[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by !!HansGruber!!

Hey All,

First time poster so upfront want to thank everyone for the knowledge sharing in this forum that has helped me become an effective skipper. I started playing SH4 last October and jumped straight into the deep with full realism (well almost 98/100) and FOTRSU. I completed 7 patrols in 1.46 before starting a new career so I could upgrade to 1.7. I have a few questions based on my experiences:

welcome Hans. to start with, you should post your FOTRSU questions in that forum.
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=243064

Originally Posted by !!HansGruber!!

1.) Despite sinking 500k+ tons of enemy shipping and sinking some notable capital ships (Hiryu/Shokaku) the best I received was a Silver Star. One patrol I sank 90k tons and got a Bronze Star. What (if any) requirements are there to obtaining higher awards?

there are requirements but they are wonky. speaking from my own experiences, it seems as if reaching 100k tonnage is a very positive threshold. even 90k+ is not as good as hitting the sixth figure.

Originally Posted by !!HansGruber!!

2.) I was always credited for one more patrol than I had actually completed. Ex. My Silver Star citation for my first patrol where I sank Hiryu off of Wake Island said it was my 2nd patrol and so on for each subsequent patrol. Is this a known bug?

yes, this is a known issue. we like to think that one part of the development started counting at one and another part of the development started counting at zero. both techniques are common techniques. what is NOT common is the fact that UBI let this go to production without syncing the two methods. There is a lot of this type of stuff in SH4.

Originally Posted by !!HansGruber!!

3.) I seem to get very few duds but I usually use slow speed/contact settings. I see there are some other mods to increase the chances of duds in the AddInModzPak but what are the differences between 1.7p3, OriginalFOTRS_Dudz, & MoreDudz? As the war progresses do duds decrease so that by '44 the mk14 is relatively reliable?

Only mod activated is FOTRSU 1.7p3. Thanks in advance.

most probably, the "gods of war" were smiling on you. count your blessings and press on because your luck will change.
to answer your question, all torpedoes become more reliable as the war progresses.