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Originally Posted by SeaQueen
I agree. I like to keep at least a few autocrews on so that I can devote my attention as-needed. If I want to turn them off while I'm paying attention to a particular station, I don't mind, but I end up putting them back on again while I do something else. I like to put myself in the role of a decision maker. I spend my time paying attention the station I think is most important AT THAT TIME. I don't want to have to be all over the place, dealing with things that aren't necessarily important.
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I agree totally. I play DW to get the experience of being the Commanding Officer, not the sonar tech, fire controlman, or torpedoman. Especially not the boring parts of their jobs. Being forced to stare at the whizwheel for ninety minutes only to get killed because I wasn't at the lookout station watching for vampires... it just really isn't fun.
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Few are the men that can effectively deal with all stations including TMA in a rich enviroment. Thos that can't deal often go active and use other such simple tactics.
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Being primarily a surface driver, using active sonar is often an outright necessity for me. Especially with all the homemade missions involving sea state five, suface duct, ASW sweeps. Granted, going active sucks, but it's better than passive in that sort of acoustic environment. Often you won't get a video return, but audio is there, so you can use the single beam active mode to narrow it down, then get a ATT on the contact, get probable couse and speed, then either close for a torpedo run or (the much safer and preferred) vector in off-board assests to make the kill. Still get half of that sub on my bridge wing.