Change of Pace

TriskettheKid · 01-05-07, 10:17 PM

I'm looking for something new, now that I have GWX, and since I can't decide on how to start, I'm putting it out there:

What year and what flotilla should I try starting with next?

Keep in mind that I will not start in Lorient or Kiel. I just hate those ports....seriously....

AVGWarhawk · 01-05-07, 10:21 PM

It all depends on what you want. Happy Times (39-42)where you are blasting the crap out of everything with impunity or 1943 onward were you are seriously hunted and spend each patrol in utter anquish and dispair. Me, I start around 1940 so I can use the IXB.

azn_132 · 01-05-07, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

It all depends on what you want. Happy Times (39-42)where you are blasting the crap out of everything with impunity or 1943 onward were you are seriously hunted and spend each patrol in utter anquish and dispair. Me, I start around 1940 so I can the IXB.

Copyin my way?

AVGWarhawk · 01-05-07, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by azn_132

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

It all depends on what you want. Happy Times (39-42)where you are blasting the crap out of everything with impunity or 1943 onward were you are seriously hunted and spend each patrol in utter anquish and dispair. Me, I start around 1940 so I can the IXB.

Copyin my way?

Ah, huh?

TriskettheKid · 01-05-07, 10:34 PM

Ok, but flotilla?

AVGWarhawk · 01-05-07, 10:37 PM

I know you hate Lorient but that is where I start

. It is an easy port to get out of and a good spot for the shipping lanes. See what others post as well!!

Ducimus · 01-05-07, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TriskettheKid

Ok, but flotilla?

Depends on what kind of career game you want. Short, mediem , or long range?

mookiemookie · 01-05-07, 10:46 PM

Start in January of '42 with a Type IX and make your way to the American coast. The U-boat Kaleuns called this time: "The Great American Turkey Shoot"

Good times, good times.

TriskettheKid · 01-05-07, 11:13 PM

Again, I was hoping someone would give me a Year and a Flotilla (provided the flotilla is not based in Kiel or Lorient).

Enchanter · 01-06-07, 03:15 AM

Are you opposed to to those ports cause they're murder to get out of? I was, then I adjusted the Time Compression settings for being near land. Now I'm ok with ports like Kiel and St. Nazaire and so on.
I'd say 2nd Flotilla, 1942. Gives you access to the IX and you can go after those annoying American vessels, who thus far have been netural!

Ducimus · 01-06-07, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by TriskettheKid

Again, I was hoping someone would give me a Year and a Flotilla (provided the flotilla is not based in Kiel or Lorient).

Again, what kind of game are you looking for? I mean, i could for instance just tell you, 12th flotilla out of Bordeux, 1943. You end up in an IXD2, with long range patrols in the south atlantic, when that might not be your cup of tea. When you may have prefered short to medium range patrols in the north atlantic with a maybe a diversion to attack convoys bound for russia, and maybe sea a few iceburgs along the way, in which case you might want the 11th flotilla out of Bergen in mid 42.

What you want to do as alot of bearing on year and flotilla

Kpt. Lehmann · 01-06-07, 03:52 AM

How about Salamis?

Corsair · 01-06-07, 06:55 AM

I started in Salamis to have a go at the Med campaign in GWX. So far I like it very much. The Med colours give a very refreshing athmosphere after weeks in the Atlantic December storms and fog...

3Jane · 01-06-07, 07:27 AM

Wilhelmshaven, September 1939, Flot: Saltzwedel. You can start with a Type VIIB

Lzs von swe · 01-06-07, 08:18 AM

-45, 11´th Flotilla, VIIc/41. Short and sharp.

01-05-07, 10:17 PM	#1
TriskettheKid Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 186 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Change of Pace I'm looking for something new, now that I have GWX, and since I can't decide on how to start, I'm putting it out there: What year and what flotilla should I try starting with next? Keep in mind that I will not start in Lorient or Kiel. I just hate those ports....seriously....

01-05-07, 10:21 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It all depends on what you want. Happy Times (39-42)where you are blasting the crap out of everything with impunity or 1943 onward were you are seriously hunted and spend each patrol in utter anquish and dispair. Me, I start around 1940 so I can use the IXB. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road Last edited by AVGWarhawk; 01-05-07 at 10:32 PM.

01-05-07, 10:37 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I know you hate Lorient but that is where I start . It is an easy port to get out of and a good spot for the shipping lanes. See what others post as well!! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-05-07, 10:46 PM	#8
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Start in January of '42 with a Type IX and make your way to the American coast. The U-boat Kaleuns called this time: "The Great American Turkey Shoot" Good times, good times. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-06-07, 03:15 AM	#10
Enchanter Bosun Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Africa Posts: 66 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Are you opposed to to those ports cause they're murder to get out of? I was, then I adjusted the Time Compression settings for being near land. Now I'm ok with ports like Kiel and St. Nazaire and so on. I'd say 2nd Flotilla, 1942. Gives you access to the IX and you can go after those annoying American vessels, who thus far have been netural! __________________ Hasta la wookie...baby.

01-05-07, 10:34 PM	#5
TriskettheKid Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 186 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Ok, but flotilla?

01-05-07, 11:13 PM	#9
TriskettheKid Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 186 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Again, I was hoping someone would give me a Year and a Flotilla (provided the flotilla is not based in Kiel or Lorient).

01-06-07, 03:52 AM	#12
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,993 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	How about Salamis? __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

01-06-07, 06:55 AM	#13
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	I started in Salamis to have a go at the Med campaign in GWX. So far I like it very much. The Med colours give a very refreshing athmosphere after weeks in the Atlantic December storms and fog... __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

01-06-07, 07:27 AM	#14
3Jane Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York. Northern England. Posts: 1,004 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wilhelmshaven, September 1939, Flot: Saltzwedel. You can start with a Type VIIB __________________ Fate opposes me in vitality and morality, forced ever onward, burdened, always in shackles. So this very moment, without tarrying, pluck the quivering strings. Because fate punishes the one who plays, all lament with me. (http://hosted.filefront.com/KatherineRowan)

01-06-07, 08:18 AM	#15
Lzs von swe Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norrkoping, Sweden Posts: 1,074 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	-45, 11´th Flotilla, VIIc/41. Short and sharp. __________________