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Originally Posted by JBHemlock
So, I was reading Clear the Bridge (Dick O'Kane's book), and one thing that really stood out in it was that he almost never came across an unescorted merchant. At the same time, I'm running through my third or fourth FOTRSU career and I run into unescorted merchants all the time. Frequently I'll run into a couple of them, traveling in a little pack for my convenience. In the past, I haven't really thought much about it, but it really is letting me play the game in super easy mode.
Is this standard for FOTRSU? Is there a way to bump up the number of escorts?
Mod-wise, I'm running FOTRSU 1.8 and the Fleetboat interior mod, with nothing else.
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What dates are you encountering the unescorted merchants? What dates was the Tang sailing in the book you read? FotRSU has mostly singles, with a chance for doubles or more early in the war. You will still find a few convoys then. As time progresses, you see fewer and fewer unescorted singles, and more and more escorted convoys. You might also find groups of 2 or more DD-type ships out looking for submarines. Actually, they're just traveling from one end of a run to another to catch the next convoy for escort duty... with that said:
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Originally Posted by JBHemlock
Fate knows I wrote that last post. Fate laughs, as it sends me a... German troop transport off the east coast of Mindanao?
Unescorted, of course...
[IMG]Nice hit pic
[IMG]Nice explosion pic
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Did you empty the Save folder (defaults to C:\Users \UserName \Documents \SH4) before playing the modded FotRSU game? If you did not empty the save folder, then you have the Stock game mingled with the FotRSU mod. I ask this because FotRSU has one German "Troopship Modern Class" sailing east of Mindanao late 1942 to mid 1943 (with just a few in the mod), sometimes with a freighter, but also the possibility of an escort. Odds are usually an escort. They are going from Japan to western New Guinea. So if your install and activation are good, and the time frame is right, you got lucky again. There were convoys that ended up without escort due to missed rendezvous points, or ships sunk or whatever, plus it might be a straggler. Never look a gift horse in the mouth - just sink it and look for more.
