just some thoughts from a newbie

[PapaG39]

Well, I've been having a blast for about 10 days now. A lot of it has been very frustrating, but I just need to sort some things out in my pea brain.

1) I don't believe that I can play without the auto calculating shot thingie. I just can't do the math fast enough or correctly enough to even be anywhere near where I need to be.

2) I keep turning the wrong way to line up on something when in a hurry. It's not natural for me yet with the heading, AOB & just where I am pointing in reference to the target. I think that will come back to me in time.. At 67 I'm just a bit slower then I use to be lol..

3) Crew rest will remain off..I'm the Kaptian...I deligate those duties to the lower ranks...lol..


Anyway, what I'm wondereing is: I want to try a campaign but don't quite know how they operated inroute... I mean..Did they cruise for a while & look with the binoculars and submerge once in a while, stop & just listen on the hyrophones or just cruise along & hope to see something?

I have noticed that the guys on the con will say "ship spotterd" but never give the direction...or I see something about 3-4 minutes before they say anything.

If you do hear anything on the hydrophones do you just head for the sound until you can see something or what.

It seems to me that learning how to obtain a direction via the hydrophone sounds is about the only way your going to have a chanch at a contact if the wx is dark or foggy etc...

sorry for rambling on, but my mind is kinda jumbled at this point...lol