You know you've spent too long in type IX's when

[Ducimus]

You know you've spent too long in type IX's when you...



habitually look at the "local time" to see when the sun will rise.

think of a single merchant as an opportunity to use your stern tubes.

try to use your stern tubes before your bow tubes.

find yourself constantly micomanaging your torpedo expenditure.

find yourself constantly and habitually monitoring your fuel consumption.

have done patrols to any grid that starts with "GR"

know exactly where Durban and Columbo are without having to look at a map.

think of Saint Helena and immedialy a cruiser comes to mind.

crack a smile at the word, "Curacao"

know where the productive spots in the carribean are by memory.

can guess by memory how many days it takes to cross the atlantic

have ever felt compelled to increase time compression to 2048 because your patrol grid is often 25 days away with relatively nothing in between.

you think of a good career game as having your number of patrols in the single digits, but having days at sea in the triple digits.

have nearly memorized the uboat numbers that were historically type9 uboats. So when reading WW2 literature, can guess the boat type purely by its number. For example, you know by memory U-65 was an IXB and U-66 was an IXC.

last but not least.....

post threads like this on subsim because your enroute to your patrol area, and even with 2048 TC, have about 20-25 minute wait before you get near your theater of operations. (not that i am right now, but ive done so numberous times in the past)

[Zinmar]

Sadly I know what you mean. But I just can't give them up no matter their faults.

[Letum]

You know you've spent too long in type IX's when you...

Actually grow a beard whilst playing

Get annoyed that a convoy has interrupted your cup of tea / book

Start including imaginary crew in your patrol reports

Hesitate to crash dive because that aeroplane might mean you don't have to suffer the return voyage

Let a cargo ship pass you because you might see a BIG cargo ship in a few weeks

last but not least.....

Start believing that you use less fuel submerged

[danlisa]

...When you can't stay in a type 7 longer than 2 wks.....:rotfl:

Welcome back to the 'good' side.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Letum

You know you've spent too long in type IX's when you...

Actually grow a beard whilst playing

Get annoyed that a convoy has interrupted your cup of tea / book

Start including imaginary crew in your patrol reports

Hesitate to crash dive because that aeroplane might mean you don't have to suffer the return voyage

Let a cargo ship pass you because you might see a BIG cargo ship in a few weeks

last but not least.....

Start believing that you use less fuel submerged

LOL, i am guilty of all of the above. Althoguh growing a beard isnt intentional. I have this thing, i spent 7 years in the service and had to shave EVERY day. Now since i dont have to, ill shave like once a week, or whenever i feel like it out of spite. Im such the rebel. lol.

Originally Posted by danlisa

...When you can't stay in a type 7 longer than 2 wks.....:rotfl:

Welcome back to the 'good' side.

Bloody phsycic! I just decided about 10 mins ago my next career game will be U-103.


One more....

You know you've spent too long in type IX's when


You can navigate out of lorient harbors defenses, by memory, without the need for a map.

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Bloody phsycic! I just decided about 10 mins ago my next career game will be U-103

You can't have that boat it's mine

It's currently on patrol in DT66 and a convoy report has just come in, so you'll have to wait.:rotfl:

[Ducimus]

*cries*

Nooooo... i put all this work into an IXB (see my flavoured thead, up to version 4 now), got the emblem, i even edited crew caps ( or was going to) to have the emblem as well.

Only other boat i was thinking about was U-110, although i liked u-103 more. EIther that or U-65, but i dont think id like starting THAT early in the war.


*sniffles*

[LeafsFan]

That St. Helena crack sounds interesting.

HB

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

*cries*

Nooooo... i put all this work into an IXB (see my flavoured thead, up to version 4 now), got the emblem, i even edited crew caps ( or was going to) to have the emblem as well.

Only other boat i was thinking about was U-110, although i liked u-103 more. EIther that or U-65, but i dont think id like starting THAT early in the war.


*sniffles*

:rotfl: Hopefully she'll be re-built in time for your patrol date. I'm :rotfl:

You must have jinxed it.

Oh well <sigh> might have more luck in a D2 anyhow.