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Hylander_1314 08-07-08 11:42 PM
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Depends on the message from Pearl. If it says to sink merchant ships, that's what I do. If it says the Captain has full autonomy, then it's look out Tojo, you're gonna lose some of those precious battlewagons, and flattops before I head back to Hawaii.
What the heck is RSRDC? I'll follow my orders to the letter, but if I see a once in a lifetime chance to sink more carriers I will do so. I can always refit later if I ran out of torpedos. Imagine if in War ll a US sub saw a chance at sinking one maybe two fleet carriers, would you not do so? Think how many lives you'd save, or that by sinking those two Fleet carriers would have changed the war in our favor 3-1 our favor and not the other way around.

I understand this is just a sim, but it still feels really good having a once in a lifetime chance to sink something rarely found in this game! Few people have had a chance like this, but when the chance comes your way will you ignore it or will you give in and sink it? I actually thought SH4 was all about sinking big warships, just look at the intro to SH4. The intro shows something completely different from actual game play, miss leading as it is! Look at the game package, what does it show on the front? Do you see merchant ships on the front cover? Huh , well do yeah? :D
Don't get me wrong, if I see a target of opportunity that is askin' for it, I will try to sink them. But once you have have your orders, you do what's needed to accomplish the goals outlined, as this has more bearing on the renown you get than sinking big warships.

Systemlord 08-08-08 12:15 AM
Sometimes my orders say, "deploy to Bismark sea and engage enemy shipping". So thats what I did, followed those orders to the letter.

Petur 08-08-08 06:10 AM
Well i have just once got in a realy big task force. Sank some sort of a carrier and a Kongo BB'

Systemlord 08-08-08 07:52 AM
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Well i have just once got in a realy big task force. Sank some sort of a carrier and a Kongo BB'
The night before last I sunk two (thats 70,000 tons for both) Taiho Fleet Carriers, then lastnight again I sunk a Ise BattleShip (late war) equaling 31,800 tons! Whenever you see a Task Force of medium size, theres almost always a big fat ship that needs sinking. In the first 7 patrols I'd stay clear of Task Forces all together, but now I look for these medium size Task Forces like candie. :D

Quillan 08-08-08 07:54 AM
"Deploy to Bismark Sea and engage enemy shipping" is a two part objective:

1) Get to the Bismark Sea, within 50-100 nm of the center of the star, and
2) sink X tons of enemy merchant shipping.

Assuming you're still using the stock game, X is 10,000 tons of merchant shipping. It changes depending on the mod used. There is no requirement that the tonnage be sunk anywhere near the star, though, but it has to be merchant tonnage. Military ships don't count, and I don't know for certain if tankers do. I think they do, but I'm not positive. Be more aggressive, as the Bdu always tells you! :p

Systemlord 08-08-08 05:24 PM
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Be more aggressive, as the Bdu always tells you! :p
Sinking that Ise Battleship was a suicide run. :D

Sandman_28054 08-10-08 12:38 AM
Perhaps its just me, but, I'm not running any mods. Just the straight up stock game.

On mission 5, on my way to attack enemy shipping in the South China Sea, I ran across a Task Force that contained 3 Yamamoto Class Battleships, one Fuso Class Battle ship, 4 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, and 4 destroyers.

And out of the whole group, I put 4 "fish" into one Yamamoto Class Battleship, did not sink, and sunk the Fuso class battleship.

I have run across numerous small convoys and small task forces, but this was the biggest task force I have encountered so far.

Systemlord 08-10-08 03:59 AM
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Perhaps its just me, but, I'm not running any mods. Just the straight up stock game.

On mission 5, on my way to attack enemy shipping in the South China Sea, I ran across a Task Force that contained 3 Yamamoto Class Battleships, one Fuso Class Battle ship, 4 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, and 4 destroyers.

And out of the whole group, I put 4 "fish" into one Yamamoto Class Battleship, did not sink, and sunk the Fuso class battleship.

I have run across numerous small convoys and small task forces, but this was the biggest task force I have encountered so far.
I run the game stock also, that was a huge task force you ran into!

Zero Niner 08-10-08 08:50 PM
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... Just the straight up stock game.

On mission 5, on my way to attack enemy shipping in the South China Sea, I ran across a Task Force that contained 3 Yamamoto Class Battleships, ...
It's "Yamato". Yamamoto is the name of the Japanese Admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbour.

One of the more glaring deficiencies of the stock game. Only 2 such ships were built by the IJN, the Yamato & the Musashi. What was to have been the 3rd ship in the class was converted into the CV Shinano.

Anyway, I was en route to my patrol objective around the Caroline Islands when I received an intel message saying that a convoy from the Home Fleet would be in the vicinity of the waters west of Truk. Since I was in range I detoured and encountered a TF comprising 1 DD (lead escort), *2* Kongo-class BBs and a Chitose-class AV. I sunk one Kongo and the Chitose in my first attack in mid-morning, withdrew to reload and shadowed the remnants of the TF during the day. I later did an end-around and that night I sank the other Kongo. :smug:

Systemlord 08-11-08 01:03 AM
I never really understood what "Fox Traffic" means from the ordinary "Contact Report" Enemy... What do all those different variations mean?

Zero Niner 08-11-08 01:22 AM
I don't know what "Fox" really means, but I imagine it as an urgent message ("Flash Message") about a high-value target and is time sensitive. Sort of like the info one gets from intercepting & decoding Jap messages.

Systemlord 08-11-08 06:17 AM
Sunk a Fuso Class Battleship tonight!
 
Sunk a Fuso Class Battleship tonight, it only took four torpedos (fired 6) under the keel to sink her at 32ft. I got within 1300 yards before they knew what hit them! Released decoys and went to a depth of 310ft running 2 knots in "silent running" mode. I then saved my game at that point, then I had a "brown out" (no electricity) a few minutes later! I unplugged my computer from my power surge protecter because the power would go on, then off over and over again.

Sandman_28054 08-13-08 11:21 PM
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It's "Yamato". Yamamoto is the name of the Japanese Admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbour.
I know that and thank you for correcting my spelling, but spelling was never one of my best subjects in school.

aanker 08-14-08 11:33 AM
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I don't know what "Fox" really means, but I imagine it as an urgent message ("Flash Message") about a high-value target and is time sensitive. Sort of like the info one gets from intercepting & decoding Jap messages.
FOX SKED - just scheduled broadcasts to the subs. I've noticed that many come around 1800 for example.

Hondo has an outstanding glossary:
http://www.valoratsea.com/glossary.htm
"Fox Schedule - (Fox Sked) Radio broadcast schedule of messages for U.S. submarines."

Happy Hunting!

Art

SteamWake 08-14-08 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Zero Niner
I don't know what "Fox" really means, but I imagine it as an urgent message ("Flash Message") about a high-value target and is time sensitive. Sort of like the info one gets from intercepting & decoding Jap messages.
FOX SKED - just scheduled broadcasts to the subs. I've noticed that many come around 1800 for example.

Hondo has an outstanding glossary:
http://www.valoratsea.com/glossary.htm
"Fox Schedule - (Fox Sked) Radio broadcast schedule of messages for U.S. submarines."

Happy Hunting!

Art
Yea unfortunatly for us ... at least in the stock game... the messages are merely color text.


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