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Originally Posted by OKO
To be complete : I would have appreciated detectable masts
But DW, as it is actually, will not allow it.
That's not a reason to say it's a big problem when it's a small one.
What would you have said if the conning tower couldn't be detected by radar and visual ! 
If you compare a conning tower to masts, you could see there is a real huge difference of volume
Not even comparing masts to a ship hull .... |
I don't think its a huge issue, since time has to pass before they'd be detected, but it's still a little aggravating. Before I realized that they didn't show up at all, I took an MH-60 out and I was investigating an active contact with MAD run to see if it was a sub or biologic. I had my finger on the trigger for a torp and a penguin and my eyes on the water for a periscope. The ****er surfaced a few feet in front of me and killed me while the Pengin's "fire" light was still flashing. Had masts been visually detectable, there was no way I would have missed the periscope and I could have attacked with a torp before he surfaced...
Next time I'll just listen closer on the dipper from 2.6 miles out, but still, it would be nice...