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Sniper297 · 03-15-15, 02:01 PM

"Instead of creating havoc and punching a huge hole in the IJN battleline, I take pretty portraits"

FYI, on the photo recon missions you can't sink ships then take pictures, but it's perfectly acceptable to photograph the designated targets THEN sink same.

As for skipping the primary mission I've found that tonnage is more important than the mission, in fact the renown for mission complete is often 200 to 300 points, about the same as sinking one light cruiser. The programming for career is oversimplified, low renown score for patrol = desk job, high renown = medals, exactly how you get the renown points is irrelevant.

That said, for harbor raiding there's one "cheat" that has always worked for me in shallow water - less than periscope depth. Biggest sub in the game is the Balao class, from the keel to the top of the periscope shears is about 52 feet. You hit the P to go to periscope depth it goes down to 60 feet - if she runs aground at 60 feet, bring her up to 55. Come up to 50 if you need to, the tops of the shears will be visible at very short distances, but if you stay a couple thousand yards away from the closest enemy ship you're unlikely to draw fire.

Obviously that works better with smaller subs, the main reason I stay with Sargo for the whole career is that I can come as high as 50 feet in harbors without being seen. At night 40 feet is even possible, provided the patrol is far away or previously sunk.

03-15-15, 02:01 PM	#11
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	"Instead of creating havoc and punching a huge hole in the IJN battleline, I take pretty portraits" FYI, on the photo recon missions you can't sink ships then take pictures, but it's perfectly acceptable to photograph the designated targets THEN sink same. As for skipping the primary mission I've found that tonnage is more important than the mission, in fact the renown for mission complete is often 200 to 300 points, about the same as sinking one light cruiser. The programming for career is oversimplified, low renown score for patrol = desk job, high renown = medals, exactly how you get the renown points is irrelevant. That said, for harbor raiding there's one "cheat" that has always worked for me in shallow water - less than periscope depth. Biggest sub in the game is the Balao class, from the keel to the top of the periscope shears is about 52 feet. You hit the P to go to periscope depth it goes down to 60 feet - if she runs aground at 60 feet, bring her up to 55. Come up to 50 if you need to, the tops of the shears will be visible at very short distances, but if you stay a couple thousand yards away from the closest enemy ship you're unlikely to draw fire. Obviously that works better with smaller subs, the main reason I stay with Sargo for the whole career is that I can come as high as 50 feet in harbors without being seen. At night 40 feet is even possible, provided the patrol is far away or previously sunk.