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Originally Posted by Falkirion
Running a 688/688i with difficulty set to Realistic. I generally have trouble with landing forces missions so I've got the Kashin/Krivak/Udoloy escorts to deal with as a screen for the landing forces.
Generally my attack tactics for surface forces are as follows.
I start out at 15k yards if I'm confident I can handle it. Do my ID work at PD popping the scope up and down once per target. If I fail to acquire visually I'll drop down to 500 feet/shadow zone and do my signature work there.
As soon as I start hearing the pings I slow/rig for silent running and start presenting the narrowest profile I can to the active source/sources while keeping an eye on the Own ship numbers. Typically at most they'll only get a whiff.
And I just now realize what I've been doing wrong. I'm rushing my attacks to work around real life. Babies don't wait for dad to be done playing his sims!
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Ah I see the problem...Never go to periscope depth until you are inside the blue circle. Even then do not pop the scope.
Your mission is best done with
total stealth. If you fire a torpedo, plan to have MPA and Helos all over you. And warships. So never fire first as a rule. You are better off saving your small weapons load for the escape. Once you drop off the commandos you can end the mission. But you still need to clear the area. Good Luck
Dodge and weave enemy contacts and minefields.
Avoid getting close to warships, and if you think they are approaching too close make sure you are close to the bottom, turn off your engines. Always go with silent running. If there are no contacts to be seen you may speed up to 10kts max to hurry the mission. If you are at 5kts go to time compression. I have a couple of videos on those missions you can watch. I hope they help.
OH yes try to get way inside the blue circle before dropping off commandos. If you let the go at the edge. your mission will not count.