yea - RuB deck gun is tough. It's not supposed to be a main armament, and if you like the cowboys and indians stuff then you should play the game with it's standard deck gun.
I like the new deck gun - it's only for sinking that tanker that is crippled and left behind. It's also more tense now. When I surface, after the convoy is out of sight, to start working that tanker over, I know that it has radioed the escorts and they're on their way back to sort me out. I had an awesome experience recently where the escort was 4k away, coming fast, firing at me, and with shells landing all over I was pumping the last few HEs into lower hull of a T3. I went under at the last minute at flank, and went down to 170 and escaped. A few minutes later, the T3 rolled and went under. Love the time pressure now. As for damage, just aim for below the water line. That seems to work. Above deck hits do nothing.
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