If you have the weather on your side in '40 or '39, you can do the same in SHIII. My first patrol out with GWX I was skimming through a convoy with impunity. Visibility was only about 500m tops, and I was sniping ships at point blank, using the UZO and literally "leading" my targets. Searchlights were all over the place, but the DD's could never get a bead on me. I assume that if I dove they would have picked me up on their passive sonar.
Which brings me to my biggest problem with the ai - it cheats. I can't tell you how many times I've done a long range attack, hit a ship, and immediately find a DD sailing right towards me, or have their searchlights on me. While I can forgive this kind of action during a daylight attack, it makes no sense at all at night and submerged.
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Originally Posted by MarkShot
I am terrified to even contemplate a night attack in GWX! They spot me just cleaning my eye glasses while submerged in the daytime! Everyone seems to be packing a gun. The escorts stay close to merchant formation. I am really scared to risk my boat like this.
In AOD, overcast/no moon/fog/heavy seas with a few km visibility was great. You would slip between a couple of escorts. You could cruise around inside the convoy looking for the best targets and then put down three big ships and zip back out to safety. Oh, the wonderous night attack!
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