Commerce Raiding Tips

Bullethead · 04-30-09, 04:18 PM

[quote=Gammel;1093208]i did spread up my submarine divisions to single submarines and ordered each single sub to patrol on it´s own.

march separeted - strike united!quote]

That quickly becomes a micormanagement nightmare, so I suggest you use the Area Patrol order instead. With this, you pick the center of the patrol area and its radius in map hexes, and that's it. No more worries. From then on, the TF will automatically maintain about 1/3 to 1/2 of its ships on station wandering randomly around the patrol area, another 1/4 to 1/3 in transit to or from the patrol area, and the rest in port refitting and repairing.

I sometimes split a couple of zeps off (subs are too slow for this) to drive around independently exactly where I want them, but all my patrol boats, obsolete DDs, subs, and zeps are on area patrol.

Gammel · 05-01-09, 09:22 AM

I

micromanagement some times...

...but thanks for the tip and explaination about area patrols - will give it a try.
I didn`t know about exactly and was too lazy so far in
reading the whole game manual.
I hate reading bigger documents on the monitor and will have to print out the whole book.

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From then on, the TF will automatically maintain about 1/3 to 1/2 of its ships on station wandering randomly around the patrol area, another 1/4 to 1/3 in transit to or from the patrol area, and the rest in port refitting and repairing.

Will they care about own mines?
Value to set there is patrol radius in nm i guess...?

Bullethead · 05-01-09, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Gammel

Will they care about own mines?

Your ships are safe from your own mines while moving on the campaign map. They can hit them in battles, but you see them then so can avoid them.

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Value to set there is patrol radius in nm i guess...?

No, the radius is in map hexes, of 25km each. Hit F3 to turn on the shipping lane overlay, so you can see the size of the nearby hexes.

dc1962 · 05-02-09, 05:13 PM

Per your answer above, I looked through the game log--I assume that the log is choronological, and the later events are at the bottom? Also, I checked for mine and there is an overwhelming number of hits. Is there a way or trick to just track the BDA for our mines?

Bullethead · 05-03-09, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by dc1962

Is there a way or trick to just track the BDA for our mines?

Not at present. The general idea is that you'd hardly ever know what your mines did, because usually nobody on your side is there to see it happen and the enemy isn't going to want to tell you.

04-30-09, 04:18 PM	#1
Bullethead Storm Eagle Studios Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wakefield, LA Posts: 284 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	[quote=Gammel;1093208]i did spread up my submarine divisions to single submarines and ordered each single sub to patrol on it´s own. march separeted - strike united!quote] That quickly becomes a micormanagement nightmare, so I suggest you use the Area Patrol order instead. With this, you pick the center of the patrol area and its radius in map hexes, and that's it. No more worries. From then on, the TF will automatically maintain about 1/3 to 1/2 of its ships on station wandering randomly around the patrol area, another 1/4 to 1/3 in transit to or from the patrol area, and the rest in port refitting and repairing. I sometimes split a couple of zeps off (subs are too slow for this) to drive around independently exactly where I want them, but all my patrol boats, obsolete DDs, subs, and zeps are on area patrol. __________________ -Bullethead Storm Eagle Studios In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there are bacteria

05-02-09, 05:13 PM	#4
dc1962 Bosun Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 69 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	game log Per your answer above, I looked through the game log--I assume that the log is choronological, and the later events are at the bottom? Also, I checked for mine and there is an overwhelming number of hits. Is there a way or trick to just track the BDA for our mines?