How Depressing... - Page 2

rls669 · 07-26-08, 08:20 PM

In GWX 2.1 I took my XXI through the Channel in summer of 1944 for her maiden voyage -- and obliterated a heavily escorted convoy along the way. I guess I was lucky I didn't hit a mine but the destroyers weren't any worse than normal. Of course a XXI with a nice assortment of homing torpedoes didn't hurt.

I also got way, way too near the east coast of England in a IXD2 the patrol before that, following a convoy report I received as I transited the North Sea out of Bergen. 15m/s wind and huge waves must make for poor sonar conditions in 40m of water, as I escaped (to my utter amazement). I think every square meter of the sea in a 10km radius got hedgehogged during that debacle. Just not (quite) at the exact same time I was occupying it

So late war Channel forays are survivable . . . if not exactly recommended.

msalama · 07-27-08, 04:55 AM

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No way, under no circumstances I would choose to go through that damned channel with GWX

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Tried that once. Won't try again.

Yup, take the long way around and survive is what I say too - plenty of tonnage there as well if you know where to look

Jimbuna · 07-27-08, 06:24 AM

STAY OUT OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL!!

rifleman13 · 07-27-08, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

STAY OUT OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL!!

Crossing the ENGLISH CHANNEL = INSANITY = DEATH = FRUSTRATION in the GAME, ESPECIALLY if you have LONG, SUCCESSFUL DiD CAREERS

07-27-08, 06:24 AM	#18
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	STAY OUT OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-26-08, 08:20 PM	#16
rls669 Torpedoman Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 117 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In GWX 2.1 I took my XXI through the Channel in summer of 1944 for her maiden voyage -- and obliterated a heavily escorted convoy along the way. I guess I was lucky I didn't hit a mine but the destroyers weren't any worse than normal. Of course a XXI with a nice assortment of homing torpedoes didn't hurt. I also got way, way too near the east coast of England in a IXD2 the patrol before that, following a convoy report I received as I transited the North Sea out of Bergen. 15m/s wind and huge waves must make for poor sonar conditions in 40m of water, as I escaped (to my utter amazement). I think every square meter of the sea in a 10km radius got hedgehogged during that debacle. Just not (quite) at the exact same time I was occupying it So late war Channel forays are survivable . . . if not exactly recommended.