300,000 tons and counting.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Ariodant

I played from the bottom up, 0 realism. I'm only at 28 realism now and still pretty happy with my progress. Hey it's only a game, meant for entertainment, not judgement. The posters were only suggesting that you crank up the difficulty level if you felt bored roaming around the Pacific sinking everything. Being God can be longly If however you don't find these suggestions useful, ignore them and continue to be the tonnage king--it's not like we can predict which way you'd prefer.

Anyway, have fun.

Nice first post !

Welcome to Sub Sim Ariodant you will be up to 99.9% pretty soon

[Ariodant]

Thanks Steamwake, I lurked for a while and really liked it here.

I wonder what's that missing 0.1% for:hmm:

[jamz]

Heh. Being a slow learner, it took me a while to figure out (thanks, subsim!) how to actually patrol an area and then more time to figure out that you have to stop radioing in for orders or you keep getting more and more of them.

Finally finished patrol #1 with 374,000 tons (running on around 50% realism)

Yeah, not doing that again.

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by cj95

Seriously dude.....play at any difficulty you want to.

Ahmen!..this I'm holier than thou because I don't use the extern camera stuff ..is funny as heck at first..but after a couple of years it becomes a bore.


I'm with cj95..its your thing...do what you wanta do...

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Seminole

Ahmen!..this I'm holier than thou because I don't use the extern camera stuff ..is funny as heck at first..but after a couple of years it becomes a bore.


I'm with cj95..its your thing...do what you wanta do...

After a couple of years the opposite becomes a bore, too. Sure, play the way you want, even talk about the way you play...but if you're playing on the easy levels, don't be braggin' about how wonderful you are, and expect everybody to say 'Ooh, I wish I was that good!"

And I don't play at 100%, or even 90%. And I've never said I was holier, or better, than anybody. I just think if you're going to brag, have something to brag about.

[LeeVanSpliff]

I'm gonna go against the current here: I think everyone should play the game how they don't like to play it. Probably not the most popular stand point I've ever taken.

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

After a couple of years the opposite becomes a bore, too. Sure, play the way you want, even talk about the way you play...but if you're playing on the easy levels, don't be braggin' about how wonderful you are, and expect everybody to say 'Ooh, I wish I was that good!"

And I don't play at 100%, or even 90%. And I've never said I was holier, or better, than anybody. I just think if you're going to brag, have something to brag about.

:hmm: ..scratches head.....why defend against a charge not leveled?..or why did you assume I was talking specifically about you...???? It was just a general observation.

...bragging....even playing at 100% difficulty, about one's achievements is a separate issue...and I agree with you...it is most certainly a bore...but what the hay...it happens.

On the other hand.. the guy can play at any level he wants to and if he posts a thread about his score it isn't for us to tell him he can't...or even throw darts. I don't see anything in the Room or Acceptable Use Rules that prohibits bragging...even bragging when it isn't truly warranted. Maybe these folk just don't yet understand the playing field. They are proud of their achievements and want to share with us ...and I ain't about to dissillusion them.That would be so snobish and elitist. Nobody forces us to read any post..(believe me I skip a lot after the first few words) and anyway like the Captain of U-96 stated they'll come to learn in time.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Seminole

:hmm: ..scratches head.....why defend against a charge not leveled?..or why did you assume I was talking specifically about you...???? It was just a general observation.

But I'm part of that generality, so I felt defensive.

On the other hand.. the guy can play at any level he wants to and if he posts a thread about his score it isn't for us to tell him he can't...or even throw darts.

I'm not sure I agree, but I take your point. And you're possibly right.

Still bugs me though.

[SteamWake]

Good lord.

This thread continues?

For cryin out loud, play the game the way you enjoy playing the game.

Why try to 'prove' your a better player for playing with this mod or that mod or at a high level of difficulty.

Why try to 'prove' your a better player for having sunk umpteen thousand tons at whatever game settings.

Just enjoy the game and put the epeens away.

[Sandman_28054]

You know, perhaps its just me, but when I consider that I have only had this game for just a little over a week or so, I was realitively early in the missions, playing at the 50% realism level, and had sunk as much tonnage as I did, to me, that was an acomplishment, but here,...

Oh well, as it has been said before, to each his own.

[Sailor Steve]

I'm glad you came back and posted again. Usually this is one of the friendliest forums around, but every now and then something sets one or more of us off.

For myself, my excuse is this: back when we were waiting for the release of SH3 there was a lot of speculation and rumors running around, and I started hanging out at the UBI forums. What I found at that time was a lot of juvenile posting about girls and fanboy raving about "my favorite (ship, plane, girl) is better than yours!" Not that there aren't serious folks there; it's a good place to be. I just feel more at home here. Anyway, after SH3 came out that forum seemed to turn into nothing but "I'm the best! I got a gazillion tons!", and it got tiring.

So I apologize if I overreacted. Maybe your welcome here wasn't as nice as it could have been, but at least it was warm. Hot, even.

[Rockin Robbins]

There is a right way and a wrong way to play Silent Hunter 4. Quick and easy way to determine whether you are playing the right way: Ask yourself the question "Am I having fun?"

When the answer is yes, keep doing what you're doing.

When the answer is no, change the difficulty and other settings until you are having fun.

If you were to play the game with the same mods and settings as I do you wouldn't play it for long. Why do you think hard-core sims are such a tiny part of the games market? It's because their learning curves are vertical and brutal. Silent Hunter 4 chose to be approachable and still leave the hard core options accessable. There is no cause to make someone who is learning feel bad about having fun with SH4.

In fact, it's kind of slimey to do that. Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is a product of success or the immediate prospect of success. That's a parade you don't want to rain on.

So full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes, Sandman! Grow a thicker skin and post away. I look forward to it.