Best Strategic Map ... strategy?

yvan_eht_nioj · 12-28-18, 03:16 PM

Hi all, new to this forum and hope this isn't a question already discussed...

I just bought my copy of CW after following it and watching some of JiveTurkey's and Jingles' videos on YouTube for a while. I played a lot of Red Storm Rising as a kid and was excited for CW as a spiritual successor with newer graphics. My prior sub sim experience also included EA's 688 and some WWII U-Boat sim I forgot the name of.

Anyway I've been playing CW's 1984 campaign in Casual while I learn the game, and the thing I've been having the most trouble* with is finding mission targets in the strategic map. I know it's a big ocean and that I can't find everything (especially since I lost the Norwegian sonar net early in this playthrough), but oddly I've been having the most trouble finding merchant/support surface groups, not sub targets. I try to get to the general area of my brief, then do a mix of slow lurking with the occasional fast dash to avoid aircraft/satellites/non-target warships, but I'm wondering if there's any more specific tips for newbies like me? I hope to avoid any more mocking news headlines from the game asking "why can't they find slow tankers!?"

Also, is there any way to predict from the strategic map layer what the sea conditions will be (besides general depth, that I can guess from the contours on the big map)?

Thanks!

* Besides psychic destroyers and aircraft spamming torpedoes at me, but that's a whole other topic altogether

12-28-18, 03:16 PM	#1
yvan_eht_nioj Nub Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Best Strategic Map ... strategy? Hi all, new to this forum and hope this isn't a question already discussed... I just bought my copy of CW after following it and watching some of JiveTurkey's and Jingles' videos on YouTube for a while. I played a lot of Red Storm Rising as a kid and was excited for CW as a spiritual successor with newer graphics. My prior sub sim experience also included EA's 688 and some WWII U-Boat sim I forgot the name of. Anyway I've been playing CW's 1984 campaign in Casual while I learn the game, and the thing I've been having the most trouble* with is finding mission targets in the strategic map. I know it's a big ocean and that I can't find everything (especially since I lost the Norwegian sonar net early in this playthrough), but oddly I've been having the most trouble finding merchant/support surface groups, not sub targets. I try to get to the general area of my brief, then do a mix of slow lurking with the occasional fast dash to avoid aircraft/satellites/non-target warships, but I'm wondering if there's any more specific tips for newbies like me? I hope to avoid any more mocking news headlines from the game asking "why can't they find slow tankers!?" Also, is there any way to predict from the strategic map layer what the sea conditions will be (besides general depth, that I can guess from the contours on the big map)? Thanks! * Besides psychic destroyers and aircraft spamming torpedoes at me, but that's a whole other topic altogether Last edited by yvan_eht_nioj; 12-28-18 at 03:36 PM.