Your favourite hunting grounds - Page 3

Canovaro · 04-17-10, 04:34 AM

Hunting grounds?
I have all the answers

krashkart · 04-17-10, 07:56 AM

Before I added GWX to the mix, I would make a complete loop around Britain. Now I can't do that, so for the most part right now I'm trolling around for the new sweetspots.

When it's outright action I'm looking for, I fire up my uber-godmode mods and hit the areas I set aside for cannon fodder.

nikimcbee · 04-19-10, 12:12 PM

I like Rockall Banks, Cape Hatteras, Grand Banks.

Weiss Pinguin · 04-19-10, 01:12 PM

BF15 and whereabouts are pretty good, as is the northeast corner of the BE sector. Also, if you find yourself assigned near the strait of Gibraltar, you can catch a lot of convoys going in and out if you sit to the west of the entrance.

JMV · 04-19-10, 04:29 PM

An old thread on hunting grounds :
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=114147
also : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//sho...d.php?t=151045
and : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=116182

Immelman · 04-20-10, 10:40 AM

I love the Med! Beautiful weather, sandy beaches

No seriously I don't know why people say there is no action in the Med

maybe they stay inside the grid zones. All I know is of the coast of Alexandria, Port Said and Tobruk, there are ships aplenty from '40 till '45 anything your heart desires.

Single contacts, convoys, BB task forces you name it you can find it. I feel like I am on Safari in the Med's warm and inviting waters. My favorite pray is of course the Ocean Liners bound for Africa with fresh troops on board trying to reinforce Monty. There is nothing more satisfying then taking out an entire infantry division singlehandedly in a few hours of stalking, knowing that it would take Rommel about a month to accomplish the same feat on land

Jimbuna · 04-20-10, 11:37 AM

Despite obviously knowing where the traffic is scripted in the area I occasionally like to sit off Port Said and pick off the traffic exiting the Suez Canal.

One day I'll enter it and see just how cramped that channel becomes when a convoy is transitting it

Immelman · 04-20-10, 12:53 PM

Yes I know! I love Port Said! There is place NW of it where there is deep water region surround by shallow water. I love tooling around in that "pond" and picking of ships that pass by.

The real challenge though is surviving until late '42 were finally the 'Biscay Cross' (radar warning) becomes available. The bigest threat in the Med is ACs.

As for crossing the Suez... I have been close in and know that there are naval guns, pillboxes and what not. Even if they some how miss you some AC is going to nail you. I wouldn't try that unless it was before of after the War...

Exakt · 04-20-10, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Immelman

Yes I know! I love Port Said! There is place NW of it where there is deep water region surround by shallow water. I love tooling around in that "pond" and picking of ships that pass by.

The real challenge though is surviving until late '42 were finally the 'Biscay Cross' (radar warning) becomes available. The bigest threat in the Med is ACs.

As for crossing the Suez... I have been close in and know that there are naval guns, pillboxes and what not. Even if they some how miss you some AC is going to nail you. I wouldn't try that unless it was before of after the War...

Use the cover of night to slip in while surfaced, but i do believe it is shallow and could be difficult to navigate submerged with a convoy traveling in it at the same time.

Jimbuna · 04-20-10, 02:37 PM

You could always script a mission having you start off in the Bitter Lakes

Canovaro · 04-21-10, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMV

An old thread on hunting grounds :
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=114147
also : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//sho...d.php?t=151045
and : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=116182

That last one is the old OS thread.
The new thread is:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=155855

04-17-10, 07:56 AM	#32
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Before I added GWX to the mix, I would make a complete loop around Britain. Now I can't do that, so for the most part right now I'm trolling around for the new sweetspots. When it's outright action I'm looking for, I fire up my uber-godmode mods and hit the areas I set aside for cannon fodder. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

04-19-10, 12:12 PM	#33
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I like Rockall Banks, Cape Hatteras, Grand Banks. __________________

04-19-10, 01:12 PM	#34
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	BF15 and whereabouts are pretty good, as is the northeast corner of the BE sector. Also, if you find yourself assigned near the strait of Gibraltar, you can catch a lot of convoys going in and out if you sit to the west of the entrance. __________________

04-20-10, 10:40 AM	#36
Immelman Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 150 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I love the Med! Beautiful weather, sandy beaches No seriously I don't know why people say there is no action in the Med maybe they stay inside the grid zones. All I know is of the coast of Alexandria, Port Said and Tobruk, there are ships aplenty from '40 till '45 anything your heart desires. Single contacts, convoys, BB task forces you name it you can find it. I feel like I am on Safari in the Med's warm and inviting waters. My favorite pray is of course the Ocean Liners bound for Africa with fresh troops on board trying to reinforce Monty. There is nothing more satisfying then taking out an entire infantry division singlehandedly in a few hours of stalking, knowing that it would take Rommel about a month to accomplish the same feat on land __________________ Fotia kai tsekouri

04-20-10, 11:37 AM	#37
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,759 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Despite obviously knowing where the traffic is scripted in the area I occasionally like to sit off Port Said and pick off the traffic exiting the Suez Canal. One day I'll enter it and see just how cramped that channel becomes when a convoy is transitting it __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-17-10, 04:34 AM	#31
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Hunting grounds? I have all the answers

04-19-10, 04:29 PM	#35
JMV Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Galway-IRELAND Posts: 397 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 0	An old thread on hunting grounds : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=114147 also : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//sho...d.php?t=151045 and : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=116182

04-20-10, 12:53 PM	#38
Immelman Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 150 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yes I know! I love Port Said! There is place NW of it where there is deep water region surround by shallow water. I love tooling around in that "pond" and picking of ships that pass by. The real challenge though is surviving until late '42 were finally the 'Biscay Cross' (radar warning) becomes available. The bigest threat in the Med is ACs. As for crossing the Suez... I have been close in and know that there are naval guns, pillboxes and what not. Even if they some how miss you some AC is going to nail you. I wouldn't try that unless it was before of after the War... __________________ Fotia kai tsekouri

04-20-10, 02:37 PM	#40
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,759 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You could always script a mission having you start off in the Bitter Lakes __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!