Where it gets hairy is with convoys, not that I have a whole lot of experience having just had my first convoy encounter. Apart from the stunning visual of it all, which makes me realize I've only scratched the surface of this game, set up and targeting is a whole new deal.
I had to trail the convoy waiting for dark and then work around the left flank and the escort off the flank. For a lot of the time, closest ship was the escort, so this is the only report I was getting (on manual). Getting a range on the stadimeter is tough, at least with seas running fairly high. A little variation in where you put the stadimeter can give you very different ranges. I had convoy course and speed from trailing previously, but with the ranges to my two targets (choosing the leader in the nearest two rows) possibly off, I had a hard time telling how close to optimum firing point I was. The way I ended up, I was too close to the nearest target's course line, let fly with two torps at the further target, then had to turn in to get a decent firing bearing to the second. I think I also messed up the AoB's, I think the more you are off a 90deg AoB, the more critical the AoB estimate becomes (?? - from now on will try a protractor for AoB, but time becomes an issue also). So the two salvos missed their targets, but one torp blunders into a light cruiser in the middle of the convoy and sinks it. Go figure. ... what a game!
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