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Originally Posted by WH4K
I've long thought it was odd that your crew could notify you "She's going down!" regardless of the situation. For instance, how are they going to know that a ship is finally going under when you're several nautical miles away, 300 feet under the surface, crawling along at 1 knot under silent running?
Shouldn't you have to stick around and actually observe the sinking to get credit? I do unless being attacked. Not only is it more "correct," but sometimes a ship that looks as if it should sink, does not, & requires another torpedo or going-over with the deck gun.
Also it's curious how your log automagically knows the exact tonnage of the target. Wasn't tonnage sunk more or less guesswork? Another game-ism I guess.
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I've noticed that under the conditions stated (
several nautical miles away, 300 feet under the surface, crawling along at 1 knot under silent running) that I 'might' get a 'greyed' sinking symbol and no credit - even though I can watch the sinking via the external camera. A real annoyance when shooting at two fat tankers, heavily escorted. This has happened several times. My only consolation is that
I know I sank them.