First Campaign is done

Red October1984 · 02-08-13, 07:18 PM

My sig pointed out most of my first SH4 Career. I've just been killed due to flooding during a crash dive.

SH4 TMO+RSDRC Career
1st Command USS Sturgeon 1941-1942
2nd Command USS Grenadier 1942-1942
3rd Command USS Balao 1942-1943

Time to start a new...more serious career....

I played most of this one with the Easier AI Mod so I could get used to the game. It was too easy. Time to jump in with a serious career.

Armistead · 02-08-13, 08:09 PM

One if these days I'm going to play again and start a career. I've finished several using saves, but yet to play 100% realism and complete the entire war without a death. Once I made it to early 45 and got killed in the Korea Strait. If I ever make it to 45 again, think I'll stay away from killer escorts and shallow water.

captgeo · 02-08-13, 08:35 PM

I am up to April 45 now

, 2 months better then last try....the only thing that is not realistic is my outside camera view left on for screen shots

Red October1984 · 02-08-13, 09:43 PM

I'm running my new career now. Going to update my sig.

I have command of the S-30 and moved to intercept a task force moving from Cam Ran Bay. I moved into position and managed to bag a Naka Light Cruiser.

I had a destroyer looking for me. I avoided him and waited some time. Then, I started after the Task Force to try and bag another one but now i have a Fubuki coming up at 174 at medium range. The surface was clear earlier when I came to periscope depth. It snuck up on me. It looks like I'm going to have to evade him and I'll lose the rest of the Task Force.

I'm in the process of evading.

Armistead · 02-09-13, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

I'm running my new career now. Going to update my sig.

I have command of the S-30 and moved to intercept a task force moving from Cam Ran Bay. I moved into position and managed to bag a Naka Light Cruiser.

I had a destroyer looking for me. I avoided him and waited some time. Then, I started after the Task Force to try and bag another one but now i have a Fubuki coming up at 174 at medium range. The surface was clear earlier when I came to periscope depth. It snuck up on me. It looks like I'm going to have to evade him and I'll lose the rest of the Task Force.

I'm in the process of evading.

One lone DD holding you down, give him a stern DTT shot next time and get after that TF or be known a coward..

Red October1984 · 02-09-13, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

One lone DD holding you down, give him a stern DTT shot next time and get after that TF or be known a coward..

It's my first patrol, I want to play it safe, and the S-18 Class doesn't have stern tubes

fastfed · 03-15-13, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Armistead

One if these days I'm going to play again and start a career. I've finished several using saves, but yet to play 100% realism and complete the entire war without a death. Once I made it to early 45 and got killed in the Korea Strait. If I ever make it to 45 again, think I'll stay away from killer escorts and shallow water.

Is it even possible??

Has anyone ever done it??

I can't get through a single patrol without dying, lol

Red October1984 · 03-15-13, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by fastfed

Is it even possible??

Has anyone ever done it??

I can't get through a single patrol without dying, lol

Sounds like you need some practice....

I think I've only been depth charged once since I've started playing SH4 last December.

fastfed · 03-16-13, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

Sounds like you need some practice....

I think I've only been depth charged once since I've started playing SH4 last December.

WEll.. then you must be playing stock.. 1943, finding a convoy in TMO, even if you are days ahead of it, sitting at 500 feet, the second you get to P depth, they are on you..

And you will be depth charged ...

Red October1984 · 03-16-13, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by fastfed

WEll.. then you must be playing stock.. 1943, finding a convoy in TMO, even if you are days ahead of it, sitting at 500 feet, the second you get to P depth, they are on you..

And you will be depth charged ...

I'm playing TMO and RSRDC.

Usually, the only contacts I get are lone merchants or small warship groups.

I stayed down for a bit and fired at those Fubuki's and went down under the layer. It was a lucky depth charge to the bow torpedo room that caused all the flooding.

I only got to the surface by backing emergency and blowing ballast. Once I got there, I didn't last long. That one DD wasn't even on a DC run. It just rammed me out of the blue.

I'm going to start a new career mid-1942 and continue on. I never will know how many ships were in that Task Force....

It was fun though....very fun....

Armistead · 03-15-13, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by fastfed

Is it even possible??

Has anyone ever done it??

I can't get through a single patrol without dying, lol

Yep, it's possible, several have done it playing stock.

I don't know if anyone has made it through playing 100% realism without dying with harder mods, but I suspect so. I've finished a few careers without dying/saving with cams and contacts on. Main thing is not to get careless or bored and make dumb mistakes. Then your mod setup, how tough is it and how far will you push an attack, will you go after a convoy in shallow water with 6 Type C escort? Maybe one day I'll try again at 100%.

Red October1984 · 03-15-13, 07:43 PM

FLASH TRAFFIC! YEAH!

I'm patrolling the Slot right now. Just encountered a Task Force moving fast towards Guadalcanal.

Fired two torpedoes at 2 Fubuki Destroyers down the throat and missed. They are pinging me at the moment. Going to dive down under the layer for a while and try to reacquire the group. I wasn't close enough to the rest of the group to ID any targets but those Fubuki's would've found me anyway.

First time in SH4 that i'll actually have DD's dropping depth charges hopefully.

I've played a pretty much unopposed career. The odd plane will dive bomb me...but that's about it.

I'm excited. Results soon!

les green01 · 03-15-13, 08:27 PM

good luck make sure the cook don't pass the gas

TorpX · 03-15-13, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

Yep, it's possible, several have done it playing stock.

Yeah, but stock doesn't count.

I don't intend to try to finish the war with one career anymore. I mean, how many patrols would you have to do? ..35..40?? If you play with a high difficulty, it would be very hard, I think. If I can get to a level where my skipper has been well decorated with a good record, I'll send him to a desk job and start again with someone new, at that time in the campaign.

Thread Detour:

Armistead,
I was reading about your namesake last week, in the Civil War. You've probably read it already, but if not, I think it was pretty good; They Met At Gettysburg by Edward J. Stackpole. I picked it up at a local, used bookstore.

Red October1984 · 03-15-13, 10:12 PM

CRAP!

Heavy flooding in bow torpedo at 260 feet. Started sinking.

Ordered back emergency and got the Saury up to Periscope depth....but she's at an 85 degree dive angle. Almost vertical.

Looks like she ain't gonna survive this boys.... We took that lucky DC right on the nose and we didn't take it well.

Going to surface and zig-zag with the deck gun. Crew members are wounded, my boat is sinking near vertically, at PD i have my stern up out of the water, and I've got heavy flooding in Bow Torpedo.

Time to earn some medals.

3 Fubuki Destroyers.... This shall be interesting....

EDIT: Oh god...the moment my stern breaches and I start to come back to a normal angle....a DD rams into my Stern....

02-08-13, 07:18 PM	#1
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,241 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	First Campaign is done My sig pointed out most of my first SH4 Career. I've just been killed due to flooding during a crash dive. *SH4 TMO+RSDRC Career* 1st Command USS Sturgeon 1941-1942 2nd Command USS Grenadier 1942-1942 3rd Command USS Balao 1942-1943 Time to start a new...more serious career.... I played most of this one with the Easier AI Mod so I could get used to the game. It was too easy. Time to jump in with a serious career. __________________

02-08-13, 08:09 PM	#2
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,864 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	One if these days I'm going to play again and start a career. I've finished several using saves, but yet to play 100% realism and complete the entire war without a death. Once I made it to early 45 and got killed in the Korea Strait. If I ever make it to 45 again, think I'll stay away from killer escorts and shallow water. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

02-08-13, 08:35 PM	#3
captgeo Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 550 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I am up to April 45 now, 2 months better then last try....the only thing that is not realistic is my outside camera view left on for screen shots __________________

02-08-13, 09:43 PM	#4
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,241 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I'm running my new career now. Going to update my sig. I have command of the S-30 and moved to intercept a task force moving from Cam Ran Bay. I moved into position and managed to bag a Naka Light Cruiser. I had a destroyer looking for me. I avoided him and waited some time. Then, I started after the Task Force to try and bag another one but now i have a Fubuki coming up at 174 at medium range. The surface was clear earlier when I came to periscope depth. It snuck up on me. It looks like I'm going to have to evade him and I'll lose the rest of the Task Force. I'm in the process of evading. __________________

03-15-13, 07:43 PM	#12
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,241 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	FLASH TRAFFIC! YEAH! I'm patrolling the Slot right now. Just encountered a Task Force moving fast towards Guadalcanal. Fired two torpedoes at 2 Fubuki Destroyers down the throat and missed. They are pinging me at the moment. Going to dive down under the layer for a while and try to reacquire the group. I wasn't close enough to the rest of the group to ID any targets but those Fubuki's would've found me anyway. First time in SH4 that i'll actually have DD's dropping depth charges hopefully. I've played a pretty much unopposed career. The odd plane will dive bomb me...but that's about it. I'm excited. Results soon! __________________

03-15-13, 08:27 PM	#13
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,735 Downloads: 1375 Uploads: 0	good luck make sure the cook don't pass the gas __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

03-15-13, 10:12 PM	#15
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,241 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	CRAP! Heavy flooding in bow torpedo at 260 feet. Started sinking. Ordered back emergency and got the Saury up to Periscope depth....but she's at an 85 degree dive angle. Almost vertical. Looks like she ain't gonna survive this boys.... We took that lucky DC right on the nose and we didn't take it well. Going to surface and zig-zag with the deck gun. Crew members are wounded, my boat is sinking near vertically, at PD i have my stern up out of the water, and I've got heavy flooding in Bow Torpedo. Time to earn some medals. 3 Fubuki Destroyers.... This shall be interesting.... EDIT: Oh god...the moment my stern breaches and I start to come back to a normal angle....a DD rams into my Stern.... __________________