Where can I meet up with a few liners?
 

I'm playing the game over a year in the campaign mode and am yet to see a liner.

Does anyone have any good area's or years were they appear?

I'm currently in a IXD, 1942 and no sign as of yet....

answers on a postcard...

In 1941 there is a steady stream that goes from Liverpool to Halifax. It passes through the top left hand coner of BF 13. If you want to find it do a sound check and listen out for the fast moving mechant. You may miss him on the first go but more will follow the same parth.

I also find them in convoys late in the war. They have good protection from a large number of escorts but if you attack from inside the convoy you have a better chance of survival.

The 1941 liner route last just for a year. but it's a great way to rack up renown quickly, I bagged over 250,000 tons on one patrol in an IXC. I came home with all ammo expended and Uncle Karl very happy!

The renown was used to buy an XXI, which I have now and I'm loving it, despite it being mid 1944!

I've had the game over a year now and have never sunk a liner. I only saw one once. It was heading west, away from Ireland at 21 in heavy seas. No way I could catch up. :damn: :damn: :damn:

I thought I'd never see a liner, light cruiser or escort carrier, but I've now meet them and sunk them all :up: It a matter of luck but remember some captains are lucker than others. I'm currently fighting a hunter killer group of 4 escorts that picked me up on radar. 1 sunk, 1 damaged and the other two living on borrowed time :arrgh!:

How to meet Passenger Liners
 

In a word: Advertise!

Fun loving WWII U-boat, non-smoker, would like to meet Passenger Liner for good times and maybe more.
GSOH essential.

Re: How to meet Passenger Liners
 

:rotfl: :up:

sunk one in may 1940 in a large, off the coast of ireland... it was american :damn:

Re: Where can I meet up with a few liners?
 

Liners on their own move really fast, and it's highly unlikely you will have the speed to catch them (20kts). So, like military convoys, it's a matter of luck that you're in a decent position ahead of the liner's route.

Liners in a convoy move with the convoy. There's probably one every two months, coming out of Halifax mid-1940 to mid-1942.

*** Spoiler Note ***

if you are using GW then you can meet liners docked at (if I'm not wrong)...

Freetown
New York <-- :up:

Here ya are :D .... I don't think photobucket has the option to make thumbnails so I'll just give you the links to the pics .. including the one of the dates ( which were taken about and hour ago ) ......

One torpedo to slow her down ( she was doing 24 knots I think ) and then finished her off with 40 deck gun shells ......

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...y/goodday1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...y/goodday2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...y/goodday3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...y/goodday4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...y/goodday5.jpg

Then... just down the road a little ways I came across these ...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...y/goodday6.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...y/goodday7.jpg

Before I finally left this grid I already had over 83 tons ( a good day of hunting ) and only had fired 3 torpedos and as I post this , my patrol is not over yet.. Just got to my partol grid which seems to be empty as usual ...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...y/goodday8.jpg