You know you've spent too long in type IX's when

Ducimus · 01-05-07, 01:45 PM

You know you've spent too long in type IX's when you...

habitually look at the "local time" to see when the sun will rise.

think of a single merchant as an opportunity to use your stern tubes.

try to use your stern tubes before your bow tubes.

find yourself constantly micomanaging your torpedo expenditure.

find yourself constantly and habitually monitoring your fuel consumption.

have done patrols to any grid that starts with "GR"

know exactly where Durban and Columbo are without having to look at a map.

think of Saint Helena and immedialy a cruiser comes to mind.

crack a smile at the word, "Curacao"

know where the productive spots in the carribean are by memory.

can guess by memory how many days it takes to cross the atlantic

have ever felt compelled to increase time compression to 2048 because your patrol grid is often 25 days away with relatively nothing in between.

you think of a good career game as having your number of patrols in the single digits, but having days at sea in the triple digits.

have nearly memorized the uboat numbers that were historically type9 uboats. So when reading WW2 literature, can guess the boat type purely by its number. For example, you know by memory U-65 was an IXB and U-66 was an IXC.

last but not least.....

post threads like this on subsim because your enroute to your patrol area, and even with 2048 TC, have about 20-25 minute wait before you get near your theater of operations. (not that i am right now, but ive done so numberous times in the past)

01-05-07, 01:45 PM	#1
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	You know you've spent too long in type IX's when You know you've spent too long in type IX's when you... habitually look at the "local time" to see when the sun will rise. think of a single merchant as an opportunity to use your stern tubes. try to use your stern tubes before your bow tubes. find yourself constantly micomanaging your torpedo expenditure. find yourself constantly and habitually monitoring your fuel consumption. have done patrols to any grid that starts with "GR" know exactly where Durban and Columbo are without having to look at a map. think of Saint Helena and immedialy a cruiser comes to mind. crack a smile at the word, "Curacao" know where the productive spots in the carribean are by memory. can guess by memory how many days it takes to cross the atlantic have ever felt compelled to increase time compression to 2048 because your patrol grid is often 25 days away with relatively nothing in between. you think of a good career game as having your number of patrols in the single digits, but having days at sea in the triple digits. have nearly memorized the uboat numbers that were historically type9 uboats. So when reading WW2 literature, can guess the boat type purely by its number. For example, you know by memory U-65 was an IXB and U-66 was an IXC. last but not least..... post threads like this on subsim because your enroute to your patrol area, and even with 2048 TC, have about 20-25 minute wait before you get near your theater of operations. (not that i am right now, but ive done so numberous times in the past)