Arctic route convoys

[Panzerfanlol]

I can't find ANY arctic convoys going to or from the USSR, I started in Bergen and its late 1944 so is this why there aren't any convoys? Because the axis are losing the war so I assume the lend-lease quantity was being decreased? I've patrolled for ages inside and outside my designated areas, waited for days around Iceland for convoys and even went to the tip of Norway to wait for them and I haven't found any. There are other convoys, destroyer groups and carriers around that I have attacked close to Britain and Ireland, just no convoys in the arctic.

[Dewgle]

I don't believe that's modeled in vanilla but it is 100% modeled in the UBE/Lite mod. Just to be sure you can type Detect 1000 into the console to see where all the ships are. They will disappear with time, don't worry.

[Panzerfanlol]

Man I hope they mess with that lol, I only just got the game and I know I started with America in the war so I'm expecting difficult convoys to attack but I didnt think by "hard" they meant "hard to find" lol

[PafunaMT]

Originally posted by Panzerfanlol:

I can't find ANY arctic convoys going to or from the USSR, I started in Bergen and its late 1944 so is this why there aren't any convoys? Because the axis are losing the war so I assume the lend-lease quantity was being decreased? I've patrolled for ages inside and outside my designated areas, waited for days around Iceland for convoys and even went to the tip of Norway to wait for them and I haven't found any. There are other convoys, destroyer groups and carriers around that I have attacked close to Britain and Ireland, just no convoys in the arctic.

The convoys are there in vanilla, but they are less in number and diffused across a much larger ocean area.

The convoys going to the USSR will head out from Liverpool through the northern channel of the Irish Sea, pass Bear Island to the south, and terminate in Murmansk (this is as of B128H4). You can linger near there until you see a convoy with a Kirov cruiser or a carrier.

In summary, my strategy is to load up on supplies from Bergen and head out to Murmansk by way of Bear Island, occasionally diving and listening for ships. I'll hang around the sea entrance near Murmansk and listen for any convoys: they'll usually arrive from the northwest heading into the bay before the harbor, and they will tend to string out of their formation, which is the best time to strike. The seabed is shallow enough you can lay on it and wait if you're closer to the harbor.

I think the convoys will continue as late as '44 in the game, but best hunting around there starts in '42.

Hope this helps, good luck.

[Panzerfanlol]

yeah im probably too late in the game, I hope they add moving ports as a reputation favour reward.

[Geandily]

if you want a port transfer you can simply accept and then reject missions until you get the transfer you want. you can then use console command "Reputation" to return your rep points

[Panzerfanlol]

Thanks man

[bartz]

I would suggest using the UBE mod, as McDewgle said.