Harbour Raiding

Redbear · 06-06-09, 09:28 AM

Can't say I'm a fan of that tactic - too easy to get caught in shallow water. I've done it in single missions, but never in the campaign.

BulSoldier · 06-06-09, 09:50 AM

Ive done it once or twice but im not really in to it.It seems too easy and unreal.

Pohl · 06-06-09, 09:55 AM

Lots of stuff to take care of...but yeah sometimes it's worthy, Gibraltar likes to have Heavy Battleships on it in mid 40, but you need to check for mines and submarine nets, even when you hit them at 2 knts the will make you flood, also don't forget the shore batteries and any destroyer that is at dock will go after you if they notice you + you need a easy way out before the entire fleet is on you, also depend on your realism settings, im playing at 7X% and having to wait 7 minutes for a torpedo to load & If I fail to sink the destroyer that is DC me....its just to risky

Sgtmonkeynads · 06-06-09, 11:04 AM

He He He.......

Funny you mention this now. I found my self in a port in Norway the day before the invasion. I just dove to periscope depth and waited for a few hours before all the good guys became bad guys and sank about six mechants that were stationary.

I know...cheating...but... I know the future..so...why not use it a little?

Well, see you guys latter "I've gotta get Back in Time"

fisherstoys1 · 06-06-09, 12:34 PM

I think it's Algiers. But you are always get a Fiji and a Dido there.

As for the patrols I usually take a day sitting off and watching while plotting them, then when they are right I go in.

But that is only with the easy harbours some like Malta I will not touch, I think I have been sunk to many times trying.

Grant

andym · 06-06-09, 04:30 PM

Dodgy old buisness Harbour Raiding,sometimes theres lots to be had and then others theres nothing at all.Recently in St Helena i got 2 Cruisers and several Destroyers and sundry vessels,but took quite a bit of damage in the process.Plenty of pickings in the area of the Straits of Gib.

Kptlt. Siegmann · 06-06-09, 06:00 PM

I used to harbor raid in my earlier careers, back in the days when I didnt have 100% realism so I could "cheat" with the external cam and find the subnets and mines. Now that I'm playing 100%, I dont dare go anywhere near a harbor that isn't friendly. I dont want to be caught up in a subnet with a pack of destroyers at angle zero going flank speed

Highbury · 06-06-09, 06:06 PM

Also alot of times you can, for example sink a BB in a given harbour then go and end your patrol. If you return to the harbor before a set date in the campaign files then the ship you just sank will be there again. They are set to spawn at that harbor between two set dates. Ending your patrol resets the spawns I believe. In the Pacific on SH4 I had 5 Yamato Class BBs in one career... not too realistic....

For that reason the tactic felt kinda cheap and easy so I avoid it now... unless I am almost out of fuel and haven't found anything good to shoot at! (Doesn't take long in a Type II

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06-06-09, 09:50 AM	#2
BulSoldier Samurai Navy Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Burgas/Bulgaria Posts: 550 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Ive done it once or twice but im not really in to it.It seems too easy and unreal. __________________ By the hour !

06-06-09, 09:55 AM	#3
Pohl Sparky Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 157 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Lots of stuff to take care of...but yeah sometimes it's worthy, Gibraltar likes to have Heavy Battleships on it in mid 40, but you need to check for mines and submarine nets, even when you hit them at 2 knts the will make you flood, also don't forget the shore batteries and any destroyer that is at dock will go after you if they notice you + you need a easy way out before the entire fleet is on you, also depend on your realism settings, im playing at 7X% and having to wait 7 minutes for a torpedo to load & If I fail to sink the destroyer that is DC me....its just to risky __________________ Current Careers: U-177 Type IXD2, 10th Flotilla March 13, 1943 U-3502 Type XXI, 7th/13th Flotilla April 14, 1942 100% realism, GWX 3.0, SH3 Commander 3.2

06-06-09, 11:04 AM	#4
Sgtmonkeynads Ships Secretary Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MilesCity Montana Posts: 583 Downloads: 614 Uploads: 0	He He He....... Funny you mention this now. I found my self in a port in Norway the day before the invasion. I just dove to periscope depth and waited for a few hours before all the good guys became bad guys and sank about six mechants that were stationary. I know...cheating...but... I know the future..so...why not use it a little? Well, see you guys latter "I've gotta get Back in Time" __________________ Just help someone.....it makes a difference

06-06-09, 12:34 PM	#5
fisherstoys1 Seaman Join Date: May 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 33 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	harbours I think it's Algiers. But you are always get a Fiji and a Dido there. As for the patrols I usually take a day sitting off and watching while plotting them, then when they are right I go in. But that is only with the easy harbours some like Malta I will not touch, I think I have been sunk to many times trying. Grant

06-06-09, 04:30 PM	#6
andym Weps Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 365 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 2	Dodgy old buisness Harbour Raiding,sometimes theres lots to be had and then others theres nothing at all.Recently in St Helena i got 2 Cruisers and several Destroyers and sundry vessels,but took quite a bit of damage in the process.Plenty of pickings in the area of the Straits of Gib. __________________ GWX 3.0 GOLD,SH3 Commander.

06-06-09, 09:28 AM	#1
Redbear Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 208 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Can't say I'm a fan of that tactic - too easy to get caught in shallow water. I've done it in single missions, but never in the campaign.

06-06-09, 06:00 PM	#7
Kptlt. Siegmann Machinist's Mate Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Docked at Kiel Posts: 128 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	I used to harbor raid in my earlier careers, back in the days when I didnt have 100% realism so I could "cheat" with the external cam and find the subnets and mines. Now that I'm playing 100%, I dont dare go anywhere near a harbor that isn't friendly. I dont want to be caught up in a subnet with a pack of destroyers at angle zero going flank speed

06-06-09, 06:06 PM	#8
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	Also alot of times you can, for example sink a BB in a given harbour then go and end your patrol. If you return to the harbor before a set date in the campaign files then the ship you just sank will be there again. They are set to spawn at that harbor between two set dates. Ending your patrol resets the spawns I believe. In the Pacific on SH4 I had 5 Yamato Class BBs in one career... not too realistic.... For that reason the tactic felt kinda cheap and easy so I avoid it now... unless I am almost out of fuel and haven't found anything good to shoot at! (Doesn't take long in a Type II )