survivors? spare no-one!

Crawlerz · 06-04-07, 04:27 PM

so i torpedoed a small destroyer. a couple of floaters remained after the ship sunk. and no, i don't mean dead bodies (DBs). by floaters, i mean rubber boats with some sorvivors. my question is - is there anything u can do with/to them? maybe pop the top and SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND! on them w/my .50 cal

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or can they be picked up?

vatek · 06-04-07, 04:28 PM

I spent about 15 minutes chasing one while blazing away with my deck gun, to no avail.

Was after I sunk my first enemy ship, too.

06-04-07, 05:06 PM

There's no way to shot down survivors as the devs predicted that many are the "Tony Montana" style in Die Hard skin....
Since you can't go Rambo on them, try to rescue them...

switch.dota · 06-04-07, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GakunGak

There's no way to shot down survivors as the devs predicted that many are the "Tony Montana" style in Die Hard skin....
Since you can't go Rambo on them, try to rescue them...

Can't do that either.

06-04-07, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by switch.dota

Quote:

Originally Posted by GakunGak

There's no way to shot down survivors as the devs predicted that many are the "Tony Montana" style in Die Hard skin....
Since you can't go Rambo on them, try to rescue them...

Can't do that either.

M2, but try to:
1. Maneuver very close to them at slow speed
2. Use binoculars and center at them
3. Under watch panel, select a circle button.

vatek · 06-04-07, 06:03 PM

You can't rescue enemy survivors as far as I know.

NefariousKoel · 06-04-07, 06:05 PM

I've destroyed their rafts with the 20mm.

Major Johnson · 06-04-07, 07:01 PM

I remember seeing a show on the History Channel about WW2 subs and there was footage of someone actually shooting a Japanese suriviver in the water with a thompson on the single shot setting I believe. I think they said "1" of the reasons was that they couldn't take him prisoner (no room/they couldn't trust him) and it was better than leaving him to die a slow death. Pretty grissly footage I must say!

acetoolguy · 06-04-07, 07:13 PM

This is a feature I liked at first but got pretty sick of soon. You sink a couple of liners and you have half an ocean of life boats bobbing up an down and your first office yelling "ship spotted" for each and every one. They make it hard to track other ships because of all the clutter on the map. I would welcome a mod to disable lifeboats and those other merchants floating in the sky.

FIREWALL · 06-04-07, 07:25 PM

You can take out life rafts and life boats with deck gun. For some reason it shows life raft or life boat = 1 ton in Captains log.

SteamWake · 06-04-07, 08:02 PM

I just want my crew to quit calling "ship spotted".

Its not a ship you dip.. its a liferaft !

While Im on a rant. Why in the heck to liferafts show up on sonar anyhow ?

Packerton · 06-04-07, 08:30 PM

Actually I think that if they coulden take him prisoner and he was already dieing the most humane thing to do was to just end his suffering.

Its not a devilish thing to do or anything.

AkbarGulag · 06-04-07, 10:08 PM

Have seen footage of American sailors using .50 caliblre weapons after naval encounters in WWII on surviving enemy combatants. In one such episode, it took the sailors around four hours to clear the sea of living japanese sailors.

GTHammer · 06-04-07, 10:16 PM

Like Fire and Nefarious I took the time to sink one with my deck gun once...hard little buggers to hit though...I was hoping I'd send survivors catapulting through the air but alas...afterwards I would have rather had my 20 rounds of HE back...but I'll try anything once...or twice...

vatek · 06-04-07, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by acetoolguy

This is a feature I liked at first but got pretty sick of soon. You sink a couple of liners and you have half an ocean of life boats bobbing up an down and your first office yelling "ship spotted" for each and every one. They make it hard to track other ships because of all the clutter on the map. I would welcome a mod to disable lifeboats and those other merchants floating in the sky.

I would think that the FO reporting ship spotted for lifeboats is more along the lines of a bug than a feature.

06-04-07, 04:27 PM	#1
Crawlerz Bosun Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	survivors? spare no-one! so i torpedoed a small destroyer. a couple of floaters remained after the ship sunk. and no, i don't mean dead bodies (DBs). by floaters, i mean rubber boats with some sorvivors. my question is - is there anything u can do with/to them? maybe pop the top and SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND! on them w/my .50 cal ? or can they be picked up? __________________ Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

06-04-07, 06:05 PM	#7
NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I've destroyed their rafts with the 20mm. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

06-04-07, 07:01 PM	#8
Major Johnson Frogman Join Date: May 2007 Location: Jeresey Shore USA Posts: 288 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I remember seeing a show on the History Channel about WW2 subs and there was footage of someone actually shooting a Japanese suriviver in the water with a thompson on the single shot setting I believe. I think they said "1" of the reasons was that they couldn't take him prisoner (no room/they couldn't trust him) and it was better than leaving him to die a slow death. Pretty grissly footage I must say! __________________ MJ! ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD FX8350 8 Core 4.0 Ghz CPU GeForce GTX 560 Ti PCIx Video Card 8 GB Corsair Vengence RAM Rosewill 850W Power Supply

06-04-07, 07:25 PM	#10
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	You can take out life rafts and life boats with deck gun. For some reason it shows life raft or life boat = 1 ton in Captains log. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

06-04-07, 10:16 PM	#14
GTHammer Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 127 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Like Fire and Nefarious I took the time to sink one with my deck gun once...hard little buggers to hit though...I was hoping I'd send survivors catapulting through the air but alas...afterwards I would have rather had my 20 rounds of HE back...but I'll try anything once...or twice... __________________ GT USS Hammer

06-04-07, 04:28 PM	#2
vatek Sailor man Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 44 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I spent about 15 minutes chasing one while blazing away with my deck gun, to no avail. Was after I sunk my first enemy ship, too.

06-04-07, 05:06 PM	#3
GakunGak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	There's no way to shot down survivors as the devs predicted that many are the "Tony Montana" style in Die Hard skin.... Since you can't go Rambo on them, try to rescue them...

06-04-07, 06:03 PM	#6
vatek Sailor man Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 44 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	You can't rescue enemy survivors as far as I know.

06-04-07, 07:13 PM	#9
acetoolguy A-ganger Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 74 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	This is a feature I liked at first but got pretty sick of soon. You sink a couple of liners and you have half an ocean of life boats bobbing up an down and your first office yelling "ship spotted" for each and every one. They make it hard to track other ships because of all the clutter on the map. I would welcome a mod to disable lifeboats and those other merchants floating in the sky.

06-04-07, 08:02 PM	#11
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I just want my crew to quit calling "ship spotted". Its not a ship you dip.. its a liferaft ! While Im on a rant. Why in the heck to liferafts show up on sonar anyhow ?

06-04-07, 08:30 PM	#12
Packerton Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Newfoundland,Canada Posts: 398 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Actually I think that if they coulden take him prisoner and he was already dieing the most humane thing to do was to just end his suffering. Its not a devilish thing to do or anything.

06-04-07, 10:08 PM	#13
AkbarGulag Samurai Navy Join Date: May 2007 Location: cfgdatsimZOMGddstgasns Posts: 571 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 1	Have seen footage of American sailors using .50 caliblre weapons after naval encounters in WWII on surviving enemy combatants. In one such episode, it took the sailors around four hours to clear the sea of living japanese sailors.