Pure rip off!

desirableroasted · 04-08-10, 09:15 PM

Dang it... I loaded out at W'haven with three steamers and the rest electrics. Used the steamers when appropriate, got better tonnage with the electrics (love em!).

Went into Corrientes with 4 electrics left in the tubes... What do you think? They took all the electrics and left me with a full boat of steamers!

Not happy.

04-08-10, 10:01 PM

So you're the one stealing all my G7As,
and leaving me with all these crumby electric things.

pickinthebanjo · 04-09-10, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Snestorm

So you're the one stealing all my G7As,
and leaving me with all these crumby electric things.

Agreed, although my latest patrol was directly related to my deck gun and 20mm ammo. It's looking like one of those 50000 ton patrols

Jimbuna · 04-09-10, 06:36 AM

You only get a basic loadout at these 'replenishment' places I'm afraid.

In RL, mating up with a milch cow resulted in one or two additional eels only at best.

maillemaker · 04-09-10, 09:23 AM

Yeah, that's why I hate docking at anyplace but home - always get stuck with steamers. I only carry electrics.

Immelman · 04-09-10, 10:13 AM

It makes perfects sense that the milkcow gives you a load out of TI G7a they are much easier to care for then electrics that have to be constantly stripped down and inspected every few days. Those ships spent months on end at sea where salt water and humidity can short out electrical systems easily.

Trust me you wouldn't want any electric eels they gave you it would just be dead weight...

Sailor Steve · 04-09-10, 10:30 AM

As Jim said, the milk cows and and any supply ship are only going to give you a couple for protection on the way home, and only enough fuel to get there. Their own supplies weren't unlimited, and they had to help every u-boat that needed it.

Also, in real life electric torpedoes could not be stored in the external cases, as they had to checked every day to make sure they were working properly.

Jimbuna · 04-09-10, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

As Jim said, the milk cows and and any supply ship are only going to give you a couple for protection on the way home, and only enough fuel to get there. Their own supplies weren't unlimited, and they had to help every u-boat that needed it.

Also, in real life electric torpedoes could not be stored in the external cases, as they had to checked every day to make sure they were working properly.

Precisely.....this is one area where the game is unrealistic in the sense that it equips you for a full patrol in ways of armaments and fuel.

This was never the case in RL.

KL-alfman · 04-09-10, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Precisely.....this is one area where the game is unrealistic in the sense that it equips you for a full patrol in ways of armaments and fuel.

This was never the case in RL.

one could always head to base directly and just use 2aale despite the fact you got a full load-out.

Didd · 04-09-10, 01:50 PM

Last time I docked at a re-supply ship I got a full load of electric eels. Mind you I seem to get that by default now at home base also. I don't remember changing anything in config files etc. It just seemed to get the message after I changed the whole loadout for elctrics a couple of patrols ago......mmmm weird.

Also, there were no problems with corrosion or electrical shorts in those electric eels either!!

Didd

Jimbuna · 04-09-10, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by KL-alfman

one could always head to base directly and just use 2aale despite the fact you got a full load-out.

That's true and it is always something I've tried to advise whenever someone comes up with an unrealistic game action that can't be moddred out.......simply ignore the glitch and pretend it isn't there

Brag · 04-09-10, 02:39 PM

If I remember right, I got my electrics ripped off in Bergen.

Immelman · 04-09-10, 03:00 PM

It depends at which stage of the war you are. The game tries to simulate the fact the electrics become more and more common as the war advanced and more were produced in greater numbers. It still doesn't make since that milkcows give them to you as previously stated.

Sailor Steve · 04-09-10, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by KL-alfman

one could always head to base directly and just use 2aale despite the fact you got a full load-out.

I tend to do just the opposite - fire them all off until I only have two left.

KL-alfman · 04-09-10, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

That's true and it is always something I've tried to advise whenever someone comes up with an unrealistic game action that can't be moddred out.......simply ignore the glitch and pretend it isn't there

1943-10-28
U-292 (VIIC/41)

I'm now in mid-Atlantic heading to my grid FC76.
not sure I make it home to Brest because I already had to go at flank speed to intercept a convoy.
but there's still one milk-cow left (U-488 in DF, I think). I'll go there but I pretend to get just as much fuel to reach home-base and only 2aale.
(maybe I shoot all the others I get into the ocean like Steve does

)

04-08-10, 09:15 PM	#1
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Pure rip off! Dang it... I loaded out at W'haven with three steamers and the rest electrics. Used the steamers when appropriate, got better tonnage with the electrics (love em!). Went into Corrientes with 4 electrics left in the tubes... What do you think? They took all the electrics and left me with a full boat of steamers! Not happy. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."

04-09-10, 06:36 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You only get a basic loadout at these 'replenishment' places I'm afraid. In RL, mating up with a milch cow resulted in one or two additional eels only at best. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-09-10, 10:13 AM	#6
Immelman Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 150 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It makes perfects sense that the milkcow gives you a load out of TI G7a they are much easier to care for then electrics that have to be constantly stripped down and inspected every few days. Those ships spent months on end at sea where salt water and humidity can short out electrical systems easily. Trust me you wouldn't want any electric eels they gave you it would just be dead weight... __________________ Fotia kai tsekouri

04-09-10, 10:30 AM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	As Jim said, the milk cows and and any supply ship are only going to give you a couple for protection on the way home, and only enough fuel to get there. Their own supplies weren't unlimited, and they had to help every u-boat that needed it. Also, in real life electric torpedoes could not be stored in the external cases, as they had to checked every day to make sure they were working properly. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-09-10, 02:39 PM	#12
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	If I remember right, I got my electrics ripped off in Bergen. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

04-08-10, 10:01 PM	#2
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	So you're the one stealing all my G7As, and leaving me with all these crumby electric things.

04-09-10, 09:23 AM	#5
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Yeah, that's why I hate docking at anyplace but home - always get stuck with steamers. I only carry electrics.

04-09-10, 01:50 PM	#10
Didd Seaman Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Orkney Posts: 33 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Last time I docked at a re-supply ship I got a full load of electric eels. Mind you I seem to get that by default now at home base also. I don't remember changing anything in config files etc. It just seemed to get the message after I changed the whole loadout for elctrics a couple of patrols ago......mmmm weird. Also, there were no problems with corrosion or electrical shorts in those electric eels either!! Didd

04-09-10, 03:00 PM	#13
Immelman Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 150 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It depends at which stage of the war you are. The game tries to simulate the fact the electrics become more and more common as the war advanced and more were produced in greater numbers. It still doesn't make since that milkcows give them to you as previously stated. __________________ Fotia kai tsekouri