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Originally Posted by Gryffon300
Just spent an hour and a half composing some observations re sink times and kill credits based on the testing from last night's escapades, and teaching myself to resize and upload a screenshot and I accidentally closed the webpage and lost the lot.  I'll go and sulk for a while and try again later...
Gryff with the Grumps  |
OK, I've had an Adequate Sulk, so here is the outcome of my test/mission.
Snuck into Truck via south channel under cover of darkness and over 3 hours or so hit 6 merchants with gun using a limited number of rounds (10 each) (at 2 x Nippon; 2 x Monuyama; Akita; Buzyun) at two locations. (And, just for laughs, I took out a Small Subchaser with a 'cutie'. Quite liked that!) One merchant went down immediately, and another half an hour later. I got credit for these. The others went down throughout the night.
I set up in the channel north of Truck by 06:00 to wait out the day prior to going after the at-anchor Fleet undercover of darkness - at 52', you are too visible in daylight! So, at dawn I used the camera and 'flew' back and was flukey enough to see the last 5 minutes of the life of my second Nippon. At just after 7:30, I was able to watch as she slid under, heavily on fire. But, no credit.
This behaviour was confirmed later with the Fleet. I put on the bottom 2 x HCs; an ASW CV; an FC; and, the
piece de resistance, the Yamato. The only one that I got 'credit' for was one of the HC's, because, courtesy of a previous mission, I knew just where to hit her with a single shot to take out the magazine. Huge multiple explosions, and almost instant announcement that she was going down. I'll see if I can show you an image of the other HC that I 'failed' to sink.
If the lights are on - it can't be sunk!
(As an aside, what's with the impossibly tough Small Subchasers? I had to put 10 HE and 3 APs into one and got the one last night with a perfect 'cutie' shot, but even so, they both subsequently took over 15 mins to sink!! Then, neither got marked on the map - but I did get Captain's Log credit for one).
So, in summary, without understanding the code for 'credits', it would seem that to get a red map marker and credit, you need to be within line-of-sight/hydrophone range AND garner enough Hit Points OR sufficient Fire and Flood PROVIDED it is in deep enough water to count as 'sunk'.
If you are after tonnage, and have the patience, limiting the ammo or torps you expend, then allowing time for the fire & flood to do their thing could get you a lot more tonnage. BUT, if you want credit (and, therefore, renown), you need to hang around. That can be bothersome (boring &/or dangerous!)
On the other hand, submariners and airmen would hit and run, often not knowing their results - hence JANAC and equivalents in other services...
Your choice - strategy vs realism. So there!
Gryff