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Originally Posted by GT182
Gun envy.  
Looking forward to it Mat. Tho I've never seen a German Auxiliary cruiser ingame to notice the the difference. Tho I have seen the Brits sporting them in the Atlantic Air Gap mission.
Tell me, is there a way to have German surface ships [Q ships I think they were called] occasionally attacking with us when we go after a convoy? Or even attacking a single merchant on their own in the campaigns. You never know when they might need a bit of help. Sure would be a cool mod.  |
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Originally Posted by Cybermat47
Hmmm... I'm not sure about attacking convoys, but I might be able to edit the traffic a bit so that the cruisers go out into the Indian ocean... and, of course, destroying anything they find while en route.
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GT182 is right.
Increasing the frequency of those units in generic traffic, as suggested by Cybermat, is a valid method, that should be used with caution though: after all Germany had only 9
auxiliary cruisers, they were mostly active in the far waters of South Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean, and most of them were sunk before '43.
Besides that, I have got a couple of extra ideas for putting them to use in game:
1. From late 40 to late 41, Kormoran, Atlantis and Pinguin, were sporadically used for refitting U-boats in South Atlantic. I will post the details in OHII thread.
2. After reading several patrol reports, I've noticed that escorting auxiliary cruisers or supply vessels both in North and South Atlantic was rather a common task for U-boats. Afaik neither the stock campaign nor OHII do feature similar missions. If there's any interest by Trevally on adding them to the campaign, I will be glad to collect some details on common escort routes.
