I play at full difficulty except i like to keep external views for entertainment and I dont turn on the periscope wave effect (I think no wobble is slightly closer to the real life optics). I've done around 6 careers and have never got beyond mid 1944.
I'm usually fairly cautious but I have not figured out how to attack 1944 convoys. The problem is that while I try to shoot from long range I'm so restricted in speed the convoys sometimes roll straight over me. If the weather is at all reasonable I cannot shake off 1944 escorts and they will eventually get me. I guess that's fairly realistic.
I understand in real life the type VII's stuck to coastal waters and shot GNATs then tried to hide on the bottom.
I think as in real life the best way to survive the war is to transfer to a type IX and hide in distant waters where there may still be some lone merchants to bully. That's going to be very boring.
Unless there's some trick I don't know about?
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