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treblesum81 · 04-24-08, 12:53 PM

Ok, so I've given SH3 Gen, which is definately better than the standard SH3 orders, though it did tell me basically the same thing in Nov 1939... "go to quadrant AK and patrol"... yeah its not a specific grid, but still, the middle of the north atlantic before the US is even involved?

I guess I'm just trying to find a better balance between "Go here and patrol randomly for some period of time" and "Who cares about orders, I'm taking this boat into every harbor I can find until we're either dead or out of fish". How do you all solve this problem, if you even consider it a problem?

Continuing with a few more questions:

1) Is it worthwhile to sink ships smaller than 2k-3k tons? In my last 5-7 patrols, I've encountered numerous small merchants and coastal freighters which I sunk, but I'm not sure if I wasted fish that could have been used on better targets. What do you all think about this? Kill everything you can as quickly as possible? or wait for better, more valuable targets?

2) Do different target types have different renown values? I.E. if I sink a tanker and a merchant with equal tonnage, will they provide the differing renown points? I ask think because I've noticed that a lot of the time, my renown gain does not relate directly to tonnage sunk... 30k tons netted me 1000 renown, but 80k tons only netted 1500 rather than the expected almost 3000. Should I be choosing my targets more on value than on tonnage?

3) Do radio reports actually accomplish anything? I know that a status report will get BdU to call you home when you're out of torps, but do either status or contact reports serve any other purpose? This I ask because I've noticed a lot of people complaining about getting zeroed because they sent a report... if they don't serve any real purpose, why send them at all?

Thanks again,
Greg

EDIT: I also have the GWX Mission orders mod now, though I've not seen any specific orders or updates come down the line.

-Also, How can I go about figuring Lat and Long coords without having to count marks on the map side? Almost all mine and sinking reports seem to come in lat/long coords, but there isn't any easy way, at least as far as I can tell, to figure out where they are talking about... something that could be an issue if its a minefield and I just sail right on through not knowing.

04-24-08, 12:53 PM	#4
treblesum81 Frogman Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 308 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	Ok, so I've given SH3 Gen, which is definately better than the standard SH3 orders, though it did tell me basically the same thing in Nov 1939... "go to quadrant AK and patrol"... yeah its not a specific grid, but still, the middle of the north atlantic before the US is even involved? I guess I'm just trying to find a better balance between "Go here and patrol randomly for some period of time" and "Who cares about orders, I'm taking this boat into every harbor I can find until we're either dead or out of fish". How do you all solve this problem, if you even consider it a problem? Continuing with a few more questions: 1) Is it worthwhile to sink ships smaller than 2k-3k tons? In my last 5-7 patrols, I've encountered numerous small merchants and coastal freighters which I sunk, but I'm not sure if I wasted fish that could have been used on better targets. What do you all think about this? Kill everything you can as quickly as possible? or wait for better, more valuable targets? 2) Do different target types have different renown values? I.E. if I sink a tanker and a merchant with equal tonnage, will they provide the differing renown points? I ask think because I've noticed that a lot of the time, my renown gain does not relate directly to tonnage sunk... 30k tons netted me 1000 renown, but 80k tons only netted 1500 rather than the expected almost 3000. Should I be choosing my targets more on value than on tonnage? 3) Do radio reports actually accomplish anything? I know that a status report will get BdU to call you home when you're out of torps, but do either status or contact reports serve any other purpose? This I ask because I've noticed a lot of people complaining about getting zeroed because they sent a report... if they don't serve any real purpose, why send them at all? Thanks again, Greg EDIT: I also have the GWX Mission orders mod now, though I've not seen any specific orders or updates come down the line. -Also, How can I go about figuring Lat and Long coords without having to count marks on the map side? Almost all mine and sinking reports seem to come in lat/long coords, but there isn't any easy way, at least as far as I can tell, to figure out where they are talking about... something that could be an issue if its a minefield and I just sail right on through not knowing.