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Folducker · 04-22-09, 01:30 PM

The last thing I need to do is give someone advice playing this game as I haven’t been playing very long, but this works for me.
1) Approach the convoy from the direct front. Plot the course, draw a line so you know which way they are headed. Usually you will have up to 4 escorts. One in direct front, one each off to the sides and one in the rear. It’s the one in the rear who usually gives the most trouble. So far, I have found convoys tend to be ships traveling abreast of each other, maybe two or three rows deep.
2) At about 8 to 10 miles, dive to periscope depth. You are headed directly for the lead escort. Go deep until you get the “passing thermal layer” message, or just go to 300 feet. Silent running, dead slow.
3) You will now have a number of lines on the map indicating sound bearings. The black lines are merchant ships, the blue ones are escorts. You want to watch the escort lines.
4) At some time, the blue lines will swivel from in front of you to pointing behind you. This means you are past the lead escort but still in front of the lead ship. Magnify the map and pick a spot between the ships. When you are still about 1000 yards or so ahead, go to periscope depth, slow speed. This takes some practice, if you surface too soon, the escorts will pick you up and the convoy will scatter, too late and you get to watch everyone parade by while you are surfacing. When you are surfacing, open all outer doors, warm up the TDC and set the scope at the approximate position where you except the first ship you want to shoot at to appear. Start shooting. I like to reach periscope depth after turning 90 degrees to the convoy course as very slow speed. (Try not to get run over, ruins your day) I try to shoot the ship furthest away first, usually with the bow tubes, and then switch to the stern tubes. If you are successful, go back to 300 feet and wait for the escorts. The key here is to stay at silent running and get the hell out of Dodge. On a good day, I sunk three freighters and one escort. (The escort just happened to stumble in front of a miss). Good Luck.

04-22-09, 01:30 PM	#13
Folducker Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 53 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	The last thing I need to do is give someone advice playing this game as I haven’t been playing very long, but this works for me. 1) Approach the convoy from the direct front. Plot the course, draw a line so you know which way they are headed. Usually you will have up to 4 escorts. One in direct front, one each off to the sides and one in the rear. It’s the one in the rear who usually gives the most trouble. So far, I have found convoys tend to be ships traveling abreast of each other, maybe two or three rows deep. 2) At about 8 to 10 miles, dive to periscope depth. You are headed directly for the lead escort. Go deep until you get the “passing thermal layer” message, or just go to 300 feet. Silent running, dead slow. 3) You will now have a number of lines on the map indicating sound bearings. The black lines are merchant ships, the blue ones are escorts. You want to watch the escort lines. 4) At some time, the blue lines will swivel from in front of you to pointing behind you. This means you are past the lead escort but still in front of the lead ship. Magnify the map and pick a spot between the ships. When you are still about 1000 yards or so ahead, go to periscope depth, slow speed. This takes some practice, if you surface too soon, the escorts will pick you up and the convoy will scatter, too late and you get to watch everyone parade by while you are surfacing. When you are surfacing, open all outer doors, warm up the TDC and set the scope at the approximate position where you except the first ship you want to shoot at to appear. Start shooting. I like to reach periscope depth after turning 90 degrees to the convoy course as very slow speed. (Try not to get run over, ruins your day) I try to shoot the ship furthest away first, usually with the bow tubes, and then switch to the stern tubes. If you are successful, go back to 300 feet and wait for the escorts. The key here is to stay at silent running and get the hell out of Dodge. On a good day, I sunk three freighters and one escort. (The escort just happened to stumble in front of a miss). Good Luck.