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Originally Posted by mcgmike
Hi all, 
I've been sailing these forums for a few months ( without posting ) and playing SHIII for less. I'm on my 23 patrol ( 50% realism ) now and have been constantly peppered with depth charges by convoy escorts. The thing I can't understand is these damn escorts dropping their load on me at exactly the depth I am at, whether I go shallow or deep. So far I have been able to survive through manovering ( only just and taking a lot of damage).
I was sure that during WWII the ASDIC could only pick out the direction and distance of the sub. ( Right or wrong, I'm not sure )
I'm interested to know if anyone else met these damn fine sailors on tehse escorts or have they all congregated inside my PC. :hmm: I know I'm not a great boat driver, but damn it's frustrating.
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They had a good idea of your depth too, later in the war. I forget exactly how, but they could get your direction (easiest), range (next easiest) and depth (clever bar-stewards).
And that's in real life. It's worth noting that one of the worst fears of SH3 players has been realised: uber-DDs. Ones that can pick up your sonar trace even while depth-charges are exploding and they're heading away from you at high speed with a big merchant in-between you and them. Supernatural, they are.
For SH3, the only tactic is to remain very deep and silent and slow, and just keep turning in the hope that you'll be missed. Not at all realistic, but hey. It's a game.