Some info on "hero skills"

[Wilcke]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I've had SH4 for months, but have never been able to run it. I finally got an upgrade last week and plan on loading it up and downloading 1.5 as soon as is feasable. After reading comments here, I'm certain I won't be using the "Hero Skills". No WWII boat of any kind ever made 25 knots, and loading torpedoes in seconds seems totally unreal to me. It sounds cute for gaming, but seems to throw out the whole 'sim' part.

I about fell over laughing when I saw that going on.....cumulative effects giving a boat 25 knots.....that feature turned out to be really "gamey". I don't know that it is fixable...I can see how it would be great in having folks on board that are specialists in radar, hydrophone and repair work.

I know some folks are trying to see if its at all workable and reasonable, time will tell.

In reality, the Fleet Boats had a lot of issues with their diesels. I cannot remember which boat it was but during her patrol they were hard pressed to keep just one engine up and running out of four. That might be a little to much reality.