Mission 2: I'm still alive and heading back to Wilhelmshaven from the AM's. 24.000+ tonnage so far. I'm quite content :up:

First part of the patrol was quite an uneventful trip through the North Sea. Sank a trawler SW of Scapa, my first kill of this new GWX IX career. Lost track of one convoy in storm and rain, but picked up some lonely small and large merchants, one pyro, one passenger/cargo. All G1 steamers in the tubes, one dud so far. No early electrics for me.

No contacts at all with destroyers or planes. Shame I lost track of the convoy though. Four forward eels left. One aft. I'm heading back via Scapa and the North Sea.

After the first trip and, I forgot to mention, three casualties, morale is back up again! Caffee with a little schnapps for zee boys tonight! :arrgh!:

Happy times... for now...

87% realism. External camera and map updates are enabled...

I remember in SH2 you could easily mod the game to command a Type 14 U-Tanker. Now there was a wallowing sea cow. No torpedoes you could fire. Just flak and deck guns. The challenge with this sub was just staying alive. :arrgh!:

http://www.eskimo.com/%7Esnowfall/Type14.jpg

Okay, I'm going to go and venture here and ask...now why the heck would you want to command a U-Tanker?!

Well as it was stated above IX boats are not just U-Tankers. They carry a large amount of torpedoes and they have a good range. That gives you the chance to reach far theaters of operations and to attack more targets. Obviously the patrols last much longer (something between 40-60 days usually) and as you cross the Ocean to reach your hunting grounds it can get a bit boring and lonely. In the end what matters is if you like this type of command and this type of game. I personaly love it that's why I chose the IXC/IXD2. Obviously each to its own so if you feel better with the VII go forth and enjoy it;) :D

Well, you could always sniff the fumes of all that extra gas your carrying whilst waiting on your next 'hook up' :doh:

CHECK THE TYPE IX SIG :cool:

Bakery on board. Yumm. ;)