Howdy!
Get ready to pull out youīr water boots/fishing boots from the closet and get youīr feet wet!
Ok hereīs the deal skippers...
After some talk yesterday on TS and that this idea has been wondering my mind for a bit. I think it would be alot of fun to get some of you into some online gameplay with 688i H/K. I know some of you already know about Janes and itīs SSN type submarine sim so Iīll skip the introduction.
I would have opted for a newer version of this sim (Sub Command/Dangerous Waters) but I have a couple of reasons not to do so...
- At the time I played 688i in the Seawolves.org which I did for 3 years with 1-2 MP games per night, SC came out with the later DW. The team in Seawolves did alot of testing with SC and DW and came to the conclusion that SC and DW had to many bugs in them as to use it as our main SSN sim for trainnig and MP. That being said 688i is the most stable and reliable of the three thus worth spending the time to learn it and play it.
- I was spectical of buying it (I still have the original on CD, but misplaced the beautiful handbook) beacuse Iam now on W10 and do see some folks having issues with W10 and SC/DW but for what I paid for I said what the heck! It seemīs from the Steam community that out of the three, 688i has the least post with issues regarding 688i. I can now also confirm that it works just great on W10. There might be some issues with the campaign mode but there seems to be a fix for that. Alternatively the fun part about playing 688i is the multiplayer side and the knife fight missions. MP is done via IP and I have experience with the built in editor which is not that hard to master.
So my proposal is to gather some of you with interest in some MP action when ever possible. Iam willing to give a crash course with 688i and show you the ropes and tactics used in MP knife fights. I wil go through the different stations and how to use them. The only station that will be on auto is TMA crew as this needs some mastering. With MP knife fights the 3D view will be incative for the ovius reason, there will also be a R.O.E of 5mins. before torps can be fired, this gives everybody the chance to set-up there sub for the fight. This was done in Seawolves. There is a maximum of 8 players in MP so we canīt do much about that.
The MP knife fights are like playing chess or cat and mouse, thereīs bluffs in, stealth and other tactics that I will explain. Once a sub gives away itīs stealth to other players there will be some frenetic moments as the pinging of torps increses as they get close to your sub, so fun is guaranteed!
Please be so kind to post your interest and timeline of the week so I can set-up the trainning course which should last about an hour to an hour and a half. MP knife fights usualy donīt last more then an hour and we can also set a time limit. Bear in mind that the MP knife fights maps are rather small so close incounter happens soon!
The game is on sale for the next 3 dayīs on GammerGate which will give you a Steam key (2,25) the price of a beer with your buddyīs
GamersGate:
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-688IHK/688i-hunterkillerSkippers I hope you dive in with me and we will meet somewhere in the Bering Strait for trainning...
The cold waters will make a man out of you!
Ahoy Skippers!
Red