Now I understand the frustration

[STEED]

Peanuts compared to 1944 no wait hang on 1945.

It's now a question of surviving.

Good Luck.

[Sirrvs]

Do you guys even bother patrolling in the assigned grid in the later years? Or do you just pick off merchants where you know you can get some tonnage relatively safely and head home?

[NealT]

I take what I can get and usually get so banged up I have to go home early.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Sirrvs

Do you guys even bother patrolling in the assigned grid in the later years?

No and I shall tell you why, me and my big IXD2 are on patrol down under and there are no patrol grids.

[dcb]

Originally Posted by STEED

Peanuts compared to 1944 no wait hang on 1945.
It's now a question of surviving.
Good Luck.

Thanks, mate. I guess I'll need all the luck I can get, given what I see even as early as mid-43.

@Sirrvs

Yes, of course I first patrol the assigned grid for 24 hours, because of two reasons: 1. it brings some renown (not much, but anyway...) and
2. that's what they did in RL, and I want to recreate the whole experience, not just hunt for some easy tonnage. If they had to go to the assigned grid, then that's what I'll do as well, even if this means less juicy targets. I even had patrols that ended without any kill at all. Strange to admit, but I never felt I was wasting my time in such a patrol. Knowing that IRL many U-boots returned to base without even gettting near the enemy, my "zero-tonnage" sorties actually brought me some form of satisfaction: though empty, it's as realistic as can be.
Go figure...