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Originally Posted by Fifi

So TDW decreased the thermal layer signal attenuation by 70% from stock game...wow!!
Don't you think it's a bit too much?

The other day, i had the bad idea to attack a task force in medium fog...
Soon i had 7 destroyers upon me, and i was depth charged for almost 4 hours!!
That's very long, and once i thought to reload a save, but i had my afternoon free so i resisted to the envy just to see if i could survive

I tried everything i could, but those AI have a tactic...they were completely around me, surounding me, so noway to escape their ASDIC
Even the decoys had no effect (but maybe i don't know how to use them correctly)
As my batteries were lowering and lowering, and took some damage, i finally decided to give up and reached the sea bottom to lay down and wait for death...
170m depth, i saw i was very close to ground, so i all stopped.

After half an hour of depth charges, they all missed me (not by far) and finally broke the fight!
I'll never know why they gave up. Do they have limited depth charges?
They were protecting an heavy cruiser, so maybe they reached him to head their destination in time?...

So i surfaced and finished my job (had hitted a DD at first, but he never sunk even after 4 hours!)
Was so happy to survive this fight
But 4 hours in real time is very long can tell you...and i'm only at early 1940 career...

Since then, i added TDW depth charges water disturbances to my list ...as i think in RL destroyers were kind of blind for few seconds after explosions.
Will see how it works.

You might think so at first but when you consider there are things like early middle and late way equipment and sensors and crew ratings . Plus if using IRAI , ships crew have a fatigue roster . Plus a thousand other things that affect the game its not unreasonable that thermal layer is decreased . You have to think like a uboat captain now . The dynamic campaign to consider , have i sunk something in this area before , will the area be more protected . What depth under keel do i have and can i dive deep to escape destroyers . What equipment do i have to evaid destroyers . Do i need to charge in on the protected convoy by myself or call for a wolfpack and shadow until they arrive . Wolfpack depends on nearby AI subs being available or not but i always ask for help if the convoy is escorted . Sometimes no other subs are available in the area so i have to review my tactics . Maybe a fan shot from long way off . What is the weather like and time of day . Am i better to attack at night . How are my crew trained , special training (abilities) etc .