Bizarre game logic?

[danurve]

How logical is the game in assigning patrol grids?
I mean really. VIIB out of Brest, been slammin the convoys in BE. So what's next, send the boat to ET13, Freetown. Sure I can use Commander to change that, and sure the orders don't realy matter. But following the intent of the game that is a chunk of fuel for a type VII, even being conservative. And you know, there will be a random convoy or some jazz along the way to intercept.
Well I'm curious about the grid so I'll probably go.
I just prefer the Atlantic and it's typical weather. Didn't take long to figgure out in 1.03 that it is a key to success. In calm seas you might as well let off a flare to let them know your comming.

[Jimbuna]

Patrol grid allocation can at times be 'erratic'......I've been sent to inland Spain on occasion :doh:

Just changeit with SH3 Commander :up:

[emtmedic005]

Im always being sent down to the Freetown area, there are alot of convoys and task forces heading for the MED, so usually i sit outside the Straits and wait for some juicy targets. Once i made it down to Freetown and raided the port, got a Liner and a couple tranports out of it

[Jimbuna]

Im always being sent down to the Freetown area, there are alot of convoys and task forces heading for the MED, so usually i sit outside the Straits and wait for some juicy targets. Once i made it down to Freetown and raided the port, got a Liner and a couple tranports out of it

My favourite spot....200 km or so west of Gib.....they come at you from both sides http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[STEED]

My favourite spot....200 km or so west of Gib.....they come at you from both sides http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

Are it's you I see jim with that bill board poster on your U-Boat saying, Feck Off I was here first. :roll:

[danurve]

My favourite spot....200 km or so west of Gib.....they come at you from both sides http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

Are it's you I see jim with that bill board poster on your U-Boat saying, Feck Off I was here first. :roll:

Wow billboards! So that's how the IX Kaleuns survive.
Being in a VII I can of course just slip away .. :|\\

[Uncle Goose]

It might be unlogical but in the war U-boats were moved around all the time, BDU had to guess where the new routes would be because the Allies kept changing them depending on the amounts of attacks on these routes.

[papa_smurf]

The 'best' patrol grid I was assigned by BDu was BF16, this was when I was still commanding a type IIA:o . Needless to say I changed it with SH3 commander.

[Jimbuna]

My favourite spot....200 km or so west of Gib.....they come at you from both sides http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

Are it's you I see jim with that bill board poster on your U-Boat saying, Feck Off I was here first. :roll:

Mine was supposed to read http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img91/8363/muhahahafr8.gif

[Nerazzurri]

Patrol grid allocation can at times be 'erratic'......I've been sent to inland Spain on occasion :doh:


Yeah, once, I was ordered to Birmingham :hmm: Bdu works in mysterious ways!

[seafarer]

How logical is the game in assigning patrol grids?
I mean really. VIIB out of Brest, been slammin the convoys in BE. So what's next, send the boat to ET13, Freetown. Sure I can use Commander to change that, and sure the orders don't realy matter. But following the intent of the game that is a chunk of fuel for a type VII, even being conservative. And you know, there will be a random convoy or some jazz along the way to intercept.
Well I'm curious about the grid so I'll probably go.
I just prefer the Atlantic and it's typical weather. Didn't take long to figgure out in 1.03 that it is a key to success. In calm seas you might as well let off a flare to let them know your comming.

Maybe, you've just been doing such a wonderful job, you and your crew is just being rewarded with a gentle cruise in warmer waters.

Of course, you could also wonder why you would be sent to great white shark infested waters :hmm: Did your orders make any reference to offering up swim calls for both officers and men? Did your 1st officer have a private meeting with BdU prior to your departure? Just sayin' that a little paranoia is healthy when others are out to do you in (and a UBoat is a lousy platform to mount a shark watch from - nobody would see the beast until after it had bitten you in two).

[Jimbuna]

Patrol grid allocation can at times be 'erratic'......I've been sent to inland Spain on occasion :doh:


Yeah, once, I was ordered to Birmingham :hmm: Bdu works in mysterious ways!

You don't want to be going there http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img231/1076/shockedvi8.gif

They'll pinch yer periscopes http://imgcash5.imageshack.us/img265/4616/rollingaroundlaughingmh6.gif

http://imgcash4.imageshack.us/img504/2364/submarinecp8.gif

[Nerazzurri]

They'll pinch yer periscopes http://imgcash5.imageshack.us/img265/4616/rollingaroundlaughingmh6.gif

http://imgcash4.imageshack.us/img504/2364/submarinecp8.gif



Ooer, matron! :o

[Brag]

Patrol grid allocation can at times be 'erratic'......I've been sent to inland Spain on occasion :doh:


Yeah, once, I was ordered to Birmingham :hmm: Bdu works in mysterious ways!

You don't want to be going there http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img231/1076/shockedvi8.gif

They'll pinch yer periscopes http://imgcash5.imageshack.us/img265/4616/rollingaroundlaughingmh6.gif

http://imgcash4.imageshack.us/img504/2364/submarinecp8.gif

When Jimbuna is 200 kms west of Gib, it is safe to operate there. No one dares to pinch periscopes then :cool:

[Heibges]

Kaleuns had to deal with the fuel/torpedo issue in real life.

Hardegan took 23 days for instance to reach the coast of America using maximum fuel conservation, but had enough stored to return in only 10 days.

Also he was not allowed to use torpedoes on any ship less than 20K on the way to the coast.