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Originally Posted by Ducimus
The reality is the only major drawback to an IX boat underwater is its slow turning. Reason i say this is because 95% of the escorts in this game are freaking stupid. I have only died to a depthcharging TWICE ever, in an VII or IX boat in this game that i can recall from playing SH3 off and on for over a year now.
Proof? Aug, 1943, grid EE61 i think it was. (this morning acutally) I slammed two STEAM torpedos into the side of a bogue escort carrier that was part of an HK group. The outter guard was probably 1500 meters off my starboard bow.
Not so much as ONE ping. from ANY of them. I acutaly went back up to periscope depth, hard rudder to bring my stern tubes to bear on the carrier. All the while DE's are passing me by, looking yes, but not doing anything.
I looked up that HK group in the RND layer right after, crewrating is 3. veteran.
Very disappointing.
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I had a few careers where I was never DCed. But the last two careers ended by DC - extended hunting, with all my best efforts (ear on the hydrophone throughout) followed by a CRUNCH. Both times it was clear weather, and a pack of Black Swans went mean on me. Consider yerself lucky - you IX boys hunt single merchants for a living. Convoy bandits (aka VII) are much more likely to get DCed to death.
Kb