What a patrol! - Page 2

Erich dem Roten · 09-28-08, 11:11 PM

I missed getting my first 100k patrol by 5k

I actually did get a torpedo hit on a Large Merchant, but I didn't stick around for him to sink. Last I saw he wasn't even listing, and it had been a good while.

I did get 2 CL's though, as well as a bunch of other 10k+ merchants.

GoldenRivet · 09-28-08, 11:34 PM

I'll drink to that!

Sailor Steve · 09-29-08, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

Here's an event-camera shot from after the attack:

Well no wonder! Event Camera? What's that?:rotfl:

Oh, funny side-note: when I dragged the cursor down to erase the picture, the way the screen jiggles as it scrolls down made it look like the rain was animated.

onelifecrisis · 09-29-08, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

Here's an event-camera shot from after the attack:

Well no wonder! Event Camera? What's that?:rotfl:

Oh, funny side-note: when I dragged the cursor down to erase the picture, the way the screen jiggles as it scrolls down made it look like the rain was animated.

Aye, my secret weapon... [heavy echo and bass]THE EVENT CAMERA![/heavy echo and bass] :rotfl:

Seriously though, this is not skill, it's just incredible luck! I literally jumped out of my seat and danced a victory dance when she went down. These mid-war troopships are just insane! 40k for one ship!? There are entire convoys with less tonnage in them than that!

P.S. Wish me luck in AN56 (gulp

)

meduza · 09-29-08, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

Seriously though, this is not skill, it's just incredible luck!

Never admit that! It's skill, all right!

And the Event camera, of course. :rotfl:

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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

P.S. Wish me luck in AN56 (gulp

)

Good luck! Although I would avoid going there. I developed an allergy to the places without at least 200 meters of water below my keel.

onelifecrisis · 09-29-08, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by meduza

Good luck! Although I would avoid going there. I developed an allergy to the places without at least 200 meters of water below my keel.

Thanks! And I agree about having 200m minimum.

I plan to go to AN56, patrol for exactly 24 hours, then go home. If I see lone merchants I will sink them, but convoys I'm not touching.

meduza · 09-29-08, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

Thanks! And I agree about having 200m minimum.

I plan to go to AN56, patrol for exactly 24 hours, then go home. If I see lone merchants I will sink them, but convoys I'm not touching.

That is a very good plan

. But don't mention it to the BdU.

predavolk · 09-29-08, 09:41 AM

Great patrol!

onelifecrisis · 09-29-08, 08:48 PM

In Kurt's second patrol I only sank 9 ships... and the tonnage? 166K!

In the first patrol I thought I was lucky to find those two large troopships, but in the second patrol there were convoys and task forces everywhere and it seemed like they all had monster ships in them.
Is this "normal" in 1943? :hmm:

09-29-08, 10:00 PM

Remember Mate.
We have the option of starting a new Game.
We learn from past failures and start over.
So we get better at what we do!

The Scripts for GWX are the best that could be done!!

I've seen none better!

If you wanted real?
What would you think if UBI made the game so that when you died,
you could NEVER install or play again?
Would you still buy the game?

Philipp_Thomsen · 09-29-08, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by privateer

Remember Mate.
We have the option of starting a new Game.
We learn from past failures and start over.
So we get better at what we do!

The Scripts for GWX are the best that could be done!!

I've seen none better!

If you wanted real?
What would you think if UBI made the game so that when you died,
you could NEVER install or play again?
Would you still buy the game?

Meh... In that case I would probably download it!

Sailor Steve · 09-29-08, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by privateer

Remember Mate.
We have the option of starting a new Game.
We learn from past failures and start over.
So we get better at what we do!

The Scripts for GWX are the best that could be done!!

I've seen none better!

If you wanted real?
What would you think if UBI made the game so that when you died,
you could NEVER install or play again?
Would you still buy the game?

I've suggested something similar in the past. Not a permanent ban, but that you would play much more realistically if when you died you put it away for say, a year. That would probably be extreme enough for the most hardcore do-or-die-ers.

What if they just made sure that a career ending in death would wipe all the saved games, so you couldn't ever play that career again? That would keep people on their toes.

Sensekhmet · 09-30-08, 12:42 AM

On my last patrol (NW of Ireland, december 1934) I managed to tear out a large troop ship out of a convoy, got hunted for a long time, raised periscope when the escort was gone and lo and behold: a lone Aquitania, stationary and listing, right where the convoy had passed before.

This was my second Aquitania in this career, the first one I sank off Gibraltar 1942-ish.

onelifecrisis · 09-30-08, 06:16 AM

@privateer
Don't get me wrong mate, it wasn't meant as a complaint!

@Sensekhmet
Thanks.

09-30-08, 06:31 AM

@OLC

I know Mate.

09-28-08, 11:11 PM	#16
Erich dem Roten Electrician's Mate Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 134 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I missed getting my first 100k patrol by 5k I actually did get a torpedo hit on a Large Merchant, but I didn't stick around for him to sink. Last I saw he wasn't even listing, and it had been a good while. I did get 2 CL's though, as well as a bunch of other 10k+ merchants. __________________

09-28-08, 11:34 PM	#17
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	I'll drink to that! __________________

09-29-08, 08:48 PM	#24
onelifecrisis Maverick Modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,895 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 3	OK this is just getting silly... In Kurt's second patrol I only sank 9 ships... and the tonnage? 166K! In the first patrol I thought I was lucky to find those two large troopships, but in the second patrol there were convoys and task forces everywhere and it seemed like they all had monster ships in them. Is this "normal" in 1943? :hmm: __________________ Freedom of speech - priceless. For everything else there's Mastercard.

09-30-08, 06:16 AM	#29
onelifecrisis Maverick Modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,895 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 3	@privateer Don't get me wrong mate, it wasn't meant as a complaint! @Sensekhmet Thanks. __________________ Freedom of speech - priceless. For everything else there's Mastercard.

09-29-08, 09:41 AM	#23
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great patrol!

09-29-08, 10:00 PM	#25
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Remember Mate. We have the option of starting a new Game. We learn from past failures and start over. So we get better at what we do! The Scripts for GWX are the best that could be done!! I've seen none better! If you wanted real? What would you think if UBI made the game so that when you died, you could NEVER install or play again? Would you still buy the game?

09-30-08, 12:42 AM	#28
Sensekhmet Loader Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 89 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	On my last patrol (NW of Ireland, december 1934) I managed to tear out a large troop ship out of a convoy, got hunted for a long time, raised periscope when the escort was gone and lo and behold: a lone Aquitania, stationary and listing, right where the convoy had passed before. This was my second Aquitania in this career, the first one I sank off Gibraltar 1942-ish.

09-30-08, 06:31 AM	#30
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	@OLC I know Mate.