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H0ggyd0g · 07-18-18, 06:23 PM

Okay so i am no stranger to subsims or basic uboat tactics, I run with as close to full realism on the wolves of steel mod as i can (with the external camera for cinematic shenanigans). I can id targets, use the relevant tools to get course, speed, range and AOB. and i can sink targets with modest torpedo spreads.

I am currently not even out of 1939 and any escort with an ASDIC system is impossible to shake. Oh and they seem to be able to multiply literally out of thin air!!! (Mid Atlantic, a type B destroyer manages to get visual on me from about 7000yds, no other ship in sight. I start to dive to 150m, start to get depth charged and lo and behold there are 3 destoyers circling me!!!)

Sneaking away using silent running at 1-2kts? Tried and failed!

Using the scripts to perform pump fakes with decoys? Shakes them for about 5-10 mins and then suddenly there they are again!!!

Any combination of speed, course and maneuver is countered by clairvoyant like ASDIC detection.

I seem to be unable to get anymore than 5000yds away before some magic elastic band drags them back in my direction.

After 8 hours they are clearly out of depth charges but still circle above me with what seems like 20/20 vision through the water waiting for my batteries to run out!

Seriously its like there is a 150m flagpole sitting above my boat that they can see and its not even funny anymore.

If this is what its like in 1939 I'm screwed if i get any further in the war!

This is not an isolated incident, this pattern happens every time I am detected.

What can I do?

07-18-18, 06:23 PM	#1
H0ggyd0g Nub Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 3 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Getting frustrated by Escorts, What am i doing wrong??? Okay so i am no stranger to subsims or basic uboat tactics, I run with as close to full realism on the wolves of steel mod as i can (with the external camera for cinematic shenanigans). I can id targets, use the relevant tools to get course, speed, range and AOB. and i can sink targets with modest torpedo spreads. I am currently not even out of 1939 and any escort with an ASDIC system is impossible to shake. Oh and they seem to be able to multiply literally out of thin air!!! (Mid Atlantic, a type B destroyer manages to get visual on me from about 7000yds, no other ship in sight. I start to dive to 150m, start to get depth charged and lo and behold there are 3 destoyers circling me!!!) Sneaking away using silent running at 1-2kts? Tried and failed! Using the scripts to perform pump fakes with decoys? Shakes them for about 5-10 mins and then suddenly there they are again!!! Any combination of speed, course and maneuver is countered by clairvoyant like ASDIC detection. I seem to be unable to get anymore than 5000yds away before some magic elastic band drags them back in my direction. After 8 hours they are clearly out of depth charges but still circle above me with what seems like 20/20 vision through the water waiting for my batteries to run out! Seriously its like there is a 150m flagpole sitting above my boat that they can see and its not even funny anymore. If this is what its like in 1939 I'm screwed if i get any further in the war! This is not an isolated incident, this pattern happens every time I am detected. What can I do?