Poll: How consistant is your tonnage production?

BasilY · 08-01-08, 12:18 PM

In my last career, I work the sea lanes dilligently, and made consistent numbers every patrol. In a previous career, I travelled to different parts of the world and got drastically different results from patrol to patrol. In my current career in the Med, my numbers are consistant but low.

predavolk · 08-01-08, 01:39 PM

Generally quite consistent. I had a bump in my last patrol, but that's mostly because of the poor area I patrolled (and some bad aiming on my part). Generally, I find that skill aside, patrol location is the biggest factor in getting consistent tonnage. Hunting the middle of the South Atlantic, for example, isn't going to offer much to even the best Kahleun.

Sailor Steve · 08-01-08, 01:53 PM

I'm very consistent; get at least 5000 tons per patrol.:rotfl:

Jimbuna · 08-01-08, 03:03 PM

If testing patrols count.....I generally get destroyed anyway

FIREWALL · 08-01-08, 03:06 PM

For me it's "Sinkem or Swim "

No middle ground on this uboot.

Penelope_Grey · 08-01-08, 03:26 PM

LOL very much boom or bust for me.

I either do great or, sort of meh - averagey.

KeptinCranky · 08-01-08, 03:58 PM

I'm generally very consistent, excepting test patrols, and excepting last night

where I had about 20k tons in various American merchants plus anoth 25000 or so in neutral passenger liner....

oops

Letum · 08-01-08, 03:58 PM

Either I don't get anything.
Or I waste 8 torps trying to hit 2 ships.

I never get more than 50k and have never hit a capital ship.

*edit* thats a lie, I hit the Nelson, but it was from 250m range and the 4 torps never detonated.

I didn't see her until I went up-periscope right next to her and then it was to late to maneuver.

Clunk....clunk....clunk....clunk.

That was a year ago.

Chisum · 08-01-08, 04:37 PM

"The trips are the youth" !

I went to Rio de Janeiro see if I could find some girls that I have know, but they don't let me land, not my entry visa !

Need a good stuff.

Jimbuna · 08-01-08, 04:48 PM

Try docking at Liverpool....they'll let anyone in there....for a price

STEED · 08-01-08, 04:50 PM

Talk is cheap action what counts.

SINK THEM ALL

BasilY · 08-02-08, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEED

Talk is cheap action what counts.

SINK THEM ALL

Thank you for letting everyone here know that talk is indeed cheap. Otherwise your 11,000+ posts would have cost you quite a fortune. Thank you for the information.

Task Force · 08-02-08, 11:19 PM

I am veary good at sinking stuff now. Have never came home with out 30,000+ tons.

Murr44 · 08-03-08, 01:48 PM

Often it's "feast or famine" for me. My last patrol was really quite "lucrative": encountered a 4 ship convoy in BF 16 (June 1941) & I sank the whole lot (AA ship escort included) in 18 minutes real time. Never managed that before...

Mooncatt · 08-03-08, 08:36 PM

i tend to get reasonably consistant tonnage by patrolling down the western area of ireland and hitting the task forces and big convoys.
my fav one was when i disabled the nelson with one fish, all the others missed completely. it was terrible weather and i was 4k away, couldnt see crap and i just fired all my fish off that i had left (educated calculations ofc) all missed but one.
must of hit her engines or whatever. after the escorts had left me alone i got close and saw her listing heavily, i came about and slammed my 2 aft eels into her and she went down.

View Poll Results: How consistent is your tonnage production?
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08-01-08, 12:18 PM	#1
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Poll: How consistant is your tonnage production? In my last career, I work the sea lanes dilligently, and made consistent numbers every patrol. In a previous career, I travelled to different parts of the world and got drastically different results from patrol to patrol. In my current career in the Med, my numbers are consistant but low.

08-01-08, 01:53 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm very consistent; get at least 5000 tons per patrol.:rotfl: __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-01-08, 03:03 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If testing patrols count.....I generally get destroyed anyway __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-01-08, 03:06 PM	#5
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	For me it's "Sinkem or Swim " No middle ground on this uboot. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-01-08, 01:39 PM	#2
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Generally quite consistent. I had a bump in my last patrol, but that's mostly because of the poor area I patrolled (and some bad aiming on my part). Generally, I find that skill aside, patrol location is the biggest factor in getting consistent tonnage. Hunting the middle of the South Atlantic, for example, isn't going to offer much to even the best Kahleun.

08-01-08, 03:26 PM	#6
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	LOL very much boom or bust for me. I either do great or, sort of meh - averagey. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

08-01-08, 03:58 PM	#7
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I'm generally very consistent, excepting test patrols, and excepting last night where I had about 20k tons in various American merchants plus anoth 25000 or so in neutral passenger liner.... oops

08-01-08, 03:58 PM	#8
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Either I don't get anything. Or I waste 8 torps trying to hit 2 ships. I never get more than 50k and have never hit a capital ship. edit thats a lie, I hit the Nelson, but it was from 250m range and the 4 torps never detonated. I didn't see her until I went up-periscope right next to her and then it was to late to maneuver. Clunk....clunk....clunk....clunk. That was a year ago. __________________

08-01-08, 04:37 PM	#9
Chisum Seasoned Skipper Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bastogne, Belgium Posts: 716 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	"The trips are the youth" ! I went to Rio de Janeiro see if I could find some girls that I have know, but they don't let me land, not my entry visa ! Need a good stuff. __________________ [http://simus-paradise.forumactif.com/silent-hunter-iii-f12/

08-01-08, 04:48 PM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Try docking at Liverpool....they'll let anyone in there....for a price __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-01-08, 04:50 PM	#11
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Talk is cheap action what counts. SINK THEM ALL __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-02-08, 11:19 PM	#13
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I am veary good at sinking stuff now. Have never came home with out 30,000+ tons. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

08-03-08, 01:48 PM	#14
Murr44 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 913 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Often it's "feast or famine" for me. My last patrol was really quite "lucrative": encountered a 4 ship convoy in BF 16 (June 1941) & I sank the whole lot (AA ship escort included) in 18 minutes real time. Never managed that before...

08-03-08, 08:36 PM	#15
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	i tend to get reasonably consistant tonnage by patrolling down the western area of ireland and hitting the task forces and big convoys. my fav one was when i disabled the nelson with one fish, all the others missed completely. it was terrible weather and i was 4k away, couldnt see crap and i just fired all my fish off that i had left (educated calculations ofc) all missed but one. must of hit her engines or whatever. after the escorts had left me alone i got close and saw her listing heavily, i came about and slammed my 2 aft eels into her and she went down. __________________