God Save Me From the Type IIA

BrewerAlpha · 12-20-09, 08:45 AM

I'm a new SH3 player, got the game about a week ago. So far I've been just messing around testing with 0% Realism at various years and I decided to settle down and try a high-realism campaign starting in 1939.

I'm stuck in the Type IIA. At first, I didn't mind the tiny boat. I thought it would be a decent little starter boat, and I fancied the thought of getting attached to the little guy. Unfortunately, I've grown to hate it.

The range is horrible, I think I could swim faster than her, and the cache of torpedoes is horrible. Granted, my hunting skills aren't that good yet and it takes me 2 or 3 torpedoes to take down one boat. So, after two sunk ships, I'm done for and headed back to the barn - and that's if I don't run out of fuel first. Before somebody brings it up, I am trying to conserve my fuel (lower speeds, running submerged on batteries). For what it's worth, I don't have GWX so I don't have the luxury of Milk Cows.

I see all these patrol reports on here where you guys sink like 50 tons of English steel and I get discouraged.

Anyway, rant over.

12-20-09, 08:45 AM	#1
BrewerAlpha Watch Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 22 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	God Save Me From the Type IIA I'm a new SH3 player, got the game about a week ago. So far I've been just messing around testing with 0% Realism at various years and I decided to settle down and try a high-realism campaign starting in 1939. I'm stuck in the Type IIA. At first, I didn't mind the tiny boat. I thought it would be a decent little starter boat, and I fancied the thought of getting attached to the little guy. Unfortunately, I've grown to hate it. The range is horrible, I think I could swim faster than her, and the cache of torpedoes is horrible. Granted, my hunting skills aren't that good yet and it takes me 2 or 3 torpedoes to take down one boat. So, after two sunk ships, I'm done for and headed back to the barn - and that's if I don't run out of fuel first. Before somebody brings it up, I am trying to conserve my fuel (lower speeds, running submerged on batteries). For what it's worth, I don't have GWX so I don't have the luxury of Milk Cows. I see all these patrol reports on here where you guys sink like 50 tons of English steel and I get discouraged. Anyway, rant over.