What is your favorite feature or event? - Page 2

nikbear · 03-12-09, 01:35 PM

Got to agree with the sunrise/sunsets in game,even the missus walking past stopped,watched for a bit and said"that's pretty"....and stayed watching.They really can be quite beautiful at times the sunsets/sunrise's.

PappyCain · 03-12-09, 04:15 PM

Great posts. Keep them coming!

I think if one has a good rig with a high end graphics card the sea and detail is unmatchable. I live and spend time on the ocean and the sim can become mesmerizingly beautiful. Heck I was in a million dollar Konsberg simulator on the bridge in a maritime academy recently with wrap around monitors and it was great but this bugger has better graphics. Nice to see/meet people who enjoy the immersion.

Iron Budokan · 03-12-09, 04:43 PM

I like the interaction you have with other members on the submarine. Okay, I would like a lot more, but it's a step up from what we've had in the past. I find it very immersive as the guys are watching the horizon and then they start shouting "Ship sighted!" as a fat convoy heaves into sight.

And the emptiness of the ocean as you're on patrol. The sun going down and the stars coming out. The wind catching the tops of the waves. The rocking of the boat as you stand watch. A sense of loneliness and duty combined.

I love that.

Otto Heinzmeir · 03-12-09, 05:19 PM

The gramophone rocks!

Gaijin · 03-12-09, 06:15 PM

There's been so much...

Seeing my first iceberg...

Escaping on the surface in heavy fog, with a DD RIGHT behind me, launching a last desperate rear eel and having it explode so much it split in two...

My first sight of new york skyscrapers on a clear moonlit night...

But I will NEVER ever forget, lazing submerged and listening somewhere off miami coast, casually taking a sweep around with the periscope...only to have a USN Blimp slowly drift into view...had never ever seen one before in the game!

Murr44 · 03-13-09, 12:29 AM

Most Favorite Event:

Watching a flight of Ju-87's & Ju-88's pound the crap out of 2 British destroyers just after I'd attacked & sunk the tramp steamer that they were escorting. While the destroyers were busy fighting off the Luftwaffe I made our escape.

Least Favorite Event:

Being coned by a Catalina's searchlight last night. We were sailing along in the Med, enjoying a peaceful evening & charging our batteries, when this PBY suddenly shows up out of nowhere and begins an attack run. We managed to crash dive just in time & didn't suffer any damage but it was close. Scared the poop out of both me & my IWO!

03-12-09, 01:35 PM	#16
nikbear Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,859 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Got to agree with the sunrise/sunsets in game,even the missus walking past stopped,watched for a bit and said"that's pretty"....and stayed watching.They really can be quite beautiful at times the sunsets/sunrise's. __________________ 'It is not surely known when the grey wolf shall come upon the seat of the gods' Ericksmal.

03-12-09, 04:43 PM	#18
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I like the interaction you have with other members on the submarine. Okay, I would like a lot more, but it's a step up from what we've had in the past. I find it very immersive as the guys are watching the horizon and then they start shouting "Ship sighted!" as a fat convoy heaves into sight. And the emptiness of the ocean as you're on patrol. The sun going down and the stars coming out. The wind catching the tops of the waves. The rocking of the boat as you stand watch. A sense of loneliness and duty combined. I love that. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

03-12-09, 06:15 PM	#20
Gaijin Helmsman Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ireland. Posts: 102 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	There's been so much... Seeing my first iceberg... Escaping on the surface in heavy fog, with a DD RIGHT behind me, launching a last desperate rear eel and having it explode so much it split in two... My first sight of new york skyscrapers on a clear moonlit night... But I will NEVER ever forget, lazing submerged and listening somewhere off miami coast, casually taking a sweep around with the periscope...only to have a USN Blimp slowly drift into view...had never ever seen one before in the game! __________________ SH3 1.4/GWX Gold/SH Commander Thallium/84% Realism

03-12-09, 04:15 PM	#17
PappyCain Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: on the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 559 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Great posts. Keep them coming! I think if one has a good rig with a high end graphics card the sea and detail is unmatchable. I live and spend time on the ocean and the sim can become mesmerizingly beautiful. Heck I was in a million dollar Konsberg simulator on the bridge in a maritime academy recently with wrap around monitors and it was great but this bugger has better graphics. Nice to see/meet people who enjoy the immersion.

03-12-09, 05:19 PM	#19
Otto Heinzmeir Weps Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wilhelmshaven Local Pub Posts: 361 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	The gramophone rocks!

03-13-09, 12:29 AM	#21
Murr44 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 913 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Most Favorite Event: Watching a flight of Ju-87's & Ju-88's pound the crap out of 2 British destroyers just after I'd attacked & sunk the tramp steamer that they were escorting. While the destroyers were busy fighting off the Luftwaffe I made our escape. Least Favorite Event: Being coned by a Catalina's searchlight last night. We were sailing along in the Med, enjoying a peaceful evening & charging our batteries, when this PBY suddenly shows up out of nowhere and begins an attack run. We managed to crash dive just in time & didn't suffer any damage but it was close. Scared the poop out of both me & my IWO!