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Originally Posted by sparrs
Hi
It must have been mid '42 when they offered me the change of sub - started with an S-boat, then Salmon early '42, then Tambor mid '42-after about 6 patrols, most of which were quite good (60k tonnage where I am now - Dec '42). After about the second patrol with the Trout they refitted the conning tower which is where I lost my deck gun crew.
'Ironman' in the sense of if I die, I die. Like you, the maths part of the game without map updates on really is challenging - wish I had listened in maths lessons now lol. Yeah, so (unless its really stupid mistake like running aground) if I get sunk - then I stay sunk lol. I play on about 84 realism.
I find I just cannot get bored with this game - especially with TMO & RSRD - adds so much more depth to the stock game.
Thanks for your help.
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You must be playing 24/7
Can't do that anymore myself - butt gets too sore after several hours. Gettin' old, I guess. I'm still in my Salmon, but haven't played for a couple of weeks. Decided this time to take advantage of knowing where and when the Japs were going to be, and tried to meet them in the Coral Sea. Only saw a little action before I had to re-load in Brisbane (Home Port is Freemantle). This partol I've been trying to head off the Tokiyo Express during the Guadalcanal Campaign. I did see them (6 Destroyers doing about 25 kts), and used my last 4 torpedoes trying to bring one down. All misses. Now on my way back to Freemantle. Pretty good patrol - around 60K tons. I may get offered a Tambor when I end my patrol, and I'll be able to see if I lose my gun crew when I upgrade my conning tower. I'm playing with around 70 Realism - I like the map contacts and external cameras.
Are you running out of air too fast? I start getting a CO2 overload after about 8 hours submerged.
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