I was wondering if joining the 1M club (im sure it already exists) is possible in an VII, but i went back and reread.
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Originally Posted by Keelbuster
It's possible if you start at the beginning of the war (i'm at 850 now, patrol 21, jan 43). If you start in 41/42, it could be a real challenge.
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Sounds possible, although i have to wonder if your using manual targeting and spending much time in port between patrols.
Anyway the more i think about this, the more fun it sounds as a challenge.
- time will be important. Just as time is money, time is tonnage. From the word go your racing the clock.
- that means that you have to be effiient in your search for shipping. Patrol grids are not effiecent, so i think patrol grid assigments are to be ignored.
- Torpedo expenditure youd have to micromanage. For example is sinking two 3000 tons tramp steamers with a single torpedo each going to yeild more tonnage then a mediem cargo which might require a 3rd torpedo?
- Going to have to be very very aggressive. You'll want to use your deck gun alot to conserve torpedos when you'd normally shoot another fish, or go in (shallow) areas in pursuit of ships that you'd normally avoid.
- If you go drumbeating, your going to have to milk that cow for all its worth. That transtlantic trip is basically a month.. thats lost tonnage you have to make up for.
- Early war night surface attacks on convoys wil be crucial to obtaining alot of tonnage while you can still do these attacks. Espeicaly in the case of an IXB, you can make 3 or 4 attacks in a night against the same convoy easily.