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Originally Posted by Fab
I think 8 weeks is an average patrol for a VII, isn't it?
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I have VIIB, am in July 1941, and started at the beginning of the war. I am on Patrol 13. I have no idea how Robj got to patrol 31 by this time, even if he was just firing all his torps off in port and docking again. However - 8 weeks is a very long patrol (in my opinion) in a VIIB. Last patrol I ran till I was almost out of fuel, and the patrol was ~4 weeks. That's with a few flank overhauling maneuvers, but otherwise sparing fuel as a rule. Remember - with 14 torps, you can only launch about three assault runs on a convoy. That can all happen in 24 hrs.
Nothing on this post seems to add up right.
Robj - if yer tired of the VIIB, then get an IXC (should be available at Lorient) by now. She's got two rear tubes. But know this - if you switch out of your VIIB (which right now pulls 21kts at flank), you will NEVER get back such a fast boat. The VIIB with the MAN engine upgrade (added by the player in ~'40) is the only boat in the game that can go that fast, and when you switch back, even with the MAN, for some reason the VIIB only pulls the maximum that the VIIC pulls (~17 or 18 kts).
I'll never let go of my speedy little VIIB.