wow gwx 3.0 is hard

Toolworx · 07-07-09, 08:56 AM

I just found a small convoy and decided to "be more Aggressive"

So i surfaced about 3 k out and took out the escort ship with the deck gun and two off the ships.
I ended finishing the other two with the deck gun and heavy Flak.

In all five kills with no eels sent.

Murr44 · 07-07-09, 01:47 PM

Yesterday (Oct. '41) I went after a small 3-ship convoy in CO51 in the dark. Targetted the small freighter in the center. Approached at flank speed with decks awash. Still wasn't seen at 2500m so I submerged & reduced speed to slow. Launched a T1 at the small freighter and then targetted the Black Swan that was trailing her. Shot another T1 at her and went deep (100m+). Both eels hit their marks & that small freighter and HMS Woodcock suddenly became artificial reefs.

Easily evaded the surviving Black Swan.

Toolworx · 07-07-09, 07:18 PM

Got my first Escorted convoy kills last night.

there was about 4 escorts so I went ahead and went to 12 meters deep and all stop and just waited. an hour or two later I got the first reports of ships sighted.
I just kept waiting almost got detected a few times

there was about 20 ships in the convoy I picked a large merchant and let a salvo of 4 eels go.
and set depth to 60 meters and just slipped away. I got 2 ships totaling about 10k.

Yea I could have got more but I was not going to get caught this time.

Sorry I am not good at doing detailed reports.

Bosje · 07-08-09, 02:45 AM

the convoy I just attacked in september '41 already had some radar-equipped escorts, judging by how I kept having corvettes running behind me on the surface, 200 meters behind my stern, following every turn I made, in very thick fog/rain (no visual sightings from crew, no gunfire from corvettes, just a look behind and a heart attack when I was staring right at a warship's bows

so from there on, surface attacks are more of a challenge. then again, i remember doing a successful surface run in bad weather in late '43. they weren't paying attention that day or something, very cool.

so judge the situating carefully and be aware of their and your capacities. convoy battles in the mid-war are the best thing in GWX for me, challenging but rewarding. as some said before, if you are having trouble with convoys in the early war, you're doing something wrong. practice makes perfect, keep at it

Bosje

ps i really must confirm what i said about using TC. when all is quiet around you, it's not such an issue (i.e. the approach may be done at TC) but when the enemy is 'on alert', things change. I spent last night hunting single ships off the US coast and every single time, after my first torpedo hit, when leaving the periscope up, they started firing at my periscope head when i used time compression. every single time.
While i can stay in real time for an hour, monitoring the effect of the torpedo through the periscope without trouble... as soon as i use TC to speed up the sinking they detect my periscopes.
same goes for escorts. after they lost me and turned away, use TC and they sometimes come back
anyway...

07-08-09, 02:45 AM	#4
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	the convoy I just attacked in september '41 already had some radar-equipped escorts, judging by how I kept having corvettes running behind me on the surface, 200 meters behind my stern, following every turn I made, in very thick fog/rain (no visual sightings from crew, no gunfire from corvettes, just a look behind and a heart attack when I was staring right at a warship's bows so from there on, surface attacks are more of a challenge. then again, i remember doing a successful surface run in bad weather in late '43. they weren't paying attention that day or something, very cool. so judge the situating carefully and be aware of their and your capacities. convoy battles in the mid-war are the best thing in GWX for me, challenging but rewarding. as some said before, if you are having trouble with convoys in the early war, you're doing something wrong. practice makes perfect, keep at it Bosje ps i really must confirm what i said about using TC. when all is quiet around you, it's not such an issue (i.e. the approach may be done at TC) but when the enemy is 'on alert', things change. I spent last night hunting single ships off the US coast and every single time, after my first torpedo hit, when leaving the periscope up, they started firing at my periscope head when i used time compression. every single time. While i can stay in real time for an hour, monitoring the effect of the torpedo through the periscope without trouble... as soon as i use TC to speed up the sinking they detect my periscopes. same goes for escorts. after they lost me and turned away, use TC and they sometimes come back anyway... __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!

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07-07-09, 08:56 AM	#1
Toolworx Seaman Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 33 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	I just found a small convoy and decided to "be more Aggressive" So i surfaced about 3 k out and took out the escort ship with the deck gun and two off the ships. I ended finishing the other two with the deck gun and heavy Flak. In all five kills with no eels sent.

07-07-09, 01:47 PM	#2
Murr44 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 913 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Yesterday (Oct. '41) I went after a small 3-ship convoy in CO51 in the dark. Targetted the small freighter in the center. Approached at flank speed with decks awash. Still wasn't seen at 2500m so I submerged & reduced speed to slow. Launched a T1 at the small freighter and then targetted the Black Swan that was trailing her. Shot another T1 at her and went deep (100m+). Both eels hit their marks & that small freighter and HMS Woodcock suddenly became artificial reefs. Easily evaded the surviving Black Swan.

07-07-09, 07:18 PM	#3
Toolworx Seaman Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 33 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	Got my first Escorted convoy kills last night. there was about 4 escorts so I went ahead and went to 12 meters deep and all stop and just waited. an hour or two later I got the first reports of ships sighted. I just kept waiting almost got detected a few times there was about 20 ships in the convoy I picked a large merchant and let a salvo of 4 eels go. and set depth to 60 meters and just slipped away. I got 2 ships totaling about 10k. Yea I could have got more but I was not going to get caught this time. Sorry I am not good at doing detailed reports.