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Originally Posted by Kaleun
Thanks, i'll have to give it a go! - i found RFB escorts too easy and TMO one too hard, so this might make be "middle ground" i'm looking for!
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Well, they are still tough but this just makes their ability to first detect you more realistic, less supernatural. Basically, it makes getting inside a escort screen submerged more on level with how it was, but once they go "active" they are as vicious as ever.
I started a career in July 1943 with a Porpoise class, wanting to use the older less capable boats later in war(got the USS Pollack, which there is a book by one of her crew who served on her from 1943 until late 44, Captain C Kenneth Ruiz,book is called "The Luck of The Draw") I did fine with counter attacks until last patrol in January 1944.After a night surface attack on January 19, sank two ships out of a two ship convoy, escort never found me as night was dark. Next morning ran into a convoy heading for Tokyo with 5 ships and 3 escorts, evaded the screen, sank two ships, went to 250 feet, test depth.First few attacks evaded but then a couple accurate patterns just tore my boat up, flooding, tubes destroyed etc, they my boat in shambles, after 6 hours, they gave use, thinking I was dead.I limped home, four ships destroyed but boat was a wreck.
I might try the easier AI patch to see if they are still tough but little more realistic. I agree, its something that pushed me away from RFB was how easy the escorts were.Guess its all about balance.