First effective convey encounter. What did I do wrong?

Agrajag · 08-10-05, 12:48 AM

I ran into my first real convey encounter tonight. It was my second overall. The first one I ran into when I only had a single torpedo left over so I really only got to enjoy the view and took out a C2 with a lucky hit.

Anyway, tonight I looked through the pile and found a passenger liner (my first sighting of one) and I couldn't wait to see what 24,000 tons looked like along with the other 6 ships and 3 planes I took down during the patrol. However, after endless maneuvering and close brushes with all the destroyers, I sent 3 torpedos into the liner (actually aimed two there and a third meant for the T3 next to it, hit it instead). The damned thing refused to go down along with a C2 I hit during the same salvo. I followed the convey forever it seemed and got another shot and finally hit the liner with a 4th shot just before darkness set in (my aft torpedo lined up nicely with a small merchant on the way in so I took that too).

Anyway, the liner went down and I was ecstatic. I then returned to Brest and prepared for the fanfare. End result, junk. I got something like 800 renown and clearly the liner never showed up. I then thought, oh, it's not a warship or a merchant ship. Do liners not count towards renown????

Gizzmoe · 08-10-05, 12:53 AM

Liners do count, but maybe it was a neutral ship!?!

Agrajag · 08-10-05, 01:16 AM

It had a British flag and appeared red on the map.

08-10-05, 01:38 AM

Just like the real times, sometimes you claimed and it could not be confirmed and sometimes you got more confirmed then the actual kills....perhaps you insulted the Fuhrer...

misterpinna · 08-10-05, 01:45 AM

Sometimes happens... I don't know if it is a bug or a game feature. 2 patrols ago I spent my last 2 torps for a Liberty cargo: it went down... but did not appear in my "kill list"

Ula Jolly · 08-10-05, 01:53 AM

Yeah, have suffered from the same bug.

SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!

08-10-05, 12:48 AM	#1
Agrajag Watch Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First effective convey encounter. What did I do wrong? I ran into my first real convey encounter tonight. It was my second overall. The first one I ran into when I only had a single torpedo left over so I really only got to enjoy the view and took out a C2 with a lucky hit. Anyway, tonight I looked through the pile and found a passenger liner (my first sighting of one) and I couldn't wait to see what 24,000 tons looked like along with the other 6 ships and 3 planes I took down during the patrol. However, after endless maneuvering and close brushes with all the destroyers, I sent 3 torpedos into the liner (actually aimed two there and a third meant for the T3 next to it, hit it instead). The damned thing refused to go down along with a C2 I hit during the same salvo. I followed the convey forever it seemed and got another shot and finally hit the liner with a 4th shot just before darkness set in (my aft torpedo lined up nicely with a small merchant on the way in so I took that too). Anyway, the liner went down and I was ecstatic. I then returned to Brest and prepared for the fanfare. End result, junk. I got something like 800 renown and clearly the liner never showed up. I then thought, oh, it's not a warship or a merchant ship. Do liners not count towards renown????

08-10-05, 01:53 AM	#6
Ula Jolly Samurai Navy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 567 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah, have suffered from the same bug. SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING! __________________ I shall punish yee, landlubber! C'mere for spankings and popsicles!

08-10-05, 12:53 AM	#2
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Liners do count, but maybe it was a neutral ship!?!

08-10-05, 01:16 AM	#3
Agrajag Watch Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It had a British flag and appeared red on the map.

08-10-05, 01:38 AM	#4
Glassair Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Just like the real times, sometimes you claimed and it could not be confirmed and sometimes you got more confirmed then the actual kills....perhaps you insulted the Fuhrer...

08-10-05, 01:45 AM	#5
misterpinna Swabbie Join Date: May 2005 Location: Trieste - Italy Posts: 6 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Sometimes happens... I don't know if it is a bug or a game feature. 2 patrols ago I spent my last 2 torps for a Liberty cargo: it went down... but did not appear in my "kill list"