Advice for noobies

CaptainMattJ. · 09-06-09, 07:16 PM

Heres some advice for any noobs to SH4. NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EEEEEEEEEEEEVER GET AN S CLASS SUBMARINE EVER!!!!! I tried having an S-42 Submarine. It goes 13 knots top speeed, it has No AA, No stern tubes, only 4 bow tubes and crush depth is SIGNIFICANTLY lower. theres no benefit to having an S class. none. never get one ever.

SteamWake · 09-06-09, 07:23 PM

But I love my sugar boats!

They can dive like a led brick and are quite as an owls flight

Honestly I do like the S boats alot.

Armistead · 09-06-09, 08:23 PM

I love using them at the start of the war. Think they have beautiful lines.
I'll use one until I get a gato and stop there.

It's smart to learn to live in one, will make you a wise skipper.

Rockin Robbins · 09-06-09, 08:48 PM

I love my sugar boat for its 10 knot submerged speed and its stealthiness. Highly effective boat. By the way a questionnaire posed to sub captains after the war revealed that most of them thought stern torpedoes were a waste of resources.

Highbury · 09-06-09, 09:19 PM

Love the Sugar Boats, and prefer not having stern tubes.. to each their own I guess

Task Force · 09-06-09, 09:25 PM

S class boats are actualy quite good little boats. reminds me of a IIA...

Armistead · 09-08-09, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

I love my sugar boat for its 10 knot submerged speed and its stealthiness. Highly effective boat. By the way a questionnaire posed to sub captains after the war revealed that most of them thought stern torpedoes were a waste of resources.

I tried once to take a S-boat through the war and actually made it to late 43. I wonder if the game doe's see it as a smaller stealthier boat?

I do like having my sterns. I've read a study, maybe the same one that many Skippers thought the sterns worthless. Sort of shocking.

gAiNiAc · 09-10-09, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

I do like having my sterns. I've read a study, maybe the same one that many Skippers thought the sterns worthless. Sort of shocking.

The better Skippers employed them well. O'Kane said somewhere that it was bad to have a single ended boat. Having stern tubes gave you options if faced with a last second target radical course change.....

09-06-09, 07:16 PM	#1
CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Advice for noobies Heres some advice for any noobs to SH4. NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EEEEEEEEEEEEVER GET AN S CLASS SUBMARINE EVER!!!!! I tried having an S-42 Submarine. It goes 13 knots top speeed, it has No AA, No stern tubes, only 4 bow tubes and crush depth is SIGNIFICANTLY lower. theres no benefit to having an S class. none. never get one ever.

09-06-09, 07:23 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	But I love my sugar boats! They can dive like a led brick and are quite as an owls flight Honestly I do like the S boats alot. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

09-06-09, 08:48 PM	#4
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I love my sugar boat for its 10 knot submerged speed and its stealthiness. Highly effective boat. By the way a questionnaire posed to sub captains after the war revealed that most of them thought stern torpedoes were a waste of resources. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

09-06-09, 09:25 PM	#6
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	S class boats are actualy quite good little boats. reminds me of a IIA... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

09-06-09, 08:23 PM	#3
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I love using them at the start of the war. Think they have beautiful lines. I'll use one until I get a gato and stop there. It's smart to learn to live in one, will make you a wise skipper.

09-06-09, 09:19 PM	#5
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	Love the Sugar Boats, and prefer not having stern tubes.. to each their own I guess