can't get rid of destroyers

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE!!

Like that ?

[BarracudaUAK]

I did that once in a XXI... DD was dead in the water but wasn't sinking, out of torpedoes, so I shot it up with my AA, still didn't sink.

I decied to get "midieval" on it!
So I rammed it, didn't sink.... I backed up about a 1km off, and submerged, charged it at flank speed, and blew ballast, ended up with my bow -just aft of the torpedo tubes- on top of the ship.

Back full, ordered a dive and pulled it under... it finally sank. Then I returned to port to get patched up.

Barracuda

[Jimbuna]

Most innovative

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Most innovative

Not really. It's an old technique !

 

[BarracudaUAK]

Originally Posted by Kendras

Not really. It's an old technique !

 

Yep, it worked in the middle ages, and the 19th century, why not in 1944/45?

What's "more aggressive" than RAMMING your target?

Barracuda

[ValoWay]

In real life DDs were supposed to escort a convoy they were assigned to but how does that work out in sh3? Assuming that a convoy keeps on going while DDs keep depth charging me will those DDs eventually leave at some point because of the convoy getting too far away from them or will they stay with me until they the lose track of me no matter what?

Does anybody know how the AI in sh3 deals with that situation cause I'm generally curious after reading this thread!

[Jimbuna]

If a DD loses contact with you for a certain length of game time (I can't remember the precise figure but 15 minutes is ringing a distant bell) they will move on and rejoin the convoy or their pre-determined scripted track.

[UKönig]

Originally Posted by K-61

Speaking of BOLDs, does anybody know how many are in stock when they are available? I have used them a few times and never exhausted my supply, but it would be nice to know how many I actually have aboard.

Also, I may need some advice as how best to utilize them. I've released a few, but I am not sure if my evasion tactics with them are the best. I kind of dump them out and pray without really having confidence in them. My evasion tactics without BOLDs, I am okay with them, but I am not really sure how to get the most from my BOLDs.

I have used the pillenwefer "bold" to positive results. I have counted a payload of 5 canisters before "wir haben kein bold mehr"... I have used them to pull the attention of nosy destroyers on patrol, and when they came in to investigate, I'd get them with either a G7e or a seeker, depending on circumstances. I've used them mostly to fool enemy sound men into attacking a depth level that I am no longer at. I've learned a lot about how the sonar sets worked and how they didn't, and that's been a huge help to determine how or when an escort may lose track of me...