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Originally Posted by Tessa
At least as a VIIb is concerned, at standard speed (14 knots) your max range is around 6900 km, whereas if you just lower it a bit to 1/3 speed (10 knots) you're range increases to 13k. Using the manual setting for speed 8 knots is the sweet spot in terms of fuel effeciency and range, you get almost 20k max range.
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Yes, 8 knots seems the most efficient. This patrol I am using 9 knots and it drops the range about 6000 km so we'll see.
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Depending on the year, there's some spots that you can pretty much just camp out in and actually use the patrol patterns and get frequent hits - like the Irish Sea, North African Coastline, Straight between Tunis and Sicily, the Gibraltor straight and whole area west of it. If you're lucky you might run into a whole convoy, but at the least you'll usually catch several pairs or 3-4 ships going together unescorted.
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I know just what you mean, I've been to grids where it seems you run into a ship or two almost every day.
As frustrating as low tonnage patrols can be gameplay wise I actually don't mind them too much when they happen. Good reminders that many boats never sunk anything.