Mine fields suck - Page 2

Safe-Keeper · 11-07-06, 07:22 AM

U-boats in the game are sturdy things. They even survive torpedo hits.

AVGWarhawk · 11-07-06, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

I personally love mine-fields in the game. They add so much suspense and challenge and can give you some nasty shocks. One minute you're cruising about absent-mindedly at 512 time-compression, the next you're dropping the book you're reading and frantically scrambling your damage control team as your crippled boat is pulled below the surface by the flooding...

Oh, and watching AI ships hit mines has to be the greatest thing in the whole game. I once witnessed a destroyer run into a mine-field at attack speed, detonating no less than six mines before stopping (half of which went off solely because the crippled ship hung close by them. Apparently they've got proximity fuses or whatever they're called).

Yes, the mines are a nice addition. After I found out I was bobbing around in a minefield, things changed in respect of how to get the heck out without hitting another mine, getting DC from above by destroyer or plane! I was busy plugg'in along at 3 knots making all kinds of noise repairing my boat. Adds some excitment!

TarJak · 11-08-06, 01:15 AM

Love the minefields cos it's a little more exciting that just rocking up to a port and shooting up whatever is in there. Keep away from them if at all possible cos once you are in them they are a bugger to get out of.

AVGWarhawk · 11-08-06, 12:23 PM

Especially if you are playing dead is dead....you do not hang out in ports with mine fields very much

Segwin · 11-08-06, 04:58 PM

Nub question: Is there a way to tell you're entering a mine field (beside a KABOOM)? Are there certain areas to look out for?

Sailor Steve · 11-08-06, 05:25 PM

Besides cheating with the external cam? In friendly harbors follow the escort. In enemy harbors...well, harbor raids were not a regular feature of u-boat operations. I avoid them, myself.

The Munster · 11-08-06, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Besides cheating with the external cam? In friendly harbors follow the escort. In enemy harbors...well, harbor raids were not a regular feature of u-boat operations. I avoid them, myself.

So do I

11-07-06, 07:22 AM	#16
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	U-boats in the game are sturdy things. They even survive torpedo hits. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

11-08-06, 12:23 PM	#19
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,256 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Especially if you are playing dead is dead....you do not hang out in ports with mine fields very much __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-08-06, 05:25 PM	#21
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Besides cheating with the external cam? In friendly harbors follow the escort. In enemy harbors...well, harbor raids were not a regular feature of u-boat operations. I avoid them, myself. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-08-06, 01:15 AM	#18
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Love the minefields cos it's a little more exciting that just rocking up to a port and shooting up whatever is in there. Keep away from them if at all possible cos once you are in them they are a bugger to get out of.

11-08-06, 04:58 PM	#20
Segwin Planesman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 187 Downloads: 127 Uploads: 0	Nub question: Is there a way to tell you're entering a mine field (beside a KABOOM)? Are there certain areas to look out for?