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Originally Posted by Finback
As far as escorts only pinging if they have a reason... The escorts ALWAYS have a reason to ping. They're looking for U-Boats. Historically, the escorts used active most of the time over passive when leading a convoy.
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Historically yes. In SH3, no, they don't ping unless some criteria is met.
(edit: frankly thats what takes alot of the fun out of the game for me. Im fairly confident i know why and when they ping. Knowing the when and why, all a "PIIINNNNG" means is... "ok i goofed." If i never hear a ping, i know i did it right. Infact i just exited sh3, game is in feb43. I just took out two DE's and a CV, a tramp steamer, and damaged a liberty cargo in a WELL escorted convoy outside of capetown . NOT A SINGLE PING out of any of them the entire time. Obviously i didnt screw up at any point in time, and the 15 kt winds helped
. Attack went by the numbers, and i got out totally undetected, in an big fat IXD2.