Things that make you go Ahhh **** - Page 6

Gargamel · 11-28-10, 04:13 AM

Trying to operate near the arctic circle in Mid June 1944. 4 hours of "dark"?! Cmon....... Just enough time to recharge the batteries, but not enough to do a speed run on both props while it's still "dark" out to evade air patrols.

Victor Schutze · 11-29-10, 06:15 PM

Crash dive to 70 meters, then bang the u-boot on the sea floor: shallow waters.

Missing Name · 11-29-10, 10:24 PM

Underestimating the abilities of a single Swordfish.

Watch officer, 3 FlaK gunners dead.

OSU · 11-30-10, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Missing Name

Underestimating the abilities of a single Swordfish.

Watch officer, 3 FlaK gunners dead.

I feel your pain on that one. I had a really nice watch officer and something like 7 people die because of just one of those damned biplanes.

As for mine, watching a destroyer lay a string of depth charges right next to your boat as you're lowering your periscope. Not a good feeling at all.

VONHARRIS · 11-30-10, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Missing Name

Underestimating the abilities of a single Swordfish.

Watch officer, 3 FlaK gunners dead.

This is really ugly.
I really go nuts when I see a well aimed impact torpedo hit the hull of a ship and it does not explode.

Obersteuermann · 11-30-10, 10:54 AM

Finding a virtually unescorted convoy in the Channel, only for a squadron of He111s to appear and sink the big ones before I could get in range!

CherryHarbey · 11-30-10, 03:49 PM

Having a relatively simple career in the Black Sea sinking naive Russians and then having some idiot at BDU send you into the puddle in the North that leads up to Rostov. Career over in water barely deep enough to sink in.

NightCrawler · 11-30-10, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Obersteuermann

Finding a virtually unescorted convoy in the Channel, only for a squadron of He111s to appear and sink the big ones before I could get in range!

U know there is a gass-paddle to step on it.. LMAO!!!
or radio them with "KEEP THE DAMN HANDS OF THEM, THERE ARE ALL MINE"...

Gargamel · 11-30-10, 10:22 PM

B17 raids at the beginning of each patrol. Almost lost the Hipper on the last one.

Gargamel · 12-01-10, 01:23 AM

Seeing the RN has started dropping "No Loitering" Buoys to deter you from waiting for that small merchy to sink!!

SINK ALREADY DAMMIT! YOUR NOT GETTING ANOTHER EEL!! THEY ARENT CHEAP!

Lord_magerius · 12-01-10, 05:42 AM

The last time I played I had my biggest aaaah **** moment, thought it was more of a

**** ******* **** ******* thing why the **** did you do that. What a ******* **** ******* **** **** ****** with asparagus!

Manually set up a shot which had taken me nearly an hour real time because of poor weather conditions, finally had it lined up perfectly. Wiping the sweat from my brow, I gently press the fire button...

Then notice I'd selected one of the stern tubes at some point during my calculations

GT182 · 12-02-10, 08:43 PM

How about sinking a bunch of large merchants and tankers in BF17, then save for the night. Come back the next day to load up and continue, only to get that GD message that there's a problem with SHIII and it will have to shut down. You know that pop up and what it says. Happened 3 times in a row in trying for 15 minutes to load that last save. So it's ahhhh CRAP and delete the save. All those ships sunk are lost..... but going back and trying again with the save before it, the sim works fine. Now it's, ahhhhh that's better, campaign saved.

eBeaker · 12-04-10, 05:08 PM

At the beginning of my raid on the Freetown harbor, I was having a good time sneaking by two asw ships lacking sonar, despite the very shallow water I had to go through. At one point, I noticed a ship moving fast turning towards me, giving me just enough time to ask 'where did that destroyer come from?!' just before it ran me over.

After looking and seeing that, miracle of miracles, I had very minor damage, I went into the external view to see how far away the destroyer was, I saw it heading away, it's bow sticking out of the water. It's like the impact had torn the back half of the hull away and the back half was scooping up the Atlantic before stopping and sliding under.

Gargamel · 12-05-10, 01:07 AM

Having to avoid Convoys in early '45 cause your low on torps, and you'll never get enough ships out of the convoy to make the ASW risk worth it.

Jack Cutter · 12-05-10, 03:02 AM

Sinking 28,208 tons of merchant shipping after spending a month at sea, not able to make any worthwhile contacts.

Returning to port with a smile on your face, only to realize that 28,208 tons was NEUTRAL shipping.

11-28-10, 04:13 AM	#76
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,272 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Trying to operate near the arctic circle in Mid June 1944. 4 hours of "dark"?! Cmon....... Just enough time to recharge the batteries, but not enough to do a speed run on both props while it's still "dark" out to evade air patrols. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

11-29-10, 10:24 PM	#78
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Underestimating the abilities of a single Swordfish. Watch officer, 3 FlaK gunners dead. __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

11-30-10, 10:22 PM	#84
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,272 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	B17 raids at the beginning of each patrol. Almost lost the Hipper on the last one. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

12-01-10, 01:23 AM	#85
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,272 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Seeing the RN has started dropping "No Loitering" Buoys to deter you from waiting for that small merchy to sink!! SINK ALREADY DAMMIT! YOUR NOT GETTING ANOTHER EEL!! THEY ARENT CHEAP! __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

12-01-10, 05:42 AM	#86
Lord_magerius Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Right by the hydrophone station Posts: 724 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	The last time I played I had my biggest aaaah ** moment, thought it was more of a *** *** thing why the did you do that. What a *** *** **** with asparagus! Manually set up a shot which had taken me nearly an hour real time because of poor weather conditions, finally had it lined up perfectly. Wiping the sweat from my brow, I gently press the fire button... Then notice I'd selected one of the stern tubes at some point during my calculations __________________

11-29-10, 06:15 PM	#77
Victor Schutze Chief Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Drowning in mods soup Posts: 327 Downloads: 466 Uploads: 0	Crash dive to 70 meters, then bang the u-boot on the sea floor: shallow waters.

11-30-10, 10:54 AM	#81
Obersteuermann Shore leave Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 70 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Finding a virtually unescorted convoy in the Channel, only for a squadron of He111s to appear and sink the big ones before I could get in range!

11-30-10, 03:49 PM	#82
CherryHarbey Engineer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Derby, UK Posts: 200 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Having a relatively simple career in the Black Sea sinking naive Russians and then having some idiot at BDU send you into the puddle in the North that leads up to Rostov. Career over in water barely deep enough to sink in.

12-02-10, 08:43 PM	#87
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	How about sinking a bunch of large merchants and tankers in BF17, then save for the night. Come back the next day to load up and continue, only to get that GD message that there's a problem with SHIII and it will have to shut down. You know that pop up and what it says. Happened 3 times in a row in trying for 15 minutes to load that last save. So it's ahhhh CRAP and delete the save. All those ships sunk are lost..... but going back and trying again with the save before it, the sim works fine. Now it's, ahhhhh that's better, campaign saved. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

12-04-10, 05:08 PM	#88
eBeaker Watch Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 17 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	At the beginning of my raid on the Freetown harbor, I was having a good time sneaking by two asw ships lacking sonar, despite the very shallow water I had to go through. At one point, I noticed a ship moving fast turning towards me, giving me just enough time to ask 'where did that destroyer come from?!' just before it ran me over. After looking and seeing that, miracle of miracles, I had very minor damage, I went into the external view to see how far away the destroyer was, I saw it heading away, it's bow sticking out of the water. It's like the impact had torn the back half of the hull away and the back half was scooping up the Atlantic before stopping and sliding under.

12-05-10, 01:07 AM	#89
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,272 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Having to avoid Convoys in early '45 cause your low on torps, and you'll never get enough ships out of the convoy to make the ASW risk worth it. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

12-05-10, 03:02 AM	#90
Jack Cutter Bosun Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 67 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Sinking 28,208 tons of merchant shipping after spending a month at sea, not able to make any worthwhile contacts. Returning to port with a smile on your face, only to realize that 28,208 tons was NEUTRAL shipping. __________________ Commander of U-65