Realistic ship sinking time and renown awarding

McDonnel · 11-28-16, 03:26 AM

Hello Kaleuns

is there any time frame in which ship has to sink to be awarded the renown?

I encountered large convoy the other day (many small ships, only two "worth an eel") and I decided to pick those two - an ammunition ship and a medium cargo.

Now, I hit medium cargo square under the chimney, so it blows up like fireworks, but ammunition ship was going a bit askew, so it was not that perfect.

But, since I have some experience already, I saw that she will go under eventually, and I decided to leave it be and creep away at slow pace, since escorts were dashing in...

Well, it took nearly an hour for ammunition ship to sink (calm seas, calm weather, some minor waves but nothing serious). I watched it through my periscope at approx 10-12km far, but I received no renown (which basically pissed me off, since I took great trouble with leading escort to get in such a nice position to take these two out within 6 seconds of each other).

So, does the ship need to sink like 10 minutes after torpedo impact, or do I need to be closer to receive the renown?

I know about the environment eventually stealing your renown in harsh weather conditions, but this was really calm, waves around 1m tops, dawn (5:12 AM), perfect conditions for submerged attack - when you are able to see something in periscope and yet there is dark enough they don't see the TI eel's bubbly line coming in.

11-28-16, 03:26 AM	#1
McDonnel Watch Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 19 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Realistic ship sinking time and renown awarding Hello Kaleuns is there any time frame in which ship has to sink to be awarded the renown? I encountered large convoy the other day (many small ships, only two "worth an eel") and I decided to pick those two - an ammunition ship and a medium cargo. Now, I hit medium cargo square under the chimney, so it blows up like fireworks, but ammunition ship was going a bit askew, so it was not that perfect. But, since I have some experience already, I saw that she will go under eventually, and I decided to leave it be and creep away at slow pace, since escorts were dashing in... Well, it took nearly an hour for ammunition ship to sink (calm seas, calm weather, some minor waves but nothing serious). I watched it through my periscope at approx 10-12km far, but I received no renown (which basically pissed me off, since I took great trouble with leading escort to get in such a nice position to take these two out within 6 seconds of each other). So, does the ship need to sink like 10 minutes after torpedo impact, or do I need to be closer to receive the renown? I know about the environment eventually stealing your renown in harsh weather conditions, but this was really calm, waves around 1m tops, dawn (5:12 AM), perfect conditions for submerged attack - when you are able to see something in periscope and yet there is dark enough they don't see the TI eel's bubbly line coming in.