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Originally Posted by Rawkus
1] Finding contacts at a given location.
When you're told to go to a location then told sink anything that moves, what is the best way to find a target? I read somewhtere people circle the area at about 50nm using the hydrophone every hour. This seems to take alot of real time and is proving very unfruitful. Am I just looking in the wrong locations, should I be looking near port or looking for shipping routes in the area? Should I be moving any particular routes or should I pick a spot and wait it out? Is it right that my sonar guy will miss just about everything unless it's on top of us, is there a way to help him out or should I be checking more manually?
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I'll admit, this may be something of a cheat, but I don't worry much about where they send me. I put in the time required to patrol that area by sitting in the area, waiting, and then moving on. I've never found ComSubPac very intelligent when it comes to my orders, either in the vanilla version or in RFB (which is what I use) versions.
Once finished with the time I have to spend in an area, I move off to more juicy areas, like sitting just outside ports. Rabaul and Tokyo bay are two favorite hangouts. You get a lot of aircraft troubles, but if you dive during the day and keep your eyes pealed at night, you can usually avoid them. For me it's all about sitting and waiting for the convoys to come to me. I'm a green Captain, concerned about the environment, and so am as economically fuel efficient as possible.
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Should I keep a good depth at day only surfacing a night, should I just move to a new spot?
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Not played TMO myself, but either of these options is what I'd consider the best plan. I generally submerge during the day and pop up at night for recharge, and if I get frustrated that the aircraft just won't let go, I'll clear out and find some other place to hunt. But I'm sure others will have better suggestions than that.