What is the point of 1939?

casey.phobic · 02-19-09, 04:37 PM

Ahoy,

I suppose I may be jumping the gun in a way, but is the point of 1939 to go out to sea and wait for war to be declared?

I'm pretty new to this game (been playing only since October), and i just reinstalled with GWX 3.0. I started the earliest career I could since I'm still very n00bish and I want to have the least amount of resistance while I hone my skills. I started a career with that Flotilla that begins near Finland. I set out and just started sinking Polish merchants and whatever other Polish ships I could find. I suppose they were still neutral at this point because when i returned to base, there were German ships firing on me, coastal artillery firing on me etc. I just dove for periscope depth and they lost me. I continued to hear shells exploding and such so I went to the bird's eye view. Oh MAN was it chaos! German ships sinking German ships..every man for himself! It was pretty fun to watch, but it clearly is telling me that I did something wrong.

Can any of you give me some advice here?

On a side note, I keep getting a patrol assignment for BF10. I'm sure you all know that BF10 does not exist. I figured that maybe they're meaning for me to just patrol anywhere in BF sector for 24 hours, but that doesn't seem the case. I did a search in the forums and found that GWX won't give you any renown for patrolling an assigned sector anyway, but it looks like the BF10 thing is sort of a mystery to a lot of sailors here.

Salut!

bgey · 02-19-09, 04:51 PM

Quoting the GWX manual out of laziness:

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Campaign Start
The stock Silent Hunter III campaign began on September 1, 1939. Historically, U-boats began moving to their wartime patrol areas starting around August 15, 1939, so GWX has advanced the start of the campaign to August 1, 1939 to allow players to reach their historical patrol areas before the war begins.
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Most people do a short (4 or 5 days) shakedown patrol. Go sight seeing.

Oh, btw, be sure to take a look at that GWX manual. It has tons of useful and interesting information!

Benny

mookiemookie · 02-19-09, 04:56 PM

The point is to get out and have a shakedown cruise. Get a patrol's worth of experience for your crew and earn a qualification for one of them.

TarJak · 02-19-09, 04:59 PM

After your first patrol you should begin your next patrol with enough time to get into your patrol position before England declares war on Germany.

gord96 · 02-19-09, 05:45 PM

There is 4 months of war in 1939. After Sept 1/39 the war is on and that is probably the best time to learn the game as most merchants are unarmed, many travel alone and their is few escorts.

Sailor Steve · 02-19-09, 05:54 PM

The game originally started on September 1, the first day of the war. Many of us pointed out that a bunch of u-boats were assigned to be on station that day, so departed two weeks earlier. The game can be modified to allow a starting date of the first of any month of the war (stock game only allows for Sept '39, or the first day of 1940, '41, '42 or '43) but it can't be made to start you on August 19, so GWX3 does the best it can with what it was given.

So, you can select Sept 1 as your starting date if you want, or August as some of us do.

02-19-09, 04:37 PM	#1
casey.phobic Watch Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 22 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	What is the point of 1939? Ahoy, I suppose I may be jumping the gun in a way, but is the point of 1939 to go out to sea and wait for war to be declared? I'm pretty new to this game (been playing only since October), and i just reinstalled with GWX 3.0. I started the earliest career I could since I'm still very n00bish and I want to have the least amount of resistance while I hone my skills. I started a career with that Flotilla that begins near Finland. I set out and just started sinking Polish merchants and whatever other Polish ships I could find. I suppose they were still neutral at this point because when i returned to base, there were German ships firing on me, coastal artillery firing on me etc. I just dove for periscope depth and they lost me. I continued to hear shells exploding and such so I went to the bird's eye view. Oh MAN was it chaos! German ships sinking German ships..every man for himself! It was pretty fun to watch, but it clearly is telling me that I did something wrong. Can any of you give me some advice here? On a side note, I keep getting a patrol assignment for BF10. I'm sure you all know that BF10 does not exist. I figured that maybe they're meaning for me to just patrol anywhere in BF sector for 24 hours, but that doesn't seem the case. I did a search in the forums and found that GWX won't give you any renown for patrolling an assigned sector anyway, but it looks like the BF10 thing is sort of a mystery to a lot of sailors here. Salut!

02-19-09, 04:56 PM	#3
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	The point is to get out and have a shakedown cruise. Get a patrol's worth of experience for your crew and earn a qualification for one of them. __________________ 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.

02-19-09, 05:54 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The game originally started on September 1, the first day of the war. Many of us pointed out that a bunch of u-boats were assigned to be on station that day, so departed two weeks earlier. The game can be modified to allow a starting date of the first of any month of the war (stock game only allows for Sept '39, or the first day of 1940, '41, '42 or '43) but it can't be made to start you on August 19, so GWX3 does the best it can with what it was given. So, you can select Sept 1 as your starting date if you want, or August as some of us do. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-19-09, 04:51 PM	#2
bgey Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 57 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Quoting the GWX manual out of laziness: ------- Campaign Start The stock Silent Hunter III campaign began on September 1, 1939. Historically, U-boats began moving to their wartime patrol areas starting around August 15, 1939, so GWX has advanced the start of the campaign to August 1, 1939 to allow players to reach their historical patrol areas before the war begins. -------- Most people do a short (4 or 5 days) shakedown patrol. Go sight seeing. Oh, btw, be sure to take a look at that GWX manual. It has tons of useful and interesting information! Benny

02-19-09, 04:59 PM	#4
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	After your first patrol you should begin your next patrol with enough time to get into your patrol position before England declares war on Germany.

02-19-09, 05:45 PM	#5
gord96 Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 627 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	There is 4 months of war in 1939. After Sept 1/39 the war is on and that is probably the best time to learn the game as most merchants are unarmed, many travel alone and their is few escorts.