[Wulfmann]

Most boats were sunk near the surface since most reported their demise. The many books I have read talk about multiple close DCes. In Iron Coffins he speaks of sitting in one place and being DCed for 37 hours. Escorts drop all they have, they leave. More come and one and on. But, they survived.
I can assure you if you park your boat in relatively shallow water in SH3 you will not have the same result ever.
While you are right on some assessments like the estimate of where the cans go off the up and down part I will dispute. I have tried that and as the cans are dropped when I am at 220 meters and I drop to 235 meters they exploded right at my depth. When I go up instead, they explode at that depth. The only time they do not explode very close to me is if I hit flank speed. Then they go off a little behind me.
I read way too often about cans going off in the area but still away from the boats. My SH3 has sniper depth charge men
Boats were sunk by deep depth charging for sure. But, most were sunk near the surface by aircraft or damaged in attacks by surface ships before they could dive deep. Even later that was their best chance of survival. For me the best chance is to stay at 14 meters (DCes go off at 20 meters mim) and reload taking shots until I sink 4 or 5 escorts.

I should have a decent chance to survive if I get deep and no chance if I stay at 14 meters. That is not how SH3 plays and I search for ways to make it more as I read ( I have read many many books on this and getting to the deep was where they had their best chance)
The fact I have a better chance doing something I should have no chance and no chance where I should at least have some is my problem and I still seek a solution.

The reason it is important is I would like to have 12-15 escorts for each later convoy but that would be 110% impossible yet that would also be 50% of what those convoys would have.
We need to change things to achieve a number of convoy escorts that changes this from sinking a couple DEs and having an easy go with big scores that never happened for real.
We should maybe get close once (and half the time get spotted and get no shot at all), take our shots go deep and evade to never shoot again at that convoy.

I believe we can find a away to make the escorts deadly while allowing us to increase their numbers to a semblance of reality but not so we have no chance and therefore no desire to bother.


Wulfmann