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Originally Posted by MetalMania
(yes, I'm using auto targeting. Honest - I do plan on getting a handle on manual tracking and TDC, for now though I want to work on getting into good positions and running intercepts without worrying about it - for the moment my tracking party is really good  ). |
This exactly what you are supposed to be doing. Jumping in to SH4 at 100% realism is a short cut to frustration. Plenty of time to learn manual targeting
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At this point I cheated a bit (or a bit more for those of you who would say I'm already cheating with auto targeting) and went into free camera for a better look.
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If it is a functionality of the game, it ain't cheatin. If using a free view camera was cheating, it would not be part of the game.
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Are "down the throat" shots a crapshoot, assuming you even get a hit? Should I have set a deeper depth using the magnetic exploder - I set it shallow since it was a destroyer? It appeared to explode right on target, and thus far in my experience one hit on a destroyer is usually fatal. All this one seemed to do was get the guys on the forward deck wet.
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That does seem weird. Are you sure you did not get a premature detonation (Did you enable "dud torpedoes" in your realism settings). Usually one torpedo hit will sink or severely cripple a destroyer.
As for how long to wait, ERPP8 has the right idea. Wait
at least 30 game minutes.
Of course Falkirion's tactic is even better. As a sub captain time is what you usually have plenty of. No one ever got depth charged for waiting
too long after the destroyers left the area.
Good luck and good hunting to you!!