One thing i love about GWX is that we finally see capital ships and not just merchants.
I'm in a similar position...November 25 1939, heading for BE83 in a IXB (ok, i cheated a bit and got it straight from SH3commander, since i got one through normal means on my pre-GWX insall).
I am neither playing DiD nor in full realism yet though. Map contact updates are on to help me plot my firing solutions. I also have the weapons officer enabled for those times when real life is pressing and i just have to get half an hour of gaming without too much hassle, plus external cameras for the eye candy. All in all, about 75-80% realism if i'm not mistaken.
So, i make a dash through the channel and by the time i exit i have 17k tons under my belt (or 14k, i'm not sure) by sinking a couple of coastal tankers and a large merchant (all french) with the deck gun, plus a french fishing boat with the 37mm...great gun, not for flak duties but for sinking small ships without expending torpedos or deck gun ammo.
I'm about a day away from the assigned grid when i get a convoy report moving E at 5 kts. Now, on my first patrol i got an Illustrious class carrier NW of Ireland (sunk with a 4 torp salvo, it only needed 3 though, the last was just already fired) and the area is generally high traffic, so i plot an intercept and head for it.
Upon my watch crew spotting them i see the damned convoy has changed course to NNE and speed to 6kts...my intercept course is less than optimal now, coming in at about 130 AoB doing 10-11kts. The sea is totally calm but the night is fairly dark and i've arrived at the intercept point between 22:00-23:00, so i have some time to work and maybe flank them again after the first attack for a second pass.
Closing to about 10km i also see a Nelson BB! I was not sure if it was the Nelson or the other one of the same class, so i had the WO identify it. Only two DDs so it's probably doable. Then the phone rang and i ended up goin out for some beers with friends
I might have to run parallel to them and flank them for an hour or so, just to get a better AoB on them. Problem is that i'm aprroaching from the south and the BB is on the north side, right behind the lead escort and with a load of merchants between me and the warships. I could flank them and cross their track to get on the other side, but then i will lose precious hours of darkness...all in all it's shaping up to be very interestin and i'm only on my 3rd patrol since installing GWX. I can't wait for later years and electronic goodies, GWX has enhanced gameplay tenfold for me
06-12-07, 07:56 AM
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