Kaleun in need of advice: forge ahead?

[johan_d]

Keelbuster, I am too in 1943, and it isnt fun anymore.. the feeling says go home, but you are now that far.. I would say set slowly course ahead base, but keep on the routes, and use your last torpedo.
After that, one click and you are returning to base, if you wanna drive all the way home, well maybe shoot a plane or two, or a loner with the deckgun.

Make the most of it! You didnt sail all the way to get home with one left!

[Ducimus]

>>Keelbuster, I am too in 1943, and it isnt fun anymore..

Wait tell you get into 44 and early 45. Forget about sinking ships, just try and survive.

[johan_d]

hehe, decimus, that sub in your plan is it possible in SH3, with the water streams on the site?

[Keelbuster]

Ok boys - your advice helped me through patrol 18.

Patrol 19 was different. I traded in my VIIC for a new VIIC/'41, after reading that it had a deeper crush depth. Well, I unfortunately I found the crush depth. A lone River Class detected me at the Mediterranean intersection, in perfectly clear weather. On his first run he hit me with a hedgehog, which flooded the bow, forward quarters, and radio room. I got that under control and went down to 160. His second run he hit me again with a hedgehog. I started getting crushed, so I blew ballast and tried to power my way up about 50m. As I broke 100m, the death-flicker stopped, and I thought I was ok. Then I get a stream of reports about propellors, engines, and equipment being destroyed. I flip to the damage control screen and the electric engine room is red, and then suddenly everyone inside is dead. One second later the death spreads forward and it's over. U-953 was sunk with all hands on her maiden voyage. Say goodbye to Ernst Sperling and his ~elite~ crew. -gasp-....

[johan_d]

Playing Deutchland Uber Alles now, and we will inform the wifes..

[Reverie]

Realistic decisions with a u-boat career of seventeen missions ?
Those German sailors really are obermensch !
Oh well, as long as you have fun. But definitely head for the nearest friendly port. You've risked enough. And if you want a touch of reality before you leave on patrol, load a steam powered torpedo on the outside to replace the Falcon, or any other electric eel that wouldn't have been stored externally. The maintenance requirements dictated this.
Reverie

[Keelbuster]

Originally Posted by Reverie

And if you want a touch of reality before you leave on patrol, load a steam powered torpedo on the outside to replace the Falcon, or any other electric eel that wouldn't have been stored externally. The maintenance requirements dictated this.

Cool - didnt' know that. Actually, I've just recently upped my personal realism to the point where I only load external stores in calm weather, and all-stop. I assume that's how they had to do it in real life. Though I'm not sure if it produces a real experience because the weather cycles in Sh3 are supernatural.