Try dropping the easier AI mod, that really is not needed until late 43 if you are seeking easier. Early 43 is a mixed bag, most DD's and ASW vessels still have the less effective sonar and hydrophones, so unless they catch you in shallow water or just unlucky enough to run into a skilled crew with ideal conditions, or they are the proverbial blind squirrel that finally finds a nut, player has a high chance of survival .May of 43 is when the escorts and DD's seem to start getting tougher(noticed in ME many, esp in the convoys running Palau-Wewak-Rabaul_Truk routes( where most of the action is at in mid to late 1943) are set to "Veteran" and believe they get better sonar bc that is when they seem to start being an actual threat.Escorts are still pretty much always the ones to worry about more than DD's, other than the Matsu Destroyer Escort and the Akizuki DD.
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