New to GWX and frustrated

BasilY · 06-07-08, 08:28 PM

Just upgraded to GWX 2 two weeks ago and my average drop from 80-90k per trip to 20K. I encounter enough enemy shipping alright, but they are just so hard to sink.

Today I got into a convoy and make about 7 good hits on 6 merchants, ( I am not even cherry picking the big ones) NONE of them sunk (At least I am not credited), all of them blowing a lot of smoke and at least two seriously listing. Did sink 4 of the 6 escorts though. My shooting skills havn't gone useless.

(I did notice a type VIIC in the area as well, maybe he is stealing my kills.)

The previous patrol I got into a convoy, empty all 12 eels, make 10 good hits on eight ships, sinks only 3 for 12,000 GRT.

The patrol before it I run into a convoy of two ships. Large merchant and passenger cargo. Each took 3 hits to go down. In stock version, almost all ships under 3k I gaurantee sinking with 1 shot.

Plus now it took me an average of 35-50 deck gun shots to sink a merchant, it used to average about 10.

Am I missing some tricks?

My settings: 74%
Uncheck: realistic sinking time
check: dud torpedo

BTW. I also miss the little tail behind my sub on the navigation map and those of sighted ships/convoys, though inexact, give me a good visual feel of where things are going. Can someone tell me how to get that back?

06-07-08, 08:28 PM	#1
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	New to GWX and frustrated Just upgraded to GWX 2 two weeks ago and my average drop from 80-90k per trip to 20K. I encounter enough enemy shipping alright, but they are just so hard to sink. Today I got into a convoy and make about 7 good hits on 6 merchants, ( I am not even cherry picking the big ones) NONE of them sunk (At least I am not credited), all of them blowing a lot of smoke and at least two seriously listing. Did sink 4 of the 6 escorts though. My shooting skills havn't gone useless. (I did notice a type VIIC in the area as well, maybe he is stealing my kills.) The previous patrol I got into a convoy, empty all 12 eels, make 10 good hits on eight ships, sinks only 3 for 12,000 GRT. The patrol before it I run into a convoy of two ships. Large merchant and passenger cargo. Each took 3 hits to go down. In stock version, almost all ships under 3k I gaurantee sinking with 1 shot. Plus now it took me an average of 35-50 deck gun shots to sink a merchant, it used to average about 10. Am I missing some tricks? My settings: 74% Uncheck: realistic sinking time check: dud torpedo BTW. I also miss the little tail behind my sub on the navigation map and those of sighted ships/convoys, though inexact, give me a good visual feel of where things are going. Can someone tell me how to get that back?