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ORIGINAL: GaryChildress

So on the topic of history, how successful (or not) were U-Boats in their efforts to strangle off supplies to Britain? I've heard mixed things about it now. It seems like the classic view is that the U-Boat war was a life and death struggle which came harrowingly close at times to having a pronounced effect on the war effort and then I've conversely heard views that the U-Boats were relatively ineffective overall in making much of a dent against supply lines. Is there a consensus somewhere out there on which it is? Were U-Boats an effective weapon or were they overrated?

U-boats were such a threat to Britain during World War II that "Winston Churchill once wrote that, '... the only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril'."

A question: the in game crew is exactly like a real crew or just key officers, radio, hydrophone, engines + some chrome NPCs?

ORIGINAL: Greybriar

ORIGINAL: GaryChildress

So on the topic of history, how successful (or not) were U-Boats in their efforts to strangle off supplies to Britain? I've heard mixed things about it now. It seems like the classic view is that the U-Boat war was a life and death struggle which came harrowingly close at times to having a pronounced effect on the war effort and then I've conversely heard views that the U-Boats were relatively ineffective overall in making much of a dent against supply lines. Is there a consensus somewhere out there on which it is? Were U-Boats an effective weapon or were they overrated?

U-boats were such a threat to Britain during World War II that "Winston Churchill once wrote that, '... the only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril'."

Yes, I'm aware of the quote, but that doesn't mean that Germany ever actually came close to winning the battle of the Atlantic (because they simply didn't).

Also there was a lot of propaganda ginned up on the allied side to over blow the u-boat threat in part to shield the effectiveness of their code breaking, and most of that wasn't declassified until the 1970s-1980s so really a lot of the early histories are based on a lot of exaggerated or false or misleading information.

Play tutorial. I imagine that's been worked on the most to make game ready for early access. I presume sandbox will be what's needing most work.

As for empty world, Many a time in Silent Hunter 3 to 5 I've spent searching for ships.

Lots of people on Steam seen to fail to understand what early access mrans. One person review was crashed loading got money back!! Erm really!


Pre first patch I had no crashes but since patch I'm getting them. However I get it's not a finished product. It's early access, or in other words beta test.

I have the boardgame to review (have to wait until Windows version of App is released) and I have to say just reading the rules and checking the components it looks like one he'll of a game. I'm going to have to play it solo but I imagine having 4 playing would really being it to life.

Talking about co op games Wolfpack has been released on Steam to a lot of rave reviews. If you have online buddies into this sort of thing I reckon it would be fantastic entertainment.

BK I believe dropping SSR in options helps massively with frame rate.

ORIGINAL: Blond_Knight

At least in port it ran terribly for me, better performance once I was at sea. My issue was I ran all the way to Gibraltar before I encountered the enemy, and promptly sunk by an aircraft. The world just seemed kinda empty. Maybe I was ignoring contacts?