My weekend with GWX

q65 · 02-26-07, 03:09 PM

I had the whole weekend to myself. Kids were off to their moms and I didnt have to drag anyone to hockey or basketball. 2 Full days of hunting merchants. I fired up the game early Saturday morning. I waited. I sailed up the East coast of England nothing. I kept the the TC low as I was in no rush. I did manage to see alot of planes. I dived at dawn and surfaced at dusk. I went up and over England and down the
Western approaches. Nothing. Last night I finally got to my patrol Zone. I seen nothing. My 2 days of glorious free merchant sinking is over and I believe I'm as frustrated as a real uboat captain. That is immersion
Not all was lost I did manage to read the DaVinci Code.

robbo180265 · 02-26-07, 04:03 PM

Oh boy! I've had times like that, but it must hurt so much more when you've been looking forward to playing the game for a while. Of course the other extreme is when your late for work and a juicy merchant comes along.........

Corsair · 02-26-07, 04:08 PM

Amazing how in this game the best targets always show up when it's time to save because you have something else urgent to do...

Brag · 02-26-07, 05:51 PM

Do you dive and listen for contacts?

CruiseTorpedo · 02-26-07, 06:35 PM

I like to patrol around the western approaches durring the day at periscope depth going ahead slow maybe 3-4 knots. You'll pick up a lot of traffic this way as you can hear better than you can see most of the time with a good officer. I like having a high ranking guy in there trained to use the equipment. WIth the green bar nearly all the way across you'll pick up contacts at very long range! Dont forget to upgrade your hydrophones early on too, 300 renown very well spent!

q65 · 02-27-07, 02:10 PM

I would dive every 8 hrs (game time) or so. Go to periscope depth or 25m and listen. I could turn up the volumn and not hear "Turn it down Dad". This is the second patrol with this boat so my crew is still green. The first patrol I ran out of Torps on the eastern coast before I arrived at my patrol grid. (Trying the manual targeting and I"m as green as my crew). I'm in Dec39 in a VII.
I just found it funny that even though I didnt see anything I still enjoyed the game for the immersion. What other game out there can you play all weekend and do nothing and still enjoy it.

02-26-07, 03:09 PM	#1
q65 Loader Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 84 Downloads: 389 Uploads: 0	My weekend with GWX I had the whole weekend to myself. Kids were off to their moms and I didnt have to drag anyone to hockey or basketball. 2 Full days of hunting merchants. I fired up the game early Saturday morning. I waited. I sailed up the East coast of England nothing. I kept the the TC low as I was in no rush. I did manage to see alot of planes. I dived at dawn and surfaced at dusk. I went up and over England and down the Western approaches. Nothing. Last night I finally got to my patrol Zone. I seen nothing. My 2 days of glorious free merchant sinking is over and I believe I'm as frustrated as a real uboat captain. That is immersion Not all was lost I did manage to read the DaVinci Code.

02-26-07, 04:08 PM	#3
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Amazing how in this game the best targets always show up when it's time to save because you have something else urgent to do... __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

02-26-07, 05:51 PM	#4
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02-26-07, 04:03 PM	#2
robbo180265 Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brighton, England.Party capital of the south Posts: 2,255 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Oh boy! I've had times like that, but it must hurt so much more when you've been looking forward to playing the game for a while. Of course the other extreme is when your late for work and a juicy merchant comes along.........

02-26-07, 06:35 PM	#5
CruiseTorpedo Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 112 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I like to patrol around the western approaches durring the day at periscope depth going ahead slow maybe 3-4 knots. You'll pick up a lot of traffic this way as you can hear better than you can see most of the time with a good officer. I like having a high ranking guy in there trained to use the equipment. WIth the green bar nearly all the way across you'll pick up contacts at very long range! Dont forget to upgrade your hydrophones early on too, 300 renown very well spent!

02-27-07, 02:10 PM	#6
q65 Loader Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 84 Downloads: 389 Uploads: 0	I would dive every 8 hrs (game time) or so. Go to periscope depth or 25m and listen. I could turn up the volumn and not hear "Turn it down Dad". This is the second patrol with this boat so my crew is still green. The first patrol I ran out of Torps on the eastern coast before I arrived at my patrol grid. (Trying the manual targeting and I"m as green as my crew). I'm in Dec39 in a VII. I just found it funny that even though I didnt see anything I still enjoyed the game for the immersion. What other game out there can you play all weekend and do nothing and still enjoy it.