Newbie question re: hydrophones

captain Guitar · 07-23-07, 11:25 AM

Greetings all --

I've been a lurker here for the past several months, soaking up information as I figure out how to survive in the North Atlantic! I played stock SHIII for a while, and then bit the bullet and started with GWX. Whew, what a difference!! I knew it was going to be good when I started my first patrol -- I just sat at the dock for a bit, marveling at all of the harbor traffic and the Me109s zipping by. Sat so long that I darn near missed my escort out of the harbor

That first patrol was a dud, but my second patrol went much better, 35,000+ tons around the western entrance of the Channel.

Anyway, I'm curious about upgrading my hydrophones from the starting GHG model. (I'm playing from the beginning of the war, so it's now December '39) The little blurb about the next level up (I can't recall the designation, since I don't have the game in front of me) says that the phones were extremely vulnerable to depth charge damage due to their location. Does that outweigh the benefits of upgrading, or is the new model so superior to the GHG model that it's ok to run the risk of depth charge issues?

Thanks, and major kudos to the GWX team. What a product!!

07-23-07, 11:25 AM	#1
captain Guitar Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 24 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Newbie question re: hydrophones Greetings all -- I've been a lurker here for the past several months, soaking up information as I figure out how to survive in the North Atlantic! I played stock SHIII for a while, and then bit the bullet and started with GWX. Whew, what a difference!! I knew it was going to be good when I started my first patrol -- I just sat at the dock for a bit, marveling at all of the harbor traffic and the Me109s zipping by. Sat so long that I darn near missed my escort out of the harbor That first patrol was a dud, but my second patrol went much better, 35,000+ tons around the western entrance of the Channel. Anyway, I'm curious about upgrading my hydrophones from the starting GHG model. (I'm playing from the beginning of the war, so it's now December '39) The little blurb about the next level up (I can't recall the designation, since I don't have the game in front of me) says that the phones were extremely vulnerable to depth charge damage due to their location. Does that outweigh the benefits of upgrading, or is the new model so superior to the GHG model that it's ok to run the risk of depth charge issues? Thanks, and major kudos to the GWX team. What a product!!