JC Member in Twitch Flying the Bus!

[FlyingAccountant]

I play this with my kid on overnights.

But it’s not a real 25kts

When you look at the game stats you get to see how far you’ve “sailed” in the time you were alive and when you do the math you had to do something like 240kt to be able to sail 20 nm in the game in 5 minutes.

Oh yeah, it's an arcade game and lacks a lot of realism. Especially with the subs.

I've spent more money on this game than I'd like to admit, but I've got some real bangers in my fleet.

 

[Richman]

Oh yeah, it's an arcade game and lacks a lot of realism. Especially with the subs.

I've spent more money on this game than I'd like to admit, but I've got some real bangers in my fleet.

I was personally insulted when they nerfed my shotgun torpedo attack in the sub.

You have to be a reasonable player these days to play subs well.

 

[FlyingAccountant]

I was personally insulted when they nerfed my shotgun torpedo attack in the sub.

You have to be a reasonable player these days to play subs well.

I just got into subs and actually enjoy them. I bought Archerfish with steel and it's one of my favorite ships in the game. U4501 ain't bad either.

But yeah, there's definitely a learning curve. I'm naturally an aggressive player and I had a hard time learning that a sub alone is a sub that's not going to live very long. Sort of contradictory to real life.

 

[Richman]

I just got into subs and actually enjoy them. I bought Archerfish with steel and it's one of my favorite ships in the game. U4501 ain't bad either.

But yeah, there's definitely a learning curve. I'm naturally an aggressive player and I had a hard time learning that a sub alone is a sub that's not going to live very long. Sort of contradictory to real life.

I have a Balao and for the 1st half of the game you just need to scout, use the hydrophone to sniff out hidden targets and work your way behind the other side. If you get spotted early with the enemy clustered up where they can focus fire you’re toast.

Heading into the 2nd half, targets are more dispersed, probably banged up, and there’s a good chance of finishing them off without blowing cover.

 

[woodreau]

I guess I’m happy that I’m not the only one who plays Warships and Tanks, mainly because because my kid plays and there were many overnights my kid and I would just play the game and talk over discord. I admit I’ve spent way too much money playing a free to play game.

I haven’t done very much with subs, and I am fairly aggressive. Taking a destroyer and rushing into the caps to take out other destroyers, or just stick to Dakaa-dakaa-dakaa-dakaa no armor cruisers with rapid firing destroyer guns being an annoying paper cut.

Ironically, despite flying planes for a living, I can’t seem to be able to fly any airplane in Microsoft flight simulator 2020. It’s at the end of the runway and I don’t have an Xbox controller so all I can do is watch the game.

Prior to becoming an airline pilot 20 years ago I used to play and fly FS9 all of the time. I’d takeoff from LA fly for about an hour, go to bed, the plane continued flying to Asia all night long, when I woke up in the morning there would be one hour left and I’d land in Asia and then go to work.
But after becoming an airline pilot couldn’t be bothered to play flight simulator.