1st Career

Red October1984 · 12-08-12, 01:44 PM

As you can see by my sig...It did not go well.

Any advice for starting a career? I didnt see a ship until the 3rd patrol...

BigWalleye · 12-08-12, 02:30 PM

Hey, being a dog robber isn't such a bad gig. It worked for Jim Garner!

Seriously, I like to start a career in an S-boat out of Manila in December '41. You don't have to go looking for the enemy. Just hang around, and they'll come to you. Caveat: I play RFB+RSRDC, so I don't know how well this'll work in TMO. YMMV. But there'll probably be plenty of action!

Red October1984 · 12-08-12, 03:21 PM

I'll try that out. I don't much like sailing from Pearl

Armistead · 12-08-12, 04:28 PM

You're not gonna find much starting at Pearl, cept if you hang south of Wake, you'll run into a few CA groups.

If you want action, start at Manila. You'll also see a lot of action late Feb to about March 7 off the coast of Java or hang out in the strait right above Timor in Feb, you might catch the large carrier force making a foray into the Indian Ocean. That strait is a honey hole in Feb and a great ambush point, nothing can get passed you.

Red October1984 · 12-08-12, 05:07 PM

I started a new career out of Manila in the S-33 (U571 reference?) and i patrolled through the two coordinates they gave me. I had to RTB at best speed so i plotted course for Manila and went. But then, when I get there, Im out of gas and they changed bases on me. So i ran on batteries as far as i could. Then i decided what the hell and dived to crush depth and died.

I'll start again in a bit.

BigWalleye · 12-08-12, 06:54 PM

"Best speed" from a fuel conservation point of view is about 10 kts. in any American sub. Flank speed will run you dry in a hurry, and Full is not much better. Need to monitor Range at Present Speed, especially when you are below 50% fuel. And don't take statements like "at best speed" in the orders too literally. They expect you to figure out how to get back.

And, as you noticed, the situation in the Philipines in the first few months of the war is, as they say, "fluid." Always expect to have to shift base farther south, until you eventaully find yourself based in Australia. Keep fuel in hand.

msumpsi · 12-11-12, 07:11 AM

Hi, i would recommend to be pacience. If you play RSRD for a while the initial frustrations will run out as you discover the sweet spots, and the is the reward of RSRD will not be a challenge anymore. If you learn those things too soon then you burn the campaign and will get bored with the game. That is my avice if you like the game enough to play it for a long time and enjoy it. If you just want to play the game occanionally then you can read some of ww2 pacific war history or just take a look at the ME files.

It also happend to me the first time i play the campaign, 2 patrols not anything to shoot. But this will change as you play. One little trick is to time compress either sumberged or surface pop out the clock and when you see a sttuter it means the game has load something into your sonar range, about 20nm, thene submerged go to sonar station an look for the green light, and you have a ship there. This 20nm is far beyond your sonarman cpacity and the suppoed capacity of your sonar ( about 7000 yards RFB in the begining), but it works and it seems to me unrealistic that by 1942 us sonar could only range 7000 yars while the german sonar could range about 20 kms. So although some consider it a cheat, i do not think it is, and brings more excitement to the game, since you are in a huge ocean by yourself and with a crew half blind and deaf.

12-08-12, 01:44 PM	#1
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	1st Career As you can see by my sig...It did not go well. Any advice for starting a career? I didnt see a ship until the 3rd patrol... __________________

12-08-12, 03:21 PM	#3
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I'll try that out. I don't much like sailing from Pearl __________________

12-08-12, 05:07 PM	#5
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I started a new career out of Manila in the S-33 (U571 reference?) and i patrolled through the two coordinates they gave me. I had to RTB at best speed so i plotted course for Manila and went. But then, when I get there, Im out of gas and they changed bases on me. So i ran on batteries as far as i could. Then i decided what the hell and dived to crush depth and died. I'll start again in a bit. __________________

12-08-12, 02:30 PM	#2
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	Hey, being a dog robber isn't such a bad gig. It worked for Jim Garner! Seriously, I like to start a career in an S-boat out of Manila in December '41. You don't have to go looking for the enemy. Just hang around, and they'll come to you. Caveat: I play RFB+RSRDC, so I don't know how well this'll work in TMO. YMMV. But there'll probably be plenty of action!

12-08-12, 04:28 PM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	You're not gonna find much starting at Pearl, cept if you hang south of Wake, you'll run into a few CA groups. If you want action, start at Manila. You'll also see a lot of action late Feb to about March 7 off the coast of Java or hang out in the strait right above Timor in Feb, you might catch the large carrier force making a foray into the Indian Ocean. That strait is a honey hole in Feb and a great ambush point, nothing can get passed you.

12-08-12, 06:54 PM	#6
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	"Best speed" from a fuel conservation point of view is about 10 kts. in any American sub. Flank speed will run you dry in a hurry, and Full is not much better. Need to monitor Range at Present Speed, especially when you are below 50% fuel. And don't take statements like "at best speed" in the orders too literally. They expect you to figure out how to get back. And, as you noticed, the situation in the Philipines in the first few months of the war is, as they say, "fluid." Always expect to have to shift base farther south, until you eventaully find yourself based in Australia. Keep fuel in hand.

12-11-12, 07:11 AM	#7
msumpsi Loader Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 81 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	Hi, i would recommend to be pacience. If you play RSRD for a while the initial frustrations will run out as you discover the sweet spots, and the is the reward of RSRD will not be a challenge anymore. If you learn those things too soon then you burn the campaign and will get bored with the game. That is my avice if you like the game enough to play it for a long time and enjoy it. If you just want to play the game occanionally then you can read some of ww2 pacific war history or just take a look at the ME files. It also happend to me the first time i play the campaign, 2 patrols not anything to shoot. But this will change as you play. One little trick is to time compress either sumberged or surface pop out the clock and when you see a sttuter it means the game has load something into your sonar range, about 20nm, thene submerged go to sonar station an look for the green light, and you have a ship there. This 20nm is far beyond your sonarman cpacity and the suppoed capacity of your sonar ( about 7000 yards RFB in the begining), but it works and it seems to me unrealistic that by 1942 us sonar could only range 7000 yars while the german sonar could range about 20 kms. So although some consider it a cheat, i do not think it is, and brings more excitement to the game, since you are in a huge ocean by yourself and with a crew half blind and deaf.