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Originally Posted by washishu
A sad loss indeed. Has happened to me frequently. I am amazed that you managed to find so many ships to sink (ref. my earlier post Is it just me?
I have SH3Contacts wound up almost to 100% and still no ships; well, that's not strictly accurate. First time out there are contact reports appearing on the navmap and I have a great time chasing them down. Then I save the career and when I come back to it I never see another ship.
It has got to be so boringly predictable that I now no longer bother playing saved careers but just play the one session 'till I have to quit or I go for the single missions. It takes a considerable amount of fun out of the game.
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Patience, Grasshopper.
Very rarely do the contact reports go my way. They're usually going in the wrong direction, the wrong speed, or they're so far away that a few degrees off course means I miss them altogether.
I play the waiting game: pick a likely spot and let the merchants come to me.
BF 13 is a favorite of mine. Many ships / convoys travelling northeast or south west into / out of the English Channel.
There's another prime location near the mouth of the channel between Ireland and Scotland.
Just outside the straits of gibralter was working out excellently for me until I got to cocky and went in.
You also need to be prepared to travel long distances as periscope depth. You'll hear the merchant traffic well before they're in sight. They've been times in my IID that I've exhausted my torps before I've even reached my patrol point.