Type IID Career - late war

VonApist · 08-29-12, 03:00 AM

Weeks ago, I started my favourite (so far ) career from Kiel,UII boat, August 1939. GWX, Commander, Realism 85%- Dead is Dead. Max compression 256.

Upgraded to UII-D as soon as the beauty was available, and decided to keep it until the end.

Truth be said, I was very tempted to swap it for a VII - for tonnage purposes. But after countless VIIC careers, I have decided not to...
The reason?
The game seems much more realistic (to my eyes) when commanding a U-IID. You cannot score the ridiculous amount of tonnage in early war (100k+) and this seems more right.

You have five eels so you need to be extremely careful in selecting/ attacking targets.

But the beauty i find in this boat is that its so small. You can evade, late war, much easier. And for me, hitting 1-2 ships in a convoy feels fine.

The joy of sinking the Nelson with 2 T1 torps from a small rusty bucket is priceless....

And when you get Depth Charged, the rocking and rolling of the U-IID is just awesome to watch....

Now in late 1943 -
Has anyone else kept this beauty until late war?

08-29-12, 03:00 AM	#1
VonApist Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greece Posts: 175 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Type IID Career - late war Weeks ago, I started my favourite (so far ) career from Kiel,UII boat, August 1939. GWX, Commander, Realism 85%- Dead is Dead. Max compression 256. Upgraded to UII-D as soon as the beauty was available, and decided to keep it until the end. Truth be said, I was very tempted to swap it for a VII - for tonnage purposes. But after countless VIIC careers, I have decided not to... The reason? The game seems much more realistic (to my eyes) when commanding a U-IID. You cannot score the ridiculous amount of tonnage in early war (100k+) and this seems more right. You have five eels so you need to be extremely careful in selecting/ attacking targets. But the beauty i find in this boat is that its so small. You can evade, late war, much easier. And for me, hitting 1-2 ships in a convoy feels fine. The joy of sinking the Nelson with 2 T1 torps from a small rusty bucket is priceless.... And when you get Depth Charged, the rocking and rolling of the U-IID is just awesome to watch.... Now in late 1943 - Has anyone else kept this beauty until late war? __________________ "Submariners are a special brotherhood, either all come to the surface or no one does. On a submarine, the phrase all for one and one for all is not just a slogan, but reality.” -- VADM Rudolf Golosov