Sounds great Genosse and Dutch!
Gen - Thanks for the information, story and pictures. As mentioned, after reading the manual (and enjoying the history of U-boats contained in it - love WW2 history!), watched the training videos, I set out to sea.
So far I have destroyed a large Canadian/British cargo ship. And tried to knock down a smaller cargo ship but only damaged it. It was a neat learning experience though, as I tried for a lame bow shot, and as the manual suggested, the torp just bounced off the hull - cool (but not so cool
).
Question - Gen (others?) I'm not seeing any damage to the ships' hull after an attack. Is this your experience too? Too bad this isn't modelled in the game.
And I still would like to see some whales swimming around.
OK, glad to hear your settings Gen. I won't ask Rab his settings 'cause I'm sure without reading anything he started playing at "Full Real" and was still getting kills.
I do find the lower levels not as immersive.
One thing I immediately missed was the need to re-charge the batteries, replenish O2, and purge CO2. And yet I need to practice a lot more with manual aiming, but that's for later patrols as I push myself with the added challenge.
I did encounter a small military craft, and quickly realized while he couldn't damage me I couldn't target him (too fast). Luckily no planes yet.
There's some nice tutorials and information posted over at the official website btw. Will be printing the stuff off today and reading tonight. Sadly I'm enjoying just learning the game mechanics and a little U-boat history as much as sinking Allied ships (which is wrong, isn't it?
).
Keep the stories and pics coming!
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OT - Sorry I couldn't fly yesterday as I had company over in the afternoon. As is my custom, however, prior to SHIII last night I flew 2 more Normandy 1941 missions, and was eventually killed in both.
Darn sea legs!
Had a good 5-mission run up until that point.
Anyway, in the first sortie I took the Hurricane, which seems to really be loosing E for me (should have stayed with the Spit I guess). As I approached my second waypoint I counted around 20 contacts in the distance - they covered the entire window panel in my plane.
The second sortie feature almost as many planes.
Needless to say, it is a real workout maintaining SA with so many planes. In both situations my death was the same old thing - I got greedy for kills and lost too much E/altitude. Lesson learned I hope.
Afterwards, as mentioned, I headed back to the Dover Channel in my sub (SHIII). Hey, I guess there was a "BOB" gaming theme I had going on last night. Too bad I didn't see my sub/plane in each other game - now that would have been good immersion.
TactS!
Using the external view, at least for now, certainly helps me confirm little things that I am learning.
