GWX - It starts before the war?

uallas5 · 08-11-08, 08:58 PM

First, as this is my first post I'd like to thank everyone here as I just picked up SH3 a little bit ago and have learned much that makes this great game even more enjoyable.

I almost completed the war in stock (it was late '44 an i got hit by the external torpedo bug for the IXD2 so bad I couldn't get any) an have decided to start another career with GWX (thank you's go out to everyone involved in that as well). I started my 1st mission and it was 1 August 39, approx 5 weeks before the war starts and I'm a little confused as to what to do. Not realizing the date I started to sink any allied ship I came across, and when I came back to port my crew got medals but I lost all my renown I earned at the Academy.

I then re-started my 1st mission, this time patrolling my grid and heading back to base without attacking anything as, well, with no war yet, why would I? When I got back to base, I earned no renown for completing my mission. Now it's 16 August 1939, so I still have 3 weeks to get rid of till I can start sinking ships.

I guess my questions are:
1) Does GWX normally start well before the war does?
2) Does GWX not give renown for completing your assigned mission as the stock game does?
3) If the answer to #1 is yes, how does everyone here kill that 5 weeks before the war begins?

On my 2nd mission I could sit off the coast of Ireland at 1024tc for 2 weeks, but why should I know war is going to break out on 9 Sept.

08-11-08, 08:58 PM	#1
uallas5 Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	GWX - It starts before the war? First, as this is my first post I'd like to thank everyone here as I just picked up SH3 a little bit ago and have learned much that makes this great game even more enjoyable. I almost completed the war in stock (it was late '44 an i got hit by the external torpedo bug for the IXD2 so bad I couldn't get any) an have decided to start another career with GWX (thank you's go out to everyone involved in that as well). I started my 1st mission and it was 1 August 39, approx 5 weeks before the war starts and I'm a little confused as to what to do. Not realizing the date I started to sink any allied ship I came across, and when I came back to port my crew got medals but I lost all my renown I earned at the Academy. I then re-started my 1st mission, this time patrolling my grid and heading back to base without attacking anything as, well, with no war yet, why would I? When I got back to base, I earned no renown for completing my mission. Now it's 16 August 1939, so I still have 3 weeks to get rid of till I can start sinking ships. I guess my questions are: 1) Does GWX normally start well before the war does? 2) Does GWX not give renown for completing your assigned mission as the stock game does? 3) If the answer to #1 is yes, how does everyone here kill that 5 weeks before the war begins? On my 2nd mission I could sit off the coast of Ireland at 1024tc for 2 weeks, but why should I know war is going to break out on 9 Sept.