TMO 2.5 renown

andycts · 08-23-13, 05:13 PM

Hi everyone,
just a quick question about renown in TMO.Is it worth trying to complete the missions the game gives you?Do you get a score for these missions or is it based on tonnage sunk.

good hunting

c13Garrison · 08-23-13, 05:34 PM

It helps you Andy, but its so easy to override with tonnage. I usually hit 2 patrol spots and if the 3rd is too far off I'll ignore it and go where I think they're hiding.

Rockin Robbins · 08-23-13, 05:43 PM

Especially with RSRD early in the war you can come up with goose eggs doing missions. It's important to do some, so do two. If you're finding targets, two will probably deplete your torpedoes. But if you aren't getting lucky then it's time to strike out on your own and bag some tonnage.

Admiral Halsey · 08-23-13, 06:21 PM

If I don't sink anything in my first patrol area I use the convoy routes mod and search along them until I have to head back to base.(Even if you don't run into a convoy the chances of finding single merchants are much higher.)

andycts · 08-24-13, 04:28 AM

Thanks guys,
good to know i'm not wasting my time checking these areas out

good hunting

Bubblehead1980 · 08-24-13, 01:45 PM

Something I have noticed with RSRD is while you may be assigned in a "dry" area or what seems to be as far as merchant traffic etc, there are times you are in an area where a big prize will transit through such as a battleships, carrier, heavy cruisers or all as a TF, you have to find it.Sometimes, youll get an ULTRA, other's its left to you being in right place at right time. This happens in all phases of the war.I learned this as I was puzzled why the designed of RSRD would assign player to dry areas.One I think was as RSRD aims for historical accuracy, let's face it, every sub did not always get a hot area. Second, since TF traffic was meticulously recreated in RSRD, he made it so player should be in right area at right time. I discovered this by being in an area for 30 days with nothing, getting ready to head home, then boom a carrier with escorts sails into my area.

There were times where I found nothing and wondered so I looked up the traffic in the campaign files, sure enough, if i had been a few miles west i would have made contact with a BB etc.

Most recent was a patrol to the Java Sea in March /April 1945. I thought, what a dead area.I sunk a minelayer patroling outside Surabaya and shot down a couple planes, had an attack on two DE's set up but broke it off when on next scope observation at night, it was storming, couldnt see the targets.Then sure enough on April 21, 1945, after 30 days of boredom, an ULTRA about a U boat transiting the area, with coordinates included came in.I patroled area submerged on April 23 and sure enough about noon, sonar had the faint sounds of a sub, was able to attack and sink a U boat.Not a bad patrol for 1945.

08-23-13, 05:13 PM	#1
andycts Seaman Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: South Yorkshire,UK Posts: 32 Downloads: 232 Uploads: 0	TMO 2.5 renown Hi everyone, just a quick question about renown in TMO.Is it worth trying to complete the missions the game gives you?Do you get a score for these missions or is it based on tonnage sunk. good hunting __________________ TMO 2.5 OTC for TMO 2.5 OTC realistic scopes ISE v3 TMO&RFB LST TMO v2 TDW ship plane fire damage Websters real lifeboat fix TMO different smoke

08-23-13, 05:43 PM	#3
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Especially with RSRD early in the war you can come up with goose eggs doing missions. It's important to do some, so do two. If you're finding targets, two will probably deplete your torpedoes. But if you aren't getting lucky then it's time to strike out on your own and bag some tonnage. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

08-24-13, 04:28 AM	#5
andycts Seaman Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: South Yorkshire,UK Posts: 32 Downloads: 232 Uploads: 0	Thanks guys, good to know i'm not wasting my time checking these areas out good hunting __________________ TMO 2.5 OTC for TMO 2.5 OTC realistic scopes ISE v3 TMO&RFB LST TMO v2 TDW ship plane fire damage Websters real lifeboat fix TMO different smoke

08-23-13, 05:34 PM	#2
c13Garrison Ensign Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Chicago-ish, USA Posts: 223 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	It helps you Andy, but its so easy to override with tonnage. I usually hit 2 patrol spots and if the 3rd is too far off I'll ignore it and go where I think they're hiding.

08-23-13, 06:21 PM	#4
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 298 Uploads: 0	If I don't sink anything in my first patrol area I use the convoy routes mod and search along them until I have to head back to base.(Even if you don't run into a convoy the chances of finding single merchants are much higher.)

08-24-13, 01:45 PM	#6
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 6,922 Downloads: 550 Uploads: 42	Something I have noticed with RSRD is while you may be assigned in a "dry" area or what seems to be as far as merchant traffic etc, there are times you are in an area where a big prize will transit through such as a battleships, carrier, heavy cruisers or all as a TF, you have to find it.Sometimes, youll get an ULTRA, other's its left to you being in right place at right time. This happens in all phases of the war.I learned this as I was puzzled why the designed of RSRD would assign player to dry areas.One I think was as RSRD aims for historical accuracy, let's face it, every sub did not always get a hot area. Second, since TF traffic was meticulously recreated in RSRD, he made it so player should be in right area at right time. I discovered this by being in an area for 30 days with nothing, getting ready to head home, then boom a carrier with escorts sails into my area. There were times where I found nothing and wondered so I looked up the traffic in the campaign files, sure enough, if i had been a few miles west i would have made contact with a BB etc. Most recent was a patrol to the Java Sea in March /April 1945. I thought, what a dead area.I sunk a minelayer patroling outside Surabaya and shot down a couple planes, had an attack on two DE's set up but broke it off when on next scope observation at night, it was storming, couldnt see the targets.Then sure enough on April 21, 1945, after 30 days of boredom, an ULTRA about a U boat transiting the area, with coordinates included came in.I patroled area submerged on April 23 and sure enough about noon, sonar had the faint sounds of a sub, was able to attack and sink a U boat.Not a bad patrol for 1945.