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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
I prob could get away but I try to play "historically accurate" Was in a Gato so try to stay at 300 may push it down to 350 if I must.As far as I know no Gato's ever purposely went beyond 350 feet.I know Fluckey took Barb to 345 one time.True in the game and prob in RL Gatos could go to 500 feet safely but only do it if I must.Makes it more challenging but also more dangerous.Shows what an advantage Balaos had in RL being able to safely go to 600 feet.Sometimes the escorts just get lucky.What sucks is I was having a lot of fun with that career.
Have you tried the S boats in the Aleutians in 42 and Kuriles in 43 wit RSRD yet? I am thinking about it.Doesnt look like many convoys or escorts though when opened it up with ME, might be kinda boring.Prob could be fun though.
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I've never gone to those areas, maybe twice. I wish I could keep a S boat or even a Tambor throughout the war. Seems you turn new boats down over and over, you just get retired...least I did. My favorite boat is the Tambor.
I don't mind going deep if I have the water. With TMO escorts, I still get battered with charges that deep. Really though, I haven't seen that depth gives you much more of an advantage, you can about to the same things in 400 ft as you can 600. Plus, just a little damage at 600ft can implode your sub quickly, so it's actually more dangerous at times.
I'm playing TMO without RSRD right now..The planes were sure dumbed down in RSRD. Been killed twice at 130-150 ft deep of water by planes.
The escorts seem to me the same, but could be the new patch that I just started using. Do miss some of the ships, map labels and big convoys of RSRD, but gonna give it a go. Love the way the ships zig and they don't mill around after an attack like they do in RSRD. Damn shame, a little fine tuning using the good of both could improve the game a lot. Be nice to see RSRD include some of Duc's changes, harder planes, more ships, better speed, ect...I do like running into convoys at fast speed, never see that much in RSRD...you have to think more when they're going fast. Like all the pieces are there if somone would just put the puzzle together...really not a lot to do. With DRM with SH5, SH4 probably has a long life ahead.