I hope you have no doubt I enjoy GWX - in fact I can't imagine SH3 without it. Marvellous game ("mod" seems to be too unsignificant name for what you achieved).
But I got a problem with GWX.
The problem is the lousy escorts just sink in storms. Last two patrols were a good exemplum - weather went worst ever, storm, rain and all possible. Recently I started to play "more real" when it comes to convoys, so I try very hard to keep contact, never loose the prey, never stop my attack, never stop reporting to BdU and so on. This means the convoy doesn't cross the ~40 km radius around my U-Boot, and this means the ships never recover after taking damage. And they take damage easily in storms.
Excerpts from my Captain's log:
- Patrol A:
Nov 1 1940, 0210: Hydrophone contact established.
Nov 1 1940, 0223: Ships sighted.
Nov 1 1940, 0244: Rammed by an escort out of nowhere, little damage.
Nov 2 1940, 1800:
Port escort identified as Hunt I Class destroyer. Lead escort: V&W Classes destroyer.
Nov 2 1940, 1940:
Numerous sounds of sinking ships around.
Nov 2 1940, 1950:
Only two warhips seem to be looking for us. Strange.
Nov 2 1940, 2150:
Spotted by a Hunt I Class, submerging.
Nov 3 1940, 0040:
Spotted by a V&W Classes, crash diving.
Nov 3 1940, 0956:
Aft escort identified as a Town Class destroyer.
Nov 3 1940, 1158:
A sinking ship spotted, most probably a destroyer, reason of sinking unknown. Most probably this was the aft escort Town Class one.
Nov 3 1940, 1725: Must have been spotted, a Town Class destroyer seen dropping DC's somewhere in the mist, 4 km aft.
Nov 3 1940, 1830: Convoy consists of: 5 Small Merchants, 6 Small Freighters, 1 Medium Tanker, 3 Coastal Freighters, 1 Intermediate Tanker,
1 Town Class destroyer.
Nov 3 1940, 1847: [after another attack]
No escort seem to pursuit us. Strange.
Nov 3 1940, 1939: Surfaced, convoy still visible.
Nov 3 1940, 2302:
Floating debris seen, for sure it's not from a ship we damaged.
Nov 4 1940, 0011: [after another attack]
No escorts heard by hydrophones.
Nov 4 1940, 0742: A ship spotted on our way back. No torpedoes but the two external, but unable to reload due to heavy storm. Closing to investigate.
Nov 4 1940, 0816: The ship is
a sinking British Tramp Steamer, almost for sure one from the convoy we pursuited.
- Patrol B:
Dec 13 1940, 1405: Hydrophone contact established.
Dec 13 1940, 1550: Convoy sighted. Right flank escort is an A&B Classes destroyer.
Dec 13 1940, 1644: Lead escort is a Hunt II Class destroyer.
Dec 14 1940, 0446: [after quitting the convoy] Met a crippled A&B Classes destroyer, torpedoed, sunk.
Dec 14 1940, 0452: Heading to another crippled A&B Classes destroyer. No idea what happened to these two, possibly a crash.
These two A&B destroyers are the only two warships I attacked in my 5th career, as I usually don't engage warships. These two were visibly damaged, with their bows down and afts up (screws almost above water), going at 1-2 knots, hardly able to move (but still alive, they repeatedly shot flares). I'm sure I haven't torpedoed them before, it must have been the weather.
Do you think anything could be done about that? That spoils the game quite much I think, it makes following convoys for long periods a bit... not what one would expect.