Kudos to the RFB team

jazzabilly · 12-30-08, 03:09 AM

Just started playing RFB 1.4 with the original SH4; expecting U Boat missions sometime over the next couple of weeks. The game is so much better; despite the whiffle bat that is the deck gun (I did manage to help a ship sink with it; it prob. would have sunk anyway), it is way more interesting, not ringing up U-Boat sized tonnage #'s, but had some white knuckle moments.

Also the most spectacular sinking I have ever delivered; stalked a troopship convoy, and thought that I was out of good position - I decided to line up an Akizuki DD as a consolation prize; then he switches course and deprives me of the shot. So I decided to go for the Troopship after all; managed three detonations out of 3 fired; she broke in two and a moment later, blew up rather spectacularly. Didn't expect to pull off a 3000 yd. shot in broad daylight. Poor bugger saw it coming too, and tried to turn into it. Not many survivors....

I wish I had taken a sceenie of the explosion; never seen anything like it, even in the hundreds of hours I have spent in my subs in SH3 & 4. Here she is, moments before she was blown to bits. One of her escorts actually collided with her fantail as it was bobbing about. I've never seen that before, either.

Too much fun!

Also kudos to the designers.

By the by - I have only seen one Jap. a/c in two patrols. I am pretty cautious, and am usually submerged during the day, but I have chased some convoys in daylight with nary a hostile a/c in sight.

12-30-08, 03:09 AM	#1
jazzabilly Planesman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 186 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Kudos to the RFB team Just started playing RFB 1.4 with the original SH4; expecting U Boat missions sometime over the next couple of weeks. The game is so much better; despite the whiffle bat that is the deck gun (I did manage to help a ship sink with it; it prob. would have sunk anyway), it is way more interesting, not ringing up U-Boat sized tonnage #'s, but had some white knuckle moments. Also the most spectacular sinking I have ever delivered; stalked a troopship convoy, and thought that I was out of good position - I decided to line up an Akizuki DD as a consolation prize; then he switches course and deprives me of the shot. So I decided to go for the Troopship after all; managed three detonations out of 3 fired; she broke in two and a moment later, blew up rather spectacularly. Didn't expect to pull off a 3000 yd. shot in broad daylight. Poor bugger saw it coming too, and tried to turn into it. Not many survivors.... I wish I had taken a sceenie of the explosion; never seen anything like it, even in the hundreds of hours I have spent in my subs in SH3 & 4. Here she is, moments before she was blown to bits. One of her escorts actually collided with her fantail as it was bobbing about. I've never seen that before, either. Too much fun! Also kudos to the designers. By the by - I have only seen one Jap. a/c in two patrols. I am pretty cautious, and am usually submerged during the day, but I have chased some convoys in daylight with nary a hostile a/c in sight. __________________ If it's a fair fight, then you didn't plan it properly. ==================================== Last edited by jazzabilly; 12-30-08 at 03:29 AM.