Finally Completed My First Campaign

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Whew! I've been working this daily since I bought the sim the week it was released. The last two patrols seemed to take forever. Still, it was a lot of fun. I like the Type XXI but it's sort of anticlimatic knowing the war will end in a year once you get it. In addition, the XXI can draw circles around the escorts so you can attack a convoy at will and use stealth only to get off your first couple prize shots.

If the seas are anything above 5 m/s, you can knock off the eastbound tankers with a single contact shot. I use keel shots only in calm weather and on passenger liners for economy. Liners don't get tossed around in high seas like all the other ships so you can pretty much count on your depth setting being OK.

I learned to attack convoys and only go for the big ships and move on for maximum tonnage. I think this is a great sim and would recommend adding more ship types and some type of randomizer for convoy compostion as they seem to become recognizable after a while. My favorite sub was the IXC. I'm going to stick with it right to the end in my next campaign but right now I need to get back my land legs (been at sea way too long).

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