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desirableroasted · 09-12-11, 04:46 PM

Game: It's not worth the effort. You are woefully ill-equipped to engage one in actual combat (as opposed to sinking one that hasn't detected you). Plus they call in all available ASW forces within (20?) nm. And if it is crewed by an elite crew, it will stay on you like white on rice, and then the others show up.

Realism: All of the above, plus, as a Navy officer, you know they can easily make a new destroyer, while a U-boat required a great deal more effort and investment. DDs in WW2 were fairly flimsy, dime-a-dozen ships, churned out in bulk. But they were designed to efficiently kill you. I don't think you would gain any points from Uncle Karl duking it out with one.

Meh. But it's a sim. Knock yourself out.

09-12-11, 04:46 PM	#8
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Game: It's not worth the effort. You are woefully ill-equipped to engage one in actual combat (as opposed to sinking one that hasn't detected you). Plus they call in all available ASW forces within (20?) nm. And if it is crewed by an elite crew, it will stay on you like white on rice, and then the others show up. Realism: All of the above, plus, as a Navy officer, you know they can easily make a new destroyer, while a U-boat required a great deal more effort and investment. DDs in WW2 were fairly flimsy, dime-a-dozen ships, churned out in bulk. But they were designed to efficiently kill you. I don't think you would gain any points from Uncle Karl duking it out with one. Meh. But it's a sim. Knock yourself out. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."