[RoaldLarsen]

Originally Posted by Silverleaf

Good lord, I must be close to being booted from service or shot out a tube.

I'm through 5 missions, and have 20,405 Tons total. First 2 patrols netted zero - so I've picked the pace up slightly.

We all get better with experience. I may have pushed my average up over 20kT per patrol now, but when I started out with this game I had much worse numbers. After my first 5 patrols (in a IIA) I had accumulated just 19,280 tons. My first, sixth and eighth patrols netted zero.

Besides player experience, another major factor affecting tonnage sunk is the type of boat, or perhaps, more accurately, the number of torpedos you are carrying. My first patrol in a IXD2 netted 60,296 tons. That's about 2.5 tons per torpedo. The same efficiency in a type II would net 12,500 tons, and 35,000 tons in a type VII.

Other important factors affecting your tonnage are the difficulty/realism level you play at, the mods you use, and the year of the war. It is probably much easier to achieve a 100,000 ton patrol in 1940 at low realism in the stock game than it is to get a 100,000 ton career in 1944 with 100% realism in GWX.