First destroyer!

[johan_d]

Haha, finally got one.. :lol:

I am not playing DID, but wanna survive as long as possible. Before, thus untill now I get away from them as the plaque.. they are not worth an eel.. just 1250 tons, is nothing.
But, normally I fire at the merchant, and then dive as mad and try to get away.. what always succeeded.
Now, in the Med, I had a very persistant Brit who wouldnt gave up, it was a Black Swan (who on earth comes up with this) and a big merchant.. sunk it. :up:

Well, eventually I got sick of it after an hour, he came closer and closer, I ordered zero tieffe, and fired a torp, while he was about 300 meters away.. BAM! gone is that hot potato!
I dont think I do it again.. wanna keep the crew save and thru the war.:roll:

[AVGWarhawk]

Haha, finally got one.. :lol:

I am not playing DID, but wanna survive as long as possible. Before, thus untill now I get away from them as the plaque.. they are not worth an eel.. just 1250 tons, is nothing.
But, normally I fire at the merchant, and then dive as mad and try to get away.. what always succeeded.
Now, in the Med, I had a very persistant Brit who wouldnt gave up, it was a Black Swan (who on earth comes up with this) and a big merchant.. sunk it. :up:

Well, eventually I got sick of it after an hour, he came closer and closer, I ordered zero tieffe, and fired a torp, while he was about 300 meters away.. BAM! gone is that hot potato!
I dont think I do it again.. wanna keep the crew save and thru the war.:roll:


You saw your opportunity and did your damage!!!!!:rock:

[johan_d]

Yes I did!! haha..

Btw, its my second carreer, 9 patrols on the 1th one, 3th on the 2th one.
Be carefull outthere!

[Biggles]

I always save before I get myself im a fight aganst a DD......I just hate to play rat and mouse for 12 hours.....

[edit] what the...."rat and mouse!" that was new....I meant "Cat and mouse"

[Morts]

if you really like to fight with destroyers
fine one, submerge and go to flank speed for a few seconds/minutes (juse enough for him to pin point your location then you wait for him to get within 500 meters
then ready up a magnetic torpedo set for 5 meters and fire:arrgh!:

i know, its dumb but you get a reakl thrill out of it:rotfl:

[johan_d]

Wrong, We do NOT like that.. it was just a hopeless effort to get rid of them.
Only do that when you cant shake them off.

[Morts]

some might not, but i bet that there are some who enjoy the thrill of a destroyer closing in fast at you and in the last possible moment you fire a torpedo and the destoryer goes up into flames

[johan_d]

We like to continue, and not to life on the edge, or the sharp side of the knife.
Those moments will come sooner or later, just dont seek them

[Morts]

hmm, im only a dare devil in 39 till end of 40
then its too dangerous

[High Voltage]

You're taking a real chance by gambling on that torpedo not being a dud...:dead::dead::dead:
The ocean feasts on thrill seekers.

Personally, I like to blow ballast and surface 10 feet from them and take them down with my trusty Ruger. One shot between the eyes.:up:

[Dallass_Drake]

I'm in December 1943 atm ... I just attacked a convoy with like 50 escorts :arrgh!: Well, actually more like 6, but I sneak out the back and find myself with three of the buggers hunting me and no matter how deep I am I can't shake them, I'm at about 250m in an undamaged IXD2 ... so far been able to avoid their depth charges but I'm at flank speed most of the time trying to sneak past the constant explosions, seems unlikely I'll be able to conceal myself :down:

Is there any chance at all of getting out of that situation? I mean, will they end up giving up after a few hours or once the convoy gets too far ahead? Will they run out of depth charges? I have a falke in a stern tube, could I kind of get nearer to the surface and just fire it off with no solution of anything? I've still never actually used one of them, at what depth can I fire it?

[Corrupt_File]

Ok, well.
1. Rig for silent running.
2. Set silent speed. (2 kts)
3. Set 5-10 degrees either rudder.
4. Release a Bold.
5. Keep changing depth/heading often, you'll shed them.

If you need to fire a falke, thats fine, you don't need a solution, but you need to fire in the vacinity (+-10 degrees maybe?). Max torpedo depth for a IXD2 is 20m.

[Dallass_Drake]

Yeah I'm in silent running, all that, except it's raining depth charges and they're detecting me at 2knts no problem, I'd rather avoid the ashcans being at like 250m. Even if they have a strong fix on you will they just give up trying to nail you after a while? I heard they usually give up if they don't detect anything for 30mins but this is relentless so far and this is my first time with late war destroyers as well :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

if you really like to fight with destroyers
fine one, submerge and go to flank speed for a few seconds/minutes (juse enough for him to pin point your location then you wait for him to get within 500 meters
then ready up a magnetic torpedo set for 5 meters and fire:arrgh!:

i know, its dumb but you get a reakl thrill out of it:rotfl:

That might be fine early on in the war :yep: ...you'll soon find they zig zag as they approach you making it nigh on impossible to predict their final approach location...and there you are at PD :hmm: ....have a nice day...I'm sure the DD will :up:

[Hakahura]

This is how I like to see destroyers...


http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/2620/sh3img241200720616265kc8.png

Not my first, probably not the last.

[Melonfish]

although they're not big additions to your GRT i do actively try to sink destroyers i come accross. because you get MEDALS!, i've sank 3 DD's and some elco's on one patrol and got something like 6 iron crosses etc. my officers all got kitted out with nice shiney new medals and most of the crew and they're happily performing at improved levels *bonus' for medals in your compartments* ;)
plus there's the satisfaction of just plain sinking dd's, there's nothing like two dd's actively hunting you to get the blood up.
best of all one is stationary trying to fix your position whilst the other lays DC's the layer gets to watch his m8 go up in flames for sitting still.
pete

[Dallass_Drake]

I always try and bag a few destroyers per patrol, to make life easier for my comrades :arrgh!: The best I got, I attacked a small convoy and took out the leading escort as well as some merchants, the rear escort piled straight into the mix with the remaining ships all over the place, and in the confusion the destroyer got boxed into position perfectly about 600m in front of me, stopping to avoid a collison :up: For second I thought I'd fluffed it as it got going at the last second but thankfully it slammed into the screws and the whole thing went up :arrgh!:

[Morts]

if you really like to fight with destroyers
fine one, submerge and go to flank speed for a few seconds/minutes (juse enough for him to pin point your location then you wait for him to get within 500 meters
then ready up a magnetic torpedo set for 5 meters and fire:arrgh!:

i know, its dumb but you get a reakl thrill out of it:rotfl:

That might be fine early on in the war :yep: ...you'll soon find they zig zag as they approach you making it nigh on impossible to predict their final approach location...and there you are at PD :hmm: ....have a nice day...I'm sure the DD will :up:

so far only 1 destroyer has zig zagged towards me, i just waited till the last possib moment
....310 meters away from me

(even though the torp didn run 300m it exploded)

[johan_d]

You're taking a real chance by gambling on that torpedo not being a dud...:dead::dead::dead:
The ocean feasts on thrill seekers.

Personally, I like to blow ballast and surface 10 feet from them and take them down with my trusty Ruger. One shot between the eyes.:up:

haha, I know, but if you read carefully it was my second carreer, and the total of 11 or something patrols before I decided to do that.. maybe i never do it again!:smug:

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Well, eventually I got sick of it after an hour [...]
:roll: :rotfl:

[johan_d]

Well, actually, i dont remember well how long it was, but in realtime, and more than an hour.. anyhow, she's down..

Currently on the way back to port, 10 ships sunk, lucky to be on the shipping lane.
But I feel it will be one of the last easy patrols.. they are getting more and more aggresive.
:arrgh!:

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Well, actually, i dont remember well how long it was, but in realtime, and more than an hour.. anyhow, she's down..

Currently on the way back to port, 10 ships sunk, lucky to be on the shipping lane.
But I feel it will be one of the last easy patrols.. they are getting more and more aggresive.
:arrgh!:
And that means they take their orders from BdU. Doenitz seems to be a double-agent!

[STEED]

I don't mess with destroyers not until 43 when I get my hands on a type IV torp then and only then I take them on with better odds and watch them go dead in the water and start to panic as I close in for the final kill.

[johnm]

Last time I took out a destroyer, I left it a mite late.

Fired at about 350m, it caught fire, I dived, it then sank on top of me.