time in port recommendations.

prowler3 · 10-26-08, 02:05 PM

I read, somewhere, that with GWX2.1 and starting my first patrol on August 1st, it is best to set the SH3Cmdr setting to 20 days in port so that after this first patrol (for me a 5 day shakedown in Flotilla 2) I will be able to get back out to sea and be positioned in my patrol area at the outbreak of hostilities.

My question is...what do you recommend I use for the time in port setting for the rest of my career? The 20 day setting seemed to be recommended only for my time between patrol 1 and patrol 2...but no recommendation was made for port call after that.

Murr44 · 10-26-08, 03:31 PM

Honestly I don't know. I let SH3 Cmdr decide the amount of time that I spend in port. I know that if you're starting a career in the Far East you should select a minimum of 55 days to accurately reflect supply shortages, inadequate repair facilities, etc.

irish1958 · 10-26-08, 03:52 PM

Set days in port to random. JScones has used real data to set the days in port as they were in WWII.

prowler3 · 10-26-08, 04:58 PM

OK, thanks guys. I will set my days in port to random after heading out on my 2nd patrol...don't want to miss being at my patrol area when the war starts!

Murr44, I will keep that noted for the Far East campaign.

Thanks, as always.

Sailor Steve · 10-26-08, 06:42 PM

Random is great. I once returned from a 'dry' patrol in a Type II. I was back at sea again in just five days, and it felt right from that point of view.

10-26-08, 02:05 PM	#1
prowler3 XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado, for now. Any RED State, ASAP. Posts: 401 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	time in port recommendations. I read, somewhere, that with GWX2.1 and starting my first patrol on August 1st, it is best to set the SH3Cmdr setting to 20 days in port so that after this first patrol (for me a 5 day shakedown in Flotilla 2) I will be able to get back out to sea and be positioned in my patrol area at the outbreak of hostilities. My question is...what do you recommend I use for the time in port setting for the rest of my career? The 20 day setting seemed to be recommended only for my time between patrol 1 and patrol 2...but no recommendation was made for port call after that. Last edited by prowler3; 10-26-08 at 02:18 PM.

10-26-08, 03:52 PM	#3
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	Set days in port to random. JScones has used real data to set the days in port as they were in WWII. __________________ Irish1958

10-26-08, 06:42 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Random is great. I once returned from a 'dry' patrol in a Type II. I was back at sea again in just five days, and it felt right from that point of view. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-26-08, 03:31 PM	#2
Murr44 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 913 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Honestly I don't know. I let SH3 Cmdr decide the amount of time that I spend in port. I know that if you're starting a career in the Far East you should select a minimum of 55 days to accurately reflect supply shortages, inadequate repair facilities, etc.

10-26-08, 04:58 PM	#4
prowler3 XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado, for now. Any RED State, ASAP. Posts: 401 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	OK, thanks guys. I will set my days in port to random after heading out on my 2nd patrol...don't want to miss being at my patrol area when the war starts! Murr44, I will keep that noted for the Far East campaign. Thanks, as always.