Different Types of Vessels

[pryce]

Have we had any indication on whether or not we will be getting different types of U-Boats?

Would love it if we saw the Type IX, Type XXI and Type XXIII in the game to be used in different roles, i.e Pacific/Indian Ocean Raiding and Atlantic Convoy Raiding without having to resupply after 3/4 ships sunk.

What are you all hoping for?

[Red_Seven_]

I'm hoping for people to use the search function on the forums but I pretty much know this will never happen.

[pryce]

Originally posted by Red_Seven_:

I'm hoping for people to use the search function on the forums but I pretty much know this will never happen.

See the question and basis of this post at the veeeeery bottom of my post.

The top was purely my hopes, I want to see what other people are hoping for too.

Cheers

[Red_Seven_]

I know. This question has been asked almost as often as the basic 'wHeN TypE XXI?!'. Therefore my response.

[Dewgle]

You're not alone OP, the forums are flooded with requests for additional u-boot variants. I even made a poll so players could express themselves and vote on which type they're looking forward to the most: https://strawpoll.com/dy5bdayu1

The developer has expressed a desire to add more variants to the game but it all depends on what the publisher, PlayWay decides.

[CaptainDeadlySniper]

Originally posted by pryce:

Have we had any indication on whether or not we will be getting different types of U-Boats?

Would love it if we saw the Type IX, Type XXI and Type XXIII in the game to be used in different roles, i.e Pacific/Indian Ocean Raiding and Atlantic Convoy Raiding without having to resupply after 3/4 ships sunk.

What are you all hoping for?

I'm hoping they bring out some subs that have 6 torpedo tubs at the front and 2 torpedo tubs at the back. also hoping that the put more storage for more torpedos.

[Jack Hood]

Originally posted by wills.ronald:

Originally posted by pryce:

Have we had any indication on whether or not we will be getting different types of U-Boats?

Would love it if we saw the Type IX, Type XXI and Type XXIII in the game to be used in different roles, i.e Pacific/Indian Ocean Raiding and Atlantic Convoy Raiding without having to resupply after 3/4 ships sunk.

What are you all hoping for?

I'm hoping they bring out some subs that have 6 torpedoe tubs at the front and 2 torpedoe tubs at the back.

Nah, gotta go with the Type II, three tubes in the front, none in the rear, and only carriers 5 torpedoes total.

[Wrath of the North]

Originally posted by Jack Hood:

Originally posted by wills.ronald:

I'm hoping they bring out some subs that have 6 torpedoe tubs at the front and 2 torpedoe tubs at the back.

Nah, gotta go with the Type II, three tubes in the front, none in the rear, and only carriers 5 torpedoes total.

Type II and Type IX C/D would make the most sense.

[El Rushbo]

Originally posted by wills.ronald:

I'm hoping they bring out some subs that have 6 torpedoe tubs at the front and 2 torpedoe tubs at the back.

Only ones with that configuration were Japanese boats I think.

[El Rushbo]

Originally posted by Jack Hood:

Nah, gotta go with the Type II, three tubes in the front, none in the rear, and only carriers 5 torpedoes total.

Type XXIII, two tubes in front, no reloads.

[diocletianus284]

As others have said, you are not alone in this and as much as this question gets posted, I think it is so important that it never goes old. I get a small dev team tight schedules and all but really, the base system is allright, more subs would just catapult it to the next level right with the very best. Others are commenting on adding the Type II or IX because "they make the most sense". Ok, subs that we have seen in virtually every simulation, why not try the type XXI?? yes its actual service record was very short but it had incredible potential and virtually no other sim features a complete interior of them even though the Germans have one still as a ship museum.

Or why not try the Japanese subs? That would actually be bonkers, there is no sim, except a lackluster mod, that features japanese wwII subs as the main playable vehicles. Even Italian would be allright. And that's just for the axis. How awesome woul be to have the french Surcouf, a warship/submarine hybrid?

But no, we get some new simulators every once in a blue moon and ALL of the wwII ones are type VII and only type VII.

So I feel you and many people in these forums and other forums yearn for some variety

[diocletianus284]

Originally posted by El Rushbo:

Originally posted by Jack Hood:

Nah, gotta go with the Type II, three tubes in the front, none in the rear, and only carriers 5 torpedoes total.

Type XXIII, two tubes in front, no reloads.

Even that would be awesome, some variety, anything

[Grumpy Old Dude]

Originally posted by El Rushbo:

Originally posted by Jack Hood:

Nah, gotta go with the Type II, three tubes in the front, none in the rear, and only carriers 5 torpedoes total.

Type XXIII, two tubes in front, no reloads.

OK, I had to look that one up. I was not familiar with the Type XXIII. Seems a horrid waste, to field a sub with 2 whole torpedoes, and they having to be loaded externally while docked.

[wolf310ii]

Originally posted by El Rushbo:

Originally posted by wills.ronald:

I'm hoping they bring out some subs that have 6 torpedoe tubs at the front and 2 torpedoe tubs at the back.

Only ones with that configuration were Japanese boats I think.

The Royal Navy had the O-, P- and R-Class with that configuration

[El Rushbo]

Originally posted by Grumpy Old Dude:

OK, I had to look that one up. I was not familiar with the Type XXIII. Seems a horrid waste, to field a sub with 2 whole torpedoes, and they having to be loaded externally while docked.

Well, by the time those were put into service the situation for Germany was desperate. Coastal U-boats that could be built quickly were seen to be the best bet.

The Type VII is the obvious choice for most subsims since it had the largest impact on submarine warfare.

That aside different perspectives would be interesting to play, but would probably be a niche market.

Japanese subs were used for supply runs and attacking warships. They never considered unrestricted warfare against merchant ships. Ironically US supply ships were exceptionally vulnerable and the Japanese would have had quite a weakness to exploit. Maybe wouldn't have changed the end result, but it would have caused considerable setbacks. The limited use of aircraft-carrying submarines would also be an interesting thing to portray.

Italian subs would be an interesting dynamic as early in the war Italy actually had more boats in the Atlantic than Germany did. Italian boats were inferior to their German counterparts though.

British subs operating out of Malta would be a fun campaign. Imagine being constantly under the risk of air attack, on an island mostly cut off from friendly support. It wasn't uncommon for a boat to set sail with some components missing due to shortages, even to the point of taking a boat out of service so it could be parted out to keep others running. With the Axis running through Africa, it was up to the Royal Navy submarines to keep troops and supplies from reaching Africa. Kind of a reversal of the Battle of the Atlantic.