GWX3 8/39-5/45 100%, completed whole war!!!

[Wulfmann]

I had some very close calls that in career's past ended them but no matter how well you play this bad luck can and often does intervene.

One area that has doomed me in the past is getting radar warnings and watching to see how often they are reported as a means of determining distance.
This being with rainy weather!!
In this career I was caught by a Frigate who was literally on my 180.
Normally I dive and normally I die.
However, because i have died so often I cranked it up to emergency and since he was kind enough to be exactly on my 180 I got the biggest career saving break by taking him out with a , well not a down the throat shot so must be an out the butt shot

In truth what made the difference is the extended visual range. before that frigate would have been under 300 meters before I would have known it and could not fire at that close a range.

Another time I was caught on the surface by two big bombers and my engines would not start. I had them on emergency but just sat there. Severe damage caused my boat to dive or I would have been done for and I was able to reverse the plunge at 200 meters with enough damage control.

I had over 28K renown saved up for a XXI but never used it as one has to be based at Bergen to buy one.
Oh well, maybe I will start a 1944 career and change the price from 20K to 500 and see what they are like

Only someone that plats GWX3Gold at 100% (No eye of God either) would understand why posting this at all means something.

Wulfmann

[Captain Birdseye]

[Brag]

Congratahoochies, Wulfman

[94cruiser]

It's mid 1941 for me and I play at around 71% or so
While I sip on Stiegl made in Austira I salute you!

Basically I have external view, 'auction veiw" and help in torp calucations.

goodspeed.
I've upgraded to type VIIC

Man the rails. Attention to port. S A L U T E ! ! !
Well done. Outstanding job.
The furthest I ever got was December 1944 in a IXB.
Crash dived for aircraft in AM52. Then a bunch of DDs showed up.
After a couple of hours, of not being able to shake them, I decided to go deeper.
At 182 meters, pop went the uboat.

You'll get that XXI, Wulfmann. You've earned it !

[Sailor Steve]

Good job!

I doubt that I will ever go from the beginning to the end of the war - partly because I keep starting over every time a new mod comes out that changes the look of the harbors, but mainly because I use SH3Cdr's 'Realistic Career Length' function, which forces retirement after a year or two at sea.

[U2222]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Good job!

I doubt that I will ever go from the beginning to the end of the war - partly because I keep starting over every time a new mod comes out that changes the look of the harbors, but mainly because I use SH3Cdr's 'Realistic Career Length' function, which forces retirement after a year or two at sea.

Same here - reinstall with the layest update and start all over again from fresh.
I don't expect another GWX mod and I am happy with my mods so I can sit back and sail into oblivion and might even reach 45.
If SHV does not rock my boat I've always got SH3 to fall back on

[Wulfmann]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Good job!
I doubt that I will ever go from the beginning to the end of the war - partly because I keep starting over every time a new mod comes out that changes the look of the harbors, but mainly because I use SH3Cdr's 'Realistic Career Length' function, which forces retirement after a year or two at sea.

Realistically no kaleun would have done more than 15-16 missions tops so that is more true to life.

but, Wolf packs were also true to life and we do not have them.

With the possibilities of bad luck a minor mistake or a whole variety of difficulties playing 100% no redo from start to finish GWX3 is the ultimate challenge in SH3.
To me it is.
I do a fairly heavy mod of GWX3. To start with I have no AS vessels under crew rating of 3 and I increase the number of convoy escorts early 43 on my a large amount among other stuff.

I just wanted an entire war career because it is the most difficult thing I know of to accomplish in this venue..
Unfortunately when i tell the check out girl at the grocery store I did all that she still expects me to pay for my groceries.

Ergo, it don't mean nothing.
Except for the great fun in Paucehschlag (Not only was it a major redo of mis files for 1942 it is when I added the very nice Iambecomelife merchant ships) I hardly remember any details.
I can't even remember sinking the battleship, don't remember what class it was. I will look that up
I started the career in May but had to do a major mod in a flight sim so took 4 weeks off then 2 more from sea duty. I was afraid being away would cause a major slip but while it did cause a few minor ones this time my luck held, this was the only time in 4 years my luck held.

Wulfmann