[MarkShot]

SH3 1.4b + GWX 1.03

I decided as an experiment to see how the AI would dispatch and destroy me.

So, it is daylight, clear, and calm (04/41) and I am in the middle of a convoy running silent at 1kts at PD. Then, I put my scope up high to say here I am. The convoy had 4-5 escorts and it took them about 30 minutes to dispatch me ... ultimately by ramming me three times.

But here is the really sad part, at least, 4-5 Allied ships were obliterated in the effort to sink me. Well, at least, it was better than SH2 as not a single Allied ship collided. In SH2, they would just ram into each other.

So, what happened?

Well, two things really:

(1) First, everyone opens up with their guns at my scope. No one seems to worry that they might shoot long. In fact, many shots were long and blasted up other ships. (Indeed, I am going to suggest Doenitz that the most effective way to destroy Allied convoys might be with dummy U-boats ... a barrel with a pipe sticking out of the water. These could be discharged safely by a deep U-boat while the Allies shoot the cr*p out of each other.)

(2) Second, the handling of wasserbomben wasn't all that careful. It looked like, at least, two escorts blew their own sterns off. Oops.

Has anyone sat back and watched such comedy on the high seas? Here I am trying to master the tough full realism SH3/GWX, and the AI takes 30 minutes to kill me (note I was not maneuvering ... just had my scope up and watching from the external view). While dispatching me exceedingly slowly, they sink five of their own.

Amazing!