Getting a bit tired of not finding any ships on the open seas.

[JoeCorrado]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Let me know what year/area you are on patrol in and I will try to suggest where to find the traffic.

Early war- patrolling where I would expect to find tons of traffic.

First patrol was East China Sea Patrolled along the area North and East of Formosa where the RSRD-TMO convoy route map showed two routes converging- went the entire patrol with not a single ship spotted. Sonar appear to be working OK because as my fuel ran short, I decided to attack one of the Okinawa ports the patrol craft were detected properly.

Ditto for the second Patrol except I was tasked with Paroling the shipping lanes to the East of Formosa. I hung around the Southern Tip of the Island patrolling southward approx. 80 miles and along the shipping lanes running to the NE. Again, nothing. Very frustrating to creep into a port and make a raid there. Feels like I am admitting failure to find my stated target- merchant shipping.

Of course I would have been pleased to bump into a task force or something but so far as shipping goes- I am all alone on the sea. Plenty of aircraft - in my second patrol, I felt that I was def in the right spot- had to dive a total of 15 times to avoid enemy air patrols.

Not sure what is up- I had been away from the game for an extended period and have just begun playing again- the reason I deleted TMO and did a fresh instal of SH4 was because I got to feeling like something was broken. All equipment works properly if I test it with a single mission with known targets.

All patroling and no engagements makes Joe a dull boy.