WinterMute
01-16-07, 09:10 PM
Hello kaleuns!
Please, read my story and then tell me what do you think about it.
A new career with GWX mod, most realistic settings.
It's November 29th, 1939. My 3rd patrol, 1st on my newly obtained u-boat IID. I'd completed patrol objectives and was looking for some target for my five torpedos, so not to go back home with empty hands. I saw the port of Dunkirk nearby, so I decided to check it out.
Around 12.00 AM I acquired visual contact with ships in the port. I noticed one passanger/troop transport ship, one large tanker, one medium cargo and a variety of smaller units. There were also 4 destroyers docked at piers. I decided to sneak right into the very middle of the port and to sunk the first three units I've mentioned.
So I went down to periscope depth and went stright ahead at 2 knots and "silent running". While passing by two Polish destroyers I heard pinging and recived a message from an officer: "Enemy is pinging us, sir!", but none of destroyers even moved. I thought: "OK, probably they are drinking tea ;) , they do not suspect such a bold action and this pinging is just a looped game effect and in fact shoudn't be heard".
And there I was in the middle of the port. First two torpedos I send with best wishes to the French troop transporter. And frankly, I was prepared to die. :D I was in very shallow waters surrounded by 4 DD's... Should I say more? ;)
But... NOTHING HAPPENED! DD's did literally nothing. So I also sunk the large tanker and the medium cargo and I was out of torps. Then I slowly left the port and fled back to Kiel. With only five torpedos I sunk 45.000 BRT, my best score ever! :up:
End of story. So, what do you think about it? Is it fair or is it cheating?
Looks like ships in a port are sitting ducks! I know that Prien did even better in Scapa Flow, but come on... He didn't leave Scapa just like that with Brits doing nothing. It looks like in SH3 (or at least in GWX) DD's docked in a port just can't move! Besides the warning about pinging I also recived two warnings about depth charges but as I said DD's weren't moving at all. Maybe it's a bug or maybe it's just the way it must be, I don't know... But tell me - can it be considered realistic? I spent about 3 hrs in the port - is it possible that none of the destroyers would be ready for action by that time?
cheers
Please, read my story and then tell me what do you think about it.
A new career with GWX mod, most realistic settings.
It's November 29th, 1939. My 3rd patrol, 1st on my newly obtained u-boat IID. I'd completed patrol objectives and was looking for some target for my five torpedos, so not to go back home with empty hands. I saw the port of Dunkirk nearby, so I decided to check it out.
Around 12.00 AM I acquired visual contact with ships in the port. I noticed one passanger/troop transport ship, one large tanker, one medium cargo and a variety of smaller units. There were also 4 destroyers docked at piers. I decided to sneak right into the very middle of the port and to sunk the first three units I've mentioned.
So I went down to periscope depth and went stright ahead at 2 knots and "silent running". While passing by two Polish destroyers I heard pinging and recived a message from an officer: "Enemy is pinging us, sir!", but none of destroyers even moved. I thought: "OK, probably they are drinking tea ;) , they do not suspect such a bold action and this pinging is just a looped game effect and in fact shoudn't be heard".
And there I was in the middle of the port. First two torpedos I send with best wishes to the French troop transporter. And frankly, I was prepared to die. :D I was in very shallow waters surrounded by 4 DD's... Should I say more? ;)
But... NOTHING HAPPENED! DD's did literally nothing. So I also sunk the large tanker and the medium cargo and I was out of torps. Then I slowly left the port and fled back to Kiel. With only five torpedos I sunk 45.000 BRT, my best score ever! :up:
End of story. So, what do you think about it? Is it fair or is it cheating?
Looks like ships in a port are sitting ducks! I know that Prien did even better in Scapa Flow, but come on... He didn't leave Scapa just like that with Brits doing nothing. It looks like in SH3 (or at least in GWX) DD's docked in a port just can't move! Besides the warning about pinging I also recived two warnings about depth charges but as I said DD's weren't moving at all. Maybe it's a bug or maybe it's just the way it must be, I don't know... But tell me - can it be considered realistic? I spent about 3 hrs in the port - is it possible that none of the destroyers would be ready for action by that time?
cheers