How deep do you go to avoid Waßerbomben?

lecek · 02-07-22, 02:09 PM

Hello Kaluns.

Back in my SH3 days, when the safe diving depth of the sub was fixed an reliable without clunky mods, I just took my VIIC to 242 meters every time. Nice any easy. (211 meters for IXC, I had them all memorized.)

UBoat has this lovely feature where once you go below about 155 you risk flooding and it the dive could be different every time. I like this much better. Going to 242 automatically and without a care or whatever your sub can take with 100% confidence did arcadify the simulation. But this has the consequence that I only ever go deeper than 150 when I am really pressed. At this depth, it seems, it is only a matter of time before you get flooding and it will always be serious requiring decisive action without subtlety. Also it seems your bilge pump isn't as strong as in real life.

I am wondering what kind of depths you guys normally go to and what is your experience there? How long do you stay down? If you have thoughts on the diving model of this game vs real life, I am interested in that too but I would like to first and foremost discuss this game in practical terms. The goal is that I can take what I learn here and go dive with it in the game.

02-07-22, 02:09 PM	#1
lecek Watch Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 30 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	How deep do you go to avoid Waßerbomben? Hello Kaluns. Back in my SH3 days, when the safe diving depth of the sub was fixed an reliable without clunky mods, I just took my VIIC to 242 meters every time. Nice any easy. (211 meters for IXC, I had them all memorized.) UBoat has this lovely feature where once you go below about 155 you risk flooding and it the dive could be different every time. I like this much better. Going to 242 automatically and without a care or whatever your sub can take with 100% confidence did arcadify the simulation. But this has the consequence that I only ever go deeper than 150 when I am really pressed. At this depth, it seems, it is only a matter of time before you get flooding and it will always be serious requiring decisive action without subtlety. Also it seems your bilge pump isn't as strong as in real life. I am wondering what kind of depths you guys normally go to and what is your experience there? How long do you stay down? If you have thoughts on the diving model of this game vs real life, I am interested in that too but I would like to first and foremost discuss this game in practical terms. The goal is that I can take what I learn here and go dive with it in the game.