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theworldover · 07-10-09, 01:31 PM

Greetings all!

I've been trolling around this forum since I got SHIII, and love GWX 3.0. I still have a copy of Janes 688(i) installed on my computer...what a game! lol But I recently decided to sign up because I've got some questions that I can't seem to find the answers to for my stock version of SH4.

So here goes:

1) I know that in SHIII, we are advised to leave task forces alone, because they are dangerous to engage and they don't really count toward our total tonnage. But I was curious as to how US sub command felt about it, i.e. is it worth it for me to investigate and/or engage task forces? Or should I stick to merchants?

2) Playing my career, I started in Dec. 1941 in the Asiatic Fleet. Patrols have worked out such that when I depart on my current patrol, after a day at sea, I receive FOX traffic sating something like this: "Japanese invasion of Java imminent X All patrol craft in the area requested to assist." So my question is this: should I turn around and attempt to assist? Will there actually be an invasion/invasion force that I can interact with? Or should I just continue on my patrol? If there IS an invasion force, where would it be?

Thanks in advance!

07-10-09, 01:31 PM	#1
theworldover Watch Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 25 Downloads: 84 Uploads: 0	some questions about stock SH4 Greetings all! I've been trolling around this forum since I got SHIII, and love GWX 3.0. I still have a copy of Janes 688(i) installed on my computer...what a game! lol But I recently decided to sign up because I've got some questions that I can't seem to find the answers to for my stock version of SH4. So here goes: 1) I know that in SHIII, we are advised to leave task forces alone, because they are dangerous to engage and they don't really count toward our total tonnage. But I was curious as to how US sub command felt about it, i.e. is it worth it for me to investigate and/or engage task forces? Or should I stick to merchants? 2) Playing my career, I started in Dec. 1941 in the Asiatic Fleet. Patrols have worked out such that when I depart on my current patrol, after a day at sea, I receive FOX traffic sating something like this: "Japanese invasion of Java imminent X All patrol craft in the area requested to assist." So my question is this: should I turn around and attempt to assist? Will there actually be an invasion/invasion force that I can interact with? Or should I just continue on my patrol? If there IS an invasion force, where would it be? Thanks in advance!