LW: ''Footnote'' - I think you are right - the phrase 'washing the baby out with the bathwater' comes to mind.
Returning to the Playtest UUV, my dives have now allowed me to form an opinion. Mk 2 is a retrograde step
in gaming terms. It is long-ranged but short sighted and relatively useless for ASW. I can however go along with a
neo-political decision to emasculate it in that role. But Mk 2 forfeits the anti- torpedo defense capability.
I have canvassed a mere shuffle forward which as always has to be counterbalanced by a shuffle back.......so:
Forwards - retain the excellent new speed/dive control.
Backwards - Limit top speed to 10 (Two speed 6 or 10 )
Forwards - Marginaly increase range/time of running ........
Backwards -...............but make it speed dependent.
The Stock sonar receptivity should be retained but its range reduced by 30 - 50 % (moot point !)
The existing Stock UUV would be 'detuned' but its deployment would be enhanced.
For the Bronx readers a translation from Dickensian English. Poke it in de deuce of peekers and kick its tail...... Bud !
