Any love for AN 14?

predavolk · 04-11-08, 12:12 PM

I hear lots of good things about BE39 (stayed there for four days with nothing), Gibraltar's great, AM 53 is stupid busy (that whole West coast is), BF 13-17 is good too. But I've really had a lot of success up at AN 14, near the Shetlands. There's a ton of traffice going through there early in the war, and most of it is unescorted, or escorted by smaller patrol ships. The water isn't terribly deep (~100M), but I've been able to shake destroyers without too much effort so long as the water is a little rough (6+). Also, I love that the waters seem to be calmer there. I don't know if that's just coincidence or if it's built into the game somehow, but I get a lot of deck gun kills around the area. There doesn't seem to be a lot of RAF cover (compared to the East/West coasts), and the only big problem is wasting time tracking down the odd sailboat posing as a merchant. Despite the proximity of Scapa, it doesn't seem to be a factor.

So how about it, anyone else like hunting off England's northern tip?

And because I'm sure some experienced sub commander will read this, I'll cram in an extra question: When transiting from one base to another, with a Null patrol zone, do you have free reign to hunt around on that transit, or should one simply make for their new port ASAP?

04-11-08, 12:12 PM	#1
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Any love for AN 14? I hear lots of good things about BE39 (stayed there for four days with nothing), Gibraltar's great, AM 53 is stupid busy (that whole West coast is), BF 13-17 is good too. But I've really had a lot of success up at AN 14, near the Shetlands. There's a ton of traffice going through there early in the war, and most of it is unescorted, or escorted by smaller patrol ships. The water isn't terribly deep (~100M), but I've been able to shake destroyers without too much effort so long as the water is a little rough (6+). Also, I love that the waters seem to be calmer there. I don't know if that's just coincidence or if it's built into the game somehow, but I get a lot of deck gun kills around the area. There doesn't seem to be a lot of RAF cover (compared to the East/West coasts), and the only big problem is wasting time tracking down the odd sailboat posing as a merchant. Despite the proximity of Scapa, it doesn't seem to be a factor. So how about it, anyone else like hunting off England's northern tip? And because I'm sure some experienced sub commander will read this, I'll cram in an extra question: When transiting from one base to another, with a Null patrol zone, do you have free reign to hunt around on that transit, or should one simply make for their new port ASAP?