Crimguy
05-24-07, 02:11 AM
I put SH3 down for a year after Starforce seemed to have royally screwed up my computer. Well - I just reinstalled last week, and have GWX up and running, and it's a blast. My first career out I got killed on my 3rd patrol. Learned the AI is no longer very stupid early in the war, and that convoys seem to have a lot more escorts :arrgh!:
This time out, I'm playing it a bit more conservative. Only have 6000 tons going into my 3rd patrol in 1939.
Anyway, I get wind of a convoy around AM51. The weather is terrible. Heavy fog, rain, and big seas. I'm hunting around for it for 5 hours. I can hear it, just cant see it. Then, out of nowhere, I almost run right into a small cargo vessel, not 200m away! Shame it was Norwegian. I dive and find another one, this time a brit. I surface and sink it with one eel. Then as I'm turning away I see a Dido Cruiser turn toward me. I dive to 140m, dodge 4 escorts for about 1 1/2 hours, then make it topside. Find the convoy an hour later, repeat. This time I almost run right into the transom of the Dido. The weather is so bad, no one saw me until it was too late. I shot 2 torps at him using the Uzo and a boresight engagement (if there is an equivilent in sub-speak). This time, I didn't even dive, I just turned away at flank. No one came after me. I then found another cargo ship (British) and sank him using the same technique. This time a DD forced me down. Came up after a couple hours of depth charges, reacquired the convoy, and repeated. Not only was the weather still bad, but it was now dark. I found myself snaking through the convoy, search lights occasionally lighting me up. No one could get a bead on me for more than a few seconds. Even though my remaining torps either missed or were duds, it was an awesome ride.
In 1939, I highly recommend trying it out. Just don't do it in 1941.
This time out, I'm playing it a bit more conservative. Only have 6000 tons going into my 3rd patrol in 1939.
Anyway, I get wind of a convoy around AM51. The weather is terrible. Heavy fog, rain, and big seas. I'm hunting around for it for 5 hours. I can hear it, just cant see it. Then, out of nowhere, I almost run right into a small cargo vessel, not 200m away! Shame it was Norwegian. I dive and find another one, this time a brit. I surface and sink it with one eel. Then as I'm turning away I see a Dido Cruiser turn toward me. I dive to 140m, dodge 4 escorts for about 1 1/2 hours, then make it topside. Find the convoy an hour later, repeat. This time I almost run right into the transom of the Dido. The weather is so bad, no one saw me until it was too late. I shot 2 torps at him using the Uzo and a boresight engagement (if there is an equivilent in sub-speak). This time, I didn't even dive, I just turned away at flank. No one came after me. I then found another cargo ship (British) and sank him using the same technique. This time a DD forced me down. Came up after a couple hours of depth charges, reacquired the convoy, and repeated. Not only was the weather still bad, but it was now dark. I found myself snaking through the convoy, search lights occasionally lighting me up. No one could get a bead on me for more than a few seconds. Even though my remaining torps either missed or were duds, it was an awesome ride.
In 1939, I highly recommend trying it out. Just don't do it in 1941.