Tides of War

Hi there, just bought this game and I was loving it until now. My story:

I've "failed" training missions in the past for not completing them on time, apparently. It wasn't too much of a bother, I was training after all, and when it happened I would usually get through them next time.

However, I'm playing a campaign now and I'm on the second mission. I have to defend an oiler while the Hood leaves HK. There's another corvette under my command and an enemy sub in the area. Pretty quickly we spotted him. Ordering the other corvette to attack did nothing by the way - I'd previously ordered him to protect the oiler and that's all he was willing to do for the rest of the mission - but that's a different issue.

The real show-stopper was suddenly "failing" the mission as I was in the middle of depth-charging the sub. I was told that not only was the oiler sunk (it wasn't, it was fine when the mission ended), but I let the sub get away too - never mind the fact that I was, at the time, sat right on top of it dropping depth charges.

So what gives? Is this just a fixed time limit I have to live with, or did something happen as a result of a bug?

I'd really like to enjoy this game all the way to the end, but this kind of thing is going to kill it for me, so any help would be appreciated. I may not have time to post again before Christmas, so to anyone who replies, my thanks in advance.

You have to win within X mins on some of the missions, if you fall for the limit then simply restart and do it faster the next time

That's called vendetta mode.

You have to win within X mins on some of the missions, if you fall for the limit then simply restart and do it faster the next time

Ah, that's a big shame. Oh well, thanks for the info.

Just curious, is Huw a common name? (Saw it somewhere else recently)

It's very common in Wales. Which is where I'm from.

Ah. That crossed my mind after I posted.