what am I doing wrong?

[She-Wolf]

I have just been reading the thread asking how advanced folk are in their career, and wonder why it is that some of the folk who have posted have obtained such achievements in the same time frame travelling far afield in whizzy subs with awesome tonnage to their credit, all by early 1940, whereas I am still stuck with my IID Rotbile ( Rusty Old Tub But I Luv 'Er) by April 1940, and can only accrue modest amounts because all I get each patrol is five fish, one of which is certainly going to be a dud. As two torps are required for a decent sized merchant, that doesn't return me much renown, if both targets go down - which they don't always - before I have to trudge back to base for another patrol and my next miserable five fish.

I did have one patrol where I sunk five ships, but they were all small warships or coastal, so, although I got a medal for it, not much tonnage.

At present my renown is about 1300, and the next sub up requires 2500, so I am still looking at several more patrols before I can upgrade, yet other folks have achieved far greater results in less patrols and are off the coast of USA, have killed battleships and all sorts....... I know I am a rubbish kaleun, but WHAT is it that I am not doing that clearly others are?? :hmm: