[TOHOU] Cirno9999 Players 488 posts Report post #1 Posted August 20, 2021 just a little guide how to have fun in subs Step 1: lock for games Silent Hunter 3,4 / Wolfpack / UBOAT Step 2: buy / download them step 3 : get some optional mods for those games (subsim forums) step 4 : enjoy subs 20 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[R7S] lovelacebeer Players 4,158 posts 25,226 battles Report post #2 Posted August 20, 2021 Pretty much, I am loving playing Silent Hunter 3 still, sub gameplay is wonderful in a game that is designed with submarines in mind. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[-TPF-] invicta2012 Players 6,382 posts 26,855 battles Report post #3 Posted August 20, 2021 I agree. Not because I think there is no place for subs in WoWs, just that I think the current iteration of Submarines is really boring and awkward. Like a bad, clumsy, destroyer. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BanzaiPiluso Players 1,217 posts 13,126 battles Report post #4 Posted August 20, 2021 1) Go to periscope depth. 2) Open top hatch. 1 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[LADA] Gvozdika [LADA] Players 975 posts 10,423 battles Report post #5 Posted August 20, 2021 All good shouts. Might I also suggest Cold Waters if you like a modern-submarine game. OR (aware of displaying one's age) if you feel like playing mega-realistic-ultra-hard mode..... Dangerous Waters - Charts. So many charts. How many hours of my life did I spend with the manual open on the desk while trying to work out what it was I was following around? How many years of my life will I never get back????! Ahem....as you were. Carry on. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #6 Posted August 20, 2021 Excellent suggestions! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[-TAP-] Pandafaust Players 755 posts 10,484 battles Report post #7 Posted August 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Cirno9999 said: just a little guide how to have fun in subs Step 1: lock for games Silent Hunter 3,4 / Wolfpack / UBOAT Step 2: buy / download them step 3 : get some optional mods for those games (subsim forums) step 4 : enjoy subs Wolfpack's great fun, really brings that feeling of tension when one of the escorts spot you and you're crash diving then listening out on the hydrophone to those engines getting nearer, then the splash of a depth charge being dropped. My torpedo aiming in it absolutely sucks though. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #8 Posted August 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, Pandafaust said: Wolfpack's great fun, really brings that feeling of tension when one of the escorts spot you and you're crash diving then listening out on the hydrophone to those engines getting nearer, then the splash of a depth charge being dropped. My torpedo aiming in it absolutely sucks though. What? They don't have pings and guided torps? How come? 1 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[FNF-L] Latouche_Treville Players 1,395 posts 12,229 battles Report post #9 Posted August 20, 2021 Oooh! Come on! I'm sure they have a machine that goes ping. 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[-TAP-] Pandafaust Players 755 posts 10,484 battles Report post #10 Posted August 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, Karasu_Hidesuke said: What? They don't have pings and guided torps? How come? Seamlessly replaced with the most advanced computer known to science. Simply set all the dials to the correct values, fire the torpedoes and then wait the 5 minutes or so that it takes to realise you've missed an entire convoy of cargo vessels travelling at 10 knots right in front of you. 4 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #11 Posted August 20, 2021 Just now, Pandafaust said: Seamlessly replaced with the most advanced computer known to science. Simply set all the dials to the correct values, fire the torpedoes and then wait the 5 minutes or so that it takes to realise you've missed an entire convoy of cargo vessels travelling at 10 knots right in front of you. Oh, that looks so lovely. Brings back so many memories! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[LADA] Gvozdika [LADA] Players 975 posts 10,423 battles Report post #12 Posted August 20, 2021 32 minutes ago, Pandafaust said: Seamlessly replaced with the most advanced computer known to science. Simply set all the dials to the correct values, fire the torpedoes and then wait the 5 minutes or so that it takes to realise you've missed an entire convoy of cargo vessels travelling at 10 knots right in front of you. However when you actually DID hit something - you actually felt like a mathematical genius. Boy it was a good feeling. Never mind it wasn't the original ship you were aiming at..... I mean a hit was a hit. Personal favourite was SH4 - the US sub campaign was a neat/novel direction. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[-TAP-] Pandafaust Players 755 posts 10,484 battles Report post #13 Posted August 20, 2021 56 minutes ago, Gvozdika said: However when you actually DID hit something - you actually felt like a mathematical genius. Boy it was a good feeling. Never mind it wasn't the original ship you were aiming at..... I mean a hit was a hit. Personal favourite was SH4 - the US sub campaign was a neat/novel direction. Indeed so! When you hit something, it definitely stayed hit - no amount of repair parties are getting that patched up. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[TRUMP] DenmarkRadar Players 161 posts 20,889 battles Report post #14 Posted August 20, 2021 Find the old DOS-game called Gato Install Gato Play Gato Fun was had... in a game meant to be about submarines. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtm78 Alpha Tester 19,378 posts 6,105 battles Report post #15 Posted August 20, 2021 This still imo is the best visible explanation of what a salvo of torpedo's would do irl in an optimal scenario.. Even the detonation was after all combat capability was already lost, it was a perfect hit. Though again, not fitting in WoWs, they were laying in ambush and it was a convoy escort.. ow wait, WG could put submarines in a convoy escort / attack mode? That's an excellent idea, have a cookie :D edit: SH4 was my favorite but it's been a long time. I should look it up, doesn't take up much space and it would be fun to play again! If I can get away from my MW5 Mercenaries and Battletech that is <3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[I-J-N] Karasu_Browarszky [I-J-N] Players 13,025 posts Report post #16 Posted August 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, mtm78 said: This still imo is the best visible explanation of what a salvo of torpedo's would do irl in an optimal scenario.. Even the detonation was after all combat capability was already lost, it was a perfect hit. Though again, not fitting in WoWs, they were laying in ambush and it was a convoy escort.. ow wait, WG could put submarines in a convoy escort / attack mode? That's an excellent idea, have a cookie :D Don't ask me about cousin Hans-Dietrich, though... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtm78 Alpha Tester 19,378 posts 6,105 battles Report post #17 Posted August 20, 2021 He turned Canuck, I hear that's not acceptable in many regions 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[CG] Redcap375 Players 4,371 posts 15,295 battles Report post #18 Posted August 20, 2021 What is remember a sub game being like... And it's VASTLY better then the crap WG have done with them. It's shocking bad. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[CG] Redcap375 Players 4,371 posts 15,295 battles Report post #19 Posted August 20, 2021 And the people I have seen play them in ranked? Dear god in haven. 4.5 km away trying to hit eachother with torps is a painful sight with BBs looking on laughing, with many unable to do anything about it. Well, these are the people WG want now, those that don't know any better. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[BBMM] arcticstorm123 Players 472 posts 20,205 battles Report post #20 Posted August 21, 2021 6 hours ago, Redcap375 said: And the people I have seen play them in ranked? Dear god in haven. 4.5 km away trying to hit eachother with torps is a painful sight with BBs looking on laughing, with many unable to do anything about it. Well, these are the people WG want now, those that don't know any better. To borrow Gene Wilders line in Blazing Saddles: "You've got to remember that these are just simple people. These are people of the land. The common clay. You know... morons." 1 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NECRO] MementoMori_6030 [NECRO] Players 6,381 posts Report post #21 Posted August 21, 2021 Vor 11 Stunden, Cirno9999 sagte: just a little guide how to have fun in subs Damn, I was expecting spicy details about the 2017 HMS Vigilant scandal... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King_Of_The_Potatoes ∞ Players 308 posts 4,564 battles Report post #22 Posted August 21, 2021 SH3 with the grey wolves mod now that is a game. Never forget the time in my little sub heading home after patrol finding HMS Hood and Prince of Wales sailing to engage Bismarck and thinking to myself. Bugger I'm out of torpedoes. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[BBMM] arcticstorm123 Players 472 posts 20,205 battles Report post #23 Posted August 21, 2021 20 minutes ago, MementoMori_6030 said: Damn, I was expecting spicy details about the 2017 HMS Vigilant scandal... To quote The Sun at the time "Up Periscope!" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[NECRO] MementoMori_6030 [NECRO] Players 6,381 posts Report post #24 Posted August 21, 2021 Vor 8 Minuten, arcticstorm123 sagte: To quote The Sun at the time "Up Periscope!" "Wet the tubes!" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[SHAD] Miscommunication_dept Players 5,512 posts 24,469 battles Report post #25 Posted August 21, 2021 Sub play is boring for the most part. playing against subs is boring especially when you have one spotted 2km from you but can do nothing to hurt it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
