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I leave lone warships alone this usually happens if I'm attacking a convoy and my position was compromised. If I miss then I keep diving regardless but its nice to attempt to prevent depth charges from falling in the first place.

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Originally Posted by U777 (Post 1461938)

Yep, already got one petty officer trained as a deck gunner and trained another one as a torpedo tech after tonight's patrol, sank 2 cargo ships and 2 warships (one warship hit was accidental, it took the torpedo that was intended for a small freighter). Earned some U-boat badges to pass out to the crew and the next item on the list is to get a PO qualified on the AA gun.

you can assign petty officers 3 skills.. i suggest watchmen gunner and repair
use commander and assign them jobs straight up

Yep just discovered SH3 commander, awesome tool!

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Originally Posted by U777 (Post 1462517)

Yep just discovered SH3 commander, awesome tool!

sorry i assumed u had it!... it is isn't it:yeah:
have u got gwx3.0 and jsmge?...... if u dont u need em... links are on the forum somewhere :)

With SH3C you can set your deck gun reload time to zero, so when one of them little b*****ds comes on you let the b*****d have it. :D

Even had a good duel with destroyers when I'm just playing for fun. :DL

Yep I've been using GWX all along and just recently with commander aside from giving you powerful tools and a nice record keeper, its awesome to see the details of the ships that my boat sank although on the last patrol I wasn't too lucky. Had to escape 4 warships and never ran into a single freighter. Maybe I should swing through the channel to the eastern edge of England after patrolling the assigned grid because the West side seems to be devoid of merchant ships.

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1461943)

People would survive a lot more if they treated the game like it was real life.

Just keep this thought in mind: If I get killed I put the game away and don't play it for a year.

I guarantee you'll start thinking a lot more like a real captain.

I hope you are just making a point about the one year layoff.:o
I would not be as pleasant a person as I am now if I spent a year off the boat.:nope:
But yes I do play as if for real.:salute:

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Originally Posted by U777 (Post 1462795)

In the nav map view there's a nice pull-down map showing the Atlantic shipping routes. I'm not sure what type boat you're in but if you can hang out around where those routes converge into the Western Approaches to Britain (north and south around Ireland) there should be excellent possibilities for hunting merchants.

The Channel and the eastern English coast can be treacherous. Relatively shallow water and the very real possibility of running into a mined area, plus you'll likely find a much stronger Royal Navy presence and you'll be in range of RAF Coastal Command. They can and will come after you if you are spotted or engage another vessel and someone calls in your position.