Patrol objective still incomplete after 7 days

Zero Niner · 11-21-21, 08:58 PM

The conventional wisdom is that one need only stay within a 100nm radius of the objective star for 48 hours cumulative to satisfy the completion objective. Personally, I've encountered a wait period as long as about 4 days before the star grayed out. But now I've been patrolling the Bismarck Sea for a week and the patrol objective is still listed as "incomplete". I'm out of torps, and the frequency of air patrols has increased. And to add insult to injury I've stumbled across an IJN TF headed for Rabaul, comprising 3 CVs, 2 BBs and various other ships, that I've had to pass up on as I'm out of ammo basically.
Looks like I'll have to RTB with an "incomplete" on my patrol logs, but I almost got caught by a Kate on patrol. Not worth endangering the sub and crew just waiting for the star to gray out.

11-21-21, 08:58 PM	#1
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,032 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	Patrol objective still incomplete after 7 days The conventional wisdom is that one need only stay within a 100nm radius of the objective star for 48 hours cumulative to satisfy the completion objective. Personally, I've encountered a wait period as long as about 4 days before the star grayed out. But now I've been patrolling the Bismarck Sea for a week and the patrol objective is still listed as "incomplete". I'm out of torps, and the frequency of air patrols has increased. And to add insult to injury I've stumbled across an IJN TF headed for Rabaul, comprising 3 CVs, 2 BBs and various other ships, that I've had to pass up on as I'm out of ammo basically. Looks like I'll have to RTB with an "incomplete" on my patrol logs, but I almost got caught by a Kate on patrol. Not worth endangering the sub and crew just waiting for the star to gray out.