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For every bold released an other escort comes after you.
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Wait. What?!?
Are you saying that instead of masking my position releasing Bolds simply draws more escorts from the convoy to come search for me?!?! What a disaster?
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I remember the bug which was present on stock SH3 multiplayer games. You could litteraly spook the destroyer that is on attack run after you, by releasing BOLD in very close range from destroyer. The effect was that DD stopped and reversed very quickly. Not sure already wether your boat had to be in periscope depth or any depth at all, but this was common used trick
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Yes, I have used this before. If a DD is chasing you and you are at periscope depth, drop a bold, and the DD will stop on top of it, listening to it. You can then nail him with a torp.
I decided to give myself a do-over. I had a save game just after the radio contact of the convoy, but before contact. So I reloaded and tried again.
Same result. But this time after I first took some damage, I came to periscope depth and sank 3 of the escorts with magnetic torpedoes shot down their throats. Then I surfaced and ran from the last escort that was coming in to help. I got away at 19 knots.
My next mission I loaded up with all FAT steamers. I attacked my next convoy from 8000m. I scored hits and the FATs never even had to track to do it. The destroyers never even came close to getting a lock on my position. I got away scott-free.
So my new rule is, after mid 1942 no attacks at less than 5000m Preferably 8000m.
Steve