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Raticon · 01-26-12, 09:58 PM

Just a small update on how it's been so far:

I got the VIIC for that career for now. Haven't done anything serious in the way of patrolling yet though, but i did tinker with Commander so i could keep my old name, the U-4, just because that name makes me all warm and fuzzy inside when i think of all our adventures... The pig on the conning tower get's to come along too, as the Royal Navy now will have to learn the hard way that if you don't get rid of small, cute piglets when they are young and weak you will later have to deal with large, fat, angry boars!

I told Bdu to make my old II-D into a glassed in memorial in the style of our old "Vasa" ship we have here in Sweden to display how true heroism and dashing bravery looks like! I spent all of my renown on that one boat in the beginning. Now with the VII-C, the little i had left i completed my crew with some more experienced guys, i don't want any random bilge-rat to just enter the hull of a hero-ship and spoil a good hunt by dropping a toolbox, accidentally turning on the grammophone or panic and scream in terror during convoychasing, ruining an otherwise wonderful trip and making it into a crash-diving, pinging, depthcharging hell worse than a weekend-visit to your in-laws... Reports about this VII-C and it's adventures will follow in the appropriate thread!

For reference on the IX i "cheated" a little bit by creating a new profile starting in December 1939 with the IX-B at the 2nd flotilla "Saltzwedel", to get the feeling if it's a good choice later on with my main career... and boy is she a beast! It's like the HMS Aquitania under the sea! Love the 105mm gun that blasts lesser ships into oblivion, but the 37mm Flak seriously need an improvement to it's sound... Will tend to that later. Dive time is an issue though, as you always have to be prepared in advance for what's going to happen. With the VII and II-classes you can take things as they happen as your boat is quick enough to dive and manouver as fast as the enemy acts (almost). A lot more sneaking and planning then... But that's ok when you have the ability thunder trough the storming waves at 17 knots and that stupid Flower Corvette chasing you only makes 12 and that with almost tipping over in the storms! A more thorough report will follow later, naturally i will spice it with some flavor. The IX gets the conning-tower symbol of a polar bear. The Pig and the Bear's marvellous adventures across the european seas and atlantic! Don't miss it!

If you still want to give me advice, i would like to know more about that big, fat conning tower that the VIIC get's later on... Is it really worth it? I mean, aircover and enemy merchants get fatter ordnance later on and is it a good idea to pick badder guns to bring with you out to sea with those odds? What does the coating do, shields agains sonarpings?

01-26-12, 09:58 PM	#11
Raticon Seaman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The Arctic Posts: 38 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Just a small update on how it's been so far: I got the VIIC for that career for now. Haven't done anything serious in the way of patrolling yet though, but i did tinker with Commander so i could keep my old name, the U-4, just because that name makes me all warm and fuzzy inside when i think of all our adventures... The pig on the conning tower get's to come along too, as the Royal Navy now will have to learn the hard way that if you don't get rid of small, cute piglets when they are young and weak you will later have to deal with large, fat, angry boars! I told Bdu to make my old II-D into a glassed in memorial in the style of our old "Vasa" ship we have here in Sweden to display how true heroism and dashing bravery looks like! I spent all of my renown on that one boat in the beginning. Now with the VII-C, the little i had left i completed my crew with some more experienced guys, i don't want any random bilge-rat to just enter the hull of a hero-ship and spoil a good hunt by dropping a toolbox, accidentally turning on the grammophone or panic and scream in terror during convoychasing, ruining an otherwise wonderful trip and making it into a crash-diving, pinging, depthcharging hell worse than a weekend-visit to your in-laws... Reports about this VII-C and it's adventures will follow in the appropriate thread! For reference on the IX i "cheated" a little bit by creating a new profile starting in December 1939 with the IX-B at the 2nd flotilla "Saltzwedel", to get the feeling if it's a good choice later on with my main career... and boy is she a beast! It's like the HMS Aquitania under the sea! Love the 105mm gun that blasts lesser ships into oblivion, but the 37mm Flak seriously need an improvement to it's sound... Will tend to that later. Dive time is an issue though, as you always have to be prepared in advance for what's going to happen. With the VII and II-classes you can take things as they happen as your boat is quick enough to dive and manouver as fast as the enemy acts (almost). A lot more sneaking and planning then... But that's ok when you have the ability thunder trough the storming waves at 17 knots and that stupid Flower Corvette chasing you only makes 12 and that with almost tipping over in the storms! A more thorough report will follow later, naturally i will spice it with some flavor. The IX gets the conning-tower symbol of a polar bear. The Pig and the Bear's marvellous adventures across the european seas and atlantic! Don't miss it! If you still want to give me advice, i would like to know more about that big, fat conning tower that the VIIC get's later on... Is it really worth it? I mean, aircover and enemy merchants get fatter ordnance later on and is it a good idea to pick badder guns to bring with you out to sea with those odds? What does the coating do, shields agains sonarpings? __________________ Ping.........Ping......Ping....Ping...Ping..Ping.P ingPingPing KABOOM! Last edited by Raticon; 01-26-12 at 10:10 PM.