Type IID Career - late war
 

Weeks ago, I started my favourite (so far ) career from Kiel,UII boat, August 1939. GWX, Commander, Realism 85%- Dead is Dead. Max compression 256.

Upgraded to UII-D as soon as the beauty was available, and decided to keep it until the end.

Truth be said, I was very tempted to swap it for a VII - for tonnage purposes. But after countless VIIC careers, I have decided not to...
The reason?
The game seems much more realistic (to my eyes) when commanding a U-IID. You cannot score the ridiculous amount of tonnage in early war (100k+) and this seems more right.

You have five eels so you need to be extremely careful in selecting/ attacking targets.

But the beauty i find in this boat is that its so small. You can evade, late war, much easier. And for me, hitting 1-2 ships in a convoy feels fine.

The joy of sinking the Nelson with 2 T1 torps from a small rusty bucket is priceless....

And when you get Depth Charged, the rocking and rolling of the U-IID is just awesome to watch....

Now in late 1943 -
Has anyone else kept this beauty until late war?

Good points! Sounds like I might try a type II career when the allies end my career in a type VII, probably somewhere around 1943, if I'm lucky. Maybe it being smaller helps me staying alive from late 1943 onwards. The smaller torpedo load is a plus for surviving - I have to get back to the relative safety of home waters for reloading :D

I am on my first career, http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=197979, and planning to stay in my sub U24 as long as possible.

Good hunting, Marcel

Are you able to upgrade a IID with radar detectors ect?.
The crush depth is a drawback. Mid war getting to 200m+ is an asset.

My boat goes down to 165m (crash depth randomised via Commander). Take into account that its 40% smaller than the VII - she's a pretty good survivor. Smaller target for DCs and Hedgehogs. Of course I would love to be able to dive to 230m. But cant have it all.

PS I dont use radar in my U-IID

The only time I used a Type II pass 1940-1941 was in the Black Sea against the Soviets.

Man you have balls to go out so late in the war in this rustbucket :o

I always get busy modding about mid-1941, so my careers rarely last longer than that... that being said, I've arrived at something that's taken me past July, so I think I'm about to! I believe the enemy assumes that you go deep, so I stay shallow :P It's worked so far. I've ended more careers from being on the wrong end of a minefield than from being on the wrong end of an ashcan :shucks:
I do wish I had a proper radar warning device tho...