Why me GWX?

AVGWarhawk · 12-31-06, 01:33 PM

Since the advent of GWX I make about 3 patrols then I'm fish food

. I check the boats at uboat.net and find, well, most only made a 2-3 patrols before the inevitable. Sure, there was a handful that were very successful boats but by and large most not scoring anything and getting sunk.

Thanks GWX for making it real......jerks....J/k. It's awesome!

Jimbuna · 12-31-06, 01:39 PM

Gotta agree with you there AV....the closest thing to the real deal IMO

Hakahura · 12-31-06, 01:43 PM

4 patrols before death is now my best with GWX.

Death by eye candy:rotfl:

AVGWarhawk · 12-31-06, 01:47 PM

It is really something.....1942 in my pig of an IXB on the bottom on my second patrol.....it is almost too real.....

.....what I would do for a defensless singleton. I play DiD so I start all over again

stabiz · 12-31-06, 02:21 PM

I`m actually starting to get the hang of ot now. 14 patrols so far, still alive. One narrow escape north of England, though.

(Okay, I had 20-30 patrols with the beta, and probably 20-30 deaths

)

Deep-Six · 12-31-06, 02:27 PM

I am still alive on my current patrol.

Kpt. Lehmann · 12-31-06, 07:41 PM

Good luck gentlemen.

You'll need it against all that silly eye candy.

:p

mookiemookie · 12-31-06, 07:56 PM

I started in 1941 for my first career in GWX since that's my favorite year. I was promptly sunk on my first convoy attack. That scared me into starting my next career at the start of the war. It's now late January 1940, and I'm on patrol 4 out at Rockall.

I really am dreading seeing a convoy.

andy_311 · 12-31-06, 08:00 PM

Am just getting to gips with it too patrol 12 next and of to the East Coast.

Deep-Six · 12-31-06, 08:06 PM

Well, I lost my current patrol, due to a computer kicking me out of SH3.

Yes, I know I should have saved the patrol.

JScones · 12-31-06, 08:19 PM

I just did something I swore I'd never do - sail all the way to Penang from Lorient.

And it wasn't until just off Cape Town that I realised that I'd been running with an engine malfunction - was a bit touch-and-go whether I'd make it, but I did in the end.

Now off to Madagascar for patrol #3...

Brag · 12-31-06, 08:39 PM

After downloading GWX, I did two tests provoking the GWX DDs. Lethal MFs (and I don't mean Meine Freunde

). Then started mein new life: GWX carreer.

1939. Stuck with a II canoe, and in Kiel!! Grrr, was so ticked, forgot to pick additional crew.

The first patrol was off the Shetlands. Picked off two Amie munitions ships in first 24 hours. Had trouble reloading torpedoes because the short crew was too tired. Had to dive and put the engine crew to work in the torpedo room.

Then a large freighter came our way and ate our last two torps. Was back in Kiel in 11 days with enough Anhnemen to get outta da canoe into a nice type VIIB.

Asked for transfer--no joy.

Now stoogying off England's west coast after sinking another Ami munitions hauler without lights.

One thing I've learned from the experimental trips into GWX: BE QUIET, if you're not in a perfect attack position: get out!

peterloo · 12-31-06, 09:52 PM

Having gone through 3 patrol yet...

Either I get impatient with those IXB and IXC, with patrol grid in American coast

or I really got wasted by DD

In the past, I thought that Prien didn't gone through the 10th patrol is his shame... but getting through 1 patrol is really tough when I use high realism (70%) when compared to what I used to (40%)

But don't mind, many commanders only sunk 1 sips and got wasted in only 1 or 2 patrols. Some even went straight to the Heaven in the first patrol... no ship sinking
you can see many of them in uboat.net, in U-boat of the day

peterloo · 12-31-06, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brag

One thing I've learned from the experimental trips into GWX: BE QUIET, if you're not in a perfect attack position: get out!

Yes, even the task force is close to me, I dare not to go in if I'm not in a perfect position. Crossing the T used to be a good one, but now, no more (for me)

HEMISENT · 12-31-06, 10:03 PM

Two days ago I finished my WAW patrol to the US east coast. I just now got GWX up and running - 1942, left St Nazaire in a VIIC looking forward to giving it a thorough workout. So far everything is working right out of the box.

Stay tuned...

12-31-06, 01:33 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Why me GWX? Since the advent of GWX I make about 3 patrols then I'm fish food . I check the boats at uboat.net and find, well, most only made a 2-3 patrols before the inevitable. Sure, there was a handful that were very successful boats but by and large most not scoring anything and getting sunk. Thanks GWX for making it real......jerks....J/k. It's awesome! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-31-06, 01:39 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Gotta agree with you there AV....the closest thing to the real deal IMO __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-31-06, 01:47 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It is really something.....1942 in my pig of an IXB on the bottom on my second patrol.....it is almost too real..........what I would do for a defensless singleton. I play DiD so I start all over again __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-31-06, 02:21 PM	#5
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I`m actually starting to get the hang of ot now. 14 patrols so far, still alive. One narrow escape north of England, though. (Okay, I had 20-30 patrols with the beta, and probably 20-30 deaths ) __________________

12-31-06, 02:27 PM	#6
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I am still alive on my current patrol. __________________

12-31-06, 01:43 PM	#3
Hakahura Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 785 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	4 patrols before death is now my best with GWX. Death by eye candy:rotfl: __________________ Sir Humphey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO and MA. Britain's Greatest Orator, well bar that Churchill fellow.

12-31-06, 07:41 PM	#7
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,993 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Good luck gentlemen. You'll need it against all that silly eye candy. :p __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

12-31-06, 07:56 PM	#8
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I started in 1941 for my first career in GWX since that's my favorite year. I was promptly sunk on my first convoy attack. That scared me into starting my next career at the start of the war. It's now late January 1940, and I'm on patrol 4 out at Rockall. I really am dreading seeing a convoy. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

12-31-06, 08:00 PM	#9
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Am just getting to gips with it too patrol 12 next and of to the East Coast.

12-31-06, 08:06 PM	#10
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Well, I lost my current patrol, due to a computer kicking me out of SH3. Yes, I know I should have saved the patrol. __________________

12-31-06, 08:19 PM	#11
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I just did something I swore I'd never do - sail all the way to Penang from Lorient. And it wasn't until just off Cape Town that I realised that I'd been running with an engine malfunction - was a bit touch-and-go whether I'd make it, but I did in the end. Now off to Madagascar for patrol #3...

12-31-06, 08:39 PM	#12
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	2nd GWX Patrol After downloading GWX, I did two tests provoking the GWX DDs. Lethal MFs (and I don't mean Meine Freunde ). Then started mein new life: GWX carreer. 1939. Stuck with a II canoe, and in Kiel!! Grrr, was so ticked, forgot to pick additional crew. The first patrol was off the Shetlands. Picked off two Amie munitions ships in first 24 hours. Had trouble reloading torpedoes because the short crew was too tired. Had to dive and put the engine crew to work in the torpedo room. Then a large freighter came our way and ate our last two torps. Was back in Kiel in 11 days with enough Anhnemen to get outta da canoe into a nice type VIIB. Asked for transfer--no joy. Now stoogying off England's west coast after sinking another Ami munitions hauler without lights. One thing I've learned from the experimental trips into GWX: BE QUIET, if you're not in a perfect attack position: get out!

12-31-06, 09:52 PM	#13
peterloo Commander Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 462 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Having gone through 3 patrol yet... Either I get impatient with those IXB and IXC, with patrol grid in American coast or I really got wasted by DD In the past, I thought that Prien didn't gone through the 10th patrol is his shame... but getting through 1 patrol is really tough when I use high realism (70%) when compared to what I used to (40%) But don't mind, many commanders only sunk 1 sips and got wasted in only 1 or 2 patrols. Some even went straight to the Heaven in the first patrol... no ship sinking you can see many of them in uboat.net, in U-boat of the day __________________ Romeo is here, but where is Juliet? The 中国水兵 (Chinese Sailor) in subsim

12-31-06, 10:03 PM	#15
HEMISENT Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 1,052 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Two days ago I finished my WAW patrol to the US east coast. I just now got GWX up and running - 1942, left St Nazaire in a VIIC looking forward to giving it a thorough workout. So far everything is working right out of the box. Stay tuned... __________________ Nuke 'em till they glow!