Early on I like the IXb best, the downsides aren't all that lethal before 42 and it has all those lovely fish to sink lots and lots of fat merchants as well as the range to visit interesting places like freetown or the canary islands as well as Newfoundland if you prefer sinking canadians.
Later on I like playing in the Med so I only get a VIIc, but for the atlantic I also prefer the VII, I'd definitely rather have the smaller boats so no IXD2 for me, it's just too cumbersome despite the range to go nearly anywhere, although what one would do on the western exit of the Panama Canal is anyone's guess, but If you really wanted to, you could go there in a IXD2, that's it's only real advantage over the other IXs, range
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