No unlimited fuel, serious fuel conservation and milch cows like the real U-boat captians did in a Type VII

Anyone else besdies me enjoy this sort of rivalry? hehhehe its fun.


BTW, im getting back in the saddle with another IXD2. Im a glutton for punishment. :arrgh!: This time, ... war's end baby.. war's end! :yep:

I have a type IXB currently, can't imagine going back to the VIIB. Of course, it's still early war for me, but I'm finding each patrol to be a lot more productive. I always had fuel issues in the VIIB - that was more of an issue for me than fish shortages. By the time I got from Wilhelmshaven to AM52 and then BF13, I was already starting to sweat about fuel. I got a patrol down by Spain in late 1939 and I took the Channel as a short cut to save fuel - and damn near got everyone croaked. Never again.

With the IX, if I've got to flog her at flank to make an intercept point at night in heavy seas I just do it. Maybe I'll change my mind as the war progresses and I start getting pinged a lot more.

For you IX folks, do you recommend I skip the IXC and save up the renown for the D2? Or is the IXC a better choice?

I would go for the D2 but if u want to upgrade ur boat cuz IXB is gettin old for u then the IXC is for u then. Sry dont know how to explain it right.

As difficulty goes when you consider ASW (aircraft, depth charges, DD's.. basically everything that exists thats out to kill you) , type9's are harder then type7's. Type 9D2's are harder still.

I woudlnt recommend an IXD2 unless you want to have a harder time of things, really know what your doing and how to react under various situations, OR are intent on going to the south atlantic and indian ocean. If you have no intention of going round the cape of good hope, or the indian ocean, i wouldn't get an IXD2. That said, im bringing my boat into the gulf of mexico :arrgh!:

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IXB vs IXC
Personnaly, id get an IXC because fuel will become an issue later on when you hit more distant patrol grids. An IXC has more fuel then a IXB.

Go for an IXD2 and you are sorted for upgrades as they become available to the wars end :yep: ...the addittional range is an added bonus if you need to open her up on the surface to achieve an advantageous position over a convoy :arrgh!:

I think its fun too, everybody FEEL for their boats, which is kinda nice and kinda wierd. The real Kaleuns probably bantered about this in port too.

Bottom line: The boats are very different, and each have their strong points and weak points, and people are different too.

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I've gone over to the dark side and continued the Med-career I started up, yes, with a VIIC. I still miss the torpedoes. And, standing on the bridge, it feels like I only have a bridge and aft :rotfl: I can barely see the bow hehe, that's weird!!

However, it feels quite right for the Med. Although I'm sure (feb 1942) I'll never make it to a XXI where renown is concerned, I'll stick with my VIIC. At least until Italy collapses and the transfer out of the Med, I have to do Gibraltar ;)

So, until I'm dead, U-97-VIIC in the med it is. One thing though, I can't wait for my quad flak or something! This peashooter I have now is not comforting :huh:

Memory lane alert - The post that, for me, started it all:

I think it was This post:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=84628

That started me on a type9 kick that has lasted one and a half years. No wonder im getting jaded on this game. Cripes, my last patrol in current career game was around 125 days at sea. (log not posted). Maybe i should retire to the med, ive tried that before, but i think it was early war that was boring me.

A tiny hint,
if you stick to your VIIb right through entire campaign and upgrade your engines, in good weather conditions it will fly up to 21kts!!! True, it's the fastest ride around.
:arrgh!:

Well i upgraded to VIIC believing it dives deeper and faster. With MAN(2nd) upgraded engine it's surely fast but sooo very thirsty on :nope: fuel. It cuts down my patrol time by a third:damn:. In a few patrols i'm forced to return the base not because the torp are expended but because fuel is depleting.

Now i'm considering upgrading to type IX. Perhaps somebody want to convert me?:rotfl:

I know im talking to myself, but almost 300 days at sea in just 3 patrols for my U-178 career. I think im gonna take a break from type 9's for a little while. Maybe its time for that mediterranean vacation ive been dreaming of :88)

Ummm, you've been there and done that. IIRC it lasted 2 weeks.;)

:rotfl::rotfl:

C'mon dan the Med is really nice. Especially around Greece. Ahhhh... that homemade "raki"... and bombs/shells flying around you... lovely.
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