Pure Dumb Luck

theluckyone17 · 07-30-07, 06:19 PM

As "theluckyone", I seem to have lots of luck. Problem is, it's either all good, or bad. Might just be as bad as having no luck at all, really.

I spent the past couple days on the same patrol, from Pearl. Completed two full patrol missions, then refit at Java, after which I radioed in for a third mission. Even managed to run across a few ships, and sank them along the way.

The last ship, I detected by hydrophone. By the time I intercepted, it was dead of night, with the worse weather SH4 can throw at me. 15 m/s winds, heavy rain and fog. Visibility was nil. I managed to get a good track on them via sonar, and intercepted on the surface. Torpedoes all missed... so I dove shallow, got a hydrophone reading, surfaced, and just started firing off the deck gun in the general range. Fill a given area with enough lead, and you might hit something, right?

Yeah, it worked. Fired enough to get a fire started on deck, which lit the ship enough to get a fish off.

Pure dumb luck.

After sinking that target, I kept patrolling. Weather cleared up, then returned in full force. And my luck balances out. Somehow, in the midst of all this muck, I ran across a couple destroyers. "Ship sighted at xxx, short range!" Three seconds later, BOOM, over the bow. I ordered a crash dive. A few more seconds, BOOM. An answering BOOM in my engine room. "We've got flooding, sir!" I also ordered full rudder to port, and watched the bow of a destroyer loom out of the fog, close enough to my boat to reach out and touch. Their AA's open up, adding insult to injury.

Finally, the sub gets underwater... and she starts into a uncontrolled dive. I know the pressure hull's been damaged, and I can't get too deep. Fighting on the surface doesn't sound good, but if I can get far enough away from the destroyers underwater, then I can emergency surface and lose them in the rotten weather. Or so the theory goes.

I braved the deep until 160 feet, and ordered the surface. Leveled out at 180 feet, and rose... finally shot out of the ocean like cork from the deep end of the pool. And guess who's waiting for me. Their deck guns light up again, pounding my poor hull. My deck gun replies, but it's rather ineffectual... my speed does more good. I get to watch the destroyer still at a near dead stop as it stops firing, disappearing into the fog. Ten seconds later, I get the twisting camera of death.

Blech.

NEON DEON · 07-31-07, 05:25 PM

Yes.

But,

You went down swinging.

Ilpalazzo · 08-01-07, 11:20 AM

lol @ "twisting camera of death." I honestly hate that thing. Every time I just say awww. It's so lame, I would prefer like a blackout or something.

SteamWake · 08-01-07, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ilpalazzo

lol @ "twisting camera of death." I honestly hate that thing. Every time I just say awww. It's so lame, I would prefer like a blackout or something.

Well its only slightly better than the SH3 "Your Dead" screen

Oh btw good job... even though you died in the end as the previous poster said you went down swinging.

Steel_Tomb · 08-01-07, 03:00 PM

The twisting camera of death is completely wrong, "your submarine has been destroyed"...really??? So why is it sailing on the surface in one piece??? AAHHHH! I'd rather see somekind of blackout or even better an external view of your sub imploading or just falling apart. I really thought they might introduce some kind of 3d damage model for bits falling off, but no we just got HUGE holes which dont mean anything.

SteamWake · 08-01-07, 04:23 PM

Even better is when you get DC'd to death and end up sinking like a stone with no hope of recovery.

Next thing you know youve been miracously 'recovered' :p

Musta been Posidon looking out for me.

07-30-07, 06:19 PM	#1
theluckyone17 Captain Join Date: May 2006 Location: Niskayuna, NY Posts: 482 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	Pure Dumb Luck As "theluckyone", I seem to have lots of luck. Problem is, it's either all good, or bad. Might just be as bad as having no luck at all, really. I spent the past couple days on the same patrol, from Pearl. Completed two full patrol missions, then refit at Java, after which I radioed in for a third mission. Even managed to run across a few ships, and sank them along the way. The last ship, I detected by hydrophone. By the time I intercepted, it was dead of night, with the worse weather SH4 can throw at me. 15 m/s winds, heavy rain and fog. Visibility was nil. I managed to get a good track on them via sonar, and intercepted on the surface. Torpedoes all missed... so I dove shallow, got a hydrophone reading, surfaced, and just started firing off the deck gun in the general range. Fill a given area with enough lead, and you might hit something, right? Yeah, it worked. Fired enough to get a fire started on deck, which lit the ship enough to get a fish off. Pure dumb luck. After sinking that target, I kept patrolling. Weather cleared up, then returned in full force. And my luck balances out. Somehow, in the midst of all this muck, I ran across a couple destroyers. "Ship sighted at xxx, short range!" Three seconds later, BOOM, over the bow. I ordered a crash dive. A few more seconds, BOOM. An answering BOOM in my engine room. "We've got flooding, sir!" I also ordered full rudder to port, and watched the bow of a destroyer loom out of the fog, close enough to my boat to reach out and touch. Their AA's open up, adding insult to injury. Finally, the sub gets underwater... and she starts into a uncontrolled dive. I know the pressure hull's been damaged, and I can't get too deep. Fighting on the surface doesn't sound good, but if I can get far enough away from the destroyers underwater, then I can emergency surface and lose them in the rotten weather. Or so the theory goes. I braved the deep until 160 feet, and ordered the surface. Leveled out at 180 feet, and rose... finally shot out of the ocean like cork from the deep end of the pool. And guess who's waiting for me. Their deck guns light up again, pounding my poor hull. My deck gun replies, but it's rather ineffectual... my speed does more good. I get to watch the destroyer still at a near dead stop as it stops firing, disappearing into the fog. Ten seconds later, I get the twisting camera of death. Blech.

07-31-07, 05:25 PM	#2
NEON DEON Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,207 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 5	Yes. But, You went down swinging. __________________ Diesel Boats Forever!

08-01-07, 03:00 PM	#5
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The twisting camera of death is completely wrong, "your submarine has been destroyed"...really??? So why is it sailing on the surface in one piece??? AAHHHH! I'd rather see somekind of blackout or even better an external view of your sub imploading or just falling apart. I really thought they might introduce some kind of 3d damage model for bits falling off, but no we just got HUGE holes which dont mean anything. __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| *Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.*

08-01-07, 11:20 AM	#3
Ilpalazzo Frogman Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 309 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	lol @ "twisting camera of death." I honestly hate that thing. Every time I just say awww. It's so lame, I would prefer like a blackout or something.

08-01-07, 04:23 PM	#6
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Even better is when you get DC'd to death and end up sinking like a stone with no hope of recovery. Next thing you know youve been miracously 'recovered' :p Musta been Posidon looking out for me.