Favorite submarine

Kapitan Soniboy · 08-17-09, 08:40 PM

Childish perhaps, but I want to know what's your favorite submarine to play with in Silent Hunter 3 is. Where do people like to hunt the most? Do you like to travel across the Atlantic to the US in a big IX class submarine or do you like to hunt in the shallow waters between the British isles in a type II for example?

The reason why I ask this is because I want some more ideas on how to play the game and what people enjoy doing within the game.

I tried something new today which was very fun! In mid 1940 with my VIIc I attacked a HUGE convoy with only one destroyer escort

. I attacked the convoy at night several times. But one day I "forgot" about the destroyer and he detected me. I tried running away facing my "butt" torpedo at him. BOOM and he was going down. Lucky shot! Later I gunned the entire convoy down with my 88 (had to leave two ships after running out of ammo and they recieved air cover early the next morning)

! That was fun!

Now YOU tell me what you like to do

!

(If a similar topic exist please direct me, and sorry for my bad English)

Mopy · 08-17-09, 09:48 PM

I usually hunt just north of Ireland in AM52/AM53 early in the war. It's February 1940, and I'm just leaving from Wilhelmshaven for the 2nd Flotilla in a VIIB. Patrol number five.

I've only just discovered the delights of GWX and 100% realism, charting, plotting and intercepting targets properly. I also added a DiD rule to the game. Determined to survive the whole of the war with no reloads, this is where most of my fun is coming from.

I'm not sure what I'll be doing next. Probably looking for better hunting grounds as non stop Large Merchant/Medium Cargo/Coastal Vessel is getting a bit tedious. Some tankers would be nice, but I wonder if these are more prevelant later in the war.

Other than that, I have been offered the IX but turned it down in favour of keeping the VIIB.

For your game, how about a GWX3 DiD at 100%? Unless you do this already, or something harder

in which case I don't have any other suggestions. Med Flotilla maybe?

-Edit - VIIB not VIIC.

Kapitan Soniboy · 08-17-09, 10:09 PM

Hey and thanks for your reply.

I recently downloaded GWX3 too and it's just brilliant. You could say I play with 100% realism but I like external camera like when I'm depth charged. I've never actually tried patrolling in the Med. Maybe that's fun too

The large convoys come from the west. I guess there's not much life in the Med.

Pohl · 08-17-09, 10:52 PM

I prefer the Type IX due to it's high torpedo capacity and huge diesel tank it can take me anywhere I want...so it works for me =P.

The Med is fun...if you can stand having only 5 torpedos and nothing more D=, also nights are pitch black in there.

Sailor Steve · 08-18-09, 12:31 PM

One of each. Multiple careers, played simultaneously.

Jimbuna · 08-18-09, 01:41 PM

My favourite boat is the IX, I like to travel far and wide during the hunt.

I'm curently driving a XXIII out of Bergen and picking the juciest target in the convoys I encounter with my very limited eel capacity

Zilch · 08-18-09, 03:43 PM

I'm all about waiting in grid BF 13 for a convoy to troll through in my Type VIIB. I'm sure there were good real life reasons to switch to the VIIC, but in game, not really, unless porcupine conning towers are your thing. Since I don't engage planes anyway, the VIIB gives better performance for less renown. Unless, of course, you VIIC types know something I don't.

The VIIB is decent at anything I want it to do. Only thing I'd ask of it is higher torp capacity, but you can't have everything. It's a solid boat. I'll stick with it for now.

Kapitan Soniboy · 08-18-09, 03:53 PM

Nice

Do you even notice any difference between VIIB and VIIC?

karamazovnew · 08-18-09, 03:57 PM

Type VII.... where's my "kiss love hug" smiley?! Oh well, this will have to do:

TYPE VII
And please don't tell Doenitz about it but I sink only warships

. Which means I usually troll around Scapa, Iceland and the Med.

Betonov · 08-19-09, 03:20 AM

type VII, no doubt
Subs are like women, some are new, some are easy, most are beautiful... but there's allways that one that gets your heart no matter how much better are out there and thats the VII

Dates are short with her and dangerous, but so much more interesting, just like my real life love (not a sub)

And my favourite hunting grounds are south west of Ireland and near the gibraltar on the atlantic side. There be ye olde convoy routes there

Leg · 08-19-09, 05:08 AM

Type IX! A big lady that if treated nicely will reward you.

Melonfish · 08-19-09, 05:14 AM

oh man convoys with 1 escort, how i miss them!
also merchants without guns...

my fave has got to be the VIIB that angular bow, the sweeping saddletanks that silky riveted hull......

Ahem...

er yeah my fave defo, you do fall in love with the boats, and the VIIB is what i love the C is nice but i don't like the bow.

Kapitan Soniboy · 08-19-09, 10:03 AM

Well it looks like many people like the VIIB

. I forgot to mention the IX/D2 which is a biiig ship. And there is one IX/D2 resting in the fjord just outside my house. Hehe

Hanomag · 08-19-09, 10:26 AM

Type IXb,c,d2.... of course..

Task Force · 08-19-09, 10:28 AM

Viib...

Learn how to use it. its a nice machine.

08-17-09, 08:40 PM	#1
Kapitan Soniboy Torpedoman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 114 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Favorite submarine Childish perhaps, but I want to know what's your favorite submarine to play with in Silent Hunter 3 is. Where do people like to hunt the most? Do you like to travel across the Atlantic to the US in a big IX class submarine or do you like to hunt in the shallow waters between the British isles in a type II for example? The reason why I ask this is because I want some more ideas on how to play the game and what people enjoy doing within the game. I tried something new today which was very fun! In mid 1940 with my VIIc I attacked a HUGE convoy with only one destroyer escort. I attacked the convoy at night several times. But one day I "forgot" about the destroyer and he detected me. I tried running away facing my "butt" torpedo at him. BOOM and he was going down. Lucky shot! Later I gunned the entire convoy down with my 88 (had to leave two ships after running out of ammo and they recieved air cover early the next morning)! That was fun! Now YOU tell me what you like to do! (If a similar topic exist please direct me, and sorry for my bad English) Last edited by Kapitan Soniboy; 08-17-09 at 10:11 PM.

08-17-09, 09:48 PM	#2
Mopy Torpedoman Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 118 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I usually hunt just north of Ireland in AM52/AM53 early in the war. It's February 1940, and I'm just leaving from Wilhelmshaven for the 2nd Flotilla in a VIIB. Patrol number five. I've only just discovered the delights of GWX and 100% realism, charting, plotting and intercepting targets properly. I also added a DiD rule to the game. Determined to survive the whole of the war with no reloads, this is where most of my fun is coming from. I'm not sure what I'll be doing next. Probably looking for better hunting grounds as non stop Large Merchant/Medium Cargo/Coastal Vessel is getting a bit tedious. Some tankers would be nice, but I wonder if these are more prevelant later in the war. Other than that, I have been offered the IX but turned it down in favour of keeping the VIIB. For your game, how about a GWX3 DiD at 100%? Unless you do this already, or something harder in which case I don't have any other suggestions. Med Flotilla maybe? -Edit - VIIB not VIIC. Last edited by Mopy; 08-18-09 at 12:55 PM.

08-17-09, 10:52 PM	#4
Pohl Sparky Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 157 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I prefer the Type IX due to it's high torpedo capacity and huge diesel tank it can take me anywhere I want...so it works for me =P. The Med is fun...if you can stand having only 5 torpedos and nothing more D=, also nights are pitch black in there. __________________ Current Careers: U-177 Type IXD2, 10th Flotilla March 13, 1943 U-3502 Type XXI, 7th/13th Flotilla April 14, 1942 100% realism, GWX 3.0, SH3 Commander 3.2

08-18-09, 12:31 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	One of each. Multiple careers, played simultaneously. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-18-09, 01:41 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,445 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	My favourite boat is the IX, I like to travel far and wide during the hunt. I'm curently driving a XXIII out of Bergen and picking the juciest target in the convoys I encounter with my very limited eel capacity __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-17-09, 10:09 PM	#3
Kapitan Soniboy Torpedoman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 114 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Hey and thanks for your reply. I recently downloaded GWX3 too and it's just brilliant. You could say I play with 100% realism but I like external camera like when I'm depth charged. I've never actually tried patrolling in the Med. Maybe that's fun too The large convoys come from the west. I guess there's not much life in the Med.

08-18-09, 03:43 PM	#7
Zilch Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 118 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	I'm all about waiting in grid BF 13 for a convoy to troll through in my Type VIIB. I'm sure there were good real life reasons to switch to the VIIC, but in game, not really, unless porcupine conning towers are your thing. Since I don't engage planes anyway, the VIIB gives better performance for less renown. Unless, of course, you VIIC types know something I don't. The VIIB is decent at anything I want it to do. Only thing I'd ask of it is higher torp capacity, but you can't have everything. It's a solid boat. I'll stick with it for now. __________________ Depth charges pounding your flanges loose? Hedgehogs dislodging your precious bulkheads? Use Beemans Gum! Freshens breath and doubles as an adhesive in a pinch. The gum of choice aboard U-54!

08-18-09, 03:53 PM	#8
Kapitan Soniboy Torpedoman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 114 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Nice Do you even notice any difference between VIIB and VIIC?

08-18-09, 03:57 PM	#9
karamazovnew The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,403 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	Type VII.... where's my "kiss love hug" smiley?! Oh well, this will have to do: TYPE VII And please don't tell Doenitz about it but I sink only warships . Which means I usually troll around Scapa, Iceland and the Med.

08-19-09, 03:20 AM	#10
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	type VII, no doubt Subs are like women, some are new, some are easy, most are beautiful... but there's allways that one that gets your heart no matter how much better are out there and thats the VII Dates are short with her and dangerous, but so much more interesting, just like my real life love (not a sub) And my favourite hunting grounds are south west of Ireland and near the gibraltar on the atlantic side. There be ye olde convoy routes there

08-19-09, 05:08 AM	#11
Leg Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 140 Downloads: 237 Uploads: 0	Type IX! A big lady that if treated nicely will reward you.

08-19-09, 05:14 AM	#12
Melonfish XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 417 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	oh man convoys with 1 escort, how i miss them! also merchants without guns... my fave has got to be the VIIB that angular bow, the sweeping saddletanks that silky riveted hull...... Ahem... er yeah my fave defo, you do fall in love with the boats, and the VIIB is what i love the C is nice but i don't like the bow.

08-19-09, 10:03 AM	#13
Kapitan Soniboy Torpedoman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 114 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Well it looks like many people like the VIIB . I forgot to mention the IX/D2 which is a biiig ship. And there is one IX/D2 resting in the fjord just outside my house. Hehe

08-19-09, 10:26 AM	#14
Hanomag Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 964 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Type IXb,c,d2.... of course.. __________________ "Only if I can save first..."

08-19-09, 10:28 AM	#15
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Viib... Learn how to use it. its a nice machine. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"