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Originally Posted by Rawkus
2] Aircraft
It seems I keep getting caught out by aircraft, I spot them on my radar and I choose to go to periscope depth but even at max radar range I have barely started descending when they're on top of me, slight exaggeration, most of the time I get away with it but it seems to be occurring more frequently, is there a way to descend more quickly, should crash dive speed up the process, is it affected by traveling speed. This become more of a problem after the first time it happens because then the entire Jap airforce wants to come hunt me after I've been spotted. This takes me onto my next point...
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Given I've only been playing SHIV (stock) for a few days, I hardly feel equipped to help others out, but I'll have a go anyway!
When I'm in an area that's full of aircraft I run at decks awash by day (a depth of 8m in the Porpoise). When you're at decks awash you run a lot slower than you would at the surface but you can submerge in seconds (rather than the one minute something it takes when you're fully surfaced). In the stock game I find that this makes all the difference - we're submerged before any bombs are dropped on us. At night, I just run on the surface as there doesn't seem to be any air patrols by night.
I hope this is good advice - it seems to work for me.