What is the point of status reports?

01-08-07, 11:30 AM

I send patrol reports for two reasons: one is to simulate reality, the other is when I'm out of fish and haven't reached my patrol area (or haven't been there the entire 24 hours yet) and so can be officially told I can return to port.

As for contact reports, I send them out of realism, too, although I've noticed with GWX that I'll actually see real responses to contact reports other than having the Luftwaffe show up. My last patrol I'd shadowed a convoy after expending all my torpedoes, and send a contact report every 12 hours. After my second one, after a few hours I actually saw appear on my nav map the convoy I was shadowing, with the actual course, speed and location where it was!

I would have loved to see if other U-boats had shown up after a while, but unfortunately I lost contact later that night and couldn't re-establish contact with it.

*edit: I do wish we got more understanding responses to our patrol reports, especially when I've been hammered to heck, my boat is falling apart and I'm still told to be 'more aggressive'!

Iron Budokan · 01-08-07, 01:34 PM

I send patrol reports for the immersion factor.

Brag · 01-08-07, 03:41 PM

I send status reports so that I don't need to add up my tonnage

VipertheSniper · 01-08-07, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Brag

I send status reports so that I don't need to add up my tonnage

I did send status reports in AoD to get ordered to the next milkcow when I was out of torpedoes, I shadowed convoys and reported their position until a big enough wolfpack was waiting and I got orders to attack, but in SH3 it's not of much use, vanilla that is. Haven't tried so far in GWX, but from various reports I've read, there'll also be wolfpacks coming. I wonder if I wouldn't have enough fuel to get back to Kiel, but enough to get to Cadiz if I would get orders to sail to the Thalia supply vessel?

Lanzfeld · 01-08-07, 04:50 PM

I sent one a day at 2100 (German Submarine Time...not local time) so the Lion can get the big picture of his wolves.

Realism baby.

01-08-07, 05:21 PM

This is a result of my sending in a contact report:

Half a day later the convoy I was shadowing, and had sent the report in for, appeared. Yay!

andy_311 · 01-08-07, 07:08 PM

I hardly ever send a report unless Im out or torpedos,Now saying that if a uboat in RL didn't send a report in how long would it be before she was listed as missing or overdue?

Syxx_Killer · 01-08-07, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Brag

I send status reports so that I don't need to add up my tonnage

hehe I've done that before. That's about the only time I send a status report. If BdU doesn't ask, I won't reply. I maintain a strict order of radio silence. Don't know if it matters in the game or not, but I'm not willing to take a chance. Plus, it's just useless.

01-08-07, 01:34 PM	#2
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01-08-07, 03:41 PM	#3
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01-08-07, 11:30 AM	#1
Albrecht Von Hesse Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I send patrol reports for two reasons: one is to simulate reality, the other is when I'm out of fish and haven't reached my patrol area (or haven't been there the entire 24 hours yet) and so can be officially told I can return to port. As for contact reports, I send them out of realism, too, although I've noticed with GWX that I'll actually see real responses to contact reports other than having the Luftwaffe show up. My last patrol I'd shadowed a convoy after expending all my torpedoes, and send a contact report every 12 hours. After my second one, after a few hours I actually saw appear on my nav map the convoy I was shadowing, with the actual course, speed and location where it was! I would have loved to see if other U-boats had shown up after a while, but unfortunately I lost contact later that night and couldn't re-establish contact with it. *edit: I do wish we got more understanding responses to our patrol reports, especially when I've been hammered to heck, my boat is falling apart and I'm still told to be 'more aggressive'!

01-08-07, 04:50 PM	#5
Lanzfeld Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Tripoli, PA Posts: 994 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	I sent one a day at 2100 (German Submarine Time...not local time) so the Lion can get the big picture of his wolves. Realism baby.

01-08-07, 05:21 PM	#6
Albrecht Von Hesse Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	This is a result of my sending in a contact report: Half a day later the convoy I was shadowing, and had sent the report in for, appeared. Yay!

01-08-07, 07:08 PM	#7
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	I hardly ever send a report unless Im out or torpedos,Now saying that if a uboat in RL didn't send a report in how long would it be before she was listed as missing or overdue?