realism & porthunting
I've started a campaign towards realism; I still allow the outside camera, but have decided that if I'm sunk, I'm sunk, and no retries (i.e. gratuitous saves). Now, if and when I go down to the bottom, it will be a serious test of my realism resolve- I'm already in love with my crew (6 patrols) and would hate to lose them.
The point is that there's no more port hunting for me. I'm not sure how to detect the holes in the subnets without using the outside camera. Furthermore, it so damn dangerous in ports that I probably wouldn't make it out alive. Can't risk it. Especially given that patrolling DDs can move through port structures (making hiding a bastard). But also, I've found ports to be very low yield. Not only are they often empty, but I've found that parked merchants tend to be very difficult to sink - bad angle, and are somehow tougher than when at sea. So, all in all, no reason to bother with ports. There's plenty of juicy tonnage out on the open water...my favourites are the lonely Large Cargos that have no idea that they are sailing straight into my trap...
k.b.
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