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Old 10-25-10, 08:05 PM   #13
desirableroasted
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Originally Posted by raymond6751 View Post

I have tried varying speed from stop to slow thinking that the game math formulas might get confused. Didn't work.
But it does work. Long, slow curves, at 60-75 RPMs, at maximum depth increase my chances of getting away by at least 50%.

That's not to say I shall get away. At 60 meters bottom, with 3 veteran DDs on me, my chance of getting away by running a straight line at "standard" silent running might be 20%. By stepping down my RPMs and doing the slow "snake," I might buy myself to 30%.

Why?

Once the escorts cannot find you, and have to "reset" to your last detection point, your odds go way up. The AI seems to assume you will be going in a straight line, or thereabouts, and if you are bearing off, and going truly silent, you have bought yourself some room.
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