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View Poll Results: Expanchion disc w/engine propulsion control
YES 52 47.27%
NO 29 26.36%
Perhaps 29 26.36%
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Old 08-13-07, 10:31 PM   #31
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As mentioned before, it depends what's in the expansion disk. If it's just the engines, no, but if there was more content and a lot of extras, you bet!
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Old 08-13-07, 11:27 PM   #32
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I'm sorry I do not hold my head down in a sour foul mood over a game that has certainly come a long way since the very first sale... [/quote]

The reason i said something wasnt because im a sad person. Nor because i wanted to take the sunshine out of your life.

But you said that youd buy any expansion and that it could only make the game better, now that is pretty narrowminded. Personally i think that SH 4 out of the box is unplayable, so whos to say that an expansion wouldnt introduce new bugs, or heck whos to say that an expansion would be around a theme you dont find interesting. You know, you dont HAVE to buy everything that says UBI just because you are a moderator. We know you like subs, we all do.
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Old 08-14-07, 07:22 AM   #33
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I'm sorry I do not hold my head down in a sour foul mood over a game that has certainly come a long way since the very first sale...
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The reason i said something wasnt because im a sad person. Nor because i wanted to take the sunshine out of your life.

But you said that youd buy any expansion and that it could only make the game better, now that is pretty narrowminded. Personally i think that SH 4 out of the box is unplayable, so whos to say that an expansion wouldnt introduce new bugs, or heck whos to say that an expansion would be around a theme you dont find interesting. You know, you dont HAVE to buy everything that says UBI just because you are a moderator. We know you like subs, we all do.
You are are already assuming that the new expansion will be bad and introduce new bugs. This is the way you see it. Glass half empty. I see it as introducing more things making it a better game. Glass half full. Maybe I'm assuming also. Furthermore, I do not purchase everything UBI but currently if I want to play a WW2 submarine game, too whom do I make the purchase with? Infinity Ward? Hasbro? Atari? None of these companies offer up a nice game of submarine warfare simulation. I make the purchase because they offer it. And, if you think I get a dollar for every plug I post about UBI, think again. This is volunteer work friend. Yes, I was asked to moderate the forums and become suspect to every post. I'm targeted by some. I receive hateful PM from others. It is all in great fun I assure you. Hell, in General Topics forums I'm advise how I should raise my children. Who would not jump at the opportunity like that? Now for some odd reason you choose to deem me as narrow minded because I believe a expansion pack would make it better. I apologize for looking at life optimisticlly and not as a pessimist.

If you need me I'll be by the mailbox waiting on my check from UBI. Oh, there are plenty of other members who are looking at it optimistically on this thread. Perhaps you can group them in the narrow minded club with me.
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Old 08-14-07, 11:00 PM   #34
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Ok...

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Old 08-15-07, 06:22 AM   #35
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Given that I'll almost certainly be playing SH4 for years, I would pay for an expansion if it enhanced the game. The poll question is too vague to answer with anything but "Perhaps".

If all it added was controllable engines, probably not. Unless it was done really well, and was cheap. If it enhanced the game, maybe $5-10 would be ok. A mini-expansion, if you will. Maybe this is a possibility for getting more additions to the game. Probably not.
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Old 08-15-07, 08:27 AM   #36
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Ok...sounds good. .
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Old 08-15-07, 08:57 AM   #37
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You also have to look at it from an economic standpoint. If we don't support the genre, there won't BE a genre in the future. We'll all be playing Ratchet and Clank. Oh the humanity!
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Old 08-17-07, 08:41 AM   #38
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Sh4 has to be fixed more for an expansion to do any good at all. Now if that's done and an expansion, for example is like IL2, MOH AA or SF: P1; then yes it might be worth paying for if more content is added.

I'd only hope Ubi wouldn't be involved as they tend to screw the pooch. They can't even get a patch right these days and give the correct fixes.

besides a patch should not have anything to do with an expansion. Patches are only to fix what's broken or not working as advertised.

So I vote no.
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Old 08-17-07, 09:23 AM   #39
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It would depend on what the expansion contains, but I would definitely buy it if it included playable subs of other nations: Japanese, Dutch, British. The submarine war in the Pacific wasn't only the USN; the IJN, RNethN and RN also operated subs.
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No thanks. Ubi is a cancer when it comes to the way they've treated the Silent Hunter series.
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Old 08-18-07, 01:38 AM   #41
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It would depend on what the expansion contains, but I would definitely buy it if it included playable subs of other nations: Japanese, Dutch, British. The submarine war in the Pacific wasn't only the USN; the IJN, RNethN and RN also operated subs.
Absolutely seconded. I'd especially pay good money for quality AI subs, either as allies or as foes (ideally, both!). Imagine cruising the pacific searching for juicy convoys and suddenly realising there's a Jap sub out there hunting you! Even better, receiving a contact report of a large task force in your area, then new orders to head to an intercept position and rendevous with another sub to make a joint attack.

Ah, one can dream. Making a worthwhile submarine AI would be a pretty tall order, methinks.
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