Your favourite hunting grounds

Jimbuna · 04-16-10, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

I cant stress enough how lucrative the BF grids are,esp BF11-BF14

Problem being it's not very realistic 'haunting' the same area ad infinitum and it certainly soon turns tedius and boring.

Sail the seas....see the world.

I joined the navy to see the world
But what did I see
I saw the sea

AgentToreno · 04-16-10, 12:40 PM

I really like the area ESE of Scapa Flow and up near the Shetland.

Patrol #2 had me sailing to AN41 (I stuck around the upper left corner of AN41, almost touching AN16) with my Type IIA. Busted a small freighter, then nailed an ore carrier about 2 hours after the freighter blew bubbles. I have only 2 torpedoes left now, but every couple hours another ship drifts by. I'm holding out for another ore ship if possible before I RTB. After sailing here from Kiel, patrolling some days, and chasing 2 ships down, I still have enough fuel to put on a fiery Rammstein concert all the way back to port. Still waiting on the VII to hit the market so I can haul more ordinance with all this fuel..

I haven't seen any convoy action there (yet), but the singles come from multiple directions so you *can* be picky. Sink a ship, and you can have your batteries and air replenished by the time another comes. Just stay under during the day until you get a hit on the hydrophone, then scope for planes before you surface to intercept.

While intercepting a ship, I was able to mark about 14 observations with 3min 15sec between each one, totally unmolested by aircraft or warships.. And that was done while surfaced in daylight. In other words, time is on your side. Even with a nasty 200 AOB and 4500m distance, you got plenty of time to overtake -> calculate/turn 90 -> submerge -> close the distance and LOS!

BUT: Keep in mind this is October '39, so results will vary if your war is more progressed than my war.

04-16-10, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I joined the navy to see the world
But what did I see
I saw the sea

I saw The Atlantic and The Pacific,
but The Atlantic wasn't romantic,
and The Pacific wasn't what it's cut out to be.

Sailing, sailing . . . . . .

Canovaro · 04-17-10, 04:34 AM

Hunting grounds?
I have all the answers

krashkart · 04-17-10, 07:56 AM

Before I added GWX to the mix, I would make a complete loop around Britain. Now I can't do that, so for the most part right now I'm trolling around for the new sweetspots.

When it's outright action I'm looking for, I fire up my uber-godmode mods and hit the areas I set aside for cannon fodder.

04-17-10, 07:56 AM	#5
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Before I added GWX to the mix, I would make a complete loop around Britain. Now I can't do that, so for the most part right now I'm trolling around for the new sweetspots. When it's outright action I'm looking for, I fire up my uber-godmode mods and hit the areas I set aside for cannon fodder. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

04-16-10, 12:40 PM	#2
AgentToreno Watch Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 26 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I really like the area ESE of Scapa Flow and up near the Shetland. Patrol #2 had me sailing to AN41 (I stuck around the upper left corner of AN41, almost touching AN16) with my Type IIA. Busted a small freighter, then nailed an ore carrier about 2 hours after the freighter blew bubbles. I have only 2 torpedoes left now, but every couple hours another ship drifts by. I'm holding out for another ore ship if possible before I RTB. After sailing here from Kiel, patrolling some days, and chasing 2 ships down, I still have enough fuel to put on a fiery Rammstein concert all the way back to port. Still waiting on the VII to hit the market so I can haul more ordinance with all this fuel.. I haven't seen any convoy action there (yet), but the singles come from multiple directions so you can be picky. Sink a ship, and you can have your batteries and air replenished by the time another comes. Just stay under during the day until you get a hit on the hydrophone, then scope for planes before you surface to intercept. While intercepting a ship, I was able to mark about 14 observations with 3min 15sec between each one, totally unmolested by aircraft or warships.. And that was done while surfaced in daylight. In other words, time is on your side. Even with a nasty 200 AOB and 4500m distance, you got plenty of time to overtake -> calculate/turn 90 -> submerge -> close the distance and LOS! BUT: Keep in mind this is October '39, so results will vary if your war is more progressed than my war.

04-17-10, 04:34 AM	#4
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Hunting grounds? I have all the answers