Sounds interesting. I've never even seen a IXD2. My balls don't clank though. My joints creak - does that count?

It is a lot of fun actually. I never went south in the boats. Ducimus asked that I give it a try. It a very large boat with a great loadout. What I find interesting is the messages from BDU directing you to the brake and then your new patrol area. This has never happened for me. Usually it is just go to grid ## and hang out for 24 hours. I started in 1943 and the planes are darn tough. Somedays just hard to get up for a breath of fresh air. Give it try, I think you will like it. BTW, we can not have creaking joints while in silent running. Get some oil on them:rotfl:

LOL i just wanted to see if you could make it to penang, Mr 2nd patrol President ;)
You always seem to run into some sort of trouble, so the fun is seeing what you get yourself into :88)

Given how much ocean you have to cover.. it could be little to nothing, or it could be ALOT. :)

Well, you have seen what happened on the way to U-488:o. My boat was chewed:oops:. I was affraid to submerge because I did not know what the hull integrity was. Took me a day to find U-488 in the fog:yep:. I can't wait to get to the cape!!! I hear it is fun there;)

The cape can be fun, or it can be boring. It really depends on how deligent you are in finding the traffic. Both times ive been down there though, i found more convoys then id have thought. Convoys seem to come in two varies. A two column, convoy with 3 to 4 escorts, or a MASSIVE convoy. You'll find more of the two column variety.

The range on the RWR is acutally helpful (maybe too helpful) in locating convoys BTW. All convoys have escorts, 30KM range on the RWR is about the same as your hydrophones. if the day is clear and calm.. dive. Remember the AI in GWX (unless you changed it) has a 30KM max distance, so on a clear/calm day, your just kinda fubar'ed if you stay on the surface.

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We continue our trek southbound in the shipping lanes. All is quiet. We enjoy some squid and mustard sandwiches. Are stomach are churning some as we are moving into some uncharted waters.

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In grid EU we spot this fat catch. Just as well. We have found the squid has gone bad and we spent our time running back and forth to the head. Battle stations called!!! I took up station in the head and called out orders from there;)

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It takes three torps to sink this fat catch. I missed all the excitment as, well, I was still in the head taking care of business.:oops: 7000 tons under the belt. We press on to the cape!

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We continue our trek in the shipping lanes and come upon two tramp steamers. I hate these buggers. I sent both to the bottom and I will not tell you how many torpedos I used:oops: Too many for the measily amount of tonnage. No matter, from the looks of it I will be out of torpedos when I hit the Cape. There seems to be some decent shipping if you follow the shipping route. Maybe I will blow by the Cape, load up and head back to the Cape. Doenitz will never know:hmm:

HEH, i can't wait to see how you handle that pig under a depth charge attack. :D

Im on my 3rd patrol, decided im gonna circumnavigate the land down under and see how much of their shipping i can sink.

(although i have to admit im a bit peeved, ran into the old torpedo reload bug. My guess is it happends if you try to load external stores with no crew in the torpedo room. I don't normally do that, did just that this morning, and lost 1 external store because of it :roll: )

Well, i could have stretched this career game out MUCH longer but i decide to end it before i lost intrest and then, not finish it at all. THen i couldnt add another patrol log to my sig :roll:

http://www.ducimus.net/sh3/u-196/u-196_final.jpg

I most definatly cut this (last) patrol short. 50% fuel and 6 torpedo's remaining. I must say though, the australian east coast is VERY profitable. Just hug the shelf along the deepwater side and you'll run into all sorts of stuff. I acutally ducked a big massive convoy in 15 kt weather. Mostly because of the heavy rain and heavy fog, but also because i just wanted to end the patrol and get back to base.

Anyway, one more log for a halfass played career game.
http://www.ducimus.net/sh3/u-196/

Thanks for the inspiration Ducimus
 

We were up all night at muppet labs the night before last.
heres the results.

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Definite diffence to the IXB
(Sadly Beeker was driving the frigate)

I noticed something weird when getting external stores moved. I could not put my finger on it. Anyway, I like this trip. Still a lot of singletons to sink. I guess I have about 6 torpedos left and I'm just leaving grid EU. As far as DC.....I'm going deep man:rock:

BDU said be aggressive....not a lunatic!!!!!! I remember Beeker on the muppets. You know, the destroyer had his blinker on to turn right. Did you not see it???:o

I thought he was signalling me to turn right

it was a simple misunderstanding...........What!

:o OMG, it's a whale! It's the white whale! Tharrr she blows!

............And If My Chest Were a Cannon I would Shoot My Heart into Him.


I cant quite remember the line melville was a while ago for me.

So what do you think Ducimus Can I at least qualify for runner Up
on the BB award.

after all I have taken out a BlackSwan using only my own BB's