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MarkShot · 06-01-07, 10:53 PM

Yes, it is only mid-41 for me. As I said escorts and evasion seems no problem for now. However, my attack tactics will require a lot of work as I have yet to put together a decent formula for attacks.

Although finding convoys and setting up for an intercept by racing ahead has been pretty easy. I trailed a convoy all through the night marking its position and was able to easily position for in the morning. There was no course changes over 12 hour period after it made the initial inbound turn in the AM grid.

Yes, I once was screwing around with the game and didn't go deep and fast. Instead I was at around 30-40M and DCs were dropped close. There was an instant hit and death. (Although with so much blue water convoy activity, I cannot imagine myself going into the shallows unless to test myself.)

However, I've been going deep (150-160M) and I have been able to crawl silent at 1kts without DCs rocking the boat. It seems at 2kts they hear you, but a 1kts they don't seem to be able to pin point you.

Perhaps it's the blast radius of the DCs. In SH2 default, there was a huge blast radius. Perhaps, GWX increased escort sensors and toned down DC blast radius. That would be a standard technique in an attempt to create long protracted sub hunts; hunts that run for 4-8 hours as opposed to 1-2 hours. Just some speculation on my part.

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Well, Pablo, what year does that happen?

Maybe I will just launch a career at that point as I would like to give that a try. Yes, I did read in the sticky something about the early war escort losing contact as they made their run.

06-01-07, 10:53 PM	#3
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Yes, it is only mid-41 for me. As I said escorts and evasion seems no problem for now. However, my attack tactics will require a lot of work as I have yet to put together a decent formula for attacks. Although finding convoys and setting up for an intercept by racing ahead has been pretty easy. I trailed a convoy all through the night marking its position and was able to easily position for in the morning. There was no course changes over 12 hour period after it made the initial inbound turn in the AM grid. Yes, I once was screwing around with the game and didn't go deep and fast. Instead I was at around 30-40M and DCs were dropped close. There was an instant hit and death. (Although with so much blue water convoy activity, I cannot imagine myself going into the shallows unless to test myself.) However, I've been going deep (150-160M) and I have been able to crawl silent at 1kts without DCs rocking the boat. It seems at 2kts they hear you, but a 1kts they don't seem to be able to pin point you. Perhaps it's the blast radius of the DCs. In SH2 default, there was a huge blast radius. Perhaps, GWX increased escort sensors and toned down DC blast radius. That would be a standard technique in an attempt to create long protracted sub hunts; hunts that run for 4-8 hours as opposed to 1-2 hours. Just some speculation on my part. --- Well, Pablo, what year does that happen? Maybe I will just launch a career at that point as I would like to give that a try. Yes, I did read in the sticky something about the early war escort losing contact as they made their run. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!