What's your favorite U-boat?...and why?
 

I've commanded several types of boats in SHIII, and have my own opinions about which type is best. I think people in the forum would like to hear preferences about different types of subs, and why. Do you like small and stealthy, or do you prefer a large, sophisticated ship that can carry lots of eels?


Come on folks, whaddya think? :hmm:


Edit: I wanted an option for the Type XXI, but it wasn't included in the poll. (Don't know what happened.) I'd be interested in hearing comments about the XXI, as it's a sub I haven't tried yet.

Re: What's your favorite U-boat?...and why?
 

I absolutely love the 1939 VIIB. No frills, no super XXI sub, just roughing it. The way it was. Granted I know the VIIC was the workhorse, but I am for some reason really drawn to the VIIB. And the 1939 boat, creepy maybe it was my past life kinda thing.

You can guess what I voted for.


The TypeII has too few eels...
The TypeIX has too many eels...
The TypeVII feels just right...

Then the three bears returned home to find little red ri..... oh wait, wrong story... :lol:

They all work well with a 'vivid-crisp' looking black-tipped T1 :)

:up: :up: :up:

I was wondering if you might even see that post, which only took all of 60 seconds! :P

Texturemen have very keen eyes. ;)

tipe VII, good times to crash dive, enough torps, enough operational range. :rock:

Re: What's your favorite U-boat?...and why?
 

I still enjoy the VII-C the most. Although sometimes switching to VII-C/42 late in the war.

Others have posted how agile the V-II series boats are. I've tried them but not too seriously.

IX series (and XXI too) feel too wayyy too big for me, although the IX-series is nice for building-up renown early on in the battle.

The Type II.
Because:
- it best relates the feeling of "the sea is so vast, and this boat is so small", a feeling regularly described by U-Boat crew;
- every single torp counts;
- you are never tempted to slug it out on the surface with either escorts or aircraft.

Yes, I have yielded to temptation in every campaign so far and upgraded to a bigger boat; I have driven everything except IXDs, but looking back, it was always the Type II that gave me the creepiest U-Boat feeling.

My favorite is also the type VIIB, however I'm currently running a campaign in a IXD2 that started in January 43 and the immersion is awesome. Average patrol time 86 days, average number/tons of ships sunk 8/42372 and average hull integrity back to port 58%. I can tell you that in 43-44 you rarely try to attack convoys, most of the ships I sunk were alone or unescorted (happened to me twice in the Carribeans : 2 ships sailing together with no escort). Also, make sure you pack your rear tubes with lots of Falke/Zaunkönig torps !
Ooops, I think I went a little OT...
;)

Type VII. Fast, agile, small... hard... :up:

I am drawn to the type IX boats like a moth to the flame.

That is to say, I love them, but they kill me every time.

Right now I am up to 18 patrols in a type VII-C, by far my best effort so far.

But I am sure I will go back to the nines ... someone stop me before it is too late!

I just love the look of the IXD2 boats. Beautiful boats. Actually i can't wait to get one of these in the campaign.

I like the VII, but I allways get the IX, because of the extra eels. I just hate to see a ship get away.....
Oh! And the extra bunk room. My crew likes to take naps. :lol:

I agree with what most of you have said. I prefer the VII as well.

The II is just too small....makes me claustrophobic. Not enough torps to make a cruise worthwhile.

The IX is nice and large, but maybe too large. It's not nimble enough to quickly maneuver into a firing position.

VII( and specially VIIB because it was my first sub :) ). Everything is well balanced, handling and capacity to turn, dive time, and firepower.

I'd say VII, because it carries a good number of fishes, has a reasonable surface speed, range, and is able to make sharp turns, that are very helpfull while dodging depth charges :arrgh!:

Type IX in the begining, I like the long range patrols....Type VII from middle until the end of the war..

I can appreciate what it must be like to drive the Type II, perhaps at higher realism settings. I'm just not that type of sub simmer (yet?) I don't play at terribly high realism settings. The VII is the best ship for me, for the same reasons that most people have mentioned.