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badb0y · 06-02-07, 07:23 PM

Is is just me or are these torpedos not very good?

Just did a 1942 mission where i got right into a convoy undetected. Primary targets were 2 large modern tankers.

Got myself so that i could fire forward at one and backwards at the other at the same time.

So, loosed off two torps at the first tanker and two at the second one - made off slowly and managed to get off two more mark 14s at a large modern composite freighter.

The first tanker starts burning in two places, the second in one, and the freigher doesn't even register a hole in the side even though i watched the tightly grouped torps hit virtually the same place!

Ok, so revisited the first tanker and had to pump another 4 torpedos into it until it went down. That means that out of i think 14 torpedos in forward banks that you can use i've used nearly half on one ship?? I gave up on the freighter (given that it appeared totally unaffected by two torpedo hits???).

I ended up surfacing in the middle of the convoy and tried gunning the second tanker until i realised that a destroyer had come right up behind me which remarkably hadn't even started firing lol! I think it wanted to depth charge me on the surface.

Anyway, my main point is that i've noticed this low damage from these topedos a lot in the game and it's frustrating. Also i tried a couple of shots 2 metres below the hull of one ship, expecting the "influence" from the ship to set them off. Nothing, i watched as they sailed right past the ship almost scaping the hull as they went. And yes, i had the right torp setting on (ie not contract only)

?? Any comments anyone please ??

06-02-07, 07:23 PM	#1
badb0y Swabbie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 14 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Problem with mark 14 torps Is is just me or are these torpedos not very good? Just did a 1942 mission where i got right into a convoy undetected. Primary targets were 2 large modern tankers. Got myself so that i could fire forward at one and backwards at the other at the same time. So, loosed off two torps at the first tanker and two at the second one - made off slowly and managed to get off two more mark 14s at a large modern composite freighter. The first tanker starts burning in two places, the second in one, and the freigher doesn't even register a hole in the side even though i watched the tightly grouped torps hit virtually the same place! Ok, so revisited the first tanker and had to pump another 4 torpedos into it until it went down. That means that out of i think 14 torpedos in forward banks that you can use i've used nearly half on one ship?? I gave up on the freighter (given that it appeared totally unaffected by two torpedo hits???). I ended up surfacing in the middle of the convoy and tried gunning the second tanker until i realised that a destroyer had come right up behind me which remarkably hadn't even started firing lol! I think it wanted to depth charge me on the surface. Anyway, my main point is that i've noticed this low damage from these topedos a lot in the game and it's frustrating. Also i tried a couple of shots 2 metres below the hull of one ship, expecting the "influence" from the ship to set them off. Nothing, i watched as they sailed right past the ship almost scaping the hull as they went. And yes, i had the right torp setting on (ie not contract only) ?? Any comments anyone please ??