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illuminatus · 10-17-05, 12:40 PM

Since I'm a SH newbie, I've opted to leave the game on automatic targeting and the event camera enabled. Previously, I had, on various occasions, shot magnetic torpedoes under the keel of ships -- anywhere from 1-2 meters below their keels -- with mixed results. The little ships sink like a charm, but the larger cargos have remained afloat for my trusty deck gun (I weep when the winds are high).

I had thought this was how it's supposed to be -- big ships take more fishes, until I nailed a C2 cargo in 1 lucky shot. No agony of waiting for it to sink or seeing if I disabled its engines, just BAM, fireworks, explosion, then ocean floor.

Then I came to discover the aimed shots feature (I'm guessing only available with auto targetting on) where if I'm somewhere within 500m of target, and gyro angle is within +/- 10 degrees, the little vulnerability target boxes appear on the ship ID book (provided you have the correct ship), I notice the gyro change slightly depending on which location I target, and that has convinced me that it indeed attempts to fire into the proper position.

What I didn't expect is that it changes the depths of the torpedoes on the TDC as well. I aimed for the fuel tank (just in front of the engine) and, to my surprise, found my fish sailing straight onto the ship as opposed to under (I pre-set my fishes for 7-8m deep usually just in case i need to fire one off in a hurry). I checked back on my TDC and found that it set my depth back to 3m (which corresponds to the slightly higher location of the fuel tank).

The C2 promptly split in half and sank with much fanfare. I was overjoyed. Over the next 3 encounters of the patrol, I've successfully done this on 2 smaller merchants and yet another C2. So far in this current patrol I've fired 6 fishes and sank 7 ships (first kill was deck gun only).

This is definitely a process that rewards the patient. I took my time carefully to make sure I'm parked closeby to the mark's course at as close to 90deg as possible, then slightly adjusting my range for an ideal "aimed shot." So far this excercise has been rewarding. I'm definitely going to use this approach more often when I'm targetting heavier ships.

10-17-05, 12:40 PM	#8
illuminatus Watch Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 22 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Since I'm a SH newbie, I've opted to leave the game on automatic targeting and the event camera enabled. Previously, I had, on various occasions, shot magnetic torpedoes under the keel of ships -- anywhere from 1-2 meters below their keels -- with mixed results. The little ships sink like a charm, but the larger cargos have remained afloat for my trusty deck gun (I weep when the winds are high). I had thought this was how it's supposed to be -- big ships take more fishes, until I nailed a C2 cargo in 1 lucky shot. No agony of waiting for it to sink or seeing if I disabled its engines, just BAM, fireworks, explosion, then ocean floor. Then I came to discover the aimed shots feature (I'm guessing only available with auto targetting on) where if I'm somewhere within 500m of target, and gyro angle is within +/- 10 degrees, the little vulnerability target boxes appear on the ship ID book (provided you have the correct ship), I notice the gyro change slightly depending on which location I target, and that has convinced me that it indeed attempts to fire into the proper position. What I didn't expect is that it changes the depths of the torpedoes on the TDC as well. I aimed for the fuel tank (just in front of the engine) and, to my surprise, found my fish sailing straight onto the ship as opposed to under (I pre-set my fishes for 7-8m deep usually just in case i need to fire one off in a hurry). I checked back on my TDC and found that it set my depth back to 3m (which corresponds to the slightly higher location of the fuel tank). The C2 promptly split in half and sank with much fanfare. I was overjoyed. Over the next 3 encounters of the patrol, I've successfully done this on 2 smaller merchants and yet another C2. So far in this current patrol I've fired 6 fishes and sank 7 ships (first kill was deck gun only). This is definitely a process that rewards the patient. I took my time carefully to make sure I'm parked closeby to the mark's course at as close to 90deg as possible, then slightly adjusting my range for an ideal "aimed shot." So far this excercise has been rewarding. I'm definitely going to use this approach more often when I'm targetting heavier ships.