Campaign Convoy Compositions

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I'm now patroling in 1944 and this is my second full campaign. In the first campaign, I saw a lot of variety in the convoys (at least that's how it seemed). I also had a patrol in late 42 or early 43 (can't really remember) where I encountered 8 lone passenger liners as I made my way across the Atlantic to my assigned patrol grid. Finally, I saw absolutely no task forces up close and friendly. The radio reports always had them so far away it was pointless to try an intercept.

Now in this campaign, I've seen task forces galore. Some may remember my earlier post where I sank 5 battleships and an Illustrious carrier out at sea. I've also encountered several Bogue Escorts west of Ireland. But also in this campaign, I've seen only one passenger liner (leaving the Gibraltar Straits in a convoy in late 1939), since then...zip.

All convoys have the exact same composition depending on their speed. For example, all convoys running at 9 knots have 3 T3's, 2 Troop Ships, 2 T2's, and a mix of lesser merchants. All convoys steaming at less than 9 knots show the bug where the ships are all disorganized, making it a turkey shoot when attacked.

I'm not sure what the explanation is but suspect it has something to do with the patch version. This campaign has been run entirely using 1.4b where the first campaign was updated several times as the patches were released. I also was using the World Mod for about half that campaign.

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