Things that make you go Ahhh **** - Page 17

flag4 · 10-23-12, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jreid666

then...................McAfee decides its time to reboot after doing a damned upgrade. Nearly threw the rig out the window, till i realised i was in the basement.

love it..

jimmyjam25 · 10-25-12, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by nikbear

Having a really great patrol,sinking 4 ships in convoy,evading escorts,.....then being chucked out of game because my anti-virus suite decides that it needs to scan my H/D!!!!Ahhhhh S******

Amen to that! I actually deleted my McAffee security scan program due to this problem. It always seems to happen at the worst times!

vezina99 · 10-26-12, 05:39 PM

I'm in my second campaign after my first ended abruptly on my first encounter with an escorted convoy. My sixth patrol had me hunting off of the eastern coast of England, AN55 or so.

Getting my first contact from BdU, I race my Type IIA to intercept and find a medium merchant (one of the MFM types) steaming along completely darkened in the night and bearing northeast in a general path to Norway. Being a night attack, I get in very close for an easy shot. First torpedo off and a direct hit to the stern! Now, the wait to see the impact of the hit. After several minutes, it seems that the hit was not critical, and that the ship will just continue on its path...

Very well, the U-24 lines up for another shot and puts another eel in the water. Everything looks good, until the event camera shows the G7e running a good 4 or so meters under the ship.

Well, they've been warning me about that since the beginning, so it was bound to happen eventually. Fire off another, and I overshoot.

That's all I've got loaded, so I have to chase this lucky bastard for 20 minutes while my crew gets me reloaded. They finally get a G7a loaded and I quickly send it out...and overshoot again! By this point, as I'm calling this ship multiple names, none of which are probably its actual name, I realize that the merchant has been flooding from the original hit and has slowed down considerably from the speed I was using. Well, no wonder! Freaking noob mistake!

One shot left...one G7e, and I am NOT letting this Brit walk away from this. I fire it impact-trigger dead center this time because of the ship's new horribly slow speed. Everything on the TDC looks good...perfect. PERFECT. I switch to external camera to watch that sweet water jet and my payback for making me waste my entire payload.

CLANK

...

I turn the boat home, and not 5 minutes into my anguish-ridden trip home, two more merchants are spotted by my bridge crew. So here I am, a lonely grey wolf, surrounded by sheep... with no teeth to bite.

Maceaciadh · 10-26-12, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by vezina99

One shot left...one G7e, and I am NOT letting this Brit walk away from this. I fire it impact-trigger dead center this time because of the ship's new horribly slow speed. Everything on the TDC looks good...perfect. PERFECT. I switch to external camera to watch that sweet water jet and my payback for making me waste my entire payload.

CLANK

...

I turn the boat home, and not 5 minutes into my anguish-ridden trip home, two more merchants are spotted by my bridge crew. So here I am, a lonely grey wolf, surrounded by sheep... with no teeth to bite.

i feel for you man, there has been many a time when i have shot off many torpedo's at a single high tonnage ship only for constant failures to be incurred. best advice i can give is upgrade to a VII and use the deck gun. can be risky against armed ships but you soon learn how to wield it well and it becomes a great way to take down ships without wasting precious eels. also always always use deck gun ammo first because you never know when you may get good weather again

10-27-12, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by vezina99

I realize that the merchant has been flooding from the original hit and has slowed down considerably from the speed I was using. Well, no wonder! Freaking noob mistake!

After a hit always wait for at least 10-15 minutes to see if your target lost speed. If yes, she'll almost certainly go down. If not or even sail faster, you'll need to send her another eel. In GWX it's not the explosion but the flooding that kills. Bigger ships generally sink more slowly and sometimes require hours to get beneath the waves.

u35_captain · 10-28-12, 01:01 PM

My "Oh s**t" moments all tend to involve Sunderlands.

I don't fear Royal Navy Destroyers so much. Well, if I get them alone. If there's four of them up there, I'm in for a bad day. But the Sunderlands...

Sailing back into Lorient, less than an hour from base, and a dozen of the damned things appear out of nowhere. And I'm in shallow water. So it becomes a matter of maneuvering fiercely while trying to get under. It's not that they're heavily armed - they are - and it's not that they appear in large numbers - they do.

It's that even the B-24 Liberators take a while to get there and can't seem to hit me. The Sunderlands, on the other hand, sneak up on me repeatedly. And are *accurate*. Have yet to escape them with less than 10% damage.

Laufen zum Ziel · 10-30-12, 10:26 PM

Came home expecting to finish a patrol. Found my monitor missing. My wife's monitor went bad so she took mine and won't allow me to play SHIII on ger PC.

VONHARRIS · 10-31-12, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Laufen zum Ziel

Came home expecting to finish a patrol. Found my monitor missing. My wife's monitor went bad so she took mine and won't allow me to play SHIII on ger PC.

Now , this is bad.
You should set a rule in the house as I have: NOONE and I mean no one shall ever touch my PC under any circumstances.

jreid666 · 10-31-12, 06:57 AM

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Came home expecting to finish a patrol. Found my monitor missing. My wife's monitor went bad so she took mine and won't allow me to play SHIII on ger PC.

Now thats bad. Should "requisition" her pc for the war effort

Jimbuna · 10-31-12, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Laufen zum Ziel

Came home expecting to finish a patrol. Found my monitor missing. My wife's monitor went bad so she took mine and won't allow me to play SHIII on ger PC.

One way ticket to the eastern front is in order I reckon

flag4 · 10-31-12, 02:02 PM

the thing that made me go Ahhhh, was last night.
i watched the full length tv mini series at nearly 5 hours of Das Boot.
truely magnificent!

Fubar2Niner · 10-31-12, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Laufen zum Ziel

Came home expecting to finish a patrol. Found my monitor missing. My wife's monitor went bad so she took mine and won't allow me to play SHIII on ger PC.

Do as I do mate...

For being so unthoughtful, ban her from sex for a week. Always works for me.... Hmm on second thought mebe I got that the wrong way round

Hope you get the bugger back soon mate

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

10-30-12, 10:26 PM	#247
Laufen zum Ziel Eternal Patrol Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hiding on the bottom Posts: 1,783 Downloads: 853 Uploads: 457	Came home expecting to finish a patrol. Found my monitor missing. My wife's monitor went bad so she took mine and won't allow me to play SHIII on ger PC. __________________ RIP Laufen zum Ziel

10-31-12, 02:02 PM	#251
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	the thing that made me go Ahhhh, was last night. i watched the full length tv mini series at nearly 5 hours of Das Boot. truely magnificent! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

10-26-12, 05:39 PM	#243
vezina99 Bilge Rat Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I'm in my second campaign after my first ended abruptly on my first encounter with an escorted convoy. My sixth patrol had me hunting off of the eastern coast of England, AN55 or so. Getting my first contact from BdU, I race my Type IIA to intercept and find a medium merchant (one of the MFM types) steaming along completely darkened in the night and bearing northeast in a general path to Norway. Being a night attack, I get in very close for an easy shot. First torpedo off and a direct hit to the stern! Now, the wait to see the impact of the hit. After several minutes, it seems that the hit was not critical, and that the ship will just continue on its path... Very well, the U-24 lines up for another shot and puts another eel in the water. Everything looks good, until the event camera shows the G7e running a good 4 or so meters under the ship. Well, they've been warning me about that since the beginning, so it was bound to happen eventually. Fire off another, and I overshoot. That's all I've got loaded, so I have to chase this lucky bastard for 20 minutes while my crew gets me reloaded. They finally get a G7a loaded and I quickly send it out...and overshoot again! By this point, as I'm calling this ship multiple names, none of which are probably its actual name, I realize that the merchant has been flooding from the original hit and has slowed down considerably from the speed I was using. Well, no wonder! Freaking noob mistake! One shot left...one G7e, and I am NOT letting this Brit walk away from this. I fire it impact-trigger dead center this time because of the ship's new horribly slow speed. Everything on the TDC looks good...perfect. PERFECT. I switch to external camera to watch that sweet water jet and my payback for making me waste my entire payload. *CLANK* ... I turn the boat home, and not 5 minutes into my anguish-ridden trip home, two more merchants are spotted by my bridge crew. So here I am, a lonely grey wolf, surrounded by sheep... with no teeth to bite.

10-28-12, 01:01 PM	#246
u35_captain Mate Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 54 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	My "Oh s*t" moments all tend to involve Sunderlands. I don't fear Royal Navy Destroyers so much. Well, if I get them alone. If there's four of them up there, I'm in for a bad day. But the Sunderlands... Sailing back into Lorient, less than an hour from base, and a dozen of the damned things appear out of nowhere. And I'm in shallow water. So it becomes a matter of maneuvering fiercely while trying to get under. It's not that they're heavily armed - they are - and it's not that they appear in large numbers - they do. It's that even the B-24 Liberators take a while to get there and can't seem to hit me. The Sunderlands, on the other hand, sneak up on me repeatedly. And are accurate*. Have yet to escape them with less than 10% damage.