GXW3 Heavy Task Forces?

Lt.Fillipidis · 02-07-09, 06:27 AM

Has anyone seen any yet? Besides harbor attacks, the only battleship i ever saw was on "core"...

bigboywooly · 02-07-09, 06:38 AM

Seen a few
Early war the best place is the North Sea or up around Scapa
Around Weserubung again North Sea and coast of Norway
Plenty travelling back and forward from the Med also for refit etc

mookiemookie · 02-07-09, 09:05 AM

Earlier in my current career I sunk the Nelson in grid BF 25 in Feb '40. Can't add much to what bigboywooly said. The north/south convoy route to the Med (check your convoy route map) is a good place to try and get lucky.

KeptinCranky · 02-07-09, 12:22 PM

I've found the biggest taskforces in the Med, mostly north or east of Malta, trouble is, there lots and lots of planes there too

mookiemookie · 02-07-09, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by KeptinCranky

I've found the biggest taskforces in the Med, mostly north or east of Malta, trouble is, there lots and lots of planes there too

That's also a nice place to actually report convoys in to BdU as well, as your airbases are pretty close and you have a chance at seeing one of the rare Axis air attacks.

I remember I did this once and was completely confused when I saw (cheated and used external view

) an airstrike on a convoy I had reported. I didn't know what the Italian airforce roundels looked like.

Galaga Galaxian · 02-07-09, 02:27 PM

Closest I've come to a heavy group was a Cruiser (Sheffield class? Couldn't tell at range) leading 5-6 destroyers cruising eastward out of the mouth Firth of Forth, right past a coal freighter I sunk an hour or two previous. Were they looking for me or just passing through? Needless to say I didn't stay to find out.

What do you mean by "Core"?

Jimbuna · 02-07-09, 04:53 PM

Probably vanilla/stock.

Hang about near Scapa or the entrance to the Med for the best possibility.

02-07-09, 06:27 AM	#1
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bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Seen a few Early war the best place is the North Sea or up around Scapa Around Weserubung again North Sea and coast of Norway Plenty travelling back and forward from the Med also for refit etc __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

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mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Earlier in my current career I sunk the Nelson in grid BF 25 in Feb '40. Can't add much to what bigboywooly said. The north/south convoy route to the Med (check your convoy route map) is a good place to try and get lucky. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

02-07-09, 04:53 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Probably vanilla/stock. Hang about near Scapa or the entrance to the Med for the best possibility. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-07-09, 12:22 PM	#4
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I've found the biggest taskforces in the Med, mostly north or east of Malta, trouble is, there lots and lots of planes there too

02-07-09, 02:27 PM	#6
Galaga Galaxian Watch Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 25 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Closest I've come to a heavy group was a Cruiser (Sheffield class? Couldn't tell at range) leading 5-6 destroyers cruising eastward out of the mouth Firth of Forth, right past a coal freighter I sunk an hour or two previous. Were they looking for me or just passing through? Needless to say I didn't stay to find out. What do you mean by "Core"?