Stop The Spraying!!!

[tater]

That said, the spraying might well happen above the waterline in the game. I'm not really focused on that.

1. The game is poorly documented regarding this feature, so players think that their damage control has fixed everything, and they don't realize not everything gets fixed.

2. related to #1, they don't realize the spraying is the game telling them something isn;t fixed---and can NEVR be fixed at sea.

3. the spray might not be the best way to tell the player this, but what would be better? The idea is that it is possible to have damage that is not apparent to the crew. A bad weld someplace, weakened by a recent DC attack (or bump on the bottom). It will manifest itself via total failure, and not before that (except maybe if it gets x-rayed in port).

So again, I'm not trying to jump on him at all, I think it's important to realize that the devs were obviously trying to have a more immersive way of telling the player he had hull integrity damage than some sort of hull % indicator. Their choice was little leaks that never get fixed.

tater