To leave or stay?

RConch · 08-17-10, 07:02 AM

I am curious how you folks approach a patrol?
Do you go to your assigned patrol grid or do you just head out to good hunting areas?
Also if you go to your grid how long do you stay?

My approach is to always try to get to the grid and stay the 24 hours. Then it becomes a guessing game whether to stay or move?
Right now I am a DH 54 in late December 1940, there is good traffic, except most ships are neutrals. I have sunk 3 enemy ships and passed on atleast a dozen neutrals in approx one month here. I have 8 eels left and approximately 60% fuel. The weather is very variable from storms to clear and calm.
It is about 6+ days between passing enemy ships.
Would you stay here longer or move?

Herr-Berbunch · 08-17-10, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Rconch

I am curious how you folks approach a patrol?
Do you go to your assigned patrol grid or do you just head out to good hunting areas?
Also if you go to your grid how long do you stay?

My approach is to always try to get to the grid and stay the 24 hours. Then it becomes a guessing game whether to stay or move?
Right now I am a DH 54 in late December 1940, there is good traffic, except most ships are neutrals. I have sunk 3 enemy ships and passed on atleast a dozen neutrals in approx one month here. I have 8 eels left and approximately 60% fuel. The weather is very variable from storms to clear and calm.
It is about 6+ days between passing enemy ships.
Would you stay here longer or move?

I'd head a little North until you are adjacent with entrance to the Med, keep away from it and just patrol West/East, lots of juicy shipping around here

Herr-Berbunch · 08-17-10, 07:13 AM

Back to your original question though, I do usually head straight to patrol area and do my 24hrs before heading wherever my whim takes me, usually where there is a narrowing of waterways like Gib, English Channel, North of Ireland (not Northern Ireland). Always about 100 - 200 km away from them.

I'm about to be more adventurous and head around Norway with my latest career.

raymond6751 · 08-17-10, 07:28 AM

Most of us play for realism, which would indicate that we follow orders.

I usually get to the assigned location and place a circle around my area or mark the map with X 's to help me stay in there. Then I patrol the area within carefully.

My idea is that whoever created the missions had planned to have something sail through the assigned areas during the patrol. They are usually a repeated group that respawns or follows set waypoints.

Sailor Steve · 08-17-10, 07:54 AM

The '24 hours' is a holdover from when the game was originally intended to have scripted missions.

I stay at my assigned grid for at least two weeks. After that I roll a die. If it's a '1' I go to an adjacent grid. If not I stay where I am. After another week I'll move it it comes up '2'. BdU sent me there for a reason.

Herr-Berbunch · 08-17-10, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The '24 hours' is a holdover from when the game was originally intended to have scripted missions.

I stay at my assigned grid for at least two weeks. After that I roll a die. If it's a '1' I go to an adjacent grid. If not I stay where I am. After another week I'll move it it comes up '2'. BdU sent me there for a reason.

BdU can be wrong - D-day landings, once torpedoes expended use your U-boat?

08-17-10, 07:02 AM	#1
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	To leave or stay? I am curious how you folks approach a patrol? Do you go to your assigned patrol grid or do you just head out to good hunting areas? Also if you go to your grid how long do you stay? My approach is to always try to get to the grid and stay the 24 hours. Then it becomes a guessing game whether to stay or move? Right now I am a DH 54 in late December 1940, there is good traffic, except most ships are neutrals. I have sunk 3 enemy ships and passed on atleast a dozen neutrals in approx one month here. I have 8 eels left and approximately 60% fuel. The weather is very variable from storms to clear and calm. It is about 6+ days between passing enemy ships. Would you stay here longer or move? __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

08-17-10, 07:13 AM	#3
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Back to your original question though, I do usually head straight to patrol area and do my 24hrs before heading wherever my whim takes me, usually where there is a narrowing of waterways like Gib, English Channel, North of Ireland (not Northern Ireland). Always about 100 - 200 km away from them. I'm about to be more adventurous and head around Norway with my latest career. __________________

08-17-10, 07:28 AM	#4
raymond6751 Admirable Mike Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,338 Downloads: 421 Uploads: 0	Realism Most of us play for realism, which would indicate that we follow orders. I usually get to the assigned location and place a circle around my area or mark the map with X 's to help me stay in there. Then I patrol the area within carefully. My idea is that whoever created the missions had planned to have something sail through the assigned areas during the patrol. They are usually a repeated group that respawns or follows set waypoints. __________________ Game Designer: Close The Atlantic - World War Three https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/...orld-war-three

08-17-10, 07:54 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The '24 hours' is a holdover from when the game was originally intended to have scripted missions. I stay at my assigned grid for at least two weeks. After that I roll a die. If it's a '1' I go to an adjacent grid. If not I stay where I am. After another week I'll move it it comes up '2'. BdU sent me there for a reason. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo