Ahoy, propbeanie...
Am on patrol 3, same boat, Sargo class, sailed out from Surabaya, right before the shake up with sub command (SowWestPac, falling under ComSubsSowWesPac iirc that message, exactly..
) right after that, got message stating that Surabaya had been abandoned. Before sailing, got orders to go to area E3 & await further orders.
On arrival in the area (close enough to trigger a flash radio traffic message, that is...) got orders to sink enemy targets & on having full autonomy in order to accomplish said task.
Ok, now that this info is out of the way & disclosed... My query is this...
With said orders, do I have to stay in that general area, to sink a ship (preferably big enough to trigger the completion bell on it, that is...
) & complete that objective.? Or, can you motivate to any other areas to complete said task objective..?
Inquiring minds, wanna know...
As it is, is a lot of area there, that is not deep enough to go to even peri depth... much less area big enough... (much less deep enough, to even attempt to crash dive...
) & had encounters with 2... F1M Pete's, thus far... managed to shoot 1 down... the other danced away, looking like the Burning Man... & laughing at Me the entirety of its exiting the area.
1 bone of contention I have on this... & know that there is some failings on Ubi's part here... is that aircraft, afire... have a high propensity, to do that maneuver... fly off into the sunset blazing like a Viking funeral pyre... & not die... Ugh.
As I recall, some ships end up doing that very same thing. As if that, in itself, was NOT bad enough... then there is the crewman you tell to man the flak gun... just firing off 1 short burst... & then, sits there, like a bump on a log, just staring away at the incoming aircraft... the guy's rated like 91 on Guns.. yet... does that. Ugh, if I didn't know better, would swear they were an IJN sympathizer...
As I recall, didn't TDW do a mod that was supposed to make it where aircraft & ships, didn't just dance away, scot free from blowing up or sinking from fire damage... but would either crash in the case with aircraft, or sink in the case for ships... *sighs*
sorry, it's... just frustrating, to watch a target just dance off into the sunset, burning away fiercely & having it not die... after you risked damages to shot the sucker down... when you aren't able to do the submerge & hide maneuver...
Any way, any info on that, would be greatly appreciated on the sink with autonomy query...
Thanks...
M. M.
