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WolfOfTheSteppes · 04-14-14, 09:21 PM

Hello Commanders,

My mistake, I checked again and my kill was indeed counted as an enemy ship. I sank it on September the 4th so indeed England was well into the war by then. When I looked at the statistics at the end of the mission, I misread what was written on it the first time. So everything looks good and there was nothing fishy after all. But thank you for your nice answers

It’s amazing what GWX brings to this game. It’s definitely far more difficult to hunt that it used to be before. After I sunk my first ship, I kept patrolling the English eastern coasts. The weather is usually very bad and the sea extremely rough. I stumbled upon a Norwegian cargo. They had their flag clearly in view with spotlights aimed at it but I indeed had to come as close as 1500m to take a good look at it, and all their lights were on to warn about their neutrality. By contrast, English cargos usually turn all their lights off to be invisible. So if you see lights in the distance, chances are your contact is neutral.

After several days, I intercepted a medium English Cargo. I tried to engage it but a small destroyer came out of nowhere heading straight for the U51 (an escort probably). I dove and I was able to escape the grenades relatively easily but I abandoned the chase. The weather was too bad and I was in shallow water.

Close to Dover, I intercepted an enemy passenger cargo but I had received clear instructions from the BDU not to engage this type of ship (well I could have done it of course, but I always try to immerse myself into the game as much as I can).

Finally, I stumbled upon a small coastal freighter. The weather was bad and I thought I was sufficiently far away but it had already spotted me and started a diversion maneuver. I nonetheless successfully torpedoed it. Only two kills so far after weeks in the seas, already attacked by a warship and all that in a terrible weather. I would already have had close to six kills in the old days without GWX and this is just the beginning of the war. Guys, it’s going to be hard

Thanks for your welcome messages and your stories which are always very exciting to read. SINK 'EM ALL!!!!!!!!

04-14-14, 09:21 PM	#6
WolfOfTheSteppes Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 6 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Hello Commanders, My mistake, I checked again and my kill was indeed counted as an enemy ship. I sank it on September the 4th so indeed England was well into the war by then. When I looked at the statistics at the end of the mission, I misread what was written on it the first time. So everything looks good and there was nothing fishy after all. But thank you for your nice answers It’s amazing what GWX brings to this game. It’s definitely far more difficult to hunt that it used to be before. After I sunk my first ship, I kept patrolling the English eastern coasts. The weather is usually very bad and the sea extremely rough. I stumbled upon a Norwegian cargo. They had their flag clearly in view with spotlights aimed at it but I indeed had to come as close as 1500m to take a good look at it, and all their lights were on to warn about their neutrality. By contrast, English cargos usually turn all their lights off to be invisible. So if you see lights in the distance, chances are your contact is neutral. After several days, I intercepted a medium English Cargo. I tried to engage it but a small destroyer came out of nowhere heading straight for the U51 (an escort probably). I dove and I was able to escape the grenades relatively easily but I abandoned the chase. The weather was too bad and I was in shallow water. Close to Dover, I intercepted an enemy passenger cargo but I had received clear instructions from the BDU not to engage this type of ship (well I could have done it of course, but I always try to immerse myself into the game as much as I can). Finally, I stumbled upon a small coastal freighter. The weather was bad and I thought I was sufficiently far away but it had already spotted me and started a diversion maneuver. I nonetheless successfully torpedoed it. Only two kills so far after weeks in the seas, already attacked by a warship and all that in a terrible weather. I would already have had close to six kills in the old days without GWX and this is just the beginning of the war. Guys, it’s going to be hard Thanks for your welcome messages and your stories which are always very exciting to read. SINK 'EM ALL!!!!!!!!