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Originally Posted by Arael
Does the 300 renown hydrophone have any real advantage over the standard one?
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When you use the hydrophone manually I've never noticed a difference between the stock and upgrades. With a PO or seaman at his post with the better hydrophones there is a noticeable difference. The overall angle (160 as opposed to 120 (I think is the stock) degrees) is wider with the better ones. The closer you get to a convoy it really doesn't make much difference, once you're in the middle or close enough you'll get contacts on your map the full 360.
Generally speaking, once stars getting destroyed its time to head back to port. Certain things you can still function with: if only 1 engine is destroyed you can still run on a single engine, same with the batteries (though underwater time is greatly decreased). The coup de tat is when your attack periscope gets destroyed; if your UZO is still functional you can attack at night, otherwise even if you use manual aiming (literally shooting from the hip) to make your best estimate/guess on a target your patrol is pretty much done at that point.