[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by sober

With IRAI you really have to start forming wolf packs when ever possible . This means radioing in a convoy and hope for a message saying there are subs near and a wolfpack is heading your way . You have to shadow a convoy for days sometimes until the other subs turn up . If no wolfpack then you have to decide is it worth attacking the convoy . Makes the game damn hard .

Hey Sober
To tell you the truth, I have blown it off more than once. If there were more than three escorts and the convoy was real small I might fire and dive without checking or just take off.
The wolfpack patch really does work! I increased the message reply probability from BDU to 50% so there would be more chances to get a wolfpack reply if I sent a contact report. So, I get more replies either telling me to go it alone or they're sending help.
That's another thing, attacking a convoy in shallow water, 75m under keel and under is asking for the keys to Davey Jones locker. One thing that was confirmed in several different ways is, like SH4, the thermal layers in SH5 do exist. The deeper I can go (obviously) the harder they have to work to find me, but if I'm in shallow water or come up to "take a look" too soon, they all start charging to my location before I even get to 20 or 30m. Then I have to dive right back down and wait till they "lose" me again, if I have the depth.
Whoa! What a game.... It really is getting good isn't it??
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