I have been playing with improved convoys for about four patrols now in my Type VIIc (now in June '41), and am LOVING it.
Playtest report: Playing at 60% realism:
I bagged my first capital ship (Fiji Class CA) escorting a convoy outbound from the UK in BF14.
Two patrols later, same grid and I bagged a Dido Class CL. My luck must be running high....
Plenty of radio reports on convoys. Sometimes 4 per patrol, which is plenty. Both inbound and outbound convoys. I am sometimes able to choose to go after either.
Size of convoys is an excellent feature- I have seen as many as 30 ships, of all sizes; escorts are generally comptetent, except for the last group I ran into - I sank a Black Swan Class F that presented her 90 to me at 500 yds (couldn't resist) and the others stood off (scared?), which let me run rampant (sinking 2 T2s, a T3 and a C3) before I had to dive and reload.
This was probably covered earlier, but will improved convoys work with RUB? My JSGME said it would conflict, so I had to bail on RUB, but I would like to use it....
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