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Originally Posted by Diopos
1) What kind of firing ranges are we talking about ?
2) Are you sure you're undetected? How are the Escorts/DDs behaving?
3) Try backing off, "shadow" the convoy and attack later on. Ships cutting into each other's course is (or better "should") not be typical. Which returns us to question 2.
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1) I'm shooting between 2000y and 4000y on high speed settings.
2) Yes I'm sure of being undetected. The escort DD's are either plodding ahead of the columns in a straight line, or doing typical flank protection (doing a sort of criss-cross maneuver while maintaining position relative to the fleet). They are not pinging me, looking around with search lights, or even coming specifically in my direction until AFTER the torpedo trails have been seen.
3) I have tried shadowing all night long with the same effect. The odd behavior of the convoy ships seems to be related to the size / composition of the fleet. Some ships are running in proper column formation, while others keep having to maneuver around them because they don't want to hit them. One perfect example of this is the Luzon invasion task force right at the beginning of my career. What should be 1-2 lines of convoy ships surrounded by a ring of DD's turns into a complete mess with DD's mixing in with convoy ships and everybody going everywhere except where they are supposed to go...