Do you have to return to base?

[Camaero]

You have to RTB! The whole point of patrols is not to get tonnage... but to make it back alive! All kinds of stuff can happen on your return home. Just cause you fired off your last torp doesn't mean you are out of the fire just yet.

On a side note, who looks for Francoise (sp?) in those buildings while departing? I sure do! :hmm:

[Ducimus]

I only return to base properly on two occasions:

1.) Im trying to advance the game clock. I dont want to be in 1940 forever.

2.) I still have a deck gun to use on the single merchants. Cant attack a convoy, but i still got shells to lob over at tommy. Of course this is coming from a captain who sinks everything red. If i track a sound contact and pop the scope and it turns out to be a fishing boat, tug, or trawler - he gets a broadside of AA guns and heavy flak.


Otherwise no, dont have to return to base and its not really worth it.

[Lane]

Did not return to base Kiel here what happen
I was off the coast of Norway just south of AN 29 was down to 7 torps
and fuel was getting close to 50% Weather was stormy, lighting and Rain.
So I though wonder if I pulled in to Kristiansand which is our port now
and see if weather would clear pulled into harbor and rain seem less
but visibility was very bad bridge said warship " Sir ' Looked to rear
and her comes a German destroyer type 34 heading in to port out of storm. So I follow the DD into the docks Visibilty still very low.
Saw another DD 34 at anchor. pulled up next to dock and saw all kinds
of folks on dock's Raining like cat's and dogs and they did not have any rain gear on :rotfl: saw on guy with a trench coat on. Looked like a officer. So I decided to Dock there and see what happen. So I end patrol and docked at Kristiansand Norway. April 28, 1940. Start save at port of Kristiansand date May 12. 1940. One crew man had a U-Boat Badge
Due him. a Ensign. When I started I was in dock area up against the
a Destroyer 34 and had to reverse to get away from him I was getting damage. Pull clear of DD weather " Clear" So I am starting patrol 8
with full load of fuel and torps and a got renown points 837.27
to add for a total 4773.18 My grid says " Null" and I am to return to Keil my home port. So pulled out Kristiansand May 12 ,40 and headed west
across channel And guess what the weather is getting cloudy
And waves getting bigger am I heading for another storm
"OH" one more thing I saw this wrote on a Building in port.
"Montagerwerkstatt" What that mean in German?
Beat's anything I have seen those Folks standing out there in Rain :rotfl:
So I had fun docking there at Kristiansand.
Regards
Lane

[Zero Niner]

I always sail back to home port after a patrol. I used to back my boat right into the pen, but after a couple of times doing that I just quit when I'm close enough.

[Lane]

Zero,
That sound's Wise :|\ Do use taking a chance of sinking Boat or gettting
a bunch of damage that would not make the Repair Team very happy.
They are ready for shore leave.
Lane

[_Skii_]

Originally Posted by Dowly

I just go withing 30km of the base and hit ESC. No point on going all the way, as my comp stutters alot when in harbors.

Same here. The water reflections of the harbour cause things to get very choppy for me (Fx5900u)