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Bosje · 07-08-09, 02:45 AM

the convoy I just attacked in september '41 already had some radar-equipped escorts, judging by how I kept having corvettes running behind me on the surface, 200 meters behind my stern, following every turn I made, in very thick fog/rain (no visual sightings from crew, no gunfire from corvettes, just a look behind and a heart attack when I was staring right at a warship's bows

so from there on, surface attacks are more of a challenge. then again, i remember doing a successful surface run in bad weather in late '43. they weren't paying attention that day or something, very cool.

so judge the situating carefully and be aware of their and your capacities. convoy battles in the mid-war are the best thing in GWX for me, challenging but rewarding. as some said before, if you are having trouble with convoys in the early war, you're doing something wrong. practice makes perfect, keep at it

Bosje

ps i really must confirm what i said about using TC. when all is quiet around you, it's not such an issue (i.e. the approach may be done at TC) but when the enemy is 'on alert', things change. I spent last night hunting single ships off the US coast and every single time, after my first torpedo hit, when leaving the periscope up, they started firing at my periscope head when i used time compression. every single time.
While i can stay in real time for an hour, monitoring the effect of the torpedo through the periscope without trouble... as soon as i use TC to speed up the sinking they detect my periscopes.
same goes for escorts. after they lost me and turned away, use TC and they sometimes come back
anyway...

07-08-09, 02:45 AM	#4
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	the convoy I just attacked in september '41 already had some radar-equipped escorts, judging by how I kept having corvettes running behind me on the surface, 200 meters behind my stern, following every turn I made, in very thick fog/rain (no visual sightings from crew, no gunfire from corvettes, just a look behind and a heart attack when I was staring right at a warship's bows so from there on, surface attacks are more of a challenge. then again, i remember doing a successful surface run in bad weather in late '43. they weren't paying attention that day or something, very cool. so judge the situating carefully and be aware of their and your capacities. convoy battles in the mid-war are the best thing in GWX for me, challenging but rewarding. as some said before, if you are having trouble with convoys in the early war, you're doing something wrong. practice makes perfect, keep at it Bosje ps i really must confirm what i said about using TC. when all is quiet around you, it's not such an issue (i.e. the approach may be done at TC) but when the enemy is 'on alert', things change. I spent last night hunting single ships off the US coast and every single time, after my first torpedo hit, when leaving the periscope up, they started firing at my periscope head when i used time compression. every single time. While i can stay in real time for an hour, monitoring the effect of the torpedo through the periscope without trouble... as soon as i use TC to speed up the sinking they detect my periscopes. same goes for escorts. after they lost me and turned away, use TC and they sometimes come back anyway... __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!