Very early in the war it isn't worth it to engage a convoy.
The U-boat is better suited at picking on lonely unprotected targets. You have to remember that the convoy cocept was invented as anti-sub defense system.
If you're playing late in the war, then you have almost no choice but to engage convoys, since finding lone merchants becomes increasingly dificult, but even then your best bet is to engage slow moving convoys only.
Trying to engage convoys that outrun you while submerged are a real pain in the neck... Oh they can be dealt with all right, but it takes a real effort and hours of play time to do so...
I personaly don't mind that aspect, but what I do mind is that often It proves to be wastefull when you consider the torpedoes per target sunk ratio that can be achieved when attacking a convoy compared to the better ratios that can be achieved when picking on lone merchants (i.e.: Expect to kill 4 or 5 ships when hitting a convoy, compared to 9 or 10 when picking on lonely ships)
That's my two cents.
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