Got my first battleship last night...

bigboywooly · 05-29-07, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Brag

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Originally Posted by maillemaker

Last night was our 3rd patrol, out of Kiel. 1939. We were just about to AM18 at night in foul weather when we made contact with a convoy. I was on the surface when we sighted the first escort.

I dropped us to periscope depth, and we made for the contacts northwesterly until I felt we were close enough to take a peek with the scope. I scanned the convoy - some big tankers, cargo ships, good, good, and then WOAH! A battleship! A quick scan through the identification manual identified her as the HMS Nelson.

It was my first mission with manual targetting.

Congratulations!

My only beef with GWX is that the BBs escorting convoys are somehow too easy to succesfully attack. Maybe in GWX 1.04 they will make small course or speed alterations.

The problem is the game treats the BB as it does any other ship in convoy bar escorts
Engine limitations

Growler · 05-29-07, 11:39 AM

I don't care WHAT version you're playing, the pucker factor of being caught on the surface by a BB is... intense.

I remember when I first got SH3 shortly after its release, and I tried the single mission against the 3 BBs and their destroyer escorts (Barham mission(?)). I was feeling suicidal, so I surfaced a decent distance behind the BBs and opened fire with the deck gun.

I kept moving, but there wasn't any return fire for a while. Curious, I ship-cammed over to the BB I was engaging... to arrive just as the broadside she was setting up was let loose.

Uhm, yeah. That was very, very cool. And very, very bad to be at the other end of. They don't even have to hit you. I don't think I stopped run short of McMurdo Sound.

05-29-07, 11:39 AM	#2
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I don't care WHAT version you're playing, the pucker factor of being caught on the surface by a BB is... intense. I remember when I first got SH3 shortly after its release, and I tried the single mission against the 3 BBs and their destroyer escorts (Barham mission(?)). I was feeling suicidal, so I surfaced a decent distance behind the BBs and opened fire with the deck gun. I kept moving, but there wasn't any return fire for a while. Curious, I ship-cammed over to the BB I was engaging... to arrive just as the broadside she was setting up was let loose. Uhm, yeah. That was very, very cool. And very, very bad to be at the other end of. They don't even have to hit you. I don't think I stopped run short of McMurdo Sound.