Attacked too early!

Darthlucky · 07-29-15, 07:54 AM

My last career came to an end when I had another tab open and my boat ran aground near Salamis. I started a new one in 1939, and was patrolling the Western Approaches on Aug 2, war with Poland had been declared, but not with England. I'm shadowing a medium sized convoy, full of Whale Factory Ships, Large Tankers and Medium Cargo ships, it's day light, but over cast and choppy. Suddenly the lead escort, with a UK Naval Ensign makes a beeline form, spitting fire and looking to ram. I dive, and evade, then a few hours later come a cross a lone Whale Factory Ship with a British flag. I sink it, and it's green.....are the escorts hard coded to attack me regardless, or did I do something wrong?

Sailor Steve · 07-29-15, 08:44 AM

If you attack a neutral ship you become the enemy of that country for 24 hours. They will attack you during that time period. This is also true of friendly ships.

Darthlucky · 07-29-15, 11:42 AM

Thing was, I'd not attacked ANYONE when the destroyer came after me. I was just shadowing the convoy, it was 0700 on 2, Aug. I was going to wait till the third, then attack, the escorts however came after me as soon as they detected me. I sank the neutral after being chased off.

Zosimus · 07-29-15, 12:20 PM

I have heard that the English get the war notification before the Germans. I can't say for sure, however. Once you get the war notification the English cities should go red.

jorgegonzalito · 07-29-15, 07:14 PM

In August 1939 -a month before the outbreak of war- was a U-boat type VII-B in the port of Kiel. I began to experience a German torpedo boats were in the harbor, making two of them sink. But in trying torpoing one third boat I was attacked by German war ships with guns and depth charges. He had come to Kiel from the Gulf of Guinea, crossing the Atlantic and the English Channel and occasionally some merchant ships crossing. There was not nor I saw any convoy warships and no one attacked me. The game does not always act logically.

Zosimus · 07-30-15, 07:03 AM

He leído tu mensaje unas 4 veces, pero no te entiendo nada. ¿Me puedes explicar otra vez?

07-29-15, 07:54 AM	#1
Darthlucky Medic Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 166 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Attacked too early! My last career came to an end when I had another tab open and my boat ran aground near Salamis. I started a new one in 1939, and was patrolling the Western Approaches on Aug 2, war with Poland had been declared, but not with England. I'm shadowing a medium sized convoy, full of Whale Factory Ships, Large Tankers and Medium Cargo ships, it's day light, but over cast and choppy. Suddenly the lead escort, with a UK Naval Ensign makes a beeline form, spitting fire and looking to ram. I dive, and evade, then a few hours later come a cross a lone Whale Factory Ship with a British flag. I sink it, and it's green.....are the escorts hard coded to attack me regardless, or did I do something wrong?

07-29-15, 08:44 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	If you attack a neutral ship you become the enemy of that country for 24 hours. They will attack you during that time period. This is also true of friendly ships. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-29-15, 11:42 AM	#3
Darthlucky Medic Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 166 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Thing was, I'd not attacked ANYONE when the destroyer came after me. I was just shadowing the convoy, it was 0700 on 2, Aug. I was going to wait till the third, then attack, the escorts however came after me as soon as they detected me. I sank the neutral after being chased off.

07-29-15, 12:20 PM	#4
Zosimus XO Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Chorrillos, Lima, Peru Posts: 401 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I have heard that the English get the war notification before the Germans. I can't say for sure, however. Once you get the war notification the English cities should go red.

07-29-15, 07:14 PM	#5
jorgegonzalito Officer Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Posts: 237 Downloads: 322 Uploads: 0	In August 1939 -a month before the outbreak of war- was a U-boat type VII-B in the port of Kiel. I began to experience a German torpedo boats were in the harbor, making two of them sink. But in trying torpoing one third boat I was attacked by German war ships with guns and depth charges. He had come to Kiel from the Gulf of Guinea, crossing the Atlantic and the English Channel and occasionally some merchant ships crossing. There was not nor I saw any convoy warships and no one attacked me. The game does not always act logically.

07-30-15, 07:03 AM	#6
Zosimus XO Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Chorrillos, Lima, Peru Posts: 401 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	He leído tu mensaje unas 4 veces, pero no te entiendo nada. ¿Me puedes explicar otra vez?