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Originally Posted by gazpode_l
Ive been onto uboat.net doing some research into the real u-93, as Im currently aboard u-93 in my SH3c campaign.
http://uboat.net/flotillas/7flo.htm
The game it seems has accurately portrayed her existance as from Kiel, although im sure my game boat is with the 2nd Flot, and not the 7th as she was in R/L.
Her R/L counterpart transferred to St Nazaire in June 1941 and Im at 06/1941 in my game career now. I am wondering if I'll end up staying in Kiel as she's with the second.
Leads me to my next question. IF i don't achieve anything in terms of renown or game reputation by returning to base, then that should mean I am free to put into any german-run base, shouldn't I?  |
I'm not sure GWX or any other mod attempts to accurately portray the RL careers, bases, flotillas, etc. of specific u-boats. The only thing I know of that may come close is to select "use historic u-boat availability" or whatever it's called in Commander, which AFAIK only limits you to the particular u-boat types/numbers that would have been available at the start of your career given your selected start date and flotilla.
AFAIK the starting base is determined only by your choice of flotilla, not the boat number. Altho I've never started a career outside of Commander, so it's possible GWX assigns boat numbers based on flotilla and the numbers are historically accurate. Can you even choose your boat number w/out going through Commander?
Nevertheless, once you've started the career it's not like you're going to be limited to the whats/wheres/whens of the RL boat with the same boat number.
Oh, and the reason to return to your home base even though you don't get renown for it, is that if you don't dock there the game doesn't recognize that you returned to your base of operations, only that you docked at some other facility. Whether this means you can't perform certain in-base functions like crew management, I'm not sure... it does if you put in at a supply ship, don't know about alternate German bases.
Edit: and in the game the 2nd Flotilla transfers to Lorient in the fall of 1940 (September, IIRC). I'm confused though how you're based in Kiel with the 2nd Flotilla, as all my careers in the 2nd have had me running out of Wilhelmshaven. I've never been assigned to Kiel with that flotilla.