-
Senior Member
Get over it!
It's that way for a reason!
Because this "GAME" tries to mimic real life. There's a reason why very few ships were "Deck Gunned" to death in WWII, and I'm not gonna list them all here. But the bottom line is that when your out bobbing on the surface of the Ocean (like a cork), in a thin, small sub, it's usually very rough, making aiming almost impossible.
The problem is that the "Deck Gun" in this "Game" is unrealistically stabilized.
If it were to move, more with the bouncing of the sub, on the surface of the waves, we'd all look like a bounch of noobs, trying to shoot at ships past 1000m in anything but surf like glass....Jeeeezzz! 
I'm sick and tired of hearing that we can't man our guns when the weather says it's too rough, yet the waves look fine! Use some artistic license here, cause the Devs could not possibly have moddelled every single wave level for every possible wind speed. At best, we probably are only going to get a half dozen levels of surface wake in this "Game".
If you all want visible real world weather for every possible condition you better wait till the mother of all supercomputers arrives, in the next millenium!
Until then, if you get a message that the weather/waves are too rough to use the deck gun, believe what your being told and stop relying on limited eye-candy to make the decision for you.
Next thing you know the Devs might actually listen to these cry babies and give us, "Call of Duty", on the water, where we can sink the entire Brittish Navy in one sitting with our FPS deck gun...... 
-
Member
Yeah your right in a sense but mostly the reason was cause it was alot safer to Torpedo a ship then use the deck gun.
Deck gun really isnt the biggest issue. Some people don't like the fact that Flak Gun can't be manned either. But then again, uboats didnt make it a habbit attack planes either.
-
Senior Member
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by malkuth:
Yeah your right in a sense but mostly the reason was cause it was alot safer to Torpedo a ship then use the deck gun.
Deck gun really isnt the biggest issue. Some people don't like the fact that Flak Gun can't be manned either. But then again, uboats didnt make it a habbit attack planes either. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yeah, I'd like too see statistics that showed how many U-boat commanders decided to go toe to toe with A/C rather than diving and playing it safe?
Good luck forcing that lowly crewman or two topside to man the Flakgun to face of an A/C screaming in at you, at hundreds of miles an hour, with 6 cannons firing all at once, then 500lb bombs flying straight at you at the last minute! 
I bet very few, if any, deliberately stayed on the surface to go toe to toe, especially since it would be pretty much guarenteed that more A/C would be showing up real soon.
I think the enemy A/C in this "Game" need to be a little more deadly (or the Flak guns a little less stabilized) and you'll see fewer people opting for the "Arcade" option in seas, rough or otherwise.
-
Senior Member
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Charlie901:
Next thing you know the Devs might actually listen to these cry babies and give us, "Call of Duty", on the water, where we can sink the entire Brittish Navy in one sitting with our FPS deck gun...... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I completely agree!
-
Member
Not sure how many went toe to toe, but I live in Canada and there used to be a school named "David Hornell" that was named after a pilot that fought a duel with a uboat and lost.
Dano
-
Senior Member
Very well stated.
I don't mind seeing the posts though, I just don't read them.
-
Senior Member
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by KiwiVenge:
I don't mind seeing the posts though, I just don't read them. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I just worry that the developers will take them more seriously than they deserve.
-
Member
Doenitz gave strict orders to U-Boot commanders that they were to engage a/c wherever possible, and provided ever stronger AA armament for that purpose. When it was realised how many U-Boots were being lost as a result he rescinded the order.
-
Senior Member
I mentioned somewhere before that I think the reason people do not like it the way it is resides in the fact they can not even try. I guess in a perfect world the game would let you man your guns but make it harder and harder to hit anything as the wind increases.
-
Member
Thankyou, having fired a gun (50 cal and 25mm) off a bobbing ship I agree that in anything more the FAC it is not easy. Even in flat seas it is much more difficult than land. These people that are whining sound like they ran multiple combat patrols in WWII. Just because you nail people in WWIIOL or Enigma doesn't make you a subject matter expert. So enjoy some realism and that will make succeses even more enjoyable.
mac
