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Originally Posted by MantiBrutalis
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I've read in a post or two that Sailor Steves patrols his assigned grid for a week and then rolls a die. That will determine if he can change grid squares or not. Really limits the tonnage though, as in real life. If you want 50000 ton patrols every time, that is not the thing to do.
I've started doing it as well.
Another thing I do with dice rolls is if I get a radio report of a convoy, I roll 2 dice. If I get less than a 12(box cars is an automatic no-intercept, regardless of modifiers-transmission lost), I assume I am ordered to pursue that convoy. I modify the dice roll by how far from the reported position I am(+1 for every 25 km-I've been playing around with different ranges) and whether I am ahead or behind the convoy(-2 if I am within 30 degrees ahead and either side of the reported course, and +2 if I am 30 degrees either side of the course but astern). If the radio report fades away and reappears later, I re-roll.
Of course, being a game, I call captain's initiative at times and try to intercept the convoy, orders be damned.
Before I started using h.sie's hardcode fixes with wolfpacks, if I would be the first to spot a convoy(not by radio report) I would be the shadower, send contact reports when I could, and roll a die every few hours to see if I was released for an attack. I only toyed with it a little. With h.sie's hardcode fix and wolfpacks, I use that process instead.
Just a couple of ideas using dice to randomize things a bit and limit the freedom that we computer Kaleun's have.
