Why me GWX?

[AVGWarhawk]

Since the advent of GWX I make about 3 patrols then I'm fish food . I check the boats at uboat.net and find, well, most only made a 2-3 patrols before the inevitable. Sure, there was a handful that were very successful boats but by and large most not scoring anything and getting sunk.

Thanks GWX for making it real......jerks....J/k. It's awesome!

[Jimbuna]

Gotta agree with you there AV....the closest thing to the real deal IMO

[Hakahura]

4 patrols before death is now my best with GWX.

Death by eye candy:rotfl:

[AVGWarhawk]

It is really something.....1942 in my pig of an IXB on the bottom on my second patrol.....it is almost too real..........what I would do for a defensless singleton. I play DiD so I start all over again

[stabiz]

I`m actually starting to get the hang of ot now. 14 patrols so far, still alive. One narrow escape north of England, though.

(Okay, I had 20-30 patrols with the beta, and probably 20-30 deaths )

[Deep-Six]

I am still alive on my current patrol.

[IceGrog]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Since the advent of GWX I make about 3 patrols then I'm fish food . I check the boats at uboat.net and find, well, most only made a 2-3 patrols before the inevitable. Sure, there was a handful that were very successful boats but by and large most not scoring anything and getting sunk.

Thanks GWX for making it real......jerks....J/k. It's awesome!

My first, or I should say my second GWX career, my first is a 1x and I’m not out of the bay, well my first taste of GWX battle mission (early 1940) I was heading down south from the St. Nazaire base and I received a message saying there was a large slow moving convoy heading out from England. I thought I could race up there and get in front of it when I ran into a medium size loner transport. I took it out with the deck gun, wanted to save my fish for the convoy, after sinking this one I started back to intercept the convoy when I was given more info on another ship, in my greed I took off after it. I knew I was getting a little too close to British waters but I proceeded anyway. Suddenly there was a destroyer chasing after me, I dove down to 100m and can go no deeper, haven’t able to loose him, and he’s not wasting his depth charges, it seems he only drops them when he’s right on the target. As I was trying to loose this guy, my soundman informed me that another warship was approaching, crapppppppp! I had to use my camera to see what was going to be my outcome. The new warship was a PT boat, a little speed demon, now when I run out of air I don’t think I’ll be able to come up and out maneuver the both of them. My time is running out!

[AVGWarhawk]

Icegrog, it can get ugly real fast for sure! Attempt 2 kts/silent and change course often to elude the DD. Pray for bad weather! Write you last will and testament! GWX has a habit of making you think twice. It is that one time you do not think twice and bam....fish food. I have had two careers so far. First career I made 3 patrols, second career I made 2 patrols. My life insurance carrier has dropped me. I'm on my third career on my first patrol....here goes nothing!

[IceGrog]

Originally Posted by IceGrog

My first, or I should say my second GWX career, my first is a 1x and I’m not out of the bay, well my first taste of GWX battle mission (early 1940) I was heading down south from the St. Nazaire base and I received a message saying there was a large slow moving convoy heading out from England. I thought I could race up there and get in front of it when I ran into a medium size loner transport. I took it out with the deck gun, wanted to save my fish for the convoy, after sinking this one I started back to intercept the convoy when I was given more info on another ship, in my greed I took off after it. I knew I was getting a little too close to British waters but I proceeded anyway. Suddenly there was a destroyer chasing after me, I dove down to 100m and can go no deeper, haven’t able to loose him, and he’s not wasting his depth charges, it seems he only drops them when he’s right on the target. As I was trying to loose this guy, my soundman informed me that another warship was approaching, crapppppppp! I had to use my camera to see what was going to be my outcome. The new warship was a PT boat, a little speed demon, now when I run out of air I don’t think I’ll be able to come up and out maneuver the both of them. My time is running out!

I made it, can’t believe it. I kept zigzagging and I guess the Destroyer ran out of ammo, so I started to slowly rise to make sure and he didn’t drop any more. The little torpedo boat was taking side trips to where, I don’t know, so I timed my rise to periscope depth when he was gone. My attack scope was damage so I had to use the other scope, he was coming right at me 2000m. I waited until he was within the 1900m range, using the manual gauging, I sent one fish straight at him knowing he would turn from it, he turned to my starboard, I sent an another fish about 5 degrees to his port, then another one to his starboard, he avoided them all……………in my desperation I made a hard turn to my starboard side and fired my rear torpedo,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, on my! This one made a lazy horseshoe turn and got him amidships. Down he went and his little friend came back, but I guess he didn’t have the underwater eyes his big brother did, so after a while he took off. WewWWWWWWWWWW so what if it was a lucky shot

[AVGWarhawk]

Good show! I can never hit those stinking head on torpedo attacks...I just don't got it in me

[ReallyDedPoet]

GWX forces you to be better in everything you do, or you die.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

GWX forces you to be better in everything you do, or you die.

Ah yes, well put!!! The days of blazing into the mucho tonnage, dropping your pants at the DD are now over. Now, isn't more challenging and a little more real? I think so!

Uboat.net spells it out quite clearly....most went out on 2-3 patrols and never returned...generally starting around the end of 1942. IMHO, clearly the warships are as they should be. Is it impossible to sink tonnage, nope, looks like plenty are sinking ships and making several partrols....they are just earning their sinkings!!!!! It is a wonderful feeling being successful against a convoy and I love blasting the gramaphone now on the way home and damn it I motor all the way in to the awaiting nurses!!!! Yeah, my wife thinks I'm nuts but when I hit port guess who the girl in the brothel gets to be!!!!