Sending contact Reports..

MENTAT · 07-01-07, 03:50 PM

Is that fraggin option does actually anything?

I see no benefit in sending a contact report so far?

danlisa · 07-01-07, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MENTAT

Is that fraggin option does actually anything?

I see no benefit in sending a contact report so far?

If you are within range of a friendly airbase you will recieve air support. You may even recieve ship support is there are any friendly's close by.(I have not experienced this)

Air support will only assist you based on a percentage chance. Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you're not.

Brag · 07-01-07, 04:40 PM

Now, we have 2 options for contact reports.

In-game: contact reports may bring action by the Luftwaffe or other U-boats.

The Spinnennetz (see sticky thread). Your E-mailed contact reports are entered into the intel map. You can use the intel map to plan your patrol.

On my present patrol down to the Gulf of Guinea, I've ran into lots of good traffic, whereas before the intel map, it was like sailing on an empty ocean.

Location:
http://www.operationspinnennetz.isaf.us/

Look it up, and good hunting

GoldenRivet · 07-01-07, 05:17 PM

In GWX in an early career i have had my skin saved in the North sea when i was being fired at by a destroyer at long range... fired off a contact report through the radio man and crash dived... after the DD made a few near miss depth charge runs i noticed 4 bombers approaching... "wonderful - he brought friends" i thought.

on closer inspection (i was using external camera at the time) i discovered that these were in fact condor bombers. they dived on him and dropped several bombs sinking him.

thus i escaped certain death in the shallows of the north sea by firing off a quick contact report.

on another occasion i was in a Type II long ago... no deck gun and had used my last torpedo on a large merchant... he wasnt sinking and i had no way of bringing him down, called in the report and stuka dive bombers made short work of him... and i still got credit for the sinking!

i think in stock SH3 contact reports do little for you...

but i have noticed recently that i have been sending contact reports in the atlantic near the azores and have seen on more than one occasion 4 german U-boats come patrolling out of nowhere in search of convoys... they never found the convoy, but at least they made an effort!

MENTAT · 07-02-07, 02:43 AM

so how long does it take for them to respond?

I used my last torp to a merchant once and he didnt sink but was disabled. (0 Knots) I sent for a contact report, nothing happened.. I waited there for a support or something but it was difficult to wait as attack TC only allows 32x.

So it is a tiring business to wait there considering they also send distress call and can soon find some hurricanes on top of you.

If someone explains the working mechanics of this feature, we can surely make better
use of it.

ichso · 07-02-07, 04:46 AM

Didn't I read somewhere around here that sending in contact reports gives you some renown points too ?
Or is that wrong ?

07-02-07, 07:02 AM

The only thing I ever got out of sending a contact report was a polite and curt thank you from BDu, nothing more nothing less. Although I have never had the chance to receive any air support from Goering's fly boys, I've always been too far out in the Atlantic when sending one, and too far away from any Luftwaffe bases

07-01-07, 03:50 PM	#1
MENTAT Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mediterranean Posts: 156 Downloads: 220 Uploads: 0	Sending contact Reports.. Is that fraggin option does actually anything? I see no benefit in sending a contact report so far? __________________ Games are never finished. They are abandoned.

07-01-07, 04:40 PM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Now, we have 2 options for contact reports. In-game: contact reports may bring action by the Luftwaffe or other U-boats. The Spinnennetz (see sticky thread). Your E-mailed contact reports are entered into the intel map. You can use the intel map to plan your patrol. On my present patrol down to the Gulf of Guinea, I've ran into lots of good traffic, whereas before the intel map, it was like sailing on an empty ocean. Location: http://www.operationspinnennetz.isaf.us/ Look it up, and good hunting __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

07-01-07, 05:17 PM	#4
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	In GWX in an early career i have had my skin saved in the North sea when i was being fired at by a destroyer at long range... fired off a contact report through the radio man and crash dived... after the DD made a few near miss depth charge runs i noticed 4 bombers approaching... "wonderful - he brought friends" i thought. on closer inspection (i was using external camera at the time) i discovered that these were in fact condor bombers. they dived on him and dropped several bombs sinking him. thus i escaped certain death in the shallows of the north sea by firing off a quick contact report. on another occasion i was in a Type II long ago... no deck gun and had used my last torpedo on a large merchant... he wasnt sinking and i had no way of bringing him down, called in the report and stuka dive bombers made short work of him... and i still got credit for the sinking! i think in stock SH3 contact reports do little for you... but i have noticed recently that i have been sending contact reports in the atlantic near the azores and have seen on more than one occasion 4 german U-boats come patrolling out of nowhere in search of convoys... they never found the convoy, but at least they made an effort! __________________

07-02-07, 02:43 AM	#5
MENTAT Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mediterranean Posts: 156 Downloads: 220 Uploads: 0	so how long does it take for them to respond? I used my last torp to a merchant once and he didnt sink but was disabled. (0 Knots) I sent for a contact report, nothing happened.. I waited there for a support or something but it was difficult to wait as attack TC only allows 32x. So it is a tiring business to wait there considering they also send distress call and can soon find some hurricanes on top of you. If someone explains the working mechanics of this feature, we can surely make better use of it. __________________ Games are never finished. They are abandoned.

07-02-07, 04:46 AM	#6
ichso Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germany's oldest city alive Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	Didn't I read somewhere around here that sending in contact reports gives you some renown points too ? Or is that wrong ? __________________ My Subskins: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=164169

07-02-07, 07:02 AM	#7
Goose_green Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	The only thing I ever got out of sending a contact report was a polite and curt thank you from BDu, nothing more nothing less. Although I have never had the chance to receive any air support from Goering's fly boys, I've always been too far out in the Atlantic when sending one, and too far away from any Luftwaffe bases