[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by Armistead

I tried auto targeting awhile back and sucked at it. I felt so limited by it as most of my torps go to where I think ships will be when they get there. I would lock on green ships zigging everywhere and maybe get 1 hit out of four. Obvious merchants that don't know you're around you can do fairly well, but other than that I somehow don't have the skill to use auto target.

The thing that gets me about auto-targeting is that it's no way a guarantee that you're going to hit anything. If I have the wrong bow angle or a bad approach in general, I'm gonna' probably miss. I've missed many a time just because I needed to be 1000 yrds closer or I've had too steep a bow angle. Sure the little triangle was green or yellow but that turned out to be very temporary. It just adds to the fun of chance. It shows how quickly things change in the heat of attack. So even with auto, you're chances of missing the target are still there but probably reduced if you're attack settup is good.
So now I have a question; Can I still setup a spread with auto on?? I use the TDC for range ect and the controls are there for speed, depth and spread. I would like to fire a spread salvo at times. I haven't tried it yet, does it work with auto on?
Cheers.
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