Awsome heavy fog & rain patrol

danurve · 03-28-09, 11:17 AM

Who says crappy weather is a bad thing?
Ok, most people do but in this game sometimes you can use it to your advantage. What choice do you have when your lookouts can't see past 600 meters and you don't have radar. Turn to the hydrophone.
VIIB 2nd flotilla just before the Norway invasion. Weather started out ok but soon after the 'friendly' reports passed by heavy fog and rain, all the time. Scooted up n/e where task force reports were reported, and crap weather followed me like a lost puppy. So I used the hydrophone. Plotted an intercept according to the reports and got into a return path. Next course lead me about 2500m s/e of scappa flow looking to spend my last eels on lone merchant ot two. As usuall couldn't see a thing. After a recharge I decided to again scoot under and listen. All of a suden I started picking up contacts, warship city. Unreported task force!
To make a long story short here's a snap of the end result. Hydrophone hunting. All the other screens were cruddy because of the weather.

Just when you think there are no suprises left!

GWX 3.0 & one of my favorite boats

Jimbuna · 03-28-09, 11:23 AM

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

unterseemann · 03-28-09, 11:42 AM

Bad weather and rough seas are your best friends especially at the end of the war, i mean 1943 to 1945, because it allowed you to attack convoys ( escorts are far less effective in this kind of weather). It is hard for you too and time consuming, but if you manage to get your boat in the convoy you can sink a ship or two if you're lucky... Evasion will also be easier!

_Seth_ · 03-28-09, 02:13 PM

Nice one, danurve!

UnterseeBoogeyMan · 03-28-09, 05:54 PM

Nice job. Sinking warships is it's own challenge. If not protecting, merchants,they usually travel fast and are well-escorted. Your window for a good shot is narrow and DDs are on the look out for the periscope. Did you by chance happen to sink the Hood? In earlier GWX's (1.4, I think) the Hood traveled due East from Scapa through the North Sea.

Oneshot/Onekill · 03-29-09, 12:30 PM

Nice shooting.

I have never been able to get anything bigger than a Bouge class escort carrier, and a London class heavy cruiser.

Otto Heinzmeir · 03-29-09, 03:47 PM

Good days work mate!

03-28-09, 11:17 AM	#1
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	Awsome heavy fog & rain patrol Who says crappy weather is a bad thing? Ok, most people do but in this game sometimes you can use it to your advantage. What choice do you have when your lookouts can't see past 600 meters and you don't have radar. Turn to the hydrophone. VIIB 2nd flotilla just before the Norway invasion. Weather started out ok but soon after the 'friendly' reports passed by heavy fog and rain, all the time. Scooted up n/e where task force reports were reported, and crap weather followed me like a lost puppy. So I used the hydrophone. Plotted an intercept according to the reports and got into a return path. Next course lead me about 2500m s/e of scappa flow looking to spend my last eels on lone merchant ot two. As usuall couldn't see a thing. After a recharge I decided to again scoot under and listen. All of a suden I started picking up contacts, warship city. Unreported task force! To make a long story short here's a snap of the end result. Hydrophone hunting. All the other screens were cruddy because of the weather. Just when you think there are no suprises left! GWX 3.0 & one of my favorite boats __________________

03-28-09, 11:23 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-28-09, 11:42 AM	#3
unterseemann Soundman Join Date: May 2005 Location: lyon, france Posts: 144 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	Bad weather and rough seas are your best friends especially at the end of the war, i mean 1943 to 1945, because it allowed you to attack convoys ( escorts are far less effective in this kind of weather). It is hard for you too and time consuming, but if you manage to get your boat in the convoy you can sink a ship or two if you're lucky... Evasion will also be easier! __________________

03-28-09, 02:13 PM	#4
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Nice one, danurve! __________________

03-29-09, 03:47 PM	#7
Otto Heinzmeir Weps Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wilhelmshaven Local Pub Posts: 361 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Good days work mate! __________________ NYGM3.2 + Tonnage War Minefield________IABLShipsRezonedFinal Hitman Optics & Compass_______________Thomsen's Sound Mod v3 100% Realism DID + No God's Eye View____SH3 Commander Crew Rotation

03-28-09, 05:54 PM	#5
UnterseeBoogeyMan Ensign Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Land of Cholla Cactus and Red Chile Posts: 224 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Nice job. Sinking warships is it's own challenge. If not protecting, merchants,they usually travel fast and are well-escorted. Your window for a good shot is narrow and DDs are on the look out for the periscope. Did you by chance happen to sink the Hood? In earlier GWX's (1.4, I think) the Hood traveled due East from Scapa through the North Sea.