As much as i enjoy type 9's......

[Castout]

I hate type IXs they're big hence easy to detect via active sonar and they turn veryyyy slo o o o o o o o o o o o o o o ow. Plus their underwater performance is poor(poor speed). And yeah almost forgot their dive time is miserable and they got noticed a lot further by her enemy hence you need to give longer underwater chase.

No wonder about your career results with type IXs

I prefer type VIIB/C they're fast)even faster with upgraded engine albeit with the cost in range), small enough to avoid active sonar(especially with sonar coating) and they're agile(fast dive time, turn faster). It's perfect

[Morts]

Originally Posted by Castout

I hate type IXs they're big hence easy to detect via active sonar and they turn veryyyy slo o o o o o o o o o o o o o o ow. Plus their underwater performance is poor(poor speed). And yeah almost forgot their dive time is miserable and they got noticed a lot further by her enemy hence you need to give longer underwater chase.

No wonder about your career results with type IXs

you VII fanatic


if you know how to handle a type IX boat
its a piece of cake to get through depth charge attacks or plane attacks or whatever
but if you dont know how to handle the boat (seems like you dont)
you're going straight to the bottom

and ducimus
IX types werent s'posed to attack convoys but act alone

[Mooncatt]

yeah i dont like the bigger boats either big margin of error for the dds when they dc you. i go as far as a IXB no bigger

[mookiemookie]

I've slowly turned into a Type IX convert myself. If you love attacking convoys in the same few grid squares in the North Atlantic, by all means go for your Type VII. If you like to be sent who knows where and have new adventures in exotic locales, then the Type IX is for you.

I do notice the longer dive times on the Type IX's, but I never noticed the slower underwater speed. A half a knot on top underwater speed doesn't really matter to me, as I never really use top speed underwater anyways.

[stabiz]

I have been playing online alot lately, and my mate always use the IXD2 (although I told him he was a tonnage-tosser), so I started using it sometimes because he was getting all the tonnage before I could reload.

I dont like it, its too easy to mess up late war convoys when two(or more) boats are pumped full of Falke`s. And - as Ducimus says - its so big! I actually think an oil rig could dive faster!

Next time I`m gonna insist on using VII`s with only one rear Falke.

I like the IX-class, dont get me wrong, but when the kitchen gets hot nothing beats the Formula 1-agility of the VII!

PS: I must admit I grinned when we attacked a Task Force last night. He killed off a few DD`s and a Carrier with his 5000 Falke`s, and subsequently got blown to bits while trying to crash dive at 1mph. I got away in My VIIC with approx the same tonnage after a while, but alive.

[STEED]

Us IX Captains get to see the world so stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

[danurve]

Guys;

You know why IX skippers are so grumpy?
It's all the money they spend. No, not like renown but on a 2nd. computer.
One for the game, and the other to browse the forum while waiting for their IX to dive. :rotfl:

[High Voltage]

Originally Posted by STEED

Us IX Captains get to see the world so stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

Yeah, namely the ocean floor... 3000feet straight down!