Uneventful first patrol: normal?

zeropoint · 05-02-07, 12:42 PM

Thanks all for the good advice. I took it and ran smack into a destoryer near the coast of England. I thought I was pooched... but he didn't notice me. He was kinda far off but I decided to put my brand new torpedo techiques (that I learned here) to use and shot off a fish at him. To my suprise, my shot was bang on. He started to run but it still hit him in the hind end and HE SUNK! I was shocked. Bring on a battleship.

I am running 1.4b with GWX 1.3

Aaron

meduza · 05-02-07, 12:57 PM

I very rarely encounter merchants in my patrol zone, so after doing my duty I set my course to a richer hunting grounds. I'm not returning to base after all of my torpedoes are spent.

siber · 05-02-07, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by meduza

I'm not returning to base after all of my torpedoes are spent.

LOL!!! :rotfl:
Surely you mean 'UNTIL all my torpedoes are spent'? I had a good chuckle imagining your crew spitting at merchants as they sail past in the hope that you'd sink them.

I suppose you could use your guns (but in a type II, all they do is chip paint)?

meduza · 05-02-07, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by siber

LOL!!! :rotfl:
Surely you mean 'UNTIL all my torpedoes are spent'?

right, I meant UNTIL... my mistake...

Quote:

Originally Posted by siber

I had a good chuckle imagining your crew spitting at merchants as they sail past in the hope that you'd sink them.

:rotfl:
well, I never got that desperate, but I might consider throwing empty beer bottles at them. Of course, not UNTIL all my torpedoes and deck gun shells are spent

Umfuld · 05-02-07, 03:43 PM

No need to go to the British coast to find ships. You'll just find mines and subnets and general trouble there.

Use the map that came with the game. It shows where you are likely to find targets - be they convoy or single merchs.

The patrol grids are mostly random and aren't always in a spot that has traffic normally. Tell the truth I usually just sit in one spot for 24 hours and then go off to the convoy routes.

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05-02-07, 12:42 PM	#1
zeropoint Watch Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 27 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Thanks all for the good advice. I took it and ran smack into a destoryer near the coast of England. I thought I was pooched... but he didn't notice me. He was kinda far off but I decided to put my brand new torpedo techiques (that I learned here) to use and shot off a fish at him. To my suprise, my shot was bang on. He started to run but it still hit him in the hind end and HE SUNK! I was shocked. Bring on a battleship. I am running 1.4b with GWX 1.3 Aaron

05-02-07, 12:57 PM	#2
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	I very rarely encounter merchants in my patrol zone, so after doing my duty I set my course to a richer hunting grounds. I'm not returning to base after all of my torpedoes are spent.

05-02-07, 03:43 PM	#5
Umfuld Captain Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Posts: 503 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	No need to go to the British coast to find ships. You'll just find mines and subnets and general trouble there. Use the map that came with the game. It shows where you are likely to find targets - be they convoy or single merchs. The patrol grids are mostly random and aren't always in a spot that has traffic normally. Tell the truth I usually just sit in one spot for 24 hours and then go off to the convoy routes.