Sync saves / Empty patrol.

[HW3]

I found an AMC about half way between Iceland and the Faroe Islands in very early Jan 40. Sank it and that satisfied the intercept task force requirement.

[Saintaw]

I must be doing something wrong, there are little to no cargo in this area either.

I am patrolling the funnel north of Loch Ewe, there is supposed to be a route there that leads to Reykjavík. I found a lone light merchant and sunk it with joy, but other than that... there is a dozen destroyers, a few patrol crafts and a brazilion trawlers.

Like I said, I usually travel about 40Km, do a 50m dive, go slow and listen manually to the hydrophone. I usually do about 3 revolutions, marking all the targets I can find. Surface, do another surface run and so on. Do I need to stay longer?Go deeper?


I have resorted to hunting lone destroyers (It's still early Feb 40, so I know this won't last long). While it certainly is interesting WRT the fear factor, it feels quite gamey and I know I won't be doing this for long.

PS: I resorted to the external cam, had a look at Loch Ewe, it's empty.

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by Saintaw

I must be doing something wrong, there are little to no cargo in this area either.

I am patrolling the funnel north of Loch Ewe, there is supposed to be a route there that leads to Reykjavík. I found a lone light merchant and sunk it with joy, but other than that... there is a dozen destroyers, a few patrol crafts and a brazilion trawlers.

Like I said, I usually travel about 40Km, do a 50m dive, go slow and listen manually to the hydrophone. I usually do about 3 revolutions, marking all the targets I can find. Surface, do another surface run and so on. Do I need to stay longer?Go deeper?


I have resorted to hunting lone destroyers (It's still early Feb 40, so I know this won't last long). While it certainly is interesting WRT the fear factor, it feels quite gamey and I know I won't be doing this for long.

PS: I resorted to the external cam, had a look at Loch Ewe, it's empty.

So, about what time period without encountered traffic we are talking about here? 7,8 or maybe 10 days or more? Are you sure that you're playing with TWoS,(post a picture of your JSGME please)

Loch Ewe shouldn't be completely empty but in some ports I have indeed "thinned" the number of docked units in order to discourage unrealistic and exploitable harbor raid attempts.

[Saintaw]

Well, it all went up and downhill this morning; I picked up my last save and 10 minutes later, I found two nice fat ships getting out of Loch Ewe...promptly sank both of them, fled north...only to be spotted by a patrolcraft. When I submerged, it kept circling right above me...until a destroyer showed up, pinged me and I ended up with light damage and managed to escape through my teeth. I am now limping back home, conning tower is kaput, but I'm still floating. I of course crossed path with at least two ships on my way back, grrr

* Do these patrolcrafts have a sonar? I swear it was following me even though I was 90m deep.

Do ships spawn at a certain hour? I swear Loch Ewe was empty before and when I 'spied' on it at around 6AM, I noticed a few ships hidden behind nets. (I am no fool, I won't go near that killzone...). I was thinking this could be a cause why I didn't spot anything before that?

Nothing fancy mod wise, here is my JSGME screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/cy4zL

Edit: Time with no sightings was about 5 days (Wilhelmshaven -> Loch Ewe at Speed #2, with a bit of lollygagging north of it)

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by Saintaw

Well, it all went up and downhill this morning; I picked up my last save and 10 minutes later, I found two nice fat ships getting out of Loch Ewe...promptly sank both of them, fled north...only to be spotted by a patrolcraft. When I submerged, it kept circling right above me...until a destroyer showed up, pinged me and I ended up with light damage and managed to escape through my teeth. I am now limping back home, conning tower is kaput, but I'm still floating. I of course crossed path with at least two ships on my way back, grrr

I told you...happy hunting!

[Saintaw]

Just found the Royal Sovereign battleship, it now sits at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, I successfully escaped the angry wasp nest found thereafter.