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yup it's maddening all right--the game just doesn't have a "sweet spot" long term-- when it does presnt a challenge it does it in a really annoying way----i have never ever recieved damage from an aircraft whilst submerged--so it's dive (again) and scratch you head at why the aircraft drop their pay loads to explode on the surface--

so it doen't even get exciting from a gameplay point of view --just annoying--


i did the best i could with the aggression mod idea---using this the DD's ALLWAYS detect me (if i'm within attacking range of a convoy any way) and ALLWAYS attack at some point- but it still doesn't do the job gameplay wise---cos i keep walking away undamaged with a couple of ships sunk--
i made the sub damage zones etc as fragile as a paper cup-- the proof of this was the results of an air attack where i just forgot to dive --was fed up(lol) and everything was destroyed---propellors engines batterys torp tubes radio sonar scopes deck guns aa guns --everything not just damaged but destroyed lol-----still had 100 % hull integrity tho LOL mind you that's the way i like it--i 'd rather have to bandon a patrol because the sub is completely wrecked than just get the game over screen--it's the same thing gameplay wise---what i was hoping for was that the DD's would do the same job----kill the sub's ability to attack without killing me- so i could continue the career but with vaslty reduced tonnage--- but the AI just won't play ball---i gave em uber depth charges i did everything but get out of the boat and wreck it myself lol----it's a pain in the arse --it's a game with no genuinely interesting or fun long term gameplay--i dont want ten hour dc attacks because i haven't got the time---(or the inclination for that sort of gameplay) but i do want to be living on the same planet tonnage wise as the rest of my imaginary flottilla --(see-ing as the rest of my flottilla is just that -entirely imaginary)

there is really only that one issue realism wise and it's allso the major issue gameplay wise---tonnage results--the rest is a load of old codswallop in comparison