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GoDeep · 09-27-11, 12:26 PM

"I" have been killed more times than I can remember. Especially in the beginning, when I just had SH3 and played it quick and dirty. I learned the hard way that in U-boat warfare, there is no such thing as quick and dirty. Patience is key.

A few of my more memorable deaths from my GWX era:

Second patrol (December 1939) in a IIA, about 100 miles of the British East coast. I'm running fast below the surface, trying to get a firing position on a merchant ship. Out of nowhere, a destroyer runs right over me, dropping charges. One of them rips open the stern, flooding the engine room. I sink fast to the bottom, which is at 80m. Killed by catastrophic flooding.
New career, I decide to take a peek during the evacuation of Dunkirk. Lots of juicy targets there. One problem though...the sea is as smooth as glass and I am in 30 metres of water. Not much room to escape. However, my trigger finger gets the better of me and I line up two targets, one troop transport, the other a Southampton class cruiser. I launch four torpedoes, two at each target at about 2700 metres. Three hits, the Southampton comes to a full stop, the transport sinks rapidly. No time to enjoy my success though. As soon as the torpedoes hit, the escorts and destroyers go into overdrive, pinging like mad. Within 10 minutes, 7 destroyers have converged on my location and are pinging me in turn, dropping charges left and right. One after the other, they perform an attack run. I can not dive deep, so I have virtually no time to evade. For 2 hours (game time), I manage to evade the attacks without serious damage, then a destroyer makes a run right over my position. Fuel bunkers ripped open, hydrophone destroyed, periscopes destroyed, aft torpedo room, engine room and aft crew quarters flooded. A promising young Oberleutnant dead.
Third career, sneaking up on the rear of a convoy, totally missing the auxiliary cruiser in the rear. It opens up with guns blazing, several other ships join in the fun. I manage to dive with serious flooding in the forward torpedo room. I have to keep up my speed and have the repair team working in order to stop the flooding and maintain depth. Unfortunately, I make a lot of noise like that and am depth-charged. More flooding. The boat rapidly sinks now and nothing I can do can to slow it down. At 220 metres or so, the boat implodes. Another young Oberleutnant dead...
Did I mention planes yet? Trying to shoot it out on the surface? No? Well...I'd better not...

09-27-11, 12:26 PM	#3
GoDeep Planesman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 188 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	"I" have been killed more times than I can remember. Especially in the beginning, when I just had SH3 and played it quick and dirty. I learned the hard way that in U-boat warfare, there is no such thing as quick and dirty. Patience is key. A few of my more memorable deaths from my GWX era: Second patrol (December 1939) in a IIA, about 100 miles of the British East coast. I'm running fast below the surface, trying to get a firing position on a merchant ship. Out of nowhere, a destroyer runs right over me, dropping charges. One of them rips open the stern, flooding the engine room. I sink fast to the bottom, which is at 80m. Killed by catastrophic flooding. New career, I decide to take a peek during the evacuation of Dunkirk. Lots of juicy targets there. One problem though...the sea is as smooth as glass and I am in 30 metres of water. Not much room to escape. However, my trigger finger gets the better of me and I line up two targets, one troop transport, the other a Southampton class cruiser. I launch four torpedoes, two at each target at about 2700 metres. Three hits, the Southampton comes to a full stop, the transport sinks rapidly. No time to enjoy my success though. As soon as the torpedoes hit, the escorts and destroyers go into overdrive, pinging like mad. Within 10 minutes, 7 destroyers have converged on my location and are pinging me in turn, dropping charges left and right. One after the other, they perform an attack run. I can not dive deep, so I have virtually no time to evade. For 2 hours (game time), I manage to evade the attacks without serious damage, then a destroyer makes a run right over my position. Fuel bunkers ripped open, hydrophone destroyed, periscopes destroyed, aft torpedo room, engine room and aft crew quarters flooded. A promising young Oberleutnant dead. Third career, sneaking up on the rear of a convoy, totally missing the auxiliary cruiser in the rear. It opens up with guns blazing, several other ships join in the fun. I manage to dive with serious flooding in the forward torpedo room. I have to keep up my speed and have the repair team working in order to stop the flooding and maintain depth. Unfortunately, I make a lot of noise like that and am depth-charged. More flooding. The boat rapidly sinks now and nothing I can do can to slow it down. At 220 metres or so, the boat implodes. Another young Oberleutnant dead... Did I mention planes yet? Trying to shoot it out on the surface? No? Well...I'd better not... __________________ On sailor's grave there are no roses, On a seaman's grave there blooms no Edelweiss. The only ornaments are the white gulls And the many tears a girl is weeping. -- German folk song, sung by German seamen during the war.