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Originally Posted by Phaedrus
An awful lot of you seem to be focusing on convoy attacks.
I've attempted one, with only 3 ships sunk with 8 torpedoes expended, ended up running and receiving damage from escorts.
It doesn't seem worth it to me.
I will soon be embarking on my 6th patrol, June 1941, and I spend most of my time deck gunning single merchants when weather permits.
I'm taking about 25 000 - 35 000 per patrol this way in or around BE and BF, usually heading home when my torpedoes are expended after the weather turns and I can use surface attacks anymore. I've topped out at 56 000 on my last patrol.
I seem to be doing my part in the tonnage war without heading way out of my way to target the convoys.
Are there less single merchants in GWX? Or are the convoy attacks more for the thrill?
Thanks!
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Attacking a convoy and getting the most out of it requires some planning and forethrough before you even launch your first torpedo. There's been a few times where I've literally run into convoys due to using 4098 TC and find myself surrounded by merchants. Generally once I locate a convoy I plot out its path and get ahead of it and let it come to me, then comes all the different strategies on what to do next.
Even if convoy's aren't your thing, GWX does add a lot more surface traffic than the stock version. The biggest difference would probably be that the enemy makes use of their capital ships/surface fleet. It can make harbor raiding really exciting both in the time and work done to sneak into the harbor (which are tenfold more fortified than in stock SHIII) and see a BB, CV or both moored at port. Getting 30k-50k for 1 ship is really nice
