And be sure to visit Valletta! Great women, great booze, the welcoming party isnt very polite but I´m sure you can persuade them to let you in with a few T I´s. :up:

In actual fact if you'd like to undergo a career that was realistic yet short/ish why not try the type XX1 :hmm: :up:

For some reason, i'd sooner use the boat that never was (type 7c/42) then the XXI. :roll:

No, i think im serious this time, it's time for a break. I mean, the other day i realized that ive been playing SH3 - essentually the same way, for a year and a half now. Thats a year and a half of patrolling west and SE of freetown, us east coast, carribean, and a few bits in the south alantic in predominatly a 9c. And that's all ive done in sh3 for the last year and a half.

From the sound of it. You seem to have uneventful career. Did you bag a lot of tonnage?
One and a half year in type IX exclusively..WOW that's some determination:lol:

I never brag about tonnage. It's immaterial to me really. You can check the patrol logs ive posted in my sig if you want. I usually play at 91 to 94% realism. I've had my fair share of close shaves as well. My last career game (u-178) i found out first hand what a clear/calm day and an GWX's AI_visual settings can do. Long story short, i had one T-5 onboard and i had to make use of it :88)

Wow more than 80,000 tons in a single patrol:o.

I think i might switch to a type IX pretty soon. Is it more difficult to find targets with type IX operating in the far flung high seas? I get bored easily when i can't find targets in a few days. Currently a diehard fans of VIIB/C in the game:).

Only if you don't know where to look :88)
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=103731

Well. my recent patrol in the Caribbean while navigating IXD2 got me 93k BRT. And I still, after some 40 days of cruising in the area, managed to sail back to Europe with 10knots :D

IXD2 is VERY nice if you know how to handle it though. First - they are available since 1942 which means the ASW is rather serious. Therefore, I never engage in the European waters - single merchants are the only exception.
There are good hunting areas neer Freetown and generally near Africa. Not that strong ASW and many targets. Additionally, IXD2 has the range - if you cannot engage a convoy at conditions that favor you, all you need to do is to wait - sooner or later you`ll find a perfect target.
Even the very single merchants can boost the tonnage easily :D
IXD2 are great for those madmen who enjoy extreme long-range patrols. So far, my longest patrol lasted for 156 days and included some succesfull engagements near Mogadishu and south of Ceylon :D
Any VII skipper been there ? ;)

Let`s face it: VII are meant to beat the convoys in the Atlantic, IX type boats ( especially C and D, later in the war ) are not meant for this unless you know how to do it.

PS strange..... I got engaged by ASW for few times and managed to escape... rough weather and Tauschkoerper with some tactics can do wonders.

I think I will try my hand at a IXb soon. I'm still a dedicated VIIb/c jock, but lets try it. If I fail miserably with tactics I like and work with my VII, I can always return to an earlier save before the boat-switch. As far as this game goes, I love the VII in all aspects. In the old days I played Aces of the Deep and went to the IX asap, but here the VII just keeps me interested.

Tried it as I might ... I plainly suck in a IX. I just can't take the risks and get rewarded for them that I do with the VII. Reverting to the VII, aahhhhh...

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Oh yes, VIIb all the way and into the Med! Nice vacation in the sun, lot's of flies though... airplanes i mean...
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At least you gave it a go matey :yep: ..........AND FAILED :oops: .....NOW GET BACK TO THE GALLEY AND PEEL THOSE SPUDS :arrgh!:
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Wow, 156 Days! :o

*Adopts best Alec Guinness voice* "Thats no moon... thats a space station." :D

I'll have to give a career a go with one of those once I get this Grey Wolves installed. COME ON 56K!

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