Me and my boat - Page 2

HunterICX · 10-25-06, 11:49 AM

you're really into it arent ya kapitan

Keep up the good work

Kapitan · 10-25-06, 01:30 PM

ive sunk now just over 56,000 tonnes its now 1944 and im being attacked more and more and not being able to complete the missions fully the next time round i will do it properly from 1939.

mookiemookie · 10-25-06, 01:54 PM

You will find that the difference between 1939 and 1943 is like night and day. I'd recommend starting from there, and in a Type VII boat.

Kapitan · 10-25-06, 05:16 PM

Yeah it became harder come 1943 i used to run in on the surface at flank if i saw a DD or escort id dive get rid of it then surface and gun the convoy.

But thats my fun practice war done now for starting serious.

P_Funk · 10-25-06, 06:30 PM

The big difference between 39 and 43 is the detection capabilities of the escorts. Early U-boat aces liked to slip through the screen on the surface at night and ride between the columns selecting their targets and firing point blank. Later in the war it became very difficult to even come within contact of a convoy because of the cracked Enigma code and then because of Huff Duff, Radar, better tactical doctrine, and a much larger pool of available escorts a successful attack was a feat both of genius and luck.

The early war is where the noobs love to play and the late war is where the old salts spend their entire career. Night and day is a very apt expression for this.

Dantenoc · 10-26-06, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P_Funk

The early war is where the noobs love to play and the late war is where the old salts spend their entire career.

Not realy... lot's of experienced players start their campaings in 1939 to see how far in the war they can get without ever being killed. If they don't make it till the end, they start all over again... many have indeed made it till the end of the war, but many experienced players have never seen the later years either.

Still others, play with a "relay" like system that starts them in 1939, and if they're ever killed, they pick up from where they left of by starting a new carrer at the same date that their former one ended.

People play at different points in the war regardless of experience

10-25-06, 11:49 AM	#16
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	you're really into it arent ya kapitan Keep up the good work __________________

10-25-06, 01:30 PM	#17
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,134 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	ive sunk now just over 56,000 tonnes its now 1944 and im being attacked more and more and not being able to complete the missions fully the next time round i will do it properly from 1939. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

10-25-06, 01:54 PM	#18
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	You will find that the difference between 1939 and 1943 is like night and day. I'd recommend starting from there, and in a Type VII boat. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

10-25-06, 05:16 PM	#19
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,134 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Yeah it became harder come 1943 i used to run in on the surface at flank if i saw a DD or escort id dive get rid of it then surface and gun the convoy. But thats my fun practice war done now for starting serious. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

10-25-06, 06:30 PM	#20
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	The big difference between 39 and 43 is the detection capabilities of the escorts. Early U-boat aces liked to slip through the screen on the surface at night and ride between the columns selecting their targets and firing point blank. Later in the war it became very difficult to even come within contact of a convoy because of the cracked Enigma code and then because of Huff Duff, Radar, better tactical doctrine, and a much larger pool of available escorts a successful attack was a feat both of genius and luck. The early war is where the noobs love to play and the late war is where the old salts spend their entire career. Night and day is a very apt expression for this. __________________

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