How the heck

clayp · 01-08-08, 10:12 PM

I left out of Pearl in 1941 and was told to go on station along the japan/Luzon straight/etc and sink merchants..I have been on station 37 days and sunk 8 ships and they keep telling me I'm not done..How the H**L do you get done?..How come there isnt any way to contact COMSP.....

Shyzar · 01-08-08, 10:20 PM

This happened to me before. I was on station an extremely long time and sunk many ships but objective was not completed. I persevered and hoped for the best.
I can't remember if I ran out of torps and went home or completed the objective :hmm: My only advice is to persevere until you have no torps; if objective is still not done, just go home.

Not the best advice, but...

clayp · 01-08-08, 10:34 PM

Thank you Shyzar....

bookworm_020 · 01-08-08, 11:35 PM

You have to sink then inside a certain radius of the area your asigned to patrol in for it to count (50 to 100 km?)

Zero Niner · 01-08-08, 11:42 PM

What mission were you given? Was it a "Deploy to..." or "Patrol..."?

If it's deploy, all you need to do is to proceed to the objective. When you're within about 50nm of the icon the mission will automatically be completed and you will be given a new one which directs you to sink ships. You are free to sail anywhere to engage enemy shipping, but must sink a total of 10,000t (stock) or 4,000t (Trigger Maru) to accomplish the second mission.

If it's patrol, you will need to keep within a radius of 50 or 100 nm of the icon (I'm not sure which, I use 50 nm) for 48 hours to accomplish this. Whether or not you sink any ships during this period is, I think, unimportant.

capt_frank · 01-09-08, 07:47 AM

Yesterday I was told to proceed to "X" and patrol within a 200 nm radius for 96 hours. I ended up using all my torps as I fell upon a major shipping lane but the icon wouldn't darken. So I just parked my sub and time compressed until it finally did. I don't recall how many hours passed but I will report it's a bummer to be in a target rich environment with only beer cans to toss.

01-08-08, 10:12 PM	#1
clayp The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,554 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 0	How the heck I left out of Pearl in 1941 and was told to go on station along the japan/Luzon straight/etc and sink merchants..I have been on station 37 days and sunk 8 ships and they keep telling me I'm not done..How the H**L do you get done?..How come there isnt any way to contact COMSP..... __________________ clayp

01-08-08, 10:20 PM	#2
Shyzar Engineer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey, British Columbia Posts: 214 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	This happened to me before. I was on station an extremely long time and sunk many ships but objective was not completed. I persevered and hoped for the best. I can't remember if I ran out of torps and went home or completed the objective :hmm: My only advice is to persevere until you have no torps; if objective is still not done, just go home. Not the best advice, but... __________________ Since ancient times, there has never been a war that did not have a political character. -Máo Zédong Friction is the only concept that more or less corresponds to the factors that distinguish real war from war on paper. -Carl von Clausewitz

01-08-08, 10:34 PM	#3
clayp The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,554 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 0	Thank you Shyzar.... __________________ clayp

01-08-08, 11:35 PM	#4
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	You have to sink then inside a certain radius of the area your asigned to patrol in for it to count (50 to 100 km?) __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

01-08-08, 11:42 PM	#5
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	What mission were you given? Was it a "Deploy to..." or "Patrol..."? If it's deploy, all you need to do is to proceed to the objective. When you're within about 50nm of the icon the mission will automatically be completed and you will be given a new one which directs you to sink ships. You are free to sail anywhere to engage enemy shipping, but must sink a total of 10,000t (stock) or 4,000t (Trigger Maru) to accomplish the second mission. If it's patrol, you will need to keep within a radius of 50 or 100 nm of the icon (I'm not sure which, I use 50 nm) for 48 hours to accomplish this. Whether or not you sink any ships during this period is, I think, unimportant.

01-09-08, 07:47 AM	#6
capt_frank Watch Officer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the North Carolina Sticks Posts: 335 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yesterday I was told to proceed to "X" and patrol within a 200 nm radius for 96 hours. I ended up using all my torps as I fell upon a major shipping lane but the icon wouldn't darken. So I just parked my sub and time compressed until it finally did. I don't recall how many hours passed but I will report it's a bummer to be in a target rich environment with only beer cans to toss.