Gathering of the Destroyer Clans

glilley · 03-26-21, 06:22 AM

Well, U-boat captain Oscar Mier never new the Brits disliked him SO much. Playing TWoS, Fifth patrol, Sept 1941, square AK intercepted reported large convoy (home bound). First attack went OK, sank 2 and dived to evade and 4 escorts worked me over for 3 hours or so and gave up. About normal for this time in war. Surfaced, reloaded and caught up with convoy mid morning and shadowed it until around midnight. Attacked again, bagged 4 ships this time and dived to evade. Six escorts now on me.

Spent next 28 game hours at 175 meters silent running, changing course numerous times with these 6 escorts all over me. At about 36 hours game time with CO2 running at almost 70/100 and most of crew in their bunks, a task force with 1 CV, 1 BB and 8 escorts swings close by. The escorts peel off and come join the fun for a total of 14 escorts parked over me. Some of these guys are actively working me but most of them are parked around smoking-and-joking and just watching the show. After another 4-5 game hours and nobody moving off, wrote off that career.

Anyone ever have this happen before? Would have thought the game engine would have limited the amount of time a convoy's escorts would stay on you so that they don't leave the convoy unprotected for too long. And then, these other guys leaving 2 capital ships unescorted. Strange.

03-26-21, 06:22 AM	#1
glilley Loader Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mount Olive, NC Posts: 85 Downloads: 123 Uploads: 0	Gathering of the Destroyer Clans Well, U-boat captain Oscar Mier never new the Brits disliked him SO much. Playing TWoS, Fifth patrol, Sept 1941, square AK intercepted reported large convoy (home bound). First attack went OK, sank 2 and dived to evade and 4 escorts worked me over for 3 hours or so and gave up. About normal for this time in war. Surfaced, reloaded and caught up with convoy mid morning and shadowed it until around midnight. Attacked again, bagged 4 ships this time and dived to evade. Six escorts now on me. Spent next 28 game hours at 175 meters silent running, changing course numerous times with these 6 escorts all over me. At about 36 hours game time with CO2 running at almost 70/100 and most of crew in their bunks, a task force with 1 CV, 1 BB and 8 escorts swings close by. The escorts peel off and come join the fun for a total of 14 escorts parked over me. Some of these guys are actively working me but most of them are parked around smoking-and-joking and just watching the show. After another 4-5 game hours and nobody moving off, wrote off that career. Anyone ever have this happen before? Would have thought the game engine would have limited the amount of time a convoy's escorts would stay on you so that they don't leave the convoy unprotected for too long. And then, these other guys leaving 2 capital ships unescorted. Strange. Last edited by glilley; 03-26-21 at 04:30 PM.