Ever have one of them days?

minute · 04-24-07, 07:10 AM

Well, two torpedo hits will do quite some damage even on a heavily armored battleship... it will need to stay in repairs for a long time to come... which means it's as good as sunk for any high seas operations.

rb4door · 04-24-07, 08:31 AM

further ironies, I swear this game is vindictive. The more ships you sink in a convoy, its almost like the game wont let you survive. I just got a record haul for ships sunk in one crack at a convoy - sure enough, depth charged and sank to my grave

Herr Russ · 04-24-07, 08:43 AM

Playing patched vanilla.. If I hit a convoy early enough & I have a full belly of eels, sometimes I pick off the escorts one by one and then have the convoy to myself.. It's not for the weak of heart skippers though... I can usually get 2 or 3 before they start looking for me. My record is 8 escorts for one convoy, including 2 Black Swans. I was in an IXC and finished off the rest of the convoy with the remaining eels and deck gun.. That patrol was 109K tons..

Good Hunting..

Brag · 04-24-07, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by rb4door

further ironies, I swear this game is vindictive. The more ships you sink in a convoy, its almost like the game wont let you survive. I just got a record haul for ships sunk in one crack at a convoy - sure enough, depth charged and sank to my grave

You were too busy sinking them instead of escaping after a reasonable haul. Target greed will kill you every time.

And, yup, have had plenty of frustrations. Such is life of the U-boot commander.

rb4door · 04-24-07, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rb4door

further ironies, I swear this game is vindictive. The more ships you sink in a convoy, its almost like the game wont let you survive. I just got a record haul for ships sunk in one crack at a convoy - sure enough, depth charged and sank to my grave

You were too busy sinking them instead of escaping after a reasonable haul. Target greed will kill you every time.

And, yup, have had plenty of frustrations. Such is life of the U-boot commander.

you're right - I did get greedy - my reload crew had it down to 6 minutes per tube, so while I was halfway down the stairs to 200 meters I was still in the middle of the convoy, I couldnt resist coming up for another go. This led to my first experience with the glass breaking noise & the electrical shorting out sound. Not something I want to hear again!

04-24-07, 07:10 AM	#1
minute Loader Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 87 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well, two torpedo hits will do quite some damage even on a heavily armored battleship... it will need to stay in repairs for a long time to come... which means it's as good as sunk for any high seas operations.

04-24-07, 08:31 AM	#2
rb4door Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St Naz Posts: 129 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	further ironies, I swear this game is vindictive. The more ships you sink in a convoy, its almost like the game wont let you survive. I just got a record haul for ships sunk in one crack at a convoy - sure enough, depth charged and sank to my grave

04-24-07, 08:43 AM	#3
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Playing patched vanilla.. If I hit a convoy early enough & I have a full belly of eels, sometimes I pick off the escorts one by one and then have the convoy to myself.. It's not for the weak of heart skippers though... I can usually get 2 or 3 before they start looking for me. My record is 8 escorts for one convoy, including 2 Black Swans. I was in an IXC and finished off the rest of the convoy with the remaining eels and deck gun.. That patrol was 109K tons.. Good Hunting..