Quote:
Originally Posted by Arctic wolf
Thanks a bunch jimbuna! 
One more thing (lol my questions keep coming. Sorry!  ) When starting patrol with the 7th flotilla I noticed something confusing with my briefing. In my first patrol, date's august 8, in my briefing it says to destroy target ships and not venture out of the bay. Now it's only august 8, we still haven't gone to war with England and the 'target ships' are English. What am I supposed to do? Also, in the briefing it says "GWX orders". I'm sorry if its a really stupid question.  |
The target ships (and pre-war start date) are there to let you get the hang of using your weapons before you head out on an actual combat patrol. Yes, they are not enemy ships - in fact I think they're actually German - but no nation's ships are in August 1939. Because of that you will lose some renown if you sink them. However when you start out of Konigsberg with the pre-war 7th flotilla, GWX gives you
extra renown right off the bat to make up for what you will lose by following your orders.
BUT! Be aware that when you attack non-enemy shipping, that nation will consider you personally to be an enemy for the following 24 hours of game time. If you attack those ships and then sail within range of the naval artillery at Pilau or Konigsberg within that time, the German forces there WILL fire on you. No way around this, I'm afraid, that's the way the game works and it can't be modded out.
So if you do engage in target practice as ordered, you should teleport back to base or at least wait 24 (in-game) hours after your last attack before sailing home. Otherwise, you won't get a very warm welcome.