I think GWX is great, but sometimes i really don't understand how escorts detect me (at night especially or at sunset or dawn when i'm in the dark side of the horizon!)

Perhaps they were out looking for a wonderful sunrise, only to see something moving in the water to ruin their precious sight and declare to get even. Something to think about :hmm:

I can't say I've really had the eagle eyes thing happen to me, except once. I had a merchant visual, so I started the chase and dived under and stalked it for awhile. After I believed I had a well enough attack route set up, I raised the periscope up a bit only to see it in evasive action. I fired anyway, and I missed. So all the way to my patrol grid I was a tad bit bitter about that, but on the way back I found two ships of more value, and I got em. So it all worked out, really. Though I really would've liked that ship.

Welcome:up: long-time lurker :o, I mean Nichren

Good Hunting:up:

RDP

More realistic according to who? :roll:

[quote=Nichren]Long time lurker first time poster...
Welcome aboard Nichren,
HEY, sometimes we're going to be seen, maybe by a jumpy lookout that thought he saw something. There's soo many eyes on that ship compared to your lookouts and officer. S__T is going to happen. If I could sneak in everytime, what fun would that be. I personally haven't been detected every time by an Escort. But there have been times when I thought all was well, only to have to crash dive and evade to escape. To me it's much more rewarding to escape death sometimes than to rack up 100,000 tons every patrol. To be able to go home, get my crew some awards, see the family, Fatherland, and go on another patrol is reward enough.............IMO

From the GWX manual page 29::arrgh!: GWX has big peepers!:o

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