Poll: Time of Attack

[Von Tonner]

If you can decide, when do you prefer to carry out a convoy attack?

1) During the day
2) At night
3) At dawn
4) At dusk
5) In fog
6) Running seas/rain

I had my first attack in heavy fog and it was a blast. The destroyers are muted to an extent, high seas does not make for good sonar - when you hit a merchant it invariably lights up giving you a beacon in the fog. The destroyers too, flash their signal lights which further helps you. Of course I did this from the perimiter of the convoy as you run the risk of been run over if you get in among them. It was really fun.

[micky1up]

range / 1/2 dot gives time of attack using the targets speed

[joea]

You misunderstood Von Tonner's question, micky1up.

[Rockin Robbins]

I'd rather attack a dusk and have all night to clean up my mess in relative safety. But I'll attack when the opportunity presents itself, even in non-optimal conditions as long as it is not a patently foolhardy move.

[Chock]

Definitely prefer daytime. The visibility and time available in which to plan an attack because of it, are just too good a set of advantages to pass up. If I can manage it, I'll try and get several good shots away at as long a range as possible, and if conditions permit, I might even turn around and pop some from the stern tubes.

Once you're evading, there's not a lot of disadvantages to it being daytime up top, so that's not a problem either.

:D Chock

[ReallyDedPoet]

When the situation presents itself, depends upon my position relative to the targets, current load-out, shape my sub is in.

So, it could be any of those above conditions.

RDP

[micky1up]

it was a technical joke

[micky1up]

i attack day or night rain or shine to do anything other is predictable

[Rafter11]

My night optics stink. So I try to attack with daylight. My computer a little on the slow side for this game.

[USS_shipmaster]

I have a problem with night attack, because with full realism setting on plus my vision is affected by astignmatism and very dark 'night' enviroment(lol). Therefore I prefer dusk, dawn or day attack.
PS do we have a mod to make night a little bit( lol) 'brighter'?

[tater]

^^^ there is a grpahics setting to up the gamma, that will brighten things generally.

Since I use manual TDC, I guess I prefer daylight submerged attacks since any mistake in a ship ID is frequently a miss.

[AVGWarhawk]

Night time is the right time!:D

[SteamWake]

Nor the heat of the day or darkness of night through rain sleet or hail shall keep me from delivering my rounds. :up:

Only exception is photo recons which I do in the daytime for obvious reasons.

[daft]

Daylight. It can get a bit rough if the escorts are good and it's too early in the day, but generally I consider the improved visibility to be enough of of an advantage for me to risk it.

[STEED]

I see a convoy I go after it and sod what time of day it is. ;)

[the_belgian]

If you can decide, when do you prefer to carry out a convoy attack?

1) During the day
2) At night
3) At dawn
4) At dusk
5) In fog
6) Running seas/rain

I had my first attack in heavy fog and it was a blast. The destroyers are muted to an extent, high seas does not make for good sonar - when you hit a merchant it invariably lights up giving you a beacon in the fog. The destroyers too, flash their signal lights which further helps you. Of course I did this from the perimiter of the convoy as you run the risk of been run over if you get in among them. It was really fun.

During the day...
And at night...
And at dawn...
And at dusk...
and in fog...
even in running seas/rain...
just whenever a Nip shows up!!!:yep:
When DD's are involved;kill the merchants and go for the termal layer after trying to pump a fish into the DD's bow!

[tycho102]

Yeah, I hit'em whenever and wherever. I'd have to say really heavy fog and seas are the most difficult and least preferable. I can deal with heavy seas well enough, just not heavy fog.

When I do have a bit of choice, I like just before sunrise with mild seas (7m/s or under). Not quite dawn with light peeking over. I prefer to put the first salvo in when it's pitch dark. During evasion and reloading, it's nice to have a little sunlight creep up for the second salvo, in case I determine the deck gun will be better to finish things. Need some light to see if the thing has deck guns bow and stern.

[Capt. Shark Bait]

any time i can:ping:

[switch.dota]

Of course I did this from the perimiter of the convoy as you run the risk of been run over if you get in among them. It was really fun.
Don't worry about collisions - they're 90% likely to be harmless.

[V.C. Sniper]

The Japs are never safe from my beautiful torpedo. :arrgh!:

[switch.dota]

Usually an attack is best planned during the day and executed at night. I doubt ships in a convoy change place during a day. IDing them then attacking at nightfall is usually the best course of action.

If given a weather choice, I simply LOVE heavy fog/rain. Radar and hydros guide me through and the damn escorts can't see a bloody thing. Surface attack and surfaced escape for the win!