Patrol Impressions: Career Disappointment

rdtwendt · 05-07-07, 09:55 PM

I've been working on a few SH4 careers over the last several weeks, and have a couple of issues I need to discuss with the good folks here.

First, I want to express my gratitude that a game like this even exists. The development team did a great job overall and I'm looking forward to an even more polished product with future patches.

Having said that, I'm getting a bit burned out on the careers I've played. The escorts and destroyers are almost completely ineffective, to the extent that I don't even worry about noise generation or speed at PD while shooting my way through a virtually defenseless convoy. No active sonar, no depth charges...nothing. Just search lights and idle engines. I've observed this seemingly everywhere my orders take me; in the middle of the pacific, off the coast of Japan trailing a merchant convoy, and deep inside a Japansese harbor ambushing a dock yard. Nothing ever threatens me, save the coastal guns while travelling on the surface at night. For a "realistic" subsim, this is unacceptable.

Additionally, I've had missions repeated several times to the point where I wonder if this is a bug. I've been sent to the same area 3 times in a row in one stretch, for exactly the same mission.

I'm concerned about awards too. I just finished my first mission on a brand new campaign out of Pearl in 1941. The realism is at 100%. My boat, the USS Triton, sank over 103k of warships and merchants alike, including 2 Japanese BB's, a fleet carrier, and assorted medium and small merchants. Did we receive the CMOH? Nope. Just a lesser medal that certainly didn't suit the patrol's results.

I'm sure some of these issues have been discuessed before, and if so, I apologize for repeating them. I needed to vent some frustration though, and this seemed like the right place to do it.

All comments, suggestions, and opinions are appreciated.

05-07-07, 09:55 PM	#1
rdtwendt Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Urbana, IL Posts: 11 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Patrol Impressions: Career Disappointment I've been working on a few SH4 careers over the last several weeks, and have a couple of issues I need to discuss with the good folks here. First, I want to express my gratitude that a game like this even exists. The development team did a great job overall and I'm looking forward to an even more polished product with future patches. Having said that, I'm getting a bit burned out on the careers I've played. The escorts and destroyers are almost completely ineffective, to the extent that I don't even worry about noise generation or speed at PD while shooting my way through a virtually defenseless convoy. No active sonar, no depth charges...nothing. Just search lights and idle engines. I've observed this seemingly everywhere my orders take me; in the middle of the pacific, off the coast of Japan trailing a merchant convoy, and deep inside a Japansese harbor ambushing a dock yard. Nothing ever threatens me, save the coastal guns while travelling on the surface at night. For a "realistic" subsim, this is unacceptable. Additionally, I've had missions repeated several times to the point where I wonder if this is a bug. I've been sent to the same area 3 times in a row in one stretch, for exactly the same mission. I'm concerned about awards too. I just finished my first mission on a brand new campaign out of Pearl in 1941. The realism is at 100%. My boat, the USS Triton, sank over 103k of warships and merchants alike, including 2 Japanese BB's, a fleet carrier, and assorted medium and small merchants. Did we receive the CMOH? Nope. Just a lesser medal that certainly didn't suit the patrol's results. I'm sure some of these issues have been discuessed before, and if so, I apologize for repeating them. I needed to vent some frustration though, and this seemed like the right place to do it. All comments, suggestions, and opinions are appreciated.