Refit or?

RickC Sniper · 03-10-10, 08:21 PM

Just started a career with this game. A couple of questions.

1st mission, sink 50,000 tons along east coast of Britain. No way can I sink that much with this number of torpedoes. Do you guys refit at Wilhelmshaven and go back or do you go all the way back to Keil and end patrol. Would I gain points for the crew if I go either place?

2. I have not seen this posted. I have a continuous ticking when I turn TC up past 4x. It is similar to the clock but it is not the chronometer. Have you experienced this? How to kill it?

.......Driving me crazy. lol

Echo76 · 03-10-10, 08:30 PM

Refitting in nearest friendly port is the way to go

I have the ticking too but i don't care about it :p

don1reed · 03-10-10, 10:02 PM

Howdy Rick C!

long time no see.

With the stock game those 11 torps evaporate quickly, don't they?

I just DL "Mad Max's" AOTD RDA mod with more powerful torpedoes...we'll see how that goes. Got to brush up on my German, though.

Cheers,

Ziggy · 03-10-10, 10:06 PM

You can end the patrol before the campaign mission is complete. It's an over arching goal to complete within a time period instead of a patrol goal.

ThePinkSubmarine · 03-11-10, 02:58 AM

No need to refit! I'm ashamed to say that I completed that mission in 1 Patrol. I visited the British harbors in that area and let loose with torpedoes and the 88.

I figure if Gunther Prien could be that dodgy...why can't I?

ParaB · 03-11-10, 03:14 AM

I personally never refit but always end a patrol in port. The refitting option strikes me as a bit gamey since it's a lot faster than ending a patrol and setting out again. My tonnage is still quickly approaching 1 mio tons in early '41....

SteamWake · 03-11-10, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ziggy

You can end the patrol before the campaign mission is complete. It's an over arching goal to complete within a time period instead of a patrol goal.

Yea you will just get the same mission over again.

Conrad von Kaiser · 03-11-10, 03:05 PM

If I'm not mistaken the "ticking" noise is actually when you reach a waypoint set on your navigation map. It get's real annoying when you're going through Kiel lol.

As far as dock vs. refit... Well I refit. After reading about some of the 150+ day patrols some of the real U-Boat commanders had I figured going out for a month then spending time in dock was just about as unrealistic as the refit times lol

03-10-10, 08:21 PM	#1
RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Refit or? Just started a career with this game. A couple of questions. 1st mission, sink 50,000 tons along east coast of Britain. No way can I sink that much with this number of torpedoes. Do you guys refit at Wilhelmshaven and go back or do you go all the way back to Keil and end patrol. Would I gain points for the crew if I go either place? 2. I have not seen this posted. I have a continuous ticking when I turn TC up past 4x. It is similar to the clock but it is not the chronometer. Have you experienced this? How to kill it? .......Driving me crazy. lol __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html

03-10-10, 10:02 PM	#3
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	Howdy Rick C! long time no see. With the stock game those 11 torps evaporate quickly, don't they? I just DL "Mad Max's" AOTD RDA mod with more powerful torpedoes...we'll see how that goes. Got to brush up on my German, though. Cheers, __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell

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03-10-10, 08:30 PM	#2
Echo76 Loader Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 83 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	Refitting in nearest friendly port is the way to go I have the ticking too but i don't care about it :p

03-10-10, 10:06 PM	#4
Ziggy Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 111 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	You can end the patrol before the campaign mission is complete. It's an over arching goal to complete within a time period instead of a patrol goal.

03-11-10, 02:58 AM	#5
ThePinkSubmarine Seaman Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Arizona - No Ocean Here! Posts: 42 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	No need to refit! I'm ashamed to say that I completed that mission in 1 Patrol. I visited the British harbors in that area and let loose with torpedoes and the 88. I figure if Gunther Prien could be that dodgy...why can't I?

03-11-10, 03:14 AM	#6
ParaB Chief Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 327 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I personally never refit but always end a patrol in port. The refitting option strikes me as a bit gamey since it's a lot faster than ending a patrol and setting out again. My tonnage is still quickly approaching 1 mio tons in early '41....

03-11-10, 03:05 PM	#8
Conrad von Kaiser Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New York Posts: 105 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	If I'm not mistaken the "ticking" noise is actually when you reach a waypoint set on your navigation map. It get's real annoying when you're going through Kiel lol. As far as dock vs. refit... Well I refit. After reading about some of the 150+ day patrols some of the real U-Boat commanders had I figured going out for a month then spending time in dock was just about as unrealistic as the refit times lol