class not fit into the gameplay (as the devs put it)?

01-17-07, 08:33 PM	#10
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	You can't keep an old antique down.

01-17-07, 11:11 PM	#13
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,706 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Excellent. I'm a big fan of S-44 personally, since she got the USN a little revenge after Savo Island - pretty amazing that a few dozen men on a single old sub did what about half a dozen heavy cruisers failed to do. More importantly, it will be nice to have the "Type II-style" gaming experience live on with this class of sub. IMO it's a nice contrast in comparison to the big, modern fleet boats. __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

01-17-07, 11:18 PM	#14
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Now to complete the S-Boat experience we'll just have to play the sim locked in a unventilated room on a 90 degree day with 100 percent humidity. Perferably while not having bathed in a while. Mmmm. Somebody pass the lukewarm lemonade.

01-18-07, 01:23 AM	#15
Finback Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 138 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This is Great news!!! Thank You for the info!