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Herr Russ · 03-21-07, 09:00 AM

Here's the deal.. Playing patched Vanilla.. Current boat IXC3..

I'm ideally situated North of a Huge convoy traveling right towards me at 9 kts. The 4 bow tubes have 2 electrics & 2 FaT's loaded.. Internal spares are 2 steamers, 2 electrics & 2 FaT's I believe.. Not sure of the total amount, but all internal spares are full.. My Torpedo room is fully manned & has a solid green bar.. No eels left in the stern.

Escorts (5) are a Hunt 3, River Escort, Flower Corvette, Black Swan & a Clemsen..

Misc. merchants, tankers, liberty cargos & a troop ship make up the columns..

I've run this convoy twice and both times have gotten the snot knocked out of me.. (Not playing DiD).. The best I managed to do with 5 shots (1 reload) was to sink the Swan & Liberty Cargo and crippled the troop ship and a T3.. The other escorts basically pinged me & blew me out of the water.. The Swan caught a FaT running a pattern but had totally destroyed both scopes & conning tower by then..

How do you set the dials on the FaT's, especially the first initial run dial.. Is it set for distance or time??

Should I fire the FaT's first & then the other fish??

Can you pull a torpedo out & replace it with another kind, if you don't have an open spare slot??

I'm toying with the idea of taking on the escorts first with the electrics & then fire the FaT's towards the remaining escorts & hope to hit them or take out a cargo ship when they run their ladder pattern.. I usually fire my fish, dive deep & try to evade while reloading my tubes..

Any advice would be helpful.. Thanks!!

03-21-07, 09:00 AM	#1
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Need FaT advice... Here's the deal.. Playing patched Vanilla.. Current boat IXC3.. I'm ideally situated North of a Huge convoy traveling right towards me at 9 kts. The 4 bow tubes have 2 electrics & 2 FaT's loaded.. Internal spares are 2 steamers, 2 electrics & 2 FaT's I believe.. Not sure of the total amount, but all internal spares are full.. My Torpedo room is fully manned & has a solid green bar.. No eels left in the stern. Escorts (5) are a Hunt 3, River Escort, Flower Corvette, Black Swan & a Clemsen.. Misc. merchants, tankers, liberty cargos & a troop ship make up the columns.. I've run this convoy twice and both times have gotten the snot knocked out of me.. (Not playing DiD).. The best I managed to do with 5 shots (1 reload) was to sink the Swan & Liberty Cargo and crippled the troop ship and a T3.. The other escorts basically pinged me & blew me out of the water.. The Swan caught a FaT running a pattern but had totally destroyed both scopes & conning tower by then.. How do you set the dials on the FaT's, especially the first initial run dial.. Is it set for distance or time?? Should I fire the FaT's first & then the other fish?? Can you pull a torpedo out & replace it with another kind, if you don't have an open spare slot?? I'm toying with the idea of taking on the escorts first with the electrics & then fire the FaT's towards the remaining escorts & hope to hit them or take out a cargo ship when they run their ladder pattern.. I usually fire my fish, dive deep & try to evade while reloading my tubes.. Any advice would be helpful.. Thanks!!