Is The Game Trying To Teach Me Something?

Seminole · 07-09-08, 08:15 AM

Sailig from Pearl. Time: September through October 1942. Assigned Patrol zone: Mariannas Islands.

Suddenly, I cant intercept or even make contact with any enemy ships. From Junks to Carriers. From Destroyers to freighters.

I get plenty of contact reports....many within what ought to be and has been before, easy intercept range.

Weather not a factor its the same from fair with no or little winds to heavy weather.

Diving doesn't help...I can't make sonar contact with any targets...even when I race around to get ahead of a convoy, then dive and listen.

Now then.. I've played this patrol through 3 times!!!. It has been the same each time. I even left the patrol zone and headed to and stood off Tokyo Bay and to the Guadacanal theater. Same thing..can't intercept a single solitary enemy vessel. Plenty of patrol planes though.

It seems the sim is trying to tell me something but danged if I know what it is.

Any ideas?

So I headed back to Hawaii and ended the patrol. I'm starting a new one latter today to see if the "spell" has been broken.

I did save this ill-fated patrol in case someone can provide me with the basis for an epiphany.

In which case I'll do 'er again.

07-09-08, 08:15 AM	#1
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Is The Game Trying To Teach Me Something? Sailig from Pearl. Time: September through October 1942. Assigned Patrol zone: Mariannas Islands. Suddenly, I cant intercept or even make contact with any enemy ships. From Junks to Carriers. From Destroyers to freighters. I get plenty of contact reports....many within what ought to be and has been before, easy intercept range. Weather not a factor its the same from fair with no or little winds to heavy weather. Diving doesn't help...I can't make sonar contact with any targets...even when I race around to get ahead of a convoy, then dive and listen. Now then.. I've played this patrol through 3 times!!!. It has been the same each time. I even left the patrol zone and headed to and stood off Tokyo Bay and to the Guadacanal theater. Same thing..can't intercept a single solitary enemy vessel. Plenty of patrol planes though. It seems the sim is trying to tell me something but danged if I know what it is. Any ideas? So I headed back to Hawaii and ended the patrol. I'm starting a new one latter today to see if the "spell" has been broken. I did save this ill-fated patrol in case someone can provide me with the basis for an epiphany. In which case I'll do 'er again.