Realistic career length?

jonny_bass26 · 07-05-18, 10:12 AM

Ahoy one and all :-) long-time SH3 fan trying out the USN for the first time...got a career-based question. How does SH4 handle career length and/or retirement? I could swear I read somewhere - in the readme maybe? - that your captain will be retired after 5-8 patrols (untimely death notwithstanding), in line with historical practice.

However, I've also read that regardless of when you start your career, you keep going until war's end (unless you're incompetent and get sacked). So you could end up with 20+ patrols and over 1,000,000 tons sunk, which is silly. So, can anybody advise me as to which is right? I'm running v1.5 (U Boat Missions add-on) with RFB 2.0 and RSRDC, for what it's worth. If only there was an SH3Commander equivalent...

Anyway, thanks in advance for any info that might be forthcoming :-)

07-05-18, 10:12 AM	#1
jonny_bass26 Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 48 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Realistic career length? Ahoy one and all :-) long-time SH3 fan trying out the USN for the first time...got a career-based question. How does SH4 handle career length and/or retirement? I could swear I read somewhere - in the readme maybe? - that your captain will be retired after 5-8 patrols (untimely death notwithstanding), in line with historical practice. However, I've also read that regardless of when you start your career, you keep going until war's end (unless you're incompetent and get sacked). So you could end up with 20+ patrols and over 1,000,000 tons sunk, which is silly. So, can anybody advise me as to which is right? I'm running v1.5 (U Boat Missions add-on) with RFB 2.0 and RSRDC, for what it's worth. If only there was an SH3Commander equivalent... Anyway, thanks in advance for any info that might be forthcoming :-)