Actually hunting?

[Erendi]

Why is it that whenever I can get a mark of an enemy position on my navigation chart (Convoy, enemy fleet, etc) I can never seem to find a perfect point to intercept? Is there a specific way to intercept a fleet or what?

It seems like I never encounter anything during my patrols, only enemy planes and on occasion merchant ships that are so far out of draw distance that I can't see them.

Some advice would be appreciated.

[Linavitch]

Check the Newbie help sticky in the SH3 forum. The community manual has a good section for how to plot intercepts.

[Dowly]

Check the convoys speed & range. From that you can pretty easily get ahead of it and to a good attack position. After awhile, you can mark the intercept point quickly as you get used to knowing how fast you need to move to get to that point.

[Seadogs]

With as many ships reported in this game compared to SHIII It's as easy as waiting for a close contact, drawing a line through the target mark with your ruler at it's course, then setting course to well ahead of the target at a 90 degree intercept course.

Then wait. :arrgh!: