Here we were having a really cool theoretical conversation and BLAM, in comes Luke to ruin it all with the facts! http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...ys/nya-nya.gif

Hey, Pally! We're talkin' here! Don't confuse us with the facts!

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More Fun With Cuties
 

Yikes!!!!

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Luckily I was down 300 feet and they were surface skimming....:smug:

I watched on external camera. These guys were tracking that Destroyer but everytime they closed the range..the destroyer took off at top speed and outran them. Must rethink my position on destroyer intelligence...:yep:

These tiny buggers aren't very useful..that I can see.. but they are a whole lot of fun ...at least while the charm of novelty effect is in play...

I was unfortunate enough that they ran out of fuel right above my position. They began to sink, and finally one of then exploded on my conning tower. Useless to say that in about 10 seconds it was all over. :damn::damn::damn::damn::damn:

I seem to remember a song from TV, deades ago that went...

if it weren't for bad luck...I'D have no luck at all...



...well what you described sure fits that bill...:huh:

Wow.... how in the ... a million to one shot. Ive never even seen a torp 'sink'.

Oh..they do sink. At least in the game, and I think also in reality.

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NOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo !!! Don't tell me that Luke - USE the FORCE!!!

I have been monitoring this thread and never had the chance to "stock these", [cuties] until now. I made a promise to myself to start the War in 1941 and play it to the end using MANUAL targeting for EACH patrol. Total BLAST OF FUN, so far! I'm in my 16th patrol and it is now April, 1945 in Pearl and I am at Pearl for a refit/restock/new mission orders, etc. I have been at it for 7 months now using manual targeting. Please, don't tell me how the war ends in the game. My 14th patrol was a TOTAL DUD - inserted Mr. Secret Agent Man in Japan and sank >ONE< ship because fuel guage said "phone home". :(

Anyway ...

I said to myself while re-stocking torps in April, 1945, "Hey look at this! ... here for those cutie torps that those guys are talking about on the forums". I think they were 500 points EACH, so I stocked up the AFT Torp tubes with 4 of them. Then like a DUMB jerk, I bought 2 for the bow tubes - sounds like they are useless launched from the bow?

Question[s]:
Using manual targeting, do you launch them in the general direction out the AFT tubes without an EXACT planned impact point? Just got to my patrol zone [sink merchants around Luzon is the mission goal]. Have not fired any of them, yet.

I assume these [the cuties] are a waste on Merchants but MORE useful on putting Destroyers on the bottom?

I have no prior experience with them - thanking you in advance of your advice before I launch one or two!

I wouldn't worry about having a couple for the bow. They work fine there.

You can launch them with an exact impact point if you wish. But in order to aim that precisely you would have to be at periscope depth. As far as the cutie is concerned, you at periscope depth are nothing but another target. I launch from 99' or below in the general direction of my tormentors. These torpedoes are cute but not bright. Maybe they should be called blondies.

It is possible that you might get propeller damage on a merchie, but most likely they will steam away without any problem at all. On the other hand a cutie hit will often sink a destroyer or smaller escort. I can't wait until swdw gets his surface ship physics working for escorts and they can't dance out of the way like Natasia Liukin.

My interest in cuties has dissapaited entirely after three patrols . It was a pleasant break from routine. It was interesting to see them zip around through convoys. Trying to catch escorts.
Nice to see first hand their capabilities and disabilities.

But funs over. Time to get serious and back to work. Don't think I'll be packing anymore cuites...well...maybe just one.