The day it hit Australia was the day I brought it. I said this a few times and it make me laugh everytime I think about....................I've never completed one career mission. I have only tinkered around modding and just used the missions as a platform to view/study the mod/s.
One day I will get around to it. I look at it htis way since joining Subsim I think I have a fairly good understanding of the tactics/experience to start a career and survive till the end, sounds a bit cocky , I know, but these are some of the thing I have seen/heard/read etc
See/hear aircraft..............dive, don't fight it out on the surface, prepare your U-boat for the inbound enemy that the bad little aircrat is calling onto your position, you have lost the edge.
Stay out of the channel.
Don't stalk harbours (shallow waters)
If you being ping and you have lost the edge and cannot remain in the fight (too many escorts etc) draw a circle 2.5km around your U-boat. Use this as a the circle of death, try and make it out of the circle, silent running, change angles, remain deep if possible.
Always remember you have the noise makers (I wonder how many of you have tried to fight/escape and have never used them.
Study the convoy note all vessels, use hydrophones to check bearing to vessels just to make sure you have noted them all.
CHOOSE YOUR ENGAGEMENT AREA ! not have them choose it for you.
Have a plan prior to leaving, but be flexible the plan may change due to intel.
Make actions on. What I mean by this is;
Action on enemy plane : dive remain submerged for 30mins
Action on contact: dive to scope depth, assess the sisuation and detirmine on courses of action.
Actions on etc
Action on etc.
Understand silent running and what you can and cannot do whilst at that ordered speed.
Theres heap more I have written down but I think I'm qualifed to take one of these Iron beasts out to war
