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g8rk0k · 03-09-07, 04:02 AM

I am so used to the type VII that when I went to a type XIV I was killed during my first patrol.

It just seems that once a destroyer has your scent it is really very very hard to shake him off and you are pung repeatedly. Plus the XIV just turns so slow. Even at moderate depth of 40-50 meters in the type VII, and if I can keep the hunters behind me more or less, I rarely, if ever get hit with a sonar ping (this has changed recently for me - as it is late '43 in my campaign and the allies have developed some uber type of sonar that is just evil).

I played the XIV in a previous campaign and stuck to areas way out in the Western BE or BD areas, sometimes going to the coast of Florida or down around Curacao. I went in to the gulf of Mexico once but air cover was horrible.

In my new patrol I like to stick close to England and brave places I would never try with the type XIV - like camping out at 15 meters within 25 km of Merthyr or penetrating the Irish strait and laying in wait for ships.

03-09-07, 04:02 AM	#12
g8rk0k Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 21 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I am so used to the type VII that when I went to a type XIV I was killed during my first patrol. It just seems that once a destroyer has your scent it is really very very hard to shake him off and you are pung repeatedly. Plus the XIV just turns so slow. Even at moderate depth of 40-50 meters in the type VII, and if I can keep the hunters behind me more or less, I rarely, if ever get hit with a sonar ping (this has changed recently for me - as it is late '43 in my campaign and the allies have developed some uber type of sonar that is just evil). I played the XIV in a previous campaign and stuck to areas way out in the Western BE or BD areas, sometimes going to the coast of Florida or down around Curacao. I went in to the gulf of Mexico once but air cover was horrible. In my new patrol I like to stick close to England and brave places I would never try with the type XIV - like camping out at 15 meters within 25 km of Merthyr or penetrating the Irish strait and laying in wait for ships.