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Originally Posted by Hinrich Schwab
First thing first, you were lucky. Bottoming out with heavy damage is almost a death sentence. Given the amount of hull damage you had and how deep you were, I am almost willing to wager that you were in a Balao Class boat. If not, you had to be running one of the megamods that has the damage mod in it that ignores the hull integrity rule.
Second, you were almost certainly below the thermal layer. Even with all the repair work going on, it was unlikely that the destroyers would hear you. This is especially the case when one considers the huge variance in proficiency amongst IJN destroyer crews and the less than spectacular detection gear they had.
Now for the real question: did the BB sink or did it limp away?
If the BB succumbed, it would have been worth the misery you endured. However, if it limped away, four crewmen and a half-sunk boat are a poor trade for two scrabbly destroyers. The game doesn't take the full IJN order of battle into account so sinking the "redshirt" destroyers is meaningless tonnage. There will be more.
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He was flooding and sounded like the boat was heading for the bottom, very lucky to be in shallow water where he could bottom out, you can take damage sitting on the floor given enough time, but mods that fix that, but it can buy you time, whereas heading for the deep in a minute passed crush depth...your dead. Course, they're many tactics to control an out of control dive, but if I can't and can get to shallow water, that's a much better option than heading for the deep and sure depth. I have controlled out of controlled dives with 3 flooded compartments and severe hull damage. You do take a chance since sitting on the floor causes damage, just a few more damage points may be enough to do your hull in, your crush depth is highly effected by damage.
Course with TMO if waters are calm, sitting dead stopped is usually sure death as they tend to dump on you, but sometime it's the only option to have a chance to live.
The chance at a BB was certainly worth it and not sure why you think DD's aren't good kills, you get good points and the tonnage.
I would agree if possible I would've tracked the group and maybe waited for better conditions, rougher water, etc... Also correct evading comes into play. My guess he lived because he was probably playing stock, as cuties don't sink crap with the supermods, but overall this was an attack any skipper would've tried to make...you can't know if you will sink something or not, but if you have a good chance, you better not pass it up.