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Title: Submarines...?
Post by: Groth on July 29, 2012, 12:29:59 PM
 I just noticed, and believe with new patch, that Submarines are now docked at Ports! Is this truely new, or am I slow on uptake? What could this portend? :bolt:

              JGroth
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Max on July 29, 2012, 12:30:58 PM
Dale & Doug have been saying "maybe" to subs, for years. Who knows. Would love to see them.
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Devil 505 on July 29, 2012, 12:41:33 PM
The subs have been in the ports for years.
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Post by: Eric19 on July 29, 2012, 10:03:07 PM
I want subs lol U-boats to be exact  :devil
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Post by: matt on July 30, 2012, 11:58:42 AM
 :noid
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Post by: Tracerfi on July 30, 2012, 01:25:25 PM
U-BOATS!!?!!  :noid :noid
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Slate on July 30, 2012, 01:28:33 PM
U-BOATS!!?!!  :noid :noid

   DAS BOOT!
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: ImADot on July 30, 2012, 01:43:13 PM
I've seen subs pop up near a CV while under way out at sea. Just hang out on a CV in F3 mode for a while and look around.
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Post by: Eric19 on July 30, 2012, 05:03:33 PM
ARE YOU CEREAL!!!!!!!!!!!!! :x :x :x :x :x :x lol me want U-Boats give them to me HTC or perish lol jk jk htc just give me the subs man i need it lol
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Post by: uptown on July 30, 2012, 05:06:26 PM
 :huh
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Post by: lunatic1 on July 30, 2012, 06:02:19 PM
yeahu-boats have been at the ports for a very long time
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: HawkerMKII on July 30, 2012, 06:26:53 PM
The subs have been in the ports for years.

years??? what do you mean by years...1-2, 5-7?.....i think more like 1-2 :salute
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: SWkiljoy on July 30, 2012, 06:53:17 PM
I want what he's having!  :pray
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Lusche on July 30, 2012, 07:30:42 PM
years??? what do you mean by years...1-2, 5-7?.....i think more like 1-2 :salute


Wasn't the submarine at the port introduced together with the updated fleet?  :headscratch:
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: uptown on July 30, 2012, 07:32:49 PM
I believe so
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Lusche on July 30, 2012, 07:35:01 PM
I believe so


Now that was 4 years ago.
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: kvuo75 on July 31, 2012, 05:42:58 PM

Wasn't the submarine at the port introduced together with the updated fleet?  :headscratch:

i thought it was when the bases were redesigned.
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Lusche on July 31, 2012, 05:54:11 PM
i thought it was when the bases were redesigned.



In that case, 2 years.
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: HawkerMKII on July 31, 2012, 07:57:13 PM

In that case, 2 years.

i dont know really dont matter :lol
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Lusche on July 31, 2012, 08:00:54 PM
i dont know really dont matter :lol


I know it doesn't matter, but I often wanna know things "just because".... curious by nature  :x
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: curry1 on July 31, 2012, 08:02:35 PM
It was with the new ports.
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Post by: Midway on July 31, 2012, 08:17:53 PM
Wouldn't submarines be boring?  They move slow, can't see far.... you'll be underwater looking at the inside of your sub for hours before you run into a fleet. :headscratch:
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Post by: Eric19 on July 31, 2012, 08:25:50 PM
midway think outside of the box for a moment if we had Subs there would probably be a limit to how long we could stay under water like say maybe 5 mins or 10 you could sneak up underneath the crusier and all the other support ships and then fire the trops at the cv and hope to get a hit and if you were spotted say maybe some depth charges being throwin your way and sink your sub but Subs above water depending on which ones we get move rather fast maybe 40mph topspeed thats enough to run down a carrier as a carrier only travels at 35mph it would be a slow process but nonetheless it would be well worth it, it would be okay for some of us who don't have jobs to do and give us something to do besides do long bomber missions
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Midway on July 31, 2012, 08:28:11 PM
midway think outside of the box for a moment if we had Subs there would probably be a limit to how long we could stay under water like say maybe 5 mins or 10 you could sneak up underneath the crusier and all the other support ships and then fire the trops at the cv and hope to get a hit and if you were spotted say maybe some depth charges being throwin your way and sink your sub but Subs above water depending on which ones we get move rather fast maybe 40mph topspeed thats enough to run down a carrier as a carrier only travels at 35mph it would be a slow process but nonetheless it would be well worth it, it would be okay for some of us who don't have jobs to do and give us something to do besides do long bomber missions

Maybe, but how long before you find an enemy task group... and if one is called out on range, wouldn't the bombers likely get to it first... so you'd just be sailing the open ocean for fun.
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Post by: bozon on August 01, 2012, 04:24:19 AM
I will approve subs if it means we also get Mossie XVIII to put 57mm holes in them.
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Max on August 01, 2012, 07:13:31 AM
i'd be underwater looking at the inside of my sub for hours before i run into a fleet. :headscratch:

Fixed.

By the way, if that meant hours of radio silence, I'd be all for it, Captain Who  :devil
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Slate on August 01, 2012, 09:03:44 AM
  Sub Spawns is the answer! You could spawn near an enemy port or base and unleash commando troops.  :x
    But they must be painted yellow.  :D

(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h421/SCFODG/submarine.jpg)
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Paladin3 on August 01, 2012, 09:59:03 AM
Moved... Radio Silence perked my interest in the wish list forums.
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: jeep00 on August 01, 2012, 09:28:50 PM
I enjoyed Silent Hunter III but it would be hard to make that viable in AH. Maybe wolfpacks operating like the present cv groups do.

Bob
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: titanic3 on August 01, 2012, 09:43:59 PM
Our CV group travels so fast it'd be nearly impossible for a sub to attack unless it was head on.
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: Tracerfi on August 01, 2012, 09:47:46 PM
Our CV group travels so fast it'd be nearly impossible for a sub to attack unless it was head on.
never say never
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: cattb on August 01, 2012, 10:37:22 PM
A sub could catch a cv on the surface depending on its course or change of course.
Title: Re: Submarines...?
Post by: titanic3 on August 01, 2012, 11:10:14 PM
A sub could catch a cv on the surface depending on its course or change of course.

But then you might as well up a PT boat if you're going for a surface attack. I don't really see how U-boats can be used effectively in the MA. They can't attack a port effectively because the VH/ack is on land, and if a deck gun is an option, it still wouldn't be used because it has to surface, and the PT can do that faster and easier.

It can't attack a CV group while submerged in a chase, and the only chance it'll get is a frontal attack or as the CV passes through. Which means it has to be rather close to CV, and that means there will be planes near the CV. Not too much fun for a sub in that situation.