That is the key.

I have played 8 or 9 careers and have started with the 2nd Flotilla. After about 10 missions, you should have enough renoun to earn the IXB. Four fish in the fore section, 6 internal reserves, 6 external. 2 in the aft tubes, 2 reserve internal, and 2 external. That many fish you should start to rack up some impressive tonnage. Given the right circumstances, I have came back with as much as 80,000 on one curise.

I have snicked into Loch Ewe and sank a Nelson and a Revenge BB, as well as several Tribial DD's, several V&W DD's, and a tanker or two, and escaped.

No shotage of fish there. Cruising range of what, 19000 nm? Dive times are slower, I think it takes them 37 seconds to dive. An eternity when you really, really need to dive fast.

The problem with that is it is such a long time till the IXC is ready.

My IXB got sunk yesterday. I been in the middle of a convoy west of Ireland, all escorts sunk (2x Black Swan, 1x Southhampton, 1x S-Class), when i decided to do some mopp-up. Well, it worked up to the moment i fired at a freighter at 500 meters with my tube VI. To shorten the time 'till impact (TII), i used the deck gun at an Ore-Freighter. When the impact was due, i changed to the conning tower to watch it. Impact, some fireworks and the screaming started. Everything aft from the aft bunks red and everyone dead, conning tower and gun orange and all dead and massive leaks openning up aft.
A nice career gone to hell.
I think i'll start again with a smaller sub.

Even playing 100% realism you can get real achievements taking IXD40 in January1942, 10th Flotilla, heading to quadrant GR52, or GR89. In Southern Hemisphere following the route Cape town – Freetown (see GWX rout map) you will meet big passenger ships such as old passenger ship about 20 000 BRT, and even the biggest GWX 2.0. passenger ship of 45 000 BRT.
Another good way to promote your career is to go to Caribbean Sea. Around Curacao you’ll meet lonely and sometimes armless tankers, no task forces, planes, and even single destroyers.
You can also try to evade Curacao harbor. Last time I countered there 8 US. tankers. No danger to approach to 1 000 meters or even less the Curacao docs ‘couse the island is volcanic origin attacked by trawler 700 meters in front of the docks I deepened my Boot to 120 meters.

I guess I'm just the exception to the rule.

I like my Type IX boats.

If I get tired of cruising around the atlantic, I transfer to the 29th Flotilla, get me a Type VII and attack there.

Then back to the atlantic and my trusty Type IX.

Would some kind soul explain how to put the 6th eel back into a TypeIID please,would love to get a IID career going again but with only 5 eel's and my shooting it really wouldn't be worth leaving the harbour:oops: That extra eel sure would make it easier to have a little bit more sucess and enjoyment:yep: What with early war torp failure's and only 5/6 on board I'm supprised they managed to sink anything:obet many a time early on in the war a kaleun got back to base in his kanoe tied it up at the dock,a gave the thing a good kick,how frustrating it must have been to be so limited:damn: Also could someone post a few piccys of a IID in GWX,I'm sure there isn't an exhaust port on them?would look rather odd if your using any of the exhaust/waterstream combi mods:hmm: