well i edited the 505 mission to put me just out side visual range at scope depth ahead of the taskforce--
here's the lat long entrys for the player sub if you want to try this Red
Long=-2327500.000000
Lat=2586520.000000
Height=-15.000000
there's probably some randomisation for the position of the taskforce but anything is a more balanced test than appearing in the worst possible location at the start of the mission (how did you get there ? undetected and un harmed anyway!)
i was able to slowly creep in at silent but got detected at about 1500 metres from the lead DD---went deep (didn't have a good angle on the carrierfor a fair shot) and rode out a very prolonged attack from al 5 of the DD's (taking it in turns as they somtimes do)
took some minor damage but they did their job and i wasn't able to get up the scope depth to attack the carrier--
well i could have tried blowing ballast going to flank and hoping i could get up launch and get back down again before i was killed -- but that seemed un feasibly risky with the lives of the crew at astake if you follow the role play attitude i take-not against a late war task force any way--)
one particular DD was more stubborn than the rest and even after the task force had passed by and was gone - this lone DD remained un shake-able and it slowly began to take it's toll on the hull integrity and so -on--
damage here damage there --
i wouldn't have said it was uber as it was only sciring damage with it's hedgehogs ( and thats to me an uber weapon anyway so i expect it to be )
considering the DD's have 8 k-gun launchers 4 on each side and the normal DC racks the fact that he was only getting hits with his hedgehogs says a lot--
over-all i'd say that i didn't find them uber-- and certainly there was no pin point drops at any moment-- in the context of full campaign and career gameplay i would rarely if at all come across a late war taskforce that i would attack with-out waiting untill more favourable conditions-- and if that meant letting it go by then so be it!! (tell the brass hats back at base we had engine trouble if they insist on an explanation!)
i'd get some distance from the task froce - radio it in-- let the Lutwaffe have a go at the thing if it's so dang important !!
only kidding about Red--but you see what i mean!
i've been playing the career mode --
( this is the first time i've had a go with any of the single missions other than a bit of testing with Col's brit subs)
--now since the game came out and i still haven't gotten within range of a campaign taskforce in time to have a go at it!!
so these sorts of staged and extremely rare ecounters don't seem to be a good way to test stuff IMO
tho i can see your point
but for me it's the mid war routine of finding and attacking convoys that is the heart of the game- and surviving the "war" as a role play attitude!!
so that's where i concentrate my testing and tweaks
i never do get trouble from pin point DC drops so it's not much use comparing results it has to be pondered-- :hmm:
if i had been unable to shake that last DD and it looked like i wasn't going to be able to shake him then that would have been uber--
but if the DC drops actually did create a period of time where the DD sensor were blind (then i would have been able to escape no doubtabout it-- so that's a huge uber issue for the DD's