How many careers will it take to play the war?
 

I am going to do a fun test. I have mostly played the start of the war, then some escort gets me, and I start over again.

This time I will play that if my guy dies, I start a new one at the start of the month he died in. And see how many it takes me to get all the way to the end of the war. :salute:

Feel free to take a pool to guess how many it will take.


First up

Gerhard Dittrich - 2nd Flo - U-32 - Type VIIB

9 is The number.

The later you're in the war, the more often you'll have to reincarnate. I think too it could be done under 10. By the way, are you checking the realistic career length option on SH3 Commander in?

No I have not, as the idea is to have the guy go until he is Lost in Action.

First Real patrol - 28,000 tons sunk, but this is early on when almost all the ships are solo and no real threats that you can avoid.

I have Crew Transfers, Historic Uboat, and random number of days in port.

23 careers!

I reckon it will take you ten :)

If you're careful, one.

Answer
 

How many careers will it take to play the war?

I don't know.:D
I have never finished the war with my settings!:wah:

As from 43 it could be more than 3 careers per year, I would say... 14.

Although it could be even 5, if you play it really safe...

I am guessing 13.

Using the 'realistic career length' option, it took me 8 (three lost at sea, two surrendered, and three retired). Three until mid-'43, then four until end of '44, and one last (surviving) with a XXIII :D

The four between '43 and '44 were pretty unsuccessful :lost:

VonHarris wrote:
Got to agree with him....I have never made it past late 1943. I tend to be some what aggressive and it catches up with me. Maybe someday in my hundredth or so career I might make it :D

42

It is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. :arrgh!:

Watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhjb4P_jnKk

And replace the tootsie roll question with yours.

:har:

Privateer.....the best answer yet....thanks for the laugh:har:

I'm doing the same thing at the moment. Still on first career, but only March 1940. I'm betting five - optimistically. I'm going to play very defensively. I'm writing up every single patrol, so my character has a bit of a story and I actually want to keep him alive.

As a quick update

4 patrols (3 war patrols) in, I had quite the adventure, didn't even get to get out of the north sea before I had used up all my eels! :)

I was heading around England when I get a task force bearing down on me, already close to intercept, I scoot and go to scope depth, and I am sad to see it is just 4 escorts. they are moving fast and in a line, so i decide to attack, just as I fired eels no 4 one of them detects me, and all zag out of the path of the eels, and I find out I am only in 60 meters of water. Took some damage hitting the bottom in my crash dive as i didn't slow down fast enough. Spent 12 hours hugging the bottom before they gave up. I continued north.

Found myself a nice small convoy in the North sea, with 3 escorts, I do a textbook end around at flank speed, and sneak in and sink a Ore Carrier, a Mid Merchant, and a Pass/Cargo with a well aim's salvo of doom, my quick stern shot missed its target. I went deep, and they never found me.

I used the rest of my eels trying to pick off the escorts so I could shell the convoy to the bottom (Smooth seas) which failed, I even got a hit by the dang tribal class didn't go down.

So I should be close to 1940 now still on my first guy.