[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco
... during our approach, they zigged to course 305T. the strange part was the the merchies zigged but the escorts more-or-less stayed on the 246 course and just milled around...

Originally Posted by propbeanie

My guess is that you "saw" two separate groups. The "Merchies" may have been Kaya transports, and the "Escorts" may have been a DD group headed south for the Shortlands Basin...

if there were two groups then the Nav Map would have displayed two groups, one convoy and one TF. But it didn't display two, it displayed one group of six or seven ships heading 236, both merchies and escorts in formation. the merchies made a turn but the escorts just milled around, as if they became confused.

this is the behaviour that is confusing and unique to FOTRSU. neither Stock or the other megas have escorts that react to a course change like that.

please keep in mind that i am describing behaviour...i am not offering criticism.

Task Forces seem to sail somewhat confused also. within Stock and the other megas, TF are in ordered columns of two or three with a ring of escorts. but in FOTRSU, the TF is never in columns and the escorts are interspersed amonst the capital ships in a rather helter-skelter fashion. in other megas, when we attack, several escorts focus on counterattacking us. However, in FOTRSU, everything slows down or stops, except for the CA/CL and they increase speed and either attempt to ram you, especially if they have hydrophones and sonar, or run off at 90 degrees. Only a close escort will counterattack and some escorts go off in seemingly random directions.