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Originally Posted by J0313
I would like to be able to get t Tench a little earlier. Say around October of 44. It's almost a waste to get it so late because there really isn't a whole lot left to shoot at at the end of the war.
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Interesting you brought that up. I have two plans for the Tench Class in that regard. One is to enable an earlier start date of say October 25 1944 so they will put new boat leaving port late October arriving in patrol zone early November and will provide a couple of patrols where are plenty of targets. I have also worked extensively on the 1945 traffic since to be more historical but also provide targets for players. For example, in 1945 organized traffic along the pacific coast of japan was almost non existent. However, a small 1500 ton merchant would ride the coast under escort from several surface vessels and air patrols (more escorts than merchants left). This necessitates player to patrol closer to shore submerged in daylight with occasional radar sweeps. Forces into some tough choices and a lot of risk. Could be the only good chance have to shoot on the patrol, to attack, let it go back try to surface for end around while dodging patrols and opt for night surface attack etc. Close to shore have to worry about shore batteries, mine fields. etc. I've made it a challenge, still tuning it up.
Second, I plan to Tench to New Construction in 1944 if possible with revamp of the training missions.