What are Kaleuns personal best Gross Register Tonnage?

jimmyjam25 · 06-25-12, 08:34 PM

How long did you last? When did you start career? What realism level?

jimmyjam25 · 06-26-12, 02:53 AM

No one?

Jimbuna · 06-26-12, 03:04 AM

Okay...during the development and testing stages of TGW and GWX, 2, 2.1, 3 I have sank millions of tons and had careers that have lasted anywhere between a few hours and the entire length of the war.

No hope for me I guess

VONHARRIS · 06-26-12, 04:27 AM

Back in the old days with auto targeting , no duds , no realism packs I had scored 185K tons in a single patrol

Sailor Steve · 06-26-12, 07:49 AM

I personally have always objected to tonnage comparisons, because it is possible in any game to achieve records that make the real-life kaleuns green with envy. I personally try to play as close to historical patterns as I can, which means I have had more than one patrol end with no tonnage at all, and I consider 25,000 tons to be exceptional, my average probably being around 5000 per patrol.

madflava13 · 06-26-12, 08:31 AM

I just finished my first war patrol since "rediscovering" SH3... First patrol after hostilities commenced, in U-45 VIIB - Just over 29,000 tons, 6 ships. I hit (and probably sank) a passenger cargo, but lost it in the fog when I had to evade two nearby warships coming to her aid. I also hit an ore carrier on my way home, but the one torp I had left wasn't enough to put her under. Wish we got renown for damage! I tend to play more historically as well - most of the tonnage this trip was one ship - a 10,000 ton large cargo vessel in the St. George's Channel.

Dive! Dive! Dive! · 06-26-12, 09:11 AM

I don't get much most patrols but every little while I get a really good patrol. One time I sank a huge convoy. Put a few eels in the escorts and the rest were easy pickings. There must have been atleast 10-20K tons.

Hangman · 06-26-12, 03:07 PM

I'm sitting mid to late 1940, VIIB, 54% realizm (I think, haven't had the chance to play for three weeks now but it's constantly on the stages of my mind).
You could say I cheat, or at least I know in the real world they didn't put an eel into a merchant then surface and finish it off with the deck gun. Anything under 4k I hit only with the deck gun. So if I remember correctly, I'm at roughly 140k tonnage with 4 eels left and probably not enough fuel to return home afterwards.
I'll have to run slow until the batteries are charged, then run at 30m until the air or batteries are depleted, then recharge and go again. Does anyone have a great way of getting from the western approaches back to Wilmshaven on fumes?

Don't answer that, I'm not going to hijack this thread.

Halgarre · 06-26-12, 03:50 PM

My first patrol playing with GWX 3.0 and DiD. I sank around 18k and was RTB Rounding the Shetlands I met a Black Swan.

jimmyjam25 · 06-27-12, 02:11 AM

Nice work Kaleuns! Up to my 20th patrol and have over 360,000 GRT. Yeah I know a number like this is unrealistic but Its fun trying to sink everything you possibly can. Much respect to the guys who play it as real as possible though.

Sailor Steve · 06-27-12, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jimmyjam25

Nice work Kaleuns! Up to my 20th patrol and have over 360,000 GRT. Yeah I know a number like this is unrealistic but Its fun trying to sink everything you possibly can. Much respect to the guys who play it as real as possible though.

Sometimes it's a matter of experience. I used to try to set high tonnage scores, but it was 1987 and the game was Silent Service. After twenty-five years of playing subsims I guess I got bored with just playing the games. My happiest moments are sailing out of port and looking at all the cool sights.

Hylander_1314 · 06-27-12, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I personally have always objected to tonnage comparisons, because it is possible in any game to achieve records that make the real-life kaleuns green with envy. I personally try to play as close to historical patterns as I can, which means I have had more than one patrol end with no tonnage at all, and I consider 25,000 tons to be exceptional, my average probably being around 5000 per patrol.

What he said.

19Herr_Rapp86 · 06-27-12, 07:28 AM

202000GRT. Play style. I do 8 patrols at a time, then start the game at a later year, do another 8, etc.

les green01 · 06-27-12, 09:37 AM

general i really don't go for the tonnage more for history to me most patrols if i get 10k im just being lucky couple patrols i did sink a battleship one time and another patrol two cruisers usual play maybe five patrols six during a career thought about doing a story where i under another captain then get my owned boat maybe one day i'll make it though the whole game just to said i did it

Shameus · 06-28-12, 09:10 AM

At 78% of realism.

Atm its 27 of november 1939 and I have 29t BRT. If only I could catch up that convoy and get rid of escort bombing me all time...

I just do orders of BDU, so I stick to the area they want me to partol - well, not all seas are fish punds

06-25-12, 08:34 PM	#1
jimmyjam25 Soundman Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 146 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	What are Kaleuns personal best Gross Register Tonnage? How long did you last? When did you start career? What realism level?

06-26-12, 03:04 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,196 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Okay...during the development and testing stages of TGW and GWX, 2, 2.1, 3 I have sank millions of tons and had careers that have lasted anywhere between a few hours and the entire length of the war. No hope for me I guess __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-26-12, 07:49 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I personally have always objected to tonnage comparisons, because it is possible in any game to achieve records that make the real-life kaleuns green with envy. I personally try to play as close to historical patterns as I can, which means I have had more than one patrol end with no tonnage at all, and I consider 25,000 tons to be exceptional, my average probably being around 5000 per patrol. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-26-12, 08:31 AM	#6
madflava13 Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bryn Mawr, PA Posts: 8 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I just finished my first war patrol since "rediscovering" SH3... First patrol after hostilities commenced, in U-45 VIIB - Just over 29,000 tons, 6 ships. I hit (and probably sank) a passenger cargo, but lost it in the fog when I had to evade two nearby warships coming to her aid. I also hit an ore carrier on my way home, but the one torp I had left wasn't enough to put her under. Wish we got renown for damage! I tend to play more historically as well - most of the tonnage this trip was one ship - a 10,000 ton large cargo vessel in the St. George's Channel. __________________ The Paraguayan Air Force\'s request for spraying subsidies was not as Paraguayan as it were...

06-26-12, 09:11 AM	#7
Dive! Dive! Dive! Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2012 Location: In a sub Posts: 122 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	I don't get much most patrols but every little while I get a really good patrol. One time I sank a huge convoy. Put a few eels in the escorts and the rest were easy pickings. There must have been atleast 10-20K tons. __________________ "Herr Kaleun, we have ran aground!"

06-26-12, 02:53 AM	#2
jimmyjam25 Soundman Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 146 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	No one?

06-26-12, 04:27 AM	#4
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Back in the old days with auto targeting , no duds , no realism packs I had scored 185K tons in a single patrol

06-26-12, 03:07 PM	#8
Hangman Bosun Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: North of the 37th Parallel Posts: 68 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I'm sitting mid to late 1940, VIIB, 54% realizm (I think, haven't had the chance to play for three weeks now but it's constantly on the stages of my mind). You could say I cheat, or at least I know in the real world they didn't put an eel into a merchant then surface and finish it off with the deck gun. Anything under 4k I hit only with the deck gun. So if I remember correctly, I'm at roughly 140k tonnage with 4 eels left and probably not enough fuel to return home afterwards. I'll have to run slow until the batteries are charged, then run at 30m until the air or batteries are depleted, then recharge and go again. Does anyone have a great way of getting from the western approaches back to Wilmshaven on fumes? Don't answer that, I'm not going to hijack this thread. __________________ Hangman

06-26-12, 03:50 PM	#9
Halgarre Shore leave Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Tennessee, below the thermocline Posts: 70 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	My first patrol playing with GWX 3.0 and DiD. I sank around 18k and was RTB Rounding the Shetlands I met a Black Swan. __________________ U-33, Missing, presumed lost. U-105, Starting 4th patrol.

06-27-12, 02:11 AM	#10
jimmyjam25 Soundman Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 146 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Nice work Kaleuns! Up to my 20th patrol and have over 360,000 GRT. Yeah I know a number like this is unrealistic but Its fun trying to sink everything you possibly can. Much respect to the guys who play it as real as possible though.

06-27-12, 07:28 AM	#13
19Herr_Rapp86 Lieutenant Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ellinwood, Kansas Posts: 260 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	202000GRT. Play style. I do 8 patrols at a time, then start the game at a later year, do another 8, etc. __________________ Kapitanleutnant Rapp, Kommandant U-45

06-27-12, 09:37 AM	#14
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,784 Downloads: 1416 Uploads: 0	general i really don't go for the tonnage more for history to me most patrols if i get 10k im just being lucky couple patrols i did sink a battleship one time and another patrol two cruisers usual play maybe five patrols six during a career thought about doing a story where i under another captain then get my owned boat maybe one day i'll make it though the whole game just to said i did it __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

06-28-12, 09:10 AM	#15
Shameus Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 9 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	At 78% of realism. Atm its 27 of november 1939 and I have 29t BRT. If only I could catch up that convoy and get rid of escort bombing me all time... I just do orders of BDU, so I stick to the area they want me to partol - well, not all seas are fish punds