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a question and a thanks
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 11:17 pm
by Asqerix
Hi everybody,
after years of playing it finally occurred to me that I never understood the meaning of these small stars (***) in the ASW combat screen, for example : Near miss damages sub***, near miss rattles sub*. Do these denote the amount of depth charges or the severity of the hit?
Oh, and a big thanks to all you fellows at the DC summit yesterday, i had a great time.[:D]
RE: a question and a thanks
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 12:52 am
by stuman
Hmm, inquiring minds want to know.
RE: a question and a thanks
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 1:52 am
by Jim D Burns
ORIGINAL: stuman
Hmm, inquiring minds want to know.
I know in PacWar each * denoted 0%-25% damage caused, so *** meant 50%-75% damage. Whether that's a holdover from PacWar is a mystery though. It could simply mean the severity of the hit or something.
Jim
RE: a question and a thanks
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:09 am
by castor troy
ORIGINAL: Asqerix
Hi everybody,
after years of playing it finally occurred to me that I never understood the meaning of these small stars (***) in the ASW combat screen, for example : Near miss damages sub***, near miss rattles sub*. Do these denote the amount of depth charges or the severity of the hit?
Oh, and a big thanks to all you fellows at the DC summit yesterday, i had a great time.[:D]
the only reason why there are ** then *** then **** is to make you notice that there were DCs dropped. Otherwise all you would see is always the same message and you wouldn´t notice that something happened. Near miss rattles * (first time), near miss rattles ** (second time), near miss rattles *** (third time), near miss damages sub * . DD Shimakaze fires 4 depth charges, near miss rattles * (first time)... etc.
near miss rattles never does any damage, it´s just chrome.
RE: a question and a thanks
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:21 am
by m10bob
ORIGINAL: castor troy
ORIGINAL: Asqerix
Hi everybody,
after years of playing it finally occurred to me that I never understood the meaning of these small stars (***) in the ASW combat screen, for example : Near miss damages sub***, near miss rattles sub*. Do these denote the amount of depth charges or the severity of the hit?
Oh, and a big thanks to all you fellows at the DC summit yesterday, i had a great time.[:D]
the only reason why there are ** then *** then **** is to make you notice that there were DCs dropped. Otherwise all you would see is always the same message and you wouldn´t notice that something happened. Near miss rattles * (first time), near miss rattles ** (second time), near miss rattles *** (third time), near miss damages sub * . DD Shimakaze fires 4 depth charges, near miss rattles * (first time)... etc.
near miss rattles never does any damage, it´s just chrome.
Might be wrong, but IIRC some of those sub near-misses might increase the chance to detect, (to simulate oil in the water?).
RE: a question and a thanks
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:23 am
by rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: m10bob
ORIGINAL: castor troy
ORIGINAL: Asqerix
Hi everybody,
after years of playing it finally occurred to me that I never understood the meaning of these small stars (***) in the ASW combat screen, for example : Near miss damages sub***, near miss rattles sub*. Do these denote the amount of depth charges or the severity of the hit?
Oh, and a big thanks to all you fellows at the DC summit yesterday, i had a great time.[:D]
the only reason why there are ** then *** then **** is to make you notice that there were DCs dropped. Otherwise all you would see is always the same message and you wouldn´t notice that something happened. Near miss rattles * (first time), near miss rattles ** (second time), near miss rattles *** (third time), near miss damages sub * . DD Shimakaze fires 4 depth charges, near miss rattles * (first time)... etc.
near miss rattles never does any damage, it´s just chrome.
Might be wrong, but IIRC some of those sub near-misses might increase the chance to detect, (to simulate oil in the water?).
As the man said: it's chrome... it might in real life, but it doesn't in WITP (from what was said about such things when they changed the ASW routine.)