Torpedo dilemma

BasilY · 06-29-09, 10:05 PM

Sink as much as ammo's allow, go back to base for more torp.

You only have 2 years, at most three, to rack in the tonnage, before entering survival mode.

Sea Hawk · 06-30-09, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by BasilY

Sink as much as ammo's allow, go back to base for more torp.

You only have 2 years, at most three, to rack in the tonnage, before entering survival mode.

This is a sobering thought. Of coarse I would not have known this in real life.

I've just finished reading Iron Coffins. I dont know how any of them survived. I particularly noted the time when the only way he could get out of port was to rest on the sea bed untill the tide was travelling in the right direction to let his U-boat drift under the allied blockading ships!

I've not yet advanced beyond Dec 1939 in a career. If SH3/GWX is anything like reality then I am not surprized that no one ever survives the war in this game!

mookiemookie · 06-30-09, 07:11 AM

I let anything less than 3000 tons pass, unless I can use the deck gun.

sharkbit · 06-30-09, 08:45 AM

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Do I carry on as I am doing sinking every ship I find, or should save my torpedoes for when I reach my patrole square?

What do they say about a bird in the hand?

Sink 'em where you find them. Run out of eels and head home for more. I don't think Bdu will mind that you didn't make your patrol area.

Tonnage, tonnage, tonnage!

Ford Prefect · 06-30-09, 12:07 PM

If you're using GWX you can effectively ignore the patrol grid given as you gain nothing by going there.

Myself I usually sink what is put infront of me so long as it's worth while. Some stuff I consider too small to bother with so I just sneak by, anything else is in the danger zone.

Sailor Steve · 06-30-09, 12:17 PM

Why do they want you to go to your patrol grid in the first place? So you can show what a good sailor you are and how well you follow orders? No, they want you to go there and sink ships! If you manage to sink all the ships possible before you get there, so much the better!

Even in the stock game a heavy haul is better than the little renown you get for showing up where you're told. That was removed in GWX because you shouldn't recieve special notice just for doing what you're told.

Sink 'em all, as the Yankees say!

06-30-09, 07:11 AM	#3
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06-30-09, 12:17 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Why do they want you to go to your patrol grid in the first place? So you can show what a good sailor you are and how well you follow orders? No, they want you to go there and sink ships! If you manage to sink all the ships possible before you get there, so much the better! Even in the stock game a heavy haul is better than the little renown you get for showing up where you're told. That was removed in GWX because you shouldn't recieve special notice just for doing what you're told. Sink 'em all, as the Yankees say! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-29-09, 10:05 PM	#1
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Sink as much as ammo's allow, go back to base for more torp. You only have 2 years, at most three, to rack in the tonnage, before entering survival mode.

06-30-09, 12:07 PM	#5
Ford Prefect Planesman Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Posts: 184 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	If you're using GWX you can effectively ignore the patrol grid given as you gain nothing by going there. Myself I usually sink what is put infront of me so long as it's worth while. Some stuff I consider too small to bother with so I just sneak by, anything else is in the danger zone.