Can I ignore BdU order to return to base?

Drtikol42 · 03-31-20, 02:09 PM

Title says it all, I expanded all my torpedoes an am currently on the way to resupply ship in Spain and BdU message comes in to return (despite me not sending report about no torpedoes). Can i resuply and spend few extra weeks at sea? Or will they bust me down to private?

FUBAR295 · 03-31-20, 02:35 PM

You can do as you wish.

Sink enough tonnage and you'll get medals and a promotion too!

The game sends those messages out when you expend your last torpedo. You can do resupply as you planned and nothing will happen to your persona in game.

Good hunting,
FUBAR295

Drtikol42 · 03-31-20, 02:39 PM

Thank you

John Pancoast · 03-31-20, 03:34 PM

Fwiw, no supply ship ever provided torpedoes to any u-boat if you want to follow historical guidelines.

Have fun either way though !

Drtikol42 · 04-01-20, 03:21 PM

So far i am happy to cut traversing around British Isles by half. Those Norwegians are really annoying.

Also nice surprise when i got back, Tirpitz without main batteries plus Hipper leaving the port.

UKönig · 04-01-20, 03:32 PM

Think of it this way...
If you sink a lot of tonnage and consistently turn in good results, then the higher ups will be more willing to overlook cases of disobedience...to a point, after all, military discipline would suffer, and if they just let their captains do as they please, then they really would be the pirates they've been accused of.

03-31-20, 02:09 PM	#1
Drtikol42 Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 5 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Can I ignore BdU order to return to base? Title says it all, I expanded all my torpedoes an am currently on the way to resupply ship in Spain and BdU message comes in to return (despite me not sending report about no torpedoes). Can i resuply and spend few extra weeks at sea? Or will they bust me down to private?

03-31-20, 02:35 PM	#2
FUBAR295 Krusty Krab Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Decks awash in the North Atlantic Posts: 1,274 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 0	You can do as you wish. Sink enough tonnage and you'll get medals and a promotion too! The game sends those messages out when you expend your last torpedo. You can do resupply as you planned and nothing will happen to your persona in game. Good hunting, FUBAR295 __________________ Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment.

03-31-20, 03:34 PM	#4
John Pancoast Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Minnysoda Posts: 3,183 Downloads: 490 Uploads: 4	Fwiw, no supply ship ever provided torpedoes to any u-boat if you want to follow historical guidelines. Have fun either way though ! __________________ "Realistic" is not always GAME-GOOD." - Wave Skipper

04-01-20, 03:32 PM	#6
UKönig Captain Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 495 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Think of it this way... If you sink a lot of tonnage and consistently turn in good results, then the higher ups will be more willing to overlook cases of disobedience...to a point, after all, military discipline would suffer, and if they just let their captains do as they please, then they really would be the pirates they've been accused of. __________________ Because I'm the captain, that's why!

03-31-20, 02:39 PM	#3
Drtikol42 Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 5 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Thank you

04-01-20, 03:21 PM	#5
Drtikol42 Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 5 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	So far i am happy to cut traversing around British Isles by half. Those Norwegians are really annoying. Also nice surprise when i got back, Tirpitz without main batteries plus Hipper leaving the port.