Where are the different ships?

[perky416]

Arghhhhhh how the hell do you defend against airplanes in GWX? I cant even do the training mission lol. It seems as though my flak gun is a pea shooter, i havent shot 1 plane out of the sky, getting one of the crew to man the flak has only shot 1 plane down.
Iv tried it about 4 times and now i feel like throwing my monitor out of the window lol.

[Jimbuna]

I'll give it a good home....I'll send you my address via PM

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by perky416

Arghhhhhh how the hell do you defend against airplanes in GWX? I cant even do the training mission lol. It seems as though my flak gun is a pea shooter, i havent shot 1 plane out of the sky, getting one of the crew to man the flak has only shot 1 plane down.
Iv tried it about 4 times and now i feel like throwing my monitor out of the window lol.

I was wondering if you'd get to the AA test in GWX. That's quite an eye opener, huh?

One of the things that GWX does to make the game more realistic is up the ante considerably when it comes to enemy aircraft. In RL they were a u-boat's worst nightmare, and there's no way a u-boat could've successfully fended off that many attacking aircraft. The AA training mission was made much more difficult to prepare you for the reality you'd be facing in real combat.

It's not impossible to shoot one down, or even two or three early in the war, depending on what type of plane it is and what weapons it has at its disposal... and how organized their attack plan is. And provided you are alerted to their presence in time. At least in the game, it can be done.

But most folks will tell you that the smartest thing to do when an enemy aircraft is around is dive as quickly as possible and hope they didn't spot you. Expecially as the war progresses and they are more likely to be equipped with radar and hunting you on purpose. By then they will know where you are long before you can see them coming, and when the come they will do so with both barrels blazin', so to speak.

[Schwieger]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I was wondering if you'd get to the AA test in GWX. That's quite an eye opener, huh?

One of the things that GWX does to make the game more realistic is up the ante considerably when it comes to enemy aircraft. In RL they were a u-boat's worst nightmare, and there's no way a u-boat could've successfully fended off that many attacking aircraft. The AA training mission was made much more difficult to prepare you for the reality you'd be facing in real combat.

It's not impossible to shoot one down, or even two or three early in the war, depending on what type of plane it is and what weapons it has at its disposal... and how organized their attack plan is. And provided you are alerted to their presence in time. At least in the game, it can be done.

But most folks will tell you that the smartest thing to do when an enemy aircraft is around is dive as quickly as possible and hope they didn't spot you. Expecially as the war progresses and they are more likely to be equipped with radar and hunting you on purpose. By then they will know where you are long before you can see them coming, and when the come they will do so with both barrels blazin', so to speak.

I didn't even seriously bother with the AA training mission. Loaded up WSM 3.0 and let the Graf Spee shoot down the planes

But on a more serious note, the planes are a real menace. Nowhere is safe... been killed a few miles outside of port by them before where its not exactly safe to "crash" dive

[eryan762mm]

in stock sh3 i rarely saw any large ships, rarely...when i put in gwx3, after a few patrols, i was sailing north of england, hugging the coast, and then i spotted two battleships, two! totally unescorted, i managed to sink both of them and get away...idk if it was just a freak accident i managed to find em, but all i know is gwx has drastically increased my sightings of larger military vessels

[the.terrabyte.pirate]

Originally Posted by perky416

Arghhhhhh how the hell do you defend against airplanes in GWX? I cant even do the training mission lol. It seems as though my flak gun is a pea shooter, i havent shot 1 plane out of the sky, getting one of the crew to man the flak has only shot 1 plane down.
Iv tried it about 4 times and now i feel like throwing my monitor out of the window lol.

My trick was to let my deck officer and a rating man the gun, set to target all aircraft incoming only. I concentrated of steering the boat in mad, sharp turns at high speed to avoid the bombs and bullets. By manning the gun yourself you find the boat tends to go in nice predictable straight lines, and your men turn into aircraft fodder.

I passed... barely, but didn't lose a man.