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Hooston · 11-26-23, 02:58 PM

In real life until mid 1943 boats would generally use the daylight hours to get into position on the surface, then attack at night, also on the surface, with their torpedoes. Diving was something they did under air attack, and when they were being shot at and couldn't outrun the escorts. You can do this in game but I find that I can see way too much at night - "How does he not see me?" - and it doesn't feel right to me. This is down to the exact mods I have loaded on my rubbish PC.
Night surface attacks with torpedoes require balls of steel but give you much better tactical awareness and mobility. No need to worry about hydrophones (why not? there's a clue there about how effective they really were) or ASDIC.

11-26-23, 02:58 PM	#7
Hooston 中国水兵 Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 281 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	The game has the wrong emphasis In real life until mid 1943 boats would generally use the daylight hours to get into position on the surface, then attack at night, also on the surface, with their torpedoes. Diving was something they did under air attack, and when they were being shot at and couldn't outrun the escorts. You can do this in game but I find that I can see way too much at night - "How does he not see me?" - and it doesn't feel right to me. This is down to the exact mods I have loaded on my rubbish PC. Night surface attacks with torpedoes require balls of steel but give you much better tactical awareness and mobility. No need to worry about hydrophones (why not? there's a clue there about how effective they really were) or ASDIC.