[peabody]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Currently I'm playing cold stone stock. My first patrol point presented three convoys on the way. Needless to say I was out of torps before I hit the first patrol area. I returned to port for reload. I bit unrealistic but some like to play this way so with RSRD we can get the best of both worlds.

Speaking of playing stock, I don't have any mods because my video card is right on the edge now, I even had to remove ROW which I didn't want to do. But, anyway to the unrealistic stock. I was sent from Brisbane to patrol "the slot" in the Solomons (I think that's what it's called-area between the two rows of islands?) There is a refit station at the southern end. I would go toward the north, run out of torpedos and go back south, back north out again, back south. Just to see what would happen I reloaded a saved game and ended up with 109 merchants and finally got sick of it and went to Rabaul and sank two BBs and a heavy cruiser. Enough is enough! And I never had to wait for any either, I would sink 6-8 going one way every time and whatever I had fish left for on the way back. Steady stream of Merchants. LOTS of tankers. Is there any historical reason they would be going there? The Allieds controlled the port at the southern end, Honiara I think it is, and they pass right by, well not when I'm there they don't.

So, yes stock is a bit overloaded at times.

Peabody