Equipment availability times

TheRoadTrain · 01-16-12, 09:25 AM

How come u can get a VIIC/42 in the game when they were never built in the war? The design was dropped in place of the Electroboot was it not?
I think you can get it in Feb 1944,not a bad sub for assisting our Afrika troops.

Yeah I think ur games buggered out mate cause the VII & IX are available at the start of the war,but u need 7500 renown to get the IX
Which flotila are you based at?

Aegrim · 01-16-12, 10:38 AM

ah, i only had 6k, so couldn't see it.

Didn't realise i'd need that much to get one, so was a bit confused.

Brag · 01-16-12, 12:44 PM

Also depends on what flotilla you are in

Aegrim · 01-16-12, 03:39 PM

1st flotilla.

Aegrim · 01-16-12, 05:33 PM

Hit the same Clemons destroyer now twice with a homing torp, each time it crashes the game.

maillemaker · 01-17-12, 01:04 PM

On the equipment screen if you click the question mark in the bottom right-hand corner it will bring up a list of all available equipment and when it is available.

The only advantage I see of the VIIC over VIIB is it dives 2 seconds faster. I believe the VIIC also has slightly lower top speeds when submerged and on the surface.

The biggest advantage to the type IX is the large torpedo loadout and the big deck gun. The deck gun is useful until 1941 when merchants start carrying guns of their own. After that, it is hardly worth engaging targets with the deck gun as one single hit from the enemy will take your hull integrity down to the point that you can no longer dive to your maximum, and this will be deadly if you encounter escorts. It's not worth blowing an entire mission over a single kill.

Myself, I go for the Type IX as soon as I can get it and enjoy using that deck gun for all of 1940 to rack up the kills.

Steve

Aegrim · 01-17-12, 01:40 PM

Yeah i'm enjoying the IXC, so many torps. Got 78k on my first run.

01-16-12, 10:38 AM	#2
Aegrim Seaman Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 38 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	ah, i only had 6k, so couldn't see it. Didn't realise i'd need that much to get one, so was a bit confused. Last edited by Aegrim; 01-16-12 at 11:16 AM.

01-16-12, 12:44 PM	#3
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01-16-12, 09:25 AM	#1
TheRoadTrain Seaman Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Geraldton, West Australia Posts: 41 Downloads: 156 Uploads: 0	How come u can get a VIIC/42 in the game when they were never built in the war? The design was dropped in place of the Electroboot was it not? I think you can get it in Feb 1944,not a bad sub for assisting our Afrika troops. Yeah I think ur games buggered out mate cause the VII & IX are available at the start of the war,but u need 7500 renown to get the IX Which flotila are you based at?

01-16-12, 03:39 PM	#4
Aegrim Seaman Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 38 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	1st flotilla.

01-16-12, 05:33 PM	#5
Aegrim Seaman Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 38 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Hit the same Clemons destroyer now twice with a homing torp, each time it crashes the game.

01-17-12, 01:04 PM	#6
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	On the equipment screen if you click the question mark in the bottom right-hand corner it will bring up a list of all available equipment and when it is available. The only advantage I see of the VIIC over VIIB is it dives 2 seconds faster. I believe the VIIC also has slightly lower top speeds when submerged and on the surface. The biggest advantage to the type IX is the large torpedo loadout and the big deck gun. The deck gun is useful until 1941 when merchants start carrying guns of their own. After that, it is hardly worth engaging targets with the deck gun as one single hit from the enemy will take your hull integrity down to the point that you can no longer dive to your maximum, and this will be deadly if you encounter escorts. It's not worth blowing an entire mission over a single kill. Myself, I go for the Type IX as soon as I can get it and enjoy using that deck gun for all of 1940 to rack up the kills. Steve

01-17-12, 01:40 PM	#7
Aegrim Seaman Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 38 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Yeah i'm enjoying the IXC, so many torps. Got 78k on my first run.